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September 4, 1889, Mr. Cruse was united in marriage with Miss Orpha D. Sprout, born in Picture Rocks, October 22, 1867, a daughter of Amos B. and Catherine (Hinds) Sprout. Her father was a man of
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much ability and prominence. He was a son of Ebenezer Sprout, and was born May 7, 1826, at Forest Lake, Susquehanna county, Pennsyl- vania, and died at Picture Rocks August 31, 1904. He conducted the business of manufacturing sash, doors and blinds in Picture Rocks, the pioneer enterprise of that kind in Lycoming county. His wife, Catherine Hinds, was born in Bridgewater, Susquehanna county, September 18, 1827, and died four years before her husband, on June 26, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Sprout were the parents of four children, Judson H., Gordon D., Morton I., and Orpha D., the last named becoming the wife of Ellis M. Cruse.
To Mr. and Mrs. Cruse were born four children: Catherine M., October 4, 1890; Ernest J., October 16, 1895; Lois M., November 15, 1900; Elva C., April 16, 1903.
JAMES A. DOHERTY.
James A. Doherty, deceased, who was a man of wise foresight, great energy, and strong common sense, which were the leading traits of his character, was born near Boston, Massachusetts, March 28, 1863, a son of John and Sarah Doherty, Canadians by birth. He acquired the educational advantages afforded by the common schools of that day, and his active career was noted for the utmost integrity. He was a promi- nent member of the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Knights of the Golden Eagle.
Mr. Doherty was united in marriage to Martha Barr, who was born in Barry county, Michigan, May 31, 1865, a daughter of George and Addie Barr, whose family consisted of seven children, the names of the others being as follows: Cora, David, Murray, Myrtle, Bessie, . and Earnest. One son was the issue of this marriage, John Clinton.
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born July 4, 1891. Mr. Doherty died December 15, 1892, and his re- mains were interred in the cemetery at Brisbin, Clearfield county, Penn- sylvania. His widow, a woman of good business judgment and ability, resides at Montoursville and is successfully conducting the old Ebner Hotel.
JOHN HOWARD SHERMAN.
John Howard Sherman of Montoursville, Pennsylvania, was born at Fairfield Center, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1866, the son of Levi and Sarah (De Wald) Sherman. His father received his education in the common schools of Lycoming county, afterwards engaging in carpentering and teaching. When the civil war broke out he volunteered and served two years. His death occurred April, 1871.
John H. Sherman attended the common schools of Muncy town- ship, and also Hartley Hall school. With the idea in view of becoming a telegrapher, he left school at the age of seventeen years and entered into the study of telegraphy under Mr. J. B. Weidenhamer, at Halls, on the Philadelphia and Reading railway. From 1887 to 1892 he was in the employ of this company in the capacity of operator or station agent at different points on the line. From 1892 to October 12, 1903, he held the position of station agent at Montoursville, in the employ of the same company. In October, 1903, he was elected to the important posi- tion of cashier of the First National Bank, Montoursville, then organ- izing, and still retains his connection with that institution, which has become noted for the fact of its acquiring $100,000 deposits in less than six months.
In political affairs Mr. Sherman's sympathies lie with the Demo- cratic party. He is actively interested in educational matters, being for three years a member of the Montoursville school board. He is a
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member of I. O. O. F., Fairfield Lodge No. 236, Montoursville. He affiliates with the Protestant Episcopal church, has been a member of the vestry since 1894, is a lay reader in the parish of Montoursville, and since 1896 has been superintendent of the Sunday school, and is always ready to donate his services to any benevolent work.
May 9, 1895, Mr. Sherman was united in marriage with Miss Eleanor Edna Hyde, daughter of George and Catharine Pass Hyde. She was educated in the public schools of Montoursville, and was gradu- ated from the Normal school, Muncy, Pennsylvania, and Commercial College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and taught in the public schools of the county until 1895. Her father, George Hyde, was a wagon- maker in Montoursville for thirty-five years. He held the position of burgess, school director and councilman, and was held in the highest esteem by his fellow townsmen. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman are: Mary Katharine, May 13, 1896, at Montoursville, Penn- sylvania ; Eleanor Hyde, December 31, 1898 (deceased) ; John George, January 5, 1903.
ALEM PRICE HULL, M. D.
The founder of the Hull family, or that branch represented by Alem Price Hull, was Benjamin Hull, who came from England in 1640, or earlier, and first settled in Piscatagua, in the province of Massachusetts, now Maine. In 1660 he moved to Piscataway, South Jersey. In the early pioneer days of New England, Benjamin Hull was a preacher of the gospel (Baptist), and the name has been prom- inent from the earliest organization of New England among the in- telligent and outspoken freemen of the new world. His wife, whose name is unknown, was an English woman of culture and refinement.
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Benjamin Hull (great-grandfather), son of Benjamin Hull, the founder, married Anna Duer, of English descent, and about 1750 set- tled on a farm in Sussex county, New Jersey, where he died at the age of ninety years. They were the parents of eleven daughters and three sons. His wife was a very religious woman, and subscribed the funds for the erection of a Baptist church in the vicinity of their home.
William Hull (grandfather), son of Benjamin and Anna (Duer) Hull, the youngest child in the family, was born July 17, 1771. In 1792 he came to Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. He married, January 12, 1797, Hannah Marr, and they were the parents of four- teen children, nine of whom attained years of maturity. Hannah Marr, wife of William Hull, was born March 23, 1777, and was descended from John Frampton, of England, who was born in 1585, a merchant and compatriot of John Hampden, Oliver
Cromwell and the Parliament that resisted Charles I. His grandson, William Frampton, Mrs. Hull's great-great-grandfather, came to America about 1671 and settled in Oyster Bay, then in Burlington and Philadelphia. He was a Quaker and member of William Penn's first Provincial Council for the government of Penn- sylvania (the lower counties, now Delaware). He represented Kent county in that council in 1683. In 1685 he was one of the Peace Com- missioners for the county of Philadelphia, and was one of the three persons who jointly filled the office of Register General in 1685 and 1686. He was Justice of the Peace in 1685 and during this time Mayor and Recorder of the city. In 1680 he married, but the name of his wife is unknown. He was a merchant in Philadelphia, and died in July, 1686.
Thomas Frampton, son of William Frampton, married a Miss Ellis, daughter of Thomas Ellis, of Burlington. Their daughter, Han-
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nah Frampton, married David Price, and their daughter, Susannah Price, born April 27, 1754, married Joseph Marr, a Scotchman. Their daughter, Hannah Marr, born March 23, 1777, married William Hull, as above stated. She came with her father, Joseph Marr, about 1793, from Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, to Turbot township, Northumberland county, to a large tract of land he had taken up on the banks of the Susquehanna, near Milton, Pennsyl- vania. Her father and mother donated ground for a graveyard and Episcopal church, which edifice they helped to build, and which for many years was the only church in or near Milton. Hannah Hull died in Milton, February 10, 1858, aged eighty-four years.
Thomas Ryerson Hull (father), youngest son of William and Hannah (Marr) Hull, was born on the Hull farm, a short distance above Milton, February 19, 1815. He was a student and prepared for college in the famous Kirkpatrick School in Milton. In 1832 he en- tered Lafayette College, and, although he did not attend the full course, this institution conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts a few years prior to his death. He was a member of the first class of Jef- ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, after it became an independent corporation, where he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1838. After his graduation he began the practice of medicine in Washington- ville, Montour county, Pennsylvania, where he continued in active prac- tice until 1861, when he removed to Milton, Northumberland county, where he resided and continued to practice until his death, May 25, 1886. He was a member of the Episcopal church. He held a number of public offices; he was chief burgess of Milton four terms, and also a member of the board of education, serving as president of the board for twelve years. He was a Republican and took an active interest in politics, serving as one of the electors from Pennsylvania of the first
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Lincoln campaign. During the Civil war, after the battle of Antietam, he served in the militia and was commissioned surgeon of the regiment.
Thomas R. Hull married, February 23, 1843, Elizabeth Jane Mc- Cormick, born March 29, 1822, in Washingtonville, a descendant of William Shaw, who was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1748, and came to America about 1772. He first settled in Derry township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, later removed to Turbot township, Northumber- land county, where he died in 1811, aged sixty-three years. He mar- ried Esther Taylor, daughter of David and Agnes (Buyd) Taylor, who came from Ireland prior to 1750. Esther Shaw died February 10, 1783, aged thirty-five years. Mr. Shaw married for his second wife Elizabeth Long. Margaret Shaw, daughter of William and Esther Shaw, born June 4, 1779, married William McCormick, who came from Ireland (date unknown), and settled in Washingtonville, Mon- tour county, Pennsylvania, where he was a merchant, and he died on a farm near there September 28, 1830, aged fifty-six years. Their daugh- ter, Elizabeth Jane, married Thomas Ryerson Hull, in 1843. William Shaw's father was a merchant in Belfast, Ireland, and he, as the eldest child, inherited the family estates, but having acquired a competence in America, resigned in favor of his younger brother. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church, and served in the Revolutionary war. He was active in colonial times, between 1775 and 1785, as he was ap- pointed on many important committees: The first and second com- mittees of safety in Northumberland county, February 8. 1776, and August 13, 1776; a commissioner of purchase, 1780; a petition in favor of settlers beyond the purchase line. 1781; one of the committee ap- pointed by the assembly to take subscription for the continental cause ; appointed June 9, 1777; a justice of the peace for seven years, and on
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January 24, 1785, again appointed for seven years; appointed judge of common pleas court, January 24, 1785.
Alem Price Hull, son of Thomas R. and Elizabeth Jane ( McCor- mick) Hull, was born at Washingtonville, Montour county, Pennsyl- vania, December 7, 1848. He attended the public schools of Wash- ingtonville until twelve years of age, when his parents moved to Mil- ton, Pennsylvania, and he then entered the Milton Academy, which he attended until 1864, he being then sixteen years of age. In that year he enlisted in Company E, Seventy-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until the fall of 1865. The following spring he entered the Tuscarora Academy in Juniata county, Pennsyl- vania, where he remained until the summer of 1868, and then entered Yale College, class of 1872, where he prosecuted his studies until 1870. From 1870 to 1871 he served as private tutor in the family of Mrs. David Marr, who resided near Milton, and at the same time read medicine with his father, who resided in the town of Milton. In the fall of 1871 he entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which institution he was graduated in March, 1873. In June of the same year he began the practice of medicine in Montgomery, Lycom- ing county, and has resided and practiced his profession there ever since, a period of more than three decades. Dr. Hull is a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania State Medical So- ciety, of which he is the vice-president, and the Lycoming County Medical Society, of which he was the president two terms.
Dr. Hull has served as surgeon of the Pennsylvania Railroad for twenty-five years, examining surgeon on the Pension Board, and exam- iner for various insurance companies. In addition to his professional duties, Dr. Hull is the president of the Montgomery Door & Sash Com- pany, president of the Montgomery Water Company, and director in
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the First National Bank of Montgomery, and the Milton Trust & Safe Deposit Company. He is a member of the firm of Meixel Coleman & Co., lumber-manufacturers, and was a member of the firm of Hender- son, Hull & Co., also president of the same, which conducted an ex- tensive planing mill, but is now out of business. He has always taken an active part in the politics of the Republican party, but held no office except burgess of Montgomery, in which position he rendered valuable service. He is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree, and is a member of D. L. Montgomery Post, No. 264, Grand Army of the Republic. He is actively connected with the Presbyterian church of Montgomery.
PETER MILTON FRANTZ.
Peter M. Frantz, for many years actively and prominently identi- fied with the agricultural interests of Hughesville, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, in which county he was born on November 20, 1837, a son of John and Savilla (Fague) Frantz, and a direct descendant of one of the pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley, a representative of that class of men who braved the hardships and dangers incident to the settle- ment of a new country, and to whom so much credit is due.
John Frantz, father of Peter M. Frantz, was a farmer by occupa- tion, gaining a lucrative livelihood by means of industry and thrift. By his marriage to Savilla Fague, eight children were born, namely: Mary Elizabeth, deceased; Peter Milton, whose name heads this sketch; Sarah Ann, who became the wife of Francis Smith; David Thomas; Susannah Catherine, who became the wife of Elias Sahm; Hannah Rosetta, de- ceased; George Washington; and Martha Jane, who became the wife of George Nerfer. Mr. Frantz died in February, 1878, having survived! his wife many years, her death occurring September 27, 1862.
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Peter M. Frantz married, in 1862, Miss Mary Flick, and nine chil- dren were the issue of this union, two of whom died in infancy; the names of those who attained years of maturity are as follows: Charles McClellan, who married Etta Houseknecht; Bradia M., deceased; Els- worth, deceased; Clara Ada; Harvey Ernest; Stella May and Bruce Clyde Frantz.
JOSEPH C. BUDD.
Joseph C. Budd, who, since 1869 to the present time (1905), a period of thirty-six years, has been the proprietor of a general store in the town of Loyalsock, Lycoming county, from which he realizes a goodly profit, was born in Cape May county, New Jersey,
He was reared and educated in his native state, and in 1869 located in the town of Loyalsock, Pennsylvania, where he has since been actively identified with its growth and progress. He is a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, and the Protective Order of Sons of America. He strictly adheres to the tenets of the Evangelical church.
Mr. Budd married Mary Etta Milnor, daughter of Joseph W. and Mary Jane (Reeder) Milnor, the former named having been born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1819, a son of Joseph and Mary (Wright) Milnor, born in 1795 and 1796, respectively. Joseph W. Milnor was a school teacher during the early years of his career, but later turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, being one of the prominent farmers of his township, and the owner of considerable valu- able real estate. He was a justice of the peace for thirty years, a jury commissioner in 1866, and the incumbent of the majority of the impor- tant offices of Eldred township. Two daughters were born to Mr. and
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Mrs. Budd : Abbie, who became the wife of E. E. Souter, to whom she bore two children-Dorothy and Mary; they reside in Loyalsock ; and Anna, who resides with her parents.
ELMER E. SHOEMAKER.
Elmer E. Shoemaker, a successful and highly esteemed resident of Muncy, Pennsylvania, was born in the vicinity of Clarkstown, Muncy Creek township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1867, a son of Thomas H. and Almara (Warn) Shoemaker, a grandson of Benjamin K. Shoemaker, and great-grandson of Thomas Shoemaker. The name of Shoemaker has been closely interwoven with the history of this section of the state for several generations, dating back to the days prior to the Revolutionary war. Thomas H. Shoemaker ( father) was also a native of Muncy Creek township, in which locality he spent his entire life-time, devoting his attention principally to farming, and also owning a half interest in a distillery.
Elmer E. Shoemaker was indebted to the common schools of his native county for his educational advantages, and his boyhood days were spent in the same manner as those of the majority of boys reared on a farm-assisting with the various duties as his strength would allow- and thus he gained a thorough knowledge of all the details of farming, which has been his chief occupation ever since. His income is also greatly increased by the half interest he owns in a distillery and by the sale of liquor.
At the parsonage in Muncy Creek township, Lycoming county, De- cember 26, 1889, Mr. Shoemaker was united in marriage to Traine Michael, a daughter of Oliver P. and Anna Michael, the former named a successful farmer, who served his township in the capacity of school
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director two terms. Three children were the issue of this union, namely : Virce E., born May 18, 1891 ; Collins W., born November 18, 1893' and Irene M., born September 11, 1900.
HUGH D. FISHER.
Hugh D. Fisher, watchman for the Philadelphia and Reading at Fritz Station, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, in which capacity he has served for the long period of thirty-three years, or since January 22, 1872, a fact which alone characterizes him as a man of industry, energy, perseverance and integrity, is a native of the section wherein he now re- sides, born September 10, 1837, a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Ar- buckle) Fisher, who reared a family of nine children, as follows: An- drew F., Hugh D., Paul F., John, Michael, Jolhim, Daniel, deceased; Margaret J., and Sarah F. Fisher.
Upon the completion of his studies in the common schools at the age of sixteen years, Hugh D. turned his attention to the various lines of work on his father's farm, laboring thereon during the summer months, and for the remainder of the year was employed by his father in the lumber woods. He continued thus until his marriage, in 1870, at the age of thirty-three years, when he established a home in the vicin- ity of Fritz Station and commenced working for the Pennsylvania Rail- road. On January 22, 1872, he was appointed to watch the tracks of the company, and by faithfully and conscientiously performing this duty has been retained up to the present time (1905). By thrift and economy he accumulated some capital, which he invested in real estate, and he is now the owner of the old Hivley farm in Washington township, one in Clinton township known as the Martin Lomeson farm, and a house and lot in Somerset, Brady township, from which he derives a goodly in-
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come, which will enable him to cease from active labor during the de- clining years of his life.
On December 27, 1870, Mr. Fisher was united in marriage to Christiana. Weaver, daughter of William and Sarah (Poust) Weaver, residents for many years of Penn township, whose family consisted of six children, namely : Elias, Wilson, Irwin, Christiana W., Effie W., and Charles A. Weaver, deceased.
PETER P. MARSH.
Peter P. Marsh, of Montoursville, Lycoming county, Pennsylva- nia, who is highly esteemed by a large circle of friends for his many excellencies of character, was born in Muncy township, Lycoming county, on a farm known as the twin farm, February 4, 1822.
George Marsh, father of Peter P. Marsh, was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1779. He resided on a farm in Gun township, whereon he conducted extensive operations until 1837, in which year he moved to Manchester, Ohio, where the remainder of his days were spent. His wife, Margaret (Friebly) Marsh, born April 12, 1792, bore him the following named children: Mary, born July 13, 1810, died January 9, 1844; George W., born March 3, 1812, died February 25, 1853; Elizabeth, born November 30, 1813, died October 9, 1900; Adam, born 26, 1815, died March 20, 1895; John, born May 5, 1817, died September 15, 1842; Catherine, born April 30, 1819, died June 19, 1858; Peter P., born February 4, 1822; Abram, born November 12, 1825, died January 16, 1901 ; Samuel, born July 18, 1826, resides in Knoxville, Illinois; Margaret, born July 2, 1827, died March 21, 1861 ; Jacob, born April 3, 1829, died May 22, 1863; Chris- topher, born November 24, 1830, resided in Manchester, Summit county.
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Ohio; Sarah, born April 2, 1832, resides in Knoxville, Illinois. The death of the parents of these children occurred, respectively, February 12, 1864, and March 31, 1875.
Peter P. Marsh attended the common schools of Muncy township, and his boyhood was spent in the same manner as the majority of boys reared in the country. During the early years of his life his parents removed to the Lloyd farm, whereon they resided three years, and in 1832 located on the Brindle farm, remaining there one year, then re- moved to the Burrows farm, where they made their home until April, 1837, when they moved to Green township, Star county, Ohio. He re- mained under the parental roof for ten more years, at the expiration of which time he returned to Montoursville, Pennsylvania, and for fourteen months served in the capacity of school teacher. He then returned to his parents' home in Ohio, but two years later, becoming possessed of the gold fever, which was prevalent at that time, went to Wellesville, Ohio, where he took a steamboat for St. Joseph, Missouri. He arrived there on the first day of April, 1850, and they at once rigged up wagons and started for California. He arrived in Hangtown, now called Placer- ville, in August, being ninety-two days on the road, and after remain- ing there one week and not securing any employment, started for Sac- ramento, but not meeting with any better success there, after one week started for Nevada, where he went to work at mining, continuing thus for a period of four years.
Mr. Marsh then returned to his parents' home in Ohio, but after a visit of a month there went to Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, remain- ing there one month, and then returned to Nevada, where he again took up the occupation of mining and continued at this work for three years. He then returned to Montoursville, Lycoming county, purchasing one- half of the store belonging to A. Banker Bubb, which he conducted until
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March, 1859, when he disposed of his interest to Harry Baston. He then purchased a boat and engaged in boating on the Pennsylvania Canal, continuing this occupation until 1856, and subsequently purchased a lot and house known as the postoffice building on Broad street, Montours- ville, where he has resided ever since.
On December 13, 1860, Mr. Marsh was united in marriage to Mar- garet E. Weaver, who was born April 14, 1843, a daughter of William and Margaret Weaver, who resided in Montoursville, Pennsylvania. Their children were: Annie, born September 30, 1861, died June 19, 1896, was the wife of Peter M. Swartz, and mother of one son, Charles F. Marsh; Jennie N., born July 21, 1864, became the wife of William Trump, Jr., and they are the parents of one daughter, Margaret; Sarah A., born December 29, 1867, became the wife of J. C. Carpenter, and their child, Bertha, died at the age of eleven months; Emma Louisa, born October 3, 1870, became the wife of Peter M. Swartz, no issue. The mother of these children, who was a woman of most estimable character, died February 15, 1901.
ISAAC KURTZ.
Isaac Kurtz, an honored and esteemed citizen of Lycoming county; who resided in the town of Montgomery, a son of Isaac D. and Mary (Brown) Kurtz, was born in the vicinity of Milton, Pennsylvania, Au-' gust 22, 1831. He attended the common schools of the neighborhood, and his entire active career was noted for the utmost honesty and integ- rity in his dealings with his fellow-men. He was a prominent member of the Grange, and in politics a supporter of the Republican party.
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