Answer:
A. Tommy Stubbins, son of Jacob Stubbins, the cobbler of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh; and I was nine and a half years old
Explanation:
Because it reveals who he is.
D - The cake is burned; and so we'll have to bake another one.
When using a semi-colon to combine two independent clauses (in a compound sentence), you much also use a coordinating conjuction. Option D is the only one with the coordinating conjunction (and).
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