Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 2

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WILLIAM H. TURRELL, son of Henry F. Tur- rell, was reared, educated, and has always lived at Montrose. lle began his business carcer as an

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errand and paper boy for the late Frank H. Stevens, a book dealer and stationer of Montrose, later be- came a clerk in the store of that gentleman, and so continued for some half dozen or more years, when, on the death of his employer, in 1886, young Tur- rell became for a time manager in charge and then the owner of the business. Since then he has con- ducted a first-class book store and news stand, where can be found everything in that line, the latest and best books, stationery, etc. He is a young man of good education, correct habits, is genial and accommodating, and deservedly popular. On Jan- uary 14, 1897, Mr. Turrell was married to Miss Alice Roberts, of West Pittston, Penn. Mrs. Tur- rell's paternal ancestors came to Pennsylvania from Connecticut before the Revolution, settling at Slo- cum Hollow, now Scranton ; the site of the present "Court House" was a part of their farm. Her fa- ther. S. Tracy Roberts, and six of his brothers served through the Civil war. . On her mother's side she is a descendant of Walter Lathrop, who caine from Connecticut in 1803, her grandmother, Jane Lathrop, who married William McKune, hav- ing been the eldest daughter of Daniel Lathrop.

. REV. EDWARD AUGUSTUS WARRI- NER, rector of St. Paul's ( Episcopal) Church, Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Penn., and an author of pronounced ability, was born at Agawam, Hamp- den Co., Mass., February 19, 1829, son of Capt. Ruel and Anna (Chaffee) Warriner, natives of Massachusetts and Connecticut, respectively. Both died in Agawam, the father June 19, 1854, aged sixty-seven years, the mother January 29, 1882. aged eighty-eight; and their remains were interred in the cemetery at. that place. The father was a farmer .by occupation ; was a public-spirited and progressive citizen, a stanch supporter of the Abo- * lition party, and was captain of a militia company. He held membership in the Congregational Church, while his wife was a Swedenborgian in religious belief. Their children were Adaline A .. deceased wite of B. N. Cooley; Samuel D., a retired farmer of New London, Conn., who died January 23. 1900, aged eighty-two years : Laura, who died at the age of three years; Ruel, who died at the age of two years ; Anna A., deceased wife of Monroe Bates: Lura, who died unmarried in 1896; Edward A .. our subject ; and Martha M .. a resident of Spring- field. Mass., and widow of Rev. Jacob C. Dntcher. a Dutch Reformed minister and noted author, who was United States consul to Port Hope, Canada. Our subject's paternal grandparents were Maj. Gad and Eunice ( Worthington ) Warriner, lifelong resi- dents of Agawam. Mass. Both were soldiers of the Revolutionary war, the former being a prominent and wealthy farmer, who had a large estate.

Our subject prepared for college in a classical school in Springfield, Mass., boarding at home and crossing the river daily to school. In 1850 he en- tered Yale University. hift subsequently lost one Ver on account of ill health. Ile graduated from

the Union University, in 1855, and the following year was admitted to the bar at Springfield, Alass., where he engaged in practice for three years. On account of failing health he then went South and taught in the Academy at Washington. Ga., where. during a period of enforced seclusion on account of the Civil war. he studied the Bible systematically and determined to enter the ministry. He afterward studied theology under Dr. Mombert, of Lancaster, Penn., while serving as principal of Yates Insti- tute ; he tauglit in all twelve years. With the ex- ception of two years, when in charge of Christ "Old Swede's" Church, near Philadelphia., Penn., he has been rector of St. Paul's Church, Montrose, since 1866, having been called while still in dea- con's orders.

On July 5, 1865, at Lancaster. Penn., Mr. War- riner married Miss Louisa Voorhis, a native of that place, and a daughter of Peter and Charlotte Eliza- beth ( Weitzel ) Voorhis, natives of New York City and Lancaster, Penn., respectively. Mrs. Warriner died in Bridgewater, Penn., in 1874, at the age of thirty-nine years. By this union were born three children: ( 1) Samuel D., a graduate of Amherst College and Lehigh University, married Stella M. Farnham, of Wilkes Barre, Penn., and is now su- perintendent of the Calumet & Hecla copper mine of Michigan, his home being in Calumet, that State. (2) Edward V. is in the employ of a firm of whole- sale merchants and manufacturers of Springfield, Mass. (3) Reuel C., who graduated from the Springfield high school and the Lehigh University School of Mines with the degrees of B. S. and E. MI., is now an engineer for the Rand Gold Mining Co., of Johannesburg. South Africa.

On June 30, 1881, Mr. Warriner was again married, in Montrose, his second union being with Miss Esther Bolles, a native of Jessup township, Susquehanna county, where her parents, Nelson and Cordelia ( Sherman) Bolles. made their home throughout life. The father died in 1877. the mother in 1892, and both were buried in Jessup township. By this marriage, Mr. Warriner has five children: Louisa V., Jesse B., Philip B., Paul S. and Anna C., all at home.

Originally Mr. Warriner was a Republican. but he is now independent in politics. He is a member of the Susquehanna County Historical Society, and takes an active interest in public affairs. He has won enviable distinction on ac- count of his pulpit ability and literary attainments. and has written several prose and poetical works which show great merit, and which deal largely with speculative and moral philosophy. In 1875 he published a theological novel entitled "Victor LaTourette," advocating broad Church views, and in iso he published "Kear." a poem in seven cantos, based on Indian legends. the scene of the poem being laid at Montrose and along the Sus- quichanna. His latest literary production is a vol- nme of prose. published in 1808, entitled "The Gate Called Beautiful." which treats of Christian soci-

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ology. He is described in the "Magazine of Po- etry" as fond of athletic. sports, utterly without pretensions, highly esteemed socially and profes- sionally, yet seemingly indifferent to prominence or promotion. He is broad and liberal in his views, and commands the respect and confidence of all with whom he comes in contact.

THOMAS H. CLARK, deceased. The sub- ject of this biography, one of the honored sons of Pennsylvania, and a most distinguished resident of Pleasant Mount, Wayne county, was pre-enii- nently a self-made man. He began life with a definite purpose in view, worked faithfully, hon- estly, and with a will, for its accomplishment, and became one of the most prosperous business men of the county. As a citizen of the community in which he so long lived and was so active, he was highly respected, enjoyed the confidence of his neighbors, and was regarded as a man of excellent business judgment. .

Mr. Clark was born in Carbondale, Penn., in 1833, a son of Christopher and Catharine (Mur- phy ) Clark, natives of Kildare, Ireland, who canie to America in early life, and were married in New York. The father first located in Mt. Pleasant township, Wayne Co., Penn., where he purchased a farm, which he operated for sonie years. Sub- sequently he purchased a tract of wild land two miles north of the village of Pleasant Mount, and to its cultivation and improvement devoted his energies until called to his final rest, in 1876. His wife survived him for many years, dying in July, 1890. To them was born a family of nine chil- dren, of whom Thomas H. was the eldest. The survivors are Edward, a resident of Russell, Iowa : Mrs. Lucy McNerney, of New York; and Eliza- beth, wife of John McNerney, of New York.

Thomas H. Clark obtained his literary educa- tion in the public schools, and on the honte farm grew to manhood. In early life he married Miss Bridget Egan, of Honesdale, a daughter of Edward and Mary Egan, early settlers of Wayne county; and for a few years after his marriage continued to reside on the old homestead. He then engaged in lunibering quite extensively near Herrick Cen- tre, and also at Tanner's Falls, whither he moved his family, remaining there fifteen years while in the employ of Coe F. Young. In 1874 he came to Pleasant Mount, where he purchased a large amount of real estate, including a dwelling house and store- room, and the old Benjamin farm, adjoining the village on the north side of the Newburg turnpike. He also bought his father's old homestead and 100 acres adjoining. For a number of years he success- fully engaged in mercantile trade in the village, but finally rented his store to J. D. Brenan, in order to give his entire time and attention to farming in- terests and to the live stock business, in which he was extensively engaged.

To Thomas H. and Bridget ( Egan) Clark were born seven children, as follows: ( 1) William,

born in Mt. Pleasant, in 1858, died in 1887. ( 2) Mary, born in 1861, was educated partly in the public schools and partly in the academy at Mt. Pleasant, and later attended St. Celia Convent. at Scranton, Penn. She married John McCuster, of Preston, Wayne county, and they now reside in Scranton. Their children are Lewis, Minnie and Madaline. (3) Catharine, born in 1863, is a grad- uate of the Mt. Pleasant Academy, and is now the wife of Edward F. Riley, who is engaged in the wholesale liquor business in Omaha, Neb. They have three children, Edna M., Florence E. and Clark E. (4) Ella, born in Honesdale, in June, 1865, received a good academic education, and is now the wife of James R. Fleming, of Scranton. Penn., by whom she has had two sons, James and Albert. (5) Terrissa, born at Tanner's Falls, Wayne county, in 1868, obtained her education in the Mt. Pleasant Academy, and is the wife of D. J. Foley, of Susquehanna, Penn. They have one daughter, Helen C. (6) Cecelia, born at Tanner's Falls, in 1870, also attended the Mt. Pleasant Academy, and completed her education in the con- vent at Scranton. (7) CHARLES H., born in Wayne county, in October, 1872, attended the academy at Pleasant Mount for some years, and later became a student in the Lowell Business College, at Bing- hamton, N. Y., where he graduated in 1894. He now has charge of his father's extensive business as general manager, and is actively engaged in buy- ing and selling stock. He is one of the most en- terprising and progressive young business men and reliable citizens of Mt. Pleasant.

The mother of these children died in 18;9. and in January, 1881, Mr. Clark wedded Miss Mary E. Riley, a daughter of Cornelius and Sarah A. Riley, natives of Ireland, the former born in 1807, the lat- ter in 1817. The father died some years ago : the mother is still living at the advanced age of over eighty years. Mrs. Clark was born in 1844. and is now living on the old homestead in Pleasant Mount with the two youngest children born of her hus- band's first marriage. She has no children ci her own.

In 1883 Mr. Clark became connected with the Concord Cattle Company, a stock company owning a large cattle ranch near Miles City, Mont .. and en- gaged in raising cattle on an extensive scale. Our subject visited his possessions in that State a short tinie before his death. He was one of the most act- ive and influential business men of Wayne county. popular with all classes of people. being a man oi sterling worth and strict integrity, who commanded the confidence and esteem of his associates. Thought he started out in life a poor young man, he accumu- lated. by industry and careful management, a large property, and at his death was one of the wealthiest men of Wayne county. His large business inter- ests are now most ably managed by his wife and son Charles. He passed away at his home in Mt. Pleasant. in July, 1895. honored and respected by all who knew him. He was a Jacksonian Democra:

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in politics, and most acceptably served as poormas- ter of the village for several years. Religiously he and his family were all communicants of the Catho- lic Church at Pleasant Mount.

MARTIN H. VAN HOUSEN, a venerable and highly respected citizen of New Milford town- ship, Susquehanna county, has been engaged for many years in agricultural pursuits, and is now the owner of three fine farms adjoining each other. While he keeps an oversight of the work, the act- ive management has been mainly given to his sons, and he and his estimable wife are enjoying in a quiet way the fruits of their labors.

Mr. Van Housen was born December 29, 1816, at Chatham, N. Y., the son of William and Prudence (Ford) Van Housen. William Van Housen and his wife were born and reared at Lexington, Greene county, N. Y., and after their marriage canie to: Susquehanna county, settling in 1826 in New Mil- ford township, then a wilderness. They made their home on a tract of land adjoining our subject's pres- ent homestead, building a log cabin in a clearing in regular pioneer style, and the father died there in April, 1862, at the age of seventy years. The moth- er, who was a devout member of the Methodist Church, died at our subject's home in January, 1872, aged seventy-five, and their remains are bur- ied in the cemetery at East Bridgewater. Our sub- ject was the eldest of their large family of children. (2) Francisco died in early manhood. (3) Annice E., deceased, married Alvin Aldrick. (4) Antinette, deceased, married Ira Foote. (5) Amanda, widow of Windsor Aldrich, resides in East Bridgewater, Sus- quehanna county. (6) Orville A., deceased, mar- ried Ansil Perkins. (7) William died in early man- hood. (8) Jane married first George Aldrich, and second the late Horace Cheeswell. (9) Prudence, deceased, married Smith Sterling. ( 10) Salome married Nathaniel Gewett, of Bridgewater town- ship. (II) Lovine married Helen Pickering, and died leaving one child-Nellie.

As the son of a pioneer farmer Mr. Van Housen became familiar with all branches of agricultural work, much that is now accomplished by machinery being then done by hand. At the age of twenty- four he married and settled upon his present home- stead, his first dwelling house being a log cabin which he occupied about twenty years. He then built a frame house, and, while he and his wife still maintain much of the simplicity of the early days, they have added many modern improvements. In politics Mr. Van Housen is a stanch Republican, but he has never aspired to official honors. On March 3, 1840, he was married in Brooklyn town- ship, Susquehanna county, to Miss Mary A. Ald- rich, and six children have blessed the union: ( I) Ella A. died in infancy. (2) Henry A. died at the age of two and a half years. (3) William L. was accidentally shot and killed while hunting. (4) Albert L. now conducts one of our subject's farms on shares; he married ( first) Miss Fanny Aldrich,

and (second) Miss Hattie Caswell. By the first marriage he had three children-Jessie A., Edgar M. and Ralph-and by the second four children- Edna M., Rubie M., Helen F. and Lola M. (5) Lewis F. is in charge of one of his father's farms; he married Miss Ella Richardson and has seven children-Theodore, Velma, Tressie, Angus, Grace, Luceille and Arlyn. (6) Prudence M. died in 1877.

Mrs. Mary ( Aldrich) Van Housen possesses unusual mental gifts, and previous to her marriage she taught school for ten terms in Susquehanna county with marked success, being employed in the townships of New Milford, Brooklyn and Bridge- water. She was born April 15, 1816, in Hartord township, Susquehanna county, and is of good New England ancestry. Her father, Nathan Aldrich, was born in New Hampshire and married in Massa- chusetts Betsy Wheelock, a native of the latter State. In the fall of 1815 they removed to Sus- quehanna county, locating first in Harford town- ship, and later in Brooklyn township, where their remaining years were spent. They were Univer- salists in religious faith, and by their upright con- duct and high character they won the esteem of their associates. The mother died in 1871, aged seventy-three years, and the father, who was form- erly a farmer by occupation, died in 1874, at the age of eighty-nine, both being buried at Bridgewater cemetery. They had the following children : Alan- son, Andres, Albert, Mary A. (Mrs. Van Housen ), Alvin, Windsor, and Alister (Mrs. Eleazer Els- worth), of whom Mrs. Van Housen is now the only survivor.

JOHN SMITH FISHER, cashier of the Stroudsburg National Bank, of Stroudsburg. has an enviable standing in that community. While his integrity and business ability are recognized in financial circles, his sterling qualities of mind and heart are appreciated in social life, and the knowledge of the esteem in which he is held must be, in itself, a rich reward for his long and useful career.

He was born January 22, 1822, in what is now Polk township, Monroe county ( then Northamp- ton county), and comes of thrifty German ances- try. His great-grandfather, Michael Fisher, died on the ocean while on the voyage from Germany to America with his family, and the remaining mem- bers of the party settled in this section soon after their arrival in what is now Monroe county. The widow married a Mr. Gower, a grain merchant.

John Lawrence Fisher, our subject's grandfa- ther, was one of three children-two boys and one girl-according to some papers found after his death. He made his home upon a farm within the present limits of Polk township, Monroe coun- ty, and lived to the advanced age of ninety years and three months. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Merhekam, also attained a good old age. They had a large family of children. as fol- lows : Michael, who died at the homestead, aged

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seventy years; Dewalt, a farmer of Polk township, who died in his sixty-ninth year ; Abraham, our subject's father ; Lawrence, who survived the others and died when over seventy years old; Conrad, who died in Stroud township, Monroe county, aged forty-two; Elizabeth ( Mrs. Adam Keller), who died in Easton, Penn. ; Catherine ( AMIrs. Peter Fred- erick ), who died at Cherry Valley, Monroe county ; Margaret (Mrs. Conrad Hawk), who died in Poik township, Monroe county ; Eva, who never married, and made her home with the Keller family in East- on ; Susannah, who married Jesse Sigiin ; and Maria, who married Michael Hawk and died in Polk town- ship, Monroe county.

Abraham Fisher, our subject's father, was born in 1789, at the old homestead, and after acquiring an education in the schools of the locality he en- gaged in farming there. He, with his brothers Lawrence and Michael, inherited the farm, but neither of the latter ever married. Abraham Fish- er died in March, 1851, and his wife, Margaret Smith, who was born in 1802, in Carbon county, Penn., died in 1876. Her family was of Pennsyl- vania Dutch stock, and her father, Abraham Smith, was a farmer in Carbon county, where he died at an advanced age. Our subject was the eldest in a family of three children. (2) Mary married first James Gregory, deceased, and second George Smale. By the first marriage she had two children-Ma- linda and Mary-and by the second she had one daughter, who married Peter Bowlinger. (3) Charles, the youngest, now deceased, was a farmer in Polk township, Monroe county. He left four children-Fannie, Becky, May and George, all of whom reside in that county.

Our subject was reared at the old homestead, attending only the common schools of his district, and he followed farming as an occupation until the fall of 1864. He was always interested in politics, being an ardent Democrat, and for many years was continuously in office. From 1847 to 1863 he was justice of the peace of Polk township, Monroe coun- ty, and in the latter year he was elected county reg- ister and recorder. In this position he served three terms, nine years in all, and on retiring in 1872 he decided to devote his attention to business. For four years he was employed as a clerk by the Tan- ite Company, and in 1876 he became teller in the Stroudsburg Bank. In 1881 he was promoted to the post of cashier, which he has ever since held, the institution being changed to a national bank in February, 1887. In religious faith Mr. Fisher is a Lutheran, as were his parents and all his ances- tors as far back as they are known. He is identi- fied with various fraternal orders, including the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows; the Order of American Mechanics; and the Improved Order of Red Men, and in each of these he has passed through all the chairs.

In 1846 Mr. Fisher married Miss Susannah Shupp, who was born August 17, 1822, in Chestnut Hill township, Monroe county, and seven children

have blessed the union: ( 1) Nathan died when three years old. (2) Edwin, born September 19, 1849, is employed in the United States mint at Phila- deiphiia. He married Miss Sophia Burd, a native of New Jersey, and has one daughter-Sallie. (3) James died at the age of nineteen. (4) Charles A. died at the age of three years. (5) Mary died in her fourth year. (6) Catherine died at the age of twenty-three. (7) Wilson, born May, 1865, is em- ployed in the car shops in Stroudsburg; he mar- ried Miss Emma Sigman, of South Easton, and has two children-John and Adella.

EDWARD L. BEEBE, a retired farmer and highly-respected citizen of Franklin Forks, Sus- quehanna county, was born in the town of Wind- sor, Broome Co., N. Y., February 16, 1824.

Mr. Beebe is a son of Harry and Orrill (Wal- ler) Beebe, natives of Wilkes Barre, Penn., who on coming to Susquehanna county, in 1828, first located in Brooklyn township, where they spent two years. The following three years they passed in Forest Lake township, and at the end of that time removed to Franklin township, where the father died in 1875, at the age of seventy-nine years. Sub- sequently the mother found a pleasant home with our subject, and there she passed away in 1886, at the advanced age of ninety-three years, and was laid to rest by the side of her husband in Franklin Forks cemetery. To them were born six children. namely: Lyman, who enlisted in 1863 in the I4Ist P. V. I., and died in field hospital in 1864; Phineas WV., a retired mechanic of Binghamton, N. Y .; Henry, who died in 1885; Edward L., our subject ; Margaret, deceased, who (first) married H. Pear- son, and (second) S. L. Stillwell; and Sarah. wife of Eli B. Smith, a merchant of Franklin Forks. Our subject's paternal grandparents, Timothy and Sarah (Loverage) Beebe, were of Welsh extrac- tion. They lived for a time in Wilkes Barre. Penn., and died in Windsor, N. Y. In his younger days the grandfather followed shoemaking, but later he devoted his attention to farming.

Edward L. Beebe remained with his parents until after his marriage, which was celebrated at Franklin Forks, June 7, 1849, Miss Dolly B. Smith becoming his wife. To them were born three children, as follows: Javan D., of Binghamton, N. Y., wedded Mary Marsh, and had two children. Edward K. ( deceased ) and Stanley J .; Emorilla (first ) married John Guernsey, by whom she had one daughter. Nellie, and is now the wife of A. E. Hemstraught, a carpenter of Binghamton, by whom she has one son, Harry: Miles S. married Amy Sherwood and has one son, Meade, a soldier in the Ist New York Volunteers, stationed at Honolulu. and who is engaged in the grocery business in that city. Mrs. Beebe was born in Delaware county. N. Y., June 9, 1827, a daughter of Josephi and Belinda ( Bartrum) Smith, natives of Litchfield county, Conn. Her paternal grandparents, Josephi and Lydia ( Beers) Smith, were also natives of that

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State, were farming people, and died in Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y. The maternal grandparents. Eli and Dolly ( Lyon) Bartrum, were born in Litchfield county, Coun., and died in Ashtabula county, Ohio; throughout his active business life Mr. Bartrum followed farming, but his last days were spent in retirement from all labor. Joseph Smith, father of Mrs. Beebe, removed from Rox- bury, Delaware Co., N. Y., to Franklin Forks, Sus- quehanna Co., Penn., April 19. 1844, and here pur- chased a tract of 143 acres, on which he built a tan- nery, operating same until it was destroyed by fire, seven years later. In 1857 he and his wife removed to Wood county, Ohio, where he bought land and engaged in farming until called from this life, in 1868, at the age of seventy-six years, his remains being interred on his farm, which has since been converted into a public cemetery. He was a man of prominence, and had the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. The mother died at the home of Mrs. Beebe, in November, 1896, aged ninety-seven years, eleven months and six days. and was laid to rest in Franklin Forks cemetery. The children of the family were Lydia, deceased, who ! first ) married Stillman Fuller, and ( second ) Bealey Cogswell, both Baptist ministers: Clara, deceased wife of Asa Fuller ; Edwin D., deceased : Eli B .. a merchant of Franklin Forks: Dolly B., wife of our subject; Mary A .. who ( first) married Edgar Smith, and ( second) James White, and died in Wisconsin ; Israel. deceased: Jane, who married William Stevens, and died in Minnesota; Emily, who married Daniel Bordman, and died in Bing- hamton. N. Y .; and Joseph Alfred, who died dur- ing his service in the Civil war, and was buried in Kentucky.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 2

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1098

Author:
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1098