Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 20

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HON. CHARLES D. BRODHEAD. This distinguished citizen of Stroudsburg, Monroe coun- ty, is a member of a family which has been promi- nent in this commonwealth from pioneer times. Ac- cording to tradition the family originated in Ger- many, but the direct ancestors of our subject set- tled at Royston, in Yorkshire, England, in the reign of Henry VIII. On February 28, 1610, King James I granted the manor of Burton or Monk Britton, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to John Brodhead and George Wood, the principal freeholders of the place.

Capt. Daniel Brodhead, a grand-nephew of John, and the progenitor of the family in the United States, was born in Yorkshire, and became a captain of grenadiers in the army of King Charles II, be- ing sent to America with the military expedition under Col. Richard Nicolls, which captured New Netherlands (New York) from the Dutch in 1664. For a time he was on garrison duty at Albany and New York City, and on September 14, 1665, he was commissioned by Gov. Nicolls, as "Chief Officer of the Militia in the Esopus," his residence being at Kingston, N. Y., where he died July 14, 1667. He was married in England to Ann Tye, daughter of Francis and Tellos ( Solomon) Tye, and their two sons-Daniel ( who died without issue ), and Charles (who married a Miss Tenbrouck and had four chil- dren, Charles, Wessel, Daniel and Mary)-were both born in England. A third son, Richard, was born in this country in 1666, and is more fully re- ferred to in the next paragraph.

Richard Brodhead, youngest son of Capt. Brod- head, is the next in line of descent in which we are now interested. He married (first) a Miss Jansen, and settled at Marbletown, Ulster Co., N. Y., and to this union were born a son, Daniel ( who moved to Pennsylvania, and is more fully referred to far- ther on). For his second wife he married Wintie Pawling, and by her had seven children: (1) John married Ann Nottingham, a granddaughter of Ann Tye. They had nine children, Richard, William,

Henry, Rachel, Wintie, Margaret, Ann, Eleanor and Mary. (2) Magdeline married Jacob Esselstine, of Columbia county ; (3) Ann married Andrew Oliver, of Marbletown, N. Y .; (4) Nelly mar- ried Stephen Nottingham; (5) Elizabeth married Christopher Davis, of Marbletown; (6) Mary mar- ried Robert McGinnis, of Canada; and (7) Rachel married Wood Furman, of South Carolina.

Daniel Brodhead, son of Richard by his first marriage, was born April 20, 1693, at Marbletown, N. Y., and was the first of the family to come to Pennsylvania. About 1736 he purchased from the proprietors of the Province 640 acres of land on Analomink (now Brodhead's creek), the borough of East Stroudsburg now occupying a portion of the tract, and in 1738 he made his home there, estab- lishing the village of Danbury. Later he bought 500 acres, and this estate was locally known as Brodhead's Manor. At first it was a part of Bucks county, but afterward was set off with Northampton county and finally with Monroe county. On Sept- tember 25, 1747, Daniel Brodhead was commissioned as one of the justices of the peace for the portion of Bucks county north of the "Blue Hills" and on the organization of Northampton county he was re-appointed, the office being held by him until his death, which occurred on July 22, 1755. He was a man of marked ability and force of character, and left his impress on the new community. The Moravian missionaries often enjoyed the hospitality while on their way to their different stations in the frontier country, and he induced them to establish a mission for the Indians of his neighborhood, in whom he took the friendliest interest. He built a Church for this mission on the west bank of Brod- head's creek, near the present iron bridge, this be- ing the second church erected north of the mountain. Daniel Brodhead married Hester Wyngart, and had ten children, among whom were Daniel, who mar- ried a Miss DePuy; Garrett, who married Jane Davis; Charles, who married a Miss Oliver; John, who married a Miss Davis; Thomas; Luke, not recollected ; and Ann Garton.

IV. Garrett Brodhead served in the Revolu- tionary war as a lieutenant in a New Jersey regi- ment, but as all of his brothers were in the army he was compelled to remain at home much of the time to look after the estate. In 1770 he was appointed magistrate, and his death occurred on his farm at East Stroudsburg in 1804. He married Jane Davis, of New York State, and had seven children: John, 1766-1821; Daniel; Richard, referred to in next paragraph; George; Elizabeth, who married Dr. Francis Joseph Smith; Rachel, who married David Dills ; and Samuel.

V. Hon. Richard Brodhead, our subject's grandfather, was born at Stroudsburg, July 26, 1771, and about 1791 removed to Pike county, where he spent his remaining years, his death occurring November 11, 1843. He married Hannah Drake, of Stroudsburg, and had twelve children: Sarah

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(1791), wife of Col. John Westbrook, member of Congress from 1841 to 1843, from Wayne, Pike, Monroe and Northampton counties ; Garrett (1793), who married Cornelia Dingman; William (1795), who married Susan Coolbaugh; Jane, Mrs. Moses S. Brundage ; Albert G. (1799), who married Ellen Middaugh; Anna Maria, wife of John Seaman ; Rachel, who married Dr. John J. Linderman ; Charles, our subject's father; and Richard, Jr., United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1850 to 1856. The other three children died in infancy. Our subject's grandfather possessed a fine physique, being more that six feet in height, and was of firm and serious character. As he regarded it a duty to take an active part in public affairs, he held a promi- nent place in political circles, as is shown by the fol- lowing memorandum written by himself in Novem -. ber, 1842, in which he enumerates his various offi- cial positions :

1. Sheriff of Wayne. 2. Two years in the Legislature (1802-1803). 3. Eleven years associate Judge .. 4. Collector of United States Revenue for Wayne and Pike counties dur- ing the war of 1812. 5. Appointed State commissioner by Gov. Mckean, in connection with Gen. Horn, of Easton, to investigate the expenditure of 5,000 pounds, granted by the State to David Rittenhouse to improve the navigation of the Delaware river from Trenton to Stockport. 6. Postmaster seven years. 7. Major of the second Battalion, 103 Regi- ment Militia. 8. Prothonotary for Pike county. 9. County commissioner. 10. All the township offices, of all kinds, except constable. 11. County Auditor. 12. Executor of five estates. And I now, hereby, bid defiance to all heirs, lega- tees, creditors and others to prove that I have ever wronged any man.

VI. Charles Brodhead, father of our subject, was born in 1801, in Pike county, and in early man- hood married Mary Brown, daughter of Hon. Jacob Brown, an associate judge of Monroe county. Soon afterward he removed to Chestnut Hill township, Monroe county, and engaged in mercantile business at what is now Brodheadsville. He died there a few years later of fever, his wife surviving him with two children: Charles D., our subject, and Martha Jane, born January 21, 1830, who married (first) Capt. George B. Keller, of Hamilton township, now deceased, and ( second) Conrad Kresge, of Pittston, Pennsylvania.

VII. Hon. Charles D. Brodhead was born Sep- tember 23, 1827, and after his father's death was taken into the home of his grandfather Brown, at Stroudsburg, where he attended the old Stone sem- inary, then conducted by Ira B. Newman. For two years he clerked in a store at Chestnut Hill, owned by his mother and an uncle, Daniel Brown, and in 1848 he located at Schaeffer's postoffice ( now called Brodheadsville in his honor), and engaged in the hotel business and merchandising. There he re- mained for seventeen years, filling the office of post- master continuously ; but since 1865 he has resided at Stroudsburg, where he has been engaged in mercan- tile business. Though Mr. Brodhead commenced life with only the advantages of a common-school education, he has, since reaching manhood, gained a wide range of information by reading and observa- 6

tion, and he has always been ranked among the most intelligent citizens in the community. Wherever he has made his home he has wielded a potent in- fluence on the side of progress-material, social and religious-his high principles, broad and liberal mind and fine personal appearance making him a natural leader. For many years he has been promi- nent in the councils of the local Democratic organi- zation and at times he has been chosen to offices of responsibility and trust. º While in Chestnut Hill township, he held numerous local offices, and in 1859, 1860 and 1861 he represented Monroe and Pike counties in the State Legislature. Since his removal to Stroudsburg he has served as council- man, and in 1878, 1879 and 1880 he was deputy treasurer of Monroe county under Timothy Kresge, treasurer. In 1880 he was elected associate judge of Monroe county, and through re-elec- tions in 1885 and 1890 he held that office for fifteen consecutive years, his able and faithful service in this and other positions being appreciated by his fellow citizens. For some time he was a director (one of the first) of the Stroudsburg Bank. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the third degree, and he is a charter mem- ber of the Barger Lodge No. 325, F. & A. M., at Stroudsburg. In religious work he is prominent as a member of the Stroudsburg M. E. Church, in which he has held the office of trustee and treasurer, served as class-leader, and for thirteen years as Sun- day-school superintendent, and for some time he was chairman of the Monroe County Sunday-school As- sociation. In 1860 he was one of the prime mov- ers in the erection of the Lutheran and German Reformed Church, at Brodheadsville, and acted on the building committee.

On February 1, 1848, Mr. Brodhead married Miss Rachel D. Keller, of Hamilton township, Mon- roe county, who was born February 10, 1828. Of their three children: (1) Joseph K., assistant su- perintendent of the Bethlehem Rolling Mill, mar- ried Miss Ella K. Andre, and has had three chil- dren, Mary, Jennie and John (2) Mary L. (de- ceased) married Charles Evans, and had two chil- dren, Laura B. and E. May. (3) George M., a graduate of Wesleyan College, Connecticut, and a minister in the Methodist Church, married Miss Clara C. Chaplin, and has three children, Frank, Rachel and Charles. Mrs. Rachel D. Brodhead, wife of C. D. Brodhead, died January 17, 1889.

ALONZO T. SEARLE, of Honesdale, who is distinguished as one of the ablest members of the Wayne County Bar, by virtue of his high rank in the legal profession, and his social standing, com- mands prominent place in the pages of this volume.

Mr. Searle is one of the seventh generation in descent from William Searle, who came from Eng- land and settled at Rowley, Mass., 1664, and is mentioned in records as having been in Ipswich, Mass., in 1663, and as having died there August 16, 1667.

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Richard Thurston Searle, the father of Alonzo T. Searle, was born in Georgetown, Mass., April 2, 1814, and died June 30, 1880 (his mother was a Jewett-a member of an old New England fam- ily). He was a graduate of Phillips Academy, An- dover, Mass., Union College, New York, also of Andover ( Mass.) Theological Seminary, and early in life entered the ministry of the Congregational Church. He never left the New England States, his last call being at Windsor, Vt., which charge he resigned two years prior to his death, and he was one of the leading clergymen in the State. On December 22, 1847, he married Emily A. Putnam, daughter of Jesse Putnam, who was a colonel in the war of 1812, and a lineal descendant of John Put- nam, who settled in Salem, Mass., in 1634, where he and others of the family purchased a large tract of land, part of which comprised Oak Knoll where the poet Whittier lived, and upon another part of which Israel Putnam was born. Joseph Putnam, father of Jesse, was a lieutenant in the Revolution- ary war, one of four brothers-Joseph, Allen ( who died at Ticonderoga), William and David-who served in that struggle; others of the Putnam fam- ily who took part in the war of the Revolution were Gen. Israel, and Rufus, who laid out West Point. The old Putnam homestead property, bought in 1634, where was born our subject's mother, also the birth- place of Israel Putnam, is still in the possession of the family, and is now owned by an uncle of Mr. Searle, while the house wherein Israel Putnam was born is still standing, in good condition and owned by a cousin. Jesse Putnam married Elizabeth Merriam, daughter of Dr. Merriam, a noted physi- cian, and they had a family of twelve children, all of whom became prominent citizens. The mother lived to be one hundred and three years old. To Richard and Emily A. ( Putnam) Searle were born children as follows: Charles Putnam, and Alonzo T. The mother, who is now living with our sub- ject, was a graduate of the Abott Female Academy, Andover, Mass., and is respected and loved by all who know her.

Alonzo T. Searle was born September 13, 1836, in Berkshire county, Mass., and passed his boyhood after the manner of most country village lads, with the advantages, however, of a refined home and its salutary influences. After receiving a liberal public school education he prepared for college at St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy, whence he was gradu- ated in 1873 with high honors ; he then entered Am- herst College, graduating from that institution in 1877, and while the classes were divided according to scholarship he was in the first division (there were three divisions during the first two years of the course ), three years later receiving the degree of A. M. During the first year after leaving college he taught school at Rutland, Vt., and still later, 1879- 80, he was employed as instructor of Latin and mathematics in Cheltenham (Penn.) Academy. Having decided on making the profession of law his life work, Mr. Searle, in 1880, entered the law

office of Hon. B. S. Bentley, at Williamsport, Penn., as a student, but after some eighteen months he re- moved to Honesdale, Wayne county, and continued the study of law in the office of George G. Waller (late Waller & Bentley), whose partner, Capt. George S. Bentley, had recently died. Capt. Bent- ley was a brother of Hon. B. S. Bentley, above mentioned, and it was at his request that Mr. Searle, on the death of Capt. Bentley, went into Mr. Waller's office. In 1882 he was admitted to the Bar, and at once entered into partnership with Mr. Waller, which arrangement continued until 1888, Mr. Waller dying in that year. Mr. Searle then assumed entire control of the business, to which he has since added many new clients to an already extensive practice, and otherwise built it up to its present proportions. In addition to his regular ex- tensive office practice, which extends to the adjoin- ing counties-for he is justly recognized as one of the leading lawyers in northeastern Pennsylvania -Mr. Searle is local attorney for the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company, besides being attorney for many other corporations, including several in- surance companies, and enjoys, as well, a large practice in the Orphans' Court as well as a general practice. Furthermore, he is engaged in most of the important cases in Wayne county, for six years was attorney for the county commissioners, and at the present time is attorney and counsel for a number of the townships and boroughs in Wayne county. As will be seen, Mr. Searle is a busy man, but withal he is one of the most unassuming and least ostentatious. In addition to his law business, he owns and operates a farm near Honesdale, is interested in valuable lakes in Preston township, and is also the owner of property in Pike and other counties, while in the borough of Honesdale he has a comfortable modern home. In spite of his mani- fold business interests Mr. Searle yet finds time to devote to social and other kindred matters. Dur- ing the war with Spain he was president of the Honesdale Soldiers Relief Association, which was one of the few associations of that nature that ex- isted until the close of that struggle, and after aid- ing and relieving families it had yet funds re- maining in the treasury.

In politics Mr. Searle is a stanch Republican but has never been an office seeker, though often urged by his friends to become their nominee. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian, and is trustee of the Church of that denomination in Honesdale. In educational matters he takes a lively interest, has served as director of the school board, and at this writing is president of same, and was the first presi- dent of the Wayne County Directors Association. Socially he is a member of the Exchange Club of Honesdale; a life member of the State Forestry Association, and member of the F. & A. M., and Royal Arcanum. He is prominent in the State Bar Association, being an active member of the committee on Legal Education; is vice-president of the Wayne County Bar Association, and member

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of the Examining committee appointed by the Judge He is also a member of the New England Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania, of the Laurentian Club of Canada, besides being affiliated with many colleges and class societies. He is a director in the Wayne County Savings Bank, of Honesdale, Pennsylvania.

In December, 1882, Alonzo T. Searle was uni- ted in marriage with Miss Margaret Irwin, a native of Canada, and daughter of John Irwin, now a farmer of Wayne county, Penn. Three children have blessed this union: Richard Jewett, who at the age of thirteen was drowned in a lake on his father's farm; Charles Putnam, now fourteen years old, attending Honesdale high school; and Alonzo T., who died in 1899, aged four years. Mr. Searle has a brother, Charles P., who is a prominent lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts.

PETER WARNER has for. many years been prominently identified with the business interests of Tannersville, Monroe county, and has carried on op- erations there as a furniture dealer and undertaker since 1872. He has won success in life by his well- directed, energetic efforts, and the prosperity that has come to him is certainly well deserved. Besides his property in the village he owns considerable tim- ber land and several fine farms in Pocono township, aggregating 300 acres, and he oversees the opera- tion of these in connection with his other business.

For several generations the Warner family has made its home in this section of the State. George Warner, grandfather of our subject, was born near Nazareth, Northampton county, and when a young man removed to Eldred township, Monroe county ; but he afterward returned to his native county, locat- ing near Bath, where he died. Throughout life he followed farming and lumbering. He wedded Miss Mary Rummage, also a native of Northampton county, and to them were born eight children : George, the father of our subject ; John (deceased), who married a Miss Patterson, and in 1826 moved to Ohio, where he reared a large family; Joseph, who died when a young man; Jacob, who was a soldier of the Civil war and died in Wisconsin; Mary, who wedded Joseph Stout, and lived in Berwick, Colum- bia Co., Penn .; Susan (deceased), who married a Mr. Keiper, and lived in Northampton county ; Sarah (deceased), who married Joseph Barry, of Pocono township, Monroe county; and Peter, a blacksmith and farmer (now deceased), who lived in Palmyra township, Pike county, and was mar- ried.

George Warner, our subject's father, was born in Northampton county, February 16, 1790, but was reared in Monroe county. By occupation he was a farmer, lumberman and cooper, and as such was en- gaged in business in Eldred township until 1818, when he came to Pocono township, making his home here until his death, on September 28, 1869. He served as sergeant in the war of 1812, and was cap- tain in the State Militia for some years. He always

took an active and prominent part in public affairs, and was called upon to fill most of the township offices. In religious faith he was a Lutheran, while his wife adhered to the German Reformed Church. On March 1, 1812, in Hamilton township, Monroe county (then Northampton county), he married Elizabeth Anglemoyer, daughter of John and Mar- garet (Marsh) Anglemoyer, both of German de- scent. Our subject was one of the seven children born of this union: Charles (deceased) married Elizabeth Smith, and engaged in farming in Pocono township, Monroe county, where his widow and family still reside; William (deceased) married Elizabeth Workeizer, and also followed farming in Pocono township; Jacob married Lydia Learn, and is an agriculturist of Paradise township, Monroe county; Levi married Matilda Slutter, and is a farmer of Jackson township, Monroe county ; An- drew, a blacksmith and gunsmith by trade, married Sarah Culbertson, and moved to Michigan, where he died leaving a large family; and Samuel married Elizabeth Snyder, and is engaged in farming in Pocono township.

Peter Warner, whose name introduces this re- view, was born in Pocono township, December 25, 1835, and received a common-school education. At the age of seventeen years he commenced learning the carpenter's and cabinet maker's trades, and later followed contracting and building until 1860. He then did quite an extensive and profitable business in repairing machinery in the tanneries which were then quite numerous in Monroe county, being thus employed until 1872, in which year he embarked in the furniture and undertaking business at Tanners- ville. In all his undertaking he has met with marked success, and to-day occupies an enviable po- sition in the business world, not alone for the suc- cess that he has achieved, but also on account of the honorable, straightforward business policy he has ever followed.

On March 22, 1855, in Pocono township, Mr. Warner was married by Rev. Charles Decker, a Ger- man Reformed Church minister, to Miss Lovina Sittler, who was born in Lehigh county, Penn., De- cember 28, 1832, a daughter of George and Mary . (Stroub) Sittler. They have become the parents of four children : (1) Edwin F., born January 8, 1857, is now engaged in the furniture and undertaking business at Weatherby, Carbon Co., Penn. He mar- ried Carrie Wuss and has five children. (2) Elmer, born May 1, 1861, is also a merchant of Weatherby. He married Annie Kreskey, and has four children. (3) Emma S., born January 8, 1859, is the wife of William H. Workeizer, a tanner by trade, and they have one child ; their home is in Mt. Jewett, Elk Co., Penn. (4) Sarah, born July 11, 1863, married W. Kreskey, a hotelman, of McMichaels, Monroe coun- ty, and they have five children.

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has also been assessor, school director and auditor of his township for several terms. In all the relations of life he has been found true to every trust reposed in him, and he has made a most capable and satisfac- torv official. He is an active member of the Re- formed Church, in which he has served as deacon and trustee, while his wife holds membership in the Lutheran Church. During his life he has belonged to several secret societies, and still affiliates with the Masonic fraternity.

CHARLES B. STAPLES is a prominent member of the Monroe County Bar, his legal knowledge and skill being called into service in many of the most important cases arising in that section. For more than twenty years he has been in practice at Stroudsburg, and during that time he has also held several political offices, in which he has served with credit to himself and satisfaction to the public.

Mr. Staples was born November 24, 1853, and during his youth received an excellent education, graduating in June, 1874, from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn. On May 26, 1876, he was admitted to the Bar in Montrose county, and engaged in prac- tice at Stroudsburg. In May, 1885, he was ap- pointed by President Cleveland Collector of In- ternal Revenue for the Twelfth District of Penn- sylvania, and this position he held from June 8, 1885, to July 10, 1889. He then returned to his professional practice, which he continued success- fully until his appointment, in November, 1892, by Hon. Samuel Dreher, to the office of District At- torney for Monroe county. Since his retirement, on January 1, 1894, he has devoted his attention to his profession with marked success, his practice being both extensive and lucrative. On March II, 1878, Mr. Staples married Althea, daughter of Jerome S. Williams, and their union has been biessed with four children, viz .: Richard Somer- ville, Jane Williams, Mary Ann and Millard 'Fil- more.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 20

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