Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 3, Part 29

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Arthur Southworth, father of our subject. com- pletes the family. He was born in Chester, Conn., where he lived until nine years of age, after which he was rearcd in Bridgewater township, Susque- hanna county. and attended the subscription schools, making the most of his educational advantages. so that he was able to engage in teaching in the com- mon schools of the county. In 1830. he wedded Miss Maria Turner, who was born in Litehfield county, Conn., in 1811. a daughter of Chauncey and Sylvia ( Warner) Turner. After his marriage he located in Lawsville ( now Liberty) township, where he purchased a tract of wild land, which has since been transformed into the fine farm which our sub- ject now owns. He bought other land, erected a sawmill and engaged in the manufacture of lumber : he subsisted on chestnuts for nine days before he

for many years. During early life he was connected with the militia of the county, and being the drum- mer of his company he beat the drum at the public execution of Jason Treadwell, who was hung at Montrose for the murder of John Harper. In poli- tics he was first a Whig and later a Republican. and though he took an active part in public affairs. he never aspired to office. He was reared in the Bap- tist Church, but later in life became connected with the Presbyterian Church, of which his wife was also a faithful member. He died on his farm in 1880, and she, who had shared with him all the hardships of their early married life, passed away in 1896.

Our subject is one of a family of five children, the others being as follows: (1) Mariette. born on the old homestead, in 1831, was educated in the schools of that district and in the Harford schools, and for a number of ycars engaged in teaching in Susquehanna county. and in Broome county, N. Y. She married Julius Vance, of Montrose, who is now engaged in business in Kirkwood, Broome Co., N. Y., and they have one son, Arthur T., a resident of New York City. who is married and has two chil- dren, Arthur and Edith. Arthur, Sr., is editor and treasurer of the "Home Magazine," (2) Turner J., born in 1837, received a collegiate education at Har- ford, Penn., and in 1861, at the opening of the Civil war, he enlisted in Company H. 51st N. Y. V. I. Under Gen. McClellan, he participated in the battle of Yorktown, after which he was taken ill and sent to Carver Hospital, Washington, D. C., where he died. Later his body was brought home and buried with all the honors of a soldier. The Grand Army Post of his village now bears his name-South- worth. (3) Ezra E., a bachelor, born in 1849.was well educated, especially in music, which he took up at the age of seventeen years, is now a professor of both instrumental and vocal music at the Musical College of Scranton, Penn., and is a leader in mu- sical circles. (4) Carrie Lavilla, born in 1852, is the wife of James C. Wheaton, a farmer of Franklin township, Susquehanna county, and they have five children, Mary, Julia, Philip, Arthur and Ezra.

During his boyhood, Almon L. Southworth pursued his studies in the district schools near his home, and later assisted his father in his farming and lumbering operations until the Civil war broke out. He first enlisted in the 28th P. V. I .. was among the reserves at Gettysburg. and on the expiration of his terni was honorably discharged: but in August, 1864. he re-enlisted, this time becoming a member of Company II, Second New York Cavalry. under Col. Randel, regimental commander : Gen. Custer. brigade commander. and Gen. Sheridan. division commander. He participated in many engagements. including the battle of Fisher's Hill. in October. 1864, where his horse was shot from under him, he received a sabre cut across the forehead. and was taken prisoner and made to wear the Rebel uniform. Crawling on his hands and knees he passed the picket line and reached the Blue Mountains, where

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reached his regiment. He was captured by the 4th Ohio Cavalry, who believed him to be a spy, and was sent to his company in his Rebel uniform, but was received by them in cheers as they supposed him to have been killed in battle. He also participated in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, and witnessed Gen. Sheridan's wonderful ride which is famous for all time. On February 27, 1865, liis regiment broke camp to begin the long tiresome march (which continued about forty days) from Winchester to the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomatox April 9, 1865. The war having end- ed, he was honorably discharged in June, 1865, and returned home.

In 1868, Mr. Southworth was united in mar- riage with Miss Elvira Eastman, a well-educated and refined lady, who was born in Broome county. N. Y., whence in 1866 she was brought to Sus- quehanna county by her parents, Nathaniel and Emeline Eastman, also natives of New York State. They located at Franklin Forks, where the father conducted a wood factory for many years, and in Susquehanna county both parents died. Their chil- dren were Carrie W., wife of T. H. Hopkins, an attorney of Washington, D. C .; Elmyra, widow of Walter L. Beebe, of Franklin Forks: Elvira, wife of our subject; Fannie, wife of Albin S. Bur- rows, of Grand Forks, N. Dak .; John, who mar- ried E. Bailey and resides in Binghamton, N. Y .; Julia, wife of E. R. Smith, of Montrose, Penn., and Austin, V., a resident of Louisiana. Mr. and Mrs. Southworth have two children, one son and one daughter. (1) Susie E., born in 1868, was educated in the district schools, and is now the wife of Frederick B. Travis, of Lawsville Center, by whom she has three children : Pearl E., Ethel S., and Myra A. (2) Nathan F., born in 1873, also at- tended the district schools. He spent the summer of 1892 at Grand Forks, N. Dak., but now lives with his father on the old homestead in Liberty town- ship. He was married, in 1808, to Miss Annie Tobey, of Susquehanna county, who was born in Steuben county, N. Y., in 1868, and was educated at Vestal, Broome county, that State.

After his marriage, Mr. Southworth and his wife went to Missouri, but after farming there one season he returned to the old homestead in Sus- quehanna county. In 1883, with their two chiil- dren, they went to Los Angeles, Cal., and spent about two years mainly in traveling over that State. On their return they left San Diego, Cal., in a "prairie schooner," in that way traveling to Dallas, Texas, and on to New Orleans, La., where they visited the Cotton Exposition. From that city they returned to their home by rail. Previous to his father's death he purchased the old homestead in Liberty township, and since his return from the West has successfully engaged in stock raising and dairy farming. Upon his place he has erected a fine residence and large stock barn, and made many other improvements which add to its valuable and attrac- tive appearance.

Though reared in the Baptist and Presbyterian Churches, Mr. Southworth is an evolutionist in re- ligious faith, and in political sentiment he is a Re- publican. Ile served as supervisor of Liberty town- ship for one term, but has never cared for official honors. Socially he is a man of prominence in his community, and is quite popular with all classes of people. He is a charter member of Southworth Post No. 222, G. A. R., and during his residence in Los Angeles was a member of Frank Bartlett Post No. 6. He also belongs to Warren Lodge No. 240, F. & A. M., of Montrose, and to the Heptasophs Order No. 338, of the same place ; to Apalachin Tribe No. 296, I. O. R. M .; and to the Ilaymakers Auxiliary to the Red Men No. 29612. His son is also a member of the Red Men, belongs to the Sons of Veterans, to the Lawsville Band, and to the Heptasophis No. 338, of Montrose.

LYMAN R. GARRATT, who owns and oper- ates a good farm near Indian Orchard, in Berlin township, Wayne county, was born at Tracyville, June 7, 1843, and belongs to a family that has been prominently identified with the interests of the county for almost a century. His father, John Garratt, Jr., was born in England, August 13, 1797, a son of John and Elizabeth ( Kelsey ) Garratt, the former born January 4, 1760, the latter in 1756. The family emigrated to America in 1801, and located in Bethany, Wayne Co., Penn., since which time its members have borne an important part in the development and upbuild- ing of this section of the State. From Bethany John Garratt, Sr., and his wife removed to Berlin Center, where they spent their last days. Their children were: John, Jeremiah, Benjamin, and Alice ( who married a Mr. Williamson, and died in Mansfield. Ohio).

John Garratt, Jr., was four years old when brought by his parents to this country, and amid scenes of pioneer life in Wayne county he grew to manhood. At one time while in the woods with a flock of sheen he heard the howling of wolves. The sheep huddled around him, so that he could see no other way of getting out than by clambering over their backs, which he did, and then ran to a clearing, where he was safe from the wolves. On another occasion, while he was going to his work through the wood, he saw a hungry wolf coming down the path toward him; he got behind a log, occasionally looking around to see what had be- come of his friend, the wolf, and just as it cante opposite to him he sprang from behind the log and gave a loud screech, and the wolf. seemingly glad to escape with his life, scampered off. On May 25, 1828, he was married to Patience Albro. a na- tive of Dover, Dutchess Co., N. Y., and a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Tice) Albro, the latter of whom was of German descent, and they were members of the Society of Friends. Iler grandfa- ther was born in 1749, and died at the age of sixty- eight years ; her grandmother was born in 1745, and

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died at the age of seventy-two. Mrs. Garratt was reared in Bradford county, Penn., whither her par- ents had removed. After his marriage, John Gar- ratt, Jr., located at Berlin Center, where he owned and operated a sawmill, engaging in the manufac- ture of lumber until misfortune overtook him, when he lost the mill and removed to Traceyville, Wayne county. The farm on which he located he after- ward sold, and in 1847 purchased a tract of timber land at one dollar per acre, transforming that place into the fine farm which our subject now owns. There both parents died, the father at the age of eighty years, the mother at the age of seventy- seven. Wherever known they were held in the high- est regard.

In their family were eight children, four sons and four daugliters : Those living are Eunice, now the widow of William Noble, and a resident of Da- mascus township, Wayne county ; Shepherd J., of Beach Lake; Lyman R., the subject of this sketch ; those deceased are Amadilly, who died at the age of six years ; Henry C., who died at the age of twen- ty-four years, leaving a widow and three children ; Elizabeth, who married Mark Compton, and died in Berlin township; Phoebe Ann, deceased wife of Ed Andrews, having died in Equinunk, Penn .; and John, who died in Berlin township, in 1894, leaving a widow and five children. In politics the father of these children was an ardent Democrat, and he most capably filled the office of justice of the peace. For years he was an earnest member of the Baptist Church, and served as dcacon in that body.

Lyman R. Garratt spent his boyhood and youth like most farmer boys of his day, assisting in the labors of the farm and attending the local schools. He was married February 25, 1874, to Miss Jennie Berry, a native of Salem, Wayne county, and a daughter of George Berry (now deceased), and his wife, Lena ( Barcow), who is still living in Wayne county, at the age of sixty years. Mrs. Garratt, who was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died July 28, ISSO. In Wayne county, March 15, 1882, Mr. Garratt was again married, this time to Selina Ham, who was born, reared and educated here. Her father, John Ham, was a native of England, where he married Mary Wickett, and in that country were born to them seven children. On coming to the United States they located in Berlin township, Wayne Co., Penn., where seven other children were added to their fam- ily, making fourteen in all, seven of whom are living, viz. : Mrs. Mary Budd, Richard, Mrs. Eliza Tay- lor, Mrs. Selina Garratt, Thomas, Mrs. Amanda Colwell, and William H .; those deceased are Will- iam, Lewis, James, Samuel, Mrs. Betsy Neal, and John. The mother died December 16, 1897, at the age of seventy-nine years; the father is still liv- ing at the age of eiglity-two, and is well preserved. Ile finds a pleasant home with our subject. By oc- cupation he was a farmer ; in politics a Democrat ; and in religious connection an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Churchi.

Mr. and Mrs. Garratt have one son, Chester Arthur, born October 10, 1884. The family live in Berlin township, where Mr. Garratt owns a valuable farm of ninety-seven acres, pleasantly located only five miles from both Honesdale and Hawley. Here he is successfully engaged in general farming and dairying. The Republican party always finds in him an ardent supporter of its principles, and his aid is given to every measure which he believes will prove of public benefit. He has served as stew- ard, trustee and treasurer of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, of which he and his wife are both prom- inent members. In the social circles of the con- miunity they also stand deservedly high.

THOMAS SPEARS. In the successful career of this well known agriculturist of Harmony town- ship, Susquehanna county, we have a noteworthy object-lesson in perseverance and industry. Be- ginning life without capital, he has made his way to a substantial success, and his fine homestead near Stevens Point is a model of good management.

Mr. Spears was born August 28, 1845, in Glas- gow, Scotland, coming to this country when about one year old. David Spears, his father, married Ellen Crookshanks, daughter of George Crook- shanks, of Scotland, and in 1846 they came to the United States, locating near Deposit, Broome Co., N. Y., where he conducted a boarding house for some time during the construction of the Erie rail- road. Later he bought a farm in the same locality, and he was killed there in 1859 while walking on a railroad track. His widow still resides at the old homestead.

Our subject was the eldest of their children; (2) Ellen, born December 25, 1848, near Deposit, married James Horan, a cigar manufacturer, of Binghamton, N. Y. (3) Jane born in 1850, at De- posit, married J. S. Ives, of Binghamton, and has one son living, John Ives. (4) Agnes, born in Broome county, N. Y., in 1852, married George Delano. of Owego, N. Y., where she died leaving two children, George and Nellie Delano. (5) David, born in 1854. married (first ) Miss Pool, of Broome county, and settled on the Spears homestead. His first wife died leaving one son, Frederick, and he later married Miss Flora Benedict, by whom he has had three children, Agnes, Willie and Anna. (6) Henry, born in Broome county N. Y., died at the age of twenty-four years.

Our subject attended the district schools near his home for a short time, but as he was only four- teen years of age when his father died he was ob- liged to give his attention to the work of the farm. Hle remained at home until he reached the age of twenty-four, and in 1870 he married Miss Dorcas E. Gardiner, who was born in Broome county. N. Y., in 1850, a daughter of Jedekiah and Abbie Gardiner, and a member of one of the old pioneer families of that section. She was well educated, for some years had been a successful teacher in Broome county, and hier advice and aid did much to es-

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tablish her husband's success. In 1870 he removed to Susquehanna county, and after working for a time in the acid business he purchased his present farm, where he has made many improvements, clearing land and erecting a fine two-story resi- dence and good barns and other buildings. Po- litically he has always been identified with the Demo- cratic party, and he has served as supervisor, five years as assessor, and for some time was school director. Since 1865 he has been a member of the Methodist Church, and at present he holds the office of trustee.

His wife, who was a devout and consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, died in No- vember, 1894, while under treatment for kidney disease at a hospital in Brooklyn. They had eleven children, to whom have been given the best educa- tional privileges that the schools of Lanesboro and vicinity afford: Mary E., born in February, 1871, in Susquehanna county, married John Vaughn, of McClure, Broome Co., N. Y., now the foreman in a milk factory in Orange county, N. Y .; they have one daughter, Edna. Alvin G., born in December, 1872, in Wayne county, Penn., married Miss Maud Putnam, of Harmony township, and they now re- side in Wayne county, where he is engaged in the stone quarry business. David T., born in 1874, now resides in Montana near Yellowstone Park. He is not married, and is a promising young man. Ber- tha, born in September, 1876; Earl, in November, 1878; Willard, in. April, 1880; Millie, October 17, 1882; Margaret D., April 10, 1884; Jesse, in July, 1886; Rosie, October 21, 1S88; and James R. Spears, May 15, 1891, are at home.

WILLIAM NELSON BARNES. Rising above the head of the mass are many men of sterling worth and value, who by sheer perseverance and energy have conquered fortune, and by their own unaided efforts have risen from the ranks to stand among the successful few who now hold honorable positions in life. It is to his perseverance, in- demitable energy and close application that Mr. Barnes owes his success in life, and he is now most creditably filling the office of deputy register and re- corder of Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Barnes was born in Warren county, N. J., April 30, 1855, a son of Royal W. and Malinda (Stevens) Barnes, natives of Sussex county, N. J. In that State they continued to make their home un- til 1867. when they removed to Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co., Penn., but after residing there for two years, they came to Susquehanna county. For a year they made their home in Auburn township, and then removed to Rush township, where the mother died February 15. 1888, at the age of sixty- two years. The father, who was born December 14, 1813, is still living, and now makes his home with his daughter in Rush township. He has been quite a prominent man in his community. has been called upon to fill township offices, and was director of the poor asylum for a time. In politics he is a Repub-

lican, and in early life was a member of the Episco- pal Church, but now belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife was also a consistent member. In their family were four chil- dren : Watson T. (deceased ), who was a prominent attorney of Montrose, and represented Susquehanna county in the State Legislature for two terms; Martha. wife of Alden Devine, a farmer of Rush township ; William N., our subject : and Susan, who died in New Jersey at the age of three years. The paternal grandparents of our subject, William and Catherine ( Kirkhuff ) Barnes, were lifelong resi- dents of Sussex and Warren counties, N. J., and the former was a gunsmith by trade. .

William N. Barnes was reared on the home farm, and continued to live with his parents most of the time until thirty years of age. At the age of nineteen he commenced teaching school, and suc- cessfully followed that profession for seventeen terms in Rush township. On leaving home he studied law with the firm of Little, Blakesley & Allen. of Montrose, at intervals for five years, and was admitted to the Bar in August, 1885, since which time he has devoted a part of his attention to the practice of his profession, though for the greater part of the time he has held some official position.

On September 15, 1897, at Binghamton, N. Y., Mr. Barnes married Mrs. Lois M. (Bleakley) Tower, and to them has come one son, Guy Seward, born April 27, 1899. Mrs. Barnes was born July 2, 1868, in Cohoes, N. Y., where her parents, William Irving and Sarah (Gray ) Bleakley ( both yet liv- ing), spent the greater part of their lives. The father, who is a machinist by trade, was born May 25, 1838. in Moreau, Saratoga Co., N. Y., of English descent ; the mother was born November 26, 1844, in Gilboa, Schoharie Co .. N. Y., of Scotch- Irish ancestry. In 1892 Lois M. Bleakley married John E. Tower, of Amsterdam, N. Y .. who died the same year in Norfolk, Va., where he was en- gaged as bookkeeper.

Fraternally Mr. Barnes is a Master Mason, also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows and of the Heptasophs; in religious faith he holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His political support is given to the men and meas- ures of the Republican party, and he takes quite an active and influential part in public affairs. While ? resident of Rush township he served as school direc- tor three years ; township clerk three terms ; has been secretary of the Auburn and Rush Poor Asylum for the past nineteen years ; and in September, 1888. was appointed deputy register and recorder, which po- sition he will continue to fill during the Democratic administration. Ilis official duties have always been most capably and conscientiously discharged. and his public and private life are alike above reproach.

DANIEL LOWE, a prosperous farmer and lumberman of Scott township, Wayne county, is one of the public-spirited citizens to whose energy and foresight the locality is indebted for many improve-

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ments. While he has given close attention to his private affairs, he has never forgotten or ignored that bond of common interest which should unite the people of every community, and he has always been ready to promote progress in every line.

Mr. Lowe was born in 1833, near Binghamton, N. Y., a son of Lewis and Hannah ( Hopkins ) Lowe. His paternal grandfather, John Lowe, was a native of Holland, and served as captain in the Revolutionary war under Gen. Washington. At an early day Lewis Lowe removed to Ararat, Susque-' hanna Co., Penn., where he worked at the black- smith's trade until 1872, when he sold out and went to Great Bend, making his home with his son Mor -- ris. His wife died in 1883. In their family were seven children, Daniel being the eldest. (2) Mor- ris, born at Ararat, in 1835, was educated in the pub- lic schools of Susquehanna county, and is now en- gaged in the railroad business at Great Bend. He married Lucinda Hill, of that county, and has six children. (3) Sarah, born in Ararat in 1837, is now living in one of the Southern Statcs. (4) Hen- ry, born in 1839, in Susquehanna county, was for three years a Union soldier in the Civil war, and re- turned home broken down in health. He married Lucinda Page, of Susquehanna county. by whom he has five children, and they now live in New Mil- ford, Penn. (5) Perry, born in Ararat in 1841, married Sarah Griggs, and died while in the scr- vice of his country during the Civil war. (6) Mary, born in Susquehanna county, died at the age of twenty years. (7) John, when a young man drift- ed with the tide of emigration to the Black Hills, and has never been heard from by his friends in Pennsylvania. [Anyone reading this article would confer a great favor on the family by giving any information of his whereabouts. ]

Daniel Lowe conned his lessons in the common and high schools of Susquehanna county. He was married in September, 1857. to Miss Ellen Ray- mond, of Scott township, Wayne county, and they have become the parents of six children, all born at their present homc. Lansing R. is with his par- ents; Emma married Russel Fletcher, of Broome county, N. Y., who died leaving one child, Ellen ; Nellie died at the age of twenty-two years; Min- nie died at the age of ten years; and Ernest and Myron arc both at home. Mr. Lowe began his do- mestic life upon his present farm in Scott township, Wayne county, but later sold out and removed to Ararat, Susquchanna county. Subsequently he re- purchased his farm in Scott township, where he has since made his home. In 1884 he erected a pleasant residence, and has made many other im- provements which add to the value and attractive appearance of the place, making it one of the best rural homes in Wayne county. His farming opera- tions were interrupted in 1864 by his enlistment in Company 1, 127th N. Y. V. I., with which he served until the close of the war, participating in a number of important engagements.

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and Mrs. Lowe have become active and prominent members of the Baptist Church of Sherman. The Republican party has always found in him a stanch supporter, and he cheerfully gives his influence to all measures which he believes calculated to prove of public good. Fraternally he affiliates with De- posit Lodge No. 396, F. & A. M. As a citizen, friend and neighbor, he is true to every duty, and justly merits the estcem in which he is held by the entire community.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 3, Part 29

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