Identifier: historyofundergr00smed_0 (find matches)
Title: History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Smedley, R. C. (Robert Clemens), 1832-1883
Subjects: Underground Railroad African Americans
Publisher: Lancaster, Pa., Office of the Journal
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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The main props of the Gravner Marsh station beingnow removed, the extensive accommodations it had fur-nished could be supplied no longer. 142 HISTORY OF THE In 1864, on the 23d of 7th month (July), HannahMarsh passed from a life she had nobly filled with goodworks, to one, we have every reason to believe, as re-plete with glorious rewards. The announcement of herdeath was accompanied by the following tribute to hermemory: The reformed and the oppressed, have lost in her afirm coadjutor and substantial friend. She resided withher husband, Gravner Marsh, for about forty years inCain township, and was always recognized as a rock ofadamant, to whom reformers and the friendless everflocked and in whose shelter they took refuge. Herhouse was emphatically a refuge to the weary pilgrimfleeing for his freedom, and hundreds of these werekindly received by her, fed and assisted on their way.Her motto was, All should give proof of religion byworks of practical righteousness and beneficence tomen.
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JOHN VICKERS. CHAPTER X. John Vickers, Early Education and Domestic Life.—Incidents.—AbnerLandrum.—Other Incidents.—Paxson Vickers.—Charles Moore.Micajah and William A. Speakman.—Sarah A., daughter of Mica-jah, marries J. Miller McKim. JOHN VICKERS. (Born Eighth mo., (Aug.) 8th, 1780 —Died Fourth mo., (Apr.) 28th, 1860.) John Vickers was born of Quaker parentage, in Caintownship, 8th mo., (Aug.) 8th, 1780. His father,Thomas Vickers, was a prominent abolitionist, and oneof the earliest and most active agents on the Under-ground Railroad. He was one of the original membersof the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, formed inPhiladelphia in 1777 with Isaac T. Hopper, AnthonyBenezet and others, of which Benjamin Franklin wasthe first President. His grandfather, Thomas Vickers, was an earnest andindefatigable laborer in the Friends Ministry, andtraveled much in his religious calling. It was around the hearthstone of home, from his ear-liest youth, that John Vickers, whose name

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