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the Pennsylvania Society. H e is also a mcm1>er o f various clubs* among them being the Berwick Club, o f Berwick* E'a.: the U niver sity. New Y o rk Athletic, the I^tinbs. the Princeton, the Railroad, City Lunch, and the Bankers* Club o f America, of N cw Y o rk C it y; the Racquet, the Princeton, and the Philadcl]Axia Country Clubs, o f I'hiladelphia. P a .: Nassau Club o f Princeton. N. J . : the Sleepy Hoilow Ciolf Club, o f Scarborough on the Hudson, N . Y ., and the Great Neck G olf G u b , G reat Neck, Long Isbnd. C l a r b n c k G b a r i i a r t C r i s p i k, second son o f Benjamin Franklin Crispin, J r .. was Imrn at Berwick Sept. 27. 1879. H e received his early education at the Berwick high school and W yoming Seminar)', at Kingston, Pa. In 189R he entered Cornell University, and was grad uated in June. 1902* with the degree o f me chanical engineer. A fte r graduation be en tered the employ of the R ailw ay Steel Spring Comj)iany, o f Ncw Y o rk City, as assistant a tginecr. In 1903 be came to Ucns'ick: was elecletl vice iresidenl of the Berwick W ater Com)Kiny ant a director o f (be First National Bank o f Berwick. In 1908 he was appointed assistant district manager of the Benv'ick dis trict of the American Car & Foundry' Com pany. In K)09 be w as elected vice president of the l*'irs( National Dank o f Berwick and in 1 9 1 1 president of the Iioard o f trustees of the local Y . M . C . A . In 1 9 13 he w as elected resident of the Berwick W ater Company, le is interested in (be manuf.ictnre o f a numlicr o f waterworks appliances o f which he is (be inventor, 'rb csc are made and sol<l by the Multiplex M anufacturing Company o f lierwick. Nfr. Crispin is a member of the Delta Kappa Kpsilon Fratem itv. the Rac<|uet Club o f Phil adelphia. the D eaf G olf Club, the Pennsylvania Society o f Ncw Y o rk City, and o f K m iip Lodge, X o. 462. F. & A . M. On Oct. 19. it/>4. M r. Crispin was nwirricd to M ac 1.0%'cly, danghtcr o f Frc<lcrick II. Katon, o f Ncw Y o rk City. T w o children have liecn lioni lo this union: llcnjam in bbton, Imm Oct. 10. 1905, and Frederick Eaton, liom Sept. t7, 1906.
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C H A K I.K S B . E N T is a descendant o f a fam ily whose ancestral record is woven into the warii and woof o f Colum bb county his tory. li is grandfather, Peter R. F.nt, who was the issue o f Charles and Klizahetb Ent. was a native o f Roaringcreek township, tlut county, and was horn Feb. 1 1, 1 8 1 1. Peter B. Ent received his education through such facilities as the time and place afforded, and when he attained manhood followed the
carpenter's trade, this occupation cv'cntually leading into a successful contracting business. He also conducted a mercantile enterprise and owned and maintained an iron furnace at Light Street. Tradition states that the fires o f this furnace, together with the glow from another iron furnace, located at the other end o f (lie settlement, gave Light Street its name. Peter B. Ent in the strength o f his ma turity t>ccame prominently identified with the councils of the Democratic party. Political preferment came to him in many forms. H e represented Cohinilna county at the Demo cratic National convention in i860, and b tc r his ]iersonaI |>opiilarity and ability were rcc( ^ i z c d in a more tangible w ay. hy his elec tion to the commissioncrship o f Columhia county; he was serving in that capacity when the county scat was moved to nloomslnirg. Other public offices he filletl were those o f c o l lector o f tolls, at Beach Haven, and repre sentative in the General Assembly of Pennsyl vania. H e was elected lo this latter office twice, serving during the years o f 1856 and 1857. H e died at liis home in Light Street during the centennial year. 1876* greatly lie* lovetl and nioumed by all. H is w ife. Sarah (M y e rs), sur>*ived him a great numlKr o f years, her demise occurring in 1898. Peter R. and Sarah Ent reared five sons: Wellington H ., bom Aug. i6, t8,vi ^ William M.. Imni Feb. 19, iR 36 :^ *a l H. aii < 1 O scar P.. twins, liom Jan . 13, 1838. and Ruin ert S. These five sons were raised in the spirit of the times and thcir patriotism and love o f country were exemplified when they answ'crcd the calls for volunteers in the dark days of the Civil war, T lic five sons at d if ferent times liadc farewell to their [iarents and entered the terrible conflict with mdinimcd ardor, acquitting themselves with honor and credit In the different paths o f duty to which they were assigned. Sarah Ent, their mother, who passed aw ay during the closing days of the nineteenth cenitiry. w as buried on (he first Mag Day that the nation olxscrved. F lag s were <Irapc<l from the home on th,at day, as fitting emblems to honor a woman who had produced five sturdy loyalists to the cause o f .•American lilicrty. T he bright fi.amc o f thcir (xitriotism has brought a pcr|ictiia1 luster to the family name, which neither time nor event can diminish. O f these five sons, Wellington H . Ent achic%’cd the greatest progress in the p ro fe s sion o f anus. He was horn at Light Street on /Vug. 16, 1834. and passed awa^ in Bloom s burg N ov. 5, 18 7 1. A fte r receiving (be l>cnefits o f sucb educational facilities as his com munity afforded, he entered D kkinson Sem i-
