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To our subject and wife have been born the following children: William, a civil engineer in the employ of the Y. & E. R. R., born March I, 1848, married Alice Grattin and has four children ; Isabella, born July 28, 1851, is the wife of Jasper Vail, a lumberman of Forest City, Penn .. and has two children ; Josephine, born in May, 1853. died in 1861 : George A., born in October, 1855, died in 1863: Jolin, born September 2, 1857, was killed on his engine at Jamaica, N. Y. : David, born March 5, 1861, is a railroad flagman and resides with his par- ents; and Harry, born September 7, 1864, is a railroad conductor living in Carbondale, Pennsyl- vania.
Politically our subject is a pronounced Demo- crat, but has never cared for official honors, though he has served as tax collector in his township. He eminently deserves classification among the self- made men of Wayne county, as he started out in
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life for himself in limited circumstances, and by his own individual efforts has secured a comfortable home and competence.
GEORGE TUMAN, a well-known resident of White Mills, Wayne county, has been successfully engaged in the restaurant business there for a num- ber of years and is regarded as one of the substan- tial citizens of the town.
Mr. Tuman comes of good thrifty German stock, his ancestors in both paternal and maternal lines having had their home at Duane, Germany. His parents, George and Christina (Graf) Tuman, natives of Duane, were married there in 1841 and later came to America, locating first in New York City, where they remained one year. They then re- moved to Honesdale, this State, where the father was employed for a time on the Delaware & Hud- son Canal, but he afterward purchased a farmi near Indian Orchard, in Texas township, Wayne coun- ty, where he followed agriculture until a few years ago. As old age drew on, he decided to retire from active work, and, having sold his farm, he bought a home in Leonardsville, Penn., where he and his wife resided until his death in March. 1898. Their six children were as follows: (1) Margaret, born in May, 1843, in New York City, was educated in the schools of Wayne county, and is now the wife of Thomas Hanan, of Franklin, N. J. They have five children-William. Henry, Christine, Katie and Mary. (2) John, born in October, 1847, in Hones- was employed in the carshops at Scranton, Penn., but later removed to Leonardsville, where he worked on the canal for about six years. He then purchased a farm in Berlin township, Wayne county, near the county poor farm, and for a few years he was en- gaged in agricultural pursuits. He still owns this place but he resides at White Mills where he is em- ployed as boss carpenter by the Dorfinger Com- pany. He married Miss Eliza Gabell, of Honesdale, and has six children-Joseph. Mary, George, Her- man, Edward, and John. (3) Katie, born in 1849. in Honesdale, married Herman Scherholt, a native of Germany, who is now conducting a general store at Honesdale, his stock including books, wall paper, bicycles, and other commodities. They have four children-Frank, Edward, Lizzie and Frederick. (4) Mary, born in 1852, at Honesdale, married ( first ) Dr. Detz, of Honesdale, and for a few years resided at Scranton, but later they returned to Honesdale where the Doctor died. She has since married August Smith, formerly a glass blower in the Dor- flinger Works at White Mills, but now a successful agriculturist in the same locality, where he owns a fine,farm. She has two children, Jacob and Chris- tine, both born to the first marriage. (5) Christine, born in 1857, at Honesdale, married Edward Ditzer, a prominent shoe dealer at Honesdale. They have two children-Katie and George, and our subject's mother, is now an honored guest in their home. (6) George Tuman is our subject.
George Tuman was born in 1859, at the old homestead in Texas township, Wayne county, and was educated in the local schools and at Honesdale. His first employment was as a lock-tender on the D. & H. Canal, where he spent four years, and in 1879 he entered the Dorflinger Glass Works at White Mills, engaging in the stopper work. He remained with this firm for eight years but since February 16, 1890, he has conducted a saloon and restau- rant business in which he has met with marked suc- cess from the first. In politics he is a stanch Dem- ocrat but he is not an office-seeker, preferring to give his time to his business interests. On Septem- ber 30, 1885, he was married to Miss Mary Gill, who was born in 1865, in Lordville, N. Y., and for two years previous to their marriage had been a resident of New York City. Her parents, Roger and Brid- get Gill, settled at White Mills some years ago and the family is prominent in that locality. Mr. Tuman and his wife were both reared in the Catholic faith. their families having been identified with that Church for generations past, and they are leading members of the White Mills Congregation. Their union has been blessed by four children: John, born in 1885, at White Mills, died when only a year and a half old ; Thomas, born in 1889; Christine died in infancy, and Veronica, born in December, 1894, at White Mills.
LUCIUS F. BLOKER, one of the best known and most highly esteemed engineers residing in Mat- dale, learned the carpenter's trade and for some time -- amoras, Pike county, is descended from a worthy old Scotch family which was founded in the United States_by three brothers on their emigration from Scotland. One of these was Peter Blocher (as the name was originally spelled), who was the great- grandfather of our, subject. He first located in Lancaster county, Penn., thence in September, 1813, removed to Erie county, N. Y., where he purchased land near Williamsville and there engaged in farm- ing until called to his final rest in 1838. In his fam- ily were three sons, George, David and Jacob, and four daughters.
Jacob Bloker, our subject's grandfather. spent his entire life in Erie county, N. Y., engaged in ag- ricultural pursuits. His wife was a daughter of Jolın Halter, and to them were born four children : Andrew, the father of our subject ; John ( deceased ), who followed farming near Fremont, Ohio: Cath- erine, deceased wife of Michael Mitchell, of Flint. Mich. ; and Margaret, wife of Joseph Miller, of San- dusky county, Ohio.
Andrew Bloker was born in Amherst township. Erie Co., N. Y., in 1826, and there grew to manhood and learned the carpenter's and millwright's trades, which he followed for a number of years in connec- tion with the operation of a cider and vinegar plant, but twelve or fifteen years prior to his death he re- tired from active business. In his native county he was married, March 18, 1844, to Miss Annie E. Snyder, who was born in that county June 27. 1829. Her parents came from Harrisburg, Penn., and were
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of Dutch ancestry. She died at the age of sixty-two years, surviving her husband only a short time, his death having occurred December 31. 1879. Lucius F. is the eldest of their children. Henry, born May 31, 1855, died at the age of twenty-one years. Sarah, born in 1859, is now the wife of A. L. Renwalds, an editor at Willianisville, Erie Co., New York.
Lucius F. Bloker was born in Amherst town- ship, Erie Co., N. Y., January 8, 1851, and received such schooling as the times afforded in that locality. Coming to Port Jervis, N. Y., he entered the eniploy of the Erie railroad as brakeman, a position he held for nine years. He then worked as fireman for sev- eral years, and in 1886 was promoted to the post of engineer, in which capacity he is still serving on the New York division of the Erie railroad. Dur- ing his career as a railroad man he has met with many experiences, some very dangerous ones. Near Sus- quehanna, Penn., in 1871, while serving as brake- man, the engine exploded, injuring him so badly that he was unfit for duty for six months. At an- other time a car broke out of a passing freight, caus- ing a wreck of thirteen cars, killing his fireman, and blinding him for three years. Until 1874 he con- tinued to make his home in Port Jervis, and then removed to Matamoras, Penn., where he purchased property and has since lived, enjoying the confidence and respect of the entire community. In his political affiliations he is a Republican, and in his social re- lations is a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers.
On June 20, 1870, at Dingman's Ferry, Pike. Co., Penn., Mr. Bloker was united in marriage with Miss Martha J. Swarthout, who was born at Bush- kill, Orange Co., N. Y., April 25, 1847. Her parents, James and Hester (Lambert) Swarthout, were of German descent, and representatives of pioneer fam- ilies of Orange county. Their other children were: Alice, who died at the age of ten years ; William, who died at the age of eighteen; Alonzo, who was killed on the Erie railroad at the age of nineteen ; and Ella, wife of William Knox, of Port Jervis, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Bloker are the parents of five chil- dren, namely : Edward F., born December 28, 1871, at Port Jervis, married Elizabeth Hartz and resides in Matamoras, Penn .; Lillie F., born at Port Jer- vis, July 7, 1874, is the wife of Edward Lord, a rail- road employe residing at Matamoras : Andrew F., born May 23, 1878, is employed on the Delaware division of the Erie railroad and lives with his par- ents ; Frank, born September 14, 1881, died February 21, 1882 ; and Sarah, born March 4, 1883, is at liome.
ADAM WAGNER (deceased). In the village of Waymart, Wayne county, resides one of the pio- neer families of that region that. has ever been noted for its sterling worth, and for the potent yet unos- tentatious unlifting influences which it has wielded upon the community. In the afternoon of life Adam Wagner enjoyed the blessings which come from intelligently directed efforts. He was prominently connected with the county, and while in various
capacities he rendered signal service to its citi- zens, it may perhaps, he admitted that the cinei cie- ment to his worth as a leading member of the village and county lay in unmeasurable and silent forces of example.
The grandfather of our subject was Adam Wag- ner, a Maryland teamster, who in 1795 migrated to the wilds of Wayne county, and here carved out for himself and his worthy descendants a home and a position of prominence. The grandfather settled in Canaan township and first moved with his family into a sugar house, built of logs and covered with bark, upon the farm now owned by Ezra Wagner. He afterwards located on the farm where Jonathan Swingle lives. Here he followed farming and the various industries which were then essentially com- bined with the agricultural pursuits. He had mar- ried Mary Wheatcraft and their children were: Mary, who married. Joseph Jaggers : Sally, w. ho mar- ried John Swingle ; O.to ; kachel, who married San- uel Shoffer, and John. Adam Wagner died in 1798.
Otto Wagner, the elder of the two sons, was the father of our subject. He was a boy when he came with his father to the then western home and the early years of his residence in Wayne county brought out those qualities of strength and endur- ance, essential to a success in a pioneer land. He married, in Canaan township, Margaret Emsley, a native of Pennsylvania, but the daughter of a Ger- man emigrant, George Emsley, who had settled in Wilkes Barre, Penn., and there engaged in farm- ing. Otto Wagner was a man of great force of character, a Democrat in politics, to whom was fre- quently entrusted offices of responsibility in Canaan township. He remained a lifelong resident of the township, and at his death his remains were in- terred in South Canaan cenietery. The nine children of Margaret and Otto Wagner were: Sarah ( who married Ezekiel Reed), Adam, our subject, John, Susan (who married Charles Carr), George, Jacob, Fred, Ezra, a retired farmer of South Canaan town- ship, and Dorcas, wife of Rufus H. Frisby, retired, of South Canaan township. Of the nine children but two survive, Ezra and Dorcas.
Adam Wagner, the eldest son, and the subject of this sketch, was born June 3, 1815. in South Ca- naan township. His early life did not differ greatly from that of other boys in the forest home. He re- mained with his father, learning the lessons of in- dustry, patience and thrift, and attending the neigh- boring schools, until his marriage at the age of twenty-two to Miss Permelia Shaffer. Immediately after their marriage Mr. Wagner settled on a small farmi in Canaan township. A few years later he sold it and purchased a larger one in the same town- ship, where he remained in active and successful life until October 1, 1804. In connection with farm- ing he followed the carpenter's trade from the age of forty-twoyears until hewasseventy. He served no apprenticeship at the trade but learned it thoroughly by the natural gifts he had inherited, spurred by the
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necessities of the new country. In his successful efforts toward a competence he was worthily as- sisted by his brave wife, who still survives, and is active and vigorous in mind, though now failing in physical health. She, too, is the representative of an old and honored family of Wayne county. She was born August 7, 1817, in South Canaan township, daugliter of Moses and Mary (Swingle) Shaffer, both natives of that township. Moses
Shaffer was the first male child born in South Ca- naan township, and by occupation became a miller. His father, John Shaffer, was a native of Germany, who came to America in an early day, and took up land in South Canaan township, when it could be purchased for six cents per acre. Moses was a man of quiet demeanor, but prominent in the offices of the township. He died in September, 1861, at the age of seventy-five years. His wife died in 1839, at the age of fifty-one years. Both are buried in South Canaan cemetery. The children of Moses and Mary Shaffer were: Sylvester; Jacob; Susan, who married Jacob Swingle, and atter his death Moses Springer; Sarah, who married John Cobb; Samuel ; Charles ; Fannie, who married Aaron Cur- tis; Permelia, wife of our subject; Jolin; Cather- ine, who married James Glenn; Mary, widow of Abram Jaggers, of South Canaan township; and Hannah, who married G. Washington Swingle, of South Canaan. Of these twelve children the only survivors are Permelia, Mary, and Sylvester.
To Adam and Permelia Wagner were born the following children: Mary J., born September 19, 1838, wife of Robert Battan, whose sketch appears elsewhere; Charles, born August 29, 1840, residing with his parents; Elijah, born November 26, 1842, a railroadman, who married Elizabeth McCormick and resides at Rechville, Penn. ; Emma J., born May 27, 1845, who married Frank Thorpe and resides at Pittston, Penn .; Sarah P., who married ( first) Palmer Stevens, and after his death Wells Benja- min, and who now lives, the widow of the latter. at Dunmore, Penn .; Susan G., born March 22, 1853, widow of Thomas D. Glenn, and lives with her par- ents : Edward and Edgar (twins), born March 28, 1858-Edward is a railroad carpenter of Carbon- dale, Penn .; and Edgar, who married Cora Frisbie, is a farmer of South Canaan township ; Judson, born September 13, 1860, married Mary Watson, and lived on the old homestead in South Canaan town- ship until his death July 31, 1887.
Albert Wagner was honored by his election to many offices. He served his fellow citizens credit- ably and faithfully as auditor, school, director, and in various other capacities. For many years he was an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving repeatedly as steward. Like his people before him, in politics he was a lifelong Democrat. He was a self-made man in the best sense of the word, and his long and honorable career exempli- fies one of the best types of American citizenship. Held in high esteem, he commanded the respect, regard and affection of a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances. His death, on May, 27, 1898, removed one of the last faithful guards of the Past over the ever fitful Present. His remains were interred in the South Canaan Cemetery.
THOMAS W. CUNNINGHAM, formerly a well-known wholesale liquor dealer and one of the most enterprising business men of Forest City. Sus- quehanna county, was born in Cochecton, Sullivan Co., N. Y., January 8, 1864, and is a son of Francis and Mary ( Rooney ) Cunningham, natives of County Sligo, Ireland.
In early life the parents emigrated to America and were married in Sullivan county, N. Y .. where they continued to make their home until 1855, when they came to Herrick Center, Susquehanna Co .. Penn. For fifteen years prior to this time the father had served as track foreman on the Erie railroad. and after coming to Susquehanna county was assist- ant foreman up to within the last five years of his life, when he was engaged in the wholesale liquor business. He died October 4, 1894, aged sixty-four years, his wife in January, 1893, aged fitty-seven. and both were buried in St. Rose cemetery. Carbon- dale, Penn. They were members of St. Agnes Cath- olic Church of Forest City, and in politics the father was a Democrat. The children born to this worthy couple were John H., a resident of Forest City: Thomas W., our subject; Mary W., wife of John H. Conally, who conducts a saloon in Susquehanna, Penn .; Frank, a general broker, real estate and in- strance agent of Newport News, Va. ; Alice, wife of John H. Lumbart, a miner of Forest City : James. a telegraph operator and station agent at Forest City; Jennie, wife of William Murphy, a miner of the same place ; Catherine, wife of Henry O'Neil, a contractor and builder of Forest City; and Peter, a telegraph operator and freight agent for the Erie Railroad Co. Four of the family have been telegraph oper- ators. Our subject's paternal grandfather, Fran- cis Cunningham and his wife, were farming people who spent their entire lives in Ireland. The mater- nal grandparents, Thomas and Kate ( Rooney ), also natives of County Sligo, Ireland, came to America in 1853 and located in Cochecton, N. Y .. where the grandfather followed farming throughout the re- mainder of his lite. though in the Old World he had engaged in merchandising.
Until sixteen years of age Thomas W. Cunning- ham, the subject of this sketch, attended school. and then for two years engaged in clerking for Alden & Patterson at Herrick Center, Susquehanna coun- ty. During the following fifteen years he was em- ployed as telegraph operator and freight agent by the Erie Railroad Co., and on the death of his father succeeded to the business. He is a practical, ener- getic business man of progressive ideas, and car- ries forward to successful completion whatever he becomes interested in. At Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co .. Pen .. October 6, 1897, he was united in mar- riage with Miss Winifred Flinn, who was born in that county in 1880, a daughter of Patrick and
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Mary Flinn. Mr. Cunningham is an ardent support- er of the Democratic party, and is a member of the Catholic Church. He is widely and favorably known, and is quite popular with his associates.
S. L. DIX, an enterprising agriculturist of New Milford township, Susquehanna county, is a typical self-made man in whose life the qualities of industry and perseverance are well exemplified.
A native of Jackson township, Susquehanna county, Mr. Dix was born April 25, 1845, a son of John A. and Emaline R. (Williams) Dix. His paternal grandparents were early settlers in Wayne county, and his father was born and reared there, and was employed for some time in a sawmill, but later removed to Susquehanna county and settled upon a farm in New Milford township. He also spent two years in Jackson township, and in 1849 he went to California where he was engaged in mining about three years. On his return he re- sumed agricultural work in New Milford township, where he was held in high esteem as a citizen. He died in August, 1894, aged seventy-four years, and his wife died August 30, 1896, aged seventy-one years, both being buried in New Milford township. They had five children : (1) S. L., our subject. (2) Hannah married Peter W. Robinson, now deceased. (3) Emeretta (deceased) married James Crandall. (4) John E. (deceased) married Ida Rice, and had one child. (5) Miss Jennie resided at Foster, Penn.
Our subject's mother was a devout member of the Baptist Church, and belonged to a well-known family of Susquehanna county, her parents, Gerdon and Betsey (Cottrell) Williams, being prominent residents thereof. She was the eldest in a family of five children, the others being Phoebe, who married Olonzo Perry, of Jackson township: Walter, de- ceased ; Orlando, deceased ; and Lucinda, who mar- ried John Claflan.
Our subject was nine years old when his par- ents removed to his present farm, where he grew to manhood. At the age of twenty he rented a farm, in Harford township, Susquehanna county, Penn., and then he took a position as finisher in a tannery at Great Bend, remaining twelve years. He then purchased the old homestead from his father, and engaged in general farming. In politics he is a Democrat, and although he does not seek official responsibilities his influence is recognized in the community. On July 4, 1865, he was married at New Milford to Miss Aurelia E. Tennant. They have no children, but have adopted a daughter, Miss Adie B., whose mother was a sister of Mrs. Dix. Slie has been with them since she was two years old, and is now an accomplished musician and prominent in social circles.
Mrs. Aurelia ( Tennant) Dix, whose active and efficient aid has done much to promote her hus- band's success in life, was born in New Milford township April 15, 1847, a daughter of Thomas B. Tennant, and a granddaughter of Allen Tennant, a
native of Connecticut. Her father was born in 1815, and was a boy when the family came to Sus- quehanna county, settling upon a farm in New Mil- ford township. He was reared to farm work. and followed it many years before his retirement. In 1867 he removed to Roseburg, Mich., where he now resides. His wife, Eliza ( Watson), a native of Long Island, died at Roseburg in 1895, aged eighty- one years, and her remains were buried there. They had a family of children, those besides Mrs. Dix being as follows: Alice B. (deceased) married Daniel Miller, and became the mother of our sub- ject's adopted daugnter ; Osco died in infancy ; Osco (2) is a carpenter at Roseburg, Mich .; Elbridge re- sides in Michigan ; Dallas mct a soldier's death in the Civil war; Walter, a traveling salesman, resides in Michigan ; Henry resides in Roseburg, Mich., and cares tor his aged father.
F. E. PLACE. The world judges the char- acter of a community by those of its representa- tive citizens, and yields its tribute of admiration and respect for the genius, learning or virtues of those whose works and actions constitute the rec- ord of a State's prosperity and pride; and it is this record that offers for our consideration the history of men who are ever affording the young worthy examples for their regard and emulation. There- fore it is proper that a just celebrity should be given to those men who are distinguished in their day and generation, tliat the living may enjoy the approba- -tion of their contemporaries, as well as that of a grateful posterity.
Among the most distinguished of Monroe coun- ty's citizens is F E. Place, of Coolbaugh township, who is a native son of the county, born in Middle- Smithfield township, in 1859. His father, James Place, was born in the same township, in 1813. and was a son of Jacob and Mary Place, prominent and leading citizens of that locality, where they reared a large family of children. In the public schools of that township James Place obtained his literary education, and during his younger years he fol- lowed farming and lumbering. He married Miss Sarah Overfield, and after residing upon his farm in Middle Smithfield township for some years, they removed, in 1838, to Stroudsburg, where he had charge of the Indian Queen for five years. Return- ing to his farm lie opened a hotel on the Milford road and continued to successfully conduct the same until his death. He was one of the most prominent and influential citizens in his community, a recognized leader in the ranks of the Democratic party, and in 1867 and 1868 most ably represented Monroe and Carbon counties in the State Legislature. He also served as justice of the peace, school director and tax collector in Middle Smithfield township for a num- ber of years, and was identified with all interests calculated to advance the welfare of his township or county. Religiously both he and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in 1868, and the father subsequently mar-
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ried Miss Elizabeth Dreher, of Stroudsburg, by whom she had one son, Charles, now a leading chemist of Chicago, Ill. The children by the first marriage are as follows: (1) Nathaniel E., born in Stroudsburg, in 1838, married Elizabeth Eilen- berger, of Smithfield township, Monroe county, where they resided tinut his death. He left a wife and one daughter, Flora, who died a few years later. (2) Mary A., born in Stroudsburg, in 1840, began her education in the home schools, and later gradu- ated from the schools of Pennington, N. J. For twelve years she was one of the successful teachers of Monroe county, and is now the wife of Josiah S. Coleman, of Middle Smithfield township. (3) Su- san, born in 1843, is now the wife of Aaron O. Bail, of Newark, N. J., who is connected with the Apple- ton Publishing Company. (4) Hannah W., born in Middle Smithfield township in 1845 received a good high school education in New Jersey and now makes her home with our subject and Mrs. Coleman. (5) Henry, born in 1847. was educated in the home schools and married Hannah Herman, of Wyoming county, Penn. They now reside in Boston, Mass., where he follows farming. (6) James N., born in 1849, married Ella Wolf, of Middle Smithfield township, and they reside in East Stroudsburg, where he is proprietor of the Crystal Springs Ho- tel. They have three children. (7) F. E. is next in order of birth. (8) George M., born in 1861, be- came a soldier in one of the Minnesota regiments stationed at Camp Mead, Penn., in the Spanish- American war. He married Fannie Keller, of Bar- rett township, Monroe county, who is now serving as assistant postmistress at Mt. Pocono, where she and her daughter Nita reside. (9) Seymour, born in 1863, obtained his education in the home schools, and now holds a position in the custom house at Philadelphia. He married Anna Herman, of Wy- oming county, Pennsylvania.
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