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education, aud taught school in V alley town ship fo r a number o f years, from 1887 to 1899. H o r a t io C J o n f . s was born in Phila delphia. Pa., Oct. 9, 18 6 1, and came o f an old Q uaker fam ily, one of the oldest in that city. They were o f titled stock in Europe. •Mark Thackeray Jones, o f Philadelphia, grandfather o f Horatio C . Jones, married M a ^ Conway, who belonged to a fam ily of distinguished Irish patriots, associates of Robert Emmet, who suffered banishment. Rev. Kdward C . Jones, father o f Horatio C. Jones, w as a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, and he was a noted writer o f his dav. 1 loratio C- Jones was only nine years old when his father died, and though lie began work quite young had excellent educational advantages, attending Andalusia College, at lliiladeiphia, also a m ilitary school at B u r lington. r a . H is parents had planned to have him enter the ministry, but he preferred busi ness. and when fifteen years old conimenced to do office work in the Bank of the Repub lic, .It Philadelphia, remaining in the same employ until his death, Dec. 3 1, 1886, at which lime he was holding the position o f general ledger bookkeeper. On Sept. 16. 1882, M r. Jones married Catherine Bachman Maus, and they had three children, of whom but one sur'ivcs. Horatio P., born N ov. 28. 1884. at Camden. N . J .; he resides with his mother at the old M aus home stead. managing the agricultural work. Grace .Ashton and Catherine Pearson died in infancy. M rs. M aus lived on Broadw ay, Camden, N. J ., and later nvovcd to Sharon Hill, Dela w are county. Pa., near Philadelphia, returning to the Maus homestead in the spring o f 18S7. M rs. Jones taught school in Vaficy town ship from 1887 to 189c;, but she ha.s since given her time to the care of the old Maus homestead, which is in a highly cultivated con dition. She is interested in dairying, having twenty-six head o f fine stock, registered Guernseys. The fine springs on this place, which have been known throughout this sec tion fo r over one hundred years, have been profitably exploitcil fo r the last four years, the water being sold for table use. T he resi dence which Mrs. Jones occupies w.is built by the fam ily, and the old log part, still stand ing. is 102 years old. The fam ily has one of the largest collections o f relics o f ancient ilays owned in Montonr county, and Mrs. Jones has numerous relic.s. papers dating back over a century, etc.. which she preserves in a
substantial glass case. T he old <Maus farm has many associations o f interest in the de velopment of the county. T h e old Franklin furnace, built in 1845 by Samuel R . Wood, w as on this property. M rs. Maus reared her fam ily in the Epis copal Church, She being a member o f Christ Memorial Episcopal Church, Danville. The .Mauses generally have been associated with the Republican |>arty. II. M . H IN C K L E A ', attorney, Danville, was Iwrn in H arrisburg, F a., Ju n e 2. 1850. a son o f Jo e l and Theodosia (G raydon ) Hinckley. H is mother w as a native o f H arrisburg, uf Scotch-Irish origin. I lis father was bom in Vermont, a direct descendant o f E ld er W il liam Brewster, of the ‘"M ayflow er." .Mr. Hinckley is the only survivor o f eight chil dren. H e began his education in the common schools o f H arrisbui^, and subsequently en tered Princeton College, where he graduated in 1874. W hile in college he studied law . and after graduation entered as a student the law office o f I. X . G rier, and w as admitted to practice in 1875. In 1874 Mr. Hinckley marric<l .Amelia S.. daughter o f M ayberry and Catherine Gear hart. M rs. Hinckley’s parents were members of the .Society o f Friends and o f Gernwn descent. T lic following children have blessed this union: Sarah G . : John M aclcan: Eleanor G ., w ife o f Charles F. Zim m cm ian, of Lebanon, P a .; Edna, now deceased; and Elizabeth S ., member of the faculty of the Stale Norm al School at Bloomsburg. Mr. Ilinckley and his f.imily arc Presbyterians, members of the Afahoning Presb>*tcrian Church, in which he has been an elder for thirty-four years. F o r nearly twenty-three years M r. Hinckley was superintendent of the Sunday school of the M.ihoning Church. He is now conducting the East End mission, an institution established fo r the uplifting and bettemient o f men and women. Mr. Hinckley is a Progressive Republican. Tn 18W? he was appointed by Governor Beaver as president judge of the Tw enty-sixth ju d i cial district, composed of the counties o f Mon tour and Columbia. H e scrveil until Jan uary. i8 f^, when he resumed practice. M . G R I E R Y O U N G M A N . cashier of the Danville National Bank and one of the most prominent of the younger citizens o f that Irorough. was bom at Hazleton. Pa.. M ay 30. 18 7 1. lieing a son o f M aj. John C Youngman, a tonker o f that city, and Hannah Jan e Gricr.
