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" Whereas, Two successive Grand Juries of said county, at the February and September Sessions, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, reported in favor of and recommended the erection of a new Court-House, and
" Whereas, New county buildings must necessarily soon be erected and it is desirable to locate the same in a more central and convenient place; therefore .-
"SEC. 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the qualified voters of the County of Pike shall, at their respective places of voting, on the second Tuesday of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, vote for or against the removal of the county-seat from Milford to Blooming Grove, in said County, in the following manner, to wit: All in favor of removal shall vote by a ballot on a written or printed ticket, labelled on the outside 'County-seat,' and on the in- side 'for removal;' and those opposed to removal shall vote by ballot with a similar label on the out- side, and on the inside 'against removal;' and the tickets thus polled shall be counted out and returned in like manner by the return judge as those for the county officers, and be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the said county, who shall also certify the number of votes polled as aforesaid in the several distriets of said county to the
County Commissioners, agreeably to the ninth section of the Act of June thirteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty, relating to the election of Assessors and Assistant Assessors.
"SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of said county to give notice of said election as is now pro- vided for by law for the election of State and county officers.
"SEC. 3. If the majority of votes polled shall be against removal, then it shall not be lawful for the Commissioners named in this Act to locate the county buildings at Blooming Grove, but the county-seat of Pike County to be and remain at Milford, where it now is, but in case a majority of the votes polled shall be for removal, then the county-seat of said county of Pike shall be located at Blooming Grove, in said county.
"SEC. 4. That in case a majority of the votes polled as aforesaid shall be for removal, John Kipp, Marcus N. B. Kellam and Jacob Klienhans, of said county, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to select at Blooming Grove, in the said county of Pike, suitable grounds on which to erect the necessary county buildings and cause a good and valid deed or deeds of conveyance in fee simple for the same, with- out cost or expense to the said county, to be made and delivered to the County Commissioners for the use of said county whereon to erect a Court-House, jail and necessary county buildings, said deed or deeds to be approved by the President Judge of said county. .
"SEC. 5. That as soon as the deed or deeds for said site or plot of ground as provided for in section four of this Act shall be placed in the hands of the County Commissioners after the question of removal shall have been decided, they shall proceed without un- necessary delay to erect all the required county buildings on said site selected as provided for in sec- tion four of this Act, said Court-House to be built of brick, with the necessary fire-proof rooms or vaults for the safe keeping of papers and records, and large enough to accommodate the wants of said county, and that immediately after said buildings shall be com- pleted and approved by a Grand Jury of said county and a majority of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, the county-seat of Pike County be and the same is hereby fixed and located at Blooming Grove, and the public records shall be re- moved by the officers in charge thereof from Milford to the new county buildings at Blooming Grove.
"SEC. 6. That the Commissioners of said county are hereby authorized to borrow not exceeding twenty thousand dollars for building purposes, and they are hereby authorized to issue books for the same in sums not less than one hundred dollars cach at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per centum per annum, said bonds to mature in twenty years.
"SEC. 7. That in the event the county-seat is rc- moved to Blooming Grove in accordance with the
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provisions of this Act, then the County Commis- sioners of the said county of Pike are hereby author- ized, immediately after the removal of the county-seat to Blooming Grove, to sell and convey whatever right, title or interest said county of Pike may have in and to the grounds and county buildings now located in Milford, at public sale to the highest and best bidder, after giving due public notice of said sale, and apply the proceeds thereof to the liquidation of the bonds authorized in section six of this Act.
"SEC. 8. That the County Commissioners of said county are hereby restrained and prohibited from en- larging and improving the old buildings or erecting new buildings at Milford unless a majority of the votes at the election to be held under this Act shall be against removal.
"SEC. 9. That if a majority of the votes as provided for in this act shall be for removal, and the County Commissioners shall fail to have the county buildings to be erected under the provisions of this Act under contract within sixty days after thic deed or deeds for the grounds shall have been executed and approved according to the provisions of this Act and delivered to them, then the Commissioners named in section four of this Act to procure and select a location for said county buildings are hereby authorized and re- quired to carry out all provisions of this Act enjoincd upon the County Commissioners as fully and effect- ually as the County Commissioners themselves could have done."
CIVIL LIST OF PIKE COUNTY .- Following are the chief officials of Pike County, and Rep- resentatives in the State Assembly, as nearly as they can be discovered :
STATE SENATORS.
1861. Henry S. Mott. 1878. Allen Craig.
1872. Geo. H. Rowland.
1882. John D. Biddis.
1875. Charlton Burnett.
1885. Geo. H. Rowland.
REPRESENTATIVES IN LEGISLATURE.
1815. John Brodhead.
1824. Wm. Overfield.
1828. Win. Overfield.
1832. John Westbrook. 1836. Oliver S. Dimmick. 1840. John H. Brodhead. 1842. George Bush. 1846. Pope Bushnell.
1849. Thos. E. Grier.
1850. John D. Morris.
1852. Henry S. Mott.
1853. Abraham Edinger. 1856. Lafay. Westbrook.
1858. Chas. D. Brodhead. 1862. Geo. H. Rowland. 1863. Richard S. Staples. 1864. Wm. M. Nelson. 1866. Lafay. Westbrook. 1868. Win. M. Nelson. 1869. Wm. H. Dimmick. 1870. David A. Wells. 1871. J. Howard Beach. 1872. J. Howard Beach. 1873. Wm. H. Dimmick. 1874. Edwin B. Eldred.
[Under the provisions of the Constitution of 1874 Pike was constituted a district, and since has been represented by its own citizens.]
1876. Lafay. Westbrook. 1878. Carlton A. Smith. 1880. Wm. Westfall.
1882. George Geyer. 1884. Milton D. Mott.
PRESIDENT JUDGES.
1814. David Scott. 1853. Geo. R. Barrett.
1838. Wmn. Jessup.
1849. Nath. B. Eldred.
1875. Chas. P. Waller.
1883. Henry M. Seely.
1853. James M. Porter. ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
1814. D. W. Dingman. John Coolbaugh.
1836. Wm. Brodhead. D. W. Dingman.
1840. Oliver S. Dimmick. Wm. Brodhead.
1843. John H. Brodhead. Oliver S. Dimmick.
1845. Harvey Roys. John H. Brodhead.
1847. Henry M. Labar. John H. Brodhead.
1880. Edwin J. Baker.1 Wm. Cromwell.
1851. Henry M. Labar. Wm. H. Nyce. SHERIFFS. 1853. James S. Smith.
1856. John Cornelius.
1820. F. A. L. Smith. 1859. F. R. Olmstead.
1823. Sol. Westbrook. 1862. John Cornelius. 1865. Chas. R. Biddis. 1868. John Cornelius.
1826. Chas. B. Seaman. 1829. James Watson. 1832. Jeffrey Wells.
1835. James Watson.
1838. Jno. M. Heller. 1841. James Watson.
1877. W. K. Ridgway.
1844. Lewis Rockwell.
1847. Jacob Kimble.
1850. James Watson.
TREASURERS. 1851. Daniel Decker. 1853. J. H. Broadhead.
1817. John Nye.
1819. Jacob Westbrook.
1855. Warren Kimble. 1857. Wm. Westfall.
1821. Daniel Jayne. 1823. James Wallace.
1825. Jacob Hornbeck. 1827. D. M. Brodhead. 1829. Oliver S. Dimmick. 1831. Jacob Shoemaker. 1833. Samuel Dimmick. 1835. Lewis Cornelius. 1837. Jno. J. Linderman. 1839. M. W. Dingman. 1841. Otto Kimble.
1843. Thos. J. Ridgway. 1845. Stephen Drake.
1847. John Heller.
1849. John M. Heller.
1856. John H. Brodhead. John Heller.
1861. Thos. J. Ridgway. John Shouse.
1865. George P. Heller. Wm. Westfall.
1871. George P. Heller. F. R. Olmstead.
1876. George P. Heller. Wm. Crom well.
1881. Everett Hornbeck. Edwin J. Baker.
1814. William Overfield, 1817. John Westbrook.
1871. C. W. Dimmick. 1874. C. A. Smith.
1880. J. W. Van Gordon.
1883. J. M. Williamson
(present incumbent).
1815. F. A. L. Smith.
1859. Horace L. West. 1861. William Peace. 1863. Wm. Westfall. 1865. Jeffrey Wells, 1867. J. W. Van Gordon. 1869. Chas. R. Biddis. 1871. James W. Quick. 1873. L. Rowland. 1875. James W. Quick.2 1878. Chas. R. Biddis. 1881. J. M. Van Aken. 1884. Chas. R. Biddis (present incumbent).
1 Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge George P. Heller.
2 Elected for three years, under the new Constitution.
1870. Samuel S. Dreher.
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PROTHONOTARIES, CLERKS AND RECORDERS. 1814. Daniel Dimmiek.
1818. Daniel Jayne. 1821. Rich. Brodhead, prothonotary. 1821. John Brink, regis- ter and recorder. 1823. Samuel Depuy.
1836. Dan. W. Dingman, Jr., recorder. 1839. Henry S. Mott.
1842. Henry S. Mott.
1845. J. C. Westbrook. 1848. J. C. Westbrook. 1851. James E. Eldred. 1854. James E. Eldred.
1826. Samuel Depuy.
1830. Chas. B. Seaman, prothonotary. 1830. Samuel Depuy, re- corder.
1833. J. H. Brodhead.
1869. W. K. Ridgway.
1836. Daniel E. Labar,
prothonotary.
1872. W. K. Ridgway. 1875. J. C. Westbrook.1
COMMISSIONERS.
1814-15. H. Bingham. Cornelius Cox. J. Lattimore.
1815-16. H. Bingham. Cornelius Cox. Wm. Nyce. 1816-17. Cornelius Cox. M. Winans. Wm. Nyce.
1817-18. H. Bingham. Wm. Nyce. M. Winans. 1818-19. G. Bowhannan. M. Winans. H. Binghamn. 1819-20. John Turn. G. Bowhannan. H. Bingham. 1820-21. M. Roberts. G. Bowhannan. H. Bingham. 1821-22. R. Smith. G. Bowhannan. M. Roberts 1822-23. S. S. Thrall. M. Roberts. R. Smith. 1823-24. M. Gunsales. R. Smith. S. S. Thrall. 1824-25. E. Kimble. M. Gunsales. Samuel S. Thrall. 1825-26. S. S. Thrall. Erastus Kimble. F. A. L. Smith. 1826-27. M. Dimmick. F. A. L. Smith. Erastus Smith.
1827-28. John Place. M. Dimmick. F. A. L. Smith. 1828-29. J. Wallace. M. Dimmick. John Place. 1829-30. R. Bingham. J. Wallace. John Plaee. 1830-31. J. Swartwood. J. Wallace. R. Bingham. 1831-32. Harvey Roys. J. Swartwood. R. Bingham. 1832-33. Jaeob Bunnell. Harvey Roys. J. Swartwood. 1833-34. Benj. Hanna. Harvey Roys. Jacob Bunnell. 1834-35. R. Brodhead. Benj. Hanna. Jacob Bunnell. 1835-36. Benj. Holbert. R. Brodhead. Benj. Hanna. 1836-37. J. T. Quick. R. Brodhead. Benj. Holbert. 1837-38. M. Bingham. J. T. Quick. Benj. Holbert. 1838-39. A. B. Decker. J. T. Quiek. M. Bingham. 1839-40. Benj. Drake. A. B. Decker. M. Bingham.
1840-41. James Nyee. Benj. Drake. A. B. Deeker. 1841-42. Moses Brink. Benj. Drake. James Nyce. 1842-43. D. Burrell. Moses Brink. James Nyce. 1843-44. James Simons. Moses Brink. Daniel Burrell. 1844-45. Benj. Frazier. Daniel Burrell. James Simons. 1845-46. W. Kimble. James Simons. Benj. Frazier. 1846-47. Jacob Bensley. Benj. Frazier. W. Kimble. 1847-48. S. Westfall. Jacob Bensley. W. Kimble. 1848-49. J. W. Hunt. S. Westfall. Jacob Bensley.
1849-50. P. MeCarty. J. W. Hunt. S. Westfall.
1850-51. H. Lattimore P. McCarty. J. W. Hunt.
1851-52. S. Westfall. H. Lattimore. P. MeCarty.
1852-53. J. Hornbeek, Jr. H. Lattimore. S. Westfall.
1853-54. Ira Crissman. J. Hornbeck, Jr. S. Westfall.
1854-55. D. H. Carlton. J. Hornbeek, Jr. Ira Crissman. 1855-56. W. T. Wilson. Ira Crissman. D. H. Carlton. 1856-57. S. Dimmick. Ira Crissman. Wm. T. Wilson. 1857-58. A. Van Auken. S. Dimmick. Wm. T. Wilson. 1858-59. Wm. Smith. S. Dimmiek. A. Van Auken.
1859-60. W. Brodhead. A. Van Auken. Wm. Smith.
1860-61. T. J. Dickinson. Win. Brodhead. Wm. Smith. 1861-62. J. W. Van Gor- den. T. J. Dickenson. W. Brodhead. 1862-63. Wm. Finger. W. Brodhead. J.W. Van Gorden.
1863-64. George Hess. J. W. Van Gorden. T. J. Dickenson. 1864-65. S. D. Van Etten. George Hess. T. J. Dickenson.
1865-66. W. Brodhead. S. D. Van Etten. T. J. Dickenson. 1866-67. J. Hornbeck. W. Brodhead. S. D. Van Etten.
1867-68. H. M. Kimble. W. Brodhead. J. Hornbeck.
1868-69. W. Brodhead. J. Hornbeck. H. N. Kimble ..
1869-70. R. W. Hoffman. H. N. Kimble. W. Brodhead.
1870-71. A. Griswold. R. W. Hoffman. W. Brodhead.
1871-72. L. J. Van Gor- den. R. W. Hoffman. A. Griswold. 1872-73. Ira B. Rose- crance. L. J. Van Gorden. A. Griswold. 1873-74. S. W. Drake. S. J. Van Gorden. I. B. Roseneranee. 1875. George Geyer. S. D. Drake. I. B. Rosenerance.
1876. George Geyer. E. B. Quick. Oliver Cressman.
1879. Henry De Witt. George Geyer. Oliver Cressman.
! Twice since re-elected, and the present incumbent of the office.
1857. Oscar H. Mott. 1860. Oscar H. Mott. 1863. J. C. Westbrook. 1866. J. C. Westbrook.
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1882. J. H. Newman.
J. M. Bensley . Henry De Witt.
1885. James Gale. Henry De Witt.
J. M. Bensley.
COMMISSIONERS' CLERKS.
1814. John T. Cross.
1853. Horace L. West.
1820. Richard Eldred.
1860. M. D. Newman.
1821. Jessc Olmsted.
1861. B. Halsey Cox.
1823. John B. Rockwell.
1862. David A. Wells.
1828. Samuel Dimmick.
1863. H. L. West.
1829. Edward Mott.
1872. Charles R. Biddis.
1832. John Brink.
1875. H. L. West.
1834. William Brodhead.
1876. Charles R. Biddis.
1837. Horace L. West.
1879. George Slauson.
1852. Edgar Pinchot.
1882. George Dauman.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
1841. Wm. H. Dimmick.
1861. Oliver S. Dimmick.
1850. Edwin B. Eldred.
1865. Lucian F. Barnes.
1852. William Smith.
1867-76. John D. Biddis.
1855. D. M. Van Auken.
1879. John W. Nyce.
1858. John H. Vincent.
1881-83. C. A. Newman.
CORONERS.
1845. George Biddis.
1847. David W. Hagerty.
1850. Gregorie Loreaux.
1852. Solomon Dunning.
1865. Gregoric Loreaux. 1867. Chas. C. Campbell. 1870. L. M. Van Gorden. 1871. George Geyor.
1855. Wm. Cornelius.
1874. H. C. Knealing.
1858. J. M. Williamson.
1877. Ralph B. Thrall.
1880. James Hutchinson.
1859. Jacob C. Westfall. 1862. James W. Decker.
1883. Wm. M. Watson.
CHAPTER II.
THE BENCH AND BAR. - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
THE legal profession has had comparatively few votaries resident in the county, a large portion of the court business having been at- tended to by attorneys from Easton, Strouds- burg, Honesdale and other places in the region. Nevertheless, Milford has been (and is now) the home of some lawyers of prominence and ability.
Most active and well-known among the early attorneys was Edward Mott, progenitor of all of that name now in Milford.
EDWARD MOTT was born in the parish of St. James, Westminster, London, on October 31, 1780, and came to this country in 1798, with his father, Edward Mott, his mother, Sarah
(Beckett) Mott, and brother, William B. Mott. His father-in-law, Jarvis Beekett, at that time about seventy-five years of age, was also of the party. This old gentleman, born July 19, 1723, liad enlisted in 1744 in the "Second Troop of Life Guards," then commanded by Lord Amherst, and had remained in the service forty-four years, having been discharged on a pension in 1788, as being "unfit for duty and entirely worn out," as his discharge, now in the hands of his descendants, will attest. He died December 23, 1806, and was buried at Easton, Pa.
Edward Mott, the elder, born May 3, 1752, was indentured, January 24, 1763, as an ap- prentice in the grocer and chandlery trade to one Wm. Horons, of Coventry, England, to which place liis widowed mother, Jane (Stiles) Mott, had removed from London a short time before. At the age of twenty-one years he also enlisted in the "Second Troop of Life Guards," and served as a "private gentleman " for seven years and five months. He married Sarah Beckett, October 20, 1776, and had issue but two children,-Edward, the subject of our sketch, and William B., who settled in Phila- delphia and left almost as numerous a progeny as his brother. He came to this country pos- sessed of means, and with the intention of form- ing an agency for the sale of English hardware and cutlery. Remaining in New York until 1803, he moved to Philadelphia, and after a short stay settled in Easton, Pa., purchasing a house at the northeast corner of Second and Northampton Streets. His ancestors can be traced in a direct line from 1622, from entries in an old family Bible which lie brought from England and which still remains in a good state of preservation in the possession of Mrs. Henry K. Fox, of Philadelphia, one of his de- scendants.
Edward Mott studied law in Easton, Pa., and in 1805 married Faithful Slaymaker, of Easton, Pa., and moved to Milford. She died shortly after their child, Jarvis Beckett Mott, was born, March 26, 1806.
About 1810 he married, second, Elizabeth Spering, daughter of Henry Spering, who, from the rank of fifer in the Revolutionary army,
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rose to the rank of general in the War of 1812, besides holding the offices of sheriff and pro- thonotary of Northampton County.
By his second marriage he had issue-Saralı Markrina Mott, who died young; Henry Spering Mott, born November 11, 1811, at Easton, Pa., who eventually beeame one of the most prominent Democratie politicians in the northeastern seetion of Pennsylvania ;1 Edward Mott, born 1814; William Pitt Mott, died young, born June 28, 1818; Charles Fox Mott, born June 28, 1818; Oscar Harold Mott, born October 8, 1821.
Edward Mott died January 13, 1834, at Mil- ford, Pa. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him until November 25, 1857.
Jarvis Beckett Mott married Isabella Jane Henderson, May 31, 1831, and had issue,- Eliza H. Mott, Fidelia H. Mott, Barton H. Mott (married Sallie Shepherd), Amos Mott, Henry Mott, Harriet A. Mott, Estelle S. Mott, Osear Mott, Charles S. Mott. He died Janu- ary 26, 1863, at Jersey City, N. J.
Henry Spering Mott, married, first, Hannah R. Bull, daughter of Crissy and Catharine Bull, of Orange County, N. Y. and had issue, -Sarah Jane Mott (died young), Jarvis Crissy Mott, John Clarenee Mott (married Lizzie Ridgway), Mary Eliza Mott (married Jacob Kleinhaus). His wife, Hannah R. Mott, died April 23, 1842, and he married as his second wife, in 1842, Delinda Peters, of Bushkill, Pike County, Pa., and had issue,-Andrew Jackson Mott (died young), Charles Peters Mott (married Marie J. Schimnel), Henry L. Mott (who died young), Samuel Dimmiek Mott. Henry S. Mott died June 7, 1877, at Milford, Pa.
Edward Mott married Letitia Ink, daugh- ter of George and Elizabeth Ink, of North- ampton County, Pa., and had issue,-Elizabeth Mott (married Levi Smith), Susan Mott (married Alonzo G. Drum), Sarah Mott (died young), Mary Mott (married Thomas MeHugh), Edward Mott (died young). He died April 3, 1877, at East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Oscar Harold Mott, married Theodosia
Clark, daughter of John and Ann Clark, and granddaughter of James Barton, of Milford, and had issue,-Ann Barton Mott (married Daniel A. Wells), Sarah A. Mott, Milton Dimmick Mott, Edward Charles Mott, Henry Spering Mott, Elizabeth Spering Mott. O. II. Mott was a captain in the One Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania Regiment during the Civil War, and died January 4, 1864, from disease contracted during his service in the field.
Charles Fox Mott married, first, Eliza Smith, daughter of Ludwig Smith and Mary Mcchalls, of Bushkill, and had issue,-Amzi S. Mott (married Callie -Landis), Agnes M. Mott (married M. S. Smith), Edward Harold Mott (married Mattie N. Valentine), Alice C. Mott (died young), Hannah E. Mott (married John M. Baldwin), William L. Mott, Bessie Mott (died young), Jessie Mott (died young). His wife, Eliza, died January 11, 1857. He married, second, 1859, Deborah A. Hall, of Philadelphia, and died September 20, 1862, at Philadelphia.
HUGH Ross was one of the first members of the Pike County bar and was a Methodist preaeher. If his legal ability had been equal to his eceentrieity, he would have been a very able man.
JOHN THOMPSON CROSS was an early mem- ber of the bar. He was also a land speculator. His wife was Julia Ann Smith, daughter of old Franeis J. Smith or De Aerts. His son, John Thomson Cross, was married to Helen M. Wal- laee, and his daughter was the second wife of C. C. D. Pinehot.
RICHARD ELDRED came to Milford about 1818, and was admitted to the bar in 1820. He married Harriet Baldwin, who is still liv- ing, aged ninety. He built a large farm-house near the Vandemark bridge in 1828, which was the finest house in Milford at that time. He continued to practice law in Milford until 1863, when he removed to Warren County, Pa., where he died in 1865. During his practice, if any poor person that could not pay had a case, they brought it to him. He was also a major in the militia. Their children were E. B. Eldred, a lumberman in Warren County ;
1 See Milford history.
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Edwin Eldred, who was admitted to the bar in Milford, and practiced law in the western part of the State; Everett Eldred, who died in the army ; Captain John Eldred, who organized the Bucktail Rangers in Cameron County (he was the first man that put a buck-tail in his hat; the Bucktail Rangers gained con- siderable celebrity during the War of the Re- bellion ; he is now a lumberman in Wisconsin) ; Henry Eldred is in the Treasury Department at. Washington ; Miranda was the wife of Dr. John Schunmel.
DAN DIMMICK, one of the first attorneys at the Pike County bar, was a son of Deacon Oliver Dimock 1 and Sarah (Gurley) Dimock, of Mansfield, Conn., and was born March 1, 1775. Hc eame to Pennsylvania in 1800, and studied law at Milford, where he practiced the profession, after his admission as an attorney, un- til hisdeath, in February, 1825. He was a man of unusual strength of character and large ability. During the whole course of his professional life he maintained a high position among the lawyers of his day. Men like Mallery and Woodward, and others of their calibre, admit- ted his power and ability. Judge Mallery said of liim, that he never knew a man so well cal- enlated to impress a jury, and Judge Wood- ward spoke in the highest terms of his sueeess as an advocate. He was a leading politician, and represented his district many years in the Legislature of the State. He was devotedly attached to the principles of the Democratic party,-a faith, by the way, in which all of his children, and his children's children, remained steadfast. His brother Alpheus thus wrote of him in 1825 :
" His calling in life was that of an attorney and advocate, in which character he had served the pub- lic about twenty years, and held, during that period, many places and offices of trust and responsibility under the State government of Pennsylvania. He was bold and forward in youth, and took and main- tained his station among the young men of his native plaec while unusually young. In stature he was tall and of large frame. In the latter part of his life he was corpulent and fleshy. His frame was well-pro- portioned throughout. Being not as successful in his
first exertions for himself as he wished, and probably expected, he left his native State when about eighteen years of age, and went, first, to reside in the State of New York, near the Pennsylvania line. He soon turned his attention to the study of law, for the prac- tiee of which he soon qualificd himself and com- menced his professional labors at Milford. . . . He appeared to entertain feelings hostile to the regimen and discipline of his native place. This was probably owing to the checks and restraints laid before him when his youthful ardor could not well brook them. He, however, entertained much regard for the habits of industry and the means of education in his native State. He was liberal and generous, perhaps to a fault. He enjoyed the most explicit confidenee in his integrity from all, and was at the head of the bar where he practiced. Not being par- tieularly acquainted with his forensic talents, I can only observe that his manner and mien were well calculated to command attention and respeet. He never leaned upon quibbles and hair-breadth distine- tions. He generally prepared his causes with much attention, and showed, while discharging his duties as an advocate, that he viewed the whole ground."
He married Jane, daughter of Josephus Jaeo- bus Aerts, better known as Dr. Franeis J. Smith,2 of Stroudsburg. She survived her hus- band many years, dying in Mareh, 1842. Their children were Lueinda, who was the first wife of Judge Nathaniel B. Eldred ; Sally, who married C. C. D. Pinehot; Oliver S., of whom a sketeh appears in this chapter; Dan ; Milo Melanethon, of whom a sketeh appears in the Monroe County bar chapter ; Milan ; William H., of whom an extended biography is given in the 'chapter on Beneh and Bar of Wayne County ; Milton ; and Lavinia E.
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