History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections, Part 131

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


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ALPHONSO L. ROBINSON, farmer and stock-grower, P. O. South Hill, was born in Orwell township, this county, April 18, 1848, a son of Linus and Clarissa (Norton) Robinson. His father was born in Orwell township, September 15, 1826, on the farm he now occupies. The grandfather was one of the first settlers in Orwell township, in 1810, and was a noted hunter; in his family there were nine children, as follows: Curtis, Daniel, Wesley, Linus, Whitmore (who was killed when a young man), Betsy (married to John Johnson), Sallie (married to Morris Woodruff), Polly (married to Francis Chubbuck) and Louisa (married to Simon Kinney). Linus assisted in clearing the old home- stead, where he had alwayslived; his family were six in number: Emily, a widow (married to Fred Jones), Alphonso, Elmer (married to Sarah Vanness), Edmund (married to Hattie House), Berton (married to Eva Chaffee) and Mertie (married to Ernest Barnes). Alphonso L. Robin- son married November 14, 1870, Rosa A., daughter of Nelson and Eliza- beth (Knapp) Barnes; in her father's family there were two sons and two daughters, viz. : Loton, who died, aged four years; Emeline, married to Dr. C. H. Warner; Hiram, who entered the army at sixteen, in the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, Company D, and was in all the work of that regiment until the battle of Gettysburg, where he was killed, and Rosa A. (Mrs. Alphonso L. Robinson). Mr. Barnes was a son of Jesse


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Barnes, who was one of the very earliest settlers of Orwell township. In 1856 he built the house on the farm now occupied by Alphonso L. Robin- son, in which he resided until his death, which occurred July 18, 1881, when he was aged sixty-three years. Alphonso L. Robinson spent his boyhood on his father's farm, and attended the district schools and Orwell Hill Academy until his twentieth year. He began life for himself as a farmer, and bought his first land, known as the " Billy Warfle " farm, in 1870, and owned it until 1879, when he traded it for the "Boyd " farm, adjoining his present home; same year he removed into his pres- ent residence. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have had two sons and five daughters, viz .: Clara, born September 21, 1872; Effie, born September 17, 1874, and died April 1, 1879; Arthur, born May 7, 1880; Clarence, born March 20, 1881; Mabel, born September 17, 1884; Ethel, born Sep- tember 3, 1886, died January 9, 1887; and Bessie, born May 24, 1888. Mr. Robinson owns a farm of 185 acres, has a sugar orchard of about 500 trees, and also raises a great many young cattle, sheep and hogs; he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a Prohibi- tionist in his political preferments.


C. B. ROBINSON, blacksmith, P. O. Wyalusing, was born in Wil- mot township, Bradford Co., Pa., July 23, 1853, and is a son of Chandler and Harriet (Adams) Robinson, natives of Wyoming county, Pa. The father was a farmer, and spent the greater portion of his life in Brad- ford county ; in 1859 he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he died in 1862, aged forty-four years; the mother is now living at Forkston, Wyoming county. They were the parents of five children : Berkley, a farmer of Mehoopany; Mary A., married to Joseph Calligan, an employé of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, and residing in Wyalusing ; Dora, residing in Cleveland, Ohio; Janette, married to Mr. Harkell, a miller, of New York, and our subject, who passed his boyhood, from six to twelve years of age, in Ohio, attending the public schools of Cleveland ; then returned to Mehoopany and attended school there, after which he engaged in farming until 1877, when he began to learn his trade, blacksmithing, at which he worked four and one-half years ; then went to Mehoopany, and from there to Sugar Run, where he owned a shop of his own, and was there two and a half years; from there he returned to Mehoopany and had a shop, and stayed in that town two years, thence went to Loveton and was there one year ; from there he moved to Forkston, where he remained until 1891, when he came to Taylorsville, and opened the old Swage stand, and does a gen- eral blacksmith business. Mr. Robinson married, January 21, 1874, Maxalina, daughter of A. L. Bates, a wagon-maker of Wilmot town- ship(her mother was Catherine E. Douglass, deceased). To them were born five children : Cassie E., Georgie A., Bessie M., Willie L. and Clarence B. Mr. Robinson's political views are Democratic.


JOEL H. ROBINSON, farmer, Warren township, P. O. Aurora, is a native of Rome township, this county, born August 25, 1839, a son of Owen and Elvira (Towner) Robinson, natives of Vermont and Penn- sylvania, respectively. Owen Robinson was the son of Joel and Celia (Whitaker) Robinson, of Vermont, who came to Bradford county in 1820, settled in Warren township, and were among the pioneers and


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early prominent settlers. After residing here some years Mr. Robin- son removed to Candor, N. Y., where he died in 1873; his first wife had died in 1863, and he married, for his second, Mrs. Polly Stewart, who died in 1884. There were eight children by the first wife, of whom Owen, the second in order of birth, was born in Vermont, came to this county with his father's family, and went with them to New York, thence removed to this State and county in 1835, locating in Rome township; he was a farmer and mechanic, and died in 1881; his widow survives and resides in Owego; their family of children were five in number, of whom Joel H., the subject of the sketch, is the third. He grew to manhood in Candor (whither he had gone with his family when nine years of age), and commenced life for himself, lumbering, following this twenty years. He was married in Candor, in 1863, to Nancy J., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Terwilager) Eichen- burg, natives of Orange county, N. Y .; her father was a tailor, and died July 11, 1849; her mother died March 19, 1888; they had nine children, of whom Mrs. Robinson is the seventh. To Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Robinson were born five children, as follows : Willis, mar- ried to Flora Chapman, and has one child, Joel C .; George O., of Hor- nellsville, N. Y .; Alonzo, of same place; Frank and Ernest. The fam- ily worship at the Methodist Church; in politics Mr. Robinson is a Republican.


ROBERT ROCKEFELLER, Windham Centre, one of the dis- abled retired veterans of the Civil War, and a leading farmer of Wind- ham township, was born in Albany county, N. Y., May 24, 1824, a son of John and Ruth (Jacobs) Rockefeller, the former of whom was a blacksmith, who came to Warren township in the year 1841, and, after several years, returned to New York and came again to Warren; went from Warren to Rome, where he resided until his death, in 1858; his widow died in 1877. Their children were ten in number, of whom Rob- ert, the second in order of birth, remained in Albany county until his seventeenth year, when he learned the harness-maker's trade, which he followed ten years, and then became a blacksmith, working at his father's forge twelve years. In 1841,along with a brother, he came to this county, farming and blacksmithing. In October, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D, and went direct to the front with the Army of the Potomac, under Gen. Pleas- anton, and afterward under Gen. Sheridan; was in the battle of the Rappahannock, and on the Rapidan River, and Shenandoah, when he was detailed blacksmith to the army transportation department, thus continuing until the war closed. He was severely sick soon after enter- ing the service, and was in the Alexandria hospital three months; had an attack of varioloid, and was sent to Camp Distribution, where he remained four weeks, and was discharged in August, 1865; he now draws a pension; is a member of the G. A. R., Stevens Post, No. 69, Rome ; he is Republican in politics, and has been school director, and he was postmaster many years at Windham Summit. Mr. Rockefeller was married twice: first to Priscilla Bullock, who bore him two chil- dren: Nathaniel B., of Rummerfield, and Martin H., of Camptown; the


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second marriage was with Emeline Demorest (daughter of John Kuy- kendall), who had two children : John R. and Ophelia B.


ALBERT N. ROCKWELL, farmer and stock-raiser, Ulster town- ship, P. O. Ulster, was born in Ulster, this county, March 30, 1853, and is a son of Chauncy and Wealthy (Gordon) Rockwell. [See sketch of W. H. Rockwell.] His early life was spent on the farm, attending school at Ulster, where he received a good English education ; then he engaged in farming, and resides on the old homestead, which he and his brother cultivate. He was married, April 14, 1880, to Ella, daughter of Alexander and Janette (Rodgers) Murdock, natives of Ayrshire, Scotland. They have one child, a son, Guy Edward, born May 30, 1888. Mr. Rockwell was formerly a member of the I. O. O. F .; he is a stanch Republican in politics.


HON. DELOS ROCKWELL, a prominent member of the Bradford County Bar, was born in Troy, Bradford Co., Pa., August 28, 1837, a son of Luther M. and Johanna M. (Marvin) Rockwell. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Rockwell, was a native of Berkshire county, Mass., and with his family moved to Canton, this county, in 1804. He died at the advanced age of eighty-eight years ; his wife was Hannah Las- selle, by whom he had ten children, viz .: Johanna (Mrs. Eli Parsons), Elias, Samuel, James, J. Calvin and Luther M. (twins), Laban, Rufus M., Myron and Hiram. Of these, Luther M., the father of subject, was a native of Burlington, Vt., who came to Canton with his parents, in 1804, but afterward moved to Troy. In 1816, he married Johanna, a daughter of Jesse Marvin, of Monroe county, N. Y. He was the father of ten children, namely: Bingham L., Jesse M., Alvord P., Martin L., Elvira (Mrs. D. W. C. Herrick), J. Calvin, Orlando W., Hiram L., Azor S., and Delos, the subject of this sketch, who was reared in Troy, educated at Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y., and studied law with D. W. C. Bates, of Cherry Valley, N. Y., and fin- ished his studies with the late Hon. Paul D. Morrow, of Towanda, and was admitted to the bar in February, 1862. He opened an office in Troy, the same year, and has since been in the active practice of his profession. He married, in June, 1864, Eliza B., daughter of Francis and Laura (Spalding) Smith, of Troy. Mr. Rockwell was in the Civil War, having enlisted, in June, 1863, in Company B, Twenty-sixth P. V. I., but, after six weeks' service, was honorably discharged. In 1874, he was elected State Senator from the Twenty-third District of Pennsylvania, and was a delegate to the National Democratic Conven- tion, at St. Louis, in 1888, which nominated Grover Cleveland for a second term. Mr. Rockwell has been one of the foremost men in all school matters ; he was for twenty-five years a prominent school officer of the borough and vicinity. Something of the estimate of this gentleman by his neighbors and many friends is found in the fact that, while he has always been a fearless and outspoken Democrat, yet he was elected to the State Senate, in the face of an adverse majority of 3,500 votes. He is esteemed for his many excellent qualities of head and heart, as well as for an integrity that has never even been a subject of discussion. He is a worthy representative of the family of one of the early pioneers to this part of Bradford county. It is now nearly a


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century since his paternal grandfather came to western Bradford, and made his permanent home, and here is where the name of Rockwell is best known and best appreciated. His brothers are all living in west- ern Bradford, except J. M. Rockwell, who died in 1889. Azor S. lives on the old homestead, in Troy township, where his father moved at the time of his marriage, and where he lived until his death, in 1856, and on which farm his brothers and sisters were born.


EDWARD ROCKWELL, farmer and stock-grower, Ulster, was born April 19, 1849, at Cincinnatus, Cortland Co., N. Y., and is a son of Chauncy and Wealthy (Gordon) Rockwell. [See sketch of W. H. Rockwell.] He was born and reared on a farm, and his education-a good one for his day-was received in the schools of Ulster; he resides on the old homestead farm with his mother. His father's house was one of the first buildings erected in Ulster, and was pulled down, in 1868, to make room for the house in which he now resides; the old homestead farm consists of 165 acres, and is one of the finest in the valley, comprising both river and hill land, and under a magnificent state of cultivation. He and his brother, Albert, manage it in partner- ship, using improved farm implements, and are careful in the manner of changing their crops, making the soil richer every year. They raise from six to eight acres of tobacco yearly, besides the other crops. His father's family consisted of nine children, seven of whom are living, six in this county ; George is in Buffalo, N. Y. Edward Rockwell, who is the seventh child, resides with his mother, who was born at Standing Stone in 1814; he is unmarried, is a Republican in politics and is a good neighbor and citizen.


ELMER A. ROCKWELL, physician and farmer, Stevensville, was born near his present home, October 2, 1845, a son of Nathan and Delia (White) Rockwell, the former of whom was born, of New Eng- land origin, on the farm where Elmer A. now lives, the latter being a native of Windham, N. Y., born of New England and German lineage: the grandfather was a Shaker. In Nathan Rockwell's family there were five children, of whom Elmer A., the second in order of birth, was reared on a farm and educated in the common school. On July 23, 1863, he enlisted at Baltimore, Md., in Company C, Third Mary- land Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, being mustered out August 14, 1865, at Baltimore. He then began the study of medi- cine, with Dr. C. H. Warner, continuing three years, at the same time taking the course at Michigan University, where he was graduated in 1868. He practiced successively at Edenville (Mich.), Stevensville, Gladwin (Mich.), where he was register of deeds one term, and then came to Stevensville, but has practiced but little since, owing to ill health. Dr. Rockwell married Harriet E., daughter of John and Louisa (Redson) Hicks, natives of New York, and of German and American descent. He is a member of the G. A. R., Post No. 86, at Camptown, and in politics he is a Republican.


GAMAGE ROCKWELL, farmer, P. O. Burlington, was born Sep- tember 13, 1863, on the farm where he now resides in West Burling- ton township, a son of Orlando W. and Mary (Gamage) Rockwell, of English origin and natives of this county; the former was born in


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Troy, and the latter in West Burlington township, this county. The grandfather, Rockwell, who was a pioneer of the township, a farmer and a man of influence, reared a family of ten children, the father of our subject being the sixth in order of birth, and eight of the sons are still living. Hon. Delos Rockwell, of Troy, is a member of the family, and uncle to Gamage. The father is a farmer and lives in West Bur- lington. The great-grandfather Gamage is the first of the paternal ancestors of whom the family have any knowledge, and was a pioneer of West Burlington township. Gamage Rockwell, who is the third of five children, was brought up on the farm, and now owns his father's old homestead, one of the finest farms in the township, comprising about one hundred acres; he has a good dairy, and also raises sheep and cattle. Mr. Rockwell was married, September 10, 1886, to Frankie Mead, who was born November 25, 1867, daughter of Francis C. and Helen (Calkins) Mead. Her father, who was a native of Ohio, and by trade a shoemaker, was a soldier in the Civil War and saw a great deal of service, was taken prisioner at Bull Run, and died from exposure soon after he was discharged ; his father was a pioneer in the county. To Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell have been born two children: Helen, born April 3, 1887, and Martha, born February 22, 1889. The family are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.


HIRAM L. ROCKWELL, farmer, of Troy township, P. O. Troy, was born in Troy township, this county, December 13, 1831, and is a son of Luther M. and Johanna (Marvin) Rockwell. His paternal grand- parents, Samuel and Hannah (Lassell) Rockwell, of Berkshire county, Mass., settled in Canton township in 1804. Luther M., a native of Burlington, Vt., and a farmer, came to Bradford county with his parents in 1804, and spent most of his life in Troy township, clearing and improving the farm now owned by his son Azor S., and died there ; his wife was a daughter of Jesse Marvin, a pioneer of Troy township, and later of Rochester, N. Y. [See sketch of Hon. Delos Rockwell.] Luther M. Rockwell reared a family of nine sons and one daughter, of whom our subject is the eighth child and seventh son. Hiram L. Rock- well was reared on the old homestead, a part of which he now owns ; this he cleared of stones and stumps, making all the improvements in buildings, etc .; it comprises about 135 acres. Mr. Rockwell married twice : his first wife was Juliet, daughter of Jehel and Maryette (Norman) Mckean, of Burlington township, and by her he had one daughter, Metta (Mrs. Samuel Bennett), who has one son, Hira ; his second wife was Mary McKean, sister of his first wife. Mr. Rockwell is a prominent farmer ; has held various township offices ; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; and in politics is a Republican.


HORACE W. ROCKWELL, proprietor of foundry. Monroeton, was born April 30, 1834, in what is now Troy borough, this county, and is a son of Myron and Mary Ann (Lillybridge) Rockwell. He was reared in Sullivan township, Tioga Co., Pa., from six years of age,and was educated at Troy Academy. In 1851 he went to Monroeton, for three years serving an apprenticeship at the molder's trade, after which he worked as a journeyman in Towanda, Athens and Troy, and in 1864 purchased the foundry at Monroeton, where he had learned his trade, which he


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has since successfully conducted. In 1877 he was burned out, but immediately rebuilt on a larger scale, and is now giving employment to fifteen hands in the manufacture of agricultural implements and repairing. He married, in 1865, Hattie Emily, daughter of J. B. M. and Frances M. (Dudley) Hinman, of Monroeton, and by her had the following children: Frances L. (Mrs. Coly J. Beach), Mary E., Harry H., Verne L. and Inez M. Mr. Rockwell was a member of the Thir- teenth Pennsylvania Militia, known as the " emergency men," during the Civil War, served one month, and was then discharged. He is a member of Presbyterian Church, the F. & A. M. and G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican.


JOHN ROCKWELL, farmer, P. O. LeRoy, was born in Franklin- dale, Pa., a son of Hiram and Dolly (Green) Rockwell, the former a native of Massachusetts, born in 1814, the latter of Delaware county, N. Y., born in 1816. They removed to this county early in life, where Mr. Rockwell followed lumbering, after which he turned his attention to farming; his family consisted of eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, as follows: Orator, John, G. K., A. C., Hiram, Cirena, Polly, Louisa and Amelia, and eight of these are now living. Our subject is the second in the family, and was reared and educated in LeRoy; in early life he helped his father in the lumber mill, and at the age of eighteen he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-first P. V. I., and served his country all through the war. He was twice wounded, at Chancellorsville and at Spottsylvania. Sep- tember 9, 1865, he married Myrtie, daughter of Harry and Mary Kel- logg, of LeRoy, the former of whom was a native of Connecticut and a noted river man, generally known by the name of "Capt. Kellogg." To them were born eight children, seven of whom are living, viz .: C. L. (married to Minnie Sanford), Flora, Della, Robert R., Pearl, Marion, Daisy and Harry. During seven years of Mr. Rockwell's life, he devoted his time to mercantile business at LeRoy Centre, in which he was quite successful ; afterward he became engaged in general farm- ing. He has held various offices of public trust; he is a member of the G. A. R., I. O. O. F., and Patriotic Order Sons of America; polit- ically he is a Republican.


JOSEPH L. ROCKWELL, miller and farmer, P. O.West Burlington, was born April 9, 1843, in Troy township, this county, a son of Bing- ham and Abby (Pierce) Rockwell, natives of Vermont, who removed to Bradford county with their parents when children; both families are of English origin. The grandfather, Luther Rockwell, was one of the pioneers of Troy, and was a miller, farmer and lumberman ; he built the mill at West Burlington which Joseph L. now owns. Bingham Rockwell is a farmer living in West Burlington, at the age of seventy- three years, and is a brother of Hon. Delos Rockwell, of Troy. Joseph L. was twice married: his first wife was Emma Ross (deceased); his second wife was Julia Strange, of Tioga county, Pa., and they were married May 27, 1885. Mr. Rockwell's milling business is one of the largest in the county ; he has recently added to the property in repairs and improvements the sum of of $4,000 ; the mill has both steam and water power. He also owns a fine farm of about 300 acres on which


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dairying is carried on quite extensively ; he also raises some fine-bred trotting horses, and cattle. Politically he is a Democrat, but gives his attention entirely to his business affairs; he is a member of the Freemasons, and he and his wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is superintendent of the Sunday-school; he is one of the thorough-going and substantial business men of the county.


OSCAR H. ROCKWELL, M. D., Monroeton, is a native of Sulli- van township, Tioga Co., Pa., born November 23, 1844, and is a son of Myron and Mary A. (Lillybridge) Rockwell. His grandparents, Sam- nel and Hannah (La Selle) Rockwell, came, in 1802, from Vermont to this county, where they settled. Myron Rockwell, father of the sub- ject of this memoir, was a native of Canton, this county, having been born there September 20, 1804. He was reared and educated in his native town, and about the year 1840 he located in Sullivan town- ship, Tioga county. In 1839 he had been licensed to preach the Gospel in the East Sullivan Baptist Church, of which he had been a member since fifteen years of age; served as pastor for the Baptist Churches in Tioga and Lycoming counties. Throughout his active life he was pre- eminent in piety and Christian zeal, and he practiced what he preached. He passed from earth at Roseville, Tioga county, at the patriarchal age of eighty years nine months and two days. His wife was a daughter of Warren Lillybridge, of Providence, R. I., and by her he became the father of eight children, viz .: Nancy J. (Mrs. Joel Webster), Myron A., Warren A. (deceased), Horace W., Mary E. (Mrs. Ira Bement), Emma P. (Mrs. Frank L. Miller), Oscar H. and Ella E. (Mrs. Marchael Lefler).


Oscar H. Rockwell, whose name opens this sketch, was reared in Tioga county, educated in the common schools, Mansfield Seminary and Troy Academy. In 1868 he came to Monroeton, this county, and in 1870 began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. D. N. Newton. In the fall of 1871 he entered the medical depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and grad- uated therefrom in the spring of 1873, since which time he has been in the active practice of his chosen profession at Monroeton. The Doctor was married, December 19, 1870, to Catharine M., daughter of John and Celestia R. (Hinman) Hanson, of Monroeton, and to theni has been born one daughter, Mary C. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics the Doctor is a Republican. He is a member of Bradford County Medical Society, of which he was president one year. He is a member of the F. & A. M., is past master and secretary of the Lodge at Monroeton; is also a member of the I. O. O. F., and is past grand in the same.


SAMUEL A. ROCKWELL (8), farmer, P. O. Granville Centre, Pa., was born in Troy borough, this county, August 22, 1825, and is a son of John C. and Harriet (Andrus) Rockwell (7). His paternal grand- parents were Samuel and Hannah (Laselle) Rockwell (6), formerly of Lamsboro, Mass., who located in Canton township, this county, in 1804, but later removed to Troy, and afterward returned to Canton, and resided there until their death. Samuel was a son of John (5), son of John (4), son of Jonathan (3), son of John (2), a son of John Rock-


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well (1), and the first ancestor in America, who sailed from Dorchester, England, in 1641, settling in Stamford, Conn. John C. Rockwell, father of subject, born in Cornwall, Vt., came to Canton with his parents in 1804. He was a shoemaker by trade, and his life was spent in Canton, Troy, LeRoy and Granville townships; he cleared and improved the farm occupied by subject, and died there. His children were Sylvia (Mrs. Orator Holcomb), Emily (Mrs. John P. Bush), Samuel A., James B., Eliza B., (Mrs. Hiram Stone). SamuelA. Rock- well was reared in Troy and LeRoy townships and, in 1846, came to Granville with his father, where he has since resided : he lives now on the old homestead, where his father and mother both died. He married, October 11, 1849, Hannah, daughter of Eli and Harriet (Bailey) Holcomb, of LeRoy township, and has five children, as follows : Lavinia (Mrs. T. H. Bailey), Ella E. (Mrs. Franklin Saxton), E. Adelle (Mrs. Isaac Blish); J. C. (his only son, married to Josie Morse, of LeRoy) and Phoebe (Mrs. Frank Wilcox). Mr. Rockwell is among the repre- sentative farmers of Granville township, and aside from farming, sum- mers, he taught school, eighteen winters, when between the age of eighteen and forty. He is a member of the Church of Christ at Gran- ville Centre. In politics he is a Republican, and served one term as mercantile appraiser for Bradford county.




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