James Watts Mercur and Marietta Elizabeth Honore Denis

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Husband James Watts Mercur ¹

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           Born: 3 Dec 1856 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hon. Uylsses Mercur (1818-1887) 2
         Mother: Sarah Simpson Davis (1822-1896) 2

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       Marriage: 1 Mar 1881 - Philadelphia, PA 3

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Wife Marietta Elizabeth Honore Denis ¹

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           Born: 6 Aug 1858 - Philadelphia, PA 3
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         Father: Narcisse Francois Honore Denis (1799-      ) 3
         Mother: Marietta Randolph (1818-1901) 3

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Children

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1 F Marietta Denis Mercur ³

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           Born: 11 Jan 1882 - Philadelphia, PA 3
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         Spouse: Thomas Cahall, Esq. (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 29 Jul 1902 3

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2 F Sarah Davis Mercur ³

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           Born: 2 Sep 1886 - Wallingford, Delaware Co, PA 3
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3 M James Watts Mercur, Jr. ⁴

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           Born: 8 Jul 1891 - Wallingford, Delaware Co, PA 4
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4 F Denise Honore Mercur ⁴

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           Born: 1 Jun 1897 - Wallingford, Delaware Co, PA 4
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General Notes: Husband - James Watts Mercur

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He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and at Andover Preparatory School, Andover, Massachusetts, and entered Harvard University in 1874, graduating from the latter institution in 1878, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He immediately entered the law office of his brother, Rodney A. Mercur, Esq., at Towanda, Pennsyvania, as a student at law, and was admitted to the Bradford County bar, December 2, 1879, and in the same month was admitted to the bar, of Philadelphia County, and began the practice of law. He was admitted to the bar of Delaware County, 1886, and beginning in 1902 had his office in Media, county seat of that county, previous to that time having an office on Walnut street, Philadelphia, and practicing in the several courts of that city. He was a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Delaware County Historical Society, Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Society of the War of 1812, of which latter society he was one of the executive committee. Politically Mr. Mercur was a Republican, and represented his district in state and county conventions of that party. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and was a vestryman of Christ Church, Media, Pennsylvania, for ten years. He and his family resided for some years at Wallingford, Delaware County. He was vice-president of Spring Haven Country Club, at Wallingford.

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General Notes: Wife - Marietta Elizabeth Honore Denis

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Among her ancestors were Edward Fitz Randolph, and Elizabeth Blossom, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, who were married May 10, 1637, and Adam Berkhoven, who came from Cologne to New Amsterdam, now New York, 1642, and married there, March 19, 1645, Magdalena Jacobse Verdan. The will of Adam Berkhoven was dated January 22, 1691-2, and probated, March 21, 1691-2.

She was educated at the Moravian Seminary, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Brooke Hall, Media; and at Miss Anna Mary Longstreth's school in Philadelphia. She was a Daughter of the American Revolution, and was the founder and first regent of the Delaware County Chapter of that Society. She was also a member of the New Century Club.

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Notes: Marriage

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They were married at Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, the ceremony being performed by Right Rev. William Bacon Stevens, Bishop of Pennsylvania; the Rev. Nelson McVicar, Bishop of Rhode Island, assisting.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 384.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 380.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 385.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 386.