Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 421

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P. J. BRUGLER, general farmer and dairy- man, has occupied his present farm in Auburn town- ship, Susquehanna county, since 1888, and ranks among the substantial citizens of his neighborhood. He is a native of Warren county, N. J., where his ancestors have lived for several generations, and whence he was brought to Pennsylvania by his par- ents, Samuel and Latitia (Linaberry) Brugler, in the year 1856.

Henry Brugler, great-grandfather of our sub- ject, passed all his life on his farm in Warren coun- ty, N. J., engaging in agricultural pursuits. His son, Peter, who was also a lifelong farmer of War- ren county, married Nancy Strainer, and they be- came the parents of the following named children : Henry, a farmer of Warren county, N. J .; Samuel ; James, who died in New Jersey ; Manor, who died in New Jersey ; Lovell, deceased, who first married Al- ford Ribble and subsequently Joseph Thomas ; Peter,

deceased ; and Sarah, wife of John Harter, a farmer of Warren county. The father of this family passed away in 1878, the mother in 1883, and they were buried on their farm.

Samuel Brugler was born August 7, 1821, in Warren county, N. J., where he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the common schools. He was reared to farming, which has been his life voca- tion, and he remained with his parents up to the age of twenty-five years. On February 14, 1840, he was married, in Warren county, to Miss Latitia Lina- berry, and in 1859 they came with their family to Susquehanna county, Penn., settling on the farm in Auburn township, where they have since made their home. The place comprises 118 acres of what is now valuable farming land, but at the time of their ar- rival it was little more than a wilderness, and all the improvements on the place are the result of Mr. Brugler's enterprise and industry. He has carried on general farming and by incessant hard work has succeeded in gaining a comfortable competence, which he richly deserves. He is a Democrat in politics, but he has never been particularly active in public affairs, giving close attention to his agri- cultural interests. He is highly respected by all who know him. Samuel and Latitia Brugler have had children as follows : P. J., the subject proper of these lines; Joseph K., residing in Rush township; Jer- ris, a farmer of Jessup township (he married Anna Hibbard) ; Judson, a merchant of Olyphant, Penn. (he has been twice married, first to Lillie Johnson, and second to Lillie Brown) ; Libby, Mrs. Henry Young, deceased ; and Katie, wife of William Stev- ens, of Peckville, Penn. Mrs. Brugler was born January 24, 1825, in Warren county, N. J., daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth (Kishbaugh) Linaberry, who were farming people of Connecticut. Their family consisted of eight children, viz .: Anna, Joseph, Nelson, Carson, Achelius, Betsey M., Latitia and Kate M. (who was twice married, first to Will- iam Lake and afterward to John W. Smith).

P. J. Brugler was born April 28, 1848, in War- ren county, N. J., and coming to Susquehanna coun- ty in boyhood, has passed the greater part of his life in the locality where he still resides, obtaining his education in the common schools and his agricult- ural training on the home farm, where he remained with his parents until he reached his majority. From that time until his marriage he worked among dif- ferent farmers, after which he commenced on his own account, renting land in Auburn township and other parts of the county until he settled on his pres- ent place, in 1888. He has 107 acres of fine land, systematically and carefully cultivated, and in ad- dition to general farming, he has engaged quite ex- tensively in dairying, at present keeping about fif- teen cows. Mr. Brugler is progressive and up-to- date in his calling, and he has met with gratifying success in his farming operations, having a comfort- able home and well-equipped property, which may well be a source of pride to their owner. Mr. Brug- ler is a Democrat in political faith.

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On December 7, 1872, Mr. Brugler was united in marriage, in Rush township, with Miss Mary Crisman, and they have had six children, namely : Bertha, who married Daniel Penworth, a farmer of Auburn township; Lavergne, who died March 28, 1896, at the age of twenty-one years, and was bur- ied in Jersey Hill cemetery ; Samuel W., Oscar, Ho- mer and Tussie P., all at home. Mrs. Mary (Cris- man) Brugler was born in Warren county, N. J., a daughter of Nelson and Charlotte Matilda (Wild- rick) Crisman, who came to Susquehanna county and settled on the farm in Auburn township where they passed the remainder of their lives. The fa- ther was a farmer and harness maker by occupa- tion. He died in 1878, at the age of seventy years, the mother in 1888, and their remains rest in the Jersey Hill cemetery in Auburn township. Their children were Marshall H., a farmer of Auburn township; Albert, a farmer of Dimock township; Mary, Mrs. Brugler; Adella, wife of Charles Vos- burg, a farmer of Kansas; Sarah V., wife of Philip Conrad, a carpenter of Newark, N. J .; Angeline, wife of J. K. Brugler, of Rush township; and Rose A., wife of John Arnts, a shoemaker of Meshoppen, Pennsylvania.

MARSHALL H. CRISMAN, who owns a fine farm of 200 acres in Auburn township, Susquehanna county, was born July 16, 1842, in Warren county, N. J., son of Nelson and Charlotte M. (Wildrick) Crisman, and grandson of Isaac Crisman, who was a lifelong farmer of Warren county.

Mr. Crisman's parents came to Susquehanna county, Penn., and settled in Auburn township, where they made a permanent home. Nelson Cris- man was a farmer and harness maker by occupation. He passed away in September, 1881, aged seventy- one years, his wife. on July 9, 1891, at the age of seventy-four, and they were laid to rest in Jersey Hill cemetery. Of their children Marshall H. is the eldest ; Albert is a farmer in Dimock township; Mary is the wife of P. J. Brugler, a farmer of Au- burn township; Adella married Charles Vosburg, a farmer of Kansas; Sarah V. is the wife of Philip Conrad, a carpenter of Newark, N. J .; Angeline is the wife of J. K. Brugler, a farmer of Rush town- ship; Rose A. married John Arnts, a shoemaker, of Meshoppen, Pennsylvania.

Marshall H. Crisman was given a public-school education, and he remained at home up to the age of twenty-nine years, gaining a thorough knowledge of agriculture on his father's farm. He has since made his home on the farm of 200 acres in Auburn town- ship which he owns, and which has, through his in- dustry, become a valuable property. But forty acres were cleared when he removed to the place, but there are now 160 acres under cultivation, and Mr. Cris- man derives a comfortable income from his property, which he is constantly improving and beautifying in various ways. On December 10, 1872, he married Miss Huldah I. Kennedy, the wedding taking place at her home in Auburn township, and they have had four children : Charles M., a farmer of Auburn town-

ship, who married Mary Beninger; Clark D. and Rosie M., living at home; and Olivera, who died young. The family attend the M. P. Church, of which Mr. Crisman is an active member, holding the office of trustee at the present time. In political sen- timent he is a Republican.

Mrs. Hulda I. (Kennedy) Crisman was born September 21, 1851, in Auburn township, where her parents, Ezra and Sarah ( Benscoter) Kennedy, set- tled in 1840, coming from New Jersey, their native State, where they were reared and married. They purchased fifty-seven acres of land here, erected a log cabin on the tract, and here they spent the remainder of their long and busy lives, the father dying in 1870, at the age of sixty-one years, the mother on March 14, 1887, at the advanced age of eighty ; they were laid to rest in Jersey Hill cemetery. Mr. Kennedy took an active part in the affairs of his adopted place, and held various local offices, dis- charging his duties as a public servant with credit to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. He and his wife were members of the M. P. Church. Their family consisted of ten children, viz. : Charles V., who is a farmer of Leraysville, Penn. ; Ann, Mrs. Steven Millard, deceased; Andrew B., of Elmira, N. Y. (he was a soldier in the Civil war) ; Richard, of Tunkhannock, Penn. (he was also a soldier) ; Benjamin, a brickmason and farmer of South Mont- rose, Penn .; Nellie, who died at the age of seven years; Elizabeth, who died at the age of one year ; William, living in the West; Martha, who died young, and Huldah I., Mrs, Crisman. Mrs. Cris- man's paternal grandfather, Daniel Kennedy, who was a native of Ireland, passed his latter days in Sus- quehanna county, and both he and his wife died at the home of their son Ezra. Her maternal grand- parents, Richard and Ann (Van Gorden) Benscoter, were natives of Sussex county, N. J., coming thence to Susquehanna county and settling in Auburn town- ship, where they died. He was a farmer by occupa- tion.

H. B. TIFFANY, in his lifetime a worthy rep- resentative of one of the old and honored families of Susquehanna county, at the time of his death lived retired upon a farm in Brooklyn township, where he was born September 4, 1844.

Mr. Tiffany was a son of Nelson and Permelia E. Whitney Tiffany, who were also natives of that township. The father died upon this farm, August 17, 1855, at the age of forty-three years and eleven months, and the mother passed away at Hop Bot- tom, in Susquehanna county, in 1897, at the age of eighty years, both being laid to rest in the Univer- salist cemetery, in Brooklyn township. They were members of the Universalist Church, and the fa- ther was also connected with the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows. He held several township offices and was quite a prominent citizen of his com- munity. In his family were four children, namely : Harvey N., born October 4, 1839, is a merchant and postmaster of Tiffany, Bridgewater township,

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Susquehanna county ; H. B., our subject, is men- tioned farther on; Cynthia A., born July 9, 1845, died December 28, 1853 ; and Emily E., born Febru- ary 17, 1851, married Myron J. Titus, a veteran of the Civil war, and a carpenter of Hop Bottom. Our subject's paternal grandparents were Alfred and Lucy ( Miller) Tiffany, the former a native of Attle- boro, Mass., the latter of Glastonbury, Conn. His maternal grandparents were Roswald and Sally (Squares) Whitney. The grandfather came from New York State to Susquehanna county in 1810, and located in Brooklyn township, where he spent the remainder of his life.

With the exception of one year H. B. Tiffany spent his entire life on the old homestead. In 1863 he went to Tioga county, this State, where he worked at farming for a year, and then returned home. At one time he was in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., as fireman, and was promoted to engineer, but left the road in 1865 during a strike. He owned the old home farm, which is comprised of 140 acres, which he successfully operated until August 18, 1893, but from that time until his death, December 6, 1899, ill health prevented him from engaging in the ardu- our labors of the farm and he practically lived re- tired. He succeeded in acquiring a comfortable com- petence and was well prepared to lay aside all busi- ness cares and spend the evening of life in ease and quiet. He affiliated with the Democratic party, and held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church from 1896.

On April 5, 1870, Mr. Tiffany was married, in Harford township, Susquehanna county, to Miss Lizzie E. McConnell, and by this union four chil- dren were born, namely: Harry H., born May 29, 1871, died February 10, 1873; Elmer E., born Jan- uary 5, 1874, died February 23, 1874; Frank, born July 17, 1876, and Augustus, born July 23, 1879, are both at home. Mrs. Tiffany, who is a most estimable woman and who has been a faithful help- meet to her husband, was born in Bangor, County Down, Ireland, August 8, 1848, and in 1853 came to the United States with her parents, David and Catherine ( McGee) McConnell, also natives of County Down. The family located in Harford town- ship, Susquehanna Co., Penn., where the father followed farming until called from this life, in 1889, at the age of eighty-three years. The mother is also deceased.

H. F. WILMOT, of Varden, Wayne county, is one of the leading citizens of that thriving little town. The following history will be read with in- terest, as the family of which he is a worthy rep- resentative is noted for ability and public spirit. Mr. Wilmot's mother has been for many years an honored preacher of the Gospel, and various other members of his family have won a high standing in the community in their chosen lines of work. He comes of good old Connecticut stock, his grandpar- ents, Thomas and Clarissa (Hawthorne) Wilmot,

being born, reared and married in the "Nutmeg State," but came to Pennsylvania at an early day, locating upon a farm in Susquehanna county. The grandfather, who died in 1844, aged forty years, was much respected as a man of honorable and up- right principles.

Philo A. Wilmot, our subject's father, was one of ten children born to Thomas and Clarissa Wil- mot. He was born July 28, 1831, in Susquehanna county, and at the age of sixteen began to learn the blacksmith's trade at Windsor, Penn. On com- pleting his apprenticeship he conducted a shop at Hop Bottom, Susquehanna county, for some time, and then after spending five years at Montrose, Penn., he removed to Wayne county, in 1860, and settled in Waymart, purchasing a small farm. For about a year after his removal he was employed in the shop of Harvey Stevenson, but on September I, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company G, 17th P. V. I., for a term of three years, under Capt. Samuel T. Davis. As he was a skilled workman his services were called for in the line of his trade and he was placed in charge of fifty men employed in blacksmithing. This important post he held throughout his term of service without taking part in any fighting, and on October 27, 1864, he re- ceived an honorable discharge. During his absence his wife had moved with her two children to South Canaan township, Wayne county, and located about one and a half miles from their present home, but on his return home he settled at that town, where he rented a shop for two years and a half. He then purchased the place which is now occupied by our subject, and there he built a large two-story shop, where he carried on an extensive business until his death, which occurred at Varden, Sep- tember 9, 1890. In 1894 our subject built a new shop and in the following year the old building was town down. Mr. Philo Wilmot was an exemplary citizen, prominent in progressive movements in his locality, and for many years he was a trustee in the Methodist Church. In politics he was a Republican, and socially he was identified with the G. A. R. at Gravity, in which organization he held the office of chaplain for some time. On May 3, 1855, he was married, at Great Bend, Susquehanna county, by Peter Decker, Esq., to Miss Almira C. Rock- well, by whom he had the following children : Laura R. died in childhood; twins, unnamed, died in infancy ; Mary L. married Dwight Collins, freight agent for the E. & W. railroad, at Scranton, where both are active in religious work as members of the Methodist Church ; H. F., our subject, is mentioned more fully farther on; Arthur A. is studying for the Methodist ministry ; Thomas C., a contractor and builder, married Miss May Roberts, and resides at Priceville, Penn .; Homer T. is preparing for the ministry ; Mary K. is teaching school; and Miss Pearl A. is at home.

Mrs. Almira (Rockwell) Wilmot is a lady of marked mental ability and high character, and for twenty-four years past has been a licensed preacher

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in the Methodist Church. Her labors in the cause of religion have been greatly blessed, while she has at the same time been a model wife and mother, neighbor and friend. She was born in Susquehanna county, and is of good New England ancestry in both paternal and maternal lines. William and Mary Rockwell, her grandparents, came from Connecti- cut at an early day and located upon a farm in Sus- quehanna county, and her father, Rev. Hiram Rock- well, who was born in Rhode Island, passed the greater portion of his life in this section. By occu- pation he was a farmer, and for many years he served acceptably as a local preacher in the Baptist Church. He was married at Montrose, Penn., to Miss Rebecca Merritt, a native of Rhode Island, and daughter of William and Rebecca (Lamfer) Merritt, of Connecticut, who settled during their latter years in Susquehanna county. For some years after his marriage Mr. Rockwell made his home in Montrose, but he afterwards removed to Brooklyn, Susquehanna county, where his wife died January 12, 1877, aged sixty-nine years. He spent a year with his daughter, Mrs. Almira Wilmot, and then, after his marriage to Mrs. Nancy (Stone) Miller, he resided for ten years at Susquehanna, but his last days were passed in the home of Mrs. Wilmot, where he died July 3, 1888, at the age of eighty- four, his remains being interred beside those of his first wife in Susquehanna county. He had ten chil- dren, all by his first marriage. Rebecca J. married J. Safford, both deceased; Harriet C. married Al- bert Blower, and both are deceased; Hiram C. is a farmer in South Canaan township, Wayne county ; Elizabeth S. died at the age of nineteen; Werding is engaged in farming on an extensive scale in Sus- quehanna county ; Mary L. married Chester Wright, a retired resident of Carbondale ; Lydia A., deceased, married Abraham Wessels, of Susquehanna county ; Almira C. is the mother of our subject; Joseph met a soldier's death in the battle of the Wilderness, during the Civil war; and S. Corenna is the wife of Peter Eckerson, a farmer in Iowa.

Our subject was born February 21, 1860, at Montrose, and as a child he accompanied his par- ents to Waymart and later to Varden. When six- teen years old he began to work at the blacksmith's trade and after the father's death our subject car- ried on the business alone for several months, and then rented the shop for a year, conducting it on his own account. For two years following the place was rented by William Roykouff, who employed our subject to operate it for him, and after this arrange- ment was terminated Mr. Wilmot spent one year driving a team. In 1894 he built the present shop, as has been said, and he now has a large and grow- ing custom. He has always taken keen interest in public questions, especially such as relate to re- forms, and although he was formerly a Republican his vote has lately been cast as a Prohibitionist. Socially he is connected with Lodge No. 531, I. O. O. F., of South Canaan, and P. H. C. No. 34, at Gravity. On December 25, 1879, he was married, 114

at the home of the bride, in Texas township, Wayne county, by Rev. Martin Berryman, a Methodist Protestant minister, to Miss Jane Box, and they have one son, George W., born January 2, 1881.

Mrs. Jane (Box) Wilmot was born January I, 1859, near Honesdale, in Texas township, Wayne county, and is of English ancestry both in paternal and maternal lines. Her great-grandparents lived and died in England, as did their four children, among whom was Daniel Box, Mrs. Wilmot's grand- father, a machinist by trade, whose death occurred February 2, 1850, at the age of fifty years. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Ritter, came to America in the fall of 1857 with two children, locating at Honesdale, and her death occurred on May 10, 1888, at the age of eighty-one, her re- mains being buried in Riverdale cemetery, at Hones- dale. Daniel and Sarah Box had the following children : William, a retired farmer of Bethany, Penn .; John, born April 18, 1830, died at White Mills; Thomas, father of Mrs. Wilmot, is men- tioned more fully below ; Henry W., born April 23, 1836, is an attorney at Buffalo, N. Y .; Mary A., born March 30, 1839, married Alfred Brown, now deceased, and resides at White Mills; Samuel, born August 28, 1841, is a farmer near Bethany; and Elizabeth, born August 5, 1844, died October 12, 1845. Thomas Box, Mrs. Wilmot's father, was born in April, 1833, in Cornwall, England, and began at an early age to assist in supporting the family, be- ing employed on a farm when but twelve years of age. He lacked only a few days of his twentieth birthday when he started for America, and on land- ing came immediately to Wayne county, where he entered the employ of Mr. Doney, of Dyberry township, with whom he remained two years. In 1855 he was married, in Honesdale, to Miss Eliza Doney. He then returned to the farm of his father- in-law, which he operated for two years on shares, and in 1860 he removed to his present farm in South Canaan township, Wayne county, having purchased the place from Lorin Robinson. He is a successful farmer and is one of the prominent men of his local- ity. In politics he is a Republican, and for three years has held the office of school director. He and his wife have had six children, namely: William H., a resident of Forest City, Penn., married Miss Carrie E. Searle, and has one child, Alice M .; John D., a farmer in South Canaan township, married Miss Marency Johnson, and has had five children- Abby, Amy, Meta, Merland and Clinton; Jane, the wife of our subject; Charles, deceased, never mar- ried; Nathaniel, formerly a merchant of George- town, Penn., married Miss Hattie Andrew, and died some years ago leaving children-Harold and Thomas Cecil ; and Benjamin F., formerly a partner of Nathaniel, is not married, and makes his home with his parents.

A. W. COOK, proprietor The Deposit Journal (weekly) and The Epworthian (monthly), Deposit, New York.

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R. C. GLOSENGER, in his lifetime a well- known general merchant of Hemlock Hollow, was throughout the greater part of his active business life identified with the agricultural and commercial in- terests of Wayne county. Of excellent business abil- ity and broad resources, he attained a prominent place among the substantial citizens of his part of the county. He won success by his well-directed, energetic efforts, and the prosperity that came to him was certainly well deserved.

A native of Wayne county, Mr. Glosenger was born in Salem township, March 21, 1824, a son of John and Mary (Brown) Glosenger, the former a native of Connecticut, who in his twentieth year came to Wayne county and took up his residence in Salem township. In their family were the follow- ing children : Calitha Ann, now a resident of Hem- lock Hollow; R. C., the subject of this sketch; William (deceased) ; and Amanda, who is living in Gibson, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.

On attaining his majority R. C. Glosenger left home and began the struggle of life for himself as a carpenter. He was married, November 19, 1843, to Miss Mary Tisdal, of Salem township, and they became the parents of nine children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Leonora, Au- gust 4, 1845 ; Charles B., March 4, 1848; Franklin P. (deceased), December II, 1853; Armenia R. (deceased), September 13, 1855 ; Selina Elecia, No- vember 10, 1858; Emogene, April 23, 1861 ; Mary Amanda, April 20, 1863; John C., September 3, 1865; Irene, May 24, 1868; and Anna B. Irene is now the wife of Joseph Moore, of Mckean county, Penn., and Anna B. is the wife of John Hilts, a merchant of Dover, N. J., by whom she has two children-Carl Glosenger and Russel.

Soon after his marriage our subject purchased a farm in Salem township, which he successfully operated for fifteen years. By the government he was appointed provost marshal in 1861, under Col. Ewell, and acceptably served in that capacity until the close of the war. He then purchased another farm, which he conducted for three years, but be- lieving other business would be more profitable, he removed to Hemlock Hollow, where he opened both a hotel and general store. In 1875, however, he again became a farmer, but at the end of two years removed to Scranton, Penn., where for the same length of time he was proprietor of the "White Horse Hotel." Returning to his native county, he resumed agricultural pursuits, which he continued to follow until after the death of his wife, which occurred September 29, 1881. Two years later he sold his property and returned to Hemlock Hol- low, where he has successfully engaged in merchan- dising, enjoying a liberal patronage.

For his second wife Mr. Glosenger married Miss Christine Pelton, of Lackawaxen township, Pike county, a daughter of James L. and Almeda (Harvey) Pelton, and one child blessed this union, Ethel Almeda, born March 20, 1886. Mr. Pelton was a native of New York City, and at the age of

ten years removed to Pike county, Penn., eight years later becoming a resident of the city of Lacka- waxen, where he engaged in the hotel business for some time. After selling his property he was em- ployed by the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. for eight years, and for the remainder of his life en- gaged in farming. He died October 21, 1882, and his beloved wife passed away May 21, 1884, hon- ored and respected by all who knew them.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 421

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