Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 150

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Alice, born in 1884, are all at home, and Annie, born in 1889. died in 1890.

Politically Mr. Sherman is a stanch Republican, and religiously he and his family are all members of the Catholic Church. On reaching Monroe coun- tv, at the age of nineteen years, he had but $12 in his pocket, and the success that he has achieved in life has been due entirely to his own unaided efforts, good judgment and industrious habits. He has not only gained a comfortable competence, but has also won the respect and esteem of all who know him.

WILLIAM J. BELL (deceased ) was from 1860 to the time of his retirement one of the well- known prosperous farmers of Westfall township, Pike county. He was a member of an old New York family of Holland origin, the first ancestor of whom we have record being our subjects' great-great- grandfather, William Bell, who was born in Holl- and. Johannes Bell, son of William, born in Rock- land county, N. Y., March 19, 1731, died May 22, 1807, aged 76 years, 2 months, 3 days, having been drowned in the North River ; he was captain of a sloop. William Bell, son of Johannes, was born March 4, 1758. Johannes was a colonel in the Revo- luitionary war, and William, his son, was an ensign.

John . W. Bell, son of William, was born March 4, 1779, was a farmer by occupation, and died Au- gust II, 1851. On December 31, 1805, he married Hannah Graham, who was born May 26, 1788, in New York City, and died October 5. 1836, and they spent all their lives in Rockland county, N. Y. Their children were: Eliza, born May 8, 1808, who is still living in Rockland county ; William J., our subject ; John G., born July 12, 1812, died October 22, 1889; Tunis, born October 30, 1814, died March 9, 1886: Mary Ann, born December 9, 1816, died September 30, 1844; Rachel (Mrs. James S. Harring), born January 5, 1819, died in March, 1896; Daniel, born August 16, 1821, died October 22, 1822; and Sarah S. ( Mrs. Solomon Crispell), born November 27, 1823, is living in Ulster county, New York.

William J. Bell, our subject, son of John W., was born August 12, 1810, in Piermont, Rockland county, N. Y., and there received his education in the common schools. He learned and followed the shoe- maker's trade in the days when it was customary to travel from house to house to make boots and shoes, but he finally learned taxidermy in the Peale Muse- um, New York City, following this business also in Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. His children have a cabinet full of fine specimens of his work. In company with his brother John, he opened the Al- bany Museum, which they conducted for a number of years, and later he bought a farm in Rockland county, N. Y., where he kept a nursery. In the spring of 1860 Mr. Bell came to Pike county, Penn .. here purchasing the John Carpenter farm in Westfall township, where he made his home until 1883. Lay- ing aside all business cares that year, he removed to Port Jervis, where he passed the remainder of his clays. Mr. Bell was twice married, first to Miss

Eliza S. Graham, who was born in New York City, a daughter of John and Margaret ( Edwards ) Gra- ham, natives of Scotland, who resided for a time in New York City, where the father conducted a hard- ware store. He invented the first cook stove. Mrs. Bell was one of five children: Hester, who married Daniel Tryan ; Catherine, who married Wells Wil- son ; Sarah, wife of Stephen Chamberlain ; John, who married ; and Eliza S. ( Mrs. Bell). To William J. and Eliza S. Bell were born four children, one of whom died in infancy ; Reuben P. and Edward G. are mentioned more fully farther on; and Sarah E. ( Mrs. Abram J. Quick) is mentioned below. The mother of these died December 1, 1857, in Rockland county, N. Y., at the age of forty-nine years, and Mr. Bell for his second wife married Miss Ann Smith, who died January 14, 1888; she was a daugh- ter of Adolphus Smith, and a cousin of Garret Smith, the noted politician. After her demise Mr. Bell made his home in Port Jervis with Mrs. Quick, who proved a loving daughter, and there he passed away April 20, 1897, at the ripe old age of over eighty-six years. He was a Democrat in political sentiment. Mr. Bell at one time belonged to the I. O. O. F., but he gave up his membership during his later years.

Mrs. Sarah E. (Bell) Quick was educated at the Rockland (N. Y.) Female Institute, and on April 24, 1879, was married to Abram J. Quick, a native of Pike county, who is a prominent contractor and builder in Port Jervis, N. Y., where they have a beautiful home at No. 15 Mary street. They have had three children: Anna Gertrude and Ruth Bell, living at home; and Edward Graham, who, on July 16, 1892, at the age of four years and nine months, was drowned in the Delaware & Hudson canal, near Sharp's mill ; he was buried in Laurel Grove ceme- tery. Mr. Quick frequently took his young son rid- ing with him when visiting the various houses he had in course of erection, and about 3 o'clock on the Saturday afternoon of the day of the accident left him sitting in the wagon at Sharp's mill while he went down to the National Bank. On his return a few minutes later the boy was missing. A gentleman at the mill had a few minutes before explained to him the mysteries of the water-wheel, but had not seen him afterward. Mr. Quick immediately sent a mes- senger to his mother's home at Matamoras, where his other children were visiting for the day, and then hurried to his own home, feeling sure the child would be at one or other of the places; but as the lad was at neither his father procured a boat and commenced dragging the canal, finding the body at almost the first attempt. All known methods of resuscitation were tried in vain. Mr. and Mrs. Quick and daughters are members of the M. E. Church, in which for the past fifteen years they have been zealous workers, and Mr. Quick has served as superintendent of the Sunday-school.

REUBEN P. BELL was born May 7, 1847, in Piermont, Rockland county, N. Y., and received his education there and in Pike county. The father and two sons always worked together, and the home was

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never divided until after the father's death, each son now occupying his share, and the farm on which Mr. and Mrs. Reuben P. Bell now reside was the home of Mrs. Bell's maternal grandfather, John D. Car- penter. Reuben P. Bell was married December 3, 1884, to Martha E. Cuddeback, who was born March 16, 1864, in Orange county, N. Y., near Port Jervis, and they have three children : Bertha C., born June 13, 1886; Margaret A., born April 28, 1889; and Esther G., born April 7, 1898. Mr. Bell is prominent in local affairs, always standing on the side of prog- ress, and he has served six years as president of the Matamoras school board. His political sympathies are with the Democratic party. Fraternally he is a Master Mason, holding membership with Lodge No. 328, Port Jervis.

Mrs. Reuben P. Bell is of Dutch descent, her great-grandfather having emigrated to America from his native country, Holland. Her grandfather, Henry Cuddeback, was born in New York, and married Esther Gumear ; he was a farmer by occu- pation. George Cuddeback, father of Mrs. Bell, was born August 10, 1815, and died January 18, 1889. He married Margaret Carpenter, who was born March 24, 1824, and died February 11, 1898. They had eight children, three of whom are now living: Henry G. Cuddeback, now living on the old home in New York State; George, at Huguenot, N. Y .; and Martha E. (Mrs. Bell). The others were: Mary E., Margaret A., Esther, John D., and one that died in infancy. Mr. Cuddeback followed farming. He was a Democrat in politics, and in religious con- nection a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.

WALTER COREY, a well-known citizen of Waymart, Wayne county, has been connected for many years with the Delaware & Hudson Company, holding various positions, and his able and faithful service has won him the entire confidence of his em- ployers, while his sterling qualities of character command the respect of all classes in the com- munity.

The Corey family has been identified with Wayne county since 1837, when Samuel M. Corey, our subject's father, who was born August 17, 1793, came from Washingtonville, N. Y., to make his per- manent home in Canaan township, where his death occurred October 9, 1841, his remains being interred in the cemetery at Canaan Corners. He was mar- ried first, on January 22, 1824, to Miss Susan Still, who was born October 1, 1804, and died March 17, 1827. On October 17, 1830, he married Miss Mary E. Mclaughlin, who was born March II, 1805, and survived him many years, her death occurring Sep- tember 13, 1871. On October 29, 1842, she married for her second husband Oscar Hudson, who was born December 22, 1801, and died June 1, 1871 ; both were buried at Canaan Corners. Oscar Hud- son was first married to Margaret Jessup, January 22, 1825. The father of our subject was not a member of any Church, but the mother was an active supporter of the Presbyterian Church at Waymart,

her earnest efforts being so essential to the life of the organization that it disintegrated after her death. Our subject was the younger of two children of Samuel M. and Mary E. Corey. His sister, Helen A., born January 22, 1832, was married April 26, 1855, to Hon. F. V. Carr, associate judge of Wayne county, and died July 20, 1868.

Walter Corey was born August 29, 1835, at Washingtonville, N. Y., but was brought to Wayne county by his parents when he was only two years old. At an early age he began to turn his attention to the problem of earning a livelihood, and in 1845 he entered the employ of the Delaware & Hudson Company, his work for the first year being the greasing of cars. He was then set to work at dumping coal cars at Waymart, and later was em- ployed in various ways by the company, with which he has been connected ever since. For two years (1848 and 1849) he resided with Noah Rogers, a farmer, who paid him two shillings per day for driving a team, but as Mr. Rogers had a contract with the Delaware & Hudson Company the continu- ous connection of our subject with the latter can scarcely be said to have been interrupted. On June 6, 1850, he began teaming for the company, and after testing his reliability in many positions, they promoted him in 1859 to the post of wheelman, which he has ever since held. He has never lost a day from his work, being noted for his punctuality, while he has never used intoxicating liquors ex- cept as medicine. Politically he is a Republican, but his retiring disposition has made it impossible for his fellow citizens to place him in office, and when elected against his will to the position of poor- master he could with difficulty be induced to serve. Socially he is connected with the Knights of Honor at Waymart, and he is much esteemed among his associates. Although his early educational oppor- tunities were limited, he has made good use of his spare time by reading, and he has accurate informa- tion on a wide range of subjects.

On March 29, 1859, Mr. Corey was married, at Carbondale, Penn., by Rev. Abel Barker, to Miss Sarah J. Buckland, daughter of Horace and Betsey A. Buckland, of Connecticut. She died March 4, 1886, and was buried in the cemetery at Canaan Cor- ners. On March II, 1887, Mr. Corey married Miss Lottie Goodnough, the ceremony being performed at Carley Brook, Wayne county, by Rev. Lucien H. Goodnough, a brother of the bride. To the first union were born eight children: (I) Francis B., born August 9, 1860, married Miss Jennie Weed, and resides at Waymart, where he is employed as foreman of the Gravity railroad. (2) Charles A., born December 30, 1862, married Miss Jennie Keen, and resides at Matamoras, Penn., being employed as conductor on the Erie railroad. (3) George W' .. born June 5, 1866, married Elsa Stanton, and makes his home at Waymart, where he is employed as a car runner. (4) Horace, born June 15, 1868, died January 15, 1877. (5) Willard S., born July 2, 1871, died January 13, 1877. (6) Harry,

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born December 29, 1876, died January 14, 1877, the three deaths, within three days, occurring from scarlet fever and diphtheria. (7) Ambrose H., born April 23, 1879, is engaged in farming and re- sides with his father. (8) Raymond, born Sep- tember 9, 1883, is also at home. By the second mar- ringe there are two children : Clarence A., born May 31, 1888, and Mary A., born March 28, 1894. Mrs. Corey, who is a lady of unusual mental ability and culture, was born April 13, 1853, at Car- ley Brook, the daughter of Truman A. Goodnough, a prominent resident of that locality. He was a na- tive of Schoharie county, N. Y., born May 16, 1807, and in early manhood was a stone mason, later en- gaging in farming at Carley Brook, where he pur- chased a tract of land in the spring of 1847. He was active in local politics, holding various town- ship offices, and for many years was a leading mem- ber of the Baptist Church at Bethany, Wayne coun- ty. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah W. Torrey, was born June 3, 1811, at Bethany, Wayne county, and was baptized there at the age of eleven years. The Torrey family has long been prominent in Wayne county, its members being noted for public spirit and all the qualities that go to the making of good citizenship. Mrs. Goodnough died November 9. 1888, and her husband passed away on Novem- ber 6, of the same year, being both laid to their final rest in the cemetery at Bethany. Mrs. Corey is the youngest in a family of seven children: (I) Lucien H., born June 16, 1833, is a minister of the Baptist Church, and resides at Carley Brook. He married ( first ) Miss Margaret Pulis, now deceased, and ( second ) Miss Lucinda Statbird. (2) Lowell, born August 13, 1838, married Miss Martha Doug- las, now deceased, and resides at Cold Spring, Wayne county. (3) Linus, born January 3, 1841, is a farmer near Rileyville, Wayne county. He mar- ried Miss Alice G. Dav. (4) Emily T., born Sep- tember 22, 1843, married James Davy, a farmer near Torrey, Wayne county, and died October 23, 1885. (5) Eunice, born June 10, 1847, died January 3, 1858. (6) Eliza, born April 2, 1850, married for her first husband John Boyd, and after his decease became the wife of Hon. F. V. Carr, whose biog- raphy appears elsewhere.

M. C. WESTBROOK, one of the most thor- ough and skillful agriculturists of Blooming Grove township, Pike county, is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Middle Smithfield township, Monroe county, February 4, 1827. He spent his boyhood days near the Delaware river at Ding- mans Ferry, and in 1842 came with his parents to Blooming Grove township. Here his father owned a large tract of land, on which he erected a saw- mill, operating same for a number of years in con- nection with lumbering. In due time our subject and his brothers formed a partnership and carried on the work which their father had started, and since the connection was dissolved M. C. West- brook has continued to engage in lumbering and

farming, paying special attention, however, to his agricultural pursuits. He is a wide-awake and enter- prising business man of known reliability, and has the entire confidence and esteem of his associates. In his home farm he has 350 acres, of which 100 acres are under excellent cultivation, and besides this place he owns 1,000 acres of wild land. For fifteen years he conducted a tavern and his pleas- ant home is now filled with tourists and travelers most of the time, being located in the midst of most beautiful scenery.

At Milford, Penn., Mr. Westbrook married Miss Emily Jones, who was born August 22, 1827, in Sussex county, N. J., of which her parents, Moses and Margaret ( Brokaw) Jones, were also natives. The children born of this union are as follows: ( I) William B. married Ella Wall and has two children-Blanch and Ethel. He lives with his father, assisting in the work of the farm, and has taken quite a prominent part in public affairs, filling the offices of school director, treasurer and town- ship auditor, being the present incumbent in the latter position. (2) Carrie is at home. (3) John C. is now the efficient and popular county sur- veyor of Pike county. (4) Moses C., Jr., who is con- ducting a livery stable at Liberty, Orange Co., N. Y., married Nettie Bishop, and has one son- Frank. (5) Fred L. resides at home, and is serving as supervisor of Blooming Grove township.

Socially Mr. Westbrook has been a Mason for over thirty years, and politically he is an ardent supporter of the Democratic party. He has ever taken a commendable interest in public affairs, and, though not an aspirant for political honors, he has been called upon to fill most of the township offices, having served as school treasurer for twenty-six years and as township auditor many years. He has materially aided in the advancement of all social, industrial, educational and moral interests, and is recognized as one of the most valuable and useful citizens of his community.

F. A. ENGLE, a representative lumberman and farmer of Salem township, Wayne county, was born October 8, 1836, in Northampton county, Penn., and is a son of William and Susan (John- son ) Engel, also natives of Northampton county, the father being of German parentage.

During the childhood of our subject the family removed to Monroe county, this State, then to Dreher township, Wayne county, and subsequently to Salem township. For some years the father conducted a hotel at Hamlinton, Wayne county, where he died in January, 1867. His children were Sebina, now the widow of J. Fike, of Sterling township, Wayne county; Reuben, who died in Salem township; Chester, who died in infancy ; Levina, deceased wife of Enos Vought; William, who died in Salem township; F. A., of this sketch ; Ellen, wife of Phileman Gillett, of Salem township ; and Thomas B., who was a soldier in the Union service during the Civil war, and was wounded at

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Spottsylvania Court House; he is now employed at Dunmore, Penn., by the Erie & Wyoming Valley railroad.

On attaining his majority, F. A. Engle began life for himself as a lumberman and farmer, and throughout his business career has met with well deserved success. On December 5, 1861, he enlisted for three years in the regular army, in Company H, 14th United States Infantry, and was in many hotly contested engagements, including the battles of Bull Run (second), Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House. Being wounded at the last named, he was sent home, but he afterward re- enlisted, becoming a member of the Construction Corps in North Carolina. He was promoted to the rank of first corporal and later to sergeant, and was finally honorably discharged December 5. 1864, returning home with a war record of which he may be justly proud.

On December 25, 1866, in Hamlinton, Penn., Mr. Engle was married by Rev. J. O. Woodroof, a Methodist Episcopal minister, to Martha A. Andrews, who was born August 20, 1843, a daugh- ter of John and Betsy (Hollister) Andrews. The other children of the Andrews family are Andrew J., whose sketch appears elsewhere; Amanda J., deceased wife of Anson Bidwell; Abigail Maria, who died at the age of twenty-seven years; Ade- line. who died in infancy; Clement A., who died in Salem township at the age of twenty-eight ; and Mary E., deceased wife of Thomas B. Engle, of Dunmore, Penn. To Mr. and Mrs. Engle have been born two children: Carrie M., born February 7, 1868, is at home; and Mertie E., born July 13, 1881, died on the 15th of the following October.

In his political affiliations Mr. Engel is a Republican. His wife and daughter are leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the social circles of the community the family is one of prominence.

ALEXANDER W. LODER, of East Strouds- burg, Monroe county, is an enterprising and suc- cessful merchant, and his extensive stock, which comprises hardware, boots and shoes, dry goods, groceries, and other merchandise, occupies three store buildings of three floors each. His success is based upon sound business methods by which he has won the confidence of the community, his ster- ling qualities of character being recognized among all classes.

Mr. Loder belongs to a pioneer family of War- ren county, N. J., and the name is mentioned in the history of that county, published by Everets & Park, in 1881, among those who located in what is now Oxford township, soon after John Oxford, the first settler, who came from England in 1730. William Loder, our subject's great-grandfather, was born there in 1740, and made his home at Oxford Fur- nace. He was married in 1764 to Catherine- born in 1745, and they had the following children :

Jane, born in 1764; Sarah, 1766; Anna, 1768; John. 1770; Isaac, our subject's grandfather ; and Will- iam, born in 1774.

Isaac Loder was born in 1772, and resided on the river about three miles below Belvidere, N. J., where his death occurred in 1854. His wife, Sarah Hummer, was born in 1774 and died in 1839. They had ten children: Hannah, born in 1795; William HI., the father of our subject; Mary, born in 1799; Isaac, 1801; Alexander W., 1805, who settled in Kellarsville, Hamilton township, Monroe county, and engaged in mercantile business, but afterward removed to Philadelphia, where he died some years ago; Samuel, born in 1807; James D., in 1810, now deceased; Sally Ann, born in 1813; Jocob Alfred. in 1815, formerly a hat manufacturer and dealer in Philadelphia ; and John, born in 1817.

William H. Loder was born in 1797 near Oxford Furnace, and was married in 1819 to Elizabeth Ann Kinney ( 1797-1848), a daughter of Frederick and Margaret ( Snover ) Kinney, of Walnut Valley, Warren Co., N. J. By trade he was a carpenter, and in addition to this work he carried on farming for many years. In 1826 he located in Stroud township, Monroe county, purchasing a small farm, . and to this he afterward added from time to time until he had 160 acres. In 1860 he removed to Stroudsburg, where he lived in retirement until his death in 1872. He was a self-made man, having started in life without capital, and as a citizen he was held in high esteem for his sound judgment and exemplary conduct. In religious faith he was a Presbyterian, as well as his ancestors, and he and his wife both belonged to the Church in Strouds- burg. Of their children, the eldest, Frederick K., born in 1823, married and settled near Albion, Jackson Co., Mich., where he died in 1885, leaving a family. (2) Isaac H., born in 1826, married and removed about 1856 to Kansas where he died in 1883. (3) Alexander W., our subject, is mentioned more fully below. (4) Sarah Marie, born in 1833, married Melchior Smith, a wheelwright of Strouds- burg. (5) Rachel E., born in 1835, married David Miller, a blacksmith of East Stroudsburg. (6) William M., born in 1839, went to Kansas and enlisted in the Union army from that State soon after the breaking out of the Civil war, serving in Missouri under Gen. Sigel. He then returned to Stroudsburg, and at the time of the drafting in 1862 he went to the front as a substitute, and served nine months in the army of the Potomac with the rank of lieutenant. Soon after his discharge he mar- ried and settled in Albion, Mich., where he engaged in business successfully as a contractor and lum- ber dealer.

Alexander W. Loder was born March 14. 1828, on the old farm in Stroud township, Monroe county, where he grew to manhood, his education being obtained in the local schools. About 1851 he engaged in farming on a portion of the old home- stead, but after four years he sold out and spent a year as a dealer in confectionery at Strouds-

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burg. He then tried farming again for eight years, purchasing a farm in Stroud township, but in 1868 he sold out the property and bought a lot in East Stroudsburg, where he built a store afterward owned by Dr. Lesh, who still owns it. Three years later he sold that place and bought a lot on the corner of Crystal and Analomink streets, on which he built his present store and dwelling house in 1871, and since 1872 he has carried on his business there. His three stores stand side by side, one being occu- pied by hardware, one by a stock of boots and shoes, and the other by dry goods, groceries, flour, feed and similar commodities. He has always been act- ive in local affairs, and at the time of the organiza- tion of the borough of East Stroudsburg, he was chosen as a member of the school board and the council, to which he has been re-elected at differ- ent times. In 1872 he was elected justice of the peace for the borough, and this office he held con- tinuously, by re-election, until his resignation in July, 1885, to take the position of postmaster at East Stroudsburg under President Cleveland. He served four years, locating the postoffice in a build- ing adjoining his store, and fitted it up in a model manner for the convenience .of the patrons, its appearance comparing favorably with that of any office of the size in the State.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 150

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 2390

Author:
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 2390