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POCOMOKE CITY, MARYLANDOn Pennsyl- Mystery Of The GraveGiven Buttonslt;1 from Page 1)cation as Well as aw, agent at Melfa, Va.xa a station helper op.was made operator 2, promoted to reliefK2-.tt Melfa, Va. on Mayresentative at Melfa, an enviable reputation id outstanding citizen 'ountv, whore he has ! in church and frater-Rew’s hobbies includelowers and fruits as • boating on the Ches-e has owned and op-r of fine craft and is ithority on fishing and bav and nearby trib-four FarmLogging Chains, Wire nee Posts, Motors and layground Equipment, tal—Well handles, etc. •arrows, etlt;Stone Is Explained(Continued from Page I)citizen now living in this city, concerning the tomb and its marker andMr. Hearn gives the following information * jy _. '■ Yr' e- ‘... ^ '“The Kbene/.cr Hearno (1717-1783) Is one of my ancestors and the succession is as follows: William Hearno,a London, England merchant, emigrated to thlt;* United States in the late years of the 17th century and bought a farm near Delmar, Delaware, residing there until his death in 1691.“The next in lino were: ThomasHearne; Ebonezer Hearno, 1717-1783, the name on the marker; Ebenezer II, 1792-1854; Dr. John Powder Hearno; 1 23-1872; Ebenezer Hearne III, born 1854 and still living. (This is the Ebon Hearne of Pocomoke. Ed.) I am the 7th generation from the first immigrant, William Hearne.“The late Mr. William T. Hearne,of Independence, Missouri, who was a first cousin to my father, John Low-der Hearne, wrote and published in 1895 a “History of the Hearne family from 1066 to 1895, a volume of 453pages.” V= :He solicited funds from members of the Hearne family throughout the country, with which ho erected, about40 years ago, two monuments—oneFriday, March 20, 194£at the grave of the first immigrant,Wililam Hearne; and one to the mem-lt;»'JCbeiigzSgr HearnlL 3(S9pS*1783, the latter the subject of the ‘Strange as it may seem* article, and the marker is located in the yard of the Greenville Episcopal Church. 10 miles from Delmar, and 21 g miles from the spot where tile deceased livecf^,-. This clears up the mystery of the EbenezerHearne marker.* - : j; L.ij- \“Mr. William T. Hearne visited the Hparne-St»*vcnson home in Pocomoke, on three occasions, and my sister, Miss Lavinia Hearne and myself visited his home in Independence, Misffeuri, in JulyMaintain fresh egg quality by keeplicit and 75 pern nt relative humiditying eggs at about 55 degrees Fahre#DENNIS WATSONFUNERAL HOMEAMBULANCE SERVICESuccessors ToVERNON P. STEVENSONPOCOMOKE CITY—PHONE 224
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Worcester Democrat
Pocomoke City, Maryland, US
Fri, Mar 20, 1942
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