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LOPEZ.
The Bowman's Creek branch of the Le- high Valley railroad was completed from Bernice to Lopez in 1887, and extended to Wilkes Barre in July, 1893. C. H. Jen- nings and B. W. Jennings, doing business in the firm name of Jennings Brothers, who had been engaged in lumbering near Thorn- dale, anticipating the completing of the railroad to Lopez, secured a choice location on the Loyalsock at that place, purchased a large quantity of timber land, and erected a large steam sawmill. In this mill they conibined all the appliances which their own experience suggested and modern in- vention provided, for the rapid and eco- nomical manufacture of lumber. In this immense establishment and in the timber woods they employed from three to four hundred men.
Trexler & Turrell also erected a large
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sawmill near by and employed a great num- ber of men. A kindling-wood manufactury and other manufacturing establishments quickly followed, and the town of Lopez, with hotels, stores and churches, sprang up in the wilderness like magic and continues to flourish.
TANNERIES.
The large tanneries which have done so much to increase the business and popu- lation of Sullivan county, deserve mention. The first important tannery in Sullivan county was established at Laporte, by Mich- ael Meylert, in 1856. After two years it was sold to Clarkson, Nichols & Company, who continued the business for two years. In 1866 the plant was leased to A. Lathrop & Company, who continued the business for one year. The property, with a large body of timber land, was then sold to Thorne, McFarlane & Company, and by them largely improved and successfully conducted until it was purchased by the Union Tanning Com- pany, about 1894. While Thorne, McFar- lane & Company were conducting the La- porte tannery, they also rented a large tan- nery at Thornedale, and built quite a village there, but it did not continue to be profita- ble and was abandoned. The busy village disappeared about 1894 or 1895.
In the year 1867, L. R. Bump & Com- pany purchased land from Robert Taylor, and erected the Muncy Valley tannery, and conducted the business for several years. The property then passed into the hands of D. T. Stevens & Son, who made many im- . provements. The large business done there has been the means of building up the thriving village of Muncy Valley. The Stevens interest has recently been sold to the Union Tanning Company.
Thetannery at Hillsgrove was establihsed by Andrew Hawver sometime previous to
1874. It was sold January 14, 1874, by John Hall, United States marshal, to B. G. Brandman & Company, who sold it to Thorne, McFarlane & Company, in 1876, who sold it to Hoyt Brothers, in 1878. Hoyt Brothers rebuilt and enlarged the tannery and conducted it successfully until about 1894, when they sold it to the Union Tanning Company. This thriving tannery has been of great advantage to the enter- prising town of Hill-grove.
Thomas E. Proctor purchased from the Fishing Creek Lumber Company the site for a tannery, at Jamison City, in 1890; also purchased a body of timber land in that vicinity. He erected a first-class tannery and did a large business there, greatly aid- ing to build up the picturesque village of Jamison City-which has the honor of being situated in two counties. This tannery, like the others mentioned, is now owned by the Union Tanning Company.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
A list of officers who have been elected and served in Sullivan county since its or- ganization is here annexed:
President Judges-1851, David Wilmot; 1856, Warren J. Woodward; 1862, Williamn Elwell; 1872, William Elwell; 1874, Thomas J. Ingham; 1884, John A. Sittser; 1894, Ed- ward M. Dunham.
Associate Judges -1851, William Colley, John A. Speaker; 1856, William Smith, William A. Mason; 1861, James Deegan, Richard Bedford; 1871, Cornelius Cronin, Joseph Gansel; 1876, M. A. Rogers, F. B. Pomeroy; 1881, Daniel Fairchild, John G. Wright; 1886, Robert Taylor, Jr., E. A. Strong; 1891, John Yonkin, 2d, M. J. Phillips; 1896, John S. Lines, Conrad Kraus.
Congress-1848, William A. Petriken; 1852, James Gamble; 1854, Allison White;
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1856, Allison White; 1858, James T. Hale; 1860, James T. Hale; 1862, Henry W. Tracy; 1864, Ulysses Mercur; 1866, Ulysses Mercur; 1868, Ulysses Mercur; 1870, Ulysses Mercur; 1872, James D. Straw- bridge; 1874, Henry W. Early; 1876, John I. Mitchell; 1878, John I. Mitchell; 1880, Robert J. C. Walker; 1882, William Wal- lace Brown; 1884, William Wallace Brown; 1886, Henry C. McCormick; 1888, J. Boyd Robinson; 1890, S. P. Wolverton; 1892, S. P. Wolverton; 1894, Monroe H. Kulp; 1896, Monroe H. Kulp; 1898, Rufus K. Polk.
Members of the House of Representa- tives-1847, William F. Packer and Timo- thy Ives; 1848, William F. Packer and Jo- seph Smith; 1849, William Brindle and William Dunn; 1851, Isaac Reckhow and Michael Meylert; 1852, Ezra B. Chase and John W. Dennison; 1853, Ezra B. Chase and James Deegan; 1854, William J. Tur- rell and Charles J. Lathrop; 1855, Thomas J. Ingham and John V. Smith; 1856, Sime- on B. Chase and Alfred Hine; 1857, John V. Smith and Peter Ent; 1858, George D. Jackson and Samuel Oaks; 1859, George Jackson and Samuel Oaks; 1860, Hiram R. Kline and Thomas Osterhout; 1861, George S. Sutton and Levi L. Tate; 1862, George D. Jackson and John C. Ellis; 1863, George D. Jackson and John C. Ellis; 1864, Joseph H. Marsh and Lorenzo Grinnell: 1865, Lorenzo Grinnell and G. Wayne Kin- ney; 1866, G. Wayne Kinney and James H. Webb; 1867, James H. Webb and John F. Chamberlain; 1868, James H. Webb and John F. Chamberlain: 1869, James H." Webb and John F. Chamberlain; 1870, James H. Webb and Perley H. Buck; 1871, Samuel Wilson and Amos C. Noyes; 1872, Amos C. Noyes and Henry W. Petrican; 1874, Richard Bedford; 1876, B. Rush Jackson; 1878, E. M. Dunham; 1880, P.
R. Ackley; 1882, Bryan Collins; 1884, Bry- an Collins; 1886, M. A. Rogers; 1888, William Waddell; 1890, Russell Karns; 1892, Marshall J. Lull; 1894, B. W. Jen- nings; 1896, B. W. Jennings; 1898, J. L. Christian.
State Senators - 1849, William F. Packer: 1852, James W. Quiggle; 1855, Andrew Gregg: 1859, George Landon; 1862, William J. Turrill; 1866, George D. Jack- son; 1868, C. R. Buckalew; 1872, Thomas Chalfant; 1875, Robert P. Allen; 1878, George D. Jackson; 1880, Elias McHenry; 1882, William W. Hart; 1886, Verne H. Metzger; 1890, Grant Herring; 1894, J. Henry Cochran; 1898, J. Henry Cochran.
Sheriffs-Elected, 1847, Evan H. Phil- lips; 1850, Lewis Zaner; 1853, Amos C. Wilber; 1856, Samuel Craft; 1859, Joseph Gansel; 1862, John Simmons; 1865, John Lawrence; 1868, John G. Wright; 1871, Jeremiah Mooney; 1874, William H. Yonkin; 1877, John Utz; 1880, James Deegan; 1883, Edward Bergan; 1886, Henry Tripp; 1889, John Utz; 1892, Thomas Mahaffy; 1895, Ellis Swank; 1898, H. W. Osler.
County Commissioners-1847, William Lawrence, Joseph Molyneux, Jacob Hoffa; 1848, Jacob Hoffa; 1849, John Battin; 1850, Griffith Phillips; 1851, William Reeser; 1852, John Mullan; 1853, Richard Taylor; 1854. John Smith; 1855, Samuel K. Mc- Bride; 1856, Robert Taylor; 1857, John Dieffenbach; 1858, William Brown; 1859, John Hiddleson; 1860, John Dieffenbach; 1861, Henry Williams; 1862, Daniel Vaughan; 1863, Joseph Gansell; 1864, Henry Williams; 1865, James McMahon; 1866, Robert Taylor; 1867, Wheeler Green; 1868, James Dunn; 1869, Abraham Morgan; 1870, John Brown; 1871, Christian Mosier; 1872, Thomas L. Magargle; 1873, John Corcoran; 1874, Jasper Clark; 1875, James
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McMahon, Griffith Phillips, J. C. Edgar; 1878, John Yonkin, 2d, Henry C. McBride, Geo. W. Glidewell; 1881, G. L. McHenry, J. C. Robbins, Ezra S. Little; 1884, George Albert, Thomas Streby, John J. Low; 1887, Jacob A. Myers, Charles Hugo, J. N. Camp- bell; 1890, S. K. McBride, D. W. Scanlan, William M. Cheney; 1893, John H. Farrell, Gabriel Litzelman, John J. Webster; 1896, H. G. Huffmaster, S. S. Rogers, Philip Secules.
Prothonotary, Register, Recorder and Clerk of Courts-Elected 1847, Alfred Bennett; 1850, William Mullan; 1853, Thomas J. Ingham; 1856, William Colley; 1859, Charles C. Finch; 1862, Charles C. Finch; 1865, Charles C. Finch; 1868, Charles C. Finch; 1871, Charles C. Finch; 1874, Charles C. Finch; 1877. Henry Van Etten; 1880, Henry T. Downs; 1883, Hen- ry T. Downs; 1886, A. Walsh; 1889, Al- phonso Walsh; 1892, Alphonso Walsh; 1895, W. J. Lawrence; 1898, William J. Lawrence.
County Treasurers-1847, James Tay- lor; 1849, George Edkins; 1857, Aaron J. Dietrick; 1853, Richard Bedford; 1855, John S. Green; 1857, John S. Green; 1859, Robert Kitchen; 1861, Walter Spencer; 1863, Walter Spencer; 1865, John G. Wright; 1867, Walter Spencer; 1869, Wal ter Spencer; 1871, Jolin M. Heacock; 1873, John Sullivan; 1875, Walter Spencer; 1878, Edward Bergan; 1881, William A. Mason; 1884, Robert Stormont; 1887, Jacob Lorah; 1890, Williamn Murry; 1893, A. L. Smith; 1886, Ransom Thrasher.
County Auditors-1847, Richard Tay- lor, J. G. Green, Thomas King; 1848, Thomas King; 1849, Cornelius Cronnin; 1850, George W. Phillips; 1851, James Coning; 1852, Arthur Robinson; 1853, Cornelius Cronin; 1854, George D. Jackson, John
Brown; 1855, George D. Jackson, John F. Hazen; 1856, Samuel B. Birdsall; 1857, Charles C. Finch, John M. Heacock; 1858, Thomas Farrell; 1859, John G. Wright, Samuel McBride; 1860, Nelson W. Ackley; 1861, John W. Martin; 1862, Lyman B. Speaker; 1863, Thomas Messersmith; 1864, Abraham Morgan; 1865, R. D. Lancaster; 1866, Christian Mosier ; 1867, William Smith; 1868, R. D. Lancaster; 1869, G. D. Cline; 1870, George W. Bennett; 1871, Lyman B. Speaker; 1872, Francis Lusch; 1873, T. J. Keeler; 1874, . Benjamin H. Tripp; 1875, George W. Bennett, Adelbert Williams, A. B. Kilmer; 1878, John E. Finnan, Albert Hazen, J. R. Fleming; ISSO, James Miller; 1881, Robert Stormout, R. D. Lancaster, S. F. Colt, Jr .; 1884, Thomas A. Jennings, Christian Caseman, John M. Gautsch; 1887, J. Harry Spencer, Edward Franke, Ulysses Bird; 1890, J. Harry Spencer, George S. Wright, Ulysses Bird; 1893, M. E. Wilcox, Morgan Gavitt, Irvin D. Heverly; 1894, J. B." Magargle; 1896, A. F. Hess, Christian Crossman, Delbert L. Brown.
Jury Commissioners-1867, Jas. Thomp- son, George W. Simmons; 1870, John K. Farrell, Daniel T. Huckell; 1873, Richard Biddle, Thomas Messersmith; 1876, Joseph C. Pennington, Jolin Person; 1879, Levi B. Hunsinger, George C. Bird; 1882, John Mullen, Henry Stahl; 1885, William Ful- mer, Thomas Simmons; 1888, Charles Haas, Thomas Farrell; 1891, Christian Caseman, George W. Simmons; 1894, Zachary T. Kilmer, Henry Swank: 1897, William Bird, William D. Haverly.
District Attorneys --- 1848, A. J. Diet- rick; 1850, Henry Metcalf; 1856, Henry Metcalf; 1861, Thomas J. Ingham; 1864, A. L. Grim; 1867, A. L. Grim; 1870, E. M. Dunham; 1873, Rush J. Thomp-
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son; 1876, Frank F. Drake; 1879, Bryan S. Collins; 1882, John H. Cronnin; 1885, Rush J. Thompson; 1888, Rush J. Thomp- son; 1891, A. L. Grim; 1894, Edward J. Mullen; 1897, A. Jackson Bradley. Coroners-1847, J. D. Wilcox ; 1848, John D. Wilcox; 1849, John Brown; 1852, Cornelius Harrington; 1854, Wm. Brown; 1856, Robert W. Henly; 1859, Lanny D. Porter ; 1866, Frederick Fleshut ; 1868, Samuel Craft; 1869, Frederick Fleshut; 1870, Sanford E. Benjamin; 1873, R. W. Henly; 1875, Robert W. Henly; 1877, W. C. Mason; 1881, Francis Chafee; 1884, William W. Waddell; 1887, W. W. Wad- dell; 1889, W. B. Hill; 1893, W. B. Hill;
1896, Edward Everett; 1898, Charles Wack- enhuth.
County Surveyors-1850, William A. Mason; 1853, William A. Mason; 1856, John Persun; 1857, Benjamin L. Cheney; 1865, Job L. King; 1868, Job L. King; 1875, Job L. King; 1881, Nathan Persun; 1882, Henry Swank.
County Superintendent of Schools- Richard Bedford, from 1854 to 1857; C. J. Richardson, from 1857 to 1860; Hallock Armstrong, from 1860 to 1863; John Mar- tin, from 1863 to 1875; E. A. Strong, from 1875 to 1878; J. P. Little, from 1878 to 1887; M. R. Black, from 1887 to 1893; F. W. Meylert, from 1893 to 1899.
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PART II.
BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIUM
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SULLIVAN COUNTY.
HISTORY OF SULLIVAN COUNTY.
THOMAS J. INGHAM was born No- vember 25, 1828, in the then township of Asylum, county of Bradford, and state of Pennsylvania. He was the son of Thomas Ingham and Eunice Horton Ingham. His first known ancestor was Jonas Ingham, who came from England and settled in Trenton, New Jersey, about A. D. 1700. In direct descent from Jonas, was Jonathan, who resided at Big Springs, Bucks county, Pennsylvania; Jonas, who was a captian in the Revolutionary war, and afterwards a pio- neer on the W'yalusing creek; Joseph, who owned a farm and mills at the month of Sugar Run creek in Bradford county, Penn- sylvania; and Thomas, who succeeded to the farm and mills at Sugar Run, where the subject of this sketch was born. The house in which he was born was near the west bank of the Susquehanna river.
The first known ancestor on his mother's side was Barnabas Horton, who came from England prior to A. D. 1640, and in that year settled in Southhold, Long Island. The father of Eunice Ingham was Major John Horton, of Terrytown, Pennsylvania, who served in the Revolutionary war.
Thomas J. Ingham received his education chiefly in the common schools, but for short terms attended the Harford Academy, and Wyoming Seminary. In early life he worked on the farm, and in the saw mill owned by his father. About the beginning of the year 1851 he came to Laporte, Sulli- van county, and was employed by William
Mullan to act as his deputy in the office of prothonotary, register and recorder. In addition to this work, in 1852 he was appoint- ed clerk to the commissioners. In 1853 he was married to Caroline A. Cheney, daugh- ter of Abel Cheney and Priscilla Washburn Cheney, born at Cortlandville, New York, February 15, 1831.
In the fall of 1853 he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for the office of pro- thonotary, register and recorder, and no nominations being made against him, he was elected, and discharged the duties of the office until December, 1855.
In the summer of 1855 he took an active part in the organization of the Republican party in Sullivan county, and was nominat- ed by that party as a candidate for repre- sentative. The district consisted of the counties of Susquehanna, Wyoming and Sul- livan, entitled to two representatives, and at the representative conference O. G. Hem- stead, of Susquenhanna county, and Thomas J. Ingham were nominated as candidates of the Republican party in this district. The Democrats nominated John V. Smith of Wyoming county, and Oliver Lathrop of Susquehanna county. The two parties in the district were closely balanced. In the contest which followed Mr. Ingham ran con- siderably ahead of his ticket and carried Sullivan county by a plurality of one hun- dred and forty-nine, which gave him the largest vote of any of the candidates, and elected him. His colleague was defeated
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by a small plurality. He served with credit one term in the legislature, and declined to be a candidate for re-election.
In the spring of 1856 he removed to Sugar Run, Bradford county, where he en- gaged in the mercantile business. This business not proving profitable, he entered the law office of Hon. Ulysses Mercur as a student, and was admitted to the Bradford county bar at September terin, 1860.
Mr. Ingham returned to Sullivan county in November, 1860, and commenced the practice of law. In the following year he was elected district attorney, and served for three years. He took an active part as a public speaker in most of the election campaigns in his own and adjoining counties.
In 1865 he purchased a printing press and printing material, and assisted John T. Brewster to establish the Sullivan Free Press, a weekly newspaper published in Laporte, and became one of the editors. After a few years he withdrew his name as an editor of that paper, and, in 1872, as- sisted his son, Ernest V. Ingham, in estab- lishing a campaign newspaper called the Grant Standard, and acted as one of the editors. In the fall of the same year he purchased, from John T. Brewster, the ma- terial and good will of the Sullivan Free Press. Immediately after the November election the Grant Standard was changed in name to the Press and Standard, and its publication continued by E. V. Ingham, Thomas J. Ingham still acting as associate editor. His newspaper engagements, how- ever, at no time interfered with the active practice of his profession.
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The legislature, in 1874, made a change in the judicial district, and provided for the appointment of an additional law judge. In May of that year Mr. Ingham was appointed by Governor Hartraft as additional law
judge -- Judge Elwell being president judge in the same district.
At the same session of the legislature, but later in the session, an act was passed establishing the forty-fourth judicial dis- trict, consisting of the counties of Wyom- ing and Sullivan, and providing for the elec- tion of president judge at the ensuing fall election. Mr. Ingham was unanimously nominated by the Republicans of both counties for president judge. Elhannan Smith, Esq., of Wyoming county, was nominated by the Democrats. There was a large Democratic majority in both counties. The election was closely contested, but Mr. Ingham having received a majority in each county, was elected. He was commissioned and served as president judge for ten years.
In 1884 Judge Ingham was unanimously nominated by the Republican county con- ventions in both counties for re-election. The Democrats nominated John A. Sittser, Esq., of Wyoming county, as their candi- date. Both counties were Democratic, with majorities ranging from three to five hundred. It was the year of the presidential election, when Blaine was the Republican candidate, and Cleveland the Democratic candidate. It proved to be what was called "a Democratic year." The majority for Cleveland in Sullivan county was 383 and he had a larger majority in Wyoming coun- ty. The judicial election was hotly con- tested in both counties. Judge Ingham received a majority in every election dis- triet in Sullivan county, and his majority in the county was 441. The majority for John A. Sittser, however, in Wyoming county. exceeded the majority of Judge Ingham in Sullivan county, and Mr. Sittser was elected.
On retiring from the bench Judge Ing- hamn resumed the practice of law, and had
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his office in Dushore for about four years. Having associated his son, F. H. Ingham, with him in the practice of law, he returned to LaPorte, where he has continued to prac- tice until this time.
At the congressional election in 1886 he was solicited by many friends to accept the nomination for congress, which he de- clined. At that time the district was Re- publican, and the nomination was almost certain election.
Mr. Ingham, has three sons, all living. His eldest son, Ernest V. Ingham, having learned the printer's trade, published the Grant Standard and Press and Standard for a number of years, and since that has been in business in Eagle's Mere. Ellery P. Ing- ham, his second son, commenced the prac- tice of law in Sullivan county. In 1889 he was appointed special deputy collector of the port of Philadelphia, and served in that position until 1892, when he was appointed United States district atttorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, in which office he served four years. He is now en- gaged in the practiceof law in Philadelphia. His youngest son, Frank H. Ingham, is still engaged with him in the practice of law at Laporte.
As an attorney Judge Ingham ranks among the foremost in this part of the state,; and his powers as an advocate have been demonstrated on many occasions. His public career has been long and honorable, and he is still recognized as one of the most prominent and influential men in this sec- tion of the country.
JONATHAN ROGERS .- " Biography is the most universally pleasant, the most universally profitable of all reading," said Carlyle. This is so because we learn more
by the example of our fellow men than in any other way. Abstract truth makes but little impression, but when it finds exempli- fication in the lives of those we know it can- not fail to influence. It is therefore emi- nently proper that we preserve in written record the life work of those who have been honorable, enterprising, and upright, that their examples may inspire us to emulate their virtues. The career of Jonathan Rogers is certainly one which contains many valuable lessons, for in the paths of industry and honesty he achieved success and won a reputation that classed him among the most highly esteemed citizens of Sullivan county, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Rogers was a native of the Key- stone state, his birth having occurred in in Muncy, Lycoming county, on the 10th of February, 1821. The family is of Eng- lish origin. His father, Jonathan Rogers, Sr., was a native of England, and a son of Samuel Rogers, who was also born in the same country. The latter came to America about the year 1800, bringing with him his wife and a large family of children. One of the number, however, died on the voy- age. Locating in Pennsylvania, the grand- father of our subject spent his last days in Forksville, Sullivan county. Jonathan Rogers, father of our subject, spent his childhood days in his native land, and after arriving at years of maturity married Miss Elizabeth Snell, who was also a native of England. They became the parents of the following children, namely: Mrs. Sarah Bryan, Mrs. Ann Wright, Mrs. Mary Fowler, William, who died at Picture Rocks, Lycom- ing county, in September, 1898, at the age of eighty-two years, Jonathan and Richard. All of the family are now deceased. The father was found dead in bed at Forksville, and seven weeks later the mother was found
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dead in the mill race, probably having died of cramps.
Jonathan Rogers, whose name begins this biography, remained at home until ten years of age, when his father died, after which he lived among relatives until he was able to care for himself. From an early age he earned his own living, working as a mechanic and millwright, and becoming very proficient in the latter line. He established the Rogers mill at Lincoln Falls and built up an excellent trade, receiving patronage from all the surrounding country. His ex- cellent products, his earnest desire to please his patrons, and his honorable business methods brought him a large trade.
Mr. Rogers chose as a companion and helpmeet on the journey of life Miss Eliza- beth Huckell, who was born in Hill's Grove, Pennsylvania, where the birth of her father and of her first child also occurred. Her parents were Benjamin and Margaret (Plotts) Huckell, who both died at Hill's Grove, in 1884. Unto our subject and his wife were born fourteen children, as follows: Marion W., widow of N. K. Woodward, formerly a merchant of Dushore; Edward G., a resi- dent of Elkland township; Sarah A., who is living on the old homestead; Anna M., widow of N. C. Pardoe, of Elkland town- ship; Charles S., a member of the milling firm of Rogers Brothers; Louzina, wife of F. H. McCarty, a resident of Lake Run, Pennsylvania; John P., a farmer of Estella, Sullivan county; Benjamin F., who died at the age of three years; Serena D., who is living on the farmstead; Harriet C., wife of Owen McCarty, of Edwardsville, Pennsyl- vania; Rachel L., a successful teacher of Sullivan county; Ella M., wife of Silas McCarty, of Elkland township; Elizabeth M. and Jonathan, who are also living on the homestead farm.
In his political views Mr. Rogers was an independent Republican. Before the Civil war he was a strong anti-slavery man, and throughout his entire life was active in sup- port of all measures of reform-measures which tended to do away with bad condi- tions and to advance the moral, educational, social and inaterial interests of the commun- ity. An earnest Christian gentleman, he was for a number of years actively identified with the Wesleyan Methodist church. He also took a commendable interest in the practical improvement of the locality, in bettering the condition of the roads, and otherwise promoting the welfare of his township. His sterling worth, his fidelity to duty, his advocacy of all that was true and right, won him uniform respect, and no man was held in higher regard in the town- ship than Jonathan Rogers. He died Feb- ruary 12, 1896, but his influence is still felt by those who knew him.
N K. WOODWARD .-- The life record of N. K. Woodward is one which should adorn the pages of the history of his adopted county, for during many years he was one of the most prominent citizens and enterpris- ing merchants of the community. He made his home in Dushore, and his well di- rected efforts, his enterprise and executive ability brought him success, while his hon- orable dealings gained him the confidence and high regard of his fellow men. He . won that "good name which is rather to be chosen than great riches," and in his ยท
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