Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 184

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Mr. Hacker was born November 23, 1825, in the parish of Oakhampton, Devonshire. England, a son of Edward and Sarah (Bray) Hacker, the former a native of Cornwall, the latter of Devon- shire. They never left their native land, where the father was a farmer. He died in 1865, at the age


of seventy-five years, the mother in 1860, at the age of sixty-six. In the Church of England they held membership. The children born to them were John, who died in England; William, a farmer in Can- ada; Thomas, who died in England ; Jane, who died unmarried; Edward, the subject of this sketch; Nathaniel, who died in England; Mary A., widow of Richard Martin, a carpenter of England; Mrs. Sarah Glanville, a widow, who resides in England ; Dina, deceased wife of John Downs, of England ; and Samuel, a farmer of Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania.


During his boyhood and youth Edward Hack- er assisted his father in the labors of the farm, and on leaving home, at the age of twenty-one years, sailed for America. For five years he worked as a farm hand in Canada, and then came to Wayne county, Penn., finding employment in a sawmill at Prompton for a few years, after which he returned to England. In Devonshire, he was married, in February, 1852, to Miss Harriet Karslake, and to them were born five children, namely: (I) Helen J., born May 4, 1854, deceased. (2) Malena, wife of Daniel Kinsman, who is engaged in farming with our subject, and by whom she has two chil- dren-Edward Elmer, a graduate of the Hones- dale high school, and also a graduate of the Blooms- burg State Normal, and William Ellsworth, a stu- dent at Honesdale. (3) Elmer Ellsworth, de- ceased. (4) Hattie, wife of Thomas Roe, a farmer of Cherry Ridge township, Wayne county, by whom she has two children-Russell H. and Ellsworth A. (5) William Henry, who died in early infancy, March 30, 1859. Helen J. and Elmer Ellsworth both died on the same day, January 12, 1875, of diphtheria.


Mrs. Hacker was born in England, a daughter of Roger and Ann (Browning) Karslake, who came to this country at an early day. Of their children, Roger, who was principal of a school, died in Eng- land; Mary A. wedded H. Hersh, and both were teachers in a college in England, where she died ; Harriet was the wife of our subject ; Agnes married William Smell, and both died in England; Char- lotte is the wife of William Wood, of England ; William is a farmer in Michigan ; Louis died in Eng- land ; Helen is the deceased wife of Samuel Hacker, a brother of our subject, who now resides at Mt. Pleasant, Penn .; and Henry is connected with the navy yard at Long Island City. Mrs. Hacker de- parted this life in 1876, at the age of fifty-one years.


A short time after his marriage Mr. Hacker returned to Prompton, Penn., and after working for three years in a sawmill at that place he purchased his present farm in Cherry Ridge township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he has since devoted his energies with most gratifying results. Although not a member of any religious denomina- tion, he leans toward the Methodist Episcopal Church. His political support is always given to the Repub- lican party, and he has most creditably filled the offices of school director and auditor, as well as


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other local positions. Although now seventy-three years of age, he is still quite active, being able to do the work of a man much younger. His career has been one that he can look back upon with just and pardonable pride, and the success that he has achieved is certainly well merited.


ISAAC F. STORER, an honored veteran of the Civil war, whose devotion to his adopted coun- try was tested upon many a Southern battle field, is a native of England, born in Crich, in 1841, and America has no more loyal or patriotic citizen. This gallant soldier is now a resident of Scott town- ship, Wayne county, where he is successfully en- gaged in general farming and dairying.


In 1847, Moses and Mary Storer (the parents of our subject) crossed the Atlantic, accompanied by their children, and located near Lanesboro, Sus- quehanna Co., Penn., where the father purchased a farm and still continues to reside. The mother died in 1886. In their family were six children; (I) Annie, born in England, married Wiliam Ticknor, of Brandt, Susquehanna county, and died in 1862; he died in 1867. ( (2) Hannah married Anson Walker, of Brandt, and died in 1877; he died in 1891. (3) Eliza died unmarried. (4) Sarah, born in England, married E. G. Bailey, of Gibson, Penn., and is now a resident of Stevens Point. (5) George, born in Harmony, Susquehanna county, lives near Stevens Point, and (6) Isaac F.


Isaac F. Storer was living in Susquehanna county when the Civil war broke out, and in October, 1861, enlisted in Company A, 56th P. V. I., under Capt. Osburn, of Starrucca, Wayne county. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, under the command of Gen. Pope, and participated in the second battle of Bull Run. On account of disability, Mr. Storer was transferred to the Invalid Corps at Fort Schuyler, but remained in the service until the expiration of his three years of enlistment, On receiving his discharge he returned to Sus- quehanna county, and in 1867 was united in mar- riage with Miss Nancy Carr, of Starrucca, Wayne county, a daughter of Erastus and Margaret Carr, honored pioneer and prominent citizens of that county. Her father is now deceased, but her mother is still living, at the age of eighty-seven years, on the old Carr homestead in Scott township, with Mr. and Mrs. Storer. She has had eleven children, namely : Phobe, James, Richard, Nancy, Charity, John, Erastus, Mary, Oliver, Emmons and Oscar.


Mrs. Storer received her education in the high schools at Waymart, Penn., and at Binghamton, N. Y., and for seven years was one of the most success- ful teachers of Wayne county. By her marriage to our subject she has become the mother of four children: (1) Lillian, born in Harmony, Susque- hanna county, in 1870, was educated in the graded schools, and for some time taught in the public schools of Wayne county. She is now the wife of Henry Spielman, of Long Island, N. Y. (2) Will- iam, born in Susquehanna county in 1874, is at home


with his parents. (3) Mary, born in the same coun- ty, in 1876, has taught for three years in the public schools, and is now attending the Thompson Busi- ness College, New York. (4) Harry, born in1879, in Susquehanna county, completed his education in the public schools of Deposit, N. Y., and is now at home.


Mr. and Mrs. Storer began housekeeping at Susquehanna Depot, where he worked in the shops of the Erie railroad for twenty-four years, and in 1890 they located on the old Carr homestead in Scott township, Wayne county, which he has since successfully operated. Politically, he is identified with the Democratic party. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Storer are believers in the Inspiration of the Scriptures, and wish to follow Christ, and not a Church. They are numbered among the promi- nent people of the township, where they are both widely known, and their hospitable home is ever open for the reception of their many friends.


JOHN B. LEONARD, one of the brave "boys in blue" during the Civil war, and now a leading citizen of Scott township, Wayne county, was born July II, 1835, at Tompkins, Delaware Co., N. Y., and traces his ancestry back to James Leonard, his great-grandfather, a resident of Paterson, N. J., who was a Continental soldier in the Revolutionary. war. The grandfather, Udney Leonard, was among the first settlers of Cannonsville, Delaware Co., N. Y., and he married a native of that county, Miss M. Hoag, who was a member of the Society of Friends.


James Leonard (father of our subject), also a native of Delaware county, married Miss Clarissa Bullock, who was born in Tompkins, N. Y., a daugh- ter of John Bullock, whose home was on North river, New York. Five children blessed this union : Miriam; John B .; Joshua, who served his country for four years and a half during the Rebellion, as a member of the 7Ist N. Y. V. I., under Gen. Sickles, and is now living in Emerson, Dixon Co., Neb .; Stephen, who was a member of the same regiment, and was killed at the battle of Williams- burg, Va .; and Gilbert, who also entered his coun- try's service when a mere boy, and, losing his health, was a cripple for the remainder of his life. He died ·in Milwaukee, Wis. The father passed away at Sherman, Wayne Co., Penn., aged sixty-eight years, the mother at Emerson, Dixon Co., Nebraska.


In the county of his nativity John B. Leonard grew to manhood, and when his country was in peril during the Civil war, he joined the 16th Inde- pendent Battery of New York, serving with the same for ten months. He was on duty in Virginia and North Carolina, was stationed for some time near Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and was at Fort Fisher with Gen. Butler. He was with Gen. A. H. Terry at the capture of Fort Fisher; was also at Raleigh, N. C., and was finally honorably discharged at Elmira, N. Y., July 9, 1865. Re- turning to his home to engage in peaceful pursuits,


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he was for some time interested both in lumbering and farming in Wayne county, and operated a saw- mill for a number of years.


In 1866 Mr. Leonard married Miss Ann Thomas, a daughter of Moses and Osillia (Cole) Thomas, and to them were born two children : Cassie, now the wife of John Jackson, of Scott township, Wayne county ; and Stephen, also a resident of Scott township. The wife and mother, who was a most estimable lady, was called to her final rest in Feb- ruary, 1896. Fraternally Mr. Leonard affiliates with Egleston Post No. 184, Department of New York, at Deposit, N. Y. ; politically he is identified with the Republican party.


EUGENE H. WRIGHT is one of the ener- getic and enterprising farmers of Salem township, Wayne county, where he owns a valuable farm of 126 acres, purchased by him in 1871. In addition to the cultivation of his land he is also engaged in dairying, and in both lines is meeting with well-de- served success.


Our subject's grandfather, Nathan Wright, a blacksmith by trade, was a native of Litchfield county, Conn., where he married. His children, all now deceased, were as follows: Ebenezer, the eld- est, was born September 9, 1795. Abel, born Att- gust 16, 1798, was the father of our subject. Polly, born May 25, 1800, never married. Moses, born May 30, 1802, married Polly Peet. Ann, born July 29, 1804, was the wife of Charles Peet, and had four children, Romina, Caroline, Georgiana and Daniel. Lucinda, born October 4, 1806, married Amos Brooks, and had one son, William, who was killed in the Civil war. Sanford was born October 30, 1809. Esther, born July 17, 1812, was the wife of Abijah Peet. Ruth, born February 18, 1815, mar- ried Lyman Brooks, and had four children, Ros- well Oscar, George, Polly Ann and Frank.


Abel Wright was born in Slocum Hollow, Penn., where the city of Scranton is now built, went with his parents to Connecticut, and when a young man returned with them to this State, locating in Salem township, Wayne county. He was a cooper by trade, and was also one of the great hunters of Wayne county. He married Miss Caroline Peet, whose father, Daniel Peet, was born, reared and mar- ried in Connecticut, and came to Wayne county, settling in Salem township, when but two or three families had taken up land within the township. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Wright were as follows: Eliza, now deceased, was the wife of Ira Bidwell, a farmer and lumberman of Salem township; Sylvia is the widow of Samuel Smith, of the same township; Rosalia, deceased, was the wife of Leonard Tracy, of Wilkes Barre, Penn .; Albert, now living near Scranton, Lackawanna Co., Penn., was a soldier in the Civil war and was taken pris- oner at Cedar Creek, being confined in Libby prison and afterward at Salisbury, N. C., where in com- pany with 10,000 he was nearly starved to death, but was exchanged in 1865; Eugene H., the young-


est of the family, is our subject. Abel Wright,


the father,, died February 15, 1880. Eugene H. Wright was born July 3, 1843, in Salem town- ship, and there grew to manhood, acquiring the greater part of his education in the common schools of the locality, but completing his literary training by a short attendance at the Hollisterville Academy. At the age of eighteen he began life for himself, and a year later laid aside civil pursuits to take up arms in defense of the Union. On February 24, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Third Regiment Penn- sylvania Reserve Corps, and participated in the seven-days' fight before Richmond, the battle of the Wilderness, including Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor, and the engagements before Petersburg. While charging on the earthworks at the last named he was twice wounded, and was sent to the hospital at Washington, D. C., where he remained until dis- charged from the service, March 17, 1865. For a year or more after his return to his home in Salem township he was unable to perform any manual labor.


At Honesdale, Penn., April 14, 1869, Mr. Wright was married, by Rev. Leonard Cole, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to Miss Mary Ann Hawker, only child of John and Sarah (Rogers) Hawker. Her paternal grandparents, Abram and Mary Hawker, were natives of Cornwall, England, while her maternal grandfather, George Rogers, was born in Maine. Mrs. Wright was born Au- gust 4, 1848. To our subject and wife have come the following children: Charles H., born May 8, 1870, is cashier for the Wells-Fargo Express Co., .at Middletown, N. Y .; Effie D., born March 29, 1872, was educated at Waymart Academy and the East Stroudsburg Normal School, and is now a teacher in Salem township; Ida May, born January 17, 1874, is at home, and is engaged as a music teacher ; Clarence E., born December 19, 1875, has been employed by the Delaware & Hudson Co., but is now at home; John Howard, born April 10, 1879, died September 21, 1880 ; Harold H., born February 12, 1882, and Bertram W., born January 15, 1888, are both at home.


The Republican party finds in Mr. Wright a stanch supporter of its principles, and he has ac- ceptably served on the election board, and as a school director for eighteen years. Socially he is an honored member of the Grand Army of the Re- public.


ROBERT E. BAYLY. The picturesque hills and valleys of this favored region afford many 'charming residence sites, and the home of the sub- ject of this biography, a well-known resident of Texas township, Wayne county, is one which would attract the most artistic observer. Within as well as without it gives evidence of taste and judicious use of abundant means, and its furnishings, while luxurious, are in perfect keeping with a home where refinement and culture are rated above mere display. Mr. Bayly was for many years a prominent business


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man of this section, and in his present retired life he enjoys the esteem of a host of friends.


Like many of our successful citizens, Mr. Bayly is a native of Cornwall, England, born in 1826. Ilis family has been identified with that locality for generations, and his father, Richard Bayly, born in 1798, remained there throughout his life, being en- gaged in farming in connection with the shoe- maker's trade. He died in 1838, leaving a wife, whose maiden name was Grace Bellamy, and five children. The family came to America in 1841, and located in Texas township, Wayne county, where the mother married, for her second husband, Will- iam Tamblyn, also a native of England, by whom she had no children. They resided near Beach Lake, in Berlin township, Wayne county, and the mother died there in 1886. Of the five children of the first union, (1) Samuel, born in Cornwall in 1824, was educated there, and after coming to Wayne county engaged in contracting and building, which he followed until his death, in 1853. He was unmarried. (2) Robert E., our subject, is mentioned more fully below. (3) Abraham, born in 1828, in Cornwall, learned the tailor's trade in his youth, and since coming to Wayne county has continued to follow it successfully. He is not mar- ried, and resides with his brother Robert E. (4) Thomas B., born in 1830, in Cornwall, was edu- cated partly in his native country and partly in the public schools of Honesdale. He married Miss Caroline Triverton, of Berlin township, Wayne county, where he soon afterward bought a farm and made his permanent home. He died there a few years ago, leaving no children; his wife survives him. (5) Elizabeth A., born in 1833, in Cornwall, has never married, and during her mother's life re- sided with her in Berlin township, where she is still living.


Robert E. Bayly was educated in the schools of his native place, and after coming to Wayne county he began to learn the cabinet maker's trade with Alanson Blood, of Honesdale, with whom he served an apprenticeship of six years. In 1849 he engaged in business on his own account in the borough of Honesdale, but failing health compelled him to give it up after a few years. He then en- gaged in the boat-building business with an uncle, Thomas Ham, and continued thus about twenty years, meeting with marked success, but he has since retired from active business. He has always taken an interest in public affairs, and at times has held local office, serving as constable and school driector in Texas township, and he is a strong supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He is also prominent in religious work, he and his family being leading members of Grace Episcopal Church, at Honesdale. At one time he was connected with the Sons of Temperance, but at present does no active work in the cause of reform.


In 1850 Mr. Bayly married Miss Ellen J. Kim- ble, daughter of Benjamin F. and Prudence Kim- ble, who came from Connecticut at an early day


and were prominent among the pioneer settlers along the Lackawaxen. Soon after his marriage he purchased real estate near Honesdale, on the Texas township side of the river, which he after- ward sold, and in 1873 he built his present beautiful residence near the silk mill, in the same township. He and his wife have had twelve children, of whom seven are now living : (I) Miss Adaline K. was edu- cated in Honesdale, and is now an accomplished and popular member of the best social circles of that town. She is a communicant of the Episcopal Church, and devotes much time to Church and Sun- day-school work. (2) Benjamin F., who resides near his father upon property belonging to the lat- ter, learned the carpenter's trade in his boyhood, and is now engaged in the building business, making a specialty of the building of elevators. He married Miss Katie Stephen, of Honesdale, and they have had four children, Walter, Grace, Benjamin F. and Carlotta. (3) Robert E., Jr., a farmer in Berlin township, Wayne county, married Miss Eva Will- iams, of that township, and they have had four sons, Roy, Ray, Floyd and Charles. (4) Miss Minnie Grace received a good classical education in the schools of Honesdale, and like her sister is prom- inent in society and in Church and Sunday-school work. (5) William T. was born at the present homestead, and is now employed in the Penwarden factory. (6) J. Marshall, a resident of Tracyville, Wayne county, married Miss Barbara Blockberger, of Honesdale, and they have had three children, Robert C., Helen and Marguerite. (7) Clarence A., who was born in Tracyville, resides at home, and con- tributes greatly to the comfort of his parents by his thoughtful care.


JENNINGS FAMILY. The Jennings fam- ily has been identified with the history of Wayne county for almost a century, and its various mem- bers have won for the name an enviable distinction by their sterling worth. They endured all the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life, and by their earnest labors assisted in establishing one of the foremost counties in this great com- monwealth. Tradition says that the family orig- inally came from England in Colonial days, and lo- cated in Connecticut.


Jonathan Jennings was born in Norwich, Conn., March 26, 1764, and when a young man came to Wayne county, Penn., purchasing a tract of wood- land near the present site of the Wayne County Fair grounds. He was united in marriage with Miss Rachel Schoonover, who was born July 30, 1774, and they became the parents of several chil- dren, Henry being the eldest; Ephraim, born April 28, 1810, died in April, 1882; Alvira, born Octo- ber 5, 1812, married F. D. Thayer and is now de- ceased; the others died in infancy. Jonathan Jen- nings served faithfully as a soldier in the Conti- nental army. He was a very devout man, and helped to found the Baptist Church of Bethany, Penn., to which faith his descendants have adhered.


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Of this family, HENRY JENNINGS, was born in Dyberry township, Wayne county, October 12, 1802, and received his early training in the Dyberry district schools. He became an extensive farmer and lumberman in his native township, and one of the numerous ponds in that locality still bears the family name. At Bethany Henry Jennings was married in 1832, by Rev. Lyman Richardson, to Miss Mary Law, a daughter of Thomas Law, a na- tive of Massachusetts, where his parents spent their entire lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Jennings were born three daughters: Lucy Ann, and Adeline Lucretia, living to gether upon the old homestead; and El- vira Minerva, the wife of John Welsh, a wholesale merchant of Rock Island, Ill .; she has three chil- dren, Allen, Mary and Harry. Henry, who has a fruit ranch at Peoria, Arizona, married Bessie Webber, and has two children, Theodore and Ma- bel. The mother of these children, who was born in Massachusetts, May 12, 1801, died in Dyberry township, Wayne county, April 21, 1858, and the father passed away April 2, 1872, honored and re- spected by all who knew them. Politically he was a Democrat, and he most creditably served in all of the township offices. For thirty years he was justice of the peace, and was supervisor for a num- ber of terms. He also was trustee of the Uni- versity of Northern Pennsylvania, at Bethany, and was greatly interested in matters of education.


Ephraim Jennings, son of Jonathan Jennings, made his home with his brother Henry, with whom he was engaged in business. He never married, and after his brother's death continued to make his home there until his death, in April, 1882. He was known as "Uncle Ephraim" in all the coun- try around, and his genial disposition made him a welcome visitor to any neighboring fireside.


MRS. CAROLINE LAMM, residing in Dre- her township, is a representative of one of the most highly-respected and honored families of Wayne county. Her paternal grandparents were J. and Susie Rickel, who had four children: Mark, the father of our subject; Caroline and Catherine, both residents of Hoboken, N. J .; and Rosanna, who died in Germany. The grandfather also died in that country, and there the grandmother was again mar- ried, August 24, 1853, her second union being with David Hecker, who found a pleasant home with Mrs. Lamm until his death, on August 17, 1898; his wife died in Dreher township, Wayne county, in 1889. He was a native of Baden, Germany, and a son of David and Barbara ( Hayler) Hecker. In joined the Union army, serving for four years in June, 1861, he came to America, and soon afterward Company D, 45th New York Cavalry, and partici- pating in some of the most severe battles of the war. At Gettysburg he was twice wounded.


Mark Rickel was born in Baden, Germany, July 10, 1831, and there grew to manhood, being given a soldier's education while serving for six years in the German army. In July, 1858, he ar- 50


rived in the United States, after a voyage of forty- eight days on the Atlantic. He also manifested his love for his adopted country by enlisting, in 1861, for three years, in Company H, 4th New York Cav- alry, under command of Phil. Sheridan, and saw considerable fighting on the Peninsula. He is now an honored member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, and is an ardent Republican in politics. In Dreher township, Wayne county, he was married, September 13, 1865, by Rev. Thomas Harpin, to Miss Harriet Krouse, who was born in that town- ship, a daughter of John and Olyvia (Alteman) Krouse, the former a native of Germany, the latter of Northampton county, Penn. Mrs. Rickel de- parted this life in February, 1876, leaving two chil- dren : Caroline, whose name introduces this review ; and Emma, wife of George Emery, of Greene town- ship, Pike Co., Pennsylvania.


On March 7, 1889, in New Jersey, was cele- brated the marriage of George William Lamm and Miss Caroline Rickel, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Amzi L. Smith. Two children blessed this union : Albert David, born June 8, 1890, and Leon William, born January 8, 1892.


Mr. Lamm was born in Pike county, Penn., March 28, 1863, a son of John G. and Margaret (Erbach) Lamm, natives of Germany. They were married in Monroe county, Penn., and there made their home while the father was in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, but afterward removed to Pike county, where he en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. Both died in Greene township, that county. Their children were : J. C., a farmier and carpenter of Dreher township; Catherine, a resident of Scranton, Penn .; Eva, wife of J. R. Brown, of that place; Sophia, wife of M. N. Dickson, a stationary engineer of Tobyhanna, Monroe county ; Mary, wife of Emil Hugnine, a farmer of Dreher township, Wayne county ; Emma,. wife of John Compton, foreman in a mill at Scran- ton ; George W .; Ida and Ella, twins, the former of whom lives in Scranton, and the latter died in in- fancy ; Peter, who married Susan Wardale, of Lack- awanna county, Penn., and lives in Scranton ; and Edith, who died in infancy. On reaching man's es- tate, George W. Lamm began farming in Pike coun- ty, but soon after his marriage came to Dreher township, Wayne county, where he successfully en- gaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, at the early age of thirty-four years. While assist- ing in the removal of a barn in Greene township, he was accidentally killed, February 18, 1897. He was widely and favorably known, and left many friends, as well as his immediate family, to mourn his un- timely death. Politically he was identified with the Democratic party, and socially affiliated with Anthony Wayne Council No. 228, of Newfoundland, while religiously he was a consistent member of the Mo- ravian Church at that place, to which his wife also belongs. Like her husband she has the respect and esteem of all who know her.




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