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A. C. Smith, C. W. M iller and J. B. Robison, Esqs. A ftcr the burial the procession returned to the M. K. Church, where anproprlate serv­ ices were held, Revs. Sm yscr, Dickson and W. T. D. Clemm taking part, (he latter preaching the sermon. M r. Clemm belonged to Balti­ more Conference, and was an old friend of the deceased. Among the large number o f people in at­ tendance at the funeral to show Uieir respect to the memoiy o f Mr. Jackson were M aj. Robert Klotz. o f Mauch Chunk, member o f Congress from the district. Hon. Steuben Je n ­ kins, Alexander Faniham and M . E . W alker, Esqs., of the Luzerne bar. and besides the members of the bar were David Lowenberg, M. C. Sloan, W. H. Jacoby, Sheriff Hoffman, C . F . Knapp, and many others from Blooms­ burg. Morrison E . Jackson had many friends, and he will be m is s ^ elsewhere as well as at home (L u sern e Legal Register, 1879). M r. Jackson was one of the foremost men o f his town and county, and was deeply inter­ ested in its social, political, tinancial and indus­ trial development. H is influence was great in all these activities, and his personality left an impress on the community which is felt even at this time. No one w as more highly esteemed and respected, and no one left a belter exam ­ ple o f nght living, justice and fairness. M r. Jackson died Ju ly 23. 1879, and is sur­ vived by his widow, who still resides at the old homestead. Eleazer Oswald w as born in England about 1755. and died S ^ t. 30, 1795, in c w Y ork. H e came to America in 1770 and through sym­ pathy sided with the patriots. He was both a soldier and a journalist. In 1775 he was sec­ retary to Benedict Arnold, served as captain at Ticondcroga, and in Quebec, when Arnold w as wounded, he took command and served with great efficiency. In 1777 he rose to the rank o f lieutenant colonel. .After the close of the Revolution he engaged in the business o f printing and publishing in Philadelphia and New York, .and was politically in violent oppo­ sition to Ilam ilton and the Federalists. H e also entered the French ann y and in the battle o f Jcm appcs commanded an artillery regiment. T he French government sent him on a mission to Italy, after performing which he returned to America. I lc marricil a M iss Holt, and their children w ere: Anne, who died in Phil­ adelphia at the age o f ninety-three: and W il­ liam Hunter, who married Sarah Stamper Hall in 1819.

William Hunter Oswald, bom in 1787, mar­ ried Sarah Stamper Hall, bom in 1 7 ^. and they had these children: ( 1 ) Richard W illing, bom Nov. 10, 18 19, married M argaret George. ( 2 ) W illiam Hunter, born Nov. 9, 1820, mar­ ried Annie K au ffn u n in 1850, and had these children: .Andrew Kauffm an, bom in 1 8 5 1; Ridtar<] W illing. 18 5 3; Sarah Catharine, 1855. ( 3 ) Eleazer was liom Oct. 17, 18 2 1. <4) Josepl) was born in 5 Wptcmber. 1823. Mr. Oswald was an Episcopa ian and a member of the St. George Society, of Philadelphia. Andrew Kauffm an Oswald was bom in 1851 in Washington. Lancaster G>., P a., and was educated in Professor E gg's College, Mechanicsburg, Pa. H e studied law with Thom as Jackson at Hollidaysburg, Fa., and was admitted to the bar o f Blair county and later at Scranton, in 1879, and to the Colum­ bia and Luzem e county bars the same year. 1fc married .Anne Gilmore Jackson in Berwick. Ju n e 15, 1880. and they have one son. .Morri­ son Jackson Oswald. Richard W illing Oswald was born in 1853 and fo r vears he was sales agent of the Ja c k ­ son & Voo<1iii Company. H e next went to IxKkard Brothcr.s. o f Bloomsburg. and leav­ ing them started a pipe foundry in W averly, N. Y. H e is now with the Wcstinghousc peo­ ple. Politically he is a Republican, and in religion an Episcopalian. H e married E liza­ beth Woodin Hanly in 1886, and they have these children: Richard W illing, bom in 18 8 7; Eudora H anly, bom in 1888, who married ohn Colt and has one child, Elizabeth O sw ald; -lanly Woodin. bom in 1893; and I'ilIi.ain funter. bom in 1895. Morrison Jackson Oswald was bom in B er­ wick in 1882. and educated in the public schools and Swarthm orc Preparatory College. H e took a course in law at Princeton University, and then returned to Berwick to enter the First National Bank. H e spent one year at the U niversity o f Pennsyh'ania. H e next en­ tered the sales d i^ rtm c n t of the Am erican C a r & Foundry Company, remaining about one year, and is now with the J. G. B rill Com ­ pany, o f Philadelphia. In i q i t he married Elizabeth Beatty, o f Philadelphia, and they have one child, Morrison Jackson Oswald, 2d, bom Sept. 15, 19 12. The Doan fam ily is o f Norman-French origin, the founders having settled in England about the lime of the Conquest. T he name was originally D'Oane, and was changed in time to Doane. Doan, Donne, Done and Don.