History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Part 127

Author: edited by John F. Meginness
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1650

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Shore, and engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed several years. Mr. Williamson was one of the organizers and original stockholders in the first bank established at Jersey Shore. He built one-half of the Larry's Creek plank road, and was one of the stockholders in that improvement. He was a prominent Democrat, filled the office of justice of the peace for many years, and took an active part in public affairs. When a young man he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and gave liberally of his means towards the support of that denomination. He filled the offices of trustee and class-leader. Mr. Williamson was married, December 22, 1831, to Margaret, daughter of John Robinson, and they were the parents of thirteen children, viz: Lydia, deceased; James A., of Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Margaret J., wife of William Thomas; Edward, deceased; Mary, wife of Dr. Cline of Jersey Shore; Sarah, wife of Evan Russell of Williamsport; Charles W .; Irvin T., a merchant of Jersey Shore; Anson G .; Alice, wife of D. A. Bingman, of Jersey Shore; John R., of Jersey Shore; Clayton E., of the same borough, and Ellen, wife of William Schwer, of Jersey Shore. Mr. Williamson died at Jersey Shore, June 10, 1881. His widow survives, and is a resident of that borough.

EDWARD D. TRUMP, proprietor of the Jersey Shore Water Works, was born December 12, 1814, in Newport, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he received a common school education and worked in his father's mill until about twenty-two years of age. He then began merchandising and buying and selling grain at Pen- ningtonville, now known as Atglen. He shipped his grain over the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad, on cars which were built for himself. At first these cars had but four wheels and were drawn by horses. Later the railroad company furnished engine power and the cars were constructed with eight wheels. Mr. Trump remained at Penningtonville for ten years, and then removed to Philadelphia where he engaged in the commission lumber business on his own account, remaining there until the year 1853, when he came to Lycoming county, and located on Pine creek, about two miles from Jersey Shore. There he went into the manufacture of lumber on what was considered a very large scale at that time, and continued in that business until 1884. About 1856, Mr. Trump was instrumental in forming a company for the purpose of lighting the town of Jersey Shore by gas. Some time after the plant was in operation, it was burned and Mr. Trump never took any stock in the enterprise thereafter. In 1884 he, at his own expense, introduced a water supply into the town, of which he is still sole owner and proprietor. Mr. Trump is the only sur- viving son of Michael and Tacy (Thomas) Trump, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He was married in 1842 to Mary A., daughter of Joseph and Phoebe Cloud, of .Chester county, Pennsylvania, and to this union have been born nine children, of whom four are living: Frank; Henry C .; Emma, and Edward. Mr. Trump was born a Quaker, but has affiliated with his family in the Presbyterian church, and in poli- tics is a stanch Republican. He served as school director for twelve years, and is one of the respected and enterprising citizens of the county.

JOSEPH WOOD, son of James and Mary (Caldwell) Wood, was born March 28, 1835, in Yorkshire, England, and emigrated to America with his parents. They settled in Wilmington, Delaware, where our subject received a part of his education. The family removed to Cogan House township, Lycoming county, where he com- pleted his schooling. He was engaged with his father in the lumber business until

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he was twenty-three years old. At this time the firm of R. & J. Wood was formed and manufactured lumber until 1863, when Mr. Wood began contracting stocking logs for Matthias Eder, of Williamsport, in Cameron county, Pennsylvania. This he continued until 1866, when he accepted the position of superintendent for Martin. Wood & Childs. In 1869 he purchased Martin's interest and carried on the business of manufacturing lumber at Jersey Shore until 1889. At this time Wood & Childs located at Utceter, on Pine creek, where their mill is now located. Mr. Wood was married September 9, 1858, to Mary, daughter of Benjamin Quimby, of Cogan House township; they are the parents of the following children: Emma A., wife of Fred H. Freeborn; Walter C., who married Lizzie Reining. and Grace L. Mr. Wood has filled the office of school director for the borough of Jersey Shore for eighteen years, and served one term as burgess. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having united with that organiza- tion thirty-eight years ago. He is one of the leading citizens of Jersey Shore.

ISAAC BODINE was born March 15, 1808, near Jersey Shore, son of Isaac and Catherine (Casper) Bodine, who were the parents of nine children: Ann; Sarah; Ellis; Frederick; Margaret; Isaac; Mollie; John T., and Richard. Our subject was educated at Jersey Shore, and followed farming all of his business life. He was married February 1, 1838, to Elizabeth E., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Bailey) Lawshe; to this union were born eight children, six of whom are living: Sarah C., who married Ira E. Reynolds; Lewis L .: Isaac R .: George A .; Ann Elizabeth, who married Andrew G. McMullen, and Harvey H. In May, 1838, Mr. and Mrs. Bodine removed to Michigan. They settled on a farm near Battle Creek, where they remained until 1851, when they went to Canal township, Venango county, Pennsylvania. There Mr. Bodine died in April, 1861. Mrs. Bodine remained on the farm until 1878, when she returned to Jersey Shore. Mr. Bodine was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his widow is a Presbyterian.

GIDEON BRENEMAN, son of Henry and Mary Ann (Strickler) Breneman, was born November 24, 1837, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he received his education. His mother died in 1851 and he soon after began clerking in a store in his native town. In the fall of 1858 he came to Jersey Shore, where he was employed by John Sebring in his store until 1863, when in partnership with John A. Gamble, Jr., he purchased the store from Mr. Sebring. Subsequently they erected a business room where Thomas Stevenson now resides. About 1870 Mr. Breneman sold his interest to Mr. Gamble, and engaged in the lumber business on Larry's creek. A few years later J. G. Calvert became his partner and remained such until the death of Mr. Breneman, October 17, 1877. Our subject served as burgess of Jersey Shore for several years and also as secretary of the Larry's Creek Plank Road Company for a number of years. He was married No- vember 10, 1864, to Anna R. Quiggle, daughter of George and Lucretia A. (Lawshe) Quiggle. Her father came to Jersey Shore while a single man, was mar- ried there in 183S, and was a merchant and tanner. Mr. and Mrs. Quiggle had the following children: A. Lawshe; Anna R. ; Julia E., and Ellen G., who mar- ried Frank Hays and is the mother of two children: S. Minus, and Florence. Mr. Breneman served in the State militia during the late war. £ He was a Democrat, and both he and wife belonged to the Presbyterian church. He was a man highly respected by all who knew him.

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ROBERT M. MCCULLOUGH, farmer and proprietor of a tannery at Salladasburg, is the eldest of a family of five living children born to William J. and Mary Mc- Cullough, of Kingston, Ulster county, New York. He was born December 1S. 1843, in the State of New York, and attended the public schools of his native State. After leaving school he went west, where he was employed for three years on a farm. After returning to New York from the West, in 1862, he began working at the tannery business, and in 1867 went to Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, where he was foreman in a tannery. From there he came to Salladasburg in 1874, and pur- chased the tannery owned by the Gamble Brothers, which he has continued to oper- ate ever since. The output from this tannery is from 80,000 to 90,000 sides per year, and it gives employment to about seventy-five men. He was married in 1867, to Helen Bortle, daughter of Harrison and Catherine Bortle, of Delaware county, New York, and to this union have been born three children: Clinton: Harry, and Catherine. Mr. McCullongh belongs to the F. and A. M., and he and family are members of the Presbyterian church. He is president of the Larry's Creek Plank Road Company, and is a director of the Jersey Shore Banking Com- pany.

J. FRANK TORBERT was born in Gallagherville, Chester county, Pennsylvania, February 18, 1853, son of William L. and Hester (Blatchford) Torbert. His parents subsequently settled at Girard Manor, Schuylkill county, where our subject was reared, and received his early education in the common schools and at Potts- town Academy, and also the State Normal School at Millersville. He was employed by his father, who was one of the original lumbermen of Schuylkill county, until he located in Centre county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a number of tracts of timber land and engaged in the lumber business, and in furnishing prop timber for coal mining operators. In 1SS5 he came to Williamsport and continued his lumber- operations in the counties of Centre, Clinton, and Lycoming, until 1SSS, when he removed to Jersey Shore, where he has since resided. He is also engaged in farm- ing 270 acres in Centre county, 190 acres in Lycoming county, and 104 within the borough limits of Jersey Shore. Mr. Torbert was married, December 25, 1S80, to Sarah, daughter of James Burnett, of Norristown, Pennsylvania; they are the parents of five children, four of whom are living: James Burnett; Jay Frank: Will L .. and Amilla Clare; William Lawrence is dead. Politically Mr. Torbert is a Democrat. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is connected with the F. and A. M.

JOHN W. GRIER, publisher of the Jersey Shore Vidette, was born June 29. 1856, at McEwensville. Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. He is a son of Dr. J. H. and Amanda (Quiggle) Grier. His early education was obtained in the common schools .. and the State Normal School at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1883. He afterwards taught in the public schools of Clinton county for about eight years. In 1875 he entered the office of the Columbia Herald, Columbia, Pennsylvania, and learned the printer's trade. In 1887 he located at Jersey Shore, where he purchased the Vidette, which he has since published with good success. Mr. Grier is a Republican in politics, and is well and favorably known among the newspaper fraternity.

JOHN NEVINS, M. D., was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1853, son of

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Dr. John and Esther (Brown) Nevins. His father was one of the early physicians of Oil City. and removed to Montoursville. Lycoming county, in 1865. Our subject received his education in the common schools. and at the Normal School of Mon- toursville. He commenced the study of medicine with his father, and completed the same with Dr. H. G. McCormick, of Williamsport. He was graduated from the medical department of the University of New York City in 1883, and began the- practice of his profession the same year at Antes Fort. After remaining two years at that place he located at Jersey Shore, where he has since continued in active and successful practice. He married Susan Lowman, of Elmira, New York; they are the parents of three children, one of whom is living, George. Dr. Nevins filled the office of secretary of the school board of Jersey Shore one year, and is now treasurer. He is a Republican in politics, is a member of the K. of G. E., and belongs to the West Branch and Lycoming Medical Societies.

HENRY C. FULLER, physician and surgeon, was born in Lehigh county. Pennsyl- vania, and is the third son of Charles D. and Harriet (Harris) Fuller. He attended the public and high schools of his native county, afterwards going to college at New Haven, Connecticut, where he took a scientific course. He then began the study of medicine, and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the spring of 1885. He immediately commenced practice at Plymouth, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1885, when the typhoid fever epidemic raged so extensively in that part of the State. He came to Jersey Shore in the fall of the same year and has. since built up a lucrative business. The Doctor has four brothers and two sisters, all of whom are residents of Pennsylvania. He is a Master Mason in good standing, a member of La Belle Valley Lodge, No. 232, A. Y. M., and also a member of Lodge No. 101, I. O. O. F. He is a Republican in politics, and attends the Presbyterian church.

S. ELLSWORTH BICKELL, M. D., was born May 25, 1864, son of Matthias and Eliz- abeth (Cohick) Bickell. He was reared in Piatt township and educated in the common schools, the Jersey Shore Academy, and the Muncy Normal. He began the study of medicine and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, April 4, 18SS. He commenced practice at Jersey Shore, where he has since con- tinued in the active duties of his profession. Dr. Bickell was married in 1891 to- Florence Burke, of Baltimore. Politically he is a Republican, and holds the posi- tion of surgeon and physician for the Beech Creek railroad, and examining physi- cian for the Prudential Insurance Company, the Penn Mutual Insurance Company,. and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

ISAAC P. RAUP, proprietor of the Jersey Shore Gas Works, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1836, son of Leonard and Nancy (Petit) Raup, of the- same county. In early years our subject received only such advantages for an edn- cation as the country school of that time afforded. He was reared on a farm, and after arriving at manhood, his father having removed to Northumberland county,. he spent abont eighteen years in repairing and constructing railroads. He then took charge of the works for the Shamokin Gas Company, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, and remained in the service of this company for over thirteen years. May 1, 1888, he removed to Jersey Shore, and purchased the plant of the gas works, which he remodeled and increased in general capacity, and extended the mains several hun- dred feet throughout the town. He was enrolled in the State militia in 1863, in

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Company K, Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, in General Couch's division. He volunteered for service in the beginning of March, 1865, was assigned to the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, and proceeded to the front under command of Col. Theophilus Kephart; he was at Bermuda when Vicksburg and Petersburg surrendered, and was mustered out August 25, 1865, at Portsmouth, Virginia, and finally discharged in Philadelphia shortly afterwards, and returned to his home in Shamokin. He was married in 1861, to Rebecca, daughter of J. L. and Susannah (Boughner ) Gilger, of Shamokin, and to this union have been born seven children, five of whom are living: Anna A., who married William F. Frederick, of Shamokin; Kimber C., who lives in Altoona, where he is manager of the Telephone Exchange of that place; William S., who is manager of the Telephone Exchange of Shamokin; Edward B., and Charles R., who are with their parents. Mr. Raup and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a Republican.

THE BROWN FAMILY .- Among the early and prominent families of Jersey Shore were the Browns. Four brothers and two sisters, natives of County Tyrone, Ire- land, emigrated and settled in that borough. George came in 1814; Alexander, in 1840; Andrew, in 1847; William, in 1848; Mrs. Fanny Stevenson with her hus- band, in 1842. William Brown was the eldest son and was born in 1774. He mar- ried in Ireland in 1828, and was the father of six children: Mary, who married Smith Baird; George A .; William; Alexander W .; Sarah, who married Hiram Waters, and James R. The last mentioned was the youngest son and enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the breaking out of the war; he served until Lee surrendered, losing his right arm at the battle of Fredericks- bnrg. On his return from the war he located in Wichita, Kansas, and was the first Democrat ever elected to the office of recorder of deeds in Sedgwick county. After William Brown settled in Jersey Shore he purchased a lot on what is now Alle- gheny street, opposite the Dunkle Hotel, where he built himself a home, and where he resided until his death in 1854. His wife survived him and died in 1864.

ALEXANDER W. BROWN, third son of William Brown, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, March 11, 1836. He emigrated to America with his brother George in 1847. He received a common school education and learned the trade of a shoemaker. In 1856 he established a boot and shoe business in Jersey Shore, and carried on that business until 1889, when he turned it over to his sons, Ernest A. and Wilbur B. In addition to his shoe business he engaged in the livery business in 1863, which he still continues. During the same year he began cultivating tobacco and is the broker for many of the large tobacco companies of New York and Philadelphia. In 1882 he purchased the Maggs farm in Piatt township, and is extensively engaged in farming and raising tobacco. In 1859 Mr. Brown was mar- ried to Harriet, daughter of William Musgrave, and to this union have been born five children: Clarence, deceased; Ernest E .; Wilbur B .; Hattie, and Annie. He is a Democrat, and has served in the borough council for three years, and filled the office of overseer of the poor for five years. He is a member of La Belle Valley Lodge, No. 232, F. and A. M., and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1854, and trustee of the same for twenty-five years.

JONATHAN DALLEY was born in Turvey, Bedfordshire, England, only child of William and Maria (White) Dalley. His father died when he was about five years

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old and his mother when he was eleven years old. In the spring of 1857, at the age of thirteen years, he emigrated to America, and was seven weeks in crossing the Atlantic ocean. He came to Jersey Shore upon one of the old packet boats in use at that time. Here he joined his uncle, Jonathan White. He subsequently went to the White Deer Woolen Mills in Union county, where he learned the trade of weaver and finisher, and then found employment in Massachusetts at his trade, where he remained two years. In 1867 he returned to Lycoming county and engaged in the lumber business and various other occupations for some time. He then entered the employ of Auble & Artman, woolen manufacturers on Larry's creek, where he remained fourteen years, afterwards purchasing his present prop- erty and establishing his business of carpet weaver and fancy dyer. In October, 1861, Mr. Dalley enlisted in Company H, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, he received a gun-shot wound, the ball entering at the lower corner of the first short rib and coming out alongside of backbone or spine. He was consequently discharged March 6, 1863, from Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D. C., after eighteen months service. Mr. Dalley is serving his third term as overseer of the poor for Jersey Shore. He is a Republican Prohibitionist in politics, and is a member of Major Keenan Post, No. 349, G. A. R. He was married, January 2, 1868, to Agnes C. Keyser, daughter of the late Aaron and Mary Keyser; to this union have been born two children: Mary D., wife of G. S. Corson, and William A. Mr. Dalley has been a member of the Baptist church since 1865, and has filled the office of treasurer for a number of years, and is now one of the trustees and a deacon and has also been superintendent of the Sunday school.

DAVID ANTES COCHRAN, proprietor of the Gamble House, was born near Lewis- burg, Union county, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1842, son of John S. and Maria (Clark) Cochran. His father was a native of Buffalo valley, and his mother was a daughter of William Clark, a well remembered tavern keeper of Nippenose valley, Lycoming county, where he conducted that business at the foot of White Deer mouutain, one mile east of Collomsville. His parents lived for a time in Union county, whence they removed to Collomsville, Lycoming county, and thence to a farm on Pine run, northwest of Linden, where they resided until death. They reared eight children, out of a family of twelve born to them. The father was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife a Presbyterian. Our subject lived with his parents until early manhood, and then went to Jersey Shore, where he worked until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. In 1863 he was promoted to hospital steward, and served in that capacity until mustered out of service July 14, 1865. He participated in all the skirmishes and battles of his regiment. He returned to Jersey Shore, but soon after engaged in keeping a hotel at Pine Station, Clinton county, where he conducted the business nutil August, 1882, and then removed to Lock Haven. He carried on a hotel in the latter place until April, 1885, and the following September he purchased the Exchange Hotel in Jersey Shore, which he conducted until July, 1889. In October 1889, he bought the Gamble House, which under his manage- ment has since been the leading hotel in the borough. Mr. Cochran was married, May 30, 1866, to Rebecca M., daughter of George Quiggle, of Wayne township.

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Clinton county, who has borne him two daughters: Letitia M., who died in infancy, and Bertha Kate, wife of George C. Tomb of Jersey Shore. Politically he is a Democrat, is a member of Major Keenan Post, G. A. R., and is connected with the Masonic order and the K. of G. E.

COL. HUGH WHITE was born in Lancaster (now Dauphin) county, Pennsylvania, in 1737, and was a son of Hugh White, a pioneer of that portion of the State. Prior to the Revolution Colonel White came to the West Branch valley and settled west of the mouth of Pine creek, in what is now Clinton county. On the 19th of April, 1775, he was commissioned "Captain of a company of foot in the First Battalion of Associators in the county of Northumberland." This commission is still in the possession of his descendants in Williamsport. In 1776 he was appointed as one of the Committee of Safety for Pine Creek township by the Council of North- umberland county. He proved himself a faithful and valuable officer, and in 1778 he was promoted to the rank of colonel, in which capacity he served for some time as commissary, and was untiring in his efforts to provide supplies for Washington's army. He was colonel of a regiment from this part of the State in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Black Rock, on the Niagara river, until discharged from the service. Colonel White also took an active part in civil and religious affairs. In 1795, 1796, 1803, and 1804 he represented this district in the legislature. He was one of the elders of Pine Creek Presbyterian church, to which office he was chosen in 1795-96. He was twice married; first to Margaret, daughter of John and Ann Allison of Lancaster county, who bore him a family of six sons and one daughter, all of whom are dead. His second wife was Mrs. Charlotte White nee Weitzel, daughter of John and Tabitha (Morris) Weitzel. She was the widow of James White, a pioneer hotel keeper of Trevorton, Northumberland county, and after- wards the owner of White's island in the Susquehanna, near Georgetown. He lived on the east side of the river opposite the island, and was killed in 1812 by being thrown from his wagon. By his second marriage Colonel White reared a family of one daughter and three sons, as follows: Isabella, born February 13, 1815, who has been twice married, first in January, 1833, to Robert S. Bailey of Jersey Shore, who died April 24, 1851, and October 12, 1853, to Col. James S. Allen of Jersey Shore, where they still reside; and George, John, and Henry, all of whom are well remembered citizens of Williamsport. Colonel White was killed on his farm in 1822, by being thrown from his horse, and was interred in the old Pine Creek graveyard. Mrs. Allen of Jersey Shore is the only survivor of his family, but his descendants are numerous and prominent in the West Branch valley.

SAMUEL H. BAILEY, farmer, oldest living son of Harvey and Eleanor (Hays) Bailey, was born February 2, 1822. Harvey Bailey was born March 20, 1793, and died October 23, 1880. He married Eleanor, daughter of Patrick Hays, of Dauphin county, who died November 6, 1873; they were the parents of six children. Samuel H. moved to Porter township with his parents when between four and five years of age, received a common school education, was brought up on a farm, and has always followed that occupation. He was married November 10, 1853, to Catherine, daughter of James and Sarah (Gellingher) Dunlap, of Pine Creek township, Clinton county, Pennsylvania. Her father, James Dunlap, died September 27, 1849, and her mother, Sarah Dunlap, July 17, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are the parents of

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History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Part 127

Author: edited by John F. Meginness Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk Number of Pages: 1650

Author: edited by John F. Meginness
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1650