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members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died August, 26, 1880, and his widow December 13, 1882. Their family consisted of seven children, six of whom are living: Amy (widow of William Chose, of Livingston county. N. Y.), J. W. (of Bradford township), Lavina (widow of Hiram D. Turner, of Bradford township), Jane P. (wife of Sylvester Blaavelt, of Nebraska). Henry W. (of Bradford township) and John N. (our subject, who came to MeKean connty when thirteen years of age and for three years engaged in lumbering). In 1851 he moved onto his present farm, which he has cleared and improved. November 7, 1849. he married Miss Samantha L., daughter of Samael L. and Roana Davis, of Bradford township, and formerly of Erie county, N. Y. By this union they have four children: Ella (wife of Roswell Smith, of East Otto, Cattarangus Co., N. Y. ; has four children: John, Blanche, Leola and an infant); Frank A. (of Bradford township, married Miss Lydia, daughter of Daniel Barr, of Cameron county. Penn., and has three children: Archibald. Clarence C. and Jennie Ada); Eva (wife of Frank H. Kreiner, of Bradford township, has one child, Theo), and Lewis E. E. (of Bradford township, married Miss Haley Barr). For many years Mr. Brown was a member of the Republican party, but now he is a supporter of the Democratic party. He has served as auditor and in various other township offices. He and family are members of the United Brethren in Christ.
I. H. BURTON, farmer and driller, P. O. Bradford, was born in Bradley, Penobscot Co., Me., April 27, 1852, a son of Walter and Louisa (Smith) Bur- ton, natives of that State, who went to Olean, N. Y., in 1856, and in 1857 moved to Bradford township, McKean Co., Penn., where the father fol- lowed the lumbering business. I. H. Burton received an ordinary education, and worked at lumbering until the oil excitement, since which time he has been engaged in drilling wells. In 1876 he married Miss Addie, daughter of William S. Morris, of Bradford township. and they have had two children: Theo. W. (died October 2, 1888) and Eva Gertrude. Mr. Burton is identi- fied with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Knights of Labor of Custer City, also of the Master Workmen and Well Drillers Union.
M. H. BYLES, member of the firm of McSweeney & Byles, attorneys at law, Bradford, was born in Pleasantville, Venango Co., Penn., April 1, 1851. the youngest in the family of ten children of W. D. and Maria (Smith) Byles, natives of Erie county, Penn., and of Scotch-Irish descent, former of whom died in 1SS3. M. H. Byles was given good educational advantages, graduat- ing from the Western Reserve College, at Cleveland, Ohio, in the classical course, in 1875. He then went to Erie City, Penn., where he studied law in the office of J. Ross Thompson, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. In the winter of 1879 he came to Bradford, and for a time was a partner with Henry McSweeney, and later the present partnership was formed. The firm is com- posed of energetic young men, destined to stand at the head of their pro- fession. Mr. Byles was married September 20, 1SS2, to Miss M. Agnes Ax- tell, and they have one child, Ralph. Mr. Byles is a member of the Knights of Honor, Royal Arcanum, and the I. O. O. F. lodge and encampment. In polities he is a Republican. Mrs. Byles is a member of the Episcopal Church.
HENRY BYROM is a native of Lancashire, England, where he attended school during his boyhood, but finished his education at the commercial schools of Bremen, Germany. He first visited the United States in 1848 on his way to the California gold fields, but sickness prevented the execution of his plans, and he returned home. In 1852 he again arrived in New York and was en- gaged in the importation of Russia goods until 1864, when he went to Penn- sylvania. leasing the celebrated Blood farm on Oil Creek. Venango county, of
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which he afterward became the owner. In 1870 he went to live at Titusville, taking great interest in the municipal affairs of that city, and filling the office of president of the council. Mr. Byrom was prominently identified with all the earlier movements of the producers' councils. He removed to Bradford in 1885, and took charge of the interests of the Tide Water Pipe Company in that district. Mr. Byrom is married, and has two children. He is Republican in politics, and the family are members of the Episcopal Church.
CHARLES P. BYRON, oil producer, Bradford, is a native of Ireland, born in 1844. a son of Thomas O. and Bridget (McGraw) Byron. His mother died in 1849, and in 1850 his father came with his family of seven children to the United States, and settled at Little Falls, N. Y., where he died in 1875. Charles P. commenced working in the paper-mills when a child, going to school a half day and working the other half. When fourteen years old he left home and went to sea, and from 1858 to 1876 he followed the life of a sailor, being both on the ocean and the lakes. In 1861 he enlisted in the United States Navy, and was assigned to the " Penguin," one of the first naval vessels to do duty in the war, and went to Port Royal. In 1862 he was trans- ferred to the United States Ship of War "Oneida," and was at the battles of Vicksburg, New Orleans and Grand Gulf. After the war he returned home for a time, and then once more sailed the lakes; subsequently he became inter-
ested in the production of oil, and has drilled several wells in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. He also has interests in the gas districts, and is president of the Smetliport Gas Company. He was married June 9, 1874, to Miss Anna Buckley, daughter of William Buckley, who was a native of Ireland. In poli- tics Mr. Byron is a Democrat, and was a delegate to the State and national conventions of 1888. He and his wife are members of the Catholic Church
A. B. CAMPBELL, agent for the Bradford, Bordell & Kinzua Railroad at Bradford, was born in Iowa City, Iowa, January 20, 1862, a son of John D. and Elizabeth (Rutherford) Campbell, former a native of Scotland and latter of Allegany county, N. Y., of Scotch descent. Mr. Campbell's education was mostly received at Angelica, N. Y., and after leaving school he studied teleg- raphy at Derrick City, Penn. ; in 1883 he obtained his present position. He is a young man of good business ability, and as he is industrious and trust worthy, has the promise of a prosperous future.
HARRIS ANSEL CANFIELD, M. D., Bradford, Penn .. was born May 1, 1852, in Chantauqua county, N. Y., son of Lewis and Harriet (Huling ) Can- field. He early chose the profession of medicine, and after completing a high- school course, began his medical studies. He spent a few months at Sherman. Chautauqua Co., N. Y., with Drs. Osborne & Ames; then entered the Michi- gan University at Ann Arbor, took one course there, one course at Rush Medi- cal College, Chicago, Ill., returned to Ann Arbor and graduated from the medical department, University of Michigan, in 1877. He then went to Day- ton, Cattarangus Co., N. Y .. and began practice; staid there a few months, when the oil excitement broke out in MeKean county. Penn .. and the Doctor lo- cated in the village of Gillmor, Mckean county, where he had an extensive and lucrative practice. He was married March 12, 1879, to Miss Flora C., dangh ter of Wesley and Lovinia (McArthur) Flint. They have at present two chil- dren: Clyde C. and Clair C., aged nine and seven years. The Doctor's parents were both born in New York State, and as far as known of purely Anglo-Saxon or Yankee extraction. Mrs. Canfield's father was of same, but her mother was of Scotch extraction. The Doctor's family are not members of any church. The parents of both were of the Baptist faith. In 1887 the Doctor took a course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
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City, and removed to Bradford, Mckean Co., Penn., in 1889, where, his record as a successful physician having preceded him. he is now established in a good practice. He is a prominent member of the Mckean County Medical Society. and was one of the founders of that society. He is also a member of the Masonic and several other fraternal societies. In politics Dr. Canfield has always been a stanch Republican.
C. L. CASTERLINE, dealer in torpedoes and oil producer, Bradford, was born in Allegany county, N. Y., a son of G. S. and Marietta (Moore- house) Casterline, of German and English descent, respectively, and both deceased. He was reared a farmer, but when he started in life for himself he followed teaming. In 1877 he came to Bradford, embarking in the coal busi- ness, and in 1879 began dealing in torpedoes; he also became an oil producer, and has since had the entire oversight of all his interests. He also, in 1886, became interested in a livery stable at Bradford, Penn., which is superin- tended by his partner, C. S. Corthell; he also engaged in the same business the following spring, at Findlay, Ohio, having several men in his employ at Findlay, and also at Bradford. Mr. Casterline has made his own way in the world, and from a small beginning has become one of the leading citizens of Bradford. He is a Republican in politics. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.
WILLIAM CHAMBERS, one of the worthy representative citizens of Bradford, was born in Erie county, Penn., November 10, 1839, a son of David and Mabel (Nash) Chambers, natives of Pennsylvania and of Irish descent. His grandfather located in Erie county in an early day, buying, in company with his brother, several hundred acres of land; and his son David (father of the subject of this sketch) became heir to a part of the property. Here David Chambers died in 1878. He had been twice married, and had a family of ten children, William being a son by the first marriage. William Chambers was reared on his father's farm, where he was taught lessons of thrift and self dependence. When he commenced for himself he embarked in the grocery business, which he continued in until 1868, when he sold out and moved to the lower oil country, where he was employed two years. In 1877 he came to McKean county, where he bought property and began drilling wells for himself, in which he has met with good success. On October 20, 1872, Mr. Chambers married Harriet E. Burgess, a native of Erie county, Penn., daughter of L. A. and Clemanda (Hitchcock) Burgess. In politics Mr. Chambers is a Prohibitionist, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Chambers is an active member of the W. C. T. U., and is president of the county organization; in 1888 she was a delegate to the national convention at New York.
CAPT. W. B. CHAPMAN, attorney at law, Bradford, is one of the oldest practicing lawyers of the bar of Mckean county. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 8, 1826, the second of five children of Daniel S. and Margaret (Burt) Chapman. His ancestors were of English and French origin. His paternal grandfather was in the war of the Revolution, and his father in the war of 1812. The latter was wounded at the battle of Lundy's Lane, but lived to the advanced age of eighty-six years, and died May 22, 1882. W. B. Chapman was reared and educated in Ashtabula county, Ohio, and graduated from the academy at Conneaut in 1846. He began the study of law in the office of Gen. Brewster Randall, at Conneaut, and was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio, in February, 1852, to practice in the supreme courts. He soon won a good clientage, which he held until the breaking out of the Re- bellion, when, in July, 1861, he enlisted in the Second Ohio Light Artillery,
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and when the battery was organized was elected first lieutenant, being after- ward promoted to captain. He was wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge, which incapacitated him from further service, and caused his resignation and return home. On his recovery he again took up the practice of law, which he continued in Ohio until 1873, when he came to Pennsylvania, and in 1877 located in Bradford, where he now has a large practice. Mr. Chapman was married October 14, 1847, to Cynthia Olds, a native of Conneaut, Ohio, daughter of Ezekiel Olds. She is one of a family of eight children, two boys and six girls, all of whom are living, the youngest being fifty-six years old, and in 1888 all met together and had a family picture taken. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have five children: Sarah M. (wife of Charles Howard, of Conneaut. Ohio), Phoebe, wife of S. A. Holbrook, of Bradford), Henry W. (of New York City), John B. (an attorney, of Bradford) and Will B. (a student in his father's office). Mr. Chapman was reared in the Whig school of politics, but since its organization has affiliated with the Republican party, and has been an active worker in its ranks. He is a strong advocate of temperance, but has always opposed the third party movement. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, both of lodge and chapter.
THOMAS CHATTLE, proprietor of the " Hotel Florence," also interested in the production of petroleum at Bradford, Penn., was born in Orange county, N. Y., October 24. 1819, a son of Thomas and Nancy (Pike) Chattle, who were natives of New England. His father was a physician. who practiced many years in the State of New York, and died in 1824, leaving six children, of whom Thomas is the youngest son. Thomas Chattle's first business venture was as a peddler, traveling with a team and selling goods at wholesale. In 1860 he removed to Pennsylvania, and embarked in the lumber business, also con- ducting a grist-mill in Mckean county. He sold his milling interests in 1884, and has since given his attention to his oil interests and to carrying on his hotel in Bradford. Mr. Chattle was married in 1844 to Adaline Corwin, who died in 1855, leaving four children: Augusta (wife of G. Ewen), Garafalia (wife of William A. Harris, of Brooklyn, N. Y.), Amelia R. (wife of W. H. Rogers) and Lulu (since deceased). In 1857 Mr. Chattle married Julia F. Corwin, a sister of his first wife, and she died in 1887; their only son, Harvey C., is a machinist in Bradford. Mr. Chattle is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
DR. H. C. CHESNEY, Custer City, was born in Lawrence county, Penn., in 1862, a son of John and Catherine (Stoner) Chesney, natives of that county, where they are still residing, engaged in farming. He received his education at the public schools and Westmoreland College, read medicine with Dr. J. M. Balph, of Rose Point, Lawrence county, and attended lectures at the Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, graduating from Fort Wayne Medical College in 1883. Dr. Chesney first began to practice at North Liberty, Mercer Co., Penn., and in 1885 came to Custer City, where he has since enjoyed an exten- sive practice. The Doctor is also a professional druggist, and conducts a well- equipped drug store. He is a member of Mckean County Medical Association and of the Knights of the Maccabees, Columbian League; is identified with the Republican party, and has served as township clerk two years.
CAPT. ALFRED W. COBURN, oil producer, Bradford, and a pio- neer in the oil business in Pennsylvania, has operated in several fields and has been extensively engaged in both the production and refining of oil. He has seen the rise and fall of several towns and cities, and has also seen fortunes made and lost. He has experienced all the varied fortunes of an oil specu- lator; has seen the time when his check for $100,000 would be honored where-
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ever he was known, and then has had his entire fortune swept away. His early life was spent on the water, and during the war of the Rebellion he was a member of an independent company from Titusville, Penn. From 1870 to 1876 he was oil inspector, and in 1876 he became a member of the Oil Ex- change at Titusville. In 1878 he removed to Bradford, where for a time he represented the Farrar & Trefts Manufacturing Company ; also served one year as superintendent of the Telephone Company, and three years as tax collect- or. In 1885 he moved to Frie City, Penn., and in 1586 was injured in an ac. cident on the Nickle-Plate Railroad, for which he received $10,000 damages. Capt. Coburn was born in Louisville, Ky., in January, 1838, a son of Henry R. and Eliza (Fosdick) Coburn. He has a family tree that traces his ancestry in the United States to 1636. He was married in 1860 to Huldah Paine, a native of Massachusetts, daughter of Joseph P. Paine, and they have one daughter. Millie C. Mrs. Coburn is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
ALLAN COCHRAN, oil producer, Bradford, was born in Glasgow, Scot- land, Jannary 1, 1820, a son of John and Grace (Lester) Cochran, former of whom was a physician in Scotland. Allan was the eldest of three children. He learned the boiler-makers' trade after coming to America in 1849, and worked at his trade in New York State until 1865, when he removed to the oil country of Pennsylvania, and lived in Venango county six years. He then bought property, and has been in business for himself, owning at present 200 produc- ing wells. In 1882 he removed to Bradford with the intention of making that his home. He has a neat and substantial residence, is well to do, and his declining years may be spent free from the anxiety and cares of business. He is an unassuming, genial gentleman, and has many friends who deem it a pleasure to spend their spare time in his company. Mr. Cochran was married in Glasgow, Scotland. in 1847, to Miss Elizabeth Caggie, a native of Scotland, daughter of Allan and Jean (Keir) Caggie, and they have six children: John, Grace (wife of Samuel Kerr), Jean (wife of Edward Holden), Lizzie (wife of E. E. Northup), Allan and William. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican. He was a crockery merchant in Glasgow, Scotland, until he came to America.
C. P. CODY, of the firm of C. P. Cody & Bro., general insurance agents. Bradford, was born in Mount Elgin, Canada West (now Ontario), July 19, 1854. a son of Charles G. and Abigail E. Cody. He attended Woodstock Canadian Literary Institute for some time, and after leaving school came to the United States, first going to Virginia, and thence to Michigan, Illi- nois, Indiana, and lastly Pennsylvania. He located in Bradford in 1878. embarking in his present business in 1882, and in 1886 his brother E. V. became associated with him. They represent eighteen leading companies, foreign and domestic, embracing fire, accident and life insurance. They are also engaged in the real estate business, E. V. Cody being treasurer of the Petroleum Real Estate Company. Mr. C. P. Cody was married in Cleveland. Ohio. in 1882, to Ella, daughter of Elias and Julina Ede. He is a member of the Baptist and his wife of the Episcopal Church. In politics he affiliates with the Prohibition party, his brother being a Republican. He is secretary of the Bradford Board of Trade and treasurer of the Automatic Car Brake Company.
E. V. CODY was born at Mount Elgin, Ontario, Canada, April 30, 1862, a son of Charles G. and Abigail E. Cody. About 1877 he removed with his parents to London, Ontario, and there attended the London Collegiate Insti- tute. In 1882 he came to the United States, locating in Bradford, Penn. For four years he was librarian of the Bradford Library Association. In January.
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1886, he became associated with his brother, C. P. Cody, in the insurance business.
S. G. COFFIN, one of the successful and enterprising business men of Bradford, was born in New Hampshire October 17, 1847, the only son of J. M. and Dorothy S. (Gale) Coffin, also natives of New Hampshire, of English descent, former of whom died in his native State in 1887. S. G. Coffin was given good educational advantages, and when he embarked in business for himself went to Brady's Run, Penn., where he opened a flour and feed store, continuing there eighteen months, when he sold out and went to Butler county, where he was in the livery business till 1880, when he again sold out, and, coming to Bradford, engaged in the same business. He is a good busi- ness man, and has been successful in his operations. He owns two livery and sale stables in the city and never has less than twenty-five horses, often fifty. He does a general livery business, and also buys, sells and ships horses on a large scale. He is also quite extensively engaged in the oil business. Mr. Coffin was married in Armstrong county, Penn .. June 24, 1874, to F. M. Fleming, daughter of A. W. Fleming, and they have three children: Claudie D., George Ralph and Charles J. In politics Mr. Coffin is a Republican. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., the Knights of Honor, and several benevo- lent orders.
PHILIP W. CROAK, general foreman in the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad shops at Bradford, has held this position since ISSS. He learned the machinist's trade in his youth at Renovo, Penn., and from 1884 to 1886 he was foreman of the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at that place; in the latter year he was transferred to Erie City, and in ISSS came to Bradford. He now has about 130 men under his supervision and there are about forty- five engines to be kept in repair at the shops in Bradford. He is a thorough machinist and understands every detail of his work. Mr. Croak was born in Bradford county, Penn., in March, 1852, a son of Edward and Honora ( Mul- queen) Croak, natives of Ireland. He was married in March, 1877, to Miss Mary Jones, a native of Renovo, Penn., of German descent, daughter. of David Jones, and they have eight children: William, Edward, Viola, Bessie, Winlan, Philip, Thomas and Sarah. Mr. Croak and his wife are members of the Catholic Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
LEVI M. CROSS, P. O. Kendall Creek, was born in Carrollton, Cattar- augus Co., N. Y., August 6, 1841, and is a son of Levi and Eliza (Conklin) Cross, natives of New York and Pennsylvania, respectively. He was reared in Bradford, Mckean Co., Penn., from three years of age, and received a common-school education. At the breaking out of the civil war he was en- gaged in farming and lumbering, but in August, 1862, he enlisted in Com- pany H, Fifteenth New York Volunteers, and served nine months, when he was discharged on account of disability. In April, 1864, Mr. Cross re-enlisted in Company E, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was wounded at Chapin Farm, near Richmond, Va., September 29, 1864. As a result of this wound he lost his left leg at the thigh, and was honorably discharged from the service in March, 1865. Since the war he has made his home in Bradford, this county, and has been engaged in teaming and the oil business. Mr. Cross married, March 21, 1867, Fannie, daughter of David and Amanda (Rey- nolds) Cornelius, of Bradford, and has two children: Leda M. and Autie V. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and G. A. R., and polit- ically is a Republican.
E. J. CROSS, grocer, Bradford, was born at Sandy Hill, Washington Co., N. Y., August 2, 1850, 'a son of Stephen Oscar and Ruby Ann (Conrey) Cross.
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natives of New York, and of English and Irish descent. The father was a promi- nent farmer, and during the war was a United States marshal; after the war he was appointed United States revenue collector. The mother was a relative of Gen. Putnam, the hero of Bunker Hill. Mr. Cross prepared for college at Fort Edward Institute, and then took a course at Eastman's Business College, Pater- son, N. J., from which he graduated in 1873. In 1876 he went to Butler county, Penn., where he carried on a general mercantile business four years, and in 1880 removed to Bradford, where for three years he carried on a whole- sale and retail vegetable market. He then embarked in the flour and feed business, to which he has since added groceries. He now owns his place of business, and also a small farm, which is under the supervision of William Ten- ney, a practical gardener, and is cultivated as a vegetable garden. Mr. Cross was married September 26, 1876, to Alice E. Keith, daughter of Alonzo A. and Alvina (Carter) Keith, and they have three children: Oscar K., Alice E. and Ruby E. Mrs. Cross is a member of the Baptist Church. In politics Mr. Cross is a Republican.
H. G. CUTTING, farmer, fine stock raiser and oil producer, Bradford, was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., January 22, 1838, a son of D. H. and Jane H. (Barrows) Cutting, former of whom is still living in New York, and is now eighty six years old. Mr. Cutting was reared on his father's farm, re- maining in his native county until 1862. when he came to Pennsylvania, and worked about the oil wells. In 1876 he bought and drilled several wells, and in 1883 purchased 135 acres of land, which he has cultivated; is also exten sively engaged in stock raising, making a specialty of horses and cattle, and dealing only in the finest breeds. He devotes his attention to his farm and stock, hiring an overseer for his wells, of which he owns fourteen. Mr. Cut- ting was married in 1860, to Ellen Blanchard, who died in 1875, leaving three children: Bertha, Blanchard and Algernon. The parents of Mrs. Ellen Cut- ting were named Orville and Almeda (Newman) Blanchard. In 1877 Mr. Cutting married Miss Amy Gunn, daughter of William and Isabella Harriet (Pond) Gunn, the former a Canadian, of Scotch descent, and the latter an American, of English extraction. They have three children: Hawley G., Mal. comb J. and William F. Mrs. Cutting is a member of the Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Cutting is a Republican. He is a member of the F. & A. M. and the A. O. U. W.
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