Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 67

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The boyhood and youth of our subject was not spent in idleness, for there was much pioneer work to be done upon the home farm, and at an early age he began to assist in clearing, cultivating and in- proving the wild land. Agricultural pursuits have occupied the greater part of his time, but for thirty years he also worked in a sawmill, and is now as- sociated with his son, F. C., in the operation of a mill. In 1852 he went to California, with the hope of securing a fortune more quickly than it could be obtained in the East. Sailing from New York City, he proceeded to the Pacific slope by way of the Panama route, and located in Mariposa county, Cal., where he was employed for four and one-half months in a saw mill, receiving $100 per 1,000 feet for cutting redwood lumber. After a year spent in the West he returned to Wayne county, Penn., and now owns and successfully operates a fine farm of 237 acres in Lebanon township, through which runs a brook, and which is equipped with a good set of farm buiklings.

In 1857 Mr. Kimble was united in marriage with Miss Mary Scantleberry, a native of England, and a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Scantle- berry, both of whom died in Wayne county. Mr. and Mrs. Kimble . have two sons: Franklin C .. born September 21. 1860, was rcared and educated in Wayne county, and married Lucy E. Baker, daughter of George Baker. They have one daugh-

ter, Clara. Calvin P., the younger son of our sub- ject, was born in 1865, and is now a railroad nian. residing in Carbondale, Penn. He married Kate Roadknight, and has two children-Alice and Will- iam. The wife and mother died in 1892, at the age of fifty-two years. Politically Mr. Kimble affiliates with the Democratic party, and takes a deep and commendable interest in public affairs. He is a frank, genial man, a "liail fellow well niet," whose cordial hospitality befits an old lumberman and Californian.

.JONAS HAY, who has been prominently iden- tified with the agricultural interests of Tobyhanna township, Monroe county, for several years, is a native of that county, born in Jackson township, January 24, 1836, and is a son of Samuel Hay, whose sketch is given in connection with that of Samuel H. Hay. Our subject is third in the order of birth in a family of eight children, the others being as follows: William, born December 18. 1833, is now living in Gouldsboro, Wavne Co., Penn .; Elizabeth, born in 1834, is deceased; Rachel, born May, 21, 1840, is the wife of William Bonser : Sam- uel H. and Sally Ann (twins) were born- March 30, 1843; Mary, born November 29, 1845. is the widow of Joseph Bonser ; and Charles, born June 30, 1848.

When ten years old Jonas Hay accompanied his parents on their removal to Tobyhanna town- ship, where he was reared. His educational priv- ileges were very meager, as he was able to attend the common schools only to a limited extent. He continued to work for his father in the lumber woods, and on the home farm until he attained the age of twenty-six. His father owned large tracts of land, and also cut millions of feet of lumber from land that no one had laid claim to. Our sub- ject's first independent effort in life was the opera- tion of the sawmill, where he manufactured lumber for four years. Subsequently he again worked in the lumber woods, and has followed lumbering longer than any other man now living in Toby- hanna or Coolbaugh townships. After following that occupation for eighteen consecutive years, in 1866 he bought fifty-five acres of wild land in Tobyhanna township, and has since cleared thirty acres and placed it under excellent cultivation. In 1868 he erected thereon a house, which in 1894 was replaced by his present comfortable residence. the material for which cost SI.ooo, while he did all the work himself, being a carpenter by trade. A part of his time is still devoted to carpenter work. and the remainder to general farming and stock raising.

At Wilkes Barre. Pennsylvania. Mr. Hay was united in marriage with Miss Anna Overbeck. a native of Stroud township, Monroe county, and a daughter of John Overbeck. She died on the 28th of August, 1874, at the age of thirty-three years, six months and twenty-four days. There were two chiklren born of this union: Joseph E .. born June 30, 1865, married Alice Dunlap, and is

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living in Tobyhanna township; and Mary Emma, born October 2, 1866, died at the age of two years, five months and seventeen days. Mr. Hay was again married at Scranton, Penn., March 25, 1875, his second union being with Miss Ellen Utt, who was born in Paradise township, Monroe county, October 30, 1849, a daughter of Charles Utt. Five children came of the second mariage: Aaron, born November 4, 1876, is at home; Effie, born Deceni- ber 8, 1879, died May 17, 1897 ; Jerome, born March 30, 1882, Lillie, born December 10, 1883, and Gro- ver, born October 10, 1886, are all at home.

At the polls Mr. Hay always votes the straight Democratic ticket, and he has served as inspector of election and as supervisor two years. He is a member of Church, and expects soon to join the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

CHARLES CHRISTIAN, who resides upon one of the most beautiful and desirable farins in Smithfield township, has for many years been one of the leading citizens of that part of Monroe county, prominently identified with various interests in its civic, social, educational and religious life, and widely and favorably known throughout the locality of his hoine.

Mr. Christian is a native of Smithfield town- ship, born in 1837, and is a son of James and Mary (Hill) Christian. His grandfather, John Chris- tian, settled in New Jersey, where he followed his trade, that of blacksmith. for a number of years, spending the latter part of his life in Monroe county with his son James, who was the only one of his six children to' lcave New Jersey. James Chris- tian was born in March, 1806, in Hunterdon coun- ty., N. J., and when a young man removed thence to Monroe county, Penn .. locating first near the Del- aware Water Gap. He later purchased a farm in Middle Smithfield, where he died in 1843. He mar- ried Mary Hill, who was also a native of Hunterdon county. N. J., born in 1809, a daughter of John Hill. and after her husband's death she purchased a small farm in Smithfield, where she reared her six chil- dren, all of whom reached maturity. Mrs. Chris- tian occupied this home until her death in 1886. Of the family. Lucinda. born in New Jersey in 1828, married George Merrick, of Carbon county, Penn., and they made their home at Mauch Chunk, where she died leaving two children. Harriet, born in 1830 in New Jersey, was first married to Adam Smith, and they lived in Smithfield. where he died, leaving three children. Maria, Eliza and Amzi: her second mariage was to Martin Transuc, of Smith- field, in which township they reside, near Shawnce, and to this union have been born two children, Flora ( Mrs. Byron Detrick ) and Caroline ( Mrs. Will- iam Snyder), both of Monroe comity. Jolin Chris- tian, born in New Jersey in 1832, died at the age of twenty-one years. Charles is the next in order of birth. Caroline, born in 1839 at Delaware Water Gap, is the wife of H. S. Drake, who is justice of the peace in Stroudsburg ; they have a family of five

children, Jennie, Mary, Charles, Alice and John. Sarah M., born in 1840 in Middle Smithfield, is the wife of John Custard, and has four children, Henry, Katie, Joseph and Mary; their home is in Tunk- hannock, Wyoming Co., Penn. Mary Etta, born in 1843, resides in Middle Smithfield, and is inar- ried to E. Q. Cortwright ; they have no children.

Charles Christian grew to manhood on the home farin in Smithfield, during his boyhood attend- ing the local public schools, where he acquired a thorough knowledge of the common branches. When a young man he learned the carpenter's trade, later returning to his studies and attending the academic schools of Monroe county, where he completed his preparation for the teacher's profes- sion, in which he was engaged almost every winter from 1858 to 1885. He was one of the most successful instructors in the public schools of Monroe county, and he taught in one district in Smithfield for twenty-two successive years, a record which speaks for itself, and testifies more substantially to his ability and popularity than mere words could. However, it is not only in his pro- fession that Mr. Christian has had opportunities for.the display of those qualities of head and heart -which have entitled him to a high standing. among the best citizens of his community. His fellow- men, recognizing his fitness for public office, have called upon him time and again to serve in various positions of trust in the township, and he has served ably in almost every office in the gift of his towns- men, having served for twelve years as school direc- tor, during which time he has also acted as secre- tary of the board. He was elected jury commis- sioner for three years. There is no doubt that Mr. Christian's personality has had much to do with the esteem and regard which has been accorded him on every side, for he is a man worthy the honors be- stowed upon him by his fellow citizens, and his intelligence and executive ability have made them- selves felt in every enterprise in which he has had a hand, more espcially the projects calculated to advance the general welfare of his town.

Mr. Christian was married, in 1858, to Miss Cornelia A. Custard, a daughter of Benjamin and Catherine Custard, who were formerly residents of Pike county, Penn., but removed to Monroe county and settled in Smithfield, where they died. After his marriage he bought his mother's farin in Smithfield, which he cultivated during the summer season. fol- lowing his profession in the winter time. as above stated, and here he made his home until 1867. when he purchased the place he has since occupied. the Benjamin Custard farm. lle has erected a fine two-story residence and other substantial buildings on this property, which is one of the best kept and most valuable in the section, and his peach orchard is considered one of the finest in Monroe county. He has over 2,000 trees in one body, raising also apples and other fruit, and he sells large quantities every year. The location of the Christian farmi, on the high ground between the Delaware river and

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Marshalls Creek, is an enviable one, commanding as it does one of the finest views of the surrounding country in Monroe county; from this high point Port Jervis, forty miles distant, may be seen, as well as Pocono mountain and the noted Delaware Water Gap. The locality is one of the most attractive and healthful in the State of Pennsylvania, and every summer Mr. Christian and his worthy wife entertain many guests from Philadelphia, New York and Brooklyn in their beautiful home, which is certainly a most delightful place to spend the warm season. Mr. Christian has, by untiring energy and good man- agement, brought his farm into a most profitable con- dition of fertility, attaining no meaner degree of success in his agricultural work than he made in other lines.

Mr. and Mrs. Christian are the parents of five children, of whom we have the following record : Lydia A., born in 1859, received her education in the public schools, and married John Frederick, of Delaware Water Gap: they now reside in Smith- field with their family of nine children, Charles, Jay, Laura, Clara, Edith, Elmer, John, Elsie and Bertha. Henry H., born in 1861, completed his education in the Millersville ( Penn. ) State Nor- mal School, and has since been successfully engaged in the teacher's profession, at present holding the position of principal of the East Stroudsburg and Delaware Water Gap high schools; he married Miss Katie Newheart, of Delaware Water Gap, and they make their home on a farm in Smithfield which he purchased in 1897: they have four children liv- ing, Charles, Joseph, Cornelia and Rodger : Gilbert died in childhood. Mary Olive Christian, born in 1867, received her education in the public schools, and for her first husband wedded William Lander, of Smithfield, with whom she removed to Oregon ; she later married William Stewart, and they reside in East Stroudsburg: she has four children, Ern- est, Ruth, Amzi and Ethel. John S. Christian, born in 1872, married Miss Minnic Strenk, of Smith- field. and they live with his parents ; they have one child. W. Lloyd Garrison. Robert H. Christian, born in 188t. is still under the parental roof. Re- ligiously Mr. and Mrs. Christian are active members of the M. E. Church, in whose welfare and interest they have always been zealous workers. His polit- ical sympathies are with the Democratic party, but he is liberal in that as in other matters.

This record would not be complete without some mention of Mr. Christian's service in the Civil war. In 1865, under Abraham Lincoln's last call for volunteers, he enlisted in Company 11. . 214th P. V. I., was sworn into service at Philadelphia, and thence proceeded to Winchester, marching under Gen. Hancock. About the time of Lee's surrender Mr. Christian's command was held at Winchester. doing guard duty there until July, when they were marched to Washington and held as guard for gov- ernment property until March. 1866. Mr. Chris- tian received an honorable discharge, leaving the service with the rank of sergeant.

LOUIS FAUCHERE (deceased), founder of the "Hotel Fauchere," at Milford, Pike county, was for many years a leading resident of that thriving little city, and his name will always be associated with its development and growth. He was a man of rare energy and fine talents, and was uniformly successful in any line of effort which he chose to undertake, his later prosperity being the result of his own industry and judicious management.

Mr. Fauchere was born March 4, 1823, at Ver- bey, Switzerland, and was one of a family of thir- teen children, but two of whom, our subject and his only brother, Alphonse L. Fauchere, came to America. The father died when Louis was but two and one-half years old, leaving a large proper- ty; the mother lived to an advanced age, dying in Switzerland. . Alphonse L. Fauchere became a wealthy business man in New York City, and for a number of years operated the large marble- cutting works of Fauchere, Batterson & Co.

Louis Fauchere was reared by his mother up to the age of fifteen, when he began his apprentice- ship as a cook, being afterward employed in various prominent hotels in Switzerland In 1851 he came to America, and.on landing in New York, on June 2, he found employment as chef in Delmonico's hotel and restaurant, where he re- mained two years. He then spent five years as chef at the "Delavan House," at Albany, a noted hotel, and during this time passed three summers at the "Fort William Henry Hotel," on Lake George. On returning to New York City he engaged in busi- ness on his own account, and conducted a French restaurant and hotel until March 1, 186;, when he removed to Milford, Penn. There he purchased a small hotel and saloon property, known as the "Van Gorden & La Bar" place, and began con- ducting it, making improvements from time to time as business increased under his careful manage- ment. In 18So he built the present handsome and commodious hotel. containing twenty-four sleep- ing rooms and other apartments, including a beau- tiful dining-room at the rear of the house enclosed with glass and commanding a pleasing view. There are two cottages on the premises, one of frame, with six rooms, and the other of brick. with twelve rooms, and during the summer season the place is so well patronized by appreciative guests from the city that these cottages are kept constantly occupied by those who cannot be accommodated in the main building. Until a year previous to his death, which occurred September II, 1893. Mr. Fauchere had personal charge of the establishment, but it has since been conducted by his only daugh- ter. Mrs. Marie Tissot, a lady of marked executive ability and pleasing manners, under whose ad- ministration the house more than maintains its old popularity. Mr. Fauchere was a Democrat in po- litical sentiment.

On November 16. 1846, Mr. Fauchere was married in Switzerland to Rosalie Perrochet, daugh- ter of Francois H. Perrochet ( a prominent dis-

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tiller), and his wife Henriette (Rochat). Mrs. Fauchere, who was born July 2, 1823, now resides with her daughter, who cares for her in her de- clining years. Mrs. Tissot was born May 4, 1848, in Switzerland, and was married ( first) to Alfred Chol, a noted comedian much older than herself, who died in Paris in 1875. while on a business trip. On November 6, 1886, she was married at Brook- lyn, N. Y., to Henri Tissot, also a native of Switzer- land. She had four children by her first marriage: Louise, wife of Percy Lyman, of Orange, N. J., who has two children, Annette and Percy, Jr .; Louis and Rose, who died in childhood ; and War- ren, who now assists his mother in the hotel (he married Bessie Heller, and they have two children, Marie and Margaret).

HENRI TISSOT was born April 9. 1841, son of Charles Edward and Adele ( Nicolet) Tissot, na- tives of Switzerland. His father, who conducted an old watch-case factory, died in 1869, aged sev- enty years, and his mother died in 1867, at the age of sixty-eight. They had the following children : Fanny (a resident of Switzerland). Marie. Eliza- beth, Henri, Adelle, Juliette and Charles. Henri Tissot learned the trade of watch-case maker in Switzerland, and after coming to America in 1881 was employed for a time in a factory in New York City. Later he came to Milford, where he worked about fifteen months in the watch-case factory, but since 1883 he has been connected with the hotel. He takes a keen interest in the questions of the day, and politically he is a stanch Democrat.

EDGAR H. SWINGLE is a prominent agri- culturist of South Canaan township, Wayne county, and by his industry and skillful management has brought his farm to a high state of cultivation. while as a citizen he has gained in a high degree the estceem of the community in which he resides.

Mr. Swingle comes of a pioneer ancestry, and on the paternal side is a descendant of Hans Ulrich Swingle, who came from Switzerland in Colonial times, and after residing for some years in Orange county, N. Y., located in 1873 in what is now South Canaan township. Wayne county, where he bought four hundred acres of land. There he and his wife. Mary ( Shaffer). passed their remaining days, their home being a primitive log cabin surrounded at first by dense forests which were gradually cleared as time passed. Their son Frederick. our subject's great-grandfather. engaged in the hotel business in the same locality. the conditions in his day being indicated by the fact that he had to travel to East- on. l'enn., sixty miles distant. to do his "trading." Frederick Swingle and his wife. Susannah ( Enslin ). had the following children: Jacob. Moses. Levi. Benjamin. Charles, Elijah B., Annie. Polly ( wife of Richard Beers), and one who met an accidental death in childhood.

Jacob Swingle, our subject's grandfather. mar- ried Susan Shaffer, daughter of Moses and Mary Shaffer, of South Canaan township, and they had

five children : Chauncey, who is mentioned below ; Frederick, a resident of Hawley, Wayne county, and an employe of the Pennsylvania Coal Co .; Matilda, deceased; Francis, a farmer in South Canaan township; and Rebecca, wife of Elmer Enslin, also a farmer in that township. Jacob Swingle died in 1818, and his widow married Moses Springer, who died in 1867, leaving one daughter, Mary, now the wife of Abe Enslin, a farmer near Georgetown, Wayne county.

Chauncey Swingle, the father of our subject, was born July 15, 1827, in South Canaan town- ship, and is now living in retirement there upon his farnı. He has been active and influential in local affairs and in the Democratic organization in his township, and served eight years as constable and the same length of time as supervisor. In religious faith he is a Methodist. On December 25. 1846, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Sloat, and the following children were born of the union: Edgar H., our subject ; Merilla, deceased; Amron, who married Elizabeth Odell. and resides upon a farm in South Canaan township; Franklin and Anna MI., both deceased; and Mamie, unmarried, who is at home with her parents. Our subject's mother was born in March, 1829, in Ulster county, N. Y., the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Stevens) Sloat, who came in 1831 to Sterling township. Wayne county, where her father followed the blacksmith's trade for many years. She was the youngest in the family of eight children, of whom are mentioned : Maria, who married a Mr. Odell; George and James, deceased; Lavina, deceased, formerly the wife of Charles Taylor, of Honesdale; John, de- ceased ; and Daniel, a farmer in Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania.

Our subject was born September 15. 1849. at his present homestead. where the greater part of his life has been spent. During his boyhood he gained a thorough knowledge of agricultural work under his father's direction, and in 1879 he went to Dun- more. on a farm belonging to the Pennsylvania Coal Co., remaining there seven years. Since that time he has been engaged in general farming at the homestead. He is a man who does his own think- ing, and in politics he is independent. Socially he and his family are popular, and he is an active men- ber of the I. O. O. F .. and the Junior Order of American Mechanics. Having been reared in the Methodist Church by his parents, he has long been identified with that organization. his assistance being readily given to that and other worthy move- ments in the locality.

On September 20. 1860. Mr. Swingle was mar- ried. at Waymart. Wayne county, to Miss Elmira Osborn, and a bright and attractive family of chil- dren has blessed their home. Almeros, who married Miss Grace Burns, is now a contractor and builder at Dunmore, Penn. : Amelia is the wife of Daniel Chapman, of Dunmore. an employe of the Pennsyl- vania Coal Co. : Hanford, who married Miss Mande Mellinan, is also in the employ of that company at

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Dunmore; Miss Clara resides at Duninore; and Miss Edith, Berton, Frank and Harry are at home. Mrs. Swingle was born July 22, 1848, in Salem township, Wayne county, the daughter of Henry Osborn, and the granddaughter of Timothy Weth- erill. Her father was born in Pittston, Luzerne Co., Penn., but for many years was a resident of Wayne county, and he died in South Canaan town- ship November 14, 1891, at the age of eighty-two. He was a wool carder by trade. He was married in Salem township, Wayne county, to Miss Hannah Wetherill, a native of Easton, Penn., who survived him and is now residing in South Canaan township at the age of seventy-five. This worthy couple had six children, as follows : Friend, a railway fire- - man, who resides at Carbondale, Penn .; Draper, who died in childhood; Lamira, wife of our sub- ject; Irvin, a resident of Carbondale; William, a shoe-maker in Lake township, Wayne county ; and Georgiana, wife of Thomas Allen, a miner at Car- bondale.

CHARLES F. KINNEY, who is at present engaged in conducting the East Stroudsburg Roller Mills, in Stroud township, Monroe county, where he does a general milling business, -is a native of Warren county, N. J., born December 18. 1833, son of Gideon L. and Elizabeth ( Hankinson) Kinney.

Mr. Kinney comes of sturdy New England ancestry, and his paternal grandfather, Frederick Kinney, served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He and his wife, Margaret, who survived him, reared a family of seven children, of whom, the eldest, David, married and migrated from New Jersey to the State of Michigan, making the journey by wagon ; he settled in Calhoun county, where he carried on farming for the remainder of his life. .Johnson married in New Jersey, and also migrated west, making the trip by wagon to Ohio, where he followed farming until his death. Isaac married, and lived in New Jersey until 1878, when he re- moved to Susquehanna county, Penn., settling near Montrose, the county seat ; he too was a life-long farincr. Gideon L. was fourth in the family in the order of birth. Elizabeth became the wife of Will- iam Loder, and they settled in Calhoun county, Mich. Annie married John Smith, of Warren county, N. J. Rachel married Bartley LaRue, of Warren county, New Jersey.

Gideon L. Kinney was born at Blairstown, Warren Co., N. J., and was reared to agricultural pursuits which he followed all his life, for a number of years engaging also in sawmilling. After his first marriage, to Elizabeth Hankinson, he took up his residence at the old homestead in Warren coun- ty, remaining there until his removal, in 1853. to Smithfield township. Monroe Co., Penn., where he spent the balance of his life. Ilis first location was near Shawnee. where he purchased a small farin and sawmill, and carried on farming and the manufacture of lumber for some three or four years, finally selling this place and buying the farm on the

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 2, Part 67

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