Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 399

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N. P. Dunlap grew to manhood in Wyoming county and in his boyhood received such advantages for education as the common schools of the home neighborhood afforded, but he began to assist his parents at an early age, remaining at home until he reached his majority. He was married in Wyoming county to Miss Ellen Love who was born June 29, 1844, in Susquehanna county, daughter of Nelson and Waitie (Ellis) Love, and their union was blessed with children as follows: Robert, who died March 14, 1884, at the age of sixteen years ; Nelson, a farm- er of Wyoming county (he married Clara Graham, daughter of James Graham, of Rush township) ; Waitie, wife of William Doherty, of Auburn town- ship; Norman, who died young; Grace, who keeps house for her father; and Emanuel, also living at home. The mother was called to her long home August 10, 1890, deeply mourned by her family and a wide circle of friends and neighbors in Auburn and vicinity.

After commencing life on his own account Mr. Dunlap began to operate a threshing machine, and he continued at this for thirty-three years in all, meanwhile taking up general farming in connec- tion. He came to Susquehanna county in the spring of 1866 and purchased a 100-acre tract in Auburn township, partly improved, upon which he has since resided and in the cultivation of which he has been both enterprising and successful. Thirty acres of the place have been cleared since it came into his possession, and he has erected substantial buildings and made numerous other improvements which en- hance the value of the property until it has become a most desirable and pleasant, as well as productive, farm. Mr. Dunlap is systematic and thorough in all his methods and has made a success of his chosen calling by close application and industry, keeping abreast of the times and adopting new ideas wher- ever practicable. He has engaged to some extent in dairying, at present keeping six cows, all young stock, and he also has thirty-eight sheep. In ad- dition to attending to his farm Mr. Dunlap has worked considerably at bridge building in Susque- hanna county. He has taken an active interest in local affairs, and is regarded as one of the reliable citizens of the community in which he makes his home, though he has never aspired to office. His po- litical preferences are with the Democratic party, but in home elections he votes for the man, regard- less of party ties. Fraternally he is a member of the I. O. O. F., belonging to Lodge No. 520, which he joined in 1859. He is a member of the Five States Milk Association.

JOHN W. JAY, proprietor of the "Jay House" at New Milford, Susquehanna county, is an enter- prising and successful landlord, and his progressive management has won warm commendation from the traveling public. He also conducts a well patron- ized meat market ; but his attention is chiefly devot- ed to the hotel, an attractively located building of about forty rooms, with a piazza fronting Borough

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Park. It is supplied throughout with fine spring water and is heated by steam, while in the spring of an 1899 an acetylene gas plant was introduced for lighting the establishment. It was formerly known as the "Union House," but was purchased from a Mr. Kibby on April 1, 1873, by our subject's grand- father, William Jay, and was rebuilt in 1884, after its destruction by fire. For the next ten years it was conducted by Charles Jay, the father of our sub- ject, and the latter took charge in April, 1895.

In the paternal line our subject is descend- ed from pioneer settlers of Dutchess county, N. Y., and his great-grandparents, Joseph and Margaret (Jewell) Jay, were both natives of that section. Joseph Jay, who was born June 17, 1782, became a farmer by occupation and settled in Delaware county, N. Y., where he died in 1826. His wife was born in June, 1781, and died in March, 1873.

William Jay, our subject's grandfather, was born in 1809, and in early manhood engaged in busi- ness at Otego, N. Y., as a blacksmith. Later he became interested in the hotel business at Emmons, N. Y., continuing until his removal to New Milford in 1873. He died December 19, 1884, aged seventy- five years, and his wife, Merilla (Stoddard), a na- tive of Connecticut, died December 1, 1884, at the same age. Of their large family of children our sub- ject's father was the eldest; Frances died in child- hood; Mary (deceased) married Samuel Thomp- son ; Wright is a hotel keeper at New Carlisle, Ind. ; Elizabeth died at the age of nineteen years; Carrie married Dr. C. L. Silvermail, a physician at Greene, N. Y. ; William and Warren died in infancy.

Charles Jay, the father of our subject, was born November 19, 1834, in Delaware county, N. Y .. and was reared at Otego, N. Y., where he learned the cooper's trade. In 1865 he removed with his father to Emmons, N. Y., where he engaged in the hotel business, and from April, 1873, to April, 1895, he was active in the management of the" Jay House ;" he then rented to our subject. For many years he was a member of the I. O. O. F., and he also be- longed to the Masonic fraternity. He died March 15, 1897, his remains being interred at New Mil- ford. ' On November 19, 1855, he was married at Otego, N. Y., to Miss Charlotte A. Baldwin, by whom he had three children : Willis S., who died at the age of five years; Frederick P., a machinist at Elmira, N. Y., who married Miss Clara Doolittle ; and John W., our subject.

Mrs. Charlotte ( Baldwin) Jay was born De- cember 1, 1839, in Otsego county, N. Y., and was of good New England stock both in maternal and pa- ternal lines. Her grandfather, Simon Baldwin, a blacksmith by trade, removed from Connecticut, with his wife Abigail, to Otsego county, N. Y., and both died there. Her father, John Baldwin, was born in Delaware county, N. Y., but the greater part of his life was spent in Otsego county, where he followed the blacksmith's trade many years. He died January 20, 1899, at the age of eighty-two. He married Miss Sally Beardsley, who now resides in

Elmira, N. Y. She is a native of Connecticut, and. her parents, Benjamin and Damie (Thomas) Beardsley, were also born in that State, but died at Franklin, N. Y., where her father was engaged in farming and shoemaking for many years. John and Sally ( Beadsley) Baldwin had the following chil- dren: Charlotte, our subject's mother ; Edwin, a blacksmith at Treadwell, N. Y .; Maryetta (de- ceased), who married George L. Williams; Damie, who married Van Smith, a retired farmer residing at Elmira, N. Y .; Irwin J., an attorney in Elmira, N. Y .; Emory, a Methodist minister at Tully, N. Y .; Francis E., an attorney at Elmira, N. Y. ; and Kate, who married Cassius Philipp, an attorney in the same city.

Our subject was born February 27, 1867, at Oneonta, N. Y., and as a boy he accompanied his parents to New Milford. At the age of twenty he returned to Oneonta, spent three months as a clerk in a hotel, and then went to Greene, N. Y., to take a similar position in the "Shenango House." After a year he formed a partnership with J. Taft, and oper- ated the "Commercial Hotel" for two years under the firm name of Jay & Taft, but on retiring from that firm he came back to New Milford and assumed charge of his present establishment. In politics he is 'a Democrat, but he does not aspire to political honors ; socially he is identified with the Blue Lodge, F. & A M., at New Milford. In December, 1892, he was married at Binghamton, N. Y., to Miss Georgie King, daughter of the late Adolphus King and his wife, Laura King. Her father was at one time engaged in the shoe business, but his last years were spent in retirement at Binghamton, N. Y., where her mother still resides.

HARRY SMITH, a prominent merchant and the well-known agent for the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western railroad at Mt. Pocono, Monroe County, is one of the most energetic and enterprising business men of the community, and carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. He was born in Washington, D. C., December 18, 1865, a son of Lewis T. and Caroline (Lasher) Smith, and grandson of Oliver D. and Eleanor (Trible) Smith, of Coolbaugh township, Monroe county.

Lewis T. Smith was born in Paradise town- ship, Monroe county, where he grew to manhood, but after his marriage moved to Mt. Pocono, and purchased 300 acres of land which are now included within the corporate limits of that village. There he erected a large hotel which he opened for the accommodation of city boarders, and also embarked in merchandising at that place and was identified with many other business enterprises, which materi- ally advanced the interests of the place. At one time he conducted a large livery stable and also engaged extensively in the manufacture of sawed lumber, making a specialty of props and ties. He was a man of unusual ability and a remarkable busi- ness man. He was very successful in all his under-

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takings and was a recognized leader in public affairs. During the Civil war he became general manager of transports and remained in the United States serivce for four years. For a number of years he filled the office of justice of the peace at Mt. Pocono with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the general public, being first elected to that position in July, 1889, and remaining in office until his death, which occurred in January, 1897. He married Miss Caroline Lasher, a daughter of How- ard Lasher, of Tobyhanna, Monroe county. She died at their home in Mt. Pocono, in 1883, leaving one child, the subject of this review.

Harry Smith remained under the parental roof during his boyhood and youth, being a student in the home schools and later in the schools of Hacketts- town, N. J., and Simpson, Penn. When a young man he entered the service of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western Railroad Company as telegraph operator at Delaware Water Gap, and later was transferred to the office at Mt. Pocono, where he has since remained. In 1890 he was appointed their general agent, which in connection with the agency of the United States Express Company he has held up to the present time, having the full confidence of both companies. At the death of his father he was appointed one of the executors of the estate and succeeded to the mercantile trade, which he has since successfully carried on in addition to his other business. He seems to have inherited much of his father's business ability, is upright and honorable in all his dealings, and justly merits the high regard in which he is held both in business and social circles.

Mr. Smith married Miss Carrie M. Hamblin, a most estimable lady, who was born, reared and educated in Paradise Valley, and is a daughter of John and Christina Hamblin. Two children blessed this union: Leroy T., who died in childhood; and Florence M., who was born in 1889, and is now at- tending school in Mt. Pocono. Politically Mr. Smith is identified with the Democratic party, but has never aspired to office. He was reared in the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, and is still one of its liberal supporters. As a business man and citizen he stands high in the community where he has so long made his home, and his circle of friends and ac- quaintances is extensive.

WARD IVES is a worthy representative of the business interests of Hallstead, Susquehanna county, being a stockholder and director of the Hall- stead Textile Company. Although he is still a young man comparatively, his popularity in business and social circles is established on a firm basis-that of his own well-tested merit, his ability, enterpris- ing and upright methods having secured for him an enviable reputation.

Mr. Ives was born on the old Ives homestead in Great Bend township, Susquehanna county, July 16, 1866, and belongs to one of the pioneer families of this section of the State. His grandfather, Reu- 108

ben Ives, was born in Litchfield county, Conn., Janu- ary 10, 1799, and came to Lawsville, Susquehanna Co., Penn., about 1810, with his mother and three brothers, Caswell, Nathaniel and Henry. A son of Caswell still lives on the old homestead at Laws- ville, and although eighty-five years of age, his mind is clear and vigorous, his memory retentive. About 1823, Reuben Ives was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Drake, who was born in Dutch- ess county, N. Y., in 1800. In February, 1847, they moved to Fairfax county, Va., with wagons, a distances of 320 miles and were eleven days upon the road. In early manhood the grandfather learned cloth dressing, but the greater part of his life was devoted to agricultural pursuits. He suffered much during the Civil war as his sympathies were with the Union, and he was held a prisoner in his own house in the intervening time between the first and second battles of Bull Run, though after the first battle his family escaped to Washington with the retreating Northern army. Subsequently a home guard was organized for defense against the murder- ous Mosby and his band of guerrillas, and for a time the grandfather of our subject had command of the same. His wife died in 1865, worn out by the hor- rors of war, at the age of sixty-five years, but he lived to the good old age of eighty-seven years, and at his death was laid to rest by her side in the famous old Falls Church yard. In their family were six children, three sons and three daughters, who reached years of maturity. and one daughter who died at the age of eleven years. Eleanor E., the eldest, married A. B. Roberts and moved to Wis- consin, where she died three years later. (2) Dimis A. married Thomas Chamberlin and still lives in Prince William county, Va. Their children are Alice, wife of Dr. Maitland Bennet, and Dr. Charles Chamberlin, both residents of Washington, D. C. (3) Abigail J. married Lewis A. Crump, and both died soon after the Civil war, being buried at Falls Church. One son, Elmer I., survives and lives on the old Ives homestead at that place. (4) Albert H., now sixty-four years of age, is a wheelwright by trade, and makes his home at Falls Church, Va. He married Dora Jenkins, who died in 1891, leav- ing two sons : Albert, a civil engineer ; and Claud, a funeral director. (5) Rebuen N., our subject's fa- ther, is the next in the family. (6) S. S., born De- cember 18, 1839, was married, December 25, 1872, to Jane Neal, and they have one daughter, Grace M., now the wife of William Hindman.

Rev. Reuben N. Ives, the father of our subject, was born in Lawsville Center, Susquehanna county, October 7, 1837, and when about ten years old ac- companied his parents on their removal to Virginia, but in 1855, at the age of eighteen, he returned to Pennsylvania. The following spring he located on what is known as the Ives farm in Great Bend town- ship, and the first thirty-five years of his life were devoted to agricultural pursuits. Since then he has been engaged in preaching the Gospel as a minister of the Presbyterian Church, and has had pastoral

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charge of the Churches of that denomination in Conklin, N. Y .; Great Bend (now Hallstead, Penn.) ; Bernice and Harford, Penn .; Binghamton, N. Y. ; Sheffield, Ala. ; and New Milford, Penn. He labors untiringly in the interests of his Church, and is not only loved by his own congregation, but is highly respected by all who know him. On Oc- tober 16, 1857, he wedded Miss Mary A. Watson, of Franklin, Penn., and to them have been born the following children: (I) Eleanor, born August 17, 1858, was married, April 25, 1882, to B. R. Tanner, and died November 14, 1897, leaving a husband and two sons, Charles B. and Archie L. (2) Carrie, born November 3, 1861, was married September 28, 1880, to L. G. Simmons, and they have three children, Claud B., Milton R. and Mary A., all living. (3) Ward is mentioned below. (4) Scott, born De- cember 7, 1868, was married December 4, 1889, to Cora Oliver, and has four children, Harry O., Elsie M., Bernice and Dewey. (5) Lewis, born Novem- ber 7, 1874, is with his parents.

Ward Ives was educated in the district schools, of which his father was a teacher for a number of years. At the age of fifteen he began his business career as a clerk in the grocery store of M. S. Bee- be, of Great Bend, and was later a clerk in the depot of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad at that place. In 1884, he entered Wyom- ing Seminary, of Kingston, Penn., and after gradu- ating at that institution, he was employed in the Merchants National Bank of Binghamton, N. Y., as head bookkeeper, for six years. He was then elected general manager and president of the Bing- hamton Woollen Mills, with which he was connected until the disastrous fire of 1893 destroyed their plant. Later in company with his father he pur- chased the Monitor Woolen Mills of Madison coun- ty, N. Y., and moved the plant to Hallstead, merging the business into the Hallstead Textile Company, of which he has since been a stockholder and director. In 1896 he embarked in the grocery business at the same place, but two years later sold his store, and with his brother Scott has since engaged in the operation of the old Ives homestead in Great Bend township.

In 1891, Mr. Ives was united in marriage with Miss Nellie Badger. of Conklin, N. Y., a daughter of Frederick and Cornelia (Vasberry) Badger, prominent citizens of that place. They began their domestic life in Binghamton, N. Y., where he owned property ; in 1895 removed to Madison county, that State; and a year later came to Hallstead, Penn., where he bought property. Since purchasing the old homestead, with his brother, they have erected a good house and barn upon the place, and made many other improvements, so that it is now one of the best and most desirable farms in Great Bend township. Mrs. Ives was born in Conklin, N. Y., and educated in the high schools of Binghamton. By her marriage to our subject she has become the mother of two sons: Charles W., born in July, 1895; and George R., born in 1897.

Mr. Ives' father has always affiliated with the Whig and Republican parties, and for a number of years he most efficiently served as school director in Great Bend township. Our subject is also identi- fied with the Republican party, and is now filling the office of poormaster. In religious faith the entire family are Presbyterians and in social circles they occupy an enviable position.

JAMES WELDON (deceased), for some time a popular and successful business man of Hawley, Wayne county, was a native of County Mavo, Ire- land, where his mother died. His father, Thomas Weldon, later came to America, and in New York City spent his last days. In the family were three children, namely: James, the subject of this sketch ; Thomas, who died on an American man-of-war while serving as a musician; and Mrs. Mary A. Garrity, who died in New York.

When a young man James Weldon crossed the Atlantic with the hope of benefitting his financial condition, as he believed that better opportunity was afforded ambitious young men in the New World than in his native land. He was first em- ployed in a cloth store in New York City until May 15, 1850, when he came to Hawley, Wayne county, Penn., and embarked in the hotel business. So successful was he in this undertaking, that at the end of three years he was able to erect a substan- tial brick building, in which he conducted a hotel up to the time of his death. He also became one of the prominent and influential citizens of the place, and was called upon to serve as supervisor. The Democratic party always found in him an earnest advocate and supporter, and in the Catholic Church he held membership. He left his family in comfort- able circumstances, and the success that crowned his efforts was due entirely to his own industry, perse- verance and good management.

In 1847, in New York City, Mr. Weldon was married to Miss Mary Stanton, who was born in Parsons Town, Kings County, Ireland, December 24, 1828, a daughter of Patrick and Ella ( Kemme) Stanton, the former of whom died in Ireland, but the latter came to America and spent her last days with her daughter Mary in Hawley, where she died in 1853. In her family were seven children, as follows: Andrew died in St. Louis; William died in Carbondale, Penn .; Simon, in Arkansas; Mary is the only one now living; Thomas and John died in Ireland ; and Martin died while serving in the Brit- ish army. To Mr. and Mrs. Weldon were born three children: Mary A., who lives with her moth- er in Hawley; James, who died in infancy; and Ellen, now the wife of E. V. Murray, of Hawley.

In the fall of 1866, at Hawley, Mrs. Weldon was married to Edward Connel, Father Filand officiat- ing. Mr. Connel, who was a successful boot and shoe maker and merchant of Hawley, having several men working for him, died in 1870, aged thirty-sev- en years. Mrs. Connel and her daughter MISS MARY A. WELDON, now own and operate the "Con-

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nel Hotel," which under their able management, has become a great favorite with the traveling pub- lic and receives liberal patronage.

LAFAYETTE GRAHAM, who owns and op- erates a well-improved farm in Scott township, Wayne county, is a native of New York, born in 1837, and when a year old was brought to Wayne county by his parents, Leander and Rebecca (Cole) Graham. For many years the father engaged in lumbering as a jobber in Lycoming and Tioga coun- ties, Penn., and dying at English, Lycoming county, was buried at the blockhouse there. The mother's death occurred in Wayne county some years ago. Our subject was the eldest of their seven children, the others being: Louisa, wife of Frank Hibbard, of Pennsylvania ; Lorenzo, who is married and lives in Lycoming county; Leonard, who was born in Wayne county, and now makes his home in Bing- hamton, N. Y .; Lydia, wife of Wycliff Burleigh, of Scott township, Wayne county ; Lewis S., who was living in Lycoming county when last heard from ; and Laura, wife of Leander Bisnet, of Lycoming county.

In Wayne county Lafayette Graham grew to manhood and was married in 1860 to Miss Eunice A. Bastow, of that county, a daughter of William and Eunice Bastow. They have become the parents of three children, of whom William died in childhood. Eliot, the eldest, was born in Delaware county, N. Y., and married Sarah Brown, of Starrucca, Wayne county. With their children they now reside in Sul- livan county, Penn. Orila, born on the homestead in Scott township, is now the wife of Stephen B. Lon- don, of that township, and has five children, Nettie, Mellie, Lizzie, George and Bessie.

On the President's first call for volunteers to assist in putting down the Rebellion, Mr. Graham enlisted in 1861 for three months, and on the ex- piration of that term he re-enlisted in August, 1861, in the 50th New York Engineers for three years or during the war. As a member of Company F he proceeded to the front, and while engaged in building a bridge at Chickahominy Swamp he was so injured that he was confined in the hospital at Fortress Monroe for three months. On rejoining his command, he participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part, including the siege of Yorktown, and the seven-days' fight on the Po- tomac. On account of physical disability he was honorably discharged in 1865, and returned home. He has since lived in Scott township, where he has cleared and developed a good farm, on which he has erected a good house and barn, and made many other improvements which add to its value and attrac- tive appearance.

Reared as a Whig Mr. Graham joined the Re- publican party on its organization, and has since been one of its stanch supporters. He is an honored member of Capt. Oliver Mumford Post No. 373, G. A. R., of Starrucca, and he and his wife are both connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their support is always given those objects which

they believe are calculated to advance the moral or material welfare of their community, and they are accordingly numbered among the valued and hon- ored citizens of Scott township.

PETER A. HELLER, a prominent resident of Paradise township, Monroe county, is the owner of a fine farm near the village of Paradise Valley, and he and his son David N., an enterprising and able young man, have made the estate a model of scien- tific agriculture. While our subject is approaching the age when most men desire freedom from care, he has not lost his interest in affairs, and he main- tains to a remarkable degree his strength of mind and body.

Peter A. Heller was born in November, 1826, in Lehigh county, Penn., and is a descendant of good pioneer stock, the Heller family having been identified with the best interests of the State for generations.

Adam Heller, our subject's father, was a native of Bucks county, Penn., where he grew to manhood. He married Miss Mary M. Lowgenstine, and soon afterward removed to Plainfield township, North- ampton county, where he followed the shoemaker's trade for many years. Both are now dead, and of their ten children two are now living. Their children were: (I) Sarah, born in Lehigh county, married Samuel Mill, of that county, and removed to Bucks county, but later they settled in Northampton coun- ty, where they died leaving two children-Matilda, a resident of Pen Argyl, Penn., and one whose name is not given. (2) Betsy married David Min- inger and resided in Allentown, Penn., where both died some years ago. (3) Patty married Joseph Mininger, of Bucks county, and both are now de- ceased. (4) Ellen married Nixon Shaw, of Bucks county, and resided in Bangor, where she died leav- ing a family. (5) Terrissa married Jacob Knicht, now deceased, of Stroudsburg, and she still resides in that city. They had three daughters-Cecelia, Annie and Eliza. (6) Lydia married Samuel Hartzel, of Northampton county, and there they died leav- ing five children, two of whom are now living in Ohio. (7) Hannah, born in Lehigh county, was the wife of Theodore Davis, of Wilkes Barre, Penn., and resides in Easton, where she died a few years ago. (8) Eliza married Reuben Salt, of Northamp- ton county, where they died leaving five children- Jefferson, Benjamin, James, Enos and Mary. (9) Peter A. is mentioned more fully farther on. (10) Adam, born in Bucks county in 1829, married Miss Sabina Trach, of Northampton county. He was a car- penter by trade and after his marriage he settled in Easton, where he died in 1894. They had six chil- dren-Irvin, Edward, Archer, William, Emma (de- ceased) and Louisa, who married and resides in New Jersey.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 399

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