History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 163

Author: Munsell, W.W., & Co., New York
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: New York, W.W. Munsell & co.
Number of Pages: 900

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In case of a break in the communications with Wilkes- Barre, the nearest village, the settlers often suffered for want of the necessaries of life, and had to depend on game for food; and they were subject to the same depre- dations of beasts of prey everywhere experienced by the pioneers.

It is said that an Indian trail ran through the site of the village and over the hills south, and in its vicinity have been discovered arrowheads, pestles, etc. In 1870, as Benjamin Carpenter was digging a cellar in Factory- ville, the workmen came upon a decayed box, containing the remains of a human being. The box, which had evi- dently been made of plank split with an axe from the body of a tree, lay beneath a stratum of gravel, and the death must have occurred before the earliest settlement of the valley.

The first school was kept in a little log building about a mile south of the village, by Job Briggs. Hulda Alls- worth, of Pittston, was the next teacher. About 1824 the old " square-top " school-house was built, on the site of the depot, and for many years it served as a church and school building. Among the early pedagogues was Elizabeth Wilson.

The first saw-mill was built a short distance from where Mathewson's grist-mill now stands, by Joseph Capwell, about 1820. The first grist-mill was built by Capwell about 1838, and it is still running, owned by C. Mathew- son. James and Ezra Dean and others put up a log distillery on the creek flat, removing it about 1828 a

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mile further up the creek. After the failure of the cot- ton-mill enterprise the staple commodity for exportation seems to have been tow cloth, the flax for which was broken, hetchled and woven by the same fair hands that afterward took it on horseback to Wilkes-Barre, mainly by a bridle path, and there bartered it for the few neces- saries and rare luxuries of the day.

The population of Clinton was 834 in 1870 and 842 in 1880.

FACTORYVILLE.

This village was known early in the present century as " the Factory," being the place where a cotton-mill was built hardly more than a dozen years after the first settle- ment of the township. It was operated on a small scale for a year or two and was then abandoned, the cotton being hauled 150 miles or more through the woods from Newburgh, N. Y. The old building, having passed through a variety of experiences and renovations, is now the store of James Frear. The earliest settlers were the Reynolds, Dean, Capwell, Green and Wilson families. It was not until nearly twenty years after the place ob- tained its present name by the establishment of the post- office that it began to assume the proportions of a vil- lage. The post-office was established in 1828, the first postmaster being Dr. John Wilson, who kept the office in the house of Jeremiah Wilson, some distance from the village. The early opening of the Drinker turnpike fur- nished communication with the outer world. The pio- neer meetings were in the "square-top", or at the houses of the citizens. Since the building of the railroad the growth of the place has been more rapid.

This small village in 1869 founded, almost unaided, one of the best educational institutions in this part of . the State, and has since then supported and developed it with a unanimity and liberality worthy of the highest praise.

The first physician was Dr. Henry Green. The medi- cal profession is now represented by Drs. A. M. Capwell, A T. Brundage and George H. Brundage. The mercan- tile business is conducted by the firms of James Frear, Gardner & Gilmore, James M. Seaman & Co., C. S. Hinds, S. H. Briggs, S. C. Mathewson and J. Moore. The first hotel was built by Joseph Capwell, who kept it many years as a temperance house and who was suc- ceeded by C. Mathewson. It is known as the Depot Hotel, being near the railway station about half a mile from the business portion of the village. The Factory- ville House was built and for a time kept by S. C. Mathew- son, and has since been kept by Colonel 1). N. Mathew- son. It is on the main street, centrally located, and is a quiet, pleasant stopping place. The only manufactories in the town are an upper leather tannery and a custom grist- mill.

FACTORYVILLE CHURCHES.

Methodist Episcopal .- The first Methodist in this vicin- ity, so far as we can learn, was " Mother " Taylor, wife of Preserved Taylor, who lived on the hill where Martin

Pelham now resides. At her house the Methodist meet- ings were held in the early days, say from 1820 to 1825, and many old people recollect hearing Rev. John Cope- land preach with great unction and power in 1825. The " square-top " school house was built in 1825, and there- after was used as a meeting-house. It was near where the railroad depot now stands. A class was in existence at the square-top in 1830, and Rev. Selah Stocking was the preacher at that time, when " Aunt " Eunice Gard- ner united with the church, it being then an outlying appointment on the Wyoming circuit. Preaching was had once in two or three weeks for nearly twenty years following. Among the preachers were Revs. Samuel Griffin, Solomon Ellis, V. M. Coryell and Mr. Wilcox. The society was small and struggling until about 1848 or 1849, when a revival occurred under the labors of Revs. A. H. Schoonmaker and J. F. Wilbur, and quite a num- ber were added to the class. At this period the appoint- ment was attached to Nicholson circuit, and was supplied by Revs. E. F. Roberts, C. E. kice and G. L. Griffin successively. During Mr. Griffin's pastorate the church at Factoryville was built in the summer of 1854. It was a frame building, 30 by 42 feet, cost $855, and was ded- icated in the fall of that year by Rev. Dr. George Peck, then presiding elder of the district. The charge then in- cluded Factoryville, Nicholson and West Nicholson, and was called Nicholson circuit. Rev. B. B. Emory was pastor two years, during which a parsonage was purchas- ed (in 1855); it was rebuilt and enlarged in 1872. Rev. D. Worrell was pastor in 1857 and 1858; Rev. Ira D. Warren, in 1859; Rev. J. F. Wilbur, 1860, 1861; Rev. John La Bar, 1862-64. Then came again Rev. D. Wor- rell, who was twice returned to the charge, and died here in 1866. The appointment was supplied for the balance of the year by Rev. J. V. Newell, then living in Spring- ville. In the spring of 1867 the conference stationed Rev. E. H. Hynson at Factoryville, and Rev. T. B. Jayne at Nicholson, who changed appointments every other Sabbath. The next spring the circuit was divided, and Factoryville was supplied by Rev. E. F. Roberts one year, he living at Meshoppen. Rev. E. M. High served in 1869-71; Rev. J. S. Lewis three years, under whose ministry in 1872 a large number were added to the class, of whom the greater part remain. After him came Rev. P. R. Tower, two years, and Rev. D. C. Barnes, three years. In 1878 the church at Factoryville was rebuilt, enlarged, refitted and refurnished throughout, and a tow- er and bell were added, at a total cost of $1,800. The church was rededicated October 2nd, by Rev. J. E. Smith, D. D., assisted by the presiding elder, William Bixby, and the pastor. In 1879 came Rev. A. J. Cook, the present pastor, under whose efficient ministrations the congre- gations have been well sustained, and sheds and an exten- sion of the church lot added to the church property. The class now has 150 members.

The Factoryville Baptist Church was organized Decem- ber 19th, 1850. A council of delegates from nine neigh- boring churches was convened at the New Bethel Bap- tist meeting house, in West Abington. Fifty- six persons

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KEYSTONE ACADEMY, FACTORYVILLE, WYOMING CO., Pa. ESTABLISHED IN 1869.

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GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL RECORD, CLINTON, EATON, FALLS AND OVERFIELD TOWNSHIPS.

ANDERSON DANA.

Anderson Dana was born at Eaton, in 1836. He has been judge and inspector of elections and was elected auditor in 1880. He married Mindwell Felts, of Eaton. Mrs. Dana is a member of the M. E. church.

JAMES FREAR.

James Frear, who since 1857 has been engaged in the mercantile business in Factoryville, is a native of Eaton township. He married Sarah Osterhout, of Tunkhan- nock, and has a family of two children. Mr. Frear was one of the founders and most liberal patrons of the Key- stone Academy, and has been its treasurer since its origin.

CHAUNCEY SHERWOOD.

Chauncey Sherwood was born in the township of Falls, on the 26th of November, 1812. For fourteen consecu- tive years he attended the common schools of his native town three months out of every year, the other nine months being employed in working on the farm; was never "sent away " to school but three times; afterward he taught school three years. When twenty-one years of age he was married to Miss Sarah Jane Webb. Their daughter, Mahala S., was married to Dr. J. M. Carey, now of Meshoppen, Pa., and had two sons and two daugh- ters, the eldest being the son Chauncey Sherwood Carey, M. D., of Mill City. Mrs. Sarah Jane Sherwood died in 1855, and in 1859 Mr. Sherwood married Miss Lois C. Gorman, his present wife. He has been a consistent member of the M. E. church of Mill City for many years. Politically he is a Democrat. As a magistrate he has been elected for nine consecutive five-year terms, and has proved a prudent, painstaking, conscientious and impar- tial officer. He was elected to the office of county audi- tor of Luzerne county, before the county was divided, for three years. Having served his term he studied law un- der H. W. Nicholson, of Wilkes-Barre, most of the time for three years, but having three stores at the time he gave up the practice of law, excepting while acting as magistrate for those years. He continued in the mercan- tile business and hotel keeping for thirty years. He may justly be called the founder of Mill City.

JOSEPH ACE was born in Monroe county, Pa., May 27th, 1818. After being in several townships he settled in Eaton in 1865. March 6th, 1841, he married Sarah Smith, of Smithfield, Monroe county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Ace are members of the Baptist church at Eaton. Mr. Ace has filled the office of deacon in his church.

CHARLES ARMSTRONG was born at Pittston, in 1824. He first came into Eaton in 1841, and was a resident till 1850, when he went to California. He returned to Eaton in 1864, and bought a farm in South Eaton. This he sold and bought the farm on which he now lives. He was married to Mary J. Harding, daughter of Samuel J. Harding and Sally Bird, sister of James Bird, of histori- cal note.

ANDREW AUMICK was born in Luzerne county, in 1808. He came to Eaton in 1818 with his parents. He was married to Elnor Place, daughter of William Place, and had eight children, three of whom are living-William, born May 20th, 1835; Mary E., born in 1845, and Wesley,

born in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Aumick and their three children are members of the Baptist church.

SILAS AUMICK was born at Wilkes-Barre, May 13th, 1813. He married, in 1841, J. Anne Jayne, of Washing- ton, Pa. He enlisted as a volunteer in the 12th Penn- sylvania reserves in 1860, and was discharged in conse- quence of a wound received in the left leg. He again enlisted, in the 143d Pennsylvania regiment, received five more wounds and was discharged in 1865. His son, Benjamin, was also in the 143d, and was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville, where he died of starvation.

DAVID B. AUSTIN was born in Oswego, N. Y., in 1833, and married Margery C. Fitch in 1853. They had three children. Mr. Austin was a farmer. He served in the Rebellion, and died at Andersonville.

JOHN AYER was born in New Baltimore, Greene county, N. Y., in 1800. In 1825 he settled in Overfield, and in 1827 married Sally Avery, by whom he has had two chil- dren, one of whom is a farmer.

REV. JOHN BALLANTINE, teacher of classics at Keystone Academy, was born near Belfast, Ireland, and graduated at Lewisburgh in the class of 1872. He taught a graded school at Smithfield, Pa., a year, and then accepted his present position. He married Harriet B. Gerould, of Smithfield, December 25th, 1872, and has one child liv- ing. Prof. Ballantine was ordained pastor of the Benton Baptist church in August, 1877, and has done much mis- sionary work, supplying the pulpits of weak churches.

ORVAL W. BENJAMIN was born in New Jersey, in 1815, and moved to Eaton in 1844. He has been assessor nine years and supervisor one term. He married, in 1839, Phebe Ann McNish, of New Jersey. They have two children, Sarah Caroline, born in 1840 (married to Samuel Harding), and Huldah, born in 1843 (married to S. D. Bacon, of Tunkhannock).

CHAUNCEY BENSON was born at Dover, N. Y., January 6th, 1810. He came to Eaton in 1835 and purchased a large tract of land. He married, in 1835, Sarah Brutz- man, of Smithfield, Pa. They have had seven children- Emma, born in 1835; Etna, born in 1837 (died in 1842); Mary May, born in 1839; Susan, born in 1841; Jeanette, born in 1843; George Adam, born in 1848; Martha Elizabeth, born in 1850.

GEORGE A. BRUNDAGE, M. D., born in Benton, studied with Dr. A. T. Brundage, and graduated in medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., in March, 1876. He has been in prac- tice in Factoryville since that date. He married Una, daughter of A. W. Gardner.

ALBERT M. CAPWELL, M. D., was born in Factoryville, Pa., May 4th, 1831, and married Miss C. A. Chambers, of Waverly, Pa. (since deceased). Dr. Capwell is a physi- cian and druggist of Factoryville. He was married in 1877 to Mamie E. Smith, of Scranton.

HENRY CHASE was born in Abington township, Luzerne county, in 1820. In 1844 he married Elizabeth Canon, of Chenango, N. Y. They have two children.

STEPHEN CLARK was born in Plains, Luzerne county, in 1814, and married May Wagner, of Monroe county, in 1838. They have had nine children; eight are living. Mr. Clark is a farmer.

ELEAZER DANA was born in Eaton, in 1842. He re- sides on the old Jenkins homestead. He was supervi-

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sor in 1878. He married, in 1872, Nancy E. Miller, of Eaton.

EMELINE M. DANA was born in Windham, Pa., in 1823, and was married to Stevens Dana, of Eaton, in 1843. Her husband was born at Eaton, in 1820. He was for thirty years a member of the Presbyterian church, and during the last six years of his life was ruling elder. He left a widow and six children. The latter are Nancy P., born in 1845; Caroline M., born in 1846; Sarah A., born in 1848; Edmond S., born in 1851; Helen J., born in 1855; and George F., born in 1866.

C. O. DERSHEIMER, of Falls township, is a native of Ransom, Lackawanna county, and was born February 19th, 1851. He graduated from the College of New Jer- sey in 1874, and received the degree of A. M. in 1877. He was class day orator at the graduation. He is now engaged in the legal profession. His wife was Miss Jen- nie E. Harding, of Eaton township, Wyoming county, Pa.

EDMUND DERSHEIMER, farmer, was born at Chestnut Hill, Northampton county, Pa., in 1824. In 1849 he mar- ried Deborah Colvin, of Abington. They have five chil- dren.

LEWIS C. DRAKE was born in 1848, in Franklin, Pa., and is a son of George W. Drake, who was born Febru- ary 22nd, 1818, at Jackson, Pa. He married Jemima Wilcox, of Franklin, Pa.

THOMAS E. FIELD, superintendent of the Rand Keg Manufactory, Falls, was born in Massachusetts in 1842, and married Philena Witt in 1862. He came to Penn- sylvania in 1871.

S. FITCH was born in Tunkhannock, in 1811, and married Elizabeth Sickler. They have eight children. The farm on which Mr. Fitch lives was cleared by his grandfather.

MORGAN FITCH, farmer, was born in Falls township in 1809, and married Mary A. Williams in 1828. They have had eleven children, eight of whom are living.

ASA H. FREAR, fariner, county commissioner and postmaster, formerly clerk and auditor, was born in Eaton township, in 1841, and married Angelica Stearns, of Over- field, in 1866. They have four children.

CHARLES FREAR, son of Abram, jr., son of Abram Frear, sen., was born in Eaton township, in 1815, and mar- ried Miss N. H. Stanton, by whom he has five children living. He is a farmer and miller.

GEORGE C. GREEN, son of Benjamin Green, is a native of Clinton. He served in the army during the Rebel- lion and received an honorable mention from his com- mander-in-chief for valuable services as a scout. He is a practical bee keeper, the inventor and manufacturer of an improved hive, and deals in bee keepers' supplies. He married Parmelia L., daughter of E. D. Gardner, of Clinton, and has two children.

GEORGE W. GRISWOLD, M. D., D. D. S., was born in Bainbridge, N. Y., September 29th, 1820, and in 1854 settled in Carbondale, where for many years he practiced dentistry, becoming well known as a successful inventor. Dr. Griswold was the author of a number of published poems of decided merit. He married Mary A., daughter of George Capwell, of Clinton, in 1870, and settling near the academy erected a handsome residence, now occu- pied by his widow and his son. He died September 26th, 1875.

N. J. HARDING was born in 1838, in the house where he still lives. He was married to Mary, daughter of Chauncey Benson, of Eaton, in 1860. They have had eight children: William, born in 1861; John, born in

1863; Sarah Ellen, born in 1865; Nancy, born in 1867; Martha, born in 1870; Walter, born in 1873; Amy, born in 1875; and Arthur, born in 1877.

SAMUEL HARDING was born in Eaton, in 1841, where he has resided all his life. He has been school director, poor master and auditor of his town. He married in 1867, Sarah Caroline, daughter of Orval W. Benjamin, of Eaton. They have four children: Benjamin W., born in 1869; Libbie, in 1870; Willard, in 1873; and Phebe, in 1876.

S. J. HARDING was born in Eaton, in 1841, in the house where he lives. He has been school director three years. He was married in 1873 to Matilda Bullock, by whom he has had two children: Ruth J., born in 1873, and Rosa Esther, born in 1878 (died in 1879). His father, Stephen D., was born, lived and died on the same farm. He died in 1868. Mrs. Harding's father, Benja- min Bullock, was a soldier in the 52nd Pa. volunteers, and died, in 1875, from disease contracted in the Chick- ahominy swamp.

STEDMAN HARDING was born in Harford, Pa., in 1808. He came to the township of Eaton in 1825. In 1834 he purchased a farm of wild land. He has filled the offices of county auditor, collector and school director. He was married in 1834 to Martha Mitchell, of Eaton. Mr. and Mrs. Harding are members of the Baptist church. Thomas Harding, Mr. Harding's father, was born in 1786, in Lackawanna. In the later years of his life he took up his residence with his son, and lived with him till his death, which occurred in 1857.

REV. JOHN H. HARRIS, pastor of the Baptist church at Factoryville, was born in western Pennsylvania, April 24th, 1847, and married Mary E. Mace, of Factoryville. He was formerly principal of the Keystone Academy.

JOHN C. HERMAN was born in Monroe county, in 1819. He married Mary Walter, of Eaton, and had twelve chil- dren, nine of whom are living. He has been supervisor, and was elected one of the county commissioners in 1 878. He was left an orphan at a very early age, and owes his present position to his own industry and integrity.

DANIEL W. HERMAN was born at Middle Smithfield, Monroe county, Pa., in 1843. He has filled the offices of auditor, inspector of election and school director of his township. He enlisted in the 12th N. Y. cavalry, and during a raid on Kingston, N. C., was taken prisoner through his horse falling upon him and breaking his leg. He suffered great privations during his confinement. On three occasions his rations were withheld for three days at a time in punishment for not disclosing where his fel- low-prisoners had made tunnels for escape. He was mustered out of the service at the termination of the war. He married Kate, daughter of Joseph Ace.

C. S. HINDS was born at Montrose, Pa., and is a son of S. B. Hinds, who died at Factoryville, June 18th, 1879, after a residence there of seven years. Mr. Hinds suc- ceeds his father in the mercantile business, and served as town clerk in 1879. He is one of a family of four chil- dren, of whom Lydia married William Carpenter, of Ben- ton; E. S. is a blacksmith in Factoryville, and Nannie S. resides with the subject of this sketch, with whom his mother is also living.

EDWARD S. HINDS married Louisa M., daughter of Ziba Reynolds. They have two children, Emma A., born July 5th, 1870, and Ziba C., born November 7th, 1875. Mr. Hinds is a prominent Odd Fellow.

J. K. HUBLER, miller and farmer, was born in Center county, Pa., in 1817, and married Catharine Frank, of New Berlin, Union county, Pa., in 1837. They have six children.

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B. L. HUNTER was born in 1834, in Eaton, where he has resided all his life. He has filled the office of super- visor, and was elected justice of the peace in 1880. He was married April 6th, 1859, to Chloe A. Harding, who was born in 1842, and is a daughter of Jesse Harding, of Eaton. Mr. Hunter was enrolled September 29th, 1864, in Company F 6Ist Pa. volunteers, and was present at the surrender of Lee.

SMITH B. JAYNE was born in Mehoopany, Pa., in 1837. He moved into Eaton in 1874, and bought his present farm. He was married in 1860 to Catharine E. Hull, of Sussex county, N. J. His father, Benjamin Jayne, was one of the first settlers in Mehoopany township, and his grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812.

JOSEPH C. KISHBAUGH was born in New Jersey, in 1805. After moving to several towns he finally settled at Eaton in 1850. He was married in 1832 to Violetta, daughter of Sebastian Miller, of Philadelphia. The father of Mr. Kishbaugh was an old Revolutionary soldier.

THOMAS J. MCCOMB was born at New York, in 1835. He came to Eaton in 1862, was absent in California some years, and returned in 1873. He married, in 1871, Mar- garet, daughter of Judge Kellam, of Pike county, and widow of P. D. Hagerty, Esq.

CHARLES EDWARD MCVICAR was born at Crawford, N. J., in 1840. After several removals he settled at Eaton, where he followed the blacksmith and wagon iron- ing trade. He married, in 1862, Rosaltha Franklin. They have two children-Marion Elizabeth, born July 7th, 1863, and William S., born July 15th, 1865.

F. W. MAJOR, born at Lemon in 1853, is the son of Thomas Major, who was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1799, and settled in Lemon, where he died in 1864. He married Mary Ide, of Lemon. Five of their seven chil- dren are living, F. W. being the youngest.

COLONEL DAVID N. MATTHEWSON is a son of Josiah Gifford Matthewson, who came to Clinton in 1814. He was engaged in railroading until the outbreak of the Re- bellion, when he entered the Union service as captain of Company B 12th Pa. reserves, which position he after- ward resigned to accept the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 30th Pa. infantry.

ANDREW MILLER was born in New Jersey, in 1815, and came to Pennsylvania with his parents in 1835. In 1838 he married Fannie Dersheimer, of Exeter. They have three children.

ELISHA H. MITCHEL was born in Eaton, January 20th, 1810. He was county treasurer in 1847 and 1848. He married, in 1839, Elizabeth Swetland, by whom he had four children-Margaret J., born in 1839; Mary Virginia, born in 1844; Thomas Z., born in 1850, and Benjamin N., born in 1822.

JOHN S. MOORE is a native of Clinton and a son of Hampton Moore. He served his country in a Michigan regiment during the Rebellion, enlisting as a private and being promoted to the rank of captain. He is now in the grocery business in Factoryville.

RILEY MOTT, born in Falls township, in 1824, married Mary Patrick in 1850. He is a lumberman and the own- er of a farm of fifty acres.

HENRY NEWCOMBE, born in Tolland, Conn., came in 1861 to Clinton, where he is engaged in the furniture business. He married Experience Gardner, and has two children living, Lettie B. and Frank. A. A daughter named Ida died at Tolland, in 1853. Mr. Newcombe is the present district deputy I. O. of O. F.

JOHN NEY, father of Elijah C. Ney, was born in Northampton county, Pa., in 1814. He came to the town

of Eaton in 1837, and was married that year to Sarah Casebeer, of Lower Smithfield, Monroe county, Pa. He has been supervisor and school director.

ELIJAH C. NEY was born in Eaton in 1842. He has

been a school teacher six terms. In 1878 he bought a farm of one hundred and fifty-one acres, partly improved land, and he continues to improve it. He was married in 1867 to Rebecca, daughter of John C. Herman, of Eaton. They have two children, Elmer, born January 8th, 1869, and Frederick C., born in 1874.

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History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 163

Author: Munsell, W.W., & Co., New York Publication date: 1880 Publisher: New York, W.W. Munsell & co. Number of Pages: 900

Author: Munsell, W.W., & Co., New York
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: New York, W.W. Munsell & co.
Number of Pages: 900