History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Part 117

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Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Harrisburg : R. C. Brown
Number of Pages: 1454

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MOSES LEE was born in Milford, Otsego county, New York, December 22, 1813, a son of Daniel and Hannah (Butts) Lee, and was of English and Dutch descent. He was reared in his native county, received a common school education, and was a natural mathematician. In middle life he took up surveying, became quite efficient in that profession, and did an extensive business. In 1832, when nineteen years of age, he came to Chatham township, Tioga county, Penn- sylvania, where the balance of his life was spent in agricultural pursuits. A short time after his coming, his parents located in Chatham township. Their children were as follows: Moses, James R., Seneca, Thomas D., Jerusha, who married Benjamin Van Dusen, and Mary, who married Joseph Walling. The sons cleared and improved a farm, which is now situated on the line of Deerfield and Chatham townships, and is still in the possesion of the family. Moses Lee lived on the home- stead until his death, December 10, 1892, being then within twelve days of eighty years of age. His first wife was Sylvia Costley, a daughter of Charles and Orpha (Bowen) Costley, of Deerfield township. She was the mother of four children, two of whom grew to maturity, viz: Mary, who married William Wass, Jr., and Daniel H. They also had an adopted daughter, Jane, who married Lemuel Jackson. Mr. Lee's second wife, Amy, a daughter of Abram Teachman, resides in Chatham town- ship.

DANIEL H. LEE was born on the old Lee homestead, in what is now Deerfield township, Tioga county, November 2, 1838, and is the only surviving son of Moses and Sylvia Lee. He was educated in the common schools and Alfred University, and has always followed farming as an occupation. He lived on the old homestead until

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twenty-four years of age, when he purchased an adjoining farm where he resided until 1894 and then removed to Knoxville. He married Armenia M. Lee, a daugh- ter of Alonzo and Almira (Wright) Lee, of Chatham township, and has one son, Joseph H. In politics, Mr. Lee is a Republican. He is a member of Pomona Grange, No. 30, P. of H., and also of the K. of H.

JACOB PRICE, a New Jersey Quaker, was a pioneer of Tioga county, Penn- sylvania, locating near Freeman's grist mill, in Westfield township, where he made a clearing and erected a house, which is still standing. He later removed to what is now Philips Station, in the same township, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until his death. He was married three times. His second wife, a Miss Baker, became the mother of twelve children, and his last wife bore him one child.

SAMUEL B. PRICE, a son of Jacob Price by his second marriage, was born in Westfield township, Tioga county, in 1819. He received a good education, and for twenty-one years followed school teaching, as well as farming, in Deerfield township. He established Union Academy, at Academy Corners, which he conducted for twenty- one years, and was an educator of considerable local celebrity. His wife was Sophia Leonard, a daughter of Stephen and Peninah (Darrow) Leonard, of West- field, who bore him two children, one of whom is living, Charles R. Mr. Price was not only a leading educator, but a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and an enterprising, progressive citizen. He was a stanch Republican, and served one term as superintendent of schools of Tioga county. He died in 1868.

CHARLES R. PRICE, only surviving child of Samuel B. Price, was born in Deer- field township, Tioga county, February 26, 1856, and was educated at Union Academy and the State Normal School, Mansfield. He later taught school for two terms, but since 1871 he has devoted his attention to farming. On January 19, 1878, he married Emma Mead, a daughter of Frank and Mary (Phippen) Mead, of Lawrenceville, Tioga county, and has four children, viz; Earl P., Hugh S., Wayne and Reid. Mr. Price is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and also of the P. of H. In politics, he is a Republican, and a strong advocate of prohibition.

MARTIN BOWEN, a son of Elihu and Lucy Bowen, was born in Rhode Island, October 9, 1788, and there grew to manhood. In 1816 he came to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, and settled in Westfield township, later removed to Farmington, and thence to Deerfield, where he operated a tannery for some years. He died in Deer- field, June 5, 1858. His wife, Freelove, was a daughter of Jonathan Potter, of Rhode Island, and reared a family of nine children, viz; Cyrus P., William, Alma, who married Joseph Edson, and subsequently William Weeks; Rhoda, Elihu, who recently died in this township; Lucy, who married George Aldrich; Freelove J., Ruth, who married Allen King, and Phoebe W. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen were mem- bers of the Society of Friends, and died in that faith.

ELIHU BOWEN, son of Martin and Freelove Bowen, and grandson of Elihu and Lucy Bowen, was born in Westfield township, Tioga county, March 14, 1819, and spent his entire life in this county. He was married May 27, 1849, to Eliza Ann Greene, a daughter of James and Polly Greene, of Steuben county, New York, and settled on his late homestead in Deerfield township the same year, where he resided until his death, February 14, 1896. His original purchase

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embraced ninety-seven acres, to which he afterwards added until he owned a well- improved farm of 129 acres. He was the father of four children, viz: Eva J., de- ceased wife of Elmer Wheaton; Addie F., wife of Wallace Davis, of Deerfield; Lena, deceased, and Cora M., wife of William Smith, of South Addison, New York. Mrs, Bowen resides on the old homestead. Mr. Bowen was an honest and respected citizen of Deerfield, a member of the Baptist church, and in politics, a Prohibi- tionist.

JOSEPH O. NEWMAN settled at Academy Corners, Deerfield township, Tioga county, in 1855. He was a blacksmith, and followed his trade there until 1861, when he removed to Sunderlinville, Potter county, where he continued working at his trade until his death, in 1871. His wife was Sarah A. Burrows, of Otsego county, New York, and their children were as follows: Andrew J., Albert, Esther, wife of James Scott; Mary, wife of F. M. Spicer; Ferris L., Orlando, Edward and Willis.

ALBERT NEWMAN, second son of Joseph O. Newman, was born in Otsego county, New York, October 8, 1842. He attended school only two terms, and was prac- tically reared in his father's blacksmith shop, which trade he has followed since twelve years of age. In 1855 he came with his parents to Academy Corners, Tioga county, and in 1861 removed with them to Sunderlinville, Potter county. In February, 1864, he enlisted in Company L, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, which formed a part of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Army of the Potomac, and when not in the field he performed the duties of a blacksmith. He was in Sheridan's campaign from the Rapidan to the Wilderness, and was in the engagements at Cold Harbor, Weldon Railroad, Spottsylvania, Todd's Tavern, Richmond Heights, Malvern Hill, Jerusalem Plank Road, Gaines' Mill, Petersburg, and many others, and was honorably discharged from the service, July 22, 1865. He has been located at Academy Corners, Tioga county, since 1867, where he has carried on the black- smithing trade. In 1867 he married Mrs. Louisa Ellis, nee Wager, a soldier's widow, of Sunderlinville, Potter county, and has one son living, Albert J. Politically, Mr. Newman is a Republican.

OLIVER L. WOOD, a native of New Jersey, born in 1797, and a son of Oliver and Phoebe (Gregg) Wood, came from Orange county, New York, to Deerfield town- ship, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, iu 1861, and located on a farm now owned and occupied by his son, Joseph, consisting of 220 acres. He lived there until 1880, then disposed of his farm to his son, Joseph, and removed to Sussex county, New Jersey, where he died in 1882, at the age of eighty-five years. His children were as follows: Absalom S., Oliver H., Phoebe J., wife of E. P. Masterson; Mary A., wife of Martin Wilson; William C., Thomas E., Emily, wife of Samuel Christy, and Joseph.

JOSEPH WOOD, youngest son of Oliver L. Wood, was born in Orange county, New York, April 10, 1846, and when fifteen years of age came with his parents to Deerfield township, Tioga county. He obtained his education in the common schools and at Whiteman's Academy, Osceola, and has always made farming his principal occupation. He owns and occupies the old homestead of 220 acres, upon which his father settled in 1861, which he purchased from the latter in 1880, and with the exception of two years' residence in Knoxville, he has lived upon this farm

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since coming to Tioga county. He has been a breeder of Hambletonian horses, and is now interested in the breeding of Jersey cattle, and is also an extensive tobacco grower. Mr. Wood was married February 29, 1870, to Myrtilla Wain- wright, a daughter of Jacob and Esther (Everitt) Wainwright, of Deerfield town- ship, and has four children, viz: Fred. J., Perry L., Edna N. and Russell. In politics, Mr. Wood is a Democrat, is a member of Valley Grange, of Academy Corners, and Pomona Grange, of Wellsboro, P. of H., and is one of the represen- tative farmers of Deerfield township.

JOSEPH S. INGHAM was born in Monroeton, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1836, a son of Joseph and Johanna (Blakeley) Ingham, natives of England, who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1821, and in 1825 removed to Monroeton. His father there engaged in the manufacture of woolens, and also in lumbering, until 1863, when he settled in Deerfield township, Tioga county, purchasing the woolen mills now owned by his son, Joseph S. He continued in the manufacture of woolen goods until his death, December 25, 1869, at the age of seventy-three years. His widow survived until August, 1888, dying at the age of eighty-six. They reared the following children: Martha, who died in childhood; Elizabeth, who married John G. Mason; James B., who was killed at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862; George W., Henry H., Harriet A., who married Warren Landon; Joseph S., Ruth A., who married Ornal Kellogg; Cecelia E., second wife of Warren Landon, and Alice. In religious belief, Mr. Ingham was a follower of Swedenborg, and in politics, he was a stanch Republican. The subject of this sketch was reared in Brad- ford county, and obtained his education in public and private schools. He later commenced clerking in a general store, and in 1858 embarked in the mercantile business at Monroeton, Pennsylvania, but at the end of a year his store was burned. He then engaged as a traveling salesman for a flouring mill, at which he con- tinued until 1861. On August 10th of that year, he enlisted in the Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and went to the front as second lieutenant of Company K, his brother, James B., being captain of the same company. In August, 1862, he was transferred as first lieutenant of Company B, same regiment, and com- manded that company until his resignation, in November, 1862, on account of sickness, doing the duty of captain and drawing a captain's pay. During his term of service he was detailed as a recruiting officer until January, 1862. He par- ticipated in the battles of Pocotaligo (where he was in command of the left skirmish line), Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain and Antietam. In 1863 he came to Deerfield township, Tioga county, with his parents, where he has since been engaged in farming, manufacturing woolen goods, cider and jelly. His two sons have been connected with him in business since 1887, under the firm name of J. S. Ingham & Sons. On November 10, 1862, Mr. Ingham married Isabella M. Purple, who was born May 29, 1839, in the court house of Potter county, a daughter of Ansel and Maria (Howard) Purple, of Deerfield township. Her father was a pioneer of Potter county, Pennsylvania, was the first sheriff of that county, and later settled at Purple Brook, on the line of Westfield and Brookfield townships, Tioga county, which place was named in his honor. Mrs. Ingham is the mother of two sons, Daniel P. and Ansel Grant. The former married Nellie Howland, and has one son, Lawrence. Ansel Grant married E. May Dunham, of Knoxville. Mr.

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Ingham is a stanch Republican, has filled the office of auditor of Deerfield for seventeen years and is at present holding that position. He has cleared up the township debt twice, and thus proven himself a good financier. He was transcribing clerk of the House during the legislative sessions of 1874-75. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and is also a member of the G. A. R., the K. of H. and the Grange. In the summer of 1896 he developed on his land one of the finest stone quarries in the county, for the product of which there is considerable demand in New York and Pennsylvania.

WILLIAM L. MERRICK was born in Potter county, Pennsylvania. His father, Moses Merrick, was an early settler of Middlebury township, Tioga county, where William L. was reared to manhood and partially cleared a farm. He later removed to Chatham township, where he died in 1887, aged seventy years. His wife was Caroline Whitney, a daughter of Jeremiah Whitney, of Middlebury township, Tioga county. They reared five children, as follows: Fidelia, who married Erastus Rice; Wheeler O., Bradford W., E. Moses, who died from wounds received at the battle of Cold Harbor, and Fannie, wife of Ira Mourey. Mr. Merrick and wife were mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics, he was a Democrat.

BRADFORD W. MERRICK, son of William L. Merrick, was born in Middlebury township, Tioga county, March 19, 1842. He was reared in this county, and ob- tained his education in the common schools. On August 4, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was honorably discharged after nine months' service. In the fall of 1864 he re-enlisted in Company C, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served until mustered out in August, 1865. He participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and all of the engagements of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac, ending with the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. From the close of the war until his death Mr. Merrick was engaged in farming in Deerfield township. In 1866 he married Emily E. Howland, a daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Rexford) Howland, of Chatham township, who bore him three children: Philip H., Fred. J. and Daniel W. Mr. Merrick was a stanch Democrat, and a member of the G. A. R., the K. of H. and the Grange. He died June 1, 1896, from diseases contracted in the army.

WILLIAM WAGNER was born in Steuben county, New York, December 23, 1842, a son of Inglehart and Christina (Collier) Wagner, and is of German and English extraction. His paternal grandfather, Abraham Wagner, was a native of Germany, and a pioneer of Steuben county. William was reared in his native county, was educated in the common schools, and on attaining his majority clerked in a store, and later engaged in farming in Deerfield township, Tioga county, where he has resided since 1870. In May, 1868, he married Maria Howland, a daughter of Eddy and Charlotte (Rexford) Howland, of Deerfield township, and has one son living, Eddy H. The latter has developed a rare taste for Indian and ancestral relics, and, although but sixteen years of age, has gathered a collection to be proud of. Mr. Wagner resides with his wife and son on the Eddy Howland homestead. In politics, he is a Democrat, and has held the office of school director nine years. He is a member of the E. A. U., and a charter member of the Grange organized at Academy Corners in 1889.

EBENEZER A. BEAN was born in Centreville, Allegany county, New York,

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April 10, 1844, a son of Orson and Clara (Van Buren) Bean. He was reared in his native county, and obtained a common school education. On August 9, 1862, when but eighteen years of age, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Thirtieth New York Volunteers, from which he was transferred with his regiment. in July, 1863, to the First New York Dragoons. He participated in the battle of Deserted Farm, near Black Water, Virginia, where he was wounded in the right hand, losing his thumb, and also in other engagements, and was honorably discharged April 1, 1864. He then engaged in farming in Allegany county, New York, until 1875, when he removed to Deerfield township, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where he has since resided. For the past twenty years he has operated a cheese factory in Deer- field, and a similar factory in Austinburg, for twelve years. These factories have a combined annual product of 200,000 pounds. Since the spring of 1895 he has operated the West Farmington Cheese Factory, in Farmington township. Its annual output is 70,000 pounds. Mr. Bean was married May 18, 1890, to Abbie C. Knox, a daughter of Archibald D. and Julia A. (White) Knox, of Deerfield township. He is a member of the F. & A. M., also of Lafayette Hose Company, of Knoxville, and in politics, is a Republican.

WILLIAM A. JACKSON, son of Asa and Mary Jackson, was born in Sullivan township, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, August 1, 1833, and grew to manhood on his father's farm, his parents being pioneer settlers of that township. He was married December 30, 1856, to Susan Slocum, born August 1, 1838, in Dutchess county, New York, a daughter of John P. and Eliza T. Slocum, who settled in Chatham township, Tioga county, about 1842, on the farm where Mrs. Jackson now resides. After his marriage, Mr. Jackson resided in Shippen township three years, and then removed to Chatham township, where he followed farming until his death, Oc- tober 23, 1891. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, viz: Henry C., a resident of Deerfield township; Anna E., wife of David Short; Lewis, deceased; Lelia, A., wife of Frank Husted; Wilbur A., of Deerfield township; Tyna B., wife of Fred. Walker, and Della M. During the war Mr. Jackson served as a corporal in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, partici- pating with his regiment in numerous battles and skirmishes. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Gettysburg, but was paroled on the field. In politics, he was a Republican, and was a member of the G. A. R. and the K. of H.

HENRY C. JACKSON, eldest son of William A. Jackson, was born in Shippen township, Tioga county, November 18, 1857. When about two years old his parents removed to Chatham township, where he was reared to manhood, obtaining a common school education. He engaged in farming, and also kept a hotel at Academy Corners four years. Since 1881 he has been a resident of Deerfield township. In 1880 he married Ellen Mattison, a daughter of Henry and Betsey (Cooper) Mat- tison, of Chatham township, and has one daughter, Ethel R. In politics, Mr. Jack- son is a Republican; has served as township supervisor two terms; as constable six years, and as collector four years. He is a member of the Masonic order, and of the I. O. R. M.

JOHN B. BUSH was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, March 26, 1836, a son of Peter and Julia (Joard) Bush, both natives of Canada and of French descent. His paternal grandfather was Jacques Bush, and his maternal grandfather was

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Francis Joard, both natives of France. His parents located in Granville, Wash- ington county, New York, in 1847. His father served in the Union army one year during the Rebellion, enlisting at Fairfax, Vermont. He died in a hospital at Washington, D. C., of disease contracted in the service, and is buried at Fairfax. His mother was born July 13, 1809, in St. Ours, Canada; came to Brookfield town- ship, Tioga county, in 1866, where she remained until 1885, then returned to Canada, and died at the residence of her daughter in 1890. The subject of this sketch was reared in Granville, New York, from the age of eleven years. After attaining the age of sixteen, he spent three winter terms in a country school, which was all the educational advantages he ever received. In 1857 he came to Brookfield township, Tioga county, where he rented a farm one year. In 1858 he purchased 108 acres of land which he cleared and improved, and still owns, and subsequently added thereto 105 acres adjoining. He later purchased two farms of fifty acres each in the same township. He resided in Brookfield until 1887, when he pur- chased the Emmer Bowen farm, in Deerfield township, consisting of 250 acres, for which he paid $10,500, and upon which he has since lived. During the Re- bellion he was drafted, and went to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with the intention of joining his regiment, but for family reasons subsequently sent a substitute. In 1886 he built a grist-mill at Westfield, Tioga county, at an expense of $10,000, which he operated one year as a member of the firm of Richardson & Bush, when he sold out. The mill was burned in 1891. Mr. Bush was married in 1857, to Sarah Kilburn, a daughter of Peter and Sophia (Burch) Kilburn, of Brookfield township, and has four children living, viz: Florence E., wife of Samuel Ludlam; Julius Edgar, Sarah Ethel and Zadie Evangeline. In politics, Mr. Bush is a Republican, has filled various local offices, and is a member of Valley Grange.

CHARLES METCALF was born in Brookfield township, Tioga county, Pennsyl- vania, about 1828, a son of Daniel and Hanna (Terwilliger) Metcalf, pioneers of Brookfield. He was reared to manhood in that township, and then located in Har- rison township, Potter county, where he cleared and improved a farm, upon which he resided until his death, at the age of forty-three years. His wife, Cornelia, was a daughter of Peter and Polly (Young) Manchester, of Westfield township, Tioga county. They were the parents of seven children, viz: Esther, wife of Henry Rood; James, Justus, Daniel P., Lydia, Polly, wife of Charles Stephens, and Zoa, wife of Rufus Camp.

DANIEL P. METCALF, son of Charles Metcalf, was born in Harrison township, Potter county, July 30, 1861, and was educated in the common schools, Starkey Seminary, and the State Normal School at Mansfield. He has followed farming as an occupation, devoting considerable attention to tobacco growing. Since 1870 he has been a resident of Tioga county, and has lived in Deerfield township since 1888, where he owns a fine tobacco farm of 126 acres, known as the Eleazer Seely farm. Mr. Metcalf was married August 12, 1896, to Caroline M. Wood, a daughter of Oliver H. Wood, of Deerfield township. He is a member of the P. of H .; is a Republican in politics; has held various local offices, and is now the assessor of Deer- field township.

SAMUEL LUDLAM was born in Roseboom, Otsego county, New York, January 30, 1859, a son of Samuel and Martha (Barber) Ludlam, natives of Derbyshire,

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England, who came to the United States about 1835, and located in Otsego county, New York, where the father engaged in farming. In 1867 he removed to Charleston township, Tioga county, purchased a farm, and resided thereon up to his death, January 27, 1884, aged seventy-six years. His wife died February 4, 1882, aged seventy years. They reared a family of nine children, viz: Mary A., wife of Joseph Webb; Martha, wife of George Neal; Henry, who died of disease while a soldier in the late war; George, John, Lucy, wife of George Wingate; Elizabeth, deceased; Thomas and Samuel. The subject of this sketch was seven years old when his parents came to Tioga county, and has always followed farming as an occupation. He lived in Charleston township from 1866 to 1884, and then engaged in agricultural pursuits in Osceola, later went to Nelson, and in 1890 located upon his present farm in Deerfield, which he purchased in 1892. Mr. Ludlam has been twice married. His first wife was Huldah Monroe, a daughter of Levi G. and Cynthia (Pease) Monroe, of Potter county, whom he married June 17, 1886, and who bore him three children, viz: Lewis L., Lawrence and Laura, the last two being twins. His second wife, whom he married April 3, 1892, was Florence E. Bush, a daughter of John B. and Sarah (Kilburn) Bush, of Deerfield. Mr. Ludlam is a member of the Grange, in politics, a Republican, and has filled the office of township auditor.

HENRY CURRAN was born in Chanceford, York county, Pennsylvania, March 10, 1807, a son of Samuel and Mary Curran. He was reared in his native county, and about 1828 came to Tioga county, where he worked in the lumber woods and in the spring rafted lumber down the Susquehanna to his home. On October 12, 1830, he married Mrs. Sally Parker, a daughter of David Short, a pioneer of Deer- field township, Tioga county, and the same year settled on his wife's farm in Chatham township. He cleared and improved it, and resided there until his death, October 6, 1855. Ten children were born of his marriage to Mrs. Parker, as follows: Elias, Margaret, who married W. W. Beach; Melissa, who married Orange G. John- son; Ira, Ann, who married Samuel M. Strawn; Emily A., who married Benjamin F. Westbrook; George W., Clarissa, wife of Samuel P. King; Esther, wife of C. E. Beach, and Henry.

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History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Part 117

Author: Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Harrisburg : R. C. Brown Number of Pages: 1454

Author:
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Harrisburg : R. C. Brown
Number of Pages: 1454