Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 157

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1880; Ida G., born August 14, 1882; and Ernest Blaine, born in January, 1885. All but the two ckl- est are natives of Damascus township, Wayne coun- 11: Mr. and Mrs. Cade have the respect of their neighbors and friends everywhere and are esteemed by all as earnest Christian people, always ready to do a kindness or assist in any benevolent enterprise, especially one connected with the Master's cause, for which they are zealous workers, having a firm faith in the tenets of the Christian religion. They are generous and unselfish in their dealings with all, and Mr. Cade's business reputation is equally irre- proachable, his associates in any relation of life speaking of him in terms of the highest respect. In political affiliation he is a stanch Republican and he has always been an interested worker for the party. Socially he is a member of the Farmers' Alliance No. 691, Pennsylvania.

J. WEBSTER HAUSE is a well-known gen- eral farmer, butter-maker and carpenter of Dreher township. Wayne county, one who has taken an active part in promoting its substantial improve- ment and material development. As a citizen he ever stands ready to discharge every duty devolv- ing upon him, and wherever known is honored for his sterling worth.

Mr. Hause's paternal grandfather was Joshua Hause, a native of Germany, who, on coming to the New World, took up his residence in West Vincent township. Chester Co., Penn. He had married in the Fatherland, and there his eldest son was born. In his family were three sons-Daniel, Isaac and Joshua, and three daughters-Margaret, Anna and Catharine.

Daniel Hause, the father of our subject. was born in Chester county, in 1801, and there and in Juniata county, Penn., spent his entire life. By occupation he was a laborer, chiefly employed on masonry. In West Pikeland, Chester county, he was married. November 10, 1826, to Miss Hannah Quay, a daughter of Samuel and Esther ( Sherr) Quay, who were of Welsh ancestry and distantly connected with Hon. M. S. Quay, the nominee for United States senator from Pennsylvania. Some of Mrs. Quay's brothers and sisters were kidnapped in the southern part of this State and taken South, where they were probably sold into slavery, as no trace was ever found of them. The father of our subject died December 18, 1861, the mother on De- cember 31, 1864. Their children were as follows : Sarah Anna, born October 5, 1815. married David Woodland, a carpenter of Chester county. J. Web- ster, born November 3, 1847, is the subject of this sketch. John, born February 18, 1850, married Arabella Bloomer, and is a blacksmith of Rover's Ford, Montgomery Co., Penn. ; he died July 4, 1898. Mary, born January 14, 1853, died April 29, 1861. Lydia, born September 15, 1855, is the wife of George Strough, a miller of West Vincent town- ship. Chester county. Daniel, born November 28, 1857. died May 18, 1861. N. E., born February 20,

1860, is a resident of Harrisburg, Penn., and the present cataloguer of the State Library. N. E. Hause has been twice married, first to Jennie Dil- worth, a native of Dreher township, Wayne county, and second to Sarah V. Taft, who was born in Haw- lev. At the age of five years he entered an Orphans' Home, where he remained until he was fourteen. The education obtained there was supplemented by a thorough course of study at home, and he became a successful teacher, first in the country schools of Monroe county, later in the Pitt school, in Dreher township, Wayne county, and the graded schools of Honesdale. He was deputy prothonotary under F. V. Carr, of that place, and was afterward editor of the Hawley Times for some years, since which time he has been connected with the State Library, having first been appointed messenger by Gov. Hastings.

Born and reared in East Vincent township, Chester county, J. Webster Hause obtained his liter- ary education in the common schools of that locality. As his father died when he was only twelve years old, and he received but $16 from the estate, he early commenced to make his own way in the world, being employed on farms, where he first worked for his board and clothes. In 1874 he began carpen- tering, and has since followed that occupation the greater part of the time. He also learned butter- making at Fairmount, in Chester county, and has since found employment in creameries during the summer months, being for the past seven years a butter maker at Newfoundland, Wayne county. On coming to the county, September 1, 1885, he located in Dreher township, where he bought a farm con- sisting of fifty acres of unimproved land, and in- mediately commenced to clear and improve the same, erecting thereon a comfortable residence and mak- ing many other improvements which add greatly to its value and attractive appearance.

At West Vincent, Chester county, on Novem- ber 24, 1874, Mr. Hause was married, by Rev. Jesse B. Knite, a German Reformed minister, to Miss Clara Mary Francis, who was born September 16, 1849. Her parents, Sampson and Harriet ( Jenkins ) Francis, were natives of Chester and Lancaster counties, Penn., respectively, while her paternal grandparents, Frederick and Hannah (Waitnight) Francis, were both of German ancestry, and her maternal grandparents were Richard and Elizabeth (Evans) Jenkins, the former of Welsh and the lat- ter of German descent. Her father died April Io, 1857, and her mother afterward married Jacob Rhodes, who died May 4, 1878. By the first union there were three children : Albert, a painter and paper-hanger of Baltimore, Md., who married Lou- rena De Shields ; Clara Mary, wife of our subject ; . and Hannah E., wife of John Short, of Lebanon, Kent county, Del. The only child of the second union was Minerva, who died when young.

Mr. and Mrs. Hause have become the parents of eight children: Alfred Evans, born in Chester county, August 13, 1875, is in the picture frame

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business : Joseph Rose, born September 18, 1877, is employed in Dreher township; Mary C., born De- cember 31, 1878, is at home: William G., born April 16, 1881, is attending school and resides at Thome ; Warren G., born October 17, 1883, died Sep- tember 9, 1884; Raymond W., born December 21, 1884; David W., born May 24, 1886, and John W., born March 19, 1893, are all at home.

Mr. Hause has always been a stanch Repub- lican in his political views, and has served his town- ship as judge of election, overseer of the poor and inspector of election. He is a correspondent to several county papers, is a member of the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grange, and in 1897 represented the latter in the convention at Har- risburg. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Protestant Church, and are held in high regard by all who have the pleasure of their acquaintance.

AMOS P. SMITH is one of the thrifty, intel- ligent and progressive farmers of Texas township, Wayne county, and is a native of this section, born in 1859 in Damascus, Wayne county.

Mr. Smith is a grandson of William Smith, who was one of the early settlers of Dyberry, Wayne county, where he reared a large family. He was twice married, and had three children by his first union, viz .: (I) George D. (2) Dorcas first married George Cade, by whom she had four children-Erastus, Charles, Caroline and Adaline ; Mr. Cade was accidentally killed, and the widow married Levi Tuttle, of Wayne county ; no children were born to this union. (3) Jacob died in Wayne county. William Smith was of German parentage.

George D. Smith was born in 1822 in Wayne county, and married Achsah Stephenson, a native of Mt. Pleasant, by whom he had five children, as fol- lows: (I) Egbert D., born in March, 1850, died in 1873. (2) Masie Louise, born in 1852, was reared to womanhood in Wayne county. She lived with her parents during their lifetime, and has since made her home with her brother Amos. She is unmarried. (3) Clinton Dewitt, born in 1854, married Miss Myra Jacobs, who lived near Em- porium, Cameron Co., Penn., and after their mar- riage they lived at Larrabee. McKean county, where he followed lumbering. He died there in 1889. leaving a wife and two children-Lillian, who died soon after her father, and Lloyd D., living with his

mother. (4) Robert D., born in 1856, married Miss Lizzie Campfield, of Berlin, Wayne county, and they have one daughter, Olive. They live near Forest City, where he carries on lumbering (5) Amos P. is the youngest in the family. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. George D. Smith settled on an improved farm at Dyberry, which he bought, and some years later they removed to Bunneltown and purchased property on which they made a per- manent home. Mrs. Smith passed away there in November, 1888, and her husband followed her to the grave in February, 1894.

During his boyhood Amos P. Smith enjoyed the advantages for a time of the public schools of the neighborhood of his home, but he was only six- teen when he commenced to make his own living. His father being a mason, he learned that trade and followed it for some years, in 1881 turning his atten- tion to lumbering, in which he was engagedat North Bend, Clinton Co., Penn., doing jobbing for Wash. Campbell. In 1882 he was in the employ of Fran- cis Deloy, in Big Run, Cameron county, and for a number of years afterward he worked in Mckean county, returning to Wayne county in 1889, when he settled on the old home place in Bunneltown. He remained there until 1894, when he bought part of the Whitney farm, lying three miles west of Honesdale, on the Waymart road, and here he has since resided with his family, giving his time to the cultivation and improvement of his land. He has remodeled the dwelling, built a new barn and made general improvements about the place, the appear- ance of which gives ample proof of the industry and progressive ideas of the owner. The property is now one of the most desirable tracts in Texas township, and Mr. Smith has spared no pains to make it a pleasant as well as a profitable place.

In 1888 Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Millie R. Comes, daughter of David D. and Polly Comes, who were prominent residents of Smethport, McKean Co., Penn. Mr. Comes was born and reared in Mckean county, and during his active years was a well-known and extensive lumberman there. He and his wife passed away some years ago, leaving seven children-Jane, Almena, Clin- ton, Marvin, Hattie, Millie and Eseck, all of whom live in McKean county but Millie, Mrs. Smith, and Hattie, who is a resident of Rochester, N. Y. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith- George D., in August, 1889, and Maud E., in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Presby- terian Church of Prompton. Politically Mr. Smith supports the Democratic party.

JOSEPH MACHELL is one of the repre- sentative business men of South Canaan township. Wayne county, having for many years been promi- nently identified with its industrial interests, as pro- prietor of the woolen-mill on Mill Creek. The plant is one of the landmarks of the community, it being one of the oldest buildings in Wayne county- a frame structure erected for the manufacture of woolen blankets on a small scale, and was aband- oned for many years. The mill has been remod- eled by Mr. Machell, who now gives his attention to the manufacture of both blankets and carpets.

Mr. Machell was born in Yorkshire, England, October 22, 1848, a son of Mathew and Mary ( Ine- son) Machell, also natives of England, where the mother died when our subject was only two weeks old. Subsequently the father married her sister, Miss Sarah Ineson, who now lives with our sub- iect. In 1864 Mathew Machell came to the New Work and located at Rhinebeck, N. Y., sending

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for his wife and two children a year later. In his native land he had learned the art of manufacturing woolen goods, and at Rhinebeck operated a mill for many years. Coming to South Canaan township, Wayne Co., Penn., he took charge of the mill now owned by our subject, and was connected with its operation until a year before his death, when his son Joseph assumed the entire management. He dlied May 7, 1896, at the age of seventy-six years. By his first marriage he had two sons, John T., a farmer of Galway, N. Y., and Joseph, the subject of this sketch. There were also two children born of the second union, namely: Mary, who still lives in England, and William, who died in childhood.

The paternal grandparents of our subject, John and Sarah ( Bullong) Machell, never left England, where the former engaged in the manufacture of shoes. All of the thirteen children born to them are now deceased, among the number being Mathew, Thomas, Samuel, John, Martha and Ann. The great-grandfather, Rev. Joseph Bullong, was a local preacher of the Methodist Church. Joseph and Hannah (Davenbrooke) Ineson, the maternal grandparents, also spent their entire lives in En- gland. where the former engaged in the butcher business, and in the manufacture of blankets. He (lied in 1860, aged eighty-six years, his wife March 7, 1864, aged eighty-four years. Their children were: Rebecca, wife of Abraham Woodward ; Joshua ; Abraham ; Luke : Edward ; Luke ; Charles ; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Smith : Ann, wife of John Kellet; Mary, the mother of our subject; and Sarah, stepmother of our subject, and the only one of the family now living.

In his father's woolen factory in England the subject of this sketch learned his trade, and he con- tinued to work for other parties until coming to America, in 1864, in company with his stepmother and brother. In Rhinebeck, N. Y., he worked for his father until the removal of the family to South Canaan township, Wayne Co., Penn., in 1871, when he and his brother, in partnership with his father, operated his present mill for two years. The sons then engaged in farming for a year and a half, after which our subject went to Seelyville, Wayne county, where he worked at his trade for five years. He then returned to his father's mill, which was willed him at the latter's death, and here he has since successfully engaged in business. Besides this property he owns a small farm.

Mr. Machell was married at Seelyville, Decem- ber 25. 1877, to Miss Ann Eliza Moerling, Rev. O. Talle, a German Lutheran minister, officiating. They have five children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows : William C., August 6, 1879; Samuel. December 17, 1881 ; Katie N., July.9, 1884; Mary C., February 1, 1888; and Alice, July 24, 1893

Mrs. Machell was born in Paterson, N. J., December 1, 1855, a daughter of Conrad and Bar- bara ( Shermer) Moerling, who were born, reared and married in Germany, whence they came to

America in 1854. After a year passed in Paterson N. J., they removed to Seelyville, Wayne Co., Penn. where they continued to make their home until 1896 since which time they have lived retired in Phillips- burg, N. J. By trade the father is a wood turner. He was born in September, 1823, his wife in Janu- ary, 1830. Both are consistent members of the German Lutheran Church, and most estimable peo- ple. Mrs. Machell is the eldest of their children, the others being: Maggie, now the widow of Peter Hensey, and a resident of Seelyville; Katie, wife of James Poppel, who is employed in a cotton mill at Central Village, Conn. ; Christian ( deceased ) ; Clara, at home; Andrew (deceased) ; and Tillie and Dena, both at home with their parents.

Socially Mr. Machell is a member of the P. H. Circle of South Canaan township; religiously he is a consistent member of the Methodist Protestant Church ; politically he is identified with the Repub- lican party. He and his wife stand deservedly high among the best people of their community.

OLIVER HAMLIN BUNNELL (deceased) was for many years a leading citizen of Honesdale, Wayne county, being prominently identified with the business interests of that thriving city.

Mr. Bunnell was born March 27, 1840, in Oregon township, Wayne county, a son of P. and Clarinda ( Bonham ) Bunnell, and was the eldest in: a family of eight children. The others were: Ellery, who met a soldier's death at the battle of Gettysburg ; Amelia S., wife of Ulysses F. Beers, a mason of Honesdale ; Martha J., who married Alva S. Keyes ; Helen N., who married Thomas Bines, of Warren county, Penn., and is deceased; Oscar E., a farmer in Wayne county ; Almira, wife of Charles E. Mills, of Ariel, Wayne county; and one that died in infancy. Mr. Bunnell was reared to farm work, and as he was about sixteen years old when his father died he took charge of the homestead. which he operated successfully until March, 1871. He then removed to Honesdale and engaged in mercantile business with G. M. Keyes, whose interest he purchased a few years later, in order to continue the business alone. In 1886 he disposed of the store and retired from active business. He died July 29, 1895. He was a man of much intelligence, taking an interest in all public questions, and, although he was never a politician in the strict sense of the term, he was a stanch believer in the principles and policy of the Republican party.

In 1861 Mr. Bunnell was married by the Rev. Elias O. Ward, a Presbyterian minister, to Miss Florence Bangs, who survives him. They had five children, namely : Lewis D., who married Miss Kate Ackerman, and settled in Honesdale, where he is en- gaged in the ice business ; Etta V., at home ; Lucy, deceased ; Clara M., wife of William H. Kreitner, a contractor and builder of Honesdale; and Fred O., who resides with his mother, was attending college, but owing to ill health gave up school and enlisted with the Mass. Naval reserves on the training ship

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Minnesota," later being transferred to the cruiser Prairie, patrolling the New England coast.

Mrs. Bunnell, who is highly esteemed socially, vas born at Rush, Penn., and her father, the late Elijah K. Bangs, was also a native of the Empire State. He was a well-known manufacturer of edge cols, and for some years conducted a shop at Hones- lale, but in 1852 he removed to Hawley, Penn., and later located at South Bend, Minn., where his re- maining years were spent. He continued his busi- ness operations successfully until his death, and as a citizen he was always enterprising and progressive. In politics he was a Whig, and he and his family were identified with the Methodist church. His wife, Elmira Robinson, who died during his resi- dence at Honesdale, was a native of Connecticut. They had the following children: Mary J., who married John B. Mack; Viola, who married Frank Kramer (deceased) ; Frank D., a resident of Water- bury, Conn .; Alfred W., who is in the real-estate business in South Dakota ; Matilda L., who married Paul Siegler and resides in California ; and Florence G. (now Mrs. Bunnell).

ISAAC H. SMITH, who is ranked among the intelligent, progressive and prosperous agricultur- ists of Delaware township, Pike county, belongs to a family widely and favorably known throughout this section, and is a son of Peter Smith, one of the pioneer settlers of the township. He is of German lineage, his great-grandfather, John Smith, having been born in Germany, whence he came to the United States in 1775, settling in Northampton county, Penn. The succeeding generations have continued to make their homes in this section of the Keystone State, taking an active and honorable part in the affairs of their respective communities,and our subject and his father are typical representatives of the family, industrious, progressive, successful and respected wherever they are known.

Peter Smith was born October 28, 1816, in Leh- man township, Pike county, son of Isaac and Cathi- erine (Arnst) Smith, the former of whom was the son of John and Barbara (Otterweller) Smith, the first of the family who came to this country; the mother was the daughter of Michael Arnst, also a native of Germany, who came to America in the latter part of the eighteenth century and settled in Monroe county, Penn. On November 27, 1841, Peter Smith wedded Miss Caroline Schuman, who was born April 22, 1821, in Nazareth township, Northampton Co., Penn., daughter of Herman and Catherine (Sholl) Schuman, of Bucks county, Penn., who came to Pike county in 1839, and twelve children blessed their home, namely : Sophia, mar- ried to Daniel Lattimore, who now lives retired in Sussex county, N. J .; Catherine, deceased, wife of James Nyce ; Sally Ann, widow of Charles Wicham, of Port Jervis; Isaac H., our subject : John C., a farmer in Delaware township, who married Jane La- Bar; Charles, who died when young; Hannah, James and Cornelia, deceased; Emma, living at

home; Philip, who died young; and Alfred, living at home.

Isaac H. Smith was born December 23, 1848, in Middle Smithfield township, Monroe Co. (then Pike Co.), Penn., was reared and educated for the most part in Delaware township, and remained at home until he reached his majority, about which time he was married. On commencing life for himself he rented a place in Lehman township, Pike county, returning shortly to Delaware township, where he also rented, and the year following removed to Dingman's Ferry where he resided for . another year. For the next five years he lived on the farm first mentioned, in Lehman township, after which he purchased his present farm of 140 acres in Dela- ware township, which he has ever since occupied. Mr. Smith has been a hard worker, tireless in his efforts to improve his farm and property, and he has earned the position he now occupies among the well- to-do and thrifty farmers of the township by en- ergetic industry and faithful attention to all the de- tails of his work. He is highly esteemed by his fellow citizens in Delaware township, who have shown their appreciation of his worth by honoring him with election to various offices of trust, and he has served three terms as supervisor and three years as school director with satisfaction to all con- cerned. His political support is given to the Demo- cratic party.

On August 21, 1869, Mr. Smith was united in marriage, at Bushkill, Pike county, with Miss Mary Middaugh, daughter of Albert B. Middaugh, who is a prominent farmer of Delaware township, and they have had thirteen children, namely : Frank E., Susie, Ella, Hannah, Daniel, Caroline, Peter, Amsey, Clarence, Albert, Herald, Russell and Lillie. Frank is a farmer at Conasaugh, Pike county. Ella is de- ceased. Hannah is the wife of Alpheus Bensley, a farmer of Lehman township, Pike county. Car- rie resides at Bushkill, The others are still under the parental roof.

JOHN M. RICKARD. Germany has sent to this section a most desirable class of citizens, and the subject of this sketch, now a leading resident of Cherry Ridge township. Wayne county, exempli- fies in his career the thrift, industry and enterprise which we associate with that nation. His fellow- citizens have frequently called him to positions of trust and responsibility, and he is actively inter- ested in various lines of business, in all of which he has met with success. His farm is a fine estate of 227 acres, and his judicious improvements have made it one of the most attractive and valuable homesteads in this section, while his beautiful resi- (lence, with its artistic furnishings and profusion of books, gives evidence that he and his clever wife know how to put their hard-earned prosperity to good use.

Mr. Rickard was born October 16, 1842, in Baden, Germany, where his family has resided for many generations. Arnold Rickard, his grandfa-

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ther, was a life-long resident of that province, and by occupation was a blacksmith. He married and had the following children: Mary, who married a tanner and remained in Germany ; Anna, deceased, who did not marry ; John B., our subject's father ; and Charles, who died in New York City.

John B. Rickard, father of our subject, was married in Baden to Miss Emma Krug, also a native of that province, and in 1847 he came to America with his family and his brother Charles. They landed at New York, and after a short stay in the city, he came to Wayne county and located near South Canaan, having purchased a tract of 700 acres of wild land from Robert Torrey, of Hones- ‹lale. This he proceeded to clear, much of the wood being taken off the place under contract, and for many years he followed lumbering and farming in connection with the blacksmith's trade. He also did considerable work as a contractor, and built seven miles of the Washington Gravity railroad, the first railroad constructed on that principle in this country. It is now known as the Erie & Wyoming railroad, and since 1892 has been operated by steam. He was of a quiet disposition, not seeking public honors, and in politics was a Democrat. He passed away November 18, 1894, at the age of sev- enty-eight years and six months, and his wife died October 15, 1896, aged seventy-six years and a few days. Their remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery at Honesdale, as they had been devout and consistent members of the Catholic Church through- out their lives. Their children were: John Michael, our subject ; Eliza, deceased, was the wife of Will- iam Durest, foreman of a tannery at Galeton, Pot- ter Co., Penn .; August, a blacksmith in a tannery in Potter county ; Elijah, a farmer and blacksmith in Wayne county, whose sketch appears elsewhere ; Mary, wife of Archard Messler, a glass cutter at White Mills, Penn. ; Frederick, who is in the livery business at Honesdale ; and Maggie, wife of P. R. Murray, a hardware dealer at Honesdale.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 157

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