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THIRD GENERATION.

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BENJAMIN STRAWBRIDGE3, son of JOSEPH (2), was b. Mch. 2, 1802, in Hopewell township, Pa.; m. HANNAH GLADDEN, Feb. 15,1838; was a school teacher; d. Oct., I 852.

CHILDREN.

BORN IN INDIANA.

47 i. MARY JANE4, b. Dec. 18, 1838.
48 ii MARTHA E., b. Jan. 23, 1841.

49* iii. SARAH H., b. May 17, 1843; m. IRVIN WHITE.
50 iv. NANCY C., b. June 9, 1845; d. Aug. 1, 1865.
51 v. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 14, 1848; res. Colorado.

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MARTHA STRAWBRIDGE3, dau. of JOSEPH (2), was b. Feb. 20, 1804, in Hopewell township, Pa.; m. Sept. 2, 1830, TURNER BROWN, who was b. Mch. 28, 1804; d. Nov. 5, 1874. Mrs. Brown, who was an exceptionally bright woman gave to her nephew, David Strawbridge, in 1858, many of the facts contained in the preceding pages. Her early days were spent in Pennsylvania, and she had actual knowledge of the facts she communicated. She d. at the home of a daughter in Osage Co., Mo., Apr. 2, 1891.

CHILDREN.

52 i. MARY b. Sept. 2, 1831.

53 ii. JOHN T., b. Oct. 17, 1833; d.
54 iii. SARAH REBECCA b. Oct. 15, 1835.
55 iv. HANNAH JANE, b. Nov. 10, 1837; res. Prairie City, Ill.
56 v. SUSANNAH MARTHA b. Aug. 2, 1840.
57 vi. RUTH ANNA, b. Feb. 9, 1843; m. ——— MO TT; res. Prairie City, Ill.

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JOSEPH B. STRAWBRIDGE3, son of JOSEPH (2), was b. June 29, 1806, in Hopewell, York co., Pa.; m. in Baltimore co., Md., May 3, 1832, REBECCA (Gorsuch) CURTIS, who was b. Nov. 8, 1801; d. NOV. 13, 1875. They moved to Indiana in 1832, and settled on a farm four miles south of Richmond, on the Elkhorn branch of the Whitewater river. He was a Quaker in his religion, and for many years after removing to Indiana, was connected with the Yearly Meeting of that sect in Richmond. In 1848 he joined the Wesleyan Methodists. He d. Dec. 19, 1862.