Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 104

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James B. Heller was born December 15. 182S. in Stroud township, where he was reared. and re- ceived a fair common-school education. At the age of twenty-two he went to Carbon county. Pers .. where he engaged in lumbering for twelve year .. While thus engaged the Civil war broke out. and patriotic men from all the walks of life threflet 1 to the front in response to the call of the general government to defend the national life. Fired le the spirit of patriotism, Mr. Heller enlisted. Feb- ruary 1, 1862, and served two years as a member of

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Company E, 67th P. V. I., after which he re- enlisted, remaining in the service until hostilities ceased. The officers of his company were Capt. James Carney, Lieut. John Carpenter, and Second Lieut. Hagenbach, while Col. Stanton commanded the regiment. Mr. Heller participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, the second battle of Bull Run, and all of the engagements in the Shenandoah Valley. He was captured by the enemy at Win- chester, and held as a prisoner for forty-seven days on Belle Isle, and for a few days in Libby Prison. He took part in the fighting before Petersburg and Richmond, and witnessed the surrender of Gen. Lee, being finally discharged August 14, 1865.

Soon after the war Mr. Heller came to Jack- son township, Monroe county, and purchased his present property, consisting of 272 acres, much of which was wild at that time, but he has since cleared eighty acres, erected a comfortable residence, good barns and outbuildings, and now has one of the finest farms in the township.

At White Haven, Luzerne Co., Penn., Mr. Hel- ler married Miss Catherine Fenner, a daughter of Jonathan Fenner. She was born in Jackson town- ship, Monroe county, and died May 15, 1898, at the age of sixty-six years. Seven children were born to our subject and his wife, namely: Ferdinand is mentioned -below ; John is also a farmer of Jack- son township; Leonard is working in the lumber woods, and lives in Coolbaugh township, Monroe county ; Mary is the wife of Owen Neihart, of Jackson township ; Alice is the wife of John Rieno, of Hamilton township, Monroe county; Frank is living in Stroudsburg; and Emma is the wife of Elmer Shoemaker, and lives on the old homestead.

Mr. Heller supported Lincoln for the Presi- dency at both elections, and also voted once for Gen. Grant, but he has since affiliated with the Demo- cratic party. As one of the leading citizens of the community he has been called upon to fill the of- fices of constable (two years), supervisor (seven- teen years), and overseer of the poor. He has also been a member of the election board. In 1854 he joined Snyderville Lodge, I. O. O. F., at White Haven, Penn., and is still connected with that Order, while religiously he is a member of the Lutheran Church. He is one of the famous hunters of liis locality, and from boyhood up to 1893 had killed over 600 foxes, as may be seen by the records of bounty at the court house. Since 1865 he has also killed threc bears and twenty-one deer.

Ferdinand Heller, son of our subject, was born in Stroud township, August 15, 1853, and was reared in Monroc county, receiving a common- school education. He remained on the home farm with his father until 1895. In Jackson township he married Miss Mary E. Rustine, a daughter of Ja- cob Rustine, and to them have been born seven children: John, Milton, Edward, Albert, Sadie, Emma and James B., all at home. In 1895 Mr. Heller became interested in a sawmill, and in cider making. He does custom sawing, and in the tall

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does a large and profitable business in the manu- facture of cider, making 40,000 gallons annually. Hc owns sixty-two acres of land, about twenty of which are cleared, and in connection with his other business is engaged in farming to a limited extent. He is a stanchi Democrat in politics, has efficiently served as school director for three years, and both he and his wife are earnest menibers of the Lu- theran Church.

SEDGWICK RUSSLING HUFF, an hon- ored veteran of the Civil war, and a representative farmer of Palmyra township, Pike county, was born June 7, 1838, in that township, and is of German descent.

Mr. Huff's paternal grandfather, Joseph Huff, was born, reared and married in Germany, and on emigrating to America located in Sussex county, N. J., where he spent his remaining days. Abram Huff, our subject's father, was born in that county, and in his native State married Miss Annie N. Perry. They soon afterward removed to Blooming Grove township, Pike county, Penn., and a short time later purchased property in Palmyra township, where the father died in May, 1863, at the age of eighty-three years ; the mother passed away at the extreme old age of ninety-six. In their family were the follow- ing named children: Sarah (deceased), who mar- ried Samuel Warner, a farmer of Palmyra township; Benjamin, who married Libby Smith, and died in lowa ; Joseph, who died in infancy; Ebenezer, who wedded Mary Ann Bishop, and is a farmer of Pau- pack township, Wayne Co., Penn .; Levi, a farmer of Palmyra township, married Annie Perry, and dicd in 1894 (he was a soldier in the Civil war) ; Ruth, wife of Robert Conley, a farmer near Brooklyn, Iowa; Peter, who died in Wayne county, Penn., at the age of thirty-five years; Margaret, wife of Charles Cole, a lumberman of Sullivan county, N. Y .; William (also a veteran of the Civil war), who married Maria De Groat, and resides in Salem town- ship, Wayne Co., Penn. : Daniel, a resident of Haw- ley, Penn., who (first) married Martha Swingle, and ( second ) Sarah Chamberlain ; and Sedgwick R., the youngest of the family.

The common schools of Pike county afforded our subject his educational privileges, and as soon as he was old enough to be of any assistance he be- gan to aid his father in the labors of the farm. Later he cared for his parents, when they became too old and feeble to help themselves. After his father's death he came into possession of the old homestead, which he sold, purchasing property in Salem town- ship, Wayne county. On disposing of the latter place he removed to Hawley, Penn., where he was cil- ployed in a tannery for three years. and then worked in a sawmill at Wilsonville, Wayne county, for a . time. In 1883 he located upon a newly acquired farm in Palmyra township, Pike county, consisting of fifty acres, half of which is under cultivation. and here he has since successfully engaged in general agriculture.

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Mr. Huff was married, in Monroe county, Penn., to Miss Martha E., daughter of Cornelius and Martha ( Kelley) Buckingham, and titree chil- dren blessed their union: Curtis T., born April 14. 1863, is a carpenter and contractor, and also a retail lumber dealer, at Dunmore, Penn .; Olive, born July 20, 1865, died at the age of two years; Berton T., born December 5, 1867, is in business with his brother as a contractor and builder at Dunmore.

During the dark days of the Rebellion Mr. Huff enlisted, in February, 1864, in the 113th P. V. I., and saw service in Virginia and Maryland, being honora- bly discharged in November, 1865. He is now an honored member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, is a stanch Republican in his political views, and has creditably served as supervisor of Palmyra township for three terms.

WILLIAM WICKLIFF POPE, the head of the Pope Manufacturing Company, of Gibson town- ship, Susquehanna county, is widely known as an un- dertaker and manufacturer of fine furniture. His factory, built by W. D. Eymer, is run by water power, enabling him to meet the demands of his large trade.

Mr. Pope was born April 1, 1843, at Smiley, Susquehanna county, and comes of good pioneer ancestry. Deacon William Pope, his grandfather, was born and reared in Connecticut, and was married there to Amy Stanton. About 1840 they removed to Susquehanna county, locating upon a farm in Gib- son township, and he became a leading worker in the Baptist Church of that locality, having been a deacon in the church before leaving Connecticut.

William H. Pope, our subject's father, was born at Butternuts, Otsego county, N. Y., and came to Susquehanna county in 1835. For several years he taught school and later he engaged in the manufac- ture of cloth and woolens. He was an ardent sup- porter of the anti-slavery movement, assisting in the work of the "Underground Railroad," and was iden- tified with the Know Nothings and later with the Republican party. He was frequently chosen to township office and served several terms as school director. At fourteen he united with the Baptist Church, in which he took a prominent part, serving many years as deacon. He dicd April 5. 1895, aged eighty-three years. On August 21, 1837, he was married, in Gibson township, to his first wife, Sarah Holmes, daughter of Deacon William Holmes, a leading citizen of Gibson township, of whom men- tion is made elsewhere. She was born June 29, 1813, and died April 27, 1849, her remains being buried in the cemetery at Gelatt. Deacon Pope's second wife, Mary N. ( Witter), was a daughter of Dr. Witter, a noted physician, and for many years . a deacon in the Baptist Church, which he assisted in founding. She died in 1875 and was buried at Gelatt. In 1877, Deacon Pope married Mrs. Emily (Tower) Moore, who was buried in W. Lenox. There were four children by the first union, viz. : Edward P., ex-sheriff, who is now the express agent

at Montrose, and is extensively engaged in a teani- ing business; Manning H., clerk for the Erie Rail- road Co., at Susquehanna; William W., our sub- ject ; and Alice, wife of John B. Barnes, who is en- gaged in the express business at Susquehanna. By the second marriage there was one daughter, Miss Mary A., a resident of Montrose.

As a boy our subject became familiar with the details of the work of manufacturing woolens by as- sisting his father in the mill, and at the age of twen- ty-one he went to Monroe county, where ne operated a mill two years. On returning to Gibson town- ship he purchased Frederick Elton's woolen mill at Smiley, which he conducted ten years, at the end of which period he began selling sewing machines, wagons and agricultural implements. In 1886 he again turned his attention to manufacturing and bought a half interest in his present business front T. C. Manzer. For a year he was in partnership with H. D. Pickering, whose interest he then pur- chased, and has since carried on the business alone. In politics he is a Republican, and he has served three years as a school director, six years as poor- master, and was deputy sheriff under his brother. Socially he and his family are prominent, and he is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, third degree, the K. of H., and the I. O. O. F., Huron Lodge No. 483, with which he united at the age of twenty- one.

On May 8. 1866, Mr. Pope was married, in Gibson township, to Miss Elizabeth R. Pickering. who was born March 22, 1849, the daughter of George Pickering, one of the leading residents of the_township, of whom an account appears else- where. Two attractive daughters have brightened our subject's home-Bertha E. and Grace A. Miss Bertha took a course in stenography in a business college at Binghamton, N. Y., at the age of nine- teen, and three years after graduating was em- ployed as a teacher in the college. She then spent three years at Tunkhannock, as a stenographer. and in April, 1898, she went to Philadelphia to take a similar position with the civil service commission.

JOHN F. JAYCOX, proprietor of the Lake Como Apiary, of Preston township, Wayne count- ty, was born July 3, 1854, in Sullivan county, N. Y., and is of German descent.

Andrew Jaycox, fatlier of our subject, was al. a native of Sullivan county, and was a son of John Jaycox. During the Civil war Andrew Jaycox wa- a member of the Union army. He married Maria Lakin, a native of New York, and a daughter .i John Lakin, and they now make their home in Buck - ingham township. Wayne county, where he follow - carpentering. Of their children, three are still liv- ing: John F. Minnie Maud and Robert L. : three died in childhood; and two died after reaching years of maturity-James, who was killed on the railroad ; and Saralı, Mrs. Lakin. The parent- are both earnest members of the Methodist Epi -- copal Church, while socially the father is identified

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with the Grand Army of the Republic, and polit- ically he affiliates with the Republican party.

During his childhood John F. Jaycox was brought by his parents to Wayne county, where he grew to manhood, obtaining his education in the local schools. Early in life he became familiar with the occupations of farming and lumbering, and was also an expert hunter. Since 1886 he has resided upon his present farm in Preston township, and in 1894, upon a natural building site, he erected his present elegant residence, which is neat, and taste- fully furnished in modern style. For the past ten years he has given his attention to bee culture, and in 1897, produced nearly 4,000 pounds of honey, of a superior quality, put up in one and two pound packages. No better apiary can be found in Wayne county, and it comprises 110 stands of bees, both native and Italian, and a cross of the two kinds. The place is well adapted to the business, being situated at Lake Como, on the south side of a beautiful sunny hill. In his business Mr. Jaycox has met with good success, his honey always com- manding the highest market price on account of the superior -quality.

On November 29, 1883, Mr. Jaycox was united in marriage with Miss Anna C. Barrager, a daugh- ter of George W. and Louisa (Cleveland) Barra- ger, the latter a relative of ex-President Cleveland. Her father was twice married, and by the first union had four children, while by the second he had seven, namely: Adelbert, Clara, Frank, Alice, Ralph, Anna C. and Hattie. Socially Mr. Jaycox is a member of Lake Como Lodge No. 965, I. O. O. F++. in which he has passed all the chairs. His political support is given to the Republican party, and he has acceptably served his fellow citizens in the capacity of constable for four years.

EDWIN P. MACK is one of the most promi- nent and successful business men of Brooklyn town- ship, Susquehanna county. It is true that he be- came interested in a business already established, but in controlling and enlarging such an enterprise many a man of even considerable resolute purpose, courage and industry would have failed; and he has demonstrated the truth of the saying that suc- cess is not the result of genius, but the outcome of a clear judgment and experience.

Mr. Mack was born June 23, 1829, in the township which is still his home, a son of Marvin L. and Emaline P. ( Palmer ) Mack, both natives of Groton, Conn., the former born May 20, 1803, the latter November 24, 1805. At an early day they became residents of Susquehanna county, Penn., and for many years the father was prominently identificd with the business interests of Brooklyn township, but at the time of his death was living retired at Mack's Corners. He died November 9, 1884, and his wife also died at Mack's Corners, November 15, 1866, the remains of both being in- terrcd in the old Methodist Episcopal cemetery of Brooklyn. They were members of the Uni- 112

versalist Church, and were held in high regard by all who knew them. For many years the father served as justice of the pcace. Of their children, Edwin P., our subject, is the eldest, the others being as follows: James W., born May 2, 1831, mar- ried Carrie Sill, and died in Orleans county, N. Y., October 25, 1899; George C., born October 16, 1833, marricd Frances Quick, and owns and oper- ates a farm and sawmill in Lathrop township, Sus- quchanna county; Ledgard P., born December 9, 1838, married Jessie Avery and died in Kansas, June 22, 1890; Charles M., born January 24, 1845, married Lou Jeffers, and is a gardener and painter of Nicholson, Penn .; Horacc G., born December 7, 1846, married Mary Jimcson, and is a stonemason of Nicholson ; and Ellen G., born May 17, 1849, died in Brooklyn township, October 1, 1864.

Elisha Mack, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Lyme, Conn., May 5, 1768, and was of Scotch descent, his ancestors having come to this country from the Highlands of Scot- land. . In 1810 he with his family removed from Connecticut to Brooklyn township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., but it is presumed that he came to this county eight years previously, and then returned to his native State. On locating permanently here, he purchased an improved farm of Joshua Saun- ders, and his first home was a log house near Mack's Corners, which was later replaced by a frame dwelling which stood near the present resi- dence of our subject. He was a ship carpenter by trade, and soon after his arrival here he built a sawmill on Horton Creek, which he operated for some years. He married (first) Lydia Lord, and to them were born four children: Lydia. who died December 24, 1825; Matilda, who married Elisha Lord and died August 20, 1829; Eliza, who was born May 3, 1796, and married Preston Tiffany; and Fanny, who was born April 11, 1798, and mar- ried Alfred Tiffany. For his second wife he mar- ried, September 9, 1802, Tryphena Lord, who, how- ever, was no relative of his first wife. Their chil- dren were:' Marvin L., Enoch, Alfred W., Horace R., Roscoc, John B., Mary E. ( Mrs. Loren L. Bag- ley), Ursula ( Mrs. George Mack), Charles N. ( who died in Beloit, Wis., December 27, 1860), William G. ( a farmer of Albion, N. Y., and the only survivor of the family). Ansel F. ( who died in Binghamton, N. Y. ), and Adaline L. ( who died at the home of her brother William). The father of these children died October 19. 1839, and the mother, who was born March 17. 1782, dicd August 31, 1861, the remains of both being interred in the old cemetery of Brooklyn township.

During his boyhood and youth Edwin P. Mack. of this sketch, worked for his father, and on attain- ing his majority took charge of his father's factory. Later they built a saw and feed mill at Mack's Cor- ners, which is now operated by steam. Our sub- ject is a pattern-maker, millwright and undertaker. and is engaged in the manufacture of furniture and shingles in partnership with his son, Andrew G.,

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who was made a member of the firin in April, 1899. Mr. Mack is a man of more than ordinary business ability, is enterprising and energetic, and in his undertakings has met with well-deserved success. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and affiliates with the Republican party, and has filled the office of school director for two years, assessor for the past two years and president of the election board for two years. His official duties have always been most capably discharged, and as a busines's mian and citizen fie is held in night esteem.

On October 3, 1854, at Great Bend, Penn., Mr. Mack was married to Miss Sarah Quick, and they have two sons, namely : Arthur L., born April 5, 1862, is a merchant and postmaster at Mack's Corners. He was married, December 1, 1886, to Mary E. Perry, and has one child, Charles W ., born April 20, 1899. Andrew G., born October 13, 1868, is in business with his father. He was married, November 10, 1892, to Stella E. Kinne, and has two children: Edwin L., born January 11, 1894; and Samuel H., born September 17, 1897.

Mrs. Sarah (Quick) Mack was born Septem- ber 14, 1836, in Sussex county, N. J., a daughter of Andrew C. and Lydia A. ( Knapp) Quick, of the same county, who came to Brooklyn township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., in 1857. The father. who followed blacksmithing in connection with farming throughout life, died January 5, 1879, aged sixty- two years, and the mother died May 27, 1895, aged eighty years, the remains of both being interred in the old Brooklyn cemetery. They were member's of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Quick was elder for many years, and their lives were ever in harmony with their professions. Their children were: Sarah is the wife of our subject; Frances A., born in October, 1839, married George C. Mack, a brother of our subject: Horace D., born October 2, 1845, married Sarah Carman, and died January 24, 1891; and Hannah M., born in 1853, dicd at the age of five years. Mrs. Mack's paternal grand- parents, Joseph and Sarah (Compton) Quick, were also natives of Sussex county, N. J., and about 1847 came to Brooklyn township, Susquehanna county, where they continued to make their home through- out life, the grandfather being a blacksmith by trade. The maternal grandparents, Samuel and Hannah (Smith) Knapp, were natives of Orange county, N. Y .; the former, a farmer by occupation, died in Sussex county, N. J., the latter in Brooklyn township, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania.

PETER ANGLEMEYER. Among the sturdy, energetic and successful farmers of Pocono town- ship, Monroe county, who thoroughly understand the vocation which they . follow, and are conse- quently enabled to carry on their calling with profit to themselves, is the subject of this sketch. He is actively engaged in agricultural pursuits upon the old homestead where he was born September 20, 1843.

John Anglemeyer, his grandfather, was also a native of Monroe county, born in Hamilton town- ship when it still formed a part of Northampton county, and there grew to manhood. He married Miss Sally -, also a native of Monroe county. and to them were born seven children-four sons and three daughters-all now deceased. By occu- pation the grandfather was a farmer.

Adam Anglemeyer, our subject's father. was born in October, 1800, in Hamilton township. but when a young man removed to Pocono township. where he was united in marriage with Miss Sally Kresge, who was born in 1812, a daughter of J. Kresge. With other members of the family Mr. Anglemeyer owned 200 acres of land, and through- out life remained upon the old homestead engaged in farming and coopering. He died in 1880, hav- ing survived his wife several years. her death occur- ring in 1868. Their children were Susanna, de- ceased wife of George Heller, of Hamilton town- ship; Margaret, deceased wife of Jerry . Woodling, of Hamilton township; Aaron, who married Caro- line Beer, and is engaged in farming in Pocono township; Anna Maria, wife of William Brown, a farmer of Tioga county, Penn .; Peter, our sub- ject ; Sarah, deccased wife of William Decker. of Chestnut Hill township, Monroe county ; and Mary, wife of Simon Miller, a farmer of Paradise town- ship, Monroe county.

During his boyhood and youth Peter Angle- meyer pursued his studies in the common schools. and aided in the work of the farm. On attaining his majority he began operating the old homestead on his own account, and has purchased the place, which consists of 116 acres under excellent cultiva- tion, besides thirty-five acres in woodland. The improvements are all first class, including a fine stone house, which his father erected, also a large barn and other outbuildings. Mr. Anglemeyer owns a steam thresher and saw mill and does cus- tom work in connection with general farming. and in all his undertakings has met with a well-merited success.

In 1874, in Chestnut Hill township, Monroe county, Mr. Anglemeyer was married to Miss Emma Woodling, a daughter of John and Lydia ( Learn) Woodling. To them were born three children : Harvey, a resident of Pocono township; Charles. who assists his father on the farm: and Jennie. at liome. They also had an adopted child. Orie, who was born in North Carolina and taken by them in infancy. The wife and mother was called to ler final rest March 1. 1881. Mr. Anglenever was again married in Pocono township, in January, 1884. to Miss Emma Marsteller. a native of Che -:- nut Hill township, by whom he has four children. namely : Clinton, Clayton, Mabel and Walter Dawson, all at home.

Since casting his first vote Mr. Anglemeyer has been a supporter of the Democratic party. a .. i he has served as a member of the election board. He holds membership in the German Reformel

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Church, and has filled the office of treasurer for eighteen years, and has also served as deacon, while his wife is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Both are earnest, consistent Christians, and have the respect and esteem of all who know them.

IRA B. ROSENCRANS may properly be classificd among the many residents within the bounds of Pike county who started out in life with naught but an abundance of determination and in- defatigable industry, and who have succeeded, through their own diligence, energy and cconomy, in acquiring a handsome property. He is 110W actively engaged in agricultural pursuits in Lack- awaxen township, where he owns a fine farm of 400 acres.

Mr. Rosencrans is a representative of one of the pioneer families of the county. His grand- father, Jeremiah Rosencrans, a native of Holland, emigrated to America when a young man, and first settled in Massachusetts. He was married in Con- nccticut, and afterward came to Dingman township, Pike Co., Penn., where he purchased land and en- gaged in Tumbering and farming for some years. Later, however, he removed to Springville, Susque- hanna county, where he died about 1828."

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 104

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1058

Author:
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1058