Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 341

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Pulaski Chalker was the sixth and youngest member of the family. He was born in Broome county, N. Y., October 14, 1853. He was educated in the district schools of Choconut, and in his younger days followed lumbering and farming. In 1875 he married Miss Myra Nichols, who was born in 1857, daughter of Charles and Martha (Green) Nichols, of English extraction, one of the old families of Broome county. Charles Nichols was born February 2, 1823, in Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., a son of Caleb and Harriet (Fairbrother) Nichols, and his wife, Martha, was born February 16, 1826, in Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county, daughter of David Green, one of the old settlers of that locality, and in their family were twelve chil- dren. Charles Nichols came to Vestal Center and was there wedded, and by his marriage became the father of seven children. For two years after mar- riage, our subject lived on the old Green homestead.


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In 1877 he purchased a tract of land in Broome Co., N. Y., where he made improvements, then sold and bought his father's old farm, where he has since made extensive improvements. The marriage of our subject was blessed with one son, Charles M., born June 24, 1886, now a student of the home schools. In politics Mr. Chalker has been identified with the Democratic party. Mrs. Chalker was educated in the schools of Vestal Center, Broome Co., N. Y. She is a devout member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, to which our subject has been a liberal contributor. He is a man of excellent practical business judgment. Reared to honest toil, he has ever since kept faith with his education, recognizing the mandate that by sweat of his brow man must earn his bread, and yielding a cheerful obedience-an obedience that has brought him its just rewards.


NATHANIEL CLARK PURDY, M. D., a prominent physician and worthy citizen of Paupack township, Wayne county, is a representative of one of its honored pioneer families. The first to come to the county was his grandfather, Silas Purdy, who was born in 1770, about twenty miles above New York City, on the Connecticut side of the Hudson river. His son Nathaniel (the father of our sub- ject) was born in Paupack township, and married a native of the same township, by whom he became the father of five children, namely: Harvey, who was born in Paupack township, September 12, 1801, and was married February 1I, 1825, to Miss Ruth Clark, of Luzerne county, Penn .; Polly (deceased), born February 6, 1827; Nathaniel Clark ; Truman H., who was born June 26, 1830, and is now a resi- dent of Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Penn. ; and Myron E., who was born May 10, 1833, and died March 4, 1885.


Dr. Purdy was born September 27, 1828, on the old homestead in Paupack township, where he remained until after attaining his majority, acquir- ing his education in the common schools of the locality. At the age of twenty-two he began read- ing medicine with Dr. Silas M. Wheeler, then of Hawley, Wayne county, and later attended medical lectures in the University of New York. He first opened an office in Factoryville, Wyoming Co., Penn., where he remained five years, and for twen- ty-two years was successfully engaged in practice near Sunbury in Northumberland county. The following five years were spent in Bradford county, and from there he removed to Carbondale, Penn .. where in connection with practice he also engaged in real estate speculation for four years. In 1895 he returned to the old homestead in Paupack town- ship, Wayne county, where he enjoys a good prac- tice and has the confidence of the entire com- munity.


On July 4, 1853, Dr. Purdy was united in mar- riage with Miss Mary E. Smith, the ceremony being performed in Wayne county by Rev. Wilbur, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is a native of


Greene county, N. Y., and a daughter of Henry and Angelica (Lake) Smith, in whose family were the following children : John Henry, a resident of Hutchison, Kan .; Edgar, of Paupack township; Mary E .; Theodore (deceased) ; Reuben, of Brad- ford county, Penn .; Jane (deceased) ; Ellen ; Sarah (deceased) ; and Harvey, of Carbondale, Penn. The children born to Dr. and Mrs. Purdy are as follows : Emma, born July 7, 1854, is the wife of Rev. L. C. Davis, of Union county, Penn .; E. Marlow, born April 20, 1856, is superintendent of a furniture fac- tory in Atlanta, Ga .; T. H. Bayard, born March 15, 1859, Kate, born July 9, 1860, Belpo Scott, born August 15, 1864, and Bertwell Merit, born March 5, 1866, are all deceased ; Mattie Pauline, born De- cember 14, 1870, is the wife of I. M. Soper, of Elmira, N. Y .; Laura Maud, twin sister of Mattie P., is deceased; Grace May, born February 22, 1873, is the wife of E. H. Stone, of Carbondale, Penn .; Malcolm Mott, born March 10, 1875, and Walter Romeo, born December 18, 1877, are both deceased ; Clara Belle, born December 17, 1879, is deceased ; and Ella Mannette, twin sister of Clara B., is living in Carbondale.


Socially the Doctor has affiliated with the Odd Fellows Society since 1855; politically is an ardent supporter of the Democratic party ; religiously he and his entire family are members of the Baptist Church. He is a man of exemplary habits, com- mendable purpose and unbending integrity, and in all life's relations merits the confidence which is so freely accorded him.


WESSON T. LAMB, a leading farmer and dairyman of Oakland township, whose entire life has been passed in Susquehanna county, was born in Jackson township, in August, 1833, and is a son of Jirus and Elizabeth (Hall) Lamb, who were born, reared and married in Vermont. The paternal grandfather, Joel Lamb, also a native of the Green Mountain State, was one of the first settlers of Jackson township, Susquehanna county, where he transformed a wild tract of land into a good farm and thus materially advanced the welfare and pros- perity of that section. On coming to this county the parents of our, subject also located in Jackson township and the father, who was a carpenter by trade, erected the first frame building within its borders, this being his own home. After residing there for a number of years he removed to New Milford, where he made his home until a short time previous to his death, when he and his wife came to Oakland township to spend their last days with their sons. Eight children were born to them, namely: Amy, first married Jackson Chamberlain, of Gibson, and after his death wedded Allman Clinton, of the same place, who is also now de- ceased. She has three children living. (2) Louie. married John Chapman and settled in Allegany county, N. Y., where both died, leaving three chil- dren, who are still residents of that county. (3) Nancy is the wife of William Champin, of Alle-


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gany county, and has a family. (4) Lucy, born in Jackson township, married Hall Estebrook, of Oakland, where she died, leaving a family. (5) Joel H. married Nancy Wood and located in Jackson township, where he died, leaving two children- Frank and Rosey. The widow still resides on his farm in Jackson township. (6) Charles W. is a resident of Oakland. (7) George W. married Jane Estabrook and settled in New Milford, but later re- moved to Harford, where he died, leaving a wife and three children : William, a resident of Gibson ; Eugene, of Jackson ; and Lizzie, who is married and lives in Jackson. (8) Wesson T., of the review, completes the family.


Our subject passed his early life upon the old homestead and was educated in the district schools of Jackson township. When a young man he learned the trade of a blacksmith, and later con- ducted a shop of his own. In 1857 he was united in marriage with Miss Cordelia French, a daughter of Nelson French, and they began their domestic life upon a farm in Oakland township. Subse- quently they made their home in New Milford until 1868, when they removed to the farm in Oakland township, where Mr. Lamb now resides. He has made many useful and valuable improvements upon the place, including the erection of good buildings, and in the cultivation of his land has met with marked success. He keeps a large herd of cows for dairy purposes and sells milk in the town of Susquehanna.


Mr. Lamb's first wife died in 1890, leaving four children, as follows: (I) Mary, born in Jackson township, is now the wife of Fred Dutcher, of Oak- land township, whose farm adjoins that of our sub- ject, and they have two daughters, Agnes and Ethel. (2-3) Lewis and Lura, twins, were born in New Milford. The former, a resident of Susquehanna, married Lucy Card, and has three children-Willie, Nellie and Bessie. The latter (Lura) is the wife of Thomas Casey, of Oakland, and they have twelve children, namely: Bertha, William, Geneveive, Mary, Margaret, Frances, Thomas, Laurette, Ag- nes, John, Lawrence and Ellen. (4) Bird, born in Oakland township, married Matie Brush, who died a few years later, leaving one daughter, Ida, and he afterward wedded Minnie Munson, of Oakland, by whom he has one son, Wesson. Our subject was again married, in July, 1896, his second union being with Miss Anna Lown, of Oakland borough, a daughter of Richard and Sarah (Rand) Lown, natives of Dutchess county, N. Y., and New Hamp- shire, respectively. After their marriage they re- sided in Deposit, N. Y., where Mrs. Lamb was born in 1870, and she was educated in the schools of Susquehanna, where her parents now live. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb have a little daughter, Mildred, born September 28, 1898.


Since the organization of the Republican party Mr. Lamb has been one of its stanch supporters, and he has been several times elected to the office of school director. He is a member of Oakland


Highland Grange, and his wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, to the support of which he contributes. His aid is never with- held from any enterprise which he believes will prove of public benefit, and he is justly numbered among the valued and useful citizens of his com- munity, as well as one of its most highly respected and prosperous citizens. He owns one of the larg- est dairy farms of the township, and through his own energy, thrift and excellent management has secured a comfortable competence, which will en- able him to spend his declining years in ease and comfort.


HENRY H. STODDARD. Among the pros- perous and highly respected farmers of Jackson township, Susquehanna county, is the subject of this sketch, who possesses many estimable qualities as a gentleman and as a citizen, and who, as an agriculturist is progressive, thorough and success- ful. He was a soldier during the Civil war and comes of an old New England family. His parents, Jacob and Eliza ( Harris) Stoddard, were natives of Brattleboro, Vt., where they were born in 1794 and 1802, respectively. They were married in Vermont, and in 1840 migrated to Susquehanna county. For two years they lived on a rented farm in Jackson township. Then purchasing wild land in the south- eastern part of New Milford, Jacob Stoddard cleared up a valuable farm, and there he continued to reside for many years. He erected good build- ings and made a comfortable home for his family. His worthy and faithful wife died in April, 1875, at the age of seventy-three years. Jacob Stoddard died in 1878, while on a visit in Maine. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church for many years, and both he and his wife were very promi- nent members of that church.


To Jacob and Eliza Stoddard were born ten children, as follows: (1) Helann, born in Ver- mont in December, 1820, married in Vermont, in 1839, Thomas Butterfield, and with him migrated to Jackson township, Susquehanna county, where she died, leaving seven children: Ellen, wife of Slater Bingham, of Jackson ; Mary, deceased wife of Theo- dore Perry, of Jackson; Melvina, wife of Edwin Perry, of Jackson ; Jenny L., wife of Daniel David- son, of Lycoming county; Fremont, of Jackson township; Frederick, of Jackson township; and Frank, a merchant of Equinunk, Penn. (2) Eliza A., born in May, 1823, died unmarried in New Mil- ford in 1849. (3) Sarah, born April, 1827, married Alfred Stoddard, of Thompson, and there reared a family of eight children, namely : Eleanor, wife of George Decker; Ezel, now residing on the old homestead; Josephine, wife of G. G. Lewis; Lu- cindia, wife of Thomas Benson ; Olive, wife of F. E. Darling; Flora, wife of Earnest Lathran; Frank, who now lives with his mother on a farm in Jack- son township; and one daughter deceased. (4) Jacob, born in November, 1830, married Elizabeth Marshall, of Lenox township. He was for a time a


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carpenter in the railroad shops. at Susquehanna, then settled in New Milford township, Susquehanna county, where he died ; both his children, Eliza and Eva, are dead. (5) Susan, born August 28, 1833, married James Sherman, of Great Bend township. They settled on a farm in Franklin township, where both died, leaving two children-Henry, a resident of Franklin township, and Nettie, deceased. (6) Horace, born in August, 1835, married May Harris in 1857, and settled in New Milford township. He enlisted in 1862, in Company B, 17th P. V. C., and was with Gen. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley raids. He now occupies the old Stoddard farm in New Milford township, and has six children-Hat- tie, Theda, Carrie, Melvina, Eliza and Ola. (7) John, born in 1838, married Almeda Cowles, and is a farmer of Jackson township. He has four chil- dren-Herbert, baggage master on the Jefferson railroad; Homer, a resident of Franklin, N. Y .; Anna, wife of Grant Bryant, of Jackson township; and Edith. (8) Hartley, born in 1840, died in 1866. (9) Henry H., our subject, born in September, 1843. (10) Attai, born in September, 1847, mar- ried Mary Van Horn, of Thompson township, and settled in that township, following railroading as a bridge builder. His wife died, leaving one son, Melvin, now a resident of New York. Attai Stod- dard later married Miss Alice Freeman, of Mt. Pleasant, and lives in Franklin township.


Henry H. Stoddard was educated in the schools of New Milford. As a boy he was engaged in ped- dling meat, assisting his father, who for a time was a butcher. He remained on the farm until his enlistment, in September, 1862, in Company B, 17th P. V. C., Captain Whitney. Entering the army of the Potomac, the maiden engagement of the regiment and of our subject, was at Occoquan Creek. Camping for the winter in Virginia, the regiment was with Burnside in several engagements the following spring and did valiant service at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and other battles. Mr. Stoddard remained with the regiment until dis- charged on surgeon's certificate, January 22, 1864. Returning home he was married, in September of that year, to Miss Emily Tyler, the accomplished daughter of George W. and Hannah (Dix) Tyler, natives of Connecticut, who became early and prominent settlers of Jackson township, and reared a family of eight children, namely : Ellis ; Emeline ; Henry, a comrade of our subject in Company B, 17th P. V. C., and now a resident of Binghamton, N. Y .; Laura, wife of Silas Corwin, of Bingham- ton ; Juliette, wife of Hollis Barrett, of Gibson town- ship, Susquehanna county; Lovisa, wife of Jason Wilder, of Clinton county, Mich .; Emily, wife of our subject, and Harley A. George W. and Han- nah Tyler both died on the old homestead in Jack- son township.


After his marriage our subject settled in Sus- quehanna and there engaged in the butcher busi- ness for two years. He then purchased on the Jackson turnpike a farm, where he followed


butchering and farming for a number of years. Buying a farm in West Jackson he there engaged in farming until his removal in 1878 to Clinton county, Mich. Returning to Susquehanna county in 1882, he purchased the Wells homestead in Jack- son township, where he has ever since resided. Mr. Stoddard has remodeled all the buildings, and made other extensive improvements and now owns one of the well cultivated farms of the township.


To our subject and wife have been born four children, namely: Bertha, born in January, 1866, married Byrd Larrabee, a prominent and well con- nected young farmer of Jackson township, who died in July, 1888, leaving no children ; Ivera, born in March, 1868, married Miss Emma Leonard, daughter of Edwin Leonard, ex-sheriff of Susque- hanna county, and now resides in Binghamton, where he is employed as a street car conductor ; Grace, born in March, 1876, a graduate of the Montrose High school, and for five years one of the successful teachers of Jackson township, married in April, 1898, Gaylord Curtis, a young business man of Binghamton; Newton, born in April, 1881, is at home with his parents.


Politically our subject has always affiliated with the Republican party. He has been prominent in the public affairs of the township and has held many of its offices. He served one term as constable, was a school director for nine years and supervisor for four years. He is a member of Myron French Post, No. 512, G. A. R., and of New Milford Lodge, F. & A. M. In 1897 he was appointed a delegate to the National Farmers' Congress at St. Paul, Minn. Himself and wife are prominent members of the Baptist Church of Lakeview, in which for two years he has officiated as deacon and clerk.


GEORGE PERRY STOCKHOLM, a lead- ing and representative farmer of Franklin township, Susquehanna county, was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., May 9, 1844, and is a son of William and Charlotte (Brown) Stockholm, also natives of that county. They removed to Binghamton, N. Y., in 1851, and in 1852 came to Susquehanna county and took up their residence upon the farm where our subject now resides. The father followed the occupation of farming throughout life, was a Re- publican in politics, and both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The former died in October, 1878, aged sixty-seven years, the latter in April, 1883, aged sixty-nine, and both were buried in Lawsville cemetery. In their family were the following children: Abby J., wife of Charles Maury, of Hallstead; Rachel A., de- ceased ; Aaron E., a farmer of Liberty township; Sarah E., wife of J. W. Palmer, of Franklin Forks ; John J., a merchant of Hickory Grove, Susque- hanna county ; George P., our subject; Kate L., wife of Augustus Hauser, a confectioner of Bing- hamton, N. Y .: Mary Ella, Francis M. and Lottie E., all deceased ; Henrietta, wife of Nathan Jones, a farmer of Middletown, Penn .; Albert, who died


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in Hallstead, Penn .; and Ida L., wife of Charles Miller, of Paterson, N. J. Our subject's paternal grandparents were Aaron and Martha (Griffin) Stockholm, and his maternal grandparents were Joshua and Nancy Brown, all of Dutchess county, New York.


The boyhood and youth of George P. Stock- holm were passed on the home farm, but when the South made an attempt to secede, he resolved to strike a blow in defense of the Union, and enlisted in September, 1862, in Company C, 151st P. V. I., under Capt. George Crandell. He was mustered in at Montrose, where the regiment was assigned to the Ist Brigade, 3rd Division, Ist Corps, Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, where his com- pany lost seventy-five per cent of its members in killed and wounded ; he himself was taken prisoner, but was paroled. His nine months' term having expired, he was discharged at Harrisburg, Penn., July 13, 1863, but the following year he re-enlisted at Goshen, N. Y., in Troop B, Ist New York Mounted Rifles, under Capt. George W. Freeborn. With this command he took part in the raid through North Carolina to Weldon, and during his entire service was in five engagements. A part of the regiment, designated as the Fourth Pro- visional Regiment New York Cavalry, remained in the field until September 6, 1865, and were then discharged at Fortress Monroe. During his first term Mr. Stockholm was confined in the hospital for three weeks with fever. After his return home he purchased a farm in Franklin township, Susque- hanna county, which he operated until 1876, and then went to Philadelphia, where he was employed on the police force at the exposition for nine months. At the end of that time he resumed farm- ing in Franklin township, but two years later went to Hancock, Mich., where he was variously em- ployed for five years. The first year he worked in a foundry and later was night watchman in a saw- mill during the summer months, while through the winter season he worked in the lumber woods. Since his return to Susquehanna county, he has continued to engage in agricultural pursuits and now owns two good farms in Franklin township, which he has placed under excellent cultivation and well improved. By his ballot he supports the men and measures of the Republican party, and he has most creditably and satisfactorily served his fellow citizens as school director for the past three years, and as constable for the past eight years. Frater- nally he is an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Farmers Alliance. He is also president of the Silver Lake Creamery Com- pany, organized in 1891.


On October 21, 1866, in Forest Lake township, Susquehanna county. Mr. Stockholm was united in marriage with Miss Gaitie Cronk, a most estimable lady, by whom he had four children : Lottie is now the wife of Dr. A. F. Merrill, a physician of Hall- stead, Penn., and has three children-Albert L.,


Rena and Floyd ; Edmond J., who resides in Frank- lin, married Cora Borne and has three girls-Leah, Mildred and Irma ; Archie W. was one of the brave boys who offered his services to the government during the war with Spain, becoming a member of Company G, 13th P. V. I., and he died of typhoid fever at Fort Myer Hospital, August 2, 1898; and Richard R. is with his parents.


Mrs. Stockholm was born in Rush township, Susquehanna county, February 1, 1849, and is a daughter of Jacob and Abby (Light) Cronk, the former a native of Dutchess county, N. Y., the latter of Susquehanna county, Penn. When a young man the father came to Susquehanna county with his parents, William and Sally (Myers) Cronk, who were also born in Dutchess county, N. Y., and died in Rush township, Susquehanna county. Mrs. Stockholm's maternal grandparents, Elisha and Nancy Light, also passed away in the same county. Her father, who was born September 13, 1825, is still engaged in farming in Rush township, but the mother, who was born February 26, 1826, de- parted this life June 8, 1861, and was laid to rest in Prospect Hill cemetery, Jessup township. The children born to this worthy couple were as fol- lows : Gaitie, wife of our subject; Montgomery, deceased ; John E., a farmer of Jessup township; and Abbey L., wife of Theron Palmer, of Rush township. Mrs. Stockholm's grandfather, Cronk, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his widow drew a pension during her life time.


WILLIAM H. TIFFANY, a popular engineer on the Susquehanna division of the Erie Railroad, and a worthy citizen of Oakland borough. is a native of Susquehanna county, born at Harford, in September, 1852, and is a son of Henry and Isabel (Campbell) Tiffany, the former born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1812, the latter in Orange county, the same State, in 1818. The paternal grandpar- ents, Silas and Hezekiah (Smith) Tiffany, made their home near Jamestown, N. Y., where they reared their family of four children, namely : Silas S., who married Nancy Williams, and settled in New York; Henry, father of our subject ; Harriet, wife of Caleb Williams, of Chautauqua county, N. Y .; and Nathan, who married Eliza Darby, and made his home in Jamestown, N. Y. After his marriage Henry Tiffany located at Otisville, Orange Co., N. Y., but later purchased a farm in Harford township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., on which he made many improvements, clearing his land and erecting good buildings thereon. In 1858 he traded that property for the Stephens farm in Windsor township, Broome Co., N. Y., and also bought the Hazzard farm adjoining. There he made his home until the sad death of himself and wife, being burned in the fire which destroyed their residence.


In the family of this worthy couple were seven children, as follows: (1) John C., born in Orange county, N. Y., was educated in the schools of Har-


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ford, and as an engineer he has followed railroading since a young man, his home being in Oakland, Penn. He married Stella Andrews, of Windsor, N. Y., a daughter of Robert Andrews, and they have one daughter, Flora, now the wife of Nathaniel Decker, of Oakland, by whom she has three chil- dren, Mamie, John and Nathaniel. (2) Mary, born in Orange county, N. Y., married S. T. Jenks and died in Fond du Lac, Wis. (3) Tamar A., born in Orange county, is now the wife of George W. An- drews, of Windsor, N. Y., and they have three children living: Ida, wife of Willard Judd, a mer- chant of Windsor ; Ellen, wife of Orville Palmer, a merchant of Scranton, Penn .; and Frank, operator and station agent at Hartford, Conn. (4) Harriet A., born on the home farm in Harford township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., married Orlando S. An- drews, of Binghamton, N. Y., where she died, leav- ing four children : Marshall, now a United States government clerk at Washington, D. C .; Hollas, a business man of Chicago, Ill. ; Mary, wife of a Mr. Wolf, of Scranton, Penn .; and Conley, a merchant of Chicago. (5) Arminda J., born in Harford township, is the widow of Sanford Spearbeck, of Harpersville, N. Y., and has two children : Hattie, wife of George Whitney, of Oakland, Penn .; and Grace, who is with her mother. (6) Isabel, born in Harford township, is the wife of Levi Webb, an engineer on the New York & Erie Railroad, resid- ing in Oakland, Penn., and they have one son, George, who married Maud Hart and resides in Oakland.




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