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(VIII) John Boothe, son of Luther and Sophia Ann ( Maxson) Eastman, was born in Ceres township, Mckean county, Pennsyl- vania, September 26, 1870. He obtained his education in the public schools of Smethport and attended the high schools in Eldred and Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania, finishing his edu- cation by taking a course in Bryant & Strat- ton's Business College, in Buffalo, New York, from which he was graduated in 1890. For seven years he was employed as bookkeeper by
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E. C. Wolcott & Company, of Eldred, Penn- sylvania. In 1896 he was appointed deputy in the office of the register of wills in Smethport, a position he ably filled until 1903, when, in recognition of his efficient and faithful service, he was elected register of wills and clerk of the orphans' court of Mckean county. Since then . he has been thrice reelected to these offices, which he fills in such a capable manner as to gain the approbation and esteem of all his associates. As a Republican he has held the office of auditor for two terms, tax col- lector for one term and member of the board of education for one term. He owns the farm of his birthplace and takes great interest in agricultural work. He is a member of Mc- Kean Lodge, No. 388, Free and Accepted Masons, of Smethport; Knights of Pythias, No. 278, of Eldred ; the Knights of the Macca- bees, Tent No. 10, of Smethport; Mckean County Grange and the Smethport Hose Com- pany.
He married, October 5, 1893, at Eldred, Pennsylvania, Evalyn Squires (see Squires), daughter of Alson N. and Frances M. Squires, born in Pompey, New York, May 13, 1870. She obtained her education in the public schools, graduating from the Eldred high school in the class of 1888, and was a success- ful teacher in the public schools from that time until her marriage. Children of John Boothe and Evalyn (Squires) Eastman: I. Dorothy, born in Smethport, January 9, 1899. 2. John Francis, born in Smethport, July 4, 1910.
(The Squires Line).
The earliest record of the Squires family, whose name was formerly spelled without the final "s," is of David Squire, born December 24, 1743, died February 18, 1821; married, November 24, 1765, Mary Bunker, born May 18, 1747, died September 26, 1812. Children : I. Elizabeth, born July 24, 1766, died October 3, 1812. 2. Love, born August 13, 1768, died November 26, 1768. 3. A son, born June 25, 1770, died on day of birth. 4. Reuben, of whom further. 5. Love (2), born May 23, 1775, died May 6, 1797. 6. David Bunker, born July 7, 1777, died October 7, 1778. 7. Mary, born January 23, 1780, died October 29, 1794. 8. Nancy, born July 8, 1783, died July 24, 1783.
(II) Reuben, son of David and Mary (Bunker) Squire, was born November 9, 1771,
died June 1, 1841 ; married Anna Tousley, born April 23, 1782. Children: 1. David Reuben Bunker Squire, born April 1, 1803, died July 4, 1869. 2. Alexander Hamilton, of whom fur- ther. 3. Alva Bosworth, born March 6, 1805, died March 20, 1880. 4. Mary Ann, born April 16, 1806, died May 11, 1810. 5. Mary Ann (2), born May 13, 1810, died February 13, 1825. 6. Elizabeth Eliza, born April 2, 1812, died May 31, 1878; married Rev. Paul Cossett. 7. Clarissa Tousley, born April 16, 1815, died March 22, 1816. 8. Henry Tousley, born No- vember 8, 1817, died February 3, 1818. 9. Sylvanus Philip, born December 3, 1818, died March 3, 1819. 10. Harriet Maria, born Febru- ary 8, 1820, died December 8, 1881 ; married, at Manlius, New York, August 30, 1848, Cyrus O. Phillips; one child, Charles R. Phillips, living at Youngstown, Ohio. 11. Sarah Love, born November 18, 1822, died November 25, 1874; married Dr. A. D. Merritt, of Wood- stock, Illinois, and had two children : Charles and Frederick. 12. Mary Bunker, born May 26, 1825, died 1870; married Dr. Pettingill, and had one son, Arthur, died in California.
(III) Alexander Hamilton Squires, son of Reuben and Anna (Tousley ) Squire, was born August 29, 1804, died in Pompey, New York, February 20, 1870. He married, at Pompey, New York, April 30, 1834, Sarah Nearing, born May 18, 1817, died November 29, 1890. Children, all born in Syracuse, Onondaga county, New York: 1. Ann Elizabeth, born August 23, 1836, died October 21, 1839. 2. Lucian B., born June 13, 1839, died from burns received in an explosion at Triumph Hill, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1871 ; married Marian Jaquins, deceased. 3. Alson, born August 8, 1840, died May 10, 1841. 4. Alson N., of whom further. 5. Hamilton, born October 8, 1843, died December 4, 1861, at Upton Hill, while in the Union service. 6. Meredith B., born May 28, 1845; an oil producer of Casey, Illinois ; married, in Pompey, New York, Lucia A. Rob- inson, born January 13, 1850; a son, William Hamilton, born at Triumph, Pennsylvania. August 23, 1877. 7. George H., born October 20, 1850; married, at Babylon, Pennsylvania, November 25, 1875, Ella Hyatt, born March 25, 1858; lives at St. Marys, Pennsylvania, a retired liveryman ; children: Irvin H., born December 6, 1878; Lucian B., born July 3, 1881; Laverne W., born January 6. 1884; Edith, born September 18, 1887, died Septem-
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ber 14, 1888; Lottie A., born April 18, 1889; Frederick M., born August 8, 1892. 8. Char- lotte E., born July 24, 1858; married (first) Robert Franklin Sullivan, born August 21, 1861, died October 29, 1899, a member of the Unadilla Academy (New York) faculty ; mar- ried (second) January 3, 1901, George Fred- erick Dunbar, born September 6, 1865, a musician.
(IV) Alson Nearing, son of Alexander Hamilton and Sarah (Nearing) Squires, was born in Onondaga county, New York, June 6, 1842, died in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1906. He was a mechanic, mer- chant and lumberman. He enlisted, December I, 1861, as a musician in the Twelfth New York Infantry Volunteer band and received an honorable discharge in August, 1864. He mar- ried, at Conneautville, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1867, Frances Maria Brown, born in Sar- dinia, New York, June 12, 1842, daughter of George Witheral and Amanda Wilkes (Fran- cisco) Brown. George Witheral was the son of Josiah (2) and Millicent (Wright) Brown. Josiah (2) was the son of Josiah (1) and Sarah Brown. Josiah ( I) was the son of John and Elizabeth ( Patten) Brown. The emigrant ancestor of the Brown family was Josiah (1), who served as lieutenant in Captain Marston's Vermont militia and in Captain John Powell's company, Fletcher's regiment, Vermont militia, during the revolutionary war. The records of the war department giving the rolls of the com- panies show that he saw much active service.
Children of Alson Nearing and Frances Maria (Brown) Squires : 1. Vinnie, born July 29, 1868; married, January 8, 1894, at West- field, New York, James B. Doolittle, from North Java, New York, born April 18, 1869; Mr. Doolittle engages in the insurance busi- ness : children : Arthur Squires, born in Go- wanda, New York, October 15, 1896: Vinnie Evalyn, born in Eldred, Pennsylvania, June 2, 1901. 2. Evalyn, of previous mention : mar- ried John Boothe Eastman. 3. Clarence Elmer, born in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1874; married Emma Ward and lives on a farm in Calhoun, Georgia; one son, Alson, born 1009. 4. Eugene Bennett, born in Tidi- oute, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1878; married, September 20, 1911, Nina Jennie Reisinger, born in Meadville. Pennsylvania : he is engaged in the insurance business and resides at Port Allegany, Pennsylvania.
DANA This family springs from French ancestors long seated in Alsace, that much disputed province which France and Germany have owned alternately, but which is now a part of the German Em- pire.
(I) Anthony Dana was born of French par- ents in Alsace, in 1793. He came to the United States and settled in East Eden, Erie county, New York, where he died in 1865. He was a glazier by trade, but later bought a farm in East Eden. He was a Democrat, but lived a quiet life devoid of participation in public affairs, and was a member of the Roman Cath- olic church, as was his wife. He married Annie , born in Alsace, in 1794, died in East Eden, in 1869. They had ten children : I. Anthony, left home when a boy and all trace of him has been lost. 2. John, born 1819, died in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in January, 1911 ; married Louisa - -, and had issue, includ- ing : Rose, now living in Duluth, Minnesota ; Frank, deceased; Mary, now living in New York City. 3. Lawrence, drowned in 1848, while engaged in steamboating on the Great Lakes; married Mactolana Phol, born in Alsace, also deceased; children : Kate, now of Newark, New Jersey; Elizabeth, died 1910; George, now of Findlay, Ohio; Lawrence, now of Kane, Pennsylvania ; Emelia, now of New- ark. New Jersey. 4. Kate, died in East Eden, New York, 1897; married Nicholas Bettinger, born in Alsace, now deceased, a farmer of East Eden: child, Mary, now lives in East Eden. 5. Elizabeth, died in 1904; married Phitail Cetroick, born in Alsace, now living in Buffalo, New York; seven children: i. Law- rence Lewis, born in Buffalo, August 10, 1845 ; married, August 9, 1868, Cloe A. Wilcox, born August 30, 1850, at Angola, New York, and has three children : a. Pearl, born in Angola, December 23, 1871 ; married Manfred Albert, born in Alabama, and has Robert, born March 9. 1893; b. Louis, born in Bradford, Pennsyl- vania, February 23, 1877 ; married Grace Park, and has: Ruth, born May 8, 1906; Dorothy, February 5, 1908; and Matilda, February 16, I911 : c. Frank Eugene, born April 28, 1886; now living with his parents; ii. Frank, living in Rochester, New York; iii. Emil, deceased ; iv. William, deceased ; v. Charles, deceased ; vi. John, lives in Cattaraugus county, New York ; vii. George, living in Hamburg, New York. 6. George, of whom further. 7. William. born
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1829. died in Oil City, Pennsylvania, 1871; was a hotel proprietor ; married Caroline Roth, deceased, without issue. 8. Peter, born 1835, died January, 1911 : was a farmer of East Eden, New York; married Abbie Gasper, de- ceased; children: Charles, now of Derrick City, Pennsylvania; Mary, living in Catta- raugus county, New York; John, deceased; Delia, now living in Elmira, New York ; Henry, now living in Minnesota; George, residing in the west; Lucy, now of Elmira, New York; Elizabeth, now living in East Eden; Peter, now living in East Eden. 9. Blass, born 1837, died 1872; was a merchant of East Eden; married Eliza Nolan, deceased ; children : Eliz- abeth, William, Albert, Belle, Clara, all living in Hamburg, New York, except Albert, who is deceased. 10. Nicholas, died in 1900, at Jamestown, New York; was a pensioned vet- eran of the civil war from New York state.
(II) George, son of Anthony Dana, was born in Alsace, now in Germany, December 27, 1824, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1910. He was four years of age when his parents came to the United States, settling in East Eden, New York, where he was educated and grew to manhood. He secured a position as steward on a lake steamer, sailing out of Buffalo, a position he held sev- eral years; afterwards, until 1877, he was engaged in farming. In the latter year he located in Bradford, where he kept a hotel and was interested in the production of oil. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church, as was his wife.
He married Elizabeth Fisher, born February 14, 1826, in one of the Rhine provinces, Ger- many, died March 13, 1893; she was brought to the United States when young by her father, who settled in Buffalo, where he died in 1840. Children : 1. George Henry, of whom further. 2. Frank William, born December 5, 1846, died October 9, 1890, at Knapp's Creek, New York ; was a hotel proprietor ; married Kate Warner, born in Canada; children: i. Minnie, born March 17, 1873, in St. Petersburg, Pennsyl- vania ; married a Mr. Megill, of Bradford, now an architect of Newark, New Jersey, and has Isabella, born October, 1893 ; ii. Susan, born in April, 1874, died in Bradford, in October, 1891 ; iii. Frank, born April 4, 1880, at Rix- ford, Pennsylvania ; now in the oil business in California ; unmarried; iv. Ivy M., born in Rixford, 1884; married John Bushard, of Erie,
Pennsylvania, a draughtsman ; children : Mar- garet, born in April, 1903; Frances, July, 1907 ; John, October, 1911 ; v. Warner John, born in Gilmore, Pennsylvania; now engaged in the oil business in Illinois ; married Ruth Schreiber, of Derrick City, and has: Catherine Mary, born February 28, 1911. 3. Nicholas, born in Buffalo, New York, 1850, died in East Eden, 1862. 4. Lawrence John, born in Buffalo, April 12, 1852; an oil producer at Derrick City, Pennsylvania; belongs to the Roman Catholic church, and Derrick City Lodge, No. 1101, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Fosterbrook Lodge, No. 11, Knights of Pythias ; married (first ) April 6, 1875, Louisa Nabor, born in 1854, died November 7, 1889, (second) Margaret Frank, born January 6, 1869, in St. Petersburg, Clarion county, Penn- sylvania, daughter of Martin Frank, who served in civil war, was burned to death in March, 1872; married Rachel Perry, born in Mahoning, Pennsylvania, in 1849, died in Derrick City, March 11, 1899; children, all by first wife: i. Lawrence George, born in East Eden, New York, March 17, 1876; now an oil producer of Derrick City ; married Mary Can- field, of Allegany, New York; children: Mil- ton Lawrence, born in Goodell, McKean county, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1901 ; Helen, born in Derrick City, September 1, 1904; Richard, born in Derrick City, December 30, 1907; Mar- garet, born in Derrick City, August 12, 1910; ii. Ida Carrie, born at Eden Center, New York, October. 6, 1877 ; married Louis Mack, an oil producer of Bradford; iii. Milton, born in Derrick City, December, 1878, died November, 1880. 5. Elizabeth M., born in East Eden, New York, December 20, 1861 ; now residing unmarried in Bradford. 6. Anne, born in East Eden, New York, March 20, 1864, died June 3. 1905; married Norman Stewart, who survives her, a resident of Robinson, Illinois ; children : Dana, born January 19, 1889, at Duke Center; Ray, February 14, 1891, at Gilmore, Pennsylvania. 7. Emma, twin of Anne, mar- ried Elmer Howe, of Elmira, New York, now an oil producer at Red Rock, Pennsylvania, where the family resides; children: Emma, born March 13, 1887; Elmer, November 18, 1890; Elizabeth, January 1, 1894 ; and George, April 9, 1900.
(III) George Henry, eldest son of George and Elizabeth (Fisher) Dana, was born in Buffalo, New York, January 1, 1844, died in
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Los Angeles, California, February 5, 1905. He obtained his education in the public schools of his native county, and later learned the tinner's trade at which he worked until 1897, when he moved to Bradford, Pennsylvania, becoming an oil producer and glycerine manufacturer. In the latter business he was very successful and became a director and manager of the High Explosive Company. He was a highly respected, popular member of the community, kind, considerate and generous in all his actions. He married Louise Bergein, born in Boston, Erie county, New York, July 30, 1848, living in Bradford, Pennsylvania, daughter of George "Buergin" (the German form of spelling), born May 6, 1809, in Baden, Germany, emi- grated to the United States in 1846, settling on a farm'in Hamburg, New York, died in Duke Center, Pennsylvania, May, 1892. He married Mary Wurslin, born in Baden, Germany, 1821, died in Hamburg, New York, July, 1884. Chil- dren of George and Mary (Wurslin) "Buer- gin :" I. Mary, born in Baden, Germany, 1844, died in Canada ; married William Young, de- ceased, a tanner from Baden, Germany ; daugh- ter, Henrietta, lives in Hamburg, New York. 2. Frederick, born in Baden, Germany, 1846; came to the United States with his parents. 3. George, born in Hamburg, New York, died there in 1856. 4. Louise, of previous mention ; married George Henry Dana. 5. Amelia, born in Hamburg, New York, 1849, died there 1850. 6. Charles, born in Hamburg, New York, 1851, died there the same year. 7. Julia, born in Hamburg, New York, 1852; lives in Lewis Run; she married (first) George Platt, de- ceased, an oil well shooter from Oil City, Pennsylvania, (second) William C. Decker, an oil well pumper from Elmira, New York. Children of George Henry and Louise Dana : I. Louisa Henrietta, born in North Collins, New York, March 28, 1870; married Joseph Dean, a shoe dealer in Bradford, Pennsylvania ; child, Shirley Bernice, born in Batavia, New York, August 23, 1895. 2. Arthur George, born in North Collins, New York, January 7, 1872; an oil well producer; married Edith Murray and lives in Sedan, Kansas ; daughter, Dorothy Murray, born in Butler, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1894. 3. Frederick Wurslin, of whom further. 4. Earl Newton, born in Duke Center, Pennsylvania, April 11, 1881 ; an oil producer of Bradford; married, in Bradford, Pennsyl- vania, Lillian Crooker ; children : Helen Aline,
born April 18, 1910; Marian Louise, Septem- ber 18, 1911. Mrs. Louise Dana survives her husband, a resident of Bradford, and a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church.
(IV) Frederick Wurslin, son of George Henry and Louise (Bergein) Dana, was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1873. When he was six years of age his parents moved to Duke Center, where he was educated in the public schools. After completing his studies he began working in the oil field as a pumper, continuing until he was twenty-four years of age, residing at Duke Center. In 1897 he located in Bradford and engaged in oil production, a business he has successfully followed until the present date (1912) in the Bradford field. He is a member of Bradford Tent, No. 104, Knights of the Maccabees, and in political action is thoroughly independent. He married, March 24, 1898, Anna M. Cas- well, born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, June I, 1874 ; educated in the public schools of Duke Center and in the New Castle high school. Children: Reva May, born in Sawyer City, October 13, 1900: George William, born in Bradford, July 13, 1905.
William Homer Caswell, father of Mrs. Dana, was born in Richmond, Virginia, Janu- ary 6, 1848, now a retired oil producer, living in Bradford. He married Melissa Loraine Clark, born in Leesburg, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 29, 1851, died in Bradford, July 30, 1906. Children : 1. Anna M., of previous mention ; wife of Frederick W. Dana. 2. Charles Homer, born in Millerstown, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1878; now a contractor in the Oklahoma oil field; married Leonora Dele, of Duke Cen- ter, and resides at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 3. An infant, died unnamed. William Homer Caswell is a son of George Caswell, born in Wareham, Massachusetts, died in Richmond, Virginia, in 1854. He married Anna Morse, born in England, died in Sharon, Pennsylvania, August 30, 1908, aged eighty years. Children : I. George, born 1846, in Richmond, Virginia ; now living in Ellsworth, Kansas, retired ; mar- ried Lavinia White, of New Castle, Pennsyl- vania ; children : Alma, George, Charles, May, Margaret, Annie and William, the latter five now living in Ellsworth. 2. William Homer, of previous mention. 3. Elisha, born 1850, in Richmond, Virginia; now living in Sharon, Pennsylvania ; married Emma Fisher, deceased ; children : Guy, now living in Sharon ; Bertha,
F.C. Dana.
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now living in New Castle, Pennsylvania ; Belle, now living in Youngstown, Ohio; Annie, now living in New Castle. 4. Charles, born 1852, died in infancy.
The progenitor of the Sea- SEAWARD ward family of Bradford, Pennsylvania, was Amos Sea- ward, a farmer at Almond, Allegany county, New York, where he died about 1848, aged seventy-five years. He married Sarah Stevens, born 1777, died 1852, near Corning, New York. They were both members of the Presbyterian church . Children, all born near Corning: I. Oren, married Jane Pond; children : Carrie ; Alvira, married Hiram Jewett; Almira, twin of Alvira ; Eli. 2. Enos, went west where he married. 3. Amos, died at Alfred, New York. 4. Joseph Stevens, of whom further. 5. Nioma, died in the west. 6. Sarah, married Clement Curtis, both died in Almond, New York, leav- ing a daughter Emma, now residing in Almond.
(II) Joseph Stevens, son of Amos Seaward, was born in Corning, Steuben county, New York, August 7, 1818, died at Tarport, Penn- sylvania, August 6, 1906. He was educated in the public schools of Almond, New York, where he grew to manhood. After completing his studies he taught school in Tuna Valley, Pennsylvania, and in February, 1843, settled on a farm at Tarport, Mckean county, Penn- sylvania. He was a Whig in politics, later a Republican, and served many years as assessor at Tarport, and for several terms as tax col- lector. He married Daphana Dorleski Farr, born March 24, 1824, died in Bradford, Febru- ary 13, 1878, daughter of Isaac and Pantha (Clark) Farr. Isaac Farr, born in 1781, was a farmer of New Hampshire, but came to Pennsylvania and took up land near Bradford, on which he lived until his death in 1852. He married Pantha Clark, who was well versed in medicine and practiced locally. Children of Joseph Stevens Seaward: 1. Levi, of whom further. 2. Adaline Amelia, born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, August 5, 1844; married Ab- salom Boyd, born June 20, 1846; the family live in Bradford; Mr. Boyd enlisted in Com- pany I, One Hundred and Second New York Infantry Volunteers during the civil war ; he is now engaged in oil operations in Missouri; children : i. Steven, born October 6, 1867, died September 13, 1868; ii. Clinton, born July 20, 1869 ; married Blanche Payne; iii. Ann, born March 17, 1871; married John Machale; iv. NP-12
Leward, born December 22, 1872; v. Frank, born March 28, 1874; vi. John, born Septem- ber 20, 1876; vii. Clement, born January I, 1878. 3. William H., born in Bradford, Sep- tember 1, 1846; married Anna Martin, a native of Sweden ; children : i. Leonard lives in Kings- burg, Fresno county, California; ii. Sophia, lives in Los Angeles, California ; married Joseph Rocus ; no children; iii. Gail; iv. Lizzie; both living in Kingsburg, California. 4. Melvin, born in Bradford, December 25, 1848, now deceased ; married Philena Whittaker, of Limestone, New York ; children : Olive, Myrtle, Clementine and Edna. 5. Clementina, born in Bradford town- ship, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1850 ; married, July 15, 1885, Herbert Eugene Allen, born in Napoli, Cattaraugus county, New York, De- cember 4, 1856; he is engaged in the real estate business in Bradford, Pennsylvania. 6. Mar- tha Jane, born in Bradford, September, 1852, died 1865. 7. Alice Eveline, born in Bradford, April 19, 1854, died January 16, 1905; mar- ried (first) Nelson H. Hastings, of Neceda, Wisconsin ; child, Guy, born 1880, died March 23, 1909 ; she married ( second ) Jerome Hodges, of Mckean county, Pennsylvania ; now resides in Bradford; no children. 8. Sydney W., born August 20, 1856, in Bradford; now an oil operator there ; married Augusta Conklin, born October 28, 1854, of Damascus, Wayne county, Pennsylvania ; children: Clarence Wheaton, born October 7. 1885; Boyd Absalom, April 18, 1888; Daphana, February 2, 1890: Ethel, March 1, 1895. 9. Albert Jerome, born in Bradford, June 1, 1860, died February 15, 1909 ; he was engaged in mercantile life, and a member of the Asbury Methodist Church, at Bradford. 10. Freemont, born in Bradford, November 12, 1862, died February 14, 1895; married, at Bradford, Susan Bigler, who now resides in Clarksburg, West Virginia ; children : Evaline Amelia, born August 25, 1890; Albert Jerome, September 26, 1891 : Madaline, De- cember 9, 1892 ; Pearl R., September 29, 1894, died April 13, 1896. 11. Lincoln, died in infancy. 12. Mildred, died in infancy.
(III) Levi, son of Joseph Stevens Seaward, was born in Almond, Allegany county, New York, December 16, 1842. When he was but a few weeks old his parents moved to Tarport, McKean county, Pennsylvania, now a part of the city of Bradford. He was educated in the public schools, and when but nineteen years of age enlisted as a private in Company B, under Captain Leghorn Wooster, Thirteenth Regi-
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ment Pennsylvania Reserves. He saw hard service with the continuously fighting Army of the Potomac, and participated in many of the historic battles of the civil war. He was engaged in the seven days' fight before Rich- mond, under General McClellan, and in the battles of the Wilderness, Chancellorsville, around Pittsburgh and at Weldon railroad. Upon the expiration of the first term of his enlistment he reënlisted February 1, 1864, and was honorably discharged December 30, 1864. After returning from the war he cultivated his farm, and for a time was employed by the Erie Railroad Company in clearing its right of way through Mckean county. He is a Republican, and served as tax collector one term, was a member of the election board for two years, and of the common council of the borough of Kendall. His farm at Tarport is that pur- chased by his father on coming to Pennsyl- vania, in 1843. He recently sold about one hundred acres of the old homestead farm reserving the mineral and oil rights. He now resides in the old home with about five acres of land, living practically a retired life.
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