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Lydia Eddowes Naudain

• Father: James Blackston Naudain^1,2,3 b. 2 May 1835, d. 8 Jul 1890
• Mother: Hannah Parkinson^4,5 b. 25 Feb 1844

• Burial*: Interment was in Old Drawyers Church Cemetery, New Castle County, Delaware (near Odessa).^6,7
• Birth*: She was born on 31 October 1869 in Mount Airy, New Castle County, Delaware.^8,6,9
• Death*: She died on 15 August 1889 in Mount Airy, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 19.⁶

• Note*: She died while visiting her aunt, Mrs. Robert A. Cochran, at Mt. Airy. One source gives 20 Aug 1887 as her death date, and another gives 1887 without giving the month and day.^10,11,12

• Last Edited: 4 Feb 2020

Marion Cochran

• Father: William Robert Cochran^1,2,3 b. 26 Jul 1834, d. 22 Dec 1908
• Mother: Anna Matilda Naudain^4,5,6,7 b. 4 Nov 1837, d. 8 Jul 1922

• Birth*: She was born on 1 May 1862 in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^8,9,10
• Death*: She died on 27 September 1930 in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at age 68.^11,12
• Burial*: Interment was in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.¹³

• Note*: She was a school matron and unmarried.¹⁴

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2022

John Polk Cochran

• Father: William Robert Cochran¹ b. 26 Jul 1834, d. 22 Dec 1908
• Mother: Anna Matilda Naudain^2,3 b. 4 Nov 1837, d. 8 Jul 1922

• Birth*: He was born on 24 March 1864 in Delaware.^4,5,6
• Death*: He died on 2 July 1949 in Governor Bacon Health Center, Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 85.^4,6
• Burial*: Interment was in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^7,8

• Note*: He was a retired farmer and unmarried.⁸

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2022

Eliza Polk Cochran

Eliza Polk Cochran's tombstone, Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, Del., courtesy of James Ethridge.

• Father: William Robert Cochran^1,2 b. 26 Jul 1834, d. 22 Dec 1908
• Mother: Anna Matilda Naudain^3,4,5 b. 4 Nov 1837, d. 8 Jul 1922

• Birth*: She was born on 23 March 1866 in Hedge Lawn, New Castle County, Delaware (near Middletown).^6,7,8
• Death*: She died on 6 October 1953 in her home on East Green Street, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 87.^9,8

• Note*: She organized the New Century Club of Middletown, Delaware in 1897 and served as its president for four years from 1936. For 60 years, she was associated with the Training School at Elwyn, Pa. At the time of her death, she was president of the Board of Women Visitors. She was an active member of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Middletown.¹⁰

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2022

William Robert Cochran

• Father: William Robert Cochran^1,2 b. 26 Jul 1834, d. 22 Dec 1908
• Mother: Anna Matilda Naudain^3,4,5 b. 4 Nov 1837, d. 8 Jul 1922

• Birth*: He was born on 21 February 1868 in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^6,7,8
• Burial*: Interment was in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.⁹
• Death*: He died on 10 April 1939 in Elwyn Training School, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at age 71.^10,11

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2022

Frederick Cochran

• Father: William Robert Cochran^1,2 b. 26 Jul 1834, d. 22 Dec 1908
• Mother: Anna Matilda Naudain³ b. 4 Nov 1837, d. 8 Jul 1922

• Birth*: He was born on 25 July 1869 in Delaware.^4,5
• Death*: He died on 26 January 1901 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at age 31.^6,7,8
• Burial*: Interment was on 29 January 1901 in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^9,10,11

• Obituary*: "Mr. Frederick Cochran, son of William R. Cochran of this town, died in Philadelphia Saturday last, where he has resided for several years. The remains were brought to Middletown for burial Monday. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from his father’s residence, East Main street; interment being made in Forest Cemetery. Mr. Cochran had man friends in this section who learned with regret of his untimely death."¹²
• Note*: He was a farmer and unmarried.¹³

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2022

Herman Cochran

Herman Cochran's tombstone, Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, Del., courtesy of James Ethridge.

• Father: William Robert Cochran^1,2 b. 26 Jul 1834, d. 22 Dec 1908
• Mother: Anna Matilda Naudain^3,4,5 b. 4 Nov 1837, d. 8 Jul 1922

• Birth*: He was born on 10 January 1873 in New Castle County, Delaware (near Middletown).^6,7,8
• Marriage*: He married Mary Lionne Beaston on 28 April 1921 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.^9,10,11
• Death*: He died on 28 March 1951 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 78.^12,8
• Burial*: Interment was on 2 April 1951 in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^13,14

• Note*: • His obituary says he was born on 10 Jan 1873 near Middletown, Delaware, but a family history gives the date as a year earlier, 10 Jan 1872, and does not mention a place.
  • He was educated at Friends School in Wilmington, Delaware and Shortlidge Academy in Media, Pennsylvania.
  • In World War I, he was connected with what then was the U.S. Shipping Board Bureau (and evolved into the Maritime Commission) and was active in the Hog Island shipbuilding project. For some years he was associated with the Phoenix Bridge Company and then was in the insurance business in Chicago and Boston, retiring about ten years before his death.
  • A family history says he and Mary Lionne Beaston married on 28 Apr 1921; his obituary says they married in 1914 without giving any further information.^{15,16,17,18,19,20}

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2022

Mary Lionne Beaston

M. Lionne Beaston's tombstone, Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, Del., courtesy of James Ethridge.

• Birth*: She was born in 1875 in Chesapeake City, Cecil County, Maryland.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married Herman Cochran, son of William Robert Cochran and Anna Matilda Naudain, on 28 April 1921 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.^3,4,5
• Death*: She died on 25 August 1953 in her home, 8 East Green Street, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^6,7
• Burial*: Interment was on 28 August 1953 in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^2,8

• Note*: A family history says she and Herman Cochran married on 28 Apr 1921; his obituary says they married in 1914 without giving further information.^9,10

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2022

Gov. John Price Cochran Sr.

Gov. John P. and Mary Tumlin Cochran's tombstone, Forest Cemetery, Middletown, Del.

• Birth*: He was born on 7 February 1809 in New Castle County, Delaware (near Middletown).^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Eliza Polk in 1833.^3,4
• Marriage*: He married Mary Tumlin.⁵
• Death*: He died on 27 December 1898 in New Castle County, Delaware (near Middletown), at age 89.^1,2
• Burial*: Interment was in Forest Presbyterian Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.¹

• Note*: He was governor of Delaware.^6,1

• Last Edited: 20 Jul 2016

Eliza Polk

Eliza Polk Cochran's tombstone, Forest Cemetery, Middletown, Del.

• Birth*: She was born on 1 April 1812.¹
• Marriage*: She married Gov. John Price Cochran Sr. in 1833.^2,3
• Death*: She died on 24 July 1855 at age 43.^4,1
• Burial*: Interment was in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.¹

• Note*: She died in childbirth.²

• Last Edited: 20 Jul 2016

James Naudain Conwell

• Father: Myers Clark Conwell¹ d. 1885
• Mother: Alice Schee Naudain² b. 8 Sep 1839, d. 29 Oct 1900

• Birth*: He was born on 17 December 1859.³
• Marriage*: He married Amanda M. Payne on 19 December 1880.³

• Note*: He lived in Wilmington, Delaware and worked for a railroad.⁴

• Last Edited: 2 Aug 2006

Amanda M. Payne

• Marriage*: She married James Naudain Conwell, son of Myers Clark Conwell and Alice Schee Naudain, on 19 December 1880.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Aug 2006

Mary Cowgill Conwell

• Father: Myers Clark Conwell¹ d. 1885
• Mother: Alice Schee Naudain² b. 8 Sep 1839, d. 29 Oct 1900

• Birth*: She was born on 10 June 1863.³
• Marriage*: She married Horace Carpenter in September 1885.³
• Death*: She died on 12 February 1929 at age 65.³

• Note*: They lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.⁴

• Last Edited: 2 Aug 2006

Horace Carpenter

• Marriage*: He married Mary Cowgill Conwell, daughter of Myers Clark Conwell and Alice Schee Naudain, in September 1885.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Aug 2006

Myers Clark Conwell Jr.

• Father: Myers Clark Conwell¹ d. 1885
• Mother: Alice Schee Naudain² b. 8 Sep 1839, d. 29 Oct 1900

• Note*: He was a businessman in Larchmont, New York.³

• Last Edited: 2 Aug 2006

Joseph C. Conwell

• Marriage*: He married Hester Clark.

• Last Edited: 2 Aug 2006

Hester Clark

• Marriage*: She married Joseph C. Conwell.

• Last Edited: 2 Aug 2006

Clarence J. Conwell

• Father: James Naudain Conwell¹ b. 17 Dec 1859
• Mother: Amanda M. Payne

• Birth*: He was born on 26 January 1882.²

• Note*: He worked for a railroad.²

• Last Edited: 2 Aug 2006

Elizabeth Naudain Cochran

• Father: Robert Alexander Cochran^1,2,3 b. 19 Jul 1836, d. 3 Sep 1922
• Mother: Lydia Eddowes Naudain^4,5,6 b. 2 Jul 1841, d. 5 Oct 1910

• Birth*: She was born on 23 July 1865 in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^7,8,9
• Marriage*: She married George Spencer Comegys, son of Nathaniel W. Comegys and Helen Spencer, on 10 January 1894.^10,11
• Death*: She died on 23 July 1951 in her home, 700 West Twenty-Sixth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 86.^8,12
• Burial*: Interment was on 26 July 1951 in Shrewsbury Cemetery, 12828 Shrewsbury Church Road, Harmony Corner, Kent County, Maryland.^13,9

• Note*: She died on the morning of her eighty-sixth birthday after having "been ill for some time." She was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware. Survivors included four daughters, a sister, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.⁹

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

George Spencer Comegys

• Father: Nathaniel W. Comegys¹ b. 20 Nov 1825, d. 14 Mar 1899
• Mother: Helen Spencer²

• Birth*: He was born on 13 May 1861.³
• Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Naudain Cochran, daughter of Robert Alexander Cochran and Lydia Eddowes Naudain, on 10 January 1894.^4,5
• Death*: He died on 13 November 1916 in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 55.^6,7
• Burial*: Interment was in Shrewsbury Cemetery, 12828 Shrewsbury Church Road, Harmony Corner, Kent County, Maryland.³

• Obituary*: "DEATH OF SPENCER COMEGYS.
     "Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
     "MIDDLETOWN, Del., Nov. 14.—Spencer Comegys, of Chestertown, Md., fell dead yesterday. Mr. Comegys was a member of the Comegys family, of Maryland, and married the daughter of Robert A. Cochran, of near here, who survives him."⁸

• Last Edited: 18 Jul 2018

Harriet ('Hattie') Church Cochran

• Father: Robert Alexander Cochran^1,2 b. 19 Jul 1836, d. 3 Sep 1922
• Mother: Lydia Eddowes Naudain^3,4 b. 2 Jul 1841, d. 5 Oct 1910

• Birth*: She was born on 23 October 1867.⁵
• Marriage*: She married John P. Cochran on 6 January 1887.⁵
• Death*: She died on 5 September 1900 at age 32.⁵

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

John P. Cochran

• Marriage*: He married Harriet ('Hattie') Church Cochran, daughter of Robert Alexander Cochran and Lydia Eddowes Naudain, on 6 January 1887.¹

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

Marie Louise ('Louisa') Cochran

• Father: Robert Alexander Cochran^1,2 b. 19 Jul 1836, d. 3 Sep 1922
• Mother: Lydia Eddowes Naudain^3,4 b. 2 Jul 1841, d. 5 Oct 1910

• Birth*: She was born on 16 July 1868.⁵
• Marriage*: She married Joseph Steele Griffith on 22 April 1889.^6,7,8
• Death*: She died on 31 January 1937 at age 68.⁹
• Burial*: Interment was in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.⁹

• Note*: Her gravestone bears 16 Jul 1868 as her birth date. This date is contradicted by the date (16 Jul 1860) stated on the Find A Grave memorial page that contains a photograph her her gravestone and the date (16 Jul 1869) stated in Ruth Bennett's family history.^5,10,11

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

Joseph Steele Griffith

• Birth*: He was born on 6 September 1862.¹
• Marriage*: He married Marie Louise ('Louisa') Cochran, daughter of Robert Alexander Cochran and Lydia Eddowes Naudain, on 22 April 1889.^2,3,4
• Death*: He died on 22 February 1901 in Mount Pleasant, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 38.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.¹

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

Lydia Eddows Cochran

• Father: Robert Alexander Cochran^1,2,3,4 b. 19 Jul 1836, d. 3 Sep 1922
• Mother: Lydia Eddowes Naudain^5,6,7 b. 2 Jul 1841, d. 5 Oct 1910

• Birth*: She was born on 16 October 1871.^8,9
• Death*: She died on 6 May 1919 at age 47.^8,10,9
• Burial*: Interment was in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.⁹

• Obituary*: "DIES RIDING WITH FRIENDS IN AUTO
     "Special to The Evening Journal.
     "MIDDLETOWN [Del.], May 7 [1919].—Miss Lydia Cochran, daughter of Robert A. Cochran, died suddenly last evening while riding in an automobile with Miss Ella Naudain and Miss Laura Willits. Miss Cochran and Miss Willits were sitting on the front seat, Miss Willits running the car, when Miss Cochran fell against Miss Willits, dying almost instantly. She had been in poor health for some time, but was not considered critically ill. She is survived by her father, one brother, James B. Cochran, and six sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Comegys, Mrs. Louise Griffith, Mrs. Annie Crow, Miss Mary Cochran, Mrs. Adele Beaston and Miss Josephine Cochran."¹¹

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

Mary Patton Cochran

• Father: Robert Alexander Cochran^1,2 b. 19 Jul 1836, d. 3 Sep 1922
• Mother: Lydia Eddowes Naudain^3,4 b. 2 Jul 1841, d. 5 Oct 1910

• Birth*: She was born on 20 May 1873.⁵
• Marriage*: She married John Cochran on 19 October 1904.⁵
• Death*: She died on 28 December 1926 at age 53.⁵

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

John Cochran

• Marriage*: He married Mary Patton Cochran, daughter of Robert Alexander Cochran and Lydia Eddowes Naudain, on 19 October 1904.¹

• Last Edited: 13 Aug 2007

Douglas Cochran

• Father: Robert Alexander Cochran^1,2 b. 19 Jul 1836, d. 3 Sep 1922
• Mother: Lydia Eddowes Naudain^3,4 b. 2 Jul 1841, d. 5 Oct 1910

• Birth*: He was born on 4 July 1874.⁵
• Death*: He died on 22 September 1913 at age 39.⁵

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

Annie Naudain Cochran

Annie Naudain Cochran Crow's tombstone, Shrewsbury Cemetery, Kent County, Md. Photo by Stephen Keefe; used with his permission.

• Father: Robert Alexander Cochran^1,2,3,4,5 b. 19 Jul 1836, d. 3 Sep 1922
• Mother: Lydia Eddowes Naudain^6,7,8,9,5 b. 2 Jul 1841, d. 5 Oct 1910

• Birth*: She was born on 17 April 1877 in Delaware.^10,11
• Marriage*: She married William Rankin Crow on 22 November 1900.^12,13,14
• Burial*: Interment was in Shrewsbury Cemetery, 12828 Shrewsbury Church Road, Harmony Corner, Kent County, Maryland.¹⁵
• Death*: She died on 16 July 1946 in her home, Kent County, Maryland (near Kennedyville), at age 69.^15,16

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2022

William Rankin Crow

William Rankin Crow's tombstone, Shrewsbury Cemetery, Kent County, Md. Photo by Stephen Keefe; used with his permission.

• Birth*: He was born in 1867 in Cecil County, Maryland.¹
• Marriage*: He married Annie Naudain Cochran, daughter of Robert Alexander Cochran and Lydia Eddowes Naudain, on 22 November 1900.^2,3,4
• Burial*: Interment was in Shrewsbury Cemetery, 12828 Shrewsbury Church Road, Harmony Corner, Kent County, Maryland.⁵
• Death*: He died on 3 July 1935 in his home, Kennedyville, Kent County, Maryland.^6,7

• Note*: His obituary says he was born in 1867, but his Find A Grave memorial gives 1868 as the date. The 1868 date is also inscribed on his gravestone, which is pictured in his Find A Grave memorial.^8,9

• Last Edited: 27 Sep 2022

Adelle H. Cochran

• Father: Robert Alexander Cochran^1,2 b. 19 Jul 1836, d. 3 Sep 1922
• Mother: Lydia Eddowes Naudain^3,4 b. 2 Jul 1841, d. 5 Oct 1910

• Birth*: She was born on 20 May 1881.⁵
• Marriage*: She married Joseph Wallace Beaston on 23 July 1908.⁵

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

Joseph Wallace Beaston

• Marriage*: He married Adelle H. Cochran, daughter of Robert Alexander Cochran and Lydia Eddowes Naudain, on 23 July 1908.¹

• Last Edited: 14 Aug 2007

Josephine Blackiston Cochran

Tombstone for Josephine Cochran Crooks, Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, Del., courtesy of James Ethridge.

• Father: Robert Alexander Cochran^1,2 b. 19 Jul 1836, d. 3 Sep 1922
• Mother: Lydia Eddowes Naudain^3,4 b. 2 Jul 1841, d. 5 Oct 1910

• Birth*: She was born on 9 March 1888 in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^5,6,7
• Marriage*: She married Hugh Gore Crooks on 28 March 1923.⁵
• Death*: She died on 2 December 1964 in her home, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 76.^8,9
• Burial*: Interment was on 4 December 1964 in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^6,7

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2022

Hugh Gore Crooks

Tombstone for Hugh Gore Crooks, Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, Del., courtesy of James Ethridge.

• Birth*: He was born on 2 July 1894.¹
• Marriage*: He married Josephine Blackiston Cochran, daughter of Robert Alexander Cochran and Lydia Eddowes Naudain, on 28 March 1923.²
• Death*: He died on 6 July 1964 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 70.³
• Burial*: Interment was on 8 July 1964 in Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.¹

• Note*: He was an industrial architect for the Du Pont Company for nearly thirty-five years.⁴

• Last Edited: 18 Jul 2018

Edith May Reynolds

• Father: Edward Reynolds¹ b. 10 Aug 1840, d. 1 Jan 1910
• Mother: Mary Jemima Naudain² b. 1 Apr 1843, d. 6 Jun 1925

• Birth*: She was born on 1 May 1873.^3,4
• Marriage*: She married Daniel Paddock Barnard Jr. on 22 September 1897 in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^5,6,7,8
• Death*: She died in 1942.⁹
• Burial*: Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Kent County, Delaware.⁹

• Last Edited: 2 Sep 2013

Daniel Paddock Barnard Jr.

• Birth*: He was born in 1871.¹
• Marriage*: He married Edith May Reynolds, daughter of Edward Reynolds and Mary Jemima Naudain, on 22 September 1897 in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.^2,3,4,5
• Death*: He died in 1952.¹
• Burial*: Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Kent County, Delaware.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Sep 2013

Edward Grantham Reynolds

• Father: Edward Reynolds¹ b. 10 Aug 1840, d. 1 Jan 1910
• Mother: Mary Jemima Naudain² b. 1 Apr 1843, d. 6 Jun 1925

• Birth*: He was born on 5 June 1876.³
• Death*: He died on 19 July 1877 at age 1.³

• Last Edited: 15 Aug 2007

Anna Louise Reynolds

• Father: Edward Reynolds¹ b. 10 Aug 1840, d. 1 Jan 1910
• Mother: Mary Jemima Naudain² b. 1 Apr 1843, d. 6 Jun 1925

• Birth*: She was born on 16 October 1878.³
• Marriage*: She married Walter Francis Nash on 10 June 1918.³

• Last Edited: 15 Aug 2007

Walter Francis Nash

• Marriage*: He married Anna Louise Reynolds, daughter of Edward Reynolds and Mary Jemima Naudain, on 10 June 1918.¹
• Death*: He died on 1 October 1918.¹

• Last Edited: 25 Jun 2011

John Arnold Reynolds

• Father: Edward Reynolds¹ b. 10 Aug 1840, d. 1 Jan 1910
• Mother: Mary Jemima Naudain² b. 1 Apr 1843, d. 6 Jun 1925

• Birth*: He was born on 22 May 1881.³
• Death*: He died on 24 July 1882 at age 1.³

• Last Edited: 15 Aug 2007

Eva Huntington Reynolds

• Father: Edward Reynolds¹ b. 10 Aug 1840, d. 1 Jan 1910
• Mother: Mary Jemima Naudain² b. 1 Apr 1843, d. 6 Jun 1925

• Birth*: She was born on 4 April 1886.³
• Death*: She died on 25 May 1887 at age 1.³

• Last Edited: 15 Aug 2007

Helen Duer

• Father: Edward Louis Duer M.D.¹ b. 18 Jan 1836, d. 6 Sep 1916
• Mother: Clara Jones Naudain² b. 10 Aug 1838, d. 18 May 1880

• Birth*: She was born on 28 March 1868.³
• Marriage*: She married Malcolm Strange Councill M.D.³

• Note*: They lived in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.³

• Last Edited: 18 Aug 2007

Malcolm Strange Councill M.D.

• Marriage*: He married Helen Duer, daughter of Edward Louis Duer M.D. and Clara Jones Naudain.¹

• Note*: He was from Virginia.

• Last Edited: 18 Aug 2007

Louise Naudain Corbit

• Father: Daniel W. Corbit¹

• Birth*: She was born on 30 May 1875.²
• Marriage*: She married Edward Louis Duer M.D. in 1907.^3,4,5,6
• Death*: She died on 16 June 1941 in Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 66.^7,6
• Burial*: Interment was in Corbit Family Cemetery, Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware.²

• Scrapbook*: "DR. DUER IS TO WED MISS CORBIT
     "Wedding Fixed For October at Home of Bride’s Parents
     "PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27 [1907]—Dr. Edward L. Duer, of 1606 Locust street, although seventy-two years of age and a widower for 27 years, had become engaged to marry Miss Louise Corbit, daughter of Daniel W. Corbit, a niece of ex-United States Senator Higgins and a member of a prominent Delaware family residing at Odessa. Her age is half the doctor’s.
     "Dr. Duer and Miss Corbit became engaged last spring and the news, kept a secret since then by a few of their most intimate friends, has just transpired.
     "Dr. Duer’s son and daughter were enthusiastic advocates of the match. The son, Dr. Naudain Duer, is 40, about six years older than his future stepmother.
     "Doctor Duer, Sr., is residing during the summer at Bryn Mawr with his daughter, Mrs. Councill, the wife of Dr. Malcolm Councill. He is a “gentleman of the old school,” and carries his age so remarkably well that he looks scarcely more than 50. He has known Miss Corbit since she was a baby, and has always been on most intimate terms with her parents. His first wife, who was Miss Naudain, was a first cousin of Miss Corbit’s mother and a second cousin of Miss Corbit’s father.
     "Bride-to-be of Prominent Family.
     "Miss Corbit’s father is one of the managers of the New Castle County Workhouse, below Wilmington, and a trustee of Delaware College, at Newark.
     "Miss Corbit’s mother was a sister of ex-Senator Higgins. An uncle, John C. Higgins, is United States Consul at Dundee, Scotland. Governor Lea, of Delaware, and Judge Spruance, of Wilmington, are relatives of Miss Corbit, who is also a descendant of Dr. Arnold Naudain, a State Senator of Delaware.
     "Miss Corbit was educated by governesses and at Miss Richmond’s private school in Walnut lane, Germantown. She is literary, artistic and domestic in her tastes. She is one of two children, her sister being Mrs. Frederick William Curtis, of Newark, Del.
     "Marriage in October.
     "After the death of Dr. Duer’s first wife, his two children lived for a time at Miss Corbit’s home at Odessa, under the care of her mother, the three children being taught there by the same governess.
     "The marriage will take place at Odessa, probably on October 3.
     "Doctor Duer is chief of the obstetrical department at the Presbyterian Hospital and has a large practice. He was graduated from Yale in 1857, and from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1860. During the Civil War he was an assistant surgeon of the Union Army. He is a member of the Union League, University, Rittenhouse and Country Clubs, and was formerly president of the Philadelphia Medical Club."⁸
• Obituary Abstract*: Died in Delaware Hospital on 16 Jun 1941. Funeral to be at her home, 713 Nottingham Road, Wilmington, Del., at 2:00 p.m., 18 Jun 1941. Interment at Corbit Graveyard, Odessa, Del. She was 66, the former Louise Naudain Corbit, a native of Odessa. Married Dr. Edward L. Duer of Philadelphia in 1907. He died in 1916, after which she lived with her father in Odessa until moving to Wilmington in 1922. Member of Society of Colonial Dames. Served on board of Home of Merciful Rest for many years. Survived by a sister, Mrs. Charles M. Levis of Wilmington.⁹
• Note*: She was the daughter of Daniel W. Corbit of Odessa, Delaware, a near relative of Dr. Duer's first wife, Clara Naudain.¹⁰

• Last Edited: 28 Jul 2018

Daniel W. Corbit

• Note*: He was from Odessa, Delaware.¹

• Last Edited: 18 Aug 2007

James Naudain Todd

• Father: James Nathan Todd^1,2 b. 5 Oct 1861, d. 1 May 1898
• Mother: Clara Virginia Naudain^3,4 b. 17 Mar 1868, d. 22 Jun 1926

• Birth*: He was born on 2 February 1895.⁵

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2018

Orma Naudain

• Father: Alfred Howard ('Alf') Naudain¹ b. 11 Dec 1856, d. 3 May 1917
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth Stevenson² b. 30 Oct 1868, d. 2 Jul 1949

• Birth*: She was born on 17 February 1890.^3,4
• Death*: She died in March 1977 at age 87.⁵

• Note*: A family history gives her name as Arma Lean Naudain and her husband's as J. Barnem.⁶

• Last Edited: 15 Apr 2022

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Homer Dean Naudain

• Father: Alfred Howard ('Alf') Naudain^1,2,3,4 b. 11 Dec 1856, d. 3 May 1917
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth Stevenson^5,6,7,8 b. 30 Oct 1868, d. 2 Jul 1949

• Birth*: He was born on 27 June 1892 in Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.^9,10,11
• Marriage*: He married Lela Fern Miller on 28 December 1918 in Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota.^{12,13,14,15,16}
• Death*: He died on 7 October 1957 in Veterans Hospital, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, at age 65.^17,18
• Burial*: Interment was on 10 October 1957 in plot 2-115/1, Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, Dickinson County, Iowa.^19,20

• Obituary*: "Services For Homer Naudain Here Today
     "Homer Naudain, who has been at home in Milford since the time he was a boy of eight, died at the Veterans hospital in Sioux Falls Monday, October 7. His critical illness was of about seven months duration, following surgery at Rochester in late March when it was determined that a cancerous condition existed in the lung. However, he had been unwell for several months previously. His stay at the Sioux Falls Veterans hospital was but for 10 days, as Mrs. Naudain had been able to care for him in the home here until Sept. 26.
     "Funeral services were conducted this afternoon, Thursday, at 1:30 o’clock from the Leyson Funeral home. Rev. John Kirby of Union Memorial church officiated. Mrs. Dwight Hemphill, soloist, was accompanied by Mrs. Frank Fellows. The floral arrangements were cared for by Mrs. Roscoe Ewen and Mrs. Ray Whitmer. Interment was made at the Okoboji Cemetery at Arnolds Park on the Miller family plot, with casket bearers A. C. McKinstrey, Ray Whitmer, Gene Kehoe, Marvin Swenson, Gilbert Feldhacker and Walter Johnson.
     "Military rites will be observed at the grave.
     "Homer D. Naudain was born June 27, 1892, at Algona and was 65 years of age at the time of his passing. His parents were Mary Stephenson and Alfred H. Naudain. When Homer was eight years of age, he moved with his parents to Milford, and except for the time he spent in the service of his country during the first World War, he was never at home in any other place. He attended the public schools here, and took his first job here, with the Midland Telephone Company. He started his own electrical shop, after the completion of his schooling, in the rear of the building which is now the Murray Drug Store. When World War I started, he sold this business and entered the army in 1917, leaving Dickinson county with the first group of volunteers. He was discharged in 1918 for medical reasons, and returned here to re-enter the electrical business in partnership with Oscar Skyllingstad in the location now owned by Whitmer Hardware.
     "On December 28, 1918, he was married to Lela Miller, the daughter of pioneer Dickinson county folks, who had homestead Miller’s Bay at Lake Okoboji. The lived in the house where they started their marriage together until 1952, when they built a new, modern home which the permitted to enjoy together the last few years. Mrs. Naudain survives.
     "For the past 36 years Mr. Naudain has been in the tank wagon oil business, and was actively engaged in the operation of his truck as an independent dealer until his health failed last spring.
     "Mr. Naudain took an active part in the affairs of his town. He was a member of his town. He was a member of the Volunteer Fire Department for many years; he served 16 years on the Milford town council; he was a member of the board of trustees of the Milford Municipal Light Plant, and chairman of that board when the present plant building was erected.
     "He also served as superintendent of the plant for a number of years. He was coach of the first junior baseball team in Milford.
     "His lodge affiliation was with the Masonic order; he was also a member of the American Legion. As a young man, his hobbies included trap shooting, hunting and fishing.
     "Mr. Naudain was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors besides the widow are two sisters, Mrs. Orma Farnham of Grants Pass, Oregon, and Vesta, Mrs. C. E. Anderson of Long Beach, Calif."²¹

• Last Edited: 15 Apr 2022

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