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F. E. Rose was but a little child when his father died. His education was ac- quired in the country schools, and at the age of seventeen he went to Luzerne coun- ty, where he secured employment and re- mained three years. He then located in Wyoming county and worked as a lumber- man. Shortly after this, he purchased a portable sawmill, which he moved from place to place doing contracting and custom work. He continued this industry until the spring of 1898, when he disposed of the business and rented the Jackson property, where he is conducting the hotel business with flattering success. He has accommo- dations for about ninety guests, and has spared neither trouble nor expense to bring the cuisine up to its present excellent basis.
Mr. Rose is a Republican, but in local elections believes the best plan is to support the best man, regardless of party. He was made an Odd Fellow in Wyoming Lodge, No. 767, in the year 1891, and in 1898 be- came a member of the Red Men at Bernice. He was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Huffman, at Philipsburg, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. She died, leaving three chil- dren: Edna, who makes her home with her grandparents in Wyoming county; Fannie and Hattie, who are with their father. Mr. Rose then led to the altar Miss Lulu Duke,
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of Nanticoke, the wedding being solemnized in Wilkesbarre. She is the daughter of Reuben and Rhoda (Slyker) Duke.
D W. PEALER, one of the leading and substantial business men of Lopez, this connty, is a native of Fishing Creck township, Columbia county, this state. He was born February 21, 1851, and is a son of Elias and Susanna ( Weimer) Pealer, and a grandson of Jacob Pealer, of Reading. When a young man Jacob Pealer came to Fishing Creek township, Columbia county, where he purchased property and engaged in husbandry until his death, which oc- curred in his eighty-ninth year. He ınar- ried a Miss Yapil in Columbia county, and to them were born the following children: John, a farmer of Fishing Creek township, now deceased; Thomas, who died at In- shore, this county, October 1, 1898; Elias, the father, who died in 1863; Samuel, a liquor dealer of Joplin, Missouri, where he died in 1893; Susan; and Mahala, deceased, wife of Benjamin Hess.
Elias Pealer also was born in Fishing Creek township, having been ushered into existence in 1819. He grew to manhood in his childhood honte, and received an ed- ucation in the common schools, similar to that of other boys of his time. He was joined in marriage to Miss Susanna Wei- iner, daughter of Jacob Weimer, for many years a resident of Columbia county, where she was born in 1821. Soon after marriage Elias Pealer purchased an improved farm of ninety-nine acres in his home township. where he lived until his death, on Septem- ber 12, 1863. His wife died May 15. 1875. They are sleeping in the St. James Church cemetery in their native township. They were earnest workers in the German Re-
formed church, of which they were mem- bers. He was a strong Democrat. Their children were Sarah, residing near Hunting- ton Mills, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania; Jacob, who died at Dushore, in 1877; Me- linda, deceased wife of John Menick, of Shock, this state; Frank, living on the old homestead; Elizabeth, wife of Frank Prant, of Williamsport. Pennsylvania; Rachel, de- ceased wife of William Wolfe, also of Williamsport; D. W., subject of this sketch; Susanna, who died at the age of twenty- one; W. . G., a huckster and drover of Wilkesbarre; W. W., a blacksmith of Em- porium, Pennsylvania; and E. O., a fish- hook manufacturer of Sayre, this state.
D. W. Pealer attended the common schools in his younger days, and at the age of sixteen went to Williamsport, where he learned the trade of painter, at which he worked until 1871. He then went to Du- shore and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes, remaining there until 1883, when he opened a shoe shop in Laporte, which he conducted until 1889, when he opened his present manufacturing business in Lopez. He makes boots and shoes and also makes harness, doing an extensive business and supplying a ready market. The lady whom he chose as his life com- panion was Miss Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of John T. and Anna (Dieffenbach) Lawrence, to whom he was umted by the Rev. 1 .. Gates, on February 16, 1875. Mrs. Pealer was born in Cherry township. August 21, 1854, and is the mother of five children, vix .: Anna, born February 16, 18;6; M L., born January 19, 1877; N. W., born February 20, 1879; Cora E., born May 15, 1881; and T. J. I., born August 1, 1883. The family are regular attendants at church, and are liberal contributors to- ward any scheme that promotes the public
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welfare. Mr. Pealer is a Democrat in his political views. For six years he was a member of the Dushore school board. He has been an active member of the Dushore lodge of Masons for over twenty years.
PORT W. HUNSINGER .- This well known farmer and merchant of Cherry township is also the proprietor of the large sawmill located at what is known as Hunsinger Corners. He was born on the same farm which he now owns July 1, 1854, and is the son of Levy B. and Esther (Frue) Hunsinger, natives of Black Creek, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where they were married.
Levy B. Hunsinger came to Sullivan county in 1836, and for about ten years was engaged in the carpentering business with his brother-in-law, Benjamin Thrasher. At the end of this time he returned to his old home in Luzerne county, and married soon after, bringing his wife to Sullivan county, where he spent the remainder of his life. In 1850, in conjunction with his brother-in-law, he built the mill which is now owned and operated by our subject. Two years later he purchased the interest of his partner and carried on the business himself until death, May 6, 1888, at the age of seventy-two years. He was also for a time a partner with Gottlieb Bartch in operating a steam sawmill on the old Bartch farın in Cherry township. He also built the Lutheran church in this township, which is known as Thrasher's Corners, in 1854. Mr. Hunsinger was a prominent man in his locality and held the offices of justice of the peace and school director for many years. He was a member of the Lutheran church and in political belief a Democrat. His wife died July 30, 1876, aged fifty-three
years. They are both interred in Thrasher's cemetery. The children born of this union were: Fianna, who married W. M. Shaffer, a farmer in Bradford county; G. Washing- ton, who married Miss Noma Miller, and their residence is unknown; Port W., our subject: Esther A., who married Victor Artlip, a farmer of Bradford county.
The paternal grandparents were Bern- hart and Barbara (Feller) Hunsinger. The maternal grandparents were George Frey and Mary (Wellman) Frey.
Port W. Hunsinger attended the district schools of his native place until the age of . fifteen, and then worked in the sawmills un- der his father until a few years before the latter's death, when he purchased the prop- erty and has since continued to carry on the business. His mill is run by water power and is well equipped for turning out first- class work. In 1890, Mr. Hunsinger, in . conjunction with his other business, en- gaged in merchandising at Hunsinger Cor- ners. He has been successful in his various enterprises and is one of the well-to-do and progressive men of his township. He filled the office of school director for three years and takes an active interest in the cause of education. He is a loyal Democrat, an in- fluential member of the Lutheran church and also of the I. O. O. F., of Dushore. Mr. and Mrs. Hunsinger have four children: Merton, who resides at Waverly, Pennsyl- vania; Walter, Charles and Blanch, who are at home.
Our subject was married April 9, 1876, in Cherry township, to Miss Irene Maynard. Mrs. Hunsinger was born in Cherry town- ship November 6, 1855, and is a daughter of David and Eva (Graff) Maynard, natives respectively of Susquehanna county, Penn- sylvania, and Germany. Her mother came to America when but one year old with her
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parents, who settled in Cherry township, where her father was a farmer and dairy- man. Mr. Maynard died at Towanda, Penn- sylvania, in January, 1894, aged sixty-three years, and his wife at the same place in 1869, aged thirty-nine years. They are buried in Coles cemetery, Bradford county. Both were worthy members of the Christian church. Their children were Irene, wife of our subject, and Elizabeth, who married Reuben Dieffenbach, a farmer and wheel- wright in Bradford county.
The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Hun- singer were Francis and Elizabeth Graff, who were farmers in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania.
W ARREN M. PARRISH, auditor of Colley township and the well-known salesman of Jennings Brothers, of Lopez, is a son of John F. and E. A. (Frear) Par- rish, and was born in his father's native county, Wyoming, in Monroe township, on the eighteenth of October, 1860. He was the second child in a family of four, name- ly: Elizabeth, deceased; W. M., our sub- ject; A. L., assistant superintendent of Pleasant Hill Coal Company, of Minerville, in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania; and Nelson E., a carpenter.
Mr. Parrish took a three-years course in civil engineering. For four years he trav- eled extensively as assistant on a civil-en- gineer corps, and two years was steward, buying all the supplies for the corps and operating in Tennessee, Kentucky and Vir- ginia. He then returned to Lopez and ac- cepted his present position with Jennings Brothers.
He came to Sullivan county in 1880 to reside, and in 1894 was united in the bonds of Hymen to Miss Colla Frear, a native of
Wyoming county and a daughter of Rufus and Eliza (Jackson) Frear.
In politics Mr. Parrish is a Republican and was secretary at the late county convention. He gives valuable aid to the party and was elected to the office of township auditor, serving with entire satisfaction to his con- stituents. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees.
G EORGE WASHINGTON HAYMAN, one of the most enterprising and suc- cessful business men of Dushore, has by his ability and business tact built up a harness business that is a credit to the town, as he carries a larger assortment and stock than all of the shops in the neighboring villages combined. He is a thorough mechanic of the old school, having learned his trade when collars, saddles, trunks, bags, etc., were nearly all made in connection with harness-making, and he understands every detail of his business. For over a quarter of a century he has carried on business at Dushore, and consequently his work is well known throughout Sullivan and adjoining counties.
Mr. Hayman was born in Orangeville, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1846. Ilis father, Peter Hayman, a tailor by trade, was born at Allentown, Pennsyl- vania, about 1803, and learned his trade at that place, where he worked for a time. In 1833 he removed to Orangeville, where he continued to follow his trade until his death in 1852. He married Miss Mary M. Sterner. also of Allentown, and to them were born ten children, six of whom reached maturity, namely: Randolph, an undertaker and furni- ture dealer at Turbottsville, Pennsylvania; Joseph, who died of yellow fever in North Carolina, while a soldier in the Civil war;
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Mary, deceased wife of Charles Fisher, of Kentucky; George W., our subject; Susan, who died at the age of thirty-five years; and John W., a car-inspector for the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Three members of the family served in the Civil war. Randolph and Joseph en- listed in 1861, in Company A, Sixth Pennsylvania Reserves. Randolph re-en- listed and served to the end of the war. Joseph died of yellow fever while in the service, at Newbern, North Carolina. George W., our subject, enlisted in 1863, at the age of seventeen, in Company H. Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Emergency Volunteers, and was honorably discharged with his regiment, at Harrisburg, the same year. The parents were both devout mem- bers of the Methodist church.
During his boyhood and youth George W. Hayman attended the public schools and also an academy at Orangeville, Pennsyl- vania. When eight years old he went to live with an uncle, and worked on his farm for four years, after which he attended school for the same length of time. At the age of sixteen he began learning the harness- maker's trade, in Wilkesbarre, Pennsyl- vania. He completed his apprenticeship and worked as a journeyman one winter; from there he went to Danville, Pennsyl- vania, later to Reading, and finally to Tennessee, where he spent one year. On his return to this state he worked at his trade in Harrisburg until the fall of 1868, when he came to Dushore and entered the shop of Christian Hoffman, remaining with him four years. On the expiration of that time he embarked in business on his own account, and has since continued operations in Dushore, with the exception of seven years, a part of which time he passed in the .
states of Connecticut and Kansas. Re- turning to Pennsylvania, he worked for two years at car-trimming for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, after which he returned to Dushore and resumed the harness busi- ness, carrying the largest and most com- plete stock of the kind in Sullivan county and enjoying excellent patronage. Fra- ternally he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and politically is identified with the Democratic party.
In November, 1872, occurred the mar- riage of Mr. Hayman and and Miss Cathe- rine E. Hoffman, a daughter of Christian and Caroline Hoffman, and to them have been born seven children, as follows: Maud M .; Charles F .; Grace A .; Mabel; George S., who died in infancy; Mildred; and Marjorie. The family attend the German Reformed church and are quite prominent socially. Mr. Hayman has a fine home on Turnpike street, in Dushore borough.
H' ENRY J. CASTLE, of Lopez, Sullivan county, Pennsylvania, was born in . Chautauqua county, New York, April 3, 1859, came to this county in 1880, and has become closely identified with the business interests of this community. His parents were John and Mary (Gordan) Castle, both natives of Ireland, where they were reared and married. They emigrated to America in 1852, and came to Chautauqua county, where they now make their home. Their children were: Alexander J., Henry J., Robert W., and Ella C., all natives of Chautauqua county, New York.
Henry Castle attended the common schools, receiving a good education. He then entered upon his career of wage-earn- ing, first as a clerk for different employers
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in his native county. In 1878 he came to Lopez and accepted the position he now holds with Jennings Brothers, lumbermen and general merchants. He is also assist- ant postinaster, and is accounted the friend of all who know him. In 1894 he was joined in marriage to Miss Alice Deegan, a daughter of Jeremiah Deegan. They are the parents of two children, Leo and George H. Mr. and Mrs. Castle are devoted inem- bers of the Catholic church, and he is an active worker in the ranks of the Repub- lican party. In 1894 he became a member of the K. of M., of Dushore, Pennsylvania, and is at the present time a member of the same.
W TILLIAM D. BAHR, one of the well- known and progressive farmers of Sullivan county, where he has lived dur- ing his entire life as one of its most respected citizens, was born May 13, 1849, a son of Daniel and Mary (Graifly) Bahr, of Berks county, Pennsylvania. His education was obtained in the common schools of Cherry township, after which he made his home with his parents until twenty-five years of age, when he was married and took up his residence on the place where he now lives. This property he purchased from his father and at that time it was but partially cleared. He at once began making improvements and in the course of a few years had the property under excellent cultivation, had built himself a comfortable home and to-day is classed among the well-to-do and up-to- date farmers of his locality. He held the office of school director for six years, and has always taken a great interest in the cause of education as well as other ques- tions of the day affecting the growth and welfare of the community. He is a mem-
ber of Dushore Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Du- shore; belongs to the Evangelical church, and in political belief is a Republican.
Mr. Bahr was united in marriage Feb- ruary 6, 1873, to Miss Mary A. Zaner, who was born in Cherry township, November 9, 1853, a daughter of A. H. Zaner, of Du- shore, whose sketch will be found on an- other page. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bahr: Clayton A., who married Miss Carrie Bradley and is farming in Cherry township; Warden and Sherman Z., who are at their parental. home.
Daniel Bahr, the father of our subject, came to Sullivan county with his parents when eight years of age. They settled in Cherry township, where his mother died in 1863, aged thirty-two years. His father remained in Cherry township until 1892, when he went to Bradford county, to reside with his son Lewis. He was a well-known citizen of this county and was school direct- or for two terms. He was twice married, and by his first wife had seven children, as follows: William D., subject of this sketch; Wesley, deceased; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Henry Converse, and living in Great Bend, Kansas; Ada, who married George Dieffen- bach, and is deceased; Celestia, deceased; Lewis; and Daniel, who resides in Sylvania. His second wife was Miss Margaret Zaner, who died in 1885, aged thirty-six years, leaving one child, George I.
The paternal grandparents of our sub- ject were Jolin and Mary A. (Reeser) Bahr, of Berks county, Pennsylvania, where they lived until 1834, when they came to Sulli- van county, locating in Cherry township. Mr. Bahr accumulated a large property and was an influential man. He died October 27, 1855, at the age of seventy-two years, four months and twenty-four days, his wife surviving him for thirteen years, dying June
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3, 1868, and reaching the good old age of eighty-one years, five months and eighteen days. They were members of the Evangel- ical church.
AMUEL COLE, the eldest of the S children of Alfred and Hettie (Snyder) Cole, was born February 25, 1856, in Cherry Mills, Sullivan county, and attended the public schools until fourteen years of age, at which time he secured a position as clerk in the general store of Dr. J. M. Heacock, with whom he remained six years. He then entered the general store of Wells & Ackley and was with them for nine years. In February, 1886, he purchased a half in- terest in the hardware store of James Cun- ningham, and with him conducted the busi- ness for five years, when he bought out his partner's interest and became sole owner of the establishment, which he has successfully carried on ever since.
Mr. Cole was married January 15, 1885, to Miss Kate R. Wagner, daughter of Rev. R. S. and Lydia Wagner, of Philadelphia, and they have three children, Emma K., Samuel H. and Alfred A. Mrs. Cole is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and a most estimable woman. Mr. Cole has always held a prominent place in his community, has been burgess of Dushore borough for three terms, and is a member of the town council. He was appointed re- ceiver of the Dushore Industrial Works in 1888 and assignee for the Bigger, Young & Company foundry and machine shops, a business he settled up and turned over to Bigger Brothers. He has the finest hard- ware store in the county, located at the cor- ner of Water and Turnpike streets, and manufactures tin and copper ware, does plumbing, pipe-fitting, roofing, etc. He 27
owns a half interest in the lot at the corner of Railroad and Water streets, on which are located two stores, a saloon, a meat market, barber shop and the handsome resi- dence of the late Dr. W. W. Waddell. Mr. Cole is a stockholder in the Dushore Bank and has a pleasant residence on Church street. He is a member of Deegan Camp, No. 90, Sons of Veterans, in Athens, Penn- sylvania.
Isaiah Cole, grandfather of our subject, was a son of Ezekiel Cole, and was born in : Columbia county, Pennsylvania. He learned the trade of a miller from his father and fol- lowed that business in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, during his life. His wife was Miss Mary Gibbons and six children were born to them, namely: Alfred, a retired miller, of Dushore; Thomas, deceased; Sydney, a resi- dent of Venango county, Pennsylvania ; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Luther Crouse, of Clearfield county, Pennsylvania; Sarah A., now Mrs. Aaron Williamson, of Tanner, Manistee county, Michigan; and Isaiah, a lumberman and miller in Clearfield county, Pennsylvania.
Alfred Cole was born in Benton township, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1830. He received a good education in the common schools, and, following in the foot- steps of his father and grandfather, became a miller by trade, remaining at home until March, 1853, when he came to Sullivan county and took charge of the gristmill at Cherry Mills. In December, 1863, he went into the army and was assigned to Company I, Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, stationed at Goldsboro, North Carolina. He was in the eight-days fight at Raleigh, after which he was taken ill and spent some time in the hospital, from which he was discharged July 3, 1865. He re- turned to Cherry Mills and again took charge
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of the gristmill, it having been operated by his father during his absence. In the spring of 1866 Mr. Cole moved to Dushore and operated the Dushore mill up to 1895, when, owing to failing health, he retired froin active life. He has always been highly respected and has taken a deep interest in the welfare of the community. He is a member of Sullivan Post, No. 388, G. A. R.
Alfred Cole was married November 25. 1854, to Miss Hettie Snyder, daughter of Isaac and Margaret (née Kittle) Snyder, of Cherry Mills, and five children were born to them: Samuel, our subject; Annie and Oliver, deceased; Frank, who is railroading in Mercer county, Pennsylvania; and Zach- ariah, a well driller and farmer in Dushore.
E MANUEL G. HIEBER, a pioneer farmer of Cherry township, who has witnessed much of the development of Sul- livan county and has borne an active part in converting the virgin soil into productive farms, has inherited from his sturdy German ancestors their habits of thrift and industry, which go so far in making a man successful in any calling in life. John and Margaret (Steiner) Hieber were natives of Wurtem- berg, Germany, who came to America at an early day and were married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1828. They made that city their home until 1832, when they removed to Sullivan county, settling in Cherry township, which was then almost a wilderness. They cleared up their land, bringing it under a good state of cultiva- tion, subsequently selling their first property and purchasing another piece of wild land, which they improved and on which they made their home the remainder of their lives. For some ten years they lived in log cabins, the last of which was afterward re-
placed by a comfortable and commodious house. Mr. Hieber was a man of consider- able prominence, serving three terms as supervisor and the same length of time as school director. He was a member of the Lutheran church and a Democrat in his political belief. His death took place in October, 1863, at the age of fifty-eight years, his wife surviving him until August 27, 1878, when she died at the good old age of eighty-four years. Their remains are in- terred in Thrasher's cemetery, Cherry town- ship. The following children were born to this worthy couple: Emanuel G .; John, who died in infancy; John (second), who mar- ried Mary Rettberg and lives in Cherry township; Lena, who married Henry Ring and lives in Bradford county, Pennsylvania; H. Esther, who became the wife of D. Goodwin Persun, a blacksmith at Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania; Benjamin (deceased), who was struck by lightning June 13, 1895: he liad married Rachel Thrasher, of Cherry township.
The paternal grandparents of our subject were John and Mary (Magdalena) Hieber, of Wurtemberg. Germany, who had five children-John, Daniel, Christian and two daughters. The maternal grandparents were Jolin and Margaret (Stoltz) Steiner, natives of Germany and Switzerland re- spectively, who came to America during the war of Napoleon, and first settled in Car- bon county, Pennsylvania. In 1837 they removed to Sullivan county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Their children were as follows: Emma, who died in Germany; John, who married Miss Stew- art; Catherine, who became the wife of Baldwin Millheim; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Von Buchwalts; Mollie, who became the wife of Philip Klunt; Margaret, who married John Hieber; Susanna, who married Mr. Chiller;
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