Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 76

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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county institution with which Dr. Mayber- ry is identified. This hospital is provided with all conveniences and appointments to make the lot of its patients as bearable as possi- ble. It is well governed, in good sanitary condi- tion, and in every feature of its management challenges the admiration of the friends of humanity. Its picturesque location with its beau- tiful mountain background and fronting on the Susquehanna river makes it an ideal retreat for the restoration of disordered minds and weak- ened nerves, and here helpless patients may be patiently and tenderly cared for. All the com- mendable features of other and larger institu- tions characterize the Luzerne county hospital, and Dr. Charles B. Mayberry is the man whose thoughts and eye guide this institution and make life more enjoyable for the unfortunate inmates. His professional career has been from the outset eminently successful. He is a member of the Montour Medical Society, the State Medical So-

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ciety, the American Psycological Association and the American Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Mayberry married in 1899, Susan E. Stevens, the daughter of George and Mary (Eyer) Stevens, born in Towanda, Pennsylva- nia. Her great-grandfather, Asa Stevens, par- ticipated in the great Wyoming massacre. Her grandfather, Simon Stevens, married a Miss Homet, and among their children was George. her father. On her mother's side Mrs. Mayberry is descended from Michael Billinger, who fought in the war of the Revolution. The Billingers are of Irish extraction, emigrating to this country in the early days, coming over in the ship Mary and Ann. Michael Billinger's granddaughter, Char- lotte Havemeyer, became the wife of William J. Evre. Mrs. Mayberry is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, George Clymer, Chapter of Towanda. Dr. and Mrs. Mayberry have one child, Allen S., born April 26. 1900.

WILLIAM KEINER, justice of the peace at Beach Haven, and one of the most highly re- spected citizens of his town, where he has re- sided and transacted business since 1871, is a native of Nescopeck township, born February 16, 1843, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Smith), Keiner, a grandson of Samuel Keiner, whose wife was a Miss Unger, a native of Lehigh coun- ty, Pennsylvania, as was also her husband, and great-grandson of a Mr. Keiner, a native of Ger- many, whose wife was a native of France. They were very early settlers in the Lehigh Valley, and most worthy people, contributing in large meas- ure to the growth and development of the com- munity in which they resided.

Jacob Keiner ( father) was one of three sons, the others being Samuel and Reuben. He was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in 1803. In 1889 he moved into the Wyoming Valley, making Dorrance township his residence. He was a miller by trade, and to this occupation he devoted all his attention throughout the active years of his business career. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Smith, was born in Lehigh county, in 1807, and she bore him a fam- ily of ten children : Caroline, deceased ; Daniel, David, Joseph, William, Jacob, deceased : Eliza- beth, deceased; Esther; Peter, deceased ; and Amanda, deceased. Jacob Keiner (father) died in 1875. His widow survived him many years, passing away in 1891.

William Keiner was reared and educated in his native township, and followed agricultural

pursuits up to August 22, 1862, when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and during his participation in that terrible conflict displayed both valor and patriotism. He took an active part in the following battles: Chancellors- ville, May 3, 1863, in which he received a bullet wound in the left side: Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge. Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Pine Knob, Culps Farm, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Siege of Atlanta, and General Sher- man's march to the sea. He was discharged June 6, 1865, at the close of the war.

Upon his return to civil life Mr. Keiner learned the trade of shoemaker, at which he worked more or less from 1865 to 1881, a period of sixteen years. In the latter year he embarked in the mercantile business, in which he succeeded in a wonderful degree, and which he continued up to 1902 when he sold out to his son, Forest M. Keiner. Although having few educational advantages Mr. Keiner has educated himself suf-

ficiently to transact legal business, and in his capacity of justice of the peace serves with dis- tinction, using superior wisdom in the disposal of his cases. He held the office of postmaster under the administrations of presidents Harrison and Mckinley, and in 1881 served as township supervisor. He is an ardent supporter of Re- publican principles. He is a member of Captain Jackson Post, No. 159, Grand Army of the Re- public, of Berwick : of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; United American Mechanics ; and Knapp Lodge, No. 264, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of Berwick.

Mr. Keiner married, April 27. 1866. Rebecca A. Weiss, daughter of John and Elizabeth Weiss, of Hollenback township; and their chil- dren are: Harvey I., married Addie Sheiner : John F., married Lizzie Miller ; Forest M., mar- ried Florence Callinder, and they have one daughter, Edna ;: Emma M .; Sterling. married Blanche Campbell-one son, Claude W .; and Paul Keiner. Mr. Keiner and family are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is president of the board of trustees.

CHARLES D. EVANS. Among the well known and prosperous business men of Duryea must be numbered Charles D. Evans. He is a son of William D. and Margaret ( Price) Evans, natives of Wales, the former named born in 1833, and the latter in 1836, and in 1858 they emigrated to the United States, settling in Pittston, Luzerne

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county, Pennsylvania, and had children: Wil- liam, deceased; Jenette; Rachel, deceased ; David; Charles D., mentioned at length herein- after ; Annie; Lizzie, deceased; Watkin, de- ceased ; Mary; John; Mattie and Georgia. Wil- liam D. Evans, the father, died in 1883, and is survived by his widow, who lives in Duryea. Mrs. Evans has always been a Christian woman, has always taken active part in the various churches in which she has been a member, and is known in the communities in which she has lived as of sterling character, a good wife, a faithful, kind and loving mother, and is also known by her many acts of kindness to the sick and to the distressed, and by her many acts of charity to the poor.

Charles D. Evans, son of William D. and Margaret (Price) Evans, born April 1, 1864, in Plymouth, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, was an infant when his parents removed to Olyphant. Later they took up their abode in Edwardsville, and in both places he attended the common schools. At an early age he began to work in the mines, advancing step by step from the posi- tion of door-boy to that of miner. In 1878 his parents settled in Duryea, and for about three years thereafter he was in the service of the Del- aware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Company. For about one year he was teamster in the em- ploy of Clark & Foster, but at the end of that time returned to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company as fireman. In this position he continued for three years, and then went west, settling in Denver, Colorado, and later residing at Idaho Springs. While in Denver he was in the service of the Rio Grande railroad, and dur- ing the time spent at Idaho Springs worked for the Yugal Silver Mine Company. At the end of a year, animated by a desire to supply the defi- ciencies of his limited education, he returned to Pennsylvania, entered the business college at Wilkes-Barre, and in February, 1888, graduated from that institution. In 1889 he accepted a position at Centerville, Montana, with Lexington Mine & Milling Company as fireman, subsequent- ly moving to Butte City, and was employed as stationary engineer for the Parrot Mine and Smelting Company. In March, 1894, he returned to Duryea, and has since been successfully en- gaged in the general merchandise business. He is a useful citizen, and has filled various borough offices, among them that of secretary of the first borough council, school director, register, asses- sor, and justice of the peace. He was elected president of the fourteenth annual meeting of the

School Directors' Association of Luzerne Coun- ty, January, 1904, and for one year was elected delegate to attend the state convention, January, 1905, at the hitteenth annual directors' conven- tion. Mr. Evans is known by his progressiveness and his sterling character, and has always been a leader in all reform political movements in the community. He is also known for his conscien- tious effort in bettering the affairs of the bor- ough. He has taken a great interest in the pub- lic schools, and has advocated and passed a great number of local measures that have given good results in the public schools of the district. He is a member of Slocum Council, No. 271, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, of Pitts- ton ; the Patriotic Order Sons of America, No. 174, of Moosic; Lackawanna Castle, No. 115, Ancient Order Knights of the Mystic Chain, of Moosic ; and Acacia Lodge, No. 579, Free and Accepted Masons, of Taylor. Politically he is a Republican. Mr. Evans married, February 22, 1893, in Butte City, Montana, Carrie L., daugh- ter of Shepherd and Sophronia Crandlemere, na- tives of New Brunswick, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have had four children: Gladys ; Charles, deceased ; Willie, and Hubert.

CHARLES C. BOWMAN, who ranks among the prosperous and enterprising citizens of Pittston, Pennsylvania, where he is actively identified with the coal business, is a son of Charles and Emilia S. ( Beebe) Bowman, a lineal descendant of Nathaniel Bowman, one of the early proprietors of Watertown, Massachusetts (1630), through Jonas Bowman, of Bedford, Massachusetts, June 17, 1739, he owned the covenant. See "History of the Town of Lexing- ton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts," by Charles Hudson.

Charles Bowman (father) was born in Roy- alton, Vermont, was reared and educated there, and in early manhood came to Troy, New York, where he constructed and acted as superintendent of the water works of that city. Later he en- gaged in mercantile pursuits, continuing the same up to his decease. He married Emilia Strong Beebe, born in Randolph, Vermont, 1818, daughter of Calvin Beebe, of Beebe Plain, prov- ince of Quebec. He was one of the early pro- prietors. This family came from England to Connecticut in 1650, and are connected by mar- riage with many old New England families.

Charles C. Bowman acquired his early educa- tion in the public schools of Troy, New York ; Waterford, New York; and the Lansingburg

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Academy, after which he entered Union College, from which institution he was graduated as a civil engineer in 1875. He began his practical career as civil engineer for the state of Massa- chusetts. principally as assistant in the location and construction of the State Insane Asylum at Danvers, Massachusetts. In the spring of 1876 he came to Pittston, Pennsylvania, entering the employment of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, continuing in their employ until 1883. He then purchased an interest in the firm of C. P. Mat- thews & Co., operating the Florence Colliery, Pittston township, Pennsylvania, and was man- ager of the operation. Since then he has been interested in a number of colleries, namely : The Avoca Coal Company, of which he is president ; the Franklin Colliery, of which he is secretary and treasurer ; thie Raub Coal Company, of Lu- zerne, Pennsylvania, and to a lesser degree in some others. The confidence and esteem reposed in him by his fellow-citizens is evidenced by the fact that he has served as mayor of the city of Pittston. and as councilman of the same city shortly after its incorporation up to the present time. He is a trustee of the Hospital Associa- tion, and was one of the principal factors in the raising of funds for the relief of the dependent relatives of the victims of the "Twin Shaft Dis- aster." being a member of the committee selected to distribute this fund. He is a past master of Valley Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Pittston, and a member of Pittston Chapter, Royal Arch Masons.

In 1880 Mr. Bowman was united in marriage to Elizabeth Law, daughter of the late William and Catherine (Bryden) Law, of Pittston. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Bowman are: William Law, graduated from Cornell University, now (1906) at Harvard Law School, class 1907; Elizabeth, a student in the class of 1907, at Vas- sar College : Emilia Strong, died February 21, 1892: Charles Harkness, Calvin Law, and Law Warburton.

DR. HARRY E. JONES, Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, was born in Olyphant, Pennsylva- nia, July 18, 1874, the son of Griffith and Ann (Edwards) Jones, both natives of Wales. Dr. Jones' paternal grandfather was Harry Jones, a native of Wales, who emigrated to the United States in the early forties. He was a miner, but subsequently removed to Iowa, where he became a prosperous farmer. He was the father of eight children, five of whom are living: William H .. Griffith, Henry W., Margaret and Jane. Griffith

Jones. second son of Harry Jones, and father of Dr. Harry E. Jones, emigrated to this country with his parents and located at Olyphant, Penn- sylvania, where he followed his trade of general blacksmith for a number of years. His wife was Ann Edwards, and their children were: Mar- garet. Herbert, Harry E., John. Harry E. and his father are the only living members of the family. Dr. Jones' maternal grandfather, John Edwards, was also a native of Wales. He emi- grated to this country and settled at Carbondale, later removing to Olyphant, where he engaged in mining. He married and had the following chil- dren : William R., John C., Herbert, Thomas and Ann.

Harry E. Jones, the son of Griffith and Ann (Edwards) Jones, was reared and received his education in his native town. Early in life he learned the printer's trade, which he followed for four years in Olyphant. He then decided to fol- low the medical profession, and all his plans were formulated with that end in . view. He entered Philips ( Exeter) Academy, from which he was graduated in 1898, and four years later, 1902, was graduated from the Medico Chirurgical Col- lege of Philadelphia, and was class historian. The same year he commenced the practice of medicine at Glen Side, a suburb of Philadelphia, and subsequently located in Shickshinny, in May, 1904. His work in the medical profession has been highly successful, and although a resident of Shickshinny but a short time he has been ac- corded a more extensive practice than usually falls to the lot of a young physician.

Dr. Jones is much interested in athletics of all kinds, and during the period he spent in Exe- ter Academy became an expert athlete. He was captain of the track team, whose feats consisted of running and leaping, and was captain of the first track team to defeat the Andover team. For three years he was shortstop for the college base- ball team. and manager of the football team of that institution which defeated the football play- ers of Andover Academy. Dr. Jones holds the following record for running: A twenty yard dash in 2 3-5 seconds; forty yard dash in 4 3-5 seconds ; a one hundred yard dash in IO 1-5 sec- onds; and a three hundred yard dash in 33 2-5 seconds. During the two years he played on the college football team, the Philadelphia men never lost a game. Dr. Jones was the assistant mana- ger of the Literary Monthly Magasine; and is now a member of the Pennsylvania State Club (both at Exeter) : the James M. Andrews Medi- cal Society, of which he is ex-president : a mem-

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ber of the La Place Surgical Society ; the Hane- land Obstetrical Society; and Kingsbury Lodge, No. 466, Free and Accepted Masons, of Oly- phant.

ALONZO LOCKARD, one of the leading business men of Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, was born in Huntington township, Pennsylvania, De- cember 20, 1840, the son of Hugh M. and Eliza- beth ( Kostenbauder) Lockard. His father, Hugh M. Lockard, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, 1801. He was a shoemaker by trade and an excellent workman. He married Miss Elizabeth Kostenbauder, of German de- scent, born in Pennsylvania, and the following eight children were born: Israel, deceased ; Al- fred A., deceased: Daniel K., of Shamokin ; Mary, deceased ; Alonzo; Francis MI., in Ne- braska : Celestia A., deceased: and Nancy Permilla.

Alonzo, Lockard, fourth son and fifth child of Hugh M. Lockard, was educated in the com- mon schools of his native place, and December IO. 1860, went to Berwick to learn his trade. Before completing his trade, the Civil war was declared, and in 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Sixteenth Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, the first company sworn in in Pennsylvania for three years' service. He served three months and was honorably discharged by order of the war de- partment with his regiment. The same year he re-enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment and served till 1864. when he re- enlisted in the Third Pennsylvania Artillery, re- maining there till November, 1865. having been promoted to corporal. His command was as- signed to the Army of the Potomac, and he par- ticipated in all the leading battles of that division of the army. His service was meritorious, and in November, 1865, he was honorably dis- charged .. He stood guard over Jeff Davis the first hour he was locked up.

On his return to civil life Mr. Lockard re- sumed his trade, completed his apprenticeship. and became an expert journeyman. He worked for a number of years in Wilkes-Barre, Penn- sylvania, and in 1881 removed to Berwick, where he conducted business for twelve years for himself. In 1893 he removed to Schuylkill county, and a year later came to Shickshinny. where he has since resided. He established him- self in business, in the manufacture of harnesses. His is one of the most reliable harness houses in that section of the country, and his store is stocked with the latest and most modern line

of horse furnishings on the market. His busi- ness has ever been a successful and highly prof- itable one, due in the greater part to his com- mendable business methods. Mr. Lockard was chief burgess of the borough of Shickshinny from 1901 to 1903. He is a member of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Malta, and has passed all the chairs.

December 17, 1868, Mr. Lockard was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Gibbons, of Salem township, Pennsylvania. Two children were born to them, Emma and Blanch, but both are now deceased.

HERBERT G. LLOYD. One of the men who have helped in a literal sense to build up the city of their abode is Herbert G. Lloyd, of Scranton. Mr. Lloyd is a son of George and Mary (Davis) Lloyd, both natives of Wales. The former was a contractor and builder in his own country and frequently traveled extensively in the United States, but never took up his resi- dence here. He and his wife were the parents of four children, among them Herbert G., men- tioned at length hereinafter, the only one of the family who emigrated. Another son, George H., is a well-known contractor and stonecutter in his native country, and a daughter Jennie E. enjoys an enviable reputation as a poetess, as royal poetess to King Edward and formerly to Queen Victoria, a position which she has occu- pied many years.

Herbert G. Lloyd, son of George and Mary (Davis) Lloyd, was born September 20, 1854. in Wales, and received his education in his na- tive country, where he applied himself to the trade of a stonecutter, in which he attained a high degree of proficiency. During most of the time when he worked as a journeyman he was employed as foreman. In 1880 he emigrated to the United States and settled in Scranton. where for some years he was foreman for S. Williams. During this period he was employed in erecting some of the finest buildings in Scran- ton, among them the municipal building. In 1896. after serving Mr. Williams for fourteen years, Mr. Lloyd went into business for himself as a dealer in granite and marble. His success has been marked and he is to-day at the head of a flourishing business. He uses only the best material and deals in the different varieties of imported granite. Mr. Lloyd married. January 27. 1877. Louise Fewster, a native of England, and fourteen children have been born to them. eight of whom are living: Walter, who married

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Carrie Brackenbush, of New York state, and has one child: Edith; George, who married Edith Koehler, and has two children; Herbert G., Jr .; Richard ; Frederick ; Jennie; Russell and Anna. All the sons are master workmen, having served their time with their father, with whom George and Herbert are now in business. In the sum- mer of 1904 Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd visited Eng- land and Wales, experiencing all the delight of reunion with relatives and old friends and of finding themselves once more amid the scenes familiar to their childhood and youth.

DR. SAMUEL P. MENGEL, a physician and surgeon of rare ability and skill, a resident of Parsons, where he conducts a large and lu- crative practice, is a native of Barnesville, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, born June 18, 1870, son of Lewis and Valeria ( Perry) Men- gel, and grandson of George and Lydia (Robin- holt) Mengel, who died at the ages of eighty- five and forty-five years, respectively. George Mengel (grandfather) was born in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and throughout his active career followed agricultural pursuits. Their children were: Joseph, a farmer, a resi- dent of Port Clinton, Pennsylvania ; Charles, a farmer, residing at same place ; George, a farm- er, a resident of Port Clinton, Pennsylvania ; Caroline, deceased; and Lewis, father of Dr. Mengel. Lewis and Valeria (Perry) Mengel had children: Irwin, born 1865, a farmer, mar- ried Mary Messersmith ; issue, four children. Samuel P., born 1870, see forward. Harry, born September, 1872, clerk in hardware store at Mahoney City : married Pauline Edwards ; issue, two children. Lewis, born May, 1874. trainmaster for Pennsylvania Railroad at Sham- okin, Pennsylvania, which position he has held four years, and has been connected with the company nineteen years ; he married Grace King, issue, three children. Orabel, born 1883, a grad- uate of Bloomsburg State Normal School, class of 1901. Ella, born 1885, a graduate of same school, class of 1903.

Dr. Samuel P. Mengel acquired his literary education in the public schools, and the Key- stone Normal School at Kutztown, which he at- tended during 1886-87. The following five vears he followed the vocation of teaching in the schools of Ryan and Rush townships. and then entered the University of Pennsylvania, at Phil- adelphia, from which he graduated in 1894 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The com- monwealth of Pennsylvania passed a law pro-

viding for a State Medical Society Examining Board, and at the first class examination Dr. Mengel passed with the second highest average in the class, 94 64-100, a fact proving conclu- sively his thorough preparation and adaptabil- ity for the work he had chosen as his vocation in life. He then came to Wilkes-Barre and for one year was a resident physician at the City Hos- pital, and in July, 1895, he located at Parsons when he built his present fine home and has since practiced his profession in that borough, the number of his patients increasing with each succeeding year, until now ( 1905) his prac- tice is second to none in the community. Although his parents were members of the Evangelical Church, Dr. Mengel became a member of the Baptist Church, the tenets of which denomination he firmly adheres to. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 442, Wilkes- Barre ; Shekinah Chapter, No. 182, Royal Arch Masons ; Dieu Le Veut Commandery, No. 45. Knights Templar; and Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine.

In 1895 Dr. Mengel was married to Sarah A. Slater, born February 8, 1870, daughter of Matthew and Philadelphia (Hampson) Slater. and they have two children: Jessie M., born June II, 1898; E. Faith, born May 3, 1901. Mrs. Mengel is a member of the Episcopal Church. Matthew Slater, her father, was born in 1840, and died at his home in Cohoes, New York, 1901 ; he was superintendent of one of the largest Woolen mills in the United States. His wife. born in 1841, bore him children: George, born November, 1862, a musician at Cohoes, New York: William, born September, 1868, a super- intendent, who succeeded his father ; Sarah A., born February 8, 1870, wife of Dr. Mengel ; Philadelphia, born February, 1872, wife of Jo- seph Simcox, of Cohoes, New York; Matthew. born December, 1874, a musician of Bingham- ton, New York ; and Joseph, born March, 1876. a resident of Cohoes, New York.

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Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume II, Part 76

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