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offices of the town in which he lived, and was one of the poor directors of Luzerne county from the organization of that department till his death. He was commissioner of the county at the time of the construction of the court house, and being the nearest resident officer chiefly su- perintended the work. He was associate judge of Luzerne county for several years prior to his deatlı, and in the discharge of the duties of the office showed rare judgment, good common sense, and a knowledge of the law. He was also a good business man, and had accumulated a handsome fortune during his long and useful career. Judge Pfouts was a very active worker in the Masonic fraternity, and was also a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Judge Pfouts married, February 5. 1841, Mary F. Sively, daughter of George and Frances (Stewart) Sively, and one child was born to them, George Sively, mentioned at length here- inafter. Jolin George Sively, grandfather of Mrs. Pfouts, was born in Germany and came to America previous to 1788. He was a surgeon in the French army, and later a noted physician in Philadelphia, where he married Jane Baldwin, and died near Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1812. He had two children: George, born 1789, died in 1854 on the old homestead in Hanover township, about two and a half miles south of Wilkes-Barre on the river road, where he settled in 1809, en- gaged in clearing a farin, and reared two chil- dren, Stewart and Mary F., wife of above. Mir. Sively was a true type of the purity and nobility of pioneer character, and deserves much credit for hewing down the forests, battling with the wild beasts and savages, and establishing his family in the comfortable home which is still oc- cupied by his posterity. Lazarus Stewart was born in Scotland, emigrated with his family first to Ireland, then to Holland, and finally to Amer- ica in 1729, locating in Lancaster county, Penn- sylvania, where he died. He had among other children, two sons, Robert and Alexander, the former of whom had two children. Captain Laz- arus and James, who came to Hanover in 1769 or 1770. Alexander Stewart had three children : Lieutenant Lazarus, George, and Mary, who be- came the wife of George Espy, all deceased. Lieutenant Lazarus married Dorcas Hopkins, a relative of the Hopkins family, of Philadelphia, came to Hanover with the forty settlers from Harrisburg and his cousin. Captain Lazarus Stewart, and had one child. Frances Book, who became the wife of George Sively. Lieutenant Stewart was killed in the Wyoming massacre,
July 3, 1778. The family were always identified with the Presbyterian Church.
George Sively Pfouts, whose name heads this sketch, was educated in the public schools of Han- over township, at the old original Wilkes-Barre Academy, Clifton Springs, and New York State College, graduating when about twenty-one years. of age. He then took up civil engineering and entered Martin Correll's engineering corps, and assisted in surveying the then new oil fields in western Pennsylvania, occupying about three years. He then returned to the old homestead and lived there for several years, after which he took up farming, which he continued about five years, when he permanently retired from active pursuits. Mr. Pfouts was a private in the war of the rebellion, enlisting in Hazleton, Pennsyl- vania, 1865, and served under Judge Stanley Woodward in Company H, Third Regiment, un- til the end of the war. In politics he was a Dem- ocrat, and for several terms served as auditor of Hanover township. He was a Presbyterian in religion, and actively engaged in church work for many years prior to his decease, serving as class leader, and teacher in the Sunday school. His wife is an active member of the First Pres- byterian Church of Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Pfouts was a stockholder in the Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre. He was a charter member of the Order of Heptasophs, with which he was connected seventeen years, until his death and for sixteen years was also a member of the Royal Arcanum.
Mr. Pfouts married (first) in 1865, Emma V. Quick, of Wilkes-Barre, and they had two chil- dren : Fannie L., born November 14, 1866. mar- ried. in Wilkes-Barre, September 28, 1904, Jo- sephi Brooks Rogers, of Knoxville, Tennessee ; and George Sively, Jr., born August 20, 1868, who is now residing in Colorado. Emma V. (Quick) Pfouts died February 22, 1871, in South Wilkes-Barre, at her mother's home, and was buried in Hanover Green cemetery, Lu- zerne county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Pfouts married ( second) November 1, 1877. Adella F. Eckroth. daughter of Peter C. and Katherine E. (Yohe) Eckroth, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, originally from Mifflinville, Columbia county. Pennsylva- nia, and three children were the issue of this union : Harvey Sterling and Stewart Lazarus. twins, born January II, 1882, died at the age of four months, and buried in Hanover Green cen- etery ; and Mary Elizabeth, born January 23. 1887. educated at the Female Seminary. Wilkes- Barre, from which she was graduated in the
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spring of 1905. George S. Pfouts died at the old homestead in Hanover township, April 10, 1902, and was buried in Hanover Green cem- eterv.
Peter C. Eckroth, father of Mrs.' Adella F. (Eckroth) Pfouts, who died March 13, 1899, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Nisky Hill cemetery. Bethlehem, was a son of Francis A. and Lydia (Frey) Eckworth, of Mifflinville, Pennsylvania, the former dying when Peter C. was only twelve years of age, and the latter about the year 1875. His wife, Katherine E. (Yohe) Eckroth, who died February 9, 1900, and was buried in Nisky Hill cemetery, was a daughter of Elisha and Lydia ( Falk) Yohe, of Mifflinville, Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Elisha Yohe was a stone mason by trade, and erected all the stone piers on the first Catawissa bridge, in 1850, and they are still standing at the present time ( 1905). He died in May, 1876, and his wife in July. 1876. Peter C. and Kath- erine E. (Yohe) Eckroth had children: I. Har- vey W., married (first) Laura Beers, of Bethle- hem, Pennsylvania, who bore him five children : Helen and John, living, and Katherine, Dorothy and James, deceased. He married (second) Minnie Beidlehem, and they reside in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 2. Nora A., wife of William Maharg, of Pittsburg, and they have one daugh- ter, Della. 3. Adella F., widow of George S. Pfouts; as mentioned above. 4. Lottie L., wife of Irvin Lake, of Easton, Pennsylvania, and mother of three children : Irvin, Marshall and Albert Lake. H. E. H.
STEPHEN BUCKINGHAM VAUGHN, as his name indicates, was descended from respect- able and substantial Rhode Island and Connecti- cut ancestry.
(I) John Vaughan, his first Rhode Island progenitor, came to Massachusetts about 1634, but removed to Newport. Rhode Island, in 1638. as his name is recorded in a list of inhabitants ad- mitted there May 30, 1638. He was granted land there 1639, and built his home. He was admitted freeman 1655, and died 1687. His wife was named Gillian, but her surname is not known. He had five children all born in Newport : John, born April 10, 1614: David, born July 19. 1646, of whom later ; George, born October 20, 1650, who was deputy to the general court for several years and left six children and many grandchildren; Daniel. born April 27. 1653, who also left issue : Mary, born July 3, 1658.
(II) David Vaughan, second son of John and Gillian Vaughan, born at Newport. Rhode Island,
July 19, 1646, died May, 1678 (will proved May 25, 1678) married, 1670, Mary -, who died in 1681. She remarried in 1680, Thomas Joslin, of Portsmouth. David Vaughan was made free- man at Portsmouth in 1671. He wills his Indian boy to his father, and his estate to his wife until the son John had reached his majority, said son to be educated. He had only one child, John.
(III) John Vaughan, only child of David and Mary Vaughan, was born in Portsmouth. He married, November 24, 1698, Elizabeth Bull, daughter of Isaac Bull. of Providence, Rhode Island. John moved to North Kingston and died there, as "John Vaughan and Elizabeth his wife, of North Kingston, April 22, 1729. deeded fifty acres of land to their son Isaac." They had seven children : Elizabeth, born December 18, 1701; David, October 25, 1704; Isaac, of whom later ; George, born July 24. 1709: Mary, born July 19, 1713, married Mr. Congdon ; Charity, born June 20, 1716; John, July 8, 1721.
(IV) Ensign Isaac Vaughan, fourth son of John and Elizabeth (Bull) Vaughan, born North Kingston, March 31, 1707 ; died September, 1778, (will dated April 18, 1777, probated October 3. 1778) married February 14, 1730, Mary
who was living in October, 1778. Isaac was commissioned ensign in the North Kingston, (Rhode Island) militia 1743-44-45. He had, ac- cording to his will, ten children: Jonathan, John, Aaron, Daniel, Jeremiah, of whom later ; Joshua, Abigail, Betty, and two married daughters.
(V) Jeremiah Vaughan, fifth son of Isaac and Mary Vaughan, born in North Kingston, Rhode Island, about 1750, died there 1786, ( will dated 1786, probated September II, 1786), mar- ried, June 23. 1776. Sarah Tripp, born October I, 1749, living September 1I, 1786, daughter of Peregrine Tripp, of Exeter, Rhode Island, born August 19, 1725, and his wife Susannah Sher- man, of South Kingston, whom he married Janu- uary 22, 1749. Sarah Tripp Vaughan married (second) February 8, 1787, Henry Congdon, of Exeter. Peregrine Tripp was a son of Job Tripp, of Exeter,born April 20, 1701, and his wife Sarah, born 1704, who was doubtless the grandson of Peleg Tripp, and his wife Anne Sisson, of Ports- mouth, constable, surveyor of highways, member Portsmouth council, and deputy to the general court, Rhode Island, 1680, 1681, 1686. Peleg was son of John and Mary (Paine) Tripp, of Ports- mouth, who was deputy thirteen years from 1648- 72, and assistant 1670. 1673-75. Mary Paine, died February 12, 1687, was a daughter of An- thony Paine, of Portsmouth, 1638. Jeremiah and Sarah Tripp had an only son Jonathan.
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(IV) Captain Jonathan Vaughan, only child of Jeremiah and Sara (Tripp) Vaughan, was born in North Kingston, Rhode Island, January 6, 1779, died at Montrose, Pennsylvania, Janu- ary 29, 1869, aged ninety years and twenty-five clays. He was married ( first ) at North Kingston, by Nicholas Gardiner, Esq., justice, January II, 1796, to Mary Austin, probably of Robert, of Kingston, Rhode Island. He married (second) Montrose, Pennsylvania, June, 1811, Lvdia Avery, daughter of Ezekiel Averv, a Revolution- ary soldier, and sister of Daniel Avery.
Captain Vaughan moved from Exeter, Rhode Island, where he had settled, to East Greenwich, Rhode Island, in 1796, where he bought of Isaac and Phebe Coe one hundred and twenty-one acres and a dwelling house. He lived there until about 1800, when he returned to Exeter. He sold Feb- ruary 24, 1802, to John Sweet, of East Green- wich, ninety acres of his land. From Exeter he moved later to Arlington, Vermont, from which place he moved in 1810, in which year, February 18, he located in Bridgewater. Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, where he had visited the year previous. Mrs. Blackman in her "History of Susquehanna County," gives a few facts from his diary which are interesting.
"1810, February 24. sap free : April 21, apple trees with leaves; May I, Daniel Austin and Chapman Carr came; went to the mouth of the Wyalusing, and one and a half miles below to Stalford's for wheat; meeting on Sabbath "out at Wilson's" and at Elder Dimock's : September, helped Mr. Warner at a logging bee: November many inquiring the way to Zion.
"1811. Januuary, Conference meeting at Mr. Samuel Scott's ; singing school by James Burch ; February, went twice on one week to Lathrop mills after boards for the school house; June, married Lydia Avery : October, four of us pulled one hundred bushels of turnips.
"1812. January 30, sap run some. Split 260 rails and left off before night."
What a record for a pioneer. At this date he was thirty-two years old. The records of Sus- quehanna county show that he bought of Robert H. Rose, 1814, seventy-three acres in Bridge- water, in 1815 from E. Fancher forty-seven in Bridgewater, in 1850 of Cabel Carmalt ninety-six acres, and in 1851 from Jonathan A. Vaughan one hundred and twenty acres in the same locality. Captain Vaughan was commissioned ensign of the Second company, East Greenwich ( Rhode Island) militia, May, 1800, and Mav, 1801 ; he was also commissioned captain of East Green-
wich militia November 2, 1801, his commission as cauptain being still in the possession of his de- scendants in Montrose. He had by his first mar- riage :
Sarah Vaughan, born in Exeter, Rhode Island, December 18, 1796: married Mr. Ship- man.
Stephen Vaughan, born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, January 31, 1798, of whom later.
Elizabeth Vaughan, born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, December 4, 1800, married Mat- thew Baldwin, born March, 1794.
Ariel Vaughan, born in Connecticut.
Mercy Vaughan, married Mr. Stevens.
By his second marriage Captain Jonathan Vaughan, had, all born in Montrose, Pennsyl- vania, Crispin Vaughan, married and had Clarke Vaughan ; John Avery Vaughan, of Crescent Springs, Kentucky; Lucinda Carter Vaughan ; Jane Vaughan, married Mr. Griffith ; Lydia Ann Vaughan, married Mr. Griffith.
(VII) Captain Stephen Vaughan, eldest son of Captain Jonathan and Mary (Austen ) Vaughan, born East Greenwich, Rhode Island, January 31, 1798, died Kingston, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1862, was married by Rev. Nicholas Murray, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvana, June 2, 1832, to Frances Buckingham, born June 21, 1804, died in Kingston, Pennsylvania, February 7, 1834, daughter of Thomas and Tryphena (Hibbard) Buckingham, of Lebanon, Connecti- cut. Captain Vaughan (as he is called in the published notice of his marriage) was a taxable in Montrose borough, 1827-28, after which, ac- cording to Roger S. Searle, he went to Kingston, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the mercantile business in the firm of Slocum & Vaughan. He was a taxable as a "single freeman" in Kings- ton in 1831. In 1840 he moved to Wilkes-Barre, and was a clerk in a store until 1841. when he en- tered the mercantile firm of Pettebone and Vaughan, successors to H. Pettebone & Co. He was appointed by Governor Johnston, May 5. 1851, justice of the peace for the North ward of Wilkes-Barre, and reappointed by Governor Pol- lock, April 16, 1856, and by Governor Curtin, April 9, 1862, serving until his death, when he was succeeded by Sanford Parsons, Esq. He was a charter member of Wyoming Lodge, I. O. O. F., and first noble grand, September 23, 1831 : also chiarter member and chief patriarch of Outalissa Encampment, No. 39, August 10, 1846. His estate was administered by his cousin. George- Loveland, Esq., March 17-April 9. 1862. He- is remembered by those who knew him well, as;
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a man of high character, and fine business ability. He was an active Democrat, living at the old Phoenix Hotel. His office was for years the headquarters of the Democratic party.
Fanny Buckingham, wife of Captain Stephen Vaughan, was granddaughter of Jedediah and Martha (Clark) Buckingham, who was son of Thomas and Mary ( Parker) Buckingham, the son of Thomas and Margaret ( Griswold) Buck- ingham, whose father, Rev. Thomas Bucking- ham, married Hester Hosmer, and was the sixth child of Thomas and Hannah Buckingham, who emigrated to Massachusetts in 1637 and settled at Milford, Connecticut, in 1639. This Thomas. the pioneer, was a deputy to the general court of Connecticut, 1657. His son, the Rev. Thomas Buckingham, was an eminent minister of the Congregational church, 1669-1709, and one of the moderators of the Saybrook conference that formed the Saybrook Platform for the govern- ment of the New England church, 1708. He was also one of the founders and fellows of Yale Col- lege, from 1700 until his death. Margaret Gris- wold, wife of Thomas Buckingham (3) was daughter of Lieutenant Francis Griswold, of Norwich, Connecticut, deputy to the general court for seven years, 1664-71, and granddaughter of Edward Griswold, one of the first settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, deputy to the general court from Killingworth, Connecticut, and mag- istrate for over twenty years. Martha Clark, wife of Jedediah Buckingham, was granddaugh- ter of Captain William and Hannah (Strong) Clark, of Northampton, Massachusetts, and great- granddaughter of Lieutenant William Clark, of Northampton, who came here 1637. These, with Elder John Strong and his father-in-law, Thomas Ford, were all deputies to the general court for several years. Lieutenant William Clark served in King Philip's war and was deputy 1663, 1664. 1668-77. 1680, 1682: and his son. Captain Will- iam Clark, was captain of First Company of Leb- anon Connecticut militia 1708: deputy 1705-24. fourteen years ; and a member of the council, 1719, 1721, etc., etc.
Stephen and Fanny (Buckingham) Vaughan had but one child, Stephen Buckingham Vaughn. (VIII) Stephen Buckingham Vaughn. only child of Stephen and Fanny (Buckingham) Vaughan, was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1833, died at his residence in Dor- ranceton, Pennsylvania, June 26, 1905 : married, December 5, 1866, Marian Wallace Preston, daughter of Colonel Joseph Tyson and Sarah Ann ( Espy) Preston, of Kingston, Pennsyl-
vania, and granddaughter of James Preston and his wife Elizabeth Fitzgerald, daughter of John Fitzgerald, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Vaughn, having lost his mother when he was four months old, was raised by John and Ma- tilda (Buckingham) Bennet, Mrs. Bennet being his aunt. From them he inherited at their death much property. He was educated at the old Presbyterian Institute, Luzerne Academy, at Troy, Pennsylvania, and having a fine estate en- gaged in farming and other business. He was for over thirty years director of the Central Poor District of Luzerne county, serving for years when the office brought no compensation. . He was over twenty years director of the Forty Fort Cemetery Association ; member of the coun- cil of Dorranceton almost from its organization. 1888-1905, having been re-elected for three years early in 1905 ; he was also president of the coun- cil, 1893-95. He was a director of the Wilkes- Barre and Kingston ( North street) Bridge Com- pany, and vice-president of the Wilkes-Barre and West Side Railway Company until it was merged into the Traction Company. He was also a Free Mason, member of the Kingston Lodge, past eminent commander of Dieu de Veut Comman- dery, Knights Templar, and a Thirty-second de- gree Mason. He was a member of the Malt Club, the Westmoreland Club, and for years one of the managers of the Luzerne County Humane Asso- ciation. Mr. Vaughn was domestic in his tastes, warmhearted and generous in his character, an unfailing friend to rich and poor alike, with a hand opened to the suffering and needy ; ex- tremely kind hearted and of great courtesy. he had many friends who valued him and loved him. Fond of outdoor sports, he delighted in his wheel and was a delightful companion to travel with. He passed away with a Christian hope, and is buried in Forty Fort cemetery.
Mrs. Vaughn's parents, Colonel Joseph Ty- son and Sarah Ann (Espy) Preston, were well known in the Wyoming Valley. James Preston, father of Colonel Joseph Tyson, was one of seven brothers, who came from England and settled in Philadelphia, but afterward bought a farm in Blue Bell township, Montgomery county. Penn- sylvania, and died there. He married twice ; first. as above, to Elizabeth Fitzgerald, and had by her Cornelius, Joseph Tyson, Jessie and Rosanna. By his second wife he had Charles, Jared and John. Colonel Joseph Tyson Preston, born May 9, 1814, died in Kingston, May 27, 1877, was for a time a clerk in the store of Thomas Myers, in Kingston. He then moved to Plymouth and
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entered into partnership with William Reynolds Ebenezer (3), Stephen (2), Alpha ( 1). He was born in Monroe county, New York, January 21, 1819. died Tonawanda, New York. April II, 1898. Was captain Company D, One Hundredth New York Volunteers, 1861, raising the company at his own expense. He was enrolled October 9, 1861, for three years, served under General Mc- Clellan, General Gilmore, and others, until wounded and captured, August 3, 1863; ex- changed March 5, 1865, mustered out as lieuten- ant-colonel and brevet colonel. Mr. and Mrs. Payne have two children: Eugene Robert and Marion Dorothy Payne. in coal mining and a company store. He was a colonel of state militia, a member of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, Wilkes-Barre, and is said by those who knew him to have been a most honorable and upright gentleman. The Record, of August 6, 1863, said of him: "Mr. Preston has been for many years a resident of the valley, engaged in the mercantile business, and by his constant attention to his business, his strictly honest and upright character, and kind and accommodating spirit, he had made for him- self a large circle of warm friends. During the last seven years of his life he had been most se- 3. John Bennet Vaughn, educated Chester Military School, Pennsylvania, and Princeton College. Is a stock broker associated with Fred- erick H. Payne, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with office in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Westmoreland and Wyoming Valley Country Clubs. verely afflicted with a lingering disease which rendered him incapable of business and shut him up within the bosom of his own family. But his mind was unimpaired, and he was enabled to put his entire trust in Him who always supports in every suffering those that trust in Him. The large number of sympathizing friends that fol- 4. Gertrude Turner Vaughn, educated Wilkes-Barre Female Institute; Norwood Insti- tute, Washington, D. C. ; and Farmington, Con- necticut, taking a special course at Columbia University, New York. She is a member of the Wyoming Valley Country Club. lowed his remains to the grave showed plainly that the memory of his many worthy qualities while in active life were still fresh in their re- membrance." Sarah Ann Espy, wife of Joseph Tyson Preston, was the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Eike) Espy, son of George Espy, of Mr. John Bennet, to whose paternal care Mr. Vaughn was so much indebted, born April 25, 1790, died February 10. 1863, was son of An- drew Bennet and grandson of Thomas Bennet, who came to Kingston with his family, 1769, as one of the forty settlers who founded Forty Fort. Thomas Bennet was in the fort when the battle of July 3, 1778, occurred, and when the sur- render was made the following day he fled with his family from the valley. Returning later he was captured, with his son Andrew and Lebbeus Hammond, by the Indians, and carried off. The three arose one night on their captors, slew them, and brought their arms with them. Peck, in his Dauphin and Luzerne counties, who was justice of the peace for fourteen years, and builder of the old stone jail of Wilkes-Barre, on the public square. George Espy married Mary Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, of Hanover, Lancas- ter county, Pennsylvania, an uncle to Lieutenant- Colonel (Captain) Lazarus Stewart, who was slain in the massacre of Wyoming. George Espy was son of Josiah Espy, grandson of George Espy, and great-grandson of Josiah (I), who came from Ireland, 1729, settled in Derry town- ship, Lancaster county, and died there March, 1761. (Egle's Pennsylvania Genealogies). Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Vaughn had four children: . "History of Wyoming" (pp. 291 et seq. ) describes
I. Fanny Buckingham Vaughn, born July 29, 1868, died February 22, 1872.
2. Mariam Matilda Vaughn, married No- vember 12, 1899, Frederick Hurlbut Payne, banker, broker, member New York Stock Ex- change, lives in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Payne was educated at Mrs. Henrietta Kutz's school in Philadelphia, and Mrs. Brown's school, New York. Mr. Payne was born Tonawanda, New York, February 18, 1866, son of Eugene Robert and Emily Elizabeth (Hurlbut) Payne. grandson of Colonel Lewis Stephen and Mary (Tabor) Payne. Colonel L. S. Payne was a son of Stephen and Ruth A. (Smith) Payne, of
at length their tragic story, which has become a part of Wyoming history. ( See also Kulp, quoted from Peck, pp 630-650). Andrew Bennet born 1764, died November 20, 1824, married Mary Miller, December 18, 1787, born 1759, died Oc- tober 6. 1804. They had John, born April 25, 1790, Monroe born July 18, 1791. Martha born November 8, 1799, died November 27, 1837 ; Thomas, born December 3, 1800, died 1801. His eldest son, John Bennet. married Matilda Buck- ingham, sister of Mrs. Fanny Vaughan, the aunt of Stephen B. Vaughn. John Bennet was for some years a school teacher. He is said to have been a splendid specimen of physical manhood-
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