Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 391

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W. S. Robinson was reared on his father's farm. At the age of fifteen he began the battle of

life for himself, working for two years in the lum- ber woods. For a few months he was interested in the meat business at Foster, Penn., and then returned home, where he worked at different occupations until 1888, when he purchased the stage route between Nicholson and Carbondale, which he conducted for four years. While thus employed he made his home with his parents in Lenox township, and in the spring of 1889 was elected justice of the peace, which office he resigned on disposing of the stage line, in 1892. He then went to Stull, Wyoming Co., Penn., where for thirteen months he conducted the "Mountain House," operated a farm and engaged in the lumber business, and on disposing of his inter- ests there he returned to Lenoxville. On April I, 1896, he purchased "Hotel Clifford" of F. W. Ten- nant, and has since conducted the same with marked success. It is a pleasant, twenty-three-room house, conveniently located, being eight miles from Car- bondale, twelve from Nicholson, twenty-two from Montrose, and eight from Forest City. It is a popular resort, and well filled during the summer months. Mr. Robinson is a genial, pleasant gentle- man who makes friends readily, and is widely and favorably known. Socially he is a Master Mason, a member of the Lodge at Carbondale, and politically is identified with the Democratic party. He was married at Fleetville, Penn., in 1892, to Miss Lizzie E. Van Fleet, a native of that place, and a daughter of George N. and Lavina Van Fleet.

H. L. BRADLEY is a wide-awake and ener- getic business man of New Milford, Susquehanna county, where he has for a quarter of a century successfully carried on operations as a contractor and builder, having erected the greater part of the buildings in that place.

Mr. Bradley was born in New Milford town- ship, Susquehanna county, in 1843, a son of H. H. and Mary K. (Hendrick) Bradley. The father is a native of Cheshire, New Haven Co., Conn., and is a son of Asa Bradley, one of the honored pioneers of New Milford township, having driven across the coun- try with an ox-team from Connecticut and located in this region when the country was all wild and cov- ered with a dense forest. Here he opened up a farm, but later returned to Connecticut, where he and his wife both died. H. H. Bradley was a young man of about twenty-two years when he took up his resi- dence in New Milford township on the 200-acre tract which his father had secured, and to the fur- ther improvement and cultivation of the place he devoted his energies throughout his active business life, but is now living retired in the village of New Milford. He is one of the well-known and honored citizens of the community, and in politics was orig- inally a Whig, now a Republican. In New Milford township he wedded Mary Hendrick, also a native of Connecticut, and a daughter of John Sheldon and Dorothea Hendrick, who were born in that State and came to Susquehanna county at an early day, spending their last years upon a farm which they

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improved in New Milford township. Mrs. Bradley died eight or nine years ago, and of her four chil- dren, William, who was born in New Milford town- ship, died in Connecticut at the age of twenty-two years; and Margaret died some years ago. Those living are H. L., our subject ; and M. O., a resident of New Milford borough.

H. L. Bradley was reared and educated in New Milford township, and continued to assist in the labors of the home farm until he attained his ma- jority, when he came to the village of Milford and learned the carpenter's trade, to which he has since given his time and attention. At the age of twenty- five he began contracting on his own account, and has prospered in his undertakings.

In Franklin township, Susquehanna county, in 1875, Mr. Bradley was married to Miss Cynthia E. Smith, a native of that township, and a daugh- ter of Martin and Eliza (Cole) Smith, who were also born there, as was also the paternal grandfa- ther, Rufus Smith. The last named was a descend- ant of one of a family of seven brothers who set- tled in Franklin township in 1797, and took an act- ive and prominent part in its development and pros- perity. Mrs. Bradley died in New Milford, No- vember 4, 1896, leaving one child, Corliss E. Mr. Bradley is an ardent supporter of the Republican party, and is one of the leading and influential mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church of New Milford, in which he is now serving as elder.

GEORGE T. CORWIN. The world bestows an involuntary tribute of respect upon a self-made man, showing that underneath the appreciation of wealth there lies the perception of the worth of the character which has been able to battle successfully with adverse circumstances. The subject of this biography, a prominent agriculturist of New Mil- ford township, Susquehanna county, has made his own way to success, and his life furnishes a hopeful object lesson in perseverance and industry.

Mr. Corwin was born in New Milford township, November 25, 1845, and comes of good pioneer an- cestry, his grandparents, Silas and - (Little) Corwin, having settled in that locality at an early day. William Corwin, our subject's father, was born in Orange county, N. Y., and came to Susque- hanna county during boyhood with his parents, re- maining in New Milford township until 1851, when he went to Scranton to work in the shops of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad. He was also engaged in the coal business for a time, but in 1855 he removed to Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county, where he followed farming and carpentering. His wife, Caroline (Sutliff), a native of Brooklyn township, Susquehanna coun- ty, died in 1860, and his own death occurred in 1873. They had the following children : Gilbert and Adelbert, both of whom met death while serving in the Union army; George T., our subject; David, who died in childhood; M. Ellen, who married Eugene Leslie, and died at Montrose, Penn .; and

Libbie, who died in New Milford township at the age of fourteen.

As a boy our subject was trained to habits of industry, and at nine years of age he began work- ing for farmers. At thirty-two he married, and soon afterward purchased a farm in Benton town- ship, Susquehanna county, where he remained one year. On selling that property he rented a farm in New Milford township belonging to Dr. D. C. Ainey, and six years later he bought his present homestead. As time passed he invested in another farm in that township across the road from the homestead, then occupied by his father-in-law, and he still owns both places. For some years he has been extensively engaged in threshing during the season. Mr. Corwin is a man who does his own thinking, and politically he is an Independent. So- cially he and his family are much esteemed, and he is a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Milford.

On February 1, 1877, Mr. Corwin was mar- ried, at Montrose, to Miss Ida Ely, who was born January 14, 1858, in Lemon township, Wyoming county, Penn. In the paternal line she is descended from New England stock, and her grandparents, Erastus and Hannah (Powers) Ely, were both na- tives of Connecticut, but made their home in later years on a farm in Wyoming county. Her father, Gabriel J. Ely, was born in the latter section in 1831, and removed in 1867 to New Milford town- ship, Susquehanna county, locating upon a home- stead mentioned above; since 1894, however, he has resided in Franklin township, Susquehanna county. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Aldrich, was born in 1837, in Springville township, Susquehanna county, a daughter of Gaylor and Caroline Aldrich. Both are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they united many years ago. Of a family of six chil- dren, Mrs. Corwin is the eldest; Gilbert is a farmer in New Milford township; Mary married Perry Harding, a farmer in the same neighborhood ; Chris- tie died at the age of twelve years ; Charles is a stone mason at Tingley, Susquehanna county ; and Mu- zette married Edward Shaw, of Buffalo, N. Y., a railway conductor.

JAMES K. JACKSON. With the stern real- ities of life the subject of this sketch, a highly- respected citizen of Great Bend township, Susque- hanna county, has had an intimate acquaintance. At the age of sixteen years he was bereft of the care of a father, who fell in battle before Peters- burg in 1864, leaving a widow and nine children. The management of the farm fell upon the shoul- ders of James K., which for years he successfully conducted until his brothers and sisters grew to adult life.

Our subject was born in October, 1847, in Great Bend township, the son of James and Nancy (Wharton) Jackson. Both parents were natives of Schoharie county, N. Y., where they were reared

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and married, and whence in 1842 they removed to a pioneer home in Great Bend township. Susque- hanna county. The father had purchased a large tract of wild land and erected a log cabin, in which the family began their residence in Susquehanna county. The father worked steadily at the forest un- til he had cleared quite a farm. Some years later he removed to the opposite side of the Susquehanna riv- erer, where he erected a good, substantial home and made other improvements and where he continued to reside until his enlistment in the 50th P. V. I. He fell in battle in front of Petersburg and died June 18, 1864, from the wounds there received. His be- reaved widow remained on the home farm, where she reared her young family to become worthy and respected members of society. She died in 1889. The nine children of the family were as follows : (1) Elizabeth, born in 1840, is unmarried and resides at Great Bend. (2) John, born in 1843, married Maria Brewster, a native of Susquehanna county, and they settled at Red Rock, where he became foreman of the Clark Tannery Co., and where he died. His five children were-Dewitt, Arthur, Flora (deceased), Laura (deceased) and Charles, a resident of Binghamton. (3) Mary J., born in 1845, married Isaac June, an oil operator. They have a large family, and reside in Michigan. (4) Ellen is the wife of Theo. Musick, of Great Bend. (5) James K. is the subject of this sketch. (6) Josephine, born in 1848, is the wife of Henry Snow, of Binghamton, and has two children- George and Alfred. (7) Juliette, born in 1851, died in 1860. (8) Louise, born in 1853, was edu- cated in the higher schools of Great Bend, and mar- ried Charles Hazzard, of Broome county. They now reside at Cooperstown, N. Y., where he fol- lows lumbering, and they have five children-Mary, Maud, Charles, Ruth, and one whose name is not given. (9) Arabell, born in 1856, is the wife of William Preston, of Binghamton, N. Y., and has five children-James, Lewis, Harrison, Mary and Dolly.

James K. Jackson grew to manhood on the home farm in Great Bend township. He attended the dis- trict schools, and after the death of his father he assumed the management of the farm, where he remained in charge, taking care of the younger chil- dren until they were grown and had homes of their own.

In 1879 our subject was married to Miss Ida E. Shaw, daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Sterns) Shaw, one of the prominent old families of Susque- hanna county. Samuel Shaw was a native of Con- necticut, where he was born in 1819. He is yet living (at this writing), at the advanced age of eighty years. His wife, Nancy, was born in Alden- ville, Wayne Co., Penn., in 1826, and died in Great Bend. They had a family of eleven children, of whom Ida E. (Mrs. Jackson) received a good edu- cation in the schools of Great Bend township. To our subject and wife have come three children, namely : Bertha, born in 1881, in Great Bend town-

ship, is a student at the Hallstead High School; Grace, born in December, 1883, in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., is a student of the home schools ; and James K., born in October, 1889, in Great Bend township, is also a student at home.

After his marriage our subject settled on a farm in Great Bend township, where he yet remains. He has there followed farming continuously, ex- cept for several years when he was engaged in farm- ing in Cattaraugus county, N. Y. In politics he is an advocate of Prohibition principles and a sup- porter of that party. He is a member of the Royal Good Templars of Binghamton, and himself and wife are active workers in the Baptist Church of Hallstead. He is an enterprising farmer and stock- man and public-spirited citizen, taking an active part in the affairs of the county and supports all worthy public causes.

EDWARD SCOTT LOOMIS, a prosperous farmer of Auburn township, Susquehanna county, is the descendant of an early settler. Polly and Porter Loomis, his paternal grandparents, migrat- ed in 1818 from Lowell, Mass., and settled in Spring- ville township near where an uncle, Porter Loomis, had settled two years earlier. To Porter and Polly Loomis were born the following children: Jasper ; Charles; Porter; Samuel, father of our subject; Hannah, who married Sidney Warner; and Farlie, who married Moses Overfield.

Samuel Loomis, the father of our subject, was born in Lowell, Mass. He married, at Selins- grove, Penn., April 18, 1835, Amelia Lambert, a native of Snyder county, Penn., daughter of Cas- per and Amelia Lambert, of that county, where her father was a merchant. In 1837 Samuel Loomis settled in Springville township, Susquehanna county. He was a contractor on the old Pennsylvania canal for twenty years. He built the canal and dam at Mehoopany, Penn. He also engaged in farming, and through life practiced veterinary surgery in connection with his other business. He died at the hotel at Springville, April 9, 1868, aged sixty-eight years. His wife died December 26, 1887, aged sixty- nine years. The children of Samuel and Amelia Loomis were as follows: Casper, born September 23, 1839, died young ; Horatio U., born November 9, 1841, was a railroad engineer and was killed on his engine in 1869; P. W., of Montrose, was born in 1843; Edward S., our subject, born May 26, 1846; Geraldine, born July II, 1848, died at the age of twenty-four years; Charles M., born September 20, 1850, died at the age of twenty-four years ; Dora S., born April II, 1853, widow of William Beards- ley, of New York; Miriam C., who married Lewis Tiffany, and is now deceased.

Edward S. Loomis remained with his parents on the home farm until February I, 1864, when, at the age of eighteen years he enlisted at Scranton in Company C, 6th P. V. C., under Capt. Isaac Mof- fatt, of Hagerstown, Md. He saw active service at once in the Virginia campaign. He was at Lou-

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den's Valley, Two Forks and other engagements, and assisted in driving Lee from Richmond, follow- ing him to Matamoras Court House. Mr. Loomis was wounded three times-at Pleasant Valley, Md., he was wounded in the head and confined to the hos- pital for one month ; at Cedar Creek, April 7, 1865, he was wounded in the right rip, part of a bursting shell piercing his groin, and he had a middle finger broken by a saber stroke; at Louisville, Ky., he was permanently injured, his horse throwing and fall- ing on him. He was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., and discharged at Harrisburg, August 31, 1865.

Returning home, the crippled young soldier sold patent rights for a year, and was then with his father in the hotel at Springville three years. He then returned to the old homestead, which he oper- ated in connection with a stone quarry for four years. Later he purchased a farm in Springville township which he occupied for eleven years. Selling this place he rented a property for eight years, and in 1892 purchased the farm of sixty-eight acres which he now occupies. Mr. Loomis has been supervisor for four years, and is a member of the G. A. R. He was married, August 18, 1870, at Tunkhannock, Penn., to Sarah C. Lott, a native of Auburn town- ship, daughter of Milton and Anna M. (Cool) Lott. To our subject and wife have been born two children-Jesse W. and Blanche E.

JOHN RUPPERT. It is said that biogra- phy yields to no other subject in point of interest and profit, and it is especially interesting to note the progress that has been made along various lines of business by those of foreign birth who have sought homes in America-the readiness with which they adapt themselves to the different methods and customs of this land, recognize the advantages of- fered, and utilize the opportunities which the New World affords. Among this class is Mr. Ruppert, an enterprising shoe merchant of Waymart, Wayne county.

Mr. Ruppert was born in Hesse, Germany, No- vember 25, 1838, a son of Werner and Katherine (Schultz) Ruppert, who spent their entire lives in the Fatherland, where the father worked at the stone mason's trade. Both were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. Besides our subject, there were two daughters in the family: Martha and Katherine, both of whom remained in Germany.

John Ruppert was reared and learned the stone mason's trade in his native land. At the age of sev- enteen he determined to try his fortune on this side of the Atlantic, and after a long and tedious voyage of fifty-eight days, landed in New York, whence, three days later, he proceeded to Allenville, N. Y. There he engaged in peeling bark during the sum- mer, in the fall worked for a glass company, during the winter worked for his board for a farmer, and the following spring was again employed in peeling bark for three months. Subsequently he made sev- eral trips on the canal, and spent some time in try- ing to obtain work in a tannery, or at any employ-

ment by which he could earn a livelihood. Coming to Honesdale, Wayne Co., Penn., he at length se- cured a position with Richard Henwood, with whom he worked at the butcher trade for his board and clothes during the winter. In addition he was given $100 the following year, and $120 the next year. The following year he was employed in the freight house at Honesdale.

During the Civil war Mr. Ruppert, on January 26, 1862, enlisted in Company C, 112th P. V. I., un- der Capt. Joseph Loben. He participated in many hotly-contested engagements including the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, and on July 4, 1864, took part in the capture of Fort Harrison, aiding in its destruction. After Lee's sur- render he served as provost marshal, or assistant superintendent of Freedmanboro, for six months. For bravery and meritorious conduct on the field of battle Mr. Ruppert was six times promoted in one year, being made corporal in January, 1864, and later orderly sergeant, second lieutenant and first lieutenant. He escaped being wounded, and on January 28, 1866, was honorably discharged, return- ing home with a war record of which he may be justly proud.

Locating at Honesdale, Mr. Ruppert purchased a boat which he ran on the canal for one season be- tween that place and New York, and then removed to Scranton, Penn., where he purchased a team and wagon and engaged in the transfer business for ten years. At the end of that period he bought a farm in South Canaan township, Wayne county, which he still owns, and which he successfully oper- ated for two years. Since then he has made his home in Waymart, and has successfully been en- gaged in the shoe business.

On April 8, 1860, at Honesdale, Mr. Ruppert was married to Miss Martha E. Kauhlos, Rev. Bower officiating, and to them were born four chil- dren: Frederick, who married Mamie Kinworthy, and has two children-Ruth and Harriet, and is now engaged in the confectionery business in Hones- dale; Charles, a resident of Arizona, served three years in the regular army and April 29, 1898, en- listed in Company C, Ist U. S. V., known as Roose- velt's Rough Riders; Carrie E., wife of N. E. Walker, a carpenter of Bradford, Penn .; and Mar- tha E., who. is with her parents.

Mrs. Ruppert is also a native of Hesse, Ger- many, born May 22, 1842, a daughter of Christopher and Anna ( Hilderbrant) Kauhlos, whose other chil- dren are: Caroline, wife of Daniel Peil, a retired machinist of Scranton, Penn .; Frederick, a farmer and blacksmith of Wayne county ; and John, who re- sides on the old homestead in Berlin township, Wayne county. In 1850 the father crossed the At- lantic and first took up his residence in Honesdale, where he worked at the blacksmith's trade for two years. He then removed to Berlin township, where he continued to follow that occupation in connec- tion with farming throughout the remainder of his life. Upon the old homestead his widow still re-

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sides. Both were consistent members of the Pres- byterian Church, and he was a stalwart Democrat in politics.

Socially Mr. Ruppert was formerly a member of the I. O. O. F., of Scranton, and is now con- nected with the G. A. R. of Waymart. The Repub- lican party always finds in him an earnest advocate of its principles, and he has most acceptably served his fellow citizens as town treasurer, tax collector and school director. In religious belief he is a Pres- byterian, takes an active part in the work of the Church, and is now filling the office of trustee. The success of his life is due to no inherited fortune, or to any happy succession of advantageous circum- stances, but to his own sturdy will, steady applica- tion, tireless industry, and sterling integrity.

GEORGE AMMERMAN. The deserved re- ward of a well-spent life is an honored retirement from business, in which to enjoy the fruits of for- mer toil. To-day, after a successful and beneficial career, Mr. Ammerman is quietly living at his pleas- ant home in Hawley, Wayne county. He was born in that place, September 29, 1837, a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Young) Ammerman, natives of Monroe and Wayne counties, Penn., respectively. They became acquainted and were married in the latter county, and about 1830 located in Hawley. In early life the father was employed as a sawyer and farmer, but later served as watchman for the Pennsylvania Coal Co. He was a man of promi- nence in his community, and held several local of- fices in Palmyra township, Wayne county. He died in 1879, aged sixty-eight years, his wife in Novem- ber, 1891, aged eighty years, and although the lat- ter passed away in Dunmore, Penn., both were buried at Hawley. They held membership in the Baptist Church, and the mother took an active part in its work.

In the family of this worthy couple were the following children: Lura, widow of Daniel Lilly, of Wausau, Wis .; Eliza, wife of Mathias Cole, a retired farmer of Palmyra township; George, the subject of this sketch; John, a railroad engineer of Carbondale, Penn .; Catherine, deceased wife of A. S. Millham, of Hawley; Mary, deceased wife of Daniel Bingham, an insurance agent of Hawley; William and Charles (twins), the former a furni- ture dealer, the latter an insurance agent of Haw- ley ; and Helen, wife of A. R. Snyder, a conductor on the E. & W. V. railroad, and a resident of Dun- more, Pennsylvania.

In 1844 George Ammerman was taken by his parents to White Mills, Wayne county, and re- mained there until the outbreak of the Civil war, while he was employed for some time as a sawyer. In July, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company C, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves, under Capt. John S. Wright, and was in many hotly-contested en- gagements, including the following: Drainsville, Fredericksburg, Bristol Station, South Mountain, Gettysburg, Antietam, the Wilderness and Mine 106

Run. During the battle of the Wilderness a minie ball struck his left knee cap, which necessitated the amputation of the limb, the operation being per- formed in the field hospital. He was later trans- ferred to an old tobacco warehouse in Fredericks- burg, from there to a private residence, subse- quently was sent to Washington, and finally reached Chester Hospital in Philadelphia, where he remained until honorably discharged from the service, July 30, 1865, with the rank of corporal. He also served some three months in Battery A, 5th U. S. Artil- lery, on detached service.

The winter after his return home Mr. Ammer- man attended the commercial college at Bingham- ton, N. Y., and after his graduation located in Haw- ley, where he studied telegraphy for three months. He then accepted a position as clerk in the post- office under M. K. Bishop, and after serving in that capacity for two years and a half he was appointed postmaster, a position he most acceptably filled until October 6, 1888. In May of the following year he was re-appointed and continued to serve as post- master until May, 1893-in all twenty-seven years. He was prompt and faithful in the discharge of his official duties, was painstaking and obliging, and was certainly one of the most popular postmasters of Wayne county. After his retirement from office he purchased a small farm in Texas township, near Seelyville, but September 1, 1897, he returned to Hawley, where he now makes his home. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is identified with the Republican party, of whose prin- ciples he is an earnest advocate. His long residence in Hawley has numbered him among its valued cit- izens who have been devoted to the public welfare. He has manifested the same loyalty in days of peace as in days of war, and all who know him have for him the highest regard.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 391

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