June 14, 1830; Mary L., born Feb. 26, 1833; William L., born Dec. 14, 1839, died April 5, 1883. Drucilla, fourth child of Leonard and Mary Hastings, in 1847 married James Morris, who was born Feb. 22, 1828; children: Mary E., born Oct., 1848, died April, 1856; Caldwell J., born Nov. 20, 1851; Branson, born Oct. 23, 1854; Olivia H., born March 10, 1857; died Jan. 6, 1890. Caldwell J., son of James and Drucilla Morris, married Lavina E. Hearne, a cousin, and had two children, as shown on the preceding page. Branson Morris married Mary J. Warren Feb. 22, 1889; children: Charles B. and William J. Olivia Morris, married George W. Brown of Salisbury, Maryland; children: H. Harley, Mary E. and James.

This data and genealogy of Elijah and Eleanor Hearne, his wife, were furnished me by Caldwell J. Morris, one of their descendants now living in Laurel, Del., and he says, 1894:

I am personally acquainted with many of our relatives in this country. not named here, and as I could not arrange them properly, omitted them altogether; and it seems, too, that such a list would be too ponderous to use. To give a little idea of the great number of the Hearne descendants here, I would say that when my grandmother Mary died, some twenty years ago, she had seventy-six grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren, and they will now number far many more, and a sister of hers has fifteen children.

The Hearne family here is noted for its genius and has furnished more mechanics for the various trades than any other family known; it is also noted ior its mental ability, being well represented in the various professions. Dr. W. Joseph Hearne is one of the best physicians and surgeons in Philadelphia; he is connected with the Jefferson Medical College as lecturer and is physician and surgeon in the Blockley Hospital. Elijah Hearne, of Laurel, has been a renowned blacksmith all his life, and it is frequently said of him that he is the best on the Peninsula south of Wilmington.

William Joseph, son of Elijah and Sallie Hearne, born in Laurel, Del., Dec. 27, 1842. He received a classical education at the Laurel Academy, and at the age of twenty-one years commenced the study of medicine, graduating at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia Mar., 1867. After graduation, he located in Milton, Sussex County, Delaware, and remained there three years. In 1870 he married Miss Amanda Clark Prettyman, who was born Sept. 28, 1845, a daughter of W. C. Prettyman, of Milton, Del., and then located

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