. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . n worked for James Love-lass, at what was then known as the south WAYNE, PIKE AND MONROE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA. settlement of Damascus. In June, 1855, hemarried Mary, daughter of Isaac Lovelass,originally from Nova Scotia, who finally settledin Wayne County, Pa., and died there iu after, he bought a small tract of land atthe point where he now resides in Damascustownship, erected a small shop and began towork at his trade. Here he has remained eversince, having added to his original purchase ofland and erected a substantia
. History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania . n worked for James Love-lass, at what was then known as the south WAYNE, PIKE AND MONROE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA. settlement of Damascus. In June, 1855, hemarried Mary, daughter of Isaac Lovelass,originally from Nova Scotia, who finally settledin Wayne County, Pa., and died there iu after, he bought a small tract of land atthe point where he now resides in Damascustownship, erected a small shop and began towork at his trade. Here he has remained eversince, having added to his original purchase ofland and erected a substantial residence thereon. of this sketch, was an early resident of Mont-gomery County, Pa., Mhere many of his de-scendants still reside. The house occupied byhis grandson, James, in Upper Merion township,near Norristown, was built in 1775 and enlargedin 1806. His son Joseph engaged in farmiugand lumbering at the old place and also operateda saw-mill on the site now occupied by thepaper-mill of his son Thomas. He marriedAnn Davis, of Montgomery County, and had a. By great industry and perseverance he has suc-ceeded in accumulating a desirable estate, and isone of the many self-made men of his has served as a school director for the pastsix years, and isa consistent member of the FirstBaptist Church of Damascus, and a deacon ofthat body. His children are Alfred Ellsworth,George W. and Mary Alice Sheard. GEORGE ABRAHAM. Isaac Abraham, grandfather of the subject large family of children, among them beingJames, Benjamin, Thomas, George, Sarah (whomarried Jonathan Philip, of MontgomeryCounty), Anna (wife of Owen Evans, of Phila-delphia), and Eliza (widow of Jonathan Sup-plee, residing in Norristown). George Abraham was born at the old home-stead in Montgomery County, December 3, received a good English education, which hecompleted at the Norristown Academy, and inthe spring of 1850 left his native county to es- WAYNE COUNTY. 4sr> . tablisk a home for himself in the t
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