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D. O. MERRICK, dentist, has been living in Blossburg still holds. He has never sought nor held any political fourteen years. He is a native of Delmar township, and was born August 12th 1854.
JOHN H. MILLER is one of the firm of Miller & Flynn, proprietors of the Blossburg Marble Works. In the boys and two girls), and have lost a boy and a girl.
township of Liberty, where he was born in 1835, he mar- ried Miss Mary Jane Rathbone, in 1855. He purchased his present business in 1876 of C. Rathbone.
JAMES H. MOLD is the superintendent of the Bloss-
burg Company's saw-mill, having charge of 16 men. In 1866 he came to Tioga county from Northampton, Ful- ton county, N. Y., where he was born in 1847. His wife was Miss Lucy A. Dugan, of Bradford county, Pa.
THOMAS J. MOOERS is the proprietor of the Blosssburg Foundry, which employs some ten men and turns out about 200 tons of castings annually. Mr. Mooers is a native of Tompkins county, N. Y., and was born in 1828. He married Miss Sarah L. Coles, of Luzerne county.
GEORGE W. MORGAN is a native of West Winfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., and removed to Blossburg some years ago.
NEIL MUNRO, born in Pottsville, Pa., April ist 1838,
HENRY KILBOURNE, M. D .- This esteemed physician married Elizabeth Whamand, from Forfarshire, Scotland. is a native of Shrewsbury, Vt., and was born in 1802. His occupation is mining, and his residence Morris Run. His parents were Alexander and Janet Munro, who came from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1830 to Nova Scotia, and thence to Pottsville in 1835. His father afterward re- moved to Farrensville, Clinton county, where he engaged in the manufacture of fire-brick, and where he died at
JOHN C. MUNRO is a native of Scotland, born in Glas- gow, May 9th 1830 His parents were Alexander and Janet Munro, who are mentioned in the sketch of Neil
to 1865, when he removed to Morris Run. He married Anna Blush, of Lock Haven, Pa. He has served as school director since 1879. He follows the occupation of mining.
B. A. MURRAY, the proprietor of the Murray House, Blossburg, was born in 1839, at Lowell, Mass. His par- ents removed to Lycoming county when he was in his childhood, and he came to Blossburg in 1842. His wife was Miss Maggie Fitzgerald, of Syracuse, N. Y.
PATRICK F. O'DONNELL was born at Burnt Court, county Tipperary, Ireland, in November 1838. Burnt Court was so called from the fact of the owner of a local castle, named Everett, having burned the castle to pre- vent its falling into the hands of Cromwell's troopers, who were then overrunning the south of Ireland. Young O'Donnell attended the national or common school of the village from the age of 5, and at the age of 14 had acquired a pretty fair English education, with a liberal knowledge of the higher mathematics. At 16 he entered
ment, Clogheen, county Tipperary, as book-keeper, where he remained until the spring of 1863, when he emigrated to the United States. After being for a short time out of work in New York, he secured employment as ac- countant in the glass cutting establishment kept by Wil- liam N. Walton, at 58 John street, which he left in June 1864, to enter the office of the Morris Run Coal Com- pany at Blossburg as assistant book-keeper. He was married November 10th 1865, to Maria Fitzgerald, who was born in 1842 in Clogheen, county Tipperary, Ireland. After the removal of the company's office to Morris Run, in June 1866, he continued in the same capacity until March 1868, when he was promoted to the office of chief accountant, cashier and paymaster, all of which offices he
office, except the position of tax collector for Hamilton township for State, county and local taxes. Mr. O'Don- nell and wife have a family of six children living four
JOHN B. PHILBRICK, now a merchant in Blossburg, was born June 16th 1830, in Allentown, N. H. He married Miss Susan E. Cass, of Epsom, N. H. He has been for some years in the mercantile business.
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DANIEL OSCAR PUTMAN was born March 26th 1854, A. L. SMITH, now of Blossburg, formerly of Tioga, was born at the latter place, May 16th 1855. He at one at Mansfield, Pa. Early showing a talent for music he entered Prof. I. S. Green's class in 1864, and attended time studied law in New York city, and then with his Prof. I. G. Hay's musical school at Mansfield from 1868 to 1871, when he removed to Blossburg and commenced teaching music as his profession.
FREDERICK W. RAUSCHER is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. He was born in 1845, and came with his parents, John and Anna Rauscher, to America in 1851. They settled in Union, Tioga county. There Frederick married Mary E. Masters, and they removed to Bloss- burg in 1873, where he established himself in the manu- facture of carriages, wagons and sleighs in 1880.
JAMES RICHARDS was born in Staffordshire, England, May 6th 1828. He married Sarah Round, of Worcester- shire. He emigrated to this country and settled in
Morris Run in 1863, and is a miner by occupation. He ( township, in 1848. His wife was Mary Van Gorder, of was elected school director September 11th 1881, and still Tioga. He moved from Mansfield in 1880 to Blossburg, holds the office. His parents were James and Nancy where he carrries on blacksmithing. Richards. His father was a miner, and lost his life in a mine. His mother died in England in 1875.
WILLIAM L. RICHARDS is a native of Liverpool, Eng- land, born in 1833. His parents, David and Mary Richards, came to this country in 1837, settled at Phila- | overseer of the mines for ten years. He was elected jus- delphia first, and in 1840 in Blossburg, where David died tice of the peace in 1875. His parents were John and in 1841. His wife died in 1874, at the residence of her Elizabeth Waddell, of Lanarkshire, Scotland.
son William. Mr. Richards follows the profession of mining engineering. His wife was Miss Amelia R. Dartt, of Wellsboro. He settled at Morris Run in 1855. He was inspector of mines for the 3d district of Penn- sylvania from 1874 to 1878. He was appointed by Gov- ernor Geary the first magistrate of Morris Run, and held the office five years. He was elected an active member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers in 1880.
EDWARD L. RUSSELL came to Blossburg in 1874, and opened photographer's rooms in the following year. He is now located in Caldwell's block. He was born in Honesdale, Pa., in 1855. He is enterprising, and keeps up with the advance of his profession.
WILLIAM SAGE was born in 1839, in Pottsville, Pa., and married Ruth Williams, of Blossburg. He enlisted in 1861 in Company I) 84th Pa. volunteers; was trans ferred to Company G of the 57th June 29th 1865, and was soon after mustered out with his regiment, having been in 27 engagements during his service. He opened the Stage House at Blossburg, opposite the railroad sta- tion, of which he is still proprietor.
E. SHELDON SCHOFIELD was born in Chili, N. Y., in 1826, and married Miss Martha Mosher, of Dalton, Mass. He went from Dunbarten, N. Y., in 1862 to Tioga county; was first engaged in the glass works at Bloss- burg, and afterward in the store of the Salt Company of Onondaga at Blossburg and Morris Run. In 1867 he was appointed first general superintendent of the Bloss- burg glass works, and he held that position at the time of his death, in 1881. His widow resides in Blossburg.
father, F. E. Smith, at Tioga. He is now cashier of the banking house of Pomeroy Brothers & F. E. Smith, at Blossburg.
CARL L. STEINMANN was born in Basle, Switzerland, in 1841; came to America in 1864; landed in New York in October, and the next month enlisted in Company E 6th N. Y. cavalry, and served to the close of the war. After living in various towns he located in Blossburg in 1874. His wife was Miss Louise Stackman, of Ger- mania, Pa., a native of Hamburg, Germany. His calling is fresco painting, and he employs a number of men in his business.
BENJAMIN M. STURDEVANT was born in Jackson
MATTHEW WADDELL is a native of Devonshire, Eng- land, and was born February 18th 1825. He married Agnes Densmore, of Lanarkshire, Scotland. Coming to this country he settled in Morris Run, where he has been
DAVID C. WATERS, M. D .- Dr. Waters's birth occurred in Cortland, N. Y., in 1842. He married Miss Sue Brown, of Knoxville, Pa. In 1862 he enlisted in Com- pany E 157th N. Y .; was soon transferred to Mount Pleasant Hospital, Washington, as assistant surgeon, and served in that capacity during the war. He was graduated from the medical department of the George- town University, D. C., in 1867; commenced practice in Cortland county, N. Y., and in 1870 removed to Arnot
A. R. WILLIAMS is a bookkeeper for the Fall Brook Coal Company at Fall Brook. He is a native of the kingdom of Denmark, born in 1847. His wife is Eliz- abeth J. Brewer, of Blossburg.
EDWIN A. WILLIAMS, a native of South Wales, was born in 1843. He came to America in 1868 (to Troy, N. Y.), and in 1869 to Blossburg. He married Miss Rhoda Broonbaugh, of Bloomsburg, Pa. He is a brakeman on the Tioga Railroad, and is a member of the Conductors' Brotherhood.
CHARLES C. WINSOR, M. D., Arnot, was born at Jamestown, N. Y., in 1859, and is the son of Daniel and Marcelia Winsor. He studied medicine with Dr. H. P. Hall, of Jamestown, and was graduated from the Univer- sity of the City of Buffalo, medical department, in 1881. He married Miss Jennie L. Giles, of Jamestown.
COLONEL JOSEPH YONKIN was born in Fairfield town- ship, Lycoming county, in 1818. In 1839 he married Miss Hannah Gray, daughter of Timothy Gray, a soldier of 1812. They have had eight children, of whom only one is now living. Mr. Yonkin was appointed colonel of the 156th regiment State militia, which office he held five years. In 1840 he built the hotel in Blossburg now
JOHN SLINGERLAND was born in Westmoreland, Oneida county, N. Y., in 1822. In 1852 he married Miss Susan Brown, daughter of Simeon and Frances Brown, of Mansfield, Pa. He located in Mansfield in 1847 and known as the Tonkin House, of which he is still propri- in Blossburg in 1864. He is a blacksmith.
etor.
BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP.
REV. HIRAM BACON .- One of the oldest and most re- spected residents of Brookfield is Rev. Hiram Bacon, for 53 years pastor of the Free-Will Baptist church. He was
ried Mary Stebbins, of Potter county. His father was Alvin Bacon, who came from Vermont to Rutland in ISoo. His family is of English descent, his great-grand- born July 18th 1808, in Rutland, Tioga county, and mar- | father having been stolen from England and sold in Con -
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necticut, to a man named Derby, to pay his passage money. Mr. Bacon's ministry has been successful and of advantage to the church.
SCHUYLER MELVIN BAKER has resided all his life in Brookfield, where he carries on a farm and is also a dealer in agricultural implements. He is a native of this town- ship, born June 13th 1849. Mrs. Baker was Miss Satie Kibbe, of Harrison, Butler county, Pa.
STEPHEN P. CHASE has for 28 years been a resident of Brookfield township, in which his farm is located. He was born in New Bedford, Mass., November 29th 1840, and married Roxanna S. Hurst, of Brookfield. Mr. Chase served through the war of the Rebellion, carrying the colors of the 86th N. Y. veteran volunteers; was ap- pointed color sergeant May 13th 1864; was wounded June 18th 1864 in the head and left ear and disabled, but staid in the service until the close of the war. The com- mandant of his regiment speaks in the highest terms of
Ellsworth. Mr. Griffin's father, J. C. Griffin, built the first frame house on the homestead farm, the one now occupied by his son. His mother, Mrs. Lucy E. Griffin, was born September 22nd 1809, and died May 9th 1873. His wife's mother, Mrs. Eliza Gibbs, was born May 20th 1808, and died March 7th 1880.
HARVEY H. MASCHO is the son of Charles and Sarah Mascho, of Brookfield, formerly of Elkland. He was born April 19th 1854, in Brookfield, and in 1878 married Ellie Burdick, of the same township. He is a successful farmer, and occupies a portion of the fine farm on which his parents still live. He has been school director, as- sessor, town collector and supervisor. The Mascho family are descendants of David Mascho, formerly of Connecticut.
WILLIAM A. MCLEAN came from Fowlerville, Livings- ton county, N. Y. (where he was born August 27th 1857), to Brookfield, and settled on the farm where he still re- his moral character, soldierly conduct and helpful spirit sides. His father, A. McLean, was a native of Scotland, toward his comrades. Mr. C. has been superintendent of the M. E. Sunday-school since the war, excepting one year, and has made the school a success. and his mother, Catherine, was from Orange county, N. Y. He married Fannie B. Hood, daughter of John and Rebecca Hood, of Farmington, formerly of New York State. Mr. McLean has two children living, Allen A. and Frank.
MRS. ESTHER EGECOMB is the daughter of George and Esther Wood, the former from Providence, R. I., and the latter from New Haven, Conn. Mr Wood was MOSES H. METCALF .- Mr. Metcalf's birthplace was Lisle, Broome county, N. Y., and the date of his birth October 29th 1812. In early life he removed to Brook- field, where he married Lucy Hamblin. After her death at sea three and a half years in his younger days. He and his wife removed to Tioga county in 1830, when the county was new and there was no mill nearer than Wil- liamsport, 70 miles away. They have four children liv- he married Polly Ann Baker, on the 14th of December ing, viz., Mary Ann, Henry, Esther and Horton. The subject of this sketch was born September 17th 1840, in the old homestead, and was married to Mr. Edgecomb August 4th 1872. 1835. They have five children now living, viz. Hannah M., Janette R., Rosilla M., Mary E., Ira H. and Murray B. Mr. Metcalf was one of the pioneers of the township, and built the first house on the farm where he resides. He has been supervisor three years. Naturally ingen- ious, he is a farmer, a carpenter and a shoemaker. His father, Isaac Metcalf, was the first postmaster in the township of Brookfield, a soldier in the war of 1812, a justice of the peace many years, and lived to the age of 82. Mrs. Metcalf's parents, Ira and Sarah Baker, were respectively from Connecticut and Delaware. Her grand- father, John H. Brown, was a Revolutionary soldier, and was pensioned for a wound received in service.
JOHN GARDNER .- Probably the oldest resident of Brookfield is John Gardner, whose birth occurred March 8th 1790, in New Galway, Montgomery county, N. Y. He was the son of Benjamin Gardner, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His life has been mostly occupied with farming. He has been chosen school director for three years, and elected supervisor of Brookfield for the same length of time. He married Wealthy Grant, of Otsego county, N. Y., April 23d 1817. She died Octo- ber 7th 1819, and he afterward married Abigail Capwell, daughter of Benajah and Mary Capwell. The second Mrs. Gardner died December 29th 1869. Mr. Grant's children are Sylvanus, Daniel, John Nelson, Charles and Milo; five of his children have died, viz .: Elvira Ann, Chloe G., Fanny, Lydia and Harvey. His son Milo mar- ried Sarah Leyton, December 29th 1869, and they have two children living-Dora and Lydia.
JULIUS GRANTIER is the son of Jacob Grantier, who came into Tioga county from Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1848, and was the first dairyman in the township of Brookfield. Julius was born June 11th 1837, and married Miss Mary Bowman. He has been a prosperous farmer. His grandfather was a surgeon in the war of the Revolu- ISAAC P. PARKER .- Many years ago Ambrose Parker and his wife Ruby removed from New York State to Brookfield, where on the 4th of December 1830 the sub- ject of our sketch was born. He married Ruth Kelley, tion until its close. Eunice Grantier was the daughter of Julius Johannes Seely, of Deerfield. They are of English descent. Mrs. Mary Grantier's father was born in Wyoming county, Pa., in 1812, and was the son of also of Brookfield. They have five children living- Godfrey Bowman, who served under Commodore Perry in his victory on Lake Erie.
W. C. GRIFFIN was born in Bainbridge, Berrian county, Mich., April 23d 1838. Besides his occupation of farm- ing he has acted as collector and constable four years in succession, as school director five years, and school treasurer two years. He married Abigail E. Gibbs, of Clymer, Tioga county, who is the daughter of Edward P. and Eliza A. Gibbs, formerly of Newark, N. J. They have three children now living, viz. Lucy E., Clara and
DARIUS W. NOBLES has lived in Brookfield since his birth, August 5th 1823. His father, Asahel Nobles, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his grandfather, Azel Nobles, served in the Revolutionary war, for which ser- vice he received a pension until the time of his death. Azel Nobles was one of the pioneers of Brookfield, and built the first log house on the homestead farm. D. W. Nobles married Cornelia Leonard, of Westfield, July 5th 1848. They have four children now living -George R., Walter L, Emma P., and Cora S .- all married. Mr. Nobles is a thorough farmer, and has been supervisor, township clerk and treasurer, and school director.
Nettie, Dollie, Phema E., Blanche, and Ambrose L. Two, Almira and Viola, are dead. Mr. Parker built the first frame house on the farm where he now resides. He has been supervisor and assessor in his native township. His father was born February 5th 1798; married Ruby Metcalf July 29th 1823; and died July 19th 1876.
SPENCER B. PLANK, of Sylvester, Tioga county, was born in Brookfield, June 25th 1851. He married Sarah McLean, of Brookfield. He carries on a farm and is also a merchant. He has two children now living, Willie and
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Katie. He has been school director two years. His father, Charles H. Plank, a resident of Brookfield, was born January 19th 1820. His mother, Mrs. Lurania Plank, was born in Homer, Cortland county, N. Y., Feb- ruary 7th 1815. The family is of English descent, and early settled in Connecticut. H. Plank was supervisor of Brookfield four years.
GEORGE RIETTER is the son of Michael and Frederika Rietter, and was born December 15th 1830, while his parents were residents of Wurtemburg, Germany. They came to America while he was young. His mother died in 1838. His wife is Rosa Bertch, of Smethport, Mc- Kean county. Mr. Rietter settled upon a farm in Brook- field and is a thriving man. He has five children, whose- names are Christina, John, Ernest, Frank, and Delano. He has been a school director. He has crossed the At- lantic three times.
C. G. SEELEY .- This well-to-do farmer was born in Deerfield, Tioga county, April 30th 1817. His wife was Polly Alvord, of Canisteo, Steuben county, N. Y. His father, Horace Seeley, of English descent, was one of the early settlers in Tioga county. He came from Connect- icut and built the first log house on the homestead tarm, where he resided until his death at the age of 64. C. G. Seeley has been school director and town treasurer. His wife's father, Lyman Alvord, was a pensioner of the war of 1812.
Pennsylvania reserve, and was honorably discharged August 22nd 1864 for wounds received in service.
ANDREW J. SIMMONS is a native of Brookfield, and was born December 12th 1835. He is the son of Wil- liam and Mary Ann Simmons, the first of whom was one of the pioneers in the township and erected the first log house on the homestead farm; he was 76 years old when he died. Mrs. Mary Ann Simmons was the daugh- ter of John H. Brown, who was wounded in the siege of Yorktown in the Revolutionary war and received a pen- sion. Andrew J. Simmons married Martha Hunt, of Brook- field. They have eight children living, viz .: Gaylord, Frederick, Rosa, Mary, George, Amanda, Willie, and Lena. Mr. Simmons, though now a farmer by occupa- tion, was formerly a merchant, and postmaster for 20 years.
JOHN SIMMONS, another life-long resident of Brook- field, was born there in 1820, March 9th. He married there Miss Anna Bacon. He is a farmer. He has been justice of the peace 21 years. His only son, William Ethel Simmons, married Laura Warren, of Farmington; he died May 16th 1871, aged 26. William Simmons, father of John, was formerly of Wyoming county, Pa., and died at the age of 76 years. His wife's father, Dr. Ethel B. Bacon, was born January 22nd 1772, and died April 15th 1841. Anna Bacon was born April 6th 1783, and died January 15th 1855, aged 73 years.
SOLOMON THOMAS .- Among the prominent farmers of WILLIAM G. SEELY JR .- The parents of Mr. Seely are W. G. Seely sen. born February 12th 1822, in Brookfield), and Mrs. Matilda Seely (born February 2nd 1820, in Ot- sego county, N. Y.) They settled at an early day in Brookfield, where the subject of this sketch was born Brookfield is Solomon Thomas. He was born December 3d 1823, in Addison, Steuben county, N. Y., where his parents, Ezekiel and Amy Thomas, were residents. He removed to Brookfield, where he married Charlotte Jo- seph. Her father, John Joseph jr., was a soldier in the March 31st 1853. He is known as an enterprising farmer. war of 1812. Her grandfather, John Joseph sen., was in His father has been supervisor and school director. He the Revolutionary war, as was also Ezekiel Thomas, the enlisted August 21st 186r in Company K Ist regiment grandfather of Solomon Thomas.
CHARLESTON TOWNSHIP.
GEORGE W. AVERY was the son of George and Ruth WILLIAM H. CLARK .- The place of his birth was Rich -. mond, Pa., and the year 1844. He married Miss Plebe Warters, of Richmond. He owns a farm, and is one of the firm of Warters & Clark, owners of a large steam saw-mill at Willard's Station, which they built in 1873. They employ 12 men, and cut 4,000,000 feet of lumber Avery, and was born in Salisbury, Herkimer county, N. Y., August 12th 1825. January 20th 1853 he married Miss Martha A., daughter of Luther and Eunice Keyes, of Deerfield, N. Y., who was born May roth 1832. He was a farmer, and settled in 1854 in Charleston, where he died November 9th 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Avery had two annually. There is also a feed grinding attachment to children, Cora J. and George W. their mill.
O. D. BLY was born in Norway, N. Y., in 1831. When a young man he removed to Pennsylvania, and in 1857 married Miss Susan Miller, of Millerton. He engaged Chatham, a native of England. They have five children living. Mr. C. is a merchant, the postmaster, and pro- prietor of the Round Top cheese factory. He came to Round Top in 1857, from Westfield. He has been a magistrate ten years. His father, Newbury Cloos, settled in the Cowanesque Valley in 1804; was a large land
for a time in farming and teaching; was elected magistrate of Jackson township in 1857, and served 16 years. In ISSo he was chosen superintendent of the county poor, which office he still holds.
THOMAS R. BOWEN is the son of David and Sarah Bow- en, natives of Wales, who came to America before the owner, and a magistrate many years.
ALONZO BREWSTER was born in Susquehanna county, Pa., in 1831, and came to Tioga county in childhood with his parents. He married in 1852 Miss Delana Cul- ver, of Charleston. They had one son, Arthur. Mr. B. went into the army in 1864, and died in the service in 1865. His widow was married in 1866 to Ira Newhall, of Charleston, who died in 1880.
CHARLES CLOSE, of Round Top, was born in Chatham, Pa., in 1826, In 1847 he married Miss Ann Owlett, of
CHARLES COOLIDGE was born in 1809, in Canada,
birth of their son, which occurred in 1847, in Charleston.
In 1870 Mr. Bowen married Miss Martha Barty, of Sulli- whither his father had removed from Massachusetts. van. Their children are Sadie, Bessie and Lottie. Mr. After the breaking out of the war of 1812 he returned B. is a farmer. He has always been identified with the to the States, and located in Wellsboro in 1815, in the temperance cause, and is a member of the M. E. church. mercantile and lumbering business. Mr. Coolidge is a
printer, and served an apprenticeship in the office of the Phenix at Wellsboro. In 1852 he purchased a large tract of land at Round Top and removed there.
IRVING S. HARKNESS, son of Joel and Almira Hark- ness, was born in Covington, Pa., in 1825. In 1852 he married Miss Ann B. Elliot, who died in 1857. In 1860 he married Clarinda J. Rockwell, whose death took place
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in 1866. In 1867 he was married to Mrs. Henrietta Webster. He has six children now living. He is a tan- ner and currier, and is also a farmer. Early in 1865 he enlisted in Company D 16th Pa. cavalry, and served to the close of the civil war.
ABRAM HART was born in 1811, in Herkimer county, N. Y. In 1831 he married Miss Lucinda Klock. In 1834 he removed with his father and mother to Charles- ton, and took up 56 acres of land, upon which he has since resided. He has lost two sons-Lyman at Peters- burg during the civil war, and James by an accident while lumbering.
JOHN HART JR. was born in Manheim, N. Y., in 1810. He removed to Tioga county in 1836, and located in Charleston. In 1837 he married Miss Eliza Peak. He took up 110 acres of land, and remained thereon until his death. His widow and son Hiram J. still reside on the farm which he located.
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