Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 93

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Hugh Edward Dooley, a younger brother of Prof. Dooley, lives at Delta, York county, Penn. He is successfully engaged as a coal dealer, and also carries a stock of general merchandise. He married Eliza Proctor and has two children, Ina and Edward, both of whom are in school.

ELISHA KINGSBURY, an industrious and thrifty farmer of Scott township, Wayne county, was born in Buckingham township, June 22, 1848, and is a worthy representative of one of the promi- nent pioneer families of the county. His father, Jabez Kingsbury, of English descent, married Miss Sarah Travis, who was born on the Delaware river, in Buckingham township, and they became the par- cnts of the following children: Benjamin : Asen- ath; Elias: Rachel: Jasper (deceased ) ; Jabez; Maria ; Elisha ; Lennie ; Charles; Mary and Martha (twins) ; two who died in infancy; and Maria. Upon the old homestead in Buckingham township the . mother died of typhoid fever, at the age of fifty years, the father passing away at the age of sixty-six. He was a stalwart Democrat in liis po- litical views, took an active part in promoting the interests of his party, and was an earnest niember of the Baptist Church.

In the public schools near his childhood home Elisha Kingsbury pursued his literary studies, and upon the home farin he early became familiar with the duties which fall to the lot of the agriculturist. For many seasons during his early life he engaged in lumbering and rafting on the Delaware river, but now devotes his time and attention principally to farming. At the age of twenty-five he married Miss Ann Eliza Stren, and they now live upon the farm in Scott township where she was reared. It comprises sixty-five acres of fertile and productive land, under a high state of cultivation, and improved with good and substantial buildings, including a comfortable residence where the many friends of the family delight to gather.

Charles Stren (the father of MIrs. Kingsbury) was a native of Norway, and was a highly educated man, being able to speak several languages. He was shipwrecked on the ocean, and was picked up by a vessel which brought him to New York City, being at that time nineteen years of age. In this country he married Miss Sarah Thomas, a native of Hancock, Delaware Co., N. Y., and a daughter of Elijah Thomas, a Revolutionary soldier, whose discharge from the service was in General Wash- ington's own handwriting. The only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Stren was Mrs. Kingsbury. The father was a Democrat in politics, and a Baptist in religious belief, serving as deacon of his Church, while the mother held membership in the Method- ist Episcopal Church. He died at the age of sixty- two, she at the age of sixty-eight, honored and esteemed by all who knew them.

Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbury have four children : Olive M., now the wife of George B. Holbert, of Starlight, Wayne county ; Jennie, wife of Everette Lewis, of East Branch, Penn .: Vere; and Ella M. In his political affiliations Mr. Kingsbury is an un- swerving Democrat, and, being one of the popular and influential citizens of his township, he has been called upon to serve as supervisor for three terms. Socially he is connected with the Improved Order of Red Men.

LUTHER C. LORING, a well-known and prominent farmer of Sterling township, Wayne county, is a representative of one of the old and highly respected families of New England, his grandparents, Samuel and Hannah (Goff ) Loring. both being natives of Massachusetts. They spent their last days, however, in Sullivan county, New York.

'Squire Loring was also born in Massachusetts, where during early life he engaged in carpentering and farming, but at the age of thirty years he re- moved to Sullivan county, N. Y., and devoted his entire time and attention to the former pursuit. He was married in Vermont to Miss Alvira, daugh- ter of Thomas Winchester, and they became the parents of the following children: Amelia, now the widow of Capt. Skinner, of Clark's Green. Lackawanna Co., Penn .; Luther C., the subject of

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this sketch; Sally, who married Uriah Baldwin and died in Wayne county in 1849; Cynthia, deceased wife of John Duncan, of Sullivan county, N. Y .; Hannah, a resident of Syracuse, N. Y .; Benjamin, of Monticello, N. Y .; Jonathan, who died at that place; Charles, who died in Williamsport, l'enn .; Maria, who is married and lives in Wayne county ; and Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Storey, of Bradford, Pennsylvania.

Luther C. Loring was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., June 17, 1819, and at the age of twenty-one years started out in life for himself as a lumberman. For twenty years he was employed as sawyer in a mill, and at the same time gave considerable atten- tion to agricultural pursuits. In Sterling township, Wayne county, hie still follows general farming, and is also engaged in the manufacture of mapie sugar.

In Pike county, Penn., Mr. Loring was united in marriage with Miss Maria Crone, daughter of Louis and Mercy ( Young) Crone, and the follow- ing children were born to this union: Eldridge, who died at the age of six years; Adelia, wife of John W. Bidwell, of Salem township, Wayne coun- ty; Josephine, who died at the age of three years ; Charles, a resident of Hamlinton, Penn .; Lucy, who died in infancy; Mary, deceased wife of Lafayette Ammerman, of Salem township; George, who died at the age of six years; and Ulysses, who died at the age of two years.

For his second wife Mr. Loring married Miss Jane Lee, a daughter of Thomas Lee, and to them has been born a daughter, Josephine, living "at home.

Feeling that his country needed his services, Mr. Loring enlisted August 18, 1862, for nine months, in Company A, 137th P. V. I., and with the Army of the Potomac participated in the battle of Chancellorsville. On March 1, 1864, he re- enlisted for three years or during the war, as a member of Battery M, Penn. Heavy Artillery. For several months he was under fire in front of Peters- burg, and then proceeded north of the James river. Being a skilled lumberman, he was put on special duty at Fort Harrison, where he remained until the close of the war, being mustered out January 31, 1866, at City Point, Va. Mr. Loring is a well- read man, especially on the best literature, and finds his chief delight in reading. He is a stanch Re- publican in politics and gives a liberal support to all measures which he believes calculated to prove of public benefit.

C. H. CONRAD, a resident of Auburn town- ship, Susquehanna county, is one of the younger agriculturists of this region, but he has already made a good start on the road to success and pros- perity, and is making a substantial place for himself among the progressive farmers of his community.

Mr. Conrad was born April 14, 1866, in Au- burn township, son of Alexander and grandson of Philip Conrad, who settled in Auburn township at

a11 early day, following farming here up to the tinie of his death, which occurred when his son Alexander was about sixteen years of age. He married Margaret Bennett, and their children were : Sally Ann, wife of Horace Gyle, of Auburn town- ship; William Henry; Nelson, of Auburn township; Hannah, wife of A. Alden, of Montrose, Penn .; Itliamar, residing in Lynn, Susquehanna county; Alexander ; Jolin, of Springville township, who died in 1897; Horace, deceased, of Auburn; and Louisa, widow of a Mr. Ruger, of Wyoming county.

Alexander Conrad was born August 29, 1835, in Auburn township, where he grew to manhood. He married Miss Julia Ann Trible, daughter of Henry Trible, and they became the parents of four children, namely: Frank, who died at the age of twenty-five years ; C. H .; Van, a farmer, who lives in Wallsville, Lackawanna Co., Penn .; and Henry, a resident of Factoryville, Wyoming county, where the mother now makes her home. The father passed away April 15, 1891, at the age of fifty-five years. He was a farmer and mason by occupation, working in Auburn township all his life. His polit- cal allegiance was given the Republican party, but aside from casting his vote he gave no attention to publie affairs.

C. H. Conrad, our subject, attended the common schools of Auburn township, where he grew to manhood, and when sixteen years of age he began to support himself, engaging at various kinds of work. When twenty he began railroading on the Jersey Central, at Wilkes Barre, Penn., continuing thus for two years, after which he went to Colorado, where he worked for wages for three years, engag- ing in mining at Breckenridge, Summit county. On his return East he bought a piece of land in Auburn township, and at present he owns seventy- five acres, lying in Auburn and Springville town- ships, the greater part of which is improved and under cultivation, Mr. Conrad devoting himself to general farming. He has also engaged in dairy- ing, keeping eight cows at present, and this branch of his business promises to be as profitable as the other. He is a stockholder in the local creamery. Mr. Conrad has met with encouraging success as a result of energy and enterprising industry, and he bids fair to become one of the well-to-do farmers of this section, where he is highly respected by all who know him as a young man of good habits and sterling honesty of character. He was married in Montrose, Penn., to Miss Myrtie Mitchell, who was born November 11, 1871, in Springville township. daughter of William and Julia ( Titman ) Mitchell. Mr. Conrad is a stanch Republican in politics and takes a deep interest in the welfare of his locality, though he has not given much time to public affairs. his farm interests occupying him fully. Socially lie is a member of the Grange.

ALLEN PRICE, proprietor of the "Bucks Hill House," Barrett township, Monroe county, and a prominent and successful business man, is the son

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of Jacob and Betsey (Nye) Price. He was born August 1, 1842, in his father's old homestead at Spruce Cabin.

Jacob Price, our subject's father, was one of the most noted lumbermen of Monroe county, widely known not only for his extensive lumber trans- actions, but for his strong and popular traits of character. ( For details ot his early lite see sketch of his son Wesley J. and Milton D. Price else- where.) Jacob Price was married ( first) to Betsey Nye, and after her death to her sister, Susannah Nye. By the first marriage he had five sons and one daughter, namely. ( 1) Martin died at the age of seventeen years. (2) David, born in 1839, married Sarah Boyer, and now resides on a good tarm near Canadensis. He had six children, of whom Wel- lington and Willard F. died when young, the others being : Sarah, Fannie (now Mrs. Stricker), Emily (died in 1898 ) and Allen. (3) Allen is the subject

of this sketch. (4) Sarah is the widow of Charles Geiger, who died in Kansas City leaving a family of children. (5) Ambrose married Bell Yonker, of Monroe county, resides at East Stroudsburg and has two sons-Jesse and Harry. (6) Andrew mar- ried Miss Louisa Conklin, of Smithfield, follows stone-cutting at East Stroudsburg, and has chil- dren-Bert, Floyd, Paul, Wilbur, Carrie and Millie.

At the age of seventeen our subject, who had then acquired a good education, left the parental roof and began life on his own account. He be- came teamster for the Canadensis Tannery Co., and for seven years served steadily in that position. He then engaged for several years in peeling bark for the company under contract. He married Miss Sophia Evans, of Barrett township. She was born in 1843, daughter of Charles and Emily Evans, formerly of Northampton county. After his mar- riage, in April, 1871, Mr. Price moved to Grant county, Wis. He purchased a large farm near Woodman and began what he then believed would be a work of many years developing his property to a higli degree of efficiency. But three months after his arrival at his western home his wife died, leaving four children. Mr. Price disposed of the property, and in July of that year returned to Mon- roe county, Penn. He then went into the woods as foreman for John S. Snow, of Canadensis. After a year of lumbering lie engaged in the meat market business at Cresco, which he followed for a number of years.

While thus engaged he married for his second wife Miss Sarah Bailey, daughter of George and Mary Bailey, of Paradise township. The four chil- dren of the first marriage of our subject were: (1) Oscar, who was born in September, 1864, is married, and now lives at Scranton, an employe of the D. L. & W. R. R. Co. He lias one daughter- Edna. (2) Laura, born in November, 1866, mar- ried Frank Freeland, of Pocono, and died at Ban- gor leaving two daughters-Bertha and Clara. (3). Charles E., born in November, 1868, now resides in New Jersey. (4) Clara, born in August, 1870, is 109

also a resident of New Jersey. By his second mar- riage our subject has had six children, namely : Edith May, who was born in February, 1875, mar- ried Jared Sees, of Canadensis, and has one daugh- ter-Gertrude; Iva B., born in November, 1879, 15 at home; Jennie M., born in May, 1881 ; Allen S., born in February, 1885; Roland M., born in July, 1891; and Porter R., born in March, 1895.

In 1878 our subject purchased a tract of wild land two miles from Cresco, on the road leading to Canadensis, and here he erected a large liotel. He also cleared up the land, and now has one of the best and one of the finest farms in Barrett town- ship. Mr. Price is a natural landlord, possessing the genial disposition and the care for the comfort and pleasure of his guests which combine to make his home most attractive. Besides the mention of the above farm and hotel Mr. Price has also other large interests under his immediate supervision and direction. He purchased a four-liundred-acre tract of land in Monroe county, joining on Pike county, and is there engaged extensively in lumbering. He also conducts a meat market business at home.

In politics Mr. Price is a Democrat. He has been made the recipient of various local offices at the hands of his fellow citizens. For seven years he served as constable in Barrett township, and was for a number of years tax collector of the town. He is one of the charter members of Mountain Home Lodge No. 684. At the present home of Mr. Price a generous hospitality reigns, the influence of which radiates far and wide. He is one of the popular men of the county, for whom good wishes are mingled with the highest esteem and respect on account of the rich and abundant success which his energies and judgment have won.

ALBERT MAYER is an energetic and suc- cessful business man of Hawley, Wayne county, where for some years he has carried on operations as a plumber and tinsmith. Like many of the lead- ing citizens of the place, he comes from across the sea, his birth occurring in Wittenberg, Germany, January 24, 1859. His parents. John and Constan- tina ( Simmerman) Mayer, are still residents of that country, where the father, who is a tinsmith by trade, was born in January, 1813, the mother in April, 1827. Their children were Jacob and Rick- hart, both now deceased ; Mary, widow of August Wittman, and a resident of New York : Josephina, wite of Moritz Fromlap. a whip manufacturer in Germany; Fanny, wife of August Smith, a tin- smith in Germany ; Frank, who died in that coun- try: Henry, who died in New York: Albert, the subject of this sketch: and John, who is engaged in the manufacture of fine terra cotta ware for house trimmings, at Guttenburg, New York.

On reaching a sufficient age Albert Maver en- tered the public schools of his native land. where he pursued his studies until he was fourteen, when he commenced learning the tinner's trade with his father, serving a four-years' apprenticeship. The

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following year he worked at Stutgart, Germany, and as a journeyman afterward traveled quite ex- tensively over the Fatherland. On attaining his majority he bade good-by to kindred and friends and sailed for America, locating first in New York City, where he worked at his trade for about a year. He then came to Hawley, Penn., but after working for Jacob Seidler for a year he returned to New York. In the year following, however, he again entered Mr. Seidler's employ at Hawley, remaining with him five years, after which he spent three years at his trade in Scranton, Penn. On his return to Hawley he worked for August Leiber one summer, and then embarked in business on his own account, soon building up a large and profitable trade, which he still enjoys.

Mr. Mayer was married in Hawley, April 20, 1887, to Miss Hannah Beafler, who was born at Cherry Ridge, Wayne county, October 12, 1860, a daughter of John and Agnes ( Clatt) Reafler. The parents were natives of Germany, but became acquainted and were married in Honesdale. Wayne county, where they continued to make their home for two years. From there they removed to Smick Hill, and later to Cherry Ridge, where the mother died in '1892, aged sixty-six years, and where the father is still living at the age of seventy-one. By occupation he is a farmer.

The Reafler family numbered the following children : Henry died at the age of eight years. Mary is the wife of Verner Fogle, a blacksmith, of Hawley. John died at the age of five years. Han- nah is the wife of our subject. Barbara is the wife of Henry Hagedy, a farmer of Cherry Ridge. Elizabeth is the wife of John Switzer. foreman of the glass factory at Hawley. George is working for our subject. Maggie is the wife of Jacob Seid- ler, a bricklayer of Scranton, Penn. The father is a Democrat in politics, and in religious faith is a member of the German Lutheran Church. to which the mother also belonged.

Mr. and Mrs. Mayer are also prominent members of the German Lutheran Church of Hawley, while politically he is identified with the Republican party. He is an upright. honorable business man, and an expert mechanic, and the suc- cess that he has achieved in life is due entirely to his own unaided efforts.

C. M. LEONARD. The subject of this sketch was one of the popular citizens of Forest City. Sus- quehanna county, and by his active talents and in- dustry built up a business and a financial success which is noteworthy. For a time he was engaged in the livery business, and had property interests of considerable value.

Mr. Leonard was born in Preston township, Wayne county, Penn., October 29, 1861, a son of Edward and Anna ( Case ) Leonard. Edward Leonard, the father, was a native of Gilbertsville. Otsego Co., N. Y., where he was born October 20. 1830. When a boy he came with his father to

Wayne county. The latter subsequently located in Susquehanna county, and died at Thompson at about the age of seventy years. He married a Miss Clark, a member of an old New England family. Edward Leonard, the father of our sub- ject, learned the trade of a blacksmith in Wayne county, and later settled at Jackson, Susquehanna county, where he passed the remainder of his life. He died April 6, 1887. The four children of Ed- ward and Anna Leonard are Ida May, Jerome, C. M. (our subject), and Benjamin R.

C. M. Leonard received his education in the public schools of Preston, and in an academy at Mt. Pleasant. He learned the blacksmith's trade and followed it until he attained his majority. Wishing for a more active life, he became for a time raftsman on the Delaware river, making trips to tide-water. Abandoning that occupation, he was engaged by Judge Hand of Scranton to care for his horses and stables and to drive his private teanı. Returning to Jackson, Susquehanna county, our subject remained with his father until the latter's death. Then for a year he conducted his father's hotel at Jackson. Mr. Leonard removed to Forest City, where he purchased some vacant lots. These he improved, and he operated a blacksmith shop in connection with the livery business which he had established.

Mr. Leonard was married April 4, 1887, to Miss Gladys Carden, of Gibson township. Susque- hanna county, and two children have been born to them. Harvey and Hazel. In politics our subject is a Republican, and in religious faith he is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, He is a Freemason, also a member of the Order of Red Men. and was connected with the Enterprise Hose Company.

THOMAS POTTER, who has lived retired for a number of years, is a well-known citizen of Auburn township. Susquehanna county. owning a farm of sixty acres near the county line. He is a native of New York State, born May 1. 1839. son of Riley and Lorena ( Palmer ) Potter. who came from New York State to Pennsylvania in about 1849, settling in Auburn township. Susquehanna county. In 1873 they removed to another farm in the same township, near the present home of our subject, and there they passed the remainder of their days. the father, a lifelong farmer. dying in April. 1885, at the age of eighty-three years. the mother one week later, aged seventy years. They were buried on Clapper Hill. He and his wife were the parents of six children: Isaac. who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg; Mary, deceased. who was the wife of Henry Hall ; Thomas : Abra- ham, who was also killed while serving in the army : Alice, Mrs. James Bunnell, deceased : and Esther. who died unmarried. The parents were members of the Baptist Church.

Thomas Potter lived at home until his mar- riage, and received his education in the public

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schools. He was reared to farm life. In 1864 lie enlisted, at Towanda, Penn., in the Union service, becoming a member of Co. I. 51st P. V. I., under Capt. Thomas Parker, and remaincd at the front until the close of the war, receiving his discharge in Washington, D. C. Mr. Potter was at Peters- burg for six months, under fire the greater part of that time, and the hardships of army life so under- mined his constitution that he never fully recovered his health. After his return home he worked among farmers whenever his strength permitted, and he occupied the old Clapper Hill farm, on which his father had resided, until 1885, when it was sold, and he settled on his present place. Mr. Potter has a comfortable income from his land, which is oper- ated by his son, our subject taking little active part in the arduous work of cultivation.

In May, 1867, at Laceyville, Penn., Mr. Potter was married to Mrs. Sally A. (Sharrer ) Williams, daughter of Willian and Elizabeth Sharrer and widow of Francis Williams. To this union were born two children: Frank, who now carries on his father's farm (he is married to Nellie Wilbur) ; and Albertie, who is the wife of Fred Hillis, a farmer of Rush township. The mother passed away in March, 1893, at the age of sixty-one years, and was buried at Stevensville, Penn. Mr. Potter is a stanch Republican in political affiliation.

CHARLES LOTT, a well-to-do general farmer and dairyman of Auburn township, Susquehanna county, was born there March 6, 1819, on the old Lott homestead at Auburn Center. He had little advantages for schooling, as educational facilities in that way were matters of secondary importance to the necessarily hard-working pioneers, but he had unlimited opportunities for gaining a complete knowledge of the duties of a pioneer farm, an ex- perience which proved of inestimable value to him later on, when he undertook to clear and improve a farm for himself.

Mr. Lott remained at home up to the age of twenty-five years, when he was married, in Auburn township, to Miss Caroline Shannon, daughter of John Shannon, of Warren county, N. J. He then bought fifty-four acres of new land in Auburn township, built a home, and commenced the work of clearing the place for cultivation, a long and weary process, especially before the days of im- proved machinery. However, he accomplished this in time, and added thirty-five acres to the original tract, clearing and improving this too. Later he purchased another farm of eighty-one acres, at a cost of $2,000, which has also been greatly improved under his management, and Mr. Lott now ranks among the extensive landowners of the township. He has been constantly improving his property with substantial buildings, fences, etc., and it is systematically and carefully tilled, yielding him a handsome income. Recently he has taken up dairy- ing in addition to general farming, at present keeping fifteen cows, mostly young stock, and this

branch of his business promises to be as profitable as his other undertakings. For about twenty years during his earlier life Mr. Lott was engaged in lumbering during the winter season, following that vocation at Scranton when that now thriving city contained but one mill and a couple of houses, and also in Monroe, Lackawanna and Wayne coun- ties. He has been thoroughly progressive in his work, keeping abreast of the times in the adoption of improved methods and ideas, and he is now en- joying the fruits of a long and useful lite, con- tented in the possession of a fine home and property and highly esteemed by all who know him.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 93

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