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Dr. Bardo married, December 29, 1904, Bettie B. Hower, only daughter of the late A. D. Hower and his wife, Drusilla (Schuyler) Hower. Mrs. Dr. Bardo was educated in the Friends School in Phila- delphia and Muncy High School, graduating from the latter in the class of 1896. For eight years prior to her marriage she was an instructor in the Institution for the Deaf at Philadelphia. She is a member of the First Baptist church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Bardo attends the same.
A. D. Hower, father of Mrs. Dr. Bardo, was born in Milton, North- umberland county, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1845, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Dreisbach) Hower, natives of Northampton county, Pennsylvania. Nicholas Hower, a son of Jacob Hower, came to Milton
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when he was quite young, and there married Elizabeth Dreisbach, who had also migrated with her parents to Milton. They finally located on a farm near Turbutville, where they died after having reared five chil- dren : George W., who practiced law several years in Sunbury, and is now bookkeeping in .Cleveland, Ohio; A. D., Aaron A., who taught school many years and then turned his attention to farming; William H., who followed agricultural pursuits; and Caroline, who became the wife of Charles Windaw. Nicholas Hower was a member of the Lutheran church, and his wife of the Reformed.
A. D. Hower was educated at the Millersville Normal school, Lancaster county, having been graduated in the scientific and a part of the classical course in 1871. He began the study of law in August of that year, under the able tuition of W. C. Lawson, of Milton, Pennsyl- vania, and was admitted to the bar, August 4, 1874. He began his prac- tice at Turbutville, Pennsylvania, and soon after was elected principal of the public schools of Muncy, which, in 1875, were converted into a Normal, and he was selected as professor of mathematics and theory and practice of teaching. In July, 1876, he opened an office in Muncy, where for many years he prosecuted his profession diligently and earnestly. He was a Republican in politics. On July 4, 1872, he mar- ried Drusilla Schuyler, daughter of Lewis Schuyler, residing then near Turbutville, and to this union were born two children: Bettie B. (Mrs. Dr. Bardo), born July 18, 1879. Lewis, born January, 1873, was edu- cated at Mt. Airy schools, Pennsylvania. After completing his course he returned to Muncy, where he now lives. Mr. Hower belonged to the Reformed church, and his wife and daughter are members of the Bap- tist church. Mr. Hower died at his home in Muncy, December 18, 1895. He was the first to organize a normal class in the Muncy school.
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FRANK LAWRENCE MOYER, M. D.
The first reliable information concerning the Moyer ancestry is found in the record of baptisms in Host church, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, beginning with Maria Barbara Moyer, born January 9, 1759, bap- tized February 16, 1759, daughter of Valentine and Margaret Barbara Moyer, the former named, date of birth not known, died 1797. Val- entine and Margaret Barbara Moyer were the parents of a large fam- ily of children. Valentine Moyer had a son Philip by a previous mar- riage. Philip Moyer has a number of descendants who reside in the vicinity of Linglestown, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania.
Valentine Moyer, fourth son of Valentine and Margaret Barbara Moyer, was born in 1776, and died 1825. He married, name not known, and their children were: William, born 1809, died 1883; John S., born 1812, died 1890, mentioned hereinafter; Daniel M., born 1814, died 1887; Henry, born 1816, died 1903; and David, born 1821, died 1892. John S. Moyer, second son of Valentine and Moyer, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, January 2, 1812. He learned the shoe trade and followed the same in the lower part of the state until 1865, when he moved to Lewis township, on Lycoming creek, settled on a farm and there resided until 1872, when he changed his place of residence to Trout Run, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He there led a retired life until his decease, which occurred January 13, 1891, in Tioga Center, while on a visit to his relatives. He was united in mar- riage to Mary Hartranft, who was born in 1814 and died in 1878, a daughter of Andrew and Mary (Frankenburger) Hartranft, and a relative of ex-Governor Hartranft. Their children were as follows: Rev. Henry C., of Auburn, New York. Harriet, wife of Warren W. Ransom, of Tioga Center, New York. Dr. Daniel V., of Maryland.
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Sarah E., widow of William E. Crane, of Williamsport. Aaron J., owner of the Architectural Iron Works, Springfield, Ohio. William Oscar, who died at the age of twenty-four years. Martha E., wife of George H. Hopfer, of South Williamsport. Mary Emma, wife of J. M. Cornwell, of Williamsport. Dr. Frank Lawrence, mentioned at length hereinafter. Mary, who died at the age of four years. A brother, who died in infancy, and Rev. J. C. B. Moyer, of Baldwinsville, New York.
Mary (Hartranft) Moyer was a descendant of Tobias Hartranft, who came to Pennsylvania in 1734 and settled in or near Philadelphia. He was accompanied by his wife, Barbara (Yeakle) Hartranft, who bore him the following children: Maria, George, Abraham, Melchoir, and Rosina. Tobias Hartranft died October 4, 1778, aged seventy-four years; his wife died February 16, 1764. Abraham Hartranft, the third child of Tobias and Barbara ( Yerkle) Hartranft, married Susanna Schubert, who bore him the following children: Christopher, Abraham, Barbara, John, Leonora. Abraham died December 12, 1766; his wife died December 29, 1779. John Hartranft, the fourth son of Abraham and Susanna (Schubert) Hartranft, was born April 21, 1753. He was married three times. His first wife, Mary, was the mother of five chil- dren: Susan, Bessie, William, Andrew and George. His second wife, Catharine, had nine children. His third wife, whose name is unknown, had three children. Andrew Hartranft, son of John and Mary Hart- ranft, was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 5, 1785 or 1788, died 1830. He married, March 26, 1809, Mary Frankenburger, who bore him the following children : Henry, Conrad, Mary, above mentioned as the wife of John S. Moyer and mother of Dr. Frank L. Moyer; John, William, Samuel, Elizabeth, Joseph, Andrew and George. All of these children are now deceased with the exception of Elizabeth, now (1905) aged eighty-two years, who became the wife of Joseph
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Sager. Andrew Hartranft and his family resided near Faulkners Swamp, Pottstown, Pennsylvania; then six miles north of Pottsville, on Silver creek, in Schuylkill county, at a rolling mill; then in Union county ; then at Watsontown, and subsequently at Delaware Run.
Frank Lawrence Moyer, son of John S. and Mary (Hartranft) Moyer, was born in Muncy, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1859. He attended the common schools of Lewis township and Wil- liamsport. He left the parental roof at the age of twelve years, and worked on a farm until seventeen years of age. He then accepted a position as bookkeeper in Maxwell's general store at Trout Run, re- maining there until nineteen years old, when he accepted a position as weighmaster for the Mercer Mining and Manufacturing Company, at Harrisville, Butler county, Pennsylvania, in which capacity he served for two years. At the age of twenty-one he entered the employ of a rail- road contractor on the P. C. & S. L. as bookkeeper, and continued in the same for four years. He then came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and for a time read medicine in the office of Dr. C. D. Hunt. In 1889 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Mary- land, and after spending two terms there entered the Kentucky School of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1891. He opened an office at No. 16 West Market square, Williamsport, where he has since conducted a general practice, and now enjoys a large and lucrative patronage, which is the direct result of his skill and ability along the line of his chosen profession. He is a member of the Lycoming County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is attending physician of the Home for the Friendless and of the Florence Crittenden Home. He is a mem- ber of the Third Street Methodist Episcopal church, a member of the
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Knights of Malta, and a trustee, director and national examiner of the National Protective Association. He is a Democrat in politics.
Dr. Moyer was married January 1, 1887, in Williamsport, Penn- sylvania, to Julia C. Bennett, daughter of William and Sarah ( Marshall) Bennett. No children were born of this union. William Bennett was born in the north of Ireland, and was a descendant of a Scotch ancestry. When he was eight years of age, an uncle of his decided to emigrate to America with his family. Young Bennett went on the vessel with them, and while playing with the children, the gang plank was removed and he was brought to this country. His uncle settled in New York. Mr. Bennett later came to Pennsylvania, settling at Balls Mills, where he followed the occupation of farming. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, both of whom are now deceased, are as follows: James V., of Williamsport; Dr. A. W., of Liberty, Tioga county, Pennsylvania : Mrs. Jefferson Shoemaker, of Williamsport; Mrs. Jennie C. Bastian, of Colorado; Mrs. Alvira Wilson, of Tacoma, Washington; Sadie S., of Williamsport, and Julia C., wife of Dr. Frank L. Moyer.
ALBERT WILSON.
The family of which Albert Wilson, a representative citizen of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is a member, traces its ancestry to Jona- than Wilson, son of Jonathan and Abigail Wilson, who was born March 15, 1775, in Independence township, Sussex county, New Jersey, and died at Montoursville, Pennsylvania, at the age of eighty-one years. His wife, whose maiden name was Anna Schooly Wilson, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Wilson, was born August 25, 1777, in Independence township, Sussex county, New Jersey, and died at the age of thirty- three years. Their children were: Cadwalader Evan, born Septem-
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ber 27, 1799, in Loyalsock township, Lycoming county, died at the age of twelve years, and Nancy Schooly, born March 15, 1806, in Loyal- sock township, Lycoming county, became the wife of a Mr. Pryor, and died at the age of thirty-six years.
Jonathan Wilson married for his second wife Mary Chilcott, who was born in Richland township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1784, a daughter of Amos and Anna Chilcott, and her death oc- curred at Berwick, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, at the age of eighty- four and a half years. Eight children were the issue of this union, four of whom attained manhood and womanhood, as follows: I. Evan C., mentioned hereinafter. 2. Mary Ann, born November 29, 1820, be- came the wife of Aaron Clayton, and at her death was survived by a family. 3. Abigail, became the wife of Jonathan O. Crawford, and of their seven children, three died in early life, and the surviving members were as follows: Charles W., who died in Florida, leaving heirs ; Joseph W., a resident of Philadelphia, married, no issue; Mary Jane, wife of Professor T. F. Gahan, of Williamsport, and mother of two children. Clara C., wife of W. K. Heylman, of Montoursville. 4. William Rufus, born September 18, 1827, died in Muskegon, Michi- gan, leaving a family.
Evan C. Wilson, son of Jonathan and Mary (Chilcott) Wilson, was born March 3, 1819. He married Sarah Ann Crawford, daughter of William and Rebecca Crawford, and their children were as follows: Albert, mentioned hereinafter. Mary Jane, wife of Joseph Yeagle, and mother of ten children. Rebecca Ann, deceased, was the wife of Thomas Frymier, and they were the parents of six children. Charles C., who died in early life. The mother of these children died in 1850. Mr. Wilson married for his second wife Leah Crawford, a sister of his first wife, and two children were born to them: William, who married
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Della Fulcrod; Edward, who married Hester Young, and live in South Dakota, and their children are Leon and Esther Laverne Wilson. Evan C. Wilson died at the age of forty-nine years.
Albert Wilson, only surviving son of Evan C. and Sarah Ann (Crawford)" Wilson, was born September 15, 1842. After completing his studies in the public schools of his native town he was employed in a butcher shop, and while serving thus learned the details of the trade. He then engaged in the lumber business for a short period of time, but later returned to the stock business, and has followed it up to the pres- ent time (1905). He is also extensively engaged in agricultural pur- suits and is the owner of two farms aggregating two hundred acres, which are devoted to the raising of a general line of farm produce, which finds a ready sale in the nearby markets. He takes an active in- terest in all that concerns the welfare of the community in which he re- sides, and his political support is given to the Republican party, the prin- ciples of which he has firmly adhered to since attaining his majority.
Albert Wilson was united in marriage to Elizabeth Brelsford, who bore him the following named children: Charles, who married Marga- ret Garvy, and they are the parents of one child, Albert Stanley Wil- son. Frances, who became the wife of William Ebner, and their chil- dren are: Elizabeth, Elsie and Margaret Ebner. Albert, who married Viola Hymen, and the issue of this union was three children: Lin- wood, Francis and John Wilson. Ellen, wife of Wilson G. Tally, and mother of one child, George Tally. Harry, who married Margaret Fulmer, no children. .
The Crawford family, connected with the Wilson family by mar- riage, was founded in this country by Samson Crawford, a native of Scotland, who came here about the year 1788, when a young man of twenty years of age. He was one of the pioneers of Lycoming county,
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Pennsylvania, settling at what is now known as Jersey Shore, and for several years thereafter taught school, he being a man of good educa- tion. He was a tanner and currier by trade, and about the year 1790 built a tannery, which was one of the first erected in the county, and there conducted a large and lucrative business. He married Miss Nancy Campbell, and they reared a family of children.
William Crawford, son of Samson and Nancy (Campbell) Craw- ford, was born at Jersey Shore, June 27, 1793. He attended a school which was three miles from his home, and frequently was compelled to wade Loyalsock creek in order to reach it. He acquired a fair English education, and upon attaining his majority taught school during the winter months and farmed for the remainder of the year. He resided in Upper Fairfield and Eldred townships, successively, and was one of the representative agriculturists of that locality. During the greater part of his boyhood and early manhood he lived with Nicholas Fleger, a miller, with whom he learned that trade, but being of a weak consti- tution could not follow the same. He was drafted during the war of 1812, but owing to the speedy cessation of hostilities was not in active duty. During his early life he was a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal church, but later joined the Christian church, of which he became an exhorter. About 1835 he organized the first Sunday school in the town of Upper Fairfield, which was held at what was known at that time as the Buckley schoolhouse. He married Rebecca Tallman, daughter of Jeremiah Tallman, a native of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and their children were: Nicholas F., of Kansas; Jonathan O., of Montoursville; Leah F .; Nancy ; Sarah Ann; William, of Williamsport, for many years proprietor of the Hotel Crawford; Jeremiah T., of Trout Run; John K., of Williamsport; Joseph T., and Rebecca, wife of Gideon King, of Trout Run. The mother of these children died in
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1838. Mr. Crawford married for his second wife Jane Adlum. His death occurred in Eldred township, October 1, 1884, aged ninety-one years.
John K. Crawford, son of William and Rebecca (Tallman) Craw- ford, was born in Upper Fairfield, May 14, 1827. He was reared on the farm and acquired a common school education. At the age of twenty years he and his brothers-Nicholas, Jonathan and William-engaged in the tannery business at Warrensville, and butchering business at Wil- liamsport, Pennsylvania, which they conducted successfully for a num- ber of years, and John K. has ever since engaged in the tannery and leather business. In the spring of 1858 he located in Williamsport, and about 1876 he built extensive brick tanneries at the junction of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia & Reading railroads on Third street, with an office and salesroom at Nos. 31I and 313 Market street, where he had built a fine brick building. He is the owner of more than thirty houses in the city of Williamsport, having erected on an average about one building a year for the past fifty years. He was also engaged in the lumbering business on Loyalsock creek for over ten years, and was the owner and operator of the Warrensville flour mill for a period of twenty years. He was a member of the common council, president of the board of health for twenty-four years up to 1904, and for thirty years was assessor of the ward in which he resides. He has been a Whig and Republican in politics, and has always done all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of both organizations. He has ever been a liberal contributor to religious and benevolent en- terprises, and is one of the most substantial as well as one of the most valued citizens of the community. On January 1, 1852, Mr. Crawford was married to Mary Casner, daughter of Samuel L. and Elizabeth (Swarer) Casner, of Warrensville, formerly of Hunterdon county, New
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Jersey, the former named passing away in 1902, aged ninety-two years. Three children were the issue of this marriage: Elsie Jane, who resides at home; Annis H .; and Harrison Tallman Crawford.
The following "Scenes and Incidents in a Western Trip of Uncle John K. Crawford " were written by William Crawford Wilson, August 23, 1904, and published in leaflet form with the following introduction : Uncle :-
To write this piece I've racked my brain, because I ain't no scholar, To fit those words and spell them right I think it's worth a dollar. If this don't bring that coveted sum-a dollar unto me, Then I'll confess I cannot earn it writing poetry.
W. C. W.
TO MY FRIENDS AND BODY GUARD.
When great men go a-fishing, or off to some resort, To spend the heated summer, into some shady port, They'll ask our government to give, and think it very hard, If they refused to send along a national body guard.
So when I started westward to witness nature's art, I thought I'd do like other men and be a little smart, To guard against the dangers-a privilege when we can- So I took along a body guard, a very brave " Young man."
Our party it consisted-no exceptions in the case- Of the truest men and women of God's noble race, Whose hearts and hands so eagerly were always open free, To lend such help to make this trip so pleasantly for me.
My lot I found so different, it makes me feel so proud, From what I read of other men, who came among a crowd, For instance you'll recall the case of Silas, Paul and Jason, Who fell among those wicked men instead of a true mason.
To those who formed our party there, I feel myself in debt, For their sympathetic kindness I shall never once forget.
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As our trip was very pleasant and our friendship not in vain, I shall bear a kind remembrance, hoping that we'll meet again.
The sights we saw and pleasant things that came unto our view, How well I'd like to mention them and note them down to you, But space and time and memory will not permit me to, So what I write, I'll try my best, to make it brief and true.
The park they call the Yellowstone, is bound to take the lead, With its mighty snow-capped mountains is wonderful indeed, And its great and many geysers sending boiling waters high From the bowels of mother Earth t'ward the planets in the sky.
The animals so numerous and fishes in the lake, The gold and shining silver, of which you dare not take. The many birds so lovely with plumage dark and gray, And the handsome golden eagle, as you watch him soar away.
And the many other beauties on which your eyes would feast, With its rough and shining waters as they roll, pitch and seethe, It is then we are reminded as we view them at their berth And we learn that nature formed all down in mother earth.
Here we left this lovely scenery and started further west, And crossed the mighty Rockies upon their very crest, And viewed those rugged mountains, a pleasure to behold, With the plains in the distance, and the half cannot be told.
We viewed the place called Fremont's Peak away up in the air, From history's page we do recall who placed Old Glory there. And there beneath those stars and stripes, that shine as days of yore. We breathed a prayer that they may stay tho' Fremont is no more.
And the great Celestial City beyond the mountain's crest, With its gold, its fruit and climate is the city of the west. There doth sleep the old Pacific with its mighty waters great, And the heaven of our country may be called this golden gate.
We turned ourselves then homeward across the western plain, And we all seemed so anxious to get back home again.
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And while we saw a great display in almost every port, Yet in our breast we could not hide a love for Williamsport.
We started out one afternoon, my body guard and I, To help the Irish celebrate and drink their Irish rye, . And there we saw an elephant, of paper, wax, or junk, But when I felt and found him warm, I asked if we were drunk.
My body guard, I honor him for faithfulness to me, Who guarded every footstep so zealously you'll see, And what a pleasant pleasure to have him with me there, If only I'd succeeded to teach him not to swear.
He darned the fruit that I had bought and called me a Hindoo. To my surprise he grasped them up and out the window threw, He darned the grapes as awful stuff for one like me to take, And kindly asked if I did want to get the stomach ache.
He darned the pebbles in the road, I readily do recall, For fear the pesky little things might cause me there to fall; He darned the gutters and the ruts and tho't it was a sin, Because he fancied in his mind that I might tumble in.
He darned the widow on the train, and thus we saw his spunk, Because one night I stumbled against the lady's bunk. She, in no wise was to blame, yet, all were warned that he, Would make it very lively if they interfered with me.
He darned for my protection both early and till late; He darned from Pennsylvania unto the golden gate, And back across the mountain and all across the plain, And kept it up when needful till we got home again.
Now, in remembrance, I will offer to him a silver plate, That when he eats the staff of life he'll not forget my fate. Likewise, his generosity to me so kindly offered, I do attest sincere friendship, yours truly,
J. K. CRAWFORD.
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Harrison Tallman Crawford, son of John K. and Mary (Casner) Crawford, was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1861. He was educated in the public schools, Muncy Normal school and Wil- liamsport Commercial College, and the knowledge thus obtained has been greatly added to by reading, business experience and observation. In 1885 he became a partner in the tannery business established by his father, having previously learned the trade of tanner in the same estab- lishment, working at it for five years. He has recently succeeded to the entire management of the business of the firm, and being a man of good business acumen and enterprise has attained results that far exceeded his expectations. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church and a staunch advocate of the principles of the Republican party. He is a member of Lodge No. 106, F. and A. M., of Williamsport : Lycoming Chapter, R. A. M .; Baldwin II Commandery, K. T., and has attained the thirty-second degree. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
In 1891 Mr. Crawford married Alice Gay, of Rahway, New Jer- sey, a daughter of M. T. Gay, a member of the firm of Blanchard Brother and Lane, of Newark, New Jersey. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Crawford: Elsie B. and Harold Gay Crawford. The family reside in a fine home at No. 415 Grampian boulevard, in Loyalsock township, just outside of the city limits.
WILSON G. TALLEY.
Wilson G. Talley, a representative business man of Williamsport, whose office is located in the Hays building, was born in the city in which he now resides, September II, 1877, a son of George W. and Augusta (Miller) Talley, and grandson of the late Charles R. and Elizabeth
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