S. V. Addis

S. V. Addis, born in Somerset county, N. J., November 20,1804, is a son of Daniel and Margaret (Van Dyke) Addis, grandson of Simon, whose father, Richard Addis, came from Great Britain and settled near the New Brunswick line, where he married a Miss Wykoff. Moving to Philadelphia, he purchased 300 acres, where the Centennial buildings stood in '76, and 500 acres fifteen miles distant, where is now the town of Addisville. Daniel, Simon and Richard were well-known citizens of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Daniel served in the war of 1812, and died at the age of fifty-five, the victim of professional malpractice. Simon served seven years in the Revolution against the oppressor who would strangle a liberty-loving people. S. V. Addis' brothers and sisters were Eleanor and Peter, deceased; John and Ephraim. S. V. Addis received a common school education in his native county, worked on his father's farm some years, and in '51 moved westward to this township. In 1830 he married Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of John R. and Mary (Beavas) Little, natives of Hunterdon county, N. J. Her father was killed in Canada during the war of 1832. His father, James Little, was a native of Ireland—one of the many polished revolutionists which that unfortunate little island sent to America to aid in founding liberty here. To this marriage nine children were born: Mary E., in Nebraska ; John L., in Iowa; Daniel and James, in this county; Sarah M., in Iowa, and Irvine, in Knox county. Caroline, Catherine and Gideon are numbered with the dead. Mr. and Mrs. Addis are members of the M E. church since their marriage. Mrs. Addis was born in Ilunterdon county, N. J., February 7, 1810. Her husband cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson; but in 1860 voted for Lincoln, and has since been a firm Republican.