History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections, Part 134

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


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invasion. Joseph P. Russell is a member of the G. A. R., Stevens Post, at Rome.


L. F. RUSSELL, farmer and stock-grower. P. O. Rome, was born on the farm he now occupies in Rome township, June 26, 1844, a son of Dan and Debora Ann (Forbes) Russell. His grandfather, Dan Russell, came from Connecticut and was among the early pioneers to locate in Orwell township, where the father of L. F. was born in 1808 ; his grandfather, Hezekiah, was also a resident of Orwell township at time of his death, a farmer in Orwell and Rome townships, and at the time of death owned one hundred and fourteen acres well-improved land. The father of L. F. had a family of nine children, four of whom are yet living : Ellen, married to Harvey Johnston, a farmer of Litch- field township, this county ; Simon, a farmer of Rome township; L. F. (the seventh of the family) and Phoebe, married to Jacob Struble, who is working in the Bridge Works at Athens, Pa. The boyhood of our subject was spent on his father's farm, and he attended the com- mon schools of Rome until seventeen years old, securing a good com- mon-school education. He commenced farming, and followed it up to 1872, when he purchased and commenced to operate a sawmill ; after which he sold and returned to the farm, where he has since remained. On February 20, 1865, he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-fourth New York Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. He now owns two hundred acres, and the house, built in 1886, is an elegant modern farm dwelling of ten rooms; farm is well stocked with young cattle, and he keeps about ten cows for his dairy. Mr. Russell was united in wedlock January 31, 1866, with Eunice, daughter of M. V. B. Towner, a farmer, and the fruits of this marriage are six children, as follows: Alice V., born November 3, 1866 ; Lina E., born July 31, 1871 ; Farn- ham H., born December 31, 1876, died August 1, 1882; Edith D., born October 13, 1884 ; Gertie, born January 18, 1887; Stanley, born Decem- ber 26,1889. Mr. Russell is a member of F. & A. M., Roman Lodge, No. 418, Rome; he has taken the degree of Master Mason and has been a mem- ber for about twenty-two years. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance ; is a Republican in politics, and has frequently been called by his friends and neighbors to fill offices of trust of his township, such as treasurer, constable and collector and commissioner. Among the prominent farmers of Bradford county Mr. Russell ranks high.


STEPHEN C. RUSSELL, farmer and stock-grower, Orwell town- ship, P. O. Lix, was born in Rome township, this county, June 9, 1846, and is a son of Reuben M. and Sarah (Eiklor) Russell, natives of Pennsylvania. Reuben M. Russell was a carpenter, and died in 1876; his widow survives. They reared a family of ten children, of whom Stephen is the youngest ; he was reared at his father's home, attended the public schools of Rome township, where he received the rudiments of a fair education, and when he reached his majority commenced farming on his own account, and with no other aids than his own industry has become the owner of a valuable farm of fifty-one acres. He was married in Rome, to Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Cath- erine (Courad) Chandler, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have five children, as follows: Willie N. (married to Orpha


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Janes, resides in Athens), Fred M., Minor J., Elmer H. and Frank S. In 1865 Mr. Russell enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Regiment New York Cavalry, Company C, and went directly to the front with the Army . of the Potomac; he was in the battle of Horse Shoe, where he was severely injured by being thrown from his horse, and was sent to the Virginia Hospital ; was in time honorably discharged and came home. He draws a pension. Mr. Russell is a member of G. A. R., Stevens Post, No. 69, Rome, and is a Republican in politics.


FRANK G. SAIRS, foreman of the riveting department, Union Bridge Works, Athens, is a native of Ithaca, N. Y., and was born Jan- uary 29, 1854. His parents are Leonard B. and Malinda (Munson) Sairs, natives of New York, and now residents of Athens; his grand- father Munson was a soldier in the War of 1812. The subject of this sketch is the fifth in the order of birth in a family of nine children, of whom seven are living. When he was two years old the family moved to Halsey Valley, N. Y., and when he was aged seven years they immigrated to Potter county, Pa., whence, after remaining there a short time, they removed to Owego, N. Y. While there Mr. Sairs went to work at the Buffalo Bridge Works, continuing thereat nearly two years. On March 2, 1874, he came to Athens, where he found, the day after his arrival, employment in the Bridge Works, and has since been with that company, except from February, 1881, to February, 1882, during which period he was employed at the Youngs- town Bridge Works, Youngstown, Ohio. In April, 1882, he was pro- moted to his present position. Mr. Sairs was married in Owego, N. Y., in 1874, to Miss Isabel P. Wright, who was born in Owego, N. Y., November 22, 1853, daughter of H. N. and Jane (Courtright) Wright, natives of Nichols and Weltonville, N. Y., respectively. Mr. Wright, who was a pattern-maker by trade, died in Owego in June, 1887; his widow resides with her daughter, who is the only surviving one of a family of three children. To Mr. and Mrs. Sairs have been born two children, Harley W. and Leslie M. Mr. Sairs is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Rural Amity Lodge, No. 70; also of the Sons of Veterans; Captain of John Griffin Camp, No. 30; is president of the Third Ward Fire Company, and secretary of the school board. Polit- ically he is a Republican.


JOHN F. SANDERSON, attorney at law, No. 118 Diamond street, Pittsburgh, Pa., was born in New Brunswick, N. J., April 21, 1853, and is a son of Henry and Mary S. (Myer) Sanderson, the former of. Scotch-Irish and. the latter of Dutch and Irish origin. His father, an artist by profession, had, by a former wife, three children, one of whom, Annie, wife of Albert L. Sweet, of Chicago, survives, and by the second wife he had two children : Kate (now deceased), who mar- ried Dr. Edward J. Abell, of Coal City, Ills .; and John F. The subject of this sketch was brought to Athens township, this county, by his mother, in 1854, after which time to 1869 they made their home with his grandmother. He was educated in the common schools of Brad- ford county, and in a grammer school at Newark, N. J. In 1869 he secured a position as clerk in the First National Bank at Towanda, where he remained until October, 1873; he read law with William


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Foyle and James Wood, and was admitted to the Bradford County Bar in May, 1874, where he practiced law until January 1, 1891, when he . formed a partnership with United States District Attorney Walter Lyon and Charles H. McKee, of Pittsburgh. In 1876 he was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and in 1885 to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court; he is also a member of the Bar of United States Courts of the Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sanderson was married November 26, 1872, to Miss Celinda M., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Stone) Griffis, of Towanda, and they have had six children: William G., born August 20, 1873; Evangeline, born May 12, 1875, died in Harrisburg, January 2, 1889; Katharine, born May 17, 1877; Elizabeth, born March 3, 1879 ; Jonathan, born January 23, 1883; Beulah, born July 11, 1886. Mr. Sanderson is an ardent adherent of the Republican party; in March, 1887, he was appointed, by Governor Beaver, Deputy Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, which position he held until Janu- ary 20, 1891, the end of Governor Beaver's administration.


C. H. SATTERLEE, book-keeper for Fitch & Kinney's hardware store, Athens, is a native of Sheshequin township, this county, born . February 15, 1849; a son of Elisha and Emily (Briggs) Satterlee. Elisha Satterlee, who was a merchant and farmer, removed, in 1865, to Lock Haven, Pa., and engaged in the lumber business; he died in Sayre, this county, March 9, 1881, in his seventy-first year ; his widow died December 10, 1890. Great-grandfather Col. Elisha Satterlee was an officer in the Revolutionary War, and was one of the pioneer settlers of Athens township, this county. Uncle John F. Satterlee was in the Government service. C. H. Satterlee is the fifth in order of birth in a family of seven children, of whom five are now living. He was reared in Athens from the time he was four years old, and received an academic education in the old historic academy of the place; he went with his parents to Lock Haven in 1865, and was engaged in the lumber business there until 1869, when he went to Duluth, Minn., where he was engaged in merchandising about two years; from there he went to Annapolis, Md., and had charge of D. W. Smith's lumber yard about two years ; thence moved to Washington, D. C., and followed the same business about one and one-half years ; then returned to Lock Haven, and was in the lumber trade some time; then came to Sayre and worked for the L. V. R. R. Co. four years, and in April, 1883, came to Athens, where he accepted the position he now holds with Fitch & Kinney. Mr. Satterlee was married in Mansfield, Pa., February 6, 1873, to Miss Nettie, daughter of Albinas and Harriet (Seeley) Hunt, natives of Pennsylvania. Albinas Hunt was a merchant and died in Mansfield in 1876. Mrs. Hunt survives him and resides with her daughter Mrs. Satterlee, who is the eldest in a family of two children, born in Mansfield July 3, 1849. To Mr. and Mrs. Satterlee were born three children, of whom W. F. is the only one living. Mr. and Mrs. Satterlee are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is trustee and secretary and treasurer. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Annapolis Lodge, No.89. He is a Repub- lican, and has served one term as councilman in Athens borough.


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JOHN FRANKLIN SATTERLEE. This gentleman is a repre- sentative of the Satterlee family, which holds a prominent place, not. only in the pioneer history of Bradford county, but in the dawn of American history. The Satterlee family was a conspicuous one in Sussex county, England, where the Satterlee Church and Manor House still stand, as mute monuments of their venerable founders and pro- prietors. In the latter part of the seventeenth century, two Satterlee brothers came to this country and settled in Connecticut. Benedict Satterlee, a lineal descendant of one of these brothers, was one of the forty original settlers in the Wyoming Valley. He had a family of six children : one daughter, the wife of Col. Elisha Mathewson, and five sons, the eldest of whom was Elisha, who was with Washington at Valley Forge, in the memorable winter of 1777-78, and, in 1779, as a soldier in the company of Capt. Simon Spalding, participated in the expedition of Gen. John Sullivan, through the Wyoming Valley into New York State, against the hostile Indians. The other sons were Elias, Benedict, Nathaniel and Samuel. Elisha came to " Tioga Point," or Athens, as early as 1787, in company with Col. Elisha Math- ewson, and, about two years later, brought the remaining members of the family to the new settlement.


Elias afterward practiced medicine at Elmira. Benedict was a school teacher at Athens as early as 1791, subsequently removing to Mount Morris, N. Y. Nathaniel and Samuel settled in Smithfield. Elisha, together with Col. John Franklin, assisted in laying out the township of Athens, and was actively identified with the early history of the county. He married Cynthia Stevens, by whom he had three children : John Franklin 'Satterlee, Sr., who was eleven months old when the new settlement was established ; Lemira, who married Harry S. Spalding; Aurelia, who married Robert Spalding.


John Franklin, Sr., was for years a prominent and influential citi- zen of Athens, actively engaged in the material progress of the county and town in which he lived until his death, February 11, 1856. He was a merchant from 1812 to 1817, and subsequently kept the old hotel at Athens. During most of his business life he dealt quite extensively in lumber, which he rafted to the markets of the lower Susquehanna and Baltimore. He established and maintained the first ferry across the Susquehanna, at Athens, which was abandoned when the bridge was built, about 1840. For several years, during the latter part of his life, he was a justice of the peace, and engaged in farming, on the old settlement on the east bank of the river. He, early (about 1808), became associated with the Masonic Fraternity, was a charter member of Rural Amity Lodge, F. & A. M., and for several years was the Master, never ceasing to take great interest in the Order until his death. While he never held, nor sought, political office, he was an active worker, and in the campaign of 1844 stumped the county for Henry Clay. John Franklin Satterlee, Sr., married, December 25, 1808, Julia Prentice, by whom he had five children: Orin D .; Elisha; Anna P., who married Horace Kinney ; Cynthia L., who married Edward Oven- shire ; and Julia P., who married George Stevens. His second wife was Elizabeth Marshall, by whom he had five children: Sarah, who


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married James Lemon, of Waverly, N. Y .; John Franklin, Jr .; Eliza- ยท beth, who married Dr. John A. Thomson, of Wrightsville, Pa .; Lucy, who died at sixteen ; Marion B., who married William R. Schuyler, who has been acting deputy collector of the Port of Philadelphia for several years.


John Franklin Satterlee, Jr., born April 14, 1829, spent his boyhood on his- father's farm, and was educated in Athens High School. He engaged in business for himself when he was eighteen years old; at twenty-four he began farming on the old Satterlee place, where he remained until 1868, when he removed his family to Waverly. He then engaged in contracting in Brooklin, and, in 1869, removing to Monroeton, commenced lumbering on the mountains to the south and west of the town. In 1889 he was appointed special agent in the General Land Office of the Interior Department, in which capacity he has been stationed in various States west of the Mississippi, in New Mexico and Florida, and at present is on duty at Gainesville, Florida. He was married, October 18, 1853, to Lucy E., daughter of Horace and Minerva (Atkins) Booth. Three children are the result of this union : Charles Booth, born March 26, 1855; Mary Eloise, born August 5, 1857, married Robert B. Drake, for many years associated with the Lehigh Valley Railroad (they have one child, Lucie Satterlee Drake, born February 8, 1891); and the youngest of the Satterlee family, Rob- ert Harris, born June 12, 1859, is now engaged in the clothing business in Minneapolis, and also interested in the St. Paul Knitting Works.


Charles Booth Satterlee was educated in Athens High School, Waverly Institute, and Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, at Towanda. In 1872, he was appointed a cadet at the United States Military Acad- emy, at West Point, N. Y., where he graduated in 1876, and was com- missioned as second lieutenant, Third Artillery, U. S. Army. Since entering the army, he has been on duty in various parts of the United States : in 1876, in South Carolina, during the then political excite- ment; in Pennsylvania, in 1878, during the labor riots; from 1878 to 1880, he was on duty at the United States Artillery School, where he graduated; in 1881, he was with the Light Battery of his regiment on its march from New York to Yorktown and return, a distance of 901 miles; in 1882, in Arkansas, under special instructions of the Secretary of War, making estimates of the destitution incident to the overflow of the Mississippi river, and, again, in 1884, in Louisiana, distributing Government rations to destitutes. He was promoted first lieutenant in 1883, which rank he still holds in the service. From 1882 to 1883, he was professor of military science at the Orchard Lake Military Academy, Michigan. He served at the headquarters of his regiment, at Washington, D. C., from 1885 to 1891. In 1887, Lieut. Satterlee was appointed the regimental quartermaster, and, later, the adjutant of the Third Artillery, serving as such until 1891, when, by direction of the War Department, he was ordered to Georgia for duty in connec- tion with the militia, and was designated by the Governor to act as assistant adjutant and inspector general of the State.


ALBERT W. SAVAGE, blacksmith, Wyalusing, was born in Somersetshire, England, May 14, 1845, a son of Joseph and Rhoda


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(White) Savage, natives of England. His father was a gardener, fol- lowing that occupation and mining after coming to the United States, where, in 1846 or 1847, he located at Scranton, where he died March 24, 1885 ; his family consisted of six children born in England, viz .: Rube and Rubin, who died there; Robert P., a blacksmith, of Dun- more; Fanny, married to James Powell, of Dunmore; Lucy, married to John Cordy, now of England, and Albert W. A. W. Savage, the subject of these lines, was educated in the common schools of Scranton, and when sixteen years old was apprenticed to a blacksmith of Prov- idence, Pa .; he served four years and then set up as a journeyman at Scranton. He came to Wyalusing September 25, 1865, and worked two and one-half years, rented a shop and ran it one year; then left Wyalusing and worked for different parties, returning in 1869, pur- chased the shop and residence, and followed his trade there until January 10, 1891, when he sold. He has been eminently successful in business, and accumulated his property by his own exertions; he is a Republican in politics, and has held various township offices.


LEWIS SAXE, farmer, Wilmot township, P. O. Wilmot, was born in Wilmot, this county, February 14, 1845, a son of John and Lucre- tia (Leaphfrum) Saxe, natives of Germany. Our subject was reared on a farm, educated in the common schools, and at the age of twenty- one commenced life for himself, lumbering and farming, which he carried on until 1874, when he gave up the lumbering business and has since made farming his only occupation. He was married January 6, 1870, to Lizzie, daughter of John Biddle, of Wilmot, who died July 8, 1874, and April 25, 1876, Mr. Saxe married Hannah Suber, who was born in Sullivan county, Pa., April 19, 1852, a daughter of Benjamin and Caroline (Hoffa) Suber, of Sullivan county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Saxe have had born to them four children, viz .: Lulu May, born April 5, 1877; John Leonard, born October 30, 1879, and died July 30, 1880 ; Benjamin Thaddeus, born June 23, 1881, and Edith Lucretia, born April 13, 1888. Mr. Saxe is a Roman Catholic, and is an enthusiastic follower of the Democratic party.


ADOLPHUS SAXTON, farmer, P. O. Granville Centre, was born September 22, 1834, in Granville township, this county, on the farm where he now resides, and is a son of Henry and Julia (Bailey) Saxton. His paternal grandparents, Benjamin and Susie (Corbin) Saxton, came from the New England States in 1807, and lived and died there; the maternal grandfather, Ezra Bailey, was also a pioneer of Granville town- ship. The father of subject, who was born in Bradford county in 1808, cleared and improved the farm occupied by subject, and died there. His children were Matilda (Mrs. Alfred Putnam), Adolphus, Sophia (Mrs. Loren M. Leonard), Burton, Myra, Solomon (died while a prisoner in the Civil War) and Franklin. Adolphus Saxton was reared on the old homestead where he has always resided. He mar- ried, September 19, 1858, Jeanette, daughter of George and Catherine (Davis) Catlin, of Granville township, and has two children: Kate (Mrs. Dr. Pratt J. Smith) and Belle. Mr. Saxton is a well-known and prominent farmer of Granville township; is a member of the Church of Christ, and in politics he is a Republican.


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CHARLES H. SAXTON, farmer, of Granville township, P. O. Gran- ville Summit, was born in Granville township, this county, July 5, 1850, and is a son of Benjamin and Delight (Holcomb) Saxton. He was reared in Granville, where, with the exception of three years, during which he lived in New York, he has always resided. He was educated in the common schools, and served an apprenticeship of two and one-half years at the carpenter's trade, but most of his life has been spent in farming. On December 25, 1873, he married Emma, daughter of Samuel and Mary (McNaught) Merritt, of Granville. Mr. Saxton is one of the enterprising farmers of Granville, is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Republican.


FRANKLIN SAXTON, farmer, Granville township, P. O. Gran- ville Centre, was born in Granville, this county, September 20, 1845, and is a son of Henry and Julia (Bailey) Saxton. His paternal grand- parents were Benjamin and Susie (Corbin) Saxton, who settled in Bur- lington township, this county, in 1804, and his maternal grandfather, Ezra Bailey, was also a pioneer of Granville. The subject of these lines was reared in Granville, where he has always resided, and has occupied the farm where he now resides since 1873. He married, Septem- ber 11, 1872, Ella, daughter of Samuel A. and Hannah (Holcomb) Rock- well, of Granville, and they have five children, as follows: Henry, George, Clara, Ruby and Willis. Mr. Saxton was in the Civil War, having enlisted January 4, 1864, in Company F, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, participated in nearly all the battles of the regiment while in the service, and was honorably discharged August 13, 1865. He is a member of the Church of Christ, of the G. A. R. and I. O. O. F., and in politics he is a Republican.


OSCAR SAXTON, a prominent farmer of Granville township, P. O. Granville Centre, was born in Granville township, this county, July 11, 1832, and is a son of Benjamin and Delight (Holcomb) Saxton. His paternal grandparents were Benjamin and Susie (Corbin) Saxton, natives of Massachusetts and Connecticut, respectively, who came to Bradford county in 1804, and in 1807 settled in Granville township. His maternal grandfather was Truman Holcomb, a pioneer of Ulster township. The subject of this memoir was reared in Granville town- ship, and educated in the common school. He served an apprentice- ship at the mason's trade, which he followed fifteen years, and has since been engaged in farming. He was in the Civil War, enlisting August 30, 1864, in Company I, Fifteenth New York Engineers, and was honorably discharged from the service July 2, 1865. In 1856 he married Persis, daughter of Sullivan and Phebe(Bailey) Morse, of LeRoy township, and they have three children: Dayton L., Ada L. (Mrs. Licher Ross) and Robert A. Mr. Saxton is a member of the Disciple Church. In politics he is a Republican.


SOLON J. SAXTON, farmer, Granville township, P. O. Granville Centre, was born in Canton township, this county, September 11, 1834, and is a son of Benjamin and Delight (Holcomb) Saxton. His pater- nal grandparents, Benjamin and Susie (Corbin) Saxton, natives of New England, came to Bradford county in 1804, and settled in Granville township in 1807. His maternal grandfather, Truman Holcomb, was


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a pioneer of Ulster township, this county. Benjamin Saxton, the father of our subject, was born April 4, 1800, and reared in Granville township from seven years of age; was a farmer by occupation and cleared and improved the farm occupied by our subject, and there died. His children were: Valentine, Lucy (Mrs. Hiram Kittle), Oscar; Solon J., Edward, Mablon, Samantha, Susannah (Mrs. Charles Kenyon), Benjamin and Charles H. The subject of these lines was reared on the old homestead where he has always resided. He was in the Civil War, enlisting in February, 1864, in Company F, Eleventh Pennsyl- vania Cavalry, and participated in Wilson's Raid, and the battle of Petersburg, as well as other minor engagements, and was honorably discharged after eighteen months' service. He married Harriet, daugh- ter of Charles and Rebecca (Becker) Martin, of Granville township, and has two children: Nellie (Mrs. Raymond Selleck), and Charles M. Mr. Saxton is a representative citizen of Granville; he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R., and in politics is a Republican.


VALENTINE SAXTON, deputy United States revenue collector, and farmer, P. O. Troy, was born in Rose, Wayne Co., N. Y., Novem- ber 30, 1827, and is a son of Benjamin and Delight (Holcomb) Saxton. His paternal grandfather, Benjamin Saxton, was a native of Massa- chusetts and settled in Burlington township, this county, in 1804, but soon after moved to Granville, where he followed the blacksmith trade up to his death, which occurred in 1840, when he was aged sixty-eight ; his wife was Susie Coburn, a native of Connecticut, who died at the age of ninety-three ; by her he had eight children : Lucy (Mrs. Chauncey Hill, who died at the age of ninety-four), Susan (Mrs. Elam Parkhurst), Benjamin, Charles, Mary (Mrs. Henry Putnam), Henry, Sarah A. (Mrs. Albert Watkins) and Lewis D. Of these Benjamin, father of our subject, cleared a farm of 200 acres in Granville township, on which he resided until his death; his wife was a daughter of Truman Holcomb, of Ulster township, and by her he had ten children: Valen- tine, Lucy (Mrs. Hiram Kittle), Oscar, Solon J., Edward, Mahlon, Samantha, Susie (Mrs. C. R. Kenyon), Benjamin and Charles H. Valentine Saxton was reared in Granville township, received a limited education in the log school-house of his day, and on attaining his majority engaged in farining and butchering, in which he has since continued. In 1860 he married Polly, daughter of Darius R. and Ann (Merwin) Manley, of Troy township, and has two children : Fred and John. Mr. Saxton is a member of the Disciple Church, of the F. & A. M. and I. O. O. F .; politically he is a Republican, and was appointed deputy U. S. revenue collector in the Revenue District of Pennsylvania, in 1890.




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