WILLIAM J. VIRDEN, (Montgomery Township) the oldest pioneer citizen of Montgomery Township, was born in Sussex County, Del., December 8, 1804. He is a son of Mitchell and Navinna (Jefferson) Virden; his father, a native of the same county, was born September 16, 1774; he served in the war of 1812; he had four children by his first. wife, three of whom are living-William J., the subject of this sketch; John W., born July 23, 1807; Eliza, born April 1810, and Ann, born September 16, 1813, and died in 1868. By his second wife he had the following: Benjamin, Joseph, Henry, Mary J., Lydia E., Sallie and an infant. Mr. Virden died in Delaware in 1838; his first wife preceded him in 1813. Mr. Virden. the subject of this sketch, migrated to Ohio in 1827, and remained four years in Warren County. In 1831, he came to Montgomery Township and entered eighty acres of land; he married, October 12, of the same year, Sarah A Vorhies, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Hart) Vorhies, and grand-daughter of John Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Mr. and Mrs. Virden have had born to them five children; of these, three are living-Henry M., born September 7, 1832; Ann E., March 3, 1834, and James B., December 2, 1838. Mr. Virden is the oldest living settler in Montgomery Township; he has always devoted his attention to agriculture, and has cleared 140 acres of land, owning at present a farm of 200 acres; he served as Trustee of the township twenty years, and as Justice of the Peace fifteen years. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Republican. Mrs. Virden departed this life February 11, 1879.
WILLIAM J. VIRDEN, (Montgomery Township) the oldest pioneer citizen of Montgomery Township, was born in Sussex County, Del., December 8, 1804. He is a son of Mitchell and Navinna (Jefferson) Virden; his father, a native of the same county, was born September 16, 1774; he served in the war of 1812; he had four children by his first. wife, three of whom are living-William J., the subject of this sketch; John W., born July 23, 1807; Eliza, born April 1810, and Ann, born September 16, 1813, and died in 1868. By his second wife he had the following: Benjamin, Joseph, Henry, Mary J., Lydia E., Sallie and an infant. Mr. Virden died in Delaware in 1838; his first wife preceded him in 1813. Mr. Virden. the subject of this sketch, migrated to Ohio in 1827, and remained four years in Warren County. In 1831, he came to Montgomery Township and entered eighty acres of land; he married, October 12, of the same year, Sarah A Vorhies, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Hart) Vorhies, and grand-daughter of John Hart, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Mr. and Mrs. Virden have had born to them five children; of these, three are living-Henry M., born September 7, 1832; Ann E., March 3, 1834, and James B., December 2, 1838. Mr. Virden is the oldest living settler in Montgomery Township; he has always devoted his attention to agriculture, and has cleared 140 acres of land, owning at present a farm of 200 acres; he served as Trustee of the township twenty years, and as Justice of the Peace fifteen years. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Republican. Mrs. Virden departed this life February 11, 1879.
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