Milford chronicle., 1959-02-06


Assembly, he stated :. small and
unimportant as she (Delaware)
may be as member of the Union,
trust that in the terrible awe of
war her citizens will be as effec-
tual as guardians of public siber-
ty as those of any part of our
country This speech won him
'much praise one comment being
that it was worthy of the principles
Icy which his father had disd do
you know where his grave is,
Bobby?"
mo, Aunt Molly, don't"
His grave is in Odd Fellows
Cemetery. When he died he was
buried in the family graveyard at
his farm on Cedar Creek, BY ac-
tiOn of the General Assembly, his
remains and those of his family
were removed and Inferred in Odd
Fellows Cemetery on June IL. 1917.
in a lot bought for the purpose by
the State of Delaware. A suitable
monument marks the graves and
tells his story"
Who was the next, governor
from Milford, Aunt MolIy?''
THE next one was William
Tharp who served from 1s47-1851.
He was born November 27, 1903,
and died January l. 1865. Mr.
Tharp, like his two Predecessors
was sssrlner and 4 highly success
full and progressive ore. He lived
he4r Pennington until his election
rs governor when he moved to Mil
ford where he remaiIed the rest
Of his life. When ne died he was
buried in Christ Churchyard. His
term of Office was at a time when
the country's affairs were not so
troubled, consequently there is
very little to tell about his adj
ministration."
..MilfoSds next governor was
Peter f. Causey, who served from
1855-1859. He was born in Bridge
vile on January II, 1901. In 1915
he moved to Milford with his IA
ther and engaged in business with
him. In addition to the large mer-
camille business which he and his
father established, Peter F. Cau-
sey owned and operated several
mills and an iron mine. This iron
ore was mined from his own land
in Nanticoke Hundred and shipped
to Philadelphia in his own YES
sells. Another interesting opera
ton was mill for obtaining lin
seed oil from fax, which he estab-
lished in 1918 in Sussex County
The oil was shipped to Philadel-
phia where it sold at about $1.00 a
gallon to be used ia the manufac-
ture of paint. In 1892 this mill pro-
duced about 1000 gallons of oil
and 200 tons of quercitron bark"
Il didn't know we had iron
mines and oil mills in Delaware"
Now you begin to understand
that we have good reason to be
proud of our Delaware. Governor
Causey was an influential member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
and when he died was buried in
the Old Methodist Episcopal Gem
etery at North and Third Streets"
"Of the six governors from Mil
ford, the one who served at the
most difficult time in the history of
the state, and in the history of the
country as well, was DR.. William
Burton"
What do you mean?"
"Dr. Burton served as governor
from January 1859 to January
1868. You remember, Bobby. that
during thoee years the Civil War
started. That was sorrowful time
for all. In our Delaware. which 1
you know was border state, 10y
alties were divided,e even within
families. But l am getting ahead
of my story.
william Burton was born Oc-
tober Is, 1889, and spent his boy
hood on his fathers farm in Sussex
County. He began the study of
medicine in Milford with DR.. JOS
eph Sudler and later studied at the
medical college of the University
of Pennsylvania from which he