History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections, Part 123

Author: Bradsby, H. C. (Henry C.)
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Chicago, S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1340


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in the order of birth, are as follows: F. C. Overton, Sarah R., John R. and Eliza C. The family are adherents of the Presbyterian Church.


NELSON OVERTON, farmer and stock-grower, P. O. Wyalusing, was born in Pike county, Pa., August 18, 1819, a son of Justice and Mary (Robinson) Overton, the former of whom was born on Long Island, of English descent. The maternal grandfather, who was a sea captain, was lost at sea. While the father was a small child, his parents removed from Long Island to Pike county, Pa. The father, who was a teacher and farmer, removed to Bradford county in the fall of 1855, and died the same winter, but the mother survived him several years; they had a family of seven children, only two of whom are now living, Nelson and Mrs. Mary Stevens, of Standing Stone. The subject of this memoir had the advantages of a common-school education, and came to this county when he was nineteen years of age. After his arrival he contracted for 100 acres of land, which are now owned by S. S. Butts, began to clear the same and convert the timber into lumber, for years following lumbering and rafting; then sold and purchased fifty acres where James Vaughn, Jr., now lives: finally, he located on the place where he now resides, and proceeded to clear and improve the same; also purchased land, until he now owns a fine farm of 177 acres. Mr. Overton was married, August 18, 1846, to Emeline Baker, daughter of Joseph Baker, a prominent farmer of Bradford county, and to them were born seven children, viz .: Amanda J. (married to Theodore Coburn ; Edward, now a druggist in Chester (married to Minnie Abbott); Orenzo S. (married to Seba Blakeslee); Elias, a hardware merchant, of Nebraska (married to Belle Lewis); Lyman C .; Mary and N. Bernard, living with their father. Mrs. Overton died in October. 1879. Mr. Overton is a member of the Old-School Baptist Church of Vaughn Hill; politically he is a Republican, and has filled the various town offices. He has always depended on his own resources, and been very successful.


ORENZO STEVENS OVERTON, proprietor of the "Bartlet House," Wysox, was born, March 19, 1850, at Vaughn Hill, this county, a son of Nelson and Emeline (Baker) Overton, natives of Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, respectively, and of English origin. The subject of this memoir, who is the third in a family of seven children, was reared on a farm, educated in the common school, and began life for himself when twenty-six years of age, dealing in hay and grain at Wyalusing, and later at Rummerfield, as agent for Paul Billings & Co., of Tunk- hannock, whom he still represents; he located in his present place of business December 23, 1890, and is a very popular landlord. Mr. Overton was married, July 3, 1873, to Seba, daughter of Lyman and Alvina (Magar) Blakeslee, the former a native of Connecticut, of Eng- lish origin, the latter a native of New York, of Irish lineage. Mr. and Mrs. Overton have one child, Maud M., born July 1, 1874. Mr. Over- ton is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, at Wyalusing, and of the Masonic Lodge, at Towanda. Politically he is a Republican.


LYMAN C. OVERTON, farmer and stock-grower, Wyalusing, was born August 17, 1866. on the old homestead, where his father now lives, a son of Nelson Overton. He was reared on the farm, educated


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in the common schools of Vaughn Hill, and his boyhood and early man- hood were passed in clearing the land, and in farming, with the excep- tion of one winter spent in Michigan and one in Lycoming county, Pa. He remained on the old homestead until the spring of 1886; then pur- chased and removed to the Vaughn homestead, a beautiful farm of 189 acres, besides which he owns a small farm of fifty acres, and he has his farm well stocked. Mr. Overton was married, March 10, 1886, to Carrie L. Archer, daughter of Thomas Archer, of Pond Hill, and they have two children : Florence E. and Raymond A. Mr. Overton is a member of White Lilly Lodge, No. 808, I. O. O. F., Wyalusing, and has taken all the degrees of the Subordinate Lodge. He is a Repub- lican in politics, and has filled several of the town offices.


AUGUSTUS OWEN, Canton, is a native of Canton, this county, born September 26, 1843, a son of Samuel and Adelia (Morse) Owen. His paternal grandparents were Thomas and Philah (Adams) Owen, natives of Orange county, N. Y., and Sussex county, N. J. His father was born in Orange county, N. Y., October 5, 1815, the eldest in a family of six children, of whom five are now living. When he was eighteen years of age he left Orange county and moved to Rutland township, Tioga Co., Pa., where he resided until 1838, when he removed to Troy, this county, farmed and lumbered until 1848; then went to Canton, and has resided here since. He was in partnership with Col. Pomeroy in the stage business, about twelve years, and drove stage from Elmira to Williamsport, a number of years. The subject of this sketch, who is the eldest in a family of five children, was reared in Canton, and received his education in the borough schools ; began teaching school, but soon resigned his position and enlisted February 23, 1864, in Company B, Fiftieth New York Engineers, and served until the close of the war; was mustered out at Fort Berry, Virginia, June 27, 1865, returned home and farmed until he was appointed postmaster at Canton borough, in June, 1885, which office he held until March, 1890. In November, 1890, he accepted his present position with H. Crawford. He was married, in Canton, Sep- tember 3, 1868, to Sophia; daughter of J. W. and Jane Van Dyke, natives of Canton and Lansing, N. Y., respectively ; she was the eldest in order of birth in a family of four children, and was born in Canton township May 1, 1842, and died June 25, 1888. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Owen were born three children as follows: Adelia H., L. D. and John W. Mr. Owen is a member of the G. A. R., Ingham Post, No. 91; politically he is a Democrat.


EDWARD OWEN, farmer and stock-grower, Pike township. P. O. LeRaysville, was born June 14. 1824, in north Wales, a son of Edward and Ann (Morris) Owen, the former of whom was a miller by trade. They had a family of seven children, of whom Edward is the eldest. He came to America in 1835, and settled on the farm now owned by S. M. Williams, in Pike township, this county. Edward assisted his father in clearing the farm, until the age of thirty, when he began life for himself. In 1870 he purchased the " Dick Ashton " farm of 114 acres, where he now resides. He was married, August 15,


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1854, to Elizabeth, daughter of David and Mary (Pepper) Hillis, and they have the following children : Mary, born August 15, 1857, married to Raymond Cobb, a farmer in Tuscarora township; Martha, born August 18, 1859, married to Benton L. Wells, a merchant and policeman, in New York City. Mr. Owen is a member of the Wes- leyan Methodist Church at Jackson Valley, has been class-leader thirty years, and trustee eighteen years. Politically he is a Prohibitionist.


KILEON PACKARD, farmer, P. O. Alba, was born in Canton township, this county, October 7, 1826, a son of Silas and Sally (Ayres) Packard, natives of Pelham, Mass., and Lackawanna county, N. Y., respectively. Silas Packard was a cooper and saltmaker by trade, the latter of which he followed several years in Syracuse, prior to his com- ing to Canton township, about the year 1821. Here he worked at the cooper's trade, and farmed ; he was born in 1796, and died March 19, 1863 ; his wife died in 1867, in her sixty-fourth year. The Packards came from England to this country about two hundred and fifty-two years ago. The paternal grandfather was a native of Brockton, Mass., and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War ; he died of the cold plague. The subject of this memoir is the second, in order of birth, in a family of thirteen children, of whom two died in infancy. He was reared in Canton township, and received a common-school education ; is one of the successful farmers of this county, owning a farm of 200 acres ; he followed the lumber business in Clinton county, Pa., nearly seven years. In 1884 he purchased the " Packard House," in Canton, which he still owns. He was married in Burlington, in 1855, to Matilda, daughter of Dr. Henry and Rebecca (Loper) Riley, natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, respectively ; they were early settlers of Lycoming county, Pa., and later in life removed to this county. Dr. Henry Riley died in 1874, in his seventy-eighth year ; Mrs. Riley died in January, 1890, in her eighty-third year. Mrs. Packard was the third, in order of birth, in a family of three daughters and one son, and was born in Burling- ton township in 1833, and died October 11, 1887. To. Mr. and Mrs. Packard were born two daughters: Arvilla (wife of C. L. Chesley , and Laura L. (who died February 22, 1887, in her twenty-sixth year). Mr. Packard is a director of the First National Bank of Canton ; politically he is a Republican.


F. T. PAGE, merchant, Athens, is a native of Athens, and was born January 1, 1842, a son of Thomas and Anna (West) Page, natives of England, who came to America in a sailing vessel, in 1831, and were eleven weeks on the water. Thomas was a farmer, and died in Athens, in 1876, in his eightieth vear; his wife died in 1842, in her fortieth year. F. T. Page is the youngest of their ten children, and received a public-school education and clerked in a store for several years. In the spring of 1862 he opened a general store in Athens, and has been actively engaged in business since. The past fifteen years he has been devoting his time largely to the wholesale butter trade in connection with his retail grocery trade. He was married, in Athens, in 1866, to Miss Julia C .. daughter of Andrew W. and Julia A. (Bristol) French, natives of New York State ; she is the youngest in a family of four children (daughters), and was born in Milford,


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Conn., in January, 1846. To them were born five children as follows : Robert F., Walter T., Bertha A., Louis F. and Kenneth A. Mr. and Mrs. Page are communicants of the Episcopal Church ; he enlisted in the State Militia during the war, but was out only a short time ; is a member of the G. A. R., Perkins Post, No. 202; also a member of the F. & A. M., Rural Amity Lodge, No. 70; has served two terms as burgess, four as school director, and several years as member of the borough council, and in politics he is a Republican.


CHARLES PALMER, locomotive engineer, G. I. & S. R. R., resi- dence, Sayre, is a native of Easton, Pa., and was born January 3, 1853, a son of John and Jennie Palmer. His father was a liveryman, and died in Easton, in 1859; his mother died in 1861. Charles was the second child in a family of four, and was reared in Easton, and received his education in the city schools. At the age of sixteen he was em- ployed as brakeman on the Jersey Central Railroad, at which occupa- tion he continued five years, and was a fireman on the same line about two years, and then came to Sayre, August 8, 1878, and went on the G. I. & S. R. R. as a fireman, and was promoted to engineer, May 3, 1881, and has been running on that line since. He married, in Easton, Pa., August 24, 1875, Miss Sarah, daughter of Patrick and Sarah (Burns) McCloskey, natives of County Carlow, Ireland. Patrick McCloskey died in Wilkes-Barre, in 1888, in his sixty-seventh year. Mrs. Palmer is the sixth in a family of eight children, and was born in Port Carbon, Pa., July 23, 1857. To them have been born six children, as follows : Anna, Belle (deceased), Mary, Ella, Sadie, and Harry (deceased). Mrs. Palmer is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Palmer is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Division No. 380, and in politics affiliates with the Republicans.


R. R. PALMER, farmer, P. O. LeRoy, was born in Troy, Brad- ford Co., Pa., January 8, 1822, a son of Russell and Sylvia (Case) Palmer, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire, respectively. Rus- sell Palmer was a son of Jareb and Esther (Rice) Palmer, who removed to this county about 1775, locating at what is now Alba, then a dense wilderness. Jareb was the father of eleven children-seven sons and four daughters-ten of whom came to maturity. R. R. Palmer, who is the fourth in the family, was educated in his native township. At the age of twenty-eight, October 11, 1849, he married Diantha, daughter of Perly and Lucy (Morse), of LeRoy, a descend- ant of Jesse Morse, one of the old settlers of the township. By this marriage there were four children, three of whom are living: Alice, married to John Jenkins ; E. R., married to Christene, daughter of J. McKeel ; R. J., married, July 11, 1890, to " Dell," daughter of G. L. Ross. Mr. Palmer is a well-to-do farmer, living on the high lands north of LeRoy; his farm is well stocked with a fine breed of Jerseys. In politics he is a Republican.


BENJAMIN PARK, farmer, of Litchfield township, P. O. Waverly, N. Y., was born, January 12, 1820, son of Daniel and Pattie Park, the former of whom was a native of this country, a son of Thomas Park, an Englishman by birth, who came to this country in its early settle- ment, making his home in the Wyoming Valley, from which place he


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removed to Litchfield township, about two years after the massacre; this old pioneer took up 400 acres of land, located on and near the banks of the Susquehanna river, building his house on the dividing line between the States of New York and Pennsylvania. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and served under Washington; was also conspicuous under Sullivan, in driving the Indians from his own settlement back to the Niagara, after which he settled in peace, and became a pros- perous farmer. Daniel Park was married twice, and had fifteen chil- dren (eleven by the first marriage, and four by the latter). thirteen of whom reached maturity, Benjamin, the subject of these lines, being the eighth member. He was educated at the common school, and in early life was extensively engaged in lumbering, often piloting his own rafts down the river. He married, February 26, 1845, in his native town, from which he never moved, Mary, daughter of John O. and Mary Shackelton, of English and German descent. Their family con- sists of : Dell, born February 15, 1847; Dunham, born August 18, 1859; Sumner, born August 9, 1864; Mercur, born September 10, 1868. Dell married E. L. Walker, a wealthy farmer; Dunham mar- ried Catherine Mckinney, daughter of Hanson Mckinney; Sumner married Olie Marie Heath, daughter of M. R. Heath. Mr. Park made ample provision for these children, presenting each with a large and productive farm. In politics he is Independent, and in faith he is a Universalist.


CHARLES F. PARK, commercial traveler, Standing Stone town- ship, P. O. Rummerfield, was born in Herrick township, this county, October 15, 1859. He was educated in the district school of that place, and attended Towanda Collegiate Institute two years, after which he bought and sold hay, grain and all kinds of produce, four years. In 1884 he entered into partnership with his brother Elmore, at Rummer- field, under the firm name of Park Brothers, and continued until 1888. when he withdrew on account of ill-health. He then took a position on the road, representing Barton & Whedon, wholesale grocers, of Elmira, remaining with them thirteen months, and then took a similar position with S. T. Willets & Co., of New York, his present employment. He married, in 1884, Ida, the fourth child in a family of six children of Peter W. and (Loehr) Morey, and of this union are two children; Morey A., born April 10, 1886, and Annie, born August 15, 1890. Mr. Park was postmaster at Rummerfield, under President Cleveland, two years; is a member of Rome Lodge, No. 480, I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Park attend the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have a wide circle of pleasant friends and acquaintances .. He built his residence in 1888.


D. F. PARK, dealer in dry goods and groceries, Athens, is a native of Shesheqnin township, this county, born January 6, 1830, a son of Rev. Chester and Lemira (Fish) Park, the former of whom was a native of Sheshequin, and the latter of Wilkes-Barre. The father engaged in mercantile trade in Athens about the year 1835, and con- tinued in business until 1862; he was born in 1802, and died in 1881; grandfather Rev. Moses Park was one of the first settlers in Athens township, and the maternal grandfather, Capt. Fish, was a soldier in


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the Revolutionary War. D. F. Park, who is the second in a family of five children, began clerking in his father's store, and in time became a partner in the business, remaining until 1862, when he succeeded to the sole ownership, and has continued in business since. He has been twice married: first time in Waverly, in 1855, to Miss Kate, daughter of Rev. Henry and Mary (Mullock) Ball ; she was the third in a family of six children who grew to maturity, was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1830, and died in February, 1859. By this union there is one son, Irving, now Adams Express agent in Athens. Mr. Park was married, the second time, in 1865, to Miss Lydia M., daughter of Horace and Azubia (Atkins) Carner, both natives of Connecticut ; she is the eldest of two living children, and was born in Litchfield township in 1837. To this union were born three sons, viz .: William, Robert (now at Cornell College) and Charles. The family are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Park enlisted in the State Militia in September, 1862, and was transferred to the United States service, but was mustered out in a short time; is a member of the G. A. R., Perkins Post, No. 202. He is a Republican, and has served as poor master twenty-five years, and has held the offices of burgess and school director and member of the borough council.


ELIAS T. PARK, farmer and real estate dealer, P. O. Monroe, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., March 6, 1839, and is the ninth in the family of eleven children of James A. and Maria (Bergen) Park, natives of New Jersey and of English and Dutch origin. Mr. Park removed to Monroe township in 1860, and in 1872 located on his present home; in 1884 he purchased the Nagle farm, which occupies nearly the entire triangle between the Towanda creek and the Schræder branch at their confluence, and proceeded to cut it up into building lots, of which he made ready sale; he donated land for streets, churches, etc., built about twenty-five houses himself, and has sold in all about one hundred and fifty lots. Where there were but two or three build- ings, now stands the flourishing little town of Greenwood, the one to whose genius and energy it owes its very existence having declined its name; and, indeed, he is rightly styled "The Builder of Greenwood." Mr. Park was married October 8, 1863, to Miss Elma L., daughter of A. L. Cranmer, of Monroeton, and they have five children, viz .: Wil- liam C., born January 20, 1864, civil engineer on the A. & P. R. R. at Addison, N. Y .; Addie L., born November 20, 1865; Helen J., born November 20, 1874; Mary E., born December 26, 1876, and Staates Bergen, born November 5, 1881. While taking no very active part in politics himself, Mr. Park is as firm as the everlasting hills in his alleg- iance to the cause of Democracy.


GEORGE B. PARK, farmer, P. O. Franklindale, was born near Flemington, Hunterdon Co., N. J., November 6, 1833, a son of James and Maria (Bergen) Park, the former born in Asbury, N. J, the latter near Germantown, N. J., neither of whom ever moved out of their native States; their family numbered ten children, nine of whom grew to maturity, and six are now living, our subject being the seventh in the family. George B. Park was reared and educated in New Jersey, and learned the miller's trade. At the age of seventeen he


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removed from New Jersey, located in Monroeton, this county, where he engaged in the milling business in 1850, which he followed five years successfully; he then embarked in a new enterprise in the sale of Phillip's Water Wheel, at which he accumulated considerable money. He traveled through various States in the sale of these wheels. At the age of twenty-seven he married, March 25 1860, Miss Mary L., daughter of S. S. Hinman, by which union there were born four chil- dren, two of whom are now living: Charles E. (married to Miss Mary Summers, of Newark, N. J .; they have one child, Edward B.) and Carrie M. Mr. Park is a prosperous farmer, and. follows a general line of industry. He is living on a farm of 140 acres of well-watered and fertile land on the Towanda creek, between Franklindale on the east and West Franklin on the west; also owns a farm in LeRoy town- ship of 108 acres. He is a respected and honored citizen, having held the office of justice of the peace fifteen years. Mrs. Park's father, S. S. Hinman, was one of the earliest and most successful business men of Monroeton; he was born June 18, 1811, died May 22, 1881; his grandfather, John Hinman, was the first man connected with the his- tory of Bradford county; he was born February 5, 1748.


DOCTOR IRA R. PARK. The family name of this gentleman is that of one of the most noted families in the early history of Susque- hanna Valley. The name of Thomas Park is full of history of both Bradford county and the Wyoming Valley, of those dreadful times that tried men's souls, and by marriage the blood is linked with that of Col. John Franklin, a name that will stand pre-eminent for all time in the history of the struggles of the Connecticut people in the settle- ment of the "Seventeen Townships." Thomas Park, the grandfather of the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch, was the first settler in the present township of Litchfield. Josiah Park, father of Thomas, was an Englishman, who, when young, was a sailor, but who left the sea and came to America, settling in Connecticut, where his son Thomas was born ; when he had grown to be a young man, he heard of the condition of the people in Forty Fort, and was one of the first to volunteer to come to their rescue, but reached the ground, unfor- tunately, a few days after the Wyoming massacre, or battle. He re- mained here, however, some time in the stockade the settlers had built, and hearing that some sugar-campers were surrounded by Indians, he raised a company and went to their rescue, and, in the skirmish that ensued with the Indians, he was wounded by a musket ball in the thigh, and he carried the leaden bullet with him to the grave. He was mar- ried in Wyoming county, at the Shawnee stockade, to Abigael Nesbitt. He reared a family of children, as follows : Daniel, Samuel, James N., Thomas, Joseph, Amos, Benjamin, Sally, Mary Elizabeth and Susanna. Josiah Park, when old and infirm, came and spent his last days with his son, Thomas. He cleared away the brush for a cemetery, and was the first to be buried there, nearly one hundred years ago. The third son, James N., was the first child born in the present township of Litch- field, in 1793, and in time became a prominent farmer. He married Margaret Mckinney, by whom there was one son, Orrin, when she died, about the year 1820. His second marriage was about 1823, with Sybil


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Franklin, daughter of Samuel Franklin, a brother of Col. John Franklin, and of this union there were children as follows: Margaret, Samuel, Loduski, Ulysus, Ira R., Clarissa and Hugh W. After this last marriage the father went to Luzerne county, where this family of chil- dren were reared. The mother of the last above-named children died in 1841, when Mr. Park returned to Bradford county to make his home, and afterward he married Annie Bronson, by which marriage there were two children : Elizabeth and Homer. James Park died in Litchfield township, in 1858, and was soon followed to the grave by his widow.


Dr. Ira R. Park is the fifth in the order of birth, as noted above, in the list of names of the children of James Park, and his home, early life and education were in Litchfield, his birthplace. When he attained his majority he diligently engaged in the study of medicine, and graduated at the Philadelphia Medical College in 1870, and from that time he has continued in the practice. Dr. Ira R. Park and Martha Park were united in marriage in Litchfield; she is the daughter of Reuben and Maria (Snider) Park, natives of New York and of German descent. Dr. Park then moved to Overton, in 1870, where he has made his permanent home. Their family of five children were as follows : Reuben, James F., Maria O., Edgar R. and Sybil G. (died at the age of five). The Park family have been noted Democrats in their political faith.


FRANK W. PARKS, P. O. Athens, was born in Sheshequin township, April 12, 1854, on the farm now owned by Julius White, and is a son of James G. and Lenora (Green) Parks. His father was a lumberman and farmer, and spent the greater portion of his life in Bradford county; was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, a member of the Fiftieth New York Engineers, Company B. Frank W. was the second in the family of four children, Edward, the eldest, Medora, the third, the fourth died in infancy. Frank attended school in Monroe town- ship, and in Athens, Litchfield and Rome, and completed his studies at the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Towanda. He commenced teaching in 1873, and followed that occupation seven years; then ob- tained employment in the Sayre Axle Works, and remained there three years; then engaged with the Milton Steam Forge Company one year, after which he went to Lewisburg, and was there about one and one- half years, and then went to Litchfield and commenced farming on the farm now owned by Phoebe Campbell. Later he removed to the farm he now owns, of 105 acres, about sixty of which are improved. October 12, 1887, he married Kate, daughter of Joel and Phoebe (Perry) Camp- bell, sixth in the family of ten children: Edgar, the eldest, married Mary Cranford, and resides in Elmira; George is with his mother; Emery married Emma Hulett, and resides in Litchfield; Newton married Nellie Lufkin, and resides in Iowa; Jane was married to William Ferguson, of Ithaca, N. Y .; Alice was married to William Carpenter, of Athens ; Jay died in infancy; Lottie, Perley and Kate. John C. and Har- rison, uncles of Frank W., were soldiers of the Civil War. John was a member of the Fifty-seventh P. V. I., while Harrison joined the Mich- igan Cavalry. Mr. Parks is a member of the I. O. O. F., Litchfield Lodge, No. 938, and is at present assistant secretary of that Order; he is a Democrat in politics.




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