Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 44

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factured there. The Grows were rising in influence and prominence at that time, and the "Glenwood Hotel," kept by A. F. Snover, and the old Eaton tannery at upper Glenwood, sawmills, etc., were booming. Mr. and Mrs. Israel Rynearson were both members of the well-remembered Lenox Library, where in the years gone by many a pleas- ant evening was passed with friends and neighbors making sunny spots in the memory, never to be re- gretted or forgotten.

IV. Catherine, the next in the order of Aaron's branch of the Rynearson family, became the wife of Thomas McDurfee, of Carbondale, Penn., where he is employed in the railroad shops. They have two children, Nellie, who is married, and Burton, who conducts a barber shop in Carbondale. V. Hannah became the wife of Albert Rosen- crants, of Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Penn. Her husband has long been dead, and she has no chil- dren living ; but she continues to reside in her old home.

VI. Clarissa, the youngest of Aaron Rynear- son's family, become the wife of Frank Griggs, and located in Susquehanna, where Mr. Griggs found permanent employment in the Erie machine shops. She has been dead many years. Their daughter Jennie, married a Mr. Shew, and also resides in Susquehanna.

CHARLES WEBSTER HAKES, M. D., a prominent and successful physician of New Mil- ford, Susquehanna county, was born in Harpers- ville, Broome Co., N. Y., February 28. 1858, and traces his ancestry back to the Engilsh nobility, on whose shield or coat of arms, well known and quar- tered before the reign of Elizabeth, were three hake fishes. The first of the family to come to America was Solomon Hakes, who was born in England in 1688, crossed the Atlantic and settled in Rhode Island in 1709. He married Anna Billings, and from this worthy couple our subject descended. George Washington Hakes, the Doctor's fa- ther, was born in Columbia county, N. Y., in 1831, and is now living in Binghamton, that State. He is a mechanic, and was a soldier of the Civil war. His father, Samuel B. Hakes, was born in Wind- sor, Mass., in 18II, a son of George Washington Hakes and grandson of Solomon Hakes, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and it was while George Washington was his guest that he named his infant son for the great general. Dr. Hakes' mother bore the maiden name of Jane Bishop. In the family were two children, the younger being Willard Hakes, a resident of Binghamton, New York.

During his boyhood and youth the Doctor was provided with excellent school privileges, and com- pleted his literary education at the Rochester (N. Y.) University. Later he entered the medical col- lege at Columbus, Ohio, and was graduated there- from in 1888. The same year he opened an office in New Milford, Penn., but subsequently spent one

year in Champaign, Ill., and about two years in New York State. He then returned to New Mil- ford, and is now at the head of a large and paying practice, having met with excellent success, finan- cially as well as professionally. On April 2, 1883, Dr. Hakes was united in marriage with Miss Hattie A. Sanders, who died in 1891, leaving two sons: Charles H. and Lynn M. For his second wife he married Miss Lillian G. Risley, a lady of culture and refinement, and a daughter of A. C. Risley, of New Milford.

Religiously the Doctor is an Episcopalian. Upright, reliable and honorable, his strict adher- ence to principle commands the respect of all. The place he has won in the medical profession is ac- corded him in recognition of his skill and ability, and the place he occupies in the social world is a tribute to that genuine worth and true nobleness of character which are universally recognized and honored.

JEROME A. UNDERWOOD, the well-known and popular postmaster of Lake Como, Wayne county, is an important factor in business circles, and his popularity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integ- rity, unabated energy and industry that never flags. He is successfully engaged in both general mer- chandising and milling in the village, and as a public-spirited citizen is thoroughly interested in whatever tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of the community.

Lewis A. Underwood, father of our subject, and son of Daniel Underwood, an honored pioneer of Wayne county, was for many years one of the most prominent business men of this section of the State, being a member of the well-known milling firm of D. G. Kennedy & Co., whose gristmill in Bucking- ham township was erected in 1879. In politics he was an unswerving Republican, and he most capa- bly served as justice of the peace for many years. He was born and reared in Wayne county, as was also his wife, Harriette (Kingsbury), who was a daughter of Charles Kingsbury, one of the prom- inent early settlers of the county. They were the parents of children as follows: Mrs. Mary F. Cher- rier; Nelson, who died in 1872, at the age of sev- enteen ; Mrs. Jennie Hearn; Mrs. Augusta Kenne- dy ; Jerome A .; Mrs. Anna Anderson, of Chicago, Ill .; and Eva, who is attending the Osteopathy School, in Kirksville, Mo. The father died in 1892, the mother in 1891, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which they were active and prominent members.

The subject of this sketch was born in 1864, at Preston, Wayne Co., Penn., and in early boyhood began working in the mill with his father, soon mas- tering every detail of the business. He also re- ceived a good literary education in the public schools near his home. He has practically been in business since twenty years of age, and as a miller he deals in flour, feed and grain of all kinds. In 1897 he

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erected a good store building, 24x40 feet, and two stories in height, which he has stocked with a good grade of general merchandise, and from the be- ginning has enjoyed an excellent trade, which is constantly increasing. He most creditably served as postmaster under President Harrison's adminis- tration, and when President Mckinley came into power he was again appointed to that position, which he is now filling to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.

· On September 24, 1885, Mr. Underwood mar- ried Miss Helen S. Chittenden, of Pleasant Mount, Wayne county, a daughter of Abel Chittenden (de- ceased), who was a soldier of the Civil war. Her mother, who bore the maiden name of Emma Hall, has also departed this life. Mr. and Mrs. Under- wood have five children : John T., Ralph E., Wil- fred H., Lewis A. and Harold. The wife and mother is a worthy member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and a most estimable lady. Socially, Mr. Underwood affiliates with Lake Como Lodge No. 965, I. O. O. F. Reared as a Republican, he has always been a stanch supporter of that party, and is an active and zealous worker in its interests. As a business man and citizen he occupies an en- viable position in the regard of all who know him.

JOSEPH ATKINSON, the popular and effi- cient postmaster at White Mills, Wayne county, is well known in business circles in that locality, and for a number of years has been employed in re- sponsible positions by the Dorflinger Glass Com- pany.

His family has long been identified with Wayne county, and his grandfather, Joseph Atkinson, was one of the early settlers at Hawley. This worthy pioneer married (first) Annie Kimble, and ( second ) Fannie Kimble, cousin of his first wife, and reared a large family of children. By the first union there were six children : Ephraim, John, George W., Asher M., Lucy (wife of Charles Wise, of Hawley), and Annie ( who married Joseph Solliday, of Hawley). By his second marriage there were eight children : Joseph; William; Lot; Marilla ; Eunice; Margaret ; Elizabeth, and Melissa.

George W. Atkinson, the father of our subject, was born at Hawley, November 27, 1817, and re- ceived his education in the public schools of that place. In 1838 he married Miss Elizabeth Brown, who was born October 15, 1817, and died November 26, 1887. Soon after his marriage he purchased a farm in Palmyra township, Wayne county, where his remaining years were spent, and for some time he was extensively engaged in lumbering on the Lackawaxen and Delaware rivers. He died at his homestead May 4, 1892. Of his children, Cor- nelius H., the eldest, who was born at Hawley in 184I, was educated in the public schools of the coun- ty, and during the Civil war was a government em- ploye in Georgia and South Carolina. After the war closed he came home, and for many years pre- vious to his death in March, 1895, he was a fore-

man for the D. & H. Canal Co. He married Miss Annie Simons, of Hawley, and had one daughter, Miss Augusta, who resides with her mother at Haw- ley. (2) David B., born at Hawley in 1842, served three years in the Union army during the Civil war in Company G, 14Ist P. V. I., and took part in a number of important engagements, being wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, and later at the bat- tle of Chancellorsville. At present he resides at Eddyville, Ulster Co., N. Y., where he is employed as weighmaster of boats for the Delaware & Hud- son Canal Co. He married Miss Hattie Mowel, of Eddyville, and they have two children, Maud, now the wife of Henry Wesley, and George. (3) Warren K., born at Hawley in 1844, removed to Kingston, N. Y., in early manhood. (4). Annie, born at Hawley in 1845, married Charles Robinson, a hat maker at Fall River, Mass., and they have two daughters, Fannie and Mary. (5) George A., born in Palmyra township in 1848, is a resident of Wil- sonville, Wayne county. He married Miss Emma Gayheart, of White Mills, and has four children, Nellie, Norman, Lela and George. (6) Joseph, our subject, is mentioned more fully below. (7) Helen, born at the old homestead in Palmyra township in 1854, married Anthony Lobb, of Hawley, and has four sons, William, George, Frederick, and Harry. (8) Elizabeth, born at the homestead in 1857, mar- ried Frank Buddington, a merchant of Binnewater, Ulster Co., N. Y .; they have three children, Gus- sie, Bessie and Tracy. (9) Frank, born in Wayne county in 1856, resides at Glen Eyre, Pike county, where he is in the employ of the D. & H. Canal Co. He married Miss Chittesker, of that place, and they have seven children, Elizabeth, Annie, Fannie, Mida, Frank, Jennie and Helen. (10) Fannie, born at the homestead in 1860, married Clark Barnard, of White Mills, and has one son, Raymond.

Our subject was born August 1, 1852, at the homestead in Palmyra township, Wayne county, one mile southeast of White Mills. He was educated in the public schools of that locality, and remained at home until he attained his majority, when he began to learn the stone cutter's trade. This occupation he followed for a number of years, but at various times would tend lock on the canal, being thus employed for a time in 1876 at the munificent salary of eighty cents per day. After this experience he worked at his trade in Wilsonville for a year, and later he again took a position as lock tender. In 1881 he was employed by the Dorflingers as glass packer, and after twelve years of faithful service in that ca- pacity he was promoted to the post of shipping clerk, which he still holds. He takes an active in- terest in all public questions, and is a stanch sup- porter of the Republican party, to which his father, who was an Old-line Whig in early life, gave his allegiance in the days of the anti-slavery agitation. In June, 1897, Mr. Atkinson was appointed post- master at White Mills, and this office he fills with the same fidelity and ability which has always char- acterized his work in other lines. He was reared

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in the Protestant faith, and his sympathies are with every movement for the benefit of the community. Socially he and his family are prominent, and he is identified with the Junior Order United American Mechanics, Lodge No. 980, at Honesdale.

In December, 1874, Mr. Atkinson married Miss Jennie L. Middaugh, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Middaugh, prominent residents of Honesdale, and five children have blessed the un- ion : Miss Daisy B., who was born and reared at White Mills, is one of the most popular young ladies of the village, and at present assists her fa- ther in the postoffice; Miss Gussie, who was born at Hawley, is at home; Florence, Charles, and Jennie, who were born at White Mills, are attending the schools of that town.

AINEY. For three-quarters of a century members of the Ainey family have been residents of Susquehanna county, and have been among its leading citizens, prosperous, successful and useful in their various walks of life. Among them was Jacob Ainey, several of whose sons-Hon. William H., Dr. David C., Dr. Albert J .- have been con- spicuous in professional life, and their sons in turn, notably Capt. William D. B. Ainey ( formerly dis- trict attorney of Susquehanna county ) and Charles H. Ainey, both of the Montrose Bar, are sustaining the family reputation.

The Ainey family is of French extraction, the ancestors of the Susquehanna county branch having been Huguenots who came to America subsequent to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, and after residing in New York City for sev- eral years settled in the Mohawk Valley, Montgom- ery Co., N. Y. John Ainey, grandfather of Jacob Ainey, when a lad of eighteen years was seized by the captain of a vessel, brought to America, and sold for his passage in Virginia, somewhere near the mouth of the Potomac river. William Ainey, father of Jacob Ainey, was a native of Fulton coun- tv, N. Y., born in 1776, and died in 1850. He mar- ried Hannah Crawford, a native of Massachusetts, who died in 1832, aged fifty years, and they made their first home in the vicinity of Goshen, N. Y., thence in 1825 or '26 removing to Susquehanna county, Penn., and settling in Brooklyn township. Their children were: Jacob, who is mentioned be- low ; Rebecca, who married Samuel Westbrook ; John, who married Elizabeth Kittle, and died in Spring- ville township : Moses, who died unmarried, in Lath- rop township; Axcy, widow of Wanton Green, of Lathrop: Catherne, who married Orlando Terpen- ing ; and Seth, who married Mrs. Hannah S. Young. All are deceased except Mrs. Green.

Jacob Ainey, son of William Ainey, was born in 1802 in Orange county, N. Y. He there mar- ried, in 1824. Catherine Kinnan, who was born in 1804. daughter of John Morrison Kinnan, a son of Rev. John Kinnan, who came from the North of Ireland and settled in Orange county, N. Y., about 1767. In 1825 or '26 Jacob Ainey settled

in Brooklyn township, Susquehanna county, Penn., removing to the village of Dimock a few years later . Though his father and all his brothers were farmers, he preferred the pursuit of a me- chanic, learning the trade of blacksmith, which he followed through life. He was a man of intellectual force and influence, unusually well in- formed, and served ably in several local offices, in- cluding those of constable, collector and supervisor. A warm friend and a liberal patron of the cause of education, he insisted on having his children . as well educated as opportunity permitted. Socially, he is spoken of by those who knew him as warm- hearted, generous, obliging and popular, and his ad- vice and counsel were often sought and followed. He died in 1854, and his widow survived him many years, dying in 1875. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Their children were: (I) John H. Ainey, born in 1826, became a prosperous farmer, and made his home in Springville town- ship. He married (first) Mary Pierpont, and ( sec- ond) Mrs. Mary (Tindall) Ainey ( widow of Au- gustus Ainey), who survives him. He died in March, 1899. (2) William Ainey died at the age of five years. (3) Hannah M. Ainey, born in 1830, died when about twenty-one years of age. (4) Sarah Amanda Ainey, born in 1832, died in young womanhood, aged about twenty years. (5) Hon. William H. Ainey, born in 1834, has been for years one of the leading citizens of Allentown, Penn. He is a lawyer by profession, and was elected by the State-at-large a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1873 ; he is largely identified with the banking and iron interests of Allentown. He mar- ried Anna Unger.

(6) DAVID CARLYLE AINEY, M. D., was born May 31, 1837, in Dimock township, Susquehanna county, and was reared at his home in the village of Dimock, receiving his elementary education in the old Woodruff Academy there. At the age of sixteen years he worked as a laborer on neighbor- ing farms. From 1852 to 1854 he was a student at the noted Harford University, under the tuition of the Richardsons, who were most capable educators and their school one of high character, from which went out into the world many who left their names on the roll of fame. Subsequently young Ainey furthered his studies at Oberlin (Ohio) College, spent one year at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, meanwhile teaching in the winter months, and in 1857 began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. E. M. Buckingham, of Springfield, Ohio, where he taught for six months. Returning a year later to Montrose, Penn., he supplemented his prep- aration for the profession under the instruction of the late Dr. Ezra Patrick, a physician of renown, and later he entered the Medical Department of Yale Col- lege, attending lectures, and was graduated in Janu- ary, 1860. Soon after he engaged in practice at New Milford, Penn., associating himself with Dr. L. W. Bingham, of that place, this partnership lasting until July, 1861, at which time Dr. Ainey became en-

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gaged in the drug business at New Milford, conduct- ing same in connection with his practice, and in 1865 he built the first drug store at New Milford. From the very start Dr. Ainey grew in popular favor in the community, and soon established himself in his profession in a manner that won him friends and brought him a large patronage. Possessing a good mind, strengthened by study and application, he has won his way to a high position in the pro- fession.

In 1861 our subject became identified with the Susquehanna County Medical Society, and he has since represented it a number of times in the State Society, notably in 1874 and 1884. He is also a member of the International Association of Railway Surgeons, and of the Academy of Railway Sur- geons, being surgeon for the D. L. & W. railroad. During his professional life of forty years Dr. Ainey has given instruction to and aided many young medical students in starting on their careers, some of whom have since won creditable and honorable rank in the profession. The late Dr. E. L. Blakeslee, Dr. A. J. Ainey, Dr. J. J. Boyle, Dr. William R. Blakeslee, all of Susquehanna county, and Dr. G. P. Clements, of Harlem, N. Y., were all under his pre- ceptorship. An ardent Republican, although not a politician, Dr. Ainey has ever been interested in the advancement of the party. For twenty-three years, beginning in 1861, he was the postmaster at New Milford. In 1869 he served the borough as burgess, and in 1891 was chosen by the Republicans a dele- gate to represent Wayne and Susquehanna counties at the proposed Constitutional Convention -- defeat- ing, in the Convention held at Montrose in August, of that year, the Hon. G. A. Grow, one of the dis- tinguished sons of Pennsylvania-an honor worthily conferred and one in which his friends took great pride. The Doctor is now one of the Board of United States Pension Examining Surgeons for Susquehanna county, of which he has been president since 1896. Socially Dr. Ainey has high standing. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason, and for the past sixteen years has been District Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic Fraternity for the Fifteenth District, holding membership with New Milford Lodge No. 507; Warren Chapter, Montrose; and Great Bend Commandery No. 27, Knights Templar. He formerly united with Great Bend Chapter No. 210.

On October 28, 1861, at Kirkwood, N. Y., Dr. Ainey was married to Kathleen Blakeslee, who was born May 4, 1838, in Auburn township, daughter of Hiram and Amanda ( Whipple) Blakeslee, of Dimock township, natives of Connecticut and Ver- mont, respectively, and members of two of the old pioneer families of Susquehanna county. To this union were born two sons: William D. B. and Charles H., both lawyers of Montrose, mention of whom is made farther on. Mrs. Ainey is a lady of culture and many accomplishments, among which is painting, her home and those of her friends contain- ing many beautiful specimens of her brush and pencil.

(7) Albert Joseph Ainey, M. D., was born March 26, 1838, in Dimock township, Susquehanna county, where he passed his boyhood on the farm of his father. He attended the old Dimock Acad- demy and Harford University. In 1863, at the time of the invasion of Pennsylvania by the Con- federate forces under Gen. Lee, young Ainey became a member of Company D, 35th Regiment Pennsyl- vania Militia, commanded by Capt C. C. Halsey, and shared the experience of that company's ser- vice during its short period of existence. He read medicine in the office of his brother, Dr. David C. Ainey, at New Milford, then in 1864-65 attended lectures in the Medical Department of the Univer- sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, that State. Later, in 1866-67, he took a course of lectures in the Medi- cal Department of Yale College, graduating in 1867. Returning to New Milford, Penn., he began prac- tice at that point, but after a short experience locat- ed at Brooklyn, in the same county, where he has since remained and been identified with that com- munity, and lived a life that has been useful and honorable. For thirty years Dr. Ainey has had a creditable standing in the medical profession and as a citizen. Since 1869 he has been a member of the Susquehanna Medical Society, and in 1885 he represented the society as a delegate to the State Medical Society. He has enjoyed a good practice, and held the esteem and confidence of the commu- nity. On December 8, 1874, Dr. Ainey was married to Lila Maria, daughter of David and Sarah (Jones) Haight, of Birchardville, Penn., and to them have come children as follows: Louise and Earl.

CAPT. WILLIAM D. B. AINEY, of Montrose, former District Attorney of Susquehanna county, and son of Dr. David C. Ainey, is a native of Sus- quehanna county, Penn., born April 8, 1864, at New Milford. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of that village, and there drank unconsciously from the well of knowl- edge, early displaying those qualities which have made him marked as a successful student, lawyer, and useful citizen. During his boyhood he gained an insight into business life in the post office, his father being the village postmaster. At the age of four- teen years he entered the State Normal School at Mansfield, Penn., as a member of the class of 1878- 79. Returning home he there passed a two-years' course of study in a preparatory school at South Bethlehem, Penn. After this preparation he be- came a Freshman in Lehigh University, an in- stitution ranking with any in Pennsylvania. After completing the Freshman year, and having passed the Sophomore examination, he decided to drop out and begin the study of law. This he did, entering the law office of Blakeslee & Davis, at Montrose, Penn. He was a careful and hard student, giving attention to every detail in the work of preparation, so that when it came time for his appearance for admission he passed a very creditable examination. He was admitted to the Bar in Susquehanna county at the August term of Court, in 1887. Upon his

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admission he opened an office at Montrose, and be- came a partner with his uncle, the late E. L. Blakes- lee, a criminal lawyer of considerable ability and note. Circumstances soon brought the junior mem- ber of the firm to assume responsibilities, and through his studious habits and tact he measured up to them, early appearing engaged in a number of notable cases before the Susquehanna County Court, and on several occasions before the Supreme Court of the State. Mr. Blakeslee, the senior mem- ber of the firm, was an able. lawyer as well as a brilliant one, and Mr. Ainey was afforded the ad- vantages of his broad experience and knowledge of the law and given an opportunity of advancement that not often falls to the lot of the young lawyer. Mr. Blakeslee's death, in 1893, left Mr. Ainey alone in the practice, and he has since so remained, main- taining an office at Montrose. Young Ainey, by his application, close attention to business, and by his genial ways and manly course, soon won his way to the front and a good clientage. In the summer of 1892 he was made the nominee of the Republican party for the office of District Attor- ney of Susquehanna county, and was elected in the fall following. At the time of his nomination ap- peared many flattering and complimentary notices in the press of Susquehanna county, from one of which the following is an extract: "There is no good reason why every Republican in Susquehanna county should not vote for Mr. Ainey. He is a man of broad views, good legal ability, and will run the affairs of the District Attorney's office in the inter- est of the people. With his splendid legal and executive record, of which he may well be proud, our people are to be congratulated upon the pros- pect of having a young man of such ability and in- tegrity for District Attorney."

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 44

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