Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 425

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Until seventeen years of age Theodore Correll remained under the parental roof, and then worked among neighboring farmers until February 22, 1864, when he joined the boys in blue, going to the de- fense of his country as a member of Company D, 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, under Capt. Kellogg. He enlisted at Easton, Penn., and was principally engaged in fighting guerillas around Winchester and through the Shenandoah Valley. He was never wounded, and when the war was over, he was hon- orably discharged at Philadelphia, July 22, 1865. Re- turning to Pike county, where he had previously. worked, he purchased a farm of seventy-five acres in Greene township, paying $1,100 for the same, but in 1876 he sold it and removed to his present home- stead, where he is meeting with a merited success in his farming operations.

On August 22, 1861, in Greene township, Mr. Correll was married to Miss Sarah E. Kyser, and they have become the parents of eight children, namely : Minnie, now the wife of D. S. Dunning, a railroad conductor of Blue Island, Ill .; Hat- tie, wife of Oscar Huston, who is engaged in the livery business in Stroudsburg, Penn .; Alice, wife of William Swepeniser, a laborer of Greene township; George, who married Lillie Connelly and is engaged in farming in Greene township; Dora, wife of James Beisecker, a merchant of Parkside, Monroe Co., Penn .; Maggie, wife of William Lee, a weaver in a woolen mill at Fersake, N. J. ; and Altha and Lila, both at home.

Mrs. Correll was born in Greene township, Pike county, in 1845, and is a daughter of Frederick and Rebecca (Akers) Kyser, the former a native of Germany, the latter of Dreher township, Wayne Co., Penn. The father, who was a sash maker by trade, became a resident of Wayne county at the age of twenty-five years, but after his marriage locat- ed in Greene township, Pike county, where he fol- lowed farming. He died in 1887, aged eighty-four years, his wife in 1888, aged eighty-two, and both

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were laid to rest in the Moravian cemetery, having held membership in the Moravian Church. Their children were Charles, deceased, who married Dutter; Mary, deceased wife of Adeniga Drake; Julia, wife of Tunis Smith ; Morinda, who was twice married, being now the widow of J. W. Forney, a prominent citizen of Harrisburg, Penn., and editor of a newspaper at that place; Robert A., who was in the army and is now a mail carrier of Keokuk, Iowa; and Sarah E., wife of our subject.

For twenty years Mr. Correll was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but at present is not connected with that fraternity. He is, however, a member of the Grand Army Post of Newfoundland, Penn., belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is identified with the Demo- cratic party. His fellow citizens recognizing his worth and ability have often called him to public of- fice, and he has most efficiently served as supervisor, school director, poor master and constable. In 1888 he was elected a commissioner of Pike county, and in 1891 was re-elected, serving in all six years with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of all con- cerned.

CHRISTIAN GRIMM, a retired farmer and honored citizen of Greene township, Pike county, was born in Prussia, Germany, April 10, 1832, and is a son of Christian and Christianna (Deitz) Grimm, farming people, who spent their entire lives in Prus- sia. The father was born in 1807, and died in 1883, while the mother was born in 1801, and died in 1876. Their children were: Mary, who wedded Henry Diftner, and died in Germany; Christian, the sub- ject of this sketch; Charles, who lives on the old homestead in Germany; Hannah, wife of Henry Basslette, and a resident of Barrett township, Mon- roe county ; Caroline, wife of John Summers, a farmer of Monroe county ; and Christianna, wife of Christian Fisher, of Germany.

Amid rural pursuits Christian Grimm was reared to manhood, and he remained upon the home farm, aiding in its work until he left the Fatherland in 1852, bound for the United States. On reaching this country he located in Greene township, Pike county, and obtained employment in a tannery at Ledge- dale, Wayne county, where he remained for a year and nine months. The following year he worked for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, and then purchased a farm of fifty acres in Greene township, paying for the same $200. He at once be- gan to clear and improve the place, but at the end of seven years sold it and bought a tract of ninety acres, which he disposed of two years later. His next purchase consisted of fifty-six acres of wild land, for which he paid $650, but his untiring industry, perseverance and enterprise have trans- formed it into one of the best farms of Greene town- ship. He is now living retired, however, enjoying a rest which he so richly deserves.

In 1854, at Tannersville, Penn., Mr. Grimm was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Erback,

a native of Prussia, Germany, who died in 1862, at the age of twenty-seven years. Her parents, Val- entine and Margaret Erback, came to America in 1853, and in 1855 took up their residence in Greene township, Pike county, where the father engaged in farming. By this union Mr. Grimm had two children: M. Caroline, now the wife of Edward Oppelt, a farmer and butcher of Newfoundland, Penn .; and J. Christian, who married Morilla Fer- ris, and is engineer in the mines at Dunmore, Penn- sylvania.

On March 19, 1863, Mr. Grimm married Miss Jane Kendrew, by whom he has three children : Edward, a farmer of Greentown, Pike county, who married Gertrude Brink; William W., who married Emma E. Rhorbacker, and now operates his father's farm; and Ella A., wife of Herbert H. Eberling, a farmer of Greene township. Mrs. Grimm was born in Quebec, England, August 23, 1843, a daughter of William and Christianna ( Colley) Kendrew, na- tives of England, who came to America in Febru- ary, 1844, and located in Covington township, Lu- zerne Co., Penn., now Lackawanna county, remain- ing there until called from this life. The father, who was a carpenter and farmer by occupation, died in February, 1888, aged seventy-seven years, and the mother departed this life in September, 1891, aged seventy-seven, the remains of both being interred in Madison township, Lackawanna county. The children born to them were: Ella, deceased wife of Frederick Womebacker; Christopher, de- ceased, who married Lavina Westcott; John, a farmer of Phillips county, Kan., who married (first) Lettie Sayers, and (second) Anna Schoon- over ; Jane, wife of our subject; Hannah, deceased, who married (first) James Westcotte, and after his death his cousin, George Westcotte; Elizabeth wife of George W. Beisecker, of Freytown, Lack- awanna county ; and William T., who married Letta Haden and lives on the old homestead in Madison township, Lackawanna county.

In September, 1862, at Milford, Pike county, Mr. Grimm enlisted in Company B, 15Ist P. V. I., under Capt. Mott, for nine months, and participated in the battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. His term having expired, he re- turned home July 27, 1863, but a few months later was drafted and had to pay $300 for a substitute, being compelled to borrow the money to do so. Fraternally he is a member of the Grand Army Post at Newfoundland, Penn .; the Masonic Lodge, F. & 'A. M., at Moscow; and the Grange; while religiously he belonged to the Moravian Church. He was naturalized at Honesdale, in 1857, and cast his first vote for James Buchanan, since which time he has been a pronounced Democrat in poli- tics. He has served as inspector of elections, over- seer of the poor two years, and collector three years, to the entire satisfaction of the general pub- lic. He came to this country with the hope of bene- fitting his financial condition, and his dreams of the future have been realized, for he is to-day one of the

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well-to-do and prosperous citizens of Greene town- ship, and the success that he has achieved is due entirely to his own unaided efforts, sound judg- ment and good business ability.

E. F. LOW, a manufacturer of lumber, and proprietor of a stick factory known as Low Mills, in Greene township, is one of the younger repre- sentatives of the business interests of Pike county, but his ability, enterprise and upright methods have already established for him an enviable reputation. Mr. Low is a native of Kellersville, Monroe Co., Penn., and a son of Charles M. and Rachel S. (Keller) Low, whose sketch appears elsewhere. On leaving the parental roof, at the age of twenty- two years, he embarked in the manufacture of lum- ber on his own account, and for two years operated a water-mill. His present mill, erected by Krane, Kellogg & Co., in the spring of 1885, is of eighty- five horse-power and is run by steam, having a capacity of 15,000 feet of lumber per day. In ad- dition to the manufacture of sawed lumber, he also makes 120 gross of umbrella and parasol sticks daily, and furnishes employment to ten men. His landed possessions consists of 425 acres of valuable timber land, and he has become an important factor in the business circles of his community, his popu- larity being well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, una- bated energy and industry that never flags. His political support is always given the men and meas- ures of the Republican party.

On December 21, 1886, at the home of the bride in Greene township, Pike county, Mr. Low was married to Miss Minnie Kramer, and to them has been born a son, Russell E.

Charles Kramer, Mrs. Low's father, a well- known general farmer of Greene township, was born in Baden, Germany, May 30, 1841, and is a son of John and Martha (Huthsmith) Kramer, also na- tives of Baden. His father was a traveling sales- man and inspector of minerals, who contracted yel- low fever in South Africa, and died on his return home in November, 1849, at the age of forty-five years. The mother, with her four sons and one daughter, came to America January 28, 1853, and located in Newark, N. J., where she had a brother living, but after a short time spent at that place she came to Greene township, Pike Co., Penn., where she died in December, 1897, aged seventy-seven years, and was buried in Hopedale cemetery, Wayne county. By her first marriage she had five chil- dren : Anthony, a sawyer of Williamsport, Penn., who married Clarissa Gouse; Charles, the father of Mrs. Low; Joseph, a hotel man of Reading, Penn., who married Bertha Radisader; Theodore, a sta- tionary engineer of Williamsport, Penn., who mar- ried Anna Gouse; and Bertha, wife of Henry Heberling, a farmer of Greene township, Pike coun- ty. For her second husband the mother married George Summers, who died in November, 1885, and by this union she had two children: George, who 115

married Lena Lange, and is a stone mason at Ger- man Flats, Penn .; and France, who married Ellis Gumbel and is a merchant at Newfoundland, Penn. Mrs. Low's great-grandfather, Charles Kramer, was a farmer, who spent his entire life in Baden, Ger- many, and became quite well-to-do by speculating during the Russian war. He had three sons in that struggle, and one of them captured the copper medal man of note.

Crossing the Atlantic at the age of thirteen years, Mrs. Low's father located upon his present farm March 8, 1853, working upon that place for seven years for Hyronimus Rohrbacker, from whom he purchased fifty acres, paying $1,300 for the same. To the original tract he has added until he now has 115 acres, including thirty acres of the finest woodland to be found in this section of the State. His present comfortable home was erected in 1893.

On May 7, 1866, Mr. Kramer was married, in Greene township, to Miss Minnie Angenstein, also a native of Baden, and they have become the parents of five children: Hattie, now the wife of Charles Ives, a farmer and huckster of Madisonville, Penn .; Emma, wife of Marvin Smith, who is clerking in a store in Houcktown, Penn .; Minnie, wife of Ed- ward F. Low, of this sketch; Albert, deceased; and Arthur, at home.

On September 21, 1864, during the Civil war Mr. Kramer enlisted in Company N, 198th P. V. J., under Capt. Rafuss, of Easton, Penn., and partici- pated in various engagements, including the battles of Hatcher's Run and the Weldon Railroad. At Hatcher's Run a minie ball struck his gun, glanced and injured his left thumb, rendering it useless. Soon afterward, May 24, 1865, he was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, Penn., and returned home. He is now a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, is a Democrat in politics, and for the past thirty years has been a member of the Mora- vian Church. He has been honored with a number of official positions of trust and responsibility, hav - ing been school director for the past eighteen years, school treasurer, poormaster and poor treasurer for fifteen years, and constable for two years.

JAMES A. NIPERT, one of Pike county's most energetic and enterprising business men, is the junior member of the well-known firm of Albert Nipert & Son, manufacturers of umbrella and para- sol sticks, toys and lumber, who have in successful operation three mills, two in Pike county, located at Coreytown and German Valley, and the other at Canadensis, Monroe county. Integrity, activity and energy have been the crowning points of their success, and the business which they carry on has become one of the leading industries of the com- munity.

Our subject was born October 25, 1861, in Tobyhanna, Monroe county, a son of Albert and Mary (Kegan) Nipert. The father is a native of Germany, born June 3, 1836, but in 1843 he was

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brought to America by his parents, Frederick and Margaret Nipert, who took up their residence in Tobyhanna. Albert was the eldest of their five children, the others being Augusta, who married A. Hammerman and both died in America ; Anna, who died unmarried in Germany ; William, a sawyer, of Tobyhanna, who married Kate Miller; and Gustav, who married Maggie Erbauck, and is a millwright and chief engineer in Tobyhanna. The father of these children, who was a cabinet-maker by trade, died in Tobyhanna, in 1860, aged sixty-two years, and the mother departed this life at the same place, in 1870, aged sixty-four.

Albert Nipert served an apprenticeship to the cabinet-maker's trade with his father, and after coming to this country they tramped through Ohio, and also stopped at Pittsburg, Penn., in search of work, but finally returned to Mt. Pocono Forks, Monroe Co., Penn., and later located at Tobyhanna, where they found employment. There Albert Nipert was flagman on a gravel train during the construction of the Delaware, Lackawanna & West- ern railroad, and on leaving Tobyhanna removed to Marshville, Wayne county, where he had charge of a lumber mill for S. Kissler for one year. The fol- lowing two years he spent in Pequaming, Mich., as millwright for Charles Hebard, but in August, 1883, he returned to Pennsylvania, and took up his residence in Greene township, Pike county, where he purchased a farm from Louis R. Smith. In connection with its operation he also followed car- pentering, and in April, 1887, embarked in his present business at German Valley, in partnership with George H. Lancaster, but nine months later his son James A. purchased Mr. Lancaster's in- terest, and this business has since been successfully conducted under the firm style of Albert Nipert & Son. While a resident of Tobyhanna he served as school director and poormaster, but of late years has given his attention exclusively to his business interests.

In 1858, at Scranton, Penn., Albert Nipert was married to Miss Mary Kegan, who was born in County Mayo, Ireland, August 18, 1836, and came with her brother to the United States in 1855, lo- cating in Scranton. Her parents, and Mary (McCann) Kegan, also natives of Ireland, crossed the Atlantic in 1860, and spent their re- maining years in Scranton, Penn. Their children were: Mary, the mother of our subject; James, a miner, of Pittston, Penn .; Patrick, who died in Scranton; Martin, a blacksmith, of that place ; Michael, a soldier in the regular army, who returned to Ireland; Bridget, who died unmarried in Scran- ton; and John, who was killed on the Deiaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad at Scranton. The children born to Albert and Mary (Keegan) Nipert were as follows: Frederick, who was drowned at Tobyhanna; James A., the subject of this sketch; Mary J., wife of Daniel Bartleson, of Potter coun- ty, Penn .; Augusta, wife of George Kelly, of Pot- ter county ; Albert G., who married Minnie Emory

and lives in Austin, Penn .; and Charles F., who re- sides with our subject. The mother, who was a devout Catholic, died March 18, 1894, and was buried in Albright cemetery. The father is still living and holds membership in the Lutheran Church.

For nine years James A. Nipert worked at cabinet-making with his father, and then went to Pequaming, Mich., where he was employed as mill- wright in the construction of a shingle mill, and as stationary engineer for the same firm for two years. Joining his father in Pennsylvania, he worked at the carpenter's trade for the following two years, and then returned to Pequaming, Mich., in 1886, where he was again employed as a mill- wright and also operated an electric light plant until 1889. That year he returned to Pike county, Penn., and became associated with his father in his present business, paying Mr. Lancaster $4,050 for his interest in the same. By fair and honorable dealing they have built up an excellent trade, and have secured the confidence and respect of all with whom they have come in contact either in business or social life. Religiously our subject is a Cath- olic, and politically is a stalwart Democrat.

On June 23, 1887, at Pequaming, Mich., James A. Nipert was married to Miss Eugenia Davis, by whom he has three children: Theron A., Gelora and William. Mrs. Nipert was born in Detroit, Mich., in 1863, a daughter of Theron and Anna (Hart) Davis, the former a native of Connecticut, the latter of Ireland. They now make their home in Pequaming, Mich., where Mr. Davis is employed as a stationary engineer.

LOUIS CHATILLON, proprietor of the "Lake View Hotel" of Dingman township, is one of the prominent young men of Pike county, a leader in business and political circles. Whether in public or private life he is always a courteous, genial gen- tleman, well deserving the high regard in which he is held. His entire life has been passed upon his present farm, his birth occurring there October 20, 1865.

Mathew Chatillon, father of our subject, was born in Belfort, France, February 24, 1810, and died on the home farm in Dingman township, Feb- ruary 18, 1896. On coming to the New World he first located in New York City, and for some time conducted a hotel on Leonard street, near Broad- way, the site being now occupied by large business houses. The hotel was mainly patronized by sea captains, sailors and emigrants, and he was often compelled to place twenty-five people in one room during his busy season. As early as 1836 he pur- chased his farm in Pike county, but did not locate thereon until 1860. In 1875 he extended the boun- daries of his farm until it comprised 300 acres, and erected thereon a hotel containing thirty-five rooms. A beautiful lake covering twelve acres has been added to the place, it being made by our subject in 1888. It is now well stocked with trout and a gen-

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eral assortment of fish. When the father purchased the land it was an almost unbroken wilderness, only five acres having been cleared, and it was no un- common occurrence to see a deer enter the garden and eat the cabbage, or to have the bears come to the house in search of food. Although the place still retains enough of its wild picturesqueness to make it an attractive summer resort, many acres have been cleared and placed under a high state of cultivation. Mathew Chatillon was the only one of his family to come to America, and in his adopted land he made a host of warm friends, who appre- ciated his sterling worth and many excellencies of character. Socially he was a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity. He was married in New York City, in 1848, to Miss Sophia Vodack, who died in March, 1883, at the age of fifty-nine years, and was buried in Milford cemetery. The children born of this union were Louise, now the wife of Louis Goville, a farmer of Dingman township; Emma, Jennie, Josie, Alford, all at home; and Louis, whose name introduces this sketch.

Louis Chatillon has continued to reside upon the home farm, and since the age of fifteen years has managed the hotel. He recently purchased the estate from the other heirs, and is now conducting a first-class French hotel, which is filled each sum- mer by seamen and prominent French families of New York City. The Democratic party always finds in him a stanch supporter of its principles, and he has been called upon to fill nearly all the township offices. In 1895 he was elected jury commissioner of Pike county for a term of three years, and in 1898, at this writing, is running for sheriff. Fra- ternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

On December 25, 1893, at Middletown, N. Y., Mr. Chatillon was married to Miss Susie Pitney, and to them was born one child, Mathew, who died in infancy. Mrs. Chatillon was born in Dingman's Ferry, Pike county, in 1874, a daughter of Mitchell and Henriette (Burrell) Pitney, natives of New Jersey, who on coming to Pike county located at Dingman's Ferry, where the father is now living retired after years of active labor as a farmer.

EDWARD H. ORBEN is an industrious and thorough agriculturist of Dingman township, Pike county, and is also acting as agent for the Cham- pion Mowing Machine Company.

Mr. Orben was born on the farm where he now resides, January 7, 1868, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Stickler) Orben. The father was a native of Belgium, born April 4, 1829, and on com- ing to America in 1853 located upon a farm adjoin- ing that on which our subject now lives, but re- moved to the latter place at the end of two years. Here he is still living with his son, an honored and highly respected citizen of the community. He was married in Dingman township, in April, 1855, to Elizabeth Stickler, a native of that township, and a daughter of Jacob Stickler. She died November

23, 1895, at the age of fifty-six years. The chil- dren born of their union are as follows: Philip, who married Jennie Pecot, and operates a planing- mill in Newark, N. J .; John, who married Louise Briad, and is a carpenter and builder of the same place; Edward H., our subject; Charles, who mar- ried Mabel Scoll, and is also a carpenter and builder of Newark; and Frank, a carpenter of Newark.

Until eighteen years of age Edward H. Orben assisted in the work of the home farm, and then went to Newark, N. J., where he was employed as a street car conductor for four years. Subsequently he followed the carpenter's trade in that city, but after his marriage he returned to the old homestead, and has since devoted his time and energies to agri- cultural pursuits with good success. He is a rec- ognized leader of the Democratic party in his com- munity, has been a member of the election board, and is now most creditably serving his second term as supervisor of his township.

On September 18, 1889, in Montague, N. J., Mr. Orben was united in marriage with Miss Mag- gie O'Grady, by whom he has four children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Percy, October 14, 1890; Bessie E., February 14, 1892; Everett, April 15, 1893 ; and Sadie, March 3, 1897. Mrs. Orben was born in Montague, N. J., March 25, 1866, a daughter of John and Margaret (Dwire) O'Grady, natives of Ireland, who came to America when young and were married in Port Jervis, N. Y. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died at Montague, N. J., September 21, 1887, at the age of seventy-five years, but the mother is still living at that place at the age of sixty-two. They were the parents of six children, namely: Mary, who wedded Floyd Bross, of Port Jervis, N. Y., and died April 5, 1898; George, who married Nora Welch, and is an attendant at the Morristown asylum; James, at home; Roxy, wife of James Vanoyd, of Montague, N. J .; Maggie, wife of our subject ; and Johnnie, at home.

EDWARD QUINN, of Milford township, Pike county, is an enterprising and successful agri- culturist, and in addition to the management of his farm near Milford village, he operates the old fam- ily homestead in Dingman township, in partnership with his brother Charles.

Mr. Quinn was born August 4, 1844, at the old homestead, which is a portion of a large tract of land formerly owned by his maternal grandfather, George Bowhanan, or Buchanan, as the name is usually given in other branches of the family. Will- iam Quinn, the father of our subject, was born in 1799, in County Tyrone, Ireland, son of a farmer, and he came to America at the age of eighteen, locating in Milford township, Pike county, where he found employment with James Wallace. He was a successful farmer, and as a citizen he was much esteemed, being frequently chosen to local offices, including that of Justice of the Peace. He died July 26, 1868, and his wife Sally (Bowhanan),

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 425

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