. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. !>. n !>c/j COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 073 on the community. Though unostentatious in hislife and habits he was called upon to fill various po-sitions of public trust, serving his township as schooldirector, collector, constable and in other minoroffices, and while he never sought preferment henever shirked responsibHties, and was never fou
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. !>. n !>c/j COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 073 on the community. Though unostentatious in hislife and habits he was called upon to fill various po-sitions of public trust, serving his township as schooldirector, collector, constable and in other minoroffices, and while he never sought preferment henever shirked responsibHties, and was never foundwanting in the discharge of duty. His politicalsympathies were with the Democratic party. He wasnot a member of any Church, but gave liberally to allreligious and benevolent enterprises. Mr. Very was three times married. In 1828he married Lavinia Richardson, who was born in1807, at Rehoboth, Mass., a daughter of FrancisRichardson, and children as follows blessed theirunion: Eleanor, born in 1829, lives on the homesteadwith her sister. Mrs. Avery. Leonora, born in 1832,married Thomas J. Carr, and died in 1865, leavingfour children. Susan L., who married Charles , of Scranton, and they have one daughter,Leonora May ; Ida May, who die
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