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701	Harry was born in Casnovia and lived there until his parents were divorsed, about 1919. He lived with his Grandpa Doubleday for awhile, and acquired the nickname "Dub". He also lived with his father, in Grand Rapids, and attended Creston H.S., completing the 10th grade. When he was a young man, he worked on the ship "Meade" and the dredge "Haines", out of Grand Haven. Later, he worked in a factory. Harry was an avid fisherman, and loved to garden.	Harry Clayton WARNER
702	Helen lived with her father (after the divorse of her parents), until she married Cecil Downing in 1921. They had one son, Norman, b. 9 Jan. 1926. Uncle Cecil built several houses that they lived in, in rural Grand Rapids, Emerald Lake in Newaygo Co., and on the Muskegon River south of Big Rapids. Uncle Cecil and Aunt Helen were married for 75 years.	Helen Adla WARNER
703	Helen moved to Grand Rapids with her father, Andrew. Sometime in 1851, she married John Betts, who was a shoemaker by trade. They had one daughter, Dora. Helen died in 1855.	Helen B. WARNER
704	Henry married Laura Agard in Springwater, and they settled there for a few years. In 1844 they moved to Elk Co., PA, and cleared the wilderness for a farm. They raised 11 children. Five of their sons served in the Civil War-- 3 in the Penn. Sharpshooters, and 2 in the famous Bucktail Regiment. Their sons Simon and William moved to Mason Co., Mich., and had large farms near Ludington.	Henry WARNER
705	Henry lived on his parents farm until age 30, at which time he married. They bought a farm in Georgetown Twp., Ottawa Co.	Henry A. WARNER
706	Leonard was the last child to live on the family farm. He sold it in 1897. Leonard and his wife, Sarah, then bought a farm next to his brother on Cannonsburg Rd. They had one son, Clifford.	Leonard Milo WARNER
707	Lucy was a schoolteacher. She married Byron Green, who was a Methodist minister. They traveled some, in connection with his ministry work, then moved to 1481 E. Everett St., Portland, Oregon. They had 2 sons.	Lucy Permilla WARNER
708	Little is known about Mamie, except that she and her husband lived in Seattle and her father, Francis, lived with them off and on. Francis also lived with them in Portland, Ore., and Stockton, CA. Mamie had a daughter, Fay.	Mabel WARNER
709	Maria married Leonard Barber, the son of her step-father. After the death of her mother, Permelia (Cox) Warner Barber, Maria and Leonard moved to Grand Rapids Twp., Kent Co., Mich. This was sometime after 1856. Maria died at the age of 54 of Typhoid Fever.	Maria WARNER
710	Mary was the first child born to Andrew and his second wife, Lucy. She was just a baby when her parents moved to Michigan. Mary was 24 years old at the time of her first marriage to Watson Parish. In 1885, she married Levi Phillips, and in 1905, Duane Sweezy. Mary never had any children.	Mary Louisa WARNER
711	Robert left Springwater, NY at age 19, and headed for Michigan. He crossed Lake Erie on the steamship "Peacock", and landed at Detroit. In the Fall, he went to Macomb Co., where he lived until his death. He owned a sawmill for a few years, but also farmed 305 acres. Robert and Lois had six children. The youngest son, Riley, was instrumental in organizing a Warner family reunion, starting in 1910. The reunion was held on Belle Isle, a large island in the Detroit River. A Warner genealogy was started and recorded here.	Robert WARNER
712	Sarah and Henry moved into western New York with her mother, Permelia. They settled in E. Springwater, Livingston Co., NY, and had 10 children.	Sarah H. WARNER
713	Thomas and Elizabeth had a farm on the eastern border of Livingston Co. They raised 12 children, and lived the rest of their lives here.	Thomas WARNER
714	Van Rensalaer helped to build his father's farm. On Aug. 13, 1862, he and his brother, Francis, joined the 4th Rgt. of the Michigan Cavalry to serve Union forces in the Civil War. He received a "Disability Discharge" on Dec. 17, 1863, and died 8 days later.	Van Rensalaer WARNER
715	As a young man, William went from New York to Michigan, where he settled in Lenox Twp., Macomb Co. He married late in life (age 42), and he and his wife, Mary, had 8 children. William apparently died sometime after the birth of his youngest child in 1863. Mary and her children lived in seclusion, and only one daughter, Hattie, married.	William W. WARNER
716	He was the founder of Watsontown, PA.	John WATSON
717	George was born in Maryland, and moved to Sherwood, Branch Co. Mich. with his parents and brothers sometime before 1840. He married Dorcas in nearby Athens in 1840, and they raised their children and farmed in the Sherwood area for the next 21 years. In August of 1861, George and Dorcas and the 3 younger children purchased 120 acres of land on 24th Ave., Chester Twp., Ottawa Co. The farm house and barn are still there. The death record for George shows that he died from exposure when he got lost in the woods.	George WAUGH
718	Book P93 - Milton Cemetery	Daniel R. WEIDENHAMER
719	Mary Wenrick, age 9, was living with the family.	Daniel R. WEIDENHAMER
720	Book P 93 - Milton	William Daniel WEIDENHAMER
721	He died before the 1880 census.	Peter WENRICH
722	Lydia Wenrich (born 1850) is listed as living with Elijah and Rebecca. Emma Wenrich (born 1848) is listed as living with John Neary. Both are the daughters of Daniel (born 1825) and Mary (born 1825) Wenrick and may be related to Elijah's wife, Rebecca Wenrich. Daniel may be a brother to Peter and Rebecca, making the girls her nieces.	Rebecca WENRICH
723	In 1858 she joined the Trinity Lutheran Church, Milton, PA.	Rebecca WENRICH
724	She was confirmed by the Rev. Jeremiah Shindel. Rev. Shindel served the Lutheran Church in Bloomsburg from 1830-1836. Services were held in the courthouse for several years.	Rebecca WENRICH
725	NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Register of Wills File 714, Book 1., Page 337 Michael WERLINE - Deceased BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 25th Day of October in the Year of Our Lord 1804 Letters of Administration, in due and common form of law, were granted to Solomon WERLINE and John GEIST of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Michael WERLINE, deceased, who hath put in sureties, Jacob BASTIAN and Peter BASTIAN. Jeremiah SIMPSON, Register Pile 68, Book 1, Page 318. Abraham WERLINE - Deceased BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 15th Day of March in the Year of Our Lord 1804 Letters of Administration, in due and common form of law, were granted to Philip WOLF of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Abraham WERLINE, deceased, who hath put in sureties Michael WERLINE. Jeremiah SIMPSON, Register Solomon Werline and Jacob Bastian were brothers-in-law. Peter Werline - 1850 census for Milton, image 33. Census for Milton, 1850 image 33 lists Michael Werline and family.	Solomon WERLINE
726	His house can be seen on the 1858 map of McEwensville.	Henry F. WESNER
727	Buried at Deep Run Mennonite Church.	Jacob WISMER
728	He was single and working as an electrician for the government at Camp Cody, Deming, NM.	Leslie Reed WITHERSPOON
729	Biography: My great-aunt Carrie (Esther Caroline) and her sister (Emma Rebecca) lived in Milton on Front Street during the flood of 1936. Their house was 2 stories. The first floor had 12 foot ceilings. (They ran a laundry from the back of the house and had a great big ironing machine that ironed bed sheets.) I remember Dad went over to help them move all their belongings up to the second floor. The weather report said the river would peak at 10 feet so they should be fine living on the second floor until the water subsided. Well the river didn't stop rising at 10 feet and they actually got a couple inches on the second floor. When the water went down I remember it being really eerie because there were mason jars stuck to the ceiling. The concave lid formed a vacuum so they stuck tight when the water went down. There weren't a lot of them but it really looked odd.	Carroll Hartman WOODLING
730	He also served as chauffeur for Walter and Marshall Wilson, driving them around in their 1909 Pierce Arrow.	Murray WOODLING
731	Biography: I was born in a house on S. Front Street just above the railroad underpass. The house went in the 1894 Flood. Then lived at the rear of Mahoning Street just across from Brown Avenue. When I was 13 years old my parents moved to Montgomery, Pa. I had worked a short time for William Mull, at a Bakery on Mahoning Street near my home. He persuaded my parents to leave me with them. I worked for him before and after school, learning the trade and delivering the products in Milton and rural districts, by horse and wagon in the country. I graduated from Milton H.S. in 1911 and stayed with the bakery until 1913 when compelled to leave on account of an asthma condition. I went to live with Aunt Carrie (Esther Caroline) Woodling on S. Front Street, who had a Laundry and then worked at Shimer's Cold Punch Nut Department during that Winter.	William Lloyd WOODLING
732	He also served as chauffeur for George S. Shimer, driving him around in his 1910 Pierce Arrow.	William Lloyd WOODLING
733	BIOGRAPHY: He worked at various things when he was young, but spent most of his life as a farmer. David married Etta Longshore, of Newtown, Bucks Co., PA. Etta was a schoolteacher and was teaching in Upper Providence when she met David. They had one daughter, Emma Longshore. David and his family lived on the Upper Providence farm, where they occupied one side of the house and his parents the other side. Since his father, Edwin E. Worrell, was 69 years old when David married, it is probable that David operated the farm until it was sold in 1913. At that time, David bought a farm near Davisville in Bucks Co., PA, which was nearer to Etta's home, and moved his family there. David sold the Davisville farm after World War II and bought a house and small tract of land in Richboro, which was nearer to where his daughter Emma lived. He died there on October 31, 1958 at the age of 85. His widow Etta then went to live with her daughter Emma in Newtown.	David Yarnall WORRELL
734	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: Edwin's mother, Matilda Eachus Worrell, died on November 2, 1835 when Edwin was not quite 26 months old. Shortly after his mother's death, Edwin was taken and raised by his Uncle Emmor and Aunt Sarah Eachus, who had no children of their own. Apparently they did not also take Edwin's sister Hannah. We do not know where Edwin Worrell lived in his early years, but he did not go back to live with his father after Lewis remarried in 1838. The 1840 Census shows an Amer Eachus living in East Nantmeal Twp., Chester Co., PA. When Edwin's grandfather, Evans Eachus, died in 1853 and his executors advertised for sale a farm belonging to him in Thornbury Twp., Delaware Co., PA, the newspaper item refers to one of the executors as Emmor Eachus of East Nantmeal. This suggests that Edwin spent his early childhood in East Nantmeal. Edwin's grandfather, Evans Eachus, had acquired a farm in Upper Providence before 1800 and was recorded there in each census from 1800 to 1850. On the 1850 Census, Evans gave his occupation as "none". His household then included Emmor Eachus, Sarah Eachus, and Edwin E. Worrell. Since Evans was 86 years old in 1850, it is probable that his son Emmor had taken over the management of the Upper Providence farm sometime between 1840 and 1850. When Evans Eachus died in 1853, he bequeathed the Upper Providence farm to his son Emmor. Emmor lived there until he died in 1878. Emmor then bequeathed the farm to the children of his nephew, Edwin E. Worrell. Edwin managed the farm from that time until it was sold in 1913. This suggests that Edwin lived on the same farm in Upper Providence for about 65 years. Edwin Worrell was a farmer all his life. In the 1860 Census he was in the household of his Uncle Emmor Eachus, was 27 years old, and showed his occupation as "farm hand." Edwin also operated a general store for a number of years. This store was located on the Eachus farm, because in his 1878 will, Emmor Eachus bequeathed to his nephew Edwin "the store house and six acres of land where he now lives." We do not know when Edwin started operating the store. But it was before 1870 because on June 8, 1870 the Delaware County American carried the following news item: "Edwin E. Worrell has been appointed Post Master of 'Upper Providence,' located at the store kept by him. The appointment is an excellent one." Edwin served on the School Board for at least one term. Along with his future father-in-law, Pratt Bishop, he was one of the founders of the Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club in 1859. The announcement of the founding says that "Every member of the club was an active and trained fox hunter." He was sufficiently well-known to receive a separate writeup in Cope and Ashmead's 1904 book on Chester and Delaware Counties. Edwin Worrell married a neighbor, Maggie E. Bishop, on February 6, 1867. The Bishop lands adjoined the Eachus farm, and Maggie's father, Pratt Bishop, had his own farm just a short distance down Providence Road from the home of Emmor Eachus. Edwin was 33 years old and Maggie 28 when they married, and they must have known each other for some twenty years. The following ad was published in the Delaware County American on March 2, 1870: "PUBLIC SALE - WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC sale, at the residence of the subscriber, in the township of Upper Providence, Delaware Co., on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16th, 1870, the following personal property .... EDWIN E. WORRELL." We do not know the reason for this sale nor exactly what Edwin was selling just three years after he married. It was not a Sheriff's Sale so apparently did not involve a debt. We do not know why the farm was sold in 1913 after being in the family for over 110 years. Emmor Eachus in his 1878 will bequeathed the farm to his wife, Sarah, during the term of her natural life. After the death of his wife, the plantation was to go "to such of the children of my said nephew Edwin Worrell as shall then be living." The farm was operated by Edwin Worrell from 1878 until 1913, but he may have been acting as a trustee, first for Aunt Sarah and then for his children. The three sons may have decided in 1913 that they wanted their shares. Edwin and Maggie lived for the rest of their lives on the farm of their son Channing near Rose Tree, Delaware Co., PA. Edwin died in his sleep at the age of 87. When he did not appear as usual for breakfast, someone went looking for him and found him dead. Maggie survived him by only a little over a year. She died of cancer. They are buried together in the Media Cemetery.	Edwin Eachus WORRELL
735	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: He was always called just Channing. He operated a country store for some years, but spent most of his life as a farmer. Channing and Clara had only one son, Howard Meredith. Howard remained at home and operated the farm with his father. Channing owned a farm near Rose Tree in Upper Providence from at least 1913. He sold this farm in 1923 and bought a farm near London Grove in Chester County. Howard married Mildred White and they lived in one side of the London Grove farmhouse with Channing and Clara in the other side. Howard and Mildred had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Ellery Channing Worrell died in London Grove, Chester Co., PA. After his death, the farm was sold and Howard, who suffered from asthma, moved to Tuscon, Arizona with his wife, daughter, and mother. Clara Meredith Worrell died there and was buried in the Cumberland Cemetery in the same plot with her husband Channing.	Ellery Channing WORRELL
736	BIOGRAPHY: After Emma graduated from high school, she attended Drexel Institute in Philadelphia for two years. During this time she lived with her Uncle Pratt and Aunt Bertha in Philadelphia. The relations between the two brothers' families were close, and Emma's cousin Albert spent his summers on his Uncle David's farm from the time he was ten until he went to college. After graduating from Drexel, Emma worked as a secretary in Philadelphia and lived off and on with her uncle and aunt. Emma married John McCue of Newtown. They lived in a house in Newtown which earlier had belonged to Etta Longshore's family.	Emma WORRELL
737	From his sister Kathleen: Fred passed away in 1997; we just found out about it last month (January 2007). He was bipolar and alcoholic, and estranged from the family for many years - a case of a good-looking, very intelligent, creative individual who would not stay on his medication or take good care of himself, or stay in touch with his family. Nancy and I were saddened to find out he had died because it was such a waste of potential.	Frederick Strayer WORRELL
738	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: Hannah was one of the beneficiaries listed in the will of her grandfather, Evans Eachus Worrell, which was written in 1848, so she lived at least that long. The will contains an interesting provision: "in case either of my said grand children (children of my daughter Matilda Worrell) shall depart this life before said legacy shall become payable then in such case the said legacy shall go to the survivor." Perhaps Evans was implying that his grand daughter was not in the best of health and might not live to attain the age of twenty-one. Hannah did not appear in the household of her father, Lewis L. Worrell, in the 1850 Census. Hannah also did not appear as a member of Evans Eachus Worrell's household in the 1850 Census. Her brother Edwin does appear in that household in 1850. He had been taken in and raised by his Uncle Emmor Eachus and Aunt Sarah after Edwin's mother died. Emmor and Sarah were living on the farm with Evans Eachus in 1850. This raises the possibility that Hannah was also taken in by one of her mother's or father's relatives after her mother died. Her mother had nine brothers and sisters. Three of them died young and were buried at Middletown. A fourth must have died before 1848 because Evans Eachus did not mention him or her in his will. A sister Mary married Abel Green and had children, but she died in 1826 before Hannah was born. Sister Esther married George B. Howard, Sister Hannah married Jeremiah Bishop, and Brother Eber married Priscilla Bishop, but Hannah was not in any of their households in the 1850 Census. Hannah's father Lewis Worrell had only one half-sister, Rebecca. She married Jabez Wright in 1823 and had four children, two of whom were born after Hannah. We have not found any evidence that Hannah lived with the Wrights. Lewis Worrell had a number of aunts and uncles but they would have been rather old to take in a baby in 1835. Lewis Worrell remarried to Rebecca Pyle in 1838 but he does not appear anywhere on the 1840 Census. Hannah was not living in her father's household at the time of the 1850 Census. We have not been able to find Hannah anywhere in the 1850 Census, which was the first one to list the names of members of the households. It is possible that Hannah married and would have appeared in the Census under her married name. But in 1850, she would have been only 15 years old. The 1860 Census contains a fascinating item. Emmor Eachus, his wife Sarah, and Edwin E. Worrell were living on the old Eachus farm. A carpenter named Franklin Sill and his large family lived on the farm next to them. Included in the Sill household was Hannah Worrell, age 24, a domestic. She was the right age to have been Hannah C. The Sills did not live on that farm in 1850 and we have not been able to find Hannah in any Sill household in the 1850 Census. It is entirely possible that Hannah died sometime between 1848 when her grandfather wrote his will and the time when the 1850 Census was taken. I never heard any mention in my family of the fact that my grandfather had had a sister and only learned about her when I read Evans Eachus' will. This suggests that she probably died too young to have been known or maybe even heard about by my father and his brothers.	Hannah C. WORRELL
739	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: In the 1860 Census, when Hibberd was seven years old, an Anne G. Bartlett, who gave her profession as "lady", was living with his family. It is possible that Anne Bartlett was a widowed sister of Hibberd's mother and that Hibberd was named after her late husband. In the 1870 Census, Hibberd was 18, living with his father in Philadelphia, and gave his profession as "clerk". He married Sarah Glenn in Philadelphia. They had one daughter. Hibberd was a real estate broker in Philadelphia with the firm of B. F. Glenn & Son [presumably his father-in-law.] It was Hibberd who first notified his half-brother, Edwin Worrell in Upper Providence, of their father's death .	Hibberd Barrett WORRELL
740	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: Lewis Worrell's aunt, Mary Maris Worrall, married a man named Joseph B. Leedom, who was associated with Lewis' grandfather in the milling business. It seems probable that the "J" in J. Leedom's name stood for Joseph. The 1860 Census shows a J.L. Worrell, aged 20, living with his father Lewis in Tredyffrin Township, and gives his profession as "miller". The 1870 Census shows J. Leedom and his wife and daughters in Tredyffrin and again gives his profession as "miller". Since by 1870 his father had moved to Philadelphia, it seems probable that Leedom had taken over his father's mill. In 1882, Leedom was living at 1424 Bouvier Street in Philadelphia. J. Leedom Worrell died in Philadelphia on December 26, 1916. He was a Quaker all his life and his obituary appeared in the Friends Intelligencer on December 30, 1916.	J. Leedom WORRELL
741	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: He taught school before and after the Civil War. During the war he served in the infantry. He then studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and received his MD degree in 1867. Jonathan practiced in Media, PA for some years, but moved to Terre Haute, IN in 1872, when he was 28, and spent the rest of his life there. He was an outstanding medical specialist and was recognized in the National Cyclopedia of American Biography. He married Mary E. Plumstead. They had no children.	Dr. Jonathan Pyle WORRELL, M.D.
742	Biography by his son, Albert Cadwallader Worrell: Pratt Worrell completed all of the schooling that was available to him in Upper Providence, but, so far as we know, did not have any education beyond that. He did not like the life of a farmer and left the farm when he was 21. He started to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad on December 13, 1897. He first worked as station agent in some of the small towns on the railroad line to Baltimore, including a period in Swarthmore. A note in his very skimpy records says "Enter department clerk on June 24, 1901." This may have been the date on which he started working in Broad Street Station in Philadelphia. We know virtually nothing about Pratt's life from the time he left home until he married. His niece, Emma, who was born in 1903, remembers his coming home to the Upper Providence farm frequently (and perhaps regularly) on Sundays. His wife, Bertha, said that he had one close friend during that period, but that the friendship broke up in some conflict over borrowed money. We do not know where he lived, who he associated with, whether he went with any women, or what he did with his free time. He never kept a diary or saved any other records and practically never wrote a letter. While working in Philadelphia, Pratt became well acquainted with a fellow railroad employee, William L. Oberdorf and his wife Gertrude, who were commonly called "Pop" and "Mom", and who were about ten years older than Pratt. Family tradition says that Pratt roomed with the Oberdorfs. [On his application for a marriage license, Pratt gave his address as "215 W. Farson St., W. Phila." We do not know whether that was where the Oberdorfs lived or not.] It was probably through the Oberdorfs that Pratt met Bertha May Cadwallader. We think she was keeping house for her widowed father, Albert Cadwallader, at that time and they may have lived near the Oberdorfs. We do not know exactly when Pratt met Bertha, nor how long they went together--it could have been several years. In May, 1909, Albert Cadwallader married a second wife, Louisa Crawford of Milton. Bertha was not willing to live with them and Pratt probably saw her new freedom as an opportunity to ask her to become his wife. Pratt Bishop Worrell and Bertha May Cadwallader were married on April 27, 1910. The officiating minister was George B. Bell, pastor of the Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church. We do not know whether Bertha and her father attended this church nor any details of the wedding. Bertha's brother Albert and his wife-to-be Mae Schreyer stood up with them, but we do not know whether other members of their families attended. The newlyweds took an apartment in West Philadelphia, probably near the Oberdorfs, who continued to be among their best friends. Their address in September of 1911 was 48 N. 54th St., West Philadelphia. Pratt and Bertha had only one son, Albert Cadwallader, who was born on May 14, 1913 and named after his maternal grandfather. Pratt and his family continued to live in the apartment until 1914 when he bought a new house at 5820 Cedarhurst Street in West Philadelphia. This was in the first block of houses in a new development between Baltimore Avenue and the Pennsylvania Railroad line and only two blocks from the city boundary with Delaware County. Within the next decade, the rest of the open space inside the city limits at this point was filled in with new row houses. Although they lived in one of 52 houses on a city block, Pratt's son Albert, during his youth, had available within easy walking distance Cobbs Creek Park along the city line. Beyond that were semi-rural areas. Pratt did take his young son walking in the park on Sunday mornings, but otherwise appears to have been content with his life as a city dweller. During this period of his life, Pratt worked six days a week and apparently had no annual vacations. Since Pratt could get passes on the railroads, the family was able to travel some. They frequently spend Sundays with one or the other of Pratt's brothers on their farms. In the summer, Bertha and Albert would go to the New Jersey seashore (usually Wildwood) for a week or two and Pratt would join them on Sundays. Bertha also took Albert on visits to her home town of Milton, Pennsylvania, where she had friends and relatives. Occasionally they would visit Pop and Mom Oberdorf, who had moved to New York City. In retrospect it appears that Pratt must have spent some lonely periods in the summers. Pratt Worrell was a quiet, and perhaps shy, man. He was not unfriendly, but was definitely not socially outgoing. He was inclined to be a listener rather than a talker, and most people, with the exception of his niece Emma, had difficulty carrying on a conversation with him. Another niece (by marriage), Louise Rife Eaby remembers her father Norman Rife and Pratt, following joint family dinners, sitting in the living room facing each other, puffing on their cigars, and saying not a word. Part of Pratt's problem was that he had no strong interests, no hobbies, and no close friends. He was not a joiner and not even an active church member. He read nothing but the daily newspapers. But he had very strong opinions and biases, to which he clung obstinately. For reasons unknown, he was a lifelong Republican and confirmed WASP--Jews, Catholics, blacks, orientals, Italians, Poles, and Democrats were people he did not want to associate with, and perhaps felt were his inferiors. Despite this, he was universally considered a nice person by people who met him. Pratt apparently was content--and probably happy--during the 1920's. He and his wife, Bertha, got along well and had few disagreements. He had been promoted to the position of senior clerk in the railroad ticket accounting office, where he must have had a certain amount of responsibility. His niece Emma, whose company he enjoyed, lived with the family part of the time--when she was a college student and later when she was working in Philadelphia. His son was doing well in school and active in the Boy Scouts. Although the family did not own an automobile until 1931 (partly because Pratt could get passes for them to travel anywhere that railroads extended), they owned their home and were in comfortable economic circumstances. Then came 1929 and the Great Depression. Like other companies, the Pennsylvania Railroad cut costs in every way possible. The office in which Pratt had been working was abolished or consolidated with other offices. Because of his long service, Pratt was offered a transfer--back to selling tickets or to working in the information booth. Concerned about the pressures of ticket sales--including the handling of money--Pratt opted for Information. But this job had its pressures too; he was expected to quickly tell a traveller the best schedules and connections from Philadelphia to any train station in the country. During the following years, he spent much of his free time studying a huge book of detailed train schedules. Pratt believed that the railroad company was doing everything it could to find excuses for firing its older employees, who were higher on the pay scale and approaching the age when they could retire and draw a pension from the railroad. He was convinced that some of the people who asked for information were company spies, hired to trap him into mistakes. It was an unhappy period, but he hung on, grimly determined to complete the 40 years required for a pension. At one point, he suffered what amounted to a mental breakdown. His sketchy notes show a period in 1936 when from January to September 12 he was "on relief" and then starting September 19 on "Salary". The time finally passed, and he wrote in his little notebook "Stop Work Sept 8 - 1937". This was followed by "Went on Relief Sept 25 - 1937". This lasted until June 30, 1938 and apparently was some kind of minimum payment to tide him over until the red tape was cleared on his pension. On July 14, 1938, he received a letter from the Railroad Retirement Board informing him that an annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act had been approved and that he would receive the monthly amount of $55.00 during his lifetime. They were magnanimous enough to backdate this to October 9, 1937 and sent him a check for $480.33 to cover the payments he had missed during the paperwork. Since Pratt's time had always been largely filled by working, and since he had no other interests, he was bored and restless in retirement. At the age of 61, he was too young to stop working. But the country was still deep in the Depression in 1937 and it was virtually impossible for a man his age with no scarce skills to find a job. A city row house with a postage-stamp yard requires very little in the way of upkeep. We do not know what he did with his time. His only child, Albert, was working in Ohio and in 1940 moved with his wife to the West Coast. Pratt and Bertha did visit them in Oregon in the spring of 1941 after their first grand-daughter, Kathleen, was born. Then the war started and travel became almost impossible. They did not see their son and his family again until the fall of 1944. By 1944, manpower had become so scarce in the United States that employers were taking anyone they could get. In May of that year, Pratt began working part-time for the Autocar Company, whose plant he could reach by public transportation. On November 27, 1944, he started full-time as a regular employee. The work was not demanding--sorting and delivering mail and other minor clerical duties--and he was happy to have somewhere to go every morning. He continued with Autocar until at least the end of 1946. He was then over 70, television had become available, and he was able to fill his time with little activities. After Pratt left Autocar, he was eligible for Social Security as well as his railroad pension. But in 1953, the two together still amounted to only $50 per month. However, Pratt and Bertha each owned some stocks and bonds and Bertha was receiving about $600 a year from her father's estate. Their house was paid for and they were able to live comfortably Pratt's health had always been good, but when he was 80 he suffered a severe case of shingles and then was quite ill with diabetes. From then on, he was more frail than sick, but limited in his activities. His grand-daughter Nancy visited her grandparents for a few days in early September, 1959, and took what turned out to be the last photograph of him. On the morning of September 12, 1959, Pratt came in from the yard and told Bertha he did not feel good and would lie down on the living room couch for a while. When she went to check on him a half hour later, she found he had passed away. If he had lived two more months, he would have been eighty-three. Pratt Bishop Worrell was buried in Lot 205 in the Sunnyside Section of Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. He had purchased this lot for the three members of his family in 1918.	Pratt Bishop WORRELL
743	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: The 1860 Census shows Lewis L. Worrell living in Tredyffrin Twp., Chester Co., PA with a family that included a son Washington, aged three. Washington does not show in Lewis Worrell's family in the 1870 Census, so he may have died before then.	Washington WORRELL
744	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: Caleb Yarnall apparently was a farmer in Edgmont Twp., Chester Co., PA all of his life. He did own some land in Middletown, which he left to his son John, but the home farm was in Edgmont. He served in some capacity in the Revolutionary War and is listed in the DAR Patriots Index. Caleb Yarnall's will was signed on October 17, 1799 and probated on November 25, 1800. He left his son Owen 22 acres of land in Edgmont and 50 pounds. Daughters Agnes and Phebe were each left 100 pounds and son Caleb was to receive 200 pounds, "when he shall arrive to the age of twenty one years." Son John was given the residue of Caleb's estate, including lands in Edgmont and Middletown. But John was required to pay the money to his brothers and sisters, to pay his mother 100 pounds in cash, provide her with specified foodstuffs, fuel, priviledges of use of certain rooms and the garden, and finally to pay his mother 12 pounds yearly during her widowhood. Since Phebe never remarried and died at the age of ninety-eight only one year before her son did, John inherited a lifetime responsibility along with his land. Caleb Yarnall and Phebe Minshall Yarnall were buried in the Middletown Friends Burial Ground.	Caleb YARNALL
745	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: David moved to Philadelphia as a young man and established a successful business as an ironmonger. He never married. He left about half his estate to his sister, Matilda. He is buried in Media Cemetery in the same plot with Matilda and her family and his brother Preston.	David D. YARNALL
746	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: He came to America on the Bristol Comfort, which arrived at Upland, Delaware Co., PA on October 1, 1683. Sheppard in Passengers and Ships prior to 1684 says Francis was granted a warrant for 100 acres in Springfield township on October 17, 1683. He settled on land close to that acquired by George Maris, who had been a fellow passenger on The Bristol Comfort. Smith in History of Delaware County says Francis settled on rented land. But Sheppard says that Francis sold 50 acres of this land to George Maris, Jr. on January 1, 1685. In 1686, Francis Yarnall acquired 510 acres of land in Willistown Twp., Chester Co., PA adjoining the Edgmont Township line. He lived there the rest of his life. Francis was a substantial and successful citizen. In 1703 he acquired a patent for 400 acres next to the land reserved for the Indians. In his will he made specific bequests of almost 500 acres in addition to the bequest to his wife of the remainder of his land and the place he then dwelt on. In 1711, Francis was a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.	Francis YARNALL
747	BIOGRAPHY by Alber Cadwallader Worrell: Matilda's father, Owen, died when Matilda was only nine months old. Her mother was left with four children, the oldest of whom was only nine. Margaret Dunn Yarnall appears in the 1820 Census as head of her family. On May 15, 1823, she married Evan Evans of Delaware County. Matilda's mother Margaret and Evan Evans had two daughters, who were half-sisters of Matilda. Matilda Yarnall married Pratt Bishop on December 26, 1839 and went to live on his farm in Upper Providence. Matilda apparently was very close to her unmarried brothers, David and Preston. In her will, she specifically leaves their pictures to two of her daughters. She was the chief beneficiary in both of their wills, and was quite well-to-do after Preston died. She inherited $20,000 from David and $103,000 from Preston. She gave a substantial gift to the Media Presbyterian Church in 1884 to build a Preston Yarnall Memorial Chapel at Blue Hill in Upper Providence. By 1926, the chapel was no longer needed, so it was razed and the property reverted to the estate. Matilda wrote a nine page will on October 30, 1888. In it she divided her furniture and other cherished possessions among her eight daughters (daughter Matilda had died unmarried in 1883) and various grandchildren. This included an organ, piano, and music cabinet, which suggests that Matilda was musically inclined. She established a trust fund with her Philadelphia real estate plus $30,000, the income from which was to be equally divided among her eight daughters annually during their lifetimes, and after their deaths the principal was to be divided among their children. She set up a fund of $12,000, from which $400 was to be paid to each of her grandchildren when they came of age. She also provided that the residue of her estate was to be divided equally among her eight children. Since she left 8 children and 22 grandchildren, even her substantial estate did not make any of them rich. Matilda Yarnall Bishop died on March 7, 1895. She is buried in Media Cemetery in the same plot with her husband Pratt, her daughter Matilda, and her brothers David and Preston. One large flat gravestone marks the graves of all five.	Matilda YARNALL
748	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: Owen Yarnall was a carpenter, or perhaps a cabinetmaker. He died intestate and the inventory of his estate shows a stock of lumber, carpenters tools, and a shop. It also shows farming tools and equipment, some livestock, and seed. He clearly did some farming, but that does not seem to have been his primary occupation. The inventory of his estate does not show any land or buildings, but that may have been on a separate inventory. When Owen's father died in 1800, he left to Owen 22 acres of land in Edgmont Twp., Chester Co., PA, but Owen was in Upper Providence in the 1810 Census and that was given as his place of residence when he died in 1818. We do not know what he did with the Edgmont property nor whether he owned land in Upper Providence. Owen Yarnall died when he was only 39 years old. His father, Caleb, died at the age of 56 and his grandfather, Thomas, at the age of 59, so the Yarnalls apparently were not long-lived people. Still, the fact that Owen died intestate and with many obligations - both credits and debts - outstanding suggests that his death was not anticipated and may have been a complete surprise. He was buried in the Middletown Friends Burial Ground. Owen Yarnall apparently conducted a lot of business with reasonable success. His executors collected bonds and notes held against 8 people for a total of $2,977. They collected $1,100 on debts owed to him by 40 people. They found $254 cash on hand and $128 in advance on sales. His other personal possessions were appraised at $1,012, giving a total gross estate of $5,472. Against this they paid out charges of $509, of which $262 went to 41 individuals. This left a net estate of $4,963.59, which was a good bit of money in 1818. To this must be added the net value of any real estate that he may have owned. The number of people with whom Owen was involved as creditors and debtors indicated an active and complicated business. When Owen died, he left his widow Margaret, with four children, the oldest of whom was only nine. She was listed as head of her household in the 1820 Census, but remarried in 1823 and had two more daughters.	Owen (1) YARNALL
749	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: Philip Yarnall may have come to America with his older brother, Francis, on The Bristol Comfort which arrived at Upland, Delaware Co., PA on October 1, 1683. Francis Yarnall acquired 100 acres in Springfield, Delaware Co., PA and Philip apparently lived with his brother there for some years. He may have continued to live with him after Francis acquired land in Willistown Twp., Chester Co., PA in 1686 and married Hannah Baker. The fact that Philip later married Hannah Baker's niece Dorothy suggests that he may have been living with Francis and Hannah when he met Dorothy. The Yarnalls were Quakers and the brothers were members of the Darby Monthly Meeting while they lived in Springfield. Philip Yarnall eventually acquired land in Edgmont Twp., Chester Co., PA and married Dorothy Baker, the niece of his brother's wife Hannah.	Philip YARNALL
750	BIOGRAPHY by Albert Cadwallader Worrell: He moved to Philadelphia, probably following his brother, David, and established a very successful business career. Family tradition says that Preston and David were profiteers during the Civil War. Whether this was true or not, he died a wealthy man and gave his occupation in his will as "gentleman". He never married. In his will, he left substantial sums to his two half sisters, their children and the children of his sister Matilda, and various charities. But sixty percent of his estate went to Matilda. He is buried in Media Cemetery in the same plot with Matilda and her family and his brother David.	Preston YARNALL