Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 83

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(10) Mason Tingley, the youngest son of El- kanah Tingley, was born in Harford township in 1799. He was a prominent farmer of Dimock, and for many years a deacon in the Dimock Baptist Church.

NORMAN TINGLEY. The son of an eminent pioneer of Susquehanna county, Norman Tingley, one of the best known men of character in New Milford township, amply illustrates, in his person- ality and in the record he has made, the strength and endurance of those traits which gave the fam- ily prominence. He has been a life-long farmer, and upon the soil which for three generations was nurtured by workers of his name, and in a commu- nity where now for more than a century the Ting- ley name has been synonymous with industry, intelli- gence and integrity, he has had a rich measure of success. He is a son of Hon. Charles Tingley, and a grandson of Elkanah Tingley, sketches of whom appear with that of the Tingley family above.

Norman Tingley was born in Harford town- ship, November 7, 1826, son of Hon. Charles and Sally ( Wilmarth) Tingley. He remained at home with his parents until he attained his majority, as- sisting in the work of the farm, and receiving in the neighboring schools a fair education. At twenty-one he began working out among the farmers, and was so engaged for three years. His marriage to Aba- gail Sweet occurred January 8, 1850, in Gibson town-

ship. She was born in Summit county, Ohio, Sep- tember 15, 1828, daughter of Alfred and Clarissa (Capron ) Sweet. The Sweets were early and prom- inent settlers of Harford township, Susquehanna county. Alfred Sweet was born in Harford town- ship, July 20, 1800, son of Elias Sweet, who in 1797 removed with his family from Brattleboro, Mass., to Susquehanna county. He was married February I, 1821, to Clarissa Capron, who was born October 15, 1804, and shortly after their marriage they re- moved to Summit county, Ohio. Their children were as follows : Hannah, born April 19, 1822, mar- ried Rial Conklin, of Summit county, and died in 1870; Avis, born August 24, 1824, married Abra- ham Link, of Summit county, and died in 1853; Maria L., born August 19, 1826, married Calvin Taylor, of Fulton county, Ohio; Abagail became the wife of our subject; Nancy D., born October 12, 1830, the second wife of Abraham Link, now lives at Akron, Ohio; Hilen, born January 21, 1833, is a farmer of Kansas; Elias, born February 14, 1835, was a soldier in the Civil war, a member of an Ohio volunteer regiment, participating in the battle of Lookout Mountain, and is now a retired farmer living at Garrettsville, Ohio; Amy, born May 17, 1837, was a school teacher, and died unmarried at Ogden, Utah. Clarissa, wife of Alfred Sweet, died July 8, 1840, and for his second wife he mar- ried Mrs. Louisa ( Aldrich) Capron, of Harford, who bore him two children : Eleanor, a school teach- er and wife of Byron Richardson, of Summit coun- ty, Ohio; and Augusta Ann, who married Jasper Miller, and lives at Ellsworth, Wis. Alfred Sweet died October 15, 1872.

To our subject and wife were born three chil- dren, as follows: (1) John C., born in 1852, died in 1871. (2) Mary E., born November 20, 1854, married E. O. Wagner, a carpenter of Susquehanna, Penn., and has five children-Harriet A., born July 3, 1876; Leon E., April 19, 1880; Charles T., Sep- tember 19, 1885; Bessie May, April 26, 1890; and Irene, October 30, 1892. (3) ORLEN C., born De- cember 13, 1862, a school teacher and farmer of prominence, married Eliza Wright, of Chenango Forks, N. Y., April 2, 1885, and has two children- Grace W., born August 20, 1888, and Florence Pearl, born February 25, 1892. For ten years Or- len C. Tingley has been secretary of the Masonic lodge in which he holds membership. In politics he is a Republican, and he has been judge and in- spector of elections, town treasurer, and in 1890 was a census enumerator.

After his marriage Norman Tingley removed to his present farm of 156 acres, where he has ever since remained. In politics Mr. Tingley has been a member of the Republican party since its organi- zation. He has held many local offices, including those of supervisor ( for six years) and school di- rector ( for twelve years), and has been a member of the county central committee and delegate to the convention. He has at various times been called upon to settle important estates. For many years

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he was a member of Freedom Lodge No. 328, F. & A. M., which had just been resuscitated at the home of his father, Judge Charles Tingley, and later de- mitted to New Milford Lodge No. 507, of which both he and his son Orlen C. are past masters. He is also a member of Great Bend Chapter No. 210, R. A. M. In his early manhood he belonged to the militia, and later to an independent company. Mr. Tingley has now in his possession the old family clock brought by his grandfather to Susquehanna county. It is a cast brass timepiece, made in 1754, was used by his great-grandfather and by his grand- father during all their days of housekeeping, and is still in good running order.

W. H. COREY, the popular postmaster and prominent merchant of Winterdale, Scott township, Wayne county, has shown in his successful career that he has the ability to plan wisely and execute with energy, a combination which, when possessed by men in any walk of life, never fails to effect nota- blé results.

Mr. Corey was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., in 1850, a son of Sidney and Elizabeth (Clark ) Corey. The father, a native of Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y., followed blacksmithing throughout his entire life. At an early day he came to Scott town- ship, Wayne Co., Penn., and continued to work at his trade there until 1882, when he removed to Pound, Wis., making that place his home until called to his final rest, in 1892. His widow is still living in Wisconsin with her daughter, Mrs. Cole. There were three children in the family. Marietta was born, reared and educated in New York State, and married Orvil Cole, of Wayne county, Penn .. formerly of New York. From Susquehanna coun- ty, Penn., they migrated to Wisconsin, where they still make their home. They have children as fol- lows: Frederick, Arthur, Flora, Cenater, and Jay. Annie, the other sister of our subject, was born in Hale's Eddy, N. Y., and was educated in the public schools of that State and Pennsylvania. She married Frank Cole, of Wayne county, formerly of New York, and they began their domestic life in Sus- quehanna county, near Starrucca, where he followed the lumber business for some years. Moving to Pound, Wis., in 1880, he bought a tract of timber- land, on which he is still engaged in lumbering. His children are Olive, Fred, Harry and Cora, Wil- lie, George and Martha.

Reared in New York, W. H. Corey obtained his education in the public schools of that State. and during his youth learned the blacksmith's trade under his father. In 1871 he married Miss Celia A. Sprague, of Harvard, N. Y., and then located in Wayne county, Penn., where he continued to work at his trade for a number of years. His wife died in 1875, leaving three children: ( I) Clarence, born in Scott township, Wayne county, in 1873, married Bell Peasley, of Susquehanna county, by whom he has one daughter, Vivian C., and one son, Lincoln.

They reside in Winterdale, where he is engaged in the stone business. (2) Elida, born in Wayne county, is now the wife of Isaac Friend, of Central City, Neb., and has three children, Lula, Earl and Esther. (3) Fannie died in childhood. Mr. Corey was again married, in 1877, his second union being with Miss Susan A. Ecker, of Buckingham town- ship, Wayne county, who is a representative of an old pioneer family of Albany, N. Y. Some years ago her father, Adam Ecker, came to Wayne county, where he engaged in lumbering until his death, which occurred in 1894. His wife and fam- ily are still residents of Winterdale. By his second marriage Mr. Corey has three children: Prudence, born August 17, 1879, was educated in the graded schools of Hancock, N. Y., and for one term taught in the public schools of Wayne county; she is a very bright young lady and is now cashier in a store in Newark, N. J. Charles S., born August 30, 1889, and Earl E., born July 22, 1893, are at home. After his second marriage Mr. Corey located in Sherman, Wayne county, where he continued to work at his trade until 1878, and for the following four years he was similarly employed in Susque- hanna county. In 1884 he purchased a farm in Scott township, Wayne county, which he success- fully operated until his removal to Winterdale in February, 1891. Here he has now engaged in gen- eral merchandising for seven years, and is also largely interested in the flag-stone business, own- ing several good quarries, and shipping his products to market by the Delaware & Erie canal and New York & Western railroad. He is an enterprising, progressive business man, and has met with well- deserved success in his undertakings. In 1894 he purchased real estate in the village of Winterdale, and is now the owner of a fine residence, a good business block and other buildings.

Politically Mr. Corey is an ardent Republican, and in 1891, under President Harrison's adminis- tration, he was appointed postmaster of Winterdale, a position which he is still acceptably filling. He has also served as school director and constable for several terms, and has discharged the duties of these offices to the entire satisfaction of all con- cerned. In religious belief he and his wife are Methodists, belonging to the Church in Winter- dale. His life record is one well worthy of emula- tion and contains many valuable lessons of incentive, showing the possibilities that are open to young men who wish to improve every opportunity for advancement.

CHARLES A. CONRAD. The subject of this sketch, a well-known blacksmith and wagon- maker of Glenwood, Susquehanna county, is a de- scendant of one of the earliest pioneers in that county. His great-grandfather, William Conrad, a Hessian soldier, was sent to America during the Revolutionary war. Here he deserted from the English army, and after the war married in Phila- delphia and became one of the first settlers of Sus-

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quehanna county. His son John was the first white male child born in Susquehanna county.

Andrew Conrad, his son, grandfather of our subject, was born in Harford township, Susque- hanna county, in 1799. He was reared in that town- ship, there married Orpha Corey, a native of Con- necticut, and in 1834 purchased a large farm in Lenox township. This he subsequently sold, pur- chasing another in the northwest corner of the township, where he died in 1879, aged eighty years. His wife died in 1880, also aged eighty

years. Their children were as follows: C. W., now of Nicholson, for thirty years justice of the peace in Lenox township; James M., of Lenox township: Irena, who married Benjamin Torge, and is now deceased; Rufus, the father of our sub- ject ; Lucina, deceased ; Lucy Ann, widow of Henry Millard, of Hopbottom; Henry, who lived in New Milford, and is now deceased; Oscar, who fell in battle in front of Petersburg; twin of Oscar, who died a few hours after birth ; and Louisa, who died at the age of six years.

Rufus Conrad, the father of our subject, was born in Harford township, December 25, 1829, and was about four years old when brought by his par- ents to Lenox township. He was reared in Lenox and there married Elizabeth Crandall, born June 21, 1835, daughter of Caleb and Mary M. ( Brit- ton) Crandall. For some years he followed car- pentering and mason work, but farming was his chief occupation. He bought property in Lenox township, and resided there until his death, which occurred September 6, 1893. He had served a little over twenty months as a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting first in Company A, 107th P. V. I., in which he served four months, being discharged on a surgeon's certificate, on account of disability. In 1864 he re-enlisted, joining Company A, 187th regiment, with which he remained to the close of the war, receiving his final discharge August 5, 1865. In politics he was a Republican. His fam- ily consisted of the following children: Ansel, of Lenox township; J. F., also of Lenox township; A. W., a blacksmith of Gelatt, Gibson township, and a justice of the peace ; Orpha, wife of S. Pratt, of Lathrop township; Emma, wife of Theron Hink- ley, of Lenox township; Charles A., subject of this sketch; Lucy ; and Ernest, of Binghamton.

Charles A. Conrad was born in Lenox town- ship, March 16, 1866. He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of sixteen began farm work, which he continued for six or eight years. He then worked for some time in the stone quarries of Nicholson township, Wyoming county. Going to Gibson township, Susquehanna county, he there learned the blacksmith trade with his brother, remaining two years. Opening an office at Hopbottom, he remained one and one-half years, and in 1896 removed to Glenwood, where he bought a lot, built a shop, and has since followed his trade in connection with wagon repairing. In politics Mr. Conrad is a Republican. He is an

active worker in the Lenox Grange, and is a mem- ber of the Glenwood Cornet Band.

In 1897 there were 143 living descendants of Andrew and Orpha Conrad.

FRANK W. PECK, an enterprising and suc- cessful agriculturist of Harford township, Susque- hanna county, is one of the representative citizens of his locality. He was born in that county July 26, 1851, in Lenox township, where his ancestors in the maternal line were prominent pioneer set- tlers.

In the paternal line Mr. Peck comes of good New England stock, and his great-grandfather, David Peck, a native of Taunton, Mass., was a Revolutionary soldier. David Peck married Sarah Humphrey on September 20, 1744, and made his ' home in Massachusetts, engaging in farming. Noah Peck, our subject's grandfather, was born March 31, 1765, and died August 19, 1842. He was a lifelong resident of Vermont, and followed agriculture as an occupation. In 1792 he married Anna Spencer, by whom he had the following chil- dren: Mary, born September, 1794, married Wal- ter Rider, and died April 13, 1835; David, born November 13, 1795, died February 4, 1857 ; Anna, born January 2, 1797, also married Walter Rider (her death occurring in November, 1839) ; Han- nah, born September 17, 1799, married Benjamin Bishop, and died July 6, 1838; Betsey, born Janu- ary 8, 1803, died May 16, 1836; Noah, born Janu- ary 18, 1807, died in 1845; Sarah, born January 18, 1809, died November 7, 1823. The mother of these died January 1, 1811, and in March, 1812, Noah Peck married for his second wife Mehitabel You, who died September 18, 1835. By this union there were three children, namely: Lewis, born February 10, 1813 ; Daniel H., our subject's father ; and Alphonsa C., born January 1, 1817.

Daniel H. Peck, our subject's father, was born January 9, 1815, in Ira township, Rutland Co., Vt., and was married there September 9, 1838, to Miss Melissa B. Tower. In February, 1851, he removed with his family to Susquehanna county, locating first in Lenox township, and in April, 1864, he bought and settled at our subject's present home- stead, selling all of his first purchase. He cleared the farm and made substantial improvements. He and his estimable wife became leading members of the Baptist Church, and gained the respect and esteem of all who knew them. His death occurred October 8, 1872, and his remains now rest in Tower cemetery, Lenox township, Susquehanna county. Mrs. Peck, who was born May 7, 1819, now resides with our subject. Of their large family of chil- dren: (I) Betsey, born July 13, 1839 (died in March, 1882) , was the wife of George W. Everson. (2) Sarah A., born June 19, 1842, married Dr. E. W. Maxson, now of Forest City, and died at Hones- dale, Penn., in 1864. (3) Bryon E., born March 3. 1845, died April 24, 1845. (4) Mary A., born December 10, 1846, married P. J. Bonner, of Gib-

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SON township. (5) Frank W. is mentioned be- low. (6) Louis W., born October 8, 1854, is a farmer in Harford township. (7) Isabelia, born March 22, 1859, married F. P. Forsth, a farmer in Harford township. (8) Blanche B., born Sep- tember 1, 1862, married (first) Judson Harding, and (second) Charles Bennett, a blacksmith. (9) Wilhelmina, born April 15, 1865, married William Pickering, a farmer of Herrick township.

Nathaniel Tower, our subject's maternal great-grandfather, was one of the first settlers near Loomis Lake, Lenox township, Susquehanna coun- ty. He was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner, and his death occurred in 1836, when he was aged eighty-eight years. Welcome Tower was born in Vermont, and always resided there. He died in 1830, and his wife in 1834. He followed the blacksmith's trade. He married Betsey Rowe, by whom he had four children, viz .: Franklin R., who died in 1870 in Louisiana; Melissa B., our subject's mother; Rev. William O., a M. E. min- ister, who died in Rutland, Vt., in 1895; and Rol- lin C., who died in 1857 at Winona, Minnesota.

Our subject remained at home until March 2, 1872, when he enlisted at Wilkes Barre in Company F, 6th United States Cavalry. He took part in various skirmishes with the Indians in Texas dur- ing 1873 and 1874, under Gen. Miles, the engage- ments at Adobe Wall, State Plains, and a point on the Red River, being the most notable. The life of a regular soldier is full of hardships, and he was often cold and hungry, his health being affected by his privations. During the summer of 1872 he spent six months in hospitals at Fort Hayes and Camp Hayes, Kans., and in 1874 he was sent to Fort Dodge, Kans., to recuperate. He rejoined his company at Fort Hayes, but on February 2, 1876, he was discharged at Camp Thomas, Ari- zona, because of disability, and draws a pension. Before coming home he spent six months in San Francisco, Cal. After returning home, in 1877, he purchased the homestead, of which he took entire charge, devoting his attention to general farming. He is a prominent member of the local Grange, and of the I. O. O. F., Live Oak Lodge No. 635, Har- ford, and politically he is a stanch Democrat. On January 7, 1880, he was married, at Jackson, Sus- quehanna county, to Miss M. Louise Holmes, who was born January 8, 1858, a daughter of D. E. Holmes, a well-known resident of Gibson town- ship, Susquehanna county. The only child of this union, Karl E., born March 29, 1881, is at home.

GEORGE E. HORTON, one of the enterpris- ing and successful business men of Milford, Pike county, stands high in the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and has frequently been chosen to public office. For a number of years he has been successfully engaged in the livery business, and at present he is also interested in an undertaking es- tablishment.

Mr. Horton comes of good Colonial stock be-

ing a direct descendant of Barnabas Horton, who, as recorded in a sketch of the Horton family, was probably the son of Joseph Horton, of Leicester- shire, England, born in the little hamlet of Mosley. He was one of three brothers who came to this continent, the other two going to the West. Little is known of Barnabas Horton before his immigra- tion to America in 1633 ; he made the voyage in the ship "Swallow," landing at Hampton, Mass. In 1640 we find him with his wife and two children in New Haven, Conn., and on the 21st day of Octo- ber, 1640, in company with others, organized a Congregational Church and sailed to the east end of Long Island, now Southold. Here he died July 13, 1680, aged eighty years. He was for many years a magistrate.

In 1660 Barnabas erected in Southold what has since been known as the old Horton homestead, the first frame house (with shingle sides) on the east end of Long Island, and it is still standing, in good condition, and occupied, Jonathan G. Horton being the last of the family to make his home there in June, 1873. In 1682 an ad- dition was built by Jonathan Horton. Six genera- tions of the Hortons lived and died in that house, which remained in the family 213 years in all, viz. : The old Puritan lived there some twenty years; his son Jonathan, twenty-eight years; Jonathan, Jr., sixty years; Lawrence, and his son Jonathan, over half a century ; and lastly Jonathan Goldsmith, half a century. After his death, on July 3, 1873, it be- came the property of Mrs. Williams, wife of Rev. Williams, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was the adopted daughter of Jonathan G. Horton, thus passing out of the Horton family. The "Horton Genealogy" has an engraving of the home.

In 1639 Barnabas Horton erected the old Hort- on House at Southold, said to be the oldest house now standing in America. A portion, the east end, was built for use by the court of Sessions to the East Riding of Yorkshire, on Long Island, the Yorkshire and its Riding, with the Court of Sessions, having been established in March, 1660. The judge's bench remained in the house until a few years ago. The old house has recently been sold to Amos L. Sweet, who intends to take it down and erect a new one on the site. The residents of Southold and vicinity, as a fitting finale for a fam- ous building, have arranged for a grand entertain- ment in it. Antique furniture, household goods, kitchen utensils, implements of domestic industry, cranes, trammels, spinning-wheels, ancient chairs, tables, etc., have been gathered from every quarter of the country, and all the necessaries of good cheer have been provided. The tables will be loaded as in .the old days. The ladies who are to serve will be robed in the costumes worn two hundred years ago.

Jonah Horton, our subject's grandfather, was one of six children, the others being Hiram, Aaron, Col. Nathaniel, Betsey (Mrs. Bryant) and Mary. Jonah Horton and his wife, Hannah (Bryant), were both natives of Morris county, N. J. They had the following children: Elisha, who married

Gro. R. Horton

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Mary A. Crone, passed his entire life at the old homestead in Morris county, N. J., and died at the age of seventy-two; Barnabas C. is mentioned more fully below; Archibald married Matilda Miller ; Johanna married D. H. Lewis; Selista married David C. Horton; and Lida married Daniel H. Horton. The father was a farmer by occupation.

The late Barnabas C. Horton, our subject's fa- ther, was born May 15, 1811, in Morris county, N. J., and died September 21, 1896. He was an active man, and until within a few days previous to his death he was unusually vigorous. By occupation he was a farmer and lumberman, and at times he engaged successfully in speculation. His wife, whose maiden name was Ruth Cramer, died February 13, 1876, aged sixty-one, and the remains of both were interred at Chester, N. J. They had three children, our subject and two daughters, Hannah B. and Mary C. Hannah B. married A. D. Brown, a con- tractor and builder, living at Milford, and has one son and two daughters-Barnabas E., Fannie and Lyda. Mary C. married George W. Howell, who resides in Chester, Morris Co., N. J., and has two sons and four daughters-William S., Roscoe Conklin, Ida H., Emma, Maggie and Fannie; Mr. Howell is a merchant. Mrs. Ruth Horton was a daughter of Morris and Mary (Sanders) Cramer, of Morris county, N. J., and her father was a well-known farmer. Of the children of Morris and Mary Cram- er, the eldest, Bershiba, married (first) a Mr. Schenck and (second) Stephen Bryant; Ziba re- sided in Mendham, Morris Co., N. J .; E. Drake married (first) Nancy Bryant, (second) a lady named Betson, (third) Alice Madison, and ( fourth) Mrs. Mary Davis ; Ruth married Barnabas C. Hort- on ; Joseph married Helen Syles; Margaret married J. D. Bunnell ; Henry and George died unmarried ; Anna married Samuel O. Holbert ; John S. married Martha Wilhelm; Aaron married ( first). Amanda Anson and ( second) Jane Shiner; and Sarah mar- ried William S. Carey, a surveyor and farmer resid- ing at Flanders, N. J. At a reunion in 1867 all the children were present with the mother, the youngest being thirty-eight years old.

Our subject was born October 26, 1837, in Morris county, N. J., and remained at the home farm until he reached the age of thirty. He then came to this section, locating in Pike county, above Shohola Falls, where he was engaged in lumbering for three years. On March 26, 1870, he removed to Milford, and after working one year at the carpen- ter's trade he engaged in the livery business, which he has since continued. In 1884 he became interest- ed in undertaking as a partner of H. S. Mott, and they have conducted that business together with marked success. Politically Mr. Horton is a Demo- crat, and he is both active and influential in local affairs, having served twelve years as deputy sheriff, one year as burgess, and several terms as town councilman. While he is not a Church mem- ber he contributes to the support of religious work 23

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 83

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