Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 56

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Mrs. Baird belongs to one of the carly families of this section of Wayne county, her maternal grandparents, Francis and Jerusha Burns, having migrated from Orange county, N. Y., where they were born, to Wayne county, Penn .. in 1814. They settled in South Canaan when that portion of the county was a vast wilderness, and there resided nin- til 1840, clearing out a farm and establishing a com- fortable . home during those years. They passed the remainder of their lives in Rileyville. Lebanon township. They reared a family of five children, the eldest of whom. Elizabeth, was born in Septem- ber, 1813, in South Canaan, and became the wife

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of Patrick Dunn in 1845. the ceremony taking place in Honesdale. Mr. Dunn was a native of Ireland, born September 16, 1816, and settled in Honesdale in 1842, obtaining employment with the E. V. White Axe Co., for whom he worked forty-five years, continuing with them until his death, which occurred in 1887. His wife followed him to the grave, passing away on Christmas Day, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were consistent members of the Catholic Church, and politically he was a loyal member of the Democratic party. They passed their married life in Tracyville, where were born their family of five children, as follows: (1) Charles F. died when three years of age. (2) Alice J. is the wife of John J. Baird. (3) Andrew, born in 1856, died in childhood. (4) William F. was killed in June, 1894, being thrown from a loaded wagon. He was a most exemplary young man. respected by all who knew him, and his sudden and untimely death was deeply mourned. (5) John, born in April, 1864, married Miss Maggie Ryan, of Honesdale, where they reside ; he is engaged in the butcher business. They have four children- Hilda, Irene, Helen and Arthur.

JAMES McBETH, an energetic and enter- prising farmer of Dreher township, Wayne county, was born in New York City, February 25, 1847. · a son of James and Ellen ( Hall) McBeth. natives of Scotland and Ireland. respectively. They were married in Scotland, and on their emigration to America in 1840 located in New York City, where the mother died in 1852. Five years later the. father removed to Blooming Grove township, Pike Co., Penn., wliere he made his home until called to his final rest. February 12., 1893, his remains being interred at Lords Valley, that county. In early life he was employed as a ship builder, but after coming to Pennsylvania gave his attention to agri- .. cultural pursuits. He was a Republican in poli- tics and a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church. His children were: Robert ( deceased). who married Eliza Crom : Sarah J., deceased wife of Patrick McGinn: Rachel. widow of John Wil- son, a merchant of New York; and James.

At theearly age of twelve years the subject of this sketch left home, and started out to make his own way in the world by working for neighboring farm- ers. Ile was this employed until October, 1862, when he enlisted for three years in Company M. 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. under E. J. Penne- packer. Ile joined his regiment at Philadel- phia. and with it took part in the battles of Gettysburg, Cedar Creek, Winchester and Spottsyl- vania, besides many skirmishes. Fortunately he was never wounded, and when the war was over he was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, in November, 1865. Returning to Blooming Grove township. Pike county, he worked as a farm hand until 1868, when be purchased a farm in that town- ship, which he operated for eight years, Selling the same at a profit, he bought another farm on the

Lackawaxen river, in Pike county, and two years later sold that place at an advance. He then pur- chased his present farm of fifty acres in Dreher township. Wayne county, which is one of the neatest and best cultivated places of the locality. In addition to his farming operations, he run a stage line and carried the mail between Lords Val- ley. Paupack and Hawley, from 1870 until 1874, making three trips a week.

On October 7, 1866, in Sterling township. Wayne county, Mr. McBeth was united in mar- riage with Miss Susan Cron. They have one daughter, Emma J., now the wife of James W. Harmon, a railroad engineer of Petersburg, Penn., by whom she has one child, Helen M. Mrs. Mc- Beth was born in Sussex county, N. J., December 25, 1852, and is a daughter of Peter and Hannah E. ( Wilson). Cron, also natives of that county, where they continued to make their home until 1856, when they removed to Paupack, Pike Co., Penn. The father, who was a farmer by occupa- tion. entered the service of his country during the Civil war, and was wounded on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg, dying from the effects of the same three days later. The mother died in Ster- ling township, Wayne county, September 28, 1886, and was buried there. The children born to them were Lotta, deceased wife of David Ayres : Moses, a laborer of Sterling township; Susan, wife of our subject ; Simon, a lumberman of Pike county, who married Phoebe Osmer; John. a farmer of Wayne county; Peter, a farmer of Dreher township. who married Henriette Digrote; and Elizabeth, wife of Frank Eargon. The mother was twice married, her second husband being Thomas B. Nevin, by whom she had two children : Thomas W., a team- ster of Scranton, Penn., and Eve, wife of William Crompton. of Scranton.

Mr. McBeth gives his political support to the men and measures of the Republican party. In recognition of his services in the war, he now re- ceives a pension from the general government, and is an honored member of the Grand Army Post at Newfoundland.

PETER SMITH, who passed away September 28, 1899, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. eleven months, was for a number of years'one of the retired farmers of Delaware township. Pike county. and held an honored place among the venerable pioneer citizens of this region, where he passesd all of his long and useful life-a prosperous agri- culturist and a valued member of the community in whose development he took an interested and active part.

Mr. Smith was a native of Pike county, born October 28. 1816. in Lehman township, son of Isaac and Catherine (Arnst ) Smith, and was of German descent, his paternal grandparents. John and Bar- bara ( Otterweller ) Smith, having been born in Germany, whense they came to the United States in 1775. settling in Northampton county, Penn.

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Here Mrs. Smith died. Grandfather Smith took part in the Revolutionary war, and after the close of that struggle came to Pike county, settling at the present site of Middle Smithfield, which is now in- cluded in Monroe county. He was a cooper by occupation and he followed his trade and also en- gaged in veterinary surgery,being noted far and wide for his skill in that direction. He had purchased 700 acres of river-bottom land upon his location here, and he became a citizen of wealth and prom- inence in the community. He was the father of thirteen children -- Jonas, John, Philip, William, Michael, Isaac, Abram, Jacob, Ludwig, Elizabeth, Barbara, Susan and Margaret, all of whom grew to maturity and reared families, each having a son named John.

Isaac Smith, the father of Peter Smith, was born in Northampton county, Penn., and was a life- long farmer. He was married in Middle Smithfield township, then in Pike, now in Monroe county, to Miss Catherine Arnst, and they became the parents of nine children, as follows: John, deceased, who married Elizabeth Hankerson ; Catherine, Mrs. Elias Labar, deceased; George, who died in Nebraska, first married to Mary Berry and afterward to Mar- garet Snover; Elizabeth, widow of Charles Hoff- man, of Monroe county, Penn .; Peter, the subjeet proper of these lines; Sarah, wife of Joseph Ace, deceased ; Anna, Mrs. Isaac Stronk, of Monroe county ; Louisa, widow of Peter Hoffnian, of Mon- roe county ; and Mary wife of Anthony Friend, of Sparrow Bush, N. Y. The father of this family died in 1860, at the age of eighty-one, the mother two years later, at the age of eighty-two. Their re- mains rest in Coolbaugh cemetery, in Monroe county. Religiously they were members of the Lutheran Church, and Mr. Smith was a Democrat in political sentiment. Mrs. Smith's father, Michael Arnst, was a native of Germany, and came to this country during the latter part of the eighteenth century, settling in Monroe county, Penn., where he passed the remainder of his life. Ilis children were George, Michael, William, Henry, Jacob, Barbara, Eliza- beth and Catherine.

Peter Smith grew to manhood under the pa- rental roof, and remained at home helping his father, until his marriage, on November 27, 1841. in Leh- man township, to Miss Caroline Schuman. For the two years following the young couple lived on a farm in Lehman township rented from Mrs. Smith's father, removing thence to the farm owned by Mr. Smith's father, which they rented for seven years. In the meantime Mr. Schuman had died, and they returned to the farm, which was now owned by Mrs. Schuman, living there for another seven years, car- ing for her and working the land until their final removal to the place in Delaware township where they afterward had their home. This farm, which comprises 141 acres of valuable land. is now under a fine state of cultivation, and Mr. Smith succeeded, by years of unceasing industry, in con- verting it into a most profitable tract, which yieldled

him a good income. During his active years 1: ranked among the progressive and prosperor .. farmers of the vicinity, and all the good fortune which came to him was the result of faithfulness an ! hard labor on his own part. assisted of course by his good wife. Mr. Smith was respected among a wide circle of friends and neighbors in Delaware town- ship. In religious connection he was identified with the M. E. Church, in which he served as trustee iot three years. and of which his wife is also an ad- herent. His political sympathies were with the Re- publiean party, and while never a politician in the sense of office-seeker he served his fellow eitizens in various eapacities, filling ably the offices of auditor. supervisor and school director in the township. His remains rest in the family plot in Delaware cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a large family, of whom we give a brief record : Sophia married Daniel Latimore, who now lives retired in Sussex county. N. J .; Catherine, deceased, was the wife of James Nyce ; Sally An is the widow of Charles Wicham, of Port Jervis; Isaac H. is a farmer in Delaware township, and is mentioned elsewhere; John C., who is a farmer in Delaware township, mar- ried Jane LaBar; Charles died young; Hannah. James and Cornelia are deceased; Emma lives at home; Philip died young; Alfred is living at home. Mrs. Caroline (Sehuman) Smith, the mother, is a native of Northampton county, Penn., born April 22, 1821. in Nazareth township, daughter of Herman and Catherine (Sholl) Schuman. of Bucks county, Penn., who came to Pike county in 1839. They located in Lehman township, where they spent the remainder of their days, Mr. Sehuman engaging in milling, farming, carpenter work, etc. He passed away Noveniber 14, 1846, aged sixty-six years, and Mrs. Schuman survived him many years, her death oeeurring September 23, 1865, when she was eighty-four years, two months, five days old : they sleep their last sleep in the cemetery in Lehman township. They were members of the M. E. Church. and politically Mr. Schuman was a Demo- erat. Their famly consisted of nine eliildren, viz. : Mary, Mrs. Andrew Friend; Catherine, Mrs. John Finger ; William H., who married Eliza Flick : Sally. Mrs. Jonas Leah; Peter, who married Sally A. Jacoba : Elizabeth. Mrs. Charles Wagner ; Rebecca. Mrs. Jacob Walter; Caroline, Mrs. Smith; and James B .. who married Eleanor Smith. Mrs. Smith is the only survivor.

AARON CORTRIGHT, the well-known rai .- way conductor, whose sudden death on August (). 1898, is still fresh in the memory of his fellow citi- zens, passed almost his entire life in Pike county. but he came of an old and highly-respected New Jersey family which was founded in this country by his great-grandfather, a native of Germany and a soldier in the Revolutionary war.

The grandfather of our subject. Aaron Cort- right, was born probably in New Jersey, and for

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many years was a blacksmith at Pinkneytown, Sus- sex county, that State. Ile died about 1853, his wife passing away some years before. Their chil- dren were : John J., the father of our subject ; Will- iam ( deceased), who was a farmer of Sussex coun- ty, N. J., where his descendants still live; Elsie ( deceased ), who married James Space, and lived in Sussex county; Phoebe ( deceased), who married George De Your, of the same county; and Mary Ann, who died unmarried.

Jolm J. Cortright was born and reared in Sussex county, N. J., and was married in Pike coun- ty, Penn., to Miriam Greening, daughter of John Greening, a representative of one of the pioneer families of the county. About 1843 Mr. Cortright removed to Pike county and located in Dingman township, not far from Shohola Falls, where he purchased a tract of land and engaged extensively in lumbering. He erected a sawmill which he oper- ated for fifteen years, and on disposing of this prop- erty purchased farm land in Dingman township. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, 151st P. V. I., for nine months, but being a middle aged man he could not well endure the hardships of camp life and was taken ill, was sent to the military hospital and after his recovery was placed in the hos- pital service. He was able to do no hard labor after his return from the war, and soon afterward sold his farm, securing light employment with the Eric Railroad Company at Lackawaxen, Penn., where he remained some years. Subsequently he made his home with his son Levi, in Port Jervis, N. Y., and there departed this life in July, 1882, at the age of sixty-three years. His wife survived him for some time, dying December 23, 1892, at the age of sixty-six years. Our subject was the eldest of their seven children ; Emma died at the age of six years; Ellen married Marvin Shannon, of Lacka- *waxen township, Pike county, and died in 1894; Levi, a railroad employe. married Charlotte Lam- brick, and died in 1882; Phoebe is the wife of Frank Hendershot, of Port Jervis, N. Y. ; and William and Annie both died in infancy.

Aaron Cortright, whose name introduces this review, was born in Sussex county, N. J., July 27, 1841, and when a little child came with his parents to Pike county, Penn., where he ever after made his home. Prompted by a spirit of patriotism. he enlisted, at Ilawley, Penn .. April 1,8, 1861. for three months, but on account of illness did not serve. However, on September 13, 1861. he enlisted in Company I, 7th N. J. V. I .. to serve three years or until the close of the war, and participated in many fierce battles, among the most noteworthy being the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg. Han- over Court House, Fair Oaks, Union Church, the Seven-days fight. Malvern Hill, Bull Run (second ). Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg. Manassas Gap, Bristol Station. Mine Rimn. the Wilderness, Spottsylvania and Rappahannock Station, besides many minor engagements. On May 24, 1864, at North Anna, he was wounded bv

a minie ball passing through his jaw and neck, and for five months he lay in the hospital at Philadel- phia. On regaining his strength he joined his regi- ment, but at Hatcher's Run, February 5, 1865, he was wounded in the right breast. At that time the men were in marching trim, and our subject had a small tent rolled up and strapped over his shoulder. Had the bullet not been intercepted by this the wound would certainly have proved fatal. for it passed through forty-seven thicknesses of the cloth before imbedding itself in his breast. He has a relic of the Rebellion in this bullet, and says that he could not be induced to part with it. After receiving his first wound he participated in the siege which ended in the fall of Petersburg, and the battles of Sailor's Creek, Farmville, and Appo- mattox, where Lee surrendered. After taking part in the grand review at Washington, D. C., he was honorably discharged, July 22, 1865, with the rank of first sergeant, and returned home with a war record of which he might be justly proud.

At Milford, Penn., January 1, 1866, Mr. Cort- right married Miss Annie M. Blackmer, daughter of Etna Blackmer, a prominent farmer and lumberman of Pike county. Two children were born to them : John J., born November 18, 1867, died at the age of two years and ten months; and Grace, born No- vember 12, 1869, died March 18, 1874. They lived at Matamoras.

In December, 1865, Mr. Cortright secured en- ployment on the Erie railroad as switchman at Lackawaxen, Penn., and later became a member of the bridge carpenter's crew. From that he was promoted to the train service, first as flagman, then as brakeman, and later as conductor, having held the last position for twenty-one years, up to the time of his death. Leaving the road in 18So, he spent two years in the West and Southwest. but at the end of that time returned to Pennsylvania and resumed his old employment. Ou August 9, 1898. Mr. Cortright was killed while making up his train at Port Jervis, N. Y. He was standing on the front platform of his caboose, talking to some friends. when some cars were switched on the same track, striking his caboose and knocking him off, and he was killed instantly.

Mr. Cortright was an honored member of Car- roll Post No. 279, G. A. R., of Port Jervis, also belonged to the Order of Railway Conductors, and was identified with the Independent Order of Odd. Fellows from 1878. He was a firm believer in Churches, and gave liberally to their support. Po- litically he was a pronounced Republican, and served several terms as a delegate to the State conventions held at Harrisburg. At one time he was the can- didate of his party for representative. and although his opponent. F. A. Kessler, of Matamoras, was elected. our subject made a phenomenal run, polling the largest Republican vote ever known in the county. He manifested the same loyalty in days of peace as in days of war, and all who knew him had for him the highest regard.

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WINTON SHAFFER, until recently the genial and popular proprietor of the "Grove House," at Georgetown, Wayne county, is a member of one of the oldest and most highly-esteemed families of that locality, being a great-grandson of John Shaffer, who settled tliere in 1783. This well-known pioneer was born in Germany, and came to America in Colonial times, locating first in Orange county, N. Y. During the Revolutionary war he served in Washington's army. While in New York State he married a Miss Forbes, by whom he had the follow- ing children: John, who was born in New York State; Moses, the first white child born in South Canaan township, Wayne county ; Samuel, our sub- ject's grandfather ; Catherine, Mrs. James McBean ; Susan, Mrs. Joshua Borleigh; Effie, Mrs. Jacob Swingle; Betsey, Mrs. Edward Doyle; and Polly, Mrs. Samuel Chumard.

Samuel Shaffer was born March 15, 1791, at the old homestead in South Canaan township, and was reared among the primitive surroundings of that time. He became a tanner by occupation, and was for many years a leading resident of Shaffer- town, now Varden, a little rural community in which he resided. He died July 28, 1864, and his wife, who like himself, was noted for kindliness of heart, died April 12, 1851. Their children were: Eliza- beth, Mrs. John Spangenburg; Moses, our subject's father ; Abraham, who married Lydia Shumard ; Eli, who married Peggie A. Quick; Amy, Mrs. Daniel Everts ; Lydia, Mrs. Simon Enslin ; Barsilla, a resident of Lake township, Wayne county, and the eldest of the family now living; Oliver, who died in childhood; Mary, who married Henry Reed, both deceased; Joseph, who married Laura E. Enslin, and resides in South Canaan township; Alexander, who married (first ) Martha Quick and ( second) Amanda Reed; Rachel S., who married Jacob Ens- lin; and Martha, wife of Francis Enslin.

Moses Shaffer, father of our subject, was born September 20, 1813, in South Canaan township, and his death occurred there July 4, 1875. His wife, whose maiden name was Priseilla Curtis. was born April 8, 1817, and died December 9, 1880, the re- mains of both being interred at Shaffertown, now Varden. They had the following children: Minerva, born September 20, 1834, married the late Oliver Swingle and died in November, 1891 ; Sil- venus, born April 18, 1836. died September 1I. 1875 : Isaiah, born December 19, 1837. married Miss Margaret Curtis and resides at Gravity, Penn., where he is employed as foreman on the track of the Erie & Wyoming railroad; Angeline, born October 16, 1839, married Henry W. Rose, of Franklin, Penn .; Henry, born August 6. 1841, is a farmer in South Canaan township: Oliver, born January ;. 1843, died March 13. 1800: Emily, born August 18. 1840, married Stanley Burleigh, both now deceased : Saphronis, born January 30, 1846, married Susan C'arver, and resides at Lima, Ohio, where he is cht- ployed as a foreman for an oil company : Lewis, born June 18, 1847, married Elizabeth Miller and re-

sides in Priceburg, Penn .; Ophelia, born December 30, 1848, died May 22, 1854; Mary, born March 30, IS51, married Daniel B. Lamerton, a farmer in Lake township, Wayne county; Norman, born Jan- uary 13, 1853, married Jane Baker, and resides at Baltimore, Ohio, where he is employed as foreman of an oil company; Winton, our subjeet, is men- tioned more fully below; Oscar, born January 1I, 1857, died June 15, same year ; Willard, born August 19, 1858, married Miss Anna Dickman, and resides at St. Marys, Penn., where he conducts a boarding- house.

The Curtis family, to which our subject's mother belonged, was of German origin, and the first to come to this country was Henry Curtis, who had served in the German army for four years, and, after his arrival in America, spent three years as a soldier in the Revolutionary forces. In 1784 he and his wife Merilla (Swingle) removed to South Canaan township, Wayne county, purchasing 205 acres of land at two shillings per acre. They had two chil- dren : Jeremiah (who bought the old homestead for thirty-four cents) and Mary ( who married John Reed). Jeremiah Curtis, the maternal grandfather of our subject, married Polly Wagner, daughter of Adam Wagner, of South Canaan township, and had the following children : Rhoda, Aaron, Priscilla (our subject's mother), Moses. Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Angeline, and Caroline. By his second marriage, with Elizabeth Hoadley, Jeremiah Curtis had two children : Solomon and Charlotte.

Our subject was born October 31, 1854, in South Canaan township, and remained at the liome- stead until he reached the age of twenty-five, with the exception of six months spent in the oil fields. He was strong and active up to his sixth year, when he was taken ill, and after being helpless for two years he did not fully regain his strength, having been compelled to use crutches ever since. Not- withstanding this disadvantage he has made a sub- stantial success in life, conquering bravely the physi- cal conditions which the most skillful treatment that could be obtained has failed to cure. At the age of twenty-five he began trading horses; for some years he followed various occupations, as his health permitted, and spent some time clerking in the store of J. L .. Miller. at Georgetown. On April 1, 1891. he commenced to conduct the "Grove House," and under his capable management it increased in popu- larity and prestige. He has always taken much in- terest in public affairs, and until recently has been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, but as he does his own thinking he has seen fit to vote in- dependently of late. choosing the best inen and measures regardless of partisan lines. He has served three years as tax collector in South Canaan and was also township assessor there. Socially he is connected with different organizations, including the P. O. S. of A., at Gravity. Mr. Shaffer has re- cently disposed of his interests in Georgetown, and now resides at Elmhurst, Lackawanna county.

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at Honesdale, by Rev. L. J. Swift, a Presbyterian minister, to Miss Eliza Miller. Two children have blessed this union : Layton, born May 1, 1892, and Priscilla H., born November 24, 1895. Both are notably attractive, and the elder is developing into a remarkably bright boy, possessing an unusual memory. Mrs. Shaffer, who is a true helpmeet to her husband, was born March 24 1858, in Salem township, Wayne county, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Dobelle) Miller. Her father, a prominent farmer, was born in Lake township July 16, 1821, and his death occurred there April 7, 1883. His wife, who was born in Sterling township, Wayne county, August 1I, 1822, died in Lake township, same county, January 24, 1896. This worthy couple had the following children : Julia, born November 16, 1842, who married Alfred Chapman, a farmer near Chapmantown, Lake township, Wayne county ; Celestie, born August 7, 1844, wife of Daniel Tiller- son, a contractor in Dover. N. J. : Annie, born De- cember 4, 1845, now Mrs. Lewis Thorpe, a widow, residing at Honesdale; Armena, born January 28, 1847, wife of William Henderson, a farmer of Port Oram, N. J .; Isabella, born December 24. 1848, who died February 24, 1862; Jesse, born December 8, 1850, who married Miss Mary Edwards, and resides upon the old homestead in Lake township; Char- lotte, born January 21, 1853, who died April 17, 1877; Olive, born October 5, 1854, who married James Henderson and died January 6, 1883; Fran- cis, born July 14, 1856, who died in childhood; Eliza, wife of our subject : Addie, born March 24, 1860, who died in infancy; Friend, born January 6, 1863, who married Miss Belle Edwards, and re- sides in Philadelphia; where he is employed as a machinist ; Josie, born April 30, 1864, who died in infancy ; and Cora, born May 15, 1868, who married John Pellett, a farmer near Deckertown. N. J. The ancestors of the Miller family were carly set- lers in New England. Jesse Miller. Mrs. Shaffer's grandfather, a native of Connecticut. married Miss Margaret Bishop, of Salem township. Wayne coun- ty. where he followed farming for many years, and both died at the old homestead, which is now oe- cupied by their grandson, Jesse Miller. This couple had five children: Palmer, Jason. Jesse. John, and Joseph (the father of Mrs. Shaffer ).

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 56

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