Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 351

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Mr. and Mrs. Hilborn have a family of six children : (1) Charles, born in January, 1851, mar- ried Eliza Blessing, and lives in Binghamton. Their children are John R., Bernice, Elizabeth and Mar- garet. (2) Francis H., born in December, 1852, married Lucy B. Elwood, of Kansas, where they make their home. Their children are Lillian and Lesley. (3) Albert, born in December, 1854, aids in the operation of the home farm. (4) Alva, born in January, 1857, married in Kansas, and is suc- cessfully engaged in farming there. His children are Delbert, Elnora and Scora E. (5) William, born in June, 1860, married Lizzie Leaderman, of Lanesboro, Penn., and now makes his home in Western Kansas. He has six daughters, Ella, Lucy M., Daisy D., Ethel V., Elnora and Blanche. (6) Elnora L., born in September, 1863, is the wife of Marcellus Skinner, a farmer of Susquehanna, and they have four children, Marcellus, Helen M., Gladys E. and Albert. Mr. Hilborn has every reason to feel that "He that getteth a good wife obtaineth favour of the Lord," for Mrs. Hilborn has proved a most efficient helpmeet. For many years, in addition to her other domestic duties, she spun thirty pounds of wool a year, and some years twelve pounds of flax, to make cloth for the family, making most of the garments required for the six children, and her never-failing encouragement and industry have been no small factor in her husband's success.

Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Hilborn are iden- tified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically he affiliates with the Republican party. His fellow citizens, recognizing his worth and ability, have often called him to office, and he has most capably served as supervisor of Oakland town - ship (for eleven years), school director, auditor and town clerk. He is well-informed, has been an ob- server and student of men, and also has a thorough knowledge of general affairs in this and other

countries. He is especially interested in political questions and the leading issues of the day. He is a farmer of more than ordinary ability, having made a thorough study of agriculture in its various departments.

As above stated, Mr. Hilborn lived during his youth at the home of Samuel Everts, and the latter's mother, then about ninety years of age, often told him stories of Revolutionary times and disturbances with the Indians at her early home, near Albany, N. Y. There were also veterans of the Revolution and war of 1812 living in the vicinity, who at politi- cal gatherings, etc., were always accorded a place of honor, so that there was much in our subject's early life to arouse the martial spirit within him. But he has always respected the peaceful faith of his Quaker grandsire, and as an earnest student of the New Testament has ever found the best of reasons for the faith that is in him-to do violence to no man, to follow the Golden Rule, to overcome evil with good, and to be generous to enemies. How- ever, he believes that, if a wrong has gained footing in a community or nation, good men should unite to subdue it, and though he grieved much for the suffering and loss of life caused by the Civil war, he served during the final year of the struggle, en- listing September 1, 1864, in the 137th N. Y. V. I. He was under the command of Gen. Thomas in the Southwest for the most part, and was in the de- fense at Nashville when the last great battle was fought between the armies of Hood and Thomas, December 14-15, 1864, though he took no part in the fighting. He returned home June 19, 1865.

LAYTON B. GREEN. It is not an uncom- mon experience for a young man who has gone out from his farm home into the world, to engage in various vocations, to return after a few years and settle down upon the farm. The independence and wholesome environment of agricultural life is thus best appreciated. The subject of this sketch, an enterprising and prosperous young farmer of Lenox township, Susquehanna county, was reared in Lenox township. He experienced town and city life for a few years, but only to restore him to the normal view of the farm. Mr. Green was born in Lenox township, June 7, 1861, son of Gardner and Eunice (Wescott) Green.

Gardner Green, the father, was born in Ston- ington, R. I., in 1825, son of Clark Green, a farmer, whose five children were as follows: Layton, who lived for a time in Susquehanna county, and died in the East; Burrell, who died in Rhode Island ; Gardner, the father of our subject; Cynthia, who married Charles Carpenter, of Lackawanna county ; and Amy, who married Waldo Place, of Providence, R. I. Gardner Green married, in Rhode Island, Eunice Wescott, and soon after removed to Sus- quehanna county, purchasing 125 acres of wild land in Lenox township. This he sold, and purchasing another tract, devoted much of his time to the clear- ing of the land. He died in Lenox township, in

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August, 1894, aged sixty-nine years. His wife died in June, 1895, aged sixty-seven years. He was a Republican in politics, and was elected to many of the local offices, including those of supervisor, township treasurer, auditor, school director and poor master. His family consisted of the following ten children : Eunice, who died in infancy ; Will- iam, who enlisted March 28, 1864, in Battery A, Ist Penn. Light Artillery, was wounded, cap- tured, and died May 30, 1865 ; Susan, wife of George Jerauld, of Lenox township; Fred, a farmer of Brooklyn township, Susquehanna county; Ray, who left home in 1888, and has not since been heard from; Amy, wife of Wallace Patterson, of Lacka- wanna county; Lottie, wife of William Giles, of Lenox township; Layton B., our subject ; Charles, a clerk at Waverly, Lackawanna county ; and Mary, a nurse at Waverly.

Layton B. Green remained on the farm until he reached the age of twenty-two years. He was then engaged as a street car conductor in Bing- hamton, N. Y., for two years, and for two years was shipping clerk for the Parlor City Furniture Company, at Binghamton, N. Y.

On December 25, 1881, he was married in Lenox township to Miss Nora Kintner, who was born June 22, 1863, daughter of Daniel and Elsie (Hartley) Kintner, early settlers of Susquehanna county. Daniel Kintner was born in Sussex coun- ty, N. J., October 4, 1814. He married, in Lenox township, Elsie Hartley, who was born February 4, 1823, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Payne) Hartley, and granddaughter of Mark Hartley, Sr., one of the earliest and most prominent settlers of Susquehanna county, who located in Brooklyn in 1792, several years later removing to Lenox. Daniel Kintner died May 17, 1897, aged eighty- two years. His widow, now aged seventy-seven years, lives at Great Bend. To Daniel and Elsie Kintner came the following children : Ephraim E., born March 15, 1848, who died October 15, 1851 ; Samuel, born November 28, 1849, who died Jan- uary 16, 1873; Alma L., born September 18, 1851, who died July 5, 1878; Charles E., born May 24, 1853, a resident of Scranton ; Henry S., born June 17, 1855, who died in 1894; Myra E., born January 27, 1858, wife of Alfred Jones, of Erie, Penn .; Nettie J., born March 17, 1860, wife of Colon Snover, of Great Bend; Nora L., wife of our sub- ject ; and Silas D., born August 24, 1868, a resident of Binghamton, New York.

To Layton B. and Nora Green have been born the following children : Arthur M., born February 18, 1883 ; Leta R. and Lloyd R. (twins), born April 26, 1884; Murral L., born July 14. 1885 ; Edna E., born December 7, 1891 ; Mildred N., born Novem- ber 6, 1896; and Harold L., born October 31, 1898. Mr. Green owns a well-improved farm of 105 acres, and is engaged in general and dairy farming. Him- self and wife are prominent members of Lenox Grange at Glenwood. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He is recognized as an influential and

progressive farmer, ranking among the successful agriculturists of the township.

WILLIAM J. CAREY is one of the sub- stantial citizens of New Milford township, Susque- hanna county, and his fine farm of 100 acres is managed with the skill and success which betoken the scientific agriculturist.

Mr. Carey was born August 29, 1848, in Sus -- sex county, N. J., where his ancestors settled at an early day. John Carey, his father, was also a na- tive of Sussex county, N. J., where he followed farming for many years, and was employed for some time in a slate quarry. He died there in 1856, aged forty-six years, his remains being interred in the local cemetery. His wife, Julia (Miner), a native of Mauch Chunk, Penn., died on Snake creek, Sus- quehanna county, in 1874, aged seventy-six years, and was buried in a cemetery in Dimock township. They had children as follows: Frederick, de- ceased, formerly a resident of Birchardville, Penn .; Cornelius and Barnabuth, farmers at South Mont- rose, Penn .; Sarah, who married James Valentine, a farmer in Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county ; Mary, widow of Harrison Daugherty, a farmer in Bridgewater township; and William J., subject of this sketch.

Our subject was but a boy when he lost his father, and in 1865 he accompanied his mother and brother Cornelius to a new home at Jersey Hill, Auburn township, Susquehanna county. He re- mained there but a short time, however, later re- siding three years at Elk Lake, three years at Wyalusing Creek, one year at South Montrose, and one year in Dimock township, Susquehanna county, returning thence to Wyalusing. After a year he removed to Forest Lake, where he spent two years, and he also spent three years at Birchardville, and ten years in Bridgewater township, before locating at his present farm, in 1892. His wide experience and observation give him a decided advantage in methods, and his farm shows the results of well directed work. In politics Mr. Carey is a Repub- lican, but he does not aspire to official rewards. Socially he and his family are much esteemed, and he belongs to the P. O. S. of A. at New Milford.

On October 15, 1870, Mr. Carey was married at Montrose, to Miss Della Dutcher, and four chil- dren have blessed the union. Harry is at home ; Charles, who married Miss Anna Chamberlain, is engaged in farming in New Milford township; Miss May and Miss Reba are at home. Mrs. Carey is a native of Silver Lake township, Susquehanna coun- ty, born July 11, 1853, and is a member of a well- known family. Her father, William Dutcher, was born and reared in Dutchess county, N. Y., and was married in Schoharie county, N. Y., to Maria Frayer, a native of the latter county. In 1848 they came to Susquehanna county, settling in Auburn township, and later they resided in Franklin, Rush, Bridgewater and Forest Lake townships, Mr. Dutcher being a farmer by occupation. He died in

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the latter locality April 24, 1875, aged seventy-five years. His wife, who survived him, removed to Binghamton, N. Y., August 26, 1898, to make her home with a daughter, and her death occurred there February 2, 1899, when she was aged eighty-six years. Both were devout members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, and their remains rest in the burial ground at Montrose. Mrs. Carey is the youngest of a family of eleven children: (1) Stephen is a farmer in New York State. (2) Albert is a farmer in New Milford township. (3) Harriet married Franklin Allen, and died in Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county. (4) Almira died in infancy. (5) Nancy Jane, widow of Wilford Thayer, resides in Binghamton, N. Y. (6) William L. served as a soldier in the Rebellion, and died in 1865. (7) Emma, a resident of New Milford town- ship, is the widow of Patrick Colter, who met a soldier's death during the Civil war. (8) Ruby A., widow of Daniel Warner, resides in New Mil- ford township. (9) Mary married Barret Robinson, a farmer in Bridgewater township. (10) Andrew Fillmore, a well-known agriculturist of New Mil- ford township, was born at Kirkwood, N. Y., Jan- uary 12, 1851, and was married March 20, 1872, at Montrose, to Miss Mary A. Herring. They have two sons, Frederick A. (a member of a Pennsyl- vania regiment, who served in the Cuban war), and Byron L.

WILLIAM C. LONG. Everyone in Monroe county knows or has heard of "Grandfather" Long. His name is mentioned familiarly, but only in terms of respect and kindness, for his character is such as to demand both recognition and esteem. He has been a notable man in his generation, and his life, thanks to a good constitution and to care, has been spared long past the allotted span of three- score years and ten.

Mr. Long was born in Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Penn., in October, 1810, son of William and Mary (Armstrong) Long, both natives of North- ampton county, and grandson of John Long, also a native of Northampton county, who was an officer in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war. He also served with his son Peter in the war of 1812. Peter Long participated in the battle of Lundy's Lane, and was there seriously wounded, a ball striking him on the forehead. He was thought to have been killed, one of the soldiers remarking that the best man in the regiment was gone. On coming to he crawled on his hands and knees to a long pile of rails, behind which he hid himself for a time. When he emerged from his hiding place he was seen by a British officer, and on asking for quarter was promised protection and an escort to camp if he would surrender. On the way to camp the officer asked him his name, and what part he came from. Finding his name was Long, he asked' him if he had any brothers, and what their names were, and on receiving the information said: "1) you know we are brothers ?" The ball did no

penetrate his skull, passing between the skin and bone to the back of the head, and he carried it for a number of years, finally going to a hospital to have it removed.

John Long, the grandfather of our subject, had children as follows, all born in Northampton county : (1) John, who migrated to Canada, and died unmarried. (2) William, the father of our sub- ject. (3) Daniel, who married and lived for many years in Northampton county, then moved near Wilkesbarre, where he died, leaving a family. (4) Henry, who was killed by the Indians near Dela- ware Water Gap. (5) Abram, who married and settled in Northampton county, where he died, leav- ing a family, now well represented in that county. (6) Katie, who married a Mr. Rundels, of Wayne county. (7) Sallie, who married James Goodwin, and settled at Lackawaxen, Penn. (8) Peggy, who married Thomas Bush, and settled in Paradise township, where he died. (9) Betsy, who married William Staples, and settled near Spragueville, Stroud township, where both died. (10) Peter, who settled near Lackawaxen. (II) Joseph, the brother he met at Lundy's Lane, who early in life had gone to Canada.

William Long, the father of our subject, after his marriage settled at Delaware Water Gap, where he worked for some time at the millwright's trade. He moved to Stroudsburg, and later purchased teams and engaged in teaming between Philadel- phia and Pittsburg, then known as Fort Pitt. He had charge of the teams of Thomas & Bell, who were engaged in carting freight between those two cities, and was frequently three months in making the trip. William Long moved to Price township in 1838 or 1840. Purchasing a home and lot, he followed the millwright's trade, building a num- ber of sawmills during the latter part of his life. He died at his home in Price township in 1861, leaving his faithful wife, who had bravely and un- complainingly shared with him the hardships of their earlier life, and eight children, six sons and two daughters, as follows: (1) John died when a young man. (2) Abram moved to Ohio, near New London, and acquired considerable property. He died from the effects of injuries received in a rail- way accident, leaving a family. (3) William C. is our subject. (4) Daniel married Sarah Price, daughter of 'Squire Price, of Price township, set- tled in Stroud township, and there died. (5) Thomas married a Miss Ransberry, and died at Wilkesbarre, leaving a family. (6) Lewis married Elizabeth Peters, and died in Price township, his widow now living at Wilkesbarre. (7) Peggy first married John R. Price, of Price township, and after his death wedded Joseph Hinkler, of Pocono, where they still reside. (8) Mary married William Carey, of Easton, and settled in Wilkesbarre, where her husband died, and where she now lives with her family.

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of years at the millwright's trade. In 1835 he mar- ried Miss Mary Ann Price, daughter of Benjamin and Jane Price, of Price township. He settled on Broadage creek, in that township, and for three years followed lumbering and the manufacture of sawed lumber. In 1838 he purchased a tract of wild land in Barrett township, and in the woods began to clear up a home for himself, erecting build- ings, planting an orchard, clearing some twenty- five acres, and making general improvements. Upon this farm Mr. Long continued to reside until after the death of his worthy wife, who passed away in 1893, at the age of seventy-five years. The home farm is now owned by his son William, and Mr. Long resides with his children in different parts of the township.

Of his six children, five daughters and one son: (1) Emaline, the eldest, born in 1842, mar- ried Lex Morris, of Frenchtown, N. J., and has four children-Mary, Clement, Minnie and William. (2) Margaret J. is the wife of William Caslar, of Paradise, and their children are Edward, Etta, Laura, Amelia, Ella, Alvin, George and Frederick. (3) Aminda is the wife of Edward Case and has five children-George, William, Anna, Ida and Arthur. (4) Mary E., born in Barrett township, in 1851, married Philip Bush, of Barrett township, and has three children-Anne, Nellie and Mary. (5) Ellen is the wife of John Hanna, of East Stroudsburg, and has five children-Jennie, George, William, Daisy and Lizzie.

WILLIAM A. LONG, the only son of our subject, was born in Barrett township in 1858, and assisted his father in clearing up the old home farm, in his youth attending the district schools during the winter months. In October, 1884, he married Miss Maggie Mackey, daughter of John and Ellen (Holland) Mackey, prominent residents of Paradise township. John Mackey was born in Ireland in 1838, and when a boy emigrated to New York, where he grew to manhood in the home of his sister. In that city he married Ellen Holland, also a native of Ireland, who had emigrated to America when a child, and she received in New York City a high-school education. In July, 1868, John Mackey and family removed from New York to Mt. Pocono, where for a number of years he was employed as section boss on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Later he was watchman at the Paradise tunnel. He died in November, 1878, a little more than a year after his wife passed away, leaving three small children, Maggie, Annie and Mary, the first named being now the wife of William A. Long. Annie, born in 1869, is the wife of Owen Decker, formerly of Canadensis, now of Yardville, N. J., and has five children-Pearl, Raymond, Andrew J., Maggie L. and Jesse. Mary, born in 1865, is now a resident of Philadelphia. To William A. and Maggie (Mackey) Long have been born three children-Charles, An- nie and Frank.

Our subject is the grandfather of a number

of bright boys and girls, and also numbers among his descendants four great-grandchildren. Ray Fritz and Minnie Fritz, of Lumberville, Penn .; Minnie Hunt, of Lumberville; and Laura Smith, of Paradise. Politically, William C. Long has al- ways been identified with the old Democratic party. His first vote was cast for Andrew Jackson, at the election to his first term in the Presidency. He has held many local offices, including those of school director, supervisor, etc. Early in their married life, Mr. Long and his wife became mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he contributes liberally to its support, remaining a devout and consistent adherent of that faith. Al- though our subject is now in the eventide of life, his mind retains the vigor and strength of earlier years. He has been a man of broad intellect and observation, and he recalls many of the stirring incidents which occurred in the early years of the century, incidents of brave struggle by his parents and their people. He has been honest and upright in character, and by his uniform fair dealing with his fellow men has endeared himself in the hearts of his many friends. The worthy lesson of his life has been inculcated in his children, who now well represent in their active life the sterling teachings of his long and useful life.

GEORGE T. McKEEBY is one of the most progressiveand enterprising business men of Jessup township, Susquehanna county, where he is suc- cessfully engaged in general farming, and also acts as agent for A. B. Farquir, of York, Penn., handling farm implements, and for the Champion and Buck- eye mowers and binders. He was born at his pres- ent home, February 5, 1852, and is a representative of one of the prominent and highly respected fam- ilies of the county.

His parents, James B. and Sarah E. (Shay) McKeeby, are both natives of Sussex county, N. J., the former born April 8, 1824, the latter April 19, 1834, and there they were united in marriage in November, 1850. The father is now one of the leading and representative farmers of Jessup town- ship, Susquehanna county, owning and operating a farm adjoining that on which our subject now lives. He is an ardent supporter of the Democratic party, and has most creditably and efficiently served as poormaster and supervisor in his township. The children born to him and his wife are George T., our subject; Margaret J., who died at the age of six years ; and Benjamin, who died in infancy. The paternal grandparents of our subject, William and Margaret McKeeby, were also natives of Sussex county, N. J., whence they removed to Susque- hanna county, Penn., in 1833, locating in Dimock township. The grandfather, who was a farmer by occupation, died in 1851, at the age of sixty-nine years, and his wife departed this life in November, 1868, at the age of eighty-seven years and six months, the remains of both being interred in Fair- dale cemetery. Their children were as follows :

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Mathew, Dennis, Richard and John, all deceased ; James B., father of our subject ; Benjamin, a farmer of Carbondale, Penn .; Catura, deceased wife of Jacob Smith; Betsy, wife of Adam Ace, of Tunk- hannock, Penn .; Jane, deceased wife of Dira Shay ; Catherine, who married Levi Cooper, and both are now deceased; Eleanor, who first married James Faurot and second Nathan Burdick; Mary, de- ceased ; and Arminda, wife of James Shay, of Di- mock, Susquehanna county. Our subject's maternal grandparents, Benjamin and Jane (Writer) Shay, were born in New Jersey, and came to Susquehanna county in January, 1835, spending the remainder of their lives in Jessup township. The grandfather was quite a prominent farmer, and held a number of township offices. He died February 13, 1877, aged seventy-five years, his wife in 1888, aged eighty. To them were born the following children : Dennis, John, Elizabeth, David, Sarah (mother of our subject), Aaron Writer, Mary, and Evaline.

Although born on his present farm, George T. McKeeby was only a year old when the family re- moved to Rush township, Susquehanna county, and sold their farm. A year later the father purchased another farm in Jessup township, near Fairdale, on which he made his home for six years ; then owned and operated a farm at New Milford for eight years ; and at the end of that time bought his present farm, adjoining that of our subject. George T. accom- panied his parents on their various removals, re- maining with them until he attained the age of twenty years, when he started out in life for him- self as a farmer and located upon his present place.

On January 24, 1872, at New Milford, Mr. McKeeby was united in marriage with Miss Elmira F. Bennett, and to them have been born the follow- ing children : Margaret M., now the wife of William J. Cronk, a farmer of Rush township, Susquehanna county ; Brittan, who married Mary McKeeby and resides in Forest Lake township, Susquehanna county ; Frank and Harry, at home; Ella, wife of Ernest Emmons, a farmer of Dimock township, Susquehanna county ; Edith, at home; and Ethel, who died in infancy. Mrs. McKeeby was born in Sussex county, N. J., September 6, 1851, a daugh- ter of Enos O. and Orpha (De Pue) Bennett, also natives of New Jersey, who came to Susquehanna county in 1868, and spent five years in Jessup township. They then removed to Scranton, Penn., and later to Jasper county, Iowa, where they now reside. The father, who is a retired wagonmaker, was born in September, 1827, a son of John and Christiana (Davenport) Bennett, who were born in New Jersey and spent their last days in the West. The mother was born in May, 1832, a daughter of Timothy and Fanetta (Rutan) De Pue, farming people, who were also natives of New Jersey, and passed their last days in Susquehanna county, Penn. Mrs. McKeeby is the younger in a family of two children, the other being Josephine, wife of I. A. Reichardt, a clerk for the Delaware & Hudson Coal Company at Scranton, Penn. The Demo-

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 351

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