Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 80

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Ambrose Detrick attended the common schools during his early boyhod, but he began work at a very tender age and practically supported himself after his eighth year. He began farming in Sus- quehanna county with Mr. Tubbs, for whom he worked five years, and when he commenced on his own account rented land for three or four years, for one year also engaging in a stone quarry. He lived in different parts of the county until settling on his present place in Auburn, which was the home- stead of his wife's family, a well-improved tract of twenty-five acres which is now in a fine state of cultivation. He has given his principal attention to lumbering, however, and during the past twenty years he has cleared some 1.500 or 1.600 acres of timber, having rafted on the river in every month of the year at some time or other. He has taken contracts for large jobs, for the most part getting out mine supplies and sawed lumber. and it has been said that he has rafted enough lumber down the Susquehanna river to reach from his home to Wilkes Barre. He is still engaged in this business. MIr. Detrick has been one of the active citizens of the community in which he makes his home, has served as postmaster at Doolittle ever since the office was opened, in May, 1894, and for nine years held the office of school director, discharging his duties as a public servant with the same care and fidelity which he exercises in matters of personal interest. Polit- ically he supports the men and measures of the Democratic party. Mr. Detrick is well and favora- bly known throughout this part of the State, and he well deserves the prosperity which has come to him, for he has given close attention to business and worked hard to make a success in life. In fraternal connection he is a member of Lodge No. 439. 1. O.

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O. F., and of the K. of P., both of Laceyville, having passed through all the chairs in the last named.

Mr. Detrick was married in Auburn township to Miss Harriet E. Chase, and they have had three children : Albert N., born October 23, 1869, who died August 16, 1878; W. Le Roy, born March 10, 1873, who died July 13, 1889; and John F., born June 4, 1875, is engaged in farming in Wyoming county. Mrs. Detrick is of English descent on the paternal side, and her grandparents, Stephen and Polly (Meeker) Chase, were natives of Connecticut. Her father, Nathan Clase, was born in Litchfield coun- ty, that State, and came to Susquehanna county in an early day. Here he married Miss Lucinda Car- rier, who was born July 13, 1816, in Bridgewater township, daughter of Thomas and Melinda (Ty- ler) Carrier, and they became the parents of three children, viz .: William J., born July 24, 1842, died May 21, 1880, was a mason by trade; he served as a veteran in the Civil war. Harriet E., Mrs. Det- rick, was born December 4, 1845. John F., born October 18, 1850, died June 14, 1889, was a quar- ryman. The mother passed away November 8, 1885. Her father, Thomas Carrier, was born De- cember 16, 1779, in Connecticut, and died March 21, 1856, in Wyoming county, Penn. On July 8, 1811, he was married in Montrose, Penn., to Miss Melinda Tyler, who was born September 17, 1792, in Massachusetts, and died May 20, 1860, in Sus- quehanna county, Pennsylvania.

FRANK ORCE, JR., a popular railway con -- ductor residing at Matamoras, Pike county, was born in Port Jervis, N. Y., August 13: 1856, and is a son of Frank and Mary ( Kelley) Orce, the for- mer a native of Palermo, Italy, the latter of Ireland. In the family were five sons, the two eldest dying in infancy ; Frank is next in the order of birth; Ste- phen is now a railroad engineer in New York State; and Henry is a merchant of Uniondale, Pennsyl- vania.

Our subject remained with his parents at Port Jervis, N. Y., until he was twenty-two years old. and at the age of eighteen entered the employ of the Erie Railroad Co., with which he is still connected. In 1877 he was promoted to conductor, and is still holding that position as an honored and trusted em- ploye of the same road. He is a member of the Or- der of Railway Conductors, and also belongs to the Legion of Honor, in which he has served as secre- tary for several years. In his political views he is independent, but always takes a deep and com- mendable interest in public affairs, and is both widely and favorably known.

At Port Jervis, September 28, 1881, Mr. Orce was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Breen, by whom he has had two children: Angela. at home; and Willis, deceased. MIrs. Orce was born at Long Island City, N. Y., December 5, 1864, a daughter of James and Mary E. (O'Connor ) Breen, natives of Thurles, Ireland, and Reading, Conn., respectively. Her paternal grandparents, Jamies

and Mary (Ryan) Breen, were also natives of Ire- land, and came to America in 1853, locating in New York City, where the grandfather became a dry- goods merchant. Before his emigration to this coun- try he had engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in England. On disposing of his business in New York he accepted a position as bookkeeper for the New England Car Spring Co., which was held by his son after the former's death. Mrs. Orce's maternal grandparents were John and Mary (Jackson) O'Connor, the former a native of Coun- ty Limerick, Ireland, the latter of New York City. The grandfather was engaged in the confectionery business in New York at the time of his death. The children born to James and Mary E. (O'Con- nor) Breen were: William, James and Angelia, deceased ; and Elizabeth, wife of our subject. The father died November 29, 1866, at the age of thirty- eight years, and the mother, who was born Decem- ber 15, 1840, now finds a pleasant home with Mr. and Mrs. Orce.

WILLIAM KRUMMELL. Some individu- als acquire prominence and prosperity with appar- ent ease. To others the heights are attained only after manly struggle. The early life of William Krummell was passed beneath labor clouds, through which the sun only occasionally shot its rays of glad- dening warmth and light. He was the youngest child of an industrious German emigrant who came to America to improve his condition. but who died · soon after his arrival, leaving a widow and four small children without adequate means of support. Happily a benevolent circle extended a helping hand and through generous assistance the family was placed upon the highway of success.

Mr. Krummell was born in November. 1851. in Greene township, Pike Co., Penn., son of Francis A. and Nancy ( Bornhoeft ) Krummell. The par- ents were natives of Germany, in which country they were reared, married and lived until 1849. In that year with their three children they came to America. Remaining in New York for a short time, the family removed to Greene township. Pike county, settling at Goose Pond, where Francis Krummell died in 1851. John Bornhoeft. the brother of Mrs. Krummell. had settled in Pike cottn- ty some years earlier. He at once assumed the care and protection of the bereaved family. He was a piano-maker by trade and was established in bu-i- ness in New York, at the same time owning prof- erty in Pike county, Penn. The Krummell family he removed to his New York residence and there gave the four children-Sophia, Frederick, John and William-each a liberal education. Sophia Krum- mell, born in Germany, in 1838. married, in New York, Michael Ross, a native of Germany, and now a prominent blacksmith and wheelwright in West- chester county, N. Y., and they have four children -- John, Annie ( now Mrs. Buckman), Lillie and Sophia. Frederick Krummell, born in 1841. die.1 at the age of twenty years. John Krummell, boin

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in 1843, married Miss Irene Brown, of Canadensis, a daughter of Joseph Brown, an old settler of Bar- rett township; he owns a fine farin in Barrett town- ship adjoining that of his brother, our subject, and has a family of eight children, as follows-Dora, Maggie (wife of William Tuffts, of Long Island, N. Y.), Annie, Sophia, Edward, Frederick, Mamie and Irene.

William Krummell, the youngest of the family, and its only member born in America, attended school in New York City until he reached the age of fourteen years. His uncle, Jolin Bornhoeft, then sent him and his brother John to take charge of the farm in Greene township, Pike county. Here our subject remained until twenty-two years of age. In 1872 he married Miss Margaret E. Dandt, of Stroudsburg, daughter of John C. and Rachel Dandt. John C. Dandt was a native of Germany, and his wife of Monroe county, Penn. They now reside in Philadelphia, where he conducts a tailor- ing business. Their children are as follows: Mar- garet E. is the wife of our subject; George; Mary A. is the wife of John Hufford, of Stroudsburg ; Irene is the wife of William Stephenson, of Phila- delphia ; Douglas S. is a resident of South Beth- lehem; one daughter died unmarried; and Emma died when a young lady.

After his marriage our subject settled at South Bethlehem, where he learned the trade of brick- layer and plasterer. Five years later he removed to his present home in Barrett, which property he pur- chased from Charles J. Price. Settling in the woods, Mr. Krummell cleared the entire farm. Erecting at first a small house, he later enlarged it and has made various improvements, and it is now one of the finest residences in Barrett township. The barn and other buildings are in keeping with the taste- ful and commodious modern house. To Mr. and Mrs. Krummell have been born three children: Harry, born in Northampton county in 1873, re- ceived a good education and still resides at home : Martin L., born in 1875, is unmarried and at home ; Minnie E., born in 1877, is now a student at the home schools. Politically Mr. Krummell is a Re- publican. He was reared in the Protestant faith and has always been a liberal supporter of the home schools. He is one of the most highly respected citizens of Barrett, and has attained his present enviable position in life through his own efforts.

THOMAS S. RANSOM owns and success- fully operates the old Ransom homestead in Scott township, Wayne county, where he was born March 22, 1844, a son of Abraham W. Ransom, a native of England, who came to the United States with his parents when eight years old. The grandfather, Thomas Ransom, on his arrival in New York. pro- ceeded up the Hudson river to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he purchased an emigrant wagon and an ox-team, with which he conveyed his family across the State to Lanesboro, Penn., on the Susquehanna river. From that point he assisted in the construc-

tion of the road (known as the State road ) to Stockport, on the Delaware river, and took, in part payment for his services, the tract of land upon which he afterward located. He died in Starrucca. Wayne county, at the ripe old age of eighty-one years ; his wife, who survived him many years, died at Deposit, N. Y., and both were interred in the cemetery at Starrucca. Their children were Mrs. Doolittle, at present a resident of Iowa ; Mrs. Rob- inson, of Deposit, N. Y .; Mrs. Benjamin Samson, of Starrucca, Penn .; Mrs. Andrews ( deceased ) ; and Abraham W., the father of our subject.

On reaching manhood Abraham W. Ransom married Miss Elvira Ingerlert, a daughter of Simeon and Polly ( Early) Ingerlert, the former a native of Monroe county, Penn., the latter of Scott township, Wayne county. To Mr. and Mrs. Ran- som were born seven children: Mrs. Harriet Crott, a resident of Hornellsville, N. Y .; Mrs. Julia Mil- ler, now of Oregon; Thomas S. and George, of Scott township, Wayne county; Hiram, who died at the age of fourteen years: Amanda, who died at the age of twelve : and Sarah, who died at the age of three. The father was born in 1816, and died at the old home in Scott township. May 20, 1888, and his wife passed away in 1892. Both were active and consistent members of the Methodist Church, and had the respect of all who knew them.

The subject of this sketch has spent his entire life upon the old home farm, and is justly regarded as one of the most skillful and systematic agricultur- ists of Scott township. In 1866 he united with Aliss Minnie Triber, who was born near the city of Berlin, Germany, a daughter of Charles and Dora (Springborn) Triber. now residents of Filer City, Mich. On coming to the New World Mr. Triber first located in New York, and from there came to Sherman, Wayne Co., Penn., where he made his home until the tannery at that place was closed. In his family are the following children : Minnie, wife of our subject ; Charles, a resident of Albany, N. Y. : Mary, wife of Charles Lincoln. of Sherman. Penn .; Carrie, wife of H. Hilden: Anna. wife of Adam Hilden; August : and Henry (deceased ). Mr. and Mrs. Ransom have four children: Phoebe, now the wife of Ira Thomas, of Rotterdam. N. Y. : James E., a resident of Mechanicsville, N. Y. : Clar- ence C., aged thirteen years : and Flossie Bell, aged eight years.

Like his father. Mr. Ransom is an ardent Democrat in politics, and takes a deep and com- mendable interest in public affairs, giving his sup- port to measures which he believes calculated to prove of public benefit. llis wife is a faithinl member of the Methodist Church, and both are highly esteemed by the entire community.

WILLIAM SHEEHEY. Among those agri- culturists of Canaan township. Wayne county, whose places manifest to the most casual observer the energy and ability of their owner in his chosen calling, is the subject of this personal history.

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Mr. Sheehey was born July 4, 1852, on the old Sheehey homestead where he still continues to re- side, and is the son of Michael and Ellen ( Burke ) Sheehey, natives of Ireland, who on coming to the New World first located in New York, but in 1841 .. took up their residence in Canaan township, Wayne Co., Penn., on the present farm of our subject. There the father died in 1875, aged seventy-three years, the mother in 1889, aged eighty-three, and their remains were interred in Canaan township. Of their children Mary is the wife of Patrick Schully, a farmer of Canaan township; Eliza is the widow of Thomas McCormick, of Boston, Mass. : Roger was killed on the Gravity railroad; Cather- ine lives in Canaan township with her brother Will- iam, of this sketch, who is next in order of birth; Edward is deceased ; Maggie is the wife of Thomas Burns, a farmer of South Canaan township; Han- nah is the wife of James Ryan, a farmer of Canaan township; and Ellen is the wife of James Nagle, of Canaan township.

Like most farmers' sons, William Sheehey spent his boyhood and youth, and after reaching man's estate he continued upon the old home farm, to the cultivation and improvement of which he has always devoted his attention with the exception of three months when in the employ of the D. L. & W. R. R. He has 130 acres of rich and arable land under a high state of cultivation, and is successfully engaged in general farming during the summer sea- son, while the winter months are devoted to lum- bering.

On February 4, 1876, Mr. Sheehey was mar- ried, in Honesdale, Wayne county, to Miss Anna Grimes, Father Byron officiating. She was born in that place May 25, 1860, a daughter of Mathew and Ann (Coar) Grimes, who were born, reared and married in Wismay, a few miles from Dublin, Ire- land. About 1848 they emigrated to America, and after a short time spent in Boston, Mass., they came to Honesdale. Penn., where the father conducted a tavern until his death, which occurred July 7, 1863, when he was comparatively a young man. The mother died September 28, 1888, aged sixty- four years, and was laid by his side in the Catholic cemetery of Honesdale. Both were devout mem- bers of the Catholic Church, and he was a Demo- crat in politics. Their children were Ellen. now the wife of Patrick Lynatt, an engineer living in Honesdale ; Patrick, who died in Boston ; Mary, who died at the age of eight years, and was buried at Honesdale; and Anna, wife of our subject. Mrs. Sheehey's paternal grandparents never came to the New World, but her maternal grandfather, Patrick Coar, became a resident of the United States at an early day.

Socially Mr. Shechey affiliates with the A. O. H. and the P. F. M .; religiously he is a member of the Catholic Church : and politically he is identified with the Democratic party. Although he served for one terni as supervisor of his township, he cares nothing for the honors or emoluments of public

office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business interests. He has met with excellent success in his undertakings and is now numbered among thie substantial and reliable, as well as tite highly respected citizens of his community.

JOHN EDWARD MYERS, a popular con- ductor on the Erie railroad and a highly-respected citizen of Matamoras, Pike county, was born in New Jersey, July 19, 1866, a son of Samuel C. and Hes- ter A. (Edwards) Myers. His paternal grand- father, Benjamin Myers, a farmer by occupation, was born in Orange county, N. Y., and died at Waterloo, that State. His children were: Ar drew, Daniel, Samuel C., Libby (wife of Daniel House), Charles and Moses. The maternal grand- parents, Edward and ( Clark) Edwards, were both natives of Orange county. The grand- father, who was a painter and chairmaker by occu- pation, made his home in Port Jervis, N. Y .. and there died. His widow afterward married a Jir. Conklin, of Matamoras, Penn. By her first union she had the following children: Sarah; William ; Hester A., mother of our subject; Carrie, wife of John Corey; Isaac; George; Frank; and Amelia, wife of John Kale.

The parents of our subject were also natives of Orange county, N. Y., and in 1871 took up their residence in Port Jervis, where the father opened a livery stable and is still engaged in business at the age of fifty-eight. There the mother died in Decem- ber, 1883, aged forty-three years. John Edward is the eldest of their children, the others being Hattie, deceased wife of Levi Thorne ; Charles ( deceased ), who married Hattie Bellwheat; William, who died when young ; Van, a resident of New Jersey : Ben- jamin, a railroad employe, who married Anna Buch- anan, and lives in Port Jervis; Grace, at home : and Raymond, a New York Volunteer in the Spanish- American war. For his second wife the father married Charlotte Thorne.

John Edward Myers remained with his par- ents until he attained the age of fourteen years. when he began braking on the Erie railroad. with which he has since been identified. having been pre- moted to the position of conductor September 24. 1890. He was married at Matamoras, Penn .. Sep- tember 19, 1887, to Miss Georgiana A .. daughter of Thomas J. Ketcham, who is represented else- where. Of the four children born of this union. Samuel and Blanche are both deceased, while those living are Anna and Wallace F. Fraternally MI .. Myers belongs to the O. R. C. and to the I. O. O. F. at Port Jervis, N. Y .; politically he is identified with the Republican party. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church :. and are widely and favorably known throughout the community in which they make their home.

JOHN LEE, a well-known and prominent farmer of Clifford township, Susquehanna county. has achieved success by his own unaided exertions,

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and is, in fact, a self-made man, starting out in lite with nothing but youth in his favor, and his endow- ments of fine health, a vigorous muscle, and a clear. cool brain. After all, a man possessing these need fear nothing; with a determination'to succeed, suc- cess is his atmost from the start, although it may be that years of patient waiting and hard toil are neces- sary before his endeavors are crowned with the full measure of success. Thus endowed, and gaining experience and business ability as the years have passed, John Lee has become very prosperous.

He was born December 22, 1823, in what is now Lackawanna county, but at that time formed a part of Luzerne county, Penn .. and is a son of John and Catherine ( Rivenburg) Lee, natives of Dutchess county, N. Y., where their marriage was celebrated. About 1820 they came to Susquehanna county, Penn., but after residing here for a few years moved to Luzerne county, where both died, the father in May, 1851, aged seventy-five years, the mother in 1867, aged seventy-four, and their remains were interred in Sandbank cemetery, Greenfield township, Lackawanna county. They were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and highly respected by all who knew them. By occupation the father was a shoemaker and farmer. In the family were ten children, seven sons and three daughters, namely: Jacob; William; Philo: Jos- eph; Catherine, wife of Nicholas Dennis; Eliza- beth, wife of Jewell Dam; Martin ; Charity, wife of Jonathan Dawhouse, first, and later of John Turner ; Luther, a farmer of Greenfield, Penn .; and John, our subject. With the exception of Luther and John, all are now deceased. Our subject's pater- nal grandfather was Benjamin Lee, and the maternal grandparents were Jacob and Catherine Rivenburg, who were born in New York and died in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania.

John Lee was reared on the home farm. At the age of fifteen he was given his time, and started out in life for himself, working as a farm hand until lie attained his majority, when he purchased fifty acres of land, but was seven years in paying for the same. Six years later he sold that place and pur- chased another tract of wild land, which he cleared and improved with substantial buildings. He made liis home there from 1850 until 1865, when he came to Susquehanna county and bought a farmi near Dundaff, for which he paid $7,000. Three years later he removed to Lenoxville and invested $7.000 in a grist and sawmill, which he operated for three Years and then sold for $11,000. His next purchase was his present farm in Clifford township. which lie has transformed into one of the most desirable places of that locality.

In 1850 Mr. Lee married Miss Hannah C. Mills, of Carbondale, Penn., a daughter of Theo- dore Mills. She died in 1867, at the age of thirty- seven years. Seven children were born of that minion, namely: Delmore K., a clothing merchant of Carbondale ; Theodore, a carpenter of Seattle, Wash .; T. Jefferson, who died at the age of two

years ; Evaline A., who died at the age of five years ; Nettie, who died at the age of seventeen years ; John E., who died at the age of fifteen : and Sail- ders L., who died December 28, 1898, at the age of thirty-three. For his second wife Mr. Lee married Miss Hulda Gardner, a daughter of William R. Gardner. She died in November, 1887, aged forty years. There were two children by this union : Edwin N., a school teacher of White Haven, Penn. ; and Frederick W., a traveling salesman, of Scran- ton, Penn. In 1889 Mr. Lee was united in mar- riage with Mrs. Sarah Wedman, of Luzerne coun- ty, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret ( Krotzer ) Potter, the former a native of Gibson township, Susquehanna county, the latter of Abington, Penn. Both died in Moscow, this State, the father in No- vember, 1869, at the age of fifty-eight years, the mother in 1883, at the age of sixty-three. He was engaged in the butcher business and served as jus- tice of the peace for many years. The children of the Potter family were Mary S., wife of Isaac Bie- secker, of Moscow ; George W., a butcher of Dun- more, Penn. ; Electa L'., wife of Reuben Noark, of Madinsonville, Penn .; Sarah A., Mrs. Lee; Charles W., deceased ; Hettie L., wife of Hiram Wilmarth, of Melbourne, N. Y .; William B., a resident of Mckean county, Penn .; Ella F., wife of Wesley Biesecker, of Scranton ; Gertrude M., deceased ; and Carrie E., wife of William Walters, a farmer of Madisonville. Mrs. Lee's paternal grandfather was John Potter, a farmer and lifelong resident of Gib- son township, Susquehanna county. Her maternal grandparents, David and Elizabeth Krotzer. also made their home in this State. Mrs. Lee first mar- ried Calvin Wedman, of Providence, Penn., a son of Samuel and Susannah ( Hornbacher ) Wedman. He was a farmer by occupation. He died near Jubilee, Penn., August 13, 1884, at the age of forty- nine years, leaving one child, Emma F., who is with her mother.

The Republican party finds in Mr. Lee a stanch supporter of its principles, and he takes an active and commendable interest in public affairs. He lias been honored with several local offices, having served as township supervisor, school director. poormaster and tax collector in Lackawanna coun- ty. He also filled the office of justice of the peace in that county for three years, resigning that posi- tion on his removal to Susquehanna county. He is numbered among the most valued and useful citizens of his community, and is very popular in business and social circles.

GEORGE M. SMITH, who for the past twenty-five years has been engaged by Dr. Hurd. of the Water Gap Sanitarium, near Stroudsburg, Monroe county, is one of the well-known residents of Smithfield township, and during his earlier years he was engaged in agricultural pursuits here.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 80

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