Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 3, Part 15

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Co. J. Tegelen

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(3) Amelia M., born in July, 1872, married O. J. Reynolds, a resident of Damascus township, and they have three children, Ava, John and Grace.

On June 11, 1873, Mr. Tegeler was again mar- ried, his second union being with Miss Fannie A. Noble, of Wayne county, a daughter of C. B. and E. A. Noble, residents of Damascus township, the former a native of Massachusetts, the latter of Con- necticut. Mrs. Tegeler was born May 3, 1846, waseducated partly in the schools of Damascus town- ship and Waymart, Wayne county, and later pur- sued her studies at Waverly, Penn., where she was graduated. Prior to her marriage she was a suc- cessful and popular teacher in Wayne county. By his second marriage Mr. Tegeler has had six chil- dren : Hattie E., born July 24, 1874, was married, in 1894, to John B. Yerkes, of Damascus, and they have one daughter, Irene C. Yerkes. Irene C., born March 16, 1876. died April 17, 1877. Charles B., born August 2, 1878, is at home. Loverne C., born April 16, 1880, died December 13 of the same year. Beulah H., born October 30, 1881, and Luella F., born September 29, 1883, are both at home.

After his second marriage Mr. Tegeler lived for six years on a farm one mile from his present home, and in 1879 removed to the place where his father had engaged in business for a number of years. Here he still continues to reside, and is en- gaged in general merchandising and handling farm- ing implements and stock on quite an extensive scale. For a number of years he was also interested in lumbering on the Delaware river, rafting his lumber to the Trenton and Philadelphia markets. He is one of the most energetic, enterprising and reliable business men of Damascus township, and any confidence reposed in him has never been be- trayed. In politics he is a Jacksonian Democrat, and he is prominently identified with the interests of his party. In 1881 he was its candidate for county commissioner, and being elected served for a term of three years with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. During President Cleveland's first administration he was appointed postmaster at Boyd's Mills, at the end of four years was re-appointed, and is still the in- cumbent, conducting the office, which is known as the Calkins post office, at his place of business. He has also held the office of school director for three years, and both public and private duties are dis- charged by him with the utmost promptness and fidelity. Socially he is a member of Callicoon Lodge No. 561, F. & A. M., and in religious con- nection, both he and his wife are members of the Christian Church. Their attractive home is a model of neatness, and in its surroundings denotes the culture and refinement of the inmates. The fani- ily is one of the most prominent and highly-re- spected in the township.

AMOS OSBORN SHERWOOD, the well known proprietor of "Sherwood Forest," is one of , the most popular and highly respected citizens of |

Manchester township, Wayne county. His entire life has been passed in the county, his birth occur- ring in Preston township February 2, 1847.

Nathan Sherwood, our subject's father, was born near Bridgeport, Conn., where he was reared and educated, coming to Wayne county, Penn., when a young man, and conducting a hotel in Honesdale and Rileyville for several years. The paternal grandparents, Amos and Betsy ( Burr ) Sherwood, were also carly settlers of Wayne coun- ty. The grandmother was a relative of Aaron Burr, the statesman and politician. Nathan Sher- wood married Miss Sybil Stone, a representative of a prominent family of Wayne county, her father being Abner Stone, one of its honored pioneers, who came to this region with an ox-team and cart, and took up his residence in the midst of the for- est, most of the land being then in its primitive condition and wild animals quite numerous. After his marriage Nathan Sherwood located in Preston township, where he continued to live until called from this life, when in his prime. He was honored and respected by all who knew him. He left a widow and four children: Rosetta, now the wife of Wesley Chapman, of Buckingham township,

Wayne county ; Charles, a resident of Equinunk, Penn. ; Amos O., of this sketch ; and Anna, wife of Joshua Pine, of Equinunk. The mother later be- came the wife of Thomas Tyner, a well known citizen of Manchester township, Wayne county, and to them were born seven children, namely : Elizabeth, Mrs. Lord; Abner; Oakley; Julia, wife of Clark Spencer, of Mt. Pleasant township, Wayne county ; Clara, deceased; Edward, who died when young ; and William, a resident of Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Tyner, who was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a most estimable lady, died at the age of seventy-three years.

The education of Amos O. Sherwood, acquired in the common schools of Wayne county during his boyhood and youth, has been greatly supplemented by reading and observation in later years, and he is now a well-informed man. He early became familiar with all the work of the farm and the lum- ber woods, and for some time was employed at the lumber camps on the Delaware river. On June 26, 1872, he married Miss Hannah Parsons Kellam, a lady of intelligence and culture, who was for some time a successful and popular teacher of Wayne county, where she had been reared and edu- cated. ller paternal grandfather, Jacob Kellam. who was of German descent, was an early settler of Wayne county ; his wife bore the maiden name of

Hannah Pierce. Jeptha Kellam, Mrs. Sherwood's father, was born in Manchester township. Wayne county, educated in Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y., and on reaching man's estate married Elvira Beda l'arsons, a native of Franklin. Mrs. Sherwood is the eldest child born to this worthy couple, the others being Elizabeth Young, a resident of New London, Conn. ; Emma Calkins, of the same place : Timothy, Milton and Mary Billings, all of Bingham-

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ton, N. Y .; Marcia Peak, of Long Eddy, N. Y .; Kate, wife of Charles Dewey, of New London, Conn .; and Hattie and Jacob, of Binghamton, N. Y. Both Alrs. Sherwood and her sister Elizabeth were very successful teachers. The parents of these children died in Long Eddy, N. Y., the mother at the age of fifty-six, the father at the age of sixty- nine. He was a lumberman and farmer by occupa- tion, a Republican in politics, and creditably filled a number of local offices of honor and trust.

Joseph Porter Parsons, father of Mrs. Elvira Beda Kellam, was born in Massachusetts, and mar- ried Hannah M. Smith, of Wolcott, Conn. They settled in Franklin, Delaware county, N. Y., where they passed the remainder of their days, and there reared and educated their family of seven children, six sons and one daughter, viz .: Timothy, who was at one time cashier of the National Bank at Franklin ; Edward, a teacher in Delaware Literary Institute at Franklin; Addison, deceased ; George, a dentist, of Walton, Delaware Co., N. Y .; Henry, a teacher of painting, who makes his home in New London, Conn .; Willard, of the Tribune staff (and interested in the Tribune "Fresh Air Fund"), of New York City; and Elvira Beda, Mrs. Kellam. The Parsons family were Presbyterians in religious connection.

In 1872 Mr. Sherwood purchased what is known as "Sherwood Forest," one of the finest , country homes in Wayne county. The elegant and commodious residence, with its large bay windows and well-ventilated rooms, is tastefully and stylishly furnished, and the house is surrounded with a beau- tiful grove of maples and pines and a fine hedge. A beautiful trout brook flows through the farm, and water is supplied from birch or cold springs, which have made this locality famous for one hundred years. In this delightful home the cultured and refined tastes of the inmates is everywhere manifest, and here hospitality reigns supreme, the members of the household being leaders in the social circles of the community. The family consists of three chil- dren, Frederick J., Elvira Elizabeth and Nathan Charles. The daughter attended Delaware Liter- ary Institute. Franklin, N. Y., graduated from the Binghamton ( N. Y.) high school, and for one year was a student in the State Normal at Cortland, N. Y., after which she was for three terms one of the most popular teachers of Delaware county. While at the Normal she met Clarence E. Cowles, who is a graduate of that institution, and whom she sub- sequently married, and they now reside at IIyde Park, N. Y., where he is principal of a school. For several summers Mrs. Cowles has taken an active interest in the Tribune's fresh air work for the worthy poor of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood and their family are active and promi- nent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

LAYTON T. SMITHI, one of the leading farmers and representative citizens of South Canaan township, Wayne county, resides on the

old Smith homestead. He was born in Uniondale, Susquchanna Co., Penn., January 15, 1842, a son of Raynsford and Margaret ( Jaggars) Smith, the former a native of Coventry, Conn., the latter of South Canaan township, Wayne Co., Penn. In 1812 the father removed to Susquehanna county, Penn., with his parents, Raynsford and Saralı (Sprague) Smith, who continued to make their home there throughout the remainder of their lives. They were also natives of Connecticut, and were Presbyterians in religious belief. The grand- father was a farmer by occupation. His father was born in Scotland, of Scotch and English ex- traction, and on coming to the New World made his home in Connecticut. . The maternal grand- father of our subject, Joseph Jaggars, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., and came to Wayne county in company with his father, Daniel Jaggars, in 1807, ending his days here.

In 1850 the parents of our subject came to Wayne county, and after renting a farm for two ycars in South Canaan township they removed to the present home of our subject, where they lived until called to the world beyond. The father was born June S. ISIO, and died March 23, 1892; the mother was born April 25, 1824, and died January 1, 1863; the remains of both are interred at Var- den, Wayne county. Layton T. is the eldest of their three children, the others being Eugene A. and Eleanor N., the latter of whom died in child- hood. Eugene A., now a resident of Florida, was a soldier in the Civil war, serving in the same com- mand as our subject, and was wounded and taken prisoner in the charge on Fort Harrison. A few years after the war he married Miss Jennie Dart, and they have one son and one daughter.

Layton T. Smith, whose name introduces this sketch, was reared on the home farm, and remained with his parents until August 20, 1862, when he joined the "boys in blue," going to the front as a private of Company A, 137th P. V. I., under Capt. J. M. Buckingham. He participated in the battles of Crampton's Gap, September 14, 1862; Antietam, September 17, 1862: Platt's Piantation, Va., April 29. 30, and May 1, 1863 ; and Chancellorsville, May 2. 3. 4 and 5, 1863, being mustered out the same month. On March 7, 1864, he re-enlisted tor three years, in Battery A, 2nd Penn. Heavy Artillery, was made corporal and then sergeant, and took part in the following engagements: The Wilder- ness. May 5 to 8, 1864 ; Spottsylvania Court House, May 12 to 20; North Anna River, May 22; Bethes- da Church, May 31; Cold Harbor, June I to 12; the siege of Petersburg, for seventy-one days from June 16: Weldon railroad, Va., August 19, and the Mine Explosion, July 30. On October 12, 1864, being very ill with chills and fever, he was sent from Point of Rocks, on the Appomattox river, to Hampton Hospital. near Fortress Monroe, the steamer "Thomas Powell" transporting the sick and wounded on this date. Becoming convalescent in November, he was appointed assistant and later

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ward master of Ward 'No. 15, being detached from his company and regiment by general order, and served in that capacity until June, when he was assigned to duty at Chesapeake Hospital by order of D. B. White, exccutive officer, and E. McClellan, surgeon-in-charge, being one of a detail of clerks appointed for the duty of making out discharges and muster-out rolls. On August 15, 1865, he re- ceived a furlough for thirty days, reported promptly at the expiration of the time, and was placed in charge of commissary and quartermaster's stores issued for Hampton Hospital and the Freed- men in the employ of the United States government in the vicinity of Hampton and Fortress Monroe, continuing in this line of duty until he rejoined his regiment. He was honorably discharged at City Point, Va., January 29, 1866, and returned home with a war record of which he may justly be proud. He has successfully engaged in agricultural pur- snits upon the old homestead, which he has convert- ed into one of the best and most highly productive tracts in South Canaan township.

At Cherry Ridge, Wayne county, Mr. Smith was married, January 1, 1867, to Miss Susan Brown, a most estimable lady, who. was born in Greenfield, Luzerne Co., Penn., a daugliter of Reuben and Susan (Clark) Brown. Having no children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Smith have adopted William P. Brown, who was born June 12. 1884, a son of Andrew Brown (deceased), a nephew of Mrs. Smith, and has made his home with them since eight years old. Politically Mr. Smith is identified with the Republican party, and fraternally he affiliates with Capt. George J. Daven- port Post No. 534, G. A. R., of Gravity, of which he has been commander, and has served in all the minor offices. Both he and his wife are active and prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is serving as trustee, class- leader and secretary of the board, and in the social circles of the community they occupy a position of prominence, having the respect and esteem of all who know them.

Mrs. Smith was educated in the Normal and , high schools of Prompton and Honesdale, and for seven years taught in Wayne and Luzerne counties. Her parents. who were Eastern people, removed from Litchfield, Conn., to Luzerne county, Penn., in 1833, and thence to Cherry Ridge in 1847. To Reuben and Susan (Clark) Brown were born seven children: (1) Andrew P. Brown, born in Con- necticut January 1, 1831, was married October 15. 1851, to Miss Sarah Schenck, of Cherry Ridge, and engaged in the business of lumbering until 1864. when he enlisted in Company L, 56th N. Y. V. I. He served until the close of the war, the hardships of army service leaving him broken in health and evidently causing his death, December 31, 1889. Ilis wife is since deccased. (2) John W. Brown, born August 17, 1833, was married June 18, 1861, to Abby Jane Kenyon, of Luzerne county. He had previously learned the carpenter's trade, and after

his marriage resided for some years in Scranton, Penn., following the business of contractor and builder. Later, entering the service of the Dickson Manufacturing Co., he remained in their employ until failing health compelled him to resign his po- sition. He died May 16, 1875, leaving a wife and three children. He was a respected and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. (3) George C. Brown, born January 11, 1836, married Miss Harriet Kimble, of Cherry Ridge, September 27, 1865. Previous to the Civil war he purchased a farm, where he now resides, near Hoadleys, Wayne county. In 1862 hc enlisted in Company M, 17th Penn. Cavalry, for the term of three years, was wounded at Chancellorsville in May, 1863, and sent to hospital, where surgeons removed the Rebel bullet from his side. Returning to his company, he participated in their hard marches and battles until taken prisoner by Mosby's Cavalry, and he suffered the horrors of prison life in Libby and Salisbury prisons for six months, being released at the time of Sherman's march to the sea. Ile re- turned home but a shadow of his former self, and so broken in health that he has never recovered. (4) Eben C. Brown, born September 6, 1838, re- sided with his parents until the fall of 1864, when he joined a construction corps and started for the seat of war. He reached Chattanooga, Tenn., and was on duty at that point and various places in the vicinity for some months, when he was taken seri- ously ill with typhoid fever, and shortly after re- turned home. On his recovery he resu med his work on the farm, and has ever since given his attention to agricultural work and dairying, meet- ing with success in both. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and takes an active part in local affairs, hold- ing township offices at times. In religious faith he is a Methodist, being a member of the Church at Cherry Ridge. On July 9, 1879, he was married to Miss Katie Chapman, of Lake township. (5) Lucretia M. Brown, born September 27, 1844, died September 17, 1848. (6) Annie L. Brown, born April 12, 1848, was married June 5, 1872, to Wal- ter D. King, at the homestead in Cherry Ridge. Two children were born to them, Edith, now Mrs. Marvin Tuthill, of Dunmore, and Hattie, of Scran- ton. Mr. King was a locomotive engineer for some years, until failing health compelled him to retire from active labor. his death occurring on Au- gust 9, 1887. His widow some years later married Capt. George Woodward, a veteran of the Civil war, and they made their home for a time at Mo- line, Ill., where Mr. Woodward died in 1898. (7) Susan, wife of our subject, completes the family.

CHARLES W. SHANNON is a well known general merchant of Lackawaxen, Pike county, whose career demonstrates that only true success in life is that which is accomplished by personal effort and persevering industry. He possesses un- tiring energy, is quick of perception, and his close application to business and excellent management

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have brought to him the high degree of prosperity which is to-day his.

Joel Shannon, father of our subject, was born in Monroe county July 15, 1812, and when a boy lived with his uncle in Hawley, Wayne county, where he was employed by a lumber company. For some time he traveled through Susquehanna, Wayne and Pike counties, selling medicines and notions ; was a boatman on the canal for several years, and also followed the butcher business for a time. Locating in Laekawaxen, he purchased a store and engaged in the grocery business. He next rented a store, hotel and farm situated at the june- tion of the Lackawaxen and Delaware rivers, and there carried on operations along those lines for eiglitcen years, after which he bought a farm a mile from the village of Lackawaxen, on the streant of the same name. Here he engaged in farming and merchandising until well advanced in years, and then retired from active business, making his home with our subject. He died at Matamoras, Pike county, January 28, 1895, honored and re- spected by all who knew him. At Hawley, Penn., he married Elizabeth Hatteras, who was born March 3, 1815, at Gloversville, N. Y., near Geneva, and died Januarv 23, 1888. Her parents were John and Catherine (Glover) Hatteras, the former of English deseent, the latter of German. The chil- dren born to Joel and Elizabeth ( Hatteras) Shan- non were: Calvin C., who married Almira Ben- nett, daughter of Rev. James L. Bennett ; Marvin WV., a carpenter, who married (first) Fannie Laub- shire, who died not long afterwand, and he then married Ella Cortright ( now deceased), and resides in Sullivan county, N. Y .; Jacob D., who married Jane Detrick, and is a carpenter of Port Jervis, N. Y .; Charles W., the subject of this sketch; Em- mett (deceased), who married Helen Kirkham, and lived in Lackawaxen; Frances J., wife of Otto K. Laubshire, a retired conductor living in Matamoras, Pike county ; and George W., a carpenter, who married Ida Kirkham, and lives on the old homc- stead in Lackawaxen township, Pike county.

Charles W. Shannon was born in Lackawaxen, August 31, 1846, and first attended the common schools, later spending one year at an academy at Delaware Water Gap, Penn. He began his busi- ness carecr in the employ of the Erie Railroad Co. as operator at Hawkins Station, Sullivan Co., N. Y., for eight months. after which he opened a gen- eral store near Laekawaxen, which he conducted for five years. He then purchased a half-interest in a store in Lackawaxen with his brother, whose interest he purchased several years later, and he has since been alone in business. He carries a large and well-selected stock of general . merchandise, and receives a liberal share of the publie patron- age. He also owns and operates a good farm of 150 acres, thirty-five of which are under cultivation, and to some extent he is interested in both lumber- ing and stone quarrying. He has always been a stanch Republican in polities, is State committee-

inan at the present time, and has been county con- mitteeman on several occasions. Socially he has been connected with the I. O. O. F. for ten years. and, in religion, holds membership in the Baptist Church.

In November, 1873, Mr. Shannon was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Bushweiler, who died in 1884. Three children blessed this union : Nettie C., born October 13, 1874, is a student at the Boston Conservatory of Music; Walter R., born February 10, 1876, was graduated from the Balti- more University at Baltimore, Md., in 1897, with the degree of MI. D., and is at present engaged in prac- tice in Lackawaxen ; and Laura G., born June 18, 1877, is at home. Mr. Shannon was again mar- ried, his second union being with Miss Louisa Gil- lett, who was born August 3, 1865. Her father. Charles A. Gillett, a son of Abner Gillett, was born in West Brookville, N. Y., and was married in Monticello, Sullivan Co., N. Y., to Miss Martha Manna, daughter of James Manna.

GEORGE C. WHITE, an honored veteran of the Civil war whose devotion to his country was tested on many a Southern battle-field, is now one of the honored and highly respected citizens of Epuinunk, Wayne county. He is a native of the county, born in Scott township, April 23, 1824, a son of Joseph and Esther (Thomas) White, repre- sentative pioneers of this region.

Joseph White was born in 1800, on the Dela- ware river in Wayne county, and after his marriage located in Seott township, where he followed lumbering for some years. In 1830 he moved to Little Equinunk, on the Delaware, where he worked in a sawmill, engaging in the manufacture of sawed lumber for the Philadelphia and New Jersey mar- kets. He died in Equinunk in 1868, and his wife passed away at the same place in 1887, at the ad- vaneed age of eighty-eight years. In the family of this worthy couple were ten children, of whom our subject is the cldest. (2) Albert, born in Dela- ware county, N. Y., married a Western lady, and spent the last years of his life in Little Equinunk. where he died some years ago, leaving a wife and family, who still reside in Wayne county. (3) Margaret is the wife of Charles Layton, of Calli- coon, Sullivan Co., N. Y. (4) Charles, born in Wayne county, married Rebecca Jenson, of Dela- ware county, N. Y., and moved to Cameron coun- ty, Penn., where he died, leaving two children, who still live on Sinnamahoning creek. (5) Jerome. born in Wayne county, moved to Iowa when a young man, and there married. When the Civil war broke ont he enlisted in an Iowa regiment, and at the charge on Vicksburg was mortally wound- ed. dying shortly afterward. His widow subse- quently married again, and went as a missionary to Texas. (6) Annie, born in Manchester town- ship, Wayne county, is now Mrs. Hamilton Gen- son, of Delaware county, N. Y., and has a family. (7) Clarissa, born in Manchester township, is the

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wife of John H. Layton, of Little Equinunk, and has a family. (8) Henry, born in Wayne county, joined the Union army during the Civil war as a member of the 99th N. Y. V. I., and served until hostilities ceased. Later he moved to Wisconsin, where he has married and reared a family. (9) Florence, born in Wayne county, is the widow of Nathaniel Kellam, of Little Equinunk, who died some years ago, and she and her family still reside in Wayne county. ( 10) John died in Wayne coun- ty during boyhood.

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George C. White was reared in Wayne county, receiving a very limited education, but his busi- ness training was by no means meagre. for at an carly age he began work in the lumber woods. He also learned sawmill work, and continued to op. erate mills until a few years ago. In 1848 he mar- ried Miss Julia A. Price, of Manchester township. a daughter of Samuel and Polly Price, pioneers of Wayne county, and after his marriage he purchased a tract of land in Manchester township on which he made his home for some years, elearing forty acres and erecting thereon good and substantial build- ings.

In August, 1862, Mr. White joined the boys in blue as a member of Company F. 144th N. Y. V. I .. enlisting at Hancock, N. Y., and from there was sent to Washington, D. C. As a member of the Army of the Potomac. under Gen. Burnside, his first engagement was against Longstreet at Suffolk, fol- lowed by the battles of South Mountain and Gettys- burg. The regiment then crossed the river below Harper's Ferry, and proceeded along the ridge to Warrington, and from there to Folly Island, Charleston. They were under Gen. Gilmore at the battle of Olnstee, and were later sent to Jackson- ville, Fla., being on guard duty from that place to Hilton Head.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 3, Part 15

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1000

Author:
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1000