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Charles Krauss, whose name introduces this sketch, has always resided under the parental roof, and he acquired his education in the public schools of Hawley. At the early age of nine years he com- menced driving a horse on the canal, and was thus employed for three seasons, after which he worked at the painter's trade with his father until the latter's death. For the following two and a half years he was employed in the Erie car shops at Hawley, re- pairing cars, and was then fireman on an engine for eight and a half years. Being promoted to en- gineer, he has since served the company in that capacity with credit to himself and to their entire satisfaction. Fraternally he is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, at Dunmore, Penn., the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, at Port Jervis, N. Y., and the Blue Lodge, F. & A. M., at Hawley, while religiously he is connected with the German Lutheran Church ; politically he is identified with the Republican party. He is a
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worthy representative of one of the most highly re- spected families of Hawley, and is quite popular with a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
NEWELL W. BARNUM. As color-bearer to Gen. Sheridan the subject of this sketch, a promi- bei farmer of Apolacon townshun. Susquehanna county, closed a war history that may probably be called brilliant. He was a member of the gallant 5th New York Cavalry, which saw very active service. Ile was wounded, taken prisoner and re-enlisted, serving for over four years, to the close of the war. Hle is a descendant of the Barnum family of Con- nectiont, of which the famous showman, P. T. Bar- 11110, was a representative.
David Barnum, the grandfather of our subject, was of English extraction, and resided in Litchfield county, Conn. There John Barnum, the father of our subject, was born in 1809. When a young man he migrated to Warren, Bradford Co., Penn., where he married Jane Wilson, a native of St. Lawrence, Quebec, daughter of Samuel and Jane ( Butler ) Wil- son, who were natives of Vermont. A few years later, in 1842, he settled in Middletown township, Susquehanna county, purchasing land and clearing up a farm, which he occupied until his death in 1894. surviving for many years his first wife, who had passed away in 1857. John Barnum was an Old-line Whig and a Republican. and held many offices dur- ing his residence at Middletown. He and his wife were consistent members of the Baptist Church. In later life he married Mrs. Hannah M. (Wilson) Dimon, a sister of his first wife, by which union there were no children. By his first wife he had seven children, as follows: ( I) Melissa, born in Bradford county, married Hial Heath, who enlisted in Company H, 143rd P. V. I., and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, leaving three children-Chloe, wife of Frank Tinglepaugh, of Olean, N. Y .: William, of Pultenev. N. Y. : and Jennie, wife of Peter Turboss, of Hall- stead, Penn. Mrs. Heath later married Elias Wilbur of Binghamton, Broome Co., N. Y., by whom she has four children-Scott, Leroy ( who was a soldier in the war with Spain in 1899 as a member of the Ist New York Regiment), Alden, and Amy. (2) Newell W. is our subject. (3) Margaret, born in Middletown in 1839, died on the homestead when a young woman. (4) Ransom J., born in 1841, married Miss Lodema Diamond, and now resides on the old homestead. Of his four children, Frank, the second child, died when a boy; Etta is the wife of Egbert Green, of Binghamton, N. Y .; Lydia married Ora Terboss, of Lestershire, Broome Co., N. Y. ; and Nettie is a resident of that village. (5) Henry, born in 1843, enlisted in Company H, 143rd P. V. I., and was fatally wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, dying July 13, 1863. (6) Amelia, born in Middle- town in 1846, married Lucius Dimond, and resides in Jefferson, Greene Co., Iowa. He las two children, Luella (wife of Fred Anderson) and John, both residents of Jefferson, Iowa. (7) Alice, born in
1848, married Chester Wilson, a merchant of Mid- land, Mich., and has three children, Maggie (wife of James Abbott, of Midland, Mich. ) ; and May and Scott, who live with their parents.
Newell W. Barnum was born in Warren, Brad- ford county, April 23, 1837, and was educated in the district schools of Middletown. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, 5th New York Cavalry, under Capt. A. H. Krom and Col. O. De Forest. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and served under Gens. Custer, Kilpatrick and Phil Sheridan. Their first engagement was at Strasburg and Cedar Creek, in 1862. Our subject's subsequent service was as follows. At Front Royal, May 23, 1862; Newtown, May 24; Winchester, May 25; Orange Court House, August 2; Cedar Mountain, August 9; went to Hospital August II, was taken prisoner on the 17th sent to Libby, paroled and sent to Fort Delaware, exchanged, and joined his regi- ment February 12, 1863. He took part in the en- gagement at Hanover, June 30, 1863, was wounded in the neck by a gunshot and sent to Satterlee Hos- pital, Philadelphia. The regiment was at the battle of Gettysburg July 3; Smithburg, July 5; Hagers- town, July 6; Boonsboro, July 8; Culpeper, Septem- ber 13; James City, October 10; Brandy Station, October 11 ; Buckland Mills, October 19; Raccoon's Ford, November 26; defenses of Richmond, March, 1864; Wilderness, May 6; Millford, May 21 ; Ash- land, June 1 ; Salem Church, June 3; White Oak Swamp, June 15; Ottoway, June 25; Stone's Farm, 1864; Ream's Station, June 29; Snicker's Ferry, July 18; Kernstown, July 24 ; Kearneysville, August 25; Winchester, September 19; Cedar Creek, Octo- ber 19; Dinwiddie, March 31, 1865; Five Forks, April ; Harper's Farm, April 6; Appomattox, April 8 and 9; Waynesboro, 1865.
As above noted, our subject was taken prisoner by the Confederates at Culpeper, Va., August 17, 1862, and from August II to August 20 lay at Cul- peper, suffering from typhoid fever. He was re- moved to Libby prison, and after being confined for about three months was paroled, after exchange re- joining his regiment at Fairfax. He was wounded in the neck at Hanover, Penn., June 30, 1863, and for three months was confined in the hospital at Philadelphia. In March, 1863, he was promoted to corporal and to sergeant in 1864. In January, 1864, he re-enlisted, and after the capture of Earley's com- mand in that year he became Gen. Sheridan's color- bearer, continuing in that capacity to the close of the war. He was discharged July 19, 1865.
Mr. Barnum had owned some real estate in Middletown prior to the Civil war. Returning to his old home he was married March 13, 1866, to Miss Elvira Galutia, who was born in Middletown in 1843, daughter of Corentine and Nancy (Camp) Galutia. Her father was born in Litchfield county, Conn., in 1807, and when a young man moved to Middletown township, where he married Nancy Camp, who was born in Middletown township in 1809, daughter of Albert Camp, one of the earliest settlers in that
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township. Corentine Galutia settled on a tract of land in Middletown which he cleared. To himself and wife were born five children, namely: Esther, who married John Buxton, of Middletown; Edwin, who married Matilda Diamond, and resides in Mid- dletown ; Elvira, wife of our subject; Edith, wife of Andrew Wood, of Towanda, Penn., and Nancy, who died in early womanhood. The mother died in 1851, and for his second wife Corentine Galutia married Lucinda Whitaker, of Bradford county, by whom he had three children : Edgar, a resident of Bradford county ; Frank, of Springville, Susquehanna county ; and Effie, wife of George Baxter, of Springville. Mr. Galutia was an active Republican in politics. He died in 1884.
After marriage our subject settled on his farm in Middletown township, where he remained until 1877, in that year purchasing wild land in Apola- con township, near the Middletown line, where he cleared up a farm, erected good buildings and made many notable improvements. His place is one of the well-cultivated farms of Apolacon township. He erected a saw mill on his farm, and for a number of years engaged in the manufacture of lumber. To himself and wife were born seven children, of whom six survive. They are as follows: Nancy, born in August, 1868, married George Philips, a farmer of Middletown, and has two children, Clifford and Nina ; Jesse, born in April, 1870, resides on the old home farm ; Lucy, born in July, 1872, married Will- iam Boutell, a machinist of Rochester, N. Y. ; John, born in June, 1874, died in July, 1875 ; Carrie, born in August, 1878, married Claude Wilmot, now of Rome, Bradford county; Sylvester, born in June, 1881, resides at home ; Guy, born in November, 1883, is a student, at home.
Politically our subject is a Republican, and has served his township for a number of years as school director. In religious faith he is a Protestant, and is a liberal supporter of Church work. He is a mem- ber of Spaulding Post No. 33, G. A. R., of Bradford. For his gallant service in the army he has the high respect of all, but he has perhaps no less won the re- gard of his many friends by the sterling traits of industry, thrift and public spirit which have marked his almost life-long residence in Susquehanna county.
JOHN N. EDWARDS, a well-known and popular citizen of Canaan township, Wayne county, has for the past six years engaged in agricultural pursuits upon his present fine farm with good re- sults. The place, with its substantial buildings, and its general air of thrift and comfort, forms one of the most attractive spots in the landscape of the township.
Mr. Edwards is a native of Wayne county, born in Salem township, August 6, 1861, a son of George W. and Eudora (Snyder) Edwards, who were born, reared and married in Luzerne county, Penn., whence they came to Wayne county in 1859. The mother, who was born in 1837, died in September,
1891, and was laid to rest in the burying-ground on the old homestead in Salem township. The father, who was born in January, 1834, is still living, and is now engaged in farming in Lake township, Wayne county. Their children were Sarah E., de- ceased wife of F. A. Abbey, a farmer of Salem town- ship ; Margaret E., wife of Conrad Swingle, a farm- er of Lake township ; John N., the subject of this re- view ; Rachel C., wife of W. F. Knapp, a locomotive fireman of Port Jervis, N. Y .; Levi M .; Miles S. : Milton M .; Archie C., deceased; Edward P., who resides with John N .; and Olin E., at home. The paternal grandparents of our subject, Thomas J. and Eliza (Carter) Edwards, were natives of Rhode Isl- and, and were early settlers of Wayne county, mak- ing their home on a farm in Salem township until called from this life. The maternal grandparents, Richard and Ann M. (West) Snyder, were also pioneers of Wayne county.
During his boyhood and youth John N. Ed- wards assisted in the labors of the home farm, and acquired a good practical education in the local schools. On attaining his majority he began teach- ing, and for three terms successfully followed that profession, in the meantime also canvassing for books. In the winter of 1887-8 he clerked in the grocery store of C. A. Cortright & Son, at Hones- dale, subsequently worked at the carpenter's trade in Scranton, and then engaged in farming for his brother-in-law until a year and six months after his marriage. For a year and three months he then, in ·partnership with his brother-in-law, P. E. Swingle, conducted a store at South Canaan, and in April, 1892, removed to his present farm in Canaan town- ship, where he has since successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is a thorough and syste- matic farmer, and a business man of more than or- dinary ability. Politically he is not identified with any party, but votes for the man whom he believes best qualified to fill the office.
On June 6, 1889, in Canarsie, Long Island, Mr. Edwards was married to Miss Margaret S. Swingle, by Rev. I. B. Brown, a Methodist Protestant minis- ter, and to them have been born two children: Beu- lah May and Arden Franklin. Mrs. Edwards was born in South Canaan township, Wayne county, September 9, 1862, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Arabel (Swingle) Swingle, cousins. Benjamin Franklin Swingle was born December 16, 1841, in South Canaan township, Wayne county, a son of Moses Swingle, and grandson of Conrad Swingle. He remained on the home farm with his parents until twenty years of age, when he built a house on a part of the home farm, having bought the land. There he remained three years, at the end of that time mov- ing to Moosic Mountains, where he lived some five years. In November, 1873, he moved to the farm on which he now resides. Three years later he moved to South Canaan Corners and there remained eleven years, engaged as a general merchant, and during that period he served as village postmaster. In July, 1888, he sold his business and returned to the farm.
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While located at the "Corners" he was for ten years treasurer of the township, was overseer of the poor, and also collector. He is a good business man as well as a practical farmer. His farm is well improved, and its neat appearance is indicative of the care and taste of its owner.
In the fall of 1860, at South Canaan, Mr. Swingle was married to Arabel Swingle, a native of that township, born August 25, 1841, and this union has been blessed with children as follows: Alion 1 ... born June 24, 1861, died when seventeen years of age. Margaret S., now Mrs. John N. Edwards ; and Porter E., born April 23, 1870, who married Lolo Motz, and is a merchant in Utah. The mother of this family is the daughter of Michael and Margaret (Croop) Swingle, natives of Wayne and Luzerne counties, respectively, the former of whom was a farmer of South Canaan township. He went to lowa in 1865, and remained ten years, returning to South Canaan township, where he resided until his death in September, 1891, at the age of eighty years. His wife died in the year following, aged seventy- five years. Their children were: Amy Jane, Arabel, Celesta ( deceased), and Alexander, a farmer in South Dakota.
GEORGE D. LEE, deceased, was for a number of years one of the leading agriculturists and highly- esteemed citizens of Sterling township, Wayne coun- ty. lle was born in that township, January 21, 1838, a son of Simon and Mary (Clements ) Lee, the former of whom was a native of the North of Ireland, the latter of Philadelphia, Penn. Our sub- ject was one of a family of nine children, the others being: Burrows; John C .; Mary A., who has been twice married, first to a Mr. McMillan and second to a MI. Loomis ; Jackson : Harriet E., Mrs. Bortree ; Hi- ram ; Sarah J., Mrs. Perry ; and Simon C., a younger half-brother. John C. and Mrs. Loomis are the only survivors. Simon Lee, the father, had five brothers- Dawson, Thomas, George, John and James, Simon, Dawson and Thomas settling in Sterling township, Wayne county, Penn., on adjoining farms.
On reaching man's estate George D. Lee was married, at Honesdale, Penn., June 21, 1860, to Miss Abbie Jane Wilcox, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Cole, a Methodist Episcopal minister. They became the parents of four children, namely : Lefa, born March 15, 1868, is now the wife of Har- vey Dreisbach, of Binghamton, N. Y. ; Annie E., born December 2, 1872, is the wife of Harry Smith, of Salem township, Wayne Co., Penn. ; and Simon Burrows, born October 7, 1876, and Gertrude May, born January 14, 1879, are still with their mother.
Mrs. Lee was born March 20, 1843, and is a daughter of Raymond P. and Annie Elizabeth (Waymer) Wilcox. Her maternal grandparents, Edward and Phoebe (Taylor) Waymer, were natives of Orange county, N. Y., where they spent their entire lives. The former was a son of Michael and Mary ( Paramont ) Waymer, and the latter a daughter of Jonathan and Anna ( Halstead) Taylor.
Michael Waymer was a native of Germany, and on coming to the United States, at the age of nineteen years, located in Orange county, N. Y. Jonathan Taylor was born in Cornwall, England, and he, too, became a resident of Orange county on his emigra- tion to the New World.
Mrs. Annie E. Wilcox, the mother of Mrs. Lee, was born August 10, 1810, in Monroe township, Orange Co., N. Y., and is the only one now living of a family of six children. The others were Mary, wife of John Brundage, of Orange county ; Annie, who died at the age of eight years; Abigail, wife of S. Birdsell, of Orange county ; Margaret, who mar- ried Leonard Conklin, of Susquehanna county, Penn., and died in Salem township, Wayne county ; and Jonathan, who made his home in Michigan. At the age of two years Mrs. Wilcox removed with her parents to Susquehanna county, Penn., where she grew to womanhood and was married, September 2, 1831, to Raymond P. Wilcox, a son of. Thomas Haz- ard and Hannah (Hoxie) Wilcox. Eight children blessed this union: Byron, born June 10, 1839, who is married, and has seven children, is engaged in farming in Nebraska; Hannah P., born March 13, 1841, married John Kellium and lived in Salem township, Wayne county, where she died; Mrs. Lee is the next of the family ; Clarissa Ruth, born April I, 1845, is the wife of Edward Grimer, of Peckville, Penn .; Lucy M., born December 25, 1847, is the widow of Oliver Osborne, of Arlington, Penn .; Emelia, born January 19, 1849, died September 27, 1865 ; Ada Maranda, born September 20, 1850, is the wife of Davis A. Locklin, a farmer and lumberman of Hemlock Hollow, Paupack township, Wayne county ; and Joseph Edwin died in infancy. The mother of these children is still living at the age of over eighty-eight years, and possesses a most re- markable memory. She finds a pleasant home with her daughter, Mrs. Lee.
Mr. Lee departed this life December 14, 1888, honored and respected by all who knew him. In Sterling township he filled the offices of school di- rector, tax collector and constable, and in all the re- lations of life was found true and faithful to every trust reposed in him. He was an ardent Republican in politics, and with that party his son also affiliates. With the assistance of the latter, Mrs. Lee continues to operate her farm, and from appearances it would seem that the same had especially good care. She and her family occupy a position of prominence in the social circles of the community.
MAJOR WALTER A. WOOD. Doubtless many of our readers, in tracing their ancestral lines to the point where uncertain tradition brings their researches to an early and unsatisfactory close, have realized the value to future generations of this at- tempt to preserve in substantial form the information yet obtainable concerning the genealogies of our citi- zens, together with such accounts of the men of to- day as will serve to continue the record for pos- terity's use.
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In the case of the subject of this biography, a well-known resident of Honesdale, Wayne county, the line of descent is traced through five generations to I. Jesse Wood, a native of England, who was born in 1742, and in early manhood came to America with his brothers. He located first on Long Island, and later removed to Dutchess county, N. Y., while his last years were spent in Greene county, N. Y. By occupation he was a merchant, and as a public- spirited citizen he took an active part in the affairs" of the communities in which he resided, serving at one time as justice of the peace. He was drowned in his sixtieth year, while boating on the Hudson river. His first wife, Abigail Young, died, leaving a large family, and he then married a Miss Oakley, and later, for his third wife, Margaret Schult.
II. Eliphalet Wood, the third child of Jesse and Abigail Wood, was born March 7, 1776, and made his home in mature years in Wayne county, Penn., dying at Prompton, March 10, 1842. In religious faith he was a Baptist, and for many years he was a leading worker in the Church near his home, serv- ing as elder during a long period. He married Thyrza Babcock, and they had twelve children, among whom was a son, Jesse E.
III. Jesse E. Wood, our subject's grandfather, was born Nevember 24, 1802, and died June 23, 1889. He was married in Dutchess county, N. Y., to Miss Jane Louise Allen, a grandniece of Col. Ethan Allen, of Vermont, of Revolutionary fame. She was born January 15, 1810, and died August 4, 1871. They had twelve children.
IV. Benjamin Lapham Wood, the father of our subject, was born October 19, 1832, and re- mained in Dutchess county, N. Y., until 1841, when he located in Honesdale; his death occurred May 15, 1892, at Orange, N. J. He was a man of excellent character, and for many years was a prominent member of the Baptist Church at Hones- dale. On November 7, 1861, he married Miss Me- lissa M. Porter, who was born October 12, 1840, at Pleasant Valley, N. J., daughter of Alexander and Maria Jane (Stuart or Stewart) Porter. Her father, born in 1802, died March 17, 1864, at Pleas- ant Valley ; her mother, born in 1814, at Branchville, N. J., died in September, 1847, at Pleasant Valley. Mrs. Wood is still living, at the age of sixty years. Four children blessed this union, viz .: Lizzie Por- ter, born September 8, 1863, who was married June 13, 1888, to Thomas B. Clark, of Meriden, Conn .; Walter Alexander, born December 1I, 1864; Ala- phare Stuart, born July 4, 1869, who died July 12, 1874 ; and Florence Stuart, born January 7, 1871.
V. Major Wood was born in Honesdale, and during boyhood he attended the schools of that city, graduating in. 1880. He then took a course in a business college, and on leaving that institution he engaged in the manufacture of cut glass, in partner- ship with T. B. Clark. He has now been connected with that line of business for thirteen years, and his constantly growing trade shows his energy and judgment. Notwithstanding the cares of business
he finds time for helpful participation in local affairs, and he is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1886 he joined the Pennsylvania National Guard, en- listing in Company E, 12th Regiment, and he filled all the offices connected therewith, up to and includ- ing that of captain, which he neld at the breaking out of the Spanish-American war, when his entire regiment enlisted as the 13th Pennsylvania Volun- teers. On May 5, 1898, he was commissioned major, and he served with the regiment until its muster-out, March II, 1899, at Augusta, Ga.
On February 20, 1890, our subject was married, at Paget, Bermuda Islands, to Miss Mary Butler Holmes, and three children have brightened their home: Janet Holmes, Walter A., Jr., and Mary Daisy. Mrs. Wood was born October 20, 1864, daughter of Myron A. and Magdelina (Reichard) Holmes, who were married October 30, 1861, and lived at Wilkes Barre, Penn. The father, born Jan- uary 22, 1833, died April 18, 1889, was a son of Frederick and Mary ( Butler) Holmes, residents of Binghamton, N. Y. The mother's parents, John and Wilhelmina (Schroeder) Reichard, were natives of Germany, and settled in Wilkes Barre.
SIMON RICHARD EVANS. Everywhere in our land are found men who have worked their own way from humble beginnings to leadership in commerce, the great productive industries and the management of financial affairs, and it is one of the glories of our nation that it is so. Among the self- made men of Wayne county is the subject of this sketch, a general merchant of Hawley, and a man respected and esteemed wherever known, and most of all where he is best known.
Mr. Evans was born at Liverpool, England, March 9, 1841, a son of Richard and Maria (Hazel- ton) Evans, natives of England and Ireland, re- spectively, the former being of Welsh and English and the latter of Scotch and English descent. Rich- ard Evans, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Wales. He was a stair-builder by occu- pation, and being of a roving disposition worked in a number of cities in the British Isles. He came to America, and followed his trade at Pittsburg, Penn., for a time, but finally returned to England. The maternal grandfather, Simon Hazelton, was born in England, and when quite young removed with his parents to the vicinity of Belfast, Ireland, where they went to engage in the linen business. He studied law, was admitted to the Bar, and practiced as an attorney. He never came to America.
The parents of our subject became acquainted in England, were married there in 1836, and resided in the city of Liverpool until 1841, when they crossed the Atlantic, taking up their residence in Sterling township, Wayne Co., Penn. Later they located in Salem township, where the father, who was a carpenter by trade, engaged in the undertak- ing business. He most creditably served in one or two local offices in Wayne county. He was a man of quiet, unassuming disposition, was a strict and
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faithful member of the Episcopal Church, and also a member of Amphyction Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Salon. In 1868 he removed to Scranton, Penn., and he died at Hyde Park ( a suburb of that city) in IS79, aged seventy-one years, his wife in 1889, aged seventy-one. Their remains were brought back to Salem Corners, Wayne county, for interment. Of their children, Anna is the wife of Joseph Nash, a re- tired tinsmith, of Scranton; Mary died in infancy ; Simon Richard is next in order of birth; Emma C. is the wife of Charles Fritz, a railroad engineer of Trinidad, Colo .; Walter S. is a carpenter of Hyde Park, Penn. ; Edwin HI. is foreman of a breaker for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., at Scranton; and Fielding F. died in infancy.
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