Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 76

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Reared on the home farm in Liberty township, John W. McLeod obtained his education in the dis- trict schools of the locality. In October, 1861, he was united in marriage with Miss Emma Craik, of Silver Lake township, a daughter of John and Henrietta (Eakin) Craik, the former born in Scot- land, in 1795, the latter in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1814. Mrs. Craik was reared in her native city, but was married in Susquehanna county, and she and her husband afterward made their home in Silver Lake township, where Mrs. McLeod grew to wom- anhood. Having no children of their own, our subject and his wife have adopted Miss Bessie Myers, whom they have reared from childhood and whose mother was a niece of Mrs. McLeod.

After his marriage Mr. McLeod located in Lawsville, where he left his young wife on entering the service of his country, in August. 1862. He was sworn into the United States service at Camp Curtin, as a member of Company H. 14Ist P. V. I., which was assigned to the Army of the Potomac under Gen. McDill. While at Harrisburg he and eleven companions were poisoned by eating fruit given them by a Rebel spy at one of the fruit stands of the city, and all died with the exception of our subject and one other. Mr. McLeod remained in

the hospital there for some time, and after joining his regiment at Arlington Heights was again placed in the hospital. Later he marched with his command to Camp Smith and participated in the second battle of Bull Run, after which they marched to Roanoke, Va. From here Mr. McLeod was sent back to the hospital in Washington, D. C., where he was honorably discharged, as the poison was still in his system and he was unable to do army duty. He returned to his home in Lawsville, and in 1870 removed to Binghamton, N. Y., living there until after the death of his father, in 1881, when he returned to the old homestead at Lawsville, where he has since resided, his time and attention being devoted to general farming and stock raising.

Politically Mr. McLeod has always been identi- fied with the Republican party, and has taken an active and commendable interest in public affairs in his township. Both he and his wife are earnest and consistent members of the Baptist Church, in which he serves as deacon, and they take an active and prominent part in religious work, to which they contribute liberally of their means. They have a wide circle of friends and acquaintances through- out the county, and justly merit the high regard in which they are universally held.

HOLLOWAY ROBINSON lives upon a farm (rented by his son Harry M.) owned by Silas B. Hartley, to whom it was conveyed some years ago. The grandfather of our subject, Bryant Robinson, was one of the earliest settlers of Lenox township. He served in the Revolutionary army, and at the close of the war was among the tide of emigrants who sought Western homes. He lived for some years near Wilkes Barre, then in 1796 settled in Lenox township, Susquehanna county, where he died not many years later, at the age of fifty- five years, leaving a family of three sons and two daughters: John, who in 1837 migrated to Ohio; James S., the father of our subject; Daniel, who settled in Lenox township, and reared a large fam- ily: Betsey, who married Nathan B. Foote, of Lenox township, and died in McKean county ; and Rhoda, who married a Mr. Wilsey, of Lenox township.

James Scott Robinson, the father of our sub- ject, was born near Wilkes Barre, October 16, 1792, and was three years of age when he came with his parents to Lenox township. He married Lucy Jayne, who was born in Wyoming county, Septem- ber 7, 1803, daughter of Samuel and Elsie (Stephens) Jayne. James S. Robinson bought a farm of 126 acres of wild land in the southeastern part of Lenox township, and there lived through life. He was drafted in the war of 1812 for the defense of Baltimore, and was a pensioner at the time of his death. He remained a prominent citi- zen of the township to an advanced age, and died May 24, 1886, when in his ninety-fourth year ; his wife died in December, 1890, in her eighty-eighth year. Their family consisted of the following chil-

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dren : Elizabeth, who married Lucius D. Hartson, and moved to Nebraska; Emeline, who married Nelson Jenkins; Holloway, our subject; Elsie, of Lenox township; Mary Jane, who married J. R. Johnson, who moved to Nebraska; James M., of McKean county ; Milo J., of Vineland, N. J. ; Daniel, of Lenox township; Samuel D., of Fleetville, Lackawanna county; Lucy M., who died young ; and Elroy, of Lenox township.

Holloway Robinson, our subject, was born in Lenox township, January 26, 1826. He received only a common-school education, but he was an apt pupil, and at the age of seventeen years be- came a school teacher, for twelve winters teaching in the neighboring districts. He was married, in 1867, to Delia Stephens, who was born in Nichol- son township, Wyoming county, in 1838, daughter of Jesse and Juliana (.Billings) Stephens. To our subject and wife have been born three children : Harry M., who is living at home; Bertha, who is a nurse in the Emergency hospital at Carbondale ; and Lorin Bryant, at home.

Our subject came into possession of the old homestead of 126 acres, and added to it forty acres, two-thirds of which he cleared. Assisted by his son, he is engaged in general and dairy farm- ing, also huckstering in the Carbondale market. Mr. Robinson is a member of the Universalist Church, and in politics is a Free-Silver Demo- crat. He has held various offices in the township, is interested in, all questions of public moment, and ranks high among the thinkers as well as the men of action in Lenox township.

HENRY HARRISON HARRINGTON, a leading agriculturist of Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county, is the well-known proprietor of the Fern Cliff Farm, which invariably attracts the eye of the passing traveler as being under the supervision of a thorough and skillful farmer and a man of good business qualifications.

Mr. Harrington is a native of Sussex county, N. J., having been born in Wantage township, No- vember 27, 1836. His father, John Harrington, was a native of Ireland, and on coming to the United States in 1816 located in New Jersey, where he married Miss Jemima Roloson, who was born in Wantage township, Sussex county, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Van Sickle) Roloson, also na- tives of that State. In 1838 John Harrington brought his family to Susquehanna county, and located on the farm where our subject now resides. There he died at the age of seventy-six years. In politics he was a Whig and Republican, and was overseer of the poor many years. His wife passed away at the age of eighty-four. She was a faith- ful member of the Presbyterian Church, and was highly respected by all who knew her on account of her many excellencies of character. In their family were seven children: William, who died at the age of seventy-three years; Mrs. Sarah Jane Harrison, of New Milford; Mary E. Harrington,

who died in 1879; Mathew J .; Mrs. Julia C. Town- send, who died in December, 1898; Matilda Helen, who resides with our subject; and Henry Harrison.

The subject of this review was only two years old when brought by his parents to Susquehanna county, and here he was reared to manhood, his education being obtained in the public schools of Montrose. On November 1, 1870, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Apple, a lady of superior intelligence, who was born in Plains town- ship, Luzerne Co., Penn. Her parents, William and Elizabeth (Wagner) Apple, were also natives of this State, and at an early day removed to Pitts- ton, Penn., where he was a merchant, later going to Ogle county, Ill., where both died, the former at the age of sixty-eight years, the latter at the age of seventy-eight. Both were active and prominent members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he served as elder for some time. He was a success- ful farmer and merchant, and a man of prominence, being an officer in the State militia. Eight chil- dren constituted their family: Catherine E .; Ja- cob, now a resident of Pittston, Penn .; W. H., who died in Polo, Ill .; Mary L., a resident of Clyde, Ill .; Andrew B., of Los Angeles, Cal .; Sarah E, wife of our subject; Ellen J., of Los Angeles ; H. Francis, and two who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington have two children: William A., a well-known liveryman of Montrose, Penn., is a graduate of Woods Business College, at Scranton ; and Arthur L. is at home.

Mr. Harrington has spent his entire married life on the old homestead, which is pleasantly situa- ted two miles from Montrose on the old Milford and Owego turnpike, in the early days used as a stage road. The place comprises 209 acres of val- table land, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation. He has rebuilt and enlarged the house, erected a new barn and other outbuildings, and made many other needed improvements, there- by adding greatly to its value and attractive appear- ance. Mr. Harrington is interested in both farm- ing and stock raising, and in his undertakings has met with a well-deserved success. He is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, has always taken quite an active and prominent part in local politics, and has been called upon to serve in several official positions of honor and trust, being poormaster twenty years, school director several years, and county commissioner at the present time, having been elected to that office in 1896. He has been president of the Susquehanna County Agriculturai Society, and was a member of the executive com- mittee for several years. Physically he is a large man, weighing about 200 pounds.

BARONETT J. LASURE, an honored vet- eran of the Civil war and a leading farmer of Lib- erty township, Susquehanna county, was born Sep- tember 27, 1840, in Sussex county, N. J., a son of Henry and Rachel ( Shurt) LaSure, who were born, reared and married in that State. The paternal

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grandfather, James LaSure, was a native of France, and on his emigration to America located in New Jersey, where his death occurred. Besides the father of our subject, his children were Joseph, a resident of Owego, N. Y., and Jacob and Mrs. Eliza Talmage, both of New Jersey. The mater- nal grandfather of our subject was John Shurt, who at an early day removed from New Jersey to Lib- erty township, Susquehanna county, Penn., where he died, leaving two children: Rachel, the mother of our subject; and Nelson, a resident of Tioga county, Pennsylvania.

On first coming to Susquehanna county Henry LaSure, the father of our subject, took up his resi- dence in the town of Susquehanna, but a short time afterward he moved to Snake Creek, Liberty town- ship, where for a number of years he followed the mason's and shoemaker's trades. He died in 1869. The mother is still living, at the age of eighty-one years, and now makes her home with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Gansaulas, in Franklin township, Susque- hanna county. Our subject is the eldest in their family of five children, the others being as follows : (2) Harriet, born in New Jersey, in 1843, was edu- cated in the district schools near her childhood home, and first married James Hinchman, who was a member of Company H, 4th Pennsylvania Re- serves, during the Civil war, and died from the effects of wounds received at the battle of Snicker's Gap, Va. Later she married Burdette Abel, now a resident of Binghamton, N. Y., where she died, leaving a daughter, Hattie. (3) Catherine, born in New Jersey, in 1845, married Wallace Gansaulas, of Liberty township, and they reside near Brook- dale, that township. Their children are Willian, who is married and lives in Binghamton, N. Y .; Nellie, wife of a Mr. Wilcot, of Hallstead, Penn .; Burton, a resident of Binghamton; Carrie, wife of James Hinchman, of Brookdale ; and Leroy, a resi- dent of Binghamton. (4) Dorotha, born in New Jersey in 1847, married Virgil Gansaulas, of Lib- erty township. He was a member of Company H, 4th P. R. V. C., and took part in a number of battles during the Civil war. He is now a resident of Franklin township, Susquehanna county. They have one son and two daughters, Leon, Cora and Vanecie. (5) Mary A., born in Susquehanna county, in 1851, married Benjamin Sisson, of Brookdale, where she died, leaving no family.

Reared on the old home farm in Liberty town- ship, Baronett J. LaSure was educated in the dis- trict schools of the neighborhood. Responding to his country's call for aid during the dark days of the Civil war, he enlisted, in June, 1861, in Company H, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves, which was sworn into the United States service at Camp Curtin in July, and was first ordered to Washington, D. C. Under Gen. McCall, as corps commander, and Gen. Mead, as brigade commander, they did duty in the Shenandoah Valley. Their first engagement was at Drainesville, Va., and was followed by the battles of Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862, and Gaines Mill, 21

on the Chickahominy, the following day. They were with Gen. MeClellan on his Peninsular cam- paign, the engagements at Charles City Cross Roads, and Malvern Hill, on the James river, in July, 1862. At the latter place Mr. LaSure was taken ill with typhoid fever and sent to a New York hospital, where he remained until March, 1863, rejoining his regiment in time to take part in Gen. Burnside's famous march through the mud. His brigade then returned to Washington, D. C., where they were on duty at the convalescent camp for some time, or until Lee's invasion into Pennsyl- vania. They were held in reserve during the bat- tle of Gettysburg, and then under Gen. Cook went with the army into the Shenandoah Valley, where they participated in the battles of Martinsburg, Winchester, Berrysville and Fisher's Hill. In the fall of 1864 they joined Gen. Hunter and started for Lynchburg, taking part in the battles of Clyde Mountain and of Salem on the way, and the bat- tle near Lynchburg. After Hunter's raid around Lynchburg, in which they took part as an independ- ent battalion under command of Capt. A. T. Sweet, of Harford, Penn., they re-enlisted at New Creek, Va. During that raid the regiment was surrounded by Rebels while they were covering Hunter's re- treat, and on their march from Staunton were pressed so hard by the enemy that they had to retreat all night, until reaching Martinsburg, in the Shenandoah Valley. They were with Sheridan on his raid down the Shenandoah Valley, and at Har- per's Ferry met Early's army. That engagement was followed by those at Winchester, Berrysville, Opequan Creek, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. In the spring of 1865 they were transferred to Bermuda Hundred, near City Point, Va., and were assigned to the 24th Corps, Army of the Potomac. After the engagement at Hatcher's Run, in March, 1865, they broke the enemy's lines and marched to Petersburg. They captured Fort Gregg, and then marched down the Weldon railroad to the Appo- mattox river, near High Bridge, Va., where our subject's company was transferred to the 54th P. V. I. After Lee's retreat from Petersburg they were in the battle at High Bridge, on the Appo- mattox river, Va., April 6, 1865, and were captured and marched to Farmersville, where they were held prisoners for four days before the surrender at Appomattox. They were then forced to march with Lee's army on the retreat, and were finally sent to City Point and Annapolis. On May 31, 1865, Mr. LaSure was honorably discharged, and returned to his 'home with an army record of which he might be justly proud.

While at home on a veteran furlough, in March, 1864. Mr. LaSure married Miss Hattie Hinchman, of Liberty township, a daughter of Bar- ton and Mary Hinchman, one of the old New Jer- sey families that located in Brookdale, Susquehanna county. On his return from the war our subject and his wife began their domestic life on the farm where he still resides. Here she passed away in

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March, 1897, loved and respected by all who knew her. To them were born eight children, namely : George, born in 1866, married Effie Howard, of Liberty township, and they now reside on his farm in that township; Marshall, born in 1868, died at the age of nine years; Myrtie, born in 1871, is now the wife of Ezra Kunkle, of Binghamton, N. Y., and they have one daughter, Iva; Jessie, born in 1873, married Alfred Snow, of Franklin township, Susquehanna county, and died leaving one daugh- ter, Bella; Rachel H., born in i875, died when eighteen years old ; Charles, born in 1877, is a well- to-do young farmer of Liberty township; Frank, born in 1879, is at home; and Etta, born in 1882, was educated in the district schools, and is now her father's housekeeper. Mr. LaSure was again mar- ried, in April, 1898, his second union being with Miss Ellen Berg, of Liberty township, and to them was born, on April 22, 1899, a son, Elbert B.

The Republican party always finds in Mr. LaSure a stanch supporter of its principles, and he has most efficiently served as school director of his township for several terms. Socially he is a mem- ber of Southworth Post No. 222, G. A. R., and in religious connection belongs to the Baptist Church, to the support of which he contributes liberally.

FRANK E. SQUIER is one of the representa- tive young farmers of Lathrop township, Susque- hanna county. He is a native of the township where he is now successfully engaged in agriculture, and during the thirty-one years of his life he has always lived within its borders. Mr. Squier is a be- liever in diversified farming, and his progressive ideas have materially contributed to his success.

The family of which our subject is an honored member have been natives of Pennsylvania for several generations. His grandfather, Horton Squier, was a resident for many years of Wyoming county, and died at Nicholson at a good old age. John Squier, his son, father of our subject, was born in Nicholson, and when a boy came to Sus- quehanna county. He married Sally Gavitt, daughter of James Gavitt. In Susquehanna county he engaged in general farming, which he continued all his life. He was a Democrat in politics, in re- ligious faith a Methodist, and in that Church he was later in life an active worker. He died in Lathrop township, October 19, 1892; his wife died August 12, 1881. They had four children: Delia, who now resides with our subject ; Rosina, who is married, and lives in Lackawanna county ; Frank E., subject of this sketch; and Bertie, deceased.

Frank E. Squier, our subject, was born in Hopbottom borough, July 27, 1868. He received his education in the common schools, and on the home farm in his youth acquired those habits of in- dustry and application, and that knowledge of general farming, which have since assisted him very materially in his chosen career of agriculture. Mr. Squier owns a farm of 100 acres, most of which is cleared and under a high state of cultivation. He

engages in general and dairy farming, keeping fif- teen cows of young stock. In politics he is a Re- publican. He has no aspiration for office, possess- ing that enviable contentment with his occupation which, combined with his good judgment and in- dustry, is making him one of the most substantial and reliable citizens of Lathrop township.

EDWIN W. BURNS, a well-known farmer residing in Clifford township, Susquehanna coun- ty, was born upon his present farm, October 6, 1849, a son of Jonathan and Eliza (Reed) Burns, natives of Clifford and Harford townships, respectively. His paternal grandparents were Jonathan and Anna (Chase) Burns, and his great-grandfather also bore the name of Jonathan. The family was founded in Clifford township by two brothers, David and Jonathan Burns, who walked from Otsego county, N. Y., in 1800, and located two miles east of Dun- daff, on the road leading to Belmont.

During his early life the father of our subject worked at his trade, that of stone mason, but later engaged in agricultural pursuits upon the farm where our subject now resides. In political senti- ment he was a Democrat. He died December 30, 1880, aged seventy-one years, three months and seventeen days, and his wife, who was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, passed away May 15, 1875, aged sixty-four years, one month and twenty-one days, their remains being interred in the Elkdale cemetery. They were the parents of the following children: Alsina, born August 28, 1835, is the widow of H. H. Hadsell, and a resident of Clifford township; Byington T., born August II, 1838, married Louisa Burdick, and died June 23, 1898; Granville A., born September 16, 1839, wedded Mary Lyon, and is engaged in farming in St. Louis county, Minn. ; Reed, born November II, 1844, married Libby Ward, and is a prominent physician and surgeon of Scranton, Penn .; Jayman A., born September 25, 1847, married Adelaide Stevens, and is engaged in farming in Franklin township, Susquehanna county; Edwin W., our subject, completes the family.

At the age of twenty years Edwin W. Burns left home, and began life for himself by operating a rented farm in Clifford township for six months. Later he and his brother Byington purchased a farm in the same township, conducting it together for six years, at the end of which time our subject sold his interest to his brother and bought his pres- ent fine farm of 104 acres. He has since devoted his energies to its improvement and cultivation, and has converted it into one of the most desirable places of the locality. He is independent in politics, and gives his support to any measure which he believes calculated to prove of public benefit.

In Bethany, Penn., Mr. Burns was married, in February, 1870, to Miss Evalyn E. Burdick, and to them have been born two sons: Burton, who mar- ried Bessie Stevens, and is engaged in farming in Clifford township; and Frederick, who married

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Juliet McPherson, and lives with his father. Mrs. Burns was born in Clifford township, March 14, 1853, a daughter of Thomas and Harriet A. ( Bak- er) Burdick, also natives of Clifford township, where the father, who was born March 27, 1820, is now living retired. By occupation he was a farmer. The mother was born March 1, 1822, and died May 4, 1889, being laid to rest in the Elkdale cemetery. They had five children: Juliet A. M., born February 1, 1845, is now the widow of Otis Reynolds, and a resident of Carbondale, Penn .; Mary L., born November 4, 1846, is the widow of Byington T. Burns, a brother of our subject, and lives on an adjoining farm; Harriet L., born Octo- ber 22, 1848, is the wife of N. E. Rice, a wealthy retired citizen of Scranton, Penn., who has large coal interests ; Evalyn E. is next in the family ; and Owen D., born June 27, 1855, is living retired in Carbondale. Mrs. Burns' paternal grandparents were Simeon and Catherine ( Broton) Burdick, and ber maternal grandparents were Isaac and Lavisa ( Barnes) Baker, who were born in Canada, of English extraction, and came to Susquehanna county at an early day. In his younger days Mr. Baker was & sailor, again took up that calling after his removal to this State, and was lost at sea.

ROSCOE SHERIDAN, a progressive and suc- cessful agriculturist of Susquehanna county, owning and operating a good farm in Clifford township, is a native of Susquehanna county, born in Lenox township, November 4, 1848. His father, Francis Sheridan, was a native of Ireland, and a son of Con- stantine Sheridan, a farmer, who spent his entire life in the Emerald Isle. In his family were five children, namely : Philip, who died in Ireland ; Fran- cis, father of our subject; Rose, who married John Cadden, and died in Lenox township; Patrick, who died in McKean county, Penn .; and John, who is still a resident of that county.

At the age of twenty years Francis Sheridan left his old home in County Cavan, Ireland, and came to the United States, locating in Lenox town- ship, Susquehanna Co., Penn., where he engaged in farming throughout the remainder of his life. In this country he wedded Miss Mary Gilbert, a na- tive of Susquehanna county, and a daughter of Eliab Gilbert, who was born in New Jersey and died on his farm in Lenox township. She was second in the order of birth in a family of four children, the others being Ann, deceased wife of Patrick Sheri- dan; Harriet, a resident of Binghamton, N. Y .; and Eliba, a railroad conductor, who died in Lacka- wanna county, Penn. By trade the father of our subject was a tailor, but he followed farming to a considerable extent. He died in April, 1877, aged sixty years, the mother in September, 1897, aged sixty-five, and both were buried at Nicholson, Penn. Their children were Roscoe, our subject : Alice, wife of Charles Powers, a farmer of Lenox town- ship; Cordean and Philip, both residents of Scran- ton ; Alzira, wife of Giles Mittan, a resident of Clif-

ford : and John, Hattie, Eliab and James, all de- ceased.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 76

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