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BERRY, Mrs. Adaline Hohf, author, born in Hanover, Pa., 20th December, 1859. She removed with her parents, at the age of four years, to Maryland, where she spent her childhood days amid the rural sights and sounds along the quiet Linganore. In 1870 her family removed to Iowa, where, as a school-girl in her teens, she first attempted verse. A talent for composition began its development about that time, and sketches from her pen, in the form of both poetry and prose, found their way into the local papers. She gave no particular evidence of a tendency to rhyme until 1884, at which time she resided in Illinois, when the death of a friend called forth a memorial tribute, which received such commendation from personal friends as to encourage her to continue to work in verse, and poems were frequently written by her afterward. She completed the academic course of Mt. Morris College (Illinois) in 1882, and about six months after graduation entered a printing office as compositor. She worked at the case more than four years and in May, 1885, undertook the editing of "The Golden Dawn," an excellent but short-lived magazine published in Huntingdon, Pa. On 20th June, 1888, she was married to William Berry, an instructor in vocal music, and soon after rendered him valuable assistance in compiling an excellent song-book, "Gospel Chimes," writing hymns and some music for it. She and her husband are at present happily located in Huntingdon, and Mrs. Berry is editing a child's paper known as "The Young Disciple." Her family consists of one child, a son, born in February, 1891. She is of mixed ancestry. Her father, Michael Hohf, was of Dutch extraction, and her mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Bucher, was of Swiss blood. Born in a community of "Pennsylvania Dutch," that language was the first she learned to speak. (American Women Fifteen Hundred Biographies, Volume 1, Publ. 1897. Transcribed by Marla Snow)

Edward Burbanks Burbanks. Edward,soldier, statesman and founder of Falls City, Neb., was born Aug. 20, 1822, in Hanover, Pa. He was one of the founders of Falls City, Neb. He has served as a member of the Nebraska state legislature. [Herringshaw's American Blue-Book of Biography by Thomas William Herringshaw and American Publishers' Association, 1914, Transcribed by AFOFG]

George Gilbert Crawford, M. D.  In the long ago there came to York County, Pennsylvania, as its first physician, a young Scotchman, Dr. James Crawford, a graduate in medicine of the University of Edinburgh. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. David Jamison, and founded a family of which Dr. George Gilbert Crawford, of Strasburg, Virginia, is a twentieth century representative. Dr. Jamison was a lieutenant-colonel in a Virginia regiment that fought the French and Indians and later was colonel in the revolutionary army. Through another line of descent Dr. George G. Crawford traces to Jacob Rinker (a great-grandfather) who was a captain in the revolutionary army. The sword he carried was preserved in the possession of his descendants until 1840, when the burning of the family mansion destroyed the valued heirloom. James Crawford moved late in life to the state of Ohio with his family, his son, a lad of seventeen years, not accompanying the family further than Shenandoah County, Virginia. He located in Strasburg in that county on the north fork of the Shenandoah river at the base of Massanutton mountain, near where, in later years, the battle of Cedar Creek was fought between the Union force under Sheridan and the Confederates under Early, and later moved to Woodstock. There he married, reared a family and died. One of his sons, Robert W. Crawford, was first lieutenant under Fitzhugh Lee, of the Confederate army. Another son, Rev. William A. Crawford, was a professor in Delaware College and pastor of the churches at Fairfax Court House and Kernstown, dying at the latter town. Dr. James Jamison Crawford, son of David Jamison Crawford, was born at Woodstock, Virginia, October 19, 1835. He was a highly educated man, holding the degree of M. A. from Delaware College, the degree of M. D. from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and was also a student at the University of Virginia and at the University of Maryland. He practiced his profession nearly his entire life in Strasburg. Shenandoah County, Virginia, where he was greatly beloved as a man and most implicitly trusted as a physician. He served in the Confederate army from first Manassas to Appomattox, attaining the rank of captain, and was wounded in battle. His first service was in Company A, Tenth Regiment Virginia Infantry, of which he became captain. Later he served as assistant surgeon of the Thirteenth Virginia Regiment, was engaged in many of the hardest battles of the war and at its close only seven men were left of the original company. Dr. and Captain Crawford died in 1895. His wife, Emma Gertrude (Setszer) Crawford, yet survives him. She was born February 14, 1851, daughter of Henry and Mary Rebecca (Borum) Setszer. After the war Dr. Crawford resumed medical practice at Strasburg, was an elder of the Presbyterian, church, and one of the most influential men of the town. Dr. George Gilbert Crawford, son of Dr. James Jamison and Emma Gertrude (Setszer) Crawford, was born in Strasburg, Virginia, March 27, 1876. His early education was obtained in public and private schools in Strasburg and "Greenwood School," Albemarle County, Virginia, two years being devoted to study in that institution. He then pursued the academic course at the University of Virginia for three years, then began professional study in the medical department of the university. He was graduated M. D., class of 1901, and for the next three and one-half years practiced in Faulkland, Delaware, and was assistant physician and surgeon at Delaware Hospital, Wilmington. In 1905 he established in private practice in Wilmington, Delaware, continuing there three years. In 1908 he returned to his native town, Strasburg, and began practice there among the people by whom the name ''Doctor Crawford" is yet held in loving remembrance. Between the passing of the "old doctor" and the coming of the "young doctor" there was a lapse of thirteen years but among the warmest friends of the "young Doctor Crawford" are the families in which "old Doctor Crawford" was for a quarter of a century the honored friend and trusted medical adviser. Dr. Crawford is a member of the Shenandoah Valley and Shenandoah County Medical societies, and the Virginia State Medical Society, and American Medical Association, interested in their work and aiding to extend their usefulness. He is decidedly literary in his tastes and a lover of out-of-door sports. For his own entertainment and that of his friends, he often indulges his talents for political composition and one of his poems "A Rub of the Green" published in "Life" was much appreciated by the golfing readers of that periodical. He preserves and honors his father's military service by availing himself of the right it gives him to affiliate with the order of Sons of Confederate Veterans and is a member of Stover Camp. Dr. Crawford married, June 10, 1903, Anne Preston White, born at Seguin, Texas, daughter of James and Ellen Douglas (Clarke) White. Children: Ellen Clarke, born at Faulkland, Delaware; Anne Preston, born in Wilmington, Delaware; James Jamison (2), born in Hanover County, Virginia; Jean Maxwell, born in Strasburg, Virginia. [Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under The Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, 1915 Transcribed by AFOFG]

FRANCIS A. RAMSEY, 1794. Born in York county, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1764. Removed as pioneer to present State of Tennessee. Secretary of the Second Franklin Convention at Jonesboro, 1784. Member of the Council of State of Franklin, 1785-1787. Colonel in the Franklin Militia and Clerk of the Superior Court of Washington District. Appointed a Charter Trustee of Blount College, 1794. Appointed a Charter Trustee of East Tennessee College, 1807. First President of the State Bank at Knoxville, 1820. Died in Knox county, November 13, 1820. (Goodspeed History, Knox County Edition. Smith & Co.'s East Tennessee.) [University of Tennessee record, Volume 1 By University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1898- Transcribed by AFOFG]