Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 151

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In 1851 Mr. Loder married Miss Emily Van Vliet, and they have had four children, all of whom are living : (1) Achilles C., who married Miss Ida Rafferty, has been in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad since 1870, and is now ticket agent and telegraph operator at East Stroudsburg. (2) Laura P. married Dr. Horace Bush, druggist, East Stroudsburg, Penn. (3) Vinton S., a partner in his father's store, married Miss Anna Daily, and has three children-Lucy, Alexander and James. (4) William H., a partner in our subject's store. Mrs. Loder was born in Stroud township November 27, 1834, daughter of John S. Van Vliet, and granddaughter of Derrick Van Vleit, an early settler in Stroud township. John S. Van Vliet was born in 1808, and became a farmer by occupation, but retired in 1886. His wife, Susan La Bar ( 1807-1861), was a daughter of George La Bar ( 1763-1874), and granddaughter of Peter La Bar, who came from France in 1730 and settled in Mount Bethel, Northampton Co., Penn., where her father's birth occurred.

PETER A. L. QUICK, a well-known citizen of Delaware township, Pike county, is a worthy repre- sentative of our best pioneer stock.

According to ex-Lieutenant-Governor Bross, who is a descendant of the Quick family in the ma- ternal line. the first of the name to settle in America was Thomas Quick, a native of Holland. He located near the present site of Milford between 1730 and 1735. and long prior to the Revolutionary war oper- ated a gristmill on Vandemark creek. This noted pioneer had two sons: Tom Quick, the famous In- dian fighter, and James Quick. About the time of

the Revolutionary war Peter Quick, our subject's grandfather, who was probably a brother of Thomas, the pioneer, took up a large tract of land near Quick- town, and built a gristmill and sawmill there. He married Margaret Westbrook, and in 1770 estab- lished his home about half a mile west of the Dela- ware river. Their children were : Jacob, who married Lens Van Gorden, and became a prosperous citizen of the same locality, engaging in business as a blacksmith and operating a gristmill and sawmill ; John B., our subject's father ; Roger, who married Louisa DeBerl, and now lives in New Jersey; Mar- garet, who married Dr. Francis A. L. Smith, and re- sided for some time on a portion of the old Quick property ; Elias, who went west; Cornelius, who married Kate Brink, and settled in Milford; Jane, wife of Cyrus Jackson; and Maria, who married Cornelius Cox.

John B. Quick, our subject's father, was born in Milford (now Westfall) township, Pike county, and became a farmer at the old homestead. He also engaged extensively in lumbering, and for thirteen years he operated the "Half-way House", two and one-half miles from Milford on the road to Port Jer- vis. Although a man of quiet disposition, he showed much enterprise in business matters, and in 1824 he purchased 1,200 acres of anthracite coal land's at Hyde Park, Luzerne county, which he attempted to develop, the presence of coal not having been known at the time of his purchase. In partnership with Warmoldus Cooper and Abraham Lefoy, he secured a charter for a railroad from Milford to the Lacka- wanna Valley ; but the representative from Pike coun- ty, wishing the road to run lower down, inserted words to the effect in the charter, and thus caused Mr. Quick and his associates to abandon the project. He drew coal by team to New York, and it is said that he was the first to burn anthracite coal in that city, the experiment being tried at "Orange County Hotel" on Cortland street. With a partner, Gilbert L. Thompson, he began arrangements for mining the coal on his tract, and he afterwards sold a three- quarter interest to other parties who organized a company ; but the place did not turn out well. The company had agreed to pay $15,000; but as they paid only $6,000, he held possession until 1841. On November 14, 1843, he gave 600 acres to our subject, and 208 acres to his son Jacob R., and soon after- ward an ejectment suit was brought against them by the Susquehanna & Wyoming Valley R. R. & Coal Co., which failed, as the former was not noti- fied. After the matter had been in court for over thirty years our subject carried it to the supreme court, and the company thereupon compromised for fifty thousand dollars.

John B. Quick was a Democrat in politics and was active in religious work as member of the Pres- byterian church, being the founder of several congre- gations in Pike county. His last years were spent in retirement at Shockapee, Pike county, and there he died March 5. 1865. at the age of eighty-five years, six months. His wife, Diana ( Rosenkrantz), also

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a native of Milford township. died October 19, 1864, aged eighty-five years and six months. The remains of both were first interred in the old cemetery at Milford; but, owing to the building of the Presbyterian church on the plot, their remains were transferred to the Upper Cemetery at Milford. They had the following children: Jacob R. (de- ceased), who married Hannah Crawford, and re- moved to Pinckney, Mich .; Martin C. (deceased ), formerly a resident of Milford, who married ( first ) Maria Wermeth (since deceased), and (second ) Mrs. Elizabeth Hazett; Maria E. (deceased), who married (first) Mr. Wood, and ( second) Barnhart Kratz, her death occurring at Callicoon, N. Y .; James R., a retired resident of Meadville, Penn., who married Sally Coskey; Hannah S., widow of John Jackson, formerly an extensive farmer of near Detroit, Mich., and Peter A. L., of this sketch.

The Rosenkrantz family, of which our subject's mother was a member, was of Holland stock, and became identified with Pike county at an early day. James Rosenkrantz, our subject's grandfather, was born in Milford township, and followed farming there throughout his life. He married Maria Horn- beck, a descendant of a Holland-Dutch family, and had four children: Delanie, wife of Martin Coe; Kate, who married Crissy Bull; Choney, who married Sonder E. Ennis ; and Diana, our subject's mother.

Peter A. L. Quick was born February 1, 1819, in Milford (now Westfall) township, Pike county, and remained with his parents at the old farm at Shockapee until both passed away. He continued to reside there until 1874, when he removed to Milford. After living in retirement for five years, he located upon a farm now owned by his son LaFayette W .. and, after five years there and three years in Port Jervis, he retired to his present farm in Delaware township. This is a fine estate of 300 acres, and originally contained 500, but our subject gave 200 acres to his son. For about thirty-five years he was engaged in lumbering and rafting on the Delaware river, and at one time was given a belt by his fellow- raftsmen as a token of their recognition of his ex- pert management, having never struck or "stove" a raft in his long career. He also won a high reputa- tion as a hunter, being regarded as the best. shot in Pike county, and in addition to a fine record for bears and other game, he once killed, in one week, four large bucks. His dealings with other men have been marked by strict honesty, and at one time he paid $2,000 for two rafts that another party declared he had sent to him, but which had probably been carried off by high water, as our subject never saw them. He owns several farms, also some property in Milford, and his present residence, known as "Manor Hall", and located about one-half mile from Ding- man, is a handsome six-story brick house. He and his estimable wife are most genial and hospitable. and their interesting stories of the past make a visit to their home a pleasure long to be remembered. Among the reminiscences over which our subject 41

lingers with most pleasure are the struggles with the Susquehanna & Wyoming R. R. & Coal Co., above referred to. At different times he had about twenty lawyers employed, including John W. May- nard, Garrick M. Harding and John Handley. He once took possession of his land by force, which caused the company to proceed to extreme measures ; but after various unsuccessful efforts to oust him they decided that further contest was useless, and the compromise followed. Politically Mr. Quick has identified himself with the Democratic party, and he has been prominent in local affairs, having been chosen to various township offices, the duties of which he has discharged with his customary abili- ty and fidelity to trust. He has always been a liberal supporter of religious interests. Socially, he has been a member of the I. O. O. F., from an early day.

On April 19, 1858, Mr. Quick was married at Milford to Miss Catherine A. Angle, and five chil- dren have come to brighten their home: (1) Emma J., who married (first) Franklin C. Roob, and ( sec- ond) George R. Snelling, district attorney-general at Topeka, Kans. (2) Margaret A., who married John W. Nyce, formerly a banker at Caldwell, Kans., where he held the office of postmaster for a time. (3) Flora A., who married William R. Connor, a jeweler at Caldwell. (4) LaFayette W., a resident of Delaware township, Pike county. (5) Lena A., who married W. C. Cole, formerly a merchant, and now holding the contract for sprinkling the streets of Port Jervis. Mrs. Catherine A. Quick was born July 25, 1832, in Delaware township, Pike county, a granddaughter of Cornelius Angle, a na- tive of Warren county, N. J., who settled in Dela- ware township, at an early day with his wife, Cathar- ine Cumins, and he and two brothers, Andrew and Adam, with a brother-in-law, purchased two sections of land there. He had the following children : Charles B., Mrs. Quick's father; Sarah A., who married William Frazier ; Jacob ; Ellen, who married William Meddler; John; Catherine, who married Dr. Wallace; Sarah A., who married Irvin Grear ; Cornelia, wife of Lemuel L. Hawk, and William.

Charles B. Angle, father of Mrs. Quick, was born in Warren county, N. J., in 1809, came to Pike county in 1823 with his parents, and became a lead- ing farmer of Delaware township. He held numer- ous township offices, including that of justice of peace, and was a prominent worker in the local Re- publican organization. He and his wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Steele, were devout members of the Methodist church. They had a large family of children, of whom we have mention of the following : Jane (deceased ), who married Benjamin Weitzel; Catherine A. (now Mrs. Quick), David D., formerly a stone mason and blacksmith at Shockapee, who married Emma Brooks ; and Will- iam, born May 30, 1847, a wheelwright, wagon manufacturer and blacksmith at Milford, who is now serving as justice of the peace. The mother of this family died December 4, 1876, the father in August, 1888, and the remains of both were laid to

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rest in the cemetery at Dingman's Ferry. Mrs. Margaret ( Steele) Angle was born December 4, 1808, in Delaware township, Pike county, a daughter of Cornelius Steele and his first wife, Catherine ( Reeser ), who were both of Holland-Dutch descent, their parents having been among the first settlers in Pike county. Five children were born of this union : Margaret ( Mrs. Angle) ; Isaac, who was twice married, his first wife being H. Latimore ; Ellen, wife of Ransom Shaw : Jane, who married Barton Car- huff ; and Elizabeth, wife of Abram Carmer. By his second wife Cornelius Steele had two children : Cornelia, who married Shepard Manes; and Cornelius.

SHRAWDER LEE, a prominent agricultur- ist of Stroud township, Monroe county, is the owner of one of the most attractive homesteads of the locality. A fine orchard, containing fruit trees of all kinds suitable to this climate, is a notable feature, and in fact everything about the place gives evi- dence of progressive and scientific management.

Mr. Lee comes of good pioneer stock, his great- grandfather, Ebenezer Lee, having been one of the first settlers in what is now Monroe county. Jos- cph Lee, our subject's grandfather, married Sarah Smiley, and made his home near Stroudsburg. John Lee, the father of our subject, was born and reared near Stroudsburg, and became a prosperous lum- berman, operating a sawmill for a number of years. Later he purchased a farm near Spragueville, where he resided until his death in 1872. His es- timable wife, whose maiden name was Anna Bush, died at East Stroudsburg in September, 1880. Our subject is the youngest in a family of eight children, all of whom are living. (1) Sarah married Hiram Walters, of Stroud township, and has a numerous family. (2) Susan married Abram Rockafeller, of East Stroudsburg, and has a large family of children. (3) Daniel married Miss Sallie Bisbing. of Pocono township, Monroe county, who died a few years ago, leaving several children. (4) Cath- erine married Lewis Plattenberg, of Stroud town- ship (now deceased), and has several children. (5) Rachel married Charles Lee, of Stroud township, and also has a family of children. (6) Emma married William Turner, of Stroud township, and has four children. (7) John, a resident of Easton, Penn., married ( first) Jane Long, of Monroe coun- ty, who died some years ago, and ( second) Miss Lake. By his first marriage he had one child, Anna, now Mrs. William Hillman, of Dover, N. J., and by the second there is one son, Andrew.

Shrawder Lee was born June 4, 1834, at Spragueville, and remained at the farm with his father until 1860, when he purchased his present homestead near Spragueville, not far from the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. The tract was not improved, but Mr. Lee cleared it and brought it under cultivation and erected the present substantial and commodious buildings, the dwelling being of a fine type with modern conveniences.

Politically Mr. Lee is a Jackson Democrat. In religious faith he is a Methodist, and he and his wife have been consistent members of the Church at Spragueville for more than forty years.

In 1860 Mr. Lee married Miss Susan Platten- burg, and seven children have blessed this union : ( I) Fannie, born in 1864, married Urias Price, of East Stroudsburg, and in 1898 they removed to his farm in Pocono township, Monroe county. They have three children-William, Lula and Liz- zie. (2) Mary, born May 1, 1867, married Joseph Peters, of Stroud township, and has had five chil- dren-Fannie, Norman, Robert, Adda and Harry. (3) Flora, born September 13, 1869, married Mon- roe Wise, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and has one son, Bloom. (4) Nettie, born November 22, 1872, mar- ried Oscar Ruster, of East Stroudsburg, and has one daughter, Susie. (5) Samuel, born Septem- ber 12, 1875, who is now engaged in factory work at Spragueville, is not married and resides at home. (6) John, born September II, 1878, and (7) Miss Grace, born in 1881, are at home. The family is highly esteemed, and the children show the influence of a refined Christian home. Mrs. Lee, whose lov- ing care has been rewarded by seeing her sons and daughters entering upon useful and honorable posi- tions in life, is a member of an old Northampton county family, her grandparents, Jacob and Cath- erine Plattenburg, having been early settlers in that region. John Plattenburg (deceased), the father of Mrs. Lee, was born in Northampton county, but made his home in Monroe county, where he cleared a farm. He and his wife Catherine had nine chil- dren, two of whom are now living: Susan, wife of our subject ; and George, a resident of Mckean county, Penn., who married a lady from Bradford county.

ATHERTON B. STEVENS, M. D., an able representative of the medical fraternity, is now en- gaged in the practice of his chosen profession at South Canaan Corners, Wayne county, where he also carries on a drug store. He is a native of Wayne county, born in Sterling township June 18, 1857, a son of Nicholas and Isabella (Caterson) Stevens, natives of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and Phil- adelphia, Penn., respectively. They became ac- quainted and were married, however, in Sterling township, Wayne Co., Penn .. where the father, who was born March 9, 1798, died July 28, 1880.

Upon the home farm Dr. Stevens remained until seventeen years of age, when he entered Media Col- lege at Media, Penn., pursuing his studies there for one term. The following year he attended the Unionville Seminary, and then matriculated at Jef- ferson Medical College, whence he graduated in March, 1880. He also attended lectures at the Phil- adelphia School of Anatomy and Surgery in 1879 and 1880, graduating from that institution in the latter year. He then returned home and cared for his father until the latter's death, when he came to South Canaan Corners.

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In Lehman, Penn., Dr. Stevens was married, April 25, 1888, to Miss Eva Swingle, Rev. Mr. Mott, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, performing the ceremony, and one daughter, Madeline, was born to them February 16, 1892. Mrs. Stevens is a native of Lake township, Wayne county, and a daughter of Oliver and Minerva (Shaffer) Swingle, of Wayne county, who are buried in Varden. In early life the father engaged in railroading, but later devoted his attention to farming.

The Republican party always finds in Dr. Ste- vens a stanch supporter, and for two years he ac- ceptably served as treasurer of South Canaan town- ship. Socially he is a Knight Templar Mason, and also belongs to Trem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; to the Improved Order of Red Men, and to the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. His skill and abil- ity as a physician were soon widely recognized, and at South Canaan Corners and vicinity he has built up a large and lucrative practice. A man of pro- gressive ideas, he keeps thoroughly abreast with the times in his chosen profession, and has won a place in the foremost ranks of the medical fraternity in Wayne county.

.JAMES EVERITT. Prominent among the prosperous and substantial citizens of Monroe county must be placed the name of James Everitt, a life-long resident of Chestnut Hill township, and a representative of an old pioneer family.

Upon the well-tilled farm of our subject his paternal grandfather, John Everitt, settled more than a century ago. From the rude material of the wilder- ness he fashioned a home, and spent his life in the honorable but arduous pursuit of reducing the waste of past centuries to a state of cultivation. He was a member of the Reformed Church, served his town- ship as constable, and proved a most useful and re- spected citizen. He married a Miss Steiner, and at his death, at the age of sixty years, left a family of seven children as follows: John ( father of our subject), Jacob, Peter, Joseph, Fanny, Sally (who married Benjamin Kuanze), and Elizabeth (wife of Charles Siglin).

John Everitt was born in the pioneer home in Chestnut Hill township, in 1796. He was an earnest and industrious citizen, faithful to every trust and responsibility, and through life a consist- ent member of the Reformed Church. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Catherine Lorsch, who was born in Northampton county in 1800, daughter of John and Soloma (Seem) Lorsch, life- long residents of Northampton county, who died leaving two children: Catherine, mother of our subject, and Susan, who married John Aish. The children of John and Catherine Everitt were as fol- lows: Lavina, who married Robert Newell, and is now deceased; Mary, widow of James Newell, of Brodheadsville; Eliza, widow of Isaac Lewis, of Gouldsboro, Penn .; Joel, who served during the Civil war, was twice wounded in battle and died un- married; Sarah, wife of Josiah Hessler ; Lafayette,

a farmer who married Mary J. Dersheimer, and lives on a part of the old homestead ; Julia N., wife of Linford Everitt, of Chestnut Hill township; James, subject of this sketch; Catherine, wife of Nathan Hawk, of Allentown, Penn .; Jerome, who died un- married; Edwin, who married (first) Martha Stubbs and (second) Sophie Rode, and who is now deceased; Lucinda E., who died young. John Everitt, the father, died in January, 1866, aged sixty-nine years, eleven months. His widow died July 12, 1878, aged seventy-eight years. They are buried in Salem Church cemetery.

James Everitt was born November 25, 1836, on the old homestead. Here he acquired the lessons of industry and thrift, and here he obtained the edu- cation which the schools in the vicinity afforded. Mr. Everitt was first married to Miss Emaline Huf- macker, a native of Chestnut Hill township, by which union there were seven children, as follows : Franklin, who married Addie Weiss, and resides at Freeland, Penn. ; Oscar (unmarried), of Strouds- burg, Penn .; J. Wilson, a carpenter of Freeland, Penn., who married Caroline Solomon ; Ulysses, a farmer and blacksmith of Chestnut Hill township, who married Ella Felker ; Emalinda, wife of Willard Davidson, of Luzerne county ; and Augustus and Joseph, both deceased. Mrs. Emaline Everitt died in 1876, aged thirty-six years, and is buried in Salem cemetery.

On June 28, 1884, our subject was united in marriage with Mrs. Mary A. (Van Buskirk) Christ- man, daughter of Enoch and Julia Ann ( Altmose) Van Buskirk, of Ross township, and widow of Dawalt Christman. She is a native of Ross town- ship, where her parents were life-long residents and prominent members of the Reformed Church. Her paternal grandfather, Jacob Van Buskirk, was a native of Holland, and when a young man migrated to America, becoming an early settler of Ross town- ship, Monroe county. He married Hannah Hog- land, and followed farming through life. The ma- ternal grandparents of Mrs. Everitt were Adam and Catharine (Starner) Altmose, pioneers of Monroe county. The family of Enoch and Julia Ann Van Buskirk consisted of the following children: Mary A., wife of our subject ; Charles, who married Emma Gruver, and is now deceased; Jacob, who married Amanda Ramel,and resides in Philadelphia ; Eliza A., wife of Paul Raseley; Lizzie, who married a Mr. Finkley, of Mississippi ; Ella, wife of Barney Miller, of Easton, Penn. ; Emma, wife of Urias Snyder, of Catasauqua, Penn. Enoch Van Buskirk died April 19, 1873, aged sixty-two years. His wife died Sep- tember II, 1868, aged forty-two years. Mary A. Van Buskirk, the eldest child of this prominent and well-known family, was first married to Dawalt Christman, who was a son of John and Mary (Gower) Christman, the latter now ninety-six years of age. Dawalt Christman, who was a blacksmith, died in October, 1881, aged forty-two years and six months. He was buried at St. Peter's Church. Three sons were born to Dawalt and Mary A.

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Christman, of whom Enoch and Charles are part- ners in the tinsmith business at Allegheny, Penn. ; and Jacob W., who married Mary Williams, is em- ployed in a silk factory at Easton, Pennsylvania.

The marriage of James and Mary A. Everitt has been Blessed with three children : A. Mabel, Raymond D .. and Grace E. The family now resides in a pleasant home which was erected by our subject in 1860, standing on a portion of the old homestead, which was divided between our subject and his brother Lafayette. James Everitt is a prosperous and prominent farmer of Monroe county. He is a member of the Reformed Church, and for the past two years has served as an elder in the congrega- tion. In politics he is a Democrat. For three years he served as supervisor, and in various other ways has rendered public service. His family is prom- inent in the social affairs of the community, and in every sense a typical and representative unit in the social fabric of Monroe county.

SAMUEL L. VAN AKIN is a worthy resident of Lackawaxen, Pike county, whose name has been inseparably connected with its commercial and in- dustrial interests for several years. During this time he has not only won a handsome competence, but has commanded universal respect by his straightfor- ward business methods.

Mr. Van Akin's grandfather was Peter Van Auken (as the name was originally spelled), who was born, reared and married in Holland, but soon after their marriage the young couple emigrated to America and located near the head waters of the Delaware river, where they engaged in pioneer pur- suits. Subsequently they became residents of Par- ker's Glen, Pike Co., Penn., where the grandfather followed farming and lumbering throughout the re- mainder of his life. In their family were four sons, namely : James Jeremiah, Daniel, Samuel and Sears.

James J. Van Auken, our subject's father, was born in Hancock, N. Y., in 1797, and spent his boy- hood and youth along the Delaware river in New York and Pennsylvania. Later he engaged in farm- ing in Pike county, was employed on public works for the Canal and Erie Railroad Companies, and for many years was a raftsman on the Delaware river. He died at the home of our subject, in April, 1881, aged eighty-four years. At Delhi, N. Y., he had married Melina Barnhardt, who died in June, 1872, at the age of sixty-two years. Her father was Morgan Barnhardt. To James J. Van Auken and wife were born nine children, namely: Hattie died in infancy : Artemus and Artimecia, twins, died in infancy : David died at the age of nineteen years ; Levi died at the age of six: Alanson married Minerva Ball, and resided at Parker's Glen, Pike county, where he was employed by the Erie Railroad Company, and died at the age of fifty years ; Samuel L., subject of this sketch, is next in the family; Abram W. is an employe of the Monticello & New York Railroad Company and lives in Godfrey, N. Y .; and Margery married John Hisam, of Milford.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 151

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