Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 211

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In Honesdale Mr. Found was married, in Oc- tober, 1865, to Miss Mary E. Bellamy, Rev. Leonard Cole, a Methodist Episcopal minister, performing the ceremony. To them were born four children, namely: Robert N., who died in 1890, at the age of twenty-three years; William S., who is clerking in Scranton, Penn. ; Mira F., who is with her par- ent's ; and Charles B., who is clerking in Seelyville, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Found was born in Honesdale, February 8, 1839, a daughter of Robert and Frances ( Spry ) Bellamy, natives of Cornwall, England, who in 1835 came to America and located near Bethany, Wayne Co., Penn. For a few years the father engaged in merchandising in Honesdale, but with that excep- tion he followed farming throughout life, spending his last years upon the present farm of our subject at Prompton. He died in September, 1880, aged seventy-four years, his wife two years later, at the age of seventy-two, and both were buried at Promp- ton. Mrs. Found was the eldest of their children, the others being Frances A., now the wife of Will- iam Penticost, a lumberman of Prompton ; Aravella, who died at the age of twenty-three years; Mar- garet M., wife of Clark Alvord, a carpenter of Car- bondale, Penn .; Charles T., agent for a condensed milk firm at Scranton, Penn .; William, who died at the age of eight years ; and Robert N., who died at the age of eleven. Mrs. Found's paternal grand-

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parents, Humphrey an1 Grace (Hick) Bellamy, were natives of Cornwall, England, and at an early clay became residents of Wayne county, Penn. Their remains were buried at Honesdale. The maternal grandparents, Richard and Frances (Webb) Spry, also emigrated from Cornwall to America and spent their last days in Wayne county. Fraternally, Mr. Found affiliates with the Grand Army Post at Honesdale, and the Farmers Alliance at Keens, and politically he is identified with the Republican party.

RANDALL WILLMOT CARR, one of the honored sons of Wayne county, and a prominent general merchant of Prompton, is pre-eminently a self-made man. He began life for himself in rather limited circumstances, but has steadily worked his way tipward, and is now the possessor of a com- fortable competence. He was born on the old Carr homestead in Canaan township, Wayne county, Feb- ruary 7, 1831, a son of Edward and Caroline ( Hud- son) Carr, whose sketch is given elsewhere in con- nection with that of our subject's brother, Judge Carr, of Waymart.

During his boyhood and youth Mr. Carr attend- ed the common schools, and assisted in the work of the home farm until sixteen years of age, when he entered the employ of the Delaware & Hudson rail- road. at first driving the horses which pulled the cars to the cable. For some time he worked at the car- penter's trade for that company, continuing with them until 1895, when he resigned his position as track foreman. In the meantime he had worked with his brother Charles in a planing-mill at Port Morris. N. Y., for one year. He is now successfully engaged in business at Prompton as a general mer- chant, having built up a profitable trade.

On March 5, 1857. in Honesdale, Wayne coun- tv. Mr. Carr was united in marriage with Miss Mar- tha Rounds, and to them were born five children, namely: Frederick, born December 3. 1857, died November 8, 1882: Herbert, born September 12, 1859. died January 6, 1865: Horace, born March 27, 1863, wedded Mary Gay, and is now a traveling salesman for Francis H. Leggett & Co., New York ; and Nellie, born December 16, 1865, and Howard, born June 21, 1868, are with their parents.

Mrs. Carr was born in Uniondale. Susquehanna Co., Penn., August 13, 1833, a daughter of Arba and Sallie ( Curtis) Rounds, natives of Rhode Island and Connecticut, respectively, who early settled in Sus- quehanna county, where the father carried on the occupation of farming throughout the remainder of his life. He died in 1867, at the age of eighty years, the mother in 1842, at the age of fifty-four years. Both were sincere and faithful members of the Pres- byterian Church. The following children blessed their union : Nathan and Alva, both deceased ; Levi, a carpenter of Huntington, Conn .; Laura, wife of Edward Dimock, both now deceased ; Lida, wife of Lucius Curtis, both deceased ; Marv, deceased wife of P. H. Stanton, a farmer of Waymart, Wayne

county ; Eliza, wife of Mortimer Williams, both de- ceased ; Israel, a farmer of Uniondale ; Zenis, also a farmer of that place; Hubble, an employe of the Gravity railroad, and a resident of Waymart; Mar- tha, the wife of our subject ; and Hannah, who died at the age of eighteen years. The father of these children was three times married.

Mr. Carr is one of the most prominent repre- sentatives of the Republican party in his com- munity, and he has been called upon to serve in nearly all the local offices in Prompton, including those of burgess and councilman. His honorable, straightforward course in life commends him to the confidence and respect of all with whom he comes in contact, and he has the friendship of the very best people of the community.

ANDREW J. TUTHILL, whose death on February 10, 1899, is still fresh in the minds of his neighbors and fellow citizens, was a leading general farmer of Canaan township, Wayne county, residing on the old Tuthill homestead, which his father pur- chased from Benjamin Muson in March, 1839, and there almost his entire life was passed.

Mr. Tuthill was born in Orange county, N. Y., October 26, 1838, a son of John B. and Fayette Tuthill, natives of Orange county, where they con- tinued to make their home until coming to Wayne county, Penn., in March, 1839. Until 1865 they lived upon the old homestead in Canaan township, and then removed to Waymart, Wayne county, where the father died March 12, 1895, aged eighty-one years, and was laid to rest in Canaan Corners ceme- tery. The mother, who was born in October, 1814, is still living, making her home in Waymart. She is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a most estimable lady. In politics the father was a Republican. Of their children, Andrew J. is the eldest ; George was killed while at work on the Gravity railroad; Jane died in infancy ; Albert R. is also deceased; and Frank is employed in a wholesale drug store in Chicago, Illinois.

Josiah Tuthill, the paternal grandfather of our subject, removed from Orange county, N. Y., to Wayne county, Penn., in 1856, and located near Pleasant Mount. He was a tailor by trade, but after coming to Pennsylvania devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits, though he lived retired for some time prior to his death in 1859, at the age of sixty-nine years. He married a Miss Brown.

From his infancy Andrew J. Tuthill lived upon the old Tuthill homestead in Canaan township, with the exception of nine months spent in Iowa. On September 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, 77th P. V. I., under Capt. Henry W. Derby, but though never wounded he was taken seriously ill, and was honorably discharged June 12, 1862. His captain would not permit him to take part in any battle on account of his health, and he never fully recov- ered ; he received a pension from the government. From the fall of 1858 until 1861 Mr. Tuthill was in the employ of the Gravity railroad, but with that

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exception his time and attention were given to gen- eral farming.

In Waymart, January 15, 1863, Mr. Tuthill was married to Miss Alice A. Sitgraves, by Rev. Israel Brundage, a Presbyterian minister. The following children blessed this union: Lizzie, born January 2, 1864, is now the wife of Monroe Maymare, a farmer of Waymart; Rena J., born November 15, 1865, is the wife of Emil Weirtz, a weaver of silk in New York City; Minnie, born December 26, 1866, died three years later; Wiliam G., born December 31, 1867, is a railroad man, living in Peckville, Penn .; Arthur, born November 2, 1869, died in infancy ; Milton T., born December 23, 1870, married Agnes Enslin, resides at the home of our subject, and is in the employ of the Gravity railroad; Mortimer E., born October 11, 1872, also a railroad man, married Mattie Weed, and lives at home; Angie M., born August 8, 1874, is at home ; Raymond R., born July 21, 1876, died in infancy ; Roy E., born March 21, 1878, died at the age of thirteen years ; and Ina E., born July 27, 1882, died May 6, 1888.

Mrs. Tuthill was born March 21, 1844, in Co- lumbia county, Penn., four miles from Berwick, a daughter of Martin H. and Sarah A. (Iddings) Sitgraves, the former a native of New Jersey, the latter of Columbia county, Penn. In 1852 they came to Wayne county, and in Canaan township made their home until 1863, when they removed to Peck- ville, thence to Pittston, thence to Corning, and thence to South Dakota, where they lived on a

farm. Both were born in 1819, and they held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Sitgraves passed away November 5, 1899. Their children were Alice, wife of our subject : Mary, wife of William R. Evans, a railroad man, living in Corning, N. Y .; George, foreman for the railroad company at Peckville, Penn. ; Frank, a railroad fireman, residing in Peckville : Elizabeth, who is with her father ; Helen, wife of Charles Bar- num, a machinist of Leeds City, N. Dak .; and Thomas, a railroad man of Peckville. Mrs. Tuthill's paternal grandparents were James and Elizabeth ( Tomer) Sitgraves, of English extraction, and her maternal grandparents were Thomas and Mary (Owens) Iddings.

In his political views Mr. Tuthill was an ardent Republican, and in 1892 he was elected, on that tick- et, tax collector of Canaan township, a position he filled with credit to himself and to the entire satis- faction of his constituents for seven years. His son Milton serving the last year of the third term.

GLEASON FAMILY. This family was estab- lished in Wayne county early in the present century, at which this time this section of the State was al- most an unbroken wilderness, most of the land being still in its primitive condition, while the settlers were widely scattered. Members of the family have since been prominently identified with its upbuilding and prosperity.

The first of whom we have any authentic ac-

count is Joseph Gleason, a native of Coventry, N. Y. His son Lyman Gleason was born in the same place, December 25, 1818, and accompanied the family on their emigration to Wayne county. He was mar- ried, at Dyberry, January 2, 1843, by Rev. Henry Curtis, to Miss Leafy S. Brooks, daughter of Homer Brooks, a native of Connecticut, and the following children blessed this union: E. Thayer, born De- cember 14, 1843, is deceased ; Lola M., born May 21, 1845, is the wife of George Faatz, of Honesdale, Wayne county ; Cemira D., born April 22, 1847, is the wife of William Sutton, of Texas township, Wayne county; Joseph A., born March 27, 1849, died January 2, 1857; Ezra L., born May 24, 1853, is mentioned below ; E. Wilson, born July 26, 1855, is a resident of Warren county, Penn., and Freelove Orvilla, born May 30, 1857, is the wife of Richard Arthur, of Lebanon township, Wayne county.

Ezra L. Gleason remained on the old homestead until twenty years of age, when he started out in life for himself, and he is now a prosperous and highly- respected farmer of Dyberry township. He was

married, May 1, 1879, by Rev. D. W. Halstead, to Miss Mary E. Johns, and to them have been born four children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Merle L., April 19, 1884; Almon E., December 18, 1890 (died November 4, 1898) ; Nel- lie P., December 4, 1893 ; and Lillian C., December 29, 1894.

Mrs. Mary E. (Johns) Gleason is a grand- daughter of Joseph Parkyn, who was born in Corn- wall, England, July 13, 1813, and was one of a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters. He was married, May 21, 1833, to Jane Brown, who was born in the same country, January 4, 1810, and had six brothers and one sister. In the year of 1833 they sailed for America, and in August arrived in Honesdale, Wayne Co., Penn., making the trip from ride-water on a canal boat. They first located in Dyberry township, but soon afterward returned to Honesdale, where their first child, William B., was born September 2. 1835. Subsequently they again took up their residence in Dyberry township, where they made their home for many years, and there their daughter Eliza J. was born, September 25, 1838. On April 19, of the following year, thev re- moved to the farm now known as the John Robert- son place, where the family remained until 1859. The mother died there August 8, 1857. Subsequent- ly Mr. Parkyn married Mrs. Sarah Lee and removed to Warren, Penn., where he died at the age of sev- enty years. His second wife survived him about two and a half years. His eldest son, William B. Parkyn, married Lucy, daughter of Ephraim Pul- lus, and to them were born six children, one son and five daughters. After living for some years in Wayne county they went West, and located in Cedar Rapids. Iowa.

Eliza J. Parkyn, daughter of Joseph Parkyn, was married, January 2, 1859, to Benjamin Johns, and they owned and occupied the farm purchased by her father. The names and dates of birth of their

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children are as follows: Esther J., July 14, 1860; Mary E., May 19, 1862; Naomi J., 1866; Orange J., December 20, 1867; Sarah M. (deceased), Oc- tober 25, 1860; Chilion B., May 1, 1871 ; Harry E., June 14, 1874; Elsie, February 13, 1877; and Ar- cher, January 25, 1879. The father of these children was born in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, in 1822, and in 1850 came to this country. He died January 8, 1892, but the mother is still living.

Mr. Gleason has never taken any interest in politics, although he has held some minor offices. He resides on the old homestead of his father and grandfather, a farm consisting of some 135 acres. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. Alvin Gleason, uncle of our subject, was a soldier in the Civil war, and lost his life in the service.

JACOB F. TITMAN, deceased, was in his day one of the respected, well-to-do farmers of Dela- ware township, Pike county, conducting the farm now occupied by his son, John C. Titman, and he will be well remembered by the older residents of this part of the county. He was a native of War- ren county, N. J .. born June 4, 1817, son of John and Elizabeth (Teeal ) Titman, and a grandson of Bal- dus and Marie ( Force ) Titman.

Baldus Titman and his wife were lifelong resi- dents of Warren county, N. J., where he was en- gaged in farming on an extensive scale. He died from the effects of a snake bite. Their family con- sisted of seven children: George, Philip, William, John, Margaret ( Mrs. Eugene Krause ), Lena ( Mrs. Isaac Blackford) and Anna ( Mrs. Isaac France). John Titman was the only one of this family to come to Pike county. He was born in Warren county, N. J., grew to manhood there, and married Miss Elizabeth Teeal, whose father, John Teeal, came from his native country, Holland, in early life, and settled in Warren county, where he carried on farm- ing for the remainder of his days. Some few years after their marriage, in about 1819, Mr. and Mrs. Titman migrated to Pike county, Penn., taking up their residence on a farm at what is now known as Egypt Mills, in Lehman township, where they made a permanent home. In addition to general agricult- ure Mr. Titman engaged in carpenter and cooper work, and by industry and thrift he acquired a com- fortable property, at the time of his death ranking among the prosperous and prominent citizens of the locality ; he served as constable for many years. Politically he was a Democrat. He passed away in March, 1865, at the age of seventy-five years, his wife preceding him to the grave in 1863, when sev- enty-one years old. Their remains rest in Swart- wood cemetery. Of their children, Catherine mar- ried David Emory ; both are deceased, Mrs. Emory dying at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Jacob F., deceased, married Barbara Reaser. Jere- miah M .. who is a farmer in Lehman townshin, married Sarah M. Wildrick. John T. married El- mira Counterman ; he is deceased. Baldus and Joe- hila died young. Charles, deceased, married Mar-

garet Counterman. Maria, who is unmarried, is a resident of Milford.

Jacob F. Titman was a mere child when he came with his parents to Pike county, and he passed the greater part of his life here engaged in farming. On April 20, 1840, he was united in marriage with Miss Barbara Reaser, the ceremony taking place in Sandyston township. Sussex Co., N. J., and the young couple made their home in that county for a number of years : but in 1855 Mr. Titman decided to return to his early home, and they settled on the farm in Delaware township where he continued to live for the remainder of his life, and which is now the home of his son. Mr. Titman passed away July 18, 1881, sincerely mourned by his many friends and neighbors in this section, and was in- terred in the Delaware cemetery. He was an in- dustrious worker and a good manager, and at his decease left a comfortable property, acquired by his own exertions. He was well liked in his community, in whose affairs he took a hearty interest, and he served in several township offices with credit to him- self and to the satisfaction of all concerned. To him and his wife were born two children, John C., who is more fully mentioned elsewhere, and Sarah S., who is the widow of Morris H. Layton and resides with her mother at Dingman's Ferry.

This memoir would be incomplete without some mention of Mrs. Titman's family. Her grandpar- ents. Philip and Margaret Reaser, came from Mt. Bethel, Penn., to Pike county in an early day, and continued to reside here for the rest of their lives. Their son Peter was born in Mt. Bethel and reared there, and settled in Pike county shortly after his marriage to Mary Amy, who was a native of Phila- delphia, Penn. Mr. Reaser passed away in 1858 in Delaware township, at the age of eighty-one years. and his remains rest in the Delaware cemetery ; his wife died in 1849 in Chemung county, N. Y., at the age of fifty-two years. They were the parents of nine children, as follows: John married Caroline Hotten; Philip married Eleanor Ferguson : Jacob married Catherine Hughes ; William married Sally J. Drake : Peter is also married and is living in Illi- nois ; Sarah became the wife of William Brooks ; Barbara, born January 17, 1819, in Delaware town- ship, is the widow of our subject ; Margaretta mar- ried James Hooker and resides in Indiana ; Danici married Sally J. Daley, and they reside in Chemung county, N. Y. Five of this family are deceased, Peter, Barbara, Margaretta and Daniel being the survivors.

MAURICE H. LAYTON, who passed away March 19, 1887, was during his lifetime one of the pros- perous farmers and active citizens of Delaware town- ship, Pike county, and was a native of same, born September 3. 1840, son of Gabriel D. W. and Be- linda ( Steel ) Layton. He was reared and educated in his native place, and engaged in school teaching, clerking and farming. On August 31, 1862, Mr. Lay- ton enlisted in the Union service, becoming a mem- ber of Company G, 142nd P. V. I., Capt. William

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K. Haviland, and was mustered in at Stroudsburg. He participated in various engagements and skir- mishes, and after the battle of North Anna River, on May 23, 1864, in which he lost a finger of his left hand, he was transferred to the Veteran Re- serve Corps. He received his discharge at Annapo- lis, Md., at the close of the struggle, and in Att- gust, 1865, he returned from the field to his home in Delaware township, where he resumed farming, but his health was so seriously impaired that he never recovered. On December 26, 1871, Mr. Lay- ton was united in marriage, in Delaware township, with Miss Sarah S. Titman, daughter of Jacob F. and Barbara Titman. They had no children. Mr. Layton was a well-known leader in public circles in Delaware township, held a number of important positions here, and at the time of his decease was serving as justice of the peace. He was laid to rest in Delaware cemetery, and his taking away was re- garded as a loss to the entire community with whose interests he had so long been closely identified. His widow made her home on the farm until 1891, since when she has lived in Dingmans Ferry with her mother. Socially Mr. Layton was an active member of Col. John Nyce Post, G. A. R., of Milford.

B. F. GILL is the owner of the West Branch Iron Works, of Seelyville, Texas township, which ranks among the most important industries of Wayne county, giving employment as it does to a large number of men, and he stands high in com- mercial circles in this part of Pennsylvania, enjoy- ing also a wide reputation for mechanical skill and as an inventor of no ordinary ability. Mr. Gill is a representative citizen of Wayne county, more es- pecially as he is a native of the town where his suc- cess has been made, having been born in Seelyville in 1847, son of John H. and Hannah ( Courtwright) Gill, the former of whom was one of the early manu- facturers of this region and the first mill builder in Wayne county.

John H. Gill was born in 1807 in Yorkshire, England, where he passed his early life. When nineteen years of age, his parents being dead and he thrown on his own resources, he decided to try his fortune in the New World and emigrated to the United States, his first location in this country being in the city of Philadelphia. For a number of years he engaged in the manufacture of cotton machin- ery at New Hope, Penn., on the Delaware river, doing quite an extensive business in that line, and later he built a foundry at Dingmans Ferry, also on the Delaware, which he conducted for several years. In 1840 ne settled in Wayne county, Penn., erecting a foundry at Seelyville in Texas township, where he turned out all kinds of machinery, making a special- ty, however, of castings for saw and grist mill machinery. In 1844 he purchased extensive tracts of land of R. L. Seely and put up a new foundry, this being the land on which the large plant now operated by his son stands, and here he continued in business for the remainder of his days, his death

occurring in 1883. Mr. Gill's life was an eventful and successful one, and he was considered one of the leading mechanics of this section in his day, be- ing a practical workman as well as manufacturer. He was one of the pioneers in his line in Wayne county, but with that spirit of energy and determina- tion so necessary to success in any new field he carried his enterprises through safely and succeeded in establishing a business which has proved more and more profitable as the years go by, and which under the able management of his youngest son and successor has now assumed large proportions.

While at New Hope, Penn., Mr. Gill was mar- ried to Miss Hannah Courtwright, of New Jersey, who shared with him all the trials and successes in their long married life, dying one year after he passed away. Nine children blessed their union, of whom we have the following record: (I) Elizabeth, who was born in New Jersey, became the wife of George Ingling, of Seelyville, whence they removed to Canada, Mr. Ingling owning a woolen mill there which he operated until his death. She died some years later, leaving four children. (2) Sarah married a Mr. Churchill, of Seelyville, where she died, leaving one son, Eugene, who is now a resident of Kansas ; she was burned to death, the accident being caused by the explosion of a lamp. (3) Fanny was born in Seelyville, where she was reared and educated, receiving a good school training. She was a teacher in the public schools for a number of years previous to her marriage with George Cutler, of Canada, where she subsequently resided until her death. She left one son, Harry, a printer by trade, who makes his home in Manitoba. (4) Alexander, born in Seelyville, is now the wife Hugh Mills, of Scranton, Penn. They have no children. (5) Alexander was born in New Jersey and grew to maturity in Seelyville, where he learned the molding trade under his father. After his marriage he resided in Wilkes Barre, Penn., where he died some years ago. Four children sur- vive him. (6) Morris was born in New Jersey. When a young man he commenced boating on the Erie canal in New York State, where he married and still resides, his home being in Syracuse. He has one son, Morris, who works with his father. (7) John, born in Wayne county, learned the mold- ing trade under his father in the shops at Seely- ville. He married a New York lady, and they had two children, Margaret and John, the latter a resi- cent of Scranton, Penn. (8) George was born in Seelyville and grew to manhood there. During the Civil war he enlisted for service in the Union army with a New Jersey regiment, and at the close of the struggle returned to his home in Wayne county, where he died in 1882. He never married. (9) B. F. Gill, the youngest of this interesting family, is the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. The homestead was near Seelyville, on the same ground as the plant run by the father.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 211

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