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JOHN C. JENNINGS, son of Joseph and Lucy Jennings, was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., July 2nd 1811. He removed to Charleston in 1837. He first married Laura, daughter of Robert Pratt, in 1836. Their children, four in number, are all dead. October 10th 1847 he married Sarah A., daughter of Michael and Catherine Sloat, of Richmond. Their children are Alfred D., Orson V., Henry C., Susan C. and Charles M. Mr. J. has followed farming and lumbering through life.
ELI JOHNSON .- Delmar was Mr. Johnson's birthplace, and the year 1818. His father, Luther Johnson, settled in Tioga county in 1806, and married Zilphia Shumway. They had nine children. Luther Jolinson died in 1856. Eli Johnson married Miss Harriet Barlow in 1842. He has always been a farmer.
IRA JOHNSTON, born in 1810, in Danby, N. Y., in 1832 married Miss Betsey Griffin, of the same place. They have two children. He removed to Tioga county in 1857, and purchased 142 acres of land in Charleston, where he now resides. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
ANDREW KLOCK, son of Adam H. and Nancy C. Klock, was born in Charleston, June 11th 1839. He en- listed August 24th 1861 in the 11th Pennsylvania cavalry for three years; re-enlisted in December 1864; was hon- orably discharged in 1865. He was taken prisoner in June 1864, and was at Andersonville, Camp Lawton, Libby and other prisons. He escaped while being trans- ported, and, reaching New Brunswick, made a raft and floated out upon the ocean, where he was picked up by Unionists. October 10th 1865 he married Esther M., daughter of Frederick D. Avery, of Salisbury, N. Y. She died June 30th 1876, leaving three children. In 1877 Mr. K. married Mrs. Frances C. Johnson, daughter of George S. Collins.
HIRAM KLOCK was born in Charleston, in 1842. His father, Adam A. Klock, married Peggy Hart and remov- ed from Herkimer county, N. Y., to Charleston at an early date, where he remained until he died, in 1875, leaving a widow and nine children. Hiram Klock en listed in 1864 in Company K 207th Pa. volunteers; was wounded April 2nd 1865, and honorably discharged. He was first married in 1866, to Miss Mary E. Davis, of Manheim, N. Y., who died in 1879, leaving two children. In 1880 he married Miss Eliza Parks, of Elmira.
NELSON V. KLOCK, son of Jeremiah and Phebe M. Klock, was born in this township, in 1848. In 1871 he married Miss Addie G. Bush, daughter of Tunis and Amanda P. Bush, of Wellsboro. . He is a farmer.
NATHAN LESTER, son of John W. and Eleanor Lester, was born in Ulster county, N. Y., in 1825. When he was
12 years of age his parents removed to Tioga county. Since the age of 19 he has been a successful farmer, and for 38 years has operated threshing machines. When 18 he married Lucy, daughter of Gideon Dewey, of Covington, who died in 1872, leaving four children. In 1873 he married Mrs. Zilpha Scott, daughter of Ly- man Whitmore, of Charleston.
SAMUEL LUDLAM, son of George and Elizabeth Lud- lam, was born in 18og, in Derbyshire, England, where he married Miss Martha Barbour in 1834. In 1835 he came to America and settled in Middlefield, Otsego county, N. Y., and remained there until 1867, when he removed to Charleston. He has seven children living. Henry enlisted in 1861 in a New York regiment; was wounded at Gettysburg and died in hospital in 1864. Samuel jr. resides on the homestead farm.
THOMAS D. MARSH is the son of Levi H. and Keziah Marsh, and was born at Colesville, Broome county, N. Y., May ist 1837. He carried on a farm till 1879, when he engaged in the mercantile business in East Charleston. He enlisted September 21st 1861 in the 45th Pa. infan- try, for three years; re-enlisted and served through the war. August 20th 1867 he married Alice A., daughter of Lucius I, and Eliza Russell, of Gaines. Their children are William H. and Hattie N.
WARREN L. MILLER was born in 1829, in Richmond, Pa. His wife was Miss Ann Webster, of Sullivan, Pa. They have four children now living. Mr. Miller has a farm of 160 acres, on which he located in 1865. His father was Leonard Miller, who married Mehitable E]- liott, of Covington. His grandfather was David Miller, from Burlington, Pa., and his grandmother Mehitable Miller. His parents and grandparents settled in Rich- mond, Tioga county, in 1810.
FRANK C. PEAKE, son of Elijah and Nancy Peake, was born in Charleston, in 1855. He is a farmer. He mar- ried Miss Ella Close, of Chatham, in 1878. His father was a native of Onondaga county, N. Y., and settled in Charleston in 1836. Has three children living.
LEONARD J. PREBLE is from Lincoln county, Me., where he was born in 1826. He removed in 1849 to Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, and there married Miss Marion Barlow. In 1860 he located in Tioga county, on a part of the original farm taken up by his wife's father, Lucius Barlow, who in 1821 had settled on a farm in Charleston, where he died in 1875, at the age of 85, hav- ing been a magistrate 25 years, and a soldier in the war of 1812.
GEORGE W. SHUMWAY is a son of William P. and Mary Shumway, and was born in Charleston, in 1850. His wife was Miss Catherine Bacon, of Delmar, Pa. He has a farm of 80 acres in Charleston.
LUTHER H. SHUMWAY, son of Solomon and Desde- mona Shumway, born in Charleston in 1821, is a grand- son of one of the earliest settlers of Tioga county, Peter Shumway, who came to the county in 1806. Luther Shumway married Miss Clorinda Merrick, of Charles- ton, and they have four children. He has been treasurer and supervisor. He owns a farm of 112 acres.
WILLIAM P. SHUMWAY .- His native place is Charles- ton, where in 1847 he married Miss Mary Bacon. They have six children. His occupation is farming, and his farm covers 200 acres. His father, Sleeman Shumway, was born in Massachusetts, and came to Tioga county in 1806. He married Desdemona Wetmore, of Vermont, and died in 1864, aged 67, leaving five sons. William P.'s grandfather, Peter Shumway, was a Revolutionary soldier; came from Massachusetts to Tioga county in 1806; located first in the Tioga Valley, and two year ,
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later took up 250 acres on what has since been known as Shumway Hill, where he died in 1833.
JASON E. SMITH, born in 1831 in Mansfield, Pa., in 1858 married Miss Mary A. Wilbur, of Potter county. He lives upon his farm, and owns 350 acres. His father, James H. Smith, of Delaware county, N. Y., married Sally Button, of Otsego county, and came to Tioga county in 1825. After a short stay on Pine Creek and in Wells- boro he bought a farm in Charleston in 1827. He died in 1878, and his wife in 1877.
DARWIN THOMPSON, son of Alden and Lucretia Thompson, was born in Charleston, in 1829. His father came from Otsego county, N. Y., to Tioga county in 1813, locating first at Wellsboro, and in 1820 on Shum- way Hill, in Charleston, where he resided until his death, in 1872. His mother was a daughter of Peter and Dolly Shumway. Darwin Thompson first married Miss Adeline Warner, in 1864; she lived but a year, and he then married Mrs. Ellen Kriner. They have two chil- dren. He is a large farmer, owning 425 acres, and re- sides on the old homestead.
ANDREW J. TIPPLE is a native of Verona, N. Y., born in 1828. At the age of 21 he settled in Charleston, on a farm of 100 acres, the gift of his father, and in 1867 pur-
chased the farm of 167 acres where he now resides. He married Miss Sarah Lent; they have two sons.
ELIAS TIPPLE, son of Abram T. and Almira Tipple, was born in Peterboro, N. Y., December 26th 1820. He came to Charleston in 1845, and five years afterward bought 40 acres; then purchased the farm now owned by Henry Card, where he lived 20 years. . He was a mer- chant at East Charleston two and a half years, and was postmaster six years. He then removed to his present farm of 100 acres in East Charleston. He has been twice married; to Anna, daughter of John Kingsbury, of Oneida county, N. Y., and to Mrs. Caroline A. West, of St. Lawrence county, N. Y. He has three sons and two daughters.
PHINEAS VAN HORN was born at Jersey Shore, Ly- coming county, in 1817, and came to Wellsboro in 1838, where he was engaged in the boot and shoe trade until 1847, when he purchased the farm on Shumway Hill where he has since resided. In 1842 he married Miss Lydia Lock, of Wellsboro. They have five children.
BENJAMIN WALKER, born in 1857 at Round Top, mar- ried Miss Della Best, of the same place, which is still his post-office address. His occupation is farming, and his residence Charleston.
CHATHAM AND CLYMER TOWNSHIPS, WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH.
LUCIUS O. BEACH was born in Knoxville borough, and was born July 8th 1832. Mrs. Matteson was Betsey March Ioth 1832. He married Mary L. Bowen, of Cooper, of Chatham. Mr. M. is a farmer; has been su- Tompkins county, N. Y. He is a farmer in Chatham pervisor of Chatham three terms, and tax collector one township, and has been constable 16 years. He is a year. member of the Odd Fellows' and Masonic orders and of the Knights of Honor.
BENJAMIN OWLETT is one of the foremost farmers of Chatham township, of which he is a native. He was born bury Center.
THOMAS OWLETT, farmer, came in 1831 from England, where he was born September 23d 1823. In 1839 he came to Chatham township. He married Mary West in 1847. She died in 1866, and in December 1868 he mar- ried Martha J. Avery.
W. H. PARSONS is a native of Columbia county, N. Y. He was born July 4th 1824. The first Mrs. Parsons was Miss Emma E. Baker. They were married in 1851. In 1868 Mr. P. married Miss A. W. Flint, of Unadilla, N. Y. He has followed tailoring for the last four years. He is a justice of the peace at Westfield borough.
E. F. RADEKER, blacksmith at Sabinsville, was born in Delaware county, N. Y., September 11th 1836. Mrs.
ERASTUS COOPER was born in Vernon, N. Y., October 21st 1827, and married Amanda Sedam, of Steuben Radeker was Miss O. M. Knowles, of Westfield, this county, N. Y., in which State he formerly lived. He has county. a farm in Westfield township.
GEORGE W. DOUGLASS was born March 8th 1843, at Sabinsville, where he is now a merchant. He married Violette Roberts, of the same place. He has been post- master 'four years), town clerk and school director.
September 30th 1849 he married Martha Pritchard, of Lawrenceville.
PHILIP ERWAY was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., September 14th 1823, and married Mary King, of Chatham, in which township he has his farm.
HENRY MATTESON is a native of Knoxville borough,
JOSEPH A. TUBBS, farmer, Westfield, was born in Woodhull, N. Y., in 1835. His wife, Mary Malloroy, was a lady of Westfield.
GEORGE WASS was born in Tioga county, N. Y., Au- gust 7th 1819, and in 1837 came with his parents to ANNING ELLIS, farmer, Westfield, is a native of Alle- Chatham, which was then a wilderness. He married gany county, N. Y., and was born February 28th 1819. Jane Faulkner, of Deerfield. He is a farmer.
WILLIAM WASS JR. was born September 25th 1832, and in 1857 married Mary Lee, of Chatham township. He is a farmer and speculator.
A. YALE, farmer, Sabinsville, was born at Utica, N. Y., April 16th 1824, and married Sarah A. Ackley, of Gro- ton, N. Y.
WINTHROP W. BEACH was born in Knoxville, this May 26th 1842, and married Miss W. Beeman, of Middle- county, September 30th 1830, and married Margaret Curran, of Steuben county, N. Y. He is a farmer; has been supervisor of Chatham township; and is a member of the Knights of Honor.
WILLIAM E. CALKINS, farmer in Chatham, is a native of Oneida county, N. Y., and was born April 5th 1836. He married Eliza M. Cooper, of Chatham. In the civil war he was a member of Company G 6th Ohio volun- teers and in charge of a company of scouts two years. During the last year of the war he was in the 24th N. Y. cavalry.
RANDOLPH CHURCHILL was born April 22nd 1828, at Ithaca, N. Y. His wife was Fanny Close, of Chatham. Mr. Churchill is a farmer, living in Chatham.
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DEERFIELD, NELSON AND OSCEOLA TOWNSHIPS, ELKLAND AND KNOXVILLE BOROUGHS.
AUGUSTUS ALBA is a retired mercant living in Knox- ville. He was born there, March 17th 1829, and married Lucy M. Bulkley, of Deerfield.
OLIVER P. BABCOCK, a prosperous farmer of Elkland, was born in 1840, in Farmington. He enlisted and serv- ed through the war of the Rebellion, receiving a wound at Petersburg. July 5th 1863 he married Mary, daugh- ter of Colonel Lemuel Davenport, and they have one son living. Colonel Davenport, born in 1762, in Vermont, served in the war of 1812, and in 1814 settled in Elk- land, where he resided until his death.
EMERY W. BLEND, son of Adoniram and Clarissa Blend, born in 1844 in Addison, N. Y., enlisted in 1862 in Company G I4Ist N. Y. He was wounded at Resa- ca, Ga., May 15th 1864. and was honorably discharged at Elmira in 1865. He married in 1868 Miss Rosetta Rathbone, of Nelson. They have five children. Mr. Blend owns a farm of 50 acres in Nelson township.
SAMUEL BOGART JR. is a son of Samuel and Lucinda Bogart, and a native of Lawrenceville. He was born in 1835. His wife was Miss S. H. Hollis, of Tuscarora, N. Y. He is a member of Osceola Lodge F. A. M. His former occupation was blacksmithing; he is now engaged in manufacturing lumber in Nelson.
owning 150 acres.
LEVI B. BROWN, Elkland, was born December 12th 1838, in Maryland, Otsego county, N. Y. March 11th 1869 he married Sarah M., daughter of Colonel Marinus W. Stull, of Elkland, who was one of the first settlers in the Cowanesque Valley, and a soldier in the war of 1812, and organized the first school in Elkland. Mr. Brown's parents, David and Polly Brown, came from New York State. David was a lawyer by profession. L. B. Brown is a farmer. He has three sons-David M., Frank B., and Leroy W.
HENRY H. CADY, son of Michael and Hannah Cady, was born in 1826, in Middlebury, Tioga county. In 1853 he married Miss Jerusha Eaton, daughter of Nathaniel and Betsey Eaton, of Middlebury, by whom he had four children. Mr. Cady enlisted in 1864 in Company K 207th Pa. volunteers; was wounded at Petersburg April 2nd 1865, and died at City Point. His widow removed in 1865 to a farm in Nelson, where she still resides.
JOHN CAMPBELL, a native of Ireland, came to America about the year ISoo. He was first a land agent in Philadelphia, then a merchant tailor. In 18ro he located at Beecher's Island 'now Nelson', in the Cowanesque Valley, and he was the first merchant in the place. He built the first permanent grist-mill, in 1820. He married Mrs. Sarah Blackwell, of Jersey Shore, Lycoming county. At the time of his death, in 1854, he possessed 500 acres of land, of which 100 were under cultivation.
JOHN H. CAMPBELL, son of Joseph and Ann Camp- bell, was born in 1836, at Nelson, where he now lives.
WILLIAM H. BAXTER is a native of Delaware county, His wife was Miss Calphurnia J. Bottom, of Farming- N. Y., born in 1832. He married Philena Johnson, of ton. He enlisted in 1864 in Company H 207th Pennsyl- Charleston, Pa. He is an insurance agent, and owns a vania volunteers, and was discharged in 1865. He has farm of 200 acres in Nelson township. He is one of the been once elected magistrate and once constable, but in charter members of Nelson Lodge, No. 434, I. O. of O. F. both instances declined to serve. His business is general His father, William Baxter, who was an old resident of insurance, and he is a member of the firm of J. H. Farmington, and an influential worker in the M. E. Campbell & Son. church, died in 187r.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL JR. was born in Ireland, in 1793' CHARLES F. BILLINGS is a native and resident of Knox- and came to America in ISI0, with his parents. They ville, and an extensive landholder. He was born Febru. located at Beecher's Island, where he and his brother ary 16th 1831. Mrs. B. was Helena Sweet, of Knoxville. James took up 250 acres of wild land. In 1822 he mar- ried Miss Ann Clinch, a native of England. They had twelve children, of whom eight are living. He was an ardent worker for the Presbyterian church, of which he was a deacon many years. and representative in church assemblies. He died in Nelson, in 1864; his wife in 1868.
M. F. CASS was born at Farmington Centre, October 26th 1850. His wife was Miss Susie M. Baxter, of Nel- son, which is their place of residence. He is a teacher by profession, and has taught 15 years. He was elected county superintendent May 3d 1881.
HENRY E. CHAMBERLAIN is a prosperous farmer at Elkland. He was born in Maryland, Otsego county, N. V., March 14th 1827, and married Maria Gleason, of Chatham, Pa., April 8th 1849. They have two daughters and one son living. He enlisted September 13th 1864 in Company C 99th regiment; was transferred to the
CLARK W. BROOKS is a native and resident of Nelson, born in 1846. His father, Jacob Brooks, came to Tioga county from Cohocton, N. Y., in 1842. His mother was Sophronia Bottom. Mr. Brooks married Miss Adell Wilbur, of Addison, N. Y., in 1870; is now a farmer, 199th; was in the battles of Hatcher's Run, Clover. Hill,
Appomatox and others, and was honorably discharged. Mrs. C.'s father, Nelson Gleason, was a pioneer in Tioga county.
B. F. COLVIN is a native of Herkimer county, N. Y., and was born January roth 1826. His wife was Jennie C. Chrisman, of Indiana county, Pa. From Spring Mills, N. Y., Mr. C removed to Oscecla. November Ist 1881. He enlisted January 3ist 1862 in the frith Pennsyl- vania volunteers; was wounded at Winchester, Va., and after three years' service was honorably discharged. He is now a farmer.
JAMES COOK was born at Lindley, Steuben county,
JOHN BROWN was born April 14th 1847, in Sweden, of which country his wife, Christine, is also a native. They N. Y., in IS04. In ISob he came with his parents to came to this country in 1871, and after a time settled in Tioga county. He married Miss Rachel Hazlett, of Fall Brook, Tioga county, and later on the farm at Elk- Nelson, Pa .; is a farmer, owning 120 acres in Nelson. land where he now resides. They have two children His father, Captain Levi Cook, at an early diy came living. Mr. B. was formerly a farmer. from Long Island to Tioga county, thence removing to Lindley, N. Y., and returning in 1806 to the Cowanesque Valley, near the present village of Knoxville. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Caulkins, of Steuben county, N. Y. They had eight children, three of whom are living. Mr. Cook was captain of militia in the valley, and took his company to the frontier at the burning of Buffalo. He died at Lawrenceville, in 1847.
SILAS G. CRANDALL is a native of Deerfield, Pa., and
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was born in 1827. In 1858 he married Miss Mary M.
Weeks, of Westfield; they have two children. He was for fifteen years in the mercantile firm of P. Crandall & Bro., at Osceola, and in 1861 came to Nelson, where he has a farm of 200 acres. He has been assessor many years. His father, Truman Crandall, of Rensselaer county, N. Y., married Miss Nancy Card, of Madison county, and located at Osceola in 1822, taking up 130 acres of land. After 1850 he followed mercantile busi- ness many years, and died in 1882, aged 85 years.
ALBERT AND JUSTUS DEARMAN .- Albert and Justus Dearman, of Knoxville, were sons of George and Olive Beach) Dearman. They were born at Groton, Tomp- kins county, N. Y .- Albert October 12th 1824, and Jus- tus September 8th 1829. Their mother died while they were quite young. Albert followed the trade of house- painting with his father until he was 20 years of age. In 1844 he came to Knoxville and was employed as clerk in the store of O. P. Beach. Mr. Beach was his uncle, and at the end of the first year took the young man into part- nership with himself under the firm name of Beach & Dearman. Justus at the age of 16 years entered the em- ploy of Robert Howell, Ithaca, N. Y., where he remained four years. In 1849 the firm of Beach & Dearman dis- solved; Justus came to Knoxville, and the two brothers formed a partnership for the sale of merchandise. Their combined effects at that time did not exceed $1,000. They were fair in their dealings, attended strictly to business, and prospered greatly. The firm of A, & J. Dearman continued fifteen years, when it was dissolved by mutual consent, Justus remaining at the old stand and continuing the business. In 1871 his store was destroyed by fire. In 1873 he built the elegant place of business which he occupied until the time of his death-Decem- ber 14th 1880. He was never married. He admired beautiful surroundings, and the correctness of his taste was exhibited in his store and grounds, which were ar- ranged and ornamented under his personal supervision. As a citizen he was liberal in contributing to any project for the benefit of his adopted town, and as a creditor he was exceedingly lenient toward those indebted to hin. He is buried in Fairview cemetery, at Osceola, in a lot which has been elegantly fitted up and is cared for with all the attention that brotherly affection could suggest. Albert Dearman remains-as he has been for many years -one of the leading merchants of Knoxville .- C. T.
LESTER DORRANCE, Osceola, is a native of Elkland, and was born June 11th 1843. His wife was Hannah MI. Bottom, of the same place. They have one child, Susan C. Ilis wife's parents were Walter C. and Con- tent Bottom, of Connecticut, and her grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. Dorrance's occupation is farming.
HIRAM FLANDERS was born February 13th 1832, at Ballston Springs, N. Y. July 2nd 1852 he married Mary Jane, daughter of Ransom Smith, of Woodhull, N. Y. Their children are John and Luna Z. He was formerly a millwright, but is now farming at Woodhull, Steuben county, N. Y. His parents, Hiram and Sarah Flanders, were from Vermont and New York. His father died November 28th 1857.
JONAS B. GLEASON is a native of Newtown, now Southport, N. Y., born March 17th ISIO. He was one of the early settlers in Osceola, married Hannah Van Dusen, and settled on the farm in Osceola where he now resides. He has six children. His parents, Nathan and Lucy Seeley , from Chenango county, N. Y., were pioneers in Tioga county. He was a justice of the peace for many years.
in Osceola, July 14th 1824. November 9th 1851 he married Mary Vanzile, daughter of Isaac Vanzile, a pio- neer in Tioga county formerly from New Jersey. They have three children-Ezra, James T. and Metta. Mr. G. is a farmer, and lives on the old homestead in Osce- ola. He is a descendant of General Warren who fell at Bunker Hill.
WINDSOR GLEASON, farmer, Elkland, is a native of Vermont, and was born in 1829. He married Angelia, daughter of Hon. David Hardwick, of Massachusetts, who afterward removed to Tioga county, where he now resides. Mr. G. was a soldier in the civil war; was wounded at Cold Harbor, and was honorably discharged in June 1864. He has three children.
CHARLES B. GOODRICH was born in Delaware county, N. Y., in 1837, and in 1859 married Miss Lottie Stewart, of Woodhull, Steuben county, N. Y. His occupation is farming, and his place of residence Nelson. He was con- stable nine years, beginning in 1861; has also been col- lector, assessor, etc., and was elected magistrate in 1882.
JOHN HAZLETT is a native of Nelson, and was born in 1823. He married Miss Lucy Dunham, of Farmington, in 1855. He is a prosperous farmer, and owns 230 acres in Nelson. He is a member of Nelson Lodge, No. 434, 1. O. of O. F. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian church.
SAMUEL HAZLETT, son of John and Jane Hazlett, was born in Nelson, in 1816. His wife was Miss Catharine Knapp, of Wells, Pa. He is a well-to-do farmer. His father, John Hazlett, was born in Scotland, about 1787. and came to America when young. The family settled in Stroudsburg, Pa., whence in 1810 John and his brother Samuel came to the Cowanesque Valley, and took up 300 acres of land below the village of Nelson. John married Jane Campbell. They had nine children; seven are living. He died in 1850, when he owned 300 acres of land.
WILLIAM HEYSHAM was born in Chemung county, N. Y., in 1821, and married Miss Eliza Rathbone, of Nelson, Pa. His parents settled in 1824 in Canisteo, N. Y., whence he moved to Tioga county, Pa., in 1840, and commenced work for himself. His highest wages were $13 per month. By industry and frugality he accumu- lated a competence, and he now owns 200 acres of land in Nelson.
CHARLES HoYT was born in Kingston, Luzerne county, Pa., and resided there until 1835, when he removed to Osceola, where he now lives. September 29th 1858 he married Mary Colvin, of Bingham, Pa., daughter of Hon. G. G. Colvin, of Potter county, Pa. They have three children living. He enlisted August 16th 1861 in Com- pany K 149th Pennsylvania; entered as second lieuten- ant; was promoted to be first lieutenant; was in the battle of Chancellorsville, and was honorably discharged in 1863; was a justice of the peace three years, and re- signed. He is a farmer, raising tobacco, hops and Chinese amber cane in large quantities.
CLARK KIMBALL was born in Weare, N. H., April 2ist 1802. He married Clarissa H. Cilley April 27th 1830, for his first wife, and Hannah Whitmore May 19th 1841 for the second. He has three sons and one daugh- ter. He was one of the first dry goods merchants in Osceola, but is now a farmer in that township.
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