Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 120

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin, 1837-1917; Hand, Alfred, 1835-; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921; Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1026

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Vernon and South East grammar schooy, entered Philadelphia high school in 1857, left the high school in 1859, and went with John C. Savery, 809 Market street, to learn the drug business, and attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy one full term and part of another. He gave up his studies and business to enlist in the Fifteenth Regiment (Anderson) Volunteer Cavalry (One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers), August 20, 1862. This regiment was in the battle of Antietam, and immediately afterward joined the Army of the Cumberland, engaged mostly in special service, but was in the battles of Stone River and Chickamauga. He was ministered out with the regiment at the close of the war, June 21, 1865, having served nearly three years. Arriving home he entered the drug store of Bullock & Crenshaw, then at Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, remained with them one year, then engaged in the grocery business with his brother, at 869 North Tenth street. The business was sold out in April, 1868, and he took a position with the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, shipping by canal all the Bessemer steel rails used by the Lehigh Coal and Naviga- tion Company in the construction of the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad between Easton and Mauch Chunk. In September, 1868, he went to Mauch Chunk, in the office of the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad, under the late James A. Dinkey, and removed his family to that place in April, 1869. He remained in the employ of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company until Sep- tember. 1870, when he accepted a position as bookkeeper with Thomas Brodrick & Company, at the Nottingham and Reynolds collieries, at Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Brodrick & Company sold out January 1, 1872, to the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, with whom he remained until January 1, 1874, when the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Company was organized, which company acquired, among others, the Notting- ham and Reynolds collieries. Mr. Marple re- mained at Plymouth with his company, which then had, in addition to the above, the Lance, Gaylord and Dodson collieries, the two last named being given up when the company went into the hands of receivers, February 12, 1877. He was transferred to the New York office of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company in September, 1881, and in August, 1883, was transferred to their office in Wilkes-Barre as auditor, the next year being made paymaster in addition to the other duties, having charge of accounts and sup- plies, which position he still holds. He is a past master of Plymouth Lodge, No. 332, F. and A.

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M., Plymouth ; and a member of Valley Chapter, Mt. Horeb Council, Dieu Le Vieut Commandery, and Irem Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ; also of Conyngham Post, G. A. R., and Encamp- ment No. 134, U. V. L.

Mr. Marple married. January 31, 1861, Annie Eliza Phillips, daughter of George G. and Mary (Stewart ) Phillips, of Philadelphia. They had: Mary, married J. P. Jones; Lilly W .; Emma Stewart Coe; and George Lukens, died in infancy. H. E. H.

DAVID H. LAKE, M. D., physician and surgeon, Kingston, is a native of Wales, born in Carmarthen, July 26, 1864. He is a son of the Rev. Lot and Margaret (Hughes) Lake, natives of Wales, and representatives of English and Welsh ancestors, respectively, the former's grandparents having migrated to this country from Wiltshire, England. Dr. David H. Lake entered upon his life career with admirable prep- aration. Inheriting the sterling traits of charac- ter which mark the races whence he sprung, he came to the United States at so tender an age ( nine years) that he grew up with all the in- stincts and ambitions of a native born American, and he was afforded the best educational advan- tages.

Upon the emigration of his parents to the United States they located in Youngstown, Ohio, where they remained for four years. They re- moved thence to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and in 1885 returned to Youngstown, Ohio. These mi- ' grations were necessitated by the calling of the father, who was a clergyman of the Congrega- tional Church, and whose worth as a minister and pastor received cordial affirmation wherever his work called him. David H. Lake received careful preparation for Marietta College in the "School of the Lackawanna" and under the pri- vate tutorship of his father. After graduation he taught school for a time in Scranton, Pennsylva- nia, and then entered upon a course of medical instruction under the careful preceptorship of Dr. Allen, a local practitioner of high professional attainments, and a most estimable gentleman. He completed his studies in the famous old Jefferson . Nome, Alaska.

Medical College, of Philadelphia, from which he was graduated M. D. with the class of 1885. He then received appointment as resident physician of the Blockley Hospital in Philadelphia, where he remained fourteen months, this service afford- ing him exceptional opportunity for observing and treating a wide range of ailments. For some time afterward he was engaged in practice with

Dr. Wentz. in Drifton, Pennsylvania, at the same time having charge of the hospital there. In 1886 he located permanently in Kingston, where his professional skill and genial personality have gained for him cordial recognition and a large and excellent practice.

For the last five years he has been the local surgeon of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.

Dr. Lake married, December 27, 1889. Miss Mary Leyshon, a daughter of Thomas Leyshon, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, and two daughters, Louisa and Margaret, grace the family circle.

H. E. H.

EDWARD EVERETT HOYT was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1859, and is a direct descendant of Simon Hoyt, who was the first of the Hoyt family who emigrated to New England, his arrival there being prior to or during the year 1629. The line of ancestry is traced to Daniel Hoyt, who removed from Dan- bury, Connecticut, to Wyoming about 1795, and he was the pioneer emigrant of that name in that section. The name of his first wife was Anne Gunn, and his second was Sylvina Pierce, daugh- ter of Abel Pierce, of Kingston. Lieutenant Ziba Hoyt, son of Daniel Hoyt, was a native of Danbury, Connecticut, and removed with his father to Wyoming. He married, January 23. 1815, Nancy Hurlburt, daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth ( Mann) Hurlburt, and a de- scendant of Lieutenant Thomas Hurlburt, a na- tive of England, where he was born about 1615, and emigrated to New England in his early man- hood. John Dorrance Hoyt, son of Lieutenant Ziba and Nancy (Hurlburt) Holt, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, where he always resided, followed farming till retiring, and died June 16, 1897. He married Elizabeth Goodwin, daughter of the late Abraham Goodwin, of Kingston, a descendant of a New England extraction. She died in 1893, having borne to her husband three chil- dren : Edward Everett; Augusta, who resides with her brother, Edward Everett: and Henry M., a lawyer and United States attorney at

Edward Everett Hoyt, son of John Dorrance and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Hoyt, was educated at the Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, and at La- fayette College, graduating from the latter insti- tution in the class of 1878. He read law with A. H. Dickson and T. H. Atherton, and was ad- mitted to the bar of Luzerne county, September 17, 1880. He was on the board of the seven

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years' auditors, and was a director of the public schools of Kingston for a number of years. He is an assiduous student and a worker in the ranks of his profession, and hence gained an enviable reputation among the members of the fraternity and an extensive and remunerative clientage. He is a Republican in politics, and exercises much in- fluence in behalf of the party whose principles he advocates. H. E. H.

THE MATLACK FAMILY. The best element in the population of Pennsylvania has ever been supplied by the descendants of those English Friends who came with William Penn to colonize the province which bears his name. The Matlack family, of which Dr. Granville Thomas Matlack is the present representative, is, one of those which trace their origin from these founders of the commonwealth.

Thomas Matlack was a farmer and a highly respected man. He was a member of the Pres- byterian church, and during the latter part of his life identified himself with the Republican party. He married Elizabeth McFarlan and had seven children : 1. Thomas, of whom later. 2. James, N. D., born March 23, 1833, died April 2, 1877, was educated at the school of Jonathan Gause, taught school in Chester and Berks counties for a number of years, and graduated in 1861 from Jefferson Medical College. He served as assist- ant surgeon during the greater part of the civil war, settled at Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, and was a successful physician. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church. He married, December 24, 1868, Mary J., born December I, 1845. daughter of John and Rebecca (McGlynn) Mckinney. Their children were: Eliza, born December 21, 1869, died unmarried March IO, 1891 ; and Margaret M., born August 13, 1873. married a Mr. Dunn, of Pittsburg. Dr. Mat- lack's death, at Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, was caused by an injury to the spine in a runaway accident. His widow resides at Braddock, Penn- sylvania. Dr. Matlack is buried in Allegheny county. 3. George P., born September 1. 1835, at East Brandywine, Pennsylvania, was educated at Milton Dunall's Academy, Unionville, and Franklin Taylor's school, West Chester, and was for some years a schoolmaster. He then pur- chased his father's farm on which he lived during the remainder of his life. He married, Novem- ber 25, 1864, at East Brandywine, Rachel Ann, born there in 1842, daughter of Morton and Ade- line (Thompson) Garrett. Mr. Matlack died at his native place, March 9, 1893, leaving no chil-

dren. His widow is a resident of Guthrieville. William H., M. D., born February 7, 1838, in Brooklyn, Chester county, Pennsylvania, was a physician at Downingtown. He was surgeon and served through the civil war, having charge of different field hospitals. He was a physician of prominence in his native town, took an active part in its affairs and served several terms in the state legislature. He married, August 1, 1876, Sarah Virginia, born March 21, 1853. daughter of Miller and Sarah ( Grimm Mount) Downing, and had one daughter, Jane Eliza, born March 20, 1882, at Downingtown. Dr. Matlack died at that place, July 12, 1896, and is buried in Northwood cemetery. His widow and dangh- ter reside at Downingtown, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal churchi. 5. Richard B., M. D., born January 24, 1840, at East Brandywine, graduated in 1866, from Jef- ferson Medical College, and settled at Lyndell Postoffice, Uwchlan township, Pennsylvania. He was married March 25, 1874, by Mayor Stock- ley, of Philadelphia, to R. Ann, daughter of Jesse James, of East Nantmeal, Chester county, Pennsylvania, and had : Bessie, born about 1875 ; Frank, born about 1877 ; and Richard, born about 1880. Dr. Matlack died May 13, 1893, at Uwchlan, and is buried in the Presbyterian cem- etery at Fairville. He served through the civil war as surgeon, was taken prisoner and con- fined for a time in Andersonville prison. 6. Frank H., MI. D., born November 7, 1842, at East Brandywine, was educated at Millerville Normal school, and in 1872 graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. He settled at Turtle Creek, Allegheny county, whence he moved in 1892 to Duquesne, Pennsyl- vania. He served twelve years as a member of the school board of that place, and has always been an advocate of peace and good morals. Hc also served as a surgeon in the civil war. In 1871 he united with the Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, and later served as treasurer of the Turtle Creek church. He married, January 25, 1888, Isabella Oliver, born October 5. 1851, in Mifflin township, Allegheny county, daughter of William and Mary (Neel) Oliver. of that place. They have one child, Kenneth H., born October 25, 1890. 7. Jane Ann, born October II, 1845. in Lyndell, Pennsylvania, and married, December 25, 1867, John Jacob, born October 30, 1839, son of William D. and Matilda ( Kerlan) McFarlan, of Chester county. They settled in Philadelphia, where they became the proprietors of a grocery and provision store. They have one

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son, Ralph Waldo Emerson, born September 27, 1868, in Philadelphia, and is a member of the firm of J. J. McFarlan & Sons, of that city.

Thomas Matlack, eldest child of Thomas and Elizabeth (McFarlan) Matlack, was born Jan- uary 16, 1831, in East Brandywine township, where he now lives. He taught school in this place for a number of years and then purchased a farm which he conducted until his retirement. He married, February 10, 1853, Tamson K. Dowlin, born November 30, 1829, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Kerlin) Dowlin, of Uwch- lan, and had: James, born November 14, 1853, died November 16, 1853: Ida F., born January 15, 1855, died unmarried December 6, 1881 ; John Dowlin, born February 27, 1857, died October 17, 1896, he married Elizabeth P. (Copeland ) Matlack, who died at Downingtown, March 1904: Harry J., born August 2, 1859, died April 8, 1887, unmarried ; Granville Thomas, of whom later ; George E., born August 10, 1864, died Jan- uary 16, 1879 : Annie E., born June 9, 1869, mar- ried Emmett Olmsted, of Santa Rosa, California ; and Walter J., born November 12, 1873, also re- sides in California. Mrs. Matlack, the mother of these children, died May 26, 1885, and is buried in Northwood cemetery.

Dr. Granville Thomas Matlack. fifth child of Thomas and Tamson K. (Dowlin) Matlack, was born February 5, 1862, at Downingtown, Ches- ter county, where he received his primary edu- cation in the public schools, and afterward at- tended the Chester Valley Academy, from which he graduated in 1874. He then worked as a printer and at the same time studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. William H. Matlack, for. three years. At the end of that time he entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which institution he graduated March 29, 1884, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For one year he served as resident physician in the Wilkes-Barre City Hospital, after which he settled at Miner's Mills, Pennsylvania, where he prac- ticed his profession for seven years. In 1891 he opened an office on South Washington street, Wilkes-Barre, and practiced there until 1895. He then purchased from the Murray estate the prop- erty at 33 West Northampton street, which he remodeled and to which he added a spacious office. He has since made his home there and conducts a large practice. He is a Republican, and for three years served on the school board at Miner's Mills. Dr. Matlack is a member of the Luzerne County Medical Society, of which he is ex-president, Pennsylvania State Medical So-

ciety, and the American Medical Association. He attends the Presbyterian church. He mar- ried, April 5, 1888, at Clark's Green, Pennsyl- vania, Clara R. Courtright, born July 20, 1864, at Plains, Pennsylvania, daughter of Benjamin F. and Annie Loraine (Mitchell) Courtright. (See Abbott Family). They have had four chil- dren: A. Louise, born September 25, 1889; Frank C., born July 13, 1891, died April 25, 1899; Dorothy T., born March 3, 1893; and Clare, born December 22, 1895.

H. E. H.

WILLIAM L. WATSON, president of the First National Bank of Pittston, Pennsylvania, with which he has been connected since 1872 in the capacities of clerk, teller, cashier and presi- dent, was born in Wanloch Head, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, November 6, 1850, a son of James and Ann (Law) Watson, and grandson of William and Margaret (Crawford) Watson. William Watson was a native of Scotland, born in Dum- frieshire, and a representative of an old and hon- ored family. He was a blacksmith by trade, and followed this occupation up to the time of his decease, at the age of seventy-nine years. He married Margaret Crawford, who was born in the same town in Scotland. They were the par- ents of seven sons, the only one now living being Walsh Watson, who resides in Wanloch Head, Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Watson were members of the Free Church of the section in which they resided, and were classed among the leading and influential people of the town.

James Watson, son of William and Margaret (Crawford) Watson, was born in Wanloch Head, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and was reared and educated there. He followed in the foot- steps of his father, serving an apprenticeship at the trade of blacksmith and working as journey- man until 1854, when he left his native land for a home in the new world. In 1855 he located in Pittston, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, and from then until 1894, or within two years of his death, was connected with the Pennsylvania Coal Com- pany in various capacities, being foreman for a number of years. His connection with this com- pany extended over a period of forty years, and this fact was ample proof of his efficiency and capability. He married Ann Law, a native of Wanloch Head, Scotland, and daughter of John and Jean (Harkness) Law, who were the parents of six children, all deceased. John Law was a lead miner, and died at the age of forty-seven years ; his wife died at the age of forty years. Eight

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children were born to James and Ann (Law) Watson, seven of whom are now living: Will- iam L., of whom later; Jean W., married John W. Thompson: Margaret, married William Al- lan ; Janet L. : John A., an engineer ; Georgia A .; James L., an engineer. All of these children re- side in Pittston, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Watson were faithful members of the First Pres- byterian Church of Pittston. He died June 1. 1896, and Mrs. Watson died in 1900, the former being seventy and the latter seventy-four years of age.

William L. Watson, son of James and Ann Watson, accompanied his parents to the United States in 1854, and to Pittston, Pennsylvania, the following year. After completing his education in the public schools he accepted a position with the Pennsylvania Coal Company, remaining for a period of four years. He then became book- keeper for Law & McMillan, proprietors of a gen- eral store, and served in that capacity until 1872, when he entered the service of the First National Bank as clerk. Later he was appointed teller, then cashier, holding that position for a quarter of a century, from 1877 to 1902. He was made vice-president, July, 1902, and July 1, 1905, was elected president, and since he has been connected with this institution the business of the bank has increased in a remarkable degree, it being now one of the leading financial institutions in the county. During his residence in Pittston, Mr. Watson has witnessed a large growth in its popu- lation, it being almost double what it was at the time of his removal thereto. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church of West Pitts- ton, and was on the building committee of the beautiful new church erected in 1891 ; a member and secretary for many years of Thistle Lodge, No. 512, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all the chairs ; member of Royal Arcanum; of Scranton City Club : secretary of the Pittston Gas Company many years ; director and treasurer of the New York and Pittston Coal Company; charter mem- ber of the Pittston Hospital Association and treasurer for many years; director of the First National Bank many years ; director of the New Mexico Railroad Coal Company until it was sold to Phelps, Dodge & Company: treasurer of the building committee of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association of Pittston, which recently erected a fine, commodious structure.

Mr. Watson married, June 1, 1876, Jean H. Law, born Carbondale, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Andrew H. and Helen (Aitken) Law. Andrew H. Law was a native of Scotland. After coming

to America he was a merchant at Carbondale, Pennsylvania, and later at Pittston, where for many years he took a prominent part in the affairs of the town, and where his death occurred at the age of fifty-seven years. Helen ( Aitken ) Law was born in Scotland, a daughter of John Aitken, of Scotland, a farmer, who came to the United States and located at Dundaff, Pennsyl- vania, where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Law were the parents of the following children: Jean H. ( Mrs. William L. Watson ) ; Mrs. James P. Mof- fatt, of Pittston ; Jeanette, deceased ; Martha, wife of James W. Johnson, of New Brunswick, New Jersey : John A., of Pittston ; Andrew A., of Pittston : Charles, died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Law were members of the Presbyterian Church. H. E. H.

CHARLES HENRY COOL, a representa- tive business man and an exemplary citizen of Pittston, was born at Beaver Meadow, Carbon county, Pennsylvania, January 4, 1839, a son of William Hoppa and Jane (Lockhart) Cool.

William Hoppa Cool ( father) was born in Warren county, New Jersey, September 1, 1808, died January, 1900, one of ten children-five sons -- John, Abram, Jacob, Andrew and William Hoppa, and five daughters born to John and Mar- garet (Decker) Cool, both of whom were na- tives of New Jersey, the latter being a member of a family noted for their great stature, her brothers having been from six feet to six feet and five inches tall. William Hoppa Cool was the grand- son of William Cool, who lived and died in New Jersey, and who was the father of nine children : Christopher, and four pairs of twins, namely : Paul and Peter, John and Andrew, Elizabeth and Mary, and Isaac and Abram. William H. Cool came from New Jersey to Conyngham, Pennsyl- vania, in 1816, and there resided for nine years ; from there he moved to Nescopeck, from there to Salem, where he was married in 1836 to Jane Lockhart : from there to Beaver Meadow, where he resided until 1874, and where his children- seven in number-were born ; from there to West Pittston, Luzerne county. He was engaged in the mercantile business in Beaver Meadows for almost forty years. In 1855 he purchased a quarter interest in what was called the Gaylord Slope in Plymouth and was interested in the same until his death. For more than twenty-five years was engaged in manufacturing powder in Carbon county, but gave this up before coming to West Pittston. While a resident in Carbon county he was associate judge for many years, and was always known as "Judge."

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Charles H. Cool acquired an excellent educa- tion in the public schools of Beaver Meadows, in the Wyoming Seminary, which he attended in 1857, and at Crittenden College, Philadelphia, from which he was graduated with a business course. He then entered the employ of Linder- man, Skeer & Company, at Stockton, general mining stores, where he remained four years, then resigning in order to engage in the manufactur- ing of powder at Beaver Meadows, becoming a member of the firm of C. H. Cool & Brother, which connection continued for a number of years. Later he took up his residence in Ply- mouth, and engaged in the mercantile business with Robert Boston: in 1873 he came to Pitts- ton and entered the employ of Benedict Hall & Company as traveling salesman in the shoe line : later was engaged in the milling and grain busi- ness at Pittston for a number of years, now retired. He is identified with the Wilkes- Barre Lace Mills, the Gaylord Mines, at Ply- mouth, and the People's Savings Bank, Pittston, of which he is a director. He is also a director of the Anthracite Christian Association, and of the Young Men's Christian Association, Pitts- ton ; and of the Children's Home Society of Penn- sylvania, a state institution for the purpose of se- curing homes for friendless children, their home office being at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. Mr. Cool is a member of the Presbyterian Church at West Pittston. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and was elected on that ticket to the office of bur- gess of the town of Plymouth. Mr. Cool is a man of integrity and unimpeachable character. firm in his opinions, and by his daily walk and conversation has won the esteem of all with whom lie is brought in contact, either in the home, the office, or in social life.

Mr. Cool was married, October 7, 1868, to Ruth Karr, who was born on the old homestead at Almond, New York. May 30, 1847, was edu- cated at Almond Academy and Alfred Univer- sity, and has always been actively engaged in christian work. She is a member of the Presby- terian Church, and is a staunch advocate of the cause of temperance, being a member of the Wo- man's Christian Temperance Union since its or- ganization, and for many years county president, making her home headquarters for the organiza- tion. Their children are as follows: William I .. born May 20, 1870, died at the age of seven years. Frank Warren, born October 27. 1871, was educated in the public schools of West Pitts- ton : the West Pittston high school, of which he is a graduate ; the Wyoming Seminary, of which

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Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 120

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin, 1837-1917; Hand, Alfred, 1835-; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921; Lewis Publishing Company Publication date: 1906 Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 1026

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin, 1837-1917; Hand, Alfred, 1835-; Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921; Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1026