Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 322

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During his minority, our subject assisted in the operation of the home farm. He then went to Cedar county, Iowa, with the intention of farming there, but on account of illness soon returned home and remained with his mother until after his mar- riage. In April, 1856, in Luzerne county, Penn., he wedded Miss Susan Gardner, a native of that county, who died October 18, 1883, at the age of forty-four years, and was buried in Clifford ceme- tery. She was the daughter of John Gardner, a farmer of Luzerne county. By that union Mr. Ting- ley had three children ; Ida J., born October 26, 1857, is the wife of Frank Burns, a farmer of Preston township, Wayne Co., Penn .; Frances A., born June 14, 1861, is the wife of Oscar Bates, a farmer of Mt. Pleasant township, Wayne county; and Emma L., born September 7, 1864, is the wife of Wilfred Webster, a painter and decorator of Scran-

ton, Pennsylvania. In Scranton, on March 30, 1886, Mr. Tingley was again married, his second union be- ing with Mrs. Cynthia ( Holdren) Rhodes, who was born in Clinton township, Wayne county, April 18, 1847. She first married Almon Rhodes, by whom she had three children : Carrie, born June 18, 1870, is the wife of Nelson Tompkin, a farmer and lum- berman of Herrick township; Celinda, born May 22, 1873, is a trained nurse of Philadelphia ; and Eugene F., born June 16, 1875, is a resident of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Tingley's parents, John and Rachel D. (June) Holdren, were natives of New Jersey and Rhode Island, respectively, and were married in Wayne county, Penn. The father was an early set- tler of Clinton township, that county, where he fol- lowed farming until called from this life in 1866. The mother died in Lackawanna county, Penn., May 13, 1896, at the age of seventy-four years. She was first married to Fisher Case, by whom she had no children. Both were sincere Christians and active Church workers. The father's people were identified with the Presbyterian Church, the moth- er's with the Baptist Church, and she had two nephews who were ministers. Her parents were Silick and Sally (Dan) June, natives of Rhode Island and early settlers of Abington Center, Penn., whence they later removed to Clinton township, Wayne county. Mrs. Tingley's grandparents were Henry and Elizabeth Holdren, who were born in New Jersey and at an early day removed to Honesdale, Wayne Co., Penn. The grandfather was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and a farmer by occupation. His father was a native of Holland. Mrs. Tingley is the oldest in a family of six children, the others being Sarah, deceased wife of Charles Clark; Salinda, deceased wife of Benjamin Carey ; Amanda, deceased wife of P. G. Swank; Herman F., a resident of Forest City, Penn .; and Emma, wife of William Bowen, of Carbondale.

After his marriage Mr. Tingley purchased his present farm of 130acres in Herrick township, which at that time was entirely unimproved. He erected thereon a good residence and to its further improve- ment, development and cultivation he devoted his energies until he had laid aside business cares. He weighs 180 pounds and is still quite active for one of his age. He possesses considerable mechanical ability and manufactures his own pocket knives. He is pleasant, genial and affable and makes many friends. In his political affiliations he is a Republi- can. Although not a member of any Church he has contributed to the erection of the churches of Her- rick township and gives his support to every en- terprise for the public good. His estimable wife holds membership in the Baptist Church and takes an active interest in its work.

ARCHIBALD WOODWARD. A high ideal of citizenship is shown in the life of this well- known resident of Harmony township, Susque- hanna county, his honorable record as a soldier in

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the Civil war having been gained while he was still in point of years a mere boy. His later record as a thrifty and successful agriculturist is no less creditable to him, and his homestead near Lanesboro gives evidence of thoroughly progressive manage- ment.

Mr. Woodward was born April 9, 1846, in Sul- livan county, N. Y., and comes of good Colonial ancestry. William Woodward, Sr., our subject's grandfather, was born in Connecticut, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. When the struggle ended he made his home in the wilderness in Sullivan county, N. Y., being obliged to cut a road in the forest in order to reach his destination with teams. He cleared and improved a large farm, where he and his wife Betsy spent their remaining years. They had one daughter, Patience, and six sons, of whom, William, Jr., our subject's father, was the youngest ; (1) Charles married, and settled at the homestead, and his only son, Nelson, now resides there. (2) Ambrose married and located upon a farm in Illinois; he had a son, Nathaniel, now a lawyer in that State. (3) Lee married, and made his home in Idaho. (4) Riley enlisted in the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil war, and was killed at the first battle of Bull Run. (5) Samuel married, and settled in Sullivan county, where he still resides.

William Woodward, Jr., the father of our sub- ject, was born and reared in Sullivan county, where he received a district school education. He married Miss Margaret Osterhout, also a native of Sullivan county, and located upon a tract of wild land, which he transformed into a valuable homestead. In later life he met with an accident which left him lame for many years, and he made his home with our subject. His wife died in 1886, and he survived her only ten years, the remains of both being interred at Lanesboro. They were both members of the Universalist Church at Lanesboro, and were much respected for their excellent quali- ties of character. Of their eight children: (1) Eliza married Frank Taggett, of Binghamton, and died leaving three children-Helen, wife of Silas Hulse, of New Jersey; Jennie, widow of John Hartman, of Bnghamton; and Percy, a bookkeeper in Binghamton. (2) Sarah married Finis Fair, of Smith county, Kansas, who was a soldier in the Civil war from New York State. They have thir- teen children. (3) Henry married Miss Susan Webb, of Susquehanna county, who died in Scran- ton, leaving two children, Florence and Ada, now residents of Scranton. He then married a Miss Woodward, of Cortland county, N. Y., where is now engaged in farming. By his second marriage he has two sons, Delbert and Orie. (4) Archibald, our subject, is next in the order of birth. (5) Phœbe married Frank Martin, of Beaverkill, Sullivan county, N. Y., and they have four children- Frank, Guy, Margaret, and Mary. (6) John mar- ried a Miss Harper, of Iowa, and they now reside in Newton, Jasper county, Ia., where he is engaged

in business as a butcher. They have five children. (7) Mathew married Miss June Layton, of Sus- quehanna county, and they now reside on his farm in Harmony township. They have four children -Austin, Monroe, Louisa and Harry. (8) Han- nah married Andrew Patrick, who served as a sol- dier in the Spanish war, in the 13th Regiment Penn. Vol. Shedied at Lanesboro in 1895, leaving no family.

Our subject was reared upon the old homestead in Sullivan county, N. Y., where he remained until his enlistment in 1863 in Company H, 143rd N. Y. V. I. He was sworn into the service at Goshen, N. Y., and joined his regiment near Chattanooga, as a recruit. He served under Sherman, taking part in the famous march to the sea, but at Savannah he was stricken with typhoid fever, and sent to a hospital at David's Island, where he was obliged to remain until September, 1865, five months after hostilities ended. He then returned to his native county, where he was married on May 15, 1867, to Miss Hulda Ingram, a descendant of an old Eng- lish family, whose parents, Alexander and Sarah Ingram, were well-known residents of Sullivan county. After his marriage our subject settled in Rockland, Sullivan county, where he bought a farm and made some improvements, and for some time he devoted his attention to lumbering on the Dela- ware river there, and in Pike county, Penn. Four years were spent with Brice R. Blair, railroading by contract on the Delaware, Lackawanna & West- ern railroad between Carbondale and Scranton, Lanesboro and Windsor. In 1875 he purchased the Ichobod Read farm in Harmony township, which he has greatly improved, clearing a large portion of the farm and erecting substantial buildings. Po- litically he is a strong Republican, as was his father before him, and he has held the office of supervisor of Harmony township one term, and is one of the present school directors. While not a member of any denomination, he and his wife are in sym- pathy with religious advancement, and he has given liberally to Churches and Church work. Socially he and his family are prominent, and he is a mem- ber of Tremain Post No. 594, G. A. R., at Lanes- boro. Of his children, the eldest, John Y., born March 10, 1868, in Sullivan county, N. Y., went to Montana in 1898, where he is engaged in butchering, being a wide-awake and successful young business man. (2) Burt, born March I, 1870, in Sullivan county, is a stone cutter in Har- mony township, Susquehanna county. He married Miss Maud Sherman, of Susquehanna, and has one daughter, Florence Woodward. (3) Orion, born on the present home April 22, 1876, and (4) Freder- ick, born March 25, 1881, are at home. (5) Mary died in childhood, (6) Maggie, born at the pres- ent home July 3, 1884, is a student of the home school.

S. T. WHITAKER (deceased) was for many years a prominent and highly respected citizen of Preston township, Wayne county. He was born

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February 18, 1829, a son of Squire and Dorcas ( Travis) Whitaker, the former of whom was a na- tive of Delaware county, N. Y., but an an early day removed to Starrucca, Wayne Co., Penn., where he reared his family, and where he died many years ago. In Scott township, Wayne county, our subject passed the days of his boyhood and youth, while the public schools afforded him his educational privileges.

In 1850 Mr. Whitaker was married to Miss Celinda O. Mallery, a daughter of Thomas and Chastina Mallery, of Scott township. Thomas Mal- lery was a native of Meredith, N. Y., and when young came to Wayne county; his wife was born in Delaware county, New York. Mrs. Whit- aker is the oldest of their fourteen children, of whom the others are as follows: Malissa J., wife of Aaron Whitaker, of New York; Adelia H., wife of Bennett Huftin; Keziah, who married Lewis Deck- er, of Pennsylvania, and after his death wedded Eliel Burch, of New York State; Hester A. (de- ceased), who first married George Haines, who lost his life in the Civil war, after which she mar- ried Lafayette Axtel; Marian, wife of Robert Neild, of Preston township, Wayne county ; George A .; Harrison T .; Emeline O., who married Ralph Morris, of Wayne county, and now lives in Sid- ney, N. Y .; Osmer D .; Brainard; Ella M .; Ira D., a minister of the Baptist Church; and Thomas R. Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker began housekeeping in Scott township, Wayne county, at the head of Lizard Lake, where he purchased a partially im- proved farm of 160 acres, on which he erected two good dwellings, one being for his father and moth- er, who were tenderly cared for by him until their deaths. In 1866 he purchased 600 acres of tin- ber land in Preston township, near Preston Park, where he erected a sawmill, and in addition to clear- ing and developing his land he engaged in the man- ufacture of sawed lumber. Upon the place he built a fine residence supplied with all modern improve- ments and, in fact, made it one of the most modern farms of the locality. His labors were interrupted by his services in the Civil war, having enlisted in 1864 in the 144th N. Y. V. I. and remained at the front until the close of the struggle.

Six children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker. (1) Eva J., born in May, 1856, was educated in the public schools and was mar- ried in May, 1876, to Whitaker Transue, of Ben- nettsville, N. Y., by whom she has five children -- Archer D., Flora M., Lulu, Glenn E., and Hazel B. (2) Zervettie C., born in November, 1862, was married in July, 1884, to Charles DuMond, of Franklin, N. Y., who is now engaged in mercantile business in Deposit, N. Y., where they make their home. Their children are Junius G., and May (an adopted child). (3) Arvilla C. D., born in May, 1867, died in 1873. (4) Vernon T., born April 2, 1869, attended the public schools and later the Hancock high school. In December, 1896, he mar- ried Ethel Hawley, of Lookout, Penn., and they re-

side in Preston township. (5) Ella D., born July 22, 1872, attended the common schools until thir- teen years of age and then entered the Union schools of Hancock, N. Y., where she graduated in 1892. She has also been provided with a good mu- sical education, having attended the International Conservatory of Music, New York City, where she received instruction in both vocal and instrumental music. For ten years she was a popular and suc- cessful teacher in the public schools of New York and Pennsylvania, and on December 29, 1897, she married George A. Briggs, a Baptist minister. (6) Virgil S., born June 23, 1877, obtained his literary education in the schools of Hancock and Deposit, N. Y., and then took a course in the Scranton Busi- ness College. He is now attending to the lumber- ing and farming interests of his mother.

Politically Mr. Whitaker was first identified with the Republican party, but on account of his views on the temperance question, he joined the ranks of the Prohibition party, and was an earnest advocate of its principles. With his wife and chil- dren he held membership in the Baptist Church of Starlight, Wayne county. On October 23, 1888, he passed peacefully away from earth, like one fully conscious of meeting in a more sanctified place those nearest and dearest to him. In his death Wayne county lost one of is most respected citi- zens and representative business men. Ardent and constant in his affections he was a devout husband and father, and he left his family surrounded by all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Mrs. Whitaker, who still survives her husband and is held in high regard by all who know her, is a representative of an honored pioneer family of Wayne county, her maternal ancestors-the Hom- ens-being among the first settlers of Buckingham township. On both sides she is descended from good old Revolutionary stock

JAMES FREDERICK CARL. Success is determined by one's ability to recognize opportunity, and to pursue this with a resolute and unflagging energy. It results from continued labor, and the man who thus accomplishes his purpose usually be- comes an important factor in the business circles of the community with which he is connected. Mr. Carl, through such means, has attained a leading place among the representative men of Great Bend township, Susquehanna county, and his well-spent and honorable life commands the respect of all who know him.

He was born in Southeast, Putnam county, N. Y., February 17, 1847, and on the paternal side is of German origin, his grandfather. James Carl, be- ing a native of Germany. James Carl was one of two brothers, who during the Revolutionary war were captured by the British at New York, and held prisoners until exchanged by Gen. Washington. Later he located in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where William C. Carl, the father of our subject, was born January 2, 1796. There he was reared, and on

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September 3, 1816, he married Margaret Clark, by whom he had thirteen children, six of whom grew to maturity : John C., deceased ; Charles ; Caleb A. L., deceased ; Adelaide E. ( Mrs. R. R. Horton, of Brooklyn, N. Y.) ; Julia S., deceased; and Eliza, deceased. After the death of his wife, Mr. Carl was wedded in Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., October 28, 1844, to Mrs. Mary Foster, who was born in Great Bend township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., near the present town of Hallstead, in 1807, a daugh- ter of Asa and Anna ( Smith) Bennett, pioneers of that locality. The father of our subject was a sol- dier of the war of 1812, and was one of the many who crossed the Isthmus and went to California during the gold excitement in that State in 1849. He was very successful in his mining operations, but returned to New York in 1851. His son Charles, however, remained in California, and is now a suc- cessful business man in San Francisco. In early life the father engaged in the harness trade in New York City, and became the owner of a large amount of real estate there, where he continued to make his home until coming to Great Bend, in 1865, where he purchased property and where his wife also owned a large amount of real estate, besides prop- erty in Dutchess county, N. Y. Buying the Charles Dimon farm, he located thereon, between the bor- oughs of Great Bend and Hallstead, and erected new buildings, making that place their home until called to their final rest, the father dying in 1882, at the age of eighty-six, the mother in 1883. at the age of seventy-six. He had by his second wife two children-Foster C. and James Frederick; Foster C. was born in Southeast, Putnam Co., N. Y., in 1845, and married Sarah Dimon, of Bradford coun- ty, Penn. ; he is now foreman for the Roberson Lum- ber Co., of Binghamton, N. Y., and has been a gen- eral business man of that city for a number of years ; he has two daughters-Silence G., wife of Walder- mar Tengleson, a stenographer of Binghamton; and Sarah Helena is with her parents.

James F. Carl, the subject of this review, re- ceived a good academic education in the schools of Dutchess county, N. Y., and also at Amenia Semi- nary. He accompanied his parents on their removal to Great Bend, Susquehanna Co., Penn., where for a time he was employed by the New York & Erie railroad. In 1868 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary R. Guernsey, of Great Bend, a daughter of Milo and Fidelia A. Guernsey, formerly of Wind- sor, N. Y., who were of English descent. Mrs. Carl was born in 1850 and was educated in the high schools of Great Bend. Owning real estate in Great Bend, Mr. Carl located there after his marriage, and on leaving the railroad managed his father's farm for some years, and was also engaged in busi- ness as a retail coal dealer in the towns of Great Bend and Great Bend Village (now Hallstead ) for several years. In the spring of 1877, he moved to the Black Hills, Dakota, where he worked in the mines, and in the spring of 1878 erected what is to-day known as the Dakota Stone Ware House.

He also opened a stone quarry for the large mills of Deadwood and vicinity, and as a contractor erect- ed many buildings at that place, employing as high as fifty men. Soon after completing his work the town was destroyed by fire, and out of the two hun- dred buildings in the city only four remained, being his fire proof structures. He met with most excell- ent success during the four years he remained in Deadwood. Returning to Great Bend, Penn., in 1881, he located on his father's old homestead, which he now owns, and in connection with its operation, he has for the past twenty years dealt in agricultural implements at Great Bend. He is also an extensive stock dealer and dairyman, and has a large milk trade in both Hallstead and Great Bend.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl have had seven children: (I) Robertine, born May 18, 1870, was educated in the high schools of Great Bend and is now with her parents. (2) F. William C., born April 24, 1872, is a graduate of the high schools of that place, and also took a course in mechanical engineering at State College, Centre Co., Penn. For some years he has been in the employ of the Erie Railroad Com- pany as telegraph operator at Great Bend, and other places. (3) Milo G., born October 29, 1875, was educated in the Great Bend schools and is now a resident of Binghamton, N. Y. ; he married Blanche Pultz and has two children-Mabel B., and Anna B. (4) Annie M., born January 1, 1882, is a student in the high school of Great Bend. (5) Aaron B., born June 30, 1885, died January 26, 1886. (6) Lee M., born in November, 1889, and (7) Eugene D. B., born September 16, 1891, are both at home. All the children were born in Great Bend.

Mr. Carl's father was first a Whig and later a Republican, and he, too, is a supporter of the latter party. He was elected justice of the peace for Great Bend township at the spring election in 1900. Re- ligiously he and his family are all Presbyterians, and socially he is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Patrons of Husbandry, both of Great Bend. His beautiful farm of 180 acres, located on the banks of the Susquehanna river be- tween the towns of Hallstead and Great Bend, is one of the historic places of this section of the State, as it was once the site of an Indian village and bury- ing ground, and to this day many arrows and other Indian relics are still found here. It is now one of the most productive, well cultivated and highly improved farms in Susquehanna county, and has upon it a fine driving track where all of the fast horses of this section are speeded. As a public spirited and progressive citizen, Mr. Carl has not only advanced his own interests, but in many ways has materially aided in promoting the general wel- fare, and is numbered among the most useful and valuable men of his community.

JEFFERSON GRIFFIS is one of the promi- nent and representative citizens of Montrose, Sus- quehanna county, who now devotes his time and attention to the real estate business. Many of the

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leading enterprises and business interests of the city bear the impress of his individuality, and owe not a little of their success to his ability and capable powers of management.

Mr. Griffis was born in Forest Lake township, Susquehanna county, January 12, 1836. His par- ents, Elisha and Lattice (Blaisdell) Griffis, were natives of New Hampshire, but were married after coming to Susquehanna county, where they con- tinued to make their home throughout life. The father located here when this region was almost an unbroken wilderness and no roads had been cut through the forest. He followed the occupation of farming, held a number of township offices, and served as postmaster of Forest Lake for forty years. He died in March, 1870, aged eighty-one years, his wife in February, 1863, aged sixty-two, and both were laid to rest in the family cemetery upon their farm. In their family were thirteen children, of whom Abner was living retired in Montrose at the time of his death; Calvin B., a wealthy retired farmer of Hancock, N. Y. ; Miiton, who died in Elk Lake, Penn .; Austin B .. who died in Forest Lake; Elisha, Jr., a farmer of Birchardville, Susquehanna county ; Sally Ann, wife of E. B. Cobb, a farmer of Montrose; John B., who died in Montrose; Jef- ferson, our subject ; the others died in infancy. Our subject's maternal grandfather, John Blaisdell, came from New Hampshire to Susquehanna county at an early day and passed the remainder of his life in Jessup township.

Jefferson Griffis assisted in the operation of the home farm, attending school at the Montrose Acad- emy for a number of terms, after which he was for some time under the excellent tutorage of Rev. Sylvester Cook, in a school for boys, at Deckertown, New Jersey. When twenty-three years of age he went to Montrose and clerkea in the mercantile store of M. S. Wilson & Son, for one year. After the death of his mother, he returned home but after spending one year on the farm, he again went to Montrose, where he clerked in the store of Read, Watrous & Foster for several years. At the close of the Civil war this firm was dissolved, Messrs. Wat- rous and Foster retiring. At this time Mr. Griffis entered into co-partnership with S. M. Wilson and Fred R. Warner, conducting a general merchandise business under the firm name of Wilson, Giffis & Warner, for a term of five years or more, when Mr. Warner desiring to leave Montrose, this firm was dissolved. Mr. Griffis then entered the store of Read & McKinzie, and was in their employ for three years; at the end of that time, when the junior partner wished to leave Montrose, Mr. Griffis pur- chased his interest, and together with Mr. Read conducted the business for five years, selling out to James J. Watrous in 1872. Subsequently he was engaged in merchandising with Simon M. Sayre, at Montrose, for three years, and then purchased his partner's interest, being alone in business for a few years. For one year D. R. Lathrop was a mem- ber of the firm, and at the end of that time they

sold the store to M. E. Griffis and R. M. Bostwick. Since then our subject has given his attention to his real estate interests which are quite extensive. After selling his mercantile business, he purchased 9,000 acres of land near Fullerton in Nance county, Neb., and besides several pieces of property in Montrose, he owns 800 acres of farming land in Susquehanna county, Penn. He is also a stockholder in the Forest Lake Creamery Co., and has been a stock- holder and director of the First National Bank of Montrose for the past twenty years.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 322

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