Bio: Millard F. SUPPLEE, (1893); Chester County, Pennsylvania Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** From the 'Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Comprising a Historical Sketch of the County', by Samuel T. Wiley, revised and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, published by the Gresham Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1893, pp. 511-512: "MILLARD F. SUPPLEE, a prominent farmer of Westtown township, residing near Cheyney postoffice, is the youngest son of Peter and Elizabeth (Kennedy) Supplee, and a native of Schuylkill township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he was born August 27, 1850. The family to which he belongs is of French extraction, but has been resident in Pennsylvania since early times. His paternal grandfather, Peter Supplee, was born in Chester county, and spent most of his life in Schuylkill township, finally removing to Norristown, Montgomery county, where he died in 1859, at the ripe old age of four score years. He was a farmer and a progressive one in his day, accumulating considerable property. Politically he was a whig, and on account of his high standing and good judgement he was made a justice of the peace, and held that office for many years in Schuylkill township. He was a member of the Baptist church, and took an active part in support of the various interests of his denomination. Soon after reaching his majority he married Hannah Eastburn, and they reared a family of eight children: Samuel, Horatio, Cadwalader, Silas, Peter, Margaret, who married Joseph Rapp; Hannah, became the wife of a Mr. Reiss; and Eliza, who wedded Robinson Kennedy. They are all now deceased except Silas and Mrs. Kennedy. Peter Supplee (father) was born in Schuylkill township, this county, in 1817, where he grew to manhood and received a common school education. Soon after marriage he removed to Easttown township, and from there to Westtown township, where he died April 10, 1890, in the seventy-third year of his age. He devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits, in which he was very successful. In politics he was an ardent whig and republican, while in religion he was an active and influential member of the Baptist church, serving as Sunday school superintendent for a number of years. In 1845 he married Elizabeth Kennedy, a daughter of William Kennedy, of Easttown, and by this union had a family of four children, two sons and two daughters: William; Louisa, who married W. H. Wells; Millard F., the subject of this sketch; and Anna, who became the wife of S. D. Cornog. Mrs. Elizabeth Supplee died in 1864, aged forty-two years, and some time later Mr. Supplee wedded Elizabeth Yerkes, but had no children by his second marriage. Millard F. Supplee was reared principally in this county, and obtained his education in the common schools of his neighborhood and at Norristown high school. After quitting the school room he engaged in farming, which has been his principal business ever since. In 1879 he removed from Easttown to Westtown township, where he purchased and still owns a fine farm, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres of choice land, all finely improved and abundantly supplied with water, fruit, and excellent farm buildings. He has been quite successful in agricultural pursuits, and for some years has given considerable attention to market produce of various kinds. Politically he follows the traditions of his family and is an ardent republican, while he also adheres to the religious faith of his boyhood, and for a number of years has been a member of the Goshen Baptist church, in which he is serving as a deacon, and in whose interest he is at all times active. On March 11, 1874, Mr. Supplee married Maggie Cornog, a daughter of Abner and Jane Cornog, of Charlestown township, this county. To their union has been born a family of eight children, seven sons and a daughter: Edwin, Howard, Millard, Lizzie, Samuel, Walter, Chester, and Joseph, all living at home with their parents on the farm."