Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 94

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Publication date: 1900
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Mr. Lott's first wife died in 1870. at the age of fifty years, and he subsequently wedded Miss Alice Sterling, a native of Meshoppen, Penn., daughter of Lewis and Emily (Donnell ) Sterling, who were of Scotch descent. The father was born in Wyoming county, where he followed the carpenter's trade. To this union has come one child, Lewis, who lives with his parents. By his first wife Mr. Lott had children as follows: Elizabeth, wife of Delos Depew, of Wyoming county: Jane, wife of Benjamin Jacoby, of Montrose, Penn .: Judson. a farmer, residing at Hopbottom, Susquehanna coun- ty; Euphemia, deceased, who married G. Washing- ton Hinkle, of Glenwood, Penn .; and Joseph, a farmer of Auburn township. MIrs. Lott is a mem- ber of the M. E. Church, which our subject also at- tends. Politically, he is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party.

WILLIAM C. HELLER, one of the most prominent and successful business men of MIt. Po- cono, belongs to a family which has been actively identified with the interests of Monroe county since pioneer days, and its members have won for the name an enviable distinction by their intelligence and worth. This high reputation is in no way diminished in the present generation, and our sub- ject displays in a marked degree the admirable characteristics which the name suggests.

A native of Monroe county. Mr. Heller was born in Chestnut Hill township, in 1836, and is a son of James and Rachel ( Keller ) Heller. the latter a daughter of C. D. Keller, of Monroe county. The father of our subject was a native of Hamil- ton township and a son of David and Elizabeth Heller, who were among the earliest settlers of the county. David Heller followed agricultural pur- suits throughout life and died on the old homestead in Hamilton township. In his family were eight children, namely: Charles; David ; James; Eliza- beth, wife of Henry Bush, of Paradise township. Monroe county ; Lena, wife of George Shoemaker. of Luzerne county, Penn., where she died : llannan. wife of John Felinger, of Hamilton township, where she died; Mrs. Kate Laurice, a widow of Hamil- ton township; and Sallie A .. wife of John Work- heiser, of Hamilton township.

James Heller spent his early life in Hamilton and Chestnut Hill townships, and being a cooper

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by trade, he engaged in the manufacture of barrels in the former township. He also engaged in mill- ing for some years and was prominently identified with public affairs in Hamilton township, serving in a number of local offices, such as assessor, col- lector and supervisor. In 1852 he purchased a large farm in Paradise township, Monroe county, near Swiftwater, and cleared a large part of his land, making his home thereon until his death. His worthy wife, who had shared with him the hard- ships of his early life, died in 1896, at the home of her daughter Sarah in Chestnut Hill township. Our subject is the eldest in their family, the others being as follows: (2) Sarah is the wife of An- drew Hardy, a farmer of Chestnut Hill township, and they have five children: Emery, a resident of Ashley, Penn .; Stewart, of Scranton; Emina, who married and lives in Dakota; and Joseph and Stephen, both of Luzerne county, Penn. (3) John, born in Hamilton township, is now a resident of Clearfield county, Penn. (4) George, who resides near Wiscassot, in Paradise township, married Lizzie Dunlap, of that township, and has five chil- dren : Minnie, Flora, Hattie, Edward and Charles. (5) Mary is the wife of Joseph Learn, of Paradise township. (6) Katie A. married Samuel Schwab, of Easton, Penn., where she died leaving one son, Millard. (7) Isaiah married Nettie Freeland, of Pocono township, Monroe county, and resided in Paradise township, where his wife and child both died, while he later died at the home of our subject in Mt. Pocono. (8) Emma, born in Paradise" township, married Washington Shiffer, of Pocono township, where he died. Of the two children born to them, Nettie died at the age of three years, and William is an upright, reliable young man who was educated in the public schools of Pocono township. For her second husband the mother married Hiram Cramer, of Osceola Mills, Clearfield Co., Penn., and she died in Mt. Pocono. (9) Milton, born in Hamilton township, married Edna Smith, of Para- dise township, where they now reside on his farm, and they have four children : Annie, wife of Frank Warner, of that township; Robert; Daisy; and William. (10) Frank, born in Paradise township, died when a young man. ( 11) Levi J. died in childhood.

During his boyhood and youth William C. Heller pursued his studies in the public schools of Monroe county, and in 1855 and 1856 served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade with Fred Crowder, of Pocono township. The following year he commenced contracting and building on his own account and successfully followed that vocation until 1890, erecting almost all of the fine summer homes in his section of the county, the noted Wiscasset Po- cono Mountain House and many other leading hotels. In 1873 he also commenced the undertak- ing business upon his farm in Paradise township. In 1858 Mr. Ileller was united in marriage with Miss Julia A. Learn, a daughter of John and Susan Learn, who belonged to one of the prominent

old families of Paradise township. After luis mar- riage our subject bought property in that town- ship, erected a good nome thereon, and in 1864 bought the farm on which his son now resides and where he lived until 1882. Since then he has been a resident of Mt. Pocono, and has continued to carry on the undertaking business in connection with contracting and building. He erected the Bel- mont House at that place and conducted the sanie for two years. He has met with a well-deserved success in life, is the owner of a large amount of real estate in Mt. Pocono, and has a beautiful home, which is known far and wide for its hospitality.

Mr. and Mrs. Heller have the following chi- dren : (1) Joseph J., born in Paradise township, in 1859, was educated in the home schools and now lives on his father's farm in that township. He married Miss MI. J. Sctzer, of Paradise township, and has two children: Willic and Harry. (2) Mahlon, born in 1861, married Miss Blanch Jones. of Monroe county, and moved to Binghamton, N. Y., where he was ready to engage in the undertak- ing business when taken ill and died in 1888. (3) Emma, born in 1866, is now the wife of William J. Hamlin, of Pocono township, and they have four children : Earl, Anita, Esther and Clinton. (4) Alta, born in 1874, married George Dowling, of Mit. Pocono, by whom she has one daughter, Madaline, and they live with their father in MIt. Pocono.

Politically Mr. Heller is a Democrat, and he has most acceptably served his fellow citizens as school director, assessor and town clerk for fifteen years. For many years he has been an earnest member of the German Reformed Church, and socially belongs to MIt. Pocono Lodge No. 354, I. O. R. M. In the prosecution of his business there has been manifest one of the most sterling traits of his character-his desire to carry forward to the highest perfection at- tainable everything that he undertakes. This has marked his social and business career and has been one of the most important factors in his business.

S. T. SMITH. The subject of this sketch stands second to none among the well-to-do, in- dustrious and enterprising farmers of Scott town- ship, Wayne county. As a judicious tiller of the soil he has met with success, and as a man and citi- zen holds a high position among his neighbors. In connection with general farming he is also in- terested in lumbering and dairying, and these branches of his business have also proved quite profitable.

On the farm where he still resides Mr. Smith was born in 1856, a son of J. H. and Sarah ( Travis) Smith. His father was born in Scott township in 1830, a son of John and Catherine Smith, who at an carly day came to Wayne county, having traded their farm on Long Island for 600 acres of wild land in Scott township, where they developed a farm. In the family were seven children, as follows: Mrs. Charity Alexander, a resident of Nebraska ; Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, who was born in New York, and

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spent her last years in Iowa ; Mrs. Mary Seymore, a native of New York, where she again took up her residence after her marriage; Anna, who died in childhood; Ezra, who married Hannah Wheeler, and throughout life engaged in farming in Scott township, Wayne county; Adaline, who was born in Wayne county, and is now the wife of Wesley Smith, of Illinois; and John H., our subject's father.

John H. Smith, after completing his education in the common schools of Wayne county, followed lumbering on the Delaware river for some years, while he continued to live upon the old homestead, having inherited a portion of the original 600 acres. In 1877 he purchased property in Sherman, Scott township, two miles from the Delaware river, where he is now living retired, enjoying the fruits of his former toil. Politically he is a Jacksonian Denio- crat, and among other offices he filled that of tax collector of Scott township for the long period of twenty years. He is a consistent member of the Baptist Church, to which his wife, Sarah ( Travis), who died in 1857, also belonged. After the death of his wife Mr. Smith wedded Samantha Monroe. She died, and he then married his present wife. Ada (Curtis).

Our subject is the elder of the two children of the family, the other being Charles E., who was born in Wayne county, in 1857. and is a graduate of Deposit Academy, N. Y. He married Della Greenman, of Sherman, Penn., and they now reside in Binghamton, N. Y., where he is serving as super- intendent for the lumber firm of C. D. Middlebrook & Co. He is the present alderman from the first ward of that city. His children are May, Fred- erick and Ora, all at home.

Upon the home farm S. T. Smith was reared in much the usual manner of farmer boys, acquiring his education in the public schools of the locality and assisting in the labors of the fields. After his marriage in 1875 he remained on the farm for five years, but in 1880 he accepted the position of fore- man of the chemical works of W. W. Mumford. of Starrucca, filling that responsible position with ability for three years, and winning the approval at all times of his employer. He then returned to the old homestead, which he has since successfully operated.

In 1875 Mr. Smith married Miss Ada Rey- nolds, of Preston, Wayne county, a daughter of Eldridge and Mary Reynolds, early settlers of Pres- ton township, formerly from Rhode Island. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Smith was a prominent teacher of Wayne and Luzerne counties. Three children were born to our subject and his wife, namely: Bertha, born in 1877, died at the age of four years. Ethel, born on the old homestead in 1880, began her education in the public schools. and later at- tended the Mansfield Normal in Tioga county. Penn. She is a very bright young lady, and is now a popular and successful teacher, having charge of a school in Sherman. She is one of the youngest

teachers of the county to hold a high-grade certifi- cate. Sarah, born in April, 1887, is attending the home school. Politically Mr. Smith is a stanchi Republican, is one of the active and prontinent workers of his party in Scott township, and has most acceptably served his fellow citizens in a num- ber of local offices of honor and trust. He is one of the most popular and influential men of his lo- cality, and wherever known is held in high regard. His wife is a consistent member of the Maple Hill Baptist Church, and is a most estimable lady.

H. W. COBB, a highly esteemed resident of New Milford township, Susquehanna county, has been identified for many years with the agricultural interests of that locality, but is now retired from the active management of his farm. His long and useful life furnishes a pleasing retrospect, and his success demonstrates the fact that well-directed effort in agricultural work brings substantial re- wards.

Mr. Cobb was born April 30, 1825, at Middle- town, Orange Co., N. Y., where his paternal ances- tors located at an early period. Zipron Cobb, his fatlier, was born in Orange county, February 20, 1776, and became a wealthy farmer at Middletown, where he died in September, 1846. He and his wife were devout members of the Baptist Church, in which he held the office of deacon for a number of years. He was married in New York State to Rebecca Byron, a native of New Jersey, who was born in March. 1781, and survived him only forty- four hours. Their remains now rest at the old farm in Orange county. They had nine children. our subject being the youngest ; Hannah married Aaron Cobb; Arena married Zipron Cobb, a cousin ; Phoebe married Holloway Kirby; Rebecca married Noah Kirby; Mariam married Denmore Decker ; Zipron married Sarah Crane; Byron; Henry L. married Julia Barrett, and now resides on a farm in Jackson township, Susquehanna county.

Our subject was reared to farm work, and after the death of his parents was employed for some time among the farmers of the locality. Through careful management of his resources he was able to purchase a farm one-half mile from Middletown, and at the age of twenty-nine he settled upon the place, remaining four years. He then sold out and removed to Susquehanna county, locating at Hart Lake on a farm now occupied by his son. Prof. Willis R. Cobb. There he resided for thirty-nine years, and then made his home at his present tarn !. In politics he is a strong Republican, and for over fifty years he lias been a member of the Methodist Church, in which he was a trustee for about twenty years. In 1854, two years after coming to Suspue- hanna county, he made a visit to his native county, where he was married on March 30th of that year to Miss Minerva J. Dwan. Of the ten children of this union, five are living. ( 1) Henry W., born April 13, 1855. married Lola Miller, and resides on a farm in New Milford township. (2) Jolin H.,

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born September 8, 1856, died September 7, 1886, married Bertha Miiller. (3) Leabdor R., born Au- gust 17, 1858, married Angeline Griffin, and died March 21, 1883. (4) Wims R., born November 20, 1860, married Jennie Burdick and resides on a farm in New Milford township. He is prominent in Church work and is superintendent of a Sabbath- school. (5) Etta E .. born March 18, 1862, mar- ried Fred Dean, a farmer in New Milford town- ship. (6) Bennie 2., born April 4, 1864, married Lottie Griffin, and settled upon a farm in New Mil- ford township. (7) Edith W., born June 25, 1866, married Sherman Griffin, a farmer of Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county. (8) Minnie M., born September 28, 1868, died September 28, 1869. (9) Alma L., born September 20, 1871, died Febru- ary 4, 1882. (10) Alva, born December 4, 1873, died June 18, 1875.

Mrs. Minerva J. (Dwan) Cobb is a member of an old and respected family of New York State, and was born August 5, 1835, at Walkill, Orange coun- ty. Peter Dwan, Mrs. Cobb's father, was born and reared in Orange county, whence, in 1857, he re- moved to a farm in Sullivan county, N. Y., where he died in April, 1861, aged sixty years. He mar- ried Mrs. Jane ( Van Auken) Purdy, widow of Isaac Purdy, and she survived him; she came to Susquehanna county in 1862, to make her home with our subject. She died September 28, 1874, aged seventy-six years, seven months, and her re- mains were interred at New Milford. By her first marriage she had three children : Louisa, whe. married John King, and died in Michigan; Lean- der, who died in Michigan; and Isaac ( deceased), formerly a physician of Sullivan county, N. Y. By her marriage to Peter Dwan she also had three children: Mary (deceased), who married Hagert Drake; John (deceased), who was a physician at Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; and Minerva J. (Mrs. Cobb).

CHARLES S. PAGE, justice of the peace, and a veteran of the Civil war, is a prominent resi- dent of New Milford, Susquehanna county, and after many years of successful effort as a manufacturer has turned to agricultural pursuits. His popularity among the citizens of his locality has been shown by his frequent election to offices of trust and re- sponsibility, and at one time he served as register, recorder, and clerk of the Orphans Court for Sus- quehanna county.

Mr. Page is descended from good New England ancestry, and his great-grandfather, Peter l'age, was a resident of Vermont. Levi Page, his grand- father, was born in 1787, in Vermont, and came to Susquehanna county in 1816, locating first in Jack- son-township, and later in New Milford township, where he engaged in farming. He was married in Vermont to Priscilla Ingalls, who was born June 25, 1793. Their children were: Amanda, born De- cember 16, 1800; Evra. August 23, 1811 ; Elihu, May 27, 1813; Levi S., May 31, 1815; Calvin J., June 27, 1817; Eber D., May 6, 1819; Hannah MI., May

17, 1820; Amos I., September 12, 1822; Rosman I .. September 3, 1824; Marietta M., July 27, 1826; Seth W., May 4, 1828; Louisa P., December -, 1830; Josepn N., May 16, 1836; Williston J., March 2, 1840. Levi S., Rosman I., Marietta M. and Wil- liston J. are yet living. Levi S. resides in Susque- hanna, where he has been active in politics for many years, having served for thirty-five years as justice of the peace, and he has also been county commis- sioner.

Eilhu Page, the father of our subject, was born at Hardwick, Caledonia Co., V't., and accompanied his parents to this section. For many years he fol- lowed lumbering, operating a sawmill at different points in Susquehanna county, but later he devoted his attention to farmning at Lakeside, New Milford township. He was a man of standing in his locality, and at times held township offices including those of tax collector and constable. In religious taith he was a Methodist, and he died in that faith January 4, 1899, his remains being interred at New Milford. In 1836 he was married, in Susquehanna county, to Miss Eunice M. Hill, a native of New Hampshire, who was born : in 1814, and died August 7, 1891. She was a member of the Baptist Church, and be- longed to an old family of pioncers. Her parents, Ichabod and Mary ( Durkee) Hill, came to this section in 1817 from the vicinity of the Hudson river, in New York State, and settled upon a farm in Jackson township, Susquehanna county. Our subject was the eldest of a family of four children. the others being: Clara M. (deceased), who mar- ried Gilbert S. Johnson, of Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county ; Calvin I., who married Miss Elizabeth Doloway, and resides in Binghamton. N. Y., where he is employed on the police force : and Elmer F., who married Miss Nellie Walker, and located at Binghamton, where he holds the position of superintendent in a chair factory.

'Squire Page was born October 26. 1838. in Bridgewater township, Susquehanna county, and remained with his parents until he attained his ma- jority. At the age of twenty years he began teach :- ing in the district schools of his township, and later he taught in Broome county, N. Y., and Wyoming county, Penn., continuing about three years. While in charge of a graded school in the latter locality he decided to enlist in the Union army, and on August 19, 1862, he joined Schooley's Independent Battery, being mustered in at Pittston. Later th.s battery joined the Second Pennsylvania Heavy Ar- tillery, and Mr. Page was afterward transferred on orders from the War Department, to the Signal Corps, with which he remained until discharged. as sergeant, in June, 1865, at Portsmouth Grove, K.

I. He tock part in Sherman's campaign, and on February 6, 1865, was wounded in the right foot in a skirmish in South Carolina. He spent some time in a hospital at Wilmington, N. C., and was then transferred to another at Portsmouth Grove. K. I. On returning home he purchased a furniture fac- tory at Lakeside, which he operated from 1865 to

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1885. In the latter year he was elected register, recorder and clerk of the Orphians Court, and dur- ing his term the factory was conducted by others. Since his retirement from office he has purchased his present homestead, where he is engaged in gen- . eral farming. He has held various township offices, and in 1890 was elected justice of the peace, to which position he was re-elected in 1895. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and he is active in religious work as a member of the Methodist Church, in which he is now serving as steward and trustee.

At the age of twenty-seven Mr. Page was mar- ried, in Wyoming county, Penn., to Miss Ella Hough, a native of New Jersey, and a daughter of Francis and Kate (Clark) Hough. She died June 20, 1879, aged thirty-seven, and was buried at New Milford. On March 18, 1882, Mr. Page was married in Gibson township, Susquehanna county, to Miss Sarah Whitmarsh, who was born in Eng- land, daughter of William and Mary ( Clark ) Whit- marsh. Her death occurred June 20, 1893, and on June 12, 1895, the 'Squire married Miss Carrie Stoddard, a native of New Milford township, and daughter of Horace S. and Mary ( Harris) Stod- dard, her father being a well-known resident of Lakeside. By his first marriage 'Squire Page had two sons: Frank E., who died when twenty-one vears of age; and Glenn C., who married Miss Mabel Sieverson, and resides in Kingston, Penn .. where he is employed as receiving teller of the Wy- oming Valley Trust Co. Previous to his appoint- ment to this position he was principal of a school" at Sanitaria Springs, N. Y .. and also at Chenango Forks, N. Y. There were four children by the sec- ond union : Hugh S., Lena M., Harry L. and Ruth E., all at home, and by the third marriage there is one son, Bruce L.

HUGH B. SMITH, a traveling saleman now residing in Nicholson, Wyoming county, is a native of Wayne county, born at Gouldsboro, October 8, 1867, and is a son of Louis R. and Christina (Baillie) Smith, a sketch of whom is given on page 926 in connection with that of David B. Smith, a brother of our subject. He remained with his par- ents until eighteen years of age when he went to Nanticoke, Penn., and entered the employ of Albert J. Massy & Co., in the crockery business. When they removed to Easton, Penn., nine months later, he continued with them, representing them on the road for two years or until they abandoned business. He then went to Scranton, this State, and entered the service of the crockery firm of Carson, Clements & Co., traveling for thiem for two years. The fol- lowing three years he was with Clark Brothers of Trenton, N. J., and then conducted tlie Hotel Clif- ford, at Clifford, Susquehanna Co., Penn., for one year. At the end of that time, however, he returned to Clark Brothers and remained with them for five years, accepting his present position with Loren & Lane, of New York City, in July, 1897. He is a popular salesman who casily wins and retains the

confidence and respect of his employers and many patrons. He is a worthy representative of one of the best taniilies of Wayne county, and has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Politically he is identified with the Republican party, and socially affiliates with the Odd Fellows Lodge of New- foundland.

At Nicholson, Penn., November 26, 1891, MIr. Smith was married to Miss Minnie M. Hinkley, the ceremony being performed by his brother, Rev. H. A. Smith. They now have two children: Leah B. and Grace A. Mrs. Smith was born in Scott, Lacka- wanna Co., Penn., in July, 1875, and is a daughter of George S. and Clara C. (Grosvenor) Hinkley, also natives of Scott. They now reside, however, in Nicholson, where the father has conducted the Nicholson Hotel for the past twelve years. He was born February 22, 1854, his wife in 1856. Their children are Minnie, wife of our subject; and Morris, Elmer and May, all at home.

THOMAS F. BRODERICK, who was for several years railroad engineer, and is now one of the leading merchants in Hawley, Wayne county, was born at Honesdale, September 12. 1863. His father, Thomas E. Broderick, a retired farmer of Hawley, was born in County Galway, Ireland, No- vember 16, 1834. a son of John and Mary ( Hogan) Broderick, of Galway, where the latter died in 1841, aged forty years. Six years later John Broderick came to America, landing at Quebec, Canada, from there went to Vermont, where he engaged in farm- ing for a year. thence came to Wayne county, Penn., and after living several years in Mt. Pleasant town- ship returned to Vermont on a visit to a brother and his daughter. He died there in 1871, aged eighty years, and his remains were interred in a Catholic cemetery in that State.

Thomas E. Broderick (our subject's father ) was married in Mt. Pleasant, Wayne county, March 23, 1856, by Father Shields. to Miss Aun O'Donnell, who was born in County Mayo, Ireland, June 24, 1835, a daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Kelly) O'Donnell, of that county, where the father died in 1842. Mrs. O'Donnell came to the United States in 1847, and after spending four months in New York, went to New Orleans, later removed to Hones- dale, and from there to Pittston, Penn., where she died in 1873, aged seventy-eight years. Both she and lier husband were communicants of the Catho- lic Church. To Thomas E. and Ann (O'Donnell) Broderick were born the following children: Mary E., who died at the age of five years : John, a rail- road nian of Hawley, who married Sabina Gallifer ; Margaret, deceased wife of Michael Shelby, a rail- road man of the same place ; Thomas F., the subject of this sketch; Mary, wife of Luke Richardson, of Hawley ; Catherine, a resident of Phillipsburg, N. J .; Anna, at home ; Michacl F., a telegraph operator at Yonkers, N. Y .; Nellie J., at home; and James and Charles ( both deceased ).

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 94

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