Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 332

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lic-school education. In June, 1863, he married Miss Elizabeth McCarty, and soon afterward he purchased the present homestead, where he was engaged in farming and butchering many years, his death occurring in September, 1892, after a long period of ill health. In politics he was a lifelong Democrat, and at times he held local offices, serving efficiently for a number of years as school director and tax collector. In religious faith he was a Methodist, but his widow is a member of the Cath- olic Church, to which Church her parents belonged. Of the seven children of William and Elizabeth Storm, the eldest, Annie, born in August, 1864, sup- plemented her public-school education by a course of study in a convent in New York, and later be- came a successful teacher in Monroe county. She died in March, 1887, leaving many friends, her cult- ure and refinement winning the love of her associ- ates. (2) William J., born in October, 1867, was educated in the Kutztown Normal School, and after- ward taught school in Monroe county for some years. In 1894 he entered the University of Puna, where he graduated in 1897, and he is now a success- ful veterinary surgeon in East Stroudsburg. At this writing he is unmarried, and is regarded as a bright and promising young man. (3) Walter, born in January, 1869, was educated in the Kutz- town schools, and was a teacher in Monroe county for several years. In 1893 he entered the medical department of the University of Puna, where he was graduated in 1897. He practiced in Philadelphia hospitals for some time and then made a tour of the Southern States, but later he located at Hope, War- ren county, N. J., where his talents have won him high standing as a practicing physician. At this writing he is unmarried. (4) Edwin, born in June, 1871, received a good education, being a graduate of Wood's Business College, and at this writing is a student in telegraphy, making his residence at the family home. (5) Frank, born in April, 1873, has taught school successfully in Monroe county for some time. In 1897 he married Miss Aida Carter, of Scranton, where they now reside. (6) Daniel, born in January, 1875, was educated in the local schools, and now looks after his mother's interests on the farm. He is a bright young man, the pride of the home. (7) Miss Mabel, born in 1881, was educated in the local schools and under private in- struction, and is a bright, scholarly young lady.

Mrs. Elizabeth Storm was born in 1844, in Ire- land, and was educated mainly in the schools of New York and Pennsylvania, although her father, the late Daniel McCarty, a man of fine scholarship, took personal supervision of many of her studies. In 1861 she began teaching, and after her marriage she continued to take charge of winter schools in Monroe county, her success making her services eagerly sought. Aside from her work in the edu- cational field she has devoted herself to her domes- tic duties, making home bright for her husband and rearing her large family of children with rare wisdom and fitting them for honorable places in so-

ciety. Her father, who was born and reared near the city of Cork, Ireland, married Miss Annie -, who was a native of the same locality, and later they came to the United States, locating first in New York, where they resided for eight or ten years. In 1853 they settled upon a farm in Coolbaugh town- ship, Monroe county, where the wife died in Feb- ruary, 1881. He survived her but a short time, dying in September, 1883. This worthy couple had eight children, as follows: (1) Miss Bridget, born in Ireland, resides at the old homestead in Coolbaugh township. (2) Maurice, born in 1840, in Ireland, married Miss Mary Burke, of Honesville, N. Y., and settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he followed contracting and building. He died in 1889, leaving four children, who still reside in Brooklyn. (3) Elizabeth was the next in order of birth and the wife of our subject. (4) John, born in New York City, in 1846, married Miss Margaret Moran, of Wisconsin, and now resides on his father's old home- stead. (5) Daniel, born in 1849, married Miss Alice Pickering, of Wayne county, Penn., and re- sides in Portland, Ore. He has three children. (6) Annie (now deceased) married W. D. Bow- man, of Paradise township. (7) J. J., born in Mon- roe county, in 1857, is a railroad engineer and re- sides at Park Place, Chicago. He married Miss Katie Madigan, of that city, and they have three children. (8) Edmund E., born in 1862, married Miss Jeane Allen, of Chicago, where he is engaged in business as a real-estate dealer.

PROF. M. W. CARGILL, at this writing principal of the public schools of Great Bend, Sus- quehanna county, is one of the leading educators of this section, and his work shows the touch of that inspiration which marks the true teacher. While his earnest, painstaking efforts in the class-room are notably successful, the subtle yet unconsciously ex- erted influence of his scholarly mind is even more potent in turning the interests of his pupils into literary channels and awakening their enthusiasm for mental advancement.

He comes of good.Colonial ancestry, his grand- father Bunnell having been with Washington at Valley Forge, while in the paternal line he is of the fifth generation in direct descent from one Car- gill, a French Huguenot, who came to America at an early period and settled in New England, en- gaging in agricultural pursuits. James Cargill, our subject's great-grandfather, made his home upon a farm in New Hampshire, and James Cargill (2), the grandfather, was born there in 1790, but came to this section in 1865. John W. Cargill, our subject's father, was born May 25, 1831, in Jackson town- ship, Susquehanna county, where he still resides upon his farm. He is an excellent citizen, and throughout his life he has been a stanch member of the Democratic party. His wife, whose maiden name was Abigail A. Bunnell, was born in 1835, in Herrick Center, Susquehanna county, and died in I888.

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Prof. Cargill was born March 24, 1859, in Great Bend township, Susquehanna county, and, as the only child, received unusually careful train- ing in his youth under the able tuition of his mother, who had been a teacher previous to her marriage. He also attended the local schools and spent two years in a school at Factoryville and one year at a school in Rhode Island, a Methodist institution. In 1876 he began his professional work as a teacher in a district school at Gibson, and later he taught in other schools, among them the graded schools of Thompson and Oakley. Politically the Professor is a free silver Democrat, and he has always been keenly interested in local affairs wherever he has resided. He and his family are much esteemed in social life, and he is an active member of the Masonic Fraternity. In 1887 he married Miss Lizzie Roe, a native of Broome county, N. Y., and two children have blessed the union-Harold E. and Roscoe A.

PETER W. ROBINSON, deceased. The sub- ject of this memoir was a well-known resident of the town of Susquehanna, and his tragic death at the age of twenty-nine was sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends. Twelve years of faithful and efficient service as conductor on the Erie railroad had demonstrated his worth and ability to his em- ployers, while his sterling qualities as a citizen were recognized by all who knew him.

Mr. Robinson was born March 18, 1851, in Jackson township, Susquehanna county, a son of George Washington Robinson and his wife, Ann, both natives of Delaware county, N. Y. This wor- thy couple settled in Susquehanna county soon after their marriage, and their remaining years were spent there. They had the following children : Olive, wife of Simon Slocum, a mechanic in Sus- quehanna ; Peter W., our subject ; George, a black- smith at Bainbridge, N. Y .; Friend, a Methodist minister, now deceased ; Charles, a barber at Spring- field, Ohio; Ann (deceased), who married a Mr. Brong ; and Mary, wife of Leon Benson, of Jackson township, Susquehanna county.

As a boy our subject learned the blacksmith's trade with his father, becoming proficient in all branches of the work, and for two years he was em- ployed in that line by the Erie Railroad Co. His abil- ity to serve in a more responsible position being rec- ognized by the officials, he was then promoted to the post of conductor, in which he remained until his death, which occurred in October, 1880, at the Car- bondale railroad yards, an engine running over him. His remains were taken to his late home in Sus- quehanna, and now rest in the cemetery at that place. He was an active member of the Association of Railway Conductors, and as a citizen he always took keen interest in public affairs, being a firm supporter of the Democratic party. On March 18, 1878, he married Miss Hannah Dicks, who survives him with two children: Miss Jennie, now residing in Susquehanna county ; and Fred, who is with his mother.

Mrs. Hannah (Dicks) Robinson is a descend- ant of pioneer ancestry, and was born and reared in New Milford township, Susquehanna county. For some time after the death of her husband she re- mained in Susquehanna, but in 1892 she returned to her native township, where she owns an attrac- tive farm. In the management of the estate she has shown marked ability, while socially she is held in high esteem. Her paternal grandparents, John and Hannah . Dicks, were lifelong residents of Wayne county, the grandfather being an agricult- urist by occupation. John Dicks (2), the father of Mrs. Robinson, was born and reared in Wayne county, but removed to Susquehanna county at the age of twenty-one. He located in New Milford township, engaging in agricultural work, and his death occurred at the present homestead in August, 1894, in his seventy-second year. For many years he was active in local politics, holding various town- ship offices. He married Miss Emaline Williams, a native of Susquehanna county, who died August 31, 1896, aged seventy-one, and was buried beside her husband in New Milford cemetery. Her par- ents, Girdon and Betsey (Cottrell) Williams, came from Connecticut at an early day and settled in Jackson township, where the father was engaged in business as a shoemaker. She was a devout mem- ber of the Baptist Church, and her children were reared in that faith. The eldest son, Sylvenus, mar- ried Miss Orelia Tennant, and resided upon a farm in New Milford township. Hannah ( Mrs. Robinson) was the second in order of birth. Emma Retta (de- ceased) married James Crandall. John (deceased) married Miss Ida Rice. Miss Jennie resides at Hop Bottom, Pennsylvania.

J. H. THOMPSON, the well-known and pop- ular burgess of Hawley, Wayne county, is a na- tive of New York State, born in Crawford, Orange county, July 30, 1835, and is a son of Horace and Mahala (Harton) Thompson, who spent their lives in that county, where the father followed the occu- pation of farming. He died in June, 184I, at the age of thirty-two years, his wife in October, 1861, at the age of fifty-four. Our subject is the eldest of their children, the others being Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Eber Hicks, a farmer and Baptist minister residing in Jefferson, Schoharie Co., N. Y. ; Catherine C., wife of Harrison Thompson, of Middletown, N. Y. ; and Frances M., also a resident of Middletown.

The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was a native of France, while the grandfather, John I. Thompson, was born in New York State, and died in Goshen, Orange county, that State, in 1861. He had three children : Horace; Virgil, who was a man of prominence ; and John I., Jr. Silas Harton (our subject's maternal great-grandfather) was born in Connecticut of English origin. His son Hiram, also a native of that State, was a farmer by occu- pation, and spent his last days in Orange county, N. Y. He married Rhoda Calender, and to them were born seven children : Silas (deceased) ;

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Hiram, a farmer of Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y .; Ira and William (both deceased) ; Maria, de- ceased wife of De Witt Dwyer ; Mahala, the mother of our subject; and Elizabeth, who died when young. After the mother's death the father of these children married Rhoda Canfield, and to them were born four children : Nathan (deceased) ; Mary, wife of L. Brink, a hardware merchant of Middletown, N. Y .; Sophia, wife of O. McGowen, a farmer of Middletown ; and Henry R., a clerk of the same place.

Until twenty-two years of age J. H. Thomp- son remained upon the home farm with his mother, and then went to Circleville, Orange Co., N. Y., where for five years he engaged in the butcher busi- ness. Coming to Hawley, Wayne Co., Penn., he was similarly employed for a year, and then en- tered the service of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., run- ning a stationary engine at Hawley until 1877. For the following eleven years he again engaged in the butcher business, but since June, 1888, has conduct- ed a harness store, and in this enterprise is meeting with excellent success.

On March 12, 1862, in Bloomingburg, Sullivan Co., N. Y., Mr. Thompson married Miss Ellen M. Todd, J. F. Searle, a German Reformed minister, officiating. She was born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y., April 26, 1838, a daughter of Joseph and Matilda (Davis) Todd, natives of Orange and Sul- livan counties, N. Y., respectively. In 1849, during the gold excitement in California, the father started for the Pacific slope by way of the Isthmus, but died while en route, at the age of thirty-five years, and was buried on the Isthmus. The mother died in Orange county, N. Y., in 1847, aged twenty-eight years. Of their children, William H. is now a jeweler of Philadelphia, Penn .; Ellen M. is the wife of our subject ; Edward is deceased ; and Matilda M. married George Williams (both are now deceased). Mrs. Thompson's paternal grandfather, Noah Todd, was a native of Connecticut, a farmer by occupation, and died in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. William Davis, the maternal grandfather, was also a native of Connecticut, was for some time proprietor of the "National Hotel," and was half-owner of the stage line between Newburg and Monticello, N. Y. He married Phobe Baker, and both died in Blooming- burg, New York.

Mr. Thompson has always taken an active and commendable interest in public affairs, and his fel- low citizens, recognizing his worth and ability, have often called upon him to serve in official posi- tions of honor and trust. In 1870 and 1872 he was elected collector of Palmyra township and Hawley, and the latter year was also elected assessor. From 1880 until 1896 he efficiently served as justice of the peace, and in 1892 he was elected burgess of Haw- ley, and again in 1897. The reins of city govern- ment were never in more capable hands, for he is a progressive man, pre-eminently public-spirited, and all that pertains to the public welfare receives his worthy endorsement. At present he represents his district in the State Legislature. Politically he

is a Free-silver Democrat. Since 1863 he has been a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge of Hawley, and in 1870 served as district deputy of the order.

ABRAM HAFLER, a retired farmer and highly-respected citizen of Georgetown, Wayne county, is a native of Pennsylvania, born October 25, 1831, in Haycock township, Bucks county, of which place his parents, Samuel and Nancy (Yel- lows) Hafler, were also natives. In 1843 the father brought his family to Wayne county and took up his residence in Canaan township, where he continued to work at his trade, as a cooper, until a few years prior to his death, when he lived retired. He was a Whig in politics and a Lutheran in religious be- lief. He died in 1860, at the age of seventy-three years, his wife in 1865, at the age of seventy-six, and they were laid to rest in the Shaffer burying- ground. Their children were John, deceased ; Abram; Samuel, deceased; Matilda, who married Daniel Bronson, and both are now deceased; Will- iam, deceased ; Henry, a farmer of Dunmore, Penn. ; and Sarah, wife of William Siegels, an engineer of Dunmore.

Leaving home after he had attained his ma- jority, Abram Hafler began life for himself by peeling bark and working on different farms until he reached the age of twenty-four years, when he entered the service of the old Gravity railroad. Dur- ing the eight years he was with that corporation he was foreman of the section hands a part of the time. In 1867 he purchased his present farm in Lake township, which at that time consisted of IIO acres of wild land, but since he took possession of the same it has been transformed into an elegant farm, being under a high state of cultivation and well improved with good buildings. For six years he has also served as foreman on the railroad be- tween No. 12 and Hawley. He has been a hard worker, and is therefore justly entitled to the well- earned rest which he is now enjoying.

On August 28, 1859, in Canaan township, Wayne county, Mr. Hafler married Miss Sarah Brooks, the ceremony, being performed by John Van Sickles, a Christian minister. She was born on the old family homestead in South Canaan town- ship, October 25, 1840, and by her marriage has be- come the mother of the following children: Emett, born July 18, 1860, married Maggie Clutch, and is engaged in clerking in Scranton, Penn .; Mary E., born May 13, 1862, is the wife of Jacob Schell, a clerk of the same place; Adelia, born June 4, 1864, is the widow of Charles Crees and a resident of Scranton; George, born June 12, 1867, married Daisy Meyers, and is a blacksmith of Scranton; Francis, born July 9, 1870, married Eva Swingle, and is a farmer of Canaan township; Cortland, born December 8, 1875, is a farmer of Wayne county ; and Ernest, born March 5, 1884, is at home. The parents are consistent members of the Free Method- ist Church, and in political sentiment Mr. Hafler is a stalwart Democrat.

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ALBERT B. MIDDAUGH is one of the most extensive general farmers in Delaware township, Pike county, where he owns a fine property, and is well known throughout this section. He is a native of Luzerne county, Penn., born November 6, 1826, in the town of Conyngham, son of David and Elsa M. (Cool) Middaugh.

Levy Middaugh, grandfather of the gentleman whose name introduces these lines, was born April 22, 1776, in Wantage, Sussex Co., N. J., and on December 18, 1795, married Elsie Van Gorden, who was a native of the same place, born February IO, 1775. We glean the following record of their chil- dren from old church records: David, born Octo- ber 28, 1796, and baptized February 28, following, was the father of our subject. Maria, born March 13, 1799, was baptized April II, following, and mar- ried John T. Quick. Jane, born September 27, 1801, married William Burger, and they moved to Steuben county, N. Y., where he bought a farm and made a permanent home; they reared a family. Eleanor, born April 10, 1807, married Albert G. Brodhead. William Titsworth was born July 10, 1809. All are now deceased. The parents came to Pike county, Penn., in an early day. For his mil- itary services the father was given a warrant for a tract of land located in Mercer county, Ill., which read as follows:

James Monroe, President of the United States of America, to all to whom these presents shall come, greet- ing: Know ye that in pursuance of the Acts of Congress appropriating and granting land to the late Army of the United States passed on and since the Sixth day of May, 1812, Levi Middaugh, having deposited in the General Land Office a warrant in his favour numbered 9503, there is granted unto the said Levi Middaugh, late a private in Clark's Company, Sixth Regiment of Infantry, a certain tract of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, being the Southeast quarter of Section thirty-two, of township four North, in Range three East, in the tract appropriated (by Acts aforesaid) for military bounties, in the territory of Illinois, to have and to hold the said, quarter section of land with the appurtenances thereof, unto the said Levi Middaugh, and to his heirs and as- signs forever. In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, this Eleventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the forty-second. (Signed) James Mon- roe, by the President. Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office. (Ex. Rc'd, Vol. 10, page 472.) Lays on the Spoon river, good farming land. M. Bueen, New York, 191 Pead St.

Levy Middaugh died on Staten Island, while on his way to his home. His wife died at Wantage, New Jersey.

David Middaugh was born in Wantage town- ship, Sussex Co., N. J., and when a young man settled in Conyngham, Luzerne Co., Penn., where he passed the remainder of his life, dying Janu- ary 14, 1839. By occupation he was a farmer and shoemaker. He married Elsa 'M. Cool, who was born January 9, 1807, in Luzerne county, Penn., daughter of John C. and Margaret (Decker) Cool, natives of New Jersey, who settled in Pennsylvania

and died in Rohrsburg, Columbia county. Mr. Cool was a carpenter by trade, a farmer and a vendue crier. He and his wife had a family of ten children-Eliza Ann, William H., Elsa Margaret (Mrs. Middaugh), Mary (Mrs. H. C. Bowman), John, Abram, Jacob, Eleanor (who died unmarried), Andrew D., and Sarah. Of these, Eliza Ann Cool married R. P. Welliver, who for a few years en- gaged in merchandising at Rohrsburg. Selling out, he bought a farm near by, which he operated for two or three years, when he sold that property and moved West, settling in Illinois. He bought a farm in that state, and his son Andrew still lives there, making his home in Aledo. William H. Cool died January 5, 1900, at the advanced age of ninety-one years and four months. He was very weak for some time previous, but was confined to his bed only two days, and the end was very peace- ful. Andrew D. Cool studied law under Richard Bros., of Easton, Penn., was admitted to the bar ; he died unmarried, having resided with his parents at Rohrsburg. Sarah Cool married Dr. Plummer, and they had three daughters. She is now a help- less invalid, living in Aledo, Illinois.

To Mr. and Mrs. David Middaugh were born four children: Eliza Ann, Mrs. Hamton, living in Illinois; Albert B .; Margaret J., born January I, 1828, widow of William Angle, of Delaware township; and John C., who lives in Nebraska, on a large farm which he owns (he is married and has a family). The mother died March 14, 1842, in Lehman township, Pike county, whither she had come the year previous. David Middaugh was an early Freemason, and rose to Master Mason, our subject still having possession of the silver medal with his name and other inscriptions thereon-a fine piece of workmanship.

Albert B. Middaugh remained in his native place up to the age of fourteen years, when he came to Lehman township, Pike county, to live with his uncle, Albert G. Brodhead, with whom he remained for about nine years. After his marriage he commenced farming on his own account, at first in Lehman township, whence after several years he removed to Delaware township, settling on the fine tract of river-bottom land where he still resides. His farm, which is a most desirable piece of property, highly cultivated, and well laid-out and equipped with every convenience for modern agricultural work, contains two hundred and nine acres, to the operation of which he gives his entire time and attention. He also owns land in Lehman township, one and one-half miles from the Dela- ware river-one hundred acres, seventy improved, with good buildings. He has entirely, through his own efforts and ambition, won a high place among the substantial citizens of Delaware. Unlike most men of his standing, he takes little or no active part in public matters, although he naturally feels a deep interest in the welfare of the community with which he has been prominently identified for so many years. He served as supervisor one term,

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but he has invariably declined to accept office or similar honors ever since. His political sympathies are with the Democratic party.

On January 2, 1849, Mr. Middaugh was mar- ried, at Stroudsburg, Penn., to Miss Hannah A. Everett, a native of Lehman township, Pike county, who was born October 19, 1828, daughter of George B. and Jane (Hornbeck) Everett. Mrs. Middaugh's paternal grandparents, Isaac and Mary (Davis) Everett, were natives of New York state, where they passed all their days, following agricul- tural pursuits. Both lived to a ripe old age. They were the parents of ten children-John, George B., Allen, Isaac (of Pittston, Penn.), Findley, Jane, Mary (Mrs. Isaac LaBar, of Pittston, Penn.), Cath- erine (who married a Mr. Barlow), Elizabeth, and Hannah (who married Lash Depew).

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 332

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