History of Warren County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 88

Author: Schenck, J. S., [from old catalog] ed; Rann, William S., [from old catalog] joint ed; Mason, D., & co., Syracuse, N.Y., pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co.
Number of Pages: 1020


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the first men who was interested in the production of oil in his section. He retired from active business life in 1860, his sons becoming his successors, when they soon closed the merchandise trade, and he became an independent banker. The sons became bankers, oil producers, refiners, and dealers. They also invested largely in western lands, and have now a farm in Dakota of thirty-eight thousand acres, which is run largely as a grain farm. Messrs. J. L. and E. B. have a grazing farm of twenty-eight thousand acres also situated in Dakota. They are also large land owners in Pennsylvania, and are now residents of Tidioute. William J. Grandin married Mary Breeisholtz, of Ulster county, N. Y., in 1863; she died in 1878, leaving a family of four children - Frank, Charles, Willie, and Mary. He then married his second wife, Annie Merkle, in 1881. They have had one child born to them - Guy.


Gray, Robert M., Sugar Grove, a retired farmer of Sugar Grove, was born in Union City January 8, 1813. He was a son of James and Polly (Miles) Gray, of Huntington county, who settled in Sugar Grove in March, 1823. They had a family of two chil- dren- Robert M. and Harriet. James Gray died June 30, 1858, and Polly, his wife, died in December, 1863. James held many of the town and county offices. His parents were from the north of Ireland, and settled in Waterford. Polly was a daughter of Robert and Catherine Miles, who were early settlers in Sugar Grove. Robert M. Gray married Hannah Wells October 4, 1843. She died in 1863, leaving a family of four children - Florence, James M., Harriet, and Hugh F. (who married). Robert M. then married his second wife, Sarah Parratt, May 9, 1869; she died in September, 1882. He then married his third wife, Mrs. Mary A. Vickery, January 16, 1884. She was born in Litchfield, Herkimer county, N. Y.


Gregg, Thomas, Chandler's Valley p. o., Sugar Grove, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1830, son of William and Jane (Davidson) Gregg. William died in Ireland, leaving a widow with six children. The mother with two daughters and the son, Thomas, then nine years old, came to America in 1839. They all had ship fever, and the mother died in a hospital in New York. The three children came to Beaver county, where the sisters, Jane and Margaret, died. A brother, James, came in 1840, via Canada, with his family, and died, leaving four children. Thomas settled in Sugar Grove in 1841, and in 1852 married Salona Gibbs, of Sugar Grove ; she died in 1869. In 1870 he married Lena Redell, who was born in Sweden. He purchased his present homestead in July, 1870.


Gregory, Charles H., Youngsville p. o., Brokenstraw, owner and proprietor of the Fairmount House at Youngsville, was born at Oxford, Chenango county, N. Y., in 1834. He was a son of Asa and Arena (Spencer) Gregory, who settled in Farmington in 1839, where Asa died in 1855, aged fifty-six years. They had a family of twelve children. Those now living are Ezra, Lavina, Uretta, Betsa A., and Charles H. Charles H. Gregory was married in 1854 to Delia Smith, who died in 1857, leaving one child, who died at the early age of ten months. He then married for his second wife Mrs. Rosetta H. Gregory, widow of his brother, in 1858; she died in 1860, leav- ing three children by her first husband - Rodolphus, Daniel, and Inez. Mr. Gregory then married his third wife, Mrs. Elvira (Spencer) Davis, in 1861, and she died in 1862, leaving one son by her first husband. He then married his fourth wife, Mrs. Lucy Soules, of New York, in December, 1866. Mr. Gregory settled in Youngsville in Octo- ber, 1878, as proprietor of the Fairmount Hotel, and in July, 1882, purchased the hotel property, and is to-day one of the popular landlords of the county. He has a fine livery for the accommodation of his guests and the public. He is a man of large busi- ness qualifications and has extensive experience in various branches of business. He, after the death of his third wife, enlisted in Company 12, Ohio Independent Battery, and served to the close of the war, and was discharged at Columbus, O. He emi- grated to Kansas in 1856, and met with flattering prospects at Kansas City ; but his plans were changed on account of sickness, and he came back to Sugar Grove.


Green, Thomas, Irvington p. o., Btokenstraw, was born in Philadelphia in 1836. He was a son of Samuel and Susan Green, who were natives of Philadelphia. They had a family of three sons and one daughter. Samuel and Susan died in Philadelphia.


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Samuel's grandparents (Green) were from England, and of the staunch Quaker order, and settled in Burlington, N. J., from England. Thomas Green was married on Sep- tember 20, 1874, to Clarissa A. Skinner, of Waterford. They had a family of four chil- dren ; three are now living - Henry, William Baldwin, and Virginia-and one child died in infancy. Clarissa was a daughter of Stephen and Clarissa R. Skinner. Thomas Green settled in Irvine, Warren county, in 1875, as joint freight agent for the P. and E., B. N. Y. and P., the N. Y. Lake Erie and Western Railroads, and Empire Line Com- pany, and now has under his employ six men.


Green, Sterling, Kinzua p. o., Elk, was born in Pine Grove October 1. 1816. and the oldest of ten children of Seth W. and Sarah (Portman) Green. Seth W. Green came from the Eastern States, settled at Pine Grove about the year 1813, where he married his wife, Sarah Portman, and lived there a number of years engaged in lumber- ing, and running the same down the river, sometimes as far as New Orleans. His mode of coming back was in a barge as far as Pittsburgh, thence in a keel boat to Warren, taking three months to make the trip. After living a few years in Pine Grove he moved to Morrison's Flats, below Warren. From there he moved in canoes to the head of Kinzua valley, then known as Morrison's Mills, owned by James, Ephraim, and Samuel Morrison. He finally moved one mile below, on Sugar Run ; engaged in farming until his death, which occurred August 8, 1848, at the age of fifty-six years. He left a family of ten children, who are as follows : Sterling, Wellington, Lloyd, Sarah Jane, Thomas, Artemus, William, James, Jesse, and Mary Ann. Sterling Green, the oldest son, in 1842 started in the lumber business with M. Mccullough, of Pittsburgh, and A. H. Summerton, of Warren, at the Hazeltine Mills, one mile below Corydon. Afterward, in 1848, he assumed proprietorship of the Morrison House, in Warren, formerly kept by Richard Orr. Two years later he bought land in Kinzua and moved there, where he built the first hotel in 1851, which made a comfortable home for lumbermen and travelers. His first wife was Polly Cornelius Fogles. Their children were J. Wesley, George W., James S., Sarah J., and Mary Ann, the two last named dying before they reached womanhood. On March 23, 1878, his wife died of heart disease. Three years after he married Mrs. Doctress Louisa Green, of Jamestown, N. Y. The life of Sterling Green has been a varied experience of pioneer hardships incident to a first settler. He commenced when fifteen years of age to go with his father to Pitts- burgh on rafts, and to push back in a canoe, a tiresome operation of two weeks' time, or more, lying on the shores at night and pushing against the current all day a canoe loaded down with provisions and articles for family use, there being in those primitive days no steamboats or railroads. In after years he became one of the leading mer- chants of Kinzua ; was postmaster for eighteen years ; frequently held town offices, and is now, at the age of seventy, one of the trustees of the MI. E. Church society.


Grosch, Christian, Warren p. o., Conewango, was born in Conewango on May 3, 1849. Ile was a son of George and Barbara (Kiel) Grosch, both natives of Bavaria, Germany. His father was born on January 4, 1820, and was a son of Andrew and Ricky (Enger) Grosch. He came to America in 1845 and settled in Conewango, where he cleared and improved the farm on which he now resides. He was married on April 22, 1847, to Barbara Kiel, a daughter of Michael and Susan (Huscher) Kiel, who settled in Conewango in 1839. He has had a family of five children born to him-Delia, Chris- tian, George, Dora, and William. Christian settled on his present farm, which consists of 111 acres, in 1873, and cleared and made all improvements himself. He was married on December 29, 1872, to Mary Kashmer, a daughter of Adam and Otilda Kashmer, of Conewango. They have had five children born to them -- Fred, Ann, Albert, George, and Frank.


Gross, George J., Warren p. o., Conewango, was born in Conewango township on March 26, 1849. He is a son of Daniel and Philopena (Martin) Gross, who were early pioneers in the township of Conewango. He was married on April 8, 1879, to Sarah Arnold, a daughter of John and Saloma (Weiler) Arnold, of Conewango. He has lived on the farm on which he now resides since 1879.


Gross, John A., Warren p. o., Conewango, was born in Brokenstraw on May 15,


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1846. He was a son of Daniel and Philopena (Martin) Gross. His paternal grand- father, Martin Gross, was a native of Prussia, and settled in Conewango at an early day. He had a family of four sons -- Jacob, George, Daniel, and John. Of these Daniel had a family of ten children - Philopena, Daniel N., Elizabeth, Mary, John A., George, Sarah, Carrie (deceased), William, and Henry. Mr. Gross settled on the farm now occupied by his son, John A., in 1846, and cleared and improved it, where he resided until 1886, when he removed to Glade township, where he now resides.


Grunder, Daniel, Warren p. o., Conewango, is a farmer and lumberman, and was born in Conewango township on January 16, 1840. He settled on the farm, which he now owns and occupies, in 1868. He was a son of Henry D. and Mary E. (Gross) Grunder, who were natives of Bavaria, Germany, and settled in Conewango in 1832 on the river road, and cleared and improved a farm on what is now known as the academy land. They later removed to Pleasant township, where Henry D. engaged in the lum- ber business, and where he died in March, 1871, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He had a family of seven children born to him - John, Mary, Elizabeth, Henry, Cath- erine, Daniel, and Lewis. Daniel was married three times. His first wife was Sophia F. Geer, a daughter of Benjamin and Narcissa (Stedman) Geer, of Conewango. They had two children born to them - Mary and Irena. His second wife was Caroline Milex, and his third wife was Mary Gross, a daughter of Daniel and Philopena (Martin) Gross, and by whom he had two children - Caroline and Harry B.


Grunder, John, Warren p. o., Pleasant, is a farmer, and was born in Allegany county, N. Y., February 11, 1827. He was a son of Henry D. and Mary Elizabeth (Gross) Grunder, who settled in Conewango in 1832. John Grunder was brought up as a farmer from the time he was five years old, and has been a resident of Pleasant township since 1848, where he has been engaged in lumbering and farming. He was married in 1856 to Elizabeth Grunder, a daughter of John and Catherine (Meyers) Grunder, of Allegany county, N. Y., and by her had a family of three children - Edward H., John, and Hyett.


Hale, Danford, Ackley Station p. o., Pine Grove, was born in Brattleboro, Wind- ham county, Vt., in 1833. He married Lurina Ames, and had two children - Charles, who was killed by a falling limb, and Cynthia, who was born in Pine Grove, but now deceased. The family came to Pine Grove on May 25, 1830. In 1847 Mr. Hale, after the death of his wife, Lurina, married Louisa Aiken, by whom he had four children, viz .: - Francis A. (who married Anna M. Adams), Florence A. (who mar- ried George McCoy), David J. (who married Hannah Cable), and Emerson J. Dan- ford Hale was a successful farmer, and at the time of his death was comfortably situated. His farm was among the best in the county, and consisted of 170 acres. It is now divided between his sons Francis and David, they having purchased the shares from the other heirs.


Hale, William, Ackley Station p. o., Pine Grove, a native of Vermont, was born at Brattleboro, in the year 1801, and immigrated to Warren county with his uncle in or about 1830, and settled in Pine Grove. He married Mehitable Thurber, who bore him eight children, viz .: - Joseph, Edward T., Mary Jane (who died at the age of nineteen years), Sarepta (who married Thomas C. Hunt), and the other four died in infancy. William Hale died on April 27, 1883, and Mehitable, his wife, died in 1879. Edward Thurber Hale married Eliza, a daughter of Lewis Jones, of Farmington, by whom he has had three children. His farm comprises 143 acres, lying but a short distance from Conewango Creek, and here Edward T. Hale resides, surrounded with comforts that during his well spent life he has fairly earned.


Hall, Galbraith A. I., Sheffield, a son of Orris Hall, and one of the early settlers in Warren county, was born on July 11, 1841. He was married at the age of twenty-five years to Flora Bell (a daughter of William Bell, of Warren), who bore him six children, all of whom are living. They are Orris P., Belle E., Mary Ella, Josephine M., Gal- braith A. I., jr., and Katie V. In 1865 and 1866 Mr. Hall was in Alabama growing cotton, but this venture, although not a failure, was not particularly lucrative. After this he returned to Warren, and for two years remained there, after which he removed


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to Sheffield where he since resided. The tract of land owned by Orris Hall has recently been sold to the Pennsylvania Gas Company for a consideration of $82,500.


Hallock, A. D., Garland p. o., Spring Creek, was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., in 1844, and settled in Warren county in 1861. He married Sarah E. White, of War- ren county, and to them have been born four children - Velta, Myra, Siles, and one child who died in infancy. Mr. Hallock is a carpenter by trade, but is now engaged in farming and owns and occupies a farm of sixty-three acres. He was a son of Jesse J., and Lovina (Van Buren) Hallock. Mrs. Hallock was born in Herkimer county, N. Y. They had a family of nine children born to them, five of whom are now living - Lucy J., Elizabeth Ann, A. D., J. L., and Alice L.


Hamilton, James C., Sugar Grove, was born in Sugar Grove in March, 1832, and married Lucy Pratt, a daughter of L. H., and Julia Pratt, in 1860. She died in De- cember, 1864, leaving two children, only one of whom is now living - Edgar R. James C. married his second wife, Eliza F. Younie, in April, 1870. They have had one daughter born to them - Margaret S. Mr. Hamilton has been justice of the peace for fifteen years, and has been notary public since 1884, and has held most of the town offices. He was surveyor for twenty years. James C. was a son of John and Catherine (Brown) Hamilton. She was born in Belfast, Ireland, and John was a native of York county. They were married in Sugar Grove, in the first frame house that was ever erected in Warren county (still standing near the present residence of J. C. Hamilton), in 1815. They had a family of seven children born to them, four of whom are now living -John B., Mrs. A. C. Jackson, Mrs. Frazine, and James C. Mr. John Hamil- ton came from Franklin and settled in Sugar Grove in 1827. He was sheriff of Ve- nango county before the division, and afterward associate judge of Warren county.


Hamilton, John B., Sugar Grove, is a retired gentleman, and was born in Sugar Grove in 1827. He was a son of John and Catharine (Brown) Hamilton. John Ham- ilton was born in York, York county, in 1782, and his wife was born in Belfast, Ire- land, March 13, 1789. They were married in Warren county in 1815. They had a family of seven children born to them, four of whom are living- Mrs. Jane D. Jackson, Mrs. Emeline C. Frazine, John B., and James C. Two of the children died at an early age. John Hamilton died October 29, 1857, and his wife, Catherine, died September 27, 1862. John Hamilton settled in Sugar Grove in 1827. His wife came to War- ren county about 1804 with her brothers, David, John, William, and James Brown. John Hamilton, sr., was sheriff of Venango county before the division ; he was also side judge of Warren county and an early teacher.


Hanchett, Newton N., Tidioute p. o., owner and proprietor of the Hanchett House in Tidioute, was born in Erie county in 1843, son of Cyrus and Mary (Reed) Han- chett. Cyrus was born in New York State, and Mary in Erie county. 'They both died in Erie county in 1852, leaving a family of six children. Newton married Mary Bakley, of Crawford county, in 1864; they have one son- Frank. They settled in Tidioute in 1865, he for a time laboring for others, but finally engaging in oil specula- tions till 1874, when he embarked in the hotel business. In 1883 he purchased his present hotel, located on Main street, one block from the depot ; it is the popular house of the borough.


Hanpin, Charles, Dugall p. o., Pittsfield, was married August 11, ISSo, to Betsey Pier. They have had one child born to them - Herby D. Betsey was a daughter of Calvin and Eliza (Hitchcock) Pier, who came from Harmony, N. Y., and settled here in 1861. They had a family of four children born to them - Ada, Emily Manerva, Will- iam, and Betsey. Charles Hanpin was a son of Daniel and Sarah (Cooper) Hanpin. Sarah was born in New York city, and her husband, Daniel, was born in England in 1827, and settled in Sugar Grove in 1832 with his parents, James and Catharine (Clark) Hanpin. Daniel and Sarah Ilanpin had a family of two children born to them - Al- zada and Charles. Sarah was a daughter of Nathan and Martha (Brooks) Cooper, who were born in England.


Harmon, Hosea, is a resident of Sugar Grove village, and was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., at Sand Lake in 1818, and settled in Sugar Grove with his parents in


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1830. His parents were Nason and Anna (Bennett) Harmon. They had a family of thirteen children born to them, three of whom are now living - John, Hosea, and Sarah (who is now the wife of Amasa Baker.) Nason died in 1855, and his wife, Anna, died in 1869. Hosea married Sally Johnson, who was born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1827. They were married at Freehold in 1846, and have had two children born to them, one son who died at an early age, and Emma, who married J. P. Miller. Mr. Harmon was compelled to labor from early age to aid his parents. He worked on a farm for three years at the rate of three dollars per month, and at the age of nineteen and one half years he purchased his time for one hundred dollars of his father, and by his perseverance and frugal habits he has reached great wealth worthy of imitation.


Harrington, Murry W., Sugar Grove, the only furniture dealer and undertaker in Sugar Grove, was born in Jamestown, N. Y., in 1848, and settled in Sugar Grove in 1871, there engaging in the furniture manufacturing business under the firm name of Van Dusen & Harrington. In 1873 he purchased his partner's interest and has since con- ducted the general furniture and undertaking business. In 1869 he married Ida Pickard, of Salisbury, Vt., who was born in 1848. They have a family of three children -- Lynn P., John F., and Lucina P. Murry W. was a son of Horatio W. and Lucina L. (Deland) Harrington. They were born in Jamestown, N. Y. She died in 1850, leaving one son. By a second marriage Horatio W. had five children.


Hazard, David G., Youngsville p. o., Brokenstraw, was born in Washington county, N. Y., on June 27, 1810. He was a son of Sylvester and Ann Hazard, natives of Rhode Island, who settled in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1814. David G. settled in Brokenstraw in 1837, as a carpenter and builder. He was married on August 15, 1843, to Drusilla Mead, who was born on October 31, 1820. David G. died on March 7, 1874. They had a family of four children, three of whom are now living - Armitta A., Francilla A., and Cassius A. Armitta A. was married in 1868 to Samuel R. Broughton. They have three children - Fannie T., Orrin, and Frank. Cassius A. was married in 1886 to Cora L. Sabin. Mrs. Drusilla Hazard was a daughter of William and Susannah (Davis) Mead. William was born in Northumberland county December 23, 1784, and died September 19, 1852. He settled in Brokenstraw in 1806, where he lived and died. His wife was born in New Jersey March 1, 1784, and died October 28, 1865. William served in the War of 1812. Susannah was a daughter of Elijah and Desiah Davis, who settled in Warren county in the year 1801. Elijah served in the Revolutionary War. They had a family of nine children, of whom James Davis is now the only surviving one. He was born on October 2, 1804, and now resides at Youngsville. William and Susannah Mead had a family of six daughters and two sons, four of whom are now living - John, born November 1, 1808; Julia A., born December 7, 1813 ; Drusilla, October 31, 1820, and Susan, born February 27, 1823. Drusilla's grandparents were among the first settlers at Meadville, and the place took its name from them.


Hazeltine, David D., Matthew's Run p. o., Sugar Grove, is a lumber manufacturer and farmer, and was born in Sugar Grove in 1853. He was married in June, 1881, to Emma F. Abbott, a daughter of Francis and Catherine Abbott. They have had two sons and one daughter born to them - Kate Naoma, Ivan A., and Francis H. David D. was a son of Harden and Polly (Stilson) Hazeltine. He was born in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1811, and died in 1882. His wife, Polly, was born in 1811. They were mar- ried in 1835, and had a family of nine children born to them, six of whom are living - Pardon, Clinton, Susan, Abner, Almena, and David D. Pardon and Clinton enlisted in Company F, 151st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served on nine month's call. Abner enlisted in 1863. Polly was a daughter of David and Mary (Burroughs) Stilson, who settled on Stilson Hill in 1814. They had a family of nine children, four of whom are now living - Harry H., David, Betsey, and Polly.


Hunter, Jahu, Tidioute p. o., Glade, was born in Limestone township, Warren county, in 1830. He was a son of Matthew and Sarah (Magill) Hunter, who was born in Warren county. Their parents came from eastern Pennsylvania, and settled here about 1800. They had a family of ten children, five of whom are now living, Jahu and four sisters. His parents died on the homestead farm. Jahu married Margaret R.


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Magee, of Limestone township, January 1, 1860-a daughter of Alexander G. and Nancy (Smith) Magee. They had two children - Livingston L. and Lella L. Lella L. died in 1883, aged eleven years. Jahu was reared on his father's farm in Limestone township, and was engaged in making and marketing pine timber from 1850 to 1857 ; then came to Tidioute and engaged in the mercantile business until 1860. He then disposed of his mercantile business and entered into the business of producing crude petroleum ; also the manufacturing and shipping of sawed lumber. He again became engaged in the mercantile business in 1868, under the firm name of Mabie & Hunter, and continued a successful business until 1882, when he disposed of his interest to his partner, W. H. H. Mabie. He was one of the original stockholders of the Tidioute Savings Bank. He was also one of the charter members of the Tidioute and Economy Bridge Company, that built the fine wire suspension bridge spanning the Allegheny River at Tidioute in 1873. He owns some stock in the Tidioute Chair Factory. He is interested in the Missouri Lumber and Mining Company. He is also a member of the firm of Hunter & Cumings, who have been engaged in producing crude petroleum since 1873. He built him a very pleasant home in Tidioute, on the corner of Mani and Walnut streets in 1876, where he now resides.


Hertzel, William A., Warren p. o., Mead, is a farmer, and was born in Pleasant town- ship August 7, 1853. He was a son of George and Emeline (Schuler) Hertzel, who were natives of Alsace, France, and early settlers in Pleasant township. Later they moved to Mead township, where they cleared and improved the farm which is now owned by Emeline Hertzel, and occupied by William A. and his brother Philip. His paternal grandparents were Christian and Saloma (Asher) Hertzel, who came to Warren in 1833, and settled in Pleasant township in 1835, on the farm now occupied by their son, Philip Hertzel. They had a family of six children- George, Jacob, Philip, Mar- tin, Andrew, and Mary; of these, George had a family of five children-Sally, Eme- line, George, Philip, and William. William A. Hertzel was married August 5, 1877, to Ella Gant, a daughter of John and Mahala ( Morrison) Gant, of Mead township. They have had two children born to them, Harry and Cora.


Highhouse, William, Warren p. o., Pleasant, brick manufacturer and farmer, of the farm of Highhouse & Baker, was born in Saxon Germany. August 30, 1829, and set- tled in Pleasant township in 1870, and located on the farm he now occupies, most of which he cleared and improved himself; the same year he embarked in the manufac- ture of brick with his brother Ernest, which partnership existed up to 1885. In 1882 he started in his present kiln, and in January, 1886, E. N. Baker became associated with him, under the firm name of Highhouse & Baker, manufacturing a million or more of brick annually.




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