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died March 6, 1860; Betsey, born in 1786, married Jonathan Jenkins, and died March 28, 1817; Polly, born September 15, 1789, married David Hammond, and died January 21, 1867; George, born in 1790, and died in 1792; Susannah, born January 10, 1794, married John Ryon, Jr., and died March 5, 1881; Samuel, born December 15, 1794, married Permelia Taylor, and died May 15, 1870; Benjamin, born December 19, 1796, married Polly Taylor, and died August 19, 1873; James, born in January, 1800, married Sally Coates, and died November 20, 1823, and Hannah, born December 25, 1802, married Martin Stevens, and died May 24, 1850.
SAMUEL TUBBS, JR., son of Samuel Tubbs, Sr., was born at Newtown, New York, December 15, 1794, and was in his seventeenth year when his parents located at Elkland. In 1815 he married Permelia Taylor, a daughter of Capt. Ebenezer and Polly (Cook) Taylor, to which union were born six children, viz: Polly, who mar- ried Benson Tubbs; James, of Osceola; Clara, who lives with her youngest brother, George; Sally, who married Lyman P. Hoyt; Philip, whose first wife was Sarepta Crandall, and second wife, Betsey Spencer, and George, who married Jane Campbell. Mr. Tubbs lived nearly all his life in Osceola. In 1840 he built the house now oc- cupied by Morgan Seely, and died at the home of his son, George, May 15, 1870. His wife died on July 21, 1851.
JAMES TUBBS, eldest son of Samuel Tubbs, Jr., was born in Osceola, Tioga county, February 12, 1818, there grew to maturity, and made farming his principal vocation. In early manhood he taught school in Elkland and other places in the Cowanesque valley. He was married May 9, 1841, to Anna Gleason, born December 19, 1819, a daughter of Paul and Judith (Warren) Gleason, to which union were born two children, viz: Charles and Henry, both residents of Osceola. Mrs. Tubbs died April 29, 1879, and her husband makes his home with his son, Charles. He was a captain of militia from 1841 to 1850, a school director for thirty years, a supervisor for fifteen years, and has also served as burgess of Osceola. In politics, he is a Republican.
GEORGE TUBBS was born in Osceola, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1829, and is a son of Samuel and Permelia (Taylor) Tubbs. With the exception of three years that he lived in Elkland, he has spent his entire life in his native town- ship. He attended the common schools in boyhood, and has since been engaged in farming, having assisted in clearing several farms, including a part of the old home- stead. On April 10, 1852, he married Jane Campbell, a daughter of Joseph and Anna (Clinch) Campbell, of Nelson township, and has three children, viz: Frank, Ann, wife of O. A. Van Dusen, and Minnie, wife of W. H. Clark. Mr. Tubbs is a stanch Republican, and has held various local offices, such as supervisor and col- lector, and has been a school director of Osceola ten years. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and takes a deep interest in the growth and progress of that society.
JOHN TUBBS, son of Robert and Clara (Hoyt) Tubbs, was born and reared in Osceola, Tioga county. He cleared a farm of 150 acres, now owned by his son, Ed- ward R., and was also extensively engaged in the lumber business. His wife, Rebecca, was a daughter of James and Nancy (Robb) Atherton, of Elkland, and bore him two children, Edward R., and Lizzie A., wife of Russell Wentworth. Mr. Tubbs was a member of the Presbyterian church, also of the Masonic order, and
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in politics, a Republican. He died January 9, 1892. His wife died June 3, 1872, at the age of thirty-seven years.
EDWARD R. TUBBS, only son of John and Rebecca Tubbs, was born in Osceola, Tioga county, July 19, 1857, attended the public schools of his township in boy- hood, and later the State Normal School, at Mansfield. He has always been a resident of Osceola, and is engaged in farming and in buying and shipping live stock for the New York markets. Mr. Tubbs has been twice married. His first wife was Mrs. Della G. Pratt, a daughter of Philip Fridley, of Seneca county, New York, who bore him one son, John R. His second wife was Alice Perry, a daughter of Albert and Fannie (Coykendall) Perry, of Steuben county. In politics, Mr. Tubbs is a Republican, and is a member of the Masonic order.
NATHANIEL SEELY was a native of Southport, Chemung county, New York, born November 20, 1788, a son of Nathaniel Seely, Sr. He settled in what is now Osceola, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, in 1812, where he engaged in farming up to 1830, also kept an inn for the accommodation of travelers, and for twenty years was a justice of the peace. He was married February 16, 1809, to Lucy Kelsey, a daugh- ter of Abner and Ann (Eaton) Kelsey, who became the mother of thirteen children, only seven of whom grew to maturity, viz: Jonas B., George G., Morgan, Henry, .. Jane E., who married Russell Crandall; Ann K., who married A. W. Lugg, and Allen. Mrs. Seely was born August 31, 1791. Both she and her husband were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died at his home in Osceola, October 15, 1866. His wife survived him until September 15, 1873.
MORGAN SEELY, banker, was born in Osceola, Tioga county, May 15, 1816, and is a son of Nathaniel and Lucy Seely. He was reared to manhood in his native town, and completed his education at Wellsboro Academy. He commenced his bus- iness career as a clerk in the store of the late Joel Parkhurst, of Elkland, with whom he remained several years. In 1845 he embarked in the mercantile business at Elkland, where he carried on merchandising one year. He subsequently conducted the same line of business at Nelson and Osceola, his mercantile career extending over a period of thirty years. In 1869, as a member of the firm of Seely, Coates & Com- pany, he established a bank at Knoxville, which existed for eight years. In 1877 he founded a bank at Osceola, which he has carried on successfully up to the present. In 1885, as a member of the firm of Tucker & Seely, he established the Farmers' and Traders' Bank, of Westfield. This partnership existed until November, 1892, when he was succeeded by his son, Frank J. Mr. Seely was married in Feb- ruary, 1847, to Harriet Beebe, a daughter of Anson and Lucy (Lincoln) Beebe, of Lawrenceville, Tioga county, and is the father of four children, viz: Mrs. Stella A. Taylor, Ida V., deceased wife of Dr. C. H. Bosworth; Frank J., and Ed. M. Politically, Mr. Seely is a Republican, and in religion, a member of the Presbyterian church.
FRANK J. SEELY was born in Osceola, Tioga county, November 14, 1854, and is the third child and eldest son of Morgan Seely. He was reared in Osceola, and ob- tained his education in the public schools of his native town and Wellsboro High School. In 1875 he engaged in merchandising at Nelson, where he continued in business until 1884. He then entered the banking house of his father, at Osceola, and filled the office of cashier until November, 1892, when he removed to Westfield
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to accept the same position in the Farmers' and Traders' Bank, succeeding his father as a member of the firm of Tucker & Seely. He is also a member of C. W. Morgan & Company, wholesale dealers in hay, grain, etc., established at Osceola in 1889, to which place he returned in the spring of 1897. On October 20, 1880, he married Maria Augusta Phelps, a daughter of Volcut C. and Diantha (Smith) Phelps, of Osceola, and has two children, Gertrude and Sara. Mr. Seely is an ardent Republican, is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is connected with the F. & A. M., and K. & L. of H.
ED. M. SEELY, youngest son of Morgan Seely, was born in Osceola, Tioga county, May 15, 1861. He obtained his education at the public schools and at the State Normal School, Mansfield, and received a preliminary banking training in New York, and in 1880 entered his father's bank in Osceola. He was cashier of that institution from 1882 to 1885. November 1, 1885, he was transferred to the Farmers' and Traders' Bank, of Westfield, of which he was cashier until November, 1892, when he returned to Osceola and resumed his old position as cashier of his father's bank, which he still retains. Mr. Seely was married July 4, 1892, to Kittie M. Strawn, a daughter of Samuel and Ann (Curran) Strawn, of Chatham township. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and in politics, he is a Republican.
ANDREW BOSARD, one of the early settlers of Osceola, Tioga county, Pennsyl- vania, was born on the old Bosard homestead, in Monroe county, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1780. His grandfather, Johan Philip Bossert, immigrated from Alsace, Germany, in 1729 and settled at Bossardsville, Monroe county, immediately below the Delaware Water Gap, in 1745, where he purchased a tract of land from the sons of William Penn. Andrew there grew to manhood, and learned the trade of cabinet-making. On February 22, 1804, he married Nancy Hammond, a sister of the late John Hammond, of Elkland, and settled upon a farm about two miles from Bossardsville, where he remained until 1809, when he removed to Chemung county, New York, locating near Elmira. In 1813 he came to the Cowanesque valley and settled on the Bosard homestead, in Osceola, where he practiced the arts of hus- bandry for many years. In 1814, during the War of 1812, he enlisted in the army, but was never mustered into actual service. He died in Osceola on August 20, 1858. His wife, Nancy Hammond, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, April 4, 1784, and died in Osceola on November 24, 1839. Their children were as follows: James Huntington, Alvers, Emma, Maria, Arthur F., Andrew Keller, Melchior De Pui, Nancy and Peter. Alvers Bosard succeeded to the homestead, and his widow and daughter now occupy the same. James Huntington, Emma and Nancy died in 1834, 1831 and 1836, respectively. Maria married Henry C. Bosworth, in 1843, and lived for some time at Smithfield, Pennsylvania, but removed to Osceola about 1852, and resided there until her death, in 1870.
ANDREW KELLER BOSARD was born in Osceola, Tioga county, December 27, 1819, a son of Andrew and Nancy Bosard. He was educated in the common schools and at the Wellsboro Academy, which he attended for a short time. He learned the trades of a cabinet-maker and carpenter, and also taught school four or five years in early manhood, subsequently devoting his attention to working on his farm and at his trade. In October, 1843, he married Hetty Cilly, a daughter of John and
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Marcia (Goodwin) Cilly, of Osceola. His wife died November 22, 1865, and in 1867 he married Anne Sherman. He resided at Osceola until his death, which occurred March 12, 1877. His second wife survived until 1882. Mr. Bosard reared a family of ten children, seven by his first wife and three by his second, as follows: James Huntington, born in 1845, a lawyer of Grand Forks, North Dakota; George Leroy, born in 1847, a carpenter and farmer, who married Mary Beagle, a daughter of the late Cornelius Beagle, of Elkland, and died in 1878; Jerome Leon, born in 1849, a carpenter residing in Nelson; Florence Hortense, born in 1851, who married Willis R. Bierly, of Williamsport, in 1872, and died in that city in 1873; Sara Louise, born in 1853, who married Willis R. Bierly, in 1874, and resides at Grand Forks, North Dakota, where her husband is a newspaper man; Willie Burns, who married Carrie Fical, in 1878, and in 1880 removed to North Dakota, and now resides at Emerado; Maria, born in 1859, wife of Herbert B. Mitchell, of Rock Island, Illinois, a son of Judge John I. Mitchell, of Wellsboro; Emma, born in 1867, wife of J. B. Redfield, of Farmington; Stella M., born in 1869, wife of Fred Allison, of Mills, Potter county, and Lizzie, born in 1874, wife of Jesse O. Treat. In the days of the State Militia, before the war, Mr. Bosard was colonel of his regiment, and was active on muster days at military encampments. During the Rebellion he was employed by the township as recruiting agent, and represented Osceola at Williamsport, Har- risburg and Carlisle. In politics, he was first a Whig of the Henry Clay school. and was one of the first to join the ranks of the Republican party at its organization. True to the instinct and teaching of his mother, he was a member of the Presby- terian church, and lived and died in that faith. He was also connected with the I. O. O. F. and the F. & A. M., in which societies he always manifested a deep interest.
STENNETT CRANDALL was born in Rhode Island, November 1, 1767, resided in Madison county, New York, for many years, whence he removed to what is now Osceola, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, in 1823, settling on the farm originally occu- pied by David Jay. He engaged in farming, and also worked at the shoemaker's trade, having his shop in his dwelling house. His wife, Caty Greenman, born June 10, 1773, bore him a family of eleven children, viz: Silas, Joel, Rhoda, who married Stephen Card; Truman, Jairus, Barney, Stanton, William, Henry, Russell, and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Crandall died August 17, 1837, and her husband, No- vember 13, 1853.
RUSSELL CRANDALL was born in Cazenovia, Madison county, New York, Au- gust 9, 1817, and is the youngest son of Stennett Crandall. He was about six years old when his parents located at Osceola, where he attended the pioneer schools of the neighborhood, obtaining but a limited education. At the age of seventeen he commenced life for himself, as a farm hand, working in that capacity eight years. In 1841 he engaged in general merchandising at Osceola, which he followed suc- cessfully up to 1890, a period of nearly fifty years, when he retired. Mr. Crandall was twice married. His first marriage occurred March 12, 1844, to Jane Seely, a daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy (Kelsey) Seely, pioneers of Osceola. Of the four children born to this union, three grew to maturity, viz: Francis M., deceased; Vine and Albert S. His second wife was Mrs. Julia Scott, nee Carr, of Milesburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Crandall is one of the leading citizens of Osceola, with which bor-
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ough he has been prominently connected for more than half a century. He took an active part in establishing the Osceola High School, in 1860, served as a school director for twenty-five years, and was treasurer for nearly as long. In politics, he is a Republican.
FRANCIS MARION CRANDALL, eldest son of Russell and Jane Crandall, was a native of Osceola, where he followed the mercantile business from 1868 until 1880, when he removed to Grand Forks, North Dakota. He there continued merchandis- ing until his death, which occurred in 1881. His wife was Orcelia C., a daughter of Charles and Maria (King) Toles, of Tioga county, who bore him one son, Charles L. During Lee's invasion, in 1863, he served three months with the Emergency Men. In politics, he was a Republican, and was connected with the Masonic order.
VINE CRANDALL, second son of Russell and Jane Crandall, was born at Osceola, Tioga county, September 17, 1846, and obtained a good education in the Osceola High School. In 1866 he entered the general mercantile business with Philetus Crandall, under the firm name of P. Crandall & Company, in which he con- tinued until 1869. He then located at Knoxville, where, as a member of the firm of Seely, Coates & Company, he was engaged in the banking business a number of years. In 1878 he returned to Osceola, where he has since devoted his attention to lumbering. Mr. Crandall was married December 15, 1869, to Sarah A. Kinney, a daughter of Rev. Chester D. and Eliza (Northrup) Kinney, of Osceola, and has one son, Henry K., born April 15, 1879. In politics, Mr. Crandall is a Republican, is a member of the F. & A. M., and is a trustee in the Presbyterian church. He is one of the most progressive and enterprising citizens of Osceola.
TRUMAN CRANDALL, third son of Stennett Crandall, was born in Rensselaer county, New York, February 5, 1796, and settled in what is now Osceola township, ยท Tioga county, Pennsylvania, in 1822, taking up 130 acres of land, which he cleared and improved. In 1850, he embarked in the general mercantile business at Osceola, in which he was engaged for many years. He married Nancy Card, a daughter of Judge Card, of Madison county, New York. She died November 12, 1863. To this union were born seven children, named as follows: Philetus, Sarepta, who married Philip Tubbs; Lydia, who married Henry Seely; Silas G., Phoebe, Charles and Rebecca. Mr. Crandall died March 23, 1882, in his eighty-seventh year.
SILAS G. CRANDALL, son of Truman and Nancy Crandall, was born in what is now Osceola township, Tioga county, May 12, 1827, was reared upon the old homestead, and obtained a limited education in the public schools. He followed farming until 1850, and then engaged in the mercantile business at Osceola with his father and brother, under the firm name of P. Crandall & Brother. He also built, in connection with others, a tannery at Osceola, which he operated for several years. In 1859 he removed to Nelson, where he was engaged in farming up to 1883. In that year he located at Knoxville, which has since been his home, where he con- ducted the hardware business for a number of years. Mr. Crandall was married January 24, 1858, to Mary Weeks, a daughter of William and Lovina (Taylor) Weeks, of Osceola township, and has two children: Eva G., wife of James C. Good- speed, and Lettie, wife of George W. Bottum. In politics, Mr. Crandall is a Re- publican, and is a member of the E. A. U.
JAMES WORKS, a native of Exeter, New Hampshire, settled in what is now
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Osceola, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, in 1813. In 1814 he removed to what is known as the Ouderkirk farm, in Farmington township, and thence to Troupsburg, New York, where he died and was buried. His first wife was Rachel Cass, of Exeter, New Hampshire, who bore him six children, viz: James F., Matilda, who married Hosea Aldrich; Loncy, who married George Champlin; Sally, who married a Mr. Clark; Jane, who married a Mr. Brooks, and Asa. His second wife was a Miss Whitaker, to which union was born one son, Leonidas.
JAMES F. WORKS was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, February 13, 1808, and removed with his parents, James and Rachel Works, to Tioga county when about five years old. He was reared by the Bulkley family, of Osceola, with whom he lived twenty-eight years, and obtained a limited common school education. In 1841 he purchased seventy-five acres of land on Holden creek, in Osceola township, upon which he resided until his death, which occurred December 22, 1894, in his eighty-seventh year. His wife, Jane, was a daughter of Selas and Elizabeth (Horton) Taylor, of Osceola, and bore him three children, viz: Esther M., wife of A. L. Brant; Benjamin, deceased, and Justus M. R. Mr. Works was of a retiring disposition, temperate in all things, and was one of the last of the original settlers in this section of the county to pass to the great beyond. In politics, he was a stanch Democrat, but never took any active interest in public affairs.
JUSTUS M. R. WORKS, son of James F. and Jane Works, was born in Osceola, Tioga county, August 12, 1860. He obtained his education in the public schools and Woodhull Academy, and has made farming his vocation, having spent his en- tire life upon the old homestead, where he was born and reared. In politics, he is a Democrat, has held various local offices in Osceola borough, and is at present a school director.
JOHN HAZLETT, SR., son of Robert Hazlett, was born in the North of Ireland, and immigrated to the United States in 1810. The same year he settled in Nelson township, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where he cleared and improved the farm now occupied by his descendants, upon which he died. On April 11, 1811, he mar- ried Jane Campbell, a daughter of Joseph Campbell, of Nelson township, and their children were as follows: Rachel, who married James Cook; Mary, who married John Flint; Samuel, who married Catherine Knapp; Archibald, Jane, John, Eliza Ann, who married William Merritt; Sally J., who married Charles Horsley, and Maria, wife of Washington Richardson.
JOHN HAZLETT, son of John and Jane Hazlett, was born on the homestead farm in Nelson township, Tioga county, and spent his entire life there, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was married March 25, 1855, to Lucy Dunham, a daughter of James and Nancy (Brown) Dunham, of Farmington township. Six children were born to this marriage, viz: Frank R., Nancy, wife of William Pepper; Edward, Ella, deceased; Fannie, wife of William Monroe, and Herbert. Mr. Hazlett died March 15, 1892. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., and an adherent of the Re- publican party.
FRANK R. HAZLETT was born in Nelson township, Tioga county, April 2, 1856. and is the eldest son of John and Lucy Hazlett. He was reared in his native township, and completed his education in the Corning High School. He began his business career as a clerk in the largest grocery house in Ithaca, New York, and fol-
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lowed that occupation five years. He was subsequently in the employ of the Fall Brook Railroad Company at Academy Corners for eleven months. In 1885 he embarked in general merchandising at Osceola, which business he has since continued, and by judicious management and strict attention to the details of his business he has built up one of the largest trades in the Cowanesque valley, though he conducts his establishment on a strictly cash basis. In 1894 he built a store in Elmira Heights which is conducted by Hazlett, Monroe & Company. On December 22, 1888, Mr. Hazlett married Eula M. Taylor, a daughter of Hiram Taylor, of Osceola, and has three children: Clinton E., John H. and R. Blaine. Politically, he is a Republican, and is now serving as a justice of the peace. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is also connected with the K. of H., the K. & L. of H., and the K. O. T. M.
HENRY C. BOSWORTH, M. D., was born in Vernon, New York, March 8, 1811, and was a son of Reed and Amarilla (Peck) Bosworth. He was reared in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, and in 1837 was graduated from Geneva Medical College, New York. For thirteen years he practiced his profession at Smithfield, Bradford county. In 1850 he removed to Deerfield, Tioga county, where he engaged in farming for two years, and also in general merchandising at Academy Corners. In 1852 he re- moved to Osceola, where he continued the mercantile business up to his death, December 5, 1870. His wife, Maria, was a daughter of Andrew and Nancy (Ham- mond) Bosard, pioneers of Osceola, and bore him three children: Edward E .. Ur- bane A. and Charles H. Dr. Bosworth was a man of genial disposition and pos- sessed hosts of friends. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. In poli- tics, a Republican, he served as postmaster of Osceola from 1861 to his death.
CHARLES H. BOSWORTH, physician and surgeon, was born in Deerfield town- ship, Tioga county, November 22, 1851, and is the youngest child of Dr. Henry C. and Maria Bosworth. He was educated at Union and Woodhull Academies, com- menced reading medicine in 1879, and was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1881. From 1870 to 1890, he was engaged in general merchandising at Osceola, and was postmaster of that borough from 1879 to 1886. He began the active practice of his profession at Osceola in 1890, to which he has since devoted his whole attention. Dr. Bosworth was married Sep- tember 2, 1872, to Ida V. Seely, a daughter of Morgan and Harriet (Beebe) Seely, of Osceola, and has two children: Ford E. and Reed S. Mrs. Bosworth died April 14, 1896. In politics, he is a stanch Republican, is a member of the Masonic order, and an adherent of the Presbyterian church.
PROF. ISAAC GUNN HOYT was born in Kingston, Luzerne county, Pennsylva- nia, July 23, 1826, a son of Levi and Sarah (Gunn) Hoyt. His paternal grand- father, Daniel Hoyt, a son of Comfort and Anna (Beach) Hoyt, of Danbury, Con- necticut, settled in Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1795. His maternal grandfather, Abel Gunn, was a direct descendant of one of the Scottish chiefs, who was head of a clan in the Highlands of Scotland. He came to America prior to the Revolution, and served in that war as a member of Washington's body-guard. The subject of this sketch was educated at the Kingston graded schools, Wyoming Seminary and Poughkeepsie Seminary, and studied music at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie, New York, and the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston,
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Massachusetts. For several seasons he attended the annual sessions of the New England Institutes of music, thus availing himself of the advantages to be obtained by these courses under the best musical directors. He devoted his life to the musical profession, and to the cultivation of music as an art. His method of teaching was the same as that used by the New England Conservatory of Music, obtained from L. Franklin Snow, secretary of the Conservatory, and consisted of studies from Bach, Moschelles, Kohler, Beethoven and others of the old masters. In 1853 Professor Hoyt located at Osceola and entered upon his life-work as a musical instructor. He taught here one year, and in 1854, at Ithaca, New York. From 1856 to 1859 he was musical instructor at Osceola and Union Academy; from 1859 to 1861 at Greensboro Synodi- cal Female College, Atlanta, Georgia; from 1861 to 1865 in the Osceola High School, and from 1866 to 1871 at the State Normal School, Mansfield. In 1872 he opened the Osceola School of Musical Instruction, which he conducted successfully four years. In 1884 he was again called to take charge of the Musical Department of the State Normal School at Mansfield, which position he filled until 1887. He resigned and returned to Osceola, where he was engaged in giving musical instruction and dealing in musical instruments up to his death, November 12, 1895. In 1859 Professor Hoyt married Charlotte R. Taylor, a daughter of Philip and Sally Taylor, of Osceola. They reared an adopted daughter, Leah Louise. Professor Hoyt was a member of the F. & A. M., and was an adherent of the Republican party from its organization.
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