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 64

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

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JOHN M. GEUDER, farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in Bavaria, Ger- many, September 29, 1825, a son of George M. and Margaret (Eberline)

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Geuder. He was reared in his native land. and came to America in 1847, lo- cating in Mercer county. Penn., where he worked in the coal mines two years. In 1851 he revisited Germany, remaining one year, then returned to America. in 1852, and settled in Eldred township, on the farm he now owns and occu- pies, comprising 181 acres, about eighty of which he cleared and improved. Mr. Geuder married, in 1849, in the State of Ohio, Mary, daughter of Jacob and Katrina ( Wagner) Miller, of Bavaria, Germany, who came to America with J. M. Gender in 1852, and died in Eldred in 1866 and 1868, respectively. The issue of Mr. Geuder's marriage was twelve children: Elizabeth (Mrs. John Koeblin), Margaret (Mrs. Henry Cordes), Caroline, Maria (deceased ), George, John, Mary B. (Mrs. Dan Miller), Jacob M., Catherine (Mrs. Gott- leib Reitz), Godfried G., Anna and Michael C. Of the sons, George, John and Jacob M. are married. and they, with their five married sisters, reside in Olean, N. Y., and have among them twenty-four children. During the first ten years of his residence in Eldred township, Mr. Geuder was the only Ger- man living there. Mr. Geuder has had all his children educated to read and write both the English and German languages. He is a progressive farmer. and enterprising citizen. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church of Olean, N. Y., and in politics a Democrat. Mr. Geuder was elected road commissioner once, and supervisor twice. Being a musician he has had a melodeon, since the year 1861, in the house. It was the only one in Eldred township for ten years.

A. D. GOULD, editor and proprietor of the Eldred Eagle, was born at Utica. N. Y., July 15, 1856, a son of C. B. and Mary (Scranton) Gould. His maternal grandfather. Lyman Scranton, was a native of Utica, an architect and builder, and with John Devereaux built the original St. Bonaventure Col- lege in Allegany, Cattaraugas Co., N. Y. A. D. Gould was reared in Utica, Homer and Binghamton, N. Y., and Emporium, Penn., and was educated at the academies of Homer and Franklinville. N. Y. In the spring of 1876 he began the study of law with Newton & Green. of Emporium, Penn., at which he continued until the fall of 1877. Prior to that he learned the printer's trade with his father, and on account of the latter being burned out he was compelle ! to resume the printing business. He started a job- office in Tarport in the spring of 1878. The same year Eldred came into prominence as an oil center, and in the summer of that year he removed to that point, and estab- lished the Eldred Eagle, which he has since successfully conducted. He mar- ried. September 4, 1883. Emma, daughter of John D. Schwab, of Utica, N. Y., and they have one son, Carl D. Mr. Gould is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights of Pythias. Politically he is a Republican.

DANIEL J. KEYES. farmer, lumberman and oil producer, Eldred, was born in Eagle township, Allegany (now Wyoming) county. N. Y., January 17. 1821, a son of Peter and Abigail (Beede) Keyes, natives of Vermont, and pio- neers of Allegany county, N. Y. His father, who died in Eldred township. reared a family named as follows: Adeline (Mrs. Platt Gage), Peter, Abigail (Mrs. George Stevens), Jane (Mrs. William Foster), Betsey (Mrs. Calvin Combs), Daniel J., Aurilla (Mrs. George Stevens), Rhoda and Augustus F. Daniel J. Keyes was reared in Allegany county. N. Y., and settled in Eldred township, Mckean Co., Penn., in 1847, locating on the farm he now occupies. most of which he cleared. He has also been extensively engaged in the lum- ber business, and has worn out two saw-mills on his premises. He has also been in the oil producing business, and now has six producing wells on his farm. In February, 1842, he married Almina, daughter of Huldah (Steele) Potter, of Allegany county, N. Y., and to them were born four children: Mar-

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tha (Mrs. A. B. Loop), Mary (Mrs. John S. Cotton), Almina (deceased), and Eva (Mrs. J. B. Dennis). Mr. Keyes was elected twice to the office of county commissioner of Mckean county, and during his second term enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in the fall of 1862, was mustered into the service as first- lieutenant in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania (Bucktails), and was honorably discharged on account of disability in June, 1863. He has served as justice of the peace of Eldred township several terms. Politically he is a Republican.

BENJAMIN H. LAMPHIER, farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in Chenango county, N. Y., November 18, 1819, a son of William and Calista (Hazen) Lamphier. His paternal grandfather, Benjamin Lamphier, was a native of New England, and a pioneer of Chenango county, N. Y., and of Eldred, this county, settling at the latter place in 1837, where he resided until his death. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was the father of two children: Manema (Mrs. Liberty White) and William. The latter with his family settled in Eldred in February, 1835, and improved the farm now known as the Lamphier estate, and died there. In the early days of Che- nango county, N. Y., he was a captain of a rifle company belonging to the New York State Militia. His children were six in number: Benjamin, Lucy (Mrs. G B. Booth), William, Mary (Mrs. Oscar Carpenter), Calista (Mrs. R. A. Rice) and Sylvester G. B. H. Lamphier was reared in Chenango county. N. Y., until fifteen years and three months of age, when he removed to Eldred with his parents. He began life as a lumberman, which he has always more or less followed. October 11, 1845, he married Cynthia L., daughter of Tim- othy and Bethenia (Trumbull) Carpenter, of Eldred, by whom he has seven children: Egbert R., Albert, Daniel. Lucy E., Edward H., A. Timothy and Mary B. (Mrs. John Robson. ) Mr. Lamphier has served one term of three years as auditor of Mckean county, and has held several local offices in Eldred. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

RANSOM LARRABEE, hotel keeper, Larrabee, was born in Eldred town- ship. Mckean Co., Penn., March 28. 1822, and is a son of Ebenezer and Lu- cinda (Knapp) Larrabee, the latter a daughter of Jacob Knapp, who had been twice married and was the father of twenty-one children. Ebenezer Larrabee was a native of Vermont, of French descent, who settled in Eldred in 1819, where he followed farming for a time. In 1859 he removed to Wisconsin, where he died. His children were Ebenezer, William, Ransom, Jacob, Abijah. Chester, Edward, Asa, Jackson, Jane, Addelia and Milliasa. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Jacob Knapp, one of the three original settlers of Eldred township. Ransom Larrabee was reared in Eldred, where he has always resided, and has been more or less engaged in farming, lumbering and hotel keeping. His wife, Clarissa, was a daughter of Robert Barten, a pioneer of Eldred. They have one daughter, Anna Vernett Larrabee (wife of Erven Carpenter); also had one son, Alreck Ransom Larrabee (son of Ransom and Clarissa Larrabee, died at the age of twenty-three years). Mr. Larrabee is one of the oldest native-born citizens of the county. He was postmaster of the office now known as Larrabee, twenty years. In politics he is a Democrat.

FRANCIS LOOP, farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in Eldred July 13, 1856, a son of Lewis and Nancy (Cook) Loop. His paternal grandfather, John Loop, for- merly of Chautauqua county, N. Y., settled in Eldred prior to 1840, and cleared and improved a farm on which he resided until his death, which occurred in 1887. Mr. Loop's maternal grandparents, John J. and Mary (Hamilton) Cook, settled in Eldred prior to 1850, and Mr. Cook gave the name "Indian Creek" to the stream which bears that name. Lewis Loop was a farmer and lumberman

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on Indian creek, and reared a family of four children: Frank (now deceased), Francis, Warren M. and Ezra B. Francis Loop was reared and educated in Eldred township, where he has always resided. He married, in August, ISSO, Harriet M., daughter of John Bradt, of Haldemand county, Canada, by whom he has three children: Edith M., Rollie and Luverna.

E. BENJAMIN LOOP was born May 25, 1862, at Indian Creek. Mckean Co .. Penn., a son of Lewis and Nancy Loop, both Yankees, former of whom was born July 4, 1825, and died December 23, 1885, latter born November 15, 1824. The subject of these lines was educated at Ten Brook's Academy. Franklinville, Cattarangus Co., N. Y., from which he graduated in 1879; also took a course at Westbrook's Business College, Mansfield, Tioga Co., Penn .. graduating from same in 1883. Mr. Loop was married October 31, 1884. to Cora D. Earnest, of Wayne. Steuben Co., N. Y., born December 25, 1866, daughter of Clinton D. and Isabella W. Earnest, both Yankees by birth, for- mer born June 12, 1843, latter October 20, same year. Mr. and Mrs. Loop have no children. Mr. Loop kept the Grand Central Hotel at Mansfield. Tioga Co., Penn., taking possession October 20, 1886. This hotel burned March 10, 1889, since which time Mr. Loop has been out of business. He and his wife attend the Baptist Church; in politics he is a Democrat.

ELISHA J. MOODY, farmer and lumberman, P. O. Coryville, was born in Broome county, N. Y., August 31, 1825, a son of Nehemiah and Nancy (Rockwell) Moody, who came to Keating township, Mckean Co., Penn., in 1839, four years later locating on the farm now occupied by Capt. Cory, and in 1855 settling in Eldred township, where the father died in 1875; the mother still survives at the age of eighty years. E. J. Moody was in his fourteenth year when he came with his parents to Mckean county. He took up the farm he now occupies, in 1847, on which he settled in 1855, all of which he cleared and improved. In early life he embarked in the lumber business. which he has since followed. For thirty-nine years he rafted and ran lumber -thirty-five years as a pilot-on the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. In 1852 he married Jane, daughter of Ebenezer and Lucinda (Knapp) Larrabee, of El- dred township, Mckean Co., Penn., and they have seven children: Chester. Fred, Deborah (Mrs. William Lilly), Wilbur. Frank (deceased), Oscar and Brad. Mr. Moody is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; politically he is a stanch Prohibitionist.

GILBERT MOODY, farmer, P. O. Coryville, was born in Keating town- ship, Mckean Co., Penn., November 29, 1841, a son of Nehemiah and Nancy (Rockwell) Moody, formerly of Vermont, later of Broome county, N. Y., who settled in Keating township in 1838. The father, who was a farmer and lum berman by occupation, removed to Eldred township, where he cleared and im- proved a farm, on which he lived until his decease. His children were Elisha, Frank, Angeline (Mrs. Barclay Bray), Laura ( Mrs. Waterbury Miller), Amelia (Mrs. Philip Frisbie). Elizabeth (Mrs. L. J. Wright), Deborah (Mrs. L. F. Windsor), Gilbert. Oscar (wounded at Gettysburg in the Rebellion, was captured and died in Libby prison), Grace (Mrs. J. J. Campbell) and Matilda (Mrs. C. M. Slack). Gilbert Moody was reared in Keating and Eldred townships, Me- Kean county, received a common-school education, has always been a farmer. and now occupies the old homestead. He was in the war of the Rebellion. enlisting March 27, 1864, in Company D. Fourth United States Artillery. He served three years, during which term of service he was never absent from his company over night. nor on sick report, and was honorably discharged. Mr. Moody was married August 30, 1868, to Cynthia, daughter of C. B. and Caro- line (Voorhees) Stull, of Eldred township, and they have three children:

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George, Angie and Edith. At a reunion of the Moody family, May 29. 1889, the eightieth birthday of Mrs. Nancy Moody, ten children, forty-five grand- children and fifteen great-grandchildren, were present: seven grandchildren and twenty-seven great-grandchildren being absent, making one hundred and four of Mrs. Nancy Moody's descendants living at that time. Mr. Moody is a leading citizen of Eldred township, and is a stanch advocate of prohibition.

C. C. MOSES, one of the oldest citizens of Eldred, was born in Lima, Ontario Co., N. Y., February 11, 1816. a son of Reuben and Lucinda (Stevens) Moses, natives of Vermont and Massachusetts, respectively. who were among the pioneers of Ontario county, N. Y .. and in 1821 settled in Cuba. N. Y., where they resided until their death. Our subject was reared in Cuba, N. Y., from five years of age, and his education, which was limited. was received in the common schools. He first came to Eldred in 1834, where he was in the employ of John Forbes for two years. In 1836 he located at Olean, N. Y .. and in 1840 returned to Eldred, where he has since been a permanent resident. For many years he was engaged in lumbering, and also in farming to some extent. In 1861, with Capt. Cory, of Coryville, this county, he raised Company H. Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted in September of same year, being mustered in the service as first lieutenant of above company, and was promoted to the captaincy in the fall of 1862. He was taken prisoner at Little Washington, N. C., and was for ten months in Libby prison ; was also in the prisons at Macon, Ga., Savannah, Charleston and Columbia: was paroled after twenty months' imprisonment; rejoining the Union army at Wilmington, and from there was sent to the parole camp at Annapolis, Md., where he was exchanged and sent to Washington, at which place he received an honorable discharge from the service May 1, 1865. In 1839 he married Emily A., a daughter of Joshua Haight, of Richmond, Crawford Co., Penn. (formerly of Montreal, Canada), by whom he had eight children: William E .. C. Joshua, Harriet (Mrs. Calvin H. Moses), Albert R., Emily A. (Mrs. A. J. Barden ), Lucinda (Mrs. C. J. Wolcott), Elizabeth, and Myrtle E. (Mrs. William Wartz). Squire Moses, as he is familiarly termed, is one of the best known citizens of Eldred. He has served the township as justice of the peace twenty years. He is a member of the F. & A. M. and the G. A. R., and in politics he is a stanch Republican.

RICHARD A. RICE, lumberman, Eldred, was born in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., December 3, 1830, and is a son of Justus and Polly (Barnard) Rice, the former a native of Connecticut, and the latter of Crown Point, Essex Co., N. Y. They came from Canada to Eldred in 1818. cleared and improved the farm now owned by Justus Rice, Jr., and lived and died in the township. The father, who was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, reared a large family, viz .: Almon, Hyde B., Justus, James B., Joseph, Richard A., Emeline (Mrs. Curtis C. White), Jerusha (Mrs. Horace King). Adeline and Mary (Mrs. T. T. Carpenter). Richard A. Rice was reared in Eldred township, where he has always resided. He was in the war of the le- bellion, enlisting May 18. 1861. in Company I, First Pennsylvania Rifles. De- cember 13. 1862, he was taken prisoner at Fredericksburg. Va., and exchanged the following May, when he was commissioned second lieutenant of his com- pany; was wounded at Laurel Hill in 1864 and honorably discharged June 11, 1864. The same year he returned to Eldred, where he has since cleared and improved the farm he now occupies. March 3, 1863, he married Calista, daughter of Capt. William and Calista (Hazen) Lamphier, of Eldred, and they have five children: Luman F., Byron B., Allen E., William O. and Adda. Besides attending to his farm Mr. Rice does a large lumber business. He has

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served one term as commissioner of McKean county and held several of the local offices of the township of Eldred. He is a Knight Templar and a mem- ber of the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he is a Republican.

BEVERLY W. RICE, proprietor of the St. Elmo Hotel, Eldred, was born in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., November 12, 1853, a son of Almon and Almira (Carpenter) Rice, the former a native of Whitehall, N. Y. Justus Rice, paternal grandfather of the subject of our sketch, a Methodist Episco- pal clergyman, settled in Eldred about the year 1825. Almon Rice cleared and improved the farm in Eldred township now occupied by his widow. They were the parents of seven children: Hyde C., Brnce B., Orlin T., Mary A. (Mrs. N. T. Albee), Harriet E. (Mrs. John Learn). Henrick M. and Beverly W. Of these Bruce B., the second son, was a lieutenant in Company I. first Pennsylvania Bucktails, during the war of the Rebellion, and died of wounds received in the battles of Drainesville and Cross Keys. Beverly W. Rice was reared in Eldred township and educated in the common schools of Eldred and Jamestown Collegiate Institute, Jamestown, N. Y. In 1871 he en- gaged in the manufacture of staves with Shaver Brothers, of Jamestown, N. Y .. remaining there in business eight years. In 1879 he returned to Eldred and opened a meat market, which he conducted three years. In 1882 be purchased the Dolan House, which he conducted two years, when it was destroyed by fire. In the spring of 1885 he erected on the old Dolan House site the present St. Elmo Hotel, of which he has since been the successful and popular proprietor. Mr. Rice was married in 1882 to Florence E., daughter of William and Emma (Tnffing) Langdon, of Eldred, and they have two children: Florence E. and Nena M. Mr. Rice is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Columbia League. In politics he is a Republican.

D. L. ROBBINS, merchant, Eldred, was born in Broome county, N. Y .. July 14, 1848, and is a son of Allen and Hannah (Rockwell) Robbins. He was reared in his native county, educated in the common schools and the Acad- emy at Whitney's Point, N. Y. He began life as a farm laborer, and in 1877 located at Larrabee, this county, where he tanght school one winter. In 1878 he went to Bradford, where he was employed in the oil fields until 1879. Returning to Larrabee he worked at the wagon maker's trade and other mechanical pursuits up to 1882, when he became the confidential book-keeper of J. J. Newman, in whose employ he remained until February, 1888. in which year he embarked in the boot and shoe business in Eldred, in which he has since successfully continued. January 22, 1884, Mr. Robbins married Mrs. Jennie (McMann) Tyler, of Larrabee. He is a wide-awake, enterprising merchant and citizen. He has been auditor of Eldred township six years; is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Republican.

H. E. ROCKWELL, merchant tailor and clothier, Eldred, was born in Hermitage, Wyoming Co., N. Y., December 10, 1863, a son of Seth and Polly ( Hibbard) Rockwell, both natives of New York, who located in Eldred, Penn., in the spring of 1873, where they now reside. He was reared in Eldred from ten years of age, and was educated in the public schools of the borough. He began life as a clerk in the clothing store of Joseph & Dorn- berg, in Eldred. and later was with Isaac Dornberg, successor to above firm. remaining their nearly nine years. March 1, 1889, he purchased the business of Mr. Dornberg, which he has since successfully conducted, and has the largest and most complete store of the kind in this section of Mckean county. He married. February 8, 1886, Ella, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Hamilton) Scholes, of Eldred, and they have one son, Arthur. Mr. Rockwell is a popu- lar young business man of the borough. He is a member of Eldred Hook

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and Ladder Company, and is serving the first term of three years as auditor of the borough. Politically he is a Democrat.

ROGERS & FRANKLIN, dry goods merchants, Eldred. E. S. Rogers is a native of Holland, N. Y., where he was reared and received his early school training. His commercial education was obtained at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Buffalo, N. Y. He began his business life as a clerk in a general store in his native town, and later was employed in a wholesale house in Buffalo, N. Y. In ISS5 he embarked in his present business in Eldred, in which he has since continued.

C. W. FRANKLIN was born in Tiffin, Ohio, was reared in Jackson, Miss., where he received an academic education, and took a commercial course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College in Buffalo, N. Y. He began his busi- ness career as a clerk in a general store in Salamanca. N. Y .. and later was engaged in the same capacity at Corfu, same State. In ISS5 he located at Eldred, and here formed a partnership with E. S. Rogers in the dry goods business, which they have since successfully continued. They are wide-awake, enterprising young men, and have built up a lucrative trade as proprietors of the only exclusive dry goods store of that place. Mr. Franklin married in June, 1886, Miss Carrie L. Chadeayne, of Corfn, N. Y. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, of the F. & A. M. and Knights of Pythias; is one of the auditors of the borough of Eldred. In politics he is a Republican. and is inspector of election.

THOMAS L. SARTWELL, druggist, Eldred, was born in Smethport, Mckean Co., Penn., May 21, 1852, a son of Roswell and Mary A. (Chapin) Sartwell. He was reared and educated in Smethport, and for a time was engaged as a drug clerk at Port Allegany, Penn. In 1878 he embarked in the drug business at Eldred, but his store was soon after destroyed by fire. He again began the same business, however, in 1879, with Dr. Shaw as a part- ner. and the same year was appointed deputy sheriff under his father, Roswell Sartwell (then sheriff of Mckean county ), serving three years-1879-81. Mr. Sartwell moved to Smethport to take charge of his office, remaining there until his return to Eldred in 1882, in which year he purchased his partner's interest in the drug business, which he has since successfully conducted alone. Thomas L. Sartwell was married in December, 1881, to Clara R., daughter of R. A. and Hannah A. (Farnsworth) Corbett, of Jamestown, N. Y., and they have one son, Roswell C. Mr. Sartwell is a prominent and influential citizen and business man; is a member of the F. & A. M. and of the I. O. O. F. He is a Democrat, and has held many official positions in the borough of Eldred.

SIMON & DOERR, bottlers, Eldred, came to Eldred from Buffalo, N. Y .. in 1886, and embarked in business as bottlers of ale, lager and soft drinks, succeeding Snyder & Joseph in the business, which was established in Sep- tember, 1878, by J. Kump, who sold to M. G. Barten, who in turn was suc- ceeded by the firm of Barten & Snyder. Messrs. Simon & Doerr, though young men, are well experienced in their business, and have built up a flour- ishing trade extending throughout Mckean, Potter and Cameron counties; they also have a large business connection in New York State.

C. M. SLACK, justice of the peace, Eldred, was born in Broome county, N. Y., March 17, 1842, and is a son of William R. and Nancy (Counselman) Slack. William R. Slack, who settled in Eldred township in 1844, was a farmer and lumberman by occupation, and during the war of the Rebellion he served as a soldier in the Fifty-eighth P. V. I., sixteen months; he died in Eldred township. C. M. Slack located in that township in 1851, and here

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received a limited common-school education. October 11, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-eighth P. V. I., and after serving thirteen months in same was transferred to Company D, Fourth United States Light Artillery. After serving two and one half years in this, he re-enlisted for three years, and was honorably discharged March 28, 1867, after five and one- half years' faith- ful service; after his return from the army he engaged in farming in Eldred township. Mr. Slack was married October 5, 1867, to Matilda, daughter of Nehemiah and Nancy (Rockwell) Moody, of Broome county, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Slack have been blessed with nine children: Mildred M. (Mrs. George Dunbar), Oscar N., Charles W., Hiram W., Ethel A., Stella A., Robert A., David A. and Raymond E. Mr. Slack has served as constable of Eldred, ten years: collector, four years, and is now serving his first term as justice of the peace. He is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Sons of Veterans. In politics he is a stanch Republican.

JOSEPH STULL, farmer, P. O. Larrabee, was born in Eldred township, Mckean Co., Penn., April 21, 1826, a son of Joseph and Delinda (Brewer) Stull. Joseph, Sr., was a native of New Jersey, and settled in what is now Eldred township, Mckean county, in 1812; cleared and improved the farm now owned by Henry Plummer, and died in the township at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years, ten months and fourteen days. He had eleven children: Alma (Mrs. Lynds Dodge), Abraham B., John, Abigail (Mrs. Joseph Delong), Camilla (Mrs. John L. Daniels), Caleb B., Laurinda H. (Mrs. Arthur Young), Mary D. (Mrs. John Nolan), Jerome K., George R. and Joseph. Joseph Stull. Jr., was reared in Eldred, where he has always resided, and since 1857 has lived on his present farm, most of which he cleared and improved. He married twice. His first wife was Lucinda, daughter of Daniel and Nancy Sonthard, of Eldred township, and to them were born two children: Favoretta (Mrs. George L. Robinson) and Cameron H. His second wife was Adaline E. Payne, of Eldred. In politics Mr. Stull is a Republican. He is a member of the Free Methodist Church.

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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