interment in Christ Churchyard, Philadelphia, November, 1906.
James Ashton Bayard, of Delaware, afterwards Congressman and United States
Senator from that state, and one of the Commissioners for negotiating peace with
Great Britain, after the war of 1812, was a fellow student with Samuel Sitgreaves.
The latter was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, September 3, 1783, being in
the twentieth year of his age, with a reputation for talent and learning and ability
already well established. He practiced his profession in Easton, Pennsylvania, to
which town he removed. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Ratification Con-
vention, 1787; of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1790; Commis-
sioner to England imder Jay's treaty, 1793; Member of Congress, 1794-98; Presi-
dent of the Easton Bank, 1815-27; and one of the Charter Trustees of Lafayette
College, 1826.
Issue of Lezuis Allaire and Juliana (Sitgreaves) Scott:
Maria Litchfield Scott, m. Peter Pedersen, Knight of Danenborg, Danish Consul-Gen-
eral and Charge d'AfTaires to the United States: she d. at Copenhagen, Denmark,
Nov. 7, 1814, leaving no issue;
John Morin Scott, of whom presently.
John Morin Scott, born in New York City, October 25, 1789, died April 3,
1858; married. May 15, 1817, Mary, born October 4, 1795, youngest daughter of
George and Sarah (Fishbourne) Emlen.
On the death of his father, when John Morin Scott was but nine years old, his
mother reiuoved with her two children to her native city of Philadelphia. His
preliminary education was acquired in the Quaker City. In 1805 he graduated
from Princeton College, and in 181 1 was admitted to the Philadelphia bar. In
time he became an active and successful practitioner, not, however, until after
having engaged in other business enterprises, he had lost a considerable portion of
the fortune inherited from his parents.
He became a member of the First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, October 17,
1808, and resigned May 11, 1812. He was re-elected, however, July 4 of the same
year, and was made an honorary member, March 22, 181 3. In the following year,
1814, when Philadelphia was threatened by the British army, which had partially
destroyed Washington, Scott was chosen First Lieutenant of the Second Troop,
and was in Camp Dupont with the other Pennsylvania forces so long as existed
any possibility of attack at the hands of the enemy.
He entered public life in 1816, when he served as a inember of the Pennsylvania
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House of Representatives. Twenty years later, 1836, he filled a second term. He
also served many years in both branches of City Councils, and was president of
Select Council from 1826 to 1832. In 1836 he was nominated by the Whigs as a
candidate for Congress, but declined the honor. As a delegate to the Constitu-
tional Convention of 1837-38 he participated actively in the deliberations of that
important body. In October, 1841, he was elected Mayor of Philadelphia, was
re-elected the following year, and was chosen a third time in 1843. He was
unanimously nominated for a fourth term by the Whigs, but declined the nomi-
nation. The party conference — as it was then called — again placed him in the
field, but he persisted in his declination.
While holding the office in question. Mayor Scott had a narrow escape from
assassination at the hands of a lunatic. The latter entered the Mayor's office and
fired at Mr. Scott from behind with a pistol. The ball struck the thickest portion
of the Mayor's suspenders, at the crossing immediately over the spinal column.
The bullet was thus deflected and Mr. Scott's life saved, though he suffered a
severe shock, being knocked down by the force of the blow. His assailant was
arrested and taken to prison, where he attempted to commit suicide. He died
shortly afterward, partly from disease and partly from loss of blood.
The last year of Mr. Scott's incumbency of the mayoralty was marked by a
series of bloody riots, which in magnitude and seriousness stand unparalleled in
the history of the municipality. First occurred the fatal affray in Kensington,
May 6, 1844, the chief incident of which was the killing of the fireman, George
Shiffler. A reign of terror prevailed in that section until May 9, when the Roman
Catholic Church of St. Michael, at Second and Jefferson streets, was fired and
destroyed. These occurences, of course, were outside of the jurisdiction of the
officials of the then city of Philadelphia. But in the afternoon of May 9, the mob
made an attack upon the Roman Catholic Church of St. Augustine, Fourth street,
below Vine, within the corporate limits of the city. Mayor Scott appeared upon
the scene, backed by his full police force, which was totally inadequate for such
an occasion ; but, with the First City Troop stationed not far away, the riot was
quelled and the mob was dispersed. In July of the same year occurred the most
disastrous outbreak of all, the special object of attack being the Roman Catholic
Church of St. Philip de Neri, south side of Queen street, between Second and
Third. But this, too, was outside of the limits of Philadelphia, as the city then
existed, being in the district of Southwark.
Issue of John Morin and Mary (Enilen) Scott:
Sarah Emlen Scott, m. Joseph Dennie Meredith; of whom later;
Lewis Allaire Scott, of whom presently;
George Emlen Scott, b., Phila., Oct. 30, 1820; d. at West End, Island of St. Croix, West
Indies, May g, 1852; unm.; entered the Dept. of Arts, Univ. of Pa., class of 1838, in
second term of freshman year, 1835, but left before graduation ; member of Philo-
mKthean Society there;
Maria Litchfield Scott, m. John Thompson Lewis; of whom later;
Julia Scott, m. Robert Wain Leaming, of whom later ;
Helen Scott, unm.;
John Morin Scott, b. March, 1836; d. March 11, 1838.
Sarah Emlen Scott, daughter of Mayor John M. and Mary (Emlen) Scott,
married Joseph Dennie Meredith, born Philadelphia, May lo, 1814, died New
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York City, December 29, 1856, son of William Tuckey and Gertrude Gouverneur
(Ogden) Meredith, of Philadelphia. He entered the Department of Arts, Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, sophomore year, 1829, and left in junior year, 1831.
After his death, his widow lived many years in Philadelphia, but prior to 1898
went to live with her son, William T. Meredith, in New York City, where she still
resides.
Issue of Joseph Dennie and Sarah Emlen (Scott) Meredith:
William T. Meredith, staff of Admiral Farragut, U. S. N., during Civil War; afterwards
a banker in New York City, where he now resides at 38 West Fiftieth St.; m. Mary
R. Watson; issue:
William Farragut Meredith;
Joseph Dennie Meredith;
Katharine Morris Meredith;
Gertrude Gouverneur Meredith;
Mary Meredith, m. Richard T. Dana, of 70 East Eighty-first St., New York City.
John Morin Scott Meredith, dec; lived in Phila. and sometime in Orange, N. J.; m.
, and had issue :
Annie Meredith, m. John Carter, of Va. :
Margaret Elizabeth Meredith.
Mary Emlen Meredith, m. J. Montgomery Hare, of New York City, formerly of Phila.;
they lived 20 East Seventy-fifth St., where Mrs. Hare d. May 7, 1907; Mr. Hare was
brother of Bishop Hare, of S. D.; issue;
Montgomery Meredith Hare ;
William H. Hare;
J. Dennie Hare;
Morin Scott Hare;
Mary M. Hare;
Marian Hare, m. Kingsbury Curtis;
Betty Hare.
Joseph Dennie Meredith, b., Phila., Nov. 6, 1845; d., San Gabriel, Cal., Dec. 30, 1876;
entered Univ. of Pa., class of 1865, and left during junior year; member A â– * Fra-
ternity; was admitted to Philadelphia Bar, May 18, 1867, and was vice-president of
Law Academy of Phila., 1868; private. Company D, Thirty-second Regiment, Pennsyl-
vania Militia, during emergency of 1863; mustered in June 26, mustered out Aug. I, at
Phila.; this company had been, and was again, after the emergency, the famous Com-
pany D, Gray Reserves, now the First Regiment Infantry, N. G. P., a company noted
for the high position of its members, as well as its military efficiency; Joseph Dennie
Meredith joined the company's regular organization, Aug. 7, 1863, on his return from
active service; m. Emily, dau. of Rev. Edward Lyddon Lycett; one daughter:
Margaret Meredith, m., 1899, Horace Greenough Lippincott, b. Aug. 10, 1871, class
of 1893, Haverford College, son of Joshua W. and Eliza (Lippincott) Lippin-
cott.
Joseph Dennie Meredith was descended from Jonathan Meredith, who came to
Philadelphia in 173S, from Leominster, Herefordshire, England, where the elder
branch of the family is still prominent.
Jonathan Meredith married Elizabeth , and had among others
William Tuckey Meredith, second son, of whom presently;
Jonathan Meredith, b., Phila., Oct., 1784; d., Baltimore, Md., Feb. 25, 1872; entered Univ.
of Pa., 1799, and received degree of A. B., 1802; A. M., 1805; admitted to Philadelphia
Bar, June 2, 1805 ; m. Hannah, dau. of Dr. Moses Hazlet.
WiLLi.\M Tuckey Meredith, generally known as William Meredith, son of
Jonathan and Elizabeth Meredith, was born in Philadelphia, December 5, 1772,
and died there September 26, 1844. In 1787 he entered the class of 1790, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1790, and that of A. M. in
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1793. He was admitted to the Philadelphia bar, in September, 1795, and was
City Solicitor of Philadelphia, 1811-13; was a Trustee of the University of Penn-
sylvania, 1809 to 1840; member of the American Philosophical Society, 1813; and
a Director of the Academy of Fine Arts. Mr. Meredith continued in the active
practice of his profession until 1814, when he was elected President of the Schuyl-
kill Bank. He was for many years a member of Common and Select Council of
Philadelphia ; was an active member of the Episcopal church and sat for many
years in its Diocesian and General conventions. He was also a member of the
Hand-in-Hand Fire Company, and for nearly twenty-five years of the Wistar
Party Association. The "Lives of Eminent Philadelphians" says of him : "A
remarkable trait of Mr. Meredith was the conciliatory courtesy of his deportment
which was displayed in his intercourse with his fellow citizens of every station
and age, but more especially in the cultivation of those duties of a refined and
gracious hospitality too frequently neglected by men of his intellectual endow-
ments and educational acquirements. He was in his elocution, private and pubHc,
a most agreeable speaker. His language was clear, chaste, and elegant, his person
commanding and graceful, and there was a finish in all that he did or said which
attracted attention and good will, while it commanded respect. Decided and firm
in his own opinions, he was tolerant of differences of opinion in others. The circle
of his friendships was always enlarging itself while he lived and he never lost a
friend except by death."
William Meredith married, 1795, Gertrude Gouverneur, daughter of Judge
Ogden, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and a niece of Gen. Lewis Morris, a signer of
the Declaration of Independence, and of Gouverneur Morris, of New York. This
lady besides being a most faithful and devoted wife, was a woman of great accom-
plishments and remarkable intellectual power. Mr. Meredith and she were both
contributors to The Portfolio, then one of the principal magazines of Philadelphia,
edited by Joseph Dennie (after whom they named one of their sons), and formed
part of the literary circle of which he was the centre. Robert Walsh, Esq., (an
old and valued friend of Mr. Meredith), in his "Didactics," published in Philadel-
phia in 1826, speaks thus of Mrs. Meredith : "She was a mother capable of fully
educating her children of both sexes, a wife, serving as the efficient counselor and
partner of her husband in all his duties and cares, a friend anxiously reflecting,
judging, feeling, acting, for those whom she honored with her regard, a member
of the fashionable world, who assembled around her the gayest circles and enliv-
ened external entertainments, without ever losing an hour, or omitting an effort,
material for the minute administration of a large family ; a writer, who displayed
a masculine vigor of thought and expression, and literary powers and acquisi-
tions of uncommon value and variety ; who wielded her pen without the least
ambition or pride of authorship, yet with the utmost intentness, and any sacrifice
of self when instruction or comfort could be conveyed, however privately or
remotely. She made upon us, in the whole tenor of her arduous way, and the
noble aim of her exertions, an impression like that which we received when fol-
lowing the sisters of the order of Charity through some of the European hos-
pitals."
IVUliam and Gertrude Gouverneur (Ogden) Meredith had issue, among others:
William Morris Meredith, b., Phila., June 8, i799; d. there, Aug. 17, 1873; he entered
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Univ. of Pa., 1809, and received degree of A. B., 1812, and that of A. M., 1816; ad-
mitted to Philadelphia Bar, Dec. 16, 1817; was vice-provost of the Law Academy of
Phila., 1857-73; was a member of Pa. Legislature, 1824-28; president of Select Council
of Phila., 1834-49; member of Constitutional Convention of Pa., 1837; United States
District Attorney for Eastern District of Pa.. 1841, being commissioned March 25,
1841, and his successor, Henry Miller Watts, being commissioned May 13, 1842; Secre-
tary of Treasury, cabinet of President Zachary Taylor, 1849-50; Attorney General of
Pa. from June 3, 1861, to 1867: delegate to Peace Convention, 1861 ; declined appoint-
ment as senior counsel for the United States before the Geneva Arbitrators, 1871;
was president of Constitutional Convention of Pa., 1873; was a member of American
Philosophical Society, 1837; trustee of Univ. of Pa., 1842-59; m. Catharine, dau. of
Michael Keppele, Mayor of Phila., 181 1, and graduate of Univ. of Pa., class of 1788;
Gouverneur Meredith, b. Phila.; entered Univ. of Pa., 1824, left before graduation;
Morris Ogden Meredith, b., Phila., June 15, 1812; entered Univ. of Pa., class of 1831, in
1828, and left during sophomore year; member of Philomxthean Society; Captain !n
New Jersey Volunteers, 1862; m. Susan, dau. of John Byerly, of Phila.; was living in
Beverly, N. J., 1894;
Joseph Dennie Meredith, b. May 10, 1814; m. Sarah Emlen Scott, before mentioned;
Sullivan Amory Meredith, b., Phila., July 5, 1816; d., Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1874;
entered Univ. of Pa., 1830, left during sophomore year; after leaving the university,
he twice visited China, and in 1849 went to Cal., during the "Gold fever" period; when
Civil War broke out he was in Phila., and April 26, 1861, was elected Colonel of Tenth
Regiment, Pennsylvania V^olunteers, in three months service; he superintended the
drilling, equipment and forwarding of over 30,000 troops ; took part in Patterson's
campaign in Shenandoah Valley, and on his return organized and was commissioned
Colonel of Fifty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Sept. i, 1861 ; in winter of
1861-62, he garrisoned Fort Albany; the following April was assigned to McDowell's
Corps, with which he served up to the second battle of Bull Run, where he was
severely wounded; for gallantry in this engagement, he was promoted to Brigadier-
General of United States Volunteers, Aug. 29, 1862; and when partly recovered from
his wounds, was appointed commissioner for the exchange of prisoners at Fortress
Monroe, 1863; in 1864 ordered to St. Louis and served under Gen. W. S. Rosencrans
in the west, until mustered out, Aug. 24, 1865; Gen. Meredith moved to Buffalo, N. Y.,
after the war, and in 1868 contributed a series of letters on the subject of the conflict
to the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser; m. Julia Towne, of Buffalo.
Lewis All.mre Scott, son of John M. and Mary (Emlen) Scott, born in Phil-
adelphia, August 10, 1819, died August 11, 1896, at his summer home in Cape
May, New Jersey. Entered in 1834 Department of Arts, University of Penn-
sylvania ; was moderator of the Philomaethean Society and class valedictorian ;
received degree of A. B., 1838, and A. M., 1841. He studied law and was admit-
ted to the bar of Philadelphia, September 11, 1841. Was a member of the Amer-
ican Philosophical Society, 1880; Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Numismatic
and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia; and American Historical Association.
On December 9, 1889, he was admitted a life-member of the Pennsylvania Society
Sons of the Revolution, as a great-grandson of Brig. Gen. John Morin Scott, of
New York Militia in the Revolution ; and in 1896 was admitted as a hereditary
companion of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign
Wars, through the same ancestor, and also as a son of Lieut. John Morin Scott Jr.,
Second Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, War of 1812. His home was at 1806
Locust street (South Rittenhouse square), Philadelphia, where his family still
live.
In his profession his specialty was the law of real estate. In 1864, he retired
from active business, which gave him ample opportunity to devote time to other
matters in which he felt the greatest interest. He was an expert Egyptologist, and
was also learned in the Arabic and Syriac languages.
Lewis Allaire Scott married, June 23, 1857, Frances .\nna. daughter of Richard
and Hannah (Owen) Wistar, of Philadelphia.
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Issue of Lewis Allaire and Frances Anna (Wistar) Scott:
John Morin Scott, of whom later;
Richard Wistar Scott, d. inf.;
Hannah Lewis Scott, unm. ; member of Historical Society of Pa.; life member of Gene-
alogical Society of Pa.; member of Society of Colonial Dames of America; Philadel-
phia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution ; and of the Acorn Club of Phila. ;
Lewis Allaire Scott, Jr., unm.; member of Philadelphia Club; Country Club of Phila.;
Society of Colonial Wars of Pa.; admitted, Jan. 12, 1891, as life member of Pennsyl-
vania Society, Sons of the Revolution; admitted, 1896, as hereditary companion of the
Pennsylvania Commandery, Military Order of Foreign Wars;
Alexander Harvey Scott, unm.; entered Haverford College, 1882; was class secretary,
freshman year; class president, senior year, and "Spoon Man"; received degree of
A. B. in 1886; studied two years in Law Dept. of Univ. of Pa., and received degree of
LL. B., 1889; was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar, June 8, 1889; member of Society
of Colonial Wars of Pa.; is life member of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the
Revolution; a hereditary companion, Pennsylvania Commandery, Military Order of
Foreign Wars; member of Philadelphia Club.
John Morin Scott, son of Lewis Allaire and Frances Anna (Wistar) Scott,
bom in Philadelphia, September 19, 1858, succeeded his father in 1896 as the male
representative of the American (junior) branch of the family of Scott of Ancrum,
Baronets. Some years ago the last baronet of Ancrum died, and in March, 1907,
Burke, editor of the "Peerage," wrote Senator Scott that he was without doubt
baronet de jure. He entered Department of Arts, University of Pennsylvania,
1874, and subsequently the degree of A. B. was conferred on him. He was admitted
to Philadelphia bar, November 12, 1881, and afterwards to practice before the
State Supreme Court and the United States Courts. He served two consecutive
terms as School Director in the Eighth Section of Philadelphia ; was a member of
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, sessions of 1887-89-91-93-95-97; elected
State Senator, November, 1898, for the sessions of 1899-1901 ; re-elected November,
1902, for the sessions of 1903-05 ; and again re-elected in November, 1906, for
the sessions of 1907-09; elected President, pro tempore, of Senate at close of ses-
sion of 1901, re-elected January, 1903. He is member of Society of Colonial Wars
of Pennsylvania; life member of Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution;
hereditary companion of Pennsylvania Commandery, Military Order of Foreign
Wars ; and member of council of latter organization. He is also member of Penn
Club; life member of Historical Society of Pennsylvania; and member of Anti-
quarian and Numismatic Society of Philadelphia.
John M. Scott married, December 19, 1888, Anna F., daughter of Abraham and
Sarah (Wharton) Barker, of Philadelphia. They reside at 118 South Eighteenth
street, Philadelphia, and have no children.
Maria Litchfield Scott, daughter of Mayor John Morin Scott and his wife,
Mary Emlen, married, May 15, 1850, John Thompson Lewis, of Philadelphia, now
deceased ; son of Samuel M. Lewis, of Philadelphia. She resided at 242 South
Thirteenth street, Philadelphia.
Issue of John Thompson and Maria Litchfield (Scott) Lewis:
Mary Emlen Lewis, d. young;
Sophia Dallas Lewis, d. young;
Rebecca C. Lewis, m. Allen Evans; they live at "Penrhyn," Haverford, Delaware CO.,
Pa.; member of Merion Cricket Club; issue:
Mary Ellen Evans;
Margaret E. Evans;
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John Lewis Evans, graduate of Yale, class of 1899, and member of Merion
Cricket Club.
Maria L. Lewis, m. Edward F. Beale; they live at Villa Nova, Delaware cc, Pa.; mem-
ber of Philadelphia Club, Radnor Hunt, Merion Cricket Club of Haverford, Manu-
facturers' Club of Phila., and the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C; issue:
Maria Scott Beale;
Leonard T. Beale, member of Merion Cricket Club;
Emily P. Beale;
Helena R. Beale.
Helen Scott Lewis, m. Josiah Ogden Hoffman, b., Eiconisko, Dauphin co.. Pa., Sept. 5,
1858, son of Edward and Phoebe Wayne (White) Hoffman; they live at "Ithan
Derlwyn," Radnor, Delaware co.. Pa.: member of Union League, Rittenhouse Club,
Philadelphia Country Club, Merion Cricket Club, and Radnor Hunt; entered Univ. of
Pa., Dept. of Arts, 1874: member of Philomathean Society, and was class Ivy Orator;
received degree of A. B., 1874; issue;
Frances Lewis, m. Thomas De Witt Cuyler, graduate of Yale, class of 1874; member of
Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the Revolution; Philadelphia, Rittenhouse and
Philadelphia Country clubs; Radnor Hunt, Merion Cricket Club; University, Union
and two other clubs of New York City, and Buffalo Club, of Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs.
Cuyler is a member of Acorn Club, of Phila.; reside at 1830 Spruce St., Phila.; issue:
Frances L. Cuyler;
Mary De Witt Cuyler;
Helen S. Cuyler.
Amy Lewis, b. May 22, 1863; m., April 13, 1887, Sydney Pemberton Hutchinson, son of
Pemberton Sydney and Agnes (Wharton) Hutchinson, of Phila., b., Phila., April 27,
1861; entered Towne Scientific School, Univ. of Pa., class of 1882, in sophomore year,
1879, and left during junior year; member of Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revo-
lution; Merion Cricket Club, Rittenhouse Club of Phila., Union Club of New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson reside in Phila.; issue:
Sophie Lewis Hutchinson, b. Aug. 24, 1888;
Agnes Wharton Hutchinson, b. Jan. 22, 1891 ;
Amy Hutchinson, b. April 10, 1896;
Sydney Pemberton Hutchinson, Jr., b. Sept. 7, 1900.
Julia Scott, daughter of Mayor John Morin and Mary (Emlen) Scott, mar-
ried Robert Wain Learning, born in Philadelphia, November 12, 1824, died there
November 9, 1884, eldest son of Jeremiah Fisher and Rebecca (Wain) Learning,
his mother being a daughter of Robert Wain, of Philadelphia. He entered Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, 1840, was a member of the Philomaethean Society, and
received degree of A. B., 1844, and A. M., 1847. Mrs. Learning is a member of
the Society of Colonial Dames of America, and lives at 315 South Fifteenth
street, Philadelphia.
Isstie of Robert Wain and Julia (Scott) Learning:
Rebecca Wain Leaming, dec, m. William W. Montgomery; issue:
Mary S. Montgomery;
William W. Montgomery, Jr.;
Robert L. Montgomery, m. Hope Tyler.
Mary Emlen Leaming, member of Society of Colonial Dames; m. R. Francis Wood, b.,
Phila., May 15, 1850, son of Charles Stuart and Julia F. (Randolph) Wood, and whose
ancestry, back to Richard and Ruth Wood, of Bristol, England, who settled in Phila.,
1682, is given in these volumes, under title of "Wood Family"; R. Francis Wood
entered Univ. of Pa., Dept. of Arts, 1865; was moderator of Philomaethean Society,
and member of A * Fraternity; received degree of A. B., 1869, and A. M., 1872;
studied law and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar, June 7, 1873; has been an active
officer of Civil Service Reform Association for a number of years, and was promi-
nently identified with the Seventh Ward Association Municipal League; member of
University Club of Phila. and Merion Cricket Club;
R. Francis and Mary Emlen (Learning) Wood had issue :
Julia Leaming Wood;
Rebecca Lewis Wood, m. Francis G. Okie;
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Charles Stuart Wood, class of 1901, Univ. of Pa.;
R. Francis Wood, Jr., member of Merion Cricket Club;
Robert Lewis Wood;