Edgar, eldest child of Amos and Lydia C. (Thrall) Van Etten, was born April 15,1843, in Milford. He was educated in the country school at Hainesville, New Jersey, and Stillwater Academy, same state, from which he graduated in 1858. At the age of sixteen years he went to Mount Vernon, Indiana, where he was employed two years as a clerk in a general store. Returning to Hainesville, he enlisted in 1861 as a private in Company B, Second New Jersey Volunteers, and was mustered out in August, 1864, with the rank of captain. He participated in allthe battles of the Army of the Potomac for the three years he was in the service. In 1865 he was employed as a brakeman on the Erie Railroad, remaining untilhe became superintendent of the Delaware division, and was later transferred to the Buffalo division. He then became superintendent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Buffalo; later became general superintendent of the New York Central;subsequently became vice-president of that railroad, and had charge of the Boston & Albany for that company for ten years; in 1909 he resigned and is now president of the G. Washington Coffee Refining Company of New York City. He servedas a director of the First National Bank of Albany, of the Empire and CarnegieTrust Companies of New York, and the Beacon Trust Company of Boston, from allof which he has resigned. He has never taken an active part in politics. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Royal Arcanum and other fraternal bodies, of the Holland Society of New York, and Sons of the American Revolution.Mr. Van Etten is a member of the Lotus and Railroad Clubs of New York, the Algonquin Club of Boston, California Club of Los Angeles and Eastern Yacht Club.

He married, (first), at Port Jervis, New York, in 1865, Emma Lawrence, born April 27, 1845, in Bridgeton, New Jersey, died October, 1894, daughter of Charles M. Lawrence, a physician of Port Jervis, New York, and his wife Margaret (Holmes) Lawrence. He married (second) at Millersburg, Ohio, June 30, 1897, Frances Cramblett, born 1868, daughter of Rev. Ezra Cramblett, a clergyman of Millersburg, and his wife, Mary (Quillen) Cramblett. Children of the first wife: 1.Nellie, born 1868, in Port Jervis, New York, now the wife of Charles Risley, residing in Pasadena, California. 2. Edna, 1880, at Port Jervis, mar-

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ried Charles T. Slauson, and resides in Tulane, California. Both wereeducated in seminaries at London, Canada, and Litchfield, Connecticut.

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1. Nellie VAN ETTEN b. 1868.
2. Edna Lawrence VAN ETTEN b. 1880.

BIOGRAPHY: Amos, third son of Cornelius (q.v.), and Anna (Smith) Van Etten, wasborn in 1808, died in Port Jervis, new York, October 15, 1889. He received hiseducation in the country schools, and early engaged in the mercantile businessat Milford, Pennsylvania, which was his occupation throughout his active life.He married December 15, 1841, Lydia Cornelia Thrall, born June 15, 1841, in Milford, Pennsylvania, died December 11, 1898, in Port Jervis, New York, daughter of Samuel S. and Cynthia (Newman) Thrall. She became a member of the Dutch Reformed Church at Port Jervis in 1861. She was a descendant of one of the oldest families of the Delaware Valley of new England descent (see Thrall VII). Children: 1. Edgar, mentioned below. 2. John thrall, born 1846. 3. Samuel Southmead, 1848. 3. Anna, 1850, died twenty years old. 4. Amos, mentioned below. 5. Emma Lawrence, 1854, wife of C. F. Van Inwegen, of Port Jervis, New York, at whose home the mother passed her last days.

Lydia Cornelia, eldest child of Samuel Southmayd and Cynthia (Newman) Thrall, was born June 15, 1818, in Milford. She married, December 15, 1841, Amos Van Etten, of that town, whom she survived, and died December 11, 1898 (see Van EttenVI).

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1. 1. Edgar VAN ETTEN b. 15 Apr 1843, Milford,Ny.
2. John Thrall VAN ETTEN b. 1846.
3. Samuel Southmead VAN ETTEN b. 1848.
4. Anna VAN ETTEN b. 1850; d. 1870.
5. Amos J VAN ETTEN, Jr. b. 31 Aug 1852.
6. Emma Lawrence VAN ETTEN b. 6 Jun 1854, Orange,Ny; d. 2 Feb 1937, White Plains,Westchester,Ny.

Samuel Southmayd, youngest child of Lemuel and Lydia (skinner) Thrall, was bornNovember 27, 1793, died at Milford, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1862. He resided for many years on the bluff at Milford, and subsequently on what is known asthe Thrall farm, one mile below the village of Milford. He married, June 1, 1817, Cynthia, daughter of Thomas and Cornelia (Randle) Newman. Children: 1.Lydia Cornelia, mentioned below. 2. Sally Ann, born August 13, 1820, marriedRev. William Burroughs. 3. Dorleska Elizabeth, December 24, 1826, became thewife of Egbert Jansen, lived at Vineland, New Jersey, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 4. John, October 4, 1828. 5. Charles Filer, January 23, 1832, married Caroline Warner. 6. Frances, September 21, 1837, married AlexanderHenderson, lived in Philadelphia and died there. 7. Ralph B., January 9, 1840. 8. Samuel Southmayd, February 11, 1841.

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1. 3. Lydia Cornelia THRALL b. 15 Jun 1818, Milford,Ny; d. 11 Dec 1898, Port Jervis,Ny.
2. Sallly Ann THRALL b. 13 Aug 1820.
3. Dorleska Elizabeth THRALL b. 24 Dec 1826; d. Philadelphia,Pa.
4. John THRALL b. 4 Oct 1828.
5. Charles Filer THRALL b. 23 Jan 1832.
6. Frances THRALL b. 21 Sep 1837; d. Philadelpia,Pa.
7. Ralph B THRALL b. 9 Jan 1840.
8. Samuel Southmayd THRALL b. 11 Feb 1841.

Lemuel, youngest child of Moses (1) and Elizabeth (Filer) Thrall, was born February 5, 1740, in North Bolton, died January 31, 1831, in Milford, Pennsylvania.He married (first) Lydia King and (second) about 1784, Lydia skinner, who died April 13, 1813. The children of second marriage were: 1. Filer, born August 12, 1785. 2. Amy, May 31, 1791. 3. Samuel Southmayd, mentioned below

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1. Filer THRALL b. 12 Aug 1785.
2. Amy THRALL b. 31 May 1791.
3. 6. Samuel Southmayd THRALL b. 27 Nov 1793; d. 12 Feb 1862, Milford,Pa.