Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 40

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At Hancock, N. Y .. October 12. 1858. M .. Poole was married to Miss Ellen A. Martin. a lad; of intelligence, culture and refinement. and a repre- sentative of a highly respected family of Preston township, Wayne county. Her parents, Jeremialı and Mary ( Coats ) Martin, were natives of New York State and New Berlin township. Wayne Co .. Penn., respectively, and both died in Wayne county. the former at the age of seventy-five, the latter at the age of sixty-six years .. In their family were the following children : Alonzo ( deceased ), Ellen. Maria, Betsy and Mary ( both deceased), Albert. Lawreston, Allen, and Eva, who died in 1877.

To Mr. and Mrs. Poole were born four chil- dren: (1) Amelia is now the wife of M. J. Erk, of Seelyville, Wayne county, and has two children. Helen and Arnold. (2) Elmer Ellsworth, an expert plumber residing in Jermyn, Penn., is married to Satie Mathews, of Equinunk ; he lost one daughter. Lena, who died July 4. 1897. (3) Myra died at the age of twenty years: Ella married Richard Watson, of Preston township, Wayne county. but is now deceased. Of her two children. one died at the age of nine months, and James is living at the age of ten years.

Mr. Poole is a well-informed man. possess- ing a retentive memory, and is an able speaker from: either rostrum or stage. He is an earnest advocate of woman suffrage, and is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, doing all in his power to promote its interests or insure its success. Socially he affil- iates with the Odd Fellow's Lodge, while his wife is an active member of the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union, and both are prominent and influen- tial members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Wherever known they are held in high regard. and have a host of warm friends through- out the county.

BURTON W. BRYANT. one of the intelli- gent, progressive farmers of Damascus township. Wayne county, is a native of that county, born in August. 1854. at Girdland, Oregon township. where his father, J. H. Bryant, carried on farming for many years.

J. H. Bryant was born in 1824 in Bethany. Wayne county, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits during all of his active life. He married Mary A. Scambler, and soon afterward settled on a tract of wild land in Oregon township which he had purchased, making his home there until 1894. since which time he has lived retired. in Honesdale. He has well earned the repose he

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now enjoys, for he has cleared out a valuable farm from the land he bought, put it under a good state of cultivation, and made numerous improve- ments on the place during his residence thereon. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant were the parents of eight chil- dren, of whom we have the following record : Flor- ence is the wife of W. H. Crocker, who owns a fine farm and neat home in Damascus township; they have two children-Blanch and Earl. Mary mar- ried Theodore Walls, who is engaged in gristmilling in Hawley, where they reside : they have three sons -Russell, Ray and Arthur. Albert F. was reared to manhood on the farm, and at present makes his home in Honesdale; he married Miss Carrie Yerks. Frederick J. married Miss Eva Penwarden, of Wayne county, and . they have three children- Pearl, Flossie and Ollie: they live in Honesdale. Sarah married Frank Robinson, of Lebanon, Wayne county, and resides in Dyberry ; they have no fam- ily. George R. married Miss Lizzie Ray, of Hones- dale, and they have two children-Noble and Al- bertie; they reside in Scranton, Penn. Otis mar- ried Miss Carrie Appel, of Girdland, and they have two daughters-Violetta and Carlottie; they reside on the old Bryant homestead in Oregon.

Burton W. Bryant lived on the paternal farm until he reached his majority, meantime attending the local public schools, where he acquired a thorough, practical education. After leaving home he engaged to work with the Standard Oil Com- pany, at Bradford, and continued in their employ for a year and a half, but with this exception his time has for the most part been devoted to farming and stock raising, and he has gained the reputa- tion of being one of the most reliable and system- atic agriculturists in this region. His land yields him a steady income, and the appearance of his farm, his home and all his surroundings indicate a taste for neatness and beauty not often consid- ered necessary even by good farmers. He has dis- played more than ordinary ability in the manage- ment of his place and in all his business transac- tions, which have been marked as well by honesty and sterling integrity to all.

In March, 1879, Mr. Bryant was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Dann, who was born October 1, 1854, in Damascus township, one of the three daughters of Asil and Elizabeth Dann, who were prominent residents of this locality for many years. Asil Dann bought his farm in the township in 1848, the property being then included in the "Shields lands," erected a frame house, and com- menced to clear the place, engaging in lumbering as well as farming until all the timber on his land was exhausted. Ile erected a sawmill on the place, and was extensively engaged in the manu- facture of lumber for many years, in all his under- takings meeting with well-merited success. In 1854 he erected a commodions residence, with all im- provements, and he also put up three large barns and provided the farm with many other conven- iences. Mr. Dann passed away in 1889, his wife

following him to the grave in 1891, and the farm is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bryant, who have proved to be worthy successors to these noble pio- neers. Of the daughters, Carrie A., the eldest. was born in 1849, and married Edward Callan, of Cali- fornia ; she died in October, 1896, leaving one son, Asil Dann Callan. Elizabeth is the wife of Mr. Bryant. Maria A., born in 1863, was, like hier sis- ters, educated in the Monticello ( N. Y.) Acadeniy, and is now the wife of Benson Eighmy, of Damas- cus, residing on his farm in that township: they have one daugliter, Bertrice. In 1894 Mrs. Bry- ant and Mrs. Eighmy journeyed to the Pacific coast to visit their sister, who was dangerously ill. and on their trip passed through numerous places of in- terest. Los Angeles, New Mexico, Pueblo, Ogden, Salt Lake City and Kansas City, whence they re- turned home, via Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Bryant have had one son, Duane C. Their comfortable home is provided with every- thing necessary to happiness and enjoyment. and is one of the most pleasant and hospitable in the neighborhood, where they command the respect of all as refined Christian citizens, best liked where they are best known. In religious connection they are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Bryant has, politically, always affiliated with the Repub- lican party, in whose interests he has been quite active. In 1896 he was elected delegate to the con- vention held at Honesdale, and he has served one term as school director.

A. B. WILLIAMS, a worthy representative of the agricultural and lumber interests of Wayne county, has for the past thirty-three years resided upon his present farm in Sterling township. where he has seventy-five acres of good land. He now gives the greater part of his time and attention to general farming and dairying, and having 300 maple trees upon his place, he also manufactures about 400 pounds of sugar annually.

His grandfather, Jacob Williams, was of Ger- man ancestry, but his forefathers came to America when this country was still a Colonial possession of England. His father, David Williams, was a native of Monroe county, Penn., where he spent his entire life, following the occupation of iarming from early manhood until old age. Hle was married in that . county to Miss Elizabeth Bush, a daughter of Henry and Margaret ( Fish ) Bush, and they continued to reside on the okl homestead there until the wife died. Mr. Williams then sokl the place. but he did not long survive her. The children born to them were Ann Maria, wife of Jacob Perth, head carpenter for the D. L. & W. railroad at Stroudsburg. Penn .: A. B .. the subject of this sketch : Daniel. a blacksmith. of Tannersville. Monroe Co., Penn. : George, a carpen- ter, of the same place : Morris, a farmer of Sterling township, Wayne county, and Joseph, a shoe dealer of Mt. Pocono, Monroe county.

On the old homestead near Stroudsburg. Mon- roe county. A. B. Williams was born . August 3. 1839.

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and in the schools of that city he acquired his educa- tion. On starting out to earn his own livelihood at the age of fourteen years, lie worked for neiglibor- ing farmers, and later was employed as a lumberman for many years in different parts of Pennsylvania, being a sawyer in one mill in Sterling township, Wayne county, for the long period of seventeen years. For five years he was a member of the State Militia, and on September 22, 1864, he entered the United States service, as a member of tlie regular army. 3rd Brigade, Ist Division, 9th Army Corps. He took part in the engagements at Bayton Road, Hatcher's Run, and Fort Steadman, where he had his hat shot from his head ; was in a bayonet charge at Petersburg, and was present at the fall of that stronghold. He also participated in several other battles of less importance; was present at the sur- render of Gen. Lee at Appomattox Court House; and was in the Grand Review at Washington, D. C. He had several narrow escapes, a sharpshooter at one time piercing his coat while he was on picket duty. He was honorably discharged June 17, 1865, and returned home.

At Stroudsburg, Penn., Mr. Williams was mar- ried, August 26, 1864, by Rev. W. Thaxton, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to Miss Mary Batzel, a daughter of Charles and Margaret ( Frick) Batzel. Five children were born of this union, namely: J. G., born July 27, 1866, is represented elsewhere; Edith, born May 25, 1870, is the wife of George Hartford, a farmer of Sterling township, Wayne county : Annie, born February 20, 1872, is now keep- ing house for her father; Charles and Daniel (twins), were born March 18, 1879 (the former is at home and the latter is deceased ). The wife and mother, who was a miost estimable lady, died July 2, 1892.

Since attaining his majority Mr. Williams has been a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and is now acceptably serving his seventh year as su- pervisor of Sterling township. Socially he is an hon- ored member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Patriotic Order Sons of America, and religiously, is a sincere and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is serving as stew- ard and trustee.

ISAAC BASSETT CRAFT, M. D. (de- ceased ). The salubrious air and picturesque seen- ery of this favored section have attracted many prominent residents of the metropolis, who have found here the quiet seclusion so highly prized after the noise and turmoil of city life. The subject of this sketch, in his day a successful physician of New York City, was for many years a resident of Milford township. Pike county, and his useful life was doubtless prolonged by his sojourn amid the healthful surroundings of his charming country home.

Dr. Craft was born April 8, 1808, at North Castle. Ulster Co., N. Y., where his family had been prominent from an early date. William Craft,

his father, was born and reared at North Castk .. where he conducted a tavern for some years, bir in 1883 hie removed to New York City. He and his wife, Rebecca Bassett, had three children : William D., Hannah W., and Isaac B., all now deceased. William D. studied law with Aaron Burr, the emi- nent lawyer of New York, and became a successful practitioner in that city ; he was married at the age of seventy-five to Margaret Richard, now de- ceased.

The Bassett family is of Welsh origin, and tlie old ancestral castle in Wales is still standing. The first of the line to come to America were two broth- ers, David and . Isaac, who being Protestants had found it impossible to dwell in harmony with two other brothers who were zealous Catholics.

Our subject's early life was chiefly spent in New York City, and after receiveing a good aca- demic education he read medicine with Dr. Bushe, Valentine Mott and Horseck. At the age of nine- teen he entered a college in New York City, from which he was graduated. For a time he was demonstrator of anatomy in this noted institution. while in general practice lie met with marked suc- cess. His health failed, however, and in 1865 he found the symptoms of heart disease so alarming that he was obliged to give up his professional work. Thinking that he would be benefited by an outdoor life in the pure air of our mountains, lie removed to Pike county, purchasing 300 acres of forest land in Milford township, five miles from Milford village. Here he spent his remaining years, finding pleasant recreation in the improve- ment of the estate, while as his health permitted he would respond to the frequent calls of the people of the locality for professional attendance. Politic- ally he was a stanch Democrat, as were all his reia- tives, and in religious faith he was an Episcopalian. His death, which -occurred February 26. 188c. caused sincere grief among his wide circle of friends and acquaintances, and liis remains now rest with- in the soil of the homestead at Milford, where he had so long resided. On August 14. 1851, he was married in New York City, to Miss Sarahi M. . Phillips, and four children were born to the union. Rev. Francis B. Craft entered the Catholic priest- hood at the age of thirty, and is now stationed in North Dakota. . Dr. Walter B. Crafts, who died at the homestead in 1885, was a physician, practicing in the neighborhood of his home. Alice B. is the wife of Stephen D. Wells, a farmer in Mlford town- ship. Miss Fannie F. Crafts, an accomplished young lady, resides with her mother ; she is a miem- ber of the King's Daugliters of New York City.

Mrs. Craft, who possesses fine mental quali- ties combined with executive ability of a high order. lias recently made many improvements on the home- stead, building new barns, and she intends to build a larger dwelling house soon. She has added one hundred acres to the estate, and under her able management the entire place is kept in a neat and attractive condition. It is situated a mile from the

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county road, a driveway leading through the primi- tive forest, and the hunting and fishing on the place and in the surrounding wilderness are most excellent. There is an abundant supply of good water on the estate, and altogether it is an ideal spot on which to build a country home. Mrs. Craft is an Episcopalian, and she and her family are prominent in social life. She was born in New York City February 5, 1830, daughter of Charles Phillips, and a granddaughter of Thomas and Frances (Dyke) Phillips, natives of England, who settled at Harlem, N. Y., at an early date. Her father, who was born in England, became a hardware merchant on the Bowery, New York City, and he died of yellow fever, September 12, 1834, when he was twenty-five years of age, while he was in New Orleans for the purpose of opening a branch store. He married Miss Hannah Frost, daughter of Thomas and Phoebe ( Greene) Frost, wealthy resi- dents of North Castle, N. Y. Mrs. Phillips, who was a Quaker in religious faith, died September 12. 1892, aged ninety-three, and her remains were in- terred at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., those of her hus- band being laid in a cemetery in New Orleans. Mrs. Craft was the elder of two children .. and her only sister, Frances, died in 1837, aged six years.

JOSEPH B. WARREN. Prominent among the self-made men of Pike county is the subject of this sketch-a man honored, respected and esteemed wherever known, and most of all where he is best known. He makes his home in Matamoras, and for twenty-two years has been a faithful employe of the Erie railroad.

Mr. Warren traces his descent back to Gen. Warren of Revolutionary fame. His grandfather, William A. Warren, was a native of Boston, Mass., and was a school teacher by profession. When a young man he removed to Delaware county, N. Y., and was married at Equinunk, Wayne Co., Penn., to Mary Howey, a daughter of Daniel Howey, who was of German origin and an early settler of Port Jervis. Orange Co., New York.

William H. Warren, father of our subject, was born at Lordville, Delaware Co., N. Y., April 12, 1815, and throughout life followed the occupations of a farmer and lumberman, rafting on the Delaware river for many years. He died in his native village March 12, 1891. At Easton, Penn., he was married, April 3. 1846, to Miss Maria L. Honk, who was born July 13, 1825, a daughter of Abram and Eliza- beth ( Meesmer ) Honk ; her father was a resident of Allentown, Penn. The children born to William Il. and Maria L. ( Houk ) Warren were as follows: Ann, born March 24, 1847, is now the widow of John Carmichle, of Binghamton, N. Y .: William G., born October 26, 1848, died at the age of nineteen years : Daniel HI .. born November 4, 1850, married Etta Schoonmaker and resides on the old home- stead at Lordville, N. Y .: Elizabeth, born January 22. 1853. is the wife of George Marshall, of Cam- pello, Mass .; Mary, twin sister of Elizabeth, is the

wife of Louis Devour, of Matamoras, Penn. ; Joseph B., our subjeet, is the next in the order of birth ; Snsan E., born January 8, 1858, died at the age of five years ; John, born June 19, 1860, died at the age of fourteen years; Fremont, born August 8, 1863, was killed by a falling tree at Lordville, N. Y., when twenty-two years of age ; and Harry E., born May 15, 1866, died at the age of five years.

Joseph B. Warren was born at Lordville, Dela- ware Co., N. Y., August 6, 1855, and received a common-school education. At the age of thirteen years he was forced to provide for his own main- tenanee, and at first worked in a glass factory at Port Jervis, N. Y. Subsequently he engaged in the lumber business in Delaware county for some years, and on March 12, IS78, entered the service of the Erie Railroad Company, as brakeman ; later he filled the position of flagman, and in 1886 be- eame a conductor, in which capacity he is still serv- ing. Socially he is a member of the Order of Rail- way Conduetors and the Royal Templars, politically is an ardent Republican, and in religious connection both he and his wife are members of the Catholic Church.

At Port Jervis, N. Y., Mr. Warren was married, August 9, 1882, to Miss Annie M. Buckle, a daugh- ter of Michael and Frances ( Beck) Buckle, natives of Germany. They have two children : Franees MI .. born June 8, 1883; and Grace, born July 19, 1885.

WILLIAM S. DEPUY, the well-known mail carrier of Delaware Water Gap, Monroe county, is a worthy representative of one of the oldest and most prominent families of this section of the State. He was born near his present home in Smithfield township, in 1837, a son of John and Margaret ( Staples) Depuy, The father was also a native of the same township, born in 1804, and was a son of Aaron and Elizabeth (LaBar) Depuy, and brother of Abram Depuy, who served as a soldier of the war of IS12 and was the first settler north of the Blue Ridge in Pennsylvania. Samuel Depuy. a son of Abram, inherited the old homestead at Shawnee, Monroe county, which was fortified during the French and Indian war for the defense of the people of the locality and was known as Fort Depuy. Nicholas Depuy, a son of Samuel, was for several years a prominent actor in the civil and political history of this part of the State.

Aaron Depuy, our subject's grandfather, was born in Warren county. N. J., in 1760, and died in 1845. Although quite young he entered the Conti- nental army near the elose of the Revolutionary war. and with Charles Brodhead was appointed on a com- mission to treat with the Indians on the Susque- hanna river. For many years he served as justice of the peace in Smithfield township. Monroe county. and bore an important part in the development and upbuilding of this region. In an early day he es- iablished a store at the old Oxford Iron Works in Warren county, N. J., and he was the first mer- chant in his seetion of Monroe county; he pur-

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chased the John Smith farm, known to this day as the Depuy or River farm. which is now owned by E. T. Crossdale. In the family of Aaron and Eliza- beth (LaBar) Depuy were nine children as follows: (1) Margaret was the wife of Georgc Houser. (2) Jemima was the wife of John Newhart, of Smith- field township, and to them were born eight chil- dren-Charles, Abram, Aaron, Peter, Lewis, Daniel, Sarah (wife of Frederick Casebeer, of Smithfield township), and Susan ( unmarried ;. (3) Hannah was the wife of Ferdinand Dulott, of Smithfield township, now deceased. (4) Eliza was the wife of Christoplier Teeple, of Wayne county, Penn. (5) Julia married John Groot, of Smithfield town- ship, where they made their home and where their family still live. (6) Sarah was the wife of Ben- jamin V. Bush, of Delaware Water Gap. Monroe county. (7) Daniel married Christina Myers, and engaged in farming in Smithfield township until his death. (8) Abram married Annic Bush, and made his home in Cherry Valley, Monroe county, where he and his wife both died, leaving a family of ten children -- four sons and six daughters. (9) John was the father of our subject.

John Depuy resided in Smithfield township, where he operated a sawmill, and in the spring of the year rafted his lumber down the Delaware river to market. He died in 1884, his wife in 1883, honored and respected by all who knew them. They were the parents of twelve children all born in Smithfield township. (1) Elizabeth married Abram Allurtson, of Pocono township, where she died, leaving a family who still live in Monroe county. (2) Sarah J., a resident of Stroudsburg, first married Charles Gordon, of Stroud township, Monroe county, and they resided in Luzerne county, Penn., where he died leaving three children-Willis, who is now in Klondike. while his wife is in Seattle, Wash .; Fannie, wife of Abial Leonard, of Tioga county, Penn. ; and Alice, wife of Uriah Shaffer, of Stroudsburg. For her second husband Sarah J. Depuy married Thomas Winters, now deceased. (3) Mary A., deceased, was the wite of James H. Houffman, of Luzerne county, and had three chil- dren-Walter H., a resident of Sullivan county, Penn. ; Hattie, wife of Frank Strail, of. Williams- port, Penn .: and Jennie, who died in childhood. (4) Rachel married George Migh, of Stroudsburg, where she died leaving two children-Edward C., who died leaving a family in Easton, Penn. ; and Maggie, widow of William Fulton, of York. Penn. (5) Jemima married James Stephenson, of Florida, and both died in North Carolina, leaving two chil- - dren-George: and Ella. wife of Luther Cowels, of North Angeles, Cal. (6) Harriet is the wife of Jerome Scott, of White Haven, Litzerne Co., Penn., and they have two children-Edwin, and Mattie, both at home. (7) Richard S. married Susan Will- iams, of Stroudsburg. and they have three chil- dren-Edward, a resident of Seattle, Wash. : Mary, wife of Thomas Nixon, of Stroudsburg : and Robert, of Dawson City, Alaska. (8) Hannalı died in child-

hood. (9) Margaret married Charles Wood. who died leaving one son, John D., now of Brooklyn. N. Y .; and she later wedded Frank Foulk, of New York City. (10) Susan is the wife of George Stocker, of East Stroudsburg. ( 11) Ellen is the wife of Frank Brown, of East Stroudsburg. and they have one daughter, Emma, now the wife of Arthur Taylor, of Mt. Pocono, Monroe county.

William S. Depuy, who completes the family, grew to manhood in Smithfield township, and for a number of years worked in the slate factory in Mon- roe county. In 1859 he married Miss Catherine Ace, who was born in Smithfield township, in 1839. Her parents, George and Sarah Ace, removed from Smithfield to Pocono township, where the father followed his trade of a mason, and where both died. Their other children were William T .; Moses T. : Simeon T .; Elizabeth, wife of William Wamer, of Tunkhannock, Penn .; Sarah, widow of Thomas Bush, of Pocono; and Julia, wife of Frank Newell, of Gouldsboro, Monroe county. To Mr. and Mrs. Depuy have been born children as follows: ( I) Rachel, (2) George and (3) Frank all died in child- hood. (4) Frances G., born in Smithfield town- ship, in August, 1860, is the wife of Byron Laub- sher, a railroad man, residing at Clark's Summit, Lackawanna Co., Penn., and they have two chil- dren-Jennie and Beatrice. (5) Charles S .. born in Scranton, Penn., June 25, 1864, is now in the em- ploy of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western rail- road. He married Elmyra Cresge, and has two daughters-Verona and Virginia. (6) Hattie S., born in Scranton in 1867, married Frank Belden, of that place, and they now reside in New Haven, Conn., where he follows railroading: he is secre- tary of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. Their children are Mildred E. and Martha S. (7) John D .. born in Smithfield township, Monroe county, in March, 1871, is a railroad man, residing in Scranton. 18) Mary E., born in Smithfield township, in 1874, is the wife of Clarence Kunkle, of that township.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 40

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