History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections, Part 103

Author: Bradsby, H. C. (Henry C.)
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1532

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OWEN CARABINE, farmer, P. O. Inkerman, born June 9, 1832, in County Mayo, Ireland, is a son of Neil and Nancy (Healy) Carabine, natives of the same place, who reared a family of three children, of whom Owen is second in order of birth. Our subject came to the United States in 1855, and settled immediately at Pittston, Pa., where he obtained employment as a laborer in the mines. From 1857 to 1865 he was employed in sinking shafts. He then went to work as a miner under the Pennsylvania Coal Company, retaining that position until 1887, when he bought the farm on which he now resides. Our subject was united in marriage with Bridget, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (McGlone) Cain, natives of County Mayo, Ire- land, and the issue of their union is as follows: Margaret, married August 10, 1885,

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to Thomas Smith, car-builder, Kansas City, Kans .; John J; Thomas; Michael J .; Elizabeth, married December 10, 1886, to James Williamson, yardman, Pennsyl- vania Coal Company, Pittston; Mary; Belinda, and Nellie. In religion Mr. Cara- bine is a Roman Catholic, and is a member of the Father Mathew F. A. B. Society, and of the St. John's Literary Association. In politics he is a Democrat, and in 1888-9 he was supervisor of his township.

HIRAM CAREY, Wilkes-Barre, was born in Hanover township, February 16, 1836, and is the son of John A. and Polly (Bennett) Carey, and a grandson of Benjamin Carey, who was a brother of Samuel Carey who took so active a part in the Indian battles, and of Nathan and Ann (Hoover) Bennett, the former a brother of Ishimal Bennett, who was a horseman in the Wyoming battle. The father was born April 8, 1809, died January 13, 1892; the mother still lives with her son Stewart on the homestead in Ashley. The family consisted of nine children, viz .: Hiram; Susan (Mrs. Henry Stein, Chicago); Charles, who died at the age of four years; Rufus, who died at the age of two years; Sarah (Mrs. Christian F. Leaser); Jane (Mrs. Charles T. Lahr); Stewart; John, who lost a leg on the railroad, and died June 7, 1892, and Nathan, a painter in Oakland City. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Hanover township, and then fired three years on the Ashley Plane; worked three years on the construction of the Ashley Slope, and in 1857 removed to Wilkes-Barre, where he attended a lock on the canal several years, since when he has followed various occupations there. He built his residence on Ash street in 1891, and he also owns three blocks on Cinderella street. Mr. Carey was married January 18, 1857, to Miss Susan, daughter of Fred and Elizabeth (Sawits) Zeigler, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German origin, and they had twelve chil- dren, of whom we have record of: Mary (Mrs. Andrew Smith), Frank, Engene, Edward, Rebecca (Mrs. David V. Thomas), Elizabeth (Mrs. Peter Wagner), William, and Frederick (who died August 3, 1892). Mrs. Carey departed this life January 31, 1881, and Mr. Carey was married May 1, 1889, to Mrs. Martha McCasey, daughter of Moses and Susan (Belles) Tamany (natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania, and of Irish and German origin, respectively), and widow of Michael McCasey, by whom she had three children: William, Edward and Harry. Our subject is a Republican in his political views, but votes independent of party lines.

HARRY S. CARKHUFF, ladies' hair-dressing parlors, Welles Building, Public square, Wilkes-Barre, was born near Flemington, Hunterdon Co., N. J., June 26, 1864, a son of Amos S. and Emily (Lee) Carkbuff, and of French and German extraction. He was reared in Easton, Pa., until nineteen years of age, receiving a public-school education. In 1863 he located in New York City, where he spent five years learning the trade of ladies' hair-dressing, and in 1888 came to Wilkes- Barre, where he established the first ladies' hair-dressing parlors in the city, which business has been a success from the start, and is constantly increasing. In connec- tion with his parlors, he carries a stock of all the paraphernalia pertaining to ladies' hair and toilet goods, and has made diseases of the hair and scalp his special study. Mr. Carkhuff is a member of the M. E. Church, and is a Republican in politics, in which he takes an active part.

LYMAN H. CARLE, who has charge of the steam heat at the Ashley Shops, was born in Jackson township, this county, January 19, 1844. He is a son of Miner and Susan (DeReamer) Carle, the former a native of Jackson township and of Irish origin, and the latter a native of Ithaca, N. Y., and of Freuch and German lineage. Our subject is a grandson of Peter and Mary (Brown) Carle, who came to Luzerne county with one of the Connecticut colonies. His father, who was a farmer, reared a family of six children besides our subject, viz. : Amelia (Mrs. Barney Honeywell Levi), who was fatally poisoned by mistake while clerking in a drugstore in Kings- ton; Sarah (Mrs. James Honeywell), of Dallas; Austin, who was killed by a train, at the age of fourty- four, while acting as foreman on the Factoryville tunnel; Ira, who was killed at the age of nineteen at Northumberland, while acting as brakeman on the Bloomsburg Railroad; Elizabeth, who died at the age of twenty-one, and

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Emma Delphine, who died in infancy. Our subject received a common-school edu- cation, and was then successively engaged in braking, firing and engineering on the Bloomsburg and Pennsylvania Railroads, three years as engineer of a passenger train; he was then engineer on the Central Railroad two years, and stationary mine engineer three years, after which he had charge of the machinery four years. He was then outside foreman for the Hillside Coal & Iron Company at Carbon Hill, Pleasant Valley and Forest City for five years, and returned to Ashley in 1880, where he acted as engineer in different places for three years, after which he engaged in the ice business, which he has since followed. He was also engaged in contracting for streets, paving and sewers until 1887, when he accepted his present position. Mr. Carle was married October 4, 1864, to Miss Ellen, daughter of Cor- nelius and Mary (McLaughlin) Dougherty, natives of Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland. The issue of this union has been twelve children, viz .: Charles W., a physician, now deceased; Nellie M., who taught several terms of school, and is now a student in the Philadephia Dental College; Samuel, who died young; Mary E. (Mrs. Reuben Dill); Laura B., a school-teacher at Ashley; Edith; Jennie, who died young; Lyman E. ; Leona M .; Stanley M. ; Austin R., and Olive E. Mrs. Carle is a member of the Catholic Church. The father and some of the children are mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the F. & A. M. and the K. of H. In political preference Mr. Carle is a Democrat, and has held the offices of tax collector, councilman and school director in Ashley borough. He was in the com- missary department of the army of the Potomac for one year.

BENJAMIN GARDNER CARPENTER (deceased), late contractor and merchant, of Wilkes-Barre, was born at Plains, Luzerne Co., Pa., July 2, 1827, a son of Samuel and Nancy (Gardner) Carpenter, natives of Orange county, N. J., and of English origin. The father was a farmer by occupation, who reared a family of four chil- dren, viz. : Benjamin G., Martha, Kate and Emery. Our subject was reared on a farm, educated in the schools of Plains and Carbondale, Pa., and after serving an apprenticeship in 1845 he became a partner of Theron Burnett, in a store near where the Osterhout building now stands. After a time they moved to North Frank- lin street, and from there to West Market street, where Mr. Carpenter purchased Mr. Burnett's interest, and took in, as a partner, his brother, Emery Carpenter. In 1873 they erected the building now occupied by the firm at No. 51 West Market street, and after a time our subject purchased his brother Emery's interest, and admitted Francis Dunsmore and A. H. Mulford as partners. At Mr. Mulford's death, in 1875, Walter S. Carpenter, eldest son of our subject, was admitted into the firm, and later the two younger sons, B. Harold and Edmund M., were taken in- to the firm, which became known as B. G. Carpenter & Co. Up to the time of his death, November 11, 1889, our subject was trustee of the Wyoming Seminary, the Franklin Street M. E. Church; was president of the Wilkes-Barre Water Company, and director of the Scranton Stove Works, Scranton, Pa. Mr. Carpenter married March 24, 1852, Miss Sallie A., daughter of Samuel and Mary Digman (Kyte) Fell, natives of Wilkes-Barre and New Jersey, and of English and German origin, respect- ively. This happy union was blessed with five children, viz. : Walter Samuel, born April 5, 1853, married to Belle Morgan; Charles Drake, born May 6, 1855, was drowned in the Susquehanna river, at Wilkes-Barre, May 14, 1864; Jesse Gardner, born October 6, 1857, died at Wilkes-Barre, July 21, 1891; Benjamin Harold, born July 16, 1860; and Edmund Nelson, born June 27, 1865. The three living members of this family, viz .: Walter S., B. Harold and Edmund N., together with Francis Dunsmore, compose the firm of B. G. Carpenter & Co., No. 51 West Market street, dealers in steam, hot water and hot air heating apparatus, house furnishing goods, tin, plumbing, gas-fitting, and galvanized iron work. Our subject, B. G. Carpenter, during his life was a member and active worker in the Franklin Street M. E. Church. He was an honorable, conscientious gentleman, and one of the best-known business men of this section.

JOHN S. CARPENTER, retired, Pittston, was born August 11, 1812, in Kingston, where he was reared and educated. He is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Sharps)

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Carpenter, both of whom were born in Warren county about 1806, locating in Wilkes-Barre, where the father resided two years as hotel-keeper. He then removed to Kingston, where he accumulated some property, and where he also lost some through going security for friends. He next removed to Exeter, where he bought coal property now owned by his grandson, Jesse B. Carpenter. Here he resided for a number of years as hotel-keeper, and as such was well-known, for, in conjunc- tion with his hotel, he also worked his farm, which supplied his table on which were placed dishes to satisfy the most epicurean taste. He soon moved back to Kingston, where he remained a few years. He next went to Wilkes-Barre, where he had first located, and resided for a short time on new property he had purchased, but becom- ing lonely for old associates, he finally removed to Exeter, where he died in 1845, at the age of sixty-five years. He was much respected and had a host of friends. His family consisted of four children, only one of whom is now living, John S., who is the third in order of birth. He always confined himself to agricultural pursuits, living with his father till he reached his twenty-sixth year, when he married, Feb- ruary 9, 1839, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph P. and Margaret (Barber) Schoo- ley. To this happy couple were born four children, two of whom grew to maturity and only one, Jesse B., is now (1892) living.

Our subject removed to Exeter in 1847, where he kept hotel for sixteen years in one of the oldest houses in the Valley. Like his father, he kept a good house, and worked a farm of eighty- five acres. In 1866 he removed to West Pittston, where he is now retired, enjoying the result of his early activity. Mr. Carpenter was for some years president of the Pittston Bridge Company, of which he was always a director. Mrs. Elizabeth (Schooley) Carpenter was born in Exeter, September 3, 1818. Her father, Joseph Schooley, removed to the Valley in the same year. Her grandfather Barber, a native of New Jersey, was a soldier in the English army dur- ing the Revolutionary war. Both her great-grandfathers Schooley and Barber were natives of England. Mrs. Carpenter owns an eighth interest in 100 acres of good coal land, on the proceeds of which she receives a royalty of twenty-five cents per ton.

JESSE B. CARPENTER was born in Kingston, January 23, 1840. In 1847 his father removed with him to Exeter, where Jesse B. was reared and educated, finishing with a few terms at the Wyoming Seminary. Like his father and grandfather, he always confined himself to agricultural pursuits. In 1861 he entered the army as private in Company N, Twenty-eighth P. V. I., for the term of three years. At the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, he received a wound in the arm which dis- abled him, causing him to receive an honorable discharge. On his return to citizen- ship, and about 1866, he again took to farming, raising vegetables for the Pittston market, and soon his taste inclined to plants and flowers. As his experience in- creased, so did his business. Year after year he kept adding to his hot-houses and green-houses, until now his green-houses are composed of eight thousand feet of glass, having all the modern facilities. He owns about one hundred and eighty acres, eighty of which he devotes to his gardening and flower beds. Mr. Carpenter owns the second largest establishment of his line in the Valley. He is a thorough- going business man of sound principles, and is much respected by his neighbors. He has held several offices in the township, and is now a member of the borough council. He is a member of the G. A. R., I. O. O. F., F. & A. M. and K. of H. In 1872 he married Miss Charlotte E., daughter of James D. and Patience Laird, and by her he had four children, three of whom are now (1892) living: J. S., Eliz- abeth and Jessie. Mrs. Carpenter was born in Wilkes-Barre, January 12, 1848.

M. A. CARROLL, M. D., physician and surgeon, Plymouth, was born at Silver Lake, Susquehanna Co., Pa., September 25, 1866, and is a son of James and Bridget (McGrath) Carroll, also natives of Pennsylvania. There were nine children in this branch of the Carroll family, viz. : Francis P., a machinist in Sayre, Pa. : John J., & physician at Scranton, Pa. ; Dennis, now known as "Brother Ephebus James," of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Mary, deceased; Catharine, now wife of William Farrell, of Scran- ton. Pa. ; Mathew, deceased; M. A., our subject; Julia, who resides at home, and

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James, deceased. The subject of this sketch was educated first in the common schools of his native county; then at the high school at Scranton, and later at Wood's Business College. He subsequently took a course of Latin under private tutorship, and also studied medicine under his brother, J. J. Carroll, of Scranton. From there he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, graduating from there an M. D. in March, 1888. He soon after passed the exacting examination required by the State Board of Examinations to the Medical Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, and then entered the City Hospital at Baltimore, where he remained one year, coming from there to Nanticoke, Pa., where he practiced some time. Removing from there to Plymouth, he has here since been practicing his profession. Dr. Carroll is a member of the Luzerne Medical Society, and is an adherent of the Catholic Church.

ROBERT H. CARTER, proprietor of the "Hudson Hotel," Hudson, was born in Providence, Pa., July 14, 1856, and is a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Hindmarch) Carter. [See William J. Carter's sketch. ] Our subject remained at home and assisted his father until the age of eighteen, when he began working about the mines, which he followed seven years, and was then employed as a brakeman on the Delaware & Hud- son Railroad for five years. In 1888 he engaged in his present business in his father's old stand. Besides his hotel he owns two other properties in Plains township. Mr. Carter was married October 28, 1879, to Patience E., daughter of William and Eliza- beth (Cobley) Williams, of Parsons, natives of England. Mr. and Mrs. Carter had one child that died at the age of eleven months; they have an adopted daughter, named Fannie M. In his political views our subject has always stood by the principles of the Republican party.

THOMAS CARTER, proprietor of the " Central Hotel," Plymouth, was born in Corn- wall, England, December 16, 1848, and is a son of Charles and Jane (Richards) Carter, also natives of England. The subject of this sketch was educated in his native land, and in 1866 came to America, where he followed mining ten years, after which he engaged in the hotel business at Avondale, Pa., where he catered to the wants of the public for several years. Afterward he moved to Luzerne, where he was the proprietor of what is now known as the "Luzerne House." From here, after one year, he removed to what is known as the "Central House," at Kingston, Pa., at which place he remained but a short time, coming from there to Plymouth, where he erected a neat three-story brick block. He now ministers to the wants of his many patrons in a genial, hospitable way, which is a leading characteristic of the gentleman under consideration. Mr. Carter's marriage occurred April 28, 1872, when he was united to Mrs. Ann Sage, daughter of John and Margaret (Jones) Appleton, natives of Wales. Our subject is a communicant of the Episcopal Church; a member of the I. O. O. F. and Sons of St. George; in politics he is an adherent of the Republican party.

WILLIAM J. CARTER, Hudson, conductor on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, was born in Schuylkill county, Pa., August 25, 1850, and is a son of Henry and Eliza- beth (Hindmarch) Carter, natives of Jarrow, Durham, England. The father came to America in 1848, and was engaged in shaft-sinking and boring, successively as follows: in Schuylkill county, five years; Pittston, three years; Rockwell's Hill, one year, and Taylorsville, five years. In 1867 he removed to Mill Creek, where he was engaged in the saloon business till 1873, when he retired from active life; he died September 23, 1886, at the age of sixty-nine years. His family consisted of three children: William J., Isabella (Mrs. Peter Hines) and Robert H. (whose sketch appears above). Our subject began picking slate when but ten years of age, and worked about the mines in all thirteen years. He then began braking on the Dela- ware & Hudson Railroad, which he followed three years, and was then promoted to his present position. Mr. Carter was married September 26, 1874, to Elizabeth A., daughter of Daniel and Mary (Davis) Howells, natives of Merthyr Tydvill, South Wales, and they had three children, one of whom survives, Mary. Our subject is a member of the O. R. C., and in his political views he is in sympathy with the Re- publican party, but votes strictly on principle.

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A. J. CASE, farmer, P. O. Cease's Mills, was born in Cease's Mills, Pa., January 13, 1846, a son of Absalom and Jane (Lamareaux) Case, the former born in Plymouth, the latter in Jackson township, this county. Absalom is a son of Thomas Case, who was a native of Connecticut, and came to this county about 1780 or 1800, being one of the first settlers in what is now Jackson township, then a part of Plymouth. He first located in Plymouth, where he resided for a number of years, and then removed to Jackson, where he died, leaving a family of eleven children. His son Absalom made his home in Jackson township, where he remained all his life, an honest and industrious farmer and owner of a large tract of land, which he kept improving to the day of his death, which occurred in 1879, when he was aged eighty-two years. He had the respect and confidence of his neighbors, and held all township offices with entire satisfaction to everyone. His family numbered eleven children, seven of whom grew to maturity, and six of them are now living, A. J. being the youngest in the family. Our subject was educated at the common schools of Cease's Mills, and although he belongs to a line of farmers worthy of the name, yet he is a mechanic as well, of high skill, one who never served a day at a trade; he is a first-class carpenter and blacksmith, at which trades he has worked contin- ually for seven years. Indeed, he is what we would call one of Nature's mechanics, in the full sense of the term. He has built a palatial residence, all of which he planned and executed himself, both inside and out, and now stands as a model of excellence in the line of mechanics. On May 2, 1873, Mr. Case married Miss Lydia K., daughter of William and Clara Ransom, and there were born to them the following-named twelve children (eight of whom are yet living): Clara J., William H., Olive A., Harry W., Frank M., Emma B., Verney M., Stanley R., Loranza D., Adda M., Dora P., and Nellie. Of these, William H. died March 4, 1871, aged two days; Olive died February 2, 1872, aged five days; Dora died November 20, 1890, aged three years and two months; Nellie died April 3, 1891, aged three days. Clara J. married George A. Hale, a photographer. Mr. Case, in connection with general farming, pays special attention to hay-making. His live stock is of the best Holstein blood, and his farm contains 118 acres of prime land, which, under the watchful eye of its owner, is a model one. Mr. Case is a member of the Order of United American Mechanics; in politics he is a Demo- crat, and has been honored with most of the town offices, which he held with credit.

MAJOR C. CASE, a farmer and mechanic, P. O. Cease's Mills, was born in Jack- son township January 11, 1825. He is a son of Absalom and Jane (Lamareaux) Case, the former of whom was born in Plymouth, the latter in Jackson township .. Absalom was a son of Thomas Case, a native of this county, and Thomas was a son of Absalom Case, who moved into Luzerne county prior to the Revolutionary war, and was a blacksmith in the army; the anvil on which he forged his work is now in the possession of our subject. The Cases moved into and settled in the Val- ley, and were farmers and mechanics. Absalom Case, the younger, and son of the pioneer of the same name, had a family of ten children, seven of whom came to maturity, and all of them are now living, Major C. being the eldest in the family. Our subject was reared and educated in Jackson township, and in early life learned the shoemaker's, wagon-maker's and blacksmith's trades. At the age of twenty-three he married, for his first wife, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Lefford and Jane Schooly, and by her he had three children, two of whom are now living. For his second wife Mr. Case married Miss Amanda, daughter of David and Pattie Austin, by which union there were ten children, seven of whom are now living, all married but one. Mr. Case is a self-made man, and carries on general agriculture on a farm of seventy-five acres of fertile land, made so by hard labor and patient toil. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has held responsible offices, and he is a great Sunday-school worker. In addition to his farm and trade he keeps a small grocery store, supplying the necessary wants of his neighbors. Mr. Case is respected and honored by his fellow citizens, and has held various offices in his own township. Politically he is a Democrat.

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CALVIN W. CASE, farmer, P. O. Lehman, was born in Plymouth (then Jackson) township March 16, 1812. He is a son of Thomas and Catharine (Carskaen) Case, both of whom were born in Orange county, N. Y. They moved to Plymouth about 1800, where they passed the remainder of their lives, suffering all the inconveniences of pioneer life. Thomas Case was born August 16, 1771; Catharine, his wife, July 11, 1777. They were married January 9, 1793, and their family numbered thir- teen children, ten of whom grew to maturity. Calvin W., the subject of this sketch, is the only survivor. He was reared in this township and educated at the common schools, making such good use of his advantages, limited as they were in those days, as to become competent to teach in the common schools of his birthplace. Mr. Case has followed the vocation of his father, content to be an honest tiller of the soil, at which he has proved an adept. He now resides on a farm of seventy-five acres of well-improved land, about one mile from where he was born, and where he has lived continuously ever since 1836. Mr. Case has the full confidence of his fel- low citizens. He has held the office of justice of the peace for twenty years, during which time he made marked progress in the study of the law, his counsel being much sought after. He has also held other offices of trust and responsi- bility. In 1835, at the age of twenty-three years, he married Miss Olive, daughter of Thomas and Mary Lamareaux. They have no children. Mr. Case is a con- sistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has held all the leading offices in that religious body. Politically, he is a Democrat, with Prohibition tendencies.

THOMAS CASSEDY, junior member of the firm of Conyngham, Schrage & Co., wholesale and retail merchants, Wilkes-Barre and Ashley, and manager of the store at the latter place, was born in Wilkes-Barre June 21, 1853, and is a son of Thomas and Susan A. (Mutchler) Cassedy, the former a native of Springville, Susquehanna Co., Pa., and the latter born in Luzerne county, a daughter of George Mutchler, and of German and French lineage. The father passed his boyhood on the farm where he was born, and when about sixteen years of age accepted a position in a coal office in New York City, where he remained fifteen years. He then went to Reading, Pa., as sales agent, and after acting in this capacity a few years came to Pittston as mine superintendent, which position he held for several years. He then went to the Blackman Mines as superintendent, and was engaged in the coal business and in speculating and dealing in coal lands the remainder of his active life. Mr. Cassedy was one of the few men of his time who possessed a thorough knowledge of the coal business in all its details, and was one of the pioneer operators who developed the anthracite coal fields of the Wyoming Valley, and determined its wonderful wealth He died in Shenandoah, Pa .. September 6, 1875, at the age of sixty- and extent.

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History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections, Part 103

Author: Bradsby, H. C. (Henry C.) Publication date: 1893 Publisher: Chicago : S. B. Nelson Number of Pages: 1532

Author: Bradsby, H. C. (Henry C.)
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Chicago : S. B. Nelson
Number of Pages: 1532