Marple Township.

Pancoast. He was born on the 12th day of the Seventh month, 1787, on the homestead in Marple township, where his whole life was spent. He was educated at the schools of the neighborhood, after which he began life as a farmer. On the death of his father, in 1834, he inherited the homestead, and continued to follow the congenial pursuits to which his early life was devoted. He married, in 1817, Tamar Bishop, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Bishop, of Upper Providence township, whose surviving children are ten in number. Samuel Pancoast was in his political convictions formerly a Whig, and later became a Republican, though never active in the field of politics. He was a member of the society of Friends, and a regular attendant of meeting at the Springfield meeting-house. He possessed a well-informed mind, was an intelligent reader of current literature, and in private life an affable and courteous gentleman,, enjoying the respect and esteem of all who knew him. The death of Samuel Pancoast occurred on the 23d day of the Fifth month, 1873, and that of his wife on the 28th day of the Ninth month, 1877. The homestead is still in possession of the family.

Charles Moore, the grandfather of John M., settled upon the homestead farm in 1718. He married Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, and had children, - William, Hannah, Margaret, Rachel, and Philip. Philip Moore and his wife, Mary, were the parents of children, - John M., William, Elizabeth, Phœbe, Hannah, and Jane. John M. was born Feb. 26, 1781, on the homestead, which was the birthplace and residence of his father, in Marple township. After receiving a rudimentary English education he devoted a brief period to teaching, and then assisted in the cultivation of the farm. When twenty-six years of age he married Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Jones, of Marple township, and had children, - Philip, Charles (deceased), Mary, William, Phœbe M., John M. (deceased), Hannah (deceased), H. Jones, J. Hunter, Elizabeth J. (Mrs. Campbell McPherson), and Margaret B. Mr. Moore, on his marriage, inherited the homestead farm, which he cultivated until 1821, when the property now owned by his son, J. Hunter Moore, became his home, on which the substantial stone residence, still standing, was erected. Here he continued the active and healthful employments of a farmer until his death, March 18, 1865, in his eighty-fifth year. The homestead farm is still retained in the family, and now the residence of his son, Philip Moore. Mr. Moore was early a Whig and subsequently a prominent Republican in his political views. He was strong in his convictions, an active partisan and worker in the political field, and the incumbent of various local offices in the township. He was during the late war thoroughly loyal in his sentiments, and on many occasions expressed his abhorrence of all measures tending to a dissolution of the Union. The Moore family are of Protestant Episcopal antecedents. Charles Moore, early spoken of in this sketch, was an active member of St. David's Protestant Episcopal Church, of Radnor township (as was also his son, Philip), and a vestry-man. John M. succeeded to the same office in this historic church.

David Dunwoody, the grandfather of the subject of this biographical sketch, was a resident of Chester County, Pa. His son, James, married Rachel Burn, whose children were David, Jane, William, James, John, and Joseph. John was born in 1787 in Chester County (near Westchester), and until the age of seventeen resided with his parents. He later accompanied them on their removal to Marple township, and became actively engaged in the pursuits of a farmer. On the death of his father he came, by inheritance and purchase, into possession of the homestead, which continued to be his residence until his removal to Springfield, in 1856. He married, in 1816, Gulielma Fell, daughter of Edward and Mary Fell, of Springfield township. Their children are Jane (Mrs. E. R. Curtis, who has one son, Penrose D.), Penrose (who died in 1849), William (who died in 1827), Mary (who died during the same year), John (whose death occurred in 1828), Anna Maria (who died in 1879), and Gulielma (Mrs. William Parker). Mrs. Dunwoody's death occurred Nov. 21, 1857. The annexed tribute is one of many expressions of esteem on the occasion of her decease:

"The many virtues of this good woman require more than the brief announcement of her death. Her illness came suddenly and was very short, but the cold hands of death found her ready to answer the final summons of her God. Having been born and reared and having lived in this county up to the time of her death, she had a large circle of acquaintances and many warm friends. To enumerate her virtues and acts of benevolence would be the best tribute to her memory, for they were many. She was remarkable for her even disposition, her ready smile and willing hand. If any of those around her were sick, her care and attention never ceased until health was restored. Up to the moment of the sickness which has terminated her existence on earth, she was generally hearty, and on the morning of her death expressed herself even better than usual. As a mother she was ever patient and watchful; as a wife, kind, loving and dutiful; and as a steadfast friend, unfaltering. Her loss to those bereaved ones will be sorely felt and long remembered."

Mr. Dunwoody having been formerly a supporter of Whig principles found the platform of the Republican party in harmony with his convictions, though he invariably refused all proffers of office tendered him. His religious belief was in harmony with that