Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 342

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William H. Tiffany completes the family. He received a fair education in the schools of Windsor, N. Y., and also took a business course in the Lowell Commercial College, from which he was graduated in March, 1870. In 1873 he was united in mar- riage with Miss Katie A. Pierce, of Windsor, N. Y., a daughter of Harvey and Betsy Pierce, and they be- gan their domestic life on the old homestead in Windsor, where Mr. Tiffany followed farming for two years. In 1876 he took up his residence in Oak- land, Penn., where in 1887 he erected a good mod- ern residence that has since been his home. In 1879 he entered the employ of the Erie Railroad Company as fireman, and in 1886 was promoted to engineer, in which capacity he has served the com- pany ever since in a most commendable and satis- factory manner, at present running a regular train from Susquehanna to Hornellsville, N. Y.

Mrs. Tiffany, who was a most estimable lady, died in 1891, leaving one son, Leonard R., a tele- graph operator in the employ of the Erie Railroad, who was born in Oakland, in August, 1879, and received a good education in the graded schools of that place. In 1892 our subject married Miss Jen- nie Kent, an accomplished lady, who was educated in the schools of Windsor and Binghamton, N. Y., and is a daughter of Eri and Amanda (Howell) Kent, prominent citizens of Windsor. They have no children of their own, but are now rearing an adopted child. Politically Mr. Tiffany has always

been identified with the Democratic party, and socially he is a member of Susquehanna Lodge, No. 137, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He is well known as a whole-souled, genial gentleman, and is one of the most popular engineers on the road. In connection with railroading, he is also interested in farming, which he conducts on quite an extensive scale, employing a number of men and teams in the operation of his land.

NOAH PHILLIPS. The subject of this sketch has for the past forty years been one of the most active and successful citizens of Lenox town- ship, Susquehanna county. He is the descendant of a pioneer family, one which has been prominent in the settlement and development of northeastern Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Noah Phillips, was born in Sussex county, N. J., there married Esther Dickson, and with his family moved to Abington township, Luzerne county (now Lackawanna), where he purchased a wilderness farm and passed the remainder of his years amid the hardships and privations of a pioneer settlement. His children were: Aaron, father of our subject; Russell; Sarah, now Mrs. Sheldin Parker, of Abington town- ship; Esther, who married Loren Wright; Mittie, who married Henry Travis, and is now deceased ; and Hulda, who married Milton Wetherby, and lives in Abington township.

Aaron Phillips, the father of our subject, was born in February, 1809. He was reared in Lu- zerne county and there married Nancy Reynolds, daughter of Phineas and Dorcas (Northrop) Rey- nolds. He engaged actively in the arduous duties which in his day confronted the ambitious resident of northeastern Pennsylvania, and became a lum- berman and sawyer. Later in life he followed shoe- making. From Luzerne county he removed to Lenox township, where he died in 1871, aged sixty- nine years. His wife died in Lenox township, aged seventy years. Their children were as follows : Noah, our subject ; Clarinda, wife of Simon Marcy ; Phineas R., who was a soldier in the Civil war, and is now a farmer of Lenox township; Russell, who as a member of Company A, 107th P. V. I., was killed at the battle of Gettysburg; Susan, wife of Truman Targe, a farmer.

Noah Phillips was born in Abington township, Luzerne county (now Lackawanna), May 18, 1833. He received a fair common school education, such as the time and place afforded, and when a boy be- gan to look out for himself. At the age of twenty- one he commenced lumbering in Abington and Lenox townships, and in the latter township he purchased 100 acres of land, nearly all wild. This he cleared and forty acres of the tract he sold. The remainder is almost entirely cleared and on this Mr. Phillips is now engaged in general farming. He was married February 22, 1883, to Miss Esther E. Ireland, daughter of James and Hannah (Rey- nolds) Ireland. Their only child, Nancy, died in infancy. In 1865 Mr. Phillips enlisted in Company

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B, 177th P. V. I., and served nine months, his term of enlistment.

In politics Mr. Phillips is a stanch Republican. He has served as township treasurer, but declined re-election. He is a member of Capt. Lyons Post, No. 85, G. A. R., at Glenwood. He ranks high as a successful agriculturist and is one of the substan- tial and influential men of the township.

HENRY PRICE. Not least among the features of Monroe county are its picturesque and beautiful scenery, its clear bracing summer air, the generous hospitality of its old families. The county has attracted the denizens of the crowded city in happy throngs, and its sylvan shades, bounteous tables and exhilarating natural effects have brought happiness and tender memories to thousands of visitors. One of the popular destinations of the well informed summer sojourners from the busy activities of urban life is "Mountain House," most pleasantly located at Barrett township. Its pro- prietor is Henry Price, a typical representative of one of the oldest and best known families of the county.

His grandfather, Joseph Price, was one of the oldest and earliest settlers on the Delaware river, at Shawnee, making the desolate region his home when Indians held claim to the land, and dwelt on the shores of the historic stream. There Joseph Price lived the peaceful and arduous life of a farmer and there on the home he had founded he died, leaving four children : Ichabod, George, John and Anne. George emigrated to the West and was never heard from by his friends; Anne married John Houser, of Delaware Water Gap, and died, leaving a family of children, of whom Milton and Frank now reside at that place; John died, leaving a thrifty and prosperous line of descendants.

Ichabod Price, the eldest of the family and the father of our subject, was born at Shawnee in 1798. There he married Nancy Henry and set- tled in Henryville, where he assisted his father-in- law in operating the latter's sawmills. After these mills burned Ichabod Price purchased 1,100 acres of timber land in Barrett township, erected a large sawmill on Broadheads Creek and engaged exten- sively in lumbering, rafting his lumber in small rafts out into the Delaware, and there combining them into larger rafts and running them to Phila- delphia, Camden, and other markets below. On this tract of land Ichabod Price cleared out a large farm and erected good buildings. He died on this old homestead in 1878 and his worthy helpmeet passed away in 1883. In politics he was a Demo- crat and he held several offices of trust. His family of thirteen children were as follows: (1) Jacob, who married Mary A. Staymates, of Hamilton township. He settled on a portion of the old home farm and died, leaving six children: Lavina, wife of Mat Bush, of Stroud township; Theadore mar- ried and living on the old homestead; James; Rufus ; Ella, wife of James Shoemaker, of Goulds-

borough, Penn .; and Ichabod. (2) Joseph H., who died unmarried in 1896. (3) Lavina, who married Stephen H. Peters, of-Priceburg, and died, leaving no family. (4) James, a lumberman of White Haven, Luzerne county, by his first wife, Susan Feriner, has four children-Howard, Mary, Millard and Harry; and by his second wife, Julia Jones, two children-Frank and Stella. (5) Edward H., a farmer on a portion of the old home tract, married Annie M. Boyer and died in 1897; she died in 1894 ; of their children, Ida, Newman, Herman and Harry, died young; Rachel is the wife of Reuben Dean, of Scranton ; Jane lives at Philadelphia ; Anne mar- ried Daniel Price and died at Scranton; Robert lives on the old homestead; Mary, not married ; and Blanche is married and lives at Newark, N. J. (6) Lydia A., who married Jacob Miller, a black- smith and farmer at Cresco, and of their children, Elizabetli is the wife of Stewart Shannon, of Cresco ; and Harry, a business man in New York City. (7) Hanna, deceased, who wedded John Brown, of Bradford county, and her children were Mary, Price (now living in California), Laura, Lizzie, Susan, Charles and Mahlon. (8) Lizzie, deceased, who married Abram Widmore, of Delaware, and her children were: Floyd, a college student preparing for the ministry; Edgar, Lula and Elizabeth. (9) Susan, deceased, who became the wife of Abram Albert, of Canadensis, and had two children, Nellie and Blanche S. (10) Sarah J., died when a young woman. (II) Martha, died in infancy. (12) An infant died unnamed. (13) Henry, subject of this sketch.

Henry Price, the youngest member of his father's family, was born in Barrett township, De- cember 23, 1840. He grew up on his father's farm, received a good common school education and as- sisted in the extensive lumbering and farming oper- ations there conducted. He enlisted in Company H, 176th regiment, P. V. I., for nine months, and was mustered in service at Philadelphia in Novem- ber, 1862, under Capt. Sam S. Keller. From Phila- delphia the regiment proceeded to Washington, via Baltimore, and was assigned to Gen. Foster's com- mand. Moving to Suffolk, Va., the regiment was on duty there one month, and then marched to Hal- ley Landing, N. C. There our subject was detailed to look after the officers' horses and perform other special duty for about four and a half months. Rejoining his regiment at Beaufort, S. C., he there did picket duty for some time, thence moved by boat to Hilton Head, where he was stricken with fever and was removed to New York. His term of enlistment expiring in August, 1863, he was sent home. After recovering from his illness Mr. Price engaged in the manufacture of wintergreen oil for about five years, operating a distillery for that purpose on the old homestead. In 1870 he bought 100 acres of his father's land, improved it and erected a substantial home. Mr. Price has since added to the acreage and has brought it to a high state of cultivation.

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In 1872 he married Miss Fredericka Mick, daughter of Jacob and Rachel Mick. Jacob Mick was a prominent business man of New York City, but because of failing health he, in 1855, purchased a farm in Barrett township, Monroe county, and moved his family there. He died a few months later, leaving a wife and five children-Charles P., who married Emily Deubler and died in Barrett township. He was the father of the following chil- dren: Edith, Lottie, Frederick and Irwin. (2) Catherine, who married Townson Price and had children as follows : Myron, Arthur, Clarence, Mary, Joseph and Raymond. (3) Fredericka, born October 20, 1848, in New York City, and educated chiefly in the schools of Barrett. (4) Jacob S., of Stroudsburg, who married Katherine Miller, and had children : Rosella and Frank. (5) Emma A., who wedded Harry Van Blarcom, of Mountain Home, and has three children: Charles, Frances Ada and Ethel.

After his marriage Mr. Price brought his young wife to his present home. Several large ad- ditions have since been made and the property has been greatly improved. It is situated in the Pocono Mountain region of Monroe county, and in the most healthful and beautiful part of Pennsylvania. It is 2,000 feet above tidewater and is a distance of one and a fourth miles from the Cresco station of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R., and is a quiet and home-like retreat. The furniture of the homestead has been selected with a view to com- fort and neatness. Both city and local markets supply the table, the farm offers fruit and vegetables and the home dairy milk and cream. There is an ever flowing iron spring upon the premises and many pleasant walks and drives. The famous Buck Hill Falls are only a mile and a half away, and many excellent trout streams are in the immediate vicin- ity. An efficient livery is always at hand with easy, comfortable carriages and careful drivers. The beautiful mountain scenery, pure air and water, a table furnished with wholesome food and delicacies render this home one of the most desirable in the country for those seeking comfort, ease and recrea- tion.

Politically Mr. Price since attaining his ma- jority has always been identified with the Demo- cratic party. He was reared under the influences of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Price have been born five children, as follows : (I) Alonzo H., born March 25, 1873, is a bright, scholarly young man, well educated in the public schools and now assistant to his father at the home- stead. (2) Elsie E., born October 7, 1875, is a high school gradtiate and also a member of the class 1896 of East Stroudsburg Normal. She taught one year in Barrett township, and is now teaching in public schools of New Jersey, and is one of the . recognized talented educators which Monroe coun- ty has sent out into the world: (3) Olive A., born October 31, 1877, is a graduate, with high honors, of the East Stroudsburg Normal, class of 1898, and

is now a successful teacher in Monroe county, and a general favorite among a wide circle of friends for her many womanly qualities. (4) Mabel L., born December 4, 1879, is now a music student at East Stroudsburg Normal, and a young lady of scholarly ability. (5) Aman Henry, born July 24, 1886, died in 1890.

JOHN DE LA FONTAINE owns and oper- ates a good farm in Clifford township, Susquehanna county, and is also engaged in the milk business in Carbondale, making daily trips to that city. He . was born there, April 5, 1858, a son of Anthony and Sarah M. (Connor) De La Fontaine. The father was born in Quebec, Canada, March 30, 1829, and is a son of Anthony and Theresa (Lungavel) De La Fontaine, who spent their entire lives in that country, dying in Montreal, the former in 1851, aged seventy-four years, the latter in April, 1877, aged seventy-seven. They were communicants of the Catholic Church. On coming to the United States in 1849, the father of our subject located in Carbondale, where he was in the employ of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company until lo- cating upon his present farm in Clifford township, Susquehanna county, in April, 1880. In Carbon- dale he was married, January 11, 1855, to Mrs. Sarah Hallock, who was born in Providence, Penn., August 21, 1829, a daughter of William and Han- nah (Rivenburg) Connor. She first married Peter Hallock, by whom she had three children: (I) Mary is now the widow of Wright Campbell, by whom she had two children-Wright and Gertrude -and now resides in Carbondale. (2) Emma is the wife of Andrew Lindsley, of Jermyn, Penn., and they have three children-Nellie, Sarah and Nettie. (3) Charles P., a resident of Carbondale, married Lydia Smith and has one daughter-Sarah May. Our subject is the older of the two children born of the second marriage. The other, Lenora, married George Breece, a conductor on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, residing in Carbondale, and died leaving four children : Willis, Willard, Leon and Glenn.

John De La Fontaine made his home with his parents, and worked the farm for his father until March, 1893, when he located upon his present farm. During the residence of the family in Car- bondale, he was in the employ of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company as car runner for ten years. As an agriculturist he is meeting with good success, and the neat and thrifty appearance of his place testifies to his industry, energy and ability. He is a supporter of the Republican party and its principles and has served as school director for the past three years. Religiously he is a member of the Episcopal Church, and socially is a member of the blue lodge of the Masonic Order and the Im -- proved Order of Heptasophs, both of Forest City, and the United American Mechanics, at Dundaff. On April 25, 1881, in Carbondale, Mr. De La Fontaine was united in marriage with Miss Fanny

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E. Goodrich, and to them were born two children : Raymond, at home ; and Lenora, deceased. Mrs. De La Fontaine was born in Cochecton, N. Y., December 6, 1858, a daughter of George and Han- nah (Lent) Goodrich, natives of Orange county, that State. Her father entered the Union service during the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in Com- pany K, Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was killed at the battle of Perryville. By trade he was a shoe- maker. His wife died at the home of a son in Kan- sas, in 1885. Their children were: Nathaniel, a farmer of Greenfield, Lackawanna Co., Penn .; Martha, wife of John Whiting ; David, a meat mer- chant of Kansas ; Hattie, wife of Luther Wells, of Clifford township, Susquehanna county ; Stephen, a farmer of Kansas; Fanny E., Mrs. De La Fon- taine ; and George, a carpenter of Scranton. Mrs. De La Fontaine is a lady of culture, who began teaching school at the age of eighteen years, and taught for several years prior to her marriage, and for two terms since.

HORACE BUSH, M. D., of East Strouds- burg, Monroe county, has won an enviable reputa- tion as a practitioner there and elsewhere, and al- though his attention is at present devoted to the drug business, he is frequently called in council in important cases. He comes of a family which has furnished several able workers to the medical profession, and his father, the late Dr. Philip M. Bush, practiced in Monroe county successfully for more than half a century. The family originated in Holland, the name being Bosch in the old records, and our subject's ancestors seem to have settled first near Esopus or Rondout, N. Y., on the Hud- son, while later generations, following the tide of progress, came down the Delaware and located on the plain at the present site of Shawness.

Dr. Philip M. Bush, our subject's father, was born in Stroud township, Monroe county, in 1811, and studied medicine with Dr. Herring, of Ham- ilton township, then a part of Northampton county. During the winters of 1833 and 1834 he attended the medical department of Jefferson College in Philadelphia. On leaving that institution he en- gaged in practice at Craig's Meadow, Monroe county. In 1838 he removed to Marshall's Creek, a little hamlet about six miles north of Stroudsburg, where he spent his remaining years, his death oc- curring in 1890. He had a large practice, and his keen and active mind kept him well abreast of the advance in medical science. As a citizen he was held in high esteem and in 1847 he represented his locality in the State Legislature, but he afterward declined all offers of official position, and he mar- ried Miss Sarah J. La Bar, a daughter of George La Bar and a member of an old Monroe county fam- ily. Of their eight children, the first, Francis, died at the age of seven years; Samuel resides near Craig's Meadows : Miss Albina resides at that place ; Robert settled in Trenton, N. J. ; Edwin is a farmer in Monroe county ; Lewis, deceased, is mentioned

more fully below; Horace, our subject, is the sev- enth in order of birth ; Van L., a resident of Strouds- burg, follows the occupation of carpenter and builder.

Lewis Bush, M. D., brother of our subject, was born June 3, 1848, at Marshall's Creek, and after pursuing an elementary course of study in the dis- trict schools near the homestead, he attended the Stroudsburg Seminary, taught by Mrs. Lizzie Mal- vern, and Wyoming Seminary, at Kingston, Lu- zerne Co., Penn. In 1869, he began the study of medicine with his father, and later he took a course in Jefferson Medical School at Philadelphia, gradu- ating in 1872. For a few months of that year he had an office at Delaware Water Gap, but then he located at East Stroudsburg, where he continued in successful practice until his death in October, 1892. In April, 1883, he formed a partnership with Dr. Irvine R. Bush, a graduate of that year from Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Lewis Bush manifested in many ways the public spirit and pro- gressive mind which has always characterized the family, taking especial interest in educational and religious movements. For three years he served as school director and forty-two years he was secretary of the school board. Financially he was successful and he owned valuable real estate in East Strouds- burg, including the rink. In 1874 he married Miss Anna Louisa Huntsberger, daughter of Joseph Huntsberger, of Centerville, Northampton Co., Penn. To this union was born one child, who died in infancy.

Our subject first saw the light February 3, 1850, at the old homestead at Marshall's Creek, and received his literary education in the local schools and the seminary at Kingston. For some time he taught school successfully, while reading medicine with his father and brother, and after a course in Jefferson Medical College, he received, in 1875, the degree of M. D. On beginning prac- tice he spent one year at East Stroudsburg, and two years at Marshall's Creek and then he located in Bradford county, where he passed eleven years. Since that time he has made his home at East Stroudsburg, where he purchased his present drug store. He is a man of fine mental powers, of a thoughtful and reflective turn, and is keenly inter- ested in all questions and movements which affect the welfare of the community. In 1875 he mar- ried Miss Laura P. Loder, daughter of A. W. Loder, of East Stroudsburg.

ALBERT COREY. The story of the founders of this nation, and of the Revolutionary forefathers, is interesting, not only from a historical standpoint, but also as a source of inspiration and encour- agement to others. Yet we need not look to the past ; the present furnishes many examples worthy of emulation. in the men who have risen through their own efforts to positions of prominence and importance in business, professional and political circles. To this class belongs Albert Corey, one of

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the most progressive business men of Uniondale, Susquehanna county.

Mr. Corey is a native of Susquehanna county, born in South Gibson, June 14, 1845, a son of Andrew and Fidelia (Conrad) Corey, also natives of Gibson township. The father was a miller by trade, and operated gristmills in Glenwood and South Gibson, but later turned his attention to farming. In 1865 he removed to Wayne county, Penn., and in Preston, that county, he and his wife died, the former in September, 1877, at the age of fifty-six years, the latter in November, 1876, at the age of fifty-five. They were laid to rest in Preston township. The father was a stanch Repub- lican in politics, and was a soldier in the Union army for nine months during the war of the Re- bellion. In his family were four children: Edwin, a retired manufacturer ; Albert, our subject ; Fran- ces, wife of William F. Ketchum, a merchant of Peckville, Penn .; and Charles D., who lives on the old home farm in Preston. Our subject's maternal grandparents, John and Betsey (Ressigue) Conrad, were natives of Connecticut and early settlers of South Gibson, where the grandfather followed farm- ing throughout the remainder of his life.

Until the age of sixteen years Albert Corey entered his father's mill, continuing to work there until he attained his majority, after which he was employed in the mills at Lenoxville, Penn. Subse- quently he was weigher on the docks at New York City, and in 1871 came to Uniondale, where, in company with his brother, Edwin, he engaged in the milling business for twelve years, at the end of which time he sold out to his brother. In 1884 he removed to his present farm, and built thereon the mill which he now operates. The place was formerly known as the old Ira Nichols sawmill. Here Mr. Corey has an extensive plant, run by water power, and carries on the grist and saw mill business, hay and straw pressing, and threshing, in connection with farming. He owns about 500 acres of valuable land, and in business affairs is meeting with most excellent success, being industrious, en- ergetic, enterprising and progressive. His prosper- ity is due entirely to his own well-directed efforts and good management. He is a stanch Republican in politics, but has never had time or inclination for public office, though he has served as school director, and was elected a member of the borough council in February, 1899. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been trustee of the same since the erection of the house of wor- ship, in 1894.

At the home of the bride, in Clinton township, Wayne county, Mr. Corey was married, by Rev. James R. Remsen, a Baptist minister, May 4, 1876, to Miss Eliza Jane Curtis. They have an in- teresting family of five children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Arthur Byron, April 21, 1877 ; Henry Curtis, September 25, 1878 ; Charles Banning, April 8, 1886; Louisa May, March 8, 1889; and Grace Isabel, December 9, 1895. The

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 342

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