Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 210

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Arthur H. Ayres received his education in the common schools and at Kingston (Penn.) Acad- emy, and on leaving home, at the age of twenty-one, went to New York City, where he was engaged in the grocery business for three years. He then re- turned to Dundaff, bought, rebuilt, and conducted the "Dundaff House" for twenty-eight years as a summer resort, after which he sold the place and removed to the old homestead, which he has since carried on with marked success. Mr. Ayres was the first to introduce guests from the cities of New York and Philadelphia, his venture proving a com- plete success. In his political views our subject is a Democrat, and he has ever taken an active and promi- nent part in public affairs, having served as school

director fifteen years, as a member of the town council for the past thirty years, and as overseer of the poor at the present time. The family is one of prominence in the various communities where its members reside.

In 1860, at Clifford, Penn., Mr. Ayres was united in marriage with Miss Angeline Coil, and they have one son, William H., who married Emma Smith, and is now a bookkeeper in New York City. He is a graduate of Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mrs. Ayres is a prominent member of the Episcopal Church at Dundaff, in the work of which Society she takes an active part. She was born in Clifford, February 14, 1829, daughter of James and Amy (Stevens) Coil, the former a native of Clifford township, Susquehanna county, the latter of Wyoming county, Penn. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, and a man of prominence in his community, died in his native township in 1849, at the age of sixty years, and the mother died while on a visit to her son in Spring Brook, Penn., in 1851, at the age of hfty-two; both were buried in Dundaff cemetery. Mr. Coil served as captain of a company in the State militia of Pennsylvania. In their family were the following children: Polly, who died young; Charles, a re- tired farmer of Grenola, Kans .; James, deceased ; Angeline, wife of our subject; Woodbury, a retired citizen of Forest City, Penn .; Emaline, wife of Warren Warner, a wagon maker of Scranton; Ebenezer, who died young; Rachel, deceased wife of Harvey Stevenson; Edwin, who has never been heard from since going to California; and Martha, deceased wife of Adelbert Reynolds. Mrs. Ayres' paternal grandparents, James and Margaret Coil. were natives of Ireland and Philadelphia, respect- ively, and were married in the "Quaker City." The grandfather was the son of a wealthy gentleman of Ireland, but was compelled to leave home on ac- count of an article he had written about the sover- eign. Emigrating to America, he took up his resi- dence in Clifford township, Susquehanna county, at an early day, became quite wealthy and prominent, and at one time owned Crystal Lake and most of Dundaff. Mrs. Ayres' maternal grandparents were Ebenezer and Rachel (Squirrel) Stevens, of Wy- oming county, Penn., the former of whom was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and afterward drew a pension from the government.

BENJAMIN J. EDWARDS, a brother-in-law of Arthur H. Ayres, was born in Binghamton. N. Y., and was engaged in the paint and glass business in New York City for fifteen years. Later he con- ducted a grocery store at Wilkes Barre, Penn., for two years, but on account of failing health was obliged to give up business, and in 1865 came to Dundaff, where he died August 19, 1867, at the age of forty-two years and five months, honored and re- spected by all who knew him. His remains were in- terred in the Ayres family burial plot at Dundaff. On August 11, 1853, at Crystal Lake, Clifford town- ship, he married Miss Margaret J. Ayres, and to

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them were born five children : Emma L., Arthur and Walter, all deceased ; Charles A., a railroad man of Saginaw, Mich .; and Benjamin J., deceased.

STUART O. LINCOLN, register and re- corder of Wayne county, is one of the best-known citizens of that county. He has been a lifelong resi- dent of the community which he is now ably serving in an official capacity, and it is the untarnished rec- ord of a life well spent that is adding yearly to the popular esteem in which he is held.

Previous to 1690 there came from England three brothers by the name of Lincoln, who settled in Hingham (south side of Boston Harbor), Mass. After remaining there for a short time a part of one of the families removed to Taunton, Mass., from which place Samuel Lincoln went to Windham, Conn. On June 2, 1692, Samuel Lincoln married Eliza Jacobs, and their children were: Samuel (2), Jacob, Marcy, Thomas, Jonah, Nathaniel and Eliza- beth. Samuel Lincoln (2) was married, in 1723, to Ruth Huntington, by whom he became the father of Samuel (3), John and Nathaniel. John Lin- coln, who was born July 28, 1726, and died in 1810, was twice married. By his first wife, Rebecca, he had two children, John and Eleazer. For his sec- ond wife John Lincoln married Anna Stowel, and their children were Anna, Eleazer, Jonah and Je- rusha, twins, and Oliver.

Jonah Lincoln, the grandfather of our subject, was born in 1760, and on reaching man's estate married Lucy Webb, by whom he became the father of ten children: James and Dan, Stowel, John, Ralph, Elisha, Lucy, Marcia, Albert and Burr.

John Lincoln, fourth son in the family of Jonah and Lucy ( Webb) Lincoln, was born in Windham, Conn., February 17, 1790, and received a good com- mon-school education, which was supplemented by the wide range of reading he pursued all his life. When a young man he worked at the printer's trade in Hartford, Conn., after which his principal occupation was farming. In 1817 he removed to Pennsylvania, locating in Lebanon township (then a part of Damascus township), Wayne county. This was just after the cold summer of 1816, when all crops were a failure, and potatoes were so scarce as to be almost unobtainable. Mr. Lincoln succeeded in procuring one bushel, but only with the express understanding that they were to be used for seed. In politics he was a Democrat, tried and true, and very zealous in the interests of his party. For many years he served as justice of the peace, having first been appointed by the governor, and for three years he held the office of county auditor. He was a man of strong convictions, and did not hesitate to ex- press them. When once he had his mind made up, it was difficult to convince him otherwise. On March 19, 1812, he was married to Millany Hunt- ington, and their children were: John, who died in Morrisville, Penn. ; Steadman, a resident of Han- cock, N. Y .; Giles H., who died at Deposit, N. Y .;

Sarah, who married David Lindsay, and died leaving one son, David Lindsay, now a resident of Wilmington, Del .; Lucy, widow of H. Wright ; Emily E., who married George Baker, and died several years ago; and Stuart O. The father of this family was a Universalist in his religious views, but, believing in the beneficent influence of the Christian religion in general, lent his support to all denominations. The school found in him a willing advocate for better facilities, and he gave to all his children as good an education as the county af- forded. He died December 6, 1867, followed to the grave some four years later by his devoted wife.

Stuart O. Lincoln was born January 27, 1838, and in his boyhood days attended the district school and also the Prompton school. He was apt and quick in learning, and when but seventeen years of age began teaching, continuing his first school for four months at a salary of fifteen dollars a month. He followed his profession in connection with farming until 1861, when he answered the call of the country, enlisting on August 3, of that year, in Company F, 50th New York Corps of Engineers. The regiment became a part of the Army of the Potomac; its duty was not to fight, but to build the bridges and breastworks, forts and roads, and was many times exposed to the enemy's fire. Mr. Lin- coln entered the service as a private, but his effi- cient services soon won for him promotion to cor- poral. During his three-years' service he was away from his regiment but two months, during which time he was suffering with fever. At Fredericks- burg, on December 11, 1862, the company lost sev- enteen men killed and wounded, and at Deep Run, Va., in 1863, it lost six men. Mr. Lincoln was granted an honorable discharge September 20, 1864.

Returning to Wayne county, Mr. Lincoln again engaged in his old pursuits, farming and school teaching. His standing is attested by the fact that he received the first permanent certificate granted in Wayne county. Prominent as he was in intel- lectual and social advancement, he was frequently called upon to serve in local offices of trust and re- sponsibility, and for twenty-eight years was clerk of Lebanon township, besides filling many other offices. In 1893 he became the regular nomi- nee of the Republican party in Wayne county for register and recorder, and was elected to that office by a majority of sixteen. In 1896 he was re-elected by a majority of 1,174, and this, too, in a county that up to this time had been Democratic.

In 1866 Mr. Lincoln was married to Miss El- vira E. Bolkcom, who was born in Lebanon town- ship, Wayne county, May 30, 1843, a daughter of William and Eleanor W. (Nelson) Bolkcom, the former of whom was a native of Massachusetts, and the latter of German descent, her father, Richard Nelson, settling on the Dyberry, two miles above where Honesdale now is, in 1798. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln have one child, Emma, now the wife of Otto Pethrick, by whom she has one child, Lena. Mr. Lincoln is a man of sterling integrity, popular

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among a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, devoted to the good of his county, and one of its most representative citizens. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and socially he is a member of the Grange, of Post No. 198, G. A. R. of Honesdale, and of Blue Lodge, No. 218, F. & A. M., of Honesdale, which lodge he joined March 9, 1865.

WILLIAM PERKIN, deceased, was for sev- eral years one of the leading and prominent farmers of Berlin township, Wayne county. Like many of the best citizens of this locality, he was a native of England, born in Cornwall, in 1845, a son of John and Elizabeth Perkin. In 1873 the family crossed the Atlantic, and after about a year spent in Canada came to Pennsylvania, locating in Berlin township, Wayne county, where the father purchased the Cartwright farm. There he made his home for a few years, and the mother died upon that place in 1877, leaving a family of three children. John, the eldest, is married and resides in Berlin. Mary, who died in 1899, came with her parents to Wayne coun- ty: she was married, in Devonshire, England, to Richard P. Warring, also a native of England, who still resides upon his farm in Berlin township. William completes the family. For his second wife the father married Mrs. Elizabeth Robins, of Beach Lake, where he died.

In his native land Mr. Perkin, of this review, grew to manhood, and in 1869 he married Miss Ann Parken, of Cornwall, England, who was born in 1844, a daughter of Joseph and Charlotte Parken. She was one of a family of fourteen children, all of whom remained in England with the exception of herself ; Nicholas, a resident of Washington county, Kans. ; and William, who was killed in the mines at Cold Springs, Cal., when a young man. In 1873 Mr. Perkin accompanied his father on his emigra- tion to America, and lived upon the old homestead in Berlin township until his death, which occurred June 19, 1884. In his political affiliations he was a Democrat. He was a worthy representative of one of the leading English families of Berlin town- ship, who have borne so important a part in the de- velopment and prosperity of Wayne county. Thrifty and energetic people, they have secured good homes for themselves and families, and by their sterling worth and integrity have commanded the respect and esteem of the entire community. Mr. Perkin was one of the best of these worthy citizens, and in his death the township realized that it had lost one of its most valued and useful members.

Mr. Perkin left a widow and six children, who are still honored residents of Wayne county. (I) William W., born in Cornwall, England, in 1870, was educated in the public schools of Berlin, and married Mrs. Adelaide Oliver, of Beach Lake, where they make their home. (2) Elizabeth A., born in Cornwall, in 1872, received a good common- school education in the town of Berlin, and in Octo- ber, 1897, married William J. P. Warwick, who was

born in Devonshire, England, in 1869, a son of John and Charlotte Warwick, of that country. Mr. War- wick was principally educated in Rochester, N. Y., where he engaged in clerking in a wholesale store for several years, but in 1890 he came to Berlin, and he and his wife now live with Mrs. Perkin on the old homestead. (3) Charlotte, born in Canada, in 1874, came with her parents to Wayne county, and like the other members of the family was edu- cated in the public schools. She is at home with her mother. (4) Emma J. and (5) Edith E. were both born on the present homestead of the family, in Berlin township, the former in 1877, the latter in 1879, and are still under the parental roof. (6) Joseph J., born in 1883, died in 1890.

LUCIEN O. MUMFORD, a leading agricult- urist of Dyberry township, Wayne county, is a worthy representative of one of the oldest as well as one of the most distinguished and honored families of that county. His great-grandfather, Jonah Mumford, the first of whom we have any authentic record, was a native of England, and at an early day came to the United States, locating first in Rhode Island. As early as 1792, however, he became a resident of what is now Mt. Pleasant township, Wayne county, Penn., when this section of the State was a vast wilderness, inhabited principally by In- dians and wild animals. He was joined by his family the following year, among the number being his son Thomas, who was married here, and became the father of H. K. Mumford, born in August, 1809.

Throughout life H. K. Mumford (our subject's father) was closely identified with the upbuilding and prosperity of Wayne county. He was a lum- berman and farmer by occupation, and also took contracts for constructing turnpike roads. His death occurred January 24, 1882, in Dyberry town- ship, where he had lived for over thirty years. He married Maria Wheeler, daughter of Royal and Ma- tilda (Moore) Wheeler, who were residents of Delaware county, N. Y., though originally from Connecticut. The other members of the Wheeler family were Earl, now deceased, who was an attor- ney of Honesdale, Wayne county ; and Ethelinda, who married and lived in Cedar county, Iowa, where she died in 1896. To Mr. and Mrs. Mumford were born five children, namely: James Royal and De- uane, both deceased ; Lucinda, wife of Isaac Kater, a Methodist minister, now located at Victor, Colo .; Lucien O., the subject of this sketch; and Mary Sophia, wife of Robert B. Millwee, of Hornsby, Texas.

Lucien O. Mumford was born in Mt. Pleasant township, July 1, 1845, and at the age of seven years accompanied his parents on their removal to Dy- berry township, where he grew to manhood. His education, begun in the common schools near his home, was completed at the more advanced institu- tions of learning in New York and Pennsylvania. At the age of twenty-one he took charge of the

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homestead, and successfully operated it for several years.

On October 11, 1876, Mr. Mumford was united in marriage with Miss Daphne L. Hubbard, at Dy- berry, Rev. E. O. Ward performing the ceremony. She was born August 13, 1855, a daughter of Fred- erick and Elizabeth ( Brown) Hubbard. Her father was born at Amenia, N. Y., September 1, 1826, and when between two and three years of age was brought by his parents to Dyberry, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying there February 28, 1875. His wife was a native of Wayne county, born in Lebanon township, February 20, 1830, and they were married at Bethany, October 18, 1854, Rev. E. O. Ward also officiating at this marriage. Mrs. Hubbard's father was a native of Connecticut, and served as a soldier in the war of 1812 when under eighteen years of age. On attaining his ma- jority he came to Wayne county. Mrs. Mumford is the elder of two children, the other being Lillie Anna, who was born December 5, 1858, and is now the wife of F. J. Wall, of Damascus township, Wayne county. One child blessed the union of our subject and his wife, namely: Winfred H., who was born September 18, 1877, and is now attending school in Dyberry township.

Politically Mr. Mumford has always been identified with the Republican party since casting his first vote, but he is not an aspirant for public favor, though he has from time to time accepted local offices, such as collector, assessor and school di- rector. He and his family are devout members of the Presbyterian Church of Bethany, and wherever known are held in high regard.

ABEL ENSLIN, one of the most prominent. industrious and prosperous agriculturists of Wayne county, is deserving of more than passing notice in the pages of this volume.

A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Enslin was born March 22, 1838, on the old family homestead in what is now South Canaan township, a son of George and Sarah ( Swingle) Enslin. Susan Ens- lin, sister of George, married Jacob Shaffer, for- merly of Canaan township, but both are now de- ceased. On November 20, 1860, Abel Enslin was married, at Washington, D. C., by Rev. B. F. Bit- tinger, a Presbyterian minister, to Miss Mary A. Springer, who was born July 6, 1842, in Canaan township, Wayne Co., Penn., a daughter of Moses and Susannah ( Shaffer) Springer, natives of Mont- gomery county and South Canaan township, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, respectively. One child came to this union: George E., born January 1, 1868, who died October 6, 1869. Mrs. Enslin's father

was farmer in his younger days, later following milling. He died in 1865, at the age of sixty-two years; his wife passed away January 9, 1891, aged eighty-five years, and they were interred in the East cemetery. Their children were as follows: Mary A., wife of our subject ; and Jacob, born July 2, 1848, who |

died at the age of six months. The mother of these was twice married, first time to Jacob Swingle, by whom she had four children: Chauncey, a retired farmer of Canaan township; Frederick, a resident of Hawley, Penn .; Francis, living retired in Canaan township; and Rebecca, who married Elmer Enslin, of South Canaan township.

Jacob and Susannah ( Miller) Springer, pater- nal grandparents of Mrs. Abel Enslin, were highly respected farming people of Montgomery county, Penn. Their family of children was as follows: Elias, Levi, Moses (father of Mrs. Enslin), Mary A. (wife of Louden Stone), and Elizabeth ( wife of Jacob Schellenberger), all now deceased. A record of her maternal grandparents Shaffer will be found in the sketch of Joseph Shaffer, elsewhere.

Abel Enslin, whose name introduces these lines, received a liberal education at the schools of his native place, and remained at home with his parents till he was twenty-one, when he commenced farming and peeling bark during summers, and in the winter time followed lumbering as a jobber. In 1860 he went to Fairfax county, Va., where he worked for Moses Springer ( his father-in-law) at farming and clearing from October, that year, until May, 1861, when, owing to the breaking out of the war, he returned to Wayne county. He worked the old homestead on shares for a few months, after which he rented a house from John McIntosh, in Canaan township, and labored at any- thing he could find to do until the spring of 1862. At that time he purchased thirteen acres of land in South Canaan township, where he farmed a few years, subsequently going to work for the L. A. Robinson Tannery Co .; but in two or three years' time he left that employ and bought and cleared a farm in Lake township, where he remained about twenty-two years. In 1893, after selling the first farm, he bought his present one of 125 acres, then a rough tract (now included in Lake township), which he cleared and improved, adding fine build- ings fully equipped with all the modern improve- ments. For some fifteen years he also engaged in stone quarrying.

Mr. and Mrs. Enslin are members of the Evan- gelical Church ; in politics he is a Democrat, and he is justly recognized as one of the leading citizens of his part of the county, respected by all.

ELBERT O. ALLEN is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits upon the old home farm in Scott township, Wayne county, where he was born July 7, 1861, a son of Abram Allen, a soldier of the Civil war, whose birth occurred in Otsego county, New York, May 26, 1820. The paternal grand- father, Justin Allen, also devoted some time to mili- tary service, being a member of the United States army in the war of 1812. He married a Miss Russ, and both died in New York State.

In the county of his nativity Abram Allen was reared and educated. He first married Sarah Millos, also a native of New York, and to them were

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born four children, namely: Paul, Charles W., Ann Eliza and Catherine. For his second wife he wed- ded Samantha Hufteln, by whom he had two sons, Norman and Melvin, and after her death he married Rhoda Haynes, who was born at Mt. Pleasant, and was reared and educated in Wayne county, Penn. Her father, Roger Haynes, was born on the Dela- ware river, near Indian Orchard, Wayne county, son of Benjamin Haynes, a native of New Jersey, who was a noted Indian fighter, and was also a sol- dier during the Revolutionary war. Roger Haynes married Anna Cramer, a native of Honesdale, Wayne county, and they became the parents of eight children, as follows: Levi, Rhoda, Elisha, Jesse, Mrs. Anna Marie Hufteln, Matilda, George and Charles. The father of these children died at the age of seventy-four, the mother at the age of sixty-nine years. Both were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Abram Allen continued to successfully engage in farming upon the old homestead, where his son Elbert O. is now living, until the outbreak of the Civil war, when, in 1861, he enlisted in Company A, 56th P. V. I. During his service he received injuries from which he never recovered, and which caused total blind- ness before his death ; the government gave him a good pension. His comrades say of him that he was a brave and gallant soldier on the field of bat- tle, never flinching from danger, and as a citizen he was equally true to every trust reposed in him. He died December 19, 1894, leaving a widow and four children: Elbert O., Margaret Jane, Thorn and Arthur.

The public schools near his home afforded our subject good educational privileges, and his busi- ness training was obtained upon the home farm. He is a thorough and systematic agriculturist, now engaged in general farming and dairying, and is meeting with a well-deserved success in his under- takings. His fields are under 'excellent cultivation, and upon his place is a comfortable residence and convenient outbuildings.

Mr. Allen married Miss Edna La Barr, a native of Preston township, Wayne county, and a daughter of Frederick and Chloe (Littell) La Bar, she being the eldest of their seven children; the others are: Cora. Nettie, Glenn, Emma, Ross and Ethel. In politics her father is a Prohibitionist. Mr. Allen gives his political support to the men and measures of the Republican party. He is a well-informed man, and is an earnest advocate of all movements which he believes will advance the cause of educa- tion, religion and temperance.

SAMUEL FOUND, a well-known carpenter and farmer residing in Prompton, Wayne county, is a native of England, born in Cornwall, January 30, 1832. and is a son of John and Mary ( Herd ) Found, who never left that country. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died in 1842, aged fifty years; the mother passed away about thirty years later. Both were worthy members of the 57

Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their children, William died in England ; Mary died in that country during childhood; John died in Austria; Thomas died in England; Samuel is next in order of birth ; Nathan died in England ; Ann died in England; and Daniel is still a resident of that country. The ma- ternal grandfather of our subject, Thomas Herd, spent his entire life in England.

After his father's death Samuel Found re- mained with his mother until seventeen years of age, when he emigrated to the New World in com- pany with Thomas Brown, locating in Bethany, Wayne Co., Penn., whence he removed to Hones- dale a year later. With Mr. Brown he served a three-years' apprenticeship to the millwright's trade, and then went to New York City, where he worked at carpentering for two and a half years. He mani- fested his loyalty to his adopted country by enlist- ing, May 9, 1861, in the British Volunteers, and a few months later joined Company K, 15th N. Y. V. I., but on arriving at Washington, D. C., was transferred to the Engineer Corps. Of the 1, 100 who were in the regiment at the beginning of the service, only 400 returned, although it was recruited several times. As a member of Capt. Sewell Sear- gant's company, Mr. Found participated in eight- een battles. His term of service having expired, he was honorably discharged in August, 1863, and returned to Honesdale, where he was employed as a millwright for the following four years. Since then he has devoted his attention to house carpen- tering, and since purchasing his present farm in 1887 he has also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 210

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