Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 330

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Publication date: 1900
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Catherine is a dressmaker of that place; Mary is at home with her mother; Anthony is living in New York City; Frank is a school teacher in the West; James Andrew is successfully conducting the home farm; and Sarah is at home. The mem- bers of the family are quite prominent in the com- munities where they reside and have a host of warm friends. They are communicants of the Catholic Church, to which the father also belonged. His political support was given the Democratic party. He died March 15, 1897, at the age of eighty years, and his remains were interred in Mt. Carmel ceme- tery, Dunmore, Penn. Throughout his career of continued and far-reaching usefulness, his duties were performed with the greatest care, and during a long life his personal honor and integrity were without blemish. His memory will be a sacred in- heritence to his children, and it will be cherished by a multitude of friends.


JAMES B. KEEN, who is now efficiently serving as county commissioner of Wayne county, is one of the most prosperous and substantial busi- ness men of Canaan township, where he is carrying on operations as a general farmer and lumberman, owning and conducting a shingle and saw mill. He still resides at Keen's Pond, Canaan township, where he was born August 13, 1829, a son of Elihu C. and Julia C. (Keen) Keen, also natives of Wayne county. Both died in Canaan township, the father March 17, 1878, aged eighty years, the mother in September, 1872, aged seventy-six years. He was a stone mason by trade, and a Democrat in politics until the election of Pierce, when he supported the Free Soil party and laer the Republican party. In religious belief he was a Universalist, while his wife held membership in the Presbyterian Church. Their children were Martha Ann, now the wife of Lafayette Balkcom, a farmer of Nebraska; James B., the subject of this sketch; and Helen, who died at the age of seven years.


The paternal grandparents of our subject, Joseph and Mary (Clark) Keen, were natives of Orange county, N. Y., where the latter died. Sub- sequently, about 1815, the grandfather came to Wayne county, Penn., and spent his last days in Canaan township. Our subject's father was the eldest of their children ; James died in Ohio; Joseph died in New York; Mrs. Phoebe Ann Doolittle and her husband are both deceased; Mrs. Maria Palm and her husband died in Susquehanna county, Penn. ; Hester married Freeman T. Hobbs and both died in Illinois ; and Jane married William Condon, and both died in Wayne county.


Capt. Mathias Keen (our subject's maternai grandfather) was also a native of Orange county, N. Y., and in 181I came to Wayne county, locating in Canaan township, at what is now known as Keen's Pond, which was named in his honor. This is a celebrated fish pond, 200 acres in extent. Here he built a dam and erected both a saw and grist mill, which he successfully operated for many years,


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the latter being the first gristmill with bolt attach- ments in this part of the country. As commander of a militia company, he won his title of captain. He was accidentally shot while hunting, and died from the effects of his wounds. He married, in Orange county, N. Y., Miss Anna Reeves, by whom he had the following children: Julia, the mother of our subject; James ( deceased ) ; Jacob L., a re- tired farmer of Canaan township; Ann, widow of Hiram Compton, and a resident of Palmyra town- ship, Wayne county ; Rosetta, widow of E. Powell, and a resident of Binghamton, N. Y. ; Catherine, who married Lyman Hinman, and both are now de- ceased ; Louisa and Mary, who died in childhood ; Elizabeth, who married William Howell, and both are now deceased; and Mathias, Jr. (deceased ). The parents of these children were laid to rest in Keen's cemetery, on a part of the old Keen farm in Canaan township.


Upon the home farm the subject of this sketch grew to manhood, remaining with his parents until his marriage at the age of twenty-five years. In Canaan township, March 6, 1855, he was married to Miss Ann Maria Rix, Rev. Joseph Boswell, a Pres- byterian minister, performing the ceremony. Eight children blessed this union, namely: Ida, now the wife of Rev. W. C. Norris, a Methodist Episcopal minister of Willimantic, Conn .; George, who died at the age of three years; Albert, a railroad man, who married Caroline Miner and lives in Waymart, Wayne county ; Charles, who is with his parents ; James, who married Eliza McMinn and is engaged in carpentering in Willimantic, Conn .; Nora L. is at home ; Thomas A., who died at the age of three years; and Wilmert R., who died at the age of eleven years.


Mrs. Keen was born in Canaan township, on the old Rix homestead, November 1, 1834, a daugh- ter of George and Clarissa ( Whitmore) Rix, the former a native of that township, and the latter of Connecticut. The father was a farmer by occu- pation, a Republican in politics, and was called upon to serve in several township offices. He died De- cember 10, 1869, aged sixty-seven years, his wife in 1887, aged eighty-five years, and the remains of both were interred in Canaan Corners cemetery. They had only two children, the elder being War- ren, who entered the Union army as a member of the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was killed by a guerilla at Winchester, in October, 1864.


Mrs. Keen's paternal great-grandparents, The- ophilus and Lydia (Kimble) Rix, spent their entire lives in Connecticut, but her grandparents, George and Statire (Benjermin) Rix, migrated from that State to Wayne county, Penn., in 1802, locating in Canaan township, where the grandfather engaged in farming and also held office. He was known as Capt. George Rix, as he had commanded a company in the State Militia. All of his children are now deceased, namely: George; Phobe, wife of Myer Lee; Roxanna, wife of Alexander McMillin; and Laura and Maria, who died in childhood. The


maternal grandparents of Mrs. Keen, Stephen and Clarissa (Lucas) Whitmore, were also natives of Connecticut, and in 1824 removed to Luzerne coun- ty, Penn., settling at Greensburg. He was a farmer by occupation. Their children were: Clarissa, Mrs. Keen's mother; Orvin; Albert, a retired farmer of Wisconsin; Warren; and Elmira, wife of Hartin Gardner. All are now deceased with the exception of Albert.


While under the parental roof Mr. Keen worked at the stone mason's trade with his father, but after his marriage never followed that occupation. He began lumbering in Canaan township, and in 1856 erected his mill, which he has since successfully operated. In his day he was one of the leading lumbermen; the output at times was a million per year, but is now much less. Since November, 1895, he has resided upon his present farm of II0 acres, and his comfortable residence is pleasantly located, facing Keen's Pond. He also owns some forty acres of timber land. On September 10, 1862, he responded to the President's call for troops to aid in putting down the Rebellion, enlisting in Com- pany M, 17th Penn. Vol, Cavalry, Capt. Coe Dor- land's company, he participated in the battles of Chancellorsville, Rappahannock, and a number of other engagements. He was never wounded, but on account of sickness and physical disability, he was honorably discharged in September, 1863, and returned home. He enlisted as a private, but had beeen repeatedly promoted, at his discharge hold- ing commission as first lieutenant.


Mr. Keen is now an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic, having been com- mander of Post 379, at Waymart, and is a promi- nent Mason, belonging to Blue Lodge, F. &. A. M., of Waymart, of which he is Past Master ; Anthony Wayne Chapter, R. A. M., of Honesdale ; and Pales- tine Commandery, K. T., of Carbondale, Penn. As a prominent representative of the Republican party, he has often been their candidate for official honors, having filled almost all the township offices. For a number of years he was a member of the county committee, and in June, 1898, was elected chair- man. He was three times elected justice of the peace, but failed to take out his commission, has been school director for the past twenty-one years, and in 1893 and again in 1896 was elected county commissioner, and he is now creditably and satis- factorily filling the position of chairman of the board of county commissioners.


CHARLES WILLIAMS (deceased) was for many years one of the representative prominent citizens of Bossardsville, Monroe county. He was a native of the county, born June 18, 1814, and be- longed to one of its highly-respected families, the founder of which was John Williams, a native of Germany, and the grandfather of our subject. Mr. Williams' parents, John and Catherine ( Hel- ler) Williams, were well-known farming people, spending their entire lives in Monroe county, and


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the latter was a representative of one of its hon- ored pioneer families. In their family were four sons : Charles, Simon, Peter and Theodore.


Charles Williams was reared on a farm in Hamilton township, and early became familiar with every department of farm work. At the age of fifteen he commenced learning the carpenter's trade, which he followed throughout life, in connection with agriculture, and in his business undertakings met with excellent success, leaving his family in comfortable circumstances. He and his wife reared a family of five children: Charles, who lives on the old homestead with his sister Mary, wedded Emma Flight, who died leaving one son, Wantle; Mary and Martha, twins, are next in the family, the latter now the wife of Jacob Slutter, a carpenter of Hamilton township; John married Laura Bittenbender, and is engaged in farming in Hamilton township; and Fanny is the wife of Louis Rittner, who conducts a greenhouse at Bel- laire, Pennsylvania.


Mr. Williams became a resident of Bossards- ville in 1848, at which time the country round about was almost an unbroken wilderness, and in the work of development he took an active part, aiding in opening up the country to civilization. As the years passed he faithfully performed his duties of citizenship, and his interest in the welfare and progress of the community never abated. Becom- ing widely and favorably known, he made many friends, and his death was regarded as a loss to the entire community. Politically he was a sup- porter of the Republican party, and he most credita- bly filled the office of poormaster of his township.


On May 31, 1898, Mr. Williams was called to his final rest, at the ripe old age of eighty-three years, eleven months and thirteen days, and the funeral services were held at his late residence in Bossardsville, on Sunday morning following, Rev. Henry George Main officiating. The sermon was based on I Corinthians, 15: 22: "For as in Adam all men die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." Beautiful and appropriate selections were sung by a quintette, and the remains were borne to their last resting place in Hamilton cemetery.


EDGAR PINCHOT' HOLLINSHEAD, a well-known business man of Stroudsburg, Monroe county, is successfully engaged in mercantile busi- ness, and for some years has been connected with the active management of the Tanite Company. As a citizen he is much esteemed, and his sound judg- ment and experience in finance have been for some time devoted to the service of the community in the office of the county auditor.


Mr. Hollinshead was born November 20, 1852, at Martins Creek, Penn., and after attending school in Stroudsburg and in Lawrenceville, N. J., he took a course in the Eastman Business College, Pough- keepsie, N. Y., where he was graduated in 1874. Previous to entering the last named institution he had conducted a drug store at Stroudsburg, and on


completing his course he returned to that city and resumed the business. Later he gave up the busi- ness and went "on the road" as a salesman for the Goodyear Rubber Co. of St. Louis, for one year, traveling in all parts of the West. The change did not agree with him, however, and failing health compelled him to return to Stroudsburg, where he again engaged in the drug business. In 1887 he gave up the drug business and engaged with the Tanite Co., in which he holds the responsible posi- tion of secretary, correspondent and bookkeeper. In 1897 he purchased the grocery store which he has since carried on through employes. In politics Mr. Hollinshead is a stanch Republican, and his popularity made him an available candidate of his party for the office of county auditor, to which he was elected in 1896. On August 5, 1879, Mr. Hol- linshead was married to Miss Sarah Northrup Childs, a native of Canadensis, Monroe county, and three children have blessed the union: Frank William, born August 30, 1880; George Ridgway, December 13, 1884; and Edgar Paret, April 15, 1889. Mr. Hollinshead and his wife are promi- nent socially, and he is a member of several fraternal orders, including the Knights of Malta and the Knights of Pythias. Among his most treasured possessions is an ancient heirloom in the shape of a breastpin. In its center is represented a skele- ton, on either side of which sits a man blowing a trumpet and underneath is inscribed "Come ye Blessed." Around the centerpiece is a blue oval in which is inscribed in letters of gold: "Memento, J. G. B., September, 1676." The whole is mounted in a handsome gold setting, containing sixteen rubies. The pin is kept in an ancient enamel case that has been handed down with it, on the lid of which is inscribed : "Look within and you may view of a maid to whom I will be true," and within the lid is a small looking-glass and a lock of hair.


The Hollinshead family has been represented in this country since the opening of the eighteenth century. The first ancestor of whom we have a definite record was Danied Hollinshead, who was born in Leicestershire, England, in 1683. He was one of several brothers, one of whom was a captain under the Duke of Marlborough and was killed at the battle of Blenheim. Another of his brothers was a merchant in Boston, and of him he used to re- late the following incident: "While riding along the road at a distance from home, he overtook a per- son traveling the same way, with whom he entered into conversation, and after some time they discov- ered to their great joy that they were brothers. They had not seen each other since their childhood. This brother had been shipwrecked on his passage from London to Boston, and had lost the whole of his for- tune." In the beginning of the eighteenth century Daniel Hollinshead went from England to the Bar- badoes, where on April 22, 1716, he married Thom- asin Hasil, daughter of Peter Hasil, of that isl- and. He soon after removed to Princeton, N. J., where he was a pioneer settler. He became a well-


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known citizen of Sussex county, N. J., where he lived prosperously for some years, his death oc- curring in 17 -. By his first wife he had one daugh- ter, Mary, born May 11, 1712. By his second wife he had seven children: Francis B., born September 17, 1718, died in 1796, leaving one son-John ; Elea- nor, born December 25, 1719, married Samuel Palm- er, proprietor of the principal part of that portion of Philadelphia now known as Kensington, which was then unimproved; Thomasin, born July 22, 1721, married J. Duer, of Bucks county, Penn., and died in 1800, leaving two children-John and Eleanor ; Daniel, born May 13, 1724 ; Elizabeth, born August 2, 1726, was married, late in life, to Thomas Deans, of Abington, near Philadelphia; William, born October II, 1728, is. mentioned below ; and John, born October 9, 1730, died at the age of nine years. As the father died intestate, Francis, the eld- est son, inherited the whole estate.


(II) William Hollinshead was bred to the sea. At the age of sixteen or seventeen he went to the Barbadoes, where he relinquished that occupation, and for some time studied physic, but finding that profession uncongenial he applied himself to acquir- ing a knowledge of mercantile affairs. This he likewise gave up and, removing to Philadelphia, he bound himself as an apprentice to William Bou- dinot, a goldsmith. In 1748, at the age of twenty, he married Elizabeth Harvey, who was born May 5, 1730, a daughter of James Harvey, and Sarah, his wife, afterward Sarah Vote. William Hollins- head died September 22, 1808, and his widow No- vember 6, 1812. They had the following issue : William, born September 27, 1749, is mentioned farther on; Elizabeth, born August 3, 1752, died May 31, 1804; Jane, born December 15, 1754, is mentioned farther on; Sarah, born October 24, 1756, married August 5, 1787; John, born April 26, 1764, married May 17, 1784, and died October 24, 1785, in New Jersey, where his descendants now reside ; James, born December 31, 1768, is mentioned farther on; Esther, born May 21, 1770, married a Mr. Anderson; Peter, born February 13, 1777, is mentioned farther on. Besides the above there were four children who died in infancy, and in compli- ance with an old custom many of the names were repeated; in order to avoid confusion we present these in a separate list: Peter, born October 24, 1758, died September 15, 1759; Peter, born July 17, 1760, died June 8, 1763; James, born Decem- ber 22, 1762, died June 23, 1763 ; and Esther, born March 3, 1766, died August 21, 1767.


(III) Rev. William Hollinshead, D. D., born September 27, 1749, was educated for the ministry, became a Doctor of Divinity in the Presbyterian Church, and was pastor of a church in Charleston, S. C. He married Sarah -- , a lady of great culture and refinement, who after his death removed to Philadelphia. She had no children, and at her death distributed her property among her relatives and a number of public institutions. After the death of Rev. Dr. Hollinshead his widow sent to his brother,


Dr. James Hollinshead, his portrait painted on ivory and handsomely mounted in gold. After the death of Dr. James Hollinshead this picture came into possession of his son, Stroud Jacob Hollinshead, whose widow, Mrs. Jeannette Hollinshead, presented it to a granddaughter, Miss Elizabeth Hollinshead, now Mrs. E. A. Bell, of Stroudsburg, who still has it. The following is an extract from the will of the widow of Rev. William Hollinshead :


I, Sarah Hollinshead, relict and widow of the late Rev. Dr. William Hollinshead, of Charleston, S. C., being of sound and disposing mind and memory but mindful of the certainty of death, do make this my last will and testament. I do com- mit my soul into the hands of my Redeemer, hoping and trusting in His righteousness alone for salvation. I wish my body to be removed to Charleston to be interred with my dear Dr. Hollinshead.


Imprimis. I renounce, release, quit claim and confirm to the surviving heirs of John McCalla and to their heirs and assigns forever, all the interest and estate which I may have or can claim to a tract of land called "Hartford," containing about 301 acres and three-quarters situated in the county of Northumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania, and also to another tract of land called " Mount Lowell," containing the same quantity of land and situated in the same county and state last aforesaid.


Item: I confirm unto my nephews and nieces, John, William, Daniel and Aulay and Rachel McCalla the convey- ance and title heretofore made to them of the lot of land and buildings thereon situated at the northeast corner of Walnut and Second streets in the city of Philadelphia.


Item: To my niece Miss Jane H. McCalla, her heirs, etc., a tract of land and buildings thereon in the township of Hopewell, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey.


The will then makes the following bequests :


To Mrs. Margaret McCalla, $500; Rachel McCalla and Daniel McCalla, $1,000 each; William H. McCalla and Aulay McCalla, $1,500 each; and to James and Hannah McCalla, children of my nephew, John McCalla, deceased, $250 each. To Dr. James Hollinshead, in trust to Mrs. Esther Anderson, $1,500; to Mrs. Jane Duer, widow, $500; to Mrs. Ann H. Darrell, $1,500 and household furniture which remains in Charleston, except a chest of drawers and all my table china. To Mrs. Ann Mott Ford, $600, and to her daughter, Miss Mary Huston Ford. and to her son, William Huston Ford, the sum of #500 each. To the surviving chil- dren of Dr. John Parker Gough, (deceased), $1,000 to be equally divided among them. To Morton Waring, Sr., $500.


To William Hollinshead Lee, son of Rev. States Lee, 8200; to the Bible Society of Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, $1,000; to the Theological Seminary at Princeton, $1,000; to the Lady's Society in Charleston, S. C., $500.


The will next duly makes provision for the emancipation of the slaves of the testatrix and se- cures for three of them an annuity of $200 each, in " The Pennsylvania Company for Insurance of Lives and granting Annuities" in Philadelphia. Then follows these bequests.


To my niece Sally Hollinshead, daughter of Dr. James Hollinshead, $500.


To nephews William, Robert aud Aulay McCalla and niece, Jane H. McCalla, the works of such authors as they may make choice out of my library to be equally divided between Greenville College, in Tennessee, and the Educa- tional Society of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, the one division to be delivered by my executors to the Rev. Dr. Coffin, for the first named institution, and the other to the Rev. Dr. Niel, of Philadelphia, for the last named institution.


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Then follows a distribution of household goods, etc., among parties heretofore named. This will was made in Philadelphia, March 21, 1820, and was admitted to probate on the 30th of November, in the same year.


(III) Jane Hollinshead, daughter of William (II), was born December 15, 1754, and was mar- ried in June, 1772, to John Duer, and resided near Philadelphia, where she died January 15, 1835. She had the following children : William, born January, 1774, died October 26, 1828; George S., born May 13, 1775, died August 12, 1786; James, born No- vember 26, 1779, died August 2, 1829; John, born March 17, 1781 ; Thomasin, born March 25, 1783 ; and Josiah, born June 18, 1789.


(III) Dr. James Hollinshead, son of William (II), was born December 31, 1768, was educated as a physician in the city of Philadelphia, and from there went to Stroudsburg, Penn., where on July 13, 1794, he married Sarah, daughter of Col. Jacob Stroud, the founder of Stroudsburg. The Doctor was a gentleman of the Old School, of fine physique and pleasing address. He possessed a good estate and had an excellent practice, and in all his dealings with his fellow men he was honest and just. He died March 5, 1831, and his remains rest in the old Hollinshead graveyard near Stroudsburg, where are also interred his wife and several of his children. Of his thirteen children: (1) Sarah S., born March 21, 1795, died February 24, 1826. She married Anthony McCoy, of Mt. Bethel, Penn., and had two children-John, who died young; and Sallie Jane, who married a Mr. McKean and resided in Camden, N. J. (2) James W., born July 2, 1796, died Sep- tember 30, 1799. (3) Edwin Augustus, born Janu- ary 6, 1798, died in 1882. He married his cousin, Jemima Bush, of Ithaca, N. Y., and settled in Dela- van, Walworth Co., Wis. (4) Stroud Jacob, born September 9, 1799, is mentioned farther on. (5) Elizabeth, born August 23, 1801, died August 7, 1802. (6) Daniel Stroud, born August 8, 1803, died January 1, 1860. He married Rachel Sherid, of New Jersey, and in 1835 he was ordained and in- stalled one of the elders of the First Presbyterian Church of Stroudsburg, Penn. He afterward re- moved to Delavan, Wis., where he died and was buried. (7) Elizabeth Harvey, born March 27, 1805, never married. She died at Stroudsburg November 6, 1844, and is buried in the old Hollinshead grave- yard. (8) William, born September 3, 1806, married Caroline Burson, and settled in Delavan, Wis., where he resided until his death. He had one son George, who died when young, and a daughter Elizabeth, who married Herman Briggs. (9) Robert, born Oc- tober 21, 1808, died October 21, 1808. (10) Ann Stroud, born December 27, 1809, died July 25, 1825. (II) Harriet, born October 18, 1811, died December 21, 1813. (12) James, born May 6, 1813, died May 2, 1857. He married Frances Schoemaker and had three children-Sarah married Robert Drinker, of Kilburn City, Wis .; Peter, who resides in Wisconsin ; and John, who married a daughter of


Dr. Hardenburg, of Port Jervis, N. Y. James and his wife were buried with his father, Dr. James Hollinshead, in the old Hollinshead graveyard. (13) Henry, born November 27, 1814, married and re- moved to one of the Western States, where he died December 3, 1864.


(III) Dr. Peter Hollinshead, son of William (II), was born February 13, 1777, and died May 15, 1827. He read medicine in Philadelphia, and came with his brother, Dr. James Hollinshead, to Stroudsburg, where he was married, March 15, 1799, to Ann Stroud, a sister of his brother's wife. He was a gentleman of fine appearance, very neat in his at tire, and was very fond of his brother as they were almost inseparable. For a number of years he was a justice of the peace. He built and occupied a house now standing below the Presbyterian Church, which was the second house built in the town, the "Man- sion house," built by Col. Jacob Stroud, being the first. His children were Ann Elizabeth, born Sep- tember 9, 1801, died June 7, 1832 ; Sophia Cornelia, born February 2, 1804, died January 20, 1805 ; Em- ily, born January 1, 1806, died March 20, 1840; and Hetty H., born April 19, 1807, died December 14, 1832. Emily, the only one who was married and had issue, married Morris D. Robeson, who was born in Philadelphia, June 3, 1804, and died March 30, 1856. They had four sons, only one of whom, Peter, lived to be married, and he now resides in the house built by his great-grandfather, Col. Jacob Stroud. Dr. Peter Hollinshead, Ann, his wife, the four daughters, and the husband of Emily are all buried in the old Stroudsburg Cemetery, and Peter Robeson and his children are the only living mem- bers of this branch of the family.




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