Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 230

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The boyhood and youth of our subject were passed in Monroe county, and his education ob- tained in the public schools of Paradise township. Hardly had the echoes from Fort Sumter's guns

died away when he enlisted for three months in Company I, Ist N. J. V. I., at Oxford Furnace, N. J. On the expiration of that time he returned home, and in December, 1861, was united in mar- riage with Miss Hannah Bush, a daughter of Ben- jamin and Sarah Bush, representatives of one of the prominent pioneer families of Paradise township, Monroe county. Leaving his young bride with her parents, Mr. Detrick re-enlisted in Company C, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, under Col. Samuel P. Speer, and was sworn into the United States service at Easton, where the regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac under Gen. Sheridan. His first engagement was at Blackwater, Va., in 1863, and was followed by the battles of Hatcher's Run, Bull Run, Gaines' Mills, Charles City Cross Roads, Johnson's Farm, and Seven Pines. The regiment then went into winter quarters at Camp Geddy, Va., and on breaking camp March 28, 1864, marched to City Point along the Weldon railroad, and par- ticipated in many skirmishes on the way, including Bermuda Hundred, Ream Station and Knobaway Junction. During this time Mr. Detrick had three horses shot from under him, and was wounded in the head at Corn Cross Station on the Weldon railroad. He also took part in the Wilson raid in Virginia, and the skirmish at Stony Creek. He was seriously injured, having three ribs broken, at Ream Station by a fall of his horse when it was shot, and for three days he and Major Ackley lay in ambush at that place. They then rode on an old mule to camp at Jones Kneck, where they joined their regiment. Being taken ill with fever and ague, our subject was off duty for six weeks, but in the spring of 1865, he rejoined his command, which was then pursuing Lee's army, overtaking it at Five Forks, where Col. Speer was wounded. The IIth Pennsylvania Cavalry was in a skirmish every

day until Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, and then helped to bury the dead and take care of the wounded. They then marched south of Lynchburg, where they were on guard against Johnson's army, which finally surrendered April 17, 1865. After that they marched down the Shenan- doah Valley to Staunton and from there to Char- lottesville, where the army was disorganized. Company C of the IIth Pennsylvania Cavalry then proceeded to Palmyra Court House to parole pris- oners, then went to Columbia and on to Richmond, where they turned over their horses and equip- ments to the government and were transported to Camp Cadwallader, Philadelphia, where they were honorably discharged from the service.

Returning home to Monroe county, Penn., Mr. Detrick and his wife took up housekeeping in Price township, and there remained until 1874, when they moved to Paradise, where he built a house of his own. In 1877 they again moved, this time to Marsh Mills, Wayne county, where he worked two years ; thence to Promised Land, where he also worked two years for the Wilson Mill Lumber Co .; thence to Dunning, Lackawanna coun-

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ty, and there contracted for Mathew Rhode. Here he had the misfortune to be burned out, losing everything he possessed, amounting in all to some $1,800, with no insurance. Mr. Detrick then, in 1887, returned to Price township, Monroe county, and became general agent for A. W. Cutler, of Morristown, N. J., who is the owner of 7,000 acres of land in Monroe county, Pennsylvania.

Mr. and Mrs. Detrick became the parents of eight children, all born in Monroe county: (1) Emma, born in December, 1862, is the wife of Hayden Row, of Paradise township, and has had ten children: Harry, Mabel, William H., Steward, Malen, Walter, Paul, Florence, Maria and one deceased. (2) Alice, born in 1864, married Will- iam E. Vanluveder, of Lackawanna county, Penn., and they now reside in Dover, N. J. They have six children, Edward, John, Charley, Aggie, Berthey and Hannah. (3) Charles, born in 1867, is unmar- ried. (4) Howard, born in 1869, married Emma Vanluveder, of Lackawanna county, Penn., and they live in Dover, N. J. Their children are, La- mon and Percy. (5) Sarah, born in Price town- ship. in 1871, is the wife of William L. Lesoine, of Price township, and they have four children, How- ard, Aredis, Otto and Anna B. (6) Minnie, born in Price township, in 1873, is the wife of Robert H. Pearson, of Dover, N. J., and they have two children. (7) Annie, born in Paradise township, in 1876, married P. B. Miller, of Middle Smithfield township, Monroe county, and died in April, 1897, leaving one daughter, Ella May. (8) Jennie, born in 1878, is the wife of Richard Truscott, of Dover, N. J., and has one daughter, Adda.

Since attaining his majority Mr. Detrick has affiliated with the Republican party, and he has been called upon to fill a number of official positions of honor and trust, being assessor of Price town- ship four terms, and of Paradise township one term, supervisor two terms, school director and secretary of the board eight years, collector two terms and justice of the peace of Price township at the present time. His duties have always been most faithfully and satisfactorily performed, and in days of peace as in time of war has always been found ready to aid every enterprise for the good of the country. He holds membership in Wadsworth Post No. 150, G. A. R .; his wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GRANT EDINGER, J. P., proprietor of "Bridge View House," at Delaware Water Gap, has shown admirable judgment in the selection of a site for his hostelry. From its wide verandas can be seen the most charming views to be found on the Delaware river, while its convenient location is within five minutes walk from the railroad station, and surrounded by all the attractions afforded by the busy life of the town. Ample shade is found under the large trees on the lawn surrounding the house and in the beautiful groves near by, while walks or drives tempt the visitor to visit more dis-

tant scenes on the mountain, or along the winding river, carriages being always in readiness. The fishing on the river is unsurpassed, and boating is a favorite amusement throughout the season. Within the house the large airy, well-appointed rooms af- ford every comfort, while the table is supplied with all the luxuries of the local and city markets, no effort being spared to give satisfaction to the guests.

The genial proprietor is a descendant of one of the old pioneer families of Monroe county, his grandfather, David Edinger, having settled in Cherry Valley at an early day, engaging in agri- culture, working also at the mason's trade. This worthy citizen married Eve Kemmerer, of Hamilton township, Monroe county, and had the fallowing children : Jacob, John, Henry, Joseph, Peter, Julia (first wife of Henry Biesecker, of Stroud township, Monroe county), Catherine (.second wife of Henry Biesecker), Mary (wife of William Felker), and Regnia, wife of John Staples.

Joseph Edinger, our subject's father, was born in 1825, in Kemmerer Town, Hamilton township, and in 1847 married Catherine Mosteller, locating afterward in Cherry Valley. For many years he was employed as a mason by the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western Railroad Co., in building bridges, depots and other structures, and in 1861 he pur- chased a homestead in Poplar Valley, where he con- tinued to work at his trade. He was regarded as one of the most skillful workmen in his line in the coun- ty, and many of the finest houses in Delaware Water Gap and neighboring towns were built by him. In 1870 he bought real estate at Water Gap, where he built a handsome and commodious resi- dence, in which he and his wife now enjoy the fruits of their past labors. They had eight children, as follows: (I) Mary E., born in Hamilton town- ship April 8, 1848, married Samuel Brewer, a con- tractor and builder at South Bethlehem, Northamp- ton Co., Penn., and has had two sons, Howard and Millard, both of whom died in childhood. (2) Will- iam, born in Hamilton township, in 1850, is a ma- son in East Stroudsburg. He married Miss Annie Boorem, of Paradise township, Monroe county, and has had four children, Grace, Hilda, Stanley and Vergie. (3) Charles E., born in Hamilton town -. ship July 31, 1852, was killed in October, 1896, on the railroad at East Stroudsburg. His wife, whose maiden name was Alvina Williams, was born at Delaware Water Gap, and died there in 1895. They had five children, Floyd, who married Miss Lotta LaBar, of Water Gap, and now resides in Northampton county; Clarence, who resides with his grandfather Edinger; Anzie, Katie, and Lena. (4) Joseph, Jr., born in Hamilton township October 30, 1854, is a contractor and builder of masonry work, residing in East Stroudsburg. He married Miss Louise Meyers, of Shawnee, and has three children, Irwin, Mabel, and William. (5) Frank, born in Hamilton township November 1, 1858, re- sides at the Water Gap, and is a contractor at ma- sonry. He married Miss Rachel Keller, of Storm-

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ville, and has had four children, Maggie, who died in childhood ; and Harry, Laura and Mary, who are at home. (6) Abram, born in 1856. (7) Grant, our subject. (8) One that died in infancy, unnamed.

The Mosteller family has long been prominent in Hamilton township, Monroe county, and our sub- ject's maternal grandparents, William and Elizabeth ( Fredericks) Mosteller, were much esteemed resi- dents of that locality. They reared a large family of children as follows: Catherine, our subject's mother ; Wesley; Harrison; Frank; Marietta, wife of Charles Hallet, of Stroud township; Amanda, wife of Joseph Schoonover, of Moosic, Penn .; Em- ma, who married Rennis Stone, of Marshalls. Creek, Monroe county ; Alice, who married Azariah Hunt, of Stroud township, and after his death wedded Alonzo Hunt, of the same township, a brother of her first husband.

Squire Grant Edinger was born March 25, 1865, in Cherry Valley, and received his education chiefly in the schools of Delaware Water Gap. At the age of eleven he entered the employ of L. W. Brodhead, proprietor of the "Water Gap Hotel," with whom he remained sixteen seasons, holding many positions of responsibility in the hotel. During the winter seasons he assisted his father in his rail- road contracts. In 1890 he purchased his present property at the Water Gap, and built his hotel, in connection with which he conducts a restaurant at at the boat landing, where he supplies the public with the best of everything in the way of refresh- ments. He is especially gifted as a musician, and for a number of years he has been the leader of the O. A. N. M. Orchestra of Delaware Water Gap, which he organized in 1890. Among the prom- inent members of this orchestra were: John L. Mc- Carty, violin; Carlton McCarty, piano ; Frank Brodhead, guitar ; Wesley Staples, violin ; Dr. Voor- hies, banjo; Robert Kistler, guitar; C. C. Smith, guitar ; Horatio Kennedy, reporter. Politically our subject is a Republican, and he takes a keen interest in the active work of his party. For three years he served as tax collector of his borough. Quite re- cently he was nominated on the Republican ticket for the office of justice of the peace, also endorsed by the Democratic ticket for the same office, and so was elected. On March 4, 1891, Squire Edinger married Miss Lizzie Newheart, of Delaware Water Gap, daughter of Lewis and Louisa Newheart, highly respected residents of Monroe county. So- cially the Squire and his wife are popular, and they are leading members of the Methodist Church at Water Gap, to which our subject's parents also be- long.

The Edinger ancestors came from Holland at the time of the Revolutionary war with England; there were two brothers. After the war one of them settled in Bucks county, the other in Monroe county. The Edinger family being of Dutch descent they are naturally of a quick temper, but otherwise good citi- zens, so much so that in a very few cases have they ever had a law suit that the Squire could not set-

tle. They were naturally talented, with voices for singing, and quick to learn music. They were also good walkers. Working at their trade as masons in the country, it was necessary for them to go a great distance at times, and this they did mostly before daylight, going as far as fifteen miles, and eating breakfast by candlelight. In one instance the father of our subject, together with two of his brothers, went forty-five miles to erect a wall, starting from home at midnight, and when they returned setting out in the evening, walking all night, and getting home in the morning.

ALBERT F. HARWOOD, one of the most prominent and successful agriculturists of Lake township, Wayne county, and an ex-lumberman of wide reputation, noted for his shrewdness and in- tegrity, is a native of Massachusetts, born March 22, 1842, in North Adams.

Mr. Harwood comes of Scotch ancestry, and the first of the family in this country appears to have been a well-to-do farmer in Massachusetts, where he settled some time during the eighteenth century. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Granville B. Green, also of Massachusetts, served in the war of 1812. Hastings Harwood, father of Albert F., was also born in the Bay State, and died there in Au- gust, 1845, at the early age of thirty years. He was a stone cutter by occupation. He married Miss Roxanna Green, of the same locality, and children as follows were born to them: Louisa E., wife of John R. Wickham, a farmer of Texas township. Wayne county ; Albert F., our subject; and Elmer E., a farmer at Beach Lake, Wayne county. After the death of the father the mother wedded Silas W. Gary, who served in the Civil war, and died in 1892; there were no children by this marriage. Mrs. Gary died August. I, 1853, aged forty years.

On February 27, 1865, at Hawley, Penn., Al- bert F. Harwood, our subject, was married to Miss Rebecca Shaffer, and a brief record of their family is as follows : Harry H., born July 5, 1868, operates a gristmill at Waymart, Wayne county ; he married Florence Griffeth, and they have two children, Har- old and Eva Ruth. Charles M., born February 21, 1870, is a blacksmith by trade, but runs the engine in his brother Harry's mill. Clara E., born October 6, 1871, married Dahlgren Kizer, a lumberman at Kizertown, Penn., and has three children, Edith, Lulu and Rebecca. Susie, born October 17, 1875, died April 9, 1876. Bessie, born January 29, 1877, married M. Abby, a farmer of Salem township, Wayne county, and has one child, Otis. John, born July 14, 1879, is attending school at Lebanon, Penn. Mrs. Harwood was born December 12, 1841, in Cherry Ridge township, Wayne county, a daughter of Samuel and Mary A. (Curtis) Shaffer, natives of South Canaan township, Wayne county, well-to- do farming people, and consistent members of the M. E. Church; the father was also prominent as a Democrat. He died in 1845, at the age of thirty- two, the mother in September, 1881, aged sixty-

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two years, and they rest from their labors in the burying ground in Canaan township. The children born to this honored couple were as follows: Eliza married William Fitzsimmons, a farmer in Dunning. Penn .; Sidney married Catherine Simons, and both are deceased; Rebecca is now Mrs. Harwood; and Sophrona is deceased. After the death of the fa- ther of these the mother married Louis Loubshire, who died December, 1877, aged fifty-eight years. Their children were Lury ( deceased), who married George Ferris, of Maplewood, Penn .; Caroline ( de- ceased), who married Adam Drake, a carpenter, of Long Island; Rufus, who died at the age of nine years; George, connected with a railroad in Chi- cago, Ill. ; and Byron, an employe on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, at Clark's Sum- mit, Penn. [Mention of Mrs. Harwood's paternal grandfather, Moses Shaffer, will be found in the sketch of Joseph Shaffer, of South Canaan township, and for mention of her maternal grandparents, Jeremiah and Catherine ( Wagner) Curtis, see sketch of W. N. Curtis, of South Canaan town- ship.]

Albert F. Harwood, whose name introduces this sketch, when nine years of age, in 1851, accompa- nied his mother, stepfather, brother and sister to Wayne county, and they remained one year at Honesdale, in Berlin township, where the mother died, and the family became separated. Prior to her death, however, the mother had thoughtfully made provision to have her children properly reared, and accordingly young Albert was brought up and educated under the care of Galard Russell, a farm- er, whose home was one-half mile distant from Honesdale, Penn., remaining with him until he was aged eighteen years. At that time he returned to Berlin township and worked for his brother-in-law, J. R. Wickkam, the better part of two years, and thence moved to Lake township, where he found em- ployment with Alvin Leonard, at Sand Pond, lum- bering in the woods six months; thence went to Salem township, where he worked at lumbering for John McFarland two and one-half years. He was next employed by the Delaware & Hudson Coal Co., hewing lumber, also helping to erect the first mill for that corporation, at Forest City, Penn., then a wilderness, and was with them in all five months. We next find Mr. Harwood at Scranton, Penn., doing carpenter work for the Scranton Coal Co., nine months, after which he worked for the Penn- sylvania Coal Co., repairing railroad tracks for that corporation ; but owing to a strike among the em- ployes of the road he left, and removing to Elk county, Penn., followed lumbering there four years. From Elk county he betook himself to Lackawanna county, where he bought a tract of land, chiefly woodland, for which he paid $1,050 cash, and re- mained there, farming and lumbering, until the spring of 1886, in that year purchasing his present farm of eighty-five acres, and there is no better land to be found in Wayne county. As we have just mentioned, Mr. Harwood paid $1,050 for his prop-

erty in Lackawanna county, and after taking $2,- 500 worth of lumber off same he sold the farm for $2,000. He moved to his Lake township purchase in 1888, and worked both places together about three years. Since coming to Lake township he has made his home here without intermission, al- though he continued his lumbering interests at various places, retiring therefrom only in about 1896. In 1892 he purchased one thousand acres of land in Pike county, which he succeeded in clear- ing within three years.

In 1863, during the war of the Rebellion, Mr. Harwood was drafted, but paid $350-commuta- tion money. Politically he has always been a loyal Democrat ; socially a member of the F. & A. M., uniting with Blue Lodge at Salem, and also of the I. O. O. F., uniting with Lodge No. 307, at Mos- cow, Penn. In religious faith he and Mrs. Har- wood are prominently identified with the Method- ist Protestant Church, of which he is a trustee. Although an ever busy man with his extensive farni- ing, lumbering and other interests, he has yet found time to devote to the public good in many ways, in which connection it may be mentioned that he is a director of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of Wayne county, also a stockholder in and presi- dent of the Georgetown Creamery Association. Taken all in all, he is a public-spirited, enterprising man, as is evidenced in his biography, one who takes an active interest in everything which seems to promise a benefit to the community, and enjoys the esteem and confidence of all who know him.

WILLIAM DOUD, a skillful and prominent artist of Waymart, Wayne county, was born July 28, 1834, in Clifford township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., where his parents, Franklin and Jemima (Halstead) Doud, spent their entire lives. He is a representative of an old and honored family of northeastern Pennsylvania, his great-grandfather, Jude Doud, a native of Connecticut, having located at Lenoxville, Susquehanna county, in 1799. He crossed the river at that place on the rocks below the mill dam. He built and operated the mill known as Doud's mill, and also owned and cultivated 400 acres of land.

Near his father's mill John Doud, our subject's grandfather, was born, reared and remained throughout life, while he engaged in both farming and milling. He died at the ripe old age of eighty- seven years. He married Miss Elizabeth Baker, and to them were born ten children, of whom are mentioned : Franklin, Thomas N., Harrison, George, Elizabeth ( who first married Skidmore Thompkins, and after his death Rev. Gray, a Baptist minister), Susan ( wife of Edmun Worth), Ann (wife of Ethen Warren), and John. The survivors are Thomas, who is living retired in Clifford, Penn .; and Elizabeth, now a widow, living in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

Franklin Doud, our subject's father, was a progressive and enterprising farmer, an honored

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and valued citizen of his community, and a Repub- lican in politics. He died March 4, 1873, aged sixty-five years, his wife in 1850 aged thirty-seven years, and both were buried in Clifford township, Susquehanna county. William is the eldest of their children ; Joseph still resides on the old homestead in Clifford township; Martin, now a resident of Long Island, N. Y., was a private in the Union army during the Civil war, and was for six months a prisoner in Andersonville; Marietta died at the age of two years ; Maria E. is the widow of Charles Niles, and is a resident of Portland, Oregon ; Jack- son is in the geographical survey at Donbolia, Aus- tralia. For his second wife the father of these children married Mrs. Dorothy Reily, who is now living in Lenoxville, Susquehanna county.

The maternal grandparents of our subject were Joseph and Maria Halstead, of Susquehanna county, the former of whom, a lumberman was killed by lightning while engaged in rafting on the Susque- hanna river, his hat band being cut in four different places, and a hole cut in the tip of his boot, but the skin of his body was not broken.

William Doud remained on the home farm with his parents until February, 1862, when he enlisted in Company K, 56th P. V. I., under Capt. Mitchell. He was never wounded, but was taken ill on the march to Slaughter Mountains, Va., and was sent to hospital, where he remained until honorably discharged. February 4. 1863, when he returned home. With Mall Wells, at Clifford, he began learning photography, serving a six-months appren- ticeship, and was later with S. S. Hull, at Carbon- dale, for four months. He then began for himself in a wagon, at Gibson, Penn., at which place he remained for four years, and in 1879 came to Way- mart, wherehe has since successfully engaged in busi- ness. In 1885 he also opened a gallery at Far View, which is located 2.300 feet above sea level. He thor- oughly understands his profession, and his work is pronounced by competent judges to be of a high order and to possess genuine artistic merit. He is an active and capable business man, possessing a clear judgment, and is amply endowed with those qualities which make an honorable citizen, and in- sure for him the highest respect and regard of his fellow men. Socially he affiliates with Waymart Lodge No. 542, F. & A. M., and politically is iden- tified with the Republican party. In 1890 he was elected a member of the town council, two years later was elected assessor, and is now acceptably serving as president of the board of health.

At Nicholson, Penn., Mr. Doud was married, September 25, 1869, to Miss Adeline A. Tennant, Rev. L. Pease, a Methodist Episcopal minister, of- ficiating. They have one daughter, Viola, now the wife of Frederick C. Shaffer, a fireman on the Dela- ware & Hudson River railroad, living in Carbon- dale, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Doud was born in Clinton township, Wayne county, December 20, 1834, a daughter of John A. and Abigail (Herd) Tennant, natives of

Connecticut and New York, respectively, who were married in Newburg, N. Y. The father came to Wayne county with. his parents in 1812. Mrs. Doud's parents spent their remaining days upon a farm in Clinton township. The mother died De- cember 25, 1843, aged thirty years and was laid to rest in Keens cemetery, Canaan township, but the father long survived her, dying December 6, 1896, at the extreme old age of ninety-three years, seven months and nineteen days, being laid to rest in the Baptist Church burying-ground, Clinton township. He was one of the prominent and honored pioneers of Wayne county, and was honored with a number of township offices. By his first marriage he had six children, namely : Adeline A., the wife of our subject; Mabel, who died at the age of one year ; William, deceased; Lyman, who died aged two years ; and Abigail and Andrew (twins), who died in infancy. For his second wife Mr. Tennant mar- ried Adeline Tanner, and to them were born the following children : Emma, who married James Janes, and both are now deceased ; George, a retired farmer of Honesdale, Penn .; Russell, a farmer of Nebras- ka; Everal, who was a soldier during the Civil war, and is now a lumberman of Wilkes Barre, Penn .; Abigail, wife of Alvin Loomis, a farmer of Pleasant Mount, Wayne county ; M. A., the wife of Abel Wilcox, a carpenter and farmer, of Clinton township ; Lorin, a fireman on the Gravity railroad, living in Ashley, Penn. ; and Ella and Ella (2) who both died at the age of one year.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 230

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