HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Folwell, born December 13, 1839, daugh- 

 ter of Robert Folwell and Harriet Gra- 

 ham. Robert Folwell, born April 5, 1800, 

 died July 10, 1875, was son of Nathan and 

 Rebecca (Iredell) Folwell; Harriet Gra- 

 ham, born April 24, 181 5, died January 

 18, 1S42, was daughter of Thomas and 

 Sarah (Lasher) Graham. Thomas Gra- 

 ham was a son of Michael Graham, and 

 Margaret Kittera, daughter of Thomas 

 Kittera. 



Frederick R. Wilkinson was a lawyer 

 and resided in Trenton, New Jersey, but 

 owing to his large real estate interests 

 did not practice. He was actively inter- 

 ested in a number of financial enterpris- 

 es, was for many 3-ears director of the 

 Mechanics' Bank and the People's and 

 Standard Fire Insurance companies, and 

 held a number of important positions 

 both in private and municipal affairs. He 

 was one of the influential men of the 

 city. He died December 30, 1883. They 

 were the parents of three children, two 

 ■of whom are now living. Ogden Dungan, 

 the subject of the sketch; and Eliza- 

 beth Dill, wife of Louis Gompertz, 

 now living in Paris, France; they are the 

 parents of four children: Harriet, Helen, 

 Ogden and Francisque. 



Ogden D. Wilkinson, son of Frederick 

 Redinger and Harriet (Folwell) Wilk- 

 inson, was born in Trenton, New Jer- 

 sey, May 2, 1863, and now resides at 

 2031 Walnut street, Philadelphia. His 

 early education was acquired at Chel- 

 tenhan Academy, and at Tivoli Military 

 Academy. He later spent some tinie 

 abroad, and attended Mr. Edward Foazy's 

 school at Geneva, Switzerland. On his 

 return to America he attended Phillips- 

 Andover Academy and the University 

 of Pennsylvania. At the conclusion of 

 his University course, he read law, but 

 the care of the large family interests, 

 most of which consisted of valuable real 

 estate in the citj^ of Trenton, have al- 

 most entirely engrossed his attention, 

 and he has of late years devoted his 

 entire attention to the improvement o^ 

 the propert}- there. He has built and 

 owns some of the most valuable and 

 important buildings m the business cen- 

 tre of Trenton, among them bemg the 

 new State Street Theatre, said to be 

 one of the most complete and attractive 

 play houses in the State. The large 

 department store opposite the postoffice; 

 the Wilkinson building; the Hotel Ster- 

 ling; and many others. Among the most 

 extensive and attractive of Mr. Wilkin- 

 sont's building operations, is Wilkinson 

 Place, a very attractive residence portion 

 of the thriving city of Trenton, consist- 

 ing of two large apartment houses and 

 forty-five very attractive and stylish 

 dwellings. While not a resident of 

 Trenton, having large "interests there, he 

 is deeply interested in the aflfairs of the 

 citv. and in its improvement and devel- 

 opment and spends much of his time there. 



In Philadelphia he has been for many 

 years quite actively interested in the 

 patriotic societies of that city, and has 

 from time to time acted as a member of 

 the councils of most of them. He. is a 

 member of the Pennsylvania Society of 

 Sons of the Revolution; the Founders 

 and Patriots' Society; Colonial Society 

 of Pennsylvania, of which he is a mem- 

 ber of the council; Society of the War of 

 1812; member and secretary of Pennsyl- 

 vania Commandery, Military Order of 

 Foreign Wars; member of the Order 

 of Albion; the Genealogical Society of 

 Pennsylvania; Historical Society o^ 

 Pennsylvania; Bucks County Historicaf 

 Society; Society of Descendants of Co- 

 lonial Governors; Union League Club 

 of Philadelphia; New York Yacht Club; 

 and of the Corinthian Yacht Club of 

 Philadelphia, of which he was a found- 

 er and its first vice-commodore, and for 

 several years commodore. He owned 

 the schooners "Lydia" and "Speranza," 

 and the steam yacht "Speranza." 



During the Spanish-American war Mr. 

 Wilkinson, after offering his services to 

 the volunteer navy, assisted in organiz- 

 mg the Wetmore Regiment, which was 

 tendered to the United States, but, not 

 bemg accepted, was finally distributed 

 among the several National Guard regi- 

 nients, and was a great factor in bring- 

 ing the old regiments up to the new 

 standard of efficiency. Mr. Wilkinson 

 was later first lieutenant and commis- 

 sary of the 'Nineteenth Regiment, Na- 

 tional Guard of Pennsylvania, which 

 was formed as a provisional regiment 

 for the Spanish American war. Colonel 

 O. C. Bosbyshell, commanding, and was 

 later commissioned captain and quarter- 

 master of the same regiment, and was 

 mustered out with the regiment after 

 the close of the war. Mr. Wilkinson is 

 a director of the Broad Street National 

 Bank of Trenton, and of the Standard 

 Fire Insurance Company of the same 

 city. 



He was married, April 4. 1883 to Sara 

 Jane Taylor, daughter of Robert and 

 Sarali Taylor, of Philadelphia, and they 

 are the parents of two children: Sarah 

 Dill, born December 30, 1883, and Eliza- 

 beth, born January 3, 1888. 



SCARBOROUGH FAMILY. The 

 family of Scarborough is an old one. and 

 doubtless derived its name from the lo- 

 cality where its early progenitors resided 

 ■"^•hen surnames first came to be used. 

 Scarborough Castle, an old Norman 

 fortress in Yorkshire, England, is built 

 on a high, narrow, rocky promontory, 

 extending seaward about a half-mile, at 

 the foot o vhich the ancient seaport of 

 the same name is nestled in a sheltered 

 nook along South Bay. The modern 

 town of Scarborough is now a noted 

 watering place of about 40.000 inhabi- 



