History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Part 139

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

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ship for two years, and afterwards at his forge one year; he then returned to the saw mill, where he spent two years more. In 1860 he settled upon his present farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In the spring of 1882, in partnership with Jacob Whitman, he built a saw mill on Hoagland run, and has since been engaged in the lumber business in connection with farming. Mr. Ludwig was married in 1860 to Mary E., daughter of George Wendler, and has the following children: Phoebe A., wife of David Hornberger; George; Hattie J .; Mary E .; Jacob E .; Chrissie L. ; Charles P., and Henry H. In politics Mr. Ludwig is a Democrat, and a Lutheran in religious belief.

MYRON H. LAMBERSON was born in Tompkins county, New York. His father was a native of Trenton, New Jersey, and his mother of Canton, Massachusetts. They removed to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, when our subject was quite young, and he lived in that county until his eighteenth year, when he came to Lycoming county and found employment with a large lumber firm with which he remained fifteen years. In 1861 he located in Hepburn township, and was engaged in the hotel business about five years. In 1870 he purchased his present farm, which he has cleared and improved. He is one of the oldest lumbermen of the county; he made the first hogshead staves in his locality, and was one of the first shingle makers in Cogan valley. Mr. Lamberson was married in 1851, to Catharine, daughter of Michael Quigle, who died in 1864, leaving one child, Mary, wife of Joseph Wood. He married for his second wife Mrs. Mary J. Boorom, daughter of William Belford, of which union five children have been born: Olive, wife of J. M. Low; Joseph, deceased; John H .; Ella, deceased, and Bertha. Mr. Lamberson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Hepburn, and is a steward and class- leader in that organization. He has been a Democrat all his life, and takes an active interest in the measures and successes of his party.

DANIEL BAKER is a son of Daniel and Catherine (Rutter) Baker, natives of Penn- sylvania and Delaware, respectively. He was born in White Deer valley, Limestone township, Lycoming county, January 31, 1841, received a common school education, and was reared a farmer. After reaching manhood he engaged in boating on the canal, and also worked eight years in a saw mill at Montoursville. In 1867 he settled in Loyalsock township, where he engaged in the saw mill business until 1887, and then located upon his present homestead. In 1863 he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, served three months, and was honor- ably discharged. Mr. Baker was married in 1877 to Jane Cupp, and has two chil- dren: Henry C. and Thomas Howard. He is a Democrat, and an ardent supporter of Democratic principles. His wife is a member of the Lutheran church.

ANDREW MARSHALL, a native of York county, Pennsylvania, came to Lycoming county about 1796, and found employment on the farm of John Hughes. In 1806 he settled in Anthony township, where he purchased a farm, now the homestead of Andrew Keiss. He was married in York county to Mattie Shields, who became the . mother of the following children: Jane, born April 21, 1791, who married Henry Bryan; Mary, born November 7, 1792; Catharine, born November 9, 1794, who married Jesse Hughes; Joseph, born December 30, 1796; William, born February 6, 1799; Martha, born April 1, 1801; Andrew, born September 24, 1803, and Martha (2), born November 20, 1805, who married Eli Fincher. Mr. Marshall died

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July 12, 1834; his widow survived him until February 7, 1849. They were mem- bers of the Presbyterian church, and he was a supporter of the Whig party. He is best remembered among the older class of citizens as one of the celebrated hunters and trappers of the Susquehanna valley.

ANDREW MARSHALL, third son of Andrew and Mattie Marshall, was born at Level Corner, Woodward township, Lycoming county, September 24, 1803. In early boyhood he received three months' schooling in an old log school house in Wood- ward township, but in after years by close application and personal study he secured a fair knowledge of men and books. He was reared a farmer, and after arriving at manhood he purchased a part of the homestead where his son William C. now lives. He spent the remaining years of his life upon that farm, and died, April 7, 1884. He always took a deep interest in the growth and progress of the public schools, and served as school director in his district. Though reared in the Presbyterian faith, he afterwards united with the Lycoming Christian church, and served as trustee of that organization. In politics he was an old-line Whig up to the organization of the Republican party, and then became a Republican. Mr. Marshall married Elizabeth, daughter of John Carpenter, of Anthony township, who bore him eleven children: Joseph, deceased; Martha, who was twice married, first to Joseph Horn, and after- wards to J. J. Carpenter; Mary, wife of John Smith; Elizabeth, deceased; Nicholas; Elizabeth (2), deceased wife of Robert K. Olen; Margaret, wife of John Hughes; Susan, wife of Samuel Hill; Priscilla, who was twice married, first to Andrew Cohick, and after his death to J. R. Stout; William C., and Catharine, wife of Will- iam Shook.

WILLIAM C. MARSHALL, youngest son of Andrew and Elizabeth Marshall, was born, August 23, 1843, on the homestead farm. He was educated in the township schools, and reared a farmer. When he grew to manhood he took charge of his father's farm, and subsequently purchased it. He married in 1864 Sarah J., daughter of Anthony Pepperman, of Mifflin township, and has one child, Charles E., born November 4, 1864. In 1884 Mr. Marshall engaged in the butcher business, which he carried on for five years. He is a Republican in politics, and an attendant of the Christian church.

JOHN WILLIAMSON was born at Hamburg, Berks county, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1789, and was a son of William Williamson, whose father was a Welsh immigrant who settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania, during the colonial period. John Williamson learned wagonmaking at Hamburg, and at the age of twenty came to Buffalo valley, Union county, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the millwright's trade. He built mills in several different counties in the State, the last in 1848 for his son John, on Larry's creek. In 1823 he settled in Lycoming township (now Anthony), Lycoming county, and purchased a tract of 200 acres of land which was covered by a heavy forest of timber. This farm he cleared and improved, and it is now the home of his son William. In 1837, in partnership with his three sons, William, John, and Abraham, he purchased 150 acres of timber land and erected a . saw mill on it and engaged in the lumber business. He was married in May, 1811, to Lydia, daughter of Conrad Kress, of Union county, who became the mother of thirteen children: Mary, deceased wife of James Cohick; Ann, deceased wife of Benjamin Artley; Eliza, deceased wife of Daniel Cohick; William, of Anthony town-

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ship; John, deceased; Abraham, of Wisconsin; Hannah, deceased wife of John Sweeley; Catharine, deceased wife of Thomas Welsh; Matilda, wife of John Welsh; Lydia, wife of T. J. Watts; Fanny, wife of William Carpenter; Aaron C., of Mifflin township, and Absalom, who died in infancy. Mr. Williamson was first a Whig, aud afterwards a Republican. In early life he was a Lutheran, but subsequently joined the Christian church and took an active interest in that denomination. He died February 2, 1859; his wife survived him until June, 1877.

GIDEON WILLIAMSON was born at Hamburg, Berks county, Pennsylvania, and was a son of William Williamson, whose father was a native of Wales, who settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania, prior to the Revolution. Early in the present cent- ury, Gideon removed to Aspertown, Pennsylvania, and in 1824 he came to Lycoming county, and settled in Lycoming township (now Anthony), where Jackson King now lives. He purchased fifty acres of land from his brother John, who came to the township the year previous, and he resided there until his death. He and brother had lived in Buffalo valley, Union county, for several years before their settlement in Lycoming county. Gideon served in the war of 1812. He married Lydia Shoemaker, and their children were as follows: James, deceased; Mary, deceased wife of Will- iam Smith; Sarah, widow of David Kulp; Lydia, wife of George Kinney; George, deceased; John, of Williamsport; Gideon, of Iowa; Elizabeth, wife of A. Venanda; Henry S., and Alexander, deceased. Politically he was a Democrat, and a Lutheran in religion.

CHARLES WESLEY WILLIAMSON was born in Anthony township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, October 12, 1843, and is the third son of James and Margaret (Rob- inson) Williamson, and grandson of Gideon Williamson. He received a meager education in the district school of his neighborhood, and at an early age commenced to drive a supply wagon for his father. He filled various positions under the latter until 1866, when he purchased his present homestead of 250 acres and engaged in farming. He also operated a saw mill and manufactured lumber, which business he has since continued. Mr. Williamson was married in 1866 to Margaret H., daughter of John Cline of Salladasburg, and has a family of ten children, as follows: Lula; Charles C .; Florence M .; Edward J .; Mary O .; Ruby J .; Francis P. ; Maude H .; Clif- ford, and Clayton W. He is a Democrat, and was elected to the legislature in 1887, and served in the sessions of 1887-88. He has also filled several minor offices in his township, and is one of the prominent citizens of that vicinity. He is a mem- ber of Anthony Alliance, No. 122, is vice-president of that alliance, and is county and township lecturer. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

GEORGE HORN, a native of Delaware, settled upon the land where his son John now lives at an early date. He purchased 105 acres, which he cleared and improved. He married Betsey Smith, who bore him seven children: Joseph, deceased; Nancy, deceased wife of Enoch Paulhemus; Rachel, wife of Andy Grove; George; William; John, and Elizabeth, wife of John Bower. Mr. Horn and wife died in this county. . They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years, and in poli- tics he was a Democrat.

JOHN HORN, fourth son of George Horn, was born in 1825, and reared upon the homestead farm, where he now resides. He married Christiana, daughter of Matthew Bower, who is the mother of ten children: Ambrose; George; Edward;

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Jennie; Elizabeth, wife of David Myers; Henry; Lorenzo; Ella, wife of Howard Crossman; Alice, and Annie, wife of Charles Crawford. Mr. Horn has been a life- long Democrat, and is regarded as one of the leading farmers of his township.

BENJAMIN ARTLEY was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, and was a black- smith by trade, which occupation he followed for several years in Newberry, and afterward removed to Anthony township, where he lived until his death. He mar- ried Annie Williamson, also a native of Lycoming county, who died in 1858. To this union were born eight children: John; James; Sylvester; A. Anson; Catherine, who married Charles Jones; Lydia, deceased; Amanda, deceased, and Matilda, who is the widow of Augustus A. Brown. Mr. Artley was again married, to Catherine Hughes, and to this union were born three children: Orlando; Frederick, and Mary. He was a Democrat in politics, filled various township offices, and was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

THOMAS HARRIS was a native of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and settled in Susquehanna township, Lycoming county, about 1848. He was a blacksmith, and carried on that business in Susquehanna township for several years. He then moved to Bastress township, where he was engaged in business up to his death in 1870. He married Betsey Selcell of Cumberland county, of which union nine children survive, as follows: Thomas; Samuel; Porter; Edgar; Solomon; William; Eliza, wife of Jacob Zuber; Mary, and Rebecca, wife of Philip Zuber.

THOMAS HARRIS, eldest son of Thomas and Betsey Harris, was born in Cumber- land county, July 7, 1834. He was fourteen years old when his parents came to Lycoming county, and he soon afterward commenced working in the woods at lum- bering. He followed this business until 1858, and then settled in Anthony town- ship and worked as a jobber until 1861. In that year he formed a partnership with Joshua Minsker, and embarked in the saw mill and lumber business. They pur- chased a tract of 500 acres of timber land, which they converted into lumber. Mr. Harris is still engaged in the lumber business, and also operates a farm of 300 acres. He married Helen, daughter of Joshua Minsker, to which union five chil- dren have been born: Foster; Ada, wife of Thomas Kennedy; Carrie; George, and Charles. Politically Mr. Harris is a Democrat, and has filled the positions of jury commissioner, school director, and other minor offices.

JOHN HUGHES was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and immigrated to Penn- sylvania prior to the Revolutionary war. He took out a patent on 500 acres of land in what is now Woodward township, Lycoming county. He settled where John Smith now lives, but his land included the farms of William Updegraff and his grandson, Thomas Hughes. After he made his settlement he was driven away by the Indians, but subsequently returned and cleared the farm upon which John Smith resides. Here he spent the balance of his life. He was also engaged in the lumber business, and erected several mills. He had a saw mill, grist mill, and carding mill on Pine run, where William Culver lives, and besides his original tract he owned at one time over 1,000 acres in what are now Anthony, Cogan House, and Mifflin town- ships. He married Mary, a daughter of John Eason, of White Deer valley, and though the father of several children only two grew to maturity: James, and Nancy, who married Abraham Smith. His wife died in 1820, and he survived her until 1827. They were members of Old Lycoming Presbyterian church at Newberry.

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JAMES HUGHES was born on the homestead in Woodward township in 1796, and was the only surviving son of John and Mary Hughes. He received a meager educa- tion in the subscription schools of that period, and was reared a farmer. He engaged in farming and lumbering with his father, and became one of the leading saw mill men of his time. He was an active and influential Democrat, and served as county coroner at one time. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Bennett, and became the father of five children: Margaret, deceased wife of John McLaugh- lin; Mary, widow of John Creighton; Nancy, deceased wife of Samuel Junod; Thomas, and James. Mr. Hughes was a member of Lycoming Presbyterian church at Newberry, and died in 1828. His wife survived him and married John Hughes. She died in 1875. He took quite an interest in the State militia and held the ranks of lieutenant and captain.

THOMAS HUGHES is the eldest son of James and Elizabeth Hughes, and was born, August 7, 1826, on the homestead in Woodward township. At the age of eighteen he engaged in the lumber business, and erected a saw mill on the site of one of his grandfather's mills on Pine run, which he operated for ten years. He then bought seventy-five acres of the original tract of 500 acres entered by his grandfather. He has added to his original purchase until he is now the owner of 160 acres of well improved land. He married Lucinda, daughter of Edward H. Russell of Piatt township, who has borne him five children: Cordelia E., wife of James Lynch; Edward J., who married Geneva E. Robinson; John R., who married Mary E. Pitcoe; William, who married Martha E. Mason, and Harry H. Mr. Hughes was originally a Republican, but for some years he has supported the Prohibition party. He has filled the office of school director for several years, also other township offices. He has been a steward of the Methodist Episcopal church of Linden for many years, and has always taken a deep interest in the growth and progress of the social and material affairs of his township.

GEORGE KEISS was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and immigrated at an early date to Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He purchased a farm near the site .of Warrensville, where he spent the remaining years of his life. His children were as follows: William; Leonard; John; George, who resides at Warrensville; Dolly, deceased wife of Joseph Emmons; Christina, who married Jacob Kehrer; Rachel, deceased wife of Stephen Marquardt; Kate, who first married a Mr. Entz, and subsequently Christian Hower; Rosanna, who married Fred Marquardt, and Sophia, deceased, who became the wife of Adam Finkbinder. In partnership with his brother Christopher, and a man named Waltz, he purchased a tract of 900 acres of land in Anthony township, and divided it into three equal parts. Mr. Keiss gave his 300 acres to his sons John, Leonard, and William, all of whom are dead.

JOHN KEISS, was born in 1814, near Warrensville, Lycoming county. He was the third son of George Keiss, and remained on the homestead farm until reaching his majority. He afterward located on the farm in Anthony township purchased by his father, where he resided up to his death, in 1875. Mr. Keiss married Mary, daughter of Stephen Marquardt, and of this union eight children grew to maturity: Joseph; Solomon; Andrew; Simon; Catharine, wife of Daniel Ulmer; Sarah; Susan, wife of William Willets, and Rebecca, deceased wife of William J. Entz. Mrs. Keiss survives and resides upon the homestead in Anthony township. Polit-

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ically Mr. Keiss was a Democrat. He was one of the original members of St. John's Evangelical church of Anthony township, and gave liberally of his means towards the erection of the church building. He was a class-leader in that society for many years.

JOSEPH KEISS, eldest son of John and Mary Keiss, was born upon the home- stead in Anthony township, Lycoming couuty, February 11, 1843. He lived at home until 1869, and then purchased a farm in Watson township, where he spent two years. At the end of that period he purchased his present home of 106 acres, situated in Woodward township, upon which he has since resided. He was mar- ried in 1868 to Mary, daughter of Christian Wurster, and is the father of three chil- dren: David; Reuben, and Watson. Mr. Keiss is a Democrat. His wife is a mem- ber of St. John's Evangelical church.

ROBERT KING was a native of Ireland, and one of five brothers who immigrated to the United States. Two settled in Virginia, and three in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. Each of the latter took up 200 acres of land in what is now Piatt township, upon which they located prior to the Revolutionary war. Robert was a soldier in the Revolution, and was driven away from Lycoming county by hostile Indians. He subsequently returned to his farm, where he died at the advanced age of ninety years. He married Susanna Pierson, and their children were as follows: Adam; Thomas; Benjamin; John; Robert; William; Margaret, who mar- ried Joseph Marshall, and Mary, who became the wife of John Yauger. All of the foregoing are dead except William, who resides with his son-in-law, John F. Meginness, of Williamsport.

JOHN KING, fourth son of Robert King, was born in Piatt township in 1794, and resided upon the homestead until his marriage. He then located upon a farm belonging to his cousin, Adam King, which he afterwards purchased, and where he spent the remaining years of his life. He married Martha, daughter of Matthew Marshall, who bore him eight children: Robert, of Piatt township; Susan, widow of George Gilbert; Phoebe, wife of James R. Hughes; Marshall M .; Catharine J., deceased wife of Daniel Artman; Mary, wife of J. M. Blackwell; William, and Martha, deceased wife of Samuel U. Carothers. Mr. King was drafted in the war of 1812 and served for a short period. He was originally a member of the Whig party, and afterwards a Republican, and filled nearly all of the offices in his township. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a trustee of his society for many years. His wife died in 1865; he survived her until 1887, having reached the ripe old age of ninety-three years.

MARSHALL M. KING, second son of John King, was born, June 2, 1828, on the homestead farm in Piatt township. He received a common school education, and followed the usual routine of farm life throughout his boyhood days. In 1863 he settled upon his present homestead. He married in 1863, Phoebe, daughter of Alexander Carothers, and has two children: Kittie L., and A. Carothers. He is a supporter of the Republican party, and both he and wife are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal church.

WILLIAM WILSON ANTES was born in Nippenose valley, Lycoming county, Peun- sylvania, in 1810. He was a son of William Antes, and grandson of Col. John Henry Antes, who erected Antes Fort at the mouth of Nippenose creek during the

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Revolutionary war. Colonel Antes was one of the first settlers of Lycoming county, and a full sketch of him and his family will be found in the general history of the county. William Antes, father of our subject, was the eighth son of Colonel Antes, and resided in Nippenose township until his death in 1850. He was a blacksmith by trade, and followed that business in connection with farming. William Wilson Antes was a millwright, which business he pursued for a number of years. He then returned to the homestead and continued to cultivate it until 1860, when he was elected county commissioner. On the expiration of his official term he removed to. Union county, and was appointed toll keeper on the bridge spanning the river between Uniontown (now Allenwood) and Dewart, which position he filled up to his death in 1879. His body was brought back to Lycoming county and interred in Wood- ward township cemetery. Mr. Antes married Margaret McCloe, of this county. Their children were as follows: Sarah A., wife of Charles Shook, of Woodward town- ship; Elizabeth, wife of John Gross, of Piatt township; Margaret, wife of John Welsh, of Woodward township, and William H. H., of the same township. Mr. Antes was an old-line Whig during the existence of that party, and afterwards cast his fortunes with the Republicans. He was quite prominent in the local councils of his party, and active in the public affairs of his locality.

WILLIAM H. H. ANTES, only son of William Wilson Antes, and great-grandson of Colonel Antes, was born in Nippenose township, Lycoming county, April 29, 1844. He grew to manhood in his native township, and received a common school educa- tion. He purchased his present homestead from his father, and has devoted his. attention to agricultural pursuits. In 1864 he enlisted in Company B, Two Hun- dred and Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. Mr. Antes married in 1874 Rebecca, daughter of Abraham Stout, of Piatt towuship, and is the father of one daughter, Blanche. He is a supporter of the Republican party, has served as township auditor, and is recognized as a worthy descendant of his celebrated ancestor.

JAMES GRIER was a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and a descendant of the Griers who immigrated from County Tyrone, Ireland, during colonial days. He. served in the war of the Revolution, was taken prisoner, and confined in the old Dutch church in New York City until exchanged. He was a weaver by trade, and operated a woolen mill in Chester county before removing to the Susquehanna val- ley. About 1780 he took out a patent for 500 acres of land in what is now Woodward township, Lycoming county. It is now the property of his grandson, Samuel H. Grier, and D. R. Mahaffey. In 1823 he located upon his land, where he died nine- months afterward. He was twice married. By his first wife he had one daughter, Jane, who married Samuel E. Grier, one of the pioneer postmasters of Williamsport .. His second wife was Elizabeth Little, of Chester county. She bore him the follow- ing children: James; Elizabeth, who married Jacob Thompson; Margaret, who. married A. Cooper; Nancy; Rachael, who became the wife of John Reed, and Mary, who married Samuel Hood. All of the foregoing children are dead. Mr. Grier was an old-line Whig, and for many years he was an elder in the Presbyterian. church.

JAMES GRIER, eldest son of James and Elizabeth Grier, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and came to Lycoming county with his parents in 1823. He-

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settled upon a part of his father's land, and engaged in farming. He married Sarah Patton, of New Holland, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. She died in 1849, leav- ing five children: James; Maria J .; William; Samuel H., and Rachel, who mar- ried Alfred Hayes. His second wife was Sarah Davis, who died in 1873. Mr. Grier served in the war of 1812, entering the service at the age of fifteen. He sub- sequently held the ranks of lieutenant and captain in the State militia. He was an elder in Old Lycoming Presbyterian church for many years, and died in 1873.

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History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Part 139

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