Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 325

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GEORGE C. MACK. With the early indus- trial history of Brooklyn township, Susquehanna county, the name of Mack is intimately associated, and it is now connected with the industrial devel- opment of Lathrop township. For four genera- tions the Mack family has operated mills in Susque- hanna county, and among its members the subject of this review, now a prominent farmer and saw- mill proprietor of Lathrop township, is a most wor- thy representative.

Mr. Mack was born in Brooklyn township, Oc- tober 16, 1832, son of Marvin L. and Emeline (Palmer) Mack, and grandson of Elisha Mack. The latter was born in Lyme, Conn., in 1768, son of Josiah Mack, and grew to manhood in his na- tive State. He was twice married, (first) to Lydia Lord and (second) to Taphoena Lord. The chil- dren by the first union were: Lydia, Matilda (Lord), Fanny A. (Tiffany), Eliza P. (Tiffany) and Elisha ; by the second marriage there were born: Marvin L. (the father of our subject), Horace, Charles, William, Ursula (who married George Mack), Emily (Bagley), Adaline, John, Ansel, Alfred, and Enoch. About 1804 Elisha Mack migrated from Connecticut to Susquehanna county, and purchased one hundred acres of land in Brooklyn township, at Mack's Corners, a name which yet perpetuates his memory. He there built a sawmill, and followed milling in connection with farming until his death, which occurred in 1839.

Marvin L. Mack, the father of our subject, was born in Connecticut, being four years of age when he was brought to Susquehanna county by his father, and was reared in Brooklyn township. He

was twice married, his first wife being Emeline Palmer (a daughter of Esek H. and Amy (Smith) Palmer), by whom he had seven children, namely : Edwin P., of Brooklyn township; James W., a real- estate owner at Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y .; George C., subject of this sketch; Ledyard P., who died a resident of Hodgeman county, Kans., aged fifty- eight years; Charles M., a gardener of Nicholson, Penn. ; Horace G., who is engaged in a. stone mill at Nicholson, Penn. ; and Ellen G., who died aged twelve years. By the second marriage, to Mary Roscoe, there was no issue. Marvin L. Mack purchased a part of the old homestead, forty-six acres, and erected a chair and cabinetmaking factory, which he operated for about forty years, also engaging in farming in a small way. He was a member of the M. E. Church, in politics was a Whig and Repub- lican, and for many years served as a justice of the peace and also as a school director. He lived to the good old age of eighty-six years.

George C. Mack attended the district schools in his boyhood days, assisting in the home work, both on the farm and in the mill. In partnership with his brother, James W., in 1852, he built mills in Monroe county, and two years later, with his three brothers and his father, he erected the mill at Mack's Corners, Brooklyn township; in 1858, four years later, our subject purchased a one-half interest in the mill, and some four years later sold it. At the age of twenty-five years, in 1857, he mar- ried Miss Frances A. Quick, and by this union there were two children, James D., and Emmett J., who died at the age of twelve years. The mother died in 1873.

Mr. Mack enlisted, in October, 1862, becom- ing a private in Company A, 15Ist P. V. I., and served the full term of enlistment, nine months. He was mustered out with the regiment in August, 1863. For two years he followed farming in New York State, and carpentering at various places. In 1875 he purchased sixty-two acres of partly-im- proved land in Lathrop township, one-half of it covered with timber, and engaged as a sawyer at Tarbell Pond mill for sixteen years in connection with farming. In partnership with his son he, in 1899, built a forty-horse-power flour, feed and saw mill, which they have since continued to operate. In politics Mr. Mack is a stanch Republican, his first Presidential vote having been cast for John C. Fremont, the first Republican candidate for Pres- ident, and he has ever since supported that party. He has frequently been elected to local offices, has served as auditor twelve years, assessor nine years, constable and collector two years, and as judge and inspector of election. He is a member of Union Grange, at Lathrop, and of the Brooklyn Post of the G. A. R.

JAMES D. MACK, son of our subject proper, was born in Brooklyn township, December 27, 1859, and was only thirteen years of age when his mother died. He was educated in the district schools. For nine years he worked out as a farm laborer, two

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years of the time in Orleans county, N. Y. He now owns a farm of sixty acres, and is engaged in general farming and milling in partnership with his father. In 1882 he married Miss Lena E. Lord, who was born February 17, 1858, daughter of John Lord, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere, and to them have come two children: Luther G., born Sep- tember 7, 1887 ; and Harold L., born June 3, 1897. Mrs. Mack was one of the best and most success- ful school teachers of the vicinity ; she taught three terms in Lathrop township, six in Dimock, three in Springville, and one in Bridgewater. James D. Mack, like his father, is an earnest Republican, has served his township one year as clerk, and was supervisor for one year.

CHRISTIAN LANGE. Holding marked precedence among the representative business men of Newfoundland, Wayne county, is this gentleman, who is a well known general merchant and under- taker. Starting out in life for himself in limited circumstances his success may be attributed to his own industry, enterprise and a determination to succeed, and he is justly entitled to representation in the history of his adopted county.

Mr. Lange is a native of Switzerland, born September 6, 1834, and is a son of Henry W. and Anna (Jecklin) Lange, the former a native of Com- burg, Saxony, Germany, the latter of Switzerland. They became acquainted and were married in the latter country, where they continued to make their home until 1849, which year witnessed their arrival in the United States. After spending a few months in Philadelphia, Penn., they came to Newfoundland, then known as Dutch Flats, where the father carried on farming and tinsmithing. He died in 1875, aged seventy-two years, his wife five years previous, aged sixty-seven, and both were laid to rest in the Mo- ravian cemetery at Newfoundland, being members of the Church of that denomination. Their children were Wilhelmina, who married Charles Methius, and both are now deceased; Caroline, who married Gustavus Schubert, a musician, and both are now deceased; Augustus, who married Lydia Reichel, and is now deceased; and Christian, the only sur- vivor of the family. The mother was twice married, her first husband being Daniel Hitz, who died in Switzerland. Of the two children born of this union, Anna died in Switzerland, and Ursula in America, both unmarried.

Leaving home at the age of twenty years, Christian Lange went to Salem, Penn., where with Hiram Clement, Esq., he learned the wheelwright's trade. His employer died at the end of two years, but our subject continued to work for his widow for one year. He then went to Philadelphia, where he worked at his trade for seven months, but on his return home followed farming for two years. He next embarked in the wheelwright and undertaking business on his own account at Newfoundland, but in 1878 retired from the former occupation, and has since engaged in merchandising in connection 88

with undertaking, and has met with excellent suc- cess.

On June 17, 1860, at Newfoundland, Mr. Lange was married, by Rev. John Prager, a Mora- vian minister, to Miss Caroline Oppelt, and they have become the parents of the following children : Herman F., born July 29, 1862, is a clerk in the High Falls Hotel at Dingmans Ferry, Pike Co., Penn. ; Edwin H., born July 10, 1866, married Anna Manhartz, and is with his father in business; Anna R., born March 4, 1871, died in 1881; Charles A., born December 14, 1875, is at home; Celia A., born June 26, 1878, died in 1888; and Eugene E., born September 14, 1880, is at home. Mrs. Lange was born in Nazareth, Northampton Co., Penn., Au- gust 27, 1839, a daughter of Francis A. and Louisa ( Beitel) Oppelt, natives of Gnadenhutten, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father was a harnessmaker by trade and followed that occupa- tion in his younger years in connection with school teaching, but later in life engaged in farming. From 1875 until 1879 he was a commissioner of Wayne county, was justice of the peace thirty years, and held other local offices, including county au- ditor. He was one of the most influential and prominent citizen of his community, and an ardent supporter of the Republican pary. He was born March 15, 1813, and died June 22, 1897, while his wife was born December 30, 1814, and died July 22, 1896, and as they were members of the Moravian Church, their remains were interred in that cem- etery. In their family were the following children : Angelica, born July 19, 1837, is the wife of Fred- erick Ehrhart, a merchant of Newfoundland; Car- oline J. is the wife of our subject; Lawrence V., born February 13, 1842, died at the age of nine years; Annie E., born November 25, 1843, is the widow of Isadore Kastner and a resident of Brook- lyn, N. Y. ; Henry S., born November 24, 1845, re- sides on the old homestead ; Sarah A., born Novem- ber 12, 1847, is a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y .; James B., born February 10, 1850, died in 1851; Mary L., born March 30, 1851, is the wife of Emil Walter, who is engaged in the millinery business in Newfoundland; Edward A., born No- vember 15, 1852, married Caroline M. Grimm and lives on the old home place; and Celia L., born May 10, 1854, is the wife of William Heberling, a laborer of Newfoundland.

Mr. Lange gives an unwavering support to the men and measures of the Republican party, but has never cared for office, preferring to give his en- tire time and attention to his business interests. He has, however, served as school director three years, and is the present auditor of Dreher township. He is a consistent member of the Moravian Church, and is highly respected by all who know him.

GARRET V. FREY is a prominent repre- sentative of the industrial interests of Dreher town- ship, Wayne county, where he is engaged in black- smithing. He was born in Coolbaugh township,

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Monroe county, in January, 1849, and belongs to an honored and highly-respected family. His grandparents, Joseph and Rosanna Fry (as the name was spelled by them), were natives of Baden, Germany. In 1834, after the death of his wife, the grandfather came to America, and after living a few years in New York he removed to Beaver Mead- ows, near Easton, Penn., where for five years he engaged as a blacksmith. He next went to Cool- baugh township, Monroe county, where he built a shop and carried on business until 1852, when he came to Dreher township, Wayne county, making his home here until his death, which occurred, how- ever, near Easton. He had three children: Elias, who went West and was never again heard from; Lambert; and Sebastian, who married Catherine Greenebauer.

Lambert Frey was born in Baden, Germany, November 2, 1818, and was fourteen years of age when he crossed the Atlantic and took up his resi- dence in Carbon county, Penn. In Monroe county, this State, he wedded Mary A. Gerhart, November 28, 1836, and there they continued to reside until 1852, when they came to Sterling, now Dreher township, Wayne county. He became one of the most popular and influential citizens of his commu- nity, and was honored with a number of township offices. By occupation he was a blacksmith. He died June 8, 1891, respected by all who knew him, and was laid to rest in Pine Grove cemetery, Dreher township. His widow, who was born in Jackson, Penn., December 15, 1825, now makes her home with her son John, in that township. Her parents were John and Rutha ( Bellows) Gerhart, who were residents of Jackson until 1834, when they removed to Monroe county, and there spent the remainder of their lives. Her father was a wheelwright and farmer. He died in 1889, aged eighty-four years, his wife in 1883, aged eighty, and both were buried in Coolbaugh township, Monroe county. Their children were: Elizabeth, who married Joseph Cortright, and both are now deceased; Philip, de- ceased, who wedded Lydia Dersheimer ; Christiana, widow of William Thompson, of Stroudsburg ; Mary A., Mrs. Frey ; Emaline, widow of Aaron Fry ; Jacob, a lumberman of Gouldsboro, Penn., who wedded Elizabeth Bisby; William, who married Maggie Stiff, and is a blacksmith in Coolbaugh township, Monroe county ; and Kate J., who mar- ried William Nye, a farmer of Coolbaugh town- ship, Monroe county. The children born to Lam- bert and Mary A. (Gerhart) Frey were Eliza, now the wife of L. R. Rohrbacker, a farmer of Dreher township; Garret V., whose name introduces this sketch; William, a blacksmith and supervisor of Dreher township, who wedded Mary Bartleson; John, a wheelwright and undertaker of the same township, who married Esther Ehrhart; Katie J., who died when young; Anna, deceased wife of Steward Rhodes; Alonzo, foreman of a lumber mill in Virginia, who married Amanda Hawk; Mary A., who died unmarried ; Daniel, a prominent busi-

ness man, who is now holding the position of foreman in the twining factory in Dreher town- ship; and Lizzie, who died unmarried.

At the age of twelve years Garret V. Frey en- tered his father's blacksmith shop and soon thor- oughly mastered the trade, taking entire charge of the shop at the age of twenty-nine. He has since conducted it with marked success, winning from the public a liberal patronage, by fair dealing and good workmanship.

On July 3, 1878, at the South Sterling Church, Mr. Frey was married, by Rev. J. F. Warner, a Methodist Episcopal minister, to Miss Ella Hum- ple, and they have become the parents of three chil- dren: Lizzie, Ira and Ward, all at home. Mrs. Frey was born in Sterling township, Wayne coun- ty, November 24, 1854, and is a daughter of Mar- tin and Elizabeth (Croft) Humple, natives of Ger- many and Philadelphia, respectively. They became acquainted and were married in Wayne county, and were well-known farming people of Sterling town- ship, where both died, the father in 1872, aged fifty-three years, the mother in 1858, aged thirty- four. Their children were Charlotte, now the widow of Charles Bisby and a resident of Gravity, Wayne county ; Hattie and Eleanore, who died un- married ; Ella, wife of our subject; and Anna, wife of Baldwin Lancaster, a lumberman of Pike county.

Socially Mr. Frey belongs to Wallenpaupack Lodge, I. O. O .F., and the Patriotic Order Sons of America, at South Sterling. He is an earnest and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a pronounced Prohibitionist in politics, and among other offices has efficiently served as town clerk and poormaster. In all business transactions his word is considered as good as his bond, and he is a worthy representative of one of the best families of Dreher township.

JOHN F. GREEN was for many years one of the active and progressive agriculturists of Di- mock township, Susquehanna county, as well as one of its most reliable and honorable citizens, and now in his declining years he is enjoying a well-earned rest, free from the cares and responsibilities of business life.

Mr. Green is a worthy reperesentative of one of the honored pioneer families of the county, it be- ing founded here by his grandparents, Obediah and Ruth Green, natives of Rhode Island, who located in Bridgewater township in 1804, and there spent the remainder of their lives. By occupation the grandfather was a farmer, cooper and millwright. David Green, the father of our subject, was born in 1795, and when a lad of nine years accompanied his parents on their removal to Susquehanna county. After a short time spent in Montrose, they located in Bridgewater township, where he grew to man- hood. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and his father aided the Colonies in their struggle for in- dependence as a soldier of the Revolutionary war. The former was married in Bridgewater township

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to Miss Phobe Darrow, who was born on the Mohawk river, New York, in 1800, and when a child came with her parents to Susquehanna county. He died in 1873, his wife in 1887, and the remains of both were interred in Fair Hill cemetery. Their children were as follows: Harriet, deceased, who first married Merville Reinholt, and second An- drew Dickerson ; Polly, who died at the age of eight- een years; Orilla, deceased wife of Orin Chamber- lain ; John F., our subject ; Martha, wife of Charles Nichols, of Vestal, N. Y .; Allen, deceased ; Jeffer- son, a resident of Montrose, Penn .; Samantha, de- ceased wife of Jesse Pitch ; Lewis, deceased ; Arson, who died young ; Mary, wife of Hiram Ball, of For- est Lake, Penn .; and Lavina, deceased wife of Daniel Stillman.

John F. Green was born in Bridgewater town- ship, February 29, 1824, and remained at home until twenty-two years of age, assisting in the operation of the farm and acquiring an excellent knowledge of agricultural pursuits. For the fol- lowing two years he worked among neighboring farmers, and also worked at carpentering to some extent from the age of sixteen. In 1848 he pur- chased a farm in Forest Lake township, Susque- hanna county, to the cultivation and improvement of which he gave his time and attention until 1878, when he removed to his present farm in Dimock township, which is a valuable place of 189 acres, which is under a high state of cultivation, and is now operated by his sons, John F., Jr., and F. Augustus. He continued to actively engage in both carpentering and farming until 1896, when he laid aside all business cares.

In Jessup township, Susquehanna county, Mr. Green was married, in October, 1849, to Miss Lou- isa A. Mills, who was born in that township, March 30, 1828, a daughter of Henry and Irene (Main) Green, natives of Vermont and Connecticut, re- spectively. Her parents were also married in Jes- sup township, where her mother died March 5, 1849, at the age of forty-four years and six months, but the father, who was a farmer by occupation, passed away in Bradford county, Penn., March IO, 1874, at the age of seventy-two years. Their chil- dren were Clarissa, deceased wife of Samuel Pal- meter ; Phœbe, deceased wife of William Weeb; Louisa A., wife of our subject ; Catherine, deceased wife of Henry Lester; Polly, wife of William Bowen, of Owego, N. Y .; Jane, deceased wife of John Cook; John, a resident of Jessup township; George, deceased; and Francis, who died at the age of eighteen years. Mrs. Green's paternal grand- parents, Ebenezer and Orilla Mills, were natives of Vermont and early settlers of Jessup township, Sus- quehanna county, while her maternal grandparents, Ezekiel and Rebecca (Smith) Main, were natives of Connecticut, and also pioneers of Jessup town- ship.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Green are as follows: Benjamin F., a resident of Parkdale, Penn .; Catherine J., wife of Milburn Bacon, of

Scranton, Penn .; Frederick Augustus, a resident of Rush township; John F., a farmer of Auburn town- ship; Ida M., wife of Francis Dougherty, of Elk Lake; Ellen U., wife of Daniel Shaw, of Lemon, Penn. ; Hattie C., wife of C. C. Camp, a merchant of Tunkhannock, Penn .; and Emma B., wife of El- wood Griswold, of Dimock township. The mother of these children has passed to her last rest.

Politically Mr. Green is a pronounced Dem- ocrat. He is a worthy representative of that class of citizens who lead quiet, industrious, honest and useful lives, and constitute the best portion of a community. Wherever known he is held in high regard, and as a highly-respected citizen he is cer- tainly deserving of honorable mention in the his- tory of his native county.

F. AUGUSTUS GREEN, a prominent repre- sentative of the agricultural and stock-raising in- terests of Rush township, has spent his entire life in Susquehanna county, his birth having occurred in Forest Lake township, December 12, 1853. His parents, John F. and Louisa (Mills) Green, are natives of the same county, the former born in For- est Lake township, in 1824, the latter in Jessup township, in 1828. The father has been an exten- sive farmer and dairyman, but is now living retired, enjoying a well-earned rest, while his sons, John F., Jr., and F. Augustus, operate the home farm, comprising 200 acres of valuable land. The mother is now deceased. The children of the family are as follows: Benjamin F., a farmer of Brooklyn town- ship, Susquehanna county ; Catherine, wife of Mil- burn Bacon, of Scranton, Penn .; F. Augustus, our subject ; John F., Jr .; Ida, wife of Francis Dough- erty, a farmer of Dimock township; Ellen, wife of Daniel Shaw, a farmer of Wyoming' county, Penn .; Hattie, wife of Cordy Camp, a merchant of Tunk- hannock, Penn .; and Emma, wife of Elwood Gris- wold, of Springville, Susquehanna county. Our subject's paternal grandparents were David and Phoebe (Darrow) Green. The grandfather was a soldier of the war of 1812, and the great-grand- father aided the Colonies in their struggle for in- dependence as a soldier of the Revolutionary war.

Until attaining his majority F. Augustus Green aided his father in the work of the home farm and in early life attended the public schools of the neigh- borhood. As a life work he chose the occupation to which he had been reared, and on leaving home went to Springville township, Susquehanna county, where he engaged in farming and stock dealing for three years." The following three years were devoted principally to speculating in stock, and after his marriage he located in Auburn township, Sus- quehanna county, where he carried on farming for the same length of time. In 1884 he purchased his present farm in Rush township, and in connection with the work of its cultivation and improvement he has also engaged in stock raising. He was one of the main instigators of the East Rush and Elk Lake Creameries, and was auditor of the former for

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two years. For four years, from 1893 to 1897, he also had charge of the stage and mail line between Rush and East Rush. He is one of the most enter- prising, energetic and reliable business men of his community, and is also one of its most popular and influential citizens. Politically he is an ardent Dem- ocrat, with which party the entire family is also identified.

At Elk Lake, November 18, 1880, Mr. Green was united in marriage with Miss Ida Estus, and to them have been born two sons: Frank Ray and Walter Cleveland. Mrs. Green is a native of Lemon, Wyoming Co., Penn., born in 1861, and is a daugh- ter of Jonathan and Percinda (Hobbs) Estus, leading residents of Elk Lake. By occupation the father is a wagonmaker, miller and machinist. The genial, generous and social character of both our subject and his wife have endeared them to all with whom they have come in contact, and they merit and receive in the highest degree the respect and confidence of the community in which they live.

TITMAN. For a period of forty years or more the Titmans of Susquehanna county have been among the country's substantial men and useful citizens, engaged generally in agricultural pursuits. Among them are Hon. Dewitt C. Titman, of the firm of D. C. Titman & Son, dealers in furniture at Montrose; Lemuel W. Titman, of Auburn town- ship, Elias Titman, of Dimock township, and John J. Titman, of Auburn township, agriculturists; all of whom are sons of the late Philip Titman.

George and Mary (Teeter) Titman, the parents of Philip Titman, were farming people of Warren county, N. J., where they were born, reared, and passed their entire lives. Philip Titman was a na- tive of New Jersey, born in 1815, at the old home- stead in Blairstown township, Warren county, where he married, and was variously employed as a farm- er, drover, miller, etc., until upward of forty years of age. In the latter part of the decade between 1850 and 1860 he came with his family to Susque- hanna county, Penn., settling first on a farm in Dimock township. He bought a fine farm of 150 acres, and subsequently purchased other tracts in the county. For nearly thirty years he resided in the neighborhood of Auburn Four Corners, leading an active life as a farmer and stock dealer, and he was a respected and highly esteemed citizen. Frugal and industrious himself, he reared his children to the same habits. He was a member of Company H, 177th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, which organi- zation was mustered into the Union service in No- vember, 1862. Mr. Titman was discharged March 5, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability. His death occurred March 2, 1888. Among the promi- nent traits of his character were "tender affections for his family, painstaking love for his children, and ever-active friendship and sympathy for his neigh- bors." His wife, who survived him, was formerly Jane Mann, a daughter of Peter Mann, and was

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 325

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