In 1864, on the 23d of 7th month (July), Hannah Marsh passed from a life she had nobly filled with good works, to one, we have every reason to believe, as replete with glorious rewards. The announcement of her

death was accompanied by the following tribute to her memory:

"The reformed and the oppressed, have lost in her a firm coadjutor and substantial friend. She resided with her husband, Gravner Marsh, for about forty years in Caln township, and was always recognized as a rock of adamant, to whom reformers and the friendless ever flocked and in whose shelter they took refuge. Her house was emphatically a refuge to the weary pilgrim fleeing for his freedom, and hundreds of these were kindly received by her, fed and assisted on their way. Her motto was, "All should give proof of religion by works of practical righteousness and beneficence to men."

CHAPTER X.

John Vickers, Early Education and Domestic Life.-Incidents.-Abner Landrum.-Other Incidents.-Paxson Vickers.--Charles Moore. Micajah and William A. Speakman.-Sarah A., daughter of Micajah, 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 Caln township, 8th mo., (Aug.) 8th, 1780. His father, Thomas Vickers, was a prominent abolitionist, and one of the earliest and most active agents on the Underground Railroad. He was one of the original members of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, formed in Philadelphia in 1777 with Isaac T. Hopper, Anthony Benezet and others, of which Benjamin Franklin was the first President.

His grandfather, Thomas Vickers, was an earnest and indefatigable laborer in the Friends' Ministry, and traveled much in his religious calling.

It was around the hearthstone of home, from his earliest youth, that John Vickers, whose name was afterwards known throughout North and South, as one of the most active, cautious, conscientious, and skillful managers of the "Underground" transit of the bondman to liberty, learned a deep sympathy for the wrongs and oppressions of the enslaved negro.

In 1803 he married Abigail Paxson and remained on the place in partnership with his father in the manufacture of pottery; they having an extensive reputation for their superior skill in making a fine variety of ware.