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 154

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 154
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JASON W. STEVENS, general merchant, Harrison Valley, was born in Cortland county, N. Y., March 25, 1839, a son of Kelsey and Emeline (Wat- rous) Stevens, both natives of Cortland county, who settled in Harrison town- ship, Potter Co., Penn., locating on the farm now owned by G. W. Stevens, most of which they cleared and improved. Their children were Sylvester K., Minerva C. (Mrs. H. N. Stone), Jason W., George W. and Eugene K. J. W. Stevens was reared in Harrison township from the age of ten years, remaining at home until after the breaking out of the Civil war, when he enlisted, Octo- ber 16, 1861, in Company G, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers. He re- enlisted as a veteran December 20, 1863, in same company and regiment. served until the close of the war, and was mustered out June 30, 1865. He was wounded twice; first at Fredericksburg. December 14, 1862, and again in front of Petersburg, June 18, 1864. He was commissioned captain of his company August 25, 1864. After the war he engaged in farming, and in the fall of 1866 was elected treasurer of Potter county for a term of two years. In 1869 he embarked in mercantile business at Harrison Valley, in which he has since successfully continued. there being at the time but two stores in Har- rison township. Mr. Stevens was twice married. His first wife was Angie, daughter of Luke and Mary (Rathbone) Darling, of Allegheny township, l'ot.

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ter Co., Penn .. by whom he has one son, Archie. His second wife was Rilla, daughter of Job and Chloe (Ellis) Rixford, of Tioga county, Penn., and they have four children: Lina, Mildred, Arthur and Lura. Mr. Stevens was post- master at Harrison Valley from 1869 to 1885, a term of sixteen years. He is a member of Ulysses Post, No. 279, G. A. R. Politically he is a Republican.

HORACE N. STONE, farmer, P. O. Harrison Valley, was born in Harri- son township, Potter Co., Penn., December 16, 1829, a son of Thaddeus and Diana (Gill) Stone. His paternal grandfather was Levi Stone, a native of Connecticut and a cooper by trade, who settled in Harrison township about 1827, where he worked at his trade and followed farming to some extent. His children, who lived in Potter county, were Thaddeus, Levi R., Samuel W. and Benjamin N., all pioneers of Harrison township. Thaddeus settled at White's Corners in Harrison township in 1825, where he lived four years. In 1829 he removed to the farm now occupied by C. L. Stone, which he cleared and im- proved, and resided in the township until his death. He was a prominent cit- izen of his day; was commissioner of Potter county one term, and for a num- ber of years was justice of the peace for Harrison township. He reared a family of eleven children: Nancy R. (Mrs. Alfred Cummings), Amanda E. (Mrs. Edward Stebbins), Eleanor (Mrs. N. W. Hubbard), Horace N., Levi O., John M., Esther (Mrs. George Collver), Sarah (Mrs. S. K. Stevens), Franklin (a soldier in the Civil war, taken prisoner at Gettysburg, and died in Anderson- ville prison), Chester L. and Alice (Mrs. A. Erway). Horace N. Stone was reared in Harrison township, where he has always resided. He was a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting September 1, 1864, in Company I, One Hun- dred and Eighty-ninth New York Volunteers. He was in the battle of Hatcher's run and at the Weldon raid, and was honorably discharged June 10, 1865. Mr. Stone has cleared and improved several farms in Harrison township, besides a part of the one he now occupies, where he has lived since March, 1869. He married, May 18, 1858, Minerva C., daughter of Kelsey and Emeline ( Wat- rous Stevens, of Harrison township, and to them have been born three chil- dren: DeElton J., George E. and Ethie A. Mr. Stone is a representative farmer and citizen of Harrison township, and has held several of the local offices of the same. Politically he is a Republican.

CHESTER L. STONE, farmer, P. O. Harrison Valley, was born August 19. 1843, in Harrison township, Potter Co., Penn., on the farm he now occupies, a son of Thaddeus and Diana (Gill) Stone. He was reared in his native township, and has always resided on the old homestead. In Septem- ber, 1864, he enlisted in Company I. One Hundred and Eighty-ninth New York Volunteers, and after nine months' service was honorably discharged. In 1875 he married Chrischanna, daughter of William B. and Cynthia S. (Johnson) Fox, who settled in Harrison township in 1853. The issue of this union was one son, George W. Mr. Stone is a representative farmer and citizen, is a member of the G. A. R., and in politics is a Republican.

AUSTIN A. SWETLAND, proprietor of the cheese factory, Harrison Valley, was born in Freetown township, Cortland Co., N. Y., June 3, 1832, a son of Harmon and Rosamond (Watrous) Swetland. His paternal grand- father, Aaron Swetland, was a native of Connecticut, of English descent, and was a pioneer of Granville, Washington Co., N. Y. He settled in Cortland county, N. Y., in 1815, and resided there until his death. His maternal grandfather was Austin Watrous, also of English descent, and a pioneer of Cortland county, N. Y. His parents settled in Harrison township. Potter Co., Penn., in 1858, where his father engaged in farming, making this their home the rest of their lives. They had four children, viz .: Morgan W.,

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Mulford R., Austin A. and Esther (Mrs. Ray Cummings). Austin A. Swet- land was reared in Cortland county, N. Y., and is a cooper and blacksmith by trade. He settled in Harrison township in 1857, where he followed his trade more or less for twelve years. He was in the late war, enlisting in September. 1864, in Company I, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth New York Volunteers, and participated in the battles of Gravelly Run, Hatcher's Run, Lewis farm and Five Forks, and was at the front when Lee surrendered. He was honorably discharged in June, 1865. After the war he was engaged in various branches of business; worked at his trade to some extent, was proprietor of the Couders- port & Westfield stage line three years, and has conducted a cheese factory in Harrison Valley since 1883. In 1860 he married Susan, daughter of Rev. Benjamin and Catherine (Gorton) Thomas, of Harrison township, and they have two children: Roger W. and Kittie L. Mr. Swetland has been justice of the peace for Harrison township nine years, and was elected treasurer of Potter county in 1886, for a term of three years. He is a Republican.

CHESTER A. SWETLAND, of the firm of Walter & Swetland, lumber manufacturers, Mills, Penn., was born in Freetown township, Cortland Co., N. Y., December 18, 1854, a son of Morgan W. and Parmelia (Stevens) Swet- land, who settled in Harrison township, Potter Co., Penn., in 1863, where the father still resides, engaged in farming. They have five children: Clara (Mrs. P. E. Rexford), Carl, Chester A., Luella (Mrs. A. V. Harrison) and Henry H. Chester A. Swetland was reared in Harrison township from the age of nine years, and has been prominently identified with the lumber busi- ness since 1878. In September, 1881, he married Kate, daughter of Charles H. and Mary (Thomas) Doud, of Harrison Valley, and they have three chil- dren: Grace, Benjamin and Burt.

ISAAC C. THOMPSON, retired farmer, P. O. Potter Brook, Tioga Co., Penn,, was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., November 16, 1821, a son of Isaac and Keziah (Wickes) Thompson. His father was a native of Connecticut and a son of Jared Thompson, a pioneer of Ulysses, Tompkins Co., N. Y. His mater- nal grandfather was Israel P. Wickes, formerly of Rensselaer county, N. Y., and a pioneer of Tompkins county, N. Y. Isaac Thompson, Sr., settled with his family in Harrison township, Potter Co., Penn., in 1832, locating on a farm where the village of Mills now stands, and cleared and improved the same; here he died March 26, 1874, and his wife November 13, 1876. They reared a family of seven children: Lydia (Mrs. Ephraim Z. Olney), Jared, Isaac C., Nancy (Mrs. Aaron Webster), Prudence (Mrs. Alonzo Hawks), Emily (Mrs. John A. Smith), and Israel. Mr. Thompson was a prominent citizen of his day, a member of the Baptist Church, and took an active part in establishing the present church at Harrison Valley, contributing nearly one-half the fund for its erection; he was deacon in this church until his death. He served Potter county as com- missioner and treasurer with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents, and was a genial and public-spirited citizen. Isaac C. Thomp- son was reared in Harrison township, and assisted his father in clearing the homestead, where, with the exception of five years he lived in Hector, he resided until 1866, when he removed to Potter . Brook, Tioga county, and has since resided there. He was in the Civil war, enlisting September 1, 1864, in Company D, Two Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was honorably discharged after ten months' service. He has been married twice. His first wife was Mary A., daughter of Stephen and Matilda Potter, of Pot- ter Brook, Penn., by whom he had five children: Emily T. (Mrs. W. D. Weeks), Sophronia M. (Mrs. B. F. Mulford), Julia A. (Mrs. L. J. Skinner), Eva K. (Mrs. A. V. Hawley) and Hattie (Mrs. Wm. Nivision). His present wife

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was Mrs. Sarah A. (Rossiter) Stevens, of Homer, Potter county. Mr. Thompson and wife are members of the Baptist Church at Harrison Valley, of which he has been deacon since his father's death. He served one term as auditor of Potter county. He is a member of the Sons of Temperance, politically is a stanch Republican, and is a strong advocate of prohibition.

ANDREW WALLIS, general blacksmith, Elmer, was born in Cornwall, England, May 10, 1854, a son of William and Elizabeth (Wherry) Wallis. He came to America in 1871, locating in Wayne county, Penn., where he learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked as a journeyman until 1879, when he settled in Harrison township, this county, where he has since carried on a successful business for his own account, establishing his shop at Elmer in 1880. He was married May 30, 1880, to Susie, daughter of George and Philena (Durfee) Gilbert, of Harrison township, and they have three children: Frank, Charles and Bessie. Mr. Wallis is a Republican in politics, and is a worthy citizen of Harrison township.

WILLIAM H. WARNER, one of the early settlers of Potter county, Penn.,. was born in the town of Bristol, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, July 1, 1792. His father's name was Samuel, who came from England when quite young; his mother's name was Mary Jerome. He also had three brothers: Benjamin, Samuel and Jerome, and three sisters: Sally, Cynthia and Polly. When eighteen years of age, he and his younger brother, who was sixteen, went on foot to the town of Preble, Cortland Co., N. Y., where they hired out, went to work, and in time saved enough to buy a farm, which they cleared up and improved, when, through some defect in the title, they lost it all. In 1819 he married Polly Gill, daughter of John Gill, of Preble, and, after they had lost their home, he set out to find another; and in 1825 came with his wife and two boys (one aged five years and the other six months) to Potter county, Penn., and settled in the northwest corner of Harrison township, a very thinly settled part of the county, at which time there were only seven inhabitants he- tween their residence and Coudersport, a distance of twenty-eight miles. Deer were plentiful, and furnished about all the meat they had, with a little bear meat occasionally for variety. Wolves were also plentiful, and they could be heard howling nights very often. One morning Mr. Warner found sixteen sheep lying dead in a small field, not over ten rods from the house; in fact, all the sheep he owned had been killed by the wolves. In 1832 he was appointed justice of the peace, which office he held for twelve consecutive years; he was also one of the county commissioners at the time of the building of the first court-house. Politically he was a Democrat; religiously he was brought up a strict Presbyterian, but in after years he became a Universalist and a firm believer in that faith. He was loved and respected by all who became acquainted with him, and died November 1, 1861. His widow survived him sixteen years. and died at the age of seventy-nine years.

WASHINGTON L. WARNER, farmer, P. O. White's Corners, was born in Harrison township, Potter Co., Penn., February 14, 1837, a son of William H. and Polly (Gill) Warner, formerly of Preble, Cortland Co., N. Y., who settled in Harrison township in 1825, locating on the farm now owned and occupied by W. L. Warner, most of which they cleared and improved, and re- sided on until their death. They had three children: John H., Wellesly W. and Washington L., the last of whom was born and reared on the old home- stead where he has always resided. In 1857 he married Sarah M., daughter of Frederick and Nancy (Latta) Coston, of Harrison township, and they had two children, Francis M. (deceased) and Lelia N. Mr. Warner is a promi- nent and representative farmer of Harrison township, and one of the leading and public-spirited citizens. Politically he has always been a Democrat.

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CHAPTER XXVII.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES-HECTOR, PIKE, WEST BRANCH, ABBOT AND STEWARDSON TOWNSHIPS.

HECTOR TOWNSHIP.

JAMES DOUGLAS, farmer, P. O. Hector, was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., May 12, 1820. He attended school at Newfield, N .. Y., and when not in school worked on the farm with his father. In 1841 his parents moved to Tioga county, near the county line, and that same year he bought a tract of wild land in Hector township, Potter Co., Penn., which he improved, and in 1850 bought the farm where he now lives, which is one of the best farms in the township. He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, serving from December 1, 1864, until the close of the war. Mr. Douglas was married, March 14, 1848, to Miss Sarah J. Breese, of Chemung county, N. Y. They have had nine children, viz. : Charles F., of Hector; Mary A. (Mrs. Will Gilbert); Josiah B., of Westfield; Royal, died, aged two years; John, died, aged seven- teen years; Carrie (Mrs. Dr. M. R. Pritchard, of Harrison Valley, deceased); Henry, married Sarah Breese and lives on the homestead; Kate C. and Aleda M., both at home.

A. E. EATON, farmer, P. O. Ulysses, is a native of the State of New York. born July 26, 1855, a son of Charles and Adensy Eaton, also natives of New York. He was given good educational advantages, attending the schools at Alfred Centre, Allegany Co., N. Y., and worked on his father's farm when not in school. He worked for his father until his marriage, and then took charge of the farm, remaining at home until 1885. In 1881 he bought a farm in Hector township, Potter Co., Penn., and in 1885 moved to it, and is now one of the prosperous farmers of the township. He was married, in 1879, to Miss Lucinda Bailey, of Hector, and they have two children, Maud and Flora.

PERRY FILLMORE, Inmber dealer, P. O. Sunderlinville, a son of John and Marinda Fillmore, was born in Tioga county, Penn., March 6, 1847. He made his home with an uncle until twenty-one years of age, when he came to Hector township, Potter connty, where he bought a tract of land, and engaged in the lumber and bark trade, and is now doing business at J. E. Wait's mill. which has a capacity of 15,000 feet of lumber and 7,000 shingles, daily. He is also a dealer in general merchandise. In 1868 he married Frankie Linderman, and they have two children, Willard and Clare. Mr. Fillmore is a member of Westville Lodge, No. 477, F. & A. M. ; in politics he is a Republican.

J. L. HAVENS, merchant, Sunderlinville, a son of John and Catharine Havens, was born in Hector township, Potter Co., Penn., in 1836. His parents came from New York State, and were among the first settlers in Hector township. Their family consisted of three children: D. W., J. L. and M. V. J. L. Havens was married in 1857, to Julia A., daughter of Joseph Sunderlin, the founder of Sunderlinville. Mr. Sunderlin came here at a very early day, and built the first grist-mill on the present site of Sunderlinville, and when the town was incorporated it was named in his honor. His children

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were Darwin, Cyrus, Darius, Huldab, Daniel, Joseph, John, Samuel, Lydia and Julia A. Mr. and Mrs. Sunderlin made this their home until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Havens, after marriage, located in Hector township, and for a time he was engaged in agriculture, but in 1883 he removed to town and embarked in the mercantile business. Mrs. Havens died, leaving two children: B. B. and Laura; the eldest, Alice A. having died about three months previous to her mother's death. Mr. Havens subsequently married Mrs. M. H. Wilkin- son, widow of Matthew H. Wilkinson, who died from the effects of cancer. She has three children: W. R .. Eva and Satie. Mr. Havens is a Republican in politics, and has held various official positions in his township.

C. P. KILBOURNE, farmer. P. O. Sunderlinville, was born in Wellsboro, Penn., March 9, 1822. His father died in 1825, and he was taken to the home of a great uncle, with whom he lived until he was fourteen years old, when his mother married Aaron Niles, of Niles Valley, Penn., and he then lived with her until twenty-three years old. when he came to Potter county, and worked as a laborer three years. He then bought a tract of wild land in Hector township, which he has improved, and although obliged to undergo hardships and privations. has been successful, now having one of the best homes in the township. He has erected good buildings, and has brought his land under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Kilbourne was married in 1848, to Lovisa Pemberton, a native of Mixtown, Penn., born October 31, 1829, and they have four children: Delphine (wife of Clinton Dimon), Josephine E. (wife of W. E. Ferris), Leon (married to Ida Beech) and Lucy (wife of Otis Sunderlin). Mr. Kilbourne is a member of Eulalia Lodge, No. 342, F. & A. M .. at Coudersport, and he and his wife are members of the Westfield Methodist Episcopal Church. He has held various offices of trust in his township and county, having been county commissioner three terms.

WILLIAM J. LOUCKS, farmer and lumberman, P. O. Ulysses, was born in Oneida county, N. Y., July 18, 1834. In 1844 his parents moved to Potter county, and settled in Hector township, where he was reared, and on reaching manhood he embarked in the lumber business, his father having pur- chased a saw-mill and a quantity of timber land in Hector and Ulysses town- ships. He learned the use of tools easily, and soon became a good carpenter. He also worked at repairing mills until he became a good millwright, and put up two saw-mills, one a water-mill for himself, in 1876, on what is called the Genesee forks of Pine creek (now known as Loucks' Mills). At this place the first settler was George Parker, who died in 1845. His farm was sold and re- sold to a dozen different parties, until at last Mr. Loucks and C. B. Watrous bought it for the purpose of building the above mentioned saw-mill. Mr. Loucks has also been engaged in farming, and is now one of the successful business men of the county. He was married, May 20, 1854, to Miss Janet Glover, of Steuben county, N. Y., and she died in January, 1875. leaving seven children-the eldest about sixteen years old, and the youngest seventeen months. Mr. and Mrs. Loucks had previously lost three children-two girls and one boy. The mother of our subject died September 11, 1870, and the father, Cornelius Loucks, a few years thereafter married Miss Huldah Sunder- lin, an elderly maiden lady, with whom nearly all in this vicinity were well ac- quainted. The early settlers well remember her father, Joseph Sunderlin, who built the first mill in Hector some time between 1835 and 1840. In 1844 the township of Hector had but thirty-six voters in it, and Cornelius Loucks was elected constable and collecter for a dozen years or more in succession. When the Civil war broke out C. H. Loucks, the eldest brother of William J., enlisted, and he lost his left arm in front of Petersburg just at the close of the war.

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Stephen L. Loucks, the youngest brother, died in the army in Virginia, Janu- ary 9, 1864. He was himself drafted twice, and reported at Williamsburg. Penn., but on account of disability was rejected. At the close of the war C. H. Loucks returned and lived on his farm for a number of years, then built a house in Lewisville, where he now resides with his second wife. William J. Loucks also married a second wife, November 16, 1879, in the person of Mrs. Itta C. Barnhart. daughter of George Harvey, of Clymer township, Tioga county. Penn. They have one child, a son, named Ray Harvey Loucks. Mr. Loucks has seen deer and other wild animals run through the woods and brush where now are large fields without a stump in them; where forests were then, orchards are now. The parents of W. J. Loucks, Cornelius and Naomi (Johnson) Loncks, were married January 1, 1822, and their children were born in the following order: Mary Jane, Cornelius H., Mebitable D. (de- ceased), Harriet R. (deceased), Elizabeth A. (deceased), William J., and Stephen L. (deceased). The children born to William J. and Janet (Glover) Loucks were named Mary E., William J., Jr., Charles A., Janet E., George W .. Hatta N., Henry C., Jenny M., Peter S. and Alexander X.

J. V. MILLER, of the firm of J. V. Miller & Co., merchants, Sunderlin- ville, is a son of William and Catherine Miller, and was born at Clymer, Tioga Co .. Penn., in 1842. His parents removed to Spring Mills, Allegany Co., N. Y .. where he was educated. He remained with his parents until about 1862, when he removed to Yates county, N. Y., and for a period of ten or twelve years was a commercial traveler. He was for a time in Bradford in the oil trade. and in 1882 located in Sunderlinville, where, with his brother, Byron, he embarked in general mercantile business under the firm name of J. V. Miller & Co. His father's family consisted of nine children: George (deceased), Mary J., J. V .. Huldah (deceased), Almeda, Emmett, Byron, Harry and Flora (deceased). The father died in January, 1887, and the mother now makes her home with her sou Emmett. J. V. Miller was married in September, 1875, to Mary Coller. He is a member of Lewisville Lodge, No. 556. F. & A. M., of Ulysses Chapter, No. 269. R. A. M., and of Wellsboro Commandery, No. 28, K. T. In politics he is a Republican.

J. S. REYNOLDS, M. D., Sunderlinville and Galeton, was born in Tronps- burg, Steuben Co., N. Y., June 5, 1831, and there was reared until seventeen years of age. He then attended the academy at Deerfield, Tioga Co., Penn., for two years; then went to Lawrenceville, Penn., where he clerked in a general store. Afterward he clerked in a store at Williamsport, Penn., a year. and he then moved to Painesville, Ohio, where he was employed in a drug store. and also studied medicine. He afterward attended the Western Reserve Medical College, two regular sessions. He purchased a drug store at Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minn., and conducted same for six months; then took in a partner, and at the close of two years sold out his interest in the drug store to his partner, and returned to Ohio. Dr. Reynolds practiced medicine in Cleve- land aud vicinity for several years; then moved to the oil country in Western Pennsylvania, and practiced medicine for several years in Oil City and other oil towns. In 1878 he moved to Sunderlinville, Penn., where he bought a house and lot, and also one at Galeton, same State, at which places he has a large practice. The Doctor graduated from the St. Louis (Mo.) College of Physicians and Surgeons March 8, 1889. He was married in Cleveland, Ohio, March 30, 1872, to Miss Almeda E. Miller, of Spring Mills, N. Y., by whom he had two sons, William and Juna, both of whom died of diphtheria in 1880. The Doctor is a member of Temple Lodge, No. 28, F. & A. M., of Painesville, Ohio, and of Painesville Chapter. No. 46, R. A. M. : he is a member of Hector

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Lodge, No. 526, at Sunderlinville, Penn .. of the Equitable Aid Union, and is medical examiner for the same.

T. J. SURDAM, farmer, P.O. Sunderlinville, was born in Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y., July 26, 1835, and in 1841 was brought by his parents to Potter county, Penn., where he was reared. June 15, 1861, he enlisted in defense of his country, in the war of the Rebellion, and served until 1863. In Septem- ber, 1864, he again enlisted and served until the close of the war. He is a member of H. C. Ackley Post, G. A. R. Mr. Surdam owns a good farm in Hector township, where he lives, and is one of the representative citizens of the township.

WILLIAM WILKINSON, farmer, P. O. Sunderlinville, a son of Matthew and Ann (Rook) Wilkinson, was born in Seneca, Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1837. the parents having come from Westmoreland county, England, in 1836. In 1854 the family moved to Potter county; Penn .. and settled in Hector town- ship. where Matthew Wilkinson was engaged in the practice of medicine until his death, which occurred in July, 1869. Mrs. Ann Wilkinson has since made her home with her daughter, Mrs. James Hart. They had a family of six children: Matthew H., William, John, Rook, Thomas and Mary (wife of James Hart). The sons were all soldiers in the war of the Rebellion, going out in defense of their country. Matthew H. died from the effects of expos- ure while in the service. John was captured in front of Petersburg, and after enduring the horrors of a Southern prison was finally exchanged, but died from the effects of his terrible experience three days after reaching Annapolis. Rook died from the effects of a sunstroke received while in the discharge of his duty. Thomas was killed in front of Petersburg April 2, 1865. William enlisted in Company D, Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1861, and in 1863 re-enlisted, and was assigned to Company F. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, but after his recovery rejoined his regiment, took part in thirteen battles, and served until the close of the war. He then returned home, and has since been engaged in farming in Hector township, buying the farm he now owns, which he has improved, and on which he has erectedl fine buildings. He was married, February 5, 1866, to Margaretta Harrington, and they have four children: Susan A., Nettie M., Roy L. and William M. In politics Mr. Wilkinson is a Republican.

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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