Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 178

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On December 25, 1873, in Dingman township, Mr. Canne was united in marriage with Miss Bar- bara E. Klingler, who was born in that township February 2, 1855, and they have four children : Charles C., Edwin C., Nellie E. and Lillie B. In his political affiliations Mr. Canne is a Democrat, and he has most acceptably filled the offices of town- ship collector and coroner of Pike county, being elected to the latter position in 1892 for a term of three years. In 1899 he was elected justice of the peace for five years by both the Democratic and Re- publican parties. In the conscientious discharge of his official duties he has won the commendation and esteem of the entire community, and in all the rela- tions of life he has been found true and faithful to every trust reposed in him.

F. HARLAND KENNEDY is the present well-known proprietor of the old Kennedy home- stead in Mt. Pleasant, Wayne county, which for al- most a century has been the home of the family. Wherever there is pioneer work to be done men of energy and ability are required, and success or fail- ure depends upon the degree of those qualities possessed. In wresting the land of Wayne county from its native wilderness ; in fitting it for the habi- tation of men; in developing the natural resources of the community in which they live, few if any

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have contributed more largely than members of the Kennedy family, and it is meet and proper that for the arduous and important labor they have per- formed they should receive due reward.

Robert Kennedy, our subject's grandfather, was one of the carly settlers of Wayne county, and having secured a wild tract of land in Mt. Pleasant township, he cleared a spot in the midst of the forest on which to erect his simple log house, the first home of the family in this region. Hle came here from Connecticut, his native State, and married Betsy King, also a native of Connecticut, and a daughter of Benjamin King. To them were born six chil- dren, namely : Maria, wife of John Biglow ; Nathan ; Sallie, wife of William Harrison; Matilda, wife of Asher Woodward ; Eliza, wife of Thomas L. Mum- ford, the proprietor of the old stage house at Bel- mont; and Robert M., the father of cur subject. Robert Kennedy died at the age of eighty-eight years, his wife at the age of eighty-seven. Both were connected with the Methodist Church, and were most estimable people.

Robert M. Kennedy was born on the old home- stead, in October, 1817, and there grew to man- hood amidst scenes common to pioneer life. He was married, August 27, 1843, to Miss Henrietta Rittenhouse, who was born in New Jersey, a daugh- ter of Joseph and Margaret ( Reese) Rittenhouse, the former a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Germany. Her maternal grandfather was a very prominent man, serving as burgomaster in Hessen- Cassel, Germany. Mr. Rittenhouse died at the age of eighty-three years, and his wife departed this life at the age of eighty-seven. To Robert M. and Henrietta Kennedy were born six children: Charles Henry, a resident of Lebanon township, Wayne county ; F. Harland, of this review ; Milton Herbert, of Forest City, Penn .; a son who died in infancy ; Henrietta Jane, wife of Benjamin E. Gager, of Lebanon township; and Carrie Eliza, who died at the age of five years. The father always gave his political support to the men and measures of the Democratic party, and for many years efficiently and satisfactorily served as justice of the peace, his rulings being fair and impartial, and his opinions unbiased by either fear or favor. He was justly regarded as one of the valued and useful citizens of the community. His death occurred July 18, 1896, his worthy wife still living, in her seventy- fourth year. They held membership in the Method- ist Church.

On the ancestral homestead F. Harland Ken- nedy was born December 12, 1845, and as he was reared there his education was acquired in the pub- lic schools of the neighborhood. On attaining his majority he left the parental roof and located on a farm in Mt. Pleasant township, but in 1891 returned to the old homestead, which he has since success- fully operated. It is one of the best farms in Mt. Pleasant township, containing 250 acres under ex- cellent cultivation and well improved with good buildings.

On June 13, 1867, Mr. Kennedy was united in marriage with Miss Chloe Peck, a daughter of Hiram and Maria (Perham) Peck, the former of whom, a native of Wayne county, is now deceased. She is the only daughter in his family of seven chil- dren, of whom two sons have passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have two children: Jennie and Hudson Nane. Religiously the mother is a member of the Methodist Church, while Mr. Kennedy is very liberal in his views. Although he usually sup- ports the Democratic party at the polls, he is some- what independent in politics, preferring to favor candidate rather than party. In his social relations he is an Odd Fellow. As a neighbor, citizen and friend he has always been found reliable, true to every trust reposed in him, and has accordingly be- come quite popular and influential in both business and social circles. Those who know him best are numbered among his warmest friends, and no citizen in Mt. Pleasant township is more honored or highly respected.

REUBEN W. REDMOND, a highly-respected and honored citizen of Equinunk, Wayne county, was called from this life to the world beyond in November, 1897. He was born in Middletown, Delaware Co., N. Y., in November, 1840, a son of William and Clarissa (Patch) Redmond, honored pioneers of that county, who died some years ago at their home in Middletown. They reared a family of four children, of whom the others are as follows : Samuel, a farmer living near Middletown, is mar- ried and has a family ; Mathias, a resident of Mid- dletown, married Miss Robinson, of that place, and has a family ; and Sarah married James Fuller, of Delaware county, who died some years ago, leaving a widow and eleven children, who are still residents of that county.

In the common schools near his childhood home Reuben W. Redmond acquired his education, and his business training was obtained upon the home farm, where he remained until his marriage. In 1876 he was married to Mrs. Delana C. Sands, of Hancock, Delaware Co., N. Y., who was born in 1831, at Ball's Eddy, on the Delaware river, a daughter of Daniel and Clarinda Labarr. Her par- ents became residents of Hancock, where they died some years ago, leaving a family of seven children of whom (I) Janett married Richard Sands, of Delaware county. (2) Delana C. is next in the order of birth. (3) Harriet is the wife of George Conk- lin, of Luzerne county, Penn. (4) Emily married William Pennfish, who died while serving in the Civil war, leaving two children, Harriet (Mrs. Farmington), and John B. (also married), both of whom live in New York City. Mrs. Pennfish also makes her home there. (5) Mary E., born in Hancock, married Angus Vicker, of Canada, who was killed in a railroad accident, and she now lives in Hawley. Wayne Co., Penn. Her children are Bernice, Evva E., Elmer, Addison M., Agnes and Nina. (6) Daniel, born in Hancock, married Net-

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tie Greentree, of Hornellsville, N. Y., and is now a conductor on the New York & Erie railroad.

At the time of her marriage to our subject, Mrs. Redmond was the widow of Richard Sands, who died near Hancock, N. Y., in 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Redmond began housekeeping upon a rented farm in Middletown, N. Y., where they resided for six years, and then located on the Redmond home- stead in Delaware county. On selling that place, in 1881, they removed to Brownsville, Penn., where he purchased a farm and lived for thirteen years. In 1894 he came to Equinunk, Wayne county, and bought the old Chapman homestead, where he con- tinued to reside until his death. For over three years during the Civil war he valiantly fought for the old flag and the cause it represented, as a mem- ber of the IOIst N. Y. V. I., and participated in a number of important engagements, including the battles of Fair Oaks and Antietam, where he was wounded in the hand by a minie ball. As a citizen he faithfully discharged every duty that devolved up- on him, and by his honorable, upright life he gained the confidence and high regard of all with whom he came in contact. Descended from old Whig stock, he became an ardent supporter of the Republican party, and took an active interest in political affairs. In religious connection he was a Methodist, to which Church his widow also belongs. For twenty-one years she had been the sharer of his joys and sor- rows, his successes and his trials, and was to him indeed a true helpmeet. She is a cultured and re- fined lady, loved and respected by all who know her, and takes an active part in all Church work.

JOHN B. HAMES, a prosperous German farmer and lumberman of Greene township, Pike county, and a representative citizen, respected alike for his industry and integrity, may be properly placed in the list of self-made men who have done so much toward developing the resources of this section of the State.

Mr. Hames was born in Luxemburg, Germany, March 28, 1834, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Hames, natives of the same place, where the father engaged in farming and also conducted a hotel until his death ; he died in 1835, at the age of forty years. His father, Nicholas Hames, was a man of prom- inence in Luxemburg, where he operated a grist- mill for some years. After her husband's death, the mother of our subject, with her family, con- sisting of two sons and three daughters, came to the United States in 1845, and first located in New York City, where the children were variously em- ploved. At the end of four years she became a resident of Hawley, Penn., but she died at the home of a daughter in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1879, at the age of seventy-six years, and was buried in that city. Michael, her eldest son, married a Miss Lud- der. and was drowned while working as a sawver at Peter Long's mill. Susan married Charles Pol- lock, a farmer, now deceased, and her death occur- red in Iowa. Mary is the wife of John Hauf, a

retired tailor of Brooklyn, N. Y. Anna is the wife of Henry Kinn, also a retired tailor, of Brooklyn. John B., of this sketch, completes the family.

On July 13, 1844, John B. Hames landed in New York City, and during the four years of his residence there he worked three years at cigar- making, receiving but $25 the first year, he board- ing himself. Coming to Hawley, Penn., in 1848, he found employment in the sawmill of "Uncle Billie Shouse," and remained there until 1879, when he purchased his present farm, paying for the same $6,200. The land at that time was all wild and un- improved, but the year previous James Cooper had erected a sawmill upon it, and this Mr. Hames operated until 1885, when he sold the mill and also disposed of all his land with the exception of 164 acres, which he reserved for his home. He now gives his attention to general farming and keeping stimmer boarders, and is meeting with excellent success.

At Scranton, Penn., November 1, 1856, Mr. Hames was united in marriage with Miss Mary Engle, and to them were born the following fifteen children: George, now a well-to-do merchant of Elizabeth, Colo .; William, who died at the age of fifteen months; Anna, wife of Charles Augentine, a farmer and blacksmith of Sterling. Wayne county, Penn .; Amelia, a resident of New York ; Henry, a prosperous meat merchant of Louisville, Colo .; Frank G., a prosperous merchant of Greene town- ship, Pike Co., Penn .; Mary and Jacob, both resi- dents of Brooklyn ; Peter, who recently married and has taken up a home in Elizabeth, Colo .; Eugene and Alford (twins), who died in infancy ; Tillie, who died at the age of six years and seven months ; and Susie, Elizabeth and Eleanora, all at home. The wife and mother, who was a native of Baiern, Germany, died September 3, 1897, at the age of fifty-nine years, and was laid to rest at Hawley,. Penn. She was the only child of George and Bar- bara Engle, also natives of Baiern, Germany, who emigrated to this country in 1848. and first located in Hawley, in 1850 removing to Scranton, Penn., and six years later becoming residents of Colorado. There Mr. Engel engaged in farming until called from this life in 1896, at the age of seventy-five years ; his wife died in 1891, at the age of seventy- two.

In religious faith Mr. Hames is a Catholic, and in political sentiment is a stanch Democrat. Dur- ing the years 1882 and 1883 he most acceptably served as supervisor of his township. As a citizen of the community, in which he has so long lived and been so active, he is highly respected, enjoys the confidence of his neighbors, and is justly regarded as a man of excellent business judgment.

E. A. MARSHALL. Among the brave men who made up the quota of soldiers sent by Penn- sylvania to defend the Union in the dark days of the Rebellion was the subject of this biography, now a prominent resident of Palmyra township, Wayne

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county. He made an honorable record, taking part in important battles at different points, and through- out his teri he displayed the same faithfulness to duty which has characterized his conduct in private life.

The Marshall family is of English origin, but Henry A. Marshall, the father of our subject, was horn in New York State, and for some years was a resident of Sullivan county, where he was engaged in business as a harness maker. Later he removed to Ulster county, in the same State, where his first wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Monroe, died in 1853. Soon after this he came to Pennsyl- vania and spent some years in Hawley, following his trade, but he finally located at Port Jervis, N. Y., where his death occurred in 1892. By his second wife, Mrs. Dr. Jewitt, of Rosendale, Ulster Co., N. Y., he had no children, but by his first marriage there were six, two daughters and four sons: (I) Lottie died at an early age. (2) E. A. (3) Thomas enlisted in 1862 in Co. G, 141st P. V. I., from Wayne county, and was in service with the Army of the Potomac until the close of the war, participating in all the battles of his regiment. After his return home he married Miss Jennie Shannon, of Pike county, this State, and later he removed to Port Jervis, where he died in 1895, leaving no family. (4) Frederick, who was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., enlisted in 1861 at the age of seventeen, in Company B, 3rd Penn. Reserves, and took part in the campaign on the Peninsula, being in the famous "seven-days fight." Soon afterward he was stricken with fever and died, his remains being in- terred at Fortress Monroe, Va. (5) Cornelius, who was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., enlisted in 1862 at the age of fourteen, in the 6th N. Y. H. A., as bugler, and remained in the service until the end of the war. The family was then residing at Port Jervis, and after his return home he married Miss Tyson, of Port Jervis, N. Y., and settled in New York City, where he has since been employed as an engineer on the 2nd Avenue Elevated road. His only son, Frederic R., died in early manhood. (6) Miss Mary, who was born in Ulster county, N. Y., is now a resident of New York City, where she is prominent in charitable work, to which she gives liberally of her time, means, and talents. She is one of the leading members of the local Society of the King's Daugh- ters.

Mr. Marshall was born February 4, 1841, in Sullivan county, N. Y., and at the age of thirteen came to Wayne county, where he soon afterward found employment on the canal as a water boy. In 1858 he was employed by the canal company as a carpenter, and was thus engaged when the Civil war broke out. His ardent patriotism, which, as has been seen, was fully shared by his brothers, led him to enlist, in the spring of 1861, in Company B, 3rd Penn. Reserves, for three years, and he was mustered into service at Easton, Penn., under Capt. William D. Curtis, of Wayne county. After a short stay in Washington the regiment was sent south,

and he was present at the second battle of Bull Run, later taking part in the engagements at Fredericks- burg, South Mountain, Antietam, and Cloyd's Mountain, also in what is known as Cook's raid. He remained in active service until June 17, 1864, participating in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged, and then spent a few months at home in Wayne county. In the fall he joined a construc- tion corps, and served with Sherman's army until after the battle of Nashville, when he returned home to stay. In 1866 he married Miss Mary Arm- strong, daughter of George and Nancy (Brown) Armstrong, prominent residents of Wayne county. For some time after his marriage he resided at Haw- ley, where he was employed by the D. & H. Co. in building locks and similar work connected with his trade, and while there he purchased real estate and built himself a home. In 1883 he was appointed to his present position of foreman on the canal, and he has since made his home in Palmyra township. Mr. Marshall is highly esteemed as a citizen, and he is a leading member of the G A. R. Post No. 195, at Hawley, while for thirty years past he has been prominent in the Masonic Fraternity in that locality, belonging to Hawley Lodge No. 305. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Hawley, and his family has always taken an active part in the work of the society. In politics he is a Republican, and, although he is not an office seeker, he is now serving as school director, having been elected in 1897.

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have five children, two sons and three daughters: (1) Frank H., born at Hawley in 1867, is assistant superintendent of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., at Dunmore, Penn. He married Miss Tillie Masters, of Dunmore, and has two children, James and Clarence. (2) Cornelia B., born at Hawley, married George Woodward, who is employed as shipping clerk in the Clark glass factory at Honesdale ; they have one son, Ed- win. (3) Miss Josephine, who was born at Hawley, is an attractive young lady, and one of the brightest students of the Hawley public schools. (4) Charles and (5) Mary, who were born in Palmyra township, are at home, and the latter is attending school.

ELIJAH RICKARD. Among the worthy men whose histories lend interest to this volume none stands higher in the esteem of his fellow-citi- zens than does this well-known resident of Clemo, Wayne county. Like many of our successful men he is of German ancestry, and his industry, thrift, and perseverance do credit to his race

The ancestral home was in Baden, Germany, and our subject's grandfather, Arnold Rickard, was a blacksmith there. The late John B. Rickard, father of our subject, came to America in 1847, and located first at Canaan, Wayne county, but in 1853 he removed to Clemo, where he followed the black- smith's trade. In 1878 he settled upon a farm in Cherry Ridge township, same county, and his re- maining years were spent there in agricultural

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work. Politically his sympathies were with the Democratic party, and he and his family were from the time of their arrival identified with the German Catholic Church, near their home. He died in 1894, at the age of seventy-seven, and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Krug, passed away in 1896, aged seventy-six, their remains being in- terred in the German Catholic cemetery, at Hones- dale. They had the following children: John M., ex-commissioner of Wayne county, whose biogra- phy appears elsewhere; Eliza, deceased, who mar- ried William Dorse, foreman of a tannery in Potter county, Penn .; Augustus B., of Potter county ; Elijah, our subject; Mary, wife of Archie Missler, a farmer and glass blower at White Mills, Penn .; Frank, who occupies the old homestead of fifty acres in Cherry Ridge township; Maggie, wife of Philip Murray, a hardwaremerchant at Honesdale ; and Frederick, who is engaged in the livery business in the same city.

Our subject was born April 30, 1849, at Ca- naan, and he resided with his parents until he reached the age of twenty-two. When only thirteen year old he began to run a stationary engine for Robinson & Gail, at Middle Valley, now known as Clemo, and three years later gave up that employ- ment to learn the blacksmith's trade. This he fol- lowed until 1881, when he settled upon his present farm, a fine estate of one hundred acres, where he has combined agricultural work with his trade, meeting with good success in both. Mr. Rickard is a man who does his own thinking, and in politics he votes for the "best man," though in the main he affiliates with the Democratic party in national issues. He takes much interest in local affairs, being especially active in educational matters, and has served two terms as school director.

On November 12, 1871, Mr. Rickard was mar- ried, at Waymart, by Rev. I. L. Race, a Methodist minister, to Miss Ella E. Deming, and five children have blessed their union, viz. : Charles F., born Au- gust 21, 1872 ; Sadie M., born May 5, 1876, who was married August 26, 1896, to Peter Racht, a stone mason at Chinchilla, Penn .; Florence L., born July 24, 1880 ; Elbert J., born August 16, 1884 ; and Fran- cis J., born March 27, 1887. Mrs. Rickard, who has been a true helpmeet to her husband, was born May 1, 1853, at Pleasant Mount, Wayne county, and in both paternal and maternal lines is descended from early settlers in that locality. Ichabod Dem- ing, her paternal grandfather, was a native of Con- necticut, where he married Mary and they afterward removed to a farm at Pleasant Mount where they made their permanent home. Frederick Deming, the father of Mrs. Rickard, was born in Connecticut September 6, 1808, accompanied his parents to this section, and engaged in the shoe- maker's trade at Pleasant Mount in early manhood. In 1851 he abandoned this occupation, owing to ill health, and he afterward followed farming until his death, which occurred November 5, 1887. On Feb- ruary 19, 1833, he was married at Pleasant Mount

to Miss Sarah Beatty, who was born January 3, 1805, in New York State, the daughter of William and Bessie (Washburn) Beatty, whose last years were spent upon a farm in Wayne county. Mrs. Sarah Deming died February 24, 1894, and her re- mains were laid beside those of her husband in the Baptist cemetery in Clinton township, Wayne coun- ty. Both were devout members of the Baptist Church, and were held in high esteem among their associates for their excellent qualities of character. Mr. Deming never took an active part in politics, but he gave his support in a quiet way to the Demo- cratic party. Mrs. Rickard is the youngest in a family of seven children. The others were: Nor- man, born May 25, 1834, died June 3, 1834; Cath- erine R., born August 1, 1835, is now the widow of Horatio Bennett, of Clinton, Penn .; Lucretia J., born August 10, 1838, died November 19, 1839; Lucretia F., born September 2, 1840, is now the wife of A. Sutton, a carpenter at Ashland, N. Y. ; Lyman F., born September 3, 1843, is a farmer near War- ren, Penn. ; and Oscar W., born November 19, 1846, is the foreman of a mine at Peckville, Pennsylvania.

CHARLES W. JACOBS, a progressive and wide-awake lumberman and farmer of Starrucca township, Wayne county, is a worthy representa- tive of one of Pennsylvania's highly-respected fam- ilies, his parents being Jonathan and Nancy (Shad- wick) Jacobs. His father was born in Schoharie county, N. Y., in 1810, and after his marriage re- moved to Warren township, Bradford Co., Penn., where he purchased a tract of land which he trans- formed into a good farm, erecting thereon good buildings, and making many other useful and valuable improvements. He added to his original purchase, but in 1859 sold the place and purchased a farm of 100 acres in New Milford, Susquehanna county. On disposing of that property he bought a home in Thompson, same county, where he spent his remaining days, dying there at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. His faithful wife survived him only about three months, her death occurring when she was in her eighty-fifth year.

Of their thirteen children, five died in child- hood, while the others are as follows: (I) Andrew, born in Schoharie county, N. Y., married Louisa Reynolds, of Potter county, Penn., by whom he has two children, Charles and Katie. The family re- side on his farm in Potter county. (2) Betsy is now Mrs. Crispell, of Otsego county, N. Y., and has one daughter, Della. (3) Sarah, born in Bradford county, married Daniel Towner, of Susquehanna county, who died in 1896, and she now makes her home in Hickory Grove, Susquehanna county. Her children are Joseph, Frank, Judson, Samuel, and Emma. (4) Robert, born in Bradford county, married Martha Green, of Susquehanna county, and now lives on the old homestead in Thompson. He has two sons, Ernest and Earle. (5) Jane, born in Bradford, is the wife of Rev. Othanile Phelps, of Great Bend, Susquehanna county, and has one son,

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 178

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