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Philip H. Seely, fourth son of Jacob and Leah (Keen) Seely, was born in Salem town- ship, February 23, 1835. He was reared in his native township, and enjoyed the educational ad- vantages afforded by the common schools. He remained on his father's farm up to 1860, and then in company with his brother, Samuel P. Seely, engaged in a mercantile business at Fair- mount Springs. In August, 1864, when his coun- try was in need of. men to defend the integrity of the Union, he enrolled as private in Company D, One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and for merit- orious conduct was appointed first duty sergeant. He was attached to the Army of the James and
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participated in the following battles: Hatcher's Run, Fort Gregg, Rye Station and Appomatox. He received his honorable discharge on June 28, 1865.
Upon his return to civil life he engaged in boating up to 1870, and the following year he turned his attention to milling, in company with Mr. Driesbach, and continued the same up to 1874. Since 1876 he has devoted his entire at- tention to agricultural pursuits, conducting his operations on a farm of four hundred acres of productive land, and in addition to the income de- rived from this occupation owns a half interest in a timber tract of one hundred and fifty acres. During the years 1881 and 1882 he represented his fellow citizens in the State Legislature. In 1887 he was elected justice of the peace, and when his term expires in 1907 he will have been the incumbent of the office twenty years, the long- est of any man in the town, and he has also served as assessor and in other minor township offices. Mr. Seely holds membership in the Lutheran Church, is a member of Knapp Lodge, No. 264, Free and Accepted Masons, and a Republican in politics.
Mr. Seely married, July 4, 1876, Sarah Har- mon, who was born in Salem township, Jan- uary 9, 1854, eldest daughter of Solomon and Mary Harmon of Salem township, whose family consisted of eight other children: Susan, de- ceased ; Minerva, Sevilla, John A., Frances, Amelia, Annie, and Ella Harmon. Solomon Har- mon is a son of John A. and Sarah (Varner) Harmon, who were the parents of four other children : Susanna, Elizabeth, Voyann, and Se- villa. By a former marriage to a Miss Smithers, John A. Harmon was the father of six children : Mary, Catherine, Caroline, Henry, John and Mar- garet. John A. Harmon died January, 1881. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Seely, as follows : Jacob A., who married Miss Martha Westbrook, and they are the parents of two chil- dren, Philip Seely and Everett Westbrook ; Ber- tha V., a teacher : Mary A., Thomas K., Sarah M., a teacher ; Leah M., Philip H. Jr. Martha H., deceased ; Annie F., deceased ; Elsie M., and Catherine A. H. E. H.
RANSOM FAMILY. Samuel Ransom, the American ancestor of the Ransom family of the line here treated, Samuel Ransom, the hero and patriot of the Revolution, whose deeds in war and achievement in the more peaceful arts of domestic life have been made the subject of ex- haustive articles in public records and private
prints, was born in or near Ipswich, England, about 1737 ; married, Canaan, Litchfield county, Connecticut, May 5, 1756, Esther Lawrence, born about 1739, in Windham county, Connecticut. After the death of Captain Ransom, July 3, 1778, Esther married Captain James Bidlack, Sr., and returned with him to Norfolk, Connecticut, where she died in August, 1794.
Samuel Ransom during the French and Eng- lish war was a soldier in one of the Connecticut battalions. His name first appears on the pages of Wyoming history, October 2, 1773, when he purchased of John. Ransom "lower tier lot No. IO" in Plymouth township, Wyoming Valley. About this time he was admitted an inhabitant of Plymouth, and removed there from Canaan with his family. On March 2, 1774, he was se- lectman of Westmoreland (Wyoming) and sur- veyor of highways, and in 1775 was constable of the town. He hauled the first log for the erec- tion of Fort Shawnee, August, 1776, and at this time was captain of the Third Company, Twenty- fourth Regular Connecticut militia, having been commissioned in October, 1775 ; but having been commissioned captain in the Continental service August 26, 1776, he gave up command of the militia, and with Captain Durkee began to raise the two Wyoming independent companies.
Captain Ransom and his men were with Washington in the campaign of 1777, at Bound Brook, Mud Creek, Brandywine, Germantown, and other points, and went into winter quarters at Valley Forge. In May, 1778, he hastened back to Wyoming and took part in all the events pre- ceding and during the battle. Early in the fight he was wounded in the thigh, was left on the field and fell into the enemy's hands and when the bodies of slain Americans were afterward gath- ered for burial, Captain Ransom's body was found near the ruins of Fort Wintermoot, cov- ered with gashes and with the head cut off. After the battle the widow, Esther Ransom, fled with her six children to the Delaware, and finally made their way back to Connecticut. Early in 1780 she returned with the children to Plymouth. Children of Samuel Ransom and Esther Law- renice :
I. Sarah, born Canaan, Connecticut (now Norfolk), August 23, 1757; died Plymouth, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1777 ; married Octo- ber 23, 1776, Timothy Hopkins.
2. Samuel, born Canaan, September 25, 1759. died 1807 or 1808 by drowning in Susquehanna river near Tioga Center, New York; married, 1783-84, Mary Nesbitt, born September 18, 1765.
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3. George Palmer, born Canaan, January 3, 1762, died Plymouth, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1850 ; married (first) August 14, 1783, Olive Ut- ley, born 1760, died Plymouth, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1793; married (second) January 9, 1794, Elizabeth Lamoreux, born October 18 (or 25), 1776, died August 27, 1859.
4. Sybil, born Canaan, February 5, 1764, died April 30, 1826; married, April 8, 1784, Ira Stephens, born July 18, 1759, accidentally killed September 20, 1803.
5. Esther, born Canaan, March 12, 1766, died in infancy.
6. Louisa Lawrence, born Canaan, Connecti- cut, May 28, 1768, died Tioga Center, New York, June 23, 1834 ; married Arthur Frink, born 1763, died February 21, 1847. Arthur Frink married (second), about 1840, Rachel Brooks, widow of his brother-in-law, William Ransom.
7. William, born Canaan, May 26, 1770, died January 8, 1822; married, 1792, Rachel Brooks, born Hunterdon county, New Jersey, February 8, 1776, died Tioga Center, New York, May 29, 1857. Rachel was daughter of James Brooks and Mary Johnson. After the death of William Ransom she married Arthur Frink.
8. Mary, born Canaan, May 20. 1772, died September 16, 1825 ; married, 1701 or 1792, Sam- uel Franklin, born Canaan, May 10, 1759, died Hunt township, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1828. He was brother of Colonel John Franklin.
9. Lois, born near Plymouth, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1775, died Spencer, New York, March 21, 1856; married, March 28. 1793, Stephen Bid- lack, born probably Windham, Connecticut, Jan- uary 5, 1772-73. died Spencer, New York, March 4, 1849.
George Palmer Ransom, born Canaan, Con- necticut (now Norfolk), January 23, 1762, died September 5, 1850 ; married (first), probably in Connecticut, August 14, 1783, Olive Utley, born 1760, died Plymouth, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1793, of whom or whose family and ancestors little is now known. The children of this mar- riage were:
I. Sarah, born Taunton, Massachusetts, September 11. 1784, died April 3, 1851 : married, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1800, Joseph Steele, born New Buffalo, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1773, died Hanover township, Pennsylvania, January 20. 1858.
2. Lovisa, born Plymouth, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1786, died there July 2, 1832 ; mar- ried, about 1803. Horace Morse, born about 1776,
died September 2, 1846. One child, William, born about 1804, died about 1823.
3. Esther, born Plymouth, October 12, 1788, died August 10, 1839 ; married (first), June 10, 1810, Abijah Smith ; married (second), April 15, 1827, John Ingham, born April 10, 1782, died October 15, 1866.
4. George Palmer, born Plymouth, Pennsyl- vania, June 3, 1791, accidentally killed there April 29, 1824.
Children of George Palmer Ransom and Elizabeth Lamoreux :
I. Samuel, born January 9, 1795, died March 22, 1836; married (first) Hannah Wightman ; married (second) Mabel Dodson Ramsey.
2. Olive, born April 12, 1796, died August 20, 1874: married, August 13. 1816, Charles Cottsworth Curtis.
3. William, born Plymouth, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1797, died December 17, 1881 ; married (first), November 13, 1823. Jane Nes- bitt, born Plymouth, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1805. died May 15, 1842 ; married (second). De- cember 15, 1842, Clarissa Davenport, born Jan- uary 28, 1814. Children : see post.
4. Elizabeth, born September II, 1799, died February 25, 1829.
5. Keturah, born April 26, 1801, died No -- vember 21, 1862 : married, March 25, 1830, James Hodge, born July 5, 1795. died November 5, 1863. James' parents settled in Wyoming, 1763. He married (first) Rebecca Miller.
6. Liva, born January 9, 1804, died July 20, 1872; married, July 4, 1830, Oliver Davenport, born February 4, 1808.
7. Thomas, born April 19, 1806, died Au- gust 25, 1879: married (first) Nancy Ann Roushey ; married (second) Elvira Temperance Brink.
8. Chester, born June 10, 1808, married (first) Harriet Hartson Tupper ; married (sec- ond) Mrs. Hester Ann Bishop; married (third) Catharine Ann Whiteneck.
9. Eleanor, born October 12, 1810, died Feb- ruary 21, 1812.
IO. Miner, born May 14. 1813, married, Sep- tember 6, 1838, Elizabeth Shonk, born March 15, 1817.
II. Lydia, born December 12, 1815, married, September 8. 1835, John Kridler, born August 15, 1809.
12. Amelia, born February 10, 1819, married September 12, 1836, Seymour Downs, born May 31, 1817.
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13. Ira, born October II, 1822, married December 28, 1847, Mary Smith, born March 12, 1830. Ira served in the war of 1861-65, private, Company D, One Hundred and Forty-third Penn- sylvania Volunteer Infantry, enlisted August 10, 1862, discharged June 12, 1865; was a sharp- shooter.
Children of William Ransom and Clarissa Davenport :
I. Thomas Davenport, born Jackson town- ship, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1843, married, Plymouth, May 28, 1871, Emma Delray Mand- ville, born January 19, 1852. Their children : Frank Davenport, Harry Mandville. Ralph Sam- uel, Daisy May, Gertie Foster.
2. Charles Curtis, born Jackson township, January 1, 1845, see forward.
3. George Palmer, born Jackson township, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1846, died in Cumberland Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, May 26, 1865; private in Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cav- alry, 1861-65.
4. Francis Davenport, born Jackson town- ship. October 13, 1847, married, October 16, 1870, Isabella Culp, born Newport township, Pennsyl- vania, June 1, 1848. Children : Catharine, Her- bert Daniel, Clarissa Belle, Eva May and Arthur Jay.
5. Clarissa Jane, born Jackson township, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1849, married, Decem- ber 25, 1869, John Henry Case, born Jackson township, June 6, 1844. Children : Andella Blanche, Lizzie Estella, Stella Alfaretta and Ar- thur Eugene Mendoza.
6. Lydia Kridler, born Jackson township, November 2, 1850, married, May 2, 1868, Absa- lom Jasper Case, born Jackson township. Jan- uary 13, 1846. Children : Clara, William Henry, Frank Melvin, Olive Ann, Harry Wellington, Emma Bertram, Verna Maud and Stanley LeRoy Case.
7. Amanda Shonk, born Jackson township, September 2, 1852, married, December 13, 1879, William Henry Harrison, born Plymouth, Penn- sylvania, November' 17, 1852. Children: Ora May, born August 6, 1880; Leslie, Mazey, de- ceased ; and Stanley.
8. Emma Elizabeth, born Jackson township, November 9, 1854, married, November 2, 1872, Albert Ritzpaugh Bertram, born Plymouth, Penn- sylvania, July 1I, 1848. Children : George Will- iam, Joe R., Louise Charlotte, Charles Peter, Les- lie Jay and two younger children.
9. Adelia, born Jackson township. October . 21, 1857, married, February 12, 1880, Peter
Bertram, born Plymouth, Pennsylvania, March 10, 1855. Children : Gertrude May, born Feb- ruary 5, 1881 ; Crissia, and Blanche.
Charles Curtis Ransom, second son and child of William and Clarissa (Davenport) Ransom, born Jackson township January 1, 1845. He spent his early years on a farm in Jackson town- ship, and subsequently in
located the towns of Lehman, Huntsville and Plymouth, successively, coming to the latter named in 1871. He learned the trade of carpenter, and after completing his apprenticeship acted as fore- man for two years. He then engaged in business on his own account and has since followed the same line of work, achieving a large degree of success. He has built a number of the promi- nent buildings, including churches, public schools, one of which cost fifty thousand dollars, the plant of the Gas & Electric Light Company, all the best buildings in Bloomsburg and Nanticoke, and a large number of private residences. He has also built a number of houses for himself which he has disposed of at advantageous prices. He is the oldest established contractor in this section of the county, and also conducts the larg- est trade. He is a Republican in politics. He held the office of school director for a number of years, rendering valuable and efficient service. He has been member
and trustee of the Christian Church for a number of years. He has held offices in the council, chap- ter and commandery of the Masonic fra- ternity, and is a member of Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine. He was the organizer of the first fire company, and is now the oldest living member of the same. Charles Curtis Ransom married, Lehman town- ship, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1867, Mary Eliza- beth Elston, born Lehman township, April 30, 1850. Their children are:
I. William L., born Lehman, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1868, married Hannah Coyle. Chil- dren : Charles, Joseph, Elizabeth.
2. George Corey, born Huntsville, Pennsyl- vania, April 19, 1869, married Sarah Spaight. One child, Ray.
3. Joe, born Huntsville, Pennsylvania, No- vember 21, 1870, married Eliza Albrighton. One child, John A.
4. Clarissa Jennie, born Plymouth, February I, 1873, married Clarence Low.
5. Flora, born Plymouth, March 25, 1875. 6. Clarence, born Plymouth, March 24, 1881,
married Sarah Meeker. One child, Mabel.
7. John J., born March 21, 1884.
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8. Mabel E., born March 16, 1891.
The sixth child of George Palmer Ransom and Elizabeth Lamoreux, mentioned in an above paragraph, was Lina Ransom, born Plymouth, Pennsylvania; Shekinah Chapter, No. 182, 20, 1872. Married there, July 4, 1830. Oliver Davenport, born Plymouth, February 4, 1808, and aied there. Their children were:
I. Edwin, born Plymouth, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1832, married, October 21, 1860, Mary Catharine McAlarney, born Pottsville, Pennsyl- vania, December 12, 1839.
2. James Hodge, porn Plymouth, Pennsyl- vania, September 26, 1833, married, January I, 1861, Mary Ann Plewes, born Flamborough, England, January 28, 1840.
3. Andrew Crandall, born Plymouth, De- cember 31, 1834, died there April 6, 1878.
4. Clarissa, born Plymouth, July 23, 1836, married there, December 8, 1857, Andrew Jack- son Shaver, born Dallas, Pennsylvania, August 30, 1830, died there July 24, 1862.
5. Lorinda, born Plymouth, October 12, 1838, married there, December 26, 1873 (or Jan- uary 25, 1872), Henry Lees, mentioned here- after.
6. Mary Jeanette, born Plymouth, March 16, 1840, married (first), March 10, 1860, John Jef- ferson Whitney, born Skinner's Eddy, Pennsyl- vania, September 7, 1836, killed May 8, 1864, at Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia. In Octo- ber, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company F, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, rose through all the grades to captain, and was commissioned such April 23, 1864; was in all the engagements and battles of the Third Brigade, First Division, Second Corps, Army of the Po- tomac. Mary Jeanette married (second), April 14, 1870, Lorenzo Whitney, born Skinner's Eddy, February 3, 1844.
7. Ellen Olewine, born Plymouth, March 18, 1844, married there, November 1, 1865, Andrew Fuller Levi, born Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, September 19, 1845.
8. Lydia Kridler, born Plymouth, December 13, 1847, married there Henry Herbert Ashley, born Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, December I, 1843.
Henry Lees, who married Lorinda Daven- port, was born in Somercotes, England, Feb- ruary 14, 1841, a son of George and Anna (Ash- ley) Lees, both of whom were of English birth and parentage. Henry Lees came to America in 1862, settled in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and be- gan mining. Later on he went to Helena, Mon- tana, and was a miner there for five years. He
then returned to Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and with money earned in the mines established a mercantile store in Plymouth, where he has since. resided. He is known as a straightforward busi- ness man, and enjoys the respect of all the people. of that borough. In trade circles he is a cloth- ing and gents furnishing dealer and merchant tailor. His wife, as has been stated, is Lorinda Davenport, daughter of Oliver and Lydia (Ran- som) Davenport, and a descendant of the fourth generation of Captain Samuel Ransom, the pa- triot of the Revolution and one of the martyr heroes of Wyoming. Henry Lees and Lorinda. Davenport have one child, Rush Oliver Lees.
Rush Oliver Lees, son of Henry and Lorinda (Davenport) Lees, born Plymouth, Pennsyl- vania, December 15, 1873, was educated in the- Plymouth public schools and the Wyoming Semi- nary at Kingston, Pennsylvania. He matricu- lated at Harvard Medical School, and after com- pleting his course was for about six months con- nected with the Massachusetts General Hospital .. He first located at Pittston, Pennsylvania, re- mained there about two and one-half years, then went abroad to further perfect his medical educa- tion in the great institutions of Vienna, and while. there was a student under the famous Dr. Lorenz. Returning to America he settled in Utica, New York, where he has built up an ex- tensive practice in the special work of treating diseases of the nose and throat.
CALVIN PARDEE ENGLE. One of the most prominent manufacturing plants in Luzerne- county, Pennsylvania, is that of Stephen D. En- gle, watch manufacturer: It has been established. many years and in its various departments the making of a watch can be observed from start to. finish. Stephen D. Engle has lived in Hazleton for many years, and is well known as a business. man of reliability and integrity. He married Martha A. Grenawalt, who was born in Hazle- ton, Pennsylvania.
Calvin Pardee Engle, son of Stephen D. and Martha A. (Grenawalt) Engle, was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1869. He was. educated in the public schools of Hazleton, and later entered his father's employ as an apprentice to the watch-making trade, serving three years. He then entered the manufacturing and repairing- department, also in his father's factory, and re- mained there until 1893, when he removed to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He started in busi- ness with Frank Clark and they conducted the- business under the firm name of Clark and En- gle, at 26 South Main street. They succeeded.
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in building up an extensive and lucrative busi- ness, which they carried on until November I, 1905, when they removed to larger and more com- modious quarters at No. 5 South Main street, their present location. Their business is thor- oughly equipped in every respect and they are able to handle orders of any size in their line of business. Mr. Engle affiliates with the Republi- can party as far as the nation is concerned, but in local politics he prefers to vote as the needs of the moment and the character of the candidates for office may dictate. He is a Presbyterian, and a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons, Landmark Lodge, No. 442, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Shekinah Chapter, No. 182, Wilkes-Barre; Dieu Le Veut Commandery, No. 45 ; and Irem Temple.
Mr. Engle married. September 15. 1903, Katharine E. McGown, born in Humboldt, Lu- zerne county, Pennsylvania, daughter of James E. and Sue S. McGown. James E. McGown came to America during the Civil war, entered the Union army and served until the close of the war. when he was mustered out. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Pardee Engle are the parents of two chil- dren : Martha Louise, born December 27, 1904, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania : John, born Jan- uary 27, 1906, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
CHARLES E. MACKIN, born December 12, 1865, son of Edward and Mary J. (Dowling) Mackin, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he has spent his entire life, was educated in public schools. St. Mary's Parochial School and Wyom- ing Seminary. He began work as bookkeeper and manager in his father's store in Wilkes- Barre, 1882, and continued in that capacity until 1887. when Charles E. and his brother Dennis A. became proprietors of the entire business and has continued as such up to date (1906) with Charles E. as manager. Charles E. Mackin is a Roman Catholic in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He has been a member of the Knights of Columbus in Wilkes-Barre since its organiza- tion about 1898. and was also a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the St. Aloysius, and several other orders.
Charles E. Mackin married. September 2. 1891, Mary J. Mundy. born February 27. 1867, daughter of John and Susan ( Moore) Mundy, formerly of Ireland, later of Wilkes-Barre, Penn- sylvania, and their children are: Edward, born July 5, 1892, attends school : John. born July 10. 1893, attends school : Mary, born April II, 1905. Mrs. Mackin was educated at St. Mary's Par- ochial school and Wyoming Seminary, and taught
at the East End grammar school in Wilkes-Barre for four years. She was one of a family of ten children, namely: Mary J., James, Thomas, John, Katherine, Susan, Cornelius, Edward, Sara, and Leo Mundy. John Mundy (father) emigrated from Ireland about 1863 and came to Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania, where he married and where all his children were born. He has been one of the most respected citizens of that city.
BURTON COURTRIGHT, deceased, born March 14. 1814, in Plains township, was a son of Henry Courtright, who was born in 1766 and who was one of the early settlers of Plains, where he owned a large tract of coal land before that arti- cle of commerce was discovered and which he disposed of prior to that time. He removed from Plains to Exeter, where he bought another farm on which he remained fifteen years, after which he removed to Franklin, where he bought another farm of one hundred and sixty-six acres, some of which he improved. He was a man of force and influence, of sterling qualities, honest and indus- trious to a fault, never aspired to office, yet bore his share of responsibility. Henry Courtright mar- ried Rachel Gore, and had nine children, seven of. whom lived to maturity. They had: Mary P. : Cynthia, married Ariel Rogers : Louisa, married Arthur Smith : Katherine H., married John Chap- man Snow, of whom see sketch elsewhere in this work; Houghton, married Sara Ann Jones ; Frances, married George Cone; Sara Myers; Burton, of whom later; Henry, died young. Henry Courtright, the father, died March 27, 1864, aged ninety-eight years. Burton Court- right, second son of Henry and Rachel (Gore) Courtright, resided with his father, and in 1847 moved with him to Franklin, Pennsylvania, and after his father's death took charge of and fell heir to the property, which he caused to improve under his magic touch as long as he lived. He was not one to court favors, vet he always re- ceived them. He had great influence in the Dem- ocratic party, and held most of the township offices. He married. December 19, 1838, Lucy Ann, born October 13, 1818, at Wyoming, daugh- ter of Theophilus and Elizabeth (Smith) Larned, also of Wyoming. Burton and Lucy Ann had children, namely : I Mary Camella, married S. D. Lewis, and died August 3. 1886, leaving five children : Oscar C., Frances E., Everett, Alice and Blanche. now residing in Illinois, near Odell. 2. Adelaide C., died August 23, 1904, at Orange, Luzerne county, and was buried in Eaton cem- etery. 3. Oscar Larned, married Sophia Step- hens, and had two children: Laura A., married
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Lester Hough, of Newark, New Jersey, and Everett P., married Effie Anderson, also of New- ark, New Jersey. 4. Seymour, born in Exeter township, July 29, 1845, and is now residing on the old homestead at Orange, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. He has held many of the town- ship offices, which he filled with credit to himself and his fellow citizens. Politically he is a Dem- ocrat. He married Hattie E. Heft, and had one daughter,Alice Louisa, married Robert Eaton, of Orange; in 1895, and died in 1899. Mrs. Hattie E. (Heft) Courtright died May 21, 1889, and Seymour Courtright married (second) Emily Phoenix, of Noxen, Luzerne county, and had three children : Mona Laura, Marian Dougherty, and Lucy Ann. 5. Everett, married Elizabeth Posten, and had one son, Archie B. 6. Alice Gore, resides at Orange, Luzerne county. 7. Frank, married Ida Posten, and had two children : Burton A. and Nina M. Frank died April 22, 1897, in Philadelphia, and was buried in Han- over Green cemetery. Dr. Burton A., his son, a practicing dentist in Wilkes-Barre, married, April 15, 1902, Marie Damon, daughter of Mur- ray and Ellen (Brandow) Damon, of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania. Burton Courtright, the father of these children, died in 1888, in his seventy-fourth year, and Mrs. Lucy Ann (Larned) Courtright, his wife ,died December 23, 1903, at Orange; both are buried in Eaton cemetery, at Orange, Luzerne county, Pennsyl- vania. (See Courtright Family elsewhere in this work).
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