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seven acres, the old Abraham W alter place on the W ilkcs-Darrc railroad. On this place he made numerous improvements, and also add­ ed to it from time to time as prosperity en­ abled him, until his holdings aggregated 3 12 acres, besides which he aoiuired an interest in timber lands with his brother, the late Stephen M. Ellis. Ilc became one of the stockho ders of the Exchange Bank, and he also became a stocklvolder and director of the Farm ers’ N a­ tional Dank at Watsontown, being still a direc­ tor of the latter. H e is a member o f Exchange Grange, No. 65, P. o f II. Mr. E llis has held practically all the town­ ship offices, serving-six years as school direc­ tor, but he is probably best known in the capacity o f justice of the peace, to which po­ sition he w as first elected in 1886. and re­ elected four times, his services covering a period o f twenty-five years. H is vigilant care in all that alTcctcd the general w elfare lias been highly appreciated by his fellow citizens. In political connection he is a Democrat, in religion a member of the Kpiscoial Church, he and his w ife belonging at Exchange. On M ay to, i87, Mr. Ellis married Eurannah Lilctord, who w as born Ju ly 4. 1846. in Moreland township. I.ycoming county, one of the six children o f George and Rebecca (Dcw alt) Lilchard, who lived about two miles from Moreland Mills. T he former was of English, the latter o f German descent. Jam es Litchard, Mrs. E llis's grandfather, settled in Muncy Creek township. Lycoming county. H e and his w ife Catherine (Sh ires) were the parents o f nine children. George being the third son. M rs. E llis died Ja n. 30. 19 13, in Limestone township, Montour county. Four children were born to M r. and M rs. E llis; Sarah Ida, born March 22, 1868, is the w ife o f Edward J. Mcnges, o f Lew is township, Northumtor­ land county, and has one chi d. Ella, who is married to john Plotls and is the mother of a daughter, G race; Franklin, born Sept. 22, 1870, married Hattie Rotonalt, o f Watson­ town, and has Uvo children, Randall and D orothy; Ellen M ay, torn M ay 5, 18 7 6 .J s the w ife o f Ira Smith, o f Anthony township, and has one child, N orm an; Ro.scoc. torn Jan. 23. 1882, married M ay W'atson. o f Limestone township, and they have one child, Thelma. D R. D A V ID JE W 'E T T W A I.L K R. J r .. was to m in Dloomshurg. Jan. 17. 184O, and is the son o f David Jew ett and Ju lia (KUoniakcr) W aller. H e received his early educa­ tion in the schools of the city and at the

Bloomsburg Literary Institute. H e then at­ tended Lafayette Collt^e, graduating from that institution in 1870. H e was tutor there during one year, a fte r which he attended Princeton 'I’heological Sem inao'. and later graduated from the Union Thcolumcal Sem­ inary. o f N cw Y o rk, in 1874. During the year 1874 and 1875 Dr. W aller was pastor of the Logan Square Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, and (he following ye ar and a h alf was pastor of the Orangeville, Rohrsburg and Raven Creek Churches. In 1877 he was elected principal of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, and served fo r thirteen years; has served in that capacity also in the nor­ mal school at Indiana, Pa., and Bloom sburg; was State superintendent o f public instruc­ tion, 1890-1893; and became principal of the Bloomsburg Norm al School again in 1906. scrv'ing to the present time. J A M E S B O Y D R O B IS O N (deceased) was bom at Bloomsburg, f ’a.. Jan . 3. 1838, son o f W'illiam and Betsey (B arto n ) Rob­ ison. H is great-grandfather, W'illiam Rob­ ison, was bom in the north o f Ireland, in •7 J3 . parents havin|f emigrated there from Scotland to escape religious persecution. In 1752 he emigrate<l to this country and settled at W'ilmington, N. J ., where he live<l until 17 7 1, in which year he removed to Mifflin county. Pa., near M cVeytown, where he died. He niarrie<i M artha Houston, who was to m ill Am erica, and (heir children w ere: Jam e s, ohn, W'illiam, Alexander. M argaret, .Agnes. Icticcca, Robert and Martha. Alexander Robison, grandfather o f I. Boyd, was bom at McX’eytown, Pa., and tollowcd farm ing all o f his life. H e married Elizabeth, daughter o f John M cKec and Esther lioyd, form erly o f Carlisle. Pa., and their children w ere: John, who m.irricd Margaret C hrissm an; and W'illiam, mentioned tolow. William Robison w as to m Ian. 19. 1789. on his father’s fam i near M eVcyiown. I’a . and w as educated in the district schools. He located at Orangeville in 1X 10 and ran a coun­ try store fo r several years, a fte r which he went to Bloomsburg to work fo r hts brother John. They conducted a tannery on T hird street and M iller’s alley until 1826. and in connection therewith built the house on that com er which still stands, the oldest house in the town. It w as erected in 18 15 and they be­ gan housekeeping there in 18 16. F o r a short time in 1822 William Robison acted as sheriff, and totwccn 1826 and 1840 he conducted a first-class hotel at the com er o f Second and

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