Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 48

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 988

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Herbert Henry Ashley, eldest son of Lucius and Caroline (Beadle) Ashley, was born in Nes --

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quehoning, Pennsylvania, December 1, 1843 ; married (first), October 23, 1867. Sophia Bixley Struthers. born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Jan- uary 18, 1845, died Newport Mines (now Wan- amie) Pennsylvania. May 31, 1871, daughter of James Robb and Ellen (Tolan) Struthers ; mar- ried ( second), Plymouth, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 15, 1875, Lydia Kreidler Davenport, born Plymouth, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1847, daughter of Oliver and Livia (Ransom) Daven- port. (See Ransom Family).

Mr. Ashley was formerly superintendent and treasurer and is now president of the Parrish Coal Company. He is also vice-president of the First National Bank. Wilkes-Barre : life member and trustee of the Wyoming Historical and Geo- logical Society. He lives in Wilkes-Barre. He had three children : By first marriage, Sophia Ellen, born May 25, 1871. By second marriage : Marion Livia, born July 8, 1877 : Roccena Goss, born January 1, 1880. H. E. H.

: REV. THOMAS POAGE HUNT. The Hunt family here recorded are descendants of "The Good Chaplain Hunt," who came to Amer- ica with Captain John Smith and others who were among the first settlers of Virginia. Chap- lain Hunt returned to England. where his sons were warm friends of King Charles. but were compelled to flee from Cromwell's sword. One of these sons came to Virginia with his three sons, each of whom became the founder of a family of prominence in American colonial his- tory. Of these sons, one remained with his father in Virginia : another settled in New Jersey. and the third located in Alabama, at the place afterward named for him-Huntsville.

Rev. Thomas Pitt Hunt was & descendant of James Hunt, of the Virginia branch of the fam- ily. This James Hunt was one of the first three Presbyterians in Virginia. His second son was Rev. James Hunt, born Hanover, Virginia, 1731. He is said to have been pastor of the famous "Captain John Church," Maryland, which was founded about 1761, and afterward became known as the "Cabin John Church." Rev. James lived on a farm called Tusculum. and he partly maintained his family by teaching school, his parish not being strong enough to entirely support a pastor. Among James Hunt's pupils was the afterward celebrated William Wirt, who remained there until the school was closed in 1787. During the last two years of that time he was a member of the Hunt household, and was thuis brought directly under the influence of his teacher and pastor, who was a man of cultivated

mind, a careful student himself, and the possessor of valuable philosophical apparatus. As a teacher he was agreeable and quick to appreciate the tastes of his pupils, and was kind and indul- gent in his intercourse with them. Rev. James Hunt died in the pastorate of the "Cabin John Church" in Montgomery county, Maryland, June 2, 1793, aged sixty-two years. He married, June 3. 1762, Ruth Hall, widow of Elisha Hall. She was born at Neshaming, Pennsylvania, August 20. 1725, and died in May, 1793. aged sixty-seven years. Their eldest son was James Hunt, born November 25, 1763, died August 10. 1794.

William Pitt Hunt was the second son of Rev. James and Ruth ( Hale) Hunt. He was born January 3. 1767, baptized February 28, 1767, and married, April 14, 1790, Susanna Watkins, born Charlotte county, Virginia, January 7. 1769, died April 28, 1849, daughter of Joel and Agnes Wat- kins. The children of William Pitt and Susanna (Watkins) Hunt were: James Watkins Hunt. born May 20, 1791. died June 8, 1817. Ruth Hall Hunt, born January 11, 1793, died Novem- ber 16, 1821. Thomas Poage Hunt, born De- cember 3, 1794, of whoin later. William Pitt Hunt, born Charlotte county, Virginia, April 18. 1797, died October. 1810. William Pitt Hunt was a lawyer. a graduate of Princeton College. and a tutor there before he took up the study of the law. His wife. Susanna Watkins, was a daughter of Colonel Joel Watkins. After the death of her husband she married Rev. Moses Hoge, D. D., who at the time of his death was president of Hampden Sidney College, and professor of theology in Union Theological Insti- tute of Virginia and North Carolina.

Rev. Thomas Poage Hunt, born Charlotte county, Virginia, died Philadelphia. Pennsylva- nia, December 5, 1876 ; married, at Charlie Hope, Brunswick, Virginia, October 5. 1832, Ann Meade Feild, born Hobson's, Brunswick, Vir- ginia. January 31, 1804, and died Wilkes-Barre. Pennsylvania, September II. 1875. They had children :

Susan Caroline Hunt, born Wilmington. North Carolina. August 18, 1833, now living in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

2. Anna Meade Hunt, born New York city, December 15, 1835, married. December 14, 1857, Andrew J. Welles, of Glastonbury, Connec- ticut. Children : Susie Meade Welles, born Wyoming, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1859: died December 30, 1860. Elizabeth Welles, born Wyoming, Pennsylvania, August 28. 1865; married, May 7. 1890. Rev. Casper R. Greg- cry, born Oneida, New York, November 13,

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1859; graduated from Princeton College, New Jersey, 1880, and from Lincoln College, Ox- ford, Pennsylvania, 1884; came to Memorial Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylva- nia, and served acceptably until his death December 2, 1891. Thomas Poage Hunt Welles, born Carbondale, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1862; died December 24, 1863. Albert Hunt Welles, born Wilkes-Barre, June 11, 1864; principal Scranton high school ; married August 29, 1895, >Stella D. Leach. They have one child, Anna Hunt Welles, born October 4, 1896. Anna Meade Welles, born Wilkes-Barre, June II, 1867 ; died April 5, 1875-

Ruth Hall Hunt, married June 13, 1865, S. Henri Hibler. She died March 5, 1866.

4. Lucy Jane Hunt, married November 19, 1868, Edward B. Twaddell, of Philadelphia. Children : Lucy Twaddell, born July 7, 1876. Thomas Poage Hunt Twaddell, born March 19, 1872 : died March 19, 1874. Alice Worrell Twad- dell, born December 10, 1874; died September 19, 1878. Ruth Hunt Twaddell, born Novem- ber 8, 1879; died November 12, 1879. Francis Twaddell, born September 9, 1881 ; died March 17, 1886.

5. Mary Elizabeth Watkins Hunt, married October 19, 1865, George S. Rippard, of Wilkes- Barre. She died July 17, 1899. Their children : Anna Hunt Rippard, born February 9, 1868; died June 17, 1874. Kate Linden Rippard, born January 7, 1873 ; married October 1. 1902, Ralph Shaver, of Kingston, Pennsylvania. Helen

Watkins Rippard, born August 25, 1874. Meade B. Rippard, born July 1, 1876 ; married June 20, 1900, Emily Williams, of Baltimore, Maryland.

The American ancestor of the Feild family was Theophilus Feild, who came from Wales. He was prominent in affairs of the church and also in the business life of the town in which he lived. His home was in Blandford, Virvinia, and he more than any other one person was instru- mental in bringing to Blandford from England materials used in the construction of the first church there. He was married, but the name of his wife is not recalled. He had five sons. His third child and son, Theophilus, married a Miss Taylor. Their children were Theophilus, George Richard, Sarah, and Mary. Dr. Richard Feild, the third son, then of Octagon Hall, Brunswick, Virginia, married Ann Meade, who was a daughter of Andrew and Susannah (Stith) Meade. Their children were Dr. Andrew Feild, Dr. George Feild, Richard Wythe Feild, Ann Meade Feild. who married Rev. Thomas P. Hunt, and Theophilus Agricola Feild.

Andrew Meade was a merchant and planter- having a large estate in lands. His son, David. Meade, married Susanna Everard, daughter of Sir Richard Everard, Bart., who was governor of North Carolina under the Lords Proprietors. When the province was purchased from the crown, Sir Richard returned to England and died there in 1732 or 1733.

A tribute by a gentleman of Wilkes-Barre to. the memory of the late Thomas P. Hunt brings

1 to our mind a venerable, wise and good man, whose life and labors were largely devoted to the welfare of the people :

"No man exerted a greater moral and religious influence in the valley than did the Rev. Thomas P. Hunt, or, as he was familiarly called, 'Father Hunt,' who had a nature filled with kindness and sympathy for erring humanity, and by the union of benevolence, mildness and energy adapted ( himself to any character and to every situation. He acquired a thorough knowledge of the moral 1 ills which affect human nature and it is to the profound impression this knowledge made upon his life and character that we ascribe that tender .( commiseration which he displayed so powerfully in all his actions. He was renowned as a tem- ) perance lecturer and reformer, and he brought to the work a courage inclined to aggression, and ( strengthened by an unshaken conviction of the. duties and of the greatness of the mission.

"His simplicity of character was a testimony in favor of the charm of virtue, and he considered nothing as innocent that could wound virtue in / the slightest degree. He detested affectation and his mind was dead to vanity. He possessed a natural eloquence, and even those who did not yield to his pathetic exhortations did not refuse him esteem, confidence and admiration. He was a friend of the afflicted, the bold reprover of vice, the gentle guide to the wanderer, and the spirit of christian love in him was a power that touched ( the souls of men, and drew them from the wine- cup when it was red. He was deservedly emi- nent for his learning, compact reasoning, purity, vigor and picturesquesness of his style, the ( graphic fervor of statement, the grandeur of the truths he reiterated and illustrated, and the di- rectness, faith and zeal with which he persuaded ( men to enlist under the banner of temperance. His religious papers were excellent for their high 1 ethical tone and for their natural and fine re- 1

flectiveness.

"He was contemporary with Father Theobold \ Matthew ; both were world-renowned and earnest missionaries, and exercised an immense influence- over the intellectual. Societies and leagues were /

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1 formed, periodicals were established, and the Temperance Society then pledged to the tem- perate use of intoxicants, but having for its object the suppression of the liquor traffic, rapidly grew into total abstinence. Father Hunt was a Godly man whose hallowed memory we delight to honor. He was eminent as a preacher of the gospel, also the leading temperance advocate on the continent, and the purpose to which lie has concentrated the powers of his great intellect and heart, during a long and laborious life, with earn- / est zeal and Christian humanity, was to honor God and do good to his fellowmen. In the varied walks of life, in the scenes in which he mingled, /in the pulpit, in the council of the church, in the social circle, in the sacred precincts of the family, his example radiated the sunbeams of christian benevolence and kindness all along his path.

"This expression and tribute of personal re- gard is due him whom the entire community know only to honor, and we will ever cherish his chris- tian example, which bore a stamp of sacred truth which the revolution of the world will never ' efface. He left behind him an imperishable rep- utation as a forcible, eloquent and conscientious minister of the gospel, and with the grace that adorns the christian and entitled him to the es- teem of prosperity, he possessed the virtues that constitute an amiable, enlightened, virtuous and wise man." H. E. H.

HON. CHARLES H. PRICE. The first American ancestor of Hon. Charles H. Price of whom we have direct or positive knowledge was James Price, of Maidenhead, now Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He was probably a son of John Price, who brought a certificate from Wooster, England, to the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, dated 3 mo. 14, 1683.

(I) James Price was a large landholder in Maidenhead township as early as 1698, and was also a prominent man in that community. He was commissioned a lieutenant of provincial mil- itia March 19, 1714, and his son John was a cap- tain in the provincial service later. His sons so far as the old records disclose, were: Captain John, died in Maidenhead in 1773. leaving three sons, James, David and John, and four daugh- ters, Elizabeth, wife of James Slack : Susannah, wife of William Hunt ; Letitia, Mary Price, and a daughter of his deceased son Solomon. James Price, son of James, married in 1737 Elizabeth, · daughter of George Ely, of Trenton, and died in 1741, leaving an only child, George. Of Thomas "Price we have little record ; he was named as one

of the administrators of his brother James in 1740.

(II) David Price, son of James, became an extensive landowner in Hopewell township, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, and in 1756 pur- chased two hundred acres in Middletown town- ship, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, near New- town, of John Crawley, and removed thereon. He died in 1765, leaving two sons, Nathan and James ; and four daughters, Rebecca, wife of Daniel Price, of Kingwood, New Jersey; Eleanor; wife of Benjamin Stackhouse: Sarah, and Susanna. The two latter were minors, and guardians were appointed for them by the or- phans' court of Bucks county, in March, 1766, Sarah being nineteen and Susanna twelve. Sarah died in 1767 in Merion, Chester county, leaving a will in which she devises her estate to John, Rebecca, Smith, Elizabeth, Sarah, Phebe, James and David Price, children of her brother Nathan ; James, Pamelia and Rebecca, children of her brother James ; Peter, and Thomas, and Elizabeth Price, children of her sister Rebecca Price: Re- becca and James Stackhouse, children of her sis- ter Eleanor; and to her sister Susannah. On February 6, 1768, Daniel Price, of Kingwood. New Jersey, and Rebecca, his wife, and Benjamin Stackhouse and Eleanor his wife, executed a deed to Nathan and James Price for all the interest of Rebecca and Eleanor in the several tracts of land which their father, David Price, died seized, sit- uated in Hopewell, New Jersey, and Middletown, Bucks county. This deed recites the death of Sarah, "unmarried and without issue," and that Susannah was yet a minor. May 18, 1776, Susan- nah, having come of age and the wife of Joseph Mahr, of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, makes a conveyance of her interest to "Nathan Price, eldest son of David Price, deceased, now of the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jer- sey," and to William Satterthwaite and Sarah Price, executors of the will of James Price, late of Middletown township, Bucks county, de- ceased. James, having married Sarah Huddle- son, October II, 1762, died leaving a widow Sarah, and children James, Pamela and Rebecca. The latter married William Weaver, and the former John Keuser, 1784.

(III) Nathan Price, as shown by the above recited records, removed to Kingwood, New Jer- sey, soon after his father's death, where he be- came a prominent citizen. He was elected sheriff of Hunterdon county in 1806, and served a term of three years. His sons, John, James and Smith, either remained in Bucks county on the re-

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moval of their father to New Jersey, or returned there soon after. Smith, born September II, 1748, died October 17, 1816, married, September I, 1776, Martha, daughter of Joseph Carver, of Buckingham, and (second) Hannah Burroughs. He was a storekeeper at Gardenville, Plumstead township, and became a large landowner in that vicinity. He left five sons and one daughter, who have numerous descendants in Bucks county and elsewhere. James was married at Bucking- ham Meeting of Friends in 1785 to Naomi, daughter of Paul Preston.

(IV) John Price was a taxpayer in Plum- stead towwnship in 1779, and "John Price's Es- tate" is taxed for one hundred and sixty acres of land in the same township in 1781. No record of probate proceedings on his estate have been found. From the family Bible of his son George Price, we learn that his wife's name was Jane, and that George was born August 2, 1774.

(V) George Price was a resident of King- wood, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, on arriv- ing at manhood, and had probably resided with his grandfather, Nathan Price, after the death of his father. He married in 1797 Catharine, daughter of John and Margaret (Keiple) Sny- der, of Kingwood, who was born November 19, 1781. Children of George and Catharine (Sny- der) Price: John Snyder, born November 28, 1798, died June 27. 1827. Joseph, born Septem- ber 2, 1800, died July 22, 1804. Eleanor, born February 21, 1802, married William Thornton. Jane, born October 14, 1804, died July 28. 1870. Letitia, born April 14, 1807, married Levi Brown. Emeline, born April 5, 1809, died May 22, 1878, married Captain James Maloney. George Price, born July 14, 1811, died October 3, 1892. Eliza- beth, born November 15, 1813, still living ( 1905) in the same house where she was born at Browns- burg, Upper Makefield township, Bucks county, aged ninety-one years. Charles Burroughs, father of Charles H. Price, born August 1, 1819, died April 20, 1888. George Price, father of these children, died February 13, 1852, at Browns- burg, and his widow Catharine on April 10, 1867. George Price sold his real estate in Kingwood, New Jersey, in 1808, and shortly afterward re- moved to Brownsburg, where his death occurred.

John Snyder and wife Margaret Keiple, par- ents of Catharine Price, were married February 22, 1781, and the records show that Catharine was their only child. John Snyder died in 1789, and his widow married a year later Isaac Van Camp. The Snyders were doubtless Germans, but had been residents of New Jersey for several genera-

tions. John Snyder, grandfather of John Sny- der, who married Margaret Keiple, was a large landowner in Morris county in 1748, and his son John Snyder purchased land in Kingwood in 1762. John Snyder, the father of Catharine Price, was the owner of one hundred and fourteen acres in Kingwood at his death, and this des- cended to the said Catharine Price and was con- veyed by her and her husband to her stepfather, Isaac Van Camp, in 1808. Margaret Snyder Van Camp was the daughter of Jacob Keiple, of Amwell township, Hunterdon county, New Jer- sey, who died in 1797, far advanced in years. His widow, Catharine Keiple, died in March, 1801. They were of Holland descent.

(VI) Charles Burroughs Price was born August 1, 1819. In 1840 he came to Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania, and purchased the first hearse ever owned in that city. For a number of years he followed carpentering and undertaking, and, as was the custom in those days, made all liis coffins by hand. Later he gave up the un- dertaking part of the business, and devoted his attention exclusively to carpentering and build- ing. Subsequently he erected in connection with O. B. Hilliard, the first planing mill in this part of the country, which he operated for a time and then disposed of his interest to O. B. Hilliard and in 1856 he built another mill which he con- tinued to operate up to the time of his death. In 1875 his son, Charles H. Price, special subject of this review, was admitted to partnership and the firm conducted an extensive business, giving em- ployment to a number of men. Mr. C. B. Price was a Republican in politics, taking an active in- terest in city affairs, and was a member of the council. On November 7, 1842, Mr. Price mar- ried Mary A. Goucher, who was born in Sole- bury, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1820, daughter of William and Hannah (Quick) Goucher, of Solebury, whose family consisted of four other children, namely : Louis, Elizabeth, John and Mary Ann. William Goucher was a native of Sussex county, New Jersey, and was probably of French Huguenot descent. He set- tled in Plumstead township, Bucks county, about 1800, and later purchased land near Carverville, Solebury township, where he died in 1822. His widow, Hannah (Quick) Goucher, died in 1824. She was the daughter of John Quick, of King- wood, who died in 1798, and granddaughter of John Quick, who died in 1771. Their American ancestor was Tunis Quick, who married, October 30, 1689, Vroutje Haring, born March 3, 1663, daughter of Jan Peterson Haring, who was born

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in Holland, December 26, 1633, and his wife Grietje Cosyn, whom he married in 1662. Tunis Quick and his mother Romora Quick, purchased a large tract of land in Hunterdon county in 1713. Their descendants are now very numer- ous in that county. Mr. and Mrs. Price were the parents of five children: I. Emma. 2. Jennie, died young. 3. Charles H. 4. George E. 5. Laura K., wife of H. C. Miller, who re- sides on Main street, Wilkes-Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Price were members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. Their deaths occurred respectively April 20, 1888, and July 1, 1894.

Laura K. Price, youngest daughter of Charles Burroughs and Mary A. ( Goucher) Price, was born March 31, 1859, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania. She was educated at the public schools of Wilkes-Barre, and this was supplemented by a four years' course at Seminary, from which she was graduated in 1879. She is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Wilkes- Barre. October 24, 1884, she became the wife of Henry Clay Miller, who was born November 9. 1858, was educated at the public schools and at Wyoming Seminary, graduating from the lat- ter institution with the class of 1877. For six years thereafter he served as bookkeeper for his father at Valley, New Jersey, and then came to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where for several years he served in a similar capacity for the Mor- gan gun factory.

G. M. Miller, father of Henry C. Miller, was for many years engaged in iron mining at Val- ley, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, and later took up his residence in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania, where he served for a number of years in the capacity of city treasurer and tax collector. He was a worker along the lines of advance- ment and higher civilization, was a man of irre- proachable character, and well endowed with firmness and stability. His wife, Jane Stark Miller, daughter of John and Cornelia (Wilcox) Stark, bore him five children : Eva, married P. R. Bor- den, of Wilkes-Barre, and they are the parents of three children : Garrett M., John F., and Evert Borden. Ida, married Woodward Leavenworth, and their children are: Alice, wife of Frederick Boynton, of Chicago, Illinois; Helen, who re- sides at home; and Woodward, Jr., who died in February, 1905, aged fifteen years. (See Leav- enworth sketch elsewhere in this work). Kate E., married Jesse Morgan. Henry Clay. A child who died in infancy. Mr. Miller, father of these children, died at his home in Wilkes- Barre, in 1895, aged sixty-six years.

(VII) Hon. Charles H. Price was born in

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1848. He was educated in the common schools of Wilkes-Barre. Early in life he became actively associated with his father in the milling business, becoming a partner in 1875, and this connection continued up to the death of his father, when he leased the mill, which was located on the site of what is now the yards and station of the Lehigh Valley Traction Company, known as the "Laurel Line." He then engaged in his present business, real estate, and a considerable portion of his time is devoted to looking after the Price estate and in settling up its affairs. He takes an active in- terest in the Republican party, and has held var- ious offices of trust and responsibility. In 1902 he was elected mayor of the city of Wilkes- Barre, his term expiring in 1905. He was a member of both branches of council, in which he served in the capacity of presiding officer. He is a member of Wyoming Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Malta.

In 1874 Mr. Price married Harriet L. Agin, who was born in Brownsburg, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Albert G. and Mary (Brown) Agin, the former named, now deceased, having been engaged in general merchandise and real estate. Their children were: Charles B., born April 20, 1875, died at the age of seventeen years while a student at the Harry Hillman Aca- demy. Albert G., born January 12, 1878, died at the age of two years. Stacy B., born October 9, 1883, who was educated in the common schools. of Wilkes-Barre and is now (1905) in the Pen- nington Seminary of New Jersey. Marshall O., born June 25, 1890, now a student in the Wilkes- Barre High School. The mother of these child- ren died April 25, 1898. Mr. Price married (second) Emily P. Hann, who was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey, daughter of Morris Hann and Harriet (Pell) Hann, an old Wilkes- Barre family ; her father was a prosperous agri- culturist. One son is the issue of this union, Burroughs Hann Price, born April 10, 1900. H. E. H.

WALTER STERLING CASTERLIN, at- torney, of Wilkes-Barre, and also chief deputy coroner of Luzerne county, having served in the latter capacity since January, 1905, is a native of the city in which he now resides, born September 27, 1871, a descendant of a Scotch-Irish an- cestry.

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Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 48

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin Publication date: 1906 Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 988

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 988