Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-20
WILMINGTON CLANS
RALLY At OUTINGS
Tyson McKinsey and Richards
Families Reunite at Brandy
wine Springs.

The annual reunion of the Tyson
McKinsey family and the eleventh annual
gathering of the Richards family took
place yesterday at Brandywine Springs.
The Tyson McKinsey families are de-
scendants of Benjamin McKinsey, Jr.,
Jacob McKinsey, Tobias McKinsey, Ann
Biddle, whose daughter, Rebecca, married
John Haines lwas widowed and married
John Anderson); Lydia Maria Jones
sons and daughters Of Benjamin Mckin,
sey, ST. "a Scotchman by BIRTH, OF Cecil
county. Md. Likewise the descendants
of Samuel Tyson, Maria Mcklnsey,
Elizabeth Nields, sons and daughters Of
William tyson, of Cecil county, Md, also
the representatives of Eliza Jane Black,
William, Beulah and Ann Pierson, Pru-
dcnce Curry. son and daughters of Matthias
TYSON, likewise of Cecil county, Md, and
of anv descendants of Beulah Carey,
sister of William and Matthias Tyson.
The meeting of the Tyson-McKinsey
clan was in the nature of an old-time pic
mic. Rev Edward Collins, pastor of Trinity
Nj. f. Church, of Wilmington, spoke to
the gathering in the afternoon. He COM
mented on the lack of unity in so many
families and lamented the fact that few
held reunions except at the funerals OF
their members. He iexhorted his relatives
L, show love for the living as well as for
the dead.
The officers of the association arc:
Honorary president, Charles Henry 1y-
son, Quarryville, Pa; president, Harry
Tyson, Philadelphia, Pa; vice-presidents,
William III. Mckinsey, Chester, Pa;
Margaret Aim Alexander, Chesapeake
City, Md; George Addison Mckinsey,
Lancaster, Pa; Elizabeth Adams, Tampa,
Fla. Frances Emily Bratton, Elkton, Md.
Oliver Evans Tyson, Philadelphia, Pa; I;
Harry Kerr, Bryn Mawr, Pa; William
Tyson, Singerly, Md: Sydney Morton,
Washington, ID. c.; Edward +. Pierson,
Elkton, Md; secretary and treasurer,
Fred l.. Mckinsey, Richardson Park.
The Richards family is descended from
Joshua c. Richards, of Sussex county,
and Sarah Richards, (nee Deputy, of
Milford Cross Roads. A fried chicken
dinner was served.
Those at the reunion were: William
Richards, Newark; Henry Richards, Mont
chanin: MIR. and Mrs. Joshua Richards,
Newark: Mrs. Sarah A. Bender, Middle
town; Mr.. and Mrs. George Richards,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Richards, Red Lion,
Pa: Mr.. and Mrs. b. Frank Richards,
State Road Mrs. Annie Nj. Richards,
Wilmington: Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rich
ards, Stanton; Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
hicnaflS, INcNtlk- WI ANAiS- AldA ttiA
Richards and family, Kennett Square:
Mr.. and Mrs Joshua Richards, Whining
ton: Mr.. and Mrs. n. I. Richards and
family, Montchanin: MIR. and Mrs.
James McMulen, Kimbleville, Pa:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Richards, Newark;
Mrs. Clara Deputy, Wilmington; Mr..
and Mrs. Joel |. Woods, Red Lion;
Misses Pauline and Elsie Richards, James
II. Richards, MIS-. Sallie Reed and family,
Smyrna; Mr., and Mrs. Ed. Richards and
family, Newark: MIR. and Mrs. W. W.
Walls and family, Wilmington: Captain
Joshua Davis, Smyrna; Mr.. ann Mrs.
Irwin McMullen, Kimbleville; Mr.. and
Mrs. John Richards and son, West Grove,
Pa: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mote, Newark;
M. and Mrs. Frank Stafford and twin
daughters, Stanton; Willard and Harold
McMullen, Kimbleville, Pa: Wallace
Dolbow, Bridgeton, n. j.: Frances
Grassland, Mt. Pleasanton, Pa; Mrs.
Ethel Hill, Wilmington; Miss Emma
McMullen, Kimbleville, Pa.