Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 374

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improved and under an excellent state of cultiva- tion, thanks to Mr. Buckley's watchfulness and good management in all the details of his work. He has given his attention almost entirely to his lifework, but he has nevertheless taken the part of a public- spirited citizen in affairs of general interest, and he has served his fellow citizens faithfully as school director for eighteen years, as assistant assessor and as overseer of the poor.

On September 9, 1868, Mr. Buckley was united in marriage, at Port Jervis, N. Y., to Miss Hannah J. Van Etten, and seven children have blessed this union, as follows: Benjamin R., born November 17, 1869, now residing at Sandon, B. C., where he is engaged in mining on some silver land which he owns (he is unmarried) ; Clarence E., born Octo- ber 19, 1871, who is a merchant in Lowell, Wash. (he married Kittie Darragh) ; James D., born Sep- tember 1, 1873, who is clerking in Port Jervis ; John M., born October 1, 1876, engaged in mining in the Klondike ; Frank L., born August 19, 1880 ; Fred A., born April 1, 1884, and Luella, born April 18, 1886. The three youngest are at home with their parents. Mrs. Buckley was born September 1, 1847, in Dela- ware township, daughter of Daniel E. and Lucinda (Van Gordon) Van Etten, who were natives of Warren county, N. J., and Pike county, Penn., re- spectively. Mr. and Mrs. Buckley are faithful members of the M. E. Church, in which he has served as steward and trustee for the past twenty- five years. Socially he is a member of the G. A. R. post at Milford. They are a pleasant, hospitable family, well liked by their neighbors and friends in Delaware township, and respected everywhere as citizens who would do credit to any community.

JOHN M. KINTNER, a leading merchant and farmer of Middle Smithfield, Monroe county, is a descendant of one of the old pioneer families of this section of the county, being a grandson of George and Annie (Gunsaulus) Kintner, who were among the early settlers in the northwestern part of Smithfield township, where they ended their days. They had a family of six children : Emanuel, James, Daniel, Elizabeth (Mrs. James Posten, of Stroud township), Sallie (Mrs. Walter Marsh, of Smith- field), and Isaac B., Daniel being the only survivor ; he makes his home in East Stroudsburg.

Isaac B. Kintner, father of John M. Kintner, was born in 1838 in Smithfield township, and there grew to manhood, receiving his education partly in the public schools. However, he was in the main self-educated, and he was in his day considered one of the most intellectual men in the county, where he was engaged in teaching for about thirty years. In 1858 Mr. Kintner wedded Miss Mary J. Strunk, who was also a member of one of the old families of Monroe county, being a daughter of John M. and Eleanor Strunk, of Smithfield township, and they settled in Craig's Meadows, where he pur- chased the home which his widow and some of his children still occupy. He continued to follow teach-

ing, which was really his life occupation, and he died on this home in 1891, mourned by the entire community. Mr. Kintner was one of the most popu- lar residents of this part of the county, beloved and respected wherever he was known, and his widow is highly esteemed throughout the neighborhood of her home, where she has many friends. Mr. Kint- ner was serving as justice of the peace at the time of his death. He and his worthy wife reared a family of four sons and one daughter, all of whom have become an honor to their parents and tise- ful, progressive citizens, well fitted by education and training to take their place among the most in- telligent members of the community in which they have their home. John M., the eldest, was born in November, 1858, in Smithfield, and is specially men- tioned below. George was born in 1860 in Smith- field, and received a good elementary education in the public schools, subsequently becoming a student at the Kutztown (Penn.) State Normal School, from which he graduated; he has since followed teaching in the public schools, and he now stands at the head of his profession, at present holding the position of principal of the higher schools in Carl- stad, N. J., where he resides. He married Miss Laura Bush, daughter of Simeon and Sarah Bush, of Craig's Meadows, and they have four children living, Lloyd, Jessie, Arretta and one whose name is not given. Lewis B. Kintner, born in 1865 at the old homestead in Smithfield, received a good education in the public schools, and taught success- fully in Monroe county for several years; he is at present engaged in the freight department of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western road, at East Stroudsburg, and makes his home in that town. He married Miss Wilba Yetter, daughter of Martin Yetter; they have no family. Flora Kintner was born July 10, 1868, received her education in the public schools and married Frank Predmore, of Smithfield, to which union has been born one daugh- ter, Norma; they live on his farm in the central part of Smithfield township. Ira, born in 1876, graduated in 1898 from the Normal in East Strouds- burg, and he has also engaged in teaching in his na- tive county ; he makes his home with his mother at Craig's Meadows.

John M. Kintner attended the public schools of Smithfield-township during his youth and early manhood, acquiring a good practical elementary and classical training. When twenty-one years of age he commenced teaching in the schools of his native place, following that profession during the winter season for a period of twelve years, during which time he ranked with the successful young educators of the county. After his marriage he located on the farm of his maternal grandfather, John M. Strunk, where he carried on agricultural pursuits in the summer, continuing to teach in the winter, for five years, and in 1886 he purchased the farm on the Milford road known as the Mrs. Eleanor Strunk property, which he has since occupied. After his removal to this place Mr. Kintner was instrumental

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in the establishing of the Frutcheys post office, where he was appointed postmaster under President Hayes, holding the position for eight consecutive years. He was restored to office under the Cleve- land administration, and also held it for eight months under President Mckinley. In 1890, while serving as postmaster, he opened the mercantile business which he has conducted up to the present time with such signal success, and in addition to his duties in this line he has also seen to the manage- ment of his farm, which is a well-kept and carefully- cultivated tract. Mr. Kintner ranks among the leading business men and successful farmers of the township, and he is one of the active citizens of his neighborhood, where he is widely known and highly esteemed. Politically he has always been identified with the Democratic party.

John M. Kintner was married to Miss Rosetta Carter, daughter of Samuel P. and Mary (Place) Carter, the former of whom went to Cali- fornia when she was a child and died in that State; the mother subsequently wedded James Court- wright, of Wilkesbarre, Penn. Mrs. Kintner was born in 1863 in Susquehanna county, Penn., and grew to womanhood at the home of her grandfather, John Place, in Monroe county, where she received a good education in the public schools. Three children have blessed this union, namely: May, born in Smithfield in April, 1880, is attending school; Ella, born in 1882, has of late assisted her father in his general store; George was born in July, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Kintner have a large circle of friends and acquaintances in and around Smith- field, and no residents of that township are held in higher regard among the substantial and intelli- gent citizens of this part of Monroe county.

D. R. BRAMAN, the present well-known man- ager of the wholesale liquor house of M. Hartung, at Forest City, Susquehanna county, was born in Broome county, N. Y., April 23, 1863, and is a son of John and Irene (Snyder) Braman, natives of Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, respectively, and residents of Broome county at the present time. The father was born in 1827, has followed farming throughout life, and has held a number of town- ship offices. The mother's birth occurred in 1831. Both are consistent members of the Baptist Church and highly respected by all who know them. To them were born five children, namely: De Forest, a resident of Binghamton, N. Y .; Dehester, de- ceased; Delaska, of Binghamton; Dela, widow of J. V. Le Roy and a resident of Forest City, Penn. ; and D. R., our subject. The paternal grandparents were James and Hannah Braman, natives of Rhode Island, who removed from that State to Cortland, N. Y., where they spent their remaining days as farming people.

Upon the home farm D. R. Braman spent the first seventeen years of his life in much the usual manner of farmer boys of his day. He then entered a photograph gallery in Cortland, N. Y., and after

mastering the art continued to work for C. P. Page at that place until coming to Forest City, Penn., in May, 1888. He conducted a gallery here until 1895, when he sold out. He was elected justice of the peace in February, 1893, and acceptably filled that office until November, 1897, when he resigned to accept his present position. He is quite a promi- nent representative of the Republican party in his town, has been a member of the Vigilance commit- tee for eight years, and has been honored with pub- lic office, having served as overseer of the poor three terms and as clerk of the town council. Socially he is very popular, and is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Forest City.

In New Milford, Penn., March 3, 1885, Mr. Braman was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Le Roy, and to them have been born two children : Isabella and John Le Roy. Mrs. Braman was born in New Milford township, Susquehanna county, and is a daughter of Levi L. Le Roy, whose sketch ap- pears elsewhere.

F. P. BROWNE, at this writing general secre- tary of the Young Men's Christian Association, at Hallstead, is one of the best known Christian work- ers of Susquehanna county, and has under his care a branch of this organization, which is a most efficient and progressive factor in the social and moral life of the above named town.

Mr. Browne was born December 17, 1866, in Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county, son of Charles and Augusta (Cole) Browne. His father was a native of New York State, but for more than forty years had been a resident of Susquehanna county, where our subject was reared and educated. For three years he was employed in the insurance office of Henry E. Tyler at Montrose. He then began his official connection with the Y. M. C. A. work at Scranton, Penn., where he was engaged in the railroad department, and removing from Scranton to Hallstead, April 1, 1897, he assumed charge of the association work at the latter place, which was established there in 1887. Its work is di- rected largely among railroad men, and of its 230 members, 200 are of that occupation. The associa- tion owns a commodious hall, containing a fine re- ception room, bathrooms, etc., the hall having a seating capacity of 300.

On December 21, 1893, Mr. Browne was mar- ried, at Scranton, Penn., to Miss Addie Long, of Scranton, and to them have been born two children -Ruth E. and Mildred J.

EDGAR BRYANT, fireman at Station No. 19 on the Gravity railroad, and a resident of Canaan township, is a worthy representative of one of the honored and highly respected families of Wayne county, where his entire life has been passed. He was born, November 15, 1862, in Texas township, a son of Richard Bryant, and remained under the parental roof until twenty-two years of age, when he rented and operated the home farm on his own

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account for a year. He then accepted his present position with his brother, Samuel B.

On November 12, 1884, in Bethany, Wayne county, Mr. Bryant was married to Miss Mary Ann Morris, Rev. Leonard Cole, a Methodist Episcopal minister, performing the marriage ceremony. Three bright and interesting children bless this union, whose names and dates of birth are as follows : Maud, October 22, 1885; Richard, November 24, 1887 ; and Allen, September 17, 1891.

Mrs. Bryant was born in Cornwall, England, April 24, 1854, a daughter of Richard and Jane (Hendy) Morris, also natives of Cornwall, the for- mer born in 1826, the latter in 1833. The parents still reside on Lord Robart's estate in that country, of which the father has been steward for the past half century. Both are earnest and consistent mem- bers of the Episcopal Church. Their children are: Thomas, who is an attendant in an asylum in Eng- land; Mary A. is the wife of our subject ; Matilda, Emily, Caroline, John, William, Amelia and Rich- ard all died unmarried; and Grace is the wife of Frank French, a railroad man living in Honesdale, Penn. The paternal grandfather, Thomas Morris, and the maternal grandparents, Anthony and Grace (Coppin) Henry, spent their entire lives in Eng- land.

Since casting his first vote, Mr. Bryant has been a stalwart Democrat in politics, and has given his support to all measures which he believed cal- culated to prove of public benefit. He has always taken an active and commendable interest in educa- tional affairs, is an efficient member of the school board, of which he is now president. His circle of friends and acquaintances in his native county is extensive, and wherever known he is held in high regard.

HUGH W. BROWN. Faith and business in- sight were the making of the subject of this sketch, in his present character as the leading real-estate owner and agent of Forest City. A prosperous merchant, trading with the prosperous people of this locality, he a few years ago divided the growth of the place, and gradually withdrawing his invest- ments in merchandise he placed them in real estate which has since appreciated in value, and now has before it a most promising future.

The Brown family, of which our subject is a member, was for generations grafted upon the soil of Ireland, giving its religious faith to the Episcopal Church. The paternal great-grandfather was Jo- seph Brown, a farmer who dwelt in County Donegal near the County Tyrone line, and there he lived to a good old age. Many of his descendants emigrated to America. He left three children, John, Sarah, and Thomas. John came to America, settled in Greenbrier county, W. Va., and died there unmar- ried and wealthy many years ago. Sarah married William Davis, of County Donegal, Ireland, and her children migrated to America. Thomas, the grandfather of our subject, was born in County

Tyrone, Ireland. He was a farmer and a weaver by occupation. He married Rebecca Mckinney, a member of a neighboring family of farmers and weavers, He died at the early age of forty-five; his wife survived to the age of ninety-five years. The eight children of Thomas and Rebecca Brown were as follows: John and Joseph (twins), Wil- liam, Mary, Jennie and Hugh. John was the father of our subject. Joseph married Margaret Noble, and lived in Ireland to the age of ninety years; one member of his family migrated to Canada. Wil- liam, a bachelor farmer, lived in Ireland with his maiden sister throughout life. Jennie died at the age of twelve years. Hugh came to America and settled in Philadelphia ; he married Sarah Hamilton, and died in the Quaker City many years ago; his eldest two daughters were Rebecca and Marguerite.

John Brown, the father of our subject, was born in Donegal, Ireland, November 12, 1800. In his native land, in 1828, he married Margaret Brown, a distant relative, daughter of John and Mary (Walls) Brown. John Brown, the maternal grandfather of our subject, came to America, but after a residence of seven years here returned to Ireland and there died. He had two children, Margaret, mother of our subject; and Mary. The latter married James Ralston and remained through life in Ireland.

After their marriage the parents of our sub- ject settled upon a farm in Ireland, and there reared their family of children. In 1864 several of their children emigrated to America, settling in New York, and in 1871 the parents came with our sub- ject and his two sisters, Rebecca and Jennie, and located at Lake Como, Wayne Co., Penn. There the parents remained for about twelve years, living a retired life, and they spent the remaining years of their life with their children at Forest City. The father died February 6, 1897, aged ninety-six ; the mother in 1889, aged eighty-one years. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The eight children of John and Margaret Brown were as follows: (I) Mary, born May 12, 18-, mar- ried Robert Davis, and lived at Hicksville, Long Island; their children were William J., Margaret J., Sarah F., John C., Robert, Rebecca, Minnie and George. (2) William, born November 20, 18-, married R. Thompkins, and lives as a farmer at Du- pont, N. Y. ; his children are William, Katie, Stew- art, and Burton. (3) Sarah, born December 26, 1838, married Sylvanus Manhennett, a lumberman, who was born November 20, 1832, and died Novem- ber 26, 1887 ; children, Burton, born April 4, 1875, died April 1, 1893 ; Ethel, born in 1878, and Grace, born July 12, 1881. (4) John C., a furniture dealer of Forest City, married Sarah J. Gilchrist, and has children, Edith, a teacher in the Forest City public schools ; Letta, Frank (deceased), and Mabel. (5) Thomas, a merchant at Forest City, married Jane Monteith, and has five children, John M., James A., Rebecca, Thomas and Mamie. (6) Hugh W., subject of this sketch. (7) Rebecca, wife of J. W.

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Gilchrist, of Lake Como; children, Margaretta, George, Lillian, Floyd, Minnie, Edith, Jennie and Ruth. (8) Jennie, who married Eleaser J. Mon- roe, a coal dealer at Forest City ; children, Alvin, Wallace, Maud, Eva, Ethel, Sarah, and Harold.

Hugh W. Brown, the subject of this sketch, was born near Londonderry, Ireland, January 17, 1847. He received a good high-school education in Ireland, where he was reared on a farm. He came to America with his parents in 1871, settling at Lake Como, and a little later entered mercan- tile business with his brother Thomas. Five years later they opened a branch store at Forest City. Three years later after a prosperous career, they re- solved to take the money out of the mercantile trade and invest it in real estate. The change has re- sulted to the advantage of our subject, for he is now one of the leading real estate owners in For- est City. He is also engaged in the insurance busi- ness, and does the leading business of the place. One of his properties is a block of 135 feet frontage in the business part of the city.

Mr. Brown was married February 23, 1882, to Miss Katie Smith, who was born at Conklin, Broome Co., N. Y., February 16, 1850. The children of our subject and wife are: Margaret, Jennie, Florence, Harry, Archie and Marion. The family are mem- bers and attendants of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Brown is a Republican.

OLIVER T. CONKLIN. The expression, "the dignity of labor," is exemplified in the life- record of this gentleman, who attributes his success to earnest work. He is a man of strong force of character, purposeful and energetic, and his keen discrimination and sound judgment are shown in the capable management of his business affairs as a leading blacksmith of Great Bend, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.

Mr. Conklin was born in April, 1841, in Bloom- ingburg, Sullivan Co., N. Y., and is a son of Oliver C. and Catherine A. (Hunter) Conklin, also na- tives of New York, the former born in Sullivan county, in 1812, the latter near Goshen, Orange county, in 1816. His paternal grandparents were Jacob and Debby (Turman) Conklin. The grand- father, who was of English parentage, located on the Delaware river near Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N. Y., where he followed lumbering for a number of years, and then took up his residence near Bing- hamton, Broome Co., N. Y., where his death oc- curred. In his family were two sons and seven daughters, namely: Dermelia, wife of Nathan Crary, of New York State ; Margaret, wife of Miner Hill, whose home was near Deposit, N. Y .; Sarah, wife of Perry Hess, of Chenango Forks, Broome Co., N. Y .; Emma, wife of Ezekiel Cole, of Chen- ango Forks ; Catherine, wife of Alva Green, of Kirk- wood, Broome Co., N. Y .; Mary, who wedded Henry McClure and died in Binghamton, N. Y., where her four children still reside; Priscilla, wife of Garrett Begle, of Binghamton, where both died ;

Elias, for many years a leading merchant of Bing- hamton, where he died in 1870, leaving four chil- dren who still live there; and Oliver C., father of our subject.

Oliver C. Conklin was educated in the district schools of Broome county, N. Y., and in early man- hood married Miss Catherine A. Hunter, a daugh- ter of James and Mary Hunter, of Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y. After his marriage he located at Bing- hamton, when it was only a small village, and there followed farming for some years. Subsequently he operated several rented farms in Montgomery town- ship, Orange county, and in 1859 came to Susque- hanna county, Penn., locating on a farm adjoining the village of Great Bend, where he remained until after the Civil war broke out. In 1862 he enlisted in the 16Ist N. Y. V. I., and after eight months' service died at Baton Rouge, La. He left a widow and five children, the latter being as follows: (I) Julia, the eldest, was born in Binghamton, in 1839, and was educated in Orange county, N. Y. She married S. B. Eldridge, of Union, N. Y., who is now engaged in business in Binghamton. (2) Oliver T., our subject, is referred to farther on. (3) Adelia, born in Orange county, in 1843, married Harlow Blessing, a farmer of Great Bend township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., who enlisted in Company B, 90th N. Y. V. I., during the Civil war, and died at Key West, Fla., August 6, 1862, leaving a widow, who still resides in Great Bend. (4) Osborn, born in 1845, served for three years as a member of the 50th N. Y. V. I., during the Civil war, and then enlisted in the 2nd United States Regulars for three years. He was with Gen. Custer on the frontier at the time of the memorable massacre, when that gen- eral was killed. On the expiration of his three years' term, he re-enlisted for five years, and at the end of that time was made superintendent of the Soldiers' Orphan Home at Meadville, Penn. He married Dora Hoppel and is now living in Bing- hamton, N. Y. (5) Jacob H., born in Orange county, in 1847, served for three years in the 50th N. Y. V. I., and after his return home lived with his mother for a few years, but for the past sixteen years his whereabouts have been unknown.

During his boyhood, Oliver T. Conklin, the subject of this sketch, attended the district schools of Orange county, N. Y., and was living there when he offered his services to the government soon after the opening of the Civil war. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, 90th N. Y. V. I. ; was sworn into the United States service in New York City; and was assigned to the Army of the South under Gen. Foster, at Key West, Fla., where 270 of the regiment died of yellow fever. They were next ordered to Fort Jefferson, where they served as prison guards for seven months, and from there went to Beaufort, S. C., with Gen. Hunter. Going to New Orleans, they participated in the siege and capture of Port Hudson, under Gen. Banks, and when Gen. Early threatened an attack on Washing- ton, they were ordered back to Virginia, and took

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part in the engagements at Donaldsonville and Blue Ridge. They were also in the battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864, where the losses on both sides were heavy. This was followed by the engage- ment at Fort Fisher, under Gen. Sheridan, and the troops then marched up the Shenandoah Valley to Harrisonburg, Va. In October they met Gen. Early at Cedar Creek and were driven back until Gen. Sheridan came up with his army, turning the tide of battle in favor of the Union forces. Several thousand Confederate soldiers were taken prisoners at this time. Mr. Conklin served three months over his term of enlistment, and was honorably dis- charged at New York City, October 10, 1864, after which he returned to his home in Great Bend, Sus- quehanna Co., Penn., and has since successfully en- gaged in blacksmithing.

In 1867 Mr. Conklin was married to Miss Sophia E. Judd, of Windsor, N. Y., who was born in 1848, and was educated in the high school of Susquehanna. A few years after his marriage, Mr. Conklin removed to Sioux Falls, S. Dak., where he followed blacksmithing for two years, and while there pre-empted a claim and proved up the same. Selling his property there, he returned to Great Bend, Penn., where his wife died February 18, 1882. Of the five children born to them, Jessie and Bertie died in childhood. Archer, born in Windsor, N. Y., in December, 1868, received a fair educa- tion in the schools of Great Bend, and when a young man went to Oshkosh, Wis., where he is employed as manager for the Rains Lumber Company. He married a lady of that place and has two children- E. Burton and Florence B. Adelaide M., born in March, 1874, is now the wife of Platt Rodgers, a business man of Meadville, Penn., and they have one daughter, Harriet. David W., born in Great Bend, September 18, 1880, is attending school.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 374

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