Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 30

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J. WALTER HURST, one of the most thor- ough and systematic general farmers of Westfall township, Pike county, was born in Pottsville. Schuylkill Co., Penn .. November 17. 1848, a son of Benjamin L. and Frances ( Wagner ) Hurst.

The father was born in England May 8, 1819.

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whence in 1824 he was brought to America by his parents, John and Mary ( Lces) Hurst, who settled in Luzerne county, Penn., where they spent their remaining years, the former following mining. Benjamin L. was the eldest of their three children, the others being: Sarah B., a resident of Hazelton, Penn .; and Mary J., wife of William James of the same place. The father of our subject was reared in the coal regions of Luzerne county, and from the age of eighteen up to the time of his death, which occurred at Brooklyn, N. Y., May 26, 18go, lie was employed as a railroad engineer, being the oldest in America when called from this life. The mother was born August 17, 1817, on a part of the present farm of our subject, and died February 14. 1886. Her parents were Frederick and Catherine ( Ken- ard) Wagner, natives of Holland, who on coming to this country located at Plains, Luzerne Co., Penn., where her father engaged in farming. Their chil- dren were: Peter; Paul; William: James; Ziba ; Frances; Mary, wife of James Stark ; Margaret A .. wife of William Gardner ; Elizabeth, wife of Will- iam Appel ; and Louise, wife of C. Stark, a brother of James. Our subject is the third in order of birth in a family of four children, the others being as fol- lows: James, who married Juliette Piatt, and was drowned December 2, 1868; and William and Mary J., who are living together on a part of the old home farm.

In 1864 J. Walter Hurst came with his mother to his present farm, which she had purchased a few years previously, and upon which her son James lo- cated when it was almost an unbroken wilderness. Prior to this time, our subject had worked in a stone quarry for one year, but since then has devoted his entire time and attention to agricultural pursuits with most gratifying results. In connection with his brother and sister he owns 400 acres of valuable land, mostly covered with timber. Ifc is an exten- sive reader, and is well posted on the leading ques- tions and topics of the day, and is a supporter of "the Democratic party.

At Dingman's Ferry, Pike county, September 20, 1882, Mr. Hurst wedded Miss Mary .A. Holden, a daughter of John and Ellen Holden. She was a native of Lancashire, England. and died August 13, 1806, at the age of thirty-six years, being laid to rest in the cemetery of Ellenville, Ulster Co .. N. Y. The children born of this union were: Harry L .. ilcccased ; and Frank B., Walter B .. Frances M. and Daniel, all at homc.

S. R. IIAZELTON finds an appropriate place in the history of those mien of business and enter- prise in Pike county, whose force of character, whose sterling integrity, whose fortitude amid dis- couragements, whose good sense in the management of complicated affairs and marked success in estab- lishing large industries and bringing to completion great schemes of trade and profit that contributed in an eminent degree to the development of the vast resources of this section of the State. His

career has not been helped by accident or luck, or wealth or family or powerful friends. He is, in- decd, a self-made man, being both the architect and builder of his own fortune.

Richard Hazelton, the grandfather of our sub- ject, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland. and when a young man came to America, afterward en- gaging in farming in Wayne county, Penn. There he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Thorp, a native of Philadelphia. Their son, Phin- eas Hazelton, father of our subject. was born in Sterling township ( now Dreher ), Wayne county, March 10, 1841, and died February 2, 1889. He was married in Salem township, that county, to Miss Mary Hopps, a daughter of Samuel and Mar- tha (Dilworth ) Hopps. Her maternal grandpar- ents were Anthony and Martha ( Hanna ) Dilworth. Her father, Samuel Hopps, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, of Scotch-English ancestry, and came to the New World in 1850, taking up his resi- dence in Greene township, Pike Co., Penn., where he engaged in farming and also worked at his trade, that of a gunsmith. He died in January. 18SI, his wife in August, 1874. Our subject is the eldest child in his father's family, the others being as fol- lows : George W., born July 20, 1867, married Cora Ebber, and lives in Wilkes Barre, Penn. ; F. G., born July 29, 1869, married Margaret Gilpin, and lives in Greene township, Pike county'; . Sarah M., born March 26, 1871, is living in Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Penn. ; P. T., born May 10, 1873, is employed in western Pennsylvania ; E. E., born March 7. 1875. makes his home with our subject, and assists in the lumbering business : Lizzie A., born June 13. 1377. is the wife of Joseph Sanders, of Greene township, Pike county ; and Augusta L., born July 2, 1880. lives with our subject.

S. R. Hazelton was born in Sterling township. Wayne county, October 26, 1865, and when a mere boy found employment in the lumber woods. At the age of twenty-two years he purchased a half- interest in a mill and timber tract in Dreher town- ship. Wayne county, commonly known as the Owl Hoot property, and this establishment he continued to operate for some years. On the death of his parents the care of his younger brothers and sisters fell upon him, and through his efforts the family were kept together until old enough to provide for themselves. Selling the Owl Hoot property in 1892. lie embarked in the mercantile business at Green- town. Greene township, Pike county, but since 1804 he has rented his store. In the latter year he pur- chased a half-interest in a lumber plant, consisting of 2,700 acres of timber land. on which he erected. at his own expense. a sawmill which the firm has since operated, being engaged in sawing lumber and in the manufacture of umbrella handles, dowels. etc. The plant is built in a pleasant valley of Palmyra township, Pike county, and is surrounded by a dense forest ; in fact there is sufficient timber on the leased lands.to keep the mill busy for the next eight years. The mill turns out one million feet of sound lumber

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yearly, besides thousands of umbrella handles, etc., and in the past three years this establishment has sold $25.000 worth of dowels. During the winter season thirty-five men are employed, besides almost as many teams, and during the contract season these numbers are nearly doubled. Besides this business Mr. Hazelton is also interested in the Gouldsboro Ice Company at Gouldsboro, Wayne county, and has met with marked success in all his undertakings. He erected an elegant home in 1896, and in time hopes to convert his place into a resort for tourists as this locality abounds in rabbits, pheasants, foxes, etc., besides larger game, and the many streams and ponds are well stocked with fish.

On June 8, 1894, at Lopez, Sullivan Co., Penn., Mr. Hazelton married Miss Esther E. Crump, a daughter of Rev. C. W. and Catherine ( Highlind) Crump, and the ceremony was performed by the · bride's father, who is a Methodist Protestant min- ister. Her parents are both natives of Pike county, and in their family are the following children : Ger- shum, principal of the high school at Ashley, Penn. ; Esther E., who was born August 13. 1872, and is now the wife of our subject; Clara, wife of Walter Reynolds, formerly a resident of Wayne county, now a Methodist Protestant minister having a charge at Laketon, Wyoming Co., Penn .; Arvilla, at home; Nettie, who died at the age of five years ; and Ida, Charles, Lizzie and Granville, all at home. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hazelton: Gershum, who was born July 23, 1895, and died September 28, 1895 : Katharine, born April 14, 1896; and Dorothea, born April 17, 1898.

In his political affiliations Mr. Hazelton is a stanch Republican, and he has capably filled some minor offices, while he is now serving on the school board and as postmaster at Crosses, to whichi posi- tion he was appointed November 16, 1897. Socially he has been affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1892, and the Patriotic Order *. Sons of America since 1895: religiously lie and his wife are leading members of and active workers in the Methodist Protestant Church at East Sterling, Wayne county.

WALTER VETTERLEIN, an enterprising agriculturist of Palmyra township, Pike county, is the owner of a fine farm, and his management of the estate is marked by the scientific knowledge and skill which characterize the modern farmer.

Our subject comes of a good old German family, his grandfather being August Vetterlein, a native of Saxony, where he was married and always re- mained employed in the manufacture of porcelain ware. The father, Henry Vetterlein. was born in Saxony, in 1831, and on his emigration to this coun- try, in 1856. located in New York City, where he was employed for three years as an assistant in beautifying Central Park. He then purchased a farin on Long Island. but after engaging in agri- cultural pursuits for a short time he sold out and embarked in the flour and feed business in New

York City. In 1876 hie removed to Palmyra town- ship, Pike Co., Penn., where he bought a farm, and with his son spent his remaining days. In New York City he married Miss Henrietta Miller, also a native of Saxony, Germany, who died in 1857. His death occurred in Palmyra township, in Decem- ber, 1888.

Walter Vetterlein was born in New York City, May 11, 1856, and there he grew to manhood. He was a valuable assistant in all his father's undertak- ings, and when the latter died he took charge of the farm in Palmyra township, where he is now success- fully engaged in both general farming and dairying. This place consists of two hundred acres. about one- third of which is tillable and under excellent culti- vation. In connection with the operation of his farm Mr. Vetterlein also acts as agent for farming implements and . fertilizers.

In Palmyra township Mr. Vetterlein was mar- ried by Rev. B. Krusi, a German Presbyterian min- ister, to Miss Wilhelmina Buehler. Her parents, Christopher and Catherine ( Gardner) Buehler, were born, reared and married in Wurtemberg, Germany, and the children that grace their union are: Fred- ericka, wife of Lewis Singer, a farmer of Palmyra township ; Frederick, who is married and is employed in a steel mill in Chicago, Ill. ; Wilhelmina, who was born April 5, 1871, and is now the wife of our sub- ject : Katie, the wife of Peter Falter, of Brooklyn, N. Y .; and William, who is employed as a machinist in that city. The children born to our subject and his wife are: Henry, Frederica, Louise, Alma and Hildegard.

In the exercise of his elective franchise Mr. Vetterlein supports the Democracy, and on his party ticket he has been elected to the offices of school di- rector, township clerk, assessor, collector and treas- urer, also a member of the election board, all of which incumbencies he has most creditably and sat- isfactorily filled. Religiously he holds membership in the German Presbyterian Church, and socially belongs to the Masonic fraternity and a branch order of the American Mechanics.

CHARLES LOUIS FRANK, one of the most progressive and enterprising agriculturists of Blooming Grove township, Pike county, was born in Saxony, Germany, August 4, 1840, and is a son of Ernst Ferdinand and Caroline Frank. The father was also a native of Saxony, born in ISoo. and in that country engaged in the manufacture of flutes and other musical instruments until the emigration of the family to America in 1851. Locating in Bloom- ing Grove township, Pike Co., Penn., he purchased property, and to some extent engaged in farming, though he still continued to make musical instru- ments, New York offering a ready market for the same. He died in that township May 9, 1876; his widow passed away December 10, 1897.

In the family of this worthy couple were the following children : Augusta, deceased wife of Jacob Averley, of Paupack township, Wayne Co., Penn .;

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William, a molder by trade, who is living near Bloomingfield, Sussex Co., N. J. ; Herman, who died at the age of twenty-two years; Fritz, widow of l'eter Felter, of Scranton, Penn .; Caroline, wife of Peter Wimtz, of Scranton, a shoemaker by trade; Tillie, widow of John Reed, of Scranton; Rosa, widow of George Lewis. of the same place ; Charles Louis, the subject of this sketch; Bertha, wife of Francis Singer, of Palmyra township, Pike county ; Gust, who married a Miss Blooss, and is living in Blooming Grove township; and Louisa, widow of Conrad Miller, of Blooming Grove township.

Charles Louis Frank was eleven years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to the New World, and after locating in Blooming Grove township, Pike Co., Penn., he assisted his father in lumbering and ciearing the land, preparing it for farm work. Throughout his entire business career he has followed agricultural pursuits, and in 1865 started out in life for himself as a farmer. He is now the owner of a good farm of fifty-six acres, much of which is under cultivation, while his wife has a tract of about the same size. He has no specialty, but is engaged in general farming, and the neat and thrifty appearance of his place denotes his careful supervision and unremitting industry, Politically he affiliates with the Democratic party, and religiously holds membership in the German Lutheran Church.

Mr. Frank has been twice married, his first union being with Miss Margaretta Staphaus, by whom he had nine children, namely: Emily, a resi- cient of Jersey City, N. J. ; Ferdinand, a lumberman, who is married and lives in Wyoming county, Penn. ; Philip, who is also a lumberman of Wyoming county ; Rosy, who died at the age of eighteen years ; Francis, who is living at home and assists in the farm work; Fritz, also at home: Louis, who died in childhood; and Fred and Mary, who both died when young. The mother of these was called to her final rest March 21, 1884, and in ISgo Mr. Frank married Mrs. Caroline (Delling) Ploss, widow of John Ploss. She is also a native of Germany, and came to America when a child.

JOHN STARK, a prominent agriculturist of Dingman township, Pike county, is the owner of a fine farm which his industry and judicious manage- ment have brought to a high state of cultivation.

Mr. Stark was born January 5, 1850, at his present homestead, and is of German ancestry. John P. Stark, the grandfather of our subject, who was born in Germany. November 18. 1782, came to America in 1836, with his wife Mary and their children, and after spending one year in New York removed to this section. locating at thic present homestead. He dicd there March 25, 1875, and his wife, who was born October 18, 1786, died May 25, 1858. They had the following children : Henry, who married Dora Smith; Rachel ( Mrs. Keno) : Mary E. ( Mrs. John Watson) ; Elizabeth ( Mrs. Jacob Stickler) ; Angeline ( Mrs. Jacob Zimmer),

and John P., Jr., our subject's father, all of whom died in America.

John P. Stark, Jr., our subject's father, was born June 4, 1827, in Germany, and came to Amer- ica in early manhood with his parents. After one year in New York he camc, in 1837, to the present farm, where he followed agriculture many years, his death occurring March 14, 1894. He was a Democrat in politics, and was prominent in local affairs, serving in various township offices, while he was also active in religious work as a member of the German Lutheran Church. He was married in Dingman township to Miss Margaret Stark (no relation), who was born January 25, 1824, and died September 16, 1891, the remains of both being interred in Milford cemetery. They had two chil- dren: Mary, now the wife of Charles Bridge, a farmer in Dingman township ; and John.

Mr. Stark, our subject, has always resided at the old homestead, and he is much esteemed as a citizen. Politically he is a Democrat, and at times he has been called to serve in various offices, includ- ing those of township supervisor and inspector of elections. On February 22, ISSo. he was married at Woodtown, Pike county, to Miss Hattie E. Wood, a native of Pike county, and daughter of Bradner and Elizabeth ( Meadow) Wood, who now reside upon a farm at Woodtown. She died August 16, 1882, and May 7, 1885, Mr. Stark was married at Port Jervis to Miss Ida Barnes. By the first mar- riage he had one son, George W., born August 16, 1882, who is at home, and by the second marriage there were five children : Charles H., born May 25, 1886; Mabel S., January 19, ISS8; John P., Decem- ber 12. 1889; Mary C., November 12, 1891, and James E., January 25. 1897.

Mrs. Ida ( Barnes) Stark was born February 3, 1861. in Damascus township, Wayne county, a daughter of Stephen D. Barnes, and a granddaugh- ter of John and Elizabeth ( Holbert) Barnes, who settled on a farm in Pike county at an early day. Her father was born February 27, 1833, near Honcsdale, and died February 14. 1884. being buried at Beach Pond. He married Miss Mary E. Smith, who was born August 17, 1836, a daughter of Frederick and Jane ( De Witt ) Smith, of Wayne county, and grand- daughter of Samuel Smith. of Germany; she now resides with our subject. Seven children were born to Stephen D. and Mary E. Barnes : Rosalphea, who died in infancy; Alonzo O .. deceased : Ida, wife of our subject : Clarissa L., who died in infancy ; Fred- ick M .. a stone mason at Honesdale, who married Estella EEldron ; Frank H., deceased; and Olive M., deceased.

WILLIS TUTHILL, a leading dairyman and enterprising citizen of Lackawaxen township, Pike county, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Hawley, May 16. 1860. His grandfather, Alexander Tuthill, was born, reared and married in New York State, and there the birth of his children also occurred. By occupation he was a farmer and lumberman.

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Alexander Tuthill, Jr., the father of our sub- ject, was born in New York State, January 18, 1822, and died November 18, 1897. When a young man he located in Wayne county, Penn., was for many years employed in a tannery at Hawley, and was a boatman on the Delaware & Hudson canal for scv- eral years. He was married in Honesdale, Penn., July 4, 1846, to Miss Caroline Milham, daughter of John and Charity Milham, both natives of New Jersey. The children born of this union are as tol- lows: Edward, a resident of Hawley, first married Lucretia Barnard. and for his second wife wedded Agnes Destin ; George has also been twice marricd and lives in Wilkes Barre. Penn. : John died at the age of sixteen years; Willis is next in the order of birth; Jennie is the wife of Frank Stephenson, of Hawley; and Marvin married Edith King, and re- sides in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.

Willis Tuthill received a district-school educa- tion, and at the early age of ten years began to pro- vide for himself, at first working as a chore boy for neighboring farmers, while later he was employed for some years by a large lumber firm in caring for their horses. He then rented a farm in Lackawaxen township, Pike county, near Hawley, for three years, and at the end of that time purchased the same, consisting of fifty-one acres, twenty of which are under excellent cultivation. He has a valuable orchard upon his place, and is engaged in general farming, but gives the greater part of his attention to dairying, having twenty cows, and finding a ready market for the milk in Hawley.

On March 16, 1880. at Hawley, Mr. Tuthill was married by Rev. Williams, a Methodist Episco- pal minister, to Miss Hannah J. Baisden, who was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., February 18, 1857, a daughter of John J. and Mary ( Schoonmaker ) Bais- den. Her grandfather. John M. Baisden, was a na- tive of England. where he married Tamer Percal. and in 1834 they came to America and located at *Kingston, Ulster Co., N. Y., where he died. John J. Baisden, the father of Mrs. Tuthill, was born in Chatham, England, August 22. 1832, grew to man- hood in New York City, and for some time was em- ployed in the Brooklyn Navy yard, where he learned the trade of ship building. Later he come to llaw- ley, I'cnn., and embarked in the biulding of canal boats on property he purchased in Lackawaxen town- ship, Pike county. Here he built up a flourishing business, and soon had a little settlement on the banks of the Delaware & Hudson canal, known as Baisdenville. From Pike county he removed to Rondout ( now Kingston). N. Y., where he still carries on an extensive ship building business. hav- ing two yards. . At that place he married Miss Mary Schoonmaker, daughter of Stephen and Hannah ( Wolsey) Schoonmaker. and they became the par- ents of the following children: Mary and Tamer. who both died young: Hannah J., the wife of our subject : Sarah I., wife of James G. Fowler, of Sleightsburg. N. Y .: Martha .A., wife of Albert M. Cooper, of New Salem, Ulster Co., N. Y. ; John S.,

who married Ella Heins, and is foreman in his father's shipyard; Charles E., who died in infancy ; Lewis H., who married Jennie Birdsley, and is a boatbuilder at Baisdenville, Lackawaxen township, Pike Co., Penn. : William N., who died in infancy; and Walter M .. a resident of Edgewater. N. J. MIr. and Mrs. Tuthill have five children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Caroline I .. July 28, 1881 ; Mary E., September 11, 1883 : Hattie D .. Feb- ruary 4, 1888 ; Charles H., April 5, 1891 ; and Mabel J., October 5. 1895.

In his political views Mr. Tuthill is a Republi- can, and socially has been a member of the Improved Order of Red Men ever since the lodge was or- ganized at Hawley, and he also belongs to the Junior Order of American Mechanics. With his wife and two eldest daughters he holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Hawley, and the family is one of prominence in the social circles of the community.

EMILE SCHANNO, deceased. The beautiful scenery and fertile soil of this section have attracted many of the thrifty sons of France, whose artistic tastes enable them to appreciate the charm of its picturesque hills and valleys. The subject of this memoir, founder of the "Hotel Schanno," in Ding- man township, Pike county, was a man of marked culture and refinement, and while the practical busi- ness sagacity so characteristic of his race. enabled him to establish a profitable enterprise, the hotel and grounds show that in his selection of an abiding place he was actuated by a keen sense of the beat- tiful.

The late Emile Schanno was born July 22. 1827, at Turckheim, in the province of Alsacc, then a part of France, and was a descendant of an old and highly-esteemed family of that locality. The name was formerly Jeannot. originating in the south of France, the spelling having been changed during a flight to Switzerland in the revolution of '93, by our subject's grandfather, Joseph Jeannot, or Schanno. IFrancois Joseph Schanno, the father of our sub- ject. was a man of wealth and influence, and he died at the old home in Alsace in 1866, at the age of ninety-five: his wife, Hergel Reine. died in 1872. aged eighty-six. They had four children: Joseph. Anna. Reine and Emile, the eld- est son being named Joseph in accordance with a rule which has been followed in the family for seven generations.

Our subject, who was the only member of the family to come to America, was engaged in business in his native land for many years, owning a flour mill and several tracts of vineyards, and as may be judged was a man of means and influence. He was prominent in civic affairs, serving as mayor of Turckheim, and was also president of the Game- keepers Association in Alsace. However, he lost his property in 1870, during the trouble between France and Germany, and after the conquest. in order to spare his son front German military service, he de-

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termined to come to America, in the hope also of re- trieving his lost fortune, cmigrating to the United States in 1876. He settled in Dingman township, Pike county, upon the present homestead of his children, where he established a summer hotel, known as the "Hotel Sehanno." He was too in- dependent to take aid from his friends, though he had many both in France and America, and his own regret was that he was not able to do better by his children. Mr. Schanno died at his home in Ding- man May 21, 1883, and his estimable wife, Caroline Kroell, to whom he was married in Alsace on Janu- ary 23, 1857, survived him but two years, passing away April 19, 1885, at the age of fifty-six. She was also a native of France, and her parents, Chris- tophe and Madelaine ( Heinrich) Kroell. were people of prominence, her father being the owner of a very large estate. To Emile and Caroline Schanno the following children were born: Miss Anna, who resides at the homestead : Joseph, a farmer in Ding- man township; Paul, who married Louise Floquet, and is engaged in mercantile business in New York City ; CHARLES LEON and Louise, who are not mar- ried, and reside at the farm. The family are Catho- lics in religious belief. Mr. Schanno's political sympathies were with the Republican party.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 30

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