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THEODORE G. BEHLKE
Mr. Behlke was born Sept. 7, 1854 in Pon- ern, Prussia, Germany, where he lived until eighteen years of age, sailing for this country in May, 1872, arriving in New York June 2, being about thirty days on the water. He went to Oxford, N. J., where he worked in the iron mills for twelve years. In October, 1884 he moved
DAVID H. BEDELL AND FAMILY
Mary C., daughter of Nicholas and Alzana (Dailey) Klingle of Abington. She was born Nov. 21, 1873.
Mr. Bedell has devoted much of his life to farming, excepting a few months while employ- ed in the Dickson boiler shop at Scranton.
When Rural Route No. 2 was established at Ransom, March 16, 1907, Mr. Bedell was ap- pointed mail carrier.
Mr. and Mrs. Bedell have one son, Walter A., born Feb. 5, 1894.
ABRAM H. BEDELL, the father of our subject, was born April 28, 1844 in Milwaukie. He is a son of Zachariah Bedell. Mr. Bedell is a blacksmith by trade. He and Jacob Bedell con- ducted a shop in Milwaukie for several years. Later Mr. Bedell kept a store in the same vil- lage. About 1877 he purchased a farm at Square Top, where he lived several years. In August, 1900 he sold his farm to Elmer Thomp-
to Scranton, working nearly three years in a stone quarry, and September, 1887 he began working in the D. L. & W. car shops, where he was employed for nearly nineteen years. Ile moved to his present home, May 17, 1892. Mr. Behlke is a son of Frederick and Hannah ( Fri- day) Behilke.
Theodore G. Behlke was married Sept. 15. 1876 to Miss Catherine Isabel, daughter of Peter and Barbary ( Wholeb) Kline. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Behlke twelve children were born, namely: (1) George, born Feb. 10, 1878 in Oxford, N. I., and married Nov. 28. 1903 to Miss Annie Louise Pobgee. They have two children, George and Russell. They are living in Scranton. (2) Peter T., born April 11, 1880 and died Feb. 3, 1882. (3) John Il., born April 29. 1882 and died twelve days later. (4) Anna B., born June 9, 1883 and died Dec. 28, the same year. (5) Louise G., born Feb.
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1, 1885, and is a tailoress. (6) Herman E., born May 4. 1887. and is a carpenter. (7) Jacob A., born July 5, 1889, and is a plasterer. (8) Elizabeth M .. born July 10, 1891. and is a seamstress. (9) Christine C., born Aug. 6. 1893, and working at home. (10) Rose MI .. born May 25, 1895 and died Feb. 7. 1896. (11) William G., born Dec. 18. 1896. He is learn- ing the tiling trade. (12) Elmer R., born Sept. 24. 1899 and died March 23, 1900.
FREDERICK BEIILKE was born in March. 1819 in Germany. and died in November, 1903 in Oxford, N. J. Hle was a farmer while living in the old country, but worked in the iron works after he came to New Jersey in 1872. Ilis wife. Miss Hannah Friday, was born in 1829 in
many, and the inhabitants were compelled by law to change from the French to the German language.
Mr. Beyrent came to this country in Novem- ber. 1880, living in Scranton for ten years. where he worked in Finch's boiler shop. IIe was married Sept. 21. 1887 to Miss Mary Eli- zabeth, daughter of Peter and Lena (Milten- berger) Finkler.
To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Beyrent nine children were born, namely: (1) Peter. born July 17, 1888 and married July 19, 1911 to Miss Freida, daughter of John and Mary ( Kie- fer) Miller of Scranton. They reside in Seran- ton, where Mr. Beyrent is engaged in the auto- mobile business, corner Linden St. and Webster
JOHN BEYRENT'S RESIDENCE
Germany, and died July 1, 1901 in Oxford, N. J. They were married about 1848. Their family consisted of six children, namely : Her- man K., Augusta, who died in 1888: Theodore, our subject: Anna, married Albert Pohl and living in Michigan City, Ind .: Edward, who died in infancy : William, also living in Michi- gan City.
PETER KLINE, father of Mrs. Behlke, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 18, 1833 and died in Oxford, N. J., Nov. 5, 1894. His wife. Barbary Wholeb, born in Switzerland, Sept. 17. 1839 and living on the old homestead, in Ox- ford. N. J. They were the parents of twelve children.
JOIIN BEYRENT
Mr. Beyrent was born May 30. 1865, in Alsace-Loraine, Germany. This country, un- til 1870 belonged to France, and after the French and German war it was ceded to Ger-
Ave. (2) Nicholas J., born Dec. 9, 1890, is a farmer. helping on the home farm. (3) John, born Nov. 14, 1892, is running his father's milk wagon. (4) Mary E., born Oct. 5, 1894. (5) Charles, born Aug. 19, 1898. (6) Christian, born Sept. 12, 1900 and died Jan. 30, 1905. (7) Anna, born Sept. 16, 1902. (8) August, born Sept. 9, 1905. (9) Joseph A., born Nov. 29, 1908.
Mr. Beyrent has run a retail milk wagon to Scranton since March 15, 1908, and his son, John, has missed only two days on the wagon since May 1. 1908, excepting a few Sundays.
PETER FINKLER, born in Germany, July 11, 1830, and died in Newton January 13, 1908. Ile came to this country in 1839, when a boy nine years of age, with his mother and two younger sisters, being thirty-six days on the water. His father came the previous year and was seventy days making the journey. The trip can now be made in six days or less. Then
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FRANK H. COON'S RESIDENCE.
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the old sail ships were the only means of tray- eling by sea, and many times they would be drifted by the wind in the opposite direction for several miles.
Michael Finkler, the father of Peter, as stated above, came to this country about a year before his family, and settled on a farm near Wilkes- Barre. Ile met his family in New York city at the wharf in December, driving a one-horse wagon. Over two feet of snow fell and they were seven days driving from New York to Wilkes-Barre and Michael froze his feet, dis- abling him the remainder of the winter. He died in April, 1868, aged sixty-six years.
Peter Finkler was twice married. first in 1849 to Miss Margaret Herold. He was a poor boy.
daughter, Mrs. John Beyrent is now living, for which he paid $5,500.00.
Mr. Finkler was the first person this side of the mountain to raise garden truck for market- ing, which was in 1867, the year he came to this township. At first his neighbors told him it would be impossible to make a success of truck- ing in this section, and ridiculed the undertak- ing. But today nearly every farmer in Newton and adjacent country are raising all kinds of vegetables adapted to this section.
CHARLES W. BLACKWELL.
Mr. Blackwell was born Nov. 22, 1853 on the Homestead Farm where he is now living. He is a son of Mathias and Elizabeth (Ace) Black-
CHARLES W. BLACKWELL'S RESIDENCE,
having only $3.00 when married, and after giv- ing the "Squire" one-half of that amount for "tying the knot" he had only $1.50 left to be- gin housekeeping. They moved to a farm on the mountain above Olyphant. Later they moved to a farm at what is now Priceburg, where his wife died about 1855, leaving four children : Mary, Charlotte, Katherine and Henry. All are dead but Katherine.
Mr. Finkler was again married in 1856 to Miss Lena Mittenberger, and to this union twelve children were born: Annie, Christian, Margaret, John, Joseph, Elizabeth. Peter, Em- ma, Lena, Charles and a pair of twins, living only a day. Only four are living, namely: Margaret, Elizabeth, Peter and Charles.
Mr. Finkler moved to Newton township in 1867 and purchased the Peter Bedell farm for $10,000.00. In 1890 he purchased the Lewis Drake farm in Ransom township, where his
well.
Charles W. Blackwell. was married Feb. 13, 1878 to Miss Christina, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Rupp) Scherer of Mountain Valley, who were the parents of thirteen chil- dren.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell are the parents of five children, namely : Lizzie, born Oct. 15, 1879 and was married in March, 1901 to Jacob Schwitzer. He died Nov. 8, 1908. leaving two children, Anna May, born Feb. 23. 1902 and Charles W .. horn Feb. 22, 1905. Lizzie was married again in March, 1910 to Sterling Evans and living near Dalton : Abram. born Feb. 23, 1882: Josephine, born Feb, 19. 1884: William. born Sept. 13. 1888 and Mary, born July 1, 1891.
Mr. Blackwell was elected constable of Ran- som township in February. 1906 and re-elected in 1909. He has been road supervisor since
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March, 1909, and was school director for nine successive terms, being first elected about 1883. He has been elected poor director three times.
Mr. Blackwell's sons. Abram and William, are now working the farm on shares. They were the largest growers of tomatoes in Ransom town- ship during 1911, producing over 2,500 baskets. They also raised about 15,000 heads of cabbage and fifty tons of hay.
MATHIAS BLACKWELL was born May 3, 1817 in New Jersey, and when three years of age he came to Wilkes-Barre with his parents, Israel and Sarah (Bates) Blackwell. Here they lived on rented farms until 1842, when they moved to the farm now owned by Charles W. Black- well, which was then a wilderness except a small
on the farm now owned by Frederick Hoffman, above Milwaukie. He is a son of William and Margaret ( Ace) Blackwell (See Peter S. Metz- gar).
Our subject was married Sept. 10, 1882 to Miss Ellen Nora, daughter of Peter and Ellen ( Miller) Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell are the parents of nine children, namely: (1) Elmer W., born Jime 19, 1884 and married Miss Louise Weisenfluh of Taylor, and have one daughter, Helen Louise, born March 16, 1910. (2) Susamah. born Oct. 17, 1886, and married Dec. 24, 1908 to Wesley Maas, son of Wentzel Maas. They have one son, Albert, born Jan. 14, 1910. and are living on a farm near Ran- $0111.
(3) Lavion, born Oct. 4. 1888, and
RESIDENCE OF THEODORE G. BEHLKE
clearing around the log-house that was built sometime before 1838 by Frederick Stine. Ma- thias was married Aug. 24, 1847 to Miss Eliza- beth, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wal- ters) Ace. She was born April 3, 1822. Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell were the parents of six chil- dren, namely: Ellen, born Feb. 8, 1849 and died Jan. 12, 1853; Mary Ann, born May 24, 1850 and married Ira Drake of Newton; Amy, born Nov. 16, 1851 and married Jacob Court- right and living in West Pittston ; Charles W., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, born Dec. 31, 1855 and died May 21, 1865; Moses, born July 9, 1858 and married Anna Maas, and died Dec. 23, 1889; Mathias died Sept. 14, 1895 and his wife died Jan. 6. 1907.
JOHN M. BLACKWELL.
Mr. Blackwell was born March 20, 1857 near Pittston. When about cleven years of age his parents moved to Ransom township and settled
working for Edwin S. Miller on the milk wagon since September, 1907. (4) Alice, born Dec. 22. 1890. (5) John C., born Oct. 23, 1892. He has been working for Edwin S. Miller for about three years. (6) Harry, born Jan. 13. 1895, also working for Mr. Miller. (7) Minnie J .. born Jan. 9. 1896 and died Feb. S. the same year. (8) Della M., born Jan. 9, 1897. (9) Mildred II., born April 2, 1900 and died April 12, the same year.
Mrs. Blackwell is a sister of Edwin S. Miller of Mountain Valley. She was born Nov. 30, 1862, in Monroe county, her mother dying when she was only a week old .. Then she was taken to the home of her grandmother, where she lived until six years of age, when her father was married again. When nine years of age she came to Ransom township. and lived with her aunt. Mrs. Susannah Mosier, until married (See Edwin S. Miller).
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ELMER W. BLACKWELL
Mr. Blackwell is a carpenter, working for the Taylor-Duryea Lumber Co. of Taylor, where he has been employed since the spring of 1907.
He was born June 19, 1884, near Mountain Valley school-house, on the farm where Adam B. Miller is now living. Ile is a son of John M. and Ellen ( Miller) Blackwell of Mountain Valley, and a grandson of William Blackwell .. (See Peter S. Metzgar) .
Our subjeet was married at the age of twenty- live to Miss Louise, daughter of John and Bar- bara (Sultzer) Weisenfluh of Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell have one daughter, Helen Louise, born March 16, 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowen are the parents of four- teen children, namely: (1) Polly, born April 7, 1882 in Trederger, South Wales, and died in February, 1892. (2) William J., born June 7. 1882, and married Sept. 24, 1907 to Miss Celia Evans, and living in Hyde Park. They have one son, William, born July 27, 1910. (3) Martha G., born Oct. 28, 1884 and married Sept. 30, 1907 to Hiley W. Stewart, and living in Mt. Dewey. They have two children, namely : Willard L., born Jan. 9, 1909: Letitia, born March 22, 1912. (4) Margaret, born Jan. 6, 1885. She is an operator in the Imperial Un- derwear Factory. (5) Sarah Ann. born April 19, 1887, and married Bruce Cobb, May 14,
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM BOWEN
JOHN WEISENFLUH, born in Switzerland, May 12, 1840. He came to this country about 1882, and has since lived in Taylor. He mar- ried Miss Barbara Sultzer. They are the pa- rents of ten children.
WILLIAM BOWEN
Mr. Bowen was born Nov. 13, 1857 in Aber- sychan, South Wales. Ile is a son of Joseph and Margaret (Jones) Bowen, who were the parents of five children. namely: William, Sarah Ann, Charles, Agnes and Ada.
Mr. Bowen was married April 9, 1881 to Miss Letitia Gilbert, in their native country. Mrs. Bowen is a daughter of William and Masling (Thomas) Gilbert. (Sce WI'm. F. Can- terbury).
Mr. and Mrs. Bowen came to this country March 20, 1887. Mr. Bowen is a shoe-maker by trade, which he followed about four years after arriving in Seranton. He then began working in the mines, where he has since been employed.
1908 and living on a farm near Lake Sheridan. (6) Ada, born July 8, 1889, is working in the Imperial Underwear Factory. (7) Charles, born Nov. 12, 1890, is working in the mines. (8) Polly, born June 9, 1892. (9) Letitia, born June 23, 1894. (10) Agnes, born Ang. 13. 1895. (11) Susan, born Aug. 11, 1896. (12) Winifred, born April 25, 1898. (13) Annie, born Aug. 1, 1899. (14) May, born April 10, 1897 and died two weeks later. The first four children were born in South Wales.
FRANK H. COON
Mr. Coon ranks among the leading agricul- turists of Ransom township. He is engaged in mixed farming-trucking, dairying and grain raising. making a specialty of hay, cabbage and apples.
Mr. Coon was born March 16, 1873 on the homestead farm, which has since been his home. He was married Feb. 15, 1900, to Miss
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Marie F., daughter of Peter and Octavia ( Fitch) Corselins. She was born Sept. 13, 1872 near Milwaukie, on the farm now owned by her brother, Harry Corselins (See Harry Corselius) .
Mr. and Mrs. Coon are the parents of two children, namely: Sanmel, born Dec. 26. 1900, and Ruth O .. born Dec. 22, 1906.
GEORGE C. Coor, father of our subject, was born March 26, 1848 near Newton Center, ou the farm now owned by George L. Coon. G. (. Coon is a son of Samuel and Margaret (Wal- ter) Coon, and a grandson of Joseph Coon, one of the pioneer settlers of Newton township. Mr. Coon lived with his parents until twenty-one years of age, when he moved to the farm where he now resides. He was married one year later to Miss Jane L., daughter of William Moore of
children. When only nine years of age, he be- gan working in Brigg's (Capouse) Breaker as slate picker. In September, 1878 he entered the mines, where he worked as door boy, mule driver and car runner. In July, 1883 he ad- vanced to mine laborer, and five years later to coal miner, working seventeen years mining coal. In April, 1906 he began working for the D. L. & W. Coal Company in the Hyde Park mine as bratticeman, which is a position next to foreman. In April, 1911 he went back to mining.
Mr. Canterbury received no education in his younger days, and when married could not read nor write. He then realized his need of an education, and spent his spare moments learning to read and write, gaining a fair edu-
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Wyoming county. She was born Aug. 9, 1849 and died Aug. 13, 1880. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Coon four children were born, namely: William B., born July 12, 1871 and died July 24, the same year; Frank H., our subject; Alice B., born June 1, 1877 and married W. H. Newman, M. D .. , and are liv- ing in Newton Center; Samuel, born July 25, 1880 and died Feb. 10, 1885.
Mr. Coon was married the second time, Dec. 5, 1882 to Lydia Brown, daughter of David K. and Loretta Brown of Wyoming county. She lied Jan. 4. 1906, and Mr. Coon is now living with his son, Frank.
WILLIAM FRANCIS CANTERBURY
Mr. Canterbury was born in Keyser Avenue, Scranton, Oct. 21, 1867. He is one of fifteen
cation. On June 16, 1910 he passed the re- quired examination for Assistant Mine Fore- man, and August Ist, the same year was grant- ed Certificate of Qualification, issued by the State Department of Mines at Harrisburg.
William F. Canterbury was married Janu- ary 3, 1890 to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of William and Masling (Thomas) Gilbert. Mrs. Mary Ann Canterbury was born January 13, 1872 in Wales and came to Canada October 31, 1882, with her parents, and two years later to this country.
Mr. Canterbury is of the only family bearing the name of "Canterbury" in the United States. and all are living in and near Scranton.
Mr. and Mrs. Canterbury are the parents of eleven children, ten of whom are living at home and their names may be found in the Directory.
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Another daughter, Lucy, born Jan. 24, 1893, and married April 21, 1910 to Eugene, son of George and Mattie (Carey) Engles. They have one son, William G., born May 17. 1911. They are living in Hyde Park.
GEO. W. CANTERBURY, the father of our sub- ject, was born Nov. 7. 1828 in York State and died in May, 1904. He married Miss Mary J. Gruslin, who was born in France in 1841 and died in Scranton in May, 1893. They were the parents of fifteen children, nine of whom are now living, namely: Joseph, William, John, Charles, Frank, Ellen, Emma, Kate and Mame. George W. Canterbury traveled in every state in the Union. He was a soldier in the Civil War, enlisting in 1861 and serving till the
HARRY CORSELIUS
Harry S. Corselius was born Feb. 7, 1877 on the farm where he is now living. He attended the Milwaukie school until 1895, when he en- tered the East Stroudsburg Normal School. Here he attended two winter terms. He was married Jan. 20, 1900 to Miss Mand E., daugh- ter of Peter and Emma (Rader) Bedell of Mil- waukie.
Mr. Corselius is a progressive truck and dairy farmer. He is secretary of the school board, being elected director in November, 1911.
Mr. and Mrs. Corselius have a family of three children, namely: Mary H., born Sept. 23. 1900: George B., born April 25, 1907: Floyd S .. born June 9, 1909.
RESIDENCE OF HARRY CORSELIUS.
close of the war. He was never wounded in battle.
WILLIAM GILBERT was born May 1, 1832 in Somersetshire, England. Mrs .. Gilbert was born April 1, 1830 in France. She is a daughter of William and Mary Ann Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert are the parents of nine children, five of whom are now living, namely : (1) Lettie, married Wm. Bowen, and have fourteen children and living in Mt. Dewey. (2) Agnes, married Valentine Herne, having a fam- ily of fourteen children and living in Hyde Park. (3) Thomas, married Susie James, and have three children and living in Hyde Park. (4) Benjamin, married Rachel Burch, and have a family of six children and living in Hyde Park. (5) Mary Ann. the wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have over sixty grand- children and nineteen great-grandchildren. They are living with their daughter, Mrs. Herne
Mr. Corselius is a son of Peter Corselius, Jr., and a grandson of Peter Corselius, one of the early settlers of Newton township.
PETER CORSELIUS, JR., the father of our sub- ject; was born in Newton Centre. Feb. 2, 18443. He was married May 14, 1868 to Miss Octavia E., danghter of Seymour and Elizabeth Fitch of Square Top. Mr. and Mrs. Corselius were the parents of two children : Marie, born Sept. 13, 1872 and married Frank Coon of Mountain Valley: Harry S., our subject. Mrs. Corselins died Feb .. 7, 1905. In 1871 Mr. Corselus pur- chased the farm now owned by his son. Harry. from John Kuhn, and in 1909 moved to New- ton township, exchanging farms with his son.
PETER CORSELIUS, SR. was born in April. 1800, in Sussex county. New Jersey and died in April, 1863 in Newton township. He was married in 1827 to Miss Marie Youngs, and about three years later moved to Newton town-
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ship and settled on the farm now owned by George Biesecker. He built a log house near the home of Jennings Drake and a few years later built the house where F. H. Cooper is now living. He was one of the first justice-of-the- peace in this section, holding the office for several years. His family consisted of nine children, namely: George, who died when eleven years of age, Dorcas (Mrs. John Hice), Phebe (Mrs. Horace Litts), Jeptha, Rosanna (Mrs. P. K. Richards), Alvy, Peter, Harvey and Harry. The two oldest were born in New
His father died when he was twenty years of age. Ile purchased the home farm from the heirs, which he has since worked.
Mr. Coolbaugh was born Sept. 22, 1854, and is a son of Nelson and Sarah (Carey) Cool- baugh. He was married June 6, 1880 to Miss Rosa, daughter of John and Catherine ( Barth) Maas of Mountain Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Cool- baugh are the parents of four sons, who are liv- ing and working on the home farm, namely : Elmer, Archie, William W. and Nelson J. El- mer and Archie are graduates of the Wyoming
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J. B. COOLBAUGH'S MILK HOUSE
Jersey. Peter was a son of George and Kate (Kimball) Corselius, who were born in Hol- Tand.
JOHNSON B. COOLBAUGH
Mr. Coolbaugh is an extensive and progres- sive agriculturist of Mountain Valley. He is an up-to-date dairyman, and runs a retail milk wagon to West Scranton, where he sells the milk of forty first-class, grade holstein cows.
He produces from 25,000 to 30,000 heads of cabbage a year, and sells from twenty-five to fifty-five tons of hay. ITis farm is in first-class state of cultivation.
Mr. Coolbaugh was born and reared on a farm, and has been a farmer from his youth.
College of Business. William drives the milk wagon to Seranton.
NELSON COOLBAUGH, the father of our subject, was born in Exeter township. Wyoming county, Jume 6, 1829 and died Jan. 17, 1874 on the farm now owned by our subject. His wife, Miss Sarah Carey, was born in 1831 in Moun- tain Valley, and died Oet. 9, 1882. Their fan- ily consisted of seven children, namely: Delia, Johnson, James, Mary, Alvira. William and Letitia. Only three are living: Johnson, our subject; Alvira, married George Rose, and liv- ing in Scranton ; William, married Mary Clark and they are now living on a farm near Falls.
For a record of Mrs. Coolbaugh's parents, see John P. Maas.
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IIORACE COURTRIGHT
Mr. Courtright is one of the largest truck growers in Ransom township, which he sells at retail in Scranton, making from four to six trips a week from early summer till late in autunm. He is the largest producer of red raspberries in this township. April 1, 1911 he started a retail milk wagon in Seranton, which is supplied by milk from his own dairy.
Mr. Courtright was born June 6, 1860 in Middle Smithfield township, Monroe county, where he received a fair education. In 1877 he came to Milwaukie where he worked for
Mr. Courtright is a son of Oliver and Caroline (Treible) Courtright. (For record of Mr. Courtright's family, see Thomas J. Iluth- maker).
To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Court- right eight children were born, namely: Wil- lard H., Mabel E., Anna S., Laura B., Howard L., Walter, Christian K. and Albert W. All are living at home. Laura is a student at the East Stroudsburg Normal School. (See Direc- tory for dates of birth).
BENJAMIN COURTRIGHT was the grandfather of our subject. (See George W'. Ace.).
I. B. COOLBAUGH'S BARN.
William Zeiss two summers, after which he returned to Monroe county. He was married April 29, 1886 to Miss Arminda, daughter of John and Margaret Ann ( Wells) Clark, of Middle Smithfield township. Mr. and Mrs. Courtright moved to Ransom in March, 1887. They lived in Milwaukie ten years, where he worked by the day for the farmers. On March 22. 1898 he moved to the Mosier farm (now owned by Edwin Miller) on the mountain, which he rented three years. He then rented the Jacob Bedell farm three years, which he purchased Nov. 28, 1904, where he has since resided.
Mr. Courtright was elected school director in Feb., 1902, and re-elected in 1905 and 1908.
JOHN CLARK, father of Mrs. Courtright, was born in 1813 and died June 27, 1892 in Mid- dle Smithfield township, Monroe county. He was married May 14, 1847 to Miss Margaret Ann Wells. She was born Nov. 26, 1823 in New Jersey and died Sept. 8, 1900 in Middle Smithfield township. They were the parents of ten children, four sons and six daughters, namely: (1) Martha R., born Feb. 1, 1848 and died June 8, 1852. (2) Mary Emma, born April 14, 1849 and was drowned June 12, 1852. (3) Franklin P., born July 25, 1852, and is living near his old home. He never married. (4) Sarah S .. born Oct. 7, 1853 and married Christian Kautz. They have three children : Harry, Bertha and Austin, and living
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