Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 104

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Southworth, who was born in 1590, daughter of Alexander Carpenter, dwelt at Leyden 1612-13, and married Edward Southworth, by whom she had two children, Constance and Thomas. Edward Southworth died about 1620-21. His widow em- barked with her two children on board the "Annie," arriving in Plymouth about May 1, 1623. By this union William Bradford had three children: Will- iam2, Joseph2 and Mercey". He died March 9, 1657, aged sixty-nine years; Alice, his widow, died March 26, 1670, aged eighty years.


III. William2 Bradford, June born


17, 1624, married, about 1652, first, Alice Richards, who was born in 1627, daughter of Thomas Rich- ards, of Weymouth. By this union there were six children, viz .: John3, born February 20, 1653; Willam3, born in 1655; Thomas3, born in 1657-58; Samuel3, born in 1660; Hannah, born May 9, 1662; and Mercey. The mother of these died December 12, 1671, aged forty-four years. William2 Bradford was now commander-in-chief of the Plymouth forces, with the rank of major. He married, second, about January, 1673, the Widow Wiswell ( Wiswall), and by her had one son, Jo- seph, born in 1676, who married and settled in Con- necticut. After the death of his second wife, Major Bradford married, third, the Widow Mary Holmes, of Duxbury, daughter of Deacon John Wood, of Plymouth, and they had six children, viz .: Israel, David, Ephraim, Hezekiah, Melatiah, and Mary. Major William Bradford was assistant treasurer and deputy governor from 1682 to 1686. He died February 20, 1703.


IV. Thomas Bradford, born in 1657-58, rose to the rank of captain. He went to Norwich, Conn. He married, first, Anna Fitch, born December 17, 1658, daughter of Rev. James Fitch, pastor at Nor- wich (born 1622 at Saybrook, Conn., died Novem- ber 18, 1682, at Lebanon, Conn., in his sixtieth year). Thomas Bradford married, second, Anne Smith, daughter of Rev. Nehemiah and Anne (Bowne) Smith, of New London, Conn. He died at Norwich about 1708, leaving, it is said, one son, James.


V. James Bradford, born 1684-85, died March 26, 1762, ranked as lieutenant. About January 1, 1712, he was first married, and in 1713, in Canterbury, Conn., he owned covenant with his wife, "Edith." On December 7, 1724, he married, second, Susannah Adams. Descendants, born in Canterbury, Conn. : Thomas5, born November 14, 1712; John5-6, born in 1714; Jerusha.


VI. William5 Bradford, third son of Lieut. James and Edith Bradford, was born July 1, 1718. In 1740 he married, first, Zerviah Lathrop; she died, one child also. On April 6, 1743, he married, second, Mary Cleveland, born June 27, 1720, who died August 6, 1765, leaving fourteen children. She was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Josiah3 (Josiah2, Moses1) and Abigail (Payne) Cleveland.


VII. John6 Bradford, our subject's grand-


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father, fourth son and fifth child of William and Mary (Cleveland) Bradford, was born July 27, 1750, in Connecticut, and resided there for a num- ber of years. However, he purchased the present site of Towanda, Penn., with the intention of mak- ing his home there, and Bradford county was named in his honor. On returning to Connecticut to arrange his affairs and prepare for the removal of his family he was accidentally killed, being thrown from his horse. On April 22, 1773, he married Elizabeth Boud, daughter of Deacon Jonas Boud, .of Westminister, and they had seven children: (I) Jonas, born March 1, 1774, died September 28, 1775. (2) Ebenezer, born March 10, 1775, died March 31, 1776. (3) Alice, born April 15, 1777, married January 31, 1799, James Adams, son of James (Sr.) and Jerusha (Knight) Adams; she died April 25, 1812. (4) Lydia, born April 9, 1779, married September 15, 1805, at North Ash- ford, now Eastford, Rinaldo Burleigh, who was born February 20, 1774, and died February 10, 1863; she died February 25, 1853. (5) Moses, born June II, 1781, died May 23, 1803. (6) Capt. William is mentioned below. (7) Luther, born July 17, 1786, married, February II, 1821, Clarissa Fuller, daughter of Deacon Giles Fuller, of Hamp- ton, Conn., and died February 5, 1858.


VIII. Capt. William Bradford, our subject's father, was born September 28, 1783, in Windham county, Conn., and came to this section in 1837, locating upon a tract of 100 acres at our subject's present homestead. In the fall of 1838 he returned to Connecticut, and on coming back he built a sub- stantial log cabin upon the place, residing therein about two years. His wife joined him in 1840, and in that year he built a part of our subject's present residence, lately remodeled and enlarged. By occupation he was a cooper, but after following this trade for a time he engaged in farming. He gained his title by service as a captain during the war of 1812, and as a citizen he was much esteemed, being active in local affairs and in the work of the Presbyterian Church. He died May 4, 1867, his remains being interred in Blaisdell cemetery. On December 13, 1804, he was married to Mehitabel Parish, who was born September 7, 1784, first daughter of Major Royal Parish, and died March 4, 1810. On November 13, 1810, Capt. Bradford married her sister, Zerviah, who was born Feb- ruary 16, 1788, and died September 1, 1869. By his first marriage he had two children, namely : Caroline, who was born July 13, 1806, and died in Connecticut August 23, 1848, unmarried ; and Ann S., born March 3, 1808, who married Nathaniel Neff, and died in Connecticut December 14, 1833. By the second marriage there were six children, as follows: Mehitabel I., born October 28, 1812, who died January 15, 1825; Harriet N., born July 7, 1814, who died March 25, 1832; Lydia, born February 15, 1816, who married J. F. Adams, and died October 7, 1863 ; John W. H., born September 17, 1818, who died January 12, 1899; Lucy L., born


September 13, 1819, who married Jonas Horner, and died December 11, 1881; and Erastus P., our subject.


Erastus P. Bradford was born September 29, 1827, in Windham county, Conn., and first came to Susquehanna county in 1838 with his father. As a boy he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which he followed for some time in Providence, R. l., and elsewhere. At the age of eighteen he went to Connecticut, in 1847 returning to Susque- hanna county, and entering the employ of the Erie Railroad Co., as bridge builder, continuing two years. Since that time he has carried on an inde- pendent business as a carpenter, his work keeping several hands employed at times, and he has also given much attention to the management of the homestead. In politics he is a strong Democrat, and has frequently been called upon to fill local offices, having served three years as school di- rector, one year as assessor, and three as auditor.


On February 23, 1854, Mr. Bradford was mar- ried, at Jackson, to Miss Malinda E. Tyler, who was born in Susquehanna county February 25, 1834, a daughter of George and Hannah Tyler. She died May 3, 1868, and her remains now rest in Jackson cemetery. The only child of this union, Miss Mary Bradford, is a leading dressmaker in New Milford. On February 22, 1869, Mr. Brad- ford was married, in Jackson township, Susque- hanna county, to Miss Hanna M. Galloway, by whom he has one daughter, Miss Lydia, now at home. Mrs. Hanna M. (Galloway) Bradford was born December 28, 1846, in Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county. In the paternal line she can trace her descent from a noble Scottish family, and her grandparents, John and Ann (Silvers) Gallo- way, were both natives of Scotland. They came to America at an early day, settling in Philadelphia, where the grandfather was engaged in the manu- facture of cutlery, in which he was an expert. Theodore Galloway, Mrs. Bradford's father, was born in Philadelphia, and, as his parents died dur- ing his youth, he came to this section to make a home for himself, locating first in Damascus town- ship, Wayne county, and later in Jackson township, Susquehanna county. He followed farming all his life, and was an excellent citizen, holding numerous township offices, and his interest in educational affairs was shown by service as a school director. In religious faith he and his wife were Methodists. He married Betsey Northrup, a native of Bridge- water township, Susquehanna county, and a daugh- ter of Nathan and Jane Northrup. She died in 1861, aged thirty-seven, and he died July 6, 1880, at the age of sixty years, the remains of both being buried in Blaisdell's cemetery. They had the fol- lowing children: Emma J., widow of Whitmore Dikeman, of Peckville, Penn .; Hanna M., Mrs. Bradford; Edwin T., a merchant and coal dealer at Rutherford, N. J .; Stephen E., a lumberman at Pleasant Hill, La .; Franklin P., of Kingsland, N. J., a machinist for a railway company; Oliver C.,


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who occupied the old homestead in Jackson town- ship; and Eliza A., who died at the age of four years.


TIFFANY FAMILY. In the history of Sus- quehanna county there has been no family, perhaps, more prominent in its early development than the Tiffanys.


Hosea Tiffany was at the head of the "Nine Partners" settlement in Harford township, and the descendants of himself and of his brothers and sisters to the fourth and fifth generation have proved worthy children of a noble and enterprising ancestry. The family in Susquehanna county are the descendants of John and Deliverance (Parm- enter) Tiffany, prominent settlers at Attleboro, Mass., where they lived and died. They reared a family of sons and daughters who were inspired with patriotism, devotion, and aggressive achieve- ment. The sons all served in the Revolutionary war, and became noted pioneers in the spread of civiliza- tion westward from New England centers. The daughters became noble pioneer women. John Tiffany died at Attleboro in 1788. His wife, who was born in 1718, died in 1798. Their sons were Capt. John, Zachariah, Ezra, Noah, Hosea and Thomas; their daughters were Patty, Esther and Anna. Capt. John Tiffany, in February, 1792, was on his way from Attleboro, Mass., to the Nine Partners, Harford township, Susquehanna county, with his wife and children; stopping in Mt. Pleas- ant township, Wayne Co., Penn., he was so well pleased with the locality that he settled there. His wife was a descendant of the Douglas family of Scotland. They had six children, Chandler, John, Fanny, Gardner, Leonard and Ruth. The many de- scendants of Capt. John Tiffany are among the most wealthy and enterprising citizens of Mt. Pleas- ant township. Zachariah and Ezra, sons of John Tiffany, settled in New York. Noah, Hosea and Thomas settled in Susquehanna. Patty married Thomas Wilmarth, Sr., in Massachusetts, and with her children came to Harford township; Esther married Caleb Richardson, one of the Nine Partners of Harford township ; and Anna married John Stan- ley, the father of Dexter Stanley, of Harford.


Hosea Tiffany was the first settler of the name in Susquehanna county. In the winter of 1789 nine young men of Attleboro, Mass., finding at home an inadequate amount of land, decided to migrate in a body to Western homes. Three were married, and, of the nine, Hosea Tiffany was the only one over thirty years of age. They left Attle- boro in the spring of 1790, in doubt of their final destination, finally purchasing a tract four miles long and one mile wide in Harford township, for £1,198. It was apportioned, the young farmers returned to Attleboro to harvest their crops, and in the spring of 1791 most of them migrated perma- nently to the settlement. Hosea Tiffany came back in the spring of 1791, sowed crops of rye and wheat,


and brought his family in the spring of 1792, ar- riving by ox-team in March, with Robert Follet and family. Their wives were the first white women to reach the settlement. Hosea Tiffany had one of the two center lots, near the nearest village at Harford. The settlement was then part of Luzerne county, Penn., and Hosea Tiffany became one of its promin- ent citizens. He was a county commissioner, and in 1799 was appointed justice of the peace, the com- mission continuing until Susquehanna was set off, in 1812. He had married, in Massachusetts, Nancy Wilmarth, and their children were: (I) Nancy. married Capt. Aschel Sweet. (2) Hosea, Jr., who married Polly Sweet, was county commissioner two terms, and lived on a farm below Harford, his son William C. succeeding him on the homestead and serving several terms as justice of the peace. (3) Amos, who lived on the old homestead, commenced tavern-keeping as early as 1817, and built the "Gow House ;" he married Rachel Tiffany, a second cous- in, and their children were Virgil, Angeline, Amos V., and Vester.


Noah Tiffany (brother of Hosea, a member of the Nine Partners) also settled in Susquehanna county. He died in July, 1818, in Brooklyn.


Thomas Tiffany, the third brother to become a settler of Susquehanna county, was born at Attle- boro, Mass., May 31, 1756, and died May 12, 1835. In Massachusetts he married Melitiah Tingley, who was born October 5, 1762, and died May 5, 1835, a sister of Elkanah Tingley. His wife and children came from Attleboro and joined the Nine Partners settlement, locating on a lot in the extreme south- west corner of the settlement, and remaining there through life. He was commissioned a justice of the peace in 1799, and was one of the most prominent settlers of the township. Their children were as follows: (1) Lorinda, born Januarv 31, 1780; (2) Alfred, born December 22, 1781, died February 26, 1860; (3) Thomas, Jr., born February 15, 1784, died May 7, 1848; (4) Peletiah, born September 12, 1786; (5) Tingley, born October 28, 1788, died December 15, 1866; (6) Dalton, born January 10, 1791, died June 9, 1867; (7) Lewis, born May 21, 1793, died January 20, 1860; (8) Preston, born April 20, 1795, died October 23, 1876; (9) Milton, born September 5, 1797, died February 4, 1799; (10) Betsey, born September 17, 1799, died No- vember 27, 1829; (II) Mela, born March 14, 1802, died September 27, 1866; and (12) Orville, born December 8, 1805, died April 27, 1876. The parents rest in Harford cemetery.


(1) Lorinda Tiffany, the eldest child of Thomas and Melitiah Tiffany, married Noah Potter, of Gibson, eldest child of Capt. Joseph and Lois Pot- ter, who settled in Gibson in 1792, coming from Pittsfield, Mass. Joseph Potter was a Revolutionary soldier, and in 1798 was commissioned, by Gov. Mifflin of Pennsylvania, as a captain of militia. Noah Potter died in Illinois.


(2) Alfred Tiffany settled and lived until his


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death on a farm in Brooklyn township, now owned by his grandson, E. M. Tiffany, on the old State road liear Kingsley station of the D. L. & W. road. He was married three times, first wedding, at Salem, Penn., January 26, 1806, Lucy Miller, who was born at Glastonbury, Conn., July 24, 1784, and died April 14, 1817. By this marriage he had six chil- dren, namely: Cynthia, born in Brooklyn township July 22, 1806, married Ely Butler Goodrich, and died July 20, 1848; Anson, born January 22, 1808, mar- ried Sarah Bloomfield Milbourne, and died March 14. 1881 : Clarissa, born October 24, 1809, mar- ried Walter Follett, and died in 1895; Nelson, born September 17, 1811, married Permelia E. Whitney, and died August 17, 1855; Lucy E., born June 27, 1813, married Jonas Adams, and died May 17, 1871 ; Alfred J., born December 28, 1815. For his second wife Alfred Tiffany married, in Brooklyn, Penn., February II, 1818, Fanny Mack, who was born at Lyme, Conn., April 11, 1798. Bv this marriage he had thirteen children, as follows: Lydia A., born September 15, 1818, married Elias N. Carpenter, and died in 1896: Joseph L., born January 5, 1820, died April 2, 1826; Charles H., born December 18, 1821, married Emeline Oakley, and died May 30, 1895; Hannah E., born December 26, 1823, married Stephen E. Carpenter, and died June 14, 1872 ; Fanny M., born October 22, 1825, married Jackson Tingley, and died August 23. 1879: Edwin Mack, born April 22, 1828, married Nancy M. Lindsey, and died Septem- ber. 1880: Betsey N., born April 19, 1830, married Horace M. Rice, and died October 26, 1873; Will- iam H., born May 9, 1832, married Eva Van Bus- kirk and is a farmer. merchant and miller at Alford, Penn . Sarah M., born April 19, 1834, married George J. Benjamin, and died at Chicago, Ill., March 12, 1879; Marvin L., born March 23, 1836, married Lucy A. Roper, and died January 21, 1892 : Franklin E., born August 3, 1838, married Emma I. Parrish (he is a retired miner at Nicholson, Penn.) : Harriet Adelaide, born March 5, 1842, is the widow of Homer Tingley: Newell W., born August II, 1844, married Lizzie Bedell, and is a carpenter of Binghamton, N. Y. For his third wife Alfred Tiffany married, at Lenox, Penn., Patience Vance, who was born at Windsor, N. Y .. October 4, 1794, and died July 12, 1869. Alfred Tiffany died February 26, 1860, and with his three wives is buried in the village cemetery at Harford, Pennsylvania.


(3) Thomas Tiffany located north of the Nine Partners settlement, about one mile from Kingsley station, where he remained through life, dying May 7, 1848. He was married three times. By his first wife, Chloe, daughter of Elkanah Tingley, he had three children: Alson, born in 1806, a prominent settler of Lenox township, who at the age of fifty- six years, his heart fired with patriotism, enlisted, February 21, 1862, in Company A, 107th P. V. I., and served at the front until honorably discharged for disability, in April, 1863, and whose descendants


are honored settlers of Lenox; Priscilla, who mar- ried Roswell Barnes, of Gibson; and Milton, who settled in Lenox, but died near Tunkhannock. By his second wife, Ruth Truesdell, Thomas Tiffany had one child, Chloe, who married William Tripp, of Harford, and whose only son was killed at Freder- icksburg. By his third wife, Esther Williams, Thomas Tiffany had two children-Thomas Will- iams, who died on the old homestead, October 15, 1884; and Esther, who married Alfred Barnard, of Harford, and died March 27, 1885.


(4) Peletiah Tiffany settled in Brooklyn, and died at the Center ; had six children.


(5) Tingley Tiffany married Achsah T. Car- penter, daughter of Obadiah and Mercy (Tyler) Carpenter, and settled in Harford. He was a farm- er and carpenter through life, and lived to the age of seventy-eight years. During the war of 1812 he served as a substitute in Col. Fred Bailey's regi- ment. His children were Edwin T., mentioned be- low; Cynthia, who married Wells Butler and moved to Pittsfield, Ill .; and Achsah M., who was born March 21, 1829, and died, unmarried, in 1880.


(6) Dalton Tiffany resided near the home- stead in Harford. He married Lucretia, daughter of Capt. John Potter, of Gibson, and they had six children : Lucretia P., born in 1817; Dalton P., 1820; Lois G., 1823; Joseph T., 1826; Orlando C., 1829; and Clarinda, 1832.


(7) Lewis Tiffany lived in Harford township adjoining the farm of his brother Thomas. He married Elizabeth McMillan, and their children were: Daniel M., born in 1817; Nancy L., 1820; John L., 1822 ; Lucy E., 1824; Ellen C., 1832 ; Sally M., 1827 ..


(8) Preston Tiffany located on Meshoppen creek, in Dimock township. He married (first) Eliza Mack, and (second) Abiel Truesdal, and had six children.


(9) Milton Tiffany, born September 5, 1797, died February 4, 1799.


(10) Betsey Tiffany married Nathaniel Norris, a pioneer of Jackson township. Their children were: Thomas J., born in 1820; and Amasa C., born in 1826.


(II) Mela (or Millie) Tiffany married Calvin Corse, of Jackson township, son of Rufus Corse, of Dover, Vt., and a pioneer of Susquehanna county. They had seven children.


(12) Orville, the youngest, settled in Nicholson township, Wyoming county, where he died. He married Polly Marcey, and they had seven children.


EDWIN T. TIFFANY is a retired merchant of Harford, Susquehanna county, in which township he was born June 17, 1821. His father, Tingley Tiffany, was born October 28, 1778, in Attleboro, Mass., son of Thomas and Melitiah Tiffany, who were residents of that place. They settled in Sus- quehanna county in 1794, bringing their son, then a child of six years, with them.


Tingley Tiffany married Achsah Carpenter, who, like her husband, was a native of Attleboro,


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Mass., born March 9, 1799. She died July 9, 1868, and is buried at Harford. Her family removed to Susquehanna county in 1800, bringing the little infant with them. Both her father and grandfa- ther were named Obadiah, and both were farm- ers. Her mother's maiden name was Mercy Tyler. Tingley Tiffany was a farmer and carpenter, and was highly esteemed in the community where he lived. He filled the offices of constable and collector. His death occurred December 15, 1866, when he was at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. By his marriage to Achsah Carpenter he had three children, of whom Edwin T. is the only son; Cyn- thia, born October 17, 1826, married Wells Butler, who is now deceased, and she resides at Pittsfield, Ill. ; Achsah M., born March 21, 1829, died, un- married, April 21, 1880.


Until he reached the age of twenty-four years Edwin T. Tiffany worked as a hand upon his fa- ther's farm, and then assumed the active manage- ment of the property, which he conducted success- fully for eleven years. He attended the neighbor- ing public schools and, for a short time, Franklin Academy. When about eighteen he commenced to teach school, engaging in that profession during the winter months for some twelve years, receiving from twelve to fourteen dollars per month, and "boarding" himself. Growing weary of farm life, he accepted a clerical position in the store of Penuel Carpenter, and after four years embarked in busi- ness for himself, with a cash capital of five dollars, but a splendid credit. For twenty-five years he car- ried on a remunerative trade, and in 1885 he de- termined to retire, turning over his business to his sons, who, in turn, disposed of it five years later. The high place which he holds in the regard of the citizens of Harford is evidenced by the fact that for nine years he held the office of school director, and for six years that of treasurer, while for the past five years he has been township clerk. For twenty years he filled the position of postmaster at Harford, having been first appointed in 1863, by President Lincoln. He was relieved by President Johnson, reinstated by Grant, and continued in office until Cleveland's administration. In politics Mr. Tiffany is a Republican, in religious faith a Con- gregationalist, having been a deacon in that Church for thirty-three years.


On March 19, 1845, Mr. Tiffany was married, at Harford, to Miss Margaret Hardenbrook, who bore him three children-Henry J., Clara M. and A. Lee. Henry was born June 15, 1847, at Harford, Penn., and married Miss Maggie Gillespie. Clara M. was born June 27, 1849. A. Lee was born May 7, 1851, and is at present manager for the Grand Union Tea Co., at New Haven, Conn. He married Miss Ida M. Crandall, and has one son, Ralph D. While in Harford A. Lee Tiffany was prominent in the ranks of the younger Republicans, and served as postmaster at Harford for four years. He was secretary of the Harford Agricultural Society for sixteen years.


Mrs. Tiffany was born in Orange county, N. Y., March 1I, 1822, daughter of David Harden- brook, an old and respected resident of that locality. She died at Harford May 4, 1897, and rests in the cemetery there. Mr. Tiffany survives her, with his physical powers well-preserved and his mental fac- ulties alert and keen; serene in the recollection of a well-spent life, and hopefully looking forward with Christian faith, he awaits the last call without regret and without dread.


S. S. SIMMONS, M. D. The medical frater- nity of this section boasts many able and earnest workers, but there are few who have made the wide preparation for practice which was secured by this well-known physician and surgeon of Susquehanna. Beginning his career as a graduate of an Allopathic College, his progressive mind led him to a careful study of the theories of the Eclectic and Homeo- pathic schools, with the result that he became a de- voted disciple of Hahnemann. He possesses the true scientific spirit, and in the course of his years of practice has gained a valuable store of knowledge, and a rare degree of skill in the practical applica- tion of the principles of medical science.


The Doctor was born July 4, 1835, at Albany, N. Y., and is of good old Yankee lineage. His grandfather, Henry Simmons, married Mary Jos- lin, a native of Connecticut, and both died in Rhode Island. They had two children: Ira, our subject's father, and Samuel, who died while serving as a soldier in the Civil war.


Ira Simmons, the Doctor's father, was born in 1808, and became a contractor and builder by oc- cupation. In religious faith he was a Universalist, and his wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca Bar- ton, was a member of the Baptist Church. He died in Albany, N. Y., in 1848, from typhus fever, and his wife, who was born in 1810, died within fifteen days of his death, from the same disease.




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