Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 60

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For two years after his marriage, Mr. Bisbing lived in Tannersville, and then removed to Moun- tain Home, Barrett township, where he followed his trade until the Civil war broke out. In response to his country's call for troops, he enlisted for nine months in Company H, 176th P. V. I., under Capt. Samuel Keller, and on the expiration of that time was honorably discharged, but in September. 1864, he re-enlisted, this time becoming a member of Com- pany L, and New Jersey Cavalry, under Capt. E. Von Panowitz, and was sworn into the United States service at Trenton. N. J. From Philadelphia the regiment went to Memphis. Tenn., where they were placed under the command of Gien. Grant, and later for five months served as body guard to Gen. Greeison. The first engagement in which our sub- ject participated was the battle of Guntown, Miss., where Capt. Von Panowitz was wounded and taken prisoner, but the Rebels were driven back with

heavy loss. This was followed by the engagement at Egypt Station, where the Confederates were also defeated and 1,600 prisoners captured. The regi- inent took part in Gen. Greerson's famous raid through Mississippi and Tennessee, and from Mem- pliis to Natchez were twenty-one days in the saddle, during which time Company L lost 117 horses, having only four left when they reached the latter city. Being dismounted they were placed on pro- vost duty, and Mr. Bisbing was detached from his regiment as one of the body guard of Gen. Greer- son. For five months they remained in New Or- leans, then assisted in the capture of Mobile, and after a few days spent there joined Sherman's army : but, after Forrest cut off the supply train, they were ordered back to recapture the same. After demolish- ing Gen. Forrest's army they left the supply train to rejoin Sherman's forces, and under Gen. Greerson marched to Troy, Ala., and from there to Jackson. After the surrender of the capital they started for Vicksburg, and on the way met Mosby's guerrillas and participated in a number of skirmishes. At Big Black they were finally mustered out July, 1865. and after being paid off at Trenton, N. J., returned to their homes.

On entering the army Afr. Bisbing left his wife and two children at Tannersville, and on his return in 1865 worked at his trade in that place for two years. In 1868 he removed to Paradise Valley. where he continued that employment for two years, and in 1871 took up his residence in Mt. Poeono. but remained there only a short time. Going to Spruce Grove Mills, he and his wife conducted a boarding house for John Calahan for four years. and then rettirned to Aft. Pocono, where he pur- chased real estate and built a fine home, and also good barns and outbuildings. Here they have since continued to reside, while he has developed a good farm from a wild tract of land, and successfully en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bisbing were reared in the Protestant faith, his parents being first members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. and later of the Lutheran Church. In his political affiliations he has always been an ardent Republican, and has most efficiently served as school director in Coolbaugh township for seven years. Fraternally he is a member of the American Protective Association at Mt. Pocono, and at all times and under all circumstances has been found to be a patriotic and loyal citizen, willing to sacri- fice his life, if need be, to the serviee of his country.

JEROME H. FETHIERMAN (deceased ). who passed away at his home in Stroudsburg. Sep- tember 7. 1804. was a leading citizen of Monroe county, and for many years was identified with various business enterprises in which his ability and energy won for him substantial success. As a citizen he was held in high esteem, and for twenty years he took a prominent part in religions work in his locality as a member of the Reformed Church. Mr. Fetherman derived his sterling qualities

JEROME H. FETHERMAN

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of character from good Colonial ancestry. Ilis great-grandfather Fetherman, and grandfather, Balsar Fetherman were born and reared in Berks county, Penn. John Fetherman, the father of our subject, was a farmer in Hamilton township. Mon- roe county, and was accidentally killed through the breaking of a bridge. He married Anna Storm, and they had six children: Joseph, a resident of Snydersville, Monroe county ; Jane ( MIrs. Weller, of Valley Center, Kan. ) ; Lavina, who married Hiram Warner, and resided on Mount Pocono ( both are now deceased) ; Regina, who married a Mr. Stier, of Northampton county ; Peter, who set- tled in Minnesota; and Jerome II., our subject.

Jerome H. Fetherman was born June 12, 1836, at the old homestead in Hamilton township, Mon- roe county, and his education was acquired in the common schools of that neighborhood. He was always a great reader. On February 1, 1859, he married Miss Anna E. Walter, a member of a well- known family of Monroe county, who survives him. Previous to his marriage he had followed the trade of carpenter and millwright, but a year after that event he engaged in the hotel business at Kellers- ville, where he remained three years. In 1864 he went to Bartonsville and took charge of a hotel, and on selling out three years later he went to Fen- nersville, where he conducted a hotel for three vears. He then engaged in mercantile business at Sciota, Penn., in partnership with Charles E. Kist- ler, who died eleven years afterward, and Mr. Feth- erman continued business alone for four years. In 1884 he disposed of the store and removed to Stroudsburg, and from that time until his death he lived in semi-retirement. The care of his invest- ments occupied much of his time, and his ability as a financier led to his official connection with the Stroudsburg National Bank, in which he served "for a time as director and later as vice-president. Determination and perseverance marked his com- mercial career. In politics he was a Democrat. but he was not an active worker in partisan affairs: so- cially he was identified with the I. O. O. F. at Sny- dersville.

Mrs. Fetherman, who was an efficient helpmeet to hier husband in his active career, was born in Stroudsburg July 25. 1841. and now resides there. She is a member of the Reformed Church, and has always taken much interest in its work. while in social life she has won many friends. Her great - great-grandfather, Mathias Shaffer. a native of Ger- many, settled in Northampton county at a very early date, and hier great-grandfather. Jacob Wal- ter. and grandfather Iluston were both born there. The former settled near Bushkill. Monroe county, about the time of the separation of the counties. and he died near Stroudsburg at the age of eighty- four. Ile married a Miss Smith, and had thirteen children: Jolm, Mrs. Fetherman's father ; Peter, who died at Bushkill at the age of seventy-four : Jacob, who removed to Wisconsin about 1850, and and died there in 1868 of typhoid fever : Daniel, a

farmer in Stroud township, Monroe county, who died two years ago; Barnett, who resides upon a farm on Cayuga Lake, in Tompkins county, N. Y .; Oliver, a resident of Bangor, Northampton Co., Penn. ; Chauncey, who went to Idaho some years ago, and is now in South Dakota : Katic, who mar- ried a Mr. Garis, of New Jersey, and died in 1877; Mary, who died on a farm in East Stroudsburg in the summer of 1896; Julia, who married Peter Kunkel, a farmer near Stroudsburg, and died in 1894; Sarah, who was accidentally killed in child- hood; Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Shafer, the owner of a large farm in Tompkins county, N. Y., where she died in 1892; and Margaret, who mar- ried a MIr. Edinger, and resides upon a farm near Tannersville. Thirteen years ago all but two of this large family were living, but at present only three survive.

John Walter, the father of Mrs. Fetherman, was born at Bushkill, August 17, 1812, and died February 22, 1886. He married Miss Lavina Huston, who was born in 1821, and died in 1897, and this union was blessed with children as follows : Anna E. (now Mrs. Fetherman) ; Charles, who resides at the old homestead in Monroe county ; Emma, who married a Mr. Bossard, and settled near Scranton, Penn., where she died in 1896: Ellen, who became the wife of Sheriff Learn, of Monroe county, and died in 1886; Mary, wife of Henry Warner, of Bangor, Penn. ; and Nettie and Minnie, who died in childhood.

The mother of Mrs. Fetherman was a member of the Huston family, which had been prominent in Monroe county from an early period, and her father, Col. Huston, was a well-known resident of Stroud township, where he died in February, 1861, when between sixty-five and seventy years of age. He married Miss Anna C. Shafer, and they hat thirteen children: Jacob; Samuel, who was one of the first to cross the plains to California, and later settled in Iowa, where he died in 1891 ; Na- than, who resides upon a fine farm near Dubuque, Iowa. where he is engaged in the practice of law : Robert, who died in Stroudsburg about 1890: Joseph, a bachelor, who resides upon a farm in Iowa: Frank, who was in California when last heard from: Eliza, who married Mr. Frantz. and lied about 1888; Rachel, who married a Mr. Mar- vin, of New Jersey, and resided upon a farm in Monroe county, that State, until her death, twenty- five years ago: Mary ( Mrs. Kemerer ), who died about 1858: Ellen, who died unmarried : Lavina. mother of Mrs. Fetherman : Jeanette, who died in the West, unmarried; and Tacy Ann, who married Chauncey Walters, and removed to Idaho in 1865 ( they now reside in South Dakota).

F. PIERCE SHUPP. Prominent among the enterprising and successful agriculturists of Ches- nut Ilill township. Monroe county, is the subject of this biographical notice, who is living on the old Shupp homestead where he was born Septent-

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ber 27, 1852. Wide-awake and progressive, he has given to his life work a significance and beauty of which few deemed it capable.

Josepli and Ellen (Sax) Shupp, the parents of our subject, were both natives of Chestnut Hill township, and there the father died October 9, 1894, at the age of eighty-one years, two months and three days, being laid to rest in Pleasant Valley cemetery. He was one of the leading farmers of his commu- nity, and was called upon to serve his fellow citi- zens as poormaster, school director and in other township offices. The mother died March 22, 1899, aged seventy-nine years, eight months and nine days. In their family were the following children : Eliza, now the widow of John H. Weiss, of Car- bon county, Penn .; Kindarus, whose sketch appears elsewhere; Josiah, who died young ; Catherine, wife of William Andrews, of White Hall, Penn. ; Fanny, wife of Michael Martin, of Mauch Chunk, Penn. ; John and Ellen, who both died young; Franklin Pierce, our subject ; Milton, who died young; and Zenus, who married Lizzie Geissell, and is engaged in clerking in Mauch Chunk. The paternal grand- parents of our subject, Peter and Margaret ( Houck) Shupp, were natives of Monroe county, and from there removed to Northampton county, Penn., where as farming people they spent the remainder of their lives. The maternal grandparents, John and Cath- arine Sax, died in Chestnut Hill township, Monroe county, the former at the age of ninety-five years, the latter at the age of forty-eight.

Early in life the subject of this review became familiar with all the duties which fall to the lot of the agriculturist, and is to-day recognized as one of the most skillful farmers of the community. He purchased the old homestead from his father, though the latter remained with him until his death. In his native township Mr. Shupp was married No- vember 11, 1876, to Miss Sarah J. Shaffer, and to them were born three children: George L., who is now engaged in clerking in a store at Hazel Brook ; Alice W., at home; and Charles, who died in infancy. Religiously Mr. Shupp is an carnest and faithful member of the Lutheran Church, in which he has served as deacon, and in his political affilia- tions he is an ardent Democrat.

BAYARD F. TEWKSBURY, one of the most intelligent and well-informed mien of Scott township, Wayne county, where throughout his active business life he has engaged in lumbering and farming, was born in 1857, in Susquehanna county, Penn., a son of Benjamin F. and Lucy J. (Benson) Tewksbury. The father was also a na- tive of Susquehanna county, born in 1833, and was educated in the public schools and high schools of Hart- ford and Montrose. After hismarriage. which wascel- ebrated in 1852, he removed to New Milford, and for some time successfully engaged in teaching in the district schools of his native county. While re- siding in New Milford he was elected superintend- ent of schools for Susquehanna county, and when

his three-years' term had expired was re-elected, but died while in office, in 1860. He was a man of scholarly tastes, and commanded the respect and confidence of all with whom he caine in contact.

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Tewks- bury also took up the profession of teaching, which she had followed prior to her marriage, and again for twelve years engaged in that occupation. She is a daughter of Henry and Betsey Benson, who were well-to-do citizens and honored pioneers of Jackson township, Susquehanna county, and she completed her education in Harford Academy. In 1872, she married George Woodworth, of Norwich, Conn., who died in February, 1892, and she is still living in Norwich. By her first marriage she had two chil- dren, one son and one daughter; the latter, H. Evelyn, was reared and educated in Susquehanna county, and was for some time a successful teacher in the public schools of Susquehanna and Wayne counties, Penn .. and later of Connecticut. In 1877 she wedded Harvey S. Brown, of Jackson township, Susquehanna county, where he is engaged in dairy- ing, and they have two children, Anna C. and H. Bissel, both at home. By her second marriage Mrs. Woodworth has two daughters, born in Norwich, Conn., namely : B. May, a well educated young lady, who followed teaching for a time and is now the wife of Charles A. Perene, of Norwich, by whom she has one child, Clifford W .; and Sara L., who is with her mother.

Bavard F. Tewksbury during his youth ob- tained a good district-school education, which has been supplemented by extensive reading in later years. After the death of his father he went to live with his uncle. Joshua Myrick, of Susquehanna county, but subsequently came to Wayne county, and grew to manhood upon his present farm in Scott township. In 1879 he was united in marriage with Miss R. Grace Gardinier, of Deposit, Broome Co., N. Y., a daughter of Zedekiah and Abigail Gardiner, the former a prominent lumberman on the west branch of the Delaware river. Having ob- tained an excellent education in the Academy at Deposit, Mrs. Tewksbury began teaching when quite young. and successfully followed that profes- sion until her marriage. She has become the mother of three sons; Benjamin F., born December 14, 1879 : Jacob Z .. born July 6, 1882 ; and Carl H .. born September 5, 1884. All are now attending the home schools.

Since his marriage Mr. Tewksbury has resided upon his present farm, and has devoted his energies principally to lumbering and dairying, with good success. Politically he has always affiliated with the Democratic party, and being one of the most popular and influential citizens of his community lie has been called upon to serve as school director, township treasurer and clerk, and judge of the elec- tion board. He and his wife are both prominent members of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, belonging to Scott Centre Alliance No. 560, of Wayne county, of which he is now serving as

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president and his wife as lecturer. They have al- ways taken a leading part in its work, have assisted in organizing different lodges, and have done much for the protection and benefit of its members.

E. E. AVERY, one of the most energetic and enterprising business men of Lebanon township, Wayne county, has been identified with the agri- cultural interests of that county since I855, and is now the owner of the beautiful place just east of Avery Lake known as Avery Park. There is noth- ing more worthy of praise than the quiet and steady pursuit of some honest calling and the de- termined exercise of the industry, economy and sagacity which enables a man to acquire a home and competence. Although he started out in life for himself in rather limited circumstances, Mr. Avery has prospered in his undertakings, and is to-day one of the well-to-do and substantial citizens of his community.

Our subject was born June 14, 1845, on one of themost beautiful sea coasts of England, near Barns- taple, in North Devon, of which place his parents, Henry and Mary ( Knott) Avery, were also natives. The father was born in 1808, at Bushton, about eight miles from Barnstaple, was a farmer by occu- pation, and served some years in the British army. In his family were seven children, six of whom came with the parents to America in IS55, namcly : Mary Jane, deceased, who was the wife of T. Poole, of Buckingham towiiship, Wayne county ; John, who makes his home near Mont Alto, Franklin Co., Penn. ; William, deceased ; Lydia, wife of William Tutler, of Wayne county; George; E. E .; and Susie, who inarried John Richards, and died near St. Paul, Minn., from exposure in a blizzard. For some time after coming to the New World, the father lived at Dyberry, Wayne county, on the Bethany turnpike, and then removed to Equinunk, where he engaged in lumbering for three years, after which he made his home in Bethany for a time. From there he removed to the farm now owned and occupied by our subject, and upon this place he passed away at the age of eighty years, his wife dying at the age of seventy-nine. Both held membership in the Episco- pal Church, and Mr. Avery was identified with the Democratic party. By all who knew them they were held in high regard.

E. E. Avery was a lad of ten years when he crossed the ocean and with his parents took up his residence in Wayne county. He was early taught the lessons of honesty and industry, and when quite young began to drive a two-yoke team of oxen used in work upon the home farm. He never left the parental roof, and is now the owner of the old home- stead, comprising ISo acres of highly cultivated and well-improved land. The residence, with its broad verandas and large bay windows, is one of the most delightful homes in Lebanon township, and there hospitality reigns supreme, the many friends of the family being always sure to find the latchstring ont. Mr. Avery was one of the first mien in this section

to become interested in the cultivation of berries for the market, and although he began the business in a very modest way, he now ships about 22,000 quarts of berries annually. The "Avery Park" berries have become well known in the market, and com- mand the highest prices on account of their size and superior flavor.

.On July 16, 1866, Mr. Avery married Miss Philine Niles, who was born, reared and educated in Lebanon township, and is a daughter of Calvin and Elmira ( Pullis) Niles. Five children born of this union are still living, viz. : Willie, who married Amanda Bennet, and makes his home in Berlin township, Wayne county ; Leland D., who married Jennie Bishop, and lives on the home farm; Frank H., also at home; Edith, wife of Charles Schweig- hoffer, of Lebanon township; and Fred J., who is still in school. Those deceased are Ernest, who was born May 24, 1870, and died January 14, 1889; and Ella M., born April 17, 1872, died May 25, ISS9.

Mr. Avery is an carnest advocate of the prin- ciples of the Republican party, which he always sup- ports by his ballot, has served as a delegate to its conventions, and has filled the office of judge of election and other official positions of honor and trust in his township. He is an indefatigable worker in the Baptist Church, has served as sup- intendent of the Sabbath-school for fourteen years, and his life has ever been in harmony with his pro- fessions. His genial temperament, sound judgment and well-proved integrity have brought him the es- teem and friendship of a host of acquaintances far and near.

GEORGE LINCOLN ADAMS, of Strouds- burg, Monroe county, is a member of and general su- perintendent for the Union Tanning Co.,successor to the firm of George L. Adams & Co., and is recognized authority upon all branches of the leather trade. To an accurate knowledge of the practical details of the business he adds executive ability of a high order. and at present he superintends the work of twelve tanneries in this State, all under the control of his corporation.

Mr. Adams comes of good New England stock. and his father, Adoniram Adams, was a native of Washington, Vt. . As a boy Adoniram Adams dis- played remarkable business tact, and at the early age of thirteen he left his native place to enter upon incrcantile life as a clerk in the large wholesale grocery house of Stephen Hall & Co., of Boston. He worked his way up from a subordinate position until he acquired a partnership, and at present he is the head of the firm, which is now known as Martin L. Jall & Co. As executor of the late Martin L. ITall he has successfully administered an estate of $1.250,000, and the vast business of the firm is under his personal control. Ile married Miss Ilarriet Lincoln Norton, whose father was a ship builder in West Brooksville, Maine. Her father's brother was formerly the captain of a United States steamer, and received great praise at one time for

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saving the ship in mid-ocean while on a voyage from New York to New Orleans. Later he was ap- pointed master of the port of New Orleans, and in 1886 was made government inspector of marine boil- ers on the coast. To Adoniram and Harriet Adams eight children were born : (1) Edward D., a financier of high standing, has been for years an active partner in the firm of Winslow. Lanier & Co., of New York, the second largest banking house in that city. He has also been identified with various important en- terprises, and at the time of the re-organization of the West Shore railroad he was made chairman of the board which conducted the project to a success- ful conclusion. He helped to re-organize the Jersey Central railroad and the Northern Pacific railroad, the latter being recognized as one of the largest financial operations ever conducted in America. Som years ago he accepted the presidency of the American Cotton Oil Company, then in the hands of a receiver, and he completely rehabilitated the con- cern, making it a decided success. The New York Sun has since said that it is the only stock company known that "shows its land" at the first of every year. He was one of the original promoters of the plan for "harnessing Niagara Falls" to furnish power for various purposes, and at one time he went to Europe and offered prizes for plans from famous architects and engineers. Having collected all the opinions obtainable, he returned to work out the problem practically, and he is now president of the Cataract Construction Company, which has estab- lished an electrical plant at the Falls. (2) Charles A. is the New York representative of a well-known manufacturing company, and has an office in the metropolis. (3) Walter B. is the head of the bank- ing firm of Adans & Co., of New York. (4) George L., our subject, is mentioned more fully below. (5) Frank is the London buyer for a Chicago business firm. (6) William is a salesman for a leather house in Boston. (7) Marshall, formerly cashier for a railroad company, died in Mexico. (8) Hat- tie married Henry J. Williams, an analytical chemist at Boston.

the post of foreman which he held for nine months. Not content with the knowledge gained in that estab- lishment he found employment in the Bottie Run tannery, near Cumberland, Md., and later in the up- per tanneries at Pittsburg, Penn., with the result that on finally returning to Boston he did so with the conviction that he "knew how to tan a hide of leather." His services were eagerly souglit by leather manufacturers, and in July, 1874, he accepted the position of general manager of the Oak Valley Branch Tannery, at Spragueville, Monroe county, owned by Day, Wilcox & Co. During the first two years of his stay there the quality of leather manu- factured under his direction became so noted that he was asked to add to his work the superintending of the Oak Valley Tannery, at Mountain Home, Monroe county. He conducted both plants success- fully until the destruction of the latter by fire on January 5, 1885, and at the same time he carried on a . store at the Oak Valley branch. Over a hundred men were employed in the tanneries, and during the sca- son for peeling bark a large additional force was re- quired, Mr. Adams giving his personal attention to every branch of the busines's. In 1881 he became a partner in the firm, the name being changed to George L. Adams & Co. On March 23. 1885, they purchased the Elk Horn Tannery at East Strouds- burg from the heirs of Stephen Kistler, and his firm afterward sold both tanneries to the United States Leather Company, Mr. Adams taking the position of general superintendent. The practical sagacity which has marked his career is seen not only in the preparationof a high grade leather which commands profitable prices, but in the successful placing of product upon the market. Altogether Mr. Adams is a good example of the American business man. His excellent physique gives him a great advantage, en- abling him to conduct his enormous business with . ease, and he has not neglected the finer side of life, as his cultured mind and polished address make him a favorite in the best social circles. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias. the Benevolent and Patri- otic Order of Elks, and to the Masonic Fraternity, being member of Hugh DePayne Commandery No. 19. at Easton. On October 3, 1878. he married Miss May V. Stites, daughter of Thomas D. Stites, for- merly a contractor of Philadelphia. Two children have blessed this union, Lucy Hamilton and Grace.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 60

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