History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections, Part 63

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

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GEORGE R. ALLIS, farmer and mechanic, P. O. Allis Hollow, was born in Orwell, this county, and is a son of Ezra R. and Margaret (Wickhizer) Allis. His grandfather, Eleazer Allis, came to this county from Connecticut, being among the early pioneers, and reared a family of fourteen children all of whom lived to a ripe old age ; his maternal grandfather, Jacob Wickhizer, came to this county from near Wilkes- Barre, and was one of the first to settle in what is now Rome Town- ship; he reared a family of twelve children who, with one exception, reached a good age. Ezra R. Allis, who was a farmer, had a family of six children, viz .: W. W., who went to Nebraska, and there died August 7, 1890; J. H., a blacksmith ; Mariam, married to Joseph Allen, of Rome ; George R. ; Helen, married to George Forbes ; and Frankie, who died in infancy. George R. Allis passed his boyhood on the farm he now occupies, and attended the district school until March 31, 1864,

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when he enlisted in Company D, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry (he had been previously rejected as a minor). With his command he participated in the engagements of Cold Harbor, Pavilion Station, Deep Bottom, the raid up the Shenandoah, Winchester (Sept. 19, 1864), where his horse was shot from under him, Cedar Creek and Gordonsville. He saw much and severe service; was sent to Dis- mounted Camp, at Harper's Ferry, in the spring of 1865, and received his discharge at Louisville, Ky., in August same year. Prior to the war Mr. Allis had learned the wagon-maker's trade, and after return- ing from the army he commenced to work at it. He was in Martins- burg, West Va., in 1884-85. He has been twice married, first time, November 29, 1870, to A., daughter of Isaac Lyons, a prominent farmer of Orwell Township, and this union was blessed with three children, viz .: Minerva. Nina M. and George P. This wife died December 24, 1885, and June 4, 1890, Mr. Allis was married to Mrs. Emily Jones, a widow. Mr. Allis is a member of Stevens Post, No. 69, G. A. R; in, politics he is a Republican, and has held the offices of school director and postmaster.

If. C. ALLIS, farmer and stock grower, of Orwell township, P. O. Allis Hollow, was born March 24, 1855. on the farm he occupies, and is a son of Silas and Margaret (Lent) Allis, both natives of this county. His grandfather was Eleazer Allis. Silas Allis was born March 14, 1794, and lived his entire life in Orwell township, and at the time of his death owned about two hundred acres of land. The farm which the grandfather settled on is still in the family, and the first cabin built thereon stood opposite the present residence of Charles Allis. H. C. and H. K. Allis own the larger portion of the tract, which they have improved since their father's death. In the family of Silas and Margaret Allis were children as follows: Henrietta (wife of Harry Parks), Shuburn, H. K., Hester R. (married Corydon Thayer); H. C., and Hester, died in infancy. H. C. Allis was born and reared on a farm, and received his education in the common school. On reaching his majority he began farming, and now owns one hundred acres of well-improved land, where he keeps a dairy and does general farming ; also does an extensive poultry business, shipping dressed fowls to the eastern markets. He was united in marriage, March 24. 1868, with Pluma, daughter of Dan and Lucy (Howe) Robinson, and to them have been born children as follows: Norman L., Cora A., Clara L .. Lewis E., Leman (deceased) and Burt. Mr. Allis is a Prohibitionist, and has held various town offices. He has lived always in the neighborhood of Allis Hollow, where he has drawn about him an extensive circle of friends and neighbors, and commands the esteem and respect of all.

I. M. ALLIS, druggist, Wyalusing, born in Orwell township, this county, August 8, 1850, is a son of Edwin Allis. He was educated in the common schools and the Collegiate Institute, and followed the profession of teaching about five years. During that time he had studied pharmacy, and in 1872 came to Wyalusing and purchased the drugstore and embarked at once in the mercantile world as a druggist. In his business he has been eminently successful, and has run it with- out the assistance of a clerk ; with the exception of burning out once,

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he has prospered without interruption. He was united in wedlock with Julia L. Scoville, of Wyalusing, and to them has been given one child, Scoville, born September 10, 1883. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and politically Mr. Allis is identified with the Republican party, taking an active interest in the good of his party. The family built the brick building occupied by Stienback's furniture store, in 1889, and still own the same. Mr. Allis has a beau- tiful modern residence which he built in 1885.

N. H. ALLIS, Wyalusing, was born April 6, 1855, a son of E. I. Allis, of Orwell, was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools and at the Collegiate Institute, Towanda. He taught school five or six terms, beginning when twenty-two years of age, and combined teaching with farming until 1886, when he entered the Ontario College of Veterinary Surgery, Toronto, Canada, and was graduated from there in March, 1888; then came direct to Wyalusing, and began the practice of his profession, carrying on a livery stable in connection with same. Mr. Allis was united in marriage, September 20, 1888, with Augusta, daughter of James and Eiliza J. (Crawford) Mitten, of Herrick township, this county; of a family of eleven children she is the ninth. In politics Mr. Allis has identified himself with the Democratic party, and has filled various town and borough offices. In his profession he has been eminently successful, and being thoroughly read has an extensive practice.

J. S. ALLYN, funeral director, Towanda, was born in Warren township, this county, October 1831, a son of Seneca and Betsy (Pen- dleton) Allyn, natives of Massachusetts and Connecticut, respectively. His father settled in Warren township about 1810, where he cleared and improved a farm on which he resided until his death ; he was the father of twelve children, six of whom grew to maturity as follows: Jonathan W., Charles H., Jacob S., Edwin E., Joanna and Caroline. J. S. Allyn was reared in his native township where he received a common-school education. After attaining his majority he engaged in framing until 1864, when he removed to Towanda, where, success- ively, he engaged in the restaurant, bakery, livery, furniture and undertaking businesses, embarking in the latter in 1872, in which he still continues, being the oldest established undertaker in Towanda. He married, in 1858, Sarah, daughter of Caleb and Rebecca (Goff) Abell, of Warren township. He is a member of the K. of H., and in politics is a Republican.

THOMAS B. ALLYN, farmer, a native of Warren township, this county, born July 8, 1837, a son of Benajah and Nancy (Abell) Allyn, natives of Rhode Island, and of English stock, who came to this county in 1825, and located in Warren township; the father remained on his farm until his death in 1847, his widow dying in 1864. They had six children, as follows : Henry C .; Caleb A., died in 1867 ; Beni- jah, of New York; Nancy, (Mrs. James Whitaker) ; Albert A. and Thomas B. Our subject, who is fifth in the order of birth, commenced life on his own account as a farmer, and has five hundred acres, one of the valuable farms of the county. He was married in Warren town- ship, in 1864, to Sarah M., daughter of Nathan and Cynthia (Buffing-

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ton) Pendleton, natives of Connecticut and of remote English ances- try; they had an interesting family of six children, and of these, Sarah M., the youngest, was reared in the family in Warren town- ship, where she grew to womanhood, was educated and married ; she died April 9, 1881. Of this happy marriage union were born four children, of whom Benijah N., the eldest, married Alice Rockafeller, and they have one child. Mr. Allyn and family are highly regarded by many of the leading citizens. He is noted for his integrity in busi- ness, his industry, and his broad and generous charity. He has pros- pered in life, and is surrounded with a happy and loving family; great rewards that the whole tenor of his days have so richly merited.

STEPHEN WILBUR ALVORD was born in the township of Troy, Bradford Co., Pa., April 10, 1837. His father, Royal S. Alvord, was born in Bennington, Vt., and his mother, Jemima (Hugg), was born near Spencer, N. Y. Stephen W. was the third child of a family of thirteen. After attending the district schools, at the age of fourteen he commenced learning the printing business in the Trojan office, Troy, Pa. Two years later he went to Towanda and completed his trade in the office of the Bradford Argus. For several years he was employed as foreman, and in June, 1860, was admitted as a partner in the establishment. On account of political differences, he retired from the Argus in the fall of 1862; afterward published the Reporter for about fifteen years. In 1857 he established a separate local depart- ment in the Argus, which was a "new departure" for country papers at that time. He was appointed postmaster of Towanda on the 8th of March, 1861, and held the office for eighteen years. Mr. Alvord has always taken an active part in temperance work, and has never tasted liquor as a beverage, or tobacco. He served as school director of Towanda borough for twelve years. He established the Daily Review in connection with his son, Noble N. Alvord, in August, 1879, and published it for several years. In 1885 he removed to Minneapolis and purchased the Commercial Bulletin, the organ of the Board of Trade and Jobbers' Association. Returning to the East in 1888, in February, 1889, he commenced the publication of the Daily News. At the close of the past year he changed it to a weekly edition, which has been very successful. Mr. Alvord was married February 27, 1860, to Miss Emma Barber, and four children have been born, all living.

JEREMIAH ANDERSON, farmer, of Herrick township, P. O. Herrickville, was born in Monroe county, Pa., Jannary 6, 1831. Joseph Anderson was born in Northampton county, Pa., October 28, 1798; he married Maria, daughter of John and Catherine (Brutzman) Casabeer. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Anderson were the parents of two children: John J., a farmer in Chesterfield county, Va., and Jeremiah. Joseph Ander- son died April 11, 1832 ; his widow afterward married Jonas Lear, by whom she had one child William H. Lear, of Herrickville; Mrs. Lear died in February, 1888. Jeremiah Anderson, attended the district shools in Monroe county until his twentieth year, also working on the farm. In 1854 he began for himself by purchasing one hundred acres, later adding fifty-five acres and in 1856 thirty acres. In 1857 he erected his barn, and in 1871 his dwelling; he has served as school

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director three years ; judge of elections two years and town assessor one term ; is a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics is a Republican. April 22, 1854, he married Sarah C., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Cool) Angle; the former was born June 3, 1802, and died December 24, 1885; the latter was born November 1, 1800, being the sixth in a family of nine children, of whom five are now living. Jeremiah and Sarah Anderson became the parents of two children viz. : Mary B., born March 12, 1855, married to Charles Strupple, November 28, 1877, she died October 22, 1882, leaving two children : Minnie, born in 1879, and Frank, born in 1880; Annie M., born February 5, 1861, married to Albert Struppler September 27, 1882, and died February 10, 1883. Mr. Anderson is one of the prominent and successful farmers of Bradford county.

L. J. ANDRESS, superintendent of the Minnequa Springs, Alba, This gentleman was born December 25, 1815, in Washington county N. Y. His parents, William and Lida (Towner) Andress, were natives of Washington and Cortland counties, N. Y., respectively. William Andress was a blacksmith by trade, and worked at the making of edge tools; he was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died in Alba in 1887 at the advanced age of one hundred years and three months. Timothy Andress, the grandfather of our subject, served throughout the Revolutionary War (almost seven years), and died in Cortland county, N. Y., in his ninety-sixth year. L. J. Andress, who is the second in order of birth in a family of four children, when he was quite young removed with the family from Washington county to Lindleyville, Tompkins Co., N. Y. In 1832 he went to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and started the first foundry there for A. C. Laning, and remained there until 1840; then went to Ithaca, was there one year, then in 1841 he removed to Alba and engaged in the foundry business for himself five years. Then moved to Athens and started a foundry under the firm name of Shipman, Andress & Backus, remaining two years, at the end of which time he returned to Alba and engaged in mercantile business, in which he continued a number of years; also followed farming and dealing in real estate. He retired from the mercantile business, and was afterward appointed superintendent of the Minnequa Springs, a position he has since held. He was married in 1841, in Alba, to Maria E., daughter of Col. Irad and Sally (Elliott) Wilson, natives of Vermont, the former of whom was a farmer. Col. Irad Wilson served three years as county commissioner, and two terms in the State Legislature. Mrs. Andress was born in Alba in 1820, and is the eldest of a family of thirteen children. To Mr. and Mrs. Andress have been born children as follows : Lida, wife of Columbus Palmer, resides in Jewell county, Kan .; Phillip (deceased) and William, married to Gertrude Lilley. Mrs. Andress is the oldest member living of the Disciple Church of Alba, having been a member of that church since 1836. Mr. Andress was the first member of the Canton Lodge of I. O. O. F. ; has served thirteen years as postmaster of Alba, was appointed deputy the year Cleveland was elected, and held the position one year; he has held the office of postmaster at Minnequa the last five years ; politically Mr. Andress is a Republican.

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W. H. ANDREWS, farmer, P. O. Fassett, was born in Southport, Chemung Co., N. Y., July 13, 1845, a son of T. A. and Caroline (Rice) Andrews, the former of whom was born in Delaware county, N. Y., the latter in Tioga county, Pa. T. A. Andrews was the son of Thomas Andrews who came to this county, locating in Columbia township about the year 1841, stayed but a few years and then removed to Tioga county, Pa., where he engaged in farming and remained until his death which occurred in 1875, when he was aged eighty-four years. After his father's death T. A. removed to Chemung county, N. Y., but remained there only a few years when he returned to Tioga county, Pa., and purchased two farms of eighty acres each, which he partially cleared and cultivated ; was also extensively engaged in the manufacture of lumber. Here he remained about thirty years, and then moved to Austinville, where he kept a hotel several years ; then went to within one mile west of Fasset, where he bought another farm, and here died in 1884, at the age of sixty-eight years, respected by his friends and neighbors. He had held the offices of supervisor in Tioga county, seventeen years, and commissioner in the South Creek township, five years, which position he occupied at the time of his death. He served in Company E, Eighty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, eighteen months during the Civil War, receiving an honorable discharge for disabilities. He reared a family of two children, both of whom are living, our subject being the eldest in the family. W. H. Andrews was reared and educated in Tioga county, Pa., and in early life he worked at the carpenter's trade. At the age of sixteen he joined Company E, Eighty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, three years' service, was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and was discharged as such at the expiration of his term. Again enlisting in the same company he was subsequently trans- ferred to Company G, Twentieth Veteran Reserves, in which be served until the close of the war, being honorably discharged as sergeant, and now enjoys a pension. On December 24, 1869, he married Angeline, daughter of Peter Spotts, and they had born to them three children, two of whom are living : Oliver H. (married to Adelia Farr) and Alden B. Mr. Andrews is a prosperous and industrious farmer of South Creek township, and pays special attention to dairying, having a fine stock of "grades." He has the entire confidence of his fellow-citizens, and has held the offices of auditor and school director, and is at present justice of the peace. Politically he is a Democat.

W. W. ANDREWS, blacksmith, Athens, is a native of Otsego county, N. Y., born February 19, 1830, a son of Seth and Betsey (Win- ton) Andrews, natives of New York. The father, who was a farmer, died in 1834, in his thirty-third year; the mother died in 1875, in her seventy-second year. W. W. Andrews, who is the fourth in a family of six children, was reared on a farm and received a common-school education. In early life he learned the blacksmith trade in his native place, and worked at same until 1878, when he began preaching in the Oneida Methodist Episcopal Church Conference, continuing his minis- terial work in that field ten years. When this Conference was dis- solved he joined the Wyoming Conference, was superannuated in 1874,

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and has since been preaching as a supply. In September, 1880, he removed to Athens, and has been working at his trade since. Mr. Andrews was married in Chenango county, N. Y., in 1854, to Miss Mary, daughter of Reuben and Esther (Huffman) Thompson, natives of New York (she is the third of a family of six children and was born in Chenango county, N. Y., August 7, 1828), and to this union were born twelve children : The eldest died in infancy; Apphia T .; Marie, wife of Frank Loomis, editor of the Troy Register, Troy, Pa .; Seth, deceased ; Dollie, wife of Fred C. Perkins, of Waverly, N. Y .; Wesley, deceased ; Nellie, wife of William Heavener; Martha W .; May, wife of Clinton Carner ; Kittie, deceased; Arthur, living in Oneonta, N. Y .; Thompson, deceased. The family are members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and in politics Mr. Andrews is a Republican.

G. M. ANGIER, proprietor of planing mill, Sayre, is a native of Worcester county, Mass., and was born May 9, 1835, a son of Austin and Martha (Goodnow) Angier, the former a native of Massachusetts, the latter of New Hampshire. The father, who was a farmer, died in Worcester, Mass., in 1870, in his seventy-fourth year ; the mother died in Sayre in 1885, in her eighty-seventh year. Grandfather John Angier was a soldier in the War of 1812. G. M. Angier, who is the ninth in a family of ten children, completed his education, attending an academy about one year. At the age of thirteen he started from home to make his own way in the world, and at seventeen commenced an apprenticeship in the sash, door and blind factory in Worcester, Mass., where he worked until the fall of 1856, when he went to Chi- cago, Ills., and there worked at his trade until 1857; then proceeded to Minneapolis, Minn., and remained two years; thence to Washing- ton, D. C., where he was two years; then to Athens in the fall of 1860. After the battle of Antietam, he enlisted in the State Militia, but was out only about two weeks, when he returned to Athens. Here he was employed by Wells, Blood & Co., agricultural tool manufacturers, and remained with them until 1876. In 1878 he removed to Sayre, and took charge of the planing mill, with which he has since been identified. Mr. Angier was married in Athens township, in 1865, to Miss Emily Delphine, daughter of Elisha and Emily (Briggs) Satter- lee, natives of this county. Elisha Satterlee, who was a farmer, lum- berman and coal dealer, died in Savre, March 9, 1888, in his seventy- third year. Mrs. Satterlee died in Williamsport, Pa., December 10, 1890, in her seventy-second year. His grandfather, Elisha Satterlee, was a colonel in the Revolutionary War, and was also in the Wyoming massacre. He was one of the pioneers in Athens. She (Emily Delphine) is the third in a family of seven children, and was born in Athens, December 25, 1843. To Mr. and Mrs. Angier was born a daughter, Anna S. Angier, now in Elmira College. The family are members of the Baptist Church; Mr. Angier is a member of the Knights of Honor and Iron Hall. He is a Republican, and served two terms as councilman in Athens, and three years as township auditor.

PHILIP C. ANGLE, farmer, P. O. Rummerfield, was born September 9, 1820, in Northampton county, Pa., and moved with his parents to Herrick township, this county, in 1823. His father, Martin

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Angle, and mother Agnes (Casebeer) were both of good old Holland- Dutch descent, and both their fathers were Revolutionary soldiers. They were among the pioneer settlers of eastern Bradford, being the third family to settle in Herrick township, where they died after rear- ing a large family. Philip attended the district school of the neigh- borhood, and took one term at the Academy of Mannington, Susque- hanna county, and shortly after arriving at his majority, unaided, he purchased and paid for the farm on which he has since resided. In 1846 he married Isabella Erskine, a daughter of John and Margaret Erskine, of Herrick, of Scotch descent. They reared six children : Aurissa, wife of John J. Spalding, the present postmaster at Towanda ; Eleazer J., an attorney at law, of the same place ; Mahlon C., a farmer and stock raiser, of Herrick; Marion, wife of Cyrus D. Camp, of Camp's Advertising and Collecting Agency, of Wilkes-Barre ; Dr. Edward H., professor in the University of Minnesota, and dentist, of Minneapolis ; Lillie, an accountant, of Elmira, N. Y. Their youngest son, William, a bright boy, died when a lad of twelve years. Mahlon C., after attaining a thorough commercial education, spent several years in mercantile pursuits, and in 1880 he returned home and purchased the homestead of his father ; three years later he went to Montana and took charge of a sheep ranche, which he continued for two years when he returned home and purchased an adjoining farm which, with the old homestead, and the improvements he has since put on them forms one of the best and most productive upland farms in the county, con- taining two hundred and thirty acres. Mr. Angle has been for some years one of the best dairymen and raisers of well-bred stock in the county. In 1889, he married Emma, daughter of E. W. Neal, of Liberty Corners.

E. J. ANGLE, of the firm of McPherson & Angle, attorneys at law, Towanda, and attorneys for Bradford county, is a native of Her- rick township, this county, born March 22, 1849, and is a son of Philip C. and Isabella (Erskine) Angle ; the father of Northampton county, Pa., and the mother of Ireland, agriculturists. His great-grandfather, William Angle, came from Holland to America in 1736, in company with two brothers, John and Paul ; the two latter stopped in Belvi- dere, Warren Co., N. J., while William proceeded to Bucks county, Pa., where he became a yeoman and reared a large and respectable family. His fifth son was Martin, the father of Philip C., who migrated to Northampton county, and from there to this county in 1824. There were seventeen children in Martin's family, of whom Philip C. was the youngest son, and was aged four when his parents brought him to Herrick, this county. It seems that in the branches of this family, going back to the three brothers who came to this country, there arose different ways of spelling the name, and, as now, there are those who spell it Engle, while others retain the spelling Angle, the manner retained by William, mentioned above, and all his branches of the family. Philip C. Angle is one of the prominent and leading farmers of Herrick township ; has a family of six children, of whom E. J. Angle is the eldest son. E. J. spent his first youth on his father's farm and passed through the neighborhood schools and was then sent to the State

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Normal School, and from there to the tutorship of Rev. Darwin Cook, of Merryall, Pa., and was prepared and entered the regular classical course in Lafayette College, where he was graduated in 1873, and was immediately thereafter offered and accepted the position of principal of the Canton schools, this county, and was in charge thereof three years; during that time was a student in the law office of H. N. Williams, of that place, and when he left Canton came to Towanda and was a student in the law office of Davis & Carnochan, and admitted a mem- ber of the bar, December 16, 1876, and at once to a law partnership with his tutor, H. N. Williams, which firm was busily engaged in the practice until 1883, when Mr. Angle was elected district attorney, and served with distinguished success during a full term of that office. He is a leading and influential member of the Republican party, and is a Master Mason. He married, May 31, 1883, Miss Mary C. Macfarlane, and tothis union have been born three children as follows: James M., Philip M. and Mary M. The family worship at the Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Angle is a prominent and exemplary member.

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History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections, Part 63

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

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