History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections; including their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages biographies of representative citizens; outline history of Pennsylvania; statistics, Part 118

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1320


USA > Pennsylvania > McKean County > History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections; including their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages biographies of representative citizens; outline history of Pennsylvania; statistics > Part 118
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4954. Shippen township, Cameron county, which he has brought under a good state of cultivation, having erected on it good buildings, and now has a pleasant home. In 1882 Mr. Gregory was elected supervisor of Shippen township, and made an efficient officer. He is a member of Emporium Lodge No. 984, I. O. O. F. Mr. Gregory was married September 23, 1879, to Miss Hattie Morrison, daughter of B. S. and Alvira A. Morrison, of Shippen township, and they have two children: Bertha and Myrtle. Mr. Gregory in politics is a Republican.


S. S. HACKET. This gentleman, who is the largest tax-payer in Empo- rium, Cameron Co., Penn., and is a lumberman, editor, and a very successful business man, was born in Steuben county, N. Y., March 2, 1828, and is the son of Seth and Electa (Kise) Hacket, who were natives of New York, and of Scotch and German origin, respectively. Mr. Hacket, Sr .. was a farmer, and his son, of whom we are writing, was the fourth in a family of eight chil. dren. His parents came into Pennsylvania, and settled in Liberty township, McKean county, when he was but twelve years of age. He received a common- school education, and has made farming and lumbering the main business of his life. He has many friends in his own and MeKean counties, who have known him all his life as a most industrious man. He has resided in Emporium since 1857, and has done much to build up the borough. He established the Empo- rium Independent in 1866, and has erected a number of substantial buildings. also an extensive saw-mill. In politics he is a Democrat, has been a member of the school board, and has held nearly all of the offices within the gift of the borough. In the year 1869 he married Phoebe L. Williams, born in Wellsville, N. Y., of English lineage. They have eight children: Herbert and Delbert, farmers; Ada, who married - Houser, a mechanic; S. J., a successful mer- chant; A. D., foreman in the mill; T. N., master mechanic in the mill; L. T., a clerk, and Nellie, married to Walter Danforth.


S. J. HACKET, proprietor of a general store at Emporium, is the son of S. S. Hacket, and is the fifth in a family of eight children. Mr. Hacket was born in Emporium, February 13, 1856, and entering his father's store when quite young, he remained there as a clerk until 1875, when he embarked in his present business, and has met with success. He married, in July, 1888,


Miss Ella Smith, of Portville, in the State of New York. Mr. Hacket is in politics a Democrat, and was appointed postmaster at East Emporium. He is a trustee of the A. O. U. W., and treasurer of the K. & L. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.


CLARK HARRINGTON. associate judge of Cameron county, Emporium. was born in Otsego county, N. Y., June 5. 1824, and is a son of Rufus and Sarah (Elsworth) Harrington, natives of Vermont and New York, respectively. The father was a captain in the American army during the war of 1812, and throughout the remainder of his life was a farmer; he died in Otsego county in 1866. Judge Harrington is the third in a family of five children, and received his early schooling in Cooperstown, N. Y., where he served an apprenticeship to and learned the machinist's trade. He came to Emporium in 1854, and for a time worked as a sawyer in a saw-mill, but his main business has been that of a contracting and manufacturing lumberman. The Judge was married, May 11, 1845, in Steuben county, N. Y., to Elizabeth, daughter of Simeon and Annis (Kider) Hurd, the former a native of New Haven, Conn., and the latter of Yates county, N. Y., and both of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington have five children: Alice, wife of Amandus Doll; Helen, widow of Alpha Stephens; Delphene, widow of James Webb; Dutta, wife of Delos Dolliver, and Clarence, by trade a sawyer, and married to Jennie Millon. Mrs.


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Harrington is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Judge Harring- ton is a Democrat, and has held his present office since 1885; he is a Knight Templar, and a chapter member of the Masonic fraternity.


FRANKLIN HAUSLER, ex-sheriff of Cameron county, Emporium. was born in Clearfield county, Penn .. May 20, 1840, and is a son of N. S. and Mary A. (Bailey) Hausler, who were natives, respectively, of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and were of German and French origin. The father was a farmer until his death, which occurred in 1884. Franklin Hausler is the fourth of seven children, only two of whom are now living. He was reared in that portion of McKean county which now forms a part of Cameron county, there attended the public school, and lived upon the home farm until he enlisted, in 1861, in Company G, 84th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Hausler was shot in the left ankle at the battle of Winchester, March 23. 1862, and suf- fered severely from the wound until 1883, when he had the foot amputated, since when he has enjoyed good health. He has resided in Emporium since 1879, and for the last three years has been a dealer in flour and feed. Mr. Hausler was married in Cameron county, Penn., in 1864, to Miss R. E., a native of Mckean county, Penn., and daughter of Philip and Hannah Lewis, natives of New York and Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Hausler have one child, Alton E. In politics a Republican, Mr. Hausler served as tax col- lector during the years 1871, 1882 and 1883, and in the last-named year was elected county treasurer. He is a member of the I. O. O. F .. the A. O. U. W., is prominently connected with the G. A. R., and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.


R. P. HEILMAN, M. D., druggist. Emporium, was born near Williams- port, Lycoming Co., Penn., December 14, 1850, and is a son of John and Sarah (Ulsh) Heilman, both natives of Pennsylvania and of German origin. Mr. Heilman's father was a farmer and manufacturer, and is now residing at Williamsport. He was twice married, and had a family of five children. the subject of this sketch being by his first marriage. Dr. Heilman was reared upon the farm, and until 1865 attended the common schools, when the family moved to Williamsport, where he again entered school and subse- quently went to college, from which he graduated in 1874, second in a class of ten, and then entered Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, complet- ing his course in 1876 and receiving his degree of M. D. He took a special medical course in the same, and then went to Driftwood, same State, and in the following year came to Emporium, where he opened a drug store in con- nection with his practice. He served one term as president of Elk County Medical Association, and is a member of the County, State and American Medical Societies. Dr. Heilman has made his own way in the world, and to enable him to secure his own education he taught others in early life, and was oc- cupied variously as clerk, book-keeper, chore-boy, milk-peddler, and book agent : this last occupation yielding him the best returns for his labor. In 1875 he was married, in Williamsport, to Alfaretta, daughter of Nathan and Marilda Ball. Mr. Ball was a carriage manufacturer in Wellsville, N. Y., and the family is of German origin. Mrs. Heilman died in January, 1889. The chil- dren were Lillian O., F. Vernon, John R., Fred R., Stella Edith, and Edna M. (deceased.). Mr. Heilman was a Lutheran and his wife was a Baptist. but after coming to Emporium they united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. of which he is a trustee. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Select Knights (Ancient Order of United Workmen) and of the Knights of the Maccabees. He has been member of the town council, and has been burgess, and twice coro- ner of the county; politically he is a Republican.


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JOHN P. HERTIG, car carpenter at Emporium, was born at Lock Haven, Penn .. August 27, 1857, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Jenks) Hertig, natives of Switzerland. They came to the United States when in their youth, and settled in Clinton county, Penn., moving from there to Em- porium in 1867, where they still reside. The subject of this sketch, who is the second in a family of five children, was reared in Emporium, and worked for a time in the planing-mill. In 1876 he went with his parents to Switzerland, where he learned the baker's trade, serving a three-years apprenticeship, and then returned to America in 1880. Since then he has been in the employ of the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad as carpenter. Mr. Hertig was married, in 1884, to Elizabeth, daughter of Absalom Shade, and of Scotch-Irish descent. Their children are Verena May, Ida E. and Alma A. Mr. and Mrs. Hertig are members of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he is a Republican, and has been for four years one of the ward assessors in Emporium.


JOHN J. HINKLE, clerk at the Warner House, Emporium, was born in Wrightsville, Warren Co. Penn., September 27, 1859, a son of Philip and Mary Hinkle, natives of Germany. His parents being in limited circumstances, he was obliged to work when but twelve years old to assist in his own mainte- nance. He learned the shoemaker's trade, and then opened a shop in Warren, Penn .. continuing in business there until 1883, when he sold out and went to Ridgway, where he entered the employ of Dickinson Bros., as general superin- tendent of their lumber business. In 1885 he built a skating rink at Ridgway, which he subsequently sold to Company H, Sixteenth Regiment, P. N. G., for their headquarters, March 10, 1888, he removed to Emporium, and has since been employed as clerk at the Warner House. Mr. Hinkle was married February S, ISSS, to Miss Lizzie Warner, daughter of Riley and Rachel War- ner, of Emporium.


I. A. HIRSCH, jeweler, Emporium, was born in Germany, October 6, 1822, and is the son of A. and Fannie (Teller) Hirsch, both of whom were born and died in Germany. The subject of this sketch is the fourth in a fam- ily of nine children, and passed his early life in his native land, where he attended the common schools, and learned the trade of a jeweler. Upon attaining his majority he was drafted into the regular army, and served until the expiration of his time, when he went to work at his trade. Mr. Hirsch came to America in 1854, and located first in New York City, but subsequently moved to Salem. N. Y., and from there, in 1869, to Roseville, Penn., where he stayed until his removal to Emporium in 1873. In the latter place he established his present business, which is one comprising first-class workmanship and an excellent stock. Mr. Hirsch was married in Germany, March 22, 1853, to Miss Johana Hirsch, and they have had five children: Alfred, a carpenter; Hettie, wife of Harry S. Ness; Herman, a jeweler, with his father; Emma and Theodore. Mr. Hirsch is a Democrat, and is a director of the poor board. He is a mem- ber of the F. & A. M., and Chapter, of the Equitable Aid Union and of the German Harugari Society.


JAMES HOBSON, farmer, P. O. Buckwalter, was born in Yorkshire, England. November 11, 1848, a son of Jonas and Rebecca Hobson. He was educated in his native country, and there learned the mason's trade, at which he worked till September, 1869, and the same year came to the United States, locating in Cameron county, Penn., October 9. Here he remained nearly five years, and then returned to England, and August 3, 1874, was there married to Miss Mary Victoria Cousens, of Yorkshire, near Huddersfield, a daughter of John and Hannah Cousens. He returned with his wife to Cameron county,


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and in May, 1875, bought 118 acres of land in Shippen township, which he has improved and made a pleasant home, and he is one of the prosperous farmers of the township. There were three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hobson, viz. : William Howard, Jonas Arthur and Florence May, all deceased. Mr. Hobson has held the office of supervisor of Shippen township, two terms. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Republican.


I. K. HOCKLEY is a member of the firm of Hockley, Bonham & Day, merchants, Emporium, and is manager of the store and coal yard controlled by the firm. He was born in Reading. Penn., December 27, 1852, and is the son of C. L. and Elizabeth (Keyser) Hockley, natives of Montgomery county, same State, and of German origin. The senior Mr. Hockley was a farmer, and now resides in Northumberland county. Penn. The subject of this sketch is the fourth in a family of nine children, eight of whom are still living, and was reared upon a farm in Limestone township, Montour Co., Penn., where he attended the common, and in later years the normal, schools of Lycoming county, Penn. Mr. Hockley was a teacher for nineteen years, and, coming to Emporium in 1875, he taught the high school, continuing here for twelve years, and it was largely through his exertions that Emporium has to-day educational institutions so superior. He was a successful instructor, and since he ceased teaching has been equally fortunate in business. Mr. Hockley was married in Emporium in 1877, to Deborah S., a native of Howard, Centre Co., Penn., and daughter of Rodney and Ellen (Patterson) Logan, of English and Irish descent, and they have two children: Ada E. and Charles A. Mr. Hockley is a member of the (ferman Reformed Church, while his wife is a Presbyterian. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Hockley served one term as deputy sheriff of Cameron county, two terms as borough auditor and two terms as county auditor. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., the Select Knights (A. O. U. W.) and the German Harngari Society, and is the treasurer of the Emporium Board of Trade.


M. T. HOGAN, grocer, Emporium, has been a resident of the place since 1862, when he came here and worked at the lumber business for Dodge & Co., being employed at the same time as superintendent of their farm and other lands, comprising several thousand acres. In 1872 Mr. Hogan entered the mercantile occupation in company with Mr. Tulis; but their store being de- stroyed by fire in 1875, he began dealing in groceries, and was again burned out in 1884. He pluckily resumed business, however, and has since met with success. Mr. Hogan was born in Susquehanna county, Penn., September 24, 1842, and is the son of Martin and Mary (Holtz) Hogan. The father, who was a blacksmith in early life and later a farmer, died at Silver Lake, Penn. ; the mother died in Ireland. The subject of these lines is the sixth in a family of ten children, all of whom attained their majority, though but six are now living. Mr. Hogan received a good education, and although learning no trade, was foreman for a time in a saw-mill. He was married in Cameron county, Penn., to Mary, daughter of Cornelius and Jane Powell, of Emporium; she was born in New York, and is of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan have three children: Celia, Nellie and Julia. The members of the famity are Cath- olic. In politics Mr. Hogan is a Democrat, and has held most of the offices in the borough, serving as burgess and school director, and is at present a member of the town council.


C. B. HOWARD, post-office Emporium, manufacturer of lumber and lum- berman at Williamsport, Penn., was born in Yorkshire, England, September 1, 1819, a son of John and Hannah Howard. When he was twelve years old he


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was hired to herd sheep, and followed this occupation until he was twenty-one years old, when he went into a woolen factory and learned the trade of a cloth maker, continuing in that business until 1852, when he came to the United States, and located at Williamsport, Penn., where he bought and ran a saw- mill. In 1865, with his brother, he came to Cameron county (having in 1864 bought 2,000 acres of land in Shippen township), where they bought in 1882 7,000 acres more in same township, and built a large mill at Emporium in 1883. In 1887 the brothers divided their business, C. B. Howard remaining at Em- porinm, and his brother taking the mill at Williamsport. Mr. Howard then admitted his sons as partners in the business, the firm name being C. B. How- ard & Sons. They do an immense business, manufacturing 100,000 feet of lumber, 20,000 lath and 10,000 pickets per day. Mr. Howard was married in June, 1850, to Miss Lydia Taylor, who died in 1852, and in 1855 he married Miss Lesita Morris, of Lycoming county, Penn, He has three sons-George, by his first wife, and William and Josiah, by his second wife, all living at Em- porium.


J. C. JOHNSON, attorney at law, Emporium, and one of the leading mem- bers of the bar of his district, was born at Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y., Septem- ber 20, 1838. He entered the College of Literature, Science and Art of the University of Michigan, in 1857, and graduated therefrom in 1861. On Sep- tember 29, 1862, he was commissioned captain of Company K, 149th P. V. I., serving with this company as a part of the first corps of the army of the Po- tomac; was captured at Gettysburg. and held as a prisoner by the Confederacy until March, 1865. On returning to the North he resumed his studies, and graduated from the law school of his alma mater in 1866. In July of that year he was admitted to the bar, and, locating at Emporium, soon won that place in public estimation to which his legal training and military experiences entitled him.


F. H. KAUPP was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., December 1, 1868, a son of John and Elizabeth Kaupp. natives of Germany, who came to the United States in their young days, and settled in Pittsburgh, about 1864. The subject of this sketch was given good educational advantages, and when fourteen years of age he entered the office of the Arthurs Coal & Lumber Co. Three years later he was sent to their mill at Swissmont, Penn., as assistant to their super- intendent, Mr. Alfred Truman, and is still employed by them at their present establishment in Cameron county. Mr. Kaupp is also book-keeper for Mr. Truman in his several enterprises, is gifted with capital business ability, and is regarded as one of the promising young men of Cameron county. Mr. Kaupp was married June 4, 1889, to Miss Ella, Mr. Truman's eldest daughter, and resides at Truman, while his parents still remain in Pittsburgh. The religion of the family is Presbyterian.


JOHN W. KRINER, sheriff of Cameron county, Emporium, was born in Lancaster county, Penn., March 11, 1845, and is the son of John and Hettie (Wilder) Kriner, who are natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kriner is the seventh in a family of eleven children, and attended school in early life in his native county, also there learning the carpenter's trade, which has formed his chief oc- cupation. He came to Emporium in 1863, and in 1868 he here married Hattie, a native of Lewisburg, Penn., and daughter of Stephen and Eliza Search, of German origin. Mr. Kriner is a Republican, and was elected sheriff in 1887, an office he still holds; he was once a member of the town council. He is a Knight Templar.


M. M. LARRABEE, merchant, Emporium, was born at Almond. Allegany Co., N. Y., December 7, 1842, and is a son of Willett and Rosanna (Smith)


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Larrabee, natives of Massachusetts and of English descent. The father was an attorney, and died in New York State in 1864. The subject of this sketch was the youngest in a family of nine children, and received his early school training in his native State, where he was also employed as a clerk, until 1862. when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Ninth New York Volunteer Infantry, and was made second sergeant of Company F. Mr. Larrabee took part in the battle of Spottsylvania, and at the Wilderness was so severely wounded that he was discharged. He returned home, and in 1867 came to Em- porium, where he embarked in mercantile trade, in which he is still actively engaged. Mr. Larrabee was married in Pennsylvania in 1871, to Georgiana. daughter of B. S. and Mary Ann ( Myrch) Mayo; she is a Methodist Episco- palian, and of English descent. Their children are Marion, Don M. and Clifton Sage. Mr. Larrabee is a Republican, and has been a justice of the peace and a member of the borough council. He is adjutant of D. W. Taggart Post, No. 241. G. A. R., and is a Royal Arch Mason.


F. D. LEET, attorney at law, Emporium, was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., July 19, 1842, and is the son of Samuel and Sarah (Douglass) Leet, former a native of Connecticut, latter of New York, and both of Scotch origin. The senior Mr. Leet was a farmer, and died in Pennsylvania in 1876. The subject of this sketch, the youngest of four children, attended school in New York State until he was thirteen years old. when he removed with his parents to Pennsylvania, and, after taking a thorough academic course, he entered the State normal school at Edinboro, pursuing a strictly classical course. Mr. Leet studied law at Albany. N . Y., graduating in 1866. since which time he has practiced in Emporium, Penn. He made his own way through school and through the world, and has taught in all grades of instruction. from the common to the normal school. In 1886 he opened a general store. which he still controls, and which, connected with other interests, has grown into a large and extensive business. Mr. Leet is one of Emporium's most useful, substantial men, whose liberality would cause him to be greatly missed if lost to Emporium, as he is one of the most liberal in every public enterprise as well as generous and benevolent. A Republican in politics, Mr. Leet held for nine years the office of district attorney for Cameron county. He was married in 1866. in Potter county, to Alice L., daughter of Amos Raymond, who, with his wife, Rhoda (Daniels), was a native of Connecticut, and they were both of English descent. Mr. F. D. Leet has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church, of which he and his wife have been members for over twenty years, and for ten years Mr. Leet has been superin- tendent of the Sunday-school. Mr. and Mrs. Leet have had four children, the eldest one, Amos Raymond, dying in ISSO; the living are Grace E., Iva Bell and Eva Dell, the last two named being twins.


I. H. LEGGETT, farmer, P. O. Emporium, was born at Portage, N. Y., June 18, 1836, a son of Eli and Catherine Leggett, natives of New Bruns- wick, Canada. In 1837 his parents moved to Elk county, Penn., and settled at Caledonia. They had a family of eight children :. Leroy L , in Dallas, Tex. ; I. H .. our subject; Minerva, wife of Samuel Logue, in Wisconsin; Emery, in Wisconsin; Elvira (deceased wife of Thomas Logue); Charles L., in Wis- consin; Reuben (deceased), and Charlotte, also in Wisconsin. I. H. Leggett worked for his father until twenty-one years old, and then worked in the lum- ber camps until 1870, when he bought a farm on West creek, Shippen town- ship, Cameron county, where he has since lived. Mr. Leggett was married at Smethport in May, 1870, to Miss C. R. Hackett, daughter of M. K. and Sarah Hackett, of Smethport, Penn., and they have three children: Pearl, Coral and Harry. Mr. Leggett is a Methodist in religion, and in politics a Republican.


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WILLIAM F. LLOYD, a member of the firm of Balcom & Lloyd, dealers in general merchandise at Emporium, was born in Columbia, Lancaster Co .. Penn., February 9, 1834, and is the son of Wesley and Eve Anna (Wier) Lloyd, who were natives of Pennsylvania and of Irish descent. The father was a hatter by trade, and lived until 1840, William F. is the eldest of three children, and attended school in his native county, since which period he has been employed as a clerk and book-keeper for a great portion of the time, being for eight years in the post-office at Columbia, and for ten years in a bank. Coming to Empo- rium in 1874, he entered the employ of H. C. Olmsted, and in 1882 he formed the partnership given above. Mr. Lloyd was married in 1854 to Susan, daugh- ter of Morris and Delilah Clark, natives of Lancaster county. She died in 1877, leaving five children, namely: T. B .. prothonotary of Cameron county : Alice, wife of Dr. Free; H. S., a merchant; W. P., a telegraph operator at Buffalo, and Mabel. Mr. Lloyd is a member, trustee and steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and superintends the Sunday-school. He is a past grand of the I. O. O. F., and is a Knight Templar.


T. B. LLOYD, prothonotary of Cameron county, Emporium, was born in Columbia, Penn., May 29, 1858, and is the son of W. F. and Susan (Clark) Lloyd, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, the father being at present a prominent merchant at Emporium. T. B. Lloyd is the eldest son, and received his education in York and Lancaster counties, and in Emporium. Mr. Lloyd began to learn the jeweler's trade, but left it to accept the position of deputy-prothonotary of the county, in 1879. He was elected prothonotary in 1882, and has held that position ever since in connection with the offices of register and recorder. Mr. Lloyd was married in Wrightsville, York Co., Penn., December 28, 1882, to Miss Mary E., daughter of L. E. Budding, and three children are the fruit of the marriage: Fred B., Grace S. and Myrtle C. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is trustee and steward. Mr. Lloyd is also a member and past officer of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W., and has served five years as secretary of the council of Emporium, he is also corresponding secretary of the board of trade, and treasurer of the local board of the National Savings and Loan Association of Rochester, N. Y. In politics he is a Republican.




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