Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 306

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Archibald Crawford was born June 7, 1780, and died in 1859. In March, 1802, he married Mary Berkley, who was born October 18, 1783, the second child of Thomas and Sarah (Crawford) Berkley, mentioned above. In 1804 he received a few acres of land from his father, located on the Newburg and Coshocton turnpike, in New York, and in October, 1805, he settled there, taking out a license and conducting a grocery and tavern. In 1812 he rented his tavern and purchased a farm, where he resided one year, when he resumed his former business. In 1820 he again placed the tavern in the hands of a tenant while he operated a farm belonging to his father-in-law. He pur- chased the farm after a time, but three years later he sold it and in April, 1823, he again took charge of his tavern, which he conducted as a temperance hotel until 1835. For a time he was interested in surveying and insurance, and in 1838 he sold his tavern and removed to Pine Bush. After spend- ing a short time there he sold his property and removed to the mountains with his son, and on April 1, 1844, he returned to Pine Bush, where his death occurred. He and his wife had twelve chil- dren: Emily, born November 17, 1803; Sarah,

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born February 7, 1805; Alford, born June 1, 1807; James McCurdy, born March 20, 1809; Jeannette ( Mrs. Jansen), born March 13, 1811; David A., born September 5, 1813; Robert, born May 18, 1815, died November 13, 1849, in the Odd Fellows Hospital at Sacramento City, Cal .; Eleanor, born April 15, 1817; Elizabeth, born May 7, 1819, died August 31, 1819; Moses A., born July 12, 1820, died December 19, 1851, at his residence in the City of New York; John D., born December 29, 1822; and Mary E., born October 18, 1825, who died in childhood.

DANIEL I. HADDEN, a very wide-awake and energetic citizen of Lebanon township, Wayne county, who is engaged in both farming and dairy- ing, was born in Windham, Greene Co., N. Y., a son of Israel and Mary Hadden.

The father was a native of Gilboa, that State, as was also the mother, but after their marriage they located in Windham, where he engaged in con- tracting and building until his death, which oc- curred in 1863. All. of their children were born in Greene county, N. Y., and in order of birth were as follows : (I) Hattie, born in 1848, married John Myers, of Wayne county, Penn., and resided in Freemanville, this State, where she died leaving five children. (2) Ella, born in 1850, died when a young lady. (3) Lillie, born in 1852, married Nor- ton Pine, of Albany, N. Y., and they now reside in Nebraska. (4) Daniel I. is the next in the family. (5) Edward B., born in 1856, married Stella Smith, of Susquehanna county, Penn., by whom he has one daughter, Edith, and they live on his well cultivated farm in Waymart, Wayne county. (6) George W., born in 1858, married Addie Brown, of Lebanon township, Wayne county, by whom he has five children, and they reside on a farm in that township ; his children are Mary, Ralph, Phœbe, Dorothy and Harvey. (7) Charles A. Lincoln, born in 1861, married Nettie Cole, of Preston, Wayne county, has one daughter, Hattie, and is en- gaged in farming near Lake Como in Preston town- ship. For her second husband the mother married Thomas Dudgeon, of New York State, and they re- moved to Manchester township, Wayne Co., Penn., where her death occurred in July, 1883. She had no children by her second union.

In the schools of his native place Daniel I. Hadden secured a fair education, and during his youth came with his mother to Wayne county, where he followed farming in Preston township for a time. In 1879 he married Miss Clara Reynolds, of that township, a daughter of Solomon and Mary Rey- nolds, highly respected citizens of that community. She was the second in their family of five children, the others being George, who died in early man- hood; Frances, now the wife of Oscar Stanton ; Myrtle, who died at the age of fourteen years; and Earle, who is single and resides in Deposit, N. Y. The mother of these died in 1883, but the father is still living at the age of sixty-six years, an hon-

ored resident of Preston township. Mr. and Mrs. Hadden have five children: James Lee, born in 1880; Frederick S., in 1882; Lillie S., in 1884; Osten, in 1886; and Alta Lucile, in 1893. All were born in Preston township, and when they have at- tained a sufficient age have been provided with good school advantages.

After his marriage Mr: Hadden lived near Stanton Hill until 1896, when he purchased sixty- seven acres of land in Lebanon township, on the Newburg turnpike, one mile west of Rileyville. He erected thereon a good frame house and barn in 1897, and has made many excellent improvements upon the place. He was reared in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his mother was a con- sistent member, but his wife is a Baptist in relig- ious belief. Descended from old Whig stock, he has become an ardent supporter of the Republican party, and faithfully performs every duty of citi- zenship. In the social circles of the community he and his family occupy an enviable position. and they are widely and favorably known throughout Wayne county.

FREDERICK ARNOLD, deceased. . The ties which bind together the branches of the Anglo- Saxon race were never more clearly shown than in the earnest support of our English-born citizens of the cause of liberty during our Civil war. The sub- ject of this memoir, formerly a prominent resident of Stroud township, Monroe county, was among those who offered their services to the government in that trying period, and his courage and devotion won him an honorable record. Mr. Arnold was born in Feb- ruary, 1826, in England, a son of Aaron and Annie Arnold, both natives of that country, who came to America some years after their marriage, and died at their home in Smithfield township, Monroe coun- ty, leaving a large family.

In early manhood Frederick Arnold married Miss Susanna Moyer, of Stroud township, Mon- roe county, and soon afterward he purchased the present homestead in this same locality. The land was then in an unimproved state, but he cleared it and brought it under fine cultivation, while the comfortable buildings erected by him make it a most attractive home. After this he removed tem- porarily to Bradford county, where for fifteen years he rented a farm, but later he settled at his old homestead, where his death occurred in Septem- ber, 1897. During the Civil war he enlisted in the 149th P. V. I., commanded by Col. John Irwin, of Clearfield, and at the close of the struggle he was honorably discharged from the service at Carlisle, Penn. Politically Mr. Arnold was a stanch Repub- lican, and he and his family have been active in relig- ious work as members of the Methodist Church.

Mrs. Arnold, who is highly esteemed for her excellent qualities of mind and heart, is a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Moyer, who were born and reared in Monroe county, but settled permanently in Bradford county soon after their marriage. Mrs.

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Catherine Moyer died about thirty years ago leav- ing six children: Peter; Mary J., wife of Thomas Arnold; Susanna, widow of our subject ; Julia Ann, who married Robert Neely, of Tonawanda, Penn. ; Samuel; and Elizabeth, who married John Nye, of Bradford county. After the death of his wife Jacob Moyer wedded Miss Jane Burd, of Bradford county, and they became the parents of five chil- dren: John, Hanna, Lydia, Electa and Emily.

A family of four children blessed the union of Frederick and Susanna ( Moyer) Arnold, and all now occupy honorable and useful positions in life, reflecting credit upon their parents. (I) Peter, born in September, 1853, in Stroud township, re- sides in Spragueville, where he is employed as a telegraph operator on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad. He married, and has had three children-Arthur E., Goldie and Nellie. (2) Samuel, born in October, 1856, in Bradford county, resides on the old homestead, and looks after his mother's interests. He married Miss Amanda Det- rick, daughter of Jesse and Catherine Detrick, well- known residents of Stroud township, and four chil- dren brighten the old home-Charles W., born in 1878 ; Odessa, 1880; Frances, 1882 ; and Ruth, 1895. Odessa and Frances have completed a public-school course, and all are popular in the best social circles of the neighborhood. (3) Mary A., born in May, 1859, in Bradford county, married John Cramer, of Spragueville, and has three children: Ada, Lewis and Viola. (4) Annie, born in June, 1872, in Bradford county, married Oscar Impt, of East Stroudsburg, and has two children, Myrtle and Alvia.

MRS. SARAH ARNOLD GREGORY, a most estimable lady residing in Tunkhannock town- ship, belongs to an old and highly-respected family of Monroe county. Her paternal grandparents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Kerr) Arnold, spent their en- tire lives in Hamilton township, where the grand- father engaged in farming as a means of livelihood.

Adam Arnold, father of Mrs. Gregory, was born in Hamilton township, July 22, 1784, and was one of a family of seven children, six sons and one daughter. On attaining to man's estate he was married, in his native township, to Miss Peggy Ann Buskirk, a daughter of John Buskirk, who was born in Hamilton township, Monroe county, and died in Allentown, Penn., before the birth of Mrs. Gregory. Throughout life Mr. Arnold worked as a laborer, and made his home in Hamilton and Jackson town- shops, Monroe county. In his political affiliations he was a Democrat. He died November II, 1858, his wife August 22, 1840, at the age of forty-one years, honored and respected by all who knew them. To them were born six children, namely : Eliza, who is now seventy-six years of age and is a widow residing in Wilkes Barre, Penn .; Caroline, widow of Moses Morris, of Wilkes Barre; Irene, deceased wife of Joseph Turner, of the same place ; Elizabeth, widow of John Eckhart, of Wilkes

Barre; Margaret, who died unmarried; and Sarah A., our subject.

Sarah Arnold was born August 18, 1837, and in Chestnut Hill township, Monroe county, was uni- ted in marriage with Henry Gregory, who was born in that township, August 22, 1829. His parents, Richard and Lydia (George) Gregory, were born, reared and married in Berks county, Penn., and from there removed to Chestnut Hill township, Monroe county, where the father engaged in farm- ing throughout the remainder of his life. He died August 23, 1864, aged seventy-four years, his wife July 27, 1854, aged fifty-six years, two months and thirteen days. In their family were seven children, five sons and two daughters. Henry Gregory passed his boyhood and youth in his native town- ship and continued to reside there, engaged in lum- bering and farming, until 1878, when the family re- moved to Tunkhannock township, where Mrs. Greg- ory purchased fifty-two and a half acres of land, only a small portion of which had been cleared. To its further development and improvement Mr. Greg- ory at once turned his attention and continued to carry on operations as a farmer and lumberman until called from this life, March 2, 1889. As an honorable, upright man he was held in high regard by the entire community. In politics he was a stanch Democrat, and in religious belief was a Lutheran. For sixteen months he served as a mem- ber of the Union army during the Civil war, was wounded by a musket ball in the right shoulder, and when hostilities ceased was honorably dis- charged. For forty-two years Mrs. Gregory has been a faithful and earnest member of the Reformed Church, and now in her declining years she is sur- rounded by a large circle of friends and acquaint- ances who appreciate her sterling worth.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gregory are as follows : David Milton, born February 16, 1856, died at the age of twenty-six years; Charles Henry, born March 2, 1858, died in infancy ; Susana, born July 29, 1860, is the wife of Aaron Haffner, of Hamilton township; Edwin, born February 14, 1862, died in infancy ; Mary E., born January 14, 1863, is the wife of Jesse Keiper, by whom she had five children, Jennie, Birdie, Lottie (deceased), Carrie and Dorothy, and they live in Tunkhannock township; Richard, born August 21, 1867, lives in Tobyhanna township, Monroe county, where he is engaged in farming; Ira, born September 12, 1869, is in New Mexico; Peter Alvin, born August 26, 1871, is employed in the lumber woods of Monroe county ; James Monroe, born November 4, 1873, is a lumberman and carpenter of Monroe county ; and Emma Lydia, born October 13, 1876, died April II, 1878.

OTTO E. TYLER, a farmer of Damascus township, Wayne county, is a son of Calvin and Caroline (Conklin) Tyler, representatives of a well-known family.

Calvin Tyler on reaching manhood married

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Miss Caroline Conklin, who was born in the vicinity of our subject's home in Damascus township, Wayne county, the daughter of Simon B. Conk- lin, one of the early settlers here. The children born of this union are as follows: Moses S., a resident of Binghamton, N. Y .; Elida C., wife of Elton J. Ross, of Binghamton; Otto E., the subject of this review; and Allette, wife of Joseph T. Tyler, of Damascus township. The father, who was a farmer and lumberman by occupation, died at the age of sixty-six years, and the mother passed away at the age of forty-one. Both were earnest and consistent members of the Methodist Church, and their lives were ever in harmony with its teachings.

Otto E. Tyler grew to manhood on the home farm. On October 15, 1882, he was united in mar- riage with Miss Phoebe E. Anderson, daughter of Capt. John Anderson, a soldier of the Civil war and one of the prominent citizens of Callicoon, N. Y. Mrs. Anderson, whose maiden name was Dorcas Winslow, was a native of Sullivan county, N. Y., and died several years ago. Of the seven children born to the Captain and his wife, three died in childhood, and four are now living, namely: Ellen E .; Mary E .; Calista, wife of George Lawton, of Maine, Broome Co., N. Y .; and Phoebe E., wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler have one child, Florence E., born January 19, 1885.

C. M. BROWNELL, M. D., is one of Strouds- burg's leading physicians, his skill and ability having won him an enviable reputation. He is a disciple Hahnemann and is prominent among his profes- sional brethern as well as with the public, being an active member of the American Homeopathic In- stitute.

Doctor Brownell comes of good Colonial stock and his ancestors in the paternal line were Quakers in religious faith. Jeremiah Brownell, the great- grandfather of our subject, was born in 1761, at Little Crompton, N. Y., but spent the latter part of his life in the vicinity of Hamilton, N. Y., where he engaged in farming. In his day transportation facil- ties were limited, and the removal to Hamilton was made with a team which belonged to a Dutchman. The latter did not approve of Quaker views of tem- perance, and he took advantage of his rights as own- er and driver of the team to compel Mr. Brownell to supply a liberal allowance of whiskey, making him walk each day unless the liquor was duly provided. Jeremiah Brownell died in New York State in 1847, leaving two sons : Alvin, our subject's grandfather ; Thomas, who settled in Michigan.

Alvin Brownell was born at the old farm near Hamilton, N. Y., and died at the age of sixty-seven. He married Miss Amelia Lancton and had the fol- lowing children: Henry, our subject's father; George, who died at an early age; and Margue- rite.

Henry Brownell, the father of our subject, was a farmer by occupation. In 1885, he located in Monroe county, where his death occurred. In

politics he was a Democrat, but he did not take an active share in partisan work. His wife, whose maiden name was Arvilla Hammond, was born in the village of Cattaraugus, N. Y., and is still living Of their two children our subject was the elder. Maggie (deceased) was the wife of W. W. Mitchel, of Utica, New York.

Doctor Brownell was born June 23, 1859, at Hamilton, N. Y., and his education was begun in the district schools of that locality. Later he attended school at Easton, Penn., and Utica, N. Y., and in 1878 he entered Hahnemann Medical College, Phila- delphia, where he

was graduated in 1882. Since that time he has been in general practice, but he is considered especially proficient in surgery, obstetrics and diseases of women. While he affiliates with the Democratic party he is not active in local politics, but socially is prominent, being identified with Blue Lodge, F. & A. M., the Royal Arcanum, and the Knights of Malta. In company with other leading citizens of Stroudsburg he made a tour of Europe, and his account of his travels, as pre- served in his diary, is of great interest, show- ing keen . powers of observation and fine literary style.

Dr. Brownell, our subject, married Miss Min- nie E. Bassett, who was born June 20, 1859, in Hamilton, N. Y., and two children have blessed the union : Genevieve and Clarence. Mrs. Brownell is a descendant of one of the oldest families of Susquehanna county, and her great-great-grand- father, John Hilburn, was taken prisoner during the massacre there in the early history of that locality, and was carried to Canada, but finally returned to his home in Susquehanna county.

WILLIAM E. BELCHER. This well-known citizen of Gibson township, Susquehanna county, is a representative of a class of agriculturists whose able and scientific management produces good re- sults when others fail. He has two fine farms in Gibson township, one of 520 acres and the other of 200 acres, and devotes his attention to general farming, his work in various lines rivaling, how- ever, that of those who have chosen them as spe- cialties.

Mr. Belcher belongs to a well-known pioneer family, his grandfather, William Belcher, son of Adam Belcher, having come to Susquehanna county from Orange county, N. Y., in 1794, with a brother, John. The section was then a part of Luzerne county, and they were the first settlers in what is now .Gibson township, where both lived to an ad- vanced age. John Belcher had the first white child born in the township. William Belcher, who was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation, married Sally Ann Davey, and they had a large family of children, of whom all but one son and three daugh- ters settled in Illinois.

Alanson Belcher, our subject's father, was born in 1809, in Gibson township, and after following ag- ricultural pursuits there for many years, removed

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to Shelby county, Ill., where he died September 8, 1868, aged nearly sixty years. He and his estimable wife, Elizabeth (Taylor), who died in Gibson town- ship in 1876, at the age of sixty-seven, were con- sistent members of the Baptist Church. She was a daughter of Amos and Dolly (Sparks) Taylor, and was also of pioneer stock, the Taylors coming from Vermont, the Sparks from Orange county, N. Y., and settling in Gibson township. The father of Dolly Sparks was killed in the Wyoming massacre, but the mother escaped with Dolly, then a child of two years; they went as far as they could, and then laid down in the woods; during the night they were disturbed by the tramp of horses' feet, and the mother found to her joy that two sons whom she supposed had been killed had also escaped. Our subject is the eldest of a large family, the others being: Amos, born in 1832, is now a farmer in Gib- son township (he was a soldier in the Rebellion) ; Solomon, born in 1834, died in 1869; John W. died at the age of four years; George, born in Novem- ber, 1836, is a farmer in Gibson township; Adelia, born in 1841, married Charles Felton, a farmer in Harford township; Amelia, twin of Adelia, mar- ried Clinton Allen, and died in 1899; Elizabeth A., born in 1844, married Joseph Whiting, a manufac- turer at Montrose, Pennsylvania.

Our subject was born April 5, 1830, in Gib- son township, and has resided at his present home- stead since he was two months old. He is popular as a citizen, being genial and approachable, and he takes an active interest in local politics as a member of the Republican party, having served six years as school director. On May 12, 1864, he was mar- ried, in Harford township, Susquehanna county, to Miss Samantha A. Carpenter, and the following children have blessed the union: Miss Clara M., who is at home, and is a nurse ; Oscar C., who went to Dawson City from Oregon in 1897, and has been among the fortunate gold seekers in the Klondyke; William W., who died at the age of five years; Frank J., a successful gold miner who has been in Alaska and Klondike for five years; Miss Mary G., at home; Horace G., a gold miner at Dawson City; Miss Eliza M., a successful school teacher ; and Miss Rhoda M., at home. Mrs. Samantha A. Belcher was born August 14, 1836, at Preston, Wayne county, daughter of Chester and Eliza M. (Guild) Carpenter, both natives of Gibson town- ship. The Carpenter family has been identified with Massachusetts from a early date, and Mrs. Belcher is a great-great-granddaughter of Josiah Carpen- ter, and a great-granddaughter of Searle Carpenter, of the Bay State. David Carpenter, her grandfa- ther, was born at Attleboro, Mass., and came to Sus- quehanna county in 1811, locating upon a farm in Gibson township. A few years later he returned to Massachusetts and married Abbie Follett, who ac- companied him to his new home in the wilds of Sus- quehanna county. The Guild family is also of Massachusetts stock, and Mrs. Belcher's maternal 83

grandparents, Nathan and Elizabeth (Fuller) Guild, of Massachusetts, came to Gibson township, Susquehanna county, in 1812, to secure a farm. Mrs. Belcher's father, who was a farmer by occupa- tion, died in Gibson township in 1839, aged twenty- six, and her mother died in Preston township, Wayne county, in 1854, aged forty-one, their re- mains being buried at Burrow's Hollow. They were active members of the M. E. Church for many years. Of their children : (I) Chester C., who died December 5, 1889, at Golden, Colo., went to Colorado in 1860, and was first clerk of Jefferson county, later became a prominent attorney, and served as District Judge. He married Lydia May- nard. (2) Samantha A. is the wife of our subject. (3) Nancy A., who died November 18, 1898, mar- ried Emanuel Smith, of Colorado. (4)

Martha M. died aged three years.

ABIEL S. BROWN. The world instinct- ively pays deference to the man who has achieved success in life, overcoming the obstacles and diffi- culties in his path, and reaching a high position in the business world. This is a progressive age, and he who does not advance is soon left far behind. Mr. Brown, by the improvement of opportunities with which all are surrounded, has steadily and honorably worked his way upward and has attained a fair degree of prosperity, being the present owner of an excellent farm of 200 acres in Lebanon town- ship, Wayne county.

Mr. Brown is one of New England's native sons, born at Southbridge, Mass., September 28, 1833. His father and grandfather both bore the name of Rufus, the former being one of a family of sixteen children. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was a Democrat in politics. In early manhood he married Miss Eunice Clemmons, a daughter of Reuben Clemmons, and they be- came the parents of nine children. The mother, who was a faithful member of the Methodist Church, died in Massachusetts, at the age of sixty-four years, and the father passed away at the age of seventy-eight.

The first fourteen years of his life Abiel S. Brown spent in the State of his nativity, and then came to Wayne county, Penn., in company with his sister, Mrs. Daniel Green. Here he subsequently married Miss Phobe Justin, a native of Wayne county, and a daughter of J. Justin, one of the honored pioneers of this region, who, with four of his sons, was a gallant defender of the Union dur- ing the trying days of the Civil war. He married Miss Caroline Taylor, and died at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, eight are still living, namely: Louisa, wife of John Swingle, of Tioga, Penn .; Daniel, a resident of Lebanon township, Wayne county ; Eunice, wife of Samuel Willnath, of the same township; Addie, wife of George Hadon, also of Lebanon township; Jennie, wife of

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Daniel McReynolds, of Buckingham township, Wayne county ; Harvey, who lives on the old home- stead; Clara, wife of Frank Scudder; and Mary, wife of Benton Buss.

Throughout his business career Mr. Brown has successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, and the well-tilled fields and the neat and thrifty appearance of his place testify to his skill and ability in his chosen calling. The Republican party has always found in him a stanch supporter, and he never withholds his aid from any enterprise which he believes calculated to advance the moral, educational or material welfare of his township or county, so that he justly deserves to be numbered among the valued and useful citizens, as well as the prominent and representative men, of his com- munity.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 306

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