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the finest summer hotels in the state of Penn- sylvania. In 1880 he erected a residence on Fifth street but it was burned to the ground in the following year. Nothing daunted by this misfortune, Mr. Campbell again built a home, one of brick, which far eclipses the former one in beauty and is supplied with all conveniences of modern times.
Our subject is well and favorably known throughout Columbia County, numbering his friends almost by his acquaintances. He was united in marriage to Sarah E. Rambach of Columbia County, by whom he had one daughter, Madge, whose beautiful young life went out at the age of twenty-three years. Mr. Campbell is a member of Sylvania Lodge, No. 354, F. & A. M. of Shickshinny, Pa .; and past colonel of the Union Veteran's Legion.
OHN M. BOGARDUS, superintendent of the car department of the mam- moth Jackson & Woodin Manufactur- ing Company of Berwick, and one of the high- ly esteemed citizens of that town, was born in Troy, N. Y., April 4, 1851, and is a son of Robert L. and Catherine (Harris) Bogardus.
Mr. Bogardus received his education in the common schools of his native town and at the age of seventeen years he served an appren- ticeship as a car builder at Green Island, N. Y., for the Delaware & Hudson R. R. Ow- ing to his excellent workmanship he was pro- moted to assistant master of the car-building department and as draftsman. He remained in the employ of the company for twenty-five years when, in 1893, he resigned his position to accept a situation as superintendent of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company of Berwick, Pa. Our subject has about one hundred and seventy-five men under his su- pervision whose duty it is to cut and fit tim-
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ber by the latest modernized machinery, so that when it goes to the platform for building every piece is sawed, holes bored, and is ready to be put together in a short time. The shops also make all kinds of freight cars for gen- eral freight traffic and have a daily output of twenty cars per day. Although our subject is provided with the best of draftsmen he performs much of his own drafting. Mr. Bo- gardus occupies a handsome residence, No. 109 East Fifth street, Berwick.
Our subject chose for his life companion Ella J. Sherman of Troy, N. Y., and two daughters have blessed their happy home: Elizabeth A., who is teaching in the public school on Market street; and Bertha K., who resides with her parents. Mr. Bogardus is a member of the Royal Arcanum of Ber- wick. Our subject is truly a self-made man. Being thoroughly acquainted with the condi- tions that surround his workmen he is a fair and good master and no complaint is made by those under him of unjust dealings with them. Perfectly familiar with his work, he makes a faithful and reliable superintendent for his superiors. As a citizen and as a man he is public-spirited and high minded. The great respect in which he is held shows the influence which he wields personally. He is a kind father, a good neighbor, and a stanch friend. He is an eminent, worthy, and useful member of society in the locality which he has chosen for his life work.
ANIEL YOST, deceased, was a con- tractor and one of the most widely known and highly respected citizens of Shamokin, Coal township. He was a son of Conrad and Sarah (Scholl) Yost. He was born in the Shamokin Valley, April 22, 1822. and died January 4, 1895.
Our subject's father was born in Schuyl- kill County, Pa., but removed at an early date into Northumberland County, where he followed agricultural pursuits throughout the remainder of his life and was a popular, pro- gressive and influential citizen.
It was on his father's farm that our subject spent his boyhood, received his primary edu- cation, and when grown to manhood learned the carpenter trade, passing through the dif- ferent grades of apprenticeship, until he com- pletely mastered the business. He remained in Shamokin Valley for several years, con- tracting and building with marked ability and success. In 1852 he removed to Shamokin, where he carried on his business more ex- tensively and secured greater profits. Sha- mokin at that time was in the midst of a building boom, and Mr. Yost received the contract for most of the large and substan- tial business buildings now standing in that town. In one building in particular he took especial pride, the Polish Roman Catholic Church, constructed by him, which is a superb structure, noted for its architectural beauty, and is one of the finest in design of the twenty large church edifices in Shamokin.
On October 9, 1849, our subject was united in marriage with Sarah Hoover, a daughter of John and Mary (Harmon) Hoover, and their home was blessed with nine children. all of whom have grown to noble manhood and womanhood: Francis, who had excep- tional advantages, received a college educa- tion, and studied for the ministry,-for twen- ty-seven years he has expounded the doctrines of the Reform d Church, being now stationed at York, Pa .; John Addison, of Shamokin. a carpenter by trade; George, also a carpenter of Shamokin; Mary, wife of E. W. Deitler. of Shamokin; Lily, wife of Frank Nicolas and resides in the Green Mountain State:
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Louisa, wife of W. Heckman, a prominent contractor of Shamokin; Sally, wife of Rob- ert Blair, of Johnstown, Pa .; Bertha and Laura, who are at home. John Hoover, fath- er-in-law of our subject, was born in Berks County, Pa., September 9, 1792, and died in 1856 at the age of seventy-four years. Farming was his sole vocation. In early life he removed from Berks County and settled in Shamokin Valley where he owned one of the finest and best improved farms in that fer- tile district.
Our subject was a good man; he will long be remembered as one who labored unceas- ingly for the advancement of his township, where his memory is revered by all who knew him. He had been a member of the Re- formed Church since he was a boy and always took an active part in all church organiza- tions; he served as deacon of the church for many years and was justly considered one of its main-stays.
ILLIAM O. HOLMES, mayor and one of the highly respected citizens of the town of Bloomsburg, and senior member of the firm, W. O. Holmes. & Son, plumbers, gas and steamfitters at Nos. 232 and 234 Center street, was born in Pool- ville, N. Y., June 20, 1842, and is a son of Rev. William E. and Caroline (Olmstead) Holmes.
Rev. William E. Holmes was a native of the state of New Hampshire and was a Pres- byterian minister all his life. He passed from this life at his home in Newtown, Pa. He formed a matrimonial alliance with Caroline Olmstead, who is also deceased.
Our subject received his intellectual train- ing in the Wyoming Seminary and then went on a geological survey throughout the state
of New Jersey. He settled in Scranton, Pa., where he had resided but a short time when. in 1863, he enlisted in the signal corps and served through the closing years of the Rebel- lion. After the close of the war he returned to Scranton, Pa., and worked for Hunt Bros. & Blair, hardware merchants of that city for a short time; he was then employed as freight and baggage master at Kingston, Pa., for the D., L. & W. R. R. In 1869 he removed to Bloomsburg and acted as general freight, bag- gage and depot agent for the same railroad company for six years. He then entered into partnership with E. K. Rollins and engaged in the tin smithing, gas fitting and plumbing business for eight years, the firm name being known as Rollins & Holmes. Later J. R. Schuyler was admitted to the firm and a com- plete stock of hardware was added to the busi- ness. Our subject subsequently sold his in- terest and for three years acted as commerce agent for Shields Bros.' hardware house. He was next connected with Danville Stove Works and later established a branch store in Chicago, Ill. In 1891 he bought out B. F. Savitts' plumbing shop, which is located in the opera house block, and in 1898 his son, Edwin Morton Holmes, was admitted to the firm which is now known as W. O. Holmes & Son. The proprietors are well known throughout the township and by their honest methods of dealing have established a large patronage. Mr. Holmes purchased the Hartman residence and remodeled and en- larged it into a handsome home.
Mr. Holmes was a member of the town council from 1874 to 1882 and was again elected to serve in that office in 1894-95 and in 1896 he was elected president of the coun- cil and mayor of the town. He was reelected mayor in the spring of 1898.
Our subject was joined in marriage to
D. WEBSTER SHIPMAN.
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Christina Baumgardner, a daughter of John and Catherine Baumgardner of Pittston, Pa. Mrs. Holmes died in June, 1897, at the age of fifty-four years and left a family of five children, as follows: William D. C., station agent at Catawissa, Pa., who united in mar- riage with Cora Hagenbauch, and two child- ren bless their home, William O. and D. Ed- ward; Fred, teller of the Farmers' National Bank of Bloomsburg, wedded to Edith Ent; Bessie, wife of A. N. Yost; Edwin M., the junior member of the firm of W. O. Holmes & Son; and Christina.
Mr. Holmes is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 265, F. & A. M., also past master of the same; of Chapter No. 218, R. A. M .; past commander of G. A. R. Post No. 250; and a member of the Sons of Veterans Camp No. 270.
WEBSTER SHIPMAN. Conspicu- ous among the young men of ster- ยท ling worth of the Seventeenth Con- gressional District of Pennsylvania, to whom business and professional work have given a wide acquaintance throughout the district, and whose public services are highly esteemed, is D. Webster Shipman, district attorney of Northumberland County, Pa., a rising young attorney with a good practice and excellent prospects. He is a son of Lemuel and Maria (Bloom) Shipman, and was born March I, 1863, in what was then Lower Augusta, now Rockefeller, township.
Our subject's common school education was finished with a course at Freeburg Acad- emy, which he entered in 1876. He after- ward spent three years at practical work in the office of the register and recorder at Sun- bury, after which he decided to choose a pro- fession for his life work and entered the Lewis-
burg University in 1883, pursued the classi- cal course and graduated with high honors in 1887, being a member of the first graduating class after the institution had changed from Lewisburg University to Bucknell Univer- sity. After graduating at Bucknell Univer- sity Mr. Shipman registered as a student of law with P. A. Mahon, who at that time was district attorney of Northumberland County. He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and im- mediately began the practice of his profes- sion; being a polished scholar and an eloquent speaker, he has met with flattering success and has succeeded in building up a practice which could be obtained only by a man of his exceptional abilities. His eloquence has attracted wide-spread attention and on espe- cial occasions has excited many flattering compliments and has been instrumental in se- curing for him a place on the program of many public occasions.
Mr. Shipman is a Democrat and was a can- didate in 1892 for the office of district attor- ney, but failed at the primary election. Our subject was not frightened from the field, how- ever, by this defeat and three years later was put in nomination for the same office, being duly elected by the handsome majority of 1, 100 votes, which fact alone attests his ability and worth. Again in 1898 he was renomi- nated by acclamation and re-elected to the same office.
Our subject's family is of Norman stock: its founder having been knighted by Henry III., of England in 1258, and granted a coat of arms with the following motto: "Non Sibi Sed Orbi." The family seat was at Sarring- ton, Nottinghamshire, England. Edward Shipman was the founder of the Shipman family in America. In 1635 in company with Hugh Peters, John Davenport, Theodore Fenwick and others, he immigrated to Amer-
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ica to escape religious persecution and set- tled at Saybrook, Connecticut. Some of the older members of the Shipman family ren- dered valiant and distinguished services to their country during the Revolutionary War.
John Shipman, great-grandfather of our subject, was born October 13, 1783, in New Jersey and died April 8, 1850. Early in life he settled in Lower Augusta township, North- umberland County, Pa., being one of the early pioneers. He was united in marriage with Mary McKinney, of Scotch descent, who was born January 25, 1786.
Abraham Shipman, our subject's grandfath- er, was a most remarkable man, such as is needed in the settlement of a new country. He was born March 10, 1810, in Northum- berland County, of which he was a resident all his life, following agricultural pursuits, in connection with which he owned and operated a large grist-mill in Lower Augusta town- ship. He also followed the profession of civil engineer, at which he was quite an expert. Politically he was a stanch Democrat and wielded a large influence in political circles; he enjoyed to the fullest extent the confidence of the people of his community; served as justice of the peace for a long time; and was. also associate judge under Judge Jordan. Be- ing a large, athletic man of military appear- ance, his presence was indispensable to mili- tary organizations, and he served as a mem- ber of the Jackson Rifles from 1829 to 1836. He led a long, busy, and successful life which won for him the love, esteem and admiration of all who came within the magnetism of his presence. He died at the old family home- stead where he had passed so many useful and happy years, mourned by a sympathetic and appreciative community.
At this same homestead in Lower Augusta township was born Lemuel Shipman, father
of our subject. He was reared and educated in his native county, where he taught school for a number of years; then he became a merchant in the same township until he was elected register and recorder in 1873. He served two terms in succession and showed great executive ability in the discharge of the duties of that office. Railroad contracting next engaged his attention for a number of years in various localities, after which he pur- chased an interest in the Lewisburg Furni- ture Works and became manager. He sub- sequently went South and engaged in the lum- ber business and is now manufacturing lum- ber in Meridian, Mississippi. He was mar- ried to Maria Bloom and four children sur- vive as the results of this union, named, re- spectively: William A., who is engaged in the furniture and undertaking business at Sunbury; D. Webster, subject of this personal history; Edwin H., in the employ of the Sha- mokin Street Railway Company; Augusta, now the wife of S. C. Yocum, a teacher in the public schools of Northumberland Coun- ty.
Our subject is a man who is eminently fair in all his dealings; he is active, energetic, and talented, and the advances already made be- speak for him a brilliant future in the profes- sion he has chosen. His portrait appears on another page of this work in proximity to this.
NDREW B. CATHCART, ex-post- master and an honored and highly esteemed citizen of Bloomsburg, was born in the house in which he now resides De- cember 22, 1844. He is a son of Robert and Sarah (Barkley) Cathcart, a grandson of An- drew and Margaret (Russell) Cathcart, and great-grandson of William Cathcart.
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William Cathcart was of Irish descent, and was born in County Down, Ireland, May 2, 1728. In company with his brothers, Joseph and John, he left his native country and im- migrated to the American shores, landing July II, 1749. Andrew Cathcart, a son of William Cathcart, was born April 21, 1774, and died in 1833. He resided in Washingtonville, Derby township, Montour County, Pa., and was a watchmaker by trade. In 1799 he was joined in marriage to Margaret Russell, who bore him the following children: Sally: Robert; Mary, who died in infancy; Mary; Jane; and John R.
Robert Cathcart, the father of our subject, was born in Washingtonville, Montour Coun- ty, Pa., in 1803. He learned the watchmaking trade and worked with his father several years. In 1832 he moved to Bloomsburg, where he again took up his former trade. He pur- chased of Henry Weaver an old log cabin, remodeled and covered it with clapboards, and lived there the remainder of his life. He and William G. Hurley owned all the land between Market and Fishing Creek streets north of First street. They built a cocoonery, im- ported silkworms and manufactured silk. The process was all by hand and the old building in which the cocoonery was located is still standing and has since been rebuilt into a dwelling house. Our subject has in his pos- session many skeins of raw silk. Mr. Cathcart was wedded to Sarah Barkley, who was born in 1808. They reared a family of two chil- dren : Margaret Jane was the wife of Calvin Achenbach, who was a regular in Company A, 6th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., during the Re- bellion, and was wounded in the battle at South Mountain, which wound later caused his death; and Andrew B., our subject. Mr. Cathcart entered the world of rest in 1884, at the age of eighty-one years, and his wife
passed to the unknown in 1896, aged eighty- eight years.
Andrew B. Cathcart attended the public schools of his native town and during his youthful days learned the profession of a druggist, and subsequently worked for L. N. Moyer of Bloomsburg for many years. From 1881 to 1888 our subject served as deputy postmaster under Postmaster Beckley, and in 1889 he was appointed postmaster and served four and one-half years. He has since lived in comparative retirement, looking after his business interests. For some time past he has . served as secretary of the Bloomsburg Water Company. Known far and near for the ex- cellence of his judgment, his unswerving in- tegrity in business transactions, and his gener- ous liberality, Mr. Cathcart cannot but have the esteem and confidence of the community. He has been first and foremost in all good works and has taken a leading part in the material development of the town and the county, besides contributing largely to moral, social and charitable objects.
EORGE SCHILL, a highly respected citizen and prominent farmer of Elk- iand township, Sullivan County, Pa., was born in Eisenoch, Saxony, Germany, January 2. 1830, and is a son of Gottleib and Christiana (Reindom) Schill.
George Schill, the subject of this biog- raphy, was reared and educated in Germany. immigrating in 1851 to New York City. where he worked at the carpenter's trade for three years. He then moved to Fox township. Sullivan County, Pa., where he bought 165 acres of new land; after clearing the land he sold 50 acres and the remainder he still owns. He built a plank house and later a complete
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set of farm buildings. Mr. Schill married Sarah McCarty, daughter of Joel McCarty. This estimable lady died in 1891 at the age of seventy years, leaving one child, Christiana, who married John Cook. They live in Chester County, and have three children: Blanche: John Wesley; and Marshal. April 6, 1893, Mr. Schill married Mrs. Esther Hart, widow of the late Robert Hart, who was born in the house now occupied by the subject of this sketch. He was a son of William and Char- lotte (Bullyon) Hart, natives of England, who were among the earliest settlers of Elk- land township, residing on the farm now owned by Mrs. Schill. Mr. and Mrs. Hart lived to be past sixty years of age and were the parents of six children, as follows: Wil- liam; George; Maria; Ellen; Robert; and James. Robert Hart came into the posses- sion of the old homestead and lived there until he departed this life at the age of sixty, leav- ing a number of children, namely: Ida, who married Albin Wilcox, and is the mother of three children,-Walter, Blanche E., and George Robert; Nettie, who married M. E. Wilcox, and they are the parents of two children, Wilmer R., and Wardie M .; Marilla, who married E. Norton, and has one child, Harry R .; and Clarence R., who resides with our subject.
Mrs. George Schill is a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bird) Norton. Mr. Norton was born May 6, 1808, and died February 2, 1884. Mrs. Norton, who lives with Mr. and Mrs. Schill, was born November 8, 1816, and is the mother of ten children: Esther, the wife of the subject of this sketch; William, who resides in Fox township, has been three times married and has two children, Perry and Lydia; Powell, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work; Emeline, who died at the age of fifteen years; Ira, who died at
the age of eight months; Lydia, who married Daniel Miller; Maria, who married W. S. Dieffenbauch; Washington, who died at the age of twenty-five; George B., who married Jennie Campbell of Estella, Pa .; and James, who died at the age of fourteen years.
INTHROP C. BRYFOGLE, whose reputation as a florist is sec- ond to none in this section of the state, is proprietor of the Riverside Floral Gardens and Hot House of Bloomsburg, Pa. He is a son of Daniel and Emma (Gould) Bryfogle, and was born April 10, 1863, at Bel- bend, Luzerne County, Pa.
Our subject is a great-grandson of Dan- iel Bryfogle, who was the first of his ances- tors to come to this country. His son Jacob, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Berks County about the year 1803 and was one of the substantial farmers of the com- munity in which he lived. He was united in matrimonial bonds to Elizabeth Keen, a daughter of John Keen, by whom he had eleven children, namely: Daniel, the father of our subject; Philip; John; Mary; Elizabeth; Maria; Amanda; Susanna; Catherine; Sarah; and Hannah.
Daniel Bryfogle, father of the subject of this personal history, was born in Schuylkill Coun- ty where he began his active career as an agriculturist. In 1873 he moved to Blooms- burg and purchased a farm of 105 acres, known as the Paxton farm, remodeled and enlarged the house, and lived there until his death, which occurred in 1897. He also made many other improvements which are so nec- essary for successful farming. He also bought Mrs. Brown's farm of thirty-five acres in Hem- lock township and was one of the leading
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agriculturists of Columbia County. He faith- fully performed the duties of a good citizen and stood very high in public esteem. He formed a matrimonial alliance with Emma Gould, a daughter of John Gould of Ply- mouth, Pa., and she still survives him. They reared and educated a family of children un- der religious influences as follows: Jacob, deceased; Sarah, deceased; Winthrop C., the subject of this sketch; Eleanora, who mar- ried H. G. Supplee of Bloomsburg; Estella, de- ceased; Stanley G., who resides on the old homestead; and Philip deceased.
Winthrop C. Bryfogle attended the public schools and lived upon the farm during his early days. Even in youth he had a deep love for flowers and spent a great deal of his spare time in their culture. At the age of eighteen years he constructed a hot house, 10 by 45 feet, on the home farm in which he began to cultivate roses, carnations, and potted plants. Beginning in this small way he paid the strictest attention to his favorite occupation, enlarging from time to time when his business justified and his pocketbook per- mitted, until he now has one of the largest floral gardens in this section of the state. The hot-house is inclosed by 12,000 square feet of glass, and is supplied with three boil - ers, one of sixty horse-power and the other two of twenty horse-power each. Mr. Bry- fogle makes a specialty of cut flowers and has a very large patronage among the lead- ing citizens in the county. He supplies flow- ers for weddings, funerals, and social gather- ings, having many unique and original de- signs which take very well with his custom- ers. He also has a large wholesale trade and supplies many of the florists in the larger cities of the state. He also is engaged in market gardening and furnishes the town of Blooms- burg with most of her vegetables. He is well
known for his honesty and integrity and is firmly established in the good will of the peo- ple.
Mr. Bryfogle was joined in Hymen's bonds to Clara Mensch, a daughter of John Mensch of Rupert, Pa., and they are the happy pa- rents of four children, as follows: Dora Ber- nice; Hugh O .; Max W .; and John M. In political belief Mr. Bryfogle is a firm supporter of the principles of the Republican party. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Malta; and a former member of the I. O. O. F.
HARLES H. REIMARD, whose rep- utation as a contractor and builder extends throughout this section of the state, is at present engaged in that line of work for the Philadelphia & Reading R. R. He is a son of John and Matilda (Hildebrand) Reimard and was born in the town of Blooms- burg, September 29, 1862, which he has al- ways made his home.
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