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For many years he served as a Town Councillor and member of the Township School Board ; at the present time he owns 300 acres of land in Crosby and Bastard. Abraham Coon was a member of the First General Conference of the Methodist Church at Lyn, and of this church his descendants have ever remained consistent followers. THE DELONG FAMILY, AND cide Mrs. Maria L. DELONG. George Delong came from Vermont about #95 and was one of the first settlers in South Crosby. His family consisted of four daughters and two sons. Mr. Delong died in r8s5/ aged 75 years, his The mother of the wife of George Delong died in_188%, having completed her one hundredth year. Mr. Delong’s sons were Jesse and Justus K. Jesse was the fsz white child born in South Crosby; he represented South Leeds in the Fifth Parliament of Canada (1854-5 to 1858), dying in 1870. TEJ Justus K. Delong was born in Ars; married Maria L., daughter of A. H. Day, Esq., of of Elizabethtown. He died in 1870. Maria L. Delong, relict of the late Justus K., resides on Lot No. 18, in the rst Concession of South Crosby, the farm consisting of 225 acres. The Delong family is one of the oldest and most influential in the County of Leeds, the members occupying prominent positions, being regarded with respect and esteem. BENJAMIN L. HALLADAY., The farm of Benjamin L. Halladay consists of 234 acres—Lot No. 13, of the 2nd Concession of South Crosby. Mr. Halladay was born in 1825, his father Ebenezer now living on Lot No. 12, in the 2nd Concession, in his 85th year, his wife being ten years his junior. Ebenezer Halladay was one of the first settlers of the township in which he resides, coming from Vermont in the year 1800. He has been twice married, having thirteen children, eight by his second wife, all of whom are settled in Leeds County. Benjamin L. Halladay was married in 1852, to a daughter of the late David B.. Warren, of South Crosby, by whom he has five living children, two sons being married and settled on the farm. Mr. Halladay commenced life poor, but, by the exercise. of caution, coupled with untiring industry, has JOSEPH MERRIMAN. Joseph Merriman occupies a farm of 289 acres on Lot No. 15, in the 3rd Concession of South Crosby. His grandfather, Joseph Merriman, came from Connecticut, and settled on the present homestead. He was a tanner and currier by trade, and the father of five children, one of whom, Amasa, was the father of the subject of this sketch. The Merriman family has always occupied a leading position in South Crosby, the descendants maintaining the good repute of the name, all being honored citizens. THE RIPLEY FAMILY, AND (Az RIp REY: Thomas Ripley was born in Litchfield County, Connecticut, and was brought to Canada in 1793 by his adopted father, Walter Davis, who settled in Augusta, where he remained until the year 1800, when they removed to South Crosby, which at that time was an unbroken forest. Settlement was made by Mr. Davis, on Lot No. 9, in the 2nd Concession, where the first improvements in the Township were made. The nearest neighbor resided in Bastard, seven miles distant. At one time the fire in South Crosby went out when Mr. Davis was compelled to travel fourteen miles on foot to secure a new supply. Mr. Ripley devoted a great portion of his lifetime to. clearing lands, doing his milling at Gananoque, though at certain seasons of the year being comIn the war of 1812, he served his country as a volunteer at pelled to resort to the primitive stump mill. Gananoque ; in the same year he married a daughter of his foster father, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. Those at present living are C. L. Ripley, Mary Ann Taerart and Stephen R. Ripley. C.L. Ripley, the eldest member of the family, was born in 1813, on the farm now occupied by him. In 1835, he married Hannah Roswell, from Somersetshire, England. She was born in 1812, and died in 1863. The family resulting from the union consisted of six sons and four daughters, seven of whom are now living. His eldest son died in September, 1877. Mr. Ripley has always taken great interest in educational matters, serving the Municipality at one time as Local Superintendent. In 1865, he was gazetted a Justice of the Peace; he also held the office of Township Clerk, discharging the duties devolving upon him in a highly satisfactory manner. JOHN PF. PURCELL. Mr. J. Purcell, father of John P. Purcell, came to Canada when a small boy, his parents settling in Kingston. He attended the same school with Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Henry Smith. Mr. ca j Le
