on the Indians gathered about and burned their house and barn, and murdered their neighbors. The sky was bright with the flames of the burning buildings and the air was filled with the shrieks of the dying people, and the terrible war-whoops of the fiends who were reveling in a car nival of blood.

It was evening when my grandfather returned, and when he came in sight of his house and saw that it was on fire and surrounded by merciless savages, he supposed that his family were all murdered. He concealed himself

till morning. As daylight approached the Indians had departed, and he cautiously crept to the spot where his house had stood and examined the ashes, searching for his wife and children. But finding none, there came into his crushed and aching heart a gleam of hope that they might yet be alive; but this hope was soon followed by the fear that they might be prisoners in the hands of the savages. So, in great agitation and fear, he walked up and down, weeping and calling aloud, "Betsey, Betsey;" and she knew his voice and answered from the wheatfield and came to him, bringing the three children; and in a moment his loved ones were again in his embrace. But sad as well as joyful was the meeting. They were not safe and could not tarry by the charred remains of their once peaceful home, but had to leave everything and flee for their lives.

Weeping for joy, and trembling with fear, they hastened to the place where their horses and wagon were concealed; then went for the few articles left with the friends on the hill; then hastily began their dreary flight over the mountains in the direction toward York County, Pa. During their sad journey their anguish and sufferings were great; but being provided with a vehicle and team of horses, they traveled with much less fatigue than many in their company, who fled on foot, some of whom perished in the wilderness.

These fugitives from unhappy Wyoming, paused in their journey on the southern border of Pennsylvania, and purchasing land, they settled in what is now Adams County, where they raised a large family, and peacefully ended their days.

Their home in the Wyoming Valley was nearly paid for, and was, I presume, located between Wilkes-Barre and Pittston on the east side but they never returned to claim it. They were Scotch-Irish Protestants, and my grandmother's maiden name was Elizabeth Wiley. My grandfather, John Kennedy, served his country in the American Army, in the Revolutionary War, and there is a tradition in the family that he had been drawn away from Wyoming into the army and was absent on duty at the time of the Indian troubles, and had reached home just in time to rescue his family from destruction. The little boy, Samuel, who had lain hid in the wheatfield all night with his mother, died May 11, 1866, aged nearly 93 years, at his residence in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pa. He remembered that in going to the place where the horses and wagon were concealed in the woods, his sister Jane had fallen from a footlog into the stream and was nearly drowned. That stream, I suppose, was Mill Creek.

Around these facts, heretofore unpublished, there exists an interesting history of one hundred and twenty years. Much of this history is in my possession, and more could be recovered from my relatives who are numerous in Southern Pennsylvania.

NECROLOGY.

REV. GEORGE FREAR, D. D.,

By A. Clark Sisson, La Plume, Pa.

Rev. Dr. George Frear was born at Eaton, Wyoming County, Penn'a, June 21, 1831. His early schoolboy days were spent at the district school near his home. In due. time he entered the University at Lewisburg, Pa. (now Bucknell University) and graduated from the Collegiate department in 1856. He immediately entered the Theological department and graduated therefrom in 1858. He made a profession of religion and was baptized into the Eaton Baptist Church in 1849 by his father, Rev. Wm. Frear, who was the founder and pastor of that church for fifty years. He commenced preaching while in college and was ordained at Reading, Pa., in August, 1858.

He filled the following pastorates: The First Baptist Church of Reading, Pa., from August, 1858, to February, 1872; at Norristown, Pa., from February, 1872, to August, 1875; at Lewisburg, Pa., from August, 1875, to February, 1879; at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., from July, 1880, to June, 1894, where he died December 27, 1894, aged 63 years. From 1865 he was a member, and from 1869 Secretary of the Board of Curators of the University at Lewisburg till the reorganization in 1883, and attended every commencement of the college from 1857 till 1884, He received the degree of D. D. in 1874 from the University at Lewisburg. He was for twelve years a trustee of Keystone Academy, and all his pastoral life a member and much of the time Vice President of the Pennsylvania Baptist Education Society. He enlisted in the late war and was chaplain of the 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves for some time until he was taken from the field sick; was also

chaplain for many years of Conyngham Post, G. A R., of Wilkes-Barre; was President of the Wilkes-Barre Oratorio Society, Secretary of Wilkes-Barre Cleric, member of the Executive Committee of the Wilkes-Barre Law and Order Society and was interested in many State and Associational movements.

He was courteous in speech, kind in heart and liberal in hand. He was instrumental in the remodeling or building new churches in Reading, Norristown and WilkesBarre. He was always pleasant, social and agreeable; his cheerful smile and friendly greetings were a benediction to all whom he chanced to meet. His domestic relations were exceedingly pleasant. He was married in August, 1858, by Rev. F. Christine to Miss Malvina Rowland, of Hilltown, Berks County, Pa., who survives him. Five children have been born as follows: Dr. William Frear, our highly esteemed Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at State College, Penn'a; Mrs. Elizabeth R., wife of G. E. Mason; Mrs. Mary J., wife of E. K. Fry; Matilda and Anna, the last two died in infancy. He was a devoted and loving husband, a kind, indulgent and patient father and his was a model christian home.

Dr. Frear's ancestors were of the French Huguenot extraction. They came to New Amsterdam, N. Y., about 1655. Poughkeepsie was originally called Freartown, and Pultz, N. Y., was settled by the family. Abraham Frear, grandfather of Dr. Geo Frear, came to Forty Fort about 1789, later moved to Pittston. His wife, Sarah, was a most remarkable woman; she was the daughter of Wm. and Anna Patterson and was born in Litchfield, Conn., in 1759. Four days at school constituted the sum of her educational advantages, except what was furnished by the home circle. After a time the Patterson family emigrated to what was then called the West, and settled in Orange County, N. Y. Here Sarah married for her first husband David Mitchel, who after a time responded to his coun

NECROLOGY.

REV. GEORGE FREAR, D. D.,

By A. Clark Sisson, LaPlume, Pa.

Rev. Dr. George Frear was born at Eaton, Wyoming County, Penn'a, June 21, 1831. His early schoolboy days were spent at the district school near his home. In due time he entered the University at Lewisburg, Pa. (now Bucknell University) and graduated from the Collegiate department in 1856. He immediately entered the Theological department and graduated therefrom in 1858. He made a profession of religion and was baptized into the Eaton Baptist Church in 1849 by his father, Rev. Wm. Frear, who was the founder and pastor of that church for fifty years. He commenced preaching while in college and was ordained at Reading, Pa., in August, 1858.

He filled the following pastorates: The First Baptist Church of Reading, Pa., from August, 1858, to February, 1872; at Norristown, Pa., from February, 1872, to August, 1875; at Lewisburg, Pa., from August, 1875, to February, 1879; at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., from July, 1880, to June, 1894, where he died December 27, 1894, aged 63 years. From 1865 he was a member, and from 1869 Secretary of the Board of Curators of the University at Lewisburg till the reorganization in 1883, and attended every commencement of the college from 1857 till 1884, He received the degree of D. D. in 1874 from the University at Lewisburg. He was for twelve years a trustee of Keystone Academy, and all his pastoral life a member and much of the time Vice President of the Pennsylvania Baptist Education Society. He enlisted in the late war and was chaplain of the 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves for some time until he was taken from the field sick; was also