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He bought his present homestead in 1867, removed to it the next year and has made it his residence to the present time. Mr. Sebourn was married, October 14, 1845, to Belinda F., daughter of John and Mary French. Of their eight children, four are deceased : John Wcs- ley, born in 1819, died January 1, 1850; Franklin Pierce, born in 1854, died February 13, 1855; William Bishop, born January 20, 1856, died December 28, 1857; Isaac Jeffer- son, born January 5, 1858, and died October 7, 1864. Their living children are: James Barnard, born October 9, 1846, enlisted in the Union army, served three months, re-en- listed in the Fifteenth United States infantry, was wounded in front of Atlanta and brought home by permit from Governor Curtin ; Washington Charles, January 22, 1848; Jacob Henry, June 3, 1852, and Mary Catherine, October 23, 1861, wife of Rev. Ira McDonald, of Lancaster county, Pa.
When Mr. Sebourn resided at Ellendale Forge he was largely instrumental in estab- lishing the first Sunday-school in Stony
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Creek Valley, and became its superintendent. When he returned to the valley in 1868 he was again superintendent of the school; at one time it had one hundred and twenty-five pupils. Mr. Sebourn served one year in the city council of Harrisburg, Pa. He is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the Church of God.
Mr. and Mrs. John French had five chil- dren, all of whom are deceased except Mrs. Sebourn.
. - SHOOP, GEORGE W., miller, was born at Fort Hunter, Susquehanna township, Dau- phin county, Pa., December 12, 1838. He is a son of Samuel and Catherine (Hoover) Shoop. Samuel Shoop met his death by drowning in the canal, near Dauphin, about 1868; his wife died in 1844. ,They had seven children : John, born September 18, 1825; Mary A., born April 4, 1829, wife of George Shatzer; Catherine, born April 5, 1832, wife of George Fitting; George W., born December 12, 1838; Elizabeth, born February 11, 1842, wife of Jacob Rhoads ; Samuel, born June 10, 1845 ; and Isaac, who was drowned in the canal, at Fort Hunter.
George W. Shoop was about six years of age when his mother died. His father kept the family together for two years after her demise; then the boy, being about eight, was placed by his father in the care of John C. McAllister, of Fort Hunter, with whom he remained about ten years, assisting in work during the summer and attending the com- mon school in the winter. In 1856 he en- gaged in general work. The ensuing year he spent in learning the trade of milling, with Jacob Shadle, at the Cameron mills, near Harrisburg, and with Mr. Shadle he removed to Duncannon, Perry county, and spent another year. Then, Mr. Shadle hav- ing discontinued business, he spent several months with John Shaffer, at Mt. Holly, Cumberland county. He was also a short time with Harvey Garman, on the same creek. Ile was subsegently employed for a short time by James Reed, near Fort Hunter ; then he returned to Mr. Garman, and worked until spring, when he again entered the employ of Mr. Shadle, who had resumed business, near Milltown, Cumberland county. For the next year, up to the fall of 1862, he had full charge of John Heck's mill.
On October 16, 1862, Mr. Shoop enlisted in company B, One Hundred and Sixty-
fifth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, Col- onel Bruhler and Capt. A. J. Rupp. He served nine months and was discharged at Gettysburg, July 28, 1863. He took part in five Ifiercely contested engagements-that of the Deserted House, skirmishes on the Jamestown Road, White House, Beaver's Dam, and Carsville. From the time of Mr. Shoop's return from the army until the follow- ing spring, he worked again for Mr. Heck, and for the ensuing ten months for his former employer, Mr. Shaffer, who was located opposite to Mr. Heck. In February, of 1865, Mr. Shoop rented a mill near West Fairview, Cumberland county, which be- longed to Mr. Heck, and managed it on his own account for two years. The next year he rented the Fort Hunter mills of his former guardian, J. C. McAllister. At the end of the year he returned to Cumberland county, and for another year superintended the Eberly mills for Samuel Zechariah and George Heck. In the spring of 1869 he rented the Stony Creek mill, in Middle Pax- town township, of James Reed, and con- ducted it for eight years. Then, October 12, 1877, be purchased the mill, and made ex- tensive additions and improvements to it. In 1890 he also built the house which is his present residence.
Mr. Shoop was married, December 1, 1864, to Angeline, daughter of Tobias and Sarah (Sipe) Moltz, who was born August 30, 1848. Four of their eleven children are deceased : Katie E. and Annie M., twins, born Septem- ber 7, 1873-Katie, died March 11, 1874, and Annie, April 15, 1874; Harry F,, born May 30, 1872, died August 8, 1883; and Charles E., born March 2, 1870, died August 14, 1883. Their living children are : George W., Jr., born November 24, 1865 ; Alice M., May 28, 1867; Samuel T., December 14, 1868; John L., December 24, 1875 ; William A., December 26, 1877; Emma A., March 20, 1881; and Sarah A., August 24, 1885.
Mr. Shoop has served Middle Paxton township as assessor and as tax collector. He is a Democrat. The family attend the Pres- byterian church. The career of Mr. Shoop, begun without material inheritance, charac. terized by ability and honesty, resulting in a comfortable competence and an untar- nished good name, is most honorable, and well worthy of a record in the annals of his native county. Nor will it detract from the interest of this record to make mention of the diligence, frugality, wisdom and devo-
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tion of his wife, which have contributed so much to his success.
The parents of Mrs. Shoop are both de- ceased. . She lost her mother in 1842, when she was four years old. Her father died January 7, 1894, aged seventy-four. They had four children : Elmira, born in 1844, wife of John Costello; Angeline, Mrs. Shoop; Catherine E., born in 1842, wife of Franklin F. Jackson, and Thornton, who died at about seven years of age.
SCHAFFER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, farmer, was born in Lower Mahanoy township, Northumberland county, Pa., October 10, 1847. He is a son of Isaac and Hannah (Bingaman) Schaffer. Isaac Schaffer was a cabinet maker and undertaker, and con- ducted a successful business in Lower Ma- hanoy township. He was a man of frugal habits, energetic, persevering and enterpris- ing. Honorable and just in all transactions, he was highly esteemed. He died March 30, 1872, aged forty-seven. His wife was the daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Whitmer) Bingaman ; she died March 30, 1872, aged forty-five.
Benjamin Franklin Schaffer attended the private school of his native township until he was nineteen years old. He then re- moved with his parents to Halifax township, Dauphin county, where he attended the dis- trict school for two winters. He helped his father with the farm work during the sum- mer, and continued at farming until 1859, when he removed with his father to the present homestead in Middle Paxton town- ship; there father and son cultivated the farm jointly until the father's death in 1872. Being the only child, Benjamin succeeded his father, and has ever since owned and oc- cupied the farm.
On December 23, 1869, Mr. Schaffer mar- ried Margaret, daughter of John and Mar- garet (Hoffman) Lantz. One of their four children has passed away, Lillie Kohra, one of twins, born March 4, 1872, and died the same day. Their living children are: Laura J., survivor of the twins, wife of Charles Reed ; Mary E., born December 13, 1876, and Isaac L., June 5, 1880.
Mr. Schaffer has served one term as super- visor, and is at present assessor of Middle Paxton township. He is a Republican. The family attend the Evangelical church.
The mother of Mrs. Schaffer died May 1, 1853, aged about thirty-four years. Her
father died February 4, 1888, at about seventy- two years of age. They had nine children, four of whom are deceased : Sarah, Katie, Samuel N., and Elizabeth J., wife of Andrew Brossel. Their living children are: George W., John, Mary, wife of Samuel V. Enders, Margaret, and Lydia E., wife of Michael Sweigert. Mr. Lantz was again married ; his second wife was Elizabeth Phile, by whom he had two children, Amanda E., died aged four years, and Charles G.
. FRANTZ, HENRY, carpenter and contractor, was born in East Hanover township, Dau- phin county, Pa., January 21, 1844. He is a son of Henry and Esther (Bates) Frantz, both deceased. They had cleven children : John, Benjamin, Polly, Elizabeth, Levina, Peter, David, Alexander, Caroline, Henry, and Benneville.
Henry Frantz, Jr., was educated in the common school of East Hanover township. At seventeen years of age he left home and enlisted in the Union army, at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, September 2, 1861. He joined company D, Forty-sixth regiment, Pennsyl- vania volunteers, and was sent with his regi- ment to Washington, D. C., where it was sta- tioned along the Potomac river until the spring of 1862. The regiment was then sent with General Banks' command on an expe- dition into the Shenandoah Valley. Young Frantz took part in the battles of Winches- ter, March 23, 1862; Middletown, Va., May 28, 1862; Winchester, Va., May 26, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 1862; Sul- phur Springs. Va., August 27, 1862; South Mountain, Md., September 14, 1862; Antie- tam, Md., September 17, 1862; Chancellors- ville, Va., May 1, 2, 3, 1863 ; Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 2, 3, 1863; Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864; Cassville, Ga., May 19, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 25, 1864; Pine Knob, Ga., June 9, 1864; Culp's Farm, Ga., June 22, 1864; Peachtree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864; Atlanta, Ga., Sep- tember 6, 1864; Cypress Swamp, Ga., De- cember 8, 1864; Savannah, Ga., December 21, 1864; Chesterfield Court House, S. C., March 2, 1865; Coon Run, N. C., April 10, 1865; Averysborough, N. C., March 14, 1865; Bentonville, N. C., March 19, 1865. He was wounded while on picket duty near Chester- field Court House, S. C., by a gun shot. He lost the hearing of his left ear from prox- imity to cannonading at the battle of Culp's Farm, Ga., June 22, 1864. He contracted muscular rheumatism by his three days'
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march through swamps and water, from which he never recovered. He was marched with his company from Raleigh, N. C., to Washington, D. C., where he was discharged July 16, 1865.
After his discharge from the army Mr. Frantz returned to his native township, and served an apprenticeship of three years at carpentry with John Rhoads, of East Han- over township, upon the completion of which he went to Harrisburg, and worked there for five years as journeyman carpenter. Then, returning to East Hanover township, he en- gaged in contracting and building on his own account. He became widely known through- out the county as a builder. He constructed some of the largest and most modern barns and residences in the county, especially in the borough of Dauphin, among which may be mentioned the Dauphin Car Shops. He built a large modern barn for Joseph H. Cofrode, Prince William county, Va. He erected his own mansion near Dauphin in 1882.
Mr. Frantz was married, June 6, 1867, to Katie, daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth First. One of their children is deceased, Anna Laura, born April 1, 1873, died Octo- ber 1, 1884, aged eleven years. Their living children are: Sherman Tecumseh, born Jan- uary 1, 1868, and Harvey Napoleon, October 7, 1870. Mrs. Frantz died June 24, 1874. The second wife of Mr. Frantz, to whom he was married. December 25, 1877, was Lucy Louisa Lindemuth. They have had four children: Joseph Elmer Sheridan, born March 7, 1879; Carrie May, July 3, 1880; Jennie Daisy, October 8, 1882; Cora Mabel, September 26, 1886. Mr. Frantz is a mem- ber of Post 58, G. A. R., at Harrisburg. He is a Republican. The family attend the Evangelical church.
Mrs. First, mother of the first Mrs. Frantz, is deceased. Her father is still living. Their children were five : Susan, Elizabeth, Katie, Annie, and Valentine.
Mrs. Lindemuth, mother of the present Mrs. Frantz, died April 1, 1877, and her father in May, 1883. They had eleven chil- dren : Reuben, Sabilla, Levina, Daniel, Joseph, Emma, Catherine, Alfred, Sarah, Lucy Louisa, and Jonathan.
David and Alexander, brothers of Mr. Henry Frantz, served in the same regiment with himself. Peter enlisted at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, in company E, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania volun-
teers, as color sergeant. Peter was wounded at Dallas, Ga. All served three years and all returned to their homc.
-STRICKER, ALBERT, farmer, was born in Middle Paxton township, Dauphin county, Pa., at the old homestead, where he now re- sides, August 23, 1852. He is a son of Jacob and Ellen (Keller) Stricker. Jacob Stricker was born November 15, 1815. He was a man of strict integrity. He made the " golden rule" the motto of his life, and in all private and public relations was conscientious and exemplary. He enjoyed the esteem of his neighbors. He died January 9, 1885, aged seventy-eight or seventy-nine. His wife died December 15, 1880. Three of their four children are deceased : Alexander Jackson, born June 13, 1839, died March 29, 1842 : Jefferson Monroe, born January 2, 1843, died July 21, 1843; Theodore Scott, born June 17, 1845, accidentally killed in the coal mines at Shamokin, in November, 1887. Their only living child is Albert.
Albert Stricker attended the public school in Middle Paxton township during the win- ter, and in summer assisted his father about farm work until he was nineteen. He then became interested in the farm, and his father and he cultivated it jointly until the death of the former, January 19, 1885. He then succeeded his father and has ever since con- tinued farming the homestead.
Mr. Stricker was married, May 24, 1887, to Clara, daughter of William and Annie (Etter) MeKissick. They have six children : William Grant, born September 12, 1878 ; Harry Garfield, March 14, 1880: Jacob Lewis, August 24, 1881 ; Clara Edith, May 10, 1883; Earle Arvine, October 25, 1856 ; and Robert Bayard, April 10, 1892. Mr. Stricker is a Republican. The family at- tend the Evangelical church.
The mother of Mrs. Stricker died August 7, 1865, aged about thirty-nine. Her father is still living. They had ten children, five of whom are deceased. The survivors are : John, born March 15, 1849; Kate, January 22, 1853; Clara, May 27, 1856; Pomeroy, June 1, 1858 ; and Ellsworth, May 20, 1861.
SNYDER, PETER, married Joanna Shipman. Jemima B. Snyder, their daughter, was born near Sunbury, Northumberland county, Pa She was educated in the public schools of her native township, and remained with her parents until her marriage. She was married
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December 1, 1835, to Lot Bergstresser, born April 4, 1807. They had eleven children ; five are deceased : Joanna, died in infancy ; Mary Alice, born March 10, 1845, died No- vember 19, 1859; John Clinton, born April 9, 1861, died March 10, 1862; Phoebe Ellen, wife of Samuel B. Bishoff, born June 19, 1850; Henry Clay, born December 4, 1838, supposed to have died in Arizona. The other children are: Peter S., born November 2, 1836; Jane, August 8, 1842; Emeline, wife of Charles Swab, December 24, 1847, Clara, December 25, 1852; Edwin Lot, April 7, 1855; and Charles M., June 25, 1858.
Peter S., was graduated from Lafayette Col- lege, Easton, Pa. Ho enlisted in company I, One Hundred and Seventy-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and served nine months, after which he re-enlisted and served until the close of the war. He is now prin- cipal of the public schools at Trevorton, Northumberland county, Pa. He served one term as assemblyman, in 1865. Charles M. also is a graduate of Lafayette College. He is the editor, and one of the firm of Dow, Jones & Co., proprietors of the Wall Street Journal, New York. . Edward L. is in mer- cantile business at Lykens, Pa.
Mr. Bergstresser was a millwright, and was also extensively engaged in farming. He was a prominent citizen, of excellent reputa- tion. In 1855 he served one term as assem- blyman. Mr. Bergstresser was a Republican. He died October 26, 1860.
Mrs. Bergstresser remained a widow until December 4, 1863, when she was married to James W. Griffith. They had no children. Mr. Griffith had been previously married, and had a family of sons and daughters by his first wife. He was a carpenter, extensively engaged in building and contracting. Mr. Griffith was a justice of the peace at Dauphin for about thirty years, and was universally regarded as a just man and a capable and reliable officer. He was a Republican. He died September 28, 1878, aged about seventy- six years. The family are members of the Presbyterian church.
BAYARD, HENRY M., was born in 1812. He is a son of James A. and Ann (Bassett) Bayard. Hon. Richard Bassett, the mater- nal grandfather of Henry M. Bayard, son of Michael Bassett and Judith Herman, of Bo- hemia Manor, was born in 1735 and died in 1815. He was a member of the executive
council of Delaware from 1776 to 1783, and served in the Continental army. He was a delegate to the Annapolis Convention in 1785, and to the convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, to which he set his hand, and then, hastening home, he induced Dolaware promptly, and in advance of all other States, to ratify it. IIe was the first Senator in Congress from the State of Delaware, and later became Governor of the State. Later in life he re- tired to the old family homestead, Bohemia Manor, Md., where he died, leaving the estate to his only daughter, Ann, wife of IIon. James A. Bayard. Governor Bassett mar- ried Miss Ann Ennells, of Dorchester, Md.
James A. Bayard, father of Henry M. Bayard, was born July 28, 1767, and died August 6, 1815. IIe was a son of Dr. James and Ann (Hodge) Bayard, and was an emi- nent lawyer and politician. His classical education was completed at Princeton Col- lege in 1784. He studied law, and on his admission to the bar settled in the State of Delaware; where he soon acquired a high reputation and obtained a large practice. A few years after he reached his majority he served as representative from Delaware in Congress, and soon distinguished himself as an able statesman. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1812. He strenu- ously opposed the declaration of war with Great Britain. President Madison selected him as one of the commissioners to treat for peace under the proposed mediation of Em- peror Alexander, of Russia, and he was largely instrumental in consummating the- treaty of Ghent. He was subsequently ap pointed envoy of the United States Govern ment to the Court of St. Petersburg. Hon Henry Clay, on his arrival in New York after the signing of the treaty of Ghent, in company with Hon. Albert Gallatin, learn- ing of the death of James A. Bayard, was deeply affected by the mournful intelligence and lamented that he should never again have the pleasure of seeing that distin- guished statesman. At the same time he expressed his high estimate of the important services rendered to the country during their mission by Mr. Bayard, averring it as his firm belief that but for the able and con- ciliatory mediation of Mr. Bayard between the commissioners of the respective govern- ments no such treaty could have been fixed upon.
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From the earliest history of the country the Bayard family has been highly distin- guished, and every generation has furnished celebrated leaders and statesmen. Thomas F. Bayard, nephew of Henry M. Bayard, is at present the representative of the United States Government at the Court of St. James.
Henry M. Bayard died in August, 1886, aged about seventy-four. He married Emma, daughter of John and Mary Shipley Dixon ; his wife is still living. They had nine children : Anne C., widow of John Johnstone, now residing in Australia ; Ed- ward ; James A .; Mary S .; Catherine L .; Elizabeth L., wife of Dr. J. N. Fitzmathew ; Lucy A., wife of C. A. Messiter, Esq., now deceased ; Constance, and Joseph S.
- Edward Bayard, son of Henry M. and Emma (Dixon) Bayard, was born at the homestead at Victoria Furnace, in Clark's Valley, September 10, 1840. He was in- structed in private schools until he was six- teen years old, and completed his education by a four years' course in a Philadelphia col- lege under Prof. Saunders. He then re- turned home and took charge of his father's business of farming and cutting lumber, in which he was engaged until about 1873. He then began manufacturing lumber and barrel staves. In 1882 he associated himself with the business interests of the family, establish- ing the firm of Bayard & Co., and has since carried on a large farming and lumber man- ufacturing business.
Mr. Bayard was married, December 29, 1874, to Ella, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Steers, of Virginia. Of their six children, one is deceased, Henry, who was born September 15, 1884. Their other chil- dren are: James Ashton, born September 25, 1875; Charles M., December 22, 1877 ; Lucy Ashton, August 10, 1879; Constance G., October 16, 1881; Richard Bassett, Feb- ruary 17, 1888.
Joseph S. Bayard, son of Henry M and Emma (Dixon) Bayard, was also born at the homestead at Victoria Furnace, November 14, 1853. He received his elementary education in private schools, and was then four years at Mrs. Crawford's Academy, near Frankford, Philadelphia. He then returned to the old homestead and has been associated with the extensive business interests of the family to the present time. Both brothers, Edward and Joseph S., are Democrats. They are members of the Episcopal church.
CUTCHALL, RICHARD, farmer, was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., October 25, 1836. He is a son of William and Hannah (Lane) Cutehall. William Cutchall was born in 1800, and died at the age of seventy-six ; Mrs. Cutchall died aged fifty-four. They had ten children, of whom four are deceased : Jacob, George Washington, John L., and Dutton. Their living children are: Wilson : William; Richard ; Mary, wife of Isaac Mad- den; Agnes, wife of Martin Mathias, and Eliza, wife of Simon Rohrer.
Richard Cutchall was educated in his na- tive county. At ten years of age he was already occupied about farming, working during the summer and attending school during the winter months. After he was fourteen he was engaged in various kinds of work, principally on the farm ; he was thus employed until 1861, when the call came for volunteers, and he enlisted in the United States army. His first enlistment was at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, in company I, Fourteenth regiment, Pennsylvania volun- teers, for four months. During his term of service he was in several severe skirmishes in Virginia. He was mustered out at Car- lisle, Pa., returned to his home in Hunting- don county, and remained a short time. He re-enlisted September 20, 1861, in company B,One Hundred and Tenth regiment, Penn- sylvania volunteers. He took part in twenty- two battles, among which were Fredericks- burg, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania Court House. the Wilderness, South Mountain, the second Bull Run, Port Republic, Gaines' Mills, and Gettysburg. He was discharged at Harris- burg June 13, 1865, and returned to his na- tive county. He afterwards removed to Middle Paxton township, Dauphin county, and was variously employed until his mar- riage, when he engaged in farming, and has ever since pursued the same calling.
Mr. Cutchall was married, June 23, 1867, to Barbara Wynn, widow of Webster Wynn. They had one child, Lizzie D., wife of Will- iam F. Beam. Mr. Cutchall is neutral in politics. The family attend the Evangelical church.
Mrs. Cutchall was married to her first hus. band, Webster Wynn, January 17, 1854. They had four children, two of whom are deceased : Maria, wife of Samuel Brenne- man, and Fanny, who died at the age of fifteen. Their living children are: Daniel Webster and Zachary Taylor. Mrs. Cutehall
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was born in Wurtemberg, Germany. She came to this country with her parents in 1833. They located in Lancaster county, removed to Juniata county, returned to Lan- caster county, and finally settled in Middle Paxton township, Dauphin county. In 1851 the parents removed to Armstrong Valley, where they died. They had ten children, two of whom died in childhood.
- Webster Wynn, the first husband of Mrs. Cutchall, was a highly respected citizen. He served one three years' term as director of the poor of Dauphin county. He was cap- tain of a militia company at Gratztown. He was an ardent supporter of Henry Clay when he ran for the presidency in 1844. He was at one time the only Whig in Middle Pax- ton township, but through his influence the party rapidly increased in number. The first wife of Mr. Wynn was Fanny Boll, by whom he had six children : Louisa, Annie, Leander, Jackson, William and Henry, the last two twins. The parents of Mr. Wynn established the homestead at an early date. His father, Josiah Wynn, was a soldier in the war of 1812, whose widow, Susanna Wynn, drew a pension. She died aged about ninety- five.
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