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| 4. Edward Wharton, d. young. | |||||
| 5. John Quincy Adams Wharton, d. young. | |||||
| 6. Josephine Burgwin Wharton, d. 25 April, 1891; m. 30 June, 1875, to Pressly Neville Chaplin. Issue: | |||||
| 1. Etta Ormsby Chaplin. | |||||
| 2. Neville Amelia Chaplin. | |||||
YARD.
| 9. Josephine Blakeney Ormsby, b. Pittsburgh, 1823; d. Pittsburgh, 14 February, 1854; m. by the Rev. Joseph P. Taylor, rector of Christ Episcopal church, New Brighton, Pa., 3 March, 1853, at Riverside, now in Pittsburgh, S. S., to Commandant (by courtesy, captain) Edward Madison Yard, U. S. N., b. Lawrenceville, N. J., 1813; d. Trenton, N. J., 2 May, 1889; son of Edward Yard, who was native of Exeter, Devonshire, England, later of Trenton, N. J., by his wife Abigail Phillips, who was dau. Major Joseph Phillips, first surgeon in the war of 1812; educated for the law at Lawrenceville, N. J.; later entered the U. S. navy as midshipman, 1 November, 1827; passed midshipman, 10 June, 1833; lieutenant, 28 February, 1838; commandant, 14 September, 1855; resigned, 3 May, 1866. Issue: | ||||
| 1. Josephine Ormsby Yard, b. 4 February, 1854; m. Trenton, N. J., 28 December, 1875, to Captain James Buchanan Breese, U.S.M.C., b. 1847; d. 7 February, 1887; son of Chief Justice Samuel Sidney Breese of Illinois, by his wife Eliza Morrison, dau. Col. Morrison, U. S. senator from Illinois; ed. West Point military academy; left the army after the Rebellion and | ||||
