Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 53

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Rocks," on which stood the old stone house which was supposed to have been erected prior to or during the French and Indian wars, and used probably as a fort. He was chosen deacon in the Machackemech Church June 23, 1787, and in 1789 elder. The children of Wilhelmus Vredenburgh and Elizabeth Van Gorden, with dates of baptism, were: Elsje, January, 1759; Aaron; Benjamin, April 13, 1767; Daniel; Joshua, October 17, 1773. Aaron married Sarah Van Aken, and was said by the late Peter E. Gumaer to have been the greatest local historian of his time in this region. Daniel married Lena Hop- kins; they lived adjoining the homestead farm to the north.

V. Benjamin Van Vredenburgh, our subject's grandfather, married Mary Case, October 6, 1796, and settled on the homestead farm. Their first child was Elizabeth, our subject's mother, born October 9, 1798.

HON. LINUS WATROUS MOORE (de- ceased). The sudden death of this forceful and courageous citizen of New Milford, Susquehanna county, which occurred May 20, 1899, is yet fresh in the memories of his wide circle of friends and acquaintances. According to the prominence and worth of a man, so is the length of time in which he will be held in tender and kind remembrance. And, as time speeds onward, there will linger among many men this sentiment of personal loss at the death of Mr. Moore, for his sterling and generous qualities were deeply graven upon the hearts and minds of his fellow men. Those lives are fullest of inspiration and value which are unostentatious, which do the duty which lies before them with no thought of recompense or recognition, which radi- ate the beneficent influences of their character al- most imperceptibly but with lasting and deep effect, and a character akin to that was possessed by the subject of this sketch. He was cut off in his prime. He was just reaching that age when mental and moral forces ripen, when new and wider interests were in his pathway, where a richer heritage would have been his portion on earth. As a patriot he bore arms in defense of home and country during the Civil conflict, as legislator he left an impression for wide statesmanship, as business man he pos- sessed rare ability, and, best of all, his meed of worth and gain was won by his own efforts in the midst of opportunities.

Our subject bore the name of his maternal grandfather, Linus Watrous, who was one of the pioneers of Susquehanna county. He was born in Bridgewater, Susquehanna county, August 20, 1841, a son of Joseph and Demis ( Watrous) Moore, and grandson of Joseph Moore, who was by occupa- tion a tailor and lived in the State of New York. Joseph Moore, the father of our subject, was born near the Catskill mountains, New York, January 23, 1814, and in 1835 removed to Susquehanna county. He followed wagon making until his mar- riage, April 26, 1839, to Demis Watrous, the daugh-

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ter of Linus and Sarah (Luce) Watrous, of Bridge- water. Linus Watrous lived to a good old age, and died in Broome county, N. Y. His wife died at the home of her daughter in Harford township. After his marriage Joseph Moore settled in Harford town- ship, and there followed farming throughout life. In religious faith he was a member of the Congre- gational Church. He died September 11, 1894; his wife was born December 15, 1819, and died March 25, 1873, and both were buried in Harford cemetery. To Joseph and Demis Moore were born children as follows: Linus W., the subject of this sketch; Chauncey F., born September 26, 1843, killed by a falling tree January 23, 1864; Sarah E., born March 6, 1851, widow of Edmond Tiffany, of Harford township; Amanda L., born January 19, 1853, who married (first) Oscar Brewster, and (second) Rev. S. B. York, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and lives in Lenox township; Julia L., born March 14, 1855, living in Harford village; Willie, born January 27, 1857, deceased in infancy ; Miles J., born June 3, 1858, deceased in infancy ; Kate A., born February 17, 1861, who married Urbane B. Lott, and resides in Harford township.

Our subject resided in Bridgewater until four- teen years of age, when he removed to Harford. Being the eldest child of the family, the work of the farm quite naturally fell upon his shoulders. It helped to develop his native resources of mind. In Harford he completed his education in the public schools. On June 16, 1863, when the Confederate army threatened the State, and an emergency call was made for troops, Mr. Moore enlisted in the Pennsylvania militia and served during his term of enlistment. On his return from enlistment he re- sumed agricultural pursuits, and also engaged in lumbering and handling stock and wool. But he was a successful farmer, and in that vocation gave earnest of his business ability in wider interests. He engaged in mercantile business at the village of Harford, and during the administration of Presi- dent Harrison served as postmaster of that village. Later he became interested in the creamery business at Kingsley, and in 1893 removed to New Milford, where he also became interested in the milk busi- ness. An opportunity occurred to secure an inter- est in the Sharon Dairy Co., of New York, and in its management he maintained his reputation for great capacity for hard work and shrewd business ability. At the time of his death he had the man- agement of five creameries, two in Wayne county, Penn., one in New York State, one at New Mil- ford and one at Kingsley.

During his residence at Harford Mr. Moore was frequently called upon to fill township offices. In 1894 he was nominated and elected to the State Legislature, and in 1896 he was re-elected for a second term. As a legislator he was able, watch- ful, conservative, and, above all, honorable. The interests of his constituents he guarded with jeal- ous care. During his first term he was instrumental in securing the passage of the Erie Bonus Bill

through the House of Representatives, and, though the bill at that time was vetoed by Gov. Hastings, the splendid work of Mr. Moore was not lost, for it had a telling effect upon the Legislature, his former efforts being largely responsible for secur- ing its final passage through that body.

Mr. Moore was married, October 3, 1867, in Harford township, to Miss Jane A. Carpenter, a daughter of Tyler and Mary (Graham) Carpen- ter. Tyler Carpenter was a native of Harford township, Susquehanna county, born October 27, 1802, the son of. Cyrus and Mary (Tyler) Carpen- ter, of Attleboro, Mass., both of whom were brought when children to Susquehanna county. Cyrus Car- penter was born September 14, 1766, and died Oc- tober 19, 1854; Mary Tyler, his wife, was born November 5, 1769, and died April 15, 1790, and they were buried in Greenfield, Lackawanna county, Penn. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Moore, John and Isabel ( McFarland) Graham, migrated from Scotland to America in 1802, first settling in Schenectady, N. Y., and in 1812 moving to Susque- hanna county and settling in Harford township, where they remained through life. John Graham died August 20, 1864, aged eighty-four years, two months and eighteen days; his wife Isabel died August 2, 1864, aged ninety-two years, two months and twenty-seven days. They were buried in Har- ford cemetery. Tyler Carpenter, the father of Mrs. Moore, was a carpenter and farmer by occupation. He was a faithful and active member of the M. E. Church. He passed away December 1, 1882, aged eighty years; his wife Mary, born December 2, 1803, died April 6, 1873. They were buried in Harford cemetery. To Tyler and Mary Carpen- ter were born the following children: Catherine S., who married Edwin Thatcher, of Ravenna, Mich., a retired school teacher of prominence, for- merly county superintendent of schools. John C., deceased ; William T., a stationary engineer of New York; Simeon M., a Wayne county ( Penn .. ) farmer ; Mary I., of Harford, Penn .; Jane A., widow of our subject; Julia A. (twin sister of Jane A.), wife of Capt. A. T. Sweet, a prominent retired farmer of Harford, Penn. ; Miles, an engineer of Olyphant, Lackawanna county, Penn., and Alexander M., a retired engineer of Blakeslee, Pennsylvania.

To Linus W. and Jane A .. Moore were born five children: Mary B., who died aged fourteen. years ; Fred E., of Harford; Bert M., Jennie K., and Nina D., of New Milford. The death of our subject, which occurred May 20, 1899, in New York City, whither he had gone to attend to business, was sudden and unexpected. He was taken ill at one of the branch offices of the Sharon Milk Dairy, of which he was manager and treasurer, and died soon afterward at the residence of Mrs. Wheeler, on West Fifty-third street. The announcement by wire, a little later, greatly shocked the community in which he had spent many years of his life, and the large attendance at the obsequies bore evidence of the high esteem and regard in which he was uni-

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versally held, His widow and children survive him.

Mr. Moore was one of the most genial of men. He was true in all his relations with his fellow men, and the sterling qualities of his mind and heart were so clearly reflected in his gentle personality that to know him was but to regard and to admire. For many years he was a member of the Presby- terian Church, and his many acts of charity and Christian sympathy, and his numerous contributions to worthy causes made him one whose life was precious in the sight of men.

JAMES WILSON (deceased) was for several years one of the most enterprising and progressive men of Mt. Pocono, Monroe Co., l'enn., as well as one of its best known and highly esteemed citizens. He was born in Philadelphia, in May, 1844, a son of James and Isabella Wilson, natives of England, who on coming to Monroe county located in Para- (lise township, where the father followed agricul- tural pursuits throughout the remainder of his life. In the family were five children, one son and four daughters.

James Wilson, the only son, grew to manhood upon his father's farm and acquired his education in the public schools of Paradise township. In 1871 he was united in marriage with Miss Angeline F. Warner, the accomplished daughter of Hiram and Levina ( Fetherman) Warner, representatives of one of the most prominent families of Coolbaugh township, Monroe county. Her grandfather, Sam- uel Warner, was born and reared in Connecticut, and when a young man came to Monroe county, where he married Miss Frances Shirley, a native of Hamilton township. To them were born the following children: Hiram ( father of Mrs. Wil- son ), John, William, Alfred, Samuel, Jerome, Mary A. ( wife of John Sloat, of Sterling, Wayne Co., Penn.), Hannah (wife of Eliot Harris, of Susquehanna, Penn.), Emeline ( wife of Eli Barnes, of Sterling ), and Anna M. ( wife of Edward Wood- ward, of Susquehanna county ). Hiram Warner made his home in Coolbaugh township, Monroe county, where he cleared and developed a farm, re- siding thereon until his death in 1889. His wife died in 1887, leaving seven children: Angeline F. ( Mrs. Wilson), William C., John H., Ada J., George B., Martha A., and Hiram M. Mrs. Wilson, the eldest of this family, was born in Coolbaugh township, in 1848, received a good classical education in the public schools, and was one of the successful and able teachers in the schools of Monroe and Luszerne counties for seven years.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Wilson lo- cated in Mt. Pocono, where they engaged in hotel keeping continuously for seventeen years. He pur- chased a large tract of land in and around Mt. Pocono, which he transformed into a fine farm and erected thereon a good residence, which he later converted into the "Chestnut Grove House" for the accommodation of city boarders. It is located

on the highest point of the Pocono mountains, being 2,000 feet above tide water, and it is one of the most beautiful and attractive spots in this region. It is only a short walk from the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western railway station; the house is supplied with all modern conveniences and accessor- ies, and the scenery round about is picturesque and sublime, making it an ideal summer resort. Mr. Wilson erected water works upon his place which supply the large hotels of the Pocono Mountains with water, as well as the "Chestnut Grove House." For several years lie was also engaged in mercantile trade in connection with his other business, but sold his store a few years before his death and gave his entire attention to the hotel business. He died very suddenly in September, 1897, honored and respected by all who knew him. He was identified largely with all interests calculated to advance the welfare of his town or county, was a Democrat in politics, and was called upon to fill a number of local offices of trust and responsibility. He was reared in the Protestant faith, and though he never united with any religious denomination, he gave liberally to the support of all churches in his village. Socially he was quite popular, made many warm friends, and was a worthy member of Mountain Home Lodge, I. O. O. F. Among the many who mourned his death were his city guests, who came from New York and Philadelphia to attend his funeral.

Having no children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson some nineteen years ago adopted a child, Ida Kirkuff, whom they educated and reared as one of their own. Mrs. Wilson is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mt. Pocono, and a most estimable lady, her friends and acquaint- ances being many. Since her husband's death she has continued to conduct the boarding house with marked success, as she is a woman of unusual busi- ness ability and good judgment.

NELSON K. DETRICK, of Spragueville, Monroe county, is regarded as one of the repre- sentative citizens of that locality. His extensive business interests have brought him into promi- nence in financial circles while his public spirit has been shown in many ways and notably in his able and efficient service in the office of county com- missioner.

Mr. Detrick was born June 18, 1842, in Middle Smithfield township, Monroe county, where his family has long been well known. Elias Detrick, the grandfather of our subject, was of German blood and came to Monroe county ( then Northamp- ton), in early manhood, locating in what is now Middle Smithfield township, where he purchased land and cleared a farm. He married Miss Mary E. Mosey, and had seventeen children, all of whom lived to adult age except Mary. The others' were: Daniel, Philip, Jacob, Elias, Jesse, John, Martin, William, Katie ( Mrs. William Drake), Martha ( Mrs. Bartrown), Mrs. Julie Fleming, Mrs. Mary Eve

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Hoffman, Mrs. Philip Labar, Mrs. Sally Chanibers, Mrs. Susan Hoffman and Joseph.

Jesse Detrick, our subject's father, was born in Northampton county, and his youth was spent at the old homestead in Middle Smithfield town- ship, where he received a public-school education. In 1840 he married Miss Catherine Kirendall, and removed to Stroud township, two miles east of Spragueville, where he bought one hundred acres of wild land. This he cleared for a homestead, and his remaining years were passed there, his death occurring in 1875. His widow now resides at Spragueville. Of their family of eight children our subject is the eldest. (2) Mary, died at the age of thirty-three, unmarried. (3) Depeu S., a farm- er in Price township, married Miss Amanda LeBar, of Monroe county, and has had five children, David, Mrs. Flora Landers, Susie, Ella, and one deceased. (4) Dimick, a farmer in Paradise township, Mon- roe county, married' Miss Norra Dennis, of the same county, and has three children. George, Electa and Harvey. (5) James was killed in early man- hood in an accident at the railroad station at Spragueville.

(6) Charles, who resides near Spragueville, and is engaged in the stone and lum- ber business, married Miss Alice Miller, of Monroe county, and has had two children, Corell V., and Olive. (7) John resides with his mother at Spragueville. (8) Amanda married Samuel Arn- old. a farmer of Stroud township, and has had three children, Charles, Dessie and Francis.

Our subject grew to manhood in Stroud town- ship, his educational opportunites being limited to. the district schools of the neighborhood. When he was twelve years old his father began to hire him out among the farmers of the vicinity, and his time was chiefly spent in this work until he reached the age of twenty. He then began lumbering on con- tract, still assisting his father with his earnings and in the clearing and cultivation of the homestead. At the age of twenty-two he engaged in the manu- facture of hoop poles, his stock being shipped to the New York market, and later he formed a partner- ship with Mr. Delp in the hotel business at East Stroudsburg. In 1866 he sold out his interest, then opened a restaurant in Spragueville, and after a time he took out a license and conducted a hotel and grocery. For about twelve years he was in mercantile business, and in the meantime he invest- ed in real estate in Spragueville and vicinity. In 1879 he purchased his father's homestead where he resided until 1885. He then removed to Bartons- ville, where he conducted a store for two years, but in 1887 he transferred his operations to Sprague- ville. Afterward he spent four years in mercantile business in Henryville, but sold his store to his son Stewart and returned to Spragueville, where he has since resided. He engaged in the manufacture of baskets of all kinds, and in lumbering, having an extensive business in planing and the manu- facture of moldings, mining ties and props and similar supplies. He owns 480 acres of timber

lands in Middle Smithfield township, also two other tracts in Stroud township, besides real estate in Stroudsburg, and Spragueville and a half-interest in a stone quarry in Stroud township. At present he is building a large residence in Spragueville where he has several other dwelling houses. Po- litically he is a Jacksonian Democrat, and in 1892 he was elected to the office of county commissioner which he has filled for three years with credit to himself and satisfaction to the public. He has also served two terms as supervisor of Stroud township, and at present is town auditor.

In 1867 Mr. Detrick married Miss Susan Rine- hart, daughter of Peter and Mary Rinehart, of Monroe county, and a member of a prominent fam- ily. Of their eight children: (1) Vanorris. who is engaged in business at Spragueville with his father, married Miss Carrie Rinker, of Jackson, Monroe county, and has one daughter Gertrude. (2) Stew- ard, who now has a store and factory at Sprague- ville, married Miss Rosie Warrick, of Paradise, Monroe county, and has one son, Frederick. (3) Laura married Warren Cramer, of Stroud town- ship, and has three children, Chauncey M., Earl N., and Layton. (4) William, a resident of Sprague- ville, married Miss Sallie Row, of Stroud township. (5) Lewis A., who resides with his father married Miss Mary Shiffer, of Pocono township, Monroe county. (6) Robert J. and (7) Herbert P. (twins) were born in 1880, and are still at home. (8) Charles, born in 1882, also resides with his parents. The family is prominent socially, and is identified with the Methodist Church at Spragueville, of which Mr. Detrick is a leading member, being a trustee at the present time. He also belongs to the P. O. S. of A. of Spragueville, and to the I. O. O. F., East Stroudsburg Lodge No. 946, at Stroudsburg, of which he was a charter member.

JOHN A. GILMORE (deceased) was for several years an honored and highly respected citi- zen of Delaware township, Pike county, where his family still reside. He was born in New York City, June 23, 1840, and was a son of William and Margaret (Ladley) Gilmore, natives of Ireland, who at an early day came to America and settled in New York City, where the father conducted a hard- ware store. Their children were: Robert, who married Margaret Gilmore, a cousin, and both are now deceased ; William (deceased), who wedded Mary A. -; Margaret, deceased wife of John Adda ; John A., the subject of this sketch ; Samuel, who is married to Kate -, and is now living . retired in New York.

When quite young John A. Gilmore came to Pike county with his brother, but soon returned home, and did not locate permanently here until 1867, when he purchased the homestead of the fam- ily. Though his residence was here, he carried on business in Jersey City, and at the time of his death had a contract for sprinkling the streets of that place. During the dark days of the Civil war he

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responded to his country's call for aid, enlisting at Jersey City, March 25, 1863, in Company D, 40th N. J. V. I., under Capt. Maurice C. Stafford, and participated in the battles of Hatcher's Run, Fort Steadman, Petersburg, Sailor's Creek, Farmville and Appomattox. Fortunately he was never wounded, and when the war was over, and his services no longer needed, he was honorably dis- charged July 15, 1865. Later he was an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was also connected with the Knights of Pythias. He was killed September 6, 1887, by falling from his sprinkling cart, and his remains were interred in McFieldings cemetery, Hoboken, N. J. Where- ever known he was held in high regard, and his friends throughout Pike county were many.

In New York City, November 11, 1862, Mr. Gilmore was united in marriage with Miss Jessie F. Gilmore, who proved a true helpmeet to him, and since his death she has most successfully managed her business affairs. She presides with gracious dignity over her elegantly furnished home in Dela- ware township, where she entertains boarders dur- ing the summer seasons, and she also skillfully manages the operation of her fine farm. She has a family of seven children, namely: Marian C., wife of Thomas Foster, who is engaged in the express business in Jersey City ; Rev. Alfred, a Baptist min- ister, who married May Gardner, and now resides in Laurel Spring, N. J .; William E., a farmer of Delaware township, Pike county, who married Eva- line McMurray ; Margaret F., wife of Allen Horn- beck, of Dingman's Ferry ; Jessie F., wife of Peter Townsend, who is conducting a restaurant in Jersey City ; and C. Olivia and Jeanette P., both at home.

Mrs. Gilmore is a native of Liverpool, England, and a daughter of William and Jessie (Cristy) Dodd, the former also a native of Liverpool, the latter of Scotland. The father, who was a silver- smith by trade, died in England, in 1845, at the age of twenty-six years. In 1850, the mother, with her three children, came to the United States and first located in Paterson, N. J., but now makes her home in Corry, Penn. Mary, the eldest child, died in in- fancy ; Mrs. Gilmore is next in the order of birth; and William married Margaret Broady, and is a machinist of Brooklyn, N. Y. The mother is now the wife of Owen Jones, a retired machinist and locomotive builder, and a prominent citizen of Corry, Penn. By this union she has six children : Emily C., Susie, Eva, Adelaide, Kate and Marian.

GARDNER. The Gardner family of Susque- hanna county, from which descended the late Peter Harris Gardner, M. D., of Clifford, whose practice in medicine in Wyoming and Susquehanna coun- ties covered a period of fifty years, followed by that of his son, Edward R. Gardner, who at this time is one of the talented and successful physicians of Montrose, is one of historic note in the annals of Pennsylvania. Dr. Peter Harris Gardner was of

the sixth generation from Stephen Gardner. of East Greenwich, R. I., the line of his descent being through Perigreen Gardner, John Gardner, Rich- ard Gardner and John Gardner (2).

II. Perigreen Gardner, son of Stephen Gard- ner, was born in East Greenwich, R. I., about 1710. He married Susanna Robinson, of South Kingston, and to them were born eight children. The fam- ily removed to New London, Conn., in about 1747.

III. John Gardner, son of Perigreen Gard- ner, was born in 1737. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Mumford, who were sureties for Gilbert Stewart, the famous por- trait painter of the Revolutionary period, in the baptism of his infant son Gilbert, in 1756. John Gardner, with his wife and their two children, Richard and Thankful, in about 1771 removed to Exeter, in the Wyoming Valley, Penn. Mr. Gard- ner was elected a town officer at the first election held there, in 1774, and became a prominent and patriotic citizen of the place. On June 30, 1778, a day memorable in the annals of Wyoming. Valley, Mr. Gardner and seven of his neighbors were peacefully pursuing their vocation, at work in their fields, some three miles up the river from Fort Jackson, when their party was attacked by the In- dians, and four of them were killed and scalped ; one escaped, and the other three, including Mr. Gardner, were taken prisoners. On the morning of July 4, following, the family of John Gardner were permitted to see and take leave of him. His captors then placed a heavy load on his shoulders, and he was led away, saying, as he took his de- parture, "I go to return no more." He proceeded under his burden as far as "Standing Stone," in Bradford county, where he fell crushed to the ground by the great weight of his burden. He was then handed over to the squaws, who drove. slivers of pine into his flesh and tortured him to death by fire. Miner, in his history of Exeter, makes special mention of John Gardner. An ac- count of his captivity was also written by Steuben Jenkins, as related by Elisha Harding, then a boy, an eye-witness to the circumstance. The mother and children, after the massacre, made their way on foot back .to their friends in Connecticut, passing en route over mountains and through the "Shades of Death," in northern Pennsylvania.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 53

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