Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 396

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At the age of twenty-two years Mr. Buchanan married Miss Mary E., daughter of Henry Cobb, of Luzerne county, Penn. After the death of this wife Mr. Buchanan was again married, on Octo- ber 19, 1882, his second union being with Mrs. Clarissa (Howe) Brown, widow of George Brown, by whom she had two children: Angie and George Walter Brown. Mrs. Buchanan is the daughter of Edward Howe, of Susquehanna county, who was a soldier of the Civil war. By his second marriage our subject has two children: Lorinda and Lyddy Jane.

Politically Mr. Buchanan is an uncompromis- ing Republican ; socially he affiliates with the Grand Army Post No. 373, of Starrucca. In religious be- lief both he and his wife are Methodists and in the social circles of' the community they occupy an enviable position, being held in high regard by all who know them

THOMAS J. KETCHAM, a highly-esteemed citizen of Matamoras, Pike county, has for thirty years been a trusted employe of the Erie Railroad Co., holding the responsible position of engineer the greater part of that time.

The first of the Ketcham family of whom we have an authentic record was Timothy Ketcham (great-grandfather of our subject), who was born in Westchester county, N. Y., January 10, 1743, and

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there spent his entire life as a farmer, dying in that county, December 2, 1814. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Anna Griffin, was born November 28, 1744, and died March 9, 1793. Their son, John Ketcham, was born near Cold Springs, Westches- ter county, November 12, 1777, and died November 12, 1844. He wedded Olive Horton, also a native of Westchester county, who was born March 4, 1767, and died June 30, 1837. After their marriage they removed to Orange county, N. Y., where he engaged quite extensively in lumbering.

The next in direct descent is Timothy H. Ketcham (the father of our subject), who was born at Mt. Hope, Orange Co., N. Y., December 18, 1808, and died November 17, 1858. By trade he was a carriage manufacturer, and he continued to follow that occupation throughout life. He married Anna Murrey, who was born June 20, 1808, and died Au- gust 18, 1876. Her parents, George and Esther (Shultze) Murrey, were pioneers of Orange county. To Timothy H. and Anna (Murrey) Ketcham were born the following children: Sephona J., born September 27, 1835, died at the age of eight vears, two months and five days; Elizabeth, born June 28, 1836, died in infancy; William W., born Sep- tember II, 1837, died at the age of four years, six months and sixteen days; Amanda M., born Sep- tember 23, 1838, died in Orange county, N. Y., April 20, 1882 ; Charles F., born November 27, 1839, mar- ried Delphine Coleman, now deceased, and is an expressman residing at Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y .; Thomas J., born February 12, 1841. is the subject of this review; Henry E., born March 7, 1842, married Carrie Compton, of Goshen, N. Y., and was a prominent business man engaged in lith- ographic printing in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he died April 26, 1893; John A., born October 27, 1843, married Lydia Van Cisco, now deceased, and is a street commissioner of Goshen, N. Y .; George W., born February 26, 1846, is living in Brooklyn, where he is employed as an engineer on the elevated road ; Clara J., born November 17, 1847. is the widow of Charles Anderson and a resident of Tristates. N. Y .; and Ira P., born March 26, 1851, died April 9, 185I.

Thomas J. Ketcham was born in Orange coun- ty, N. Y., and at the early age of nine years was obliged to provide for his own maintenance, which he did by assisting the farmers in the neighborhood. Later he worked in Middletown, N. Y., and from there traveled south into South Carolina and Georgia. When the Civil war broke out he was one of the very first to offer his services to the govern- ment, enlisting April 17, 1861, in the Wallkill Guards, Company D, 18th N. Y. V. I. He was in many hotly-contested engagements, among the more important of these being the battles of Fairfax Sta- tion, the first battle of Bull Run, the Seven Days battle, Gaines Mills, the second battle of Bull Run, Crampton's Gap, Antietam, Franklin's Crossing and Salem Church. He served as provost guard at the battle of Fredericksburg, and was once slightly

wounded. He received an honorable discharge June 16, 1863, and returned to the North. He also had three brothers who were in the Union service.

On November 27, 1863, Mr. Ketcham was uni- ted in marriage with Miss Mary A. McNerney, who was born in Cuddebackville, Orange Co., N. Y., July 1, 1844, a daughter of Anthony and Phœbe (Comfort) McNerney. Her father was a native of Ireland, and came to this country when a young man; the mother was a native of Orange county. Our subject and wife have become the parents of nine children, namely: Eugene H., born March 29, 1865, died January 8, 1868; Eveline M., born in 1866, died at Port Jervis, N. Y., June 8, 1868; Thomas J., born December 3, 1872, died at Louis- ville, Ky., September 15, 1873; Jennie E., born February 13, 1868, married Jacob Langton, and died at Matamoras, Penn., September 7, 1896; Georgiana A., born December 8, 1869, is the wife of John E. Myers, a conductor on the Erie railroad, residing at Matamoras; Henry B., born in 1875, died at Port Jervis, N. Y., July 15, 1876; Blanche E., born June II, 1878, is the wife of Franklin Blakeley, of Little Falls, N. J .; and Kate, born September 2, 1881, and Jefferson P., born January 13, 1883, are both at home.

For some time after his return form the war Mr. Ketcham was employed by a coal company at Plymouth, Penn., but in 1868 entered the service of the Erie Railroad Co., with whom he has since been connected with the exception of one year when he ran an engine on the Cincinnati & Louisville rail- road. He began his railroad career as brakeman, and by industry and perseverance he in time secured one of the best positions on the road-that of en- gineer. Politically he is a stanch Republican, and socially is a member of Carrol Post, G. A. R., at Port Jervis, N. Y., and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having joined the latter fraternity at Wilkes Barre, Penn., in 1867. In religious faith both he and his wife are Methodists, and they are held in high regard by all who know them.

LUKE P. RICHARDSON, residence Hawley, Wayne county, Pennsylvania.

PATRICK SCULLY. Many of the leading and prominent citizens of Wayne county are of alien birth, and have transported to this land of fertility and plenty the thrifty habits of their native country. Among these there is none better known or more highly respected than Mr. Scully, who is now successfully engaged in general farming in Canaan township, Wayne county. He was born in Clonmell, County Tipperary, Ireland, March 14, 1830, and in 1849 came to America.

His parents, William and Mary (Hackett) Scully, did not come to the United States until 1855. His father died in Missouri in 1859, at the age of seventy years, and was there laid to rest, while his mother died in Monroe county, Penn., in 1856, at the same age, and was buried there. Patrick is the

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eldest of their six children, the others being as fol- lows: Thomas was a soldier in the Civil war and died in Anne Arundel county, Md .; William was wounded in the jaw while serving in the Union army, and has not been heard from for a number of years; John died in Washington, D. C .; Cath- erine is the wife of Patrick Fahay and they live in the West ; and Bridget died unmarried.

Patrick Scully, on his arrival in America, lo- cated on North river, in Cold Spring, N. Y., but eight months later went to Elmira, that State, where he passed the following year. He next spent four years in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., working for the New York & Erie Railroad Company, and while there sent for his parents and the remainder of the family. After their arrival he removed to Coolbaugh township, Monroe Co., Penn., where he was employed as foreman by the Delaware, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company for ten years. He continued to make his home in that county until 1864, when he removed to his present farm in Canaan township, Wayne county.

In August, 1857, Mr. Scully was married, at Honesdale, Penn., to Miss Mary Sheehey, Father Powers performing the ceremony. The children born to them were as follows: Mary A. died in Canaan township; William is with his parents ; Ellen is the wife of William McCarty, a carpenter in the employ of the O. & W. R. R. Co., at Carbon- dale, Penn .; Margaret is the wife of Michael Elle- gon, a carpenter of Mt. Pleasant, Wayne county ; Catherine is the wife of John Murtha, who is in the employ of the D. & H. Company at Honesdale ; Bridget is at home ; Hannah is a resident of Hones- dale ; and Sarah is the wife of Richard Walsh, a farmer of Canaan township.

Mrs. Scully was born in County Limerick, Ire- land, a daughter of Michael and Ellen (Burke) Sheehey, who, on first coming to the New World, located in New York, and in 1841 became residents of Canaan township, Wayne Co., Penn. Here the father died in 1875, aged seventy-three years, the mother in 1889, aged eighty-three. Mrs. Scully's paternal grandparents, Edward and Mary (Fitz- patrick) Sheehey, and maternal grandparents, James and Margaret ( Burke) Burke, never left the Emerald Isle. Mrs. Scully is the eldest in a family of nine children, the others being Eliza, widow of Thomas McCormick, of Boston, Mass .; Roger, who was killed on the Gravity railroad; Catherine, who lives in Canaan township with her brother William, who is the next of the family; Edward, deceased ; Maggie, the wife of Thomas Burns, of South Canaan township ; Hannah, the wife of James Ryan, of Canaan township; and Ellen, wife of James Nagle, of Canaan township.

Mr. Scully, in his religious views, is a Roman Catholic; and in his political views is an ardent Democrat, taking a deep and commendable interest in public affairs. For nine years he has efficiently served as school director, and for two terms was overseer of the poor. He is prompt and faithful in

the discharge of all duties devolving upon him, whether public or private, and his career has ever been such as to win him the confidence of the entire community.

CYRENIUS STONE is one of the most act- ive, public-spirited citizens of the village of Mar- shall's Creek, in Smithfield township, Monroe coun- ty, where he has carried on the blacksmith business for over a quarter of a century, and he is at present acting as chief magistrate of his town, in the public affairs of which he has always taken a prominent part.

Mr. Stone is a native of Philadelphia, Penn., where he was born in July, 1845, and is of German descent, his grandfather, Jacob Stone, having been born in the Fatherland. Jacob Stone came to Amer- ica and settled in Bucks county, Penn., in a very early day, passing the remainder of his days there. He and his wife had a family of seventeen children, all of whom reached adult age, and several of his sons became shoemakers. His son Aaron, who was the father of Mr. Cyrenius Stone, was born and reared in Bucks county, receiving his education in the public schools, and he also learned the shoe- maker's trade, which he followed until his enlist- ment in the Civil war. Some time previous he had located in Gloucester City, N. J., and here he an- swered the first call for three-months' men, becom- ing a member of the 4th N. J. V. I. Upon the ex- piration of his first term he re-enlisted, this time in the 6th N. J. V. I., with which he served twenty- two months, during which time he was in twenty- one battles. He was wounded and captured at the second battle of Bull Run, was paroled and received an honorable discharge, after which he enlisted in the United States marine service for a period of four years, remaining until the close of the conflict. While in the infantry Mr. Stone served under Gen. Hooker, and saw active service in all the battles in which his command was engaged; while in the marine service he took part in the battle of Fort Fisher, in which he was wounded, and he served his country faithfully, bearing an honorable record throughout his term of enlistment. After the con- flict he returned to New Jersey and removed his family thence to Philadelphia, in 1867 coming to Stroudsburg, Monroe county, and locating on a farm which he purchased in Stroud township, where he made his home for several years. He then moved West, taking up his residence in Otta- wa, Kans., where he died from injuries received during his service in the war.

Aaron Stone was married, in Bucks county, Penn., to Miss Mary Tyson, a native of Montgomery county, this State, whose father, John Tyson, was a prominent citizen of that county and a member of one of its old families. After her husband's death Mrs. Stone lived in Kansas until 1895, in which year she returned to Monroe county, where she died within a short time after her arrival. Of the nine children who blessed this union, Leonidas, born in

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Bucks county, married Miss Sally Parker, of New Jersey, and they have two children-William and Annie ; they reside in New Jersey, where he follows his trade, that of carpenter. Cleopatra, born in Philadelphia, in 1848, became the wife of Joseph Walters, of that city, and they moved to Kansas, where she died leaving one daughter, Mary A., who is now married and lives in Kansas. Claud E. died in childhood. Asmarilda and Alexena (twins) were born in New Jersey in 1851, and came with their parents to Monroe county, where they mar- ried, Asmarilda becoming the wife of James Plat- tenburg, of Stroud; they moved to Kansas, where he died, leaving two children, and she is now Mrs. Welch, of Wilkes Barre, Penn. Alexena married John Henry, of Pocono, Monroe county, where they reside, and they have seven children-Dolly, Laura, Annie, Mary, Bennie, and two whose names are not given. Claude, born in New Jersey, married John May, of Kansas, and they reside at Ottawa county, that State; they have one daughter. Mildred M. married John Able, and they lived in Stroud for some time, finally settling in Kansas, where they now have their home; they have three children. Hanni- bal Independent, born July 4, 1857, died at the age of four years.

Cyrenius Stone, our subject, passed his youth partly in Pennsylvania and partly in New Jersey, receiving the greater part of his education in the public schools of the latter State. When fifteen years of age he was apprenticed to Jacob Hugg, of Gloucester City, N. J., to learn his trade, but he only remained with him about a year, enlisting, in 1862, in the service of his country as blacksmith, to receive thirty dollars for his labor per month and board. He was employed on government work until the spring of 1863, after which he was en- gaged at his trade for some months in Roxbury, but in July of that year becoming a member of Com- pany G, 192nd P. V. I., under Col. Wm. B. Thomas, of Philadelphia. The command, which was as- signed to the Army of the Potomac, was taken to Sandusky, Ohio, to guard prisoners, and from there to Gallipolis, Ohio, on the Virginia border, where they were engaged in guarding government prop- erty, proceeding thence to Clarksburg, W. Va., and thence to Weston on a scout after Moseby's guer- rillas. At the time of Lee's raid, in August, 1864, they were ordered to Baltimore, thence to Fort Mc- Henry, and thence to Maryland to head off Lee's army, returning from this expedition to Philadel- phia, where they were mustered out. Mr. Stone now entered the United States navy, going on board the "Juniata," which sailed for Charleston, where she was held on the blockade, and from there was called to Fort Fisher, taking part in the engage- ment at that place, during which fight she received seven shots. One of the guns on board exploded, killing five officers and men. From Fort Fisher the "Juniata" returned to Charleston, remaining until the evacuation of that city, when she moved to Port Royal, S. C. At that time our government had

some trouble with the Brazilian government, and ten vessels were' sent to that country, Mr. Stone shipping on one of the convoys. They proceeded via the Bermudas and Cape Verde Islands to Per- nambuco, Brazil, and from there to Bahia, where they brought the consul and minister, remaining in Bahia until the dispute was settled; while in this service they sunk a Brazilian vessel. On leaving Bahia they went to Rio de Janeiro, thence to Monte Video, Uruguay, back to Rio de Janeiro, to Santos, and from there to Buenos Ayres and the Falkland Islands, near Cape Horn. Returning to Monte Video, they sailed thence to Great Fish Bay, Af- rica, and to St. Paul, Africa, to Little Fish Bay and Benguela, and to the Island of St. Helena, go- ing back to Rio de Janeiro and to Monte Video, to Guadeloupe and St. Thomas, in the West Indies, and finally home to Philadelphia, where Mr. Stone received his discharge in July, 1866, coming to Monroe county, where he has ever since resided.

In 1871 Mr. Stone was united in marriage, in Monroe county, with Miss Emma Mosstetter, daughter of William and Betsey Mosstetter, of Stroud, Monroe county, who belong to one of the prominent families of that section. Since his mar- riage our subject has lived in Marshall's Creek, where he bought real estate and erected a comfort- able two-store frame dwelling and the blacksmith shop where he has carried on his trade. By indus- try and integrity he has succeeded in acquiring a comfortable competence, and in addition to the prop- erty above mentioned he owns a nice farm near his home, which he purchased in 1894. He follows farming at his leisure, devoting the greater part of his time to his blacksmithing, in which he has built up a large trade, his customers coming from all over the surrounding country. Mr. Stone is one of the substantial, valuable citizens of the community in which he resides, and he has always taken an active part in the welfare of his village and in all affairs of local interest, favoring progress in any direction. In 1898 he was elected chief magistrate, and he is now filling that office with his customary faithfulness and ability in everything that he un- dertakes. Politically he affiliates with the Repub- lican party.

Mr. and Mrs. Stone have had two sons, How- ard, born in 1872, and Clarence, born in September, 1873. Howard learned the trade of bricklayer and was working at same in Philadelphia when he re- ceived a sun stroke which proved fatal; he was twenty years old at the time of his decease, and gave every promise of becoming an industrious, use- ful man. Clarence Stone attended the public schools during his boyhood and later became a student at the Stroudsburg Normal, where he took his college preparatory course. In 1895 he entered the Penn- sylvania State University, where, at this writing, he is studying mechanical engineering, and is to graduate with the class of '99; he has displayed un- usual ability in his line, and he has a bright future before him. Religiously our subject is connected

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with the Presbyterian Church, his wife with the Lutheran denomination. Socially he is a member of Wadsworth Post No. 150, G. A. R., of Strouds- burg.

D. S. WEDEMAN, a leading and representa- tive business man of Uniondale, Susquehanna coun- ty, was born in Carbondale, this State, November 12, 1844, a son of Martin P. and Elizabeth (Jones) Wedeman, the former also a native of Carbondale, the latter of Wales.

On coming to America at the age of ten years the mother located in Carbondale, where the family continued to make their home until their removal to Susquehanna county, in 1865. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died in Dundaff, in 1890, aged seventy-six years, and the mother de- parted this life in 1892, at the age of seventy-six, the remains of both being interred in the family burying-ground on the old homestead in Fell town- ship. Both were earnest, consistent Christians, members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics the father was a Republican, and he held several township offices of trust. The children of the family were John, who died in 1866, from the effects of his service in the army during the Civil war; D. S., our subject; Lewis P., an attorney of Scranton, Penn .; William H., who conducted a bakery in Green Ridge, Penn .; George E., who is clerking at the same place; Ella E., wife of Prof. William D. Bryden, principal of the Carbondale graded school; and Freddie, who died at the age of nine years. Our subject's paternal grandfather was Peter Wedeman, who was a native of Germany, and during the Revolutionary war was kidnapped and brought to America. He married a Miss Mann, and settled in Rhode Island and followed farming throughout life. The maternal grandparents were Lewis and Elizabeth Jones, natives of Wales, who came to the New World in 1826 and located in Car- bondale, Penn., where they spent some years, but passed their last days with the parents of our sub- ject in Susquehanna county.

During his minority D. S. Wedeman made his home with his parents, but when his services were not needed on the farm he worked for neighboring agriculturists, carpenters and engineerings corps. On November 12, 1805, at Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co., Penn., he married Miss Jennie L. Curtis, who was born on the present site of Uniondale, December 17, 1844, a daughter of James Curtis. By this union one daughter was born, Emma E., now the wife of Elmer E. Rounds, a clerk of Forest City.

About the time of his marriage Mr. Wedeman commenced working for Morris, Nichols & Pat- terson, tanners of Herrick Center, with whom he remained for three years, and then worked at car- pentering and painting in Providence, Penn., for six years, after which he returned to Uniondale. He was engaged in contracting until 1893, when he purchased a furniture and undertaking business, which he conducted for one year. The following

year he engaged in merchandising at Uniondale, and then purchased his present business from An- son A. Tingley. As a dealer în buggies, wagons, farm implements, etc., he has built up an excellent trade, his patronage coming from a territory many miles in extent. He is one of the most prominent and influential business men of the place, and has been offered several borough offices, but would not accept the same. He is a Republican in politics, and is now serving as school director and secretary of the board. Socially he is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Uniondale, and religiously is con- nected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

C. I. BARTLESON, a general farmer and lumberman of Dreher township, is one of the in- telligent and progressive citizens of Wayne county who thoroughly understand their chosen calling, and are meeting with a fair degree of success. He was born upon his present farm, a son of Bartle and Clarissa (Kethcart) Bartleson, natives of Bar- tonville, Northampton Co., Penn. The father was born in 1802, and during childhood was brought by his parents to Wayne county, locating in what was then Sterling township, but is now Dreher. He made his home upon the present farm of our sub- ject throughout the remainder of his life, dying there February 25, 1889. In political sentiment he was a Democrat, and for forty years he held mem- bership in Wallenpaupack Lodge, I. O. O. F. His wife, who was a consistent member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church, was born January 20, 1808, and died January 20, 1884, both being buried in Pine Grove cemetery.

The children of this worthy couple were as fol- lows: Herman, born February 28, 1825, first mar- ried Martha Matson and after her death wedded Mary Phillips ; Margaret N. born June 19, 1827, is the deceased wife of James Banks, a retired pat- tern maker of Phoenixville, Penn .; Anna h., born June 28, 1829, is a widow living in Dreher town- ship, having been three times married, first to Robert Smith, second to John Sharp, and third to a Mr. Watson; Ruth A., born March 2, 1833, is the widow of John Burke, and a resident of Dun- more, Penn .; Emily C., born June 18, 1837, is the wife of H. A. Lancaster, a lumberman of Dreher township; C. I. is the next of the family ; Elmira, born March 2, 1845, is the deceased wife of T. A. Dunning, a butcher of Dreher township; Hester M., born December 24, 1848, died when young ; and Mary A., born May 19, 1854, is the wife of William Frey, a retired blacksmith of Dreher town- ship.

C. I. Bartleson has spent his entire life on the old homestead, and in connection with its operation has successfully engaged in lumbering and run- ning a sawmill. Like his father, he is an Odd Fel- low, belonging to Wallenpaupack Lodge, and he is a stanch Democrat in politics. Three times he has been a delegate to the county conventions of his party, and for three terms he has served as in-

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 396

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