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 149

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 149
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ABRAM DEREMER, farmer, P. O. East Sharon, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., July 13, 1821, a son of Joseph and Rachel (Bishop) Deremer, natives of New Jersey and pioneers of Tompkins and Steuben counties, N. Y., and later of Crawford county, Penn. Abram Deremer was reared in Steuben county, N. Y., where he married Caroline, daughter of Daniel and Polly (Opdyke) Richey, by whom he has six children living: Delia and Adelbert (twins, former married to J. A. Smith), Alice (Mrs. Almon Pearsall), Fannie (Mrs. Walter Crosby), Dora (Mrs. Edgar Smith) and Daniel. Mr. Deremer, who has always been a farmer, settled in Sharon township in 1868, where he has since resided, a prominent and respected citizen. In politics he is a Dem- ocrat, and served as auditor of the township three years.

JAMES W. DICKINSON, lumberman and farmer, P. O. Millport, was born in Tioga county, Penn., August 18, 1842, a son of James and Electa Dickinson. In 1849 he removed to Sharon township, Potter county, with his brother-in-law, Archibald Sloat, where he was reared and educated from seven years of age. February 1, 1864, he enlisted in Company D, Eighty-fifth New York Volunteers. He was captured at Plymouth, N. C., and sent to Ander- sonville, where he was kept a prisoner ten months; from there was sent to Richmond and paroled, and was honorably discharged from the service July 14, 1865. He then returned to Sharon township, where he has since resided, and followed the business of lumbering and farming, clearing and improving the farm he now occupies. Mr. Dickinson married, June 17, 1861, Jeanette M., daughter of Richard and Emily Corwin, of Sharon township, and they have three children: Ellsworth, Marion and Jessie. Mr. Dickinson is a mem- ber of the G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican.

GEORGE W. DODGE, merchant, Shinglehouse, was born in Pike, Wy- oming Co., N. Y., December 21, 1843, a son of Daniel and Adelia E. (Newcomb) Dodge. His father was an early settler of Sharon township, Potter county, where he engaged in farming and lumbering, and resided until

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his death. By his first wife, Adelia Newcomb, he had four children: George W., Catherine L. (Mrs. E. D. Holmes), Mary A. (Mrs. Ralph Burdic) and Jerome D. (a physician at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio). His second wife was Jeanette, daughter of Lewis Wood, of Sharon township. George W. Dodge was reared in Pike, N. Y. He was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting Sep- tember 21, 1861, in Company F, Fifth New York Cavalry. He was wounded in the foot at Hagerstown, Md., in July, 1863, and was honorably discharged after a service of three years and one month. After the war he located in Sha- ron township, where he was engaged in the lumber business with his father for a number of years. In 1878 he embarked in mercantile business at Shin- glehouse, in which he has since been engaged, and has been a member of the firm of Dodge & Newton, at Rixford, McKean county, since 1879. He also carries on the homestead farm. His wife is Emma, daughter of Nelson and Lorinda (White) Parmenter, of Sharon township, and they have three sons, Ulric S., Fred and Daniel. Mr. Dodge is a prominent citizen and merchant of Shinglehouse. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1888 was elected member of assembly from his district.

DANA DRAKE, farmer, P. O. Sharon Centre, was born in Sharon town- ship, Potter Co., Penn., November 4, 1844, a son of Simon and Mary D. (Warner) Drake. His paternal grandfather was a pioneer of Ceres, Mckean Co., Penn., afterward removing to Illinois, where he died; and his maternal grandfather was Seth Warner, a pioneer of Bingham township, this county. The parents of our subject settled in Sharon township about 1839, and cleared and improved the farm now owned by Jacob Falling, his father dying in that township in 1886, aged seventy-three years. Simon Drake was married twice. his first wife being Mary D. Warner, by whom he had four children who grew to maturity: Haline (Mrs. George Burdic), Seth B., Dana and Mary L. (Mrs. William Crocker). His second wife was Mrs. Melissa Murray, and by her were born six children: John W., Lydia B. (Mrs. A. Wright), Eugene, George H., Milton and Gertrude. Dana Drake was reared and educated in Sharon township, and began life as a lumberman and farmer. He cleared a part of the farm he now occupies, and made all the improvements in buildings. In 1866 he married Helen, daughter of Thomas J. and Ursula (Gibbs) Burdic, of Sharon township, and they have four children: Maggie (Mrs. Horace Pratt), Jesse, Eddie and Fillmore. Mr. Drake enlisted September 17, 1864, in Com- pany D. Thirteenth New York Volunteers, and at the end of one year was honorably discharged. He has served one term of three years as commis- sioner of Potter county, and has held nearly all the local offices in Sharon township; is now serving his second term as justice of the peace. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the G. A. R., and is a Republican.

WILLIAM R. HALLETT, veterinary surgeon, Millport, is a native of Steuben county, N. Y. At the age of thirteen years he left home and located in Iowa in 1857, and attended the veterinary school at Marengo, that State, under the tuition of Coon, Stage & Talbert, where he remained four years. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Twenty-eighth Iowa Volun- teers. He was taken prisoner on the St. Francis, but escaped, the rest of the party being paroled after four months' captivity and sent to St. Louis. While a member of the Twenty-eighth Iowa he was for a number of months on detached service with the Sixth Missouri Cavalry, and after three years' army service was honorably discharged. He then returned to Iowa and began the practice of veterinary surgery with Coon, Stage & Talbert, of Marengo, re- maining there several years; later he located in Hebron township, Potter

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county, and since 1879 has been located at Millport, in Sharon township, where he has built up a large practice, and a successful one. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he votes independent of party.

PHILANDER D. HAWLEY, proprietor of the Hawley House, Shingle- house, was born in Bingham township, Potter Co., Penn., May 9, 1849, a son of Salmon and Salaria L. (Canaan) Hawley. His paternal grandfather was James Hawley, and his great-grandfather was Solomon Hawley, both natives of Connecticut, who settled in Bingham township in 1827, where James Hawley erected a grist-mill (probably the first mill in Potter county), which, with his eldest son, Philander, he conducted for several years, and it was afterward operated by the latter until his death in 1851. The children of James Haw- ley were six: Philander, Abigail, Salmon, Leman, Marilla (Mrs. Henry Hurl- but) and Caroline (Mrs. William S. Burdick). Of these Salmon, father of our subject, was a physician. began practice at Ellisburg, this county, and later was at Oswayo, where he died August 18, 1855. His children were Josephine O. (Mrs. Henry Park), Philander D. and Salmon B. The subject of this sketch was reared in Oswayo, this county, and for a number of years worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade. He then followed the occupation of a miller for six years, and since 1881 has been a successful practitioner of veterinary surgery. He was the proprietor of the Lee House, Oswayo, from January, 1882, until April 1, 1883. In 1885 he purchased the hotel prop- erty at Shinglehouse, which he has since successfully conducted. March 15, 1870, he married Emma C., daughter of George and Mary A. (Bryant) Crouch, natives of England, who settled in Hebron, this county, in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Hawley are the parents of two children, S. Belle and George C. Mr. Hawley is widely and favorably known in Potter and adjoining counties. and is a popular landlord. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the Equitable Aid Union. In politics he is a stanch Republican.

L. C. KINNER, general merchant, Shinglehouse, was born in Tioga county, Penn., September 23, 1840, a son of James and Julia (Curran) Kinner, formerly of Orange county, N. Y. , and early settlers of Tioga county, Penn. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native county until seventeen years of age. In 1857 he entered the employ of William McDougall, of Oswayo, this county, acting in the capacity of clerk until the spring of 1858. He then entered the employ of C. H. Simmons, of the same place, with whom he was engaged until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. He en- listed, in May, 1861, in Company H, Seventy-first New York Volunteers, and participated in the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp. Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He lost his left leg at the latter engagement, July 2, 1863, and was honorably discharged from the service in June, 1864. He then returned to Oswayo, and resumed his former position of clerk in the store of C. H. Simmons, remaining with him until 1873, when he embarked in business for himself, on a small scale, at Shinglehouse. Here he built up a large and successful business, and has oc- cupied his present commodius quarters since 1878. Mr. Kinner is one of the leading and prominent merchants of Shinglehouse. He has served one term as justice of the peace, is a member of the G. A. R., and is a Democrat.

CAPTAIN LEVI H. KINNEY, farmer, P. O. Shinglehouse, was born in Old Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y., July 27, 1819, a son of Barnabas and Naamah (Holcomb) Kinney, natives of Hillsdale, Columbia Co., N. Y. His paternal grandfather was Barnabas Kinney, a native of Scotland, who served through the Revolutionary war, and was a pioneer of Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y. Though ex- empt from duty, he raised a company at Sodns, to participate in the war of 1812.

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His maternal grandfather was Return Holcomb, a native of Connecticut, who served in the French war of Canada, went through the Revolution, and was long a resident of Columbia county, N. Y., but died in Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y. Our subject was reared in Jasper, Steuben Co., N. Y., from five years of age, where he received a limited common-school education. In 1845 he came to Sharon, this county, where he worked in a saw-mill two years for $18 per month, and boarded himself. In the spring of 1847 he purchased the farm he now owns and occupies, all of which he has cleared and improved; for many years prior to the war he was engaged in lumbering. In August, 1861. he raised Company D, Eighty fifth New York Volunteers, with whom he was mustered into the service as captain, and served three years, when he was honorably discharged. In 1839 he married Mary, daughter of Caleb and Deb- orah (Silsby) Tyler, of Steuben county, N. Y., and to them were born three children: Angie, Alanson T. and Bryce B. Alanson T. was in the Civil war, and served two years as a private in his father's company, but was promoted to second lieutenant; he resigned and returned home, and raised Company F, Two Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, with which he was mus- tered in as captain; was wounded twice, and was disabled at Gravelly Run, April 4, 1865; he was mustered out with the company in June, 1865; he is now the sheriff of Branch county, Mich. Bryce B. was also a soldier, a member of Company B, Second Iowa Cavalry, and died, in 1872, of disease contracted while in the service. Capt. Kinney is a prominent and representative citizen and farmer of Sharon. He has served one term of three years as commissioner for Potter county; he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and politically is a stanch Republican.

RINALDO D. McDONALD, farmer. P. O. Shinglehouse, was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., April 17, 1840, son of Thomas and Catherine (Bacon) McDonald, the former a native of Ithaca, N. Y., and the latter of Dans- ville, N. Y. They settled in Sharon township, Potter Co., Penn., in 1841, where they resided until 1864, then removed to Watkins, and later to Port- ville, N. Y., where the mother died in 1865; the father died in Ceres, McKean Co., Penn., in 1888. They reared a family of ten children: William, John. Rinaldo D., Leander, Adelia (Mrs. Aaron Walker), Aurora (Mrs. George Metcalf), Laura (Mrs. C. J. Tubbs), Charles, Theodore and Ida (Mrs. M. Manley), R. D. McDonald was reared in Sharon township. He was a sol- dier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting October 15, 1861, in Company G, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served faithfully over two years, when he was honorably discharged on account of disability, December 31. 1863. After returning home he engaged in farming. He cleared a part of the farm he now occupies, and made all the improvements in buildings. In October, 1861, he married Victoria, daughter of William and Caroline (Savage) Cole, of Delaware county, Penn., and they have five children: William B., Maude, Ernest, Jennie and Harry. Mr. McDonald is a prominent farmer of Sharon township. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the G. A. R.

AMOS A. NEWTON, farmer, P. O. Sharon Centre, was born in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., N. Y., April 16, 1822, a son of Marshall and Prudence (Ayles- worth) Newton. His paternal grandfather was Amasa Newton, a native of Vermont and a pioneer of Chenango county, N. Y., and was a son of Thad- deus Newton, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, also a pioneer of Chenango county. His maternal grandfather was Andrew Aylesworth, of French descent, also a pioneer of Chenango county, N. Y.

Amos A. Newton was reared in his native county and settled in Sharon township, Potter Co., Penn., in 1846; was for many years engaged in the lum-

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ber business, and was a member of the firm of Nichols, Stevens & Co., for ten years. He settled on the farm he now occupies, in 1867, most of which he cleared, and has made all improvements in buildings, etc. In 1850 he mar- ried Dolly S., daughter of Isaac W and Nancy (Colvin) Jones, who were among the first settlers of Sharon township. They have five children, viz. : William E., Fred N., Jennie (Mrs. Arthur Cole), Jessie (Mrs. Charles H. Cole) and Kate. Mr. Newton is a prominent farmer of Sharon township, and an enterprising citizen. In politics he is a Republican.

FRED N. NEWTON. attorney at law, Shinglehouse, was born in Sharon township, Potter Co., Penn., February 22, 1854, a son of Amos A. and Dolly S. (Jones) Newton [see sketch of Amos A. Newton]. He was reared in his native town, and educated at the Coudersport public school and the State Normal School at Edinborough. He began the study of law in 1878, in the office of Olm- sted & Larrabee, Coudersport, and was admitted to the bar in June, 18SI. He married, November 2, 1873, Rose, daughter of Nelson and Lorinda (White) Par- menter, of Sharon, and they have three children: Lloyd S., Lawrence L. and. Laura L. (twins). Mr. Newton is one of the justices of the peace of Sharon township, and is, politically, a Republican.

FRANCIS P. NICHOLS, lumberman, Shinglehouse, was born in Sharon township. Potter Co., Penn., October 12, 1846, a son of Maleck and Cordelia (Perry) Nichols, natives of Chemung and Otsego counties, N. Y., respectively, who settled in Sharon township in 1845, and cleared and improved the farm on which they still reside. Francis P. was reared in his native township, where he received a common-school education. He began life as a farmer, and since 1872 has been successfully engaged in the lumber business at Shinglehouse. In 1873 he married Josephine, daughter of Luke and Hannah Stevens, of Sharon township, and they have three children: Harry, Anna and an infant son. Mr. Stevens was a participant in the war of the Rebellion, having en- listed, in 1862, in Company B, One Hundred and Seventy-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, in which regiment he served one year. He again enlisted in 1864, this time in Company K, Thirteenth New York Heavy Artillery, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. Politically he is a Republican, and has held the office of constable and collector one term in Sharon township.

CHARLES D. PARMENTER, lumberman, Shinglehouse, was born in West Virginia, August 14, 1846, a son of Nelson and Lorinda (White) Parmenter, who settled in Sharon township, in 1850, locating at East Sharon, where the father en- gaged in lumbering, which he followed until his death. He also cleared and im- proved a farm at East Sharon. He was a native of the State of New York, and died November 2, 1888, at the age of seventy-five years. His family consisted of four children: Laura (Mrs. Alonzo Newton), Charles, Emma (Mrs. George W. Dodge) and Rose (Mrs. Fred N. Newton). Charles D. Parmenter was reared in Sharon township, and received a common-school education. He has always followed lumbering as a business, and has resided at Shinglehouse since 1884. He married, July 22, 1869, Anna L. Ward, of Ripley, Ohio, and they have one son, Nelson. Mr. Parmenter is a representative citizen and business man of Sharon township. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Republican.

JOHN S. PEARSALL, farmer, P. O. Shinglehouse, was born in Switzer- land county, Ind., January 29, 1821, a son of Samuel and Betsey (Pearsall) Pearsall, who settled in Sharon township in 1829, and later settled on the farm now occupied by John S. Pearsall. His father's principal business was lum- bering, though he farmed to some extent. In later life he removed to Clinton county, Iowa, and died there. His children were Solomon, Harriet (Mrs.

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William Scott), John S., Polly (Mrs. Alfred Warren) and Nelson. John S. was reared in Sharon township from eight years of age, and with the exception of four years that he lived in Crawford county, Penn., and one year in Iowa he has always made this his home. In 1845 he married Eleanor M., daughter of Ezra and Sophronia Graves, of Sharon township, and they have reared eight chil- dren to adult age, three of whom have since died: Theressa (Mrs. Seymour Farley), Helen (Mrs. William Hunt, deceased), Eliza (Mrs. James Thompson). Eva (Mrs. A. C. Voorhees), Lillie (Mrs. Frank Farley), May (Mrs. W. B. Brightman, deceased), Dora (Mrs. M. J. Bridge) and Belle (deceased). Mr. Pearsall was in the Rebellion, enlisting in 1864, in Company F, Two Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers; he participated in the Weldon raid, and was honorably discharged after ten months' service. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he advocates Prohibition.

EDGAR A. PERKINS, lumberman and miller, Shinglehouse, was born in Ceres township, Mckean Co., Penn., February 20, 1850, and is a son of Ben- jamin and Polly (Palmer) Perkins, formerly of Herkimer county, N. Y., and among the early settlers of Ceres township, where they cleared and improved a farm, on which they lived and died. They had two children: Isaac (deceased) and Edgar A. The subject of these lines was reared in his native town, where he received a common-school education, and in 1876 he began the business of lumberman at Shinglehouse, where he also erected a grist-mill and a saw-mill. which he has since successfully conducted. He married Lorena, daughter of L. P. and Clarissa (Fisk) White. of Ceres township, and they have one son- Elmo. Mr. Perkins is an enterprising citizen and business man. In politics he is a Republican.

GEORGE W. PRINCE, farmer, P. O. Shinglehouse, was born in Bradford county, Penn., February 22, 1825, a son of Joseph and Hannah (Stiles) Prince. formerly of New Hampshire, and pioneers of Bradford county, Penn. George W. was reared in his native county, where he resided up to 1866. He then settled in Sharon township, Potter county, on the farm he now owns and occu- pies. His original purchase was 600 acres, a part of which he has since sold and given his sons, and about 200 acres of which he cleared and improved. Mr. Prince was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting, October 12, 1863, in the United States Construction Corps, served a year and a half, and in the spring of 1865 he was honorably discharged, on account of disability. He married, November 16, 1845, Phebe, daughter of Moses and Jerusha Burbank, of Brad- ford county, Penn., and they have four children living: Melvina (Mrs. Riley Allen), Loren, Alfred, and Caroline (Mrs. Horace Pratt). Mr. Prince, politic- ally, was formerly a Democrat, but is now a stanch Republican. His paternal grandfather served through the Revolutionary war, and was with Washington when he crossed the Delaware. George W. Prince now has the gun in his possession, carried by his grandfather through the war, and which he captured from a British soldier.

A. A. RAYMOND, hardware merchant, Shinglehouse, was born in Alle- gheny township, Potter Co., Penn., April 12, 1846, a son of Amos and Rhoda (Daniels) Raymond. His paternal grandfather, Daniel Raymond, was a native of Massachusetts, a pioneer of Allegheny township, where he cleared and im- proved a farm and lived for many years. He is still a resident of the town- ship, at the ripe age of ninety six years. Amos Raymond, father of subject, is a farmer by occupation, and a resident of Ulysses township. He reared a family of five children: H. Lovina, Lavina (Mrs. F. D. Leet), Asa A., Josephine (Mrs. Louis Huntington) and Sarah (Mrs. Frank Conable). A. A. Raymond was reared and educated in Allegheny township, and began life as a farmer.

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He engaged in the mercantile business at Raymond's Corners, this county, in 1877, where he remained two years, then removed to Lymansville, where he was engaged in business three years. He then kept store two years in Couders- port, and then followed farming two years in Ulysses township. August 15, 1888, he embarked in his present business at Shinglehouse, where he has succeeded in building up a trade that is daily increasing. Mr. Raymond, in 1875, married Mary M., daughter of Harvey and Harriet (Meicham) Cutler, of Bingham township, and they have four children living: Marion C., Daisy D., Dora M. and J. Spafford Raymond; they buried one son, Amos Harvey, when eight months old.

JAMES N. SHERWOOD, farmer, P. O. Shinglehouse, was boru in Solon, Cortland Co., N. Y., November 22, 1829, a sou of Stratton Sherwood and Barbara A. (Barnard) Sherwood. He was reared in his native county and in Bradford county, Penn. He settled in Sharon township, Potter county, in 1852, and in 1854 married Fannie M., daughter of Joseph Armstrong, of Tompkins county, N. Y. After his marriage he located on Horse run, Boli- var township, Allegany Co., N. Y., and in 1861 removed to the farm he now occupies, most of which he cleared and improved. In August, 1863, he en- listed in Company C. One Hundred and Forty-eight Pennsylvania Regiment. He was wounded in the face at Fort Damnation, and honorably discharged from the service April 10, 1865. During his term of service his wife was a nurse in the Harwood Hospital, near Washington, D. C., and afterward at Fairfax Seminary. Mr. Sherwood is a representative citizen of Sharon town- ship, and is a member of the United Brethren Church. He has held the office of treasurer of Sharon township one year, and politically is a Republican.

SALA C. STEVENS, Iumbermau, P. O. Shinglehouse, was born in Jamaica, Windham Co., Vt., February 18, 1813, a son of Asa and Patty (Hazelton) Stevens, natives of Vermont and pioneers of Tioga county, Penn. He was reared in Vermont and settled in Sharon township, Potter county, in 1838, embarking in the lumber business, in which he has been very successful and in which he is still interested. He also, for fifteen years, was interested in a large lumber yard and mill in Cincinnati, Ohio, in which he accumulated a com- petency. Mr. Stevens was twice married. His first wife was Lydia, daughter of Anthony and Katie (Stevens) Jones, of Bingham township, this county, by whom he had children as follows: Fendora M. (Mrs. J. E. Terwilliger). Flor- ence E. (Mrs. Robert Sayers), Florentine S., Grace G. (Mrs. Robert Hook), Edith G. and Mabel (Mrs. Samuel Booth). His second wife was Mrs. Kate (Haley) Seals, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Stevens is a representative and lead- ing citizen of Shinglehouse. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Republican.

WILLIAM G. SUTHERLAND, farmer, P. O. Shinglehouse, was born in Maryland, Otsego Co., N. Y., August 28, 1834, a son of James and Betsey ( Kaple) Sutherland, who settled in Sharon township in 1857, and resided there until their death. Their children were Charles, William G .. Diantha (Mrs. George M. Burbank), Jane (Mrs. Reuben Hickok), Orburt and Fannie (Mrs. Barton Holly). William G. Sutherland was reared in his native county and Bradford county, Penn. He settled in Sharon township. Potter county, in 1856. on the farm he now occupies. all of which he cleared and improved; for over thirty years he was engaged in lumbering in the winter season. Ho was twice married; his first wife was Belle, daughter of Orlando and Minerva (Arnold) Johnson, of Hume, N. Y., by whom he had two children: Don and Panl. His present wife was formerly Nancy Kinney, daughter of Alanson Kinney, of Steuben county, N. Y., and they have three daughters: Dora,

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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

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