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 60

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 60
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and has also engaged in oil producing. He is the father of three children: Philip (in partnership with his father), Carrie and John. Mr. Artley is a member of Labelle Valley Lodge, No. 232, F. & A. M., of the E. A. U., of Kendall Creek, and of the Columbia League. He and family attend the Pres- byterian Church.

F. E. BAKER, of the firm of Gillespie & Baker, Summit City, was born in Erie, Penn., January 7, 1856. His father, B. F. Baker, was born in War- ren county, N. Y., and his mother, Sarah A. (Hurst) Baker, was born in Erie county, Penn. His father was a ship carpenter by occupation. The family are prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Five of their children are still living: Thomas C., of Foxburg, Penn. : Estella, wife of W. O. Smith, of Oil City; F. E. ; William A., of Washington, Penn., and Wallace B., of Pittsburgh. Penn. The subject of these lines was educated at Erie, Penn., and in 1875 went to Foxburg. where he engaged in refining oil. In 1880 he came to Mckean county, and for three years acted as commercial trav- eler. handling petroleum, oil well supplies, etc. April 28, 1887, he engaged in his present business. In 1879 he married Miss Naomi, daughter of John Gillespie, and they have three children: Charles Floyd, Frank Howard and Sarahı Hazel. Mr. Baker is a supporter of the Republican party. He belongs to Lodge No. 211, E. A. U., of Summit City, Assembly No. 6561, K. of L., and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

F. X. BIDAUX, butcher, Kendall Creek, was born in France, October 10. 1846. a son of P. X. and Mary (Chappin) Bidaux. His mother died in France. and the father and his family came to America in 1867, locating at Titusville. Penn .. where the father is now engaged in the milk business. Our subject worked in a foundry for two years, and then engaged in the butcher business, which he conducted there for eleven years. In 1880 he came to Mckean county, and has since conducted a meat market at Kendall Creek. He has also carried on a market in Bradford for several years. He was the first man to introduce Chicago beef into Mckean county. In 1870 he married Miss Felicie Gigogne. a native of France, who came to America when five years of age. and they have six children: Mary, Louise, Rosa, Sylvin, Goldie and Genevieve. Mr. Bidaux is a supporter of the Democratic party, and is a member of the borough council. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, and he and family are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Bidaux owns several valuable city lots, and a fine farm at Saegerstown, Penn.

JAMES BISETT (deceased) was born in Dublin, Ireland, his parents, who were farm tenants, dying in that country. In 1850 he emigrated to America, and married in the same year Miss Mary, daughter of William Clark, also a native of Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Bisett was a stone mason by trade, and worked in New York a few months, then went to Massachusetts, where he remained five years. From there he moved to Ellicottsville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y .. and engaged in farming. In 1857 he first came to Mckean county, and in 1862 located on the present Bisett farm in Foster township. Mr. Bisett started in life single handed, and by his own efforts became a successful man. He was identified with the Democratic party, and was one of the representative and highly respected men of the township. He was a devout Catholic, and one of the original builders of the church of that denomination at Bradford. He died August 1, 1880. His widow, who still resides on the homestead farm, is a devout Christian, and a very hospitable lady. Fourteen of their children grew to maturity, twelve of whom are still living: Mary (wife of Joseph Henigan, of Olean, N. Y.), Jennie (wife of George Ferris, of Farmers Valley), Richard L., Edward W., Christopher C., Thomas J., Charles F., Annie Belle, John J ..

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Rose J., James Henry and Walter W. The Bisett Brothers are among the representative oil producers of Foster township.

RICHARD L. BISETT, oil producer, Dallas City, a son of James and Mary (Clark) Bisett, was born in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., July 29, 1855. He received a common-school education, and for several years followed lum- bering and farming. In 1885 he and his brother formed a partnership in pro- ducing oil, under the firm name of R. L. & C. C. Bisett. In 1882 he married Miss Mary, daughter of James McHale, of Mckean county, and they have one child, John H. Mr. Bisett is a supporter of the Democratic party, and is a member of the Catholic Church.

A. W. BOYD, oil producer, Sawyer City, is a son of John Boyd, a native of Mercer county, Ohio, who came to MeKean county when a young man, and followed farming and lumbering; he married Miss Annie Hutchinson, a native of Mckean county, of Irish parentage. Mr. Boyd was a Democrat and a prom- inent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in 1867, his wife in 1861. They reared nine children. five of whom are living: Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Swarthart, in Michigan: Martha, wife of Roswell Hale, in Tarport, Penn .; Jane, wife of Jesse Pumphrey, in Kansas; A. W., and William, a farmer, in Foster township, Mckean county. A. W. Boyd was born in Foster town- ship. Mckean Co .. Penn., June 20, 1846, and attended the township schools, also Rochester Commercial College. For ten years he engaged in lumber- ing, and since 1877 he has been producing oil, controlling from fifty to sixty wells. In 1866 he married Miss Amelia, daughter of J. S. Seaward, of Ken- dall Creek, and has five children: Clinton G., Annie M., Leonard C., Frank G. and Clement C. Mr. Boyd is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of Union Lodge, No. 334, F. & A. M., Bradford Chapter, No. 160, R. A. M., and Trinity Commandery, No. 58, K. T.

JONES BUCHANAN, farmer, P. O. Kendall Creek, a son of Andrew L. Buchanan, was born in Warren county, Penn., March 28, 1811. He received a limited education and came to MeKean county when seventeen years of age. He has principally been engaged in lumbering. and has made many trips to Pittsburgh down the Allegheny river. In 1841 he was united in marriage with Miss Sophronia A. Foster, daughter of L. S. Foster, of Bradford town- ship, and nine children were born to their union, five of whom are living: Mary Elizabeth, wife of John H. Corll of New York, in Tarport: Rebecca and Ella, at home; Thomas Jefferson in Tarport, married to Miss Mary Morse, of Jamestown, N. Y., and has one child, Harry; Russell, in Washington county, Penn., married to Miss Annie Brooks, of Philadelphia, and has four children, Grace, Estella, Lulu and an infant.

Mr. Buchanan voted for Jackson in 1832. but since 1852 he has been a Republican, and has filled various township offices.

A. W. BUCHANAN, farmer, P. O. Kendall Creek, was born in what is now Warren county, Penn .. September 25, 1819. His father, Andrew L. Buchan- an, who was a native of Mifflin county, Penn. . was born August 16, 1775, married February 26, 1801, Miss Rebecca Jones, also a native of Mifflin county, Penn. He was a blacksmith by trade, and moved into MeKean county, Penn., in 1829, locating on the farm now owned by our subject in Foster township. They were among the early and representative families of the township. Mr. Bu- chanan was a Jeffersonian Democrat, and filled varions township offices. He was drafted in the war of 1812, but furnished a substitute. He died February 28, 1841, and his widow in 1861. Their children were Susan, who was born December 25. 1801. but is now deceased: Lucinda, born April 3, 1803, died October 25, 1833; Daniel, born August 9, 1805, also deceased; Robert. born September 9, 1807, and now dead; Isaiah, born April 18, 1809, died August

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15, 1834; Jones, born March 28, 1811; Andrew and Rebecca (twins), born December 30, 1812; Polly Ann, born September 26, 1814, and A. W.

A. W. Buchanan came to McKean county with his parents. He was given but limited educational advantages and early engaged in lumbering, and acted as pilot on the Allegheny river for many years. For the past twenty-five years he has been engaged in farming. The first flowing oil well in the county was found upon his farm. In 1847 he married Miss Adeline, daughter of L. S. Foster, of Bradford township, and twelve children were born to them, six of whom are living: Irene, wife of John Whipple, in Omaha, Neb .; Jeanette, wife of T. W. Hunt, in Hyde county, Dak. ; Florence, widow of George May; Della, wife of Eugene Holcomb, in Omaha, Neb .; Minnie and Elwin, at home. Mr. Buchanan was a member of the Democratic party from 1840 to 1856, but since then has been a supporter of the Republican party. He has filled about all of the township offices, and is prominent in school work.

JOHN T. CALHOUN, druggist, Kendall Creek, is a son of John Calhoun, who was born in County Sligo, Ireland, June 21, 1839; there learned the shoe- maker's trade, emigrated to America in 1857. and for several years worked at his trade in New York City. Jersey City, Scranton, Port Jervis and Middle- town. In 1867 he followed the oil excitement to Petroleum Centre, and in 1875 located at Eldred, McKean county, coming to Kendall Creek in 1876, where he first engaged in baling hay. He is now conducting a shoe shop. In

1865 he married Miss Mary Kenney, who was born in Ireland and brought to America when one year of age. They have six children: John T., Mary M., Margaret, Charles P., Anna E. and George D. John Calhoun has held sev- eral public offices, having been three times elected overseer of the poor, three times constable, and five times collector of taxes; he is also secretary of the Democratic County Committee, and is a member of the A. O. U. W., K. of L .. and of the Catholic Church. John T. Calhoun was born August 13, 1866, in Forestville, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and received a common-school education. In 1882 he entered a drug store at Bradford, as elerk, and afterward went to Olean, N. Y., where he remained for one year. In 1886 he assumed the man- agement of the drug business of McCarty & Calhoun, which our subject con- ducted until 1888, when he established his present business, under the firm name of John Calhoun & Son. He is a member of the Columbia League, of the Catholic Church, and in politics is a Democrat.

W. B. CORWIN, farmer, postoffice Sawyer City, is a son of P. P. Corwin, and a grandson of Edward Corwin, a native of Connecticut and a Revolution- ary soldier. He was one of the early settlers of Mckean county, taking up Government land. P. P. Corwin, who was a native of Madison county, mar- ried Miss California Gallup, a native of McKean county, and settled on a farm in Foster township, Mckean county, now known as Corwin Centre. Mr. Cor- win was a member of the Whig and Republican parties and of the Baptist Church. He died in 1857; his widow still resides on the homestead. They reared a family of nine children, eight of whom are living: Huldah, wife of Bishop Coston, in Missouri; Malvina, wife of Thomas Farnsworth; Jestina, wife of James Farnsworth, of Sheffield, Warren Co., Penn. ; Lucina, wife of Salmon Keesler, of Corwin; W. B. ; Edwin A. ; Andrew P., and Nancy, wife of Harry T. Abby, of Port Allegany, MeKean county. W. B. Corwin was born in Norwich township, Mckean Co., Penn., February 10, 1840. and moved to Foster township when four years of age. where he has followed farm- ing. In 1868 he married Miss Louisa, daughter of Peter H. Storms, of Foster township, and they have three children: Cynthia, wife of Sydney Smith, of Butler; Wallace and Elsie. Mr. Corwin is a member of the Democratic party,

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and has filled various township offices. He and family are members of the Baptist Church.

A. P. CORWIN, farmer, P. O. Sawyer City, son of P. P. and California (Gallup) Corwin, was born in Foster township, Mckean Co., Penn., February 7, 1848. He received a common-school education, and since starting in life for himself has followed farming. In 1881 he married Miss Gelia, daughter of Albert Burdick, of Cattaraugus county, N. Y., and by this union they have four children: Rubie M., Gordis P., Mira B. and Raymond Earl. Mr. Cor- win is a supporter of the Democratic party and has served as assessor of his township.

JOHN DENMAN, oil producer, P. O. Kendall Creek, was born in Somer- setshire, England, July 26, 1848. His parents were John and Harriet (Sharpe) Denman. In 1868 Mr. Denman emigrated to America and went direct to Pit Hole, Venango county, where he soon began to produce oil, in which he has since been engaged in Ohio and Pennsylvania, having sixty wells in Ohio and about thirty in Mckean county. In 1867 he married Miss Elizabeth Eason, a native of England, and they have eight children: Heber (studying for a mining engineer at Lehigh), John, Arthur, Edgar, Mand, Clyde, Allen and Jessie. Mr. Denman is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. His wife is a member of the Episcopal Church.

JAMES P. EATON, oil producer, Sawyer City, was born in Enterprise, Warren Co., Penn., March 4, 1849, a son of Corrydon P. and Caroline (Phelps) Eaton, natives of Chautauqua county, N. Y. His grandfather, Eben- ezer Eaton, who was a native of Madison county, N. Y., took up government land on the present site of Laona, in Chautauqua county, erected one of the first dwellings in the village of Pomfret, and in 1815 erected a cloth-dressing factory, which he operated for many years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Corrydon, the father of our subject, was also a cloth-dresser by trade, and was one of the pioneer oil men of Venango county, drilling the third oil well in Oil Creek and the first well at Pleasantville. He was the originator of the steel line "jars," and was the first to use casing to case out the water in drill- ing wet holes. He was an ardent Republican. He died in Warren county, Penn., December 14, 1884. His widow is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton reared five children, three of whom are living: Orlando P., at Corry; James P., in Sawyer City, and Callie (wife of Barker Chadwick), at Corry, James P. Eaton was taken to Chautauqua county, N. Y., when three years of age, and at the age of eighteen years he began in the oil business at Pleasant- ville, whence he went to Titusville, where he remained five years. In 1876 he came to McKean county, and has since been engaged in producing oil. In 1870 he married Miss Ada, daughter of Thomas Padden, of Chautauqua county, N. Y., and they Have two children: Hattie B. and Harry James. Mr. Eaton is a member of Forest Lodge, No. 166, F. & A. M., of Chautauqua county, N. Y. ; Sawyer City Lodge, No. 215, A. O. U. W., and Eureka As- sembly, Knights of Labor, No. 9873.

DR. R. A. EGBERT, Foster Brook, was born in Mercer county, Penn .. February 4, 1849. His parents, Edwin and Milky (Grace) Egbert, were natives of that county, and farmers by occupation. Our subject received a common-school education, and at the age of twenty-two years began the study of medicine with Dr. T. W. Egbert, of Oil City, Penn. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in June, 1875, and began the prac- tice of his profession at Oil City. In 1878 he came to MeKean county, where he has since had an extensive practice. April 14, 1880, he married Miss Eva- line, daughter of the late H. F. Howe. He is a member of the Mckean

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County Medical Society, and has held the office of secretary and treasurer of the same. He is a member of the United Workmen of Red Rock, the Knights of the Maccabees, of Derrick City, and of the Knights of Pythias. of Foster Brook. He is identified with the Republican party, and is a member of the school board.

E. D. FOSTER, farmer, P. O. Kendall Creek, is a son of Leonard S. and Betsey H. (Hinds) Foster, and was born on his present farm December 3. 1835 .. He received an ordinary education at the township schools, and has principally been engaged in lumbering and oil producing, now having oil interests in Washington county, Penn. In 1861 he married Miss Helen, daughter of James McMurray, of Derrick City, Penn., and they have five children: Ola, wife of V. H. Ellsworth; Nettie, wife of A. C. Marsh, of Washington, Penn. ; Frank Foster, tool dresser, who married Miss May Fer- guson, and has two children (Fred and Clarence); Jessie and Effie, at home. Mr. Foster is a member of the Republican party, and has filled various town- ship offices.

HARRY FOX, farmer and oil producer, Bradford, was born in England, April 15, 1849, a son of Thomas and Sarah (Pool) Fox. Our subject immi- grated to America in 1872. first locating in Allegany county. N. Y., and eight months later came to Mckean county, where he engaged with the lumbering firm of Clark & Babcock, and remained two and one-half years. He then went to Ellsworth county, Kas., where he was in the hotel business, thence moved to and resided in Michigan and Illinois for two years. In 1876 he returned to Mckean county, and in 1877 began to operate for oil. He now has nineteen wells, and a farm of thirty-five acres under cultivation. In July, 1877. he married Miss Jane A., daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Tate. of Foster township, MeKean county, and they have six children: Thomas, Fran- cis, Estella, Alice, Howard and Agnes. Mr. Fox is a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance; his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

C. W. GILLESPIE, merchant, a member of the firm of Gillespie & Baker, Summit City, was born in Armstrong county, Penn., November 7, 1858. His parents, J. B. and Elizabeth (Hartman) Gillespie, were natives of that county. In 1865 they moved to Oil City, where our subject received his education. He has worked in the oil fields since starting in life for himself, and in 1881 located in Summit City, MeKean county. In 1887 he engaged in his present general mercantile business, and same year he was united in marriage with Miss Bertha, daughter of Daniel Walker, of Erie county, Penn. Mr. Gillespie is identified with the Republican party, and is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. Mrs. Gillespie was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died October 2, 1889. Mr. Gillespie's mother died in Armstrong county in 1864, and his father died in Oil City in 1879.

M. A. HAGGERTY, hardware merchant, Kendall Creek, was born in Sussex county, N. J., September 14, 1844, a son of Alfred and Susan (Harden) Haggerty, both natives of that county. The father died in 1854; the mother is still living. They reared four children, three of whom are living: M. A .. Samuel H. (in Sussex county, N. J.), and George A. (in Clinton county, Penn. ) M. A. Haggerty was reared in Sussex county, N. J., and received a common- school education. At the age of twenty-two he began work for the Philadel - phia & Erie Railroad as brakeman, worked up to be engineer, and ran an en- gine for eight years. In 1878 he came to MeKean county, where he first engaged in the livery business at Kendall Creek. and for a number of years he has conducted a general hardware store. In 1875 he married Miss Han-

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nah M., daughter of Nicholas and Margaret (Carnie) Westcott, of Schoharie county, N. Y.

W. N. HANNA, owner of Hanna's Lumber Yard, Kendall Creek, was born in Geneseo, Livingston Co., N. Y., June 4, 1838, a son of George W. and Nancy ( Wynn) Hanna. George W. moved from Cortland county to Livingston county, N. Y., before marriage, and still resides there, a widower. W. N. Hanna was reared in Livingston county, and received a good education. He graduated from the University of Syracuse and also Geneseo College. After leaving school he engaged in teaching at Fillmore Academy, Missouri, and also taught in the public schools of Texas, being principal of the schools at Corpus Christi, and other places in Texas; he also taught at Mayfield, Ky., and Dresden, Tenn. In 1878 he came to Mckean county, Penn., and located at Tarport, where he has since been engaged in handling hemlock and pine lum- ber. and manufacturing wheels, reels, etc., for oil wells. In 1874 he was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Clarissa, daughter of Joseph F. Clark, one of the early settlers of Bradford, and they have two children: Genevieve and Jamius. Mr. Hanna is identified with the Republican party, and has been a member of the borough council. He is a member of Lodge No. 133, A. O. U. W., of Tarport, and a member of the Episcopal Church.

R. HANNAHS, dealer in junk, rags, etc., Kendall Creek, was born in Pike county, Penn., March 7, 1844, a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Moore) Hannahs. He was given a common-school education, followed farming for some years. and learned the trade of tinsmith and copper-wire worker. In 1883 he came to McKean county, and established his present business at Kendall Creek, keeping constantly on the road three wagons or carts. In 1871 he married Miss Christina, daughter of M. Taylor, of Elmira, N. Y., and they have seven children: Della, Libbie, Hattie, Fannie, William, Isaac and Harry. Mr.

Hannahs is liberal in politics, but usually supports the Republican party.

PHILIP HOOKER, farmer, P. O. Tuna Creek, was born in Allegany county, N. Y., February 22, 1827. His father, Philand Hooker, a native of Vermont, was brought to Allegany county, N. Y., when a child, and event- ually married Margaret Wilson, a native of Ireland. They were farmers by occupation, and always lived in Allegany county. Philand Hooker was a Dem- ocrat, and filled various township offices; he and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church; he died in 1864. his widow in 1883. They reared seven children, five of whom are still living: James, in Allegany county, N. Y. : Har- riet, widow of James Wells, in Dunkirk, N. Y .; Calvin T., in Dakota; Philip, and Jane Ann, wife of Willard Lyon, in Dunkirk, N. Y. Philip Hooker came to McKean county in 1863, and purchased his present farm. In 1852 he mar- ried Miss Deblah S. Lyon, daughter of Allen Lyon, of Allegany county, N. Y. She died September 21, 1867, leaving four children: Fred John, who married Miss Eva Whittaker, of Carlton, N. Y., and has three children (Ellen May, Benjamin C. and an infant); Willard H., of Rochester, N. Y. (married to Miss Harriet Lyon, of Dunkirk, N. Y.); Charles C., of Foster township (married to Miss Etfie Case, and has one child, Harrold G.), and George W. of Rochester, N. Y. (married to Miss Fannie Loudin, of Canada). Mr. Hooker was again married, this time in 1868, to Miss Sarah Ann Hazzard, a native of New York State, who died in October, 1886. His present wife was Mrs. Jennie Brown, daughter of John Eastman, of Warren county, Penn. Mr. Hooker is a mem- ber of the Democratic party, and has filled various township offices.

WILLIAM M. HOWARD, merchant, Derrick City, was born in Catta- raugus county, N. Y., July 16, 1858, a son of Alexander and Laura (Bacon) Howard, natives of that county, but both dead. Mr. Howard received a com-

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mon-school education, and in 1877 came to McKean countv, where he worked as a laborer. He then entered a store as clerk, and in 1882 established his present general store. September 26, 1882, he married Miss Edith Vincent, daughter of Hiram and Wealthy Vincent, of Cattaraugus county, N. Y. Mr. Howard is a member of the Republican party, and is one of the representative merchants of Derrick City.

MILES S. HOWE, oil producer, P. O. Foster Brook, was born in Frank- lin, Venango Co., Penn., October 4, 1850. He received the benefit of an aca- demic education, and has been principally engaged in the oil business. He married, January 29, 1889, Miss Bertha A. Washburn. of New York City. He is a member of Myrtle Lodge, No. 116, F. & A. M .. of Franklin, Penn., the Sons of Temperance, the Knights of Labor, and the A. O. U. W., and also the Producers' Association. Mr. Howe is an enthusiastic worker in the Temperance cause, and a supporter of the Prohibition party. His father. Henry F. Howe, who was a native of Perry county, Penn,, married Miss Sophia L. Shaw, of Titusville, Penn. He was a carpenter by trade, and built the first derrick erected on Oil creek. He afterward became an exten- sive producer on Oil creek and at Pit Hole. In 1865 be sold his interests and moved to Yates county, N. Y., where he carried on an extensive farm un- til 1874. He then moved to Elmira, where he remained until 1882. He fur- nished two substitutes for the war of the Rebellion. He was a supporter of the Republican and Prohibition parties, and a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, filling various important offices. He died in 1883; his widow now resides in Florida. Ten children were born to them, eight of whom are living: Lizzie (wife of H. C. Conner), Eva (wife of Dr. R. A. Egbert), T. E., W. C., E. E., J. W., Minnie and Miles S.

CAPTAIN CYRUS E. KNIGHT, druggist, Derrick City, was born in Waterford, Oxford Co., Me .. Nov. 22, 1833, and is a son of John and Mary (Bangs) Knight. John Knight was born in Oxford county, Me., and followed farming throughout life. In 1845 he moved into Aroostook county, in the northeastern part of the State, then a dense wilderness, and settled in what is now the town of Presque Isle, where he died. His widow, now aged eighty- six years, still resides on the old farm at Presque Isle. Their family con- sisted of seven children, five of whom are living, viz. : Cyrus E. (our subject). Betsy J. (wife of Jacob Bridges, residing at Presque Isle), Rachel (wife of Almon Bridges, residing at Presque Isle). Mary F. (widow of H. A. Haines, residing at Fort Fairfield, Me. ) and Elmira (widow of J. W. Moore, residing in Warren, Penn.). Cyrus E. Knight was reared in Aroostook county. Me., attending the district school in winter, and working on his father's farm dur- ing the summer, till he was twenty-one years of age. after which he attended Houlton (Me.) Academy, two years, teaching school during the winter. In 1859 he entered the law office of H. R. Downes, and there remained until August, 1861, when he enlisted in Company F, Fifteenth Regiment (Me.) Volunteer Infantry, in which he served during the war, being mustered out July 3, 1866. In April. 1862. his regiment went to Ship Island with the But- ler expedition, and it was also at the taking of New Orleans. Mr. Knight was with the regiment in every engagement in which it participated; was pro- moted from private to lieutenant, and from that rank to captain. He com- manded his company in the battles of Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, Cane Crossing and on "The Plains Mansura," in the Red River campaign, and was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864. After Lee's surrender he was ordered to South Carolina, where he remained until July, 1866. the time of his muster out of the service. During his nearly five years' service

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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