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At Montrose Capt. Webb was married, Septem- ber 29, 1841, by Elder Albert Post, a Baptist min- ister, to Miss Susannah Post Hinds, and they be- came the parents of the following children: George W., born September 29, 1842, died from the effects of his service in the war of the Rebellion; Henry E., born July 31, 1844, married Jennie (Thomas ) Churchill, and is engaged in farming in Franklin township; Stephen G., born June 6, 1848, married (first) Viancy Reynolds, (second) Mrs. Susan Du Bois, and now lives in Binghamton, N. Y .; Eliza- beth P., born November 9, 1850, married (first) Asa Kenyon, and (second) Henry Pittsley, of Sayre, Penn. ; Frederick M., born September 6, 1853, lives with his mother ; William B., born April 23, 1857, is represented elsewhere; Huldah M., born January 30, 1860, is the widow of Byron Green, and resides with her mother on the old homestead; and Harry
J., born August 4, 1862, married Jennie Wiers, and is engaged in farming in Bridgewater township. Byron Green was born August 3, 1860, was a farm- er and carpenter, and died April 4, 1887, leaving one child, Bina. He was a son of Samuel and Amanda. (Dwight) Green, the father a local preacher of the M. E. Church. The Webb family is one of promi- nence in social as well as business circles, and two of the sons are now successfully operating the home farm, comprising 200 acres of valuable land on the hill-top. They are wide-awake and progress- ive business men, of known reliability.
Mrs. Webb, a most estimable lady, was born in Bridgewater township, November 25, 1819, a daughter of Conrad Gerard and Huldah ( Harris) Hinds, who were natives of Middleboro, Mass., and North Sea, Long Island, respectively, and were mar- ried at Montrose, Penn., May 2, 1808. Mr. Hinds. became a prominent farmer of Bridgewater town- ship, held a number of local offices of trust, and was. a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Montrose. He was born January 26, 1785, and died October 26, 1860, while his wife was born January 30, 1791, and died September 25, 1879, both being buried on a part of the old farm in Bridgewater township. Their children were as follows : Ruth A., born June 25, 18II, married Benjamin Holbrook, and died March 7, 1882; Polly A., born April 29, 1814, mar- ried Hiram Hibbart, and died April 18, 1884; Will- iam B., born December 25, 1817, died October 19, 1886; Susannah P., Mrs. Webb, born November 25, 1819, is next in the order of birth; Jane H., born March 1, 1822, married Charles Sprout, and died September 23, 1889; Catherine G., born September 18, 1827, married Amos Sprout, and lives in Ly- coming county, Penn .; James M., born December 18, 1825, died July 20, 1826; Conrad G., born February 18, 1831, died December 28, 1831; and Huldah H., born May 29, 1833, married Asa Bur- rows, and lives in Lycoming county. Mrs. Webb's paternal grandparents, Capt. Bartlet and Agnes (Rugg) Hinds, of Middleboro, Mass., came to Susquehanna county at an early day. The grand- father was a distinguished officer in the Revolution- ary war. His children were Conrad G., father of Mrs. Webb; Susannah, wife of Isaac Post; and Bartlett, who died at the age of sixteen years. Mrs. Webb's maternal grandparents, David and Hannah Harris, of Long Island, were also pioneers of Sus- quehanna county, where the former took up 400 acres of land, but as he bought it under the Con- necticut title he afterward lost the place, after hav- ing built thereon a saw and gristmill. Their chil- dren were Nancy, wife of Samuel Quick ; Huldah, mother of Mrs. Webb; and Hannah, wife of Back- us Fessenden.
G. EDWIN BURDICK, a representative citizen of Clifford township, Susquehanna county, who is actively identified with its agricultural in- terests, was born in Providence, R. I., July 16, 1830. His father, Elias Burdick, was a native of Hopkin-
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ton, that State, and a son of Kendall and Hannah (Gray ) Burdick. In 1824 he married Miss Eliza Wilcox, also a native of Hopkinton, and a daughter of Gideon Wilcox, who spent his entire life as a fisherman in Rhode Island. Elias Burdick, who was a machinist by trade, died in his native State in 1844, at the age of forty-four years. In the fall of 1850 his wife, accompanied by her five children, came to Clifford township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., where she died in January, 1852, at the age of fifty years. In their family were John B., a retired carpenter, of Clifford township, who married Sa- lina Brickill; George Edwin, our subject; Albert C., a retired mechanic of Scranton, Penn., who first married Hannah Burdick and second Elizabeth Birch; Hannah, a resident of Scranton; Mary E., deceased wife of Elisha Burdick ; and Jane, wife of Marion Finn, a contractor of Scranton.
At the early age of nine years G. Edwin Bur- dick entered a cotton factory, where he was em- ployed for nineteen years, and then came to Clifford township and worked as a wood turner in the chair manufactory of his father-in-law for four years. In 1889 he purchased his present fine farm of 118 acres and has since devoted his time and attention to agricultural pursuits with good results. He is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, but has never sought political preferment.
In August, 1851, at Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co., Penn., Mr. Burdick married Miss Martha Burdick, and to them the following children have been born : Norris J., born October 31, 1852, married Dian- tha Buchanan, and is engaged in farming in Her- rick township; Franklin, born May 22, 1854, mar- ried Dora Tuttle, and resides in Richmond Dale, Lackawanna county ; Henry, born October 22, 1856, married Angie Millett and is in the laundry busi- ness in Scranton : Edgar G., born October 7, 1858, married Emma Raynor and is clerking in Union- dale, Penn. : Willis E., born January 4, 1861, is at home ; Abraham, born April 7, 1863, married Flora Arthur and lives in New Orange, N. J. ; Lilly M., born November 28, 1868, is the wife of Joseph Har- ris, of Richmond Dale ; and Almina, born March 4, 1871, died at the age of fifteen months.
Mrs. Burdick was born in Clifford township, December 25, 1831, and is a daughter of Abraham and Thankful ( Burdick) Burdick, both natives of Hopkinton, R. I. They were married in Clifford township. The father followed farming throughout life and took a very active and prominent part in public affairs, filling the offices of school director, poormaster and supervisor for six years each. He died in August, 1871, at the age of sixty-five years, his wife in May. 1871, at the age of eighty-three, and both were laid to rest in the Burdick cemetery. Martha, wife of our subject, is the eldest of their children ; Hannah, deceased, was the wife of Albert Burdick ; Elias and Arminda both died unmarried ; and Nettie, deceased, was the wife of Luther Wells, of Clifford township. The grandparents of Mrs. Martha Burdick were Kendall and Hannah (Gray)
Burdick, who were also the paternal grandparents of her husband. They were born in Rhode Island and spent their last days in Clifford township, Sus- quehanna Co., Pennsylvania.
CORNELIUS P. BROWN, a representative farmer and dairyman of Oakland township, Sus- quehanna county, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1845, and is a son of Patrick and Annie (O'Donald) Brown, also natives of County Done- gal, the former born in 1817, the latter in 1807. They continued to make their home on the Emerald Isle until 1847, when they crossed the broad At- lantic and took up their residence in Ulster coun- ty, N. Y., where the father was employed on public works for some time. Later they made their home in Honesdale, Penn., for two years, and then lo- cated at Mountain Home, Monroe county, where he was employed in a tannery for a number of years. There he died in 1874, after which the mother made her home with our subject until she too was called to her final rest in 1898. Cornelius P. is the oldest of their three children. (2) Patrick, born in Ulster county, N. Y., was educated in the schools of Mountain Home, and married Annie M. Felker, of that place. They now reside in East Bethany, N. Y., where he is employed as operator on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad. Their children are Rosie, a telegraph operator at Buffalo, N. Y. ; and William. (3) Dominick, born in Spragueville, Monroe Co., Penn., went to Cali- fornia, where he was employed in smelting works when last heard from in 1880.
Cornelius P. Brown was educated in the dis- trict schools of Wayne and Monroe counties, and began his business career as an employe in a tannery at Mountain Home. In 1868 he married Miss Catherine Kave, of Monroe county, where he con- tinued to live until after the death of his wife in 1873. To them were born four children, namely : Annie, now a resident of Scranton, Penn .; Charles, who was born in Mountain Home and is now a machinist in the employ of the Susquehanna Rail- road Company ; Eugene, who was born in the same place and is now a machinist at Buffalo, N. Y. ; and Cornelius, who died in childhood.
For his second wife Mr. Brown married Miss Annie Callahan, of Mountain Home, who was born in Ireland, in 1851, a daughter of Bernard and Annie ( Boyle) Callahan, and was educated in the schools of her native land. She lost her mother when young and after that sad event came to America, working as a domestic in Mountain Home until her marriage. In 1882 Mr. Brown purchased the Slager farm three miles west of Susquehanna, in Oakland township, Susquehanna county, on which he has since made his home. He has made many improvements upon the place, clearing land, remodeling his residence and erected a good barn. In 1895 he embarked in the milk business in Sus- quehanna, and has succeeded in building up a large trade along that line. He commenced life a poor
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boy, but by industry, perseverance and close atten- tion to business has succeeded in securing a comfort- able home for himself and family. He is a man of sterling worth, honest and upright in his dealings, and is held in high regard by the people of his com- munity. He and his family are connected with the Catholic Church of Susquehanna. In political senti- ment he has always been a stalwart Democrat, and although elected justice of the peace, he never served, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business interests. By his second marriage Mr. Brown has had ten children, namely : Katie, who was born in Olyphant, Luzerne Co., Penn., in 1877, and is now attending the Susquehanna schools; Corneli- us, born in Lanesboro, Harmony township, Susque- hanna county, in June, 1878; Dominick, born in the same place, in April, 1880; Mary, who was born in Lanesboro, in 1882, and died in childhood ; Mary, born at the present home of the family in Oakland township, in August, 1885 ; Willie, born in January, 1887; Frank, born in December, 1888; Ellen, who died in childhood ; James, born in November, 1893; and Maggie, who died in childhood.
DAVID L. BRYANT. The name of Bryant is one which will ever cling to the first century of development of northeastern Pennsylvania. Its members have been truly representative citizens- representatives of sterling traits of character, of the privations of pioneer life, and of the success which came to those who persevered.
David L. Bryant, a farmer of Jackson town- ship, Susquehanna county, was born in that town- ship March 5, 1843, son of Enos and Almira (Lamb) Bryant. Enos Bryant was born in Marl- boro, Vt., March 19, 1804, son of Joseph and Marcy ( Philips) Bryant, of Marlboro, Vt. Jo- seph Bryant, who was of English ancestry, re- mained throughout life a resident of the Green Mountain State, but several of his children be- came identified with the development of Susque- hanna county, Penn. He was thrice married. By his first wife, Annie Angell, his children were as follows: (1) Fanny. (2) David Bryant, who came when a young man to Susquehanna, married and settled on a farm in Jackson, where he resided until his death, leaving a family. (3) Jonathan Bryant was born in Vermont in 1793. (4) Anna Bryant, born in Vermont in 1795, became the wife of Dea- con Norris, of Jackson, where they both died, leav- ing two sons-Elias and Henry-now residents of New Mexico, and one daughter-Eliza, wife of Billings Burdick, of New Milford. (5) Joseph Bryant, born in Vermont in 1797, came to Jackson and for a short time followed lumbering, later mak- ing his home in Susquehanna, where he died. He was educated for the ministry and became an ex- horter, often preaching in the Baptist Congregation. He left a family. (6) Amy Bryant was born in Ver- mont in April, 1801. For his second wife, Joseph Bryant married Marcy Philips, of Vermont, and to this union were born five children, namely: (1)
Enos was the father of our subject. (2) Polly Bry- ant became the wife of Bowen Matterson, of Jackson, where they lived for some time and then moved to Wisconsin, where he died. His wife returned to Jackson, where she died, leaving no family. (3) Ira Bryant, born in Vermont, in April, 1808, married and settled in Vermont. (4) Sebe Bryant, born in Vermont in 1810, came to Jackson, married Miss Louisa Fin- ney and settled near the old home in Jackson; he later moved to Susquehanna, where he engaged in mercantile trade until his death; his wife is still a resident of that city. He left two children-Lydia, now widow of George Brown, of Susquehanna, and Olive, wife of a Mr. Bushnell, of Ninevah, N. Y. (5) Alva Bryant, born in Vermont in 1813, came to Jackson, and married Elizabeth Gager, of Wayne county, and he now resides in Susquehanna. They have five children-Edward, a resident of Susque- hanna county ; Will, of Susquehanna ; Paulina, wife of John Smith, of Illinois; Ira, of Wayne county ; and Fannie, of Wayne county. On December 13, 1831, Joseph Bryant married, for his third wife, Phoebe Charter. There were no children born of this union.
Enos Bryant, father of our subject, was edu- cated in his native place, and early in his 'teens mi- grated to Susquehanna county, which was then main- ly a wilderness. In Jackson township he married Miss Almira Lamb, daughter of Major Joel Lamb, who had been an officer in the American army in the war of 1812, and was a man of superior strength of body and much force of character. He had eleven children, of whom Almira, mother of our subject, was the seventh. He took up four hundred acres of land in Jackson township in 1815, and became one of the most prominent residents of the town- ship. After his marriage Enos Bryant settled in the woods on the Lenox and Harmony Pike, where he cleared up a good farm, erecting good buildings and making an attractive home in the wilderness, and there he remained through life. He was a Henry Clay Whig and later a Republican. For many years he was justice of the peace in Jackson township. He died in 1873, and his wife in 1860. Of their eight children, three-John F., Emily and William H .- died in childhood. The others were as follows: (I) Frank, born in May, 1828, mar- ried Miss Annie Curtis, of Oakland township. They resided in Jackson, where Mr. Washburn now lives, and he cleared up a fine farm and erected good buildings. He left a wife and four children, Alice, wife of Commodore Duran, of Oakland; Wallace, a resident of Paterson, N. J .; Verne, wife of Horace Case, of Preston, Wayne county ; and Butler, a resident of Delaware county, N. Y. (2) Harvey, born in January, 1830, was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting in the 177th P. V. I., and par- ticipated in a number of battles. He married De- mila Dann, of Danville, N. Y., and they now reside in Harmony township. Their children are-Jen- nie, Dora, Delana, Della, Grant and Homer. (3) Frederick, born in December, 1831, was well edu-
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cated in the Harford schools and was a teacher in the county for several years. He married Miss Adelia Barrett, daughter of William Barrett, of Jackson, and they settled on the old homestead there, where he died leaving three children-Ernest, of Cincinnati; C. S., now of the old home; and Lula, wife of Lagrand Larrabee, of Susquehanna. (4) John Newton, born in March, 1840, was a soldier in the Civil war and died while in service at Fort Lincoln ; he had enlisted in Company M, 2nd Penn. Artillery, was in service two years before his death, and was a very promising young man.
David L. Bryant, our subject, is the youngest of this family. He grew up on the old homestead, and was educated in the district schools of Jackson. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company M, Ist New York Mounted Rifles, under Capt. Masten and Col. C. C. Dodge. He was sworn in at New York as a private. Among the engagements in which he participated were the following: Zuni, October 25, 1862; Blackwater Bridge, October, 1862; Providence Church, March, 1863; Charles City, 1863; Providence Church, 1863; James Ford, November, 1862; Isle of Wight, December II, 1862; Edenton Road, April, 1863; Scotts Mills, May, 1863; Jackson, North Carolina, July, 1863; Petersburg and Richmond, in May and June ; West Point, June 15, 1864; Darby Town Road, December 16 to 29; at Warsaw; Seven Pines and the fall of Petersburg; at Weldon Railroad in 1864; Murfreesboro, 1864; and some other eighty-five engagements. He re-enlisted in the same company and regiment now known as the 4th Provisional Cavalry, commanded by Col. Edwin Sumner and was mustered out on November 29, 1865, at City Point, Virginia, with the rank of ser- geant.
Returning home he married, in January, 1869, Miss Abbie Lewis, daughter of George W. and Mary A. Lewis, members of one of the old families of New Milford. They settled at his present home in Jackson, where he bought the James Potter im- provement. On this place he erected a fine two- story house, good, substantial barns, and made gen- eral improvements, now owning one of the well- cultivated farms of Jackson township. His worthy wife died October 12, 1879, leaving three children : Minnie M., born in 1871, is the wife of Lewis Tuck- er, who is in mercantile business at Deposit, N. Y .; Forest L., born April 14, 1874, also in mercantile business in Deposit, N. Y. ; and Grace L., born Janu- ary, 1877, is now the wife of W. A. Perry, of Jack- son. For his second wife our subject in 1880 mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Lewis, sister of his first wife. She was born in New Milford in March, 1854. By his second marriage our subject has five children : Frank N., born October 21, 1881; Bertie F., born June 24, 1883 ; Leon D., born May 3, 1886; Benja- min H., born June 28, 1888; and Tracy L., born May 19, 1896.
Politically Mr. Bryant has always been identi- fied with the Republican party, and he has held the
office of supervisor of Jackson nine years. Relig- iously himself and wife are members of the Bap- tist Church. Our subject is a prominent member of Myron French Post No. 512, G. A. R., of Jack- son. He is a worthy representative of the old re- spected family from the Green Mountain State, who settled in Susquehanna county when life was a struggle to make a home from the wilderness ; through their persevering energy and honest indus- try, they, like many other New England families who came here, became prosperous. They cleared up good farms, erected good homes and became identified with all the interests of their new homes in Pennsylvania. Their sires were honest and God- loving people who helped to establish schools and churches, and were leading men and women in their day. The present generation are men of worth and are well-known in this county as among the solid citizens. Our subject, David L., has been identified with all the local interests of Jackson from his youth. When the Civil war broke out he offered his services and life to the Government in defense of his country, and as a soldier he did his full duty, as the many engagements in which he participated will testify. As a citizen our subject is loved and respected, for his neighbors speak of him and family in the highest terms.
TIFFANY. Of the sturdy men and women who came to the wilds of northeastern Pensylva- nia a century or more ago and made homes for themselves and their posterity, cleared up the for- ests, dotted its hillsides and valleys with churches and school houses, and otherwise aided in the es- tablishment of the grand county of Susquehanna, with its high character of citizens, none were of a better type than those coming from Attleboro, Mass., among whom were the Tiffanys.
Along toward the close of the eighteenth cen- tury, and in the beginning of the nineteenth, there came to northeastern Pennsylvania from the New England homestead of the Tiffany family at Attle- boro, Mass., several brothers, sons of John and Deliverance ( Parmenter) Tiffany, among whom were Capt. John Tiffany, who settled at Mt. Pleas- ant, Wayne county; Humphrey, Zachariah and Hezekiah Tiffany, in New York; and Noah. Hosea, and Thomas Tiffany, in Susquehanna county-all soldiers of the Revolution. These several brothers had descended from Esquire Humphrey Tiffany, who came from England in 1663, and settled in Rehoboth, Mass., their line being through James and John.
Hosea Tiffany, son of John Tiffany, of Attle- boro, Mass., born in 1754, was the leader of the "Nine Partners" who came to the lands of Susque- hanna (then Luzerne) county in the spring of 1790 and purchased a tract of land four miles long and one mile wide, lying in what is now Harford town- ship. In 1792 he came with his family and set- tled permanently. He was one of the county com- missioners of Luzerne county before the formation
Quo. B. Ifany
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of the county of Susquehanna, and of the new county in 1814; was also a justice of the peace from 1799 until 1812, when Susquehanna county was erected. His cabin home stood on the present site of the Congregational Church in Harford. He had married, in Massachusetts, Anna N. Wilmarth, and their children, born before they came to Pennsylva- nia, were: Hosea, Amos and Nancy. The father died in 1833. Hosea Tiffany, Jr., was one of the county commissioners in 1822. In about 1813 he was commissioned a justice of the peace, which office he resigned in 1826, but was again commis- sioned in 1831 and served until his death in 1836. He married Polly Sweet. Amos Tiffany as early as 1817 kept a tavern, residing in the homestead of his father, and later built what was known as the "Gow House," in Harford. Of the next generation (grandchildren of Hosea Tiffany), William C. Tif- fany, son of Hosea Tiffany, Jr., succeeded his father to the homestead and was also a justice of the peace for a number of years.
Thomas Tiffany, son of John Tiffany, of Attle- boro, Mass., was born in 1756, and married, in 1779, Melatiah Tingley, who was born in 1762, a daugh- ter of Thomas Tingley, of Attleboro, Mass. In the fall of 1794 Thomas Tiffany with his family joined the "Nine Partners" settlement. Both he and his wife in died 1835. The children born to them in Attleboro, Mass., were Lorinda, Alfred, Thomas, Pelatiah, Tingley, Dalton and Lewis, while those born after their settlement in Pennsylvania were Betsey, Millie, Preston and Orville. The father lo- cated on a part of the "Nine Partners" tract of land, and there engaged in farming throughout life. He was commissioned a justice of the peace in 1799. Of the children, Alfred settled near Kingsley's Sta- tion, and there resided until his death, and was suc- ceeded by his son, Judson. Thomas resided north of the "Nine Partners." Pelatiah resided in Brooklyn township. Dalton was a resident of Harford, on lands adjoining the old homestead. Lewis lived ad- joining his brother Thomas, Preston lived in Dim- ock township, and Orville in Wyoming county, Tingley settled north of the "Nine Partners" set- tlement ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812.
Noah Tiffany, son of John Tiffany, of Attle- boro, Mass., was born July 7, 1752. His first wife, Hannah (Carpenter), was born in 1761, and died it. 1785, and on September 25, 1786, he married Mary Olney,who was born in 1759, and died in 1837, in Gibson, Penn. He settled in Brooklyn township in 1809, and, like his brothers, Hosea and Thomas, was one of the leading men of the community in which he lived. He owned the land on which a part of Brooklyn village, in the Hop Bottom Valley, stands. In 1810 Joshua Miles built a large frame house in the village which afterward became known as the "Ab- bey," and in this Noah Tiffany kept the postoffice and hotel in 1817. He died July 19, 1818, and was succeeded as postmaster by his son, Arunah Tiffany. Noah Tiffany was a member of the Second Con- gregational Church of Bridgewater, organized in 67
Brooklyn in 1810, and was a deacon of the Society at the time of his death in 1818. The children of his first marriage were: Jemima, born August 2, 1782, married, November II, 1804, Eliab Farrar, and died April 21, 1874. Hannah, born December 16, 1783, married, September 19, 1810, Wells Stan- ley, and died March 4, 1874. Arunah is men- tioned farther on. To the second marriage were born: Olney, born in 1787, married Mercy Mil- ler, and died May 2, 1831. Mary, born September 15, 1789, married, June 12, 1814, Charles Perrigo, and died March 25, 1819. Amy, born August 9, 1791, died March 1, 1808. Noah, born May 10, 1793, married, November 25, 1817, Charlotte Sea- ver, and died December 25, 1878. John, born May 22, 1795, married Catharine Van Bramer, and died in January, 1863. Clarissa married, in 1829, David Waterman, and died January 22, 1869. Loring, born January 20, 1798, died October 24, 1805. Melinda, born October 16, 1801, married, January II, 1825, Myron Lindsey, and died December 16, 1891.
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