Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 94

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Our subject was reared in Jessup township, receiving a good education in the district schools and at Montrose. When a young man he began the study of medicine with Dr. W. L. Richardson, of Nesquehoning, Carbon county, and attended lec- tures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he graduated in the class of '63, with the de- gree of M. D. Locating the same year at Friends- ville, Susquehanna county, he has ever since con- tinued in practice there. In June, 1865, he married Miss Martha D. Leet, the estimable daughter of Dr. Calvin and Susan ( Williams ) Leet, old and high- ly respected residents of that locality. Dr. Leet was born at Baleston Springs, N. Y., and in the early pioneer days settled for professional practice in Choconut township, Susquehanna county, later moving to Friendsville, where he practiced medi- cine for over fifty years, prospered, and became the owner of a large property. He was a man of un- usual popularity, and his large and successful prac- tice extended into Bradford county and New York State. He was elected a member of the State Leg- islature, and became one of the associate judges of Montrose. He died at his home in Friendsville in 1874. aged eighty-two years. Of his family of six children only two survive: (I) Calvin L., the eldest, followed farming; he married Arabella Stone, of Forest Lake, and died in 1872, leaving a widow and four children-Charles, Almira, Ran- dolph B. and Susan, now residents of Martin coun- ty. Minn. (2) Susan married Andrew Keyes, of Friendsville, and died in 1849, leaving no children. (3) Elizabeth married William Watkins. (4) Dr. N. Y. Leet is now a leading physician at Scranton,

Penn., surgeon for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., and surgeon in charge of the Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton. (5) Ellen G. died when a young woman. (6) Martha D., wife of our subject, is the youngest member of the family, and she is a lady of culture and high intellectual at- tainments.

Soon after his marriage Dr. Handrick pur- chased a fine home in Friendsville, where he has now practiced his profession for the past thirty-five vears. Dr. and Mrs. Handrick have one son, Frank- lin A., who was born at Friendsville March 24, 1868. He attended the Owego high school, studied medicine, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1894, locating at Cleve- land, Ohio, where he now commands a very lucra- tive practice. He married Miss Gertrude Foran, daughter of Hon. Martin A. Foran, an ex-congress- man of Cleveland, and formerly of Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Handrick is in politics a Democrat, and he has held a number of local offices. Mrs. Handrick is a member of the Episcopal Church, and our sub- ject has always been a generous supporter of re- ligious causes. He has been a leading physician at Friendsville for over thirty-five years, and possesses the same companionable and endearing qualities which distinguished his father. He not only min- isters to the physical ills of his large clientele, but in every way proves their friend, and has thus won a lasting place in their affections. His professional attainments are of a high order, and he keeps thor- oughly in touch with recent progress in medicine. In addition to attending to his practice he carries on a small drug store.

ELDER WILLIAM CLARK TILDEN. The Tilden family were early settlers in America, and of English origin. The grandfather of the present subject of record, Ebenezer Tilden, resided on the Tilden homestead in Lebanon, New London Co., Conn., which had been occupied by the family over one hundred years. By his wife, Elizabeth, he had five sons and three daughters: Elder Chester (a soldier in the war of 1812, and a Baptist minister in Connecticut for many years), Joseph, Augustus, Ebenezer, Thomas, Lucretia, Chloe and Eliza. All of these settled near the old home excepting Thomas B. and Augustus, the former of whom resided many years in Buffalo, New York.

Augustus Tilden (1798-1875) married Sa- linda Chappel, by whom he had one son, George A. ( 1826-1870), the mother dying soon after his birth. For his second wife he wedded Melinda (1797- 1882), daughter of Deacon Nathan and Anna (Goodwin) Clark, all of the same county in Con- necticut, and in April, 1833, moved with his wife and three children-George A., William C. and Henry ( 1831-1864)-to the Ladd farm on the Chestnut Ridge road, then in Bridgewater town- ship, afterward Forest Lake township, Susquehanna Co., Penn. Here they spent the remainder of their

William C. Jilden

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days on the farm, amid the cares and duties in- cident to farming and country living. They had been members of the Lebanon Baptist Church. brought to their new home letters of commendation and dismission, and soon united with the Middle- town Church, continuing to worship there until 1842, when they united, with others, to form the Forest Lake Church, remaining members thereof throughout life ; he was chosen deacon, which office he honored until death. Deacon Tilden was an ardent friend of education, and was one of the first in the township to indorse the public-school law. A Whig in politics, yet an early and earnest friend of the Abolition of Slavery, a promoter of temper- ance and total abstinence from intoxicating drinks, his example and teaching did much in the forma- tion of character in his children, and in his neigh- bors. His only daughter, Lucy Ann, born in 1836, soon after the family settled in Forest Lake, is the wife of Hiram Cogswell, now of Union, Broome Co., N. Y. George A. died on the homestead, and Henry on an adjoining farm.

Elder William Clark Tilden was born in Leba- non, Conn., May 1, 1829, and was four years of age two days after the family reached the Pennsylvania home. His boyhood was spent on the farm, in the active duties connected with the work of a family in the early days of home-making on farms cov- ered with stumps and virgin forests, and he thus became inured to labor and endurance, with econ- omy and frugality. Trained by example and prac- tice to Church-going, at the age of fourteen he be- came a professing Christian and united with the Middletown Church, soon after, however, joining the Forest Lake Church, with which he has remained a member to the present time, fifty-six years. He had the opportunities of the primitive common schools a few months each year, until fifteen years of age ; then a few months in the Academy at Mont- rose, taught by Dr. Calvin C. Halsey, followed by teaching five winter terms near home, and one in Candor, N. Y. Having decided to pursue a course of study, he took preparatory studies in New York Central College, then at McGrawville, N. Y., and in 1853 entered Madison (now Colgate) University, from which he was graduated in 1857. The same year he settled as pastor with the Forest Lake and Middletown Churches, and the next year with the Liberty Church. During thirteen years of laborious and successful service he continued with the three Churches, and with the two former until 1879. Then for one year he was principal of Keystone Academy, following with one and a half years as pastor of the Church at Hallstead, Penn. In the spring of 1883 he resumed the pastorate of the For- est Lake Church, and in March, 1890, that of the Middletown Church, and he has continued with the two Churches up to the present time, March, 1900. As a minister he has aided all the Churches of the Bridgewater Association in councils, ordinations, associations, dedications and special meetings, con- tributing to the success of other pastors.

In the fall of 1864, through the earnest solicita- tions of friends, our subject opened a select school at Forest Lake, continuing the same four seasons, as an aid to young people madvanced studies. In the winter of 1868-69 he was principal of the Montrose graded school. His well-known success in teach- ing and management induced. the school directors to desire his services as county superintendent of schools, and in May, 1869, he was elected to that office, and by re-elections continued the work three terms-nine years in all. During these years he maintained his pastoral work with continued suc- cess, and at the same time so filled the time as superintendent as to largely increase the efficiency of the schools, and to leave a permanent basis for the success of later years. He has had a place in Sunday-school work from boyhood, as scholar, teacher or superintendent, and a prominent place in associational and county Sunday-school work; also in connection with Bible Society work and distribu- tion. In this Church and school work he has made many visits to families and schools; has preached 6,098 sermons, of which 779 were at funerals; has attended many funerals when others officiated ; and has united 319 couples in marriage. To do all this work has required a ride by private conveyance of nearly 120,000 miles, besides thousands of miles by railroad.

Our subject took an important step when but fourteen years of age in signing a Total Abstinence pledge, which has been faithfully kept, and temper- ance in life and teaching has been maintained con- stantly, with an earnest desire for and belief in full prohibition of manufacture and sale of alcohol as a beverage in any form.

In 1850 Elder Tilden married Miss Amelia Russell, who was born in Bridgewater, May 13, 1829. Mrs. Tilden, by her faithfulness, prudence and patience, has contributed largely to the success of his life work. Her parents, Benjamin ( 1793- 1884) and Sally ( Watrous) ( 1798-1864) Russell, were married in 1824. The former was a native of England, and settled in Bridgewater about 1818, the latter a native of Middleburg, Schoharie Co., N. Y., who came with her parents, Benjamin ( 1772- 1820) and Lucy (Spencer ) ( 1770-1839) Watrous, and settled where Giles Watrous now lives. Ben- jamin Watrous was a native of Chester, Middlesex Co., Conn., and settled in Middleburg, N. Y., in 1797. The children of Elder William C. and Amelia (Russell) Tilden are: Emma Augusta, wife of C. P. Ball, a farmer in Forest Lake; and Sarah Me- linda, wife of Clark D. Dayton, who lives on the Dayton farm in Jessup, Susquehanna county.

HORATIO GARRATT. This well-known resident of New Milford, Susquehanna county, was successfully engaged in mercantile business there for more than thirty years, and by his thrifty man- agement has acquired a handsome competence. Al- though now advanced in years, he is extremely well- preserved, and his erect figure and active move-

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ments indicate a degree of health and vigor which many younger men might envy.

Mr. Garratt's ancestors were early settlers in the Empire State, and his parents, John and Lois (Coe) Garratt, were both natives of Otsego county, N. Y. They were married in 1806, and for many years made their home on a farm near Burlington, in their native county. The father, who was born February 26, 1774, died May 21, 1841, and the mother was born December 26, 1789, and died April 20, 1843, their remains being interred at Bur- lington, N. Y. The mother was a devout member of the Baptist Church, and both were much es- teemed for their excellent qualities of character. By his first marriage, to Sally Watson, John Garratt had four children, viz .: Nancy, born November 1, 1797, who married Peter Davison, and died at Sherburne, N. Y .; Andelocia, born June 3, 1800, who married Benoni Marks, and is deceased ; Pau- lina, born December 1, 1801, who died unmarried ; and Seneca, born October 9, 1803, who married, and is deceased. By his marriage with Lois Coe John Garratt had seven children, as follows: Will- iam S., born - 14, 1807, died March 6, 1839; John W., born March 19, 1809, died July 4, 1872; Horatio is our subject; Zackariah Coe, born De- cember 26, 1813, died March 9, 1864; Mary Ann, born June 8, 1816, is the widow of James Vaughn, of Utica, N. Y. ; Robert C., born September 7, 1821, died in March, 1898, in Mound City, Kans .; and Lois, born March II, 1825, is the widow of Harris Cummings, of Otsego, New York.

Horatio Garratt was born August 24, 181I, at Burlington, Otsego Co., N. Y., and was edu- cated in the district schools of that locality. As a boy of fifteen he began clerking in a country store at Burlington, and after an experience of six years with different employers, there and elsewhere, he engaged in general mercantile business for himself, at Sherburne, N. Y., continuing about four years. He then traded his home for 800 stoves, and moved to Painted Post, thence going to Lyons, N. Y., where he sold out, and in 1855 he located at New Milford, Penn., where he has since resided. Here for two years he and Jason Dickerman, Jr., conducted a general store. The following year our subject clerked for Mr. Pratt, and then built a store and engaged in the grocery business. He finally sold his store to his son Everett S., who carried it on for sixteen years, and it is now owned by L. G. Mc- Collum, a relative. On March 3, 1839, Mr. Gar- ratt was married, at Sherburne, N. Y., to Miss Har- riet M. Starr, by whom he had four children : Everett Starr, born July 29, 1841, is mentioned more fully below; Lucia became the wife of George McCol- lum ; Horatio L., born March 22, 1847, died July 13, 1855; Lewis L. died February 12, 1863. In politics Mr. Garratt is a Democrat, and, though not an office-seeker, has held some minor offices.

Mrs. Harriet M. (Starr) Garratt was born at Sherburne, N. Y., February 9, 1815, and died June 4, 1884, at New Milford. Her father, Nahum

Starr, formerly a prosperous hardware merchant of Otsego county, N. Y., was born January 27, 1790, and died December 3, 1861. Her mother, whose maiden name was Electa Lathrop, was born in Ot- sego county, March 10, 1793, and died September 9, 1880. They had a large family of children, of whom Mrs. Garratt was the eldest; George L., born October 21, 1816, died March 12, 1860; Nancy S., born November 28, 181 -- , married John L. Kellogg, and died March 12, 1849; Adison M., born August 22, 1820, died March 30, 1891, at Portland, Ore- gon ; Edwin A., born December 27, 1822, died July 14, 1876; Lewis M., born November 13, 1824, died October 30, 1887, at Portland, Oregon ; Sidney L., born February 9, 1827, died August 24, 1867, at Sherburne, N. Y .; John H., born April 24, 1829, died in Oregon ; Abby A., born June 19, 1832, died October 21, 1832; Judson H., born January 27, 1834, died March 26, 1866, in Oregon ; Lucius \ il- leroy, born April 4, 1836, is a retired farmer. and resides in Portland, Oregon. Adison M. and Lewis M. Starr went in 1849 to Portland, Oregon, where they started the first bank. Both were tinsmiths by trade, and being short of funds they opened a small tin shop there, but later they became very wealthy through banking operations and other enterprises, Lewis being at one time the owner of a line of steam- ers on Puget Sound.

EVERETT STARR GARRATT, a retired merchant of New Milford, Susquehanna county, is one of the ablest business men of that place, while as a citizen he has proved himself public-spirited and progressive. He was born July 29, 1841, at Sherburne, N. Y., a son of Horatio and Harriet M. (Starr) Garratt.

During his boyhood our subject obtained a good common-school education, and after the removal of the family to New Milford, in 1855, he attended the academy at Montrose, Penn., for three years. His father was in mercantile business at New Milford, and for four years our subject was employed in the store as a clerk, but he was not content to settle down without seeing something of the world. In 1881 he went West, spending some time in Port- land, Oregon. For one season he worked in the gold mines on the John Day river, but a year of "roughing it" sufficed to teach him the advantages of civilized life, so he returned home, and entered into partnership with his father, the firm becoming H. Garratt & Son. As his father wished to re- tire from business, our subject took the store, which he successfully conducted for sixteen years, on April 10, 1890, selling the business to his nephew, L. G. McCollum. In 1883 he invested in the oil fields, spending a year in personal management of his in- terests there, and at various times he has speculated with marked success. While he is not actively en- gaged in any business at present, he occasionally breaks the monotony of leisure by "putting on the harness" and clerking for his nephew, his popularity with the customers making the experience agreea-

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ble to all concerned. In politics he is a Democrat, and he has held numerous local offices, serving two years as burgess, three years as councilman of the borough, three years as chief of the fire department, and three years as manager of the New Milford water works. He was formerly a member of the Knights of Pythias, having been a charter member of the lodge at Montrose.

In August, 1894, Mr. Garratt was married, in Salem, Mass., to Miss Hila A. Barnum, who was born June 20, 1847, at Franklin, Susquehanna county, the only child of Horace Barnum. Her fa- ther, a native of the same place, was born May 9, 1819,and died February 3, 1895, at New Milford, Penn. Mr. Barnum was married, November 13, . 1843, to Miss Jane L. Halsey, who was born August 27, 1822, at Franklin, Morris Co., N. J., and is still living, at New Milford.

THOMAS McFALL McILHANEY (de- ceased ) was for many years a leading citizen of Monroe county, and his name is permanently iden- tified with the development of that region. Begin- ning his career as a tradesman, he rose, through the force of his own personality, to an influential place in professional, business, social and political life, and for many years he was entrusted by his fellow citizens with important public duties.

Mr. McIlhaney was born May 13, 1823, in Lower Mt. Bethel township, Northampton county, son of William McIlhaney, and his educational ad- vantages were limited to a somewhat irregular at- tendance at the common schools of that day and lo- cality. As he grew older he learned the tailor's trade with his father, and in 1845 he removed to Monroe county, following his trade first at Snyders- ville, and later in Tannersville, where he settled in 1847. There he became prominent in local affairs, filling various township offices, and serving as post- master of the village. From 1854 to 1857 he was deputy prothonotary of Monroe county under the late John Edinger, but on becoming a candidate for the office in the latter year he was defeated. He then spent nearly three years in Harrisburg, as clerk in the office of Jacob Frey, auditor-general of the State, and in 1860 he again became a candidate for prothonotary of Monroe county, and was elected. His faithful work was appreciated by the people, and he was continuously re-elected until 1878, when he retired, after a longer period of service than was ever known in the State in connection with a sim- ilar office, save in one instance. On his retirement he devoted his time to the study of law in the office of Hon. Charlton Burnett, of Stroudsburg, with whom he had registered some years before, and in 1880 he was admitted to the Bar. His reputation for ability and integrity made his entrance upon prac- tice easy, and from the first he was called upon to take charge of important cases, his business con- stantly increasing with years. He was identified with different business enterprises, and at the time of his death was president of the Stroudsburg Na-

tional Bank. As a business man Mr. McIlhaney was noted for his industry, integrity and force of character, combined with kindness of heart, and great liberality in the support of worthy and pro- gressive movements. He possessed a wonderfully retentive memory, and his mind was well-balanced and systematic, his ability and accuracy as an ac- countant being especially notable. While firm in his convictions of right, he was considerate with those whose opinions differed from his own, while his suavity and geniality of disposition made him popular in any circle. He was a leading member of the Presbyterian Church, to which he gave lib- erally of his time and means, serving for many years as trustee. Fraternally he was a prominent member of the I. O. O. F. and the Free Masons, attending lodge regularly and filling many of the chairs. His death occurred suddenly on December 15, 1885, while in the midst of a most successful career, and brought sincere mourning to a large cir- cle of friends, as well as to the family whose lov- ing companionship had made his home his chief earthly delight.

On August 15, 1846, Mr. McIlhaney married Miss Catharine M. Major, who survived him until March 22, 1899, making her home in Stroudsburg. They had six children, all of whom lived to adult age. (I) Georgianna married Edward Baltz, of Stroudsburg. (2) Clara married Dr. William Wolfe, of Chatham, N. J., and has four children, Walter McIlhaney, Catherine Major, Van Horn D. and William Clare. (3) Flora married Walter Rafferty, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and died at the age of thirty- three. (4) Mary Ellen married William H. Mudgett, of Camden, N. J. (5) Fannie Dreher married Will- iam Long, of Williamsport, Penn., and has one daughter, Margaret Ellen. (6) Miss Augusta is at home, and is a member of the best social circles of the city.

Mrs. McIlhaney, who was held in high es- teem for her fine mental gifts and womanly char- acter, was born December 18, 1823, in Lower Mt. Bethel township, and came of an old Northampton county family. Her grandfather, Edward Major and father, James C. Major, were prominent citi- zens in their day. James C. Major married Miss Hester Bitters, daughter of John and Mary (Nye) Bitters, the former a native of Germany, and Mrs. McIlhaney was one of a family of six children, the others being: William, who was drowned in early manhood; Edward, who died at the age of ten years; John, a resident of Michigan; Sallie Ann, wife of Jacob Johnson, of Carthage, Mo .; and Re- becca, deceased, who was the first wife of Jacob Johnson.

FRANKLIN E. COLE, justice of the peace in New Milford township, Susquehanna county, is now serving his third term in that position, and his able and faithful discharge of official duties com- mands the approval of his fellow citizens, irrespec- tive of party.

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Mr. Cole was born October 9, 1832, in Frank- lin township, Susquehanna county, a son of Ira and Mary ( Bailey ) Cole. The parents were born and reared in Washington county, N. Y., and resided there some years after their marriage, but in 1815 they came to Susquehanna county, locating first at Summersville, and three years later on a farm in Franklin township. The father devoted his atten- tion to farming for many years, but in early man- hood he taught successfully for a number of terms, spending some time at Lawsville, Susquehanna county. As a citizen he was much respected, and among the township offices which he held were those of auditor and school director, while he also served frequently on election boards. He died in 1865, aged seventy-three years, and his wife died in 1867, at the age of seventy-two, their remains be- ing interred at Upsonville cemetery. They had eight children : Elmira ( deceased ), who married G. N. Smith, of Lathrop; Emaline (deceased ), who married Friend Tuttle: Eliza (deceased), wife of H. M. Smith, of Franklin township; Ira H., who died in early manhood, while studying for the medi- cal profession ; Lowden B., a mechanic at Upson- ville ; Permelia E. (deceased ), who married H. A. Summers, of New Milford township; Franklin E., our subject; and Augusta, wife of Charles Brown, of Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county.

'Squire Cole was reared to farm work, and as a young man took charge of the homestead, where he resided until he reached the age of thirty years. At twenty-five he engaged in carpentering, and for five years was employed as a bridge builder by the Erie Railroad Co. In January, 1864, he enlisted in the army, and was assigned to duty with the En- gineer Corps, under Major Wentz; in July of the same year he was honorably discharged on account of illness, and returned home. On recovering his health our subject spent four years in the employ of the Erie Co., and in 1868 he engaged in farming at his present homestead. He has continued his trade, however, and specimens of his skill are to be found in the excellent buildings on the place, all of which were constructed by him since the des- tructive cyclone of 1890, which swept the farm. Politically he is a stanch Democrat, and in addition to serving as justice of the peace since 1887 he has been township clerk, treasurer of the school board, and auditor, while for nine years he was school director.

On September 15, 1868, 'Squire Cole was mar- ried, at New Milford, to Miss Anna E. Hatch, who was born in New Milford in 1842, and died March 3, 1888, her remains being laid to rest in the ceme- tery at New Milford. She was the only child of Reuben Hatch, a native of Susquehanna county, and his wife, Eliza Mason, who made his home at the present homestead soon after their marriage. Mr. Hatch died of smallpox in 1865, at the age of fifty-four years, and his wife died in 1894, aged seventy-six. Three daughters were born to our

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 94

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