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associated with the newspaper business at Bloomsburg since he began work, and has reached his present position by sincere efforts which have justly attracted recognition and appreciation. l i e is a native o? Columbia county. Thom as Jefferson Vanderslice, grandfather o f Charles Thom as ’anderslice, was a native o f New Jersey. H e had three brothers, Heister, Joseph and Daniel, and four sisters, M rs. Hannah .Armstrong, Mrs. Ann Chrisman, M rs. T accy White, and .Miss Rebecca. Com­ ing to Columbia county. P a., at an early day, he settled on a farm located along litt le Fishing creek, on the road from Light Street to N ew Columbia. T h e old farm is now oc­ cupied by William Maustellcr, who resides there with his w ife; he is eighty-two years old, she seventy-eight. T he cemetery beside the farmhouse contains the remains o f many of the Vandcrslices, and there arc many un­ marked tombstones, most of them being from the slate quarry on the farm. By his first w ife, whose maiden name was Helen Maus, Thom as J. 'anderslice had eleven children: Jo s c to. Thomas, Jefferson, .A i^ s t u s, Charles M .. Ellwood, l.ot, Harr^' B., Louise, Helena and Sadie (w ife o f David Bom boy). T o his second marriage, with .Martha Parker, a Quakeress, o f .Millville, were bom three. Frank. T accy and .Adolph IJ. Charles M. Vanderslice was torn in 1841 on the hnnw place in Columbia county above meiuioncd. H is w ife was Catherine Knt. daughter o f John Knt and great-grand­ daughter o f Peter Knt. and they had children a.s follows : H arry M., Zeltic. Nellie M.. Fred* erick C., Catherine and Charles Thomas. Charles Tliomas A’andcrslicc was to m Jan. 28, 1875. in Bloomsburg. where he grew to manhood and obtained a goo<l common school education. However, he had lo leave before graduating and to go to work un account of his father s death, and he licpaii in the office of the Bloomsburg Daily, where he Ieanic<l the trade o f printer. Other duties fell tu him as increasing fam iliarity with the work in the office enabled him to take resjionsibililics. and he became foreman and manager in turn. In March. I< j0 2. .Mr. A'andcrslicc cntcreil into partnership with Patil R. K ycrly in the found­ ing of the M orning P ress, and although they had but little capital, they jiersevered until success placed thcir venture ujxm a substan­ tial basis, in spite o f (he fact that they had entered the field against much comj>etition. one daily and four weeklies lieing already in existence when they startetl. In 1907. having

made sufficient progress to ju stify them in branching out, they bought the Berwick Enlerprisc, which they now publish as an alternoon daily. Messrs. Vanderslice & Eyerly have endeavored to set high standards in both thcir papers, and as a result have gained influence with the best element both ai Bloomsburg and Berw ick, their labors in behalf of the interests o f both communities making them well deserving of the standing they have attained. M r. Vanderslice is unmarried. G K O K G E O C l- E S B Y, son o f George and M argaret (N eal) Oglesby, was bom in Cas­ tlebar. County M ayo. Ircb n d, in the year iftoy On M ay 29. 1839. he married Isabella, daughter o f Matthew and Elizatoth ( Bodeii) Bell, who w,as to m in 1803 near the town of Poynlzpass. County .Armagh, Ireland. Thcir children, Jam es and Isabella Bell, were tom near I.isbcUaw. County Ferm anagh, Ireland, the laltcr^Fcb. 14. 1842. dying in infancy. In 1849 (jcorge Oglesby, with his w ife ai>d son. cmigrateil to .America, landing in Phil­ adelphia. .After residing fo r a time in that city, and Camden. N. J .. and N orristown. Pa., they finally settled in Danville. T h e family residence was at the noriliwcst com er o f Cen­ ter and A'ine streets. Following the example o f relatives who had preceded them lo this country, the letter " s " was droppctl from the nanw. making it Oglcby T his error was not corrected until 1886. vvhcii the first death occurred in the family. Geoqic Oglesby was employed as hlacksmilli in the plant which is now operated by the Reailing Iron Comi>aiiy, continuing there until in­ capacitated by advancing years. T he fam ily united with the Mahoning Presbyterian Cliurch. and when the distance became loo great George (^ le sb y and his w ife united with the Grove Presbyterian Oturch. Isabella (B e ll) Oglesby died Sept. 20 188C1. her husband following M arch 8. 1887. T heir bodies lie in the family plot in ihc Odd F c 1 1 o w 5 w iie te ry. I.XMIW Ool.Esiiv. M. I)., son o f G eo i^ c and Isabella (B e ll) C^lcsby. w as to m .Aug 1840. near Lisbellaw . .and came to this countr' with his parents in 1849. He attended the schools al Stone Bridge. Ireland. C am ­ den, N. 1.. Norristown. Pa., and the Dan­ ville .Academy. In his boyhood, in dem on­ strating his sircnglli for the entertainnient of his cblcrs. who urged him on. he *receive<l an injury to his heart which handicapped him for the remainder o f his days. Dr. Ycotnans.