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the daughter of Minor C. Tubbs, and granddaugh: ter of Charles Tubbs, who was born in Luzerne county, Penn., and passed his entire life there, en- gaged in farming ; he married Catherine Benscoter. Minor C. Tubbs was born January 29, 1820, in Lu- zerne county, where he was reared, and at the age of sixteen years came to Susquehanna county, in 1840 buying a tract of seventy acres in Auburn township, to which he subsequently added until he was the owner of a fine farm of 200 acres. He fol- lowed agriculture for the most part, though in 1854-55 he was in California, mining in the gold fields. He was not particularly successful in this venture. In December, 1841, Minor C. Tubbs was married in South Auburn to Miss Margaret Daw- son, who was born in Auburn township August 19, 1825, and they became the parents of the fol- lowing named children: Sarah, who is the wife of B. L. Taylor, of Auburn township; Edward, who died young; Hanford M., who died at the age of fourteen years; Eliza F., who died at the age of ten years; Alzada, wife of George Hurlinger, of Scranton, Penn. ; and Dora E. and Nora O., twins, the former deceased, the latter the wife of Frank W. Gay. Mr. Tubbs passed away May II, 1880, an earnest member of the M. E. Church. Politically he was a Republican, but he took no part in public or political affairs beyond casting his vote.
Edward Dawson, father of Mrs. Margaret (Dawson) Tubbs, was born August 21, 1796, in London, England. His father was a sea captain. When about eighteen years old he came to Amer- ica, locating in South Auburn, Susquehanna Co., Penn., where he bought land, and engaged in farm- ing for the remainder of his days, his death occur- ring September 26, 1877. He was married, in Braintrim, Wyoming county, to Miss Sally Dickin- son, who was born in Luzerne county, Penn., daugh- ter of Jesse and Rachel (Harker) Dickinson, and they had a large family, as follows: Mary Ann, deceased, was the wife of Nathan Green: Susan, Mrs. G. Benscoter, is deceased; Margaret is the widow of Minor C. Tubbs : Eliza L., deceased, was the wife of Monroe Sturdevant: Edward, a spec- ulator, lives in the State of Washington; Thomas is deceased ; Martha is the wife of Almon Picket, of Carter, N. Y .; Hannah M. is the widow of H. Sturdevant ; Fidelia married H. Baldwin, of Wyo- ming county ; Harriet, deceased, was married to John Green, of Iowa; G. F. is a resident of Wyo- ming county.
WILLIAM W. HARDY is one of the well- known citizens of Glenwood, Susquehanna county. Enlisting when a boy of sixteen in the Civil war, he served until the close of the great conflict, and since then has been intimately associated with the development of Lenox township, Susquehanna county.
Israel Hardy, the grandfather of cur subject, was a native of Scotland. Emigrating to America, he here served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
His son, Lauren M. Hardy, father of our subject, was born in New Hampshire, July 28, 1812, and when a boy removed with his parents to the State of New York. In Tioga county he married Sarah J. Tay- lor, who was a relative of President Zachary Tay- lor. He followed farming and milling in his younger days, and about 1851 came to Lenox town- ship, Susquehanna county; he built a shoe shop at Glenwood, and later operated the Grow mill for many years. In politics he was a Republican. He died July 22, 1888, his wife in 1861. Their fam- ily consisted of nine children, as follows: Charles L., who died in August, 1864; Elizabeth, wife of S. Sisco, of Lenoxville; Augusta, who married Theron Hinkley, and is now deceased; Ira D., an engineer, of Luzerne county, who enlisted during the Civil war in Company A, 107th P. V. I., later in Company B, 143rd Regiment, and was twice wounded in battle; David N., a farmer of Lenox township, who was also a soldier in the Civil war, serving in Company A, 107th P. V. I., and was wounded ; William W., our subject ; Allen, who died young ; Antoinette, who married A. W. Miles, of Lenox township, and is now deceased ; and George W., deceased.
William W. Hardy was born in Tioga county, N. Y., February 8, 1848, and when a child was brought by his parents to Lenox township. He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of sixteen, March 28, 1864, enlisted in Com- pany A, Ist Penn. Light Artillery, serving until after the close of the war. Mr. Hardy was pres- ent at the capture of Fort Harrison, participated in the siege of Petersburg, and in the battle of Seven Pines or Old Fair Oaks. He was mustered out July 25, 1865, and for two years after his return home from the South was unable to work. He was married in Lenox township to Emma V. Barnes, who died in 1879, leaving one son, Ralph, now at home. For his second wife, Mr. Hardy married, on December 4, 1886, Sarah Effie Quick, who was born April 13, 1864, daughter of Edwin and Cath- erine (Smith) Quick, and granddaughter of Tim- othy Quick, a native of Sussex county, N. J., of German descent. Edwin Quick was born in Wvo- mning county, and is now living in Lenox township; his wife, also a native of Wyoming county, died March II, 1876. Their two children were Sarah Effie, wife of our subject ; and Frederick, a resident of Cortland, N. Y. To William W. and Sarah Effie Hardy have been born three children: Fred N., born May 16, 1889; Lena K., born October 3, 1891 ;. and Marjorie S., born March 25, 1894, all at home.
For some years after his marriage our subject leased land in Lenox township. He then pur- chased a farm near Glenwood, in partnership with his brother, to whom he afterward sold his share. He then bought a house and lot in Glenwood and built a store. He has now retired from active life. In politics Mr. Hardy is a strong Republican, has served as constable and as collector for two years,
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and has been a member of the election board. He is a leading member of Capt. Lyon Post No. 85, G. A. R., of Glenwood, and of Nicholson Lodge No. 438, F. & A. M. Himself and wife are mem- bers of the Grange. Both are also members of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Hardy taught school for five years in Lenox, Lathrop, and Nicholson townships, and presides with grace and dignity in one of the cultured homes of Glenwood.
CHARLES HAYDEN KELLUM is one of the successful business men of Hopbottom, Susque- hanna county. For many years he prospered as the genial keeper of a hotel at Hopbottom, and in re- cent years he has greatly enlarged his business operations. He has extensive real-estate interests in the village, and is an earnest worker in all that pertains to the gain and advancement of the com- munity. He carries on fruit farming adjacent to the village, and is one of the best-known and most enterprising citizens.
The family is one of the oldest in Susquehanna county. Lyman W. Kellum, the father of our sub- ject, was born in Bridgewater township, June 10, 1812, son of Elisha Kellum, who died when Lyman was a boy. Elisha Kellum, the grandfather, was related to Luther Kellum, the Revolutionary sol- dier, born in 1760, who migrated to Forest Lake township from Stonington, Conn., in 1803, and died in 1846, leaving a large family.
Lyman W. Kellum was raised on the farm, and in his youth acquired the trade of a carpenter. He was a man of enterprise and business ability, and at Brooklyn Center built the hotel which he con- ducted for many years. In 1878 he built the hotel at Hopbottom, which he carried on until his death, August 21, 1880. Politically he was a radical Dem- ocrat, and in Hopbottom served for fifteen years as justice of the peace. He was also elected tax col- lector, school director and to other local offices. On February 22, 1839, he was married to Sally Ann Williams, daughter of Stephen Williams, an early settler of Brooklyn township, where she was born February 14, 1817, and died September 19, 1891. The children of Lyman W. and Sally Ann Kellum were as follows: Fannie M., born November 21, 1839, wife of Truman Bell; Eliza Abigail, born November 14, 1842, who died April II, 1895; Ar- thur Wesley, born March 14, 1846, who died May 14, 1847 ; Samuel Wesley, born February 13, 1849, for many years telegraph dispatcher in the D. L. & W. office at Scranton, and now engaged in the bicycle business in that city; William Biglow, born Octo- ber 19. 1851, a telegraph operator for the D. L. & WV. road, at Scranton; and Charles Hayden, our subject, born in Lathrop township May 27, 1859. Charles H. Kellum was reared in Lathrop town- ship, receiving his education in the common schools. At the age of sixteen years he began on his own account the battle of life. Going to Scranton, Penn., he there worked for two years in a hotel, and returning home engaged in the hotel business.
which he conducted successfully until 1892, when he sold the property to Mr. Bowdish. Soon after he moved to his present home. Mr. Kellum was married, in Lathrop township, on March 24, 1883, to Annie M. Terwilliger, who was born April 19, 1861, daughter of George B. and Fannie Eliza (Smedes) Terwilliger, natives of Orange county, N. Y., and granddaughter of Abraham and Chris- tina (Howell) Terwilliger. The father of Christina Howell was an emigrant from England. Mrs. Kel- lum's maternal grandparents, Andrew and Ann (Taylor) Smedes, lived in Orange county, N. Y., where she died; he passed away in Gibson township. George B. Terwilliger moved to Sus- quehanna county in 1871, and the widow is now living in Gibson township, where they made their home; he died in August, 1893, in Scranton. His children were as follows: Theodore E., a butcher of Scranton, Penn .; Marv I., wife of Alvin Sweet, of Gibson township; Margaret Ann, wife of our subject ; Frances, who married P. Marcy, a mer- chant of Honesdale, Wayne Co., Penn .; James N., a merchant of Pittston, Penn .; Charles H., deputy constable and tax collector of the Second ward, at Scranton, Penn. ; Christina, wife of Eugene Hallock, of Maplewood, Penn. ; Kate E., wife of Orson Hal- lock, of Scranton; Fred, a butcher of Scranton; Eveline, wife of Claude Van Gorder, of Gibson township; and Merle, who died in August, 1880, aged three years.
To our subject and wife have been born three children: Lyman W., born April 7, 1884; H. Charles, born July 31, 1893 ; and Eliza Abigail, born October 7, 1895. After selling the hotel property, in 1892, Mr. Kellum purchased twenty-eight acres of land in the borough of Hopbottom, part of which he laid out into building lots and sold-among the lots disposed of being that upon which the M. E. church was erected. In 1891 he erected several dwelling houses, which he has since rented. He is, engaged in farming in a small way, giving especial attention to fruits and poultry. He and his wife are attendants of the Universalist Church, of which his parents were members, and in politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Kellum has for ten years served as a member of the borough council. and is now holding that administrative office; has also been school director for the past three years ; and is serv- ing on the election board. He is a prominent cit- izen, of progressive ideas, of that type to which all communities owe their material advancement.
GUILFORD S. TINGLEY, county commis- sioner of Susquehanna county, and a well known coal merchant of Herrick Centre, has been identified with the interests of that county for almost forty years. He was born in Greenfield township, Lu- zerne (now Lackawanna) Co., Penn., September 13, 1'838, a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Clark) Tingley, the former a native of Attleboro, Mass., the latter of Danbury, Connecticut.
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progenitor in America came from Manchester, Eng- land, in 1692, locating in Massachusetts. He served with distinction as an officer in the Revolutionary war. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Elkanalı Tingley, was also born in Attleboro, and came to Susquehanna county, Penn., in 1795. Throughout life our subject's father followed farming. He was born November 28, 1788, and died in April, 1850, in Grenfield township, Lackawanna county, where he had made his home since marriage. His remains were interred in a private cemetery in Clifford town- ship, Susquehanna county, near the old homestead. The mother died September 4, 1878, at the age of seventy years, and was buried in the new Clifford cemetery. Both held membership in the Baptist Church. The children born of this union were as follows : Ansley, born December 27, 1832, died July 28, 1833; Friend G., born February 24, 1834, is a farmer of Herrick township, Susquehanna county ; Anson A., born November 30, 1836, lives at Union- dale; Guilford S., our subject, is next in the order of birth ; Ashford B., born January 3, 1840, and San- ford B., born February 18, 1842, are both farmers in Herrick township: Sarah P., born September 3, 1843, is the wife of Russel Carpenter, a veterinary surgeon of Carbondale, Penn. ; Thomas J., born No- vember 24,. 1845, is a machinist of Susquehanna ; and Eliza H., born February 24, 1847, is the wife of Jerome Kishbaugh, a farmer of Herrick township. For his first wife Benjamin Tingley, the father, married Miss Betsy Millard, daughter of Solomon Millard, of Connecticut, a Revolutionary soldier, who settled in Lenox township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., in 1796. Ten children were born of that union, namely : Benajah, Elkanah, Joel, Ransom E., George and Edwin, all deceased ; Jeremiah, a resident of Binghamton, N. Y. ; Mrs. Nancy Roles and Mrs. Zilphia Stevens, both deceased; and Julina, who was the widow of Freeman Tingley, and resided on the old homestead in Harford township, Susquehana county, prior to her decease.
Guilford S. Tingley continued to reside upon . the home farm with his mother until twenty-one years of age, and then purchased a farm in Herrick township, which he successfully operated until 1892. In 1860 he removed from Lackawanna county to Herrick Centre, and since 1885 has carried on the coal business at that place with marked success.
On May 23, 1869, in Herrick township, Mr. Tingley married Miss Martha P. Meyers, the cere- mony being performed by Rev. William Churchill, a Methodist Episcopal minister. They have one child, Raymond M., who was born July 21, 1870, and was appointed postmaster of Herrick Centre in January, 1898. The following April he embarked in merchandising at that place, and erected huis pres- ent store building.
Mrs. Tingley was born in Herrick Centre, Feb- ruary 7, 1849, a daughter of John M. and Mary A. (Rouse) Meyers, who were born, reared and married in Monroe county, Penn. At Mt. Pocono the father erected a hotel for other parties, but as
he was not paid for his work he took charge of the same, and successfully conducted it for some years. He was a carpenter by trade, and followed that pur- suit in connection with farming during his younger years. In March, 1848, he removed to Herrick Centre, where he built another hotel, carrying it on until his death. From childhood he was a faithful member of the Baptist Church, and was instru- mental in building the house of worship for that de- nomination at Herrick Centre. He was a school di- rector for many years. He was born July 13, 1816, and died January 29, 1886, while his wife, born May 20, 1814, died March 26, 1894, the remains of both being interred in the Meyers cemetery, a private burying-ground on the old home farm. The place is still in the possession of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers had five children : Israel, a prominent tanner and sawmill owner of West Virginia; Sam- tiel, deceased ; Jane, wife of Hon. T. H. B. Lyon, a judge of Schuylkill county, Penn .; Martha M., wife of our subject ; and Morris, who died young. Mrs. Tingley's paternal grandparents were Simon M. and Susan (Sherley) Meyers, natives of Monroe county, Penn., the former a son of Simon Meyers, Sr., a native of Germany. Her maternal grandpar- ents, John and Susan (Shaffer) Rouse, were also residents of Monroe county.
Socially Mr. Tingley is a member of Belmont Lodge No. 1070, I. O. O. F., of Uniondale; and Moosic Lodge No. 472, F. & A. M., of the same place. He is a stanch supporter of the Republican party and its principles, and has been honored with several public positions of honor and trust, having served as school director nine years, poormaster a three-years' term. He was re-elected in 1896, and and in 1887 he was elected county commissioner for a three-years' term. He was re-elected in 1896, and has recently been renominated for the same position, without opposition, being elected by a large major- ity. The family is one of prominence in the com- munity where they live. They are intellectual and well informed, and the son has one of the largest and best selected libraries in Susquehanna county. He is a member of the Episcopal Church.
PERLEY L. SHELP, an energetic and pro- gressive agriculturist of Jessup township, Susque- hanna county, was born on his present farm, April 17, 1859, a son of John and Clarissa (Lewis) Shelp, also natives of Jessup township, who located where our subject is now living in 1856. The father died in June, 1894, at the age of seventy-one years, after a long and useful career, the mother December I, 1897, at the age of seventy, and the remains of both were interred in Fairdale cemetery. They were sincere and faithful members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and in politics the father was first a Republican and later a Prohibitionist. To them were born three children, namely: Freeman, who died November 22, 1849, aged three years; Eliza- beth, who died July 1, 1856, aged nine years; and Perley L., our subject. The paternal grandparents
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were John and Abigail ( Walbridge) Shelp, and the maternal grandparents were James and Betsy ( Ross ) Lewis.
Being the only child of the family to reach years of maturity, Perley L. Shelp never left home. His education was acquired in the schools of the neighborhood. He is now the owner of the old homestead, comprising 125 acres, and being a thorough and skillful farmer, he has met with marked success in its operation. Fraternally he is a member of the Grange, and politically affiliates with the Prohibition party, as he is a strong tem- perance man and does all in his power to put down the liquor traffic. He is a prominent and influential member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has served as class-leader for the past twenty years, and as trustee for the past twelve years.
At Fairdale, December 8, 1879, Mr. Shelp was united in marriage with Miss Alma C. Roy, a native of Sussex county, N. J., by whom he has had two children, Sadie E. and Carrie M.
Milton Roy, father of Mrs. Shelp, was born in Sussex county, N. J., six miles from Newton, Sep- tember 5, 1826, a son of John and Esther ( Dodder ) Roy, who spent their entire lives there, engaged in farming, the father dying in 1836, aged fifty-seven years, the mother in 1873, aged .eighty ; their re- mains were interred in Hardwick Church cemetery, that county. They were Presbyterians in religious faith, and in politics the father was a Whig. Their children were Henrietta, deceased, who ( first) mar- ried Henry Goble, and (second) J. R. Field; Aus- tin, who died in Chicago, Ill .; Irene, who married I. C. Snook, and died in New Jersey ; Bowdine, an agriculturist of Sussex county, N. J .; Insley, who died in that county; Milton, father of Mrs. Shelp; Catherine, wife of Malanchen Beach, of Bayonne, N. J .; Sarah M., wife of J. C. Beach, a farmer of Island Lake, Minn .; and Albert, a dairyman, of Elmira, N. Y. The founder of the family in Amer- ica was John Roy, the great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Shelp, who came to this country at an early day and located at Basking Ridge, N. J., where he followed farming during the remainder of his life. Her great-grandparents were Stephen and - ( Kil- patrick ) Roy, of Basking Ridge, who became pioneers of Sussex county, N. J., where the former purchased 700 acres of land, on which he engaged in farming until called from this life, in 1829, at the age of eighty-four years. He was thrice married, the sec- ond time to a Mrs. Deatz, the third to a Mrs. Win- termuth.
Milton Roy passed his boyhood and youth un- der the parental roof, and remained on the old home- stead for one year after his marriage. He then purchased a farm four miles from Newton, N. J., operating that place from 1852 until 1868, when he sold the farm and moved on one adjoining. In 1869 he rented the old farm and moved back again. In the spring of 1870 he and his brother Albert came to Susquehanna county, Penn., and bought a
farm in Jessup township, which they carried on to- gether for two years, and after the removal of the brother Milton Roy operated it alone for fourteen years. He then located on a lot near his present farm, and to the latter removed in 1886. He is now engaged in the meat business in Fairdale. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, having first been a Re- publican, and has served as township clerk for four years. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has filled the office of steward. Mr. Roy was first married, in his native county, February 13, 1851, to Miss Malinda E. Hendershot, daughter of Jesse and Margaret (Thompson) Hendershot, of that county. She was born there, and died at the present home of the family, in April, 1891, at the age of sixty-one years, being laid to rest in Fairdale cemetery. To Mr. and Mrs. Roy were born the following children: J. Al- bert, who married Anna B. Pittinger, and is a car- penter of Newton, N. J .; Jesse, who died at the age of one year ; Levi, who married Nellie Hall and died in 1898; Sarah A., wife of J. B. Sheen, who is en- gaged in the milk business in Wilkes Barre, Penn .; and Catherine Alma, wife of our subject. On March 2, 1892, at the residence of J. B. Sheen, in Dimock township, Susquehanna county, Mr. Roy married for his second wife Mrs. Cordelia S. Risley, a native of Lenox, Susquehanna county, and a daughter of Abijah and Sarah (Dickson) Hinkley. She has been three times married, first to Sylvester Snyder, and second to Benjamin Risley.
JOHN W. McLEOD, a leading and influen- tial member of the agricultural community of Lib- erty township, Susquehanna county, was born in Broome county, N. Y., in January, 1843, a son of Alexander and Catherine (Rulison) McLeod. The father was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1812, and was a son of Zenas and Ellen McLeod, natives of the same place, whence they removed to Broome coun- ty, locating on a farm where they reared their fam- ily. The only one of their children now living is William, a resident of Oil City, Pennsylvania.
Alexander McLeod, our subject's father, grew to manhood in Broome county, where he received a fair education. In 1835 he married Miss Cath- erine Rulison, who was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1817, a daughter of Ralph and Elsie Rulison, of that county. For some years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. McLeod lived in Mont- gomery county, in 1842 locating on a farm in Broome county, near the Pennsylvania State line, where he cleared a small tract of land. Selling that place they came to Susquehanna county, Penn., in 1855, and lived at Mud Lake for some time be- fore purchasing the farm in Liberty township where our subject now resides. Here the father died in 1881, since which time the mother, now eighty-two years of age, has found a pleasant home with our subject and his wife. In the family were ten chil- dren, namely: (1) Nelson, born in New York State, in 1836, is a resident of Allegheny county,
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Penn., where he married Frone Paddock, and they have two children, Delbert and Kitty. (2). Ralph, born in New York State, in 1837, married Amanda Speerbeck, of Great Bend, Penn., and they reside on a farm in Broome county. They have one daughter, Alice, now the wife of George Rose, of Great Bend. (3) Ellen, born in June, 1839, is the wife of Lewis W. Chichester, of Great Bend, who is a veteran of the Civil war, and they have seven children, Alice, William, Arthur, Frederick, Walter, Stella and Georgie. (4) John W., our subject, is next in the order of birth. (5) Enos, born in 1844, enlisted in the State service during the Civil war, and died soon after its close, at the age of twenty- five years. (6) Elsie, born in February, 1847, is the wife of Andrew Warner, of Liberty township, and they have two children, Delbert and Nettie ( wife of Ralph Blowers, of Franklin Forks ). (7) Emma, born in September, 1849, married A. G. Preston, of Great Bend, Penn., and now lives in Lincoln, Neb. They have five children, Franklin, Susan, Mamie, Willie and Ezekiel. (8) Catherine, born January 22, 1852, is the wife of Charles Odell, of Susquehanna, and they have two sons, George and William. (9) Francis, born in May, 1854, was edu- cated in the district schools of Liberty township, and when a young man learned the cigar-making trade, which he followed in Binghamton, N. Y., for nine years. In 1873 he wedded Mary Beagle, of Susquehanna, a daughter of Garrett and Pris- cilla Beagle, pioneers of that town, and they lo- cated in Lawsville Centre, where Mrs. McLeod died in 1877. (10) Jane, born in July, 1859, is now the wife of George Halsey, of Franklin town- ship, Susquehanna county, and they have two chil- dren, Etta May and Willie.
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