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JIr. Sahm married, September 17, 1872, Min- nie S. Rothrock, a daughter of the late Joseph Rothrock, for many years a resident of Ferman- agh, Juniata county, Pennsylvania. The surviv- ing members of Mr. Rothrock's family, in addi- tion to Mrs. Sahm, are as follows: John, form- erly in the City Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, now practicing his profession of medicine in St. Paul, Minnesota. Samuel, who is employed by an electrical firm of Easton, Pennsylvania. Josie, who became the wife of L. L. Seaver, of Gettys- burg, an evangelist. Clara F. and Belle, who reside at home. Mr. and Mrs. Sahm are the
parents of four children: Frank Basil Rothrock, who was educated in the common and high schools of Wilkes-Barre, and later stood an ex- amination under the United States civil service rules in Washington, D. C. He married, October 12, 1904, Margaret Marshall. Raymond Paul Rothrock, Ruth Victoria Rothrock, and Minnie Constance Rothrock Sahm, who reside at home. The family hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. H. E. H.
O'NEILL FAMILY. The O'Neills were driven from Tyrone by Cromwell's conquest, 1620, and found refuge in the mountain fast- nesses of Wicklow and Connaught. The history of the race or clan O'Neill is full of interest and its descendants, like those of the other Irish fam- ilies of ancient Ireland, are found everywhere throughout the world, many of them occupying posts of distinction under their several present flags.
Philip O'Neill, of Kilpipe, county Wicklow, Ireland, of the family known as the O'Neills of the Waste, was a descendant of the O'Neills of Tyrone, who were made to feel the effects of Cromwell's anger. This Philip married Honora Llyng. Their son Daniel O'Neill emigrated from Ireland in 1827 and came to America, and was the immigrant ancestor of the branch of the family under consideration in these annals.
Daniel O'Neill was born in Aughrim, county Wicklow, Ireland, February 2, 1801, and died in Overton, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, Au- gust 9, 1881. He married in Trenton, New Jer- sey, May 28, 1833, Bridget Hopkins, born in Ballymahan, county Longford, Ireland, daugli- ter of Patrick Hopkins. During his active bus- iness life in this country Daniel O'Neill was a contractor on public works, notably the Tide- water canal in Pennsylvania ; the Schuylkill Nav- igation canal in Pennsylvania ; and the South Amboy railroad in New Jersey .. He settled in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, in 1842, and his home was in Overton until the time of his death. Daniel O'Neill and wife Bridget Hopkins had ten children, four of whom are now living: Daniel Llyng, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania ; William P., of Denver, Colorado; James M., of Page, Cass county, North Dakota ; and Hugh, of Devil's Lake, Minnesota.
Daniel Llyng O'Neill, eldest surviving son of Daniel O'Neill and his wife, Bridget Hopkins, was born in Port Deposit, Maryland, December IO, 1835. He was educated in public schools, studied law in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with Hendrick B. Wright, and was admitted to the
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bar in Luzerne county, April 4, 1864. For forty full years Mr. O'Neill has practiced law in the courts of Pennsylvania, has argued hundreds of cases before the trial and appellate courts, has advocated the cause of clients before hundreds of juries and counselled with thousands of clients in the privacy of his office, and in all this long period and in all his intercourse with a multitude of clients it never has been said that he unworth- ily represented a case in which he was retained. Politically Mr. O'Neill is a Democrat; in relig- ious preference a Catholic. In 1866 he was elected school director in Wilkes-Barre, and was a member of the board twelve years. In 1869 he was elected to the legislature, and served one term in the lower house. In 1873 he was elected member of the city council, and served two terms in that body. For four years he was one of the directors of the poor for the central poor dis- trict of Luzerne county.
Daniel Llyng O'Neill married, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1864, Annie McDonald, daughter of Patrick McDonald, of Union town- ship, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. Their chil- dren are: Anna C., wife of James M. Boland, of Wilkes-Barre, issue, May and Daniel L. William A., attorncy-at-law, Wilkes-Barre, is with his father in business. Daniel L., Jr., principal East End school, Wilkes-Barre, married Annie Mur- phy, and they are the parents of six children : John, Ellen, Edmund, Joseph, Daniel L., Anna. John F., attorney-at-law, Wilkes-Barre, Penn- sylvania, is with his father in business. Marie Alberta, teacher, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Francis C., contractor, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania. Leon A., was a clerk Pennsylvania Rail- road Company, now a salesman in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
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ARTHUR A. CASPER, a native of Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania, was born May 17, 1884. He acquired a practical education in the public schools, being a member of the 1901 college pre- paratory class of the high school. Later he took up journalistic work on the Wilkes-Barre Times. For a year he was employed on the reportorial staff of the Wilkes-Barre News and in 1904 ac- cepted the assistant city editorship of the Wilkes- Barre Times.
Charles Casper, grandfather of Arthur A. Casper, was born in Czarnikow, Germany, 1832. He was educated in the town of his birth, and in 1852, when twenty years of age, sought a new home in the United States. He settled in New York City, where by honest efforts and hard
labor he became a prosperous merchant, dealing exclusively in furs. In 1874 he located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and there engaged in the wholesale dry goods and notion business. His eldest son Max was admitted into partner- ship in 1884, the business being then conducted under the firm name of Charles Casper & Son. He carried a large and fine assortment of goods, commanded an extensive and profitable trade, and continued in the business until his death occurred in Wilkes-Barre, August 17, 1899. He was kind and loving and gave considerable to charity. His wife Rachel, whom he married February 17, 1856, was born in Crakaw, Austria, in 1835, and died in Wilkes-Barre, December 21, 1895. To their union were born the following children : Max, December 23, 1856; Edward, April 15, 1858, one of the proprietors of the Luzerne Skirt Company of Wilkes-Barre; George, October 9, 1859; Louis, February 21, 1861 ; and Sarah Jane, June 15, 1865. Louis Casper was educated in the schools of New York, and after his father's death became associated with his brother Max in the wholesale dry goods business. On June 21, 1905, he was married to Frances Kathryn Lewith, daughter of Louis Lewith, of Wilkes-Barre. Sarah Jane Casper was married to Samuel J. Salsburg. a successful merchant of Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Salsburg are the parents of the following children: Dora, Louis, Eugene, Rachel, Harris, Charles, Mildred, Char- lotte and Rosalind.
Max Casper, father of Arthur A. Casper, was born at Lockport, New York, December 22, 1856. He attended the public schools of New York City, and after obtaining an excellent pre- liminary training started his business career. For a time he was employed in his father's store and later went to Pittsburg, where he engaged in the retail dry goods business. After his parents lo- cated in Wilkes-Barre, he moved to that city and became associated with his father. From a modest establishment on Northampton street he succeeded in building the business up to a large enterprise. For nine years the firm was located at No. 44 South Pennsylvania avenue, and in 1898 they erected a handsome three-story brick building, 42 by 120 in size, at No. 41 South Pennsylvania avenue, at which place the firm is now located. On February 25, 1883, Max Cas- per was married to Louise Price, daughter of Aaron and Rachel Price, the former having been a manufacturer in New York city. Four children were the issue of this marriage: Arthur A., born May 17, 1884, whose name appears at the head of this sketch; Carolyn, born January 1, 1886,
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graduated with honors from the Mallinckrodt convent, class of 1904 ; Rosalie, born August 28, 1893 ; and Victor, born November 26, 1898. H. E. H.
MAJOR JOHN ALFRED OPP, a well known lawyer, who has achieved a good standing in his profession as the result of close applica- tion and tireless energy in the cause of his clients, is a native of Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, having been born in the vicinity of Muncy, July 15, 1847, a son of Thomas Jefferson and Keziah (Schuyler) Opp.
Thomas Jefferson Opp was born in Lycom- ing county, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1818, son of John and Mary (Feaster) Opp. the former named having been born in Columbia county, from whence he came with three brothers- Jacob, Philip and Thomas-to Muncy, and was one of the pioneer settlers of that section. Keziah (Schuyler ) Opp was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Adam Schuyler. of Paradise township, Northumber- land county. Mrs. Opp was one of a large num- ber of children, Mrs. Sarah Lavery, a resident of Michigan, being the only one living at the pres- ent time ( 1906). Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Opp, who were members of the Baptist church, were the parents of seven children, six of whom at- tained maturity : Henry, a farmer at Muncy Creek ; John Alfred, mentioned hereafter ; Schuvler, who is engaged in the mercantile busi- ness in Idaho; Mrs. Gertrude App: Sally, wife of Phineas Albeck, of Muncy Creek, a farmer ; and William, who died in early life. The mother of these children died at the age of seventy-five years.
John Alfred Opp is indebted to the public school system of Lycoming county for his early educational privileges, and the knowledge thus gained was supplemented by attendance at Dick- inson Seminary, Williamsport, from which he was graduated in 1870. The following year he was engaged as teacher in the public schools of Muncy Creek township, Lycoming county, and in Plymouth, Luzerne county, and followed that vocation for two years. In the meantime he pur- sued a course of study in law under the precep- torship of E. H. Little, of Bloomsburg. Penn- sylvania, and was admitted to the bar of Colum- bia county February 1, 1873, and to the Luzerne county bar February 24, 1873. He possesses the attributes of industry and perseverance. and these have been the means of bringing to him numer- ous clients. Aside from his law practice Mr. Opp was identified with various important en-
terprises, among them being the Plymouth Gas Company and the Plymouth Water Company, in each of which he served as a director for a num- ber. of years, and he was instrumental in the or- ganization of both. He has devoted much time and attention to the cause of education, bringing ideas and energies that have redounded greatly to the benefit of the schools, and for twenty-five years he was a member of the board of directors of the public schools of the borough of Plymouth, where he resides.
During the years in the history of the nation when there was an urgent demand for every true- hearted citizen to aid the government, Mr. Opp offered his 'services and became a member of Company D, Seventh Cavalry Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteers, attached to the Army of the Cumberland, January, 1864. His first engage- ment was at Resaca, Georgia, then at Rome. Georgia, and the various battles around Atlanta, Georgia, the chief of which was Noonday Creek and Lovejoy Station. There were also a number of skirmishes during a period of three months. During 1865 he was with General James H. Wil- son at Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, Col- umbus, Georgia : and then went to Macon, Geor- gia, where the regiment was encamped when the war closed. The campaigns of this division were among the most interesting of any of the Civil war. From the time they left Eastport, Mis- sissippi, until they reached Macon, Georgia, they passed through a section of country remote from any mail communications, and they were obliged to subsist mainly upon what they could get from the country through which they passed. In the many engagements in which the regiment par- ticipated Mr. Opp displayed courage and gal- lantry, and was mustered out of service with his regiment at Macon, Georgia, August 23. 1865, at the close of the war. For several years he held the position of judge advocate in the Na- tional Guard of Pennsylvania, with the rank of major. He is a member of Plymouth Lodge, No. 332. Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master. He is a member of Gaylord Post, No. 109. Grand Army of the Republic, in which he has held all the offices.
Mr. Opp married, October 12, 1880, Helen Wier, now deceased, daughter of the late An- drew Wier, a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, and for many years a resident of Plymouth, Penn- sylvania. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Opp: John Howard, a student in Lehigh University, class of 1906: Elizabeth, a student at Syracuse University, class of 1907: and Helen, a student at Wyoming Seminary, class of
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1905. Mr. Opp and his family hold membership in the First Presbyterian church of Plymouth, in which body he was a member of the board of trustees for a number of years.
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ANDREW SHUPP, deceased, youngest .
son and child of Philip and Susan (Krupp) Shupp, and grandson of Colonel Philip Shupp, who was noted for his bravery during the Rev- olutionary war, was born on the old Shupp home- stead in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. where the Boston breaker is now located, July 2, 1831.
The common schools of Plymouth township, which he attended during the winter terms for a number of years, afforded Andrew Shupp the opportunity of obtaining a practical English ed- ucation. At an early age he began earning his own livelihood by working on the farm, and in 1851 he entered the general store in Plymouth conducted by his brother, Peter Shupp. (a sketch of whom appears also in this work) where he continued for many years, and was also in the service of his nephew, Charles Shupp, son of Peter Shupp, who later took charge of the store. He was compelled to relinquish his position on account of failing health, but this did not in- prove his physical condition, and he passed away at his residence in Plymouth, July 27, 1884, aged fifty-three years. In his early life he became a member of the Christian Church in Plymouth, the doctrines of which he strictly adhered to and faithfully followed in his daily walk and con- versation. He was a stanch Republican, using his influence in behalf of the interests of that party. During the Civil war period he was a member of the Home Guard of Pennsylvania, and later was drafted and served for the entire period of his enlistment, faithfully performing the varied and arduous duties assigned to him.
Mr. Shupp married, May 18, 1852, Sarah Gardner, who was born in Plymouth, Pennsyl- vania, daughter of Daniel and Katurah ( Pringle) Gardner, of Plymouth, who were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Six children were the issue of this union: 1. Thomas, born September 16, 1854, died October 28, 1856, aged two years. 2. John C., born September 11, 1856, married Emily Kern, issue : one daughter, Emily; and died April 5, 1904. A sketch of John Shupp appears elsewhere in this work. 3. George B., born August 5. 1858, died August 10, 1863, aged five years. 1. Harry G .. born August 31. 1860, married Lillie Sturdevant, daughter of Dr. S. B. Sturdevant, of Wilkes-Barre, issue: Burton
and Kenneth. 5. Walter E., born March 26, 1863, is unmarried, went to the west, locating first in Wisconsin. Mary. born May 20, 1866. Mrs. Shupp, widow of Andrew Shupp, was educated in the common schools of Plymouth. She is a member of the Christian church, and is actively and prominently identified with the work con- nected therewith, holding membership in the Ladies' Missionary Society, Ladies' Aid Society and the Christian Women's Board of Missions. She is highly esteemed in the community in which she resides, and enjoys the acquaintance of a wide circle of friends. H. E. H.
JAMES COOL, the well-known real estate dealer of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was born in Warren county, New Jersey, near Blairsville, September 11, 1861. He is a son of William and Ann (Skelton) Cool.
Abraham Cool, grandfather of James Cool, was born in Black Creek township, and for a number of wars was employed in the machine shop at Weatherly, Carbon county, Pennsyl- vania. He was a man of upright character and highly respected throughout the community in which he resided. His wife, Sarah (Smith) Cool, was born and reared near Black Creek, Pennsylvania, and bore him seven children, one of whom, James Cool, is living at the present time ( 1905) in Easton, Pennsylvania. Abraham Cool died at his home at Weatherly, aged sev- enty-seven years, and his wife passed away at the age of seventy-four years.
William Cool, father of James Cool, was born and reared in Black Creek township, Penn- sylvania, where he received his education in the district schools, and for a number of years after attaining young manhood was a dealer in horses in his native town. In addition to this, he con- ducted a large lumber business in that vicinity. In 1872 he came to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. and thereafter was engaged in trucking and gen- eral carting. He was an industrious man, and in the various lines of business to which he de- voted his attention established an enviable repu- tation for uprightness and honesty. He was united in marriage to Ann Skelton, who was born in Carlisle, Cumberland county, England, daugh- ter of Joseph Skelton, who was also of English birth, but came to America and located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he followed his trade of shoe-making until his death at the age of seventy-six. Joseph Skelton married Ann Little, a native of England, who bore him six children who are living at the present time, four
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of whom are in this country, namely : Joseph, John and Elizabeth, residents of Allentown, Penn- .sylvania, and Ann, above named as the mother of James Cool. The mother of these children died at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Eleven .children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cool, of whom six are still living, as follows: James, special subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, wife of Elmer Greenwald, of Wilkes-Barre: Hettie, wife of William Ellsworth, of Wilkes-Barre ; George, a resident of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ; Walter, a resident of Morristown, Pennsylvania ; Milton, a plumber by trade and a resident of Wilkes- Barre. The mother of these children resides with her son Milton in Wilkes-Barre. She is a member of the Presbyterian church. William Cool, the father of these children, died in Feb- ruary, 1896, aged fifty-eight years.
James Cool spent the early years of his life at White Haven until ten years of age, or 1872, when he accompanied his parents to Wilkes- Barre, where he attended school and completed his education. He then began his business career as a clerk in a store in Weatherly, Carbon county, Pennsylvania, where he remained two years, and then filled a similar position in a store in the town of Fairview, Luzerne county, where he remained five years. Desiring to see more of the world he took a position as traveling sales- man, covering in the course of his travels four- teen states, and remaining in this capacity for ten years, acquiring an excellent business educa- tion and practical experience which has been valuable to him in his business. Upon his return to Wilkes-Barre, in 1895, he opened a real estate office, combining also the buying and selling of bonds and mortgages, and during the intervening years has built up an extensive business.
On July 13, 1887, Mr. Cool was united in marriage to Miss Mary Voigt, who was born in Wilkes-Barre, the daughter of Adolph and Ap- polonia (Warner) Voigt. Mrs. Cool was one of seven children, five of whom are living, as fol- lows: Mary, wife of James Cool ; Kate, a school teacher ; Helen, wife of Marcus Smith, Jr. ; and William and Gertrude Voigt, all residing in Wilkes-Barre. The father of these children died December 26, 1886, aged forty-eight years. For many years he was connected with the Wilkes- Barre Deposit & Savings Bank, holding the re- sponsible position of cashier. Mrs. Voigt is still living at the present time ( 1905).
In politics Mr. Cool is an adherent of the prin- ciples of the Democratic party. He was for a time member of the select council of the city of Wilkes-Barre. He holds membership in the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Press Club, Westmoreland Club and Concordia Society. H. E. H.
JOHN SHUPP, deceased, for many years a representative citizen of Wilkes-Barre, was a lineal descendant of Colonel Philip Shupp, of Revolutionary fame. The line of descent is traced through Philip and Susan ( Krupp) Shupp to Andrew and Sarah (Gardner) Shupp, parents of John Shupp, the former named being de- ceased and the latter residing in Plymouth, Penn- sylvania. Sketches of Philip and Andrew Shupp apppear elsewhere in this work.
John Shupp was born in Plymouth township, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, September II, 1856. He was educated in the common schools of Plymouth and Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, and at an early age gained his first experience in earning a livelihood by picking slate in the coal breakers. Later on he became clerk for his uncle in his general store on Main street, Plym- outh, where he remained several years. In 1881 he entered into partnership with John Cooper, en- gaging in the dry goods and grocery lines, under the firm name of Shupp & Cooper, their store being located on Main street, Plymouth. This connection continued for about three years, and at the expiration of this period of time, in 1884, he engaged with Ahlborn & Co., of Wilkes-Barre, as traveling salesman, in which capacity he served for about fifteen years. In 1899 he sev- ered his connection with this firm and entered the employ of Frishmuth Brothers & Co., of Third street, Philadelphia, and traveled for them until his death. He was a Republican in poli- tics, casting his vote for the candidates of that party since attaining his majority. He served as councilman in Plymouth for one year, dis- charging the duties with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of all concerned. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, as are also his widow and daughter. He was a member of No. I Fire Company of Plymouth, and served as its treasurer for a number of years. He was also a member of the Improved Order of Hep- tasophs of Plymouth. Mr. Shupp married, May 25, 1880, Emily May Kern, daughter of John and Sophia (Creek) Kern, of Plymouth, Penn- sylvania, and one daughter was the issue, Emily Gardner, born December 3, 1882.
John Kern, father of Mrs. Shupp. was born in Newton Centre, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1821, the first son and child of George and Elsie (Barnes) Kern, whose family consisted of sev- eral children, among whom were the following:
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John, George, Charles, Barnes, Katherine and Elizabeth. George Kern, a farmer of Newton Centre, Pennsylvania, was born January 13. 1797, died March 3. 1880, aged eighty-three years. His wife Elsie ( Barnes) Kern, was born September 18. 1799. died November II. 1880, aged eighty-one years. John Kern, brother of George Kern, just mentioned, contracted the gold fever and started for California May 13, 1850, landing there August 7. 1850, via Panama, the trip costing him three hundred dollars. He con- ducted a hotel in California for some time, but this was finally destroyed by fire, causing him a total loss of two thousand five hundred dollars. John Kern, father of Mrs. Shupp, was a carpen- ter by trade and built a great many breakers in his time. He was later general superintendent of the Delaware and Hudson collieries at Boston Hill, Plymouth township, for several years, after which he entered the planing mill business with Harvey Brothers & Kern in Plymouth. He also engaged in contracting for a number of years, crecting a large number of buildings in Plym- outh, standing well up in his line. He was a Democrat in politics, a member of the Presby- terian church, and a member of the A. F. and A. M. He married. March 23, 1845, Sophia Creek, born January 20, 1820, in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, a descendant of a German ances- try. and their children were: Seymour Butler, born March 29, 1846, died June 30, 1862. John Sterling, born March 28, 1848, died September 18, 1850. Hannah Gertrude, born February II, 1852, married. November 20, 1872, Charles B. Smith, of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, issue : John Futhey, Charles Kern, Helen Gertrude, Per- cifor Robert ; they reside in West Pittston. James Grear, born May 18, 1854, was drowned in Plym- outh, May 28, 1863. aged nine years. Emily May. born May 20, 1858, was educated in the private and public schools of Plymouth and is now the widow of John Shupp, whose name heads this sketch. Hettie Sophia, born July I, 1860. married (first) William Field Bean, of Williamsport, who died January, 1898; she mar- ried (second), March 23. 1904, Robert Morris Spurge. John Kern, father of these children, died October 30. 1885, aged sixty-four years and was buried with Masonic honors in Forty Fort. His wife, who was a member of the Presbyterian church, a remarkably well preserved woman for her age, beloved by all, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. John Shupp, in Plymouth, February 26. 1901, and was buried beside her husband in Forty Fort.
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