History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 176

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1280


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OSCAR J. HITCHCOCK, harness maker, Waterford, was born in Erie, Erie Co., Penn., May 14, 1841, son of Julius Hitchcock. Our subject enlisted, in 1862, in Co. E, 83d P. V. I., 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac. After serving about one month, and while on the march from Falmouth to Warrenton Junction, in crossing a stream on a log he was so severely wounded that he received his discharge at Harrisburg for disability, and is now a pensioner. Mr. Hitchcock married, in 1881, Miss Sarah A., daughter of Robert Johnson, a native of Ireland. This union has been blessed with one child-Merril L. Mr. Hitch- ' cock has worked at harness-making, principally, since the war. He was a good soldier, and is a good citizen; politically, he is a Democrat.


WILLIAM HOOD, farmer, P. O. Waterford, was born Oct. 25, 1828, in Waterford Township, Erie Co., Penn., son of George and Hannah Hood. The former was an early settler of Erie Co., coming in 1800 with his father, who received a large tract of land from the Government for services rendered as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The father of our subject raised a family of seven children, all living. He departed this life in 1874. Mr. William Hood, Jr., married Miss Dorcas King, a native of Erie Co., daughter of Robert King. This union has been blessed with three girls-Mary, wife of Charles Burns; Emma J., wife of Jacob Schlosser (whose biography appears in this work). and Harriet I., wife of John Smilley. Mr. Hood owns fifty acres of fine land near the station at Waterford, a part of the old homestead. He is descended from one of the first pioneers of Erie Co .; is Dem- ocratic in politics.


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ADAM H. HOVIS, blacksmith, Waterford, was born in Venango Co., Pa., Feb. 27, 1821, son of Ernest Hovis, also a native of Pennsylvania, and a soldier of the war of 1812; he died in 1866; his widow, aged ninety-one, is still living. Our subject came to Erie Co. in 1859 with his family. He married, in 1843, Miss Polly Suttly. This union has been blessed with four children, viz .: Horace D .; Emma J., wife of C. J. Borah; Margret, widow of William Jurdan; and Mary E., wife of M. J. Blackwell. This wife dying, our subject married, in March, 1856, Miss Susan A. Wheeler, a native of New York. Mr. Hovis enlisted Oct. 1, 1862, in the 14th Penn. Cav., Co. I, and served in the Army of Western Virginia. He was captured by Mosely's guerrillas at Bolivar's Heights June 29, 1863, and remained prisoner over four months in Libby Prison. He acted as company blacksmith during his service, and was honorably discharged Oct. 1, 1865, having served three years. He is a member of the F. & A. M .. G. A. R. and of the Andersonville Associative Survivors, of Chicago, Ill. He has worked at his trade forty-five years, and has accumulated some property. Politically, he is a Republican. His son, Horace D., enlisted in 1861 in the 111th P. V. I., 12th Corps, in the Shenandoah Valley; then the 11th and 12th Corps were consolidated, and called the 20th, by Gen. Hooker principally, and attached to the Western Army. Horace D. was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, White Sulphur Springs, second Bull Run, where he was injured by a wagon running over him; he went to the hospital, and after recovering joined his regiment at Harper's Ferry, where he was taken ill, and if he had not been cared for by an old lady (Mrs. Kennedy) would have died. He was dis- charged at Chester, Penn., on account of physical disability, but, in 1863, re-enlisted at Waterford in the same regiment and company, and participated in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Pine Knob, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and in Sherman's march to the sea. His regiment and the Sixtieth New York were the first to enter Atlanta. In June, 1865, he returned home, where he has since been chiefly engaged in blacksmithing. He married, in the fall of 1868. Miss Lucy O. Luke, a native of Ohio. This union has been blessed with six children, viz., Mary M., Alice H., Laura O., George A., Bertha and an infant. He is a member of the G. A. R. and I. O. O. F. He is a moral, upright citizen, and a first-class mechanic.


FRANCIS A. HOWE, carriage-maker, Waterford, was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1838; son of G. A. H. Howe, also a native of New York State, who came to Erie Co. with his family in 1840, and has been manufacturing wagons since in Wa- terford. He has a family of three sons, all now living, our subject being the second child. He enlisted July 29, 1861, in the 83d P. V. I., serving in the 12th Corps, and was wounded in the battle of Gaines' Mill hy a ball passing through his arm. It lodged in a testament he carried directly over his heart. He has the book and ball still in his possession. He was in the army eighteen months, and was discharged for physical disability in Dec., 1862. Mr. Howe married, Nov. 19, 1869, Miss Rebecca, daughter of P. E. Judson, of the Eagle Hotel, Waterford, Penn. One child, Florence, has blessed this union. Mrs. Howe is a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Howe has worked at carriage-making for the past ten years; he owns a nice little home in Waterford. He is a pensioner, a member of the A. O. U. W., and G. A. R .; in politics, a Republican.


JULIUS A. HULL, farmer, contractor and proprietor of saw mill, P. O. Waterford, was born in Summit Township, Erie Co., Penn., Jan. 2, 1841, eldest son of Lucians A. and Margret Hull, the latter a native of England. Lucians A. Hull, a prominent farmer, was born in Summit Township, Erie Co., Penn, where he reared a family of eight children. One of his sons, William M., enlisted in the 145th P. V. I., was wounded in the leg, and died dur- ing the war. Mr. Hull, Sr., died in 1880. Our subject was united in marriage, in 1862, with Sophia M., a native of Erie Co. and a daughter of Eli Osborn. Two children have blessed this union, viz., William H. and George J. Mr. Hull learned the carpenter's trade while young, and has worked more or less at it ever since. He moved to Waterford Township about 1860, and engaged in the saw mill business; has also been building exten- sively. He erected several of the township schools and a number of private residences. He attached a planing machine to his saw mill in 1871, and does quite an amount of cus- tom work. He is the owner of ten acres of well-improved land, on which stands his resi -. dence and saw mill. He is a Democrat in politics.


DANIEL W. HUNT, farmer, P. O. Waterford, was born March 12, 1834, on the farm he now lives on in Waterford Borough, son of Simeon and Aseneth (Tracy) Hunt. The latter is a daughter of Capt. John Tracy. Simeon Hunt, who was a native of Vermont, came to Erie Co. about 1814, and built and operated Waterford's only distillery. He was a prominent farmer; hought the farm now occupied by our subject from old Gen. Martin. He served as County Auditor several terms. He reared a family of six children, four now living; he depared this life April 2, 1874, his wife having preceded him in 1854. Our sub- ject was married, Dec. 14, 1876, to Adeline, youngest daughter of Squire T. Trask, who was a native of Massachusetts, born in 1797, and when only two years old came to Erie Co. with his parents. He was a prominent farmer, and died Oct. 9, 1866. His widow re- sided with Mr. Hunt the last four years of her life and died Nov. 19, 1883. This union has been blessed with one child-Reed Tracy, born Feb. 6, 1880. During the late rebellion, our subject responded to Gov. Curtin's call for minute men. He owns 195 acres of fine


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land, well improved. He possesses one of the finest bred stallions, "Triffle," in this sec- tion of the country. He is a member of the A. O. U. W .; in politics, a Republican.


WASHINGTON JAMES, farmer, P. O. Waterford, was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., Feb. 7, 1834, son of Able James, a native of Vermont, who came to Erie Co., where he was a prominent farmer, when our subject was about three years old. He raised a family of nine children, all now living. He died in 1872, aged eighty years. Washington James enlisted in 1861, in the 9thı N. Y. Cavalry, serving in the Army of the Potomac under Bu- ford. He participated in the siege of Yorktown, battles of Cedar Mountain, White Sul- phur Springs, second Bull Run, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg and in several minor engage- ments. Whilst making a charge in 1863, he was hurt by a horse falling on him, from which injuries he has never fully recovered. He served three years; was engaged in over twenty conflicts with the enemy, and honorably discharged in the fall of 1864, and re- turned home. Mr. James married, October 17, 1872, Miss Clara, daughter of Sidna and Elizabeth Doe, natives of Erie Co., Penn., the former a manufacturer of oars, was a prominent man. They were parents of nine children, seven still living. Mr. Doe died in April, 1882; his widow resides in West Springfield, Erie Co., Penn. Mr. James owns a well-improved farm of fifty-eight acres. He is a member of the M. E. Church, is P. G. in the I. O. O. F., and is Officer of the Day, G. A. R. Politically he is a Republican.


WILLIAM JUDSON, retired merchant, Waterford, was born in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Conn., Sept. 7, 1807; son of Seth Judson, who came with his family to Erie Co. in 1823; reared four children and departed this life in 1856, his widow following him in 1858. Our subject, who was the second child in this family, married, February 12, 1839, Clarissa King, danghter of Thomas and grand-daughter of Robert King, a prominent man and one of the first settlers in Waterford; he and a Mr. Black being probably the first to bring their families to Erie Co. Mr. King received from the Government, for making certain favorable negotiations with the Indians, 400 acres of land located in Waterford, known as King's Flats, now in Le Boeuf Township. Mr. and Mrs. Judson have had five children, viz .: Mary, wife of S. Gustine Snowden, M. D., Franklin, Penn .; Alice F., wife of Charles Himrod, of Chicago; George D., who enlisted in Co. E, 83d Reg. P. V. I .; after a month's service, he lost his life in the second battle of Bull Run; Alfred, died in infancy; and Jessie K., wife of Robert Lamberton, Esq., of Franklin, Penn. Mrs. Judson and her daughters are members of the Episcopal Church. Our subject has served as Burgess of Waterford several terms; Trustee of the Waterford Academy since 1847; is owner of 480 acres and a fine residence in Waterford. Politically is a Republican.


WALTER L. KELLEY, druggist and Burgess, Waterford, born in Crawford Co., Penn., Dec. 5, 1855, son of J. L. Kelley, a native of Crawford Co. also. Our subject came to Water- ford in 1879, where he engaged in the produce business two years, with M. H. Terry, when he became partnerfor one year. In 1880, he commenced business for himself, but in 1881, went into partnership with Dr. Barton in the drug business. This firm have built a fine brick block, on the corner of High and Third streets, Waterford, which is an honor to the township. They use the first floor for their large drug store, and a stock of boots and shoes. The Park Opera Hall occupies the second floor. Mr. Kelley married, April 5, 1879, Miss Hellen, daughter of Dr. I. Barton, and sister' of our subject's partner. This union has been blessed with one child-Theodora, a bright little girl born October 29, 1881. Mr. Kelley is now serving his second term as Burgess of the village of Waterford. He is a member of the F. & A. M. also I. O. O. F .; he is one of the most enterprising young business men in this sec- tion.


DAVID KINAMAN, miller, P. O. Waterford, was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Sept. 21, 1846; son of David Kinaman, a native of Pennsylvania. Our subject enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1864, and served on the gunboat Benton, on the Red and Mississippi Rivers, for fif- teen months. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, battle of Grand Gulf and in several other engagements. He held the position of Quarter Gunner; he was honorably discharged in 1865, and returned to Waterford, where he has since been engaged in the business of miller. He has been employed by Dewey & Williams as first miller for nearly seven years. Mr. Kinaman was united in marriage, in 1866, with Miss Mary M., daughter of P. E. Judson, both natives of Erie Co., Penn. This union has been blessed with one child- Grace. Mrs. Kinaman is a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Kinaman is a sociable gentleman; a member of the G. A. R. and the A. O. U. W. Politically, a Republican.


ROBT. F. LATTIMORE, farmer and proprietor of saw mill, P. O. Waterford, Penn .. was born on his present farm in Waterford Township, Erie Co., June 13, 1850; son of John and Hannah (Fretwell) Lattimore. The former was also born on subject's farm, Oct. 27, 1819, where he married March 4, 1847. John and Hannah reared a family of seven chil- dren (Robt. F. being second child), all now living. He died June 21, 1880, his wife preced- ing him on May 2, 1879. His grandfather Fretwell enlisted during the war of the rebellion, was taken prisoner at Shiloh, and died in the rebel prison at Macon, Ga., and was buried there in 1863. Our subject's great-grandfather, James Lattimore, came from Northumber- land Co .. this State, at an early date (about the year 1800) and he and family settled upon above farm, and were among the first to build a flouring and saw mill here. Robt. F. Lattimore received his education in the academy at Waterford. He was united in mar-


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riage, June 5, 1883, with Nell W. Kingsley, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Ann Kingsley, the latter a native of Connecticut; the former was born in Massachusetts. Mr. Lattimore owns a fine farm of 160 acres, part of the old homestead known as the Wexford Tract. He is of the fourth generation of Lattimores living on same farm; he is a Republican in politics.


W. G. LE FEVRE, editor, Waterford, was born Nov. 17, 1861, in Erie Co., Penn. ; son of Jacob and Hettie A. (Given) Le Fevre, who were early residents of this county. He was permitted to attend the county schools and at Cambridgeboro, Crawford Co., until sixteen years old, when he began learning the printer's trade with D. P. Robbins, editor of the Cambridgeboro Index. Some time subsequent Mr. Robbins bought the Union City Times, and Mr. Le Fevre continued in his employ. Later he served a period with the Economy Printing Co., of Erie. He owned one-third interest in the Union City Times before April, 1883, when he bought the Waterford Leader, now a six column quarto 44x33 inches, with a circulation of 700, which he edits with marked ability for a young man of his age. He is well equipped for doing all kinds of job work on short notice. He is In- dependent in politics, and devotes the columns of his worthy publication to the local news of his borough and surrounding country. He was married, Sept. 26, 1882, to Miss Jen- nie Shreve, the result being one child-Mary S.


LUCIUS LOCKWOOD, retired farmer, P. O. Waterford, Penn., was born in Spring- field, Addison Co., Vt., June 1, 1817; eldest son of Henry Lockwood, whose father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Henry Lockwood died in 1861. Our subject was united in marriage Jan. 2, 1842, with Louisa Wattenpaugh, a native of New York State. To this union have been horn eleven children, viz .: Celestia, wife of Wm. Anderson; George R., a soldier in the 142d P. V. I. (lost his life at the battle of Gettysburg); John H .; Plumy E., wife of Benj. Anderson; Levi A .; Emeline V., wife of George Spawn; Luella M. (de- ceased); Lucretia D., wife of Jerome Post; Mary L., wife of Jeff. Post; George R. and Lucius B. Mrs. Lockwood died March 5, 1879, and our subject married for his second wife, Dec. 1, 1881, Miss Aurelia H. Boyd, a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Lockwood has long been a prominent, farmer of Erie Co., to which he came in 1869; he owns 112 acres of fine land. In politics is a Republican.


ISAAC Y. LUNGER, farmer, P. O. Waterford, was born in Montgomery Co., Penn., Jan. 5, 1822; youngest son of Jacob and Elizabeth Lunger, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Erie Co. in the fall of 1822. They raised a family of eleven children, seven now living. Jacob Lunger was a shoemaker by trade, and in those early days went from one farm house to another, making all the shoes the families wore; he accumulated enough in this way to buy a farm in Waterford Township. His father was a soldier in the Rev- olutionary war. Jacob died in 1858, his wife having preceded him in 1855. Our subject has been twice married; first, in 1843, to Elizabeth Burger, a native of Erie Co .; eight children were born to this union. Mrs. Lunger died in 1880, and in the fall of 1881, Mr. Lunger lost his oldest son-Charles-a promising boy, who died of congestion of the bowels. In 1881 Mr. Lunger married his second wife, Mrs. Anna Miller, widow of Greekson Mil- ler. In 1857 Michael Dangler was convicted on charge of setting fire to Mr. Lunger's three barns, by which the latter lost $2,000; at the same time, a barn belonging to Adam Boyd, another to a Mr. Clark, the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mill Village, and a big pile of hemlock bark, the property of Wm. Bryans, of Le Boeuf, were destroyed by fire, evidence pointing to the same incendiary. Mr. Lunger now makes a specialty of raising shorthorn cattle, and is the owner of the celebrated bull "Senator," bred by George Bar- nett; is also owner of a well-improved farm of 170 acres; he educated all his children in the Waterford Academy; he is a representative man of his section; in politics is a Democrat.


HENRY LYTLE. grocer, Waterford, was born in Erie Co., Penn., Jan. 11, 1842; son of Andrew Lytle, also a native of Erie County, a tanner by trade, who engaged in farming and operated a tannery on his place for about thirty years; he was a prominent man in his day; he cleared a farm of 150 acres; he departed this life in the fall of 1876; his father was a soldier of the war of 1812, and his grandfather a captain in the Revolutionary war. Our subject enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 83d P. V., and served in the 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac; he participated in the battles of second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellors- ville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and was wounded in the right leg at the siege of Peters- burg, Sept. 30, 1864; he received an honorable discharge July, 1865, at the close of the war. Since 1876 he has engaged in the grocery business at Waterford, Penn .; he was a good soldier, and is a good citizen.


JOHN McGONNELL, apiarian, P. O. Waterford, was born in Sunbury, Penn., March 8, 1837, son of Patrick McGonnell, a native of Ireland, who came with his family to Erie Co., Penn., in 1838. He died in Illinois in 1857. His widow, a native of Crawford Co., Penn., is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Susan Sanny, at the ripe old age of seventy- seven. In 1863 our subject started an apiary. He manufactures and sells a large number of bee-hives, of his own invention, which have proved a success. He makes the raising of the Italian bee a specialty, and ships queen bees and large quantities of honey all over the United States. He is an expert apiarian, doing more to advance the bee culture by inven- tions, etc., than any man in Erie Co. Mr. McGonnell married, in the fall of 1873, Miss


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Emma, a daughter of Marvin St. John, an old settler of Erie Co. This union has been blessed with three children, two sons and a daughter. Mrs. McGonnell is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. McGonnell had a brother, Samuel, killed in 1862, in Virginia. He was a member of the 8th Ill. Cav. Our subject is a man of some property and ample means. Politically he is a Democrat.


TRUMAN MALLORY, farmer, P. O. Waterford, was born April 23, 1825, in Le Bœuf Township, Erie Co., Penn., son of John and Annie Mallory, the latter a native of Erie Co., N. Y .; John Mallory was born in Erie Co., Penn. His father came to Erie as early as 1795; was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and one of the first settlers of the county. The father and mother of our subject are probably the oldest married couple of Erie Co. They are residing in Le Bœuf Township. Truman Mallory married, Dec. 31, 1846, Miss Lydia C. Phelps, a native of Waterford and a daughter of Theodore Phelps, one of the first settlers of Erie Co .; they have six children, viz .: Lewis E., Frederick E., Emma J., wife of S. D. Chase; John F .. Sydney T. and Lydia A. Mr. and Mrs. Mallory are mem- hers of the Christian Church at Draketown. He owns a fine farm of about eighty acres. In 1852 his house and its contents were burned, by which he lost about $500. The fire was supposed to be the work of an enemy. In politics he is a stanch Republican.


THEODORE H. MARSH, lumber manufacturer, P. O. Waterford, was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., March 14, 1835, son of James and Jane (Thompson) Marsh, mentioned in the biography of John Marsh. Mr. Marsh married, Feb. 2, 1862, Almena born April 21, 1835, daughter of Hiram and Julia (Grant) Sedgwick, of Waterford Township. By this union there are five children, viz .: Archie C., Julia J., Ernest A., Effie L. and Henry H. Archie married, Jan. 16, 1883, Emma Davis, born May 1, 1863, daughter of Robert and Sally (Colvin) Davis, of Mckean Township. Mr. Marsh has a proprietary interest with Mr. William Marsh, of Mckean Township, in an excellent steam saw mill, located on the McKean Township line, on the former's property, and which turns out large quantities of lumber, laths and shingles. They make a specialty of bill stuff, which is hauled to. Waterford for shipment to Eastern markets. They have also a good trade in hemlock building lumber, which is hauled to Erie to order of builders in that city. Their custom sawing is large, the business is in a flourishing condition, and highly creditable to its en- terprising proprietors. Mr. Marsh also engages in farming. He owns three fine proper- ties in Waterford Township, two well improved and one timber lot, aggregating 181 acres. The home farm consists of sixty-eight acres, well stocked and with fine buildings thereon; it is a dairy farm, situated on the Mckean Township line. His cattle are cross-bred with pure Holstein. Mr. Marsh is a Granger, and politically a Greenbacker.


JAMES M. MIDDLETON, retired farmer, Waterford, was born in County Down, Ireland, June 10, 1803, son of Samuel Middleton, who came to America about 1835, money being sent for the purpose by our subject and his brother John, who had emigrated to this country in 1828. Samuel Middleton died about 1838, and is buried in the Waterford Cem- etery. James M. worked first in an iron ore bed in New York State, after coming to this country; then went to the lake shore and dug ore during summer seasons, and worked in the furnace during winters. Finally he came to Erie Co. and married, about 1833, Miss Mary A. Middleton. This union was blessed with one child, Samuel Robert, who lived until about seventeen years of age, when he was accidentally shot one 4th of July. Mrs. Mid- dleton died in 1866, and Mr. Middleton married Miss Amanda Hannery, a native of Water- ford. Our subject spent many years on a farm after coming to Erie Co., and amassed quite a fortune by hard work and economy. He sold his farm and moved to Waterford, where he has since lived a retired life. Mrs. Middleton is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Middleton is a liberal man, having paid much money toward the support of the church; he gave his brother John at one time fifty acres of excellent land; he has done much toward clearing and making Erie Co. what it is. Politically he is a Republican.


MRS. NANCY MOORE was born in Erie Co., Penn., April 29, 1806, daughter of David and Jane Boyd, natives of Pennsylvania, and a cousin of Charles C. Boyd. David Boyd was one of the first settlers of Erie Co., and a prominent farmer in his day. In 1824 our subject was married to John Moore, a native of Ireland, eldest child of James and Elizabeth Moore. They raised a family of ten children, viz .: George, William B., James B., Robert G., Wilson, Jane (wife of Henry Putnam), Eliza S., Nancy, Hannah G. (wife of J. W. Willard) and Mary E. (wife of S. E. Dewey). Nearly all the family are lo- cated near Waterford. Mr. Moore was a devoted Christian, a member of the U. P. Church. He departed this life Oct. 2, 1882, at the ripe old age of nearly eighty. He left a nice farm of 115 acres and a fine residence to his heirs. His widow is living in the residence with her married children and one grand-daughter, Sadie E. Moore. Mrs. Moore is a member of the U. P. Church. Her father was a soldier of the war of 1812, and a son served about nine months in Co. F. 169th P. V. I. in the late war of the rebellion.


THOMAS MOORE, farmer, P. O. Waterford, was born in Ireland April 3, 1813, fourth son of James and Elizabeth Moore, who came to America with ten children in 1821. They were the parents of twelve children, six now living. James Moore and wife were earnest Christian Church members; the former was a prominent member of the U. P. Church at Wa- terford. He settled on a farm, on part of which the subject of this sketch now lives, cleared




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