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John Shupp's death, which occurred April 5,
1904, was sad in the extreme, he being killed by the running away of the horses of Fire Engine Company, 'No. 2, who were on their way to a fire. The rear wheels of the engine slid along the street car tracks on East Market street and the Public Square. the horses turning to South Main street, and when the wheels cleared the car tracks, the engine nearly upset, bending an axle and throwing the driver. Thomas Gaffney, Sr., to the ground. The three maddened horses, be- ing without a driver, started toward South Main street at a rapid rate of speed. The brakes were applied, and the fireman on the engine ran ahead and succeeded in getting hold of the lines, but did not succeed in stopping the horses at this time. Mr. Shupp with Adam Endler was running to the scene of the fire on Public Square. and when in front of the Bon Ton millinery store on South Main street they saw the three horse team'of Steamer No. 2 approaching at a furious rate. Mr. Endler and Mr. Shupp jumped toward the team to stop them, and with one leap Mr. Shupp clasped the bridle of the nearest horse and the next instant the animal had felled him to the ground and the engine wheels, passed over his neck and body, crushing his form into an un- recognizable mass. Some of the bystanders car- ried the body into Tuck's drug store on South Main street. Several physicians were soon on the spot, but before ten minutes had elapsed his life ebbed away. Thus, in trying to prevent the runaway horses from doing damage on the crowded street, he died. a victim to his self-sac- rificing effort. The runaway horses were stopped by driver Michael Murray, of Chemical No. 10. driving in front of them on South Main street. Mr. Shupp was forty-seven years old at the time of his death. just in the prime of life. His remains were interred in the old Kern plot at Forty Fort, in which are also buried his maternal grandparents, Daniel and Katurah (Pringle) Gardner, who celebrated their golden wedding in 1880. H. E. H.
FAIRCHILD FAMILY. The family repre- sented by Henry S. Fairchild, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, is of English origin and was planted in Connecticut during the colonial period. Prior to the Revolutionary war, three brothers immigrated to what was then the unexplored west. One of these brothers, John Fairchild, settled in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, and be- came the founder of the branch of the family hereinafter mentioned.
Solomon Fairchild, son of the aforesaid John Fairchild, remained with his father and became
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the owner of about three hundred acres of land which subsequently became very valuable. it be- ing a portion of the Wyoming Valley Anthracite coal field. A portion of said land was included in the survey for the borough of Nanticoke, in- corporated January 31, 1874, and is now ( 1906) the western portion of said town. By will, this land became the property of the three sons who remained at home. His wife was Elizabeth Lut- sey, and the following named children were born to them : Margaret, Priscilla, Rosanna, Anna, Elizabeth, Isabella. Mary, William, who emi- grated west to Indiana; and John. Solomon and Abraham, who are the three referred to above, and mentioned at length hereinafter. Abraham married Hannah Miller, now ( 1906) deceased, and their children are: Lizzie, Anna, Mary, Car- oline, Milton, Agness and Wesley, and Bennie, deceased. Solomon married Sarah Robins, now ( 1906) deceased, and their children are: Am- brose, Frank, George, Lincoln, Lizzie, Lynda, Minnie and Grace. About the year 1870 Abra- ham and Solomon, last above mentioned, sold their properties in and near Nanticoke to the Sus- quehanna Coal Company, and moved their fam- ilies. Abraham to near Montandon, Pennsyl- vania, and Solomon near Milton, Pennsylvania.
John Fairchild, older brother of Abraham and Solomon, was born in 1814 in the old Fairchild homestead, which is still ( 1906) doing service as a farm residence. He was a farmer, owning fifty acres of his father's estate, was a man of con- siderable means and influence, and one of the pillars of the Presbyterian Church of Nanticoke, aiding very materially in building the church edi- fice and maintaining the same thereafter, and an ever faithful attendant when health permitted. He married Martha Line, a daughter of Henry Line, who also emigrated from Connecticut and settled near the Fairchild property, and their children are: Anna E., died 1883 ; Henry S., Al- fred, Martha L .. and John M. John Fairchild died 1879, and his widow died 1883.
John M. Fairchild at the death of his father purchased from his brother and sister heirs the largest portion of his father's farm, which had been platted as town property, and after disposing of same to individual lot purchasers, he bought a farm two miles west of Berwick, Pennsylvania, where he now ( 1906), in addition to farming con- ducts a large dairy business. He married Clara B. Wolfe, and their children are: William J., Wesley B., Minnie and Laura. ·
Martha L. Fairchild married Olaf F. Ferris,' and their children are: Ada, John H., Martha, and Olaf. After disposing of her interests in her
father's estate to her brother, John M., they pur- chased a farm adjoining Berwick, Pennsylvania, on the west, which has since become a part of the town, and known as West Berwick. They are living retired.
Alfred Fairchild married Euphemia Garringer and their children are: Laura M., Irven D., Ger- trude and Minnie. Previous to the death of his father he purchased a farm near Three Rivers, Michigan, on which he moved his family and fol- lowed farming until his son was married, when he retired and moved to Three Rivers.
Anna E. Fairchild married William Fairchild (a descendant of a brother of the founder of the family represented by this sketch). She died Jan- uary 20, 1883, and Mr. Fairchild died February I, 1903. Their children are: Washington Mon- roe, deceased ; Anderson, deceased ; Harvey W., married Lucy Rhinard, and now a prosperous farmer, adjoining West Berwick. Pennsylvania ; and Edith L. and Edna L., living retired in their mother's home at the corner of West Main and Hanover streets, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. The property of Anna E. Fairchild was successfully managed by her husband during his lifetime, and at his death divided equally between the living children.
Henry S. Fairchild was born March 18, 1839, at Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, where he has resided his whole life. He received his education in the common schools of his native township, Tewport. He married Louisa Robins, daughter of John and Sarah Carter Robins, January 22, 1863, and their children are: Charles L., Fannie I. and Harry C. He rented the Squire John Robins farm, and moved on and began working same April 1, 1865, and continued farming same until April 1, 1883. At the death of his father he and his brother John M. were appointed administrators, and they to- gether settled the principal part of the estate. After John M. moved out of Luzerne county, H. S. has been the acting administrator. In settling this estate he became the owner of the West Nan- ticoke flour and feed mill property, which he op- erated from 1883 to 1888. He was also inter- ested in various enterprises. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Nanti- coke, being a stockholder therein, and is now (1906) serving the same in the capacity of di- rector. He also was one of the organizers of the Nanticoke Light Company (the first electric light company in the borough), and served as direc- tor from the organization and was president of the board at the time the Citizens' Electric Light, Heat and Power Company bought the Nanticoke Light Company. He is a stockholder in the Nan-
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ticoke Ice Company and is serving the same as director, treasurer and general manager. He has served several terms as a member of the borough council. In national and state politics he is conceded to be a Republican, but in local affairs he supports those in his judgment best fitted for the office.
Charles L. Fairchild was born August 21, 1864, at Nanticoke, where he has thus far passed his life. He was educated in the public schools of his native borough, and also at Eastman's Na- tional Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York. When old enough he assisted his father on the farm, afterward in the milling business, acting as bookkeeper and salesman. He is now (1906) engaged by the Nanticoke Ice Company in the capacity of superintendent. He is a char- ter member of the Nanticoke National Bank, and since its organization has served as director and secretary for the board of directors. He is now serving the borough of Nanticoke in the capacity of secretary for the town council, which position he has held for six years. He is a member of Keystone Commandery, No. 23. A. and I. O. Knights of Malta, and of Nanticoke Lodge, No. 541, Free and Accepted Masons. He married Grace V. Thomas, June 27, 1888, and their child- ren are : Vida I., Enola G., Lois M., Marion C., and Emma Louise.
Fannie I., sister of Charles L. and Harry C. Fairchild, was born August 7, 1866, at Nanti- coke. Her education was received in the bor- ough schools and Nanticoke and the Blooms- burg State Normal School. At an early age she began the study of music, and has since the age of eleven been very active in church, choir and Sunday-school music. In 1887 she married Sam- tel C. Beidleman, then a (saddler ) harness-maker in Nanticoke. He was later engaged by the Cen- tral railroad of New Jersey at the Buttonwood transfer office, and now ( 1906) is with the Amer- ican Car and Foundry company, Berwick, Penn- sylvania. Mrs. Beidleman has since their re- moval to Berwick, (four years) been organist for the First Presbyterian Church of Berwick, in which is a very fine pipe organ.
Harry C. Fairchild, brother of Charles L. and Fannie I. Beidleman, was born September 16, 1869, at Nanticoke. He received his education in the public schools of Nanticoke, also at the Harry Hillman Academy, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He began his active career with the Central rail- road of New Jersey at Nanticoke, later was with same company at Wilkes-Barre, and then accepted a position under same management operating a railroad at Shawnee, Oklahoma Territory, re-
maining one year. He then accepted his present position, that of freight agent for the Wyoming and Lackawanna railroad company, familiarly known as the Laurel line. at Wilkes-Barre. He is a member of Nanticoke Lodge, No. 541, Free and Accepted Masons. In politics he is a Re- publican, thus adhering to the traditions of the family. He married, June 2, 1892, Laura Diet- rich, born July 29, 1869, and they are the parents of two children, Russel D. and Evelyn.
H. E. H.
WILLIAM ALDEN FAIRCHILD. Solo- mon Fairchild was born in Newport township. July 28, 1804, and died there June 22, 1848. He followed agricultural pursuits and was a very successful farmer in Luzerne county, Pennsyl- vania. He married Elizabeth Alden, born No- vember 27, 1807, who was a descendant of one of the earliest settlers of Wyoming valley. They had the following children: Rachel, born De- cember 16, 1828; John, August 20, 1830; Ro- sannah, October 21, 1832; William Alden, Feb- ruary 7. 1837, mentioned hereinafter ; and Mar- garet, born January 19, 1843.
William Alden Fairchild, second son and fourth child of Solomon and Elizabeth ( Alden) Fairchild, was born in Newport township, Penn- sylvania, February 7, 1837. £ The first years of his life were spent in the town of his birth, and he attended the common school of the day until the age of eleven years, when. upon the death of his father, he went to live with Abraham Line, of Newport, a boatman on the canal, for whom he commenced working at the early age above men- tioned. He continued with Mr. Line for a num- ber of years on boats plying between Nanticoke and Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and var- ious points in the vicinity of Chesapeake Bay. In 1860 William A. Fairchild abandoned canal work, having bought a farm at Dorrance, Pennsylvania, which he cultivated for about four years, and on which two of his children were born. At the end of this time he again took up work on the canal. In 1864 he commenced business for himself, and having served such a thorough apprenticeship, made a complete success of this undertaking. He continued to conduct his business on the canal until 1872, when he gave up this field of labor permanently. He resided on a farm in Hanover township until 1888, when he removed to Nanti- coke, where he built a commodious dwelling, in which he lived, retired from business, for four- teen years prior to his death, February 1. 1903. His widow and several of his children are still oc- cupants of this home. He was buried in Han-
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over Green cemetery, Hanover township, Penn- sylvania.
Mr. Fairchild was one of the wealthiest, most progressive, and highly respected citizens of Nan- ticoke, and was always ready to give such as- sistance as was in his power to forward any move- ment which promised well for the public good. During the last five years of his life his summers were spent with his family at Lilly Lake, in the beautiful cottage which he had erected there. His political support was always given to the Repub- lican party. He was a strong supporter and regular attendant of the Presbyterian church, to which his children also belong. His widow is a Methodist in religion. He was one of the or- ganizers, a director and stockholder of the First National Bank of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, and formerly a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Nanticoke.
Mr. Fairchild married (first). February 14. 1861, Anna Elizabeth Fairchild, born September 12, 1837, in Newport township. daughter of John and Martha (Line) Fairchild, of Newport town- ship, and they had five children: Washington Monroe, born in Dorrance, Pennsylvania, Jan- uary 10, 1862, died January 4, 1887. Ander- son Clarence, born in Dorrance, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1863, died February 27, 1870. Har- vey William, born at Nanticoke, August 16, 1866, now residing in Berwick. Edith Lillian, born September 17, 1870, at Nanticoke. Edna Letitia, born at Nanticoke, November 10, 1874. Anna Elizabeth (Fairchild) Fairchild died January 20, 1883. Mr. Fairchild married (second) January 16, 1889. Susan (Arnold) Engler, of Dorrance, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth ( Sliker) Ar- nold, natives of Newport township. By this marriage Mr. Fairchild had one child, Byron, born in Nanticoke, October 15, 1889.
Abraham and Elizabeth ( Sliker) Arnold, the parents of the second Mrs. Fairchild, had seven children : Catharine, Jacob, who resides in lowa ; Rebecca, married I. M. Jones, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania : Lizzie ; William, a resident of Slo- cum, Pennsylvania ; Susan, widow of William Alden Fairchild : Martha, married John Lutz, of Plains, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. Abraham Arnold died in Slocum about the year 1880, and Elizabeth, his widow, died April 4, 1885. in Lee- mine, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, at the ad- vanced age of seventy-eight years.
Susan (Arnold) Engler Fairchild married (first) August 28, 1869, Lyman G. Engler, of Dorrance, and had five children : Addie G., born September 4. 1870, married Simon Stein, resides at Dorrance, and is the mother of five children.
Bertha Elizabeth, born October 27, 1872, married Charles Thomas, resides at Nanticoke, and has four children. George W., born February 21, 1875, married Ollie Balliet, resides at Lake Nuangola, and has two children. Eldridge E., born April 21. 1877, died March 25, 1894, is buried at Stairville, Pennsylvania. Allie Viola, born July 2. 1880, died August 2, 1881, and is buried at Stairville, Pennsylvania. Mr. Engler died August 4, 1881, the same week as his daughter. H. E. H.
EDWARD H. COOLBAUGH, D. D. S. The family of which Edward H. Coolbaugh, D. D. S., of Kingston, Pennsylvania, is a represen- tative, is supposed to have been founded in this country by William Coolbaugh (or Coolbrook), whose vocation was that of sea captain, and who with his wife, Sarah ( Johnson) Coolbaugh (or Coolbrook), settled in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, from whence they removed to Monroe county, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of a number of children, a full account of whom appears in the sketch of Johnson R. Coolbaugh on another page of this work.
Peter Coolbaugh, great-grandfather of Dr. Edward H.Coolbaugh, and a descendant of Will- iam Coolbaugh (or Coolbrook), probably a son, moved to Wysox, thence to Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where his death occurred August 13, 1840, aged fifty-nine years and six months. By his marriage to Eleanor Jacobs, who died August 25, 1855, aged seventy-nine years and five months, he had William, see forward ; Ben- jamin : Aaron : Eli: Susan, married Ephraim King : Lovina, married (first) a Mr. Moore, and (second) a Mr. Barney : Sarah, married (first) a Mr. Decker, and (second) a Mr. Green; Marv. born March, 1819. married John Marcy, of Old Forge. Pennsylvania, and died 1887. Peter Cool- baugh was a farmer by occupation, and a Demo- crat in politics.
William Coolbaugh, eldest son of Peter and Eleanor (Jacobs) Coolbaugh, was born June 26, 1801, died February 27, 1877. He married Anna Diamond, who died October 27, 1887, aged eighty-eight years. Their children were: Ran- som, born August 13. 1821, died February 21, 1904, married Betsy Whitlock : Polly A., born February 26, 1823. died February 8, 1887, mar- ried Tared Marcy : Benjamin, born July 19, 1825. see forward ; Eleanor, born January 11, 1828, died August 12, 1898. married George Nafeus ; Nancy, born June 1, 1830; John, born August 21, 1832, died December 30. 1860: William, born December 9, 1834, married Mary Winters ; Caro-
Cherufawall
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line, born August 20, 1837, died May 20, 1886, married Aaron Ganerger ; Irwin, born September 16. 1839, died April 14, 1852 ; Eliza, born June 22, 1842, died January 8, 1898; Hannah, born Aug- ust 8, 1844, died April 14, 1853.
Benjamin Coolbaugh, second son of William and Anna (Diamond) Coolbaugh, was born July 19, 1825, in Wyoming county, Pennsylvania. He followed the quiet but useful calling of agricul- ture, and his operations were conducted in his na- tive county, where his entire life was passed. He served as a justice of the peace twenty years, and also school director for many years, and his in- cumbency was noted for efficiency and trust- worthiness. He married Jane Gay, born in Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, 1832, who bore him eight children, five of whom are living at the present time ( 1905) : Dr. Edward H., men- tioned hereafter ; Irwin, a resident of Forty Fort, married Lizzie Pettibone; George, a resident of Jackson township, married Elizabeth Baker, of Wyoming ; Jennie, married William Johnson, of Trucksville ; and Myrtle, a resident of Dallas, married Marie Creasy. The mother of these chil- dren died July 3, 1894.
Edward H. Coolbaugh. D. D. S., eldest son of the surviving children of Benjamin and Jane ( Gay) Coolbaugh, was born in Exeter township, Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1851. He was educated in the Wyoming county com- mon schools, and in Wyoming Institute, from which he was graduated with the class of 1873. He then became a student in the Baltimore Col- lege of Dentistry, graduating therefrom as Doc- tor of Dental Surgery in 1877. He located first for practice at Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, where he lived nine years, and in 1886 removed to Kingston, Pennsylvania, his present place of residence and practice. His business life is de- voted to his profession, and his home life to the comfort of his family. He takes an active in- terest in the welfare of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his family are members, and in the advancement of the cause of temperance in the community in which he resides. If he takes part in politics it is as an advocate of the right teachings of the Prohibition party. He is also a stanch supporter of educational institutions, and for nine years served in the capacity of school director.
Dr. Coolbaugh married, October 2, 1877. Lillie A. Kleintob. daughter of Nathan and Mary (Swenk) Kleintob, of Fairmount township, Pennsylvania. During the war of 1861-65 Na- than Kleintob was musician to the Seventh Penn- sylvania Reserves.
Dr. and Mrs. Coolbaugh
have two children : Thomas S., born December 10, 1878, an employee of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western Railroad Company ; and Emily J., born August 9, 1880, a school teacher.
H. E. H.
LAWALL FAMILY. Elmer Henry Lawall, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Treasurer of the International Correspondence Schools of Scran- ton, was born in Bethlehem, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, December 7, 1861, son of Allen Jacob and Maria (Toengeous ) Lawall.
Allen Jacob Lawall was born near Easton, Le- high county, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1841. He acquired his early education in the Moravian schools of that vicinity and at Bethlehem. He then for some years pursued mechanical work, and eventually entered into the service of the Bethlehem Steel Company. Mr. Lawall is a man of quiet habits, an excellent type of the Moravian Church follower, temperate in all things, honor- able in his dealings with men, and upright in his daily walk. He is a Mason and takes a deep and commendable interest in the welfare of the craft. His wife was Maria Toengeous, and of their seven children, four are now living: Elmer Henry, born December 7, 1861, of whom later. Marie Antoinette, wife of C. J. Gapp, of Bethle- hem, of the Bethlehem "Times." Helen Eliza- beth, wife of Louis Bentley, of Bethlehem, me- chanical engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Madeline, a student at Wilson Col- lege. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
Elmer Henry Lawall, eldest child of Allen Jacob and Maria (Toengeous) Lawall, acquired his elementary education in the Moravian schools in Bethlehem, and in 1882 graduated from. Lehigh University with degree of C. E. The following year he was in the engineering department of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, in charge of the company's mines at Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and from that time to 1887, his service was re- quired as chief engineer of the Beaver Brook, Silver Brook, Black Ridge, the J. S. Wentz, the Morea, and the New Boston Coal Companies, and in addition to his general services with these com- panies he was constantly engaged in engineering enterprises on his own account. From 1887 to 1890 he was general manager of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad and Coal Companies, with headquarters in Scranton. From 1890 to 1898 was general superintendent of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, and from 1898 to the present time has been treasurer of the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton. Mr. Lawall is also present consulting
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engineer of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern Coal Company ; secretary of the Diamond Land and Improvement Company ; president of the Attica Electric Light, Water and Gas Com- pany ; consulting engineer of the American Ex- ploitation Company of Denver, Colorado; treas- urer of the Town Topics Gold Mining Company of Central City, Colorado : president of the Cleve- land and Scranton Oil Company of Cleveland, Ohio ; vice-president Sterling Mining and Milling Company of Idaho ; director of the Hazleton Iron Works ; and an expert engineer for various other corporations of like character with those prev- iously mentioned. Mr. Lawall is a member of Westmoreland Club, University Club of Philadel- phia, Euclid Club, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Coun- try Clubs of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Penn- sylvania. Elmer Henry Lawall married, June 14, 1888, Carolyn Johns, daughter of the late George Johns, coal operator of Audenreid, Penn- sylvania. Their children are: Elise, a student at Streatham, England; Marie, student at Mon- treal, Canada; and Claire, at home.
H. E. H.
LLEWELLYN FAMILY. James Llewel- lyn and Mary Evans, his wife, were natives of Wales, and were of Pembrokeshire when they de- termined to emigrate with their family to Amer- ica in 1869, less than two-score years ago. James Llewellyn in Wales had learned a trade there, and came to this country to better his own condition and that of his children, as did the Puritans of New England more than two centuries before his time. He settled in Pittston, Pennsylvania, where he was a stone contractor to the time of his death in 1902, at the age of seventy years. His wife, Mary Evans, died in 1901. Mr. Llewellyn was a member of the Masonic order, with a high standing in fraternal circles, and also was a de- voted member of the Baptist church. James Llewellyn and Mary Evans had children: I. Sarah, wife of James W. Davis, a stone mason of West Pittston, Pennsylvania. 2. George J., lawyer of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, of whom later. 3. Anna, wife of Clarence Shipman, of Norwalk, Connecticut. 4. Polly, wife of Mor- ris Bierly, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 5. Owen, contractor of Pittston, Pennsylvania. 6. John, died 1903: former business man of West Pittston : treasurer of the borough, and at the time of his death member of the West Pittston school board. 7. James Grant, business man ; member of the firm of J. D. Delahunty & Com- pany, West Pittston, Pennsylvania. 8. Eliza- beth, died 1886.
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