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education, aud taught school in V alley town­ ship fo r a number o f years, from 1887 to 1899. H o r a t io C J o n f. s was born in Phila­ delphia. Pa., Oct. 9, 18 6 1, and came o f an old Q uaker fam ily, one of the oldest in that city. They were o f titled stock in Europe. •Mark Thackeray Jones, o f Philadelphia, grandfather o f Horatio C. Jones, married M a ^ Conway, who belonged to a fam ily of distinguished Irish patriots, associates of Robert Emmet, who suffered banishment. Rev. Kdward C. Jones, father o f Horatio C. Jones, w as a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, and he was a noted writer o f his dav. 1 loratio C- Jones was only nine years old when his father died, and though lie began work quite young had excellent educational advantages, attending Andalusia College, at lliiladeiphia, also a m ilitary school at B u r­ lington. r a. H is parents had planned to have him enter the ministry, but he preferred busi­ ness. and when fifteen years old conimenced to do office work in the Bank of the Repub­ lic, .It Philadelphia, remaining in the same employ until his death, Dec. 3 1, 1886, at which lime he was holding the position o f general ledger bookkeeper. On Sept. 16. 1882, M r. Jones married Catherine Bachman Maus, and they had three children, of whom but one sur'ivcs. Horatio P., born N ov. 28. 1884. at Camden. N. J .; he resides with his mother at the old M aus home­ stead. managing the agricultural work. Grace .Ashton and Catherine Pearson died in infancy. M rs. M aus lived on Broadw ay, Camden, N. J ., and later nvovcd to Sharon Hill, Dela­ w are county. Pa., near Philadelphia, returning to the Maus homestead in the spring o f 18S7. M rs. Jones taught school in Vaficy town­ ship from 1887 to 189c;, but she ha.s since given her time to the care of the old Maus homestead, which is in a highly cultivated con­ dition. She is interested in dairying, having twenty-six head o f fine stock, registered Guernseys. The fine springs on this place, which have been known throughout this sec­ tion fo r over one hundred years, have been profitably exploitcil fo r the last four years, the water being sold for table use. T he resi­ dence which Mrs. Jones occupies w.is built by the fam ily, and the old log part, still stand­ ing. is 102 years old. The fam ily has one of the largest collections o f relics o f ancient ilays owned in Montonr county, and Mrs. Jones has numerous relic.s. papers dating back over a century, etc.. which she preserves in a

substantial glass case. T he old arty. II. M. H IN C K L E A ', attorney, Danville, was Iwrn in H arrisburg, F a., Ju n e 2. 1850. a son o f Jo e l and Theodosia (G raydon ) Hinckley. H is mother w as a native o f H arrisburg, uf Scotch-Irish origin. I lis father was bom in Vermont, a direct descendant o f E ld er W il­ liam Brewster, of the ‘"M ayflow er." .Mr. Hinckley is the only survivor o f eight chil­ dren. H e began his education in the common schools o f H arrisbui^, and subsequently en­ tered Princeton College, where he graduated in 1874. W hile in college he studied law. and after graduation entered as a student the law office o f I. X. G rier, and w as admitted to practice in 1875. In 1874 Mr. Hinckley marric*tcrian Church, in which he has been an elder for thirty-four years. F o r nearly twenty-three years M r. Hinckley was superintendent of the Sunday school of the M.ihoning Church. He is now conducting the East End mission, an institution established fo r the uplifting and bettemient o f men and women. Mr. Hinckley is a Progressive Republican. Tn 18W? he was appointed by Governor Beaver as president judge of the Tw enty-sixth ju d i­ cial district, composed of the counties o f Mon­ tour and Columbia. H e scrveil until Jan uary. i8 f^, when he resumed practice. M. G R I E R Y O U N G M A N. cashier of the Danville National Bank and one of the most prominent of the younger citizens o f that Irorough. was bom at Hazleton. Pa.. M ay 30. 18 7 1. lieing a son o f M aj. John C Youngman, a tonker o f that city, and Hannah Jan e Gricr.