History of Lycoming Co. PA edited by John F. Meginness; ©1892

JOHN A. GAMBLE was born in Centre (now Clinton county), Pennsylvania, March 4, 1799, son of James and Margaret (Armstrong) Gamble. When he was but four years old his parents removed to Lycoming county, and settled upon a farm a short distance from the borough of Jersey Shore. There the father died in 1824, and John A. assumed the full care of the family and discharged his duty with filial love and faithfulness. Through his assistance his younger brothers, James and Matthew, secured their education, and both attained honorable prominence. Mr. Gamble carried on the mercantile business in Jersey Shore for many years. Having learned surveying he became quite proficient in that science, and, as he had a taste for mathematics, he soon excelled in his profession. Not long after the death of his father he was appointed by the Governor assistant surveyor for Lycoming county, which at that time embraced a very large territory.

Through his taste for politics he soon became a man of prominence and influence in the Democratic party. In 1835 he was chosen a member of the legislature, and served acceptably until he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1837-38. He was appointed one of the canal commissioners of Pennsylvania in 1849, and subsequently was engaged in some extensive contracts on public works in various places. When serving as assistant surveyor he began to acquire real estate, and at the time of his death he owned a large amount of Ian including many of the most valuable farms in Nippenose bottom.

One of the largest operations in which he was ever interested was the sale of the canals to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which took place during his administration as canal commissioner. At this time he organized a company which bought the West Branch and Susquehanna divisions of the canal. Mr. Gamble was chosen president of the company, and after operating them very successfully for some time they sold out to the State. The transaction was a large one and enriched the parties concerned in it.

Mr. Gamble married Eleanor, daughter of Abraham Lawshe, in 1827. His wife survives him and resides in Jersey Shore. He died February 7, 1878, leaving no issue. He enjoyed the respect and confidence of many public men, the late Governor Packer being one with whom he was long identified in politics. The Governor had great regard for Mr. Gamble’s judgment, and always consulted him on all important political matters. Mr. Gamble was prominent in church affairs and officiated as deacon in the Jersey Shore Presbyterian church continuously from 1850 to the close of his life. He was quiet and unostentatious, a pleasant and genial companion, and gave much to the needy, but so quietly that few knew anything of his charities.

MATTHEW A. GAMBLE was born on the homestead farm near Jersey Shore, October 8, 1812, son of James and Margaret (Armstrong) Gamble. He was educated in the Jersey Shore Academy, became a civil engineer, and was employed as such for several years on the canals and railroads of Pennsylvania, and was considered very efficient in his profession. He commenced under James Harris of Centre county, who was regarded as one of the most competent engineers of his time in the State. Mr. Harris highly commended Mr. Gamble as one of his best and most trustworthy assistants, and if he had been blessed with good health he would undoubtedly have attained high distinction in his profession. For some time he was a member of the banking firm of Gambles, Humes & Whites. Mr. Gamble married Elizabeth, daughter of A., W. Sterling, and a granddaughter of the late William Sanderson, of Milton, and niece of Dr. Samuel Pollock of Williamsport. During the closing years of his life he resided on his farm, which adjoins the eastern limit of the borough of Jersey Shore. His residence was beautifully situated and surrounded by handsome and well kept grounds. He died September 12, 1887, in the seventy-fifth year, of his age. His wife survives him. Mr. Gamble was a Democrat in politics, and with his wife belonged to the Presbyterian church.

ABRAHAM, LAWSHE was born in New Jersey, December 16, 1780, son of John and Eleanor (Chamberlin), Lawshe. His parents died in Derrstown, now known as Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, the father, February 7, 1832, and the mother, July 4, 1817. In the spring of 1786 his parents removed: to Cumberland (now Perry) county, Pennsylvania and in 1793 Abraham went to York county, Pennsylvania, where he served five years, at the tanner’s and currior’s trade. From 1798 to 1800 he was employed as a journeyman in the same, tannery, He then went to Canada, where he remained for one, year, returning in May, 1801, and locating at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, whither his parents had removed. In April 1803, he came to Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, and purchased a small tannery of Thomas Edmond, which business he carried on about, forty years. He was also engaged in farming, and was one of the leading business man of that locality. In November, 1806, he married Elizabeth Bailey, born August 20, 1786, daughter of John and Hannah Bailey of Jersey Shore. Their children were: Hannah, who died young; Eleanor, widow of John A. Gamble; Lucretia A., deceased wife of George Quiggle; Rebecca B., deceased wife of John Crist; Elizabeth, widow of Isaac Bodine, and Sarah C., deceased wife of Allison White. Mrs. Lawshe died, June 19, 1823, and July 1, 1824, he married Anna H. Hamilton, born August 5, 1798, daughter of Robert and Anna H. Hamilton of Pine Creek township, Clinton county, who bore him two sons and three daughters, as follows: Robert H., of Jersey Shore; John, of Williamsport; Anna A., wife of Thomas McCurdy of Jersey Shore; Priscilla H., wife of J. Appleton Wilson of Lock Haven, and M. Elcy, wife of Robert Wilson of Jersey Shore. Mr. Lawshe was a man of good business ability, and accumulated a handsome competence. He was upright and straightforward in all his affairs, and was an older in the Presbyterian church for many years. Politically he was a Democrat, and at one time filled the office of justice of the peace. He lived in harmony with his neighbors, and died, February 10, 1862, at the ripe old age of over eighty-one years. His wife survived him until October 24, 1884.

ROBERT H. LAWSHE, eldest son of Abraham and Anna H. (Hamilton) Lawshe, was born in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1825., He received a common school education and worked in his father’s tannery until attaining his majority, when he in connection with the Messrs. Gamble, erected a large tannery on Larry’s creek, where he remained until 1856. He then sold his interest, and removed to Jersey Shore, where he began contracting, and subsequently was engaged in farming for a few years. He was appointed superintendent of the West Branch and Susquehanna canal in 1863, and filled that position until the company sold to the Pennsylvania Canal Company. His next position was in charge of the lumber interests of the Moshannon Land and Lumber Company, with which he was connected about ten years, afterwards returning to Jersey Shore, where he has since resided. Mr. Lawshe was identified with the building of the Pine Creek railroad, as superintendent of construction, and also assisted in building the Beech Creek railroad. He was married in 1852, to Margaret P., daughter of John Bennett, who was once sheriff of this county. He is a Democrat, and in 1868 represented the district, composed of Lycoming, Union, and Snyder counties, in the State legislature for one term, and is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of the county.

GEORGE TOMB was one of the best known citizens of Jersey Shore from the time of his settlement in that borough up to his death, January 31, 1870. He was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1791, and was, therefore, in his eighty-ninth year when he died. His father, Jacob Tomb, came from Cumberland county in November, 1791, and settled on Pine creek, Lycoming county, George being then only three months old. Here his boyhood days were passed working on the farm and in the mills and distillery operated by his father. Soon after reaching his majority he engaged in the lumber business, on what, was for that day quite an extensive scale, and thus laid the foundation of his future success. Subsequently he became a large operator on government contracts. He took the contract to make the Kanawha river navigable for steamboats from Charleston, Virginia, to the Ohio river; also for clearing a channel in the Susquehanna, from Columbia, Pennsylvania, to Port Deposit, Maryland, for rafts and arks descending the stream. He was next engaged in the construction of the Pennsylvania canal, and afterwards on the Tide Water canal, between Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Havre-de-Grace, Maryland. In all of these enterprises be exhibited that wise foresight, great energy, and strong common sense, which were the leading traits of his business character.

In the meantime Mr. Tomb married Jane H. Humes, a daughter of John Humes of Milton, Pennsylvania, and settled in Jersey Shore, which remained his permanent home the balance of his life. Mrs. Tomb was born May 27, 1807, and died in Jersey Shore June 8, 1888. Of the children born to this union, eight grew to maturity, as follows: Mary, wife of Charles Stockham of Camden, New Jersey; Martha, deceased; John S., of Jersey Shore; George, deceased; Louisa, wife of D. G. Bush of Bellefonte; Amanda; Rachel, wife of Dr. William H. Malin of Philadelphia, and Laura, wife of H. E. Moulton of the same city.

Besides the enterprises mentioned, Mr. Tomb was also engaged in the mercantile business for several years in Jersey Shore, and opened a branch of the Cecil Bank of Port Deposit, which proved a great convenience to the community. He was a director and stockholder in the West Branch Bank of Williamsport, and his views on financial matters were highly respected by his associates. In youth he obtained a very limited education, but he possessed fine natural abilities, and gathered through the passing years a wide knowledge of men and affairs. Politically he was first a Whig, and subsequently a Republican; but he had a strong antipathy to secret societies, and was an anti-Mason during the anti-Masonic period. Both he and wife were members of the Presbyterian church of Jersey Shore. Through his several successful business operations and shrewd investments, Mr. Tomb became one of the wealthy men of Lycoming county, and was widely known as a man of original ideas and much force of character.

SAMUEL HUMES was born June 23, 1804 in Milton, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. He was the third of six children born to John and Mary (Duncan) Humes, as follows: Mary, Martha; Samuel; Jane; Elizabeth and John. He was educated at the old Milton Academy, and clerked in a store for some time at Milton. About 1824 he formed a partnership with Samuel Lloyd, and carried on a general mercantile business Jersey Shore for three years. Mr. Humes then became sole proprietor and conducted the business alone until 1848, when his son, John Harvey Humes was admitted to a full partnership, which existed until the death of Mr. Humes, in 1859. The business was closed out in 1865. Mr. Humes was a director in Jersey Shore National Bank from its organization to the time of his death. He was also a director and stockholder in the Jersey Shore and Lewisburg Turnpike and Bridge company, afterwards known as the Jersey Shore Company. He was a Whig in politics, and served as postmaster of Jersey for several years. He was an active and consistent member of the Presbyterian church and served as trustee in that organization. Mr. Humes was self-made man in the strictest sense of the term., was highly respected by the community in which he, so long resided. He was twice married, first to Ann, daughter John Baily, of which this union John Harvey, now a resident of Philadelphia, was the only child to grew to maturity. His second wife second wife was Rachel B. Humes; of this union Hamilton B., of Jersey Shore, is the only survivor.

HAMILTON B. HUMES was born May 5, 1844 at Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, and was educated at the West Branch High School, in his native borough, and in the Agricultural College, Centre county, Pennsylvania. He afterwards attended the Columbia Law School, New York City, and was there admitted to the bar in 1805. He soon after returned home, and for some time was engaged in settling up his father's estate. He was subsequently employed for one year in the Jersey Shore National Bank. In 1869 the banking house of Gambles, Humes & Whites was established at Jersey Shore, and Mr. Humes gave his services to that institution. In 1878 Mr. John A. Gamble died, and the name was changed to the Jersey Shore Banking Company, which was incorporated in 1886. Mr. Humes has been president of that institution since 1878, at which time the Gambles' and Whites' interests were withdrawn. Mr. Humes married Flora S., daughter of John Sebring. He is a Republican in politics, has filled the office of burgess, and other minor positions, and is a member of the Presbyterian church.

JAMES HUSTON HEPBURN son of Andrew D. Hepburn, a pioneer of Williamsport. was born September 11, 1803, at Youngmari's Fort, in what is now Union county, Pennsylvania. He received a good education, and after reading law with Judge Thomson at Chambersburg, he was admitted to the bar of Franklin county. He began practice at Kittanning, Armstrong county. October 1, 1829, he was married to: Mary McClellan of Strausburg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania. They removed from Kittanning to Jersey Shore, where Mr. Hepburn was engaged in the mercantile business until his death, July 30, 1858. Mrs. Hepburn died. in 1873; they were the parents of five children, George; McClellan; Andrew D.; McClellan P.; Martha,. and Lydia. James Hepburn was one of the organizers and a director and treasurer of the Jersey Shore and Lewisburg Turnpike Company, subsequently known as the Jersey Shore Bridge Company. He, was a Whig in politics, and belonged to the Presbyterian church. Mr. Hepburn was a man of more than ordinary ability and contributed, many articles to agriculture papers. He was interested in farming, and to him is due the credit for having introduced Durham cattle into Lycoming county. He was quite successful in business and always contributed to everything which tended to build up the community in which resided.

MCCLELLAN P. HEPBURN was born July 31, 1835, and was educated at Jersey Shore. He clerked for several years in his fathers store. He studied dentistry and practice for two years in Williamsport with Dr. Bennett. He is now engaged in farming He is a Democrat, and has served as school director. He married Nancy Hays, and both he and wife belong to the Presbyterian church of Jersey Shore.

MAJ. ROBERT S BAILEY was born in Jersey Shore in 1806. His father at one time was the owner of the island which lies in the river opposite town, and which is noted for its richness and fertility. When quite a young man Major Bailey engaged in the mercantile business in Jersey Shore, but not meeting the success he expected, he relinquished the business and moved to Virginia, where he undertook some canal contracts in which he also was unfortunate. He then removed to Indiana, where he was enabled through the profits derived from the mail contracts in that State faithfully discharge a large indebtedness. For the last ten years of his life he confined his operation to Pennsylvania, and at his death he had mail routes branching out in all directions from Williamsport. He died April 24, 1851. Major Bailey was a man who was always pleasant, generous, noble and true. A local writer, in describing the funeral services, closed with these words:

"We doubt if a stouter heart moulders beneath the sod of our valley, or a nobler one beats above its surface."

Major Bailey married in January, 1833, Isabella White, eldest and only daughter of Col. Hugh White, one of the earliest settlers on Pine creek. He left several sons and daughters, all of whom are dead except Robert S.; Harvey and Mrs. John Lawshe. Mrs. Bailey is now wife of Col. James S. Allen of Jersey Shore and is the only survivor of Colonel White’s family.

COL. JAMES S. ALLEN, who may now be classed among the oldest residents of Jersey Shore, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, June 12, 1814. His father, Capt. Samuel Allen and mother, Abigail Hill, were both born in Boston in 1778. Captain Allen was a tanner by trade, and was engaged in dressing goat and seal skins in Boston from 1806 to 1810, when he removed to Norwich, where the subject of this sketch was born. In 1822, he went on a farm, where he remained until 1830. During the winter months he attended school. Returning home he worked the tanning business for some time with his father. In 1831 he went into the shoe store, where remained nearly four years and learned to make women’s fine shoes. Some time in 1835 he left the place of his nativity for New York. While staying in the city he visited the office of Aaron Burr, who was then engaged in conducting a lawsuit for the claimants of the ground on which Trinity church stands; he also witnessed the raising of the roof of the Astor House. Leaving New York he proceeded to Albany by boat, thence by canal to Buffalo, where he arrived after a toilsome journey of six days. He soon returned to Lockport, where he spent the fall and winter with his brother George, who was engaged in, business there. In the summer of 1836 he, traveled through several counties of western New York and Canada, reaching Cleveland in the fall. When he came to pay his hotel bill in the morning he found that all the money he had was a five dollar bill on a broken Michigan bank. A broker gave him $2.50 for it, and when he. paid his bill he had $1.25 left. Finding business dull he went into the country and worked a short time on a farm. In the. winter he returned to the city and found employment with Seaman & Smith, shoe, and leather dealers, with whom he remained until 1840. A portion of this time he traveled through part of Michigan and Canada with a friend who was collecting bills for clocks. Owing to the financial crisis they found all the banks, with the exception of those in Detroit, broken. He was one of the many Americans who sympathized with the Canadians in their brave effort to throw off the English yoke, in 1837-38, and crossed the Detroit river in the latter year with a small force under General Bierce of Ohio to assist that cause. They met the enemy but were. defeated with a great loss, and then retreated to the American side.

Returning to Cleveland, he soon after went into the country and secured employ-ment at a hotel; he also dealt in fat cattle and sheep. During the campaign o 1840 he visited Erie with a Democratic club and attended a great mass meeting. There he met John A. Gamble, W. F. Packer, Allison White, and James Burnsides, from this section of the country. He went back to Ohio, and that fall cast his vote for Van Buren. Soon afterwards he left Cleveland for Jersey Shore to visit his. brother Samuel, whom he had not seen for fifteen years. He remained with him until February, and assisted at the hotel, when he returned to Cleveland. In the meantime all the banks had broken, and having a certificate of deposit for $200, he sold it for fifty per cent. discount, and left for Lockport greatly disgusted. A few weeks afterwards he returned to Jersey Shore through rain and mud, and "broke" for the second time. Finding his brother busy in the midst of the rafting season, and needing help, he turned in and assisted him. That spring he. started to peddle a patent bee-hive, and met with good success in Lycoming and Clinton counties, notwithstanding he was badly stung several times.

In the spring of 1844 he and J. B. Torbert concluded to bid for several horse, mail routes in this State and Ohio. Leaving Jersey Shore on a raft for Columbia,. he made his way from there to Washington to look after their bids. No contracts, however, were obtained, other bidders being lower.

At this time Tyler politics ran very high. Meeting General Hall, of Philadelphia, the latter told him if he was for Tyler he could get an appointment for him. Allen said he did not care for an office, but thought Torbert would accept. They went to the department and met the Postmaster General, who, on learning their business, said complaints had reached him from Jersey Shore about the mail being thrown off the stage at the door of the postoffice and not taken in promptly. On telling him such was the fact the Postmaster General said: "Allen, that is sufficient; call here tomorrow." When he called Torbert’s appointment was made out. "Now," said the Postmaster General, "you must get up a Tyler meeting at Jersey Shore, and send me the proceedings and I will have them published in the Madisonian, the Tyler organ." The meeting was never held, but the proceedings were written out, forwarded, and published.

The next day Allen called on the President, also on John C. Calhoun, who had been appointed Secretary of State, a short time before, in place of Daniel Webster, resigned.

Returning to Jersey Shore he presented the appointment to Major Torbert, who was very much surprised. On being informed how it was obtained he said: "Allen, you must take charge of the office; I can not leave my clerkship in Crane’s store to attend to it." Allen was then made assistant postmaster and took charge of the office until 1845, when Torbert was elected register and recorder. He then went to Lockport to assist his brother George in the hotel business, where he remained until 1847, when the latter died. Coming back to Jersey Shore he found that his brother Samuel had sold his hotel, when they entered into the mercantile business under the firm name of S. G. & J. S. Allen, which they successfully conducted until 1856, when they dissolved. In 1848 he was appointed postmaster of Jersey Shore, but resigned in 1849, when S. G. Allen was appointed.

In 1853 he was appointed an aide on Governor Bigler’s staff with the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the dissolution of partnership Colonel Allen embarked in the mercantile business alone, which he conducted until 1861. In 1863 he was elected secretary, treasurer, and general manager of the Jersey Shore Gas Company, in which position he continued until 1876. He was chosen secretary of La Belle Valley Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 232, in 1863, and held the office until 1879; was collector of taxes for Jersey Shore borough in 1857-59; treasurer of the Plank Road Company in 1859; county auditor from 1864 to 1867; assessor for Jersey Shore in 1863-65, and mercantile appraiser for Lycoming county in 1870 and 1874. Colonel Allen was also a member of the borough council six years, and five of the six he was borough treasurer, and collector of county tax for the borough in 1867 and 1870. He was elected assessor for the borough in 1884-86. When Lodge No. 101, I. O. O. F., was constituted in 1844 he was one of the five petitioners and the first secretary, and now the only surviving charter member.

Colonel Allen was a Democratic candidate for the nomination for county commis-sioner in 1869; also for revenue collector for this district under President Johnson, and a candidate for the nomination for the legislature in 1881. Since 1864 Colonel Allen has been engaged in the cultivation of tobacco, his annual crop ranging from three to six acres. He has been a standing arbitrator and road viewer for twenty years, during which time he has served on nearly one hundred cases of arbitration, road views, and appraisements. He was elected assessor of the Second ward of Jersey Shore, February 16, 1892, for three years. About 1860 he united with the Presbyterian church of Jersey Shore. Colonel Allen is noted for his cheerful disposition, and his fund of anecdote, which seems almost inexhaustible. He always looks on the sunny side of life and makes everyone happy around him. He married Mrs. Isabella W. Bailey, widow of Robert S. Bailey, October 12, 1853.

She is a daughter of Col. Hugh White, a soldier of the Revolution, and the only survivor of his family. They have one daughter, Belle W. Allen, now the wife of T. C. Hipple, Esq., one of the leading members of the Clinton county bar.

REV. JOSEPH STEVENS,. D. D., late pastor of the Presbyterian church of Jersey Shore, is a brother of Rev. Dr. Abel Stevens, known as the "Historian of the M., E. church." He graduated at Lafayette College in 1842, finished his theological studies at the Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, in 1845, and soon after leaving the seminary was invited, on the recommendation of the late Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander, one of the professors in the seminary, by the trustees of Oakland College a college belonging to and controlled by the Synod of Mississippi to the professorship of mathematics in that college, in which position he continued till the spring of 1851. His health having become impaired by the Severity of the climate here turned to his native State, Pennsylvania, and in August of that year was called to the pastorate of the church of Jersey Shore. In 1857 he married Miss Leah A., third daughter of the late John Pfouts of Jersey Shore. The fruits of this marriage. were five children, of whom only two, a son and daughter, survive. After a long pastorate of nearly thirty-six years, attended with large results to both the benefit of the church and of the community at large, he gave up the active work of the pastorate, and is now living in comfortable retirement. Dr. Stevens was born in Philadelphia on the 27th of October, 1817. His father, Samuel Stevens, Was born and. reared at West Needham, Massachusetts, came to Philadelphia when he attained his. majority, and established himself in business there. He married Mary Hochenmiller, a lady of great force of character, and a native of Montgomery county, Penn-sylvania. To this union were born. three children: Abel, Joseph, and Mary; the. last mentioned died some years ago.

COL. SAMUEL S. SEELY, the late veteran editor and publisher, was born in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, and at the age of seventeen he established the Mountain, Echo at Ebensburg. He afterward came to Jersey Shore, and in January, 1846, established the Republican, which he published until 1852, excepting the interval between October, 1850, and June, 1851, when the paper was suspended because of destruction of the office by fire on the former date. In connection with John F. Meginness he established the News Letter in June, 1854, and published it a few years. From 1858 to 1861 he was identified with the Watchman at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and in the latter year was appointed to a government position in Washington, D. C. Returning to Jersey Shore at the end of his official term, he was made assistant manager of the Lycoming Gazette of Williamsport. Later he purchased the Jersey Shore Herald, which he published until his death, September 5, 1870. He married Rebecca Reed, who survives him and resides in Jersey Shore.

CHARLES B. SEELY, editor of the Jersey Shore Herald, was born May 4, 1854, in that borough, and is a son of Col. Samuel S. Seely. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and at the age of twelve years entered his father’s printing office, where he learned the art of typesetting. When sixteen years old he was placed in charge of the office and held that position for two years and then became, local editor. At twenty-one he was admitted to a partnership, and at the death of his father he became sole proprietor and publisher. In 1886 he was appointed, mercantile appraiser for Lycoming county. In 1889 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the legislature, and served in the sessions of 1891-92, so acceptably that he was re-nominated in August, 1892, and will no doubt he elected for another term (1892). Mr. Seely was married June 6, 1876, to Helen E., daughter of Allen H. and Mary J. Thomas, and has four children: Samuel A.; Mary W.; Reba R., and Charles B. In his religious faith he is a Methodist and is one of the trustees of the Jersey Shore Methodist Episcopal church.

ALEXANDER H. McHENRY was born in Allegany county, New York, July 20, 1810. In early life he evinced a strong inclination for reading and the study of history, national, geographical, and military; in more mature youth, mathematical. When he was fifteen years old he was chosen captain of artillery by the comrades of his youth, serving two years, a reminiscence which gave him great satisfaction. About the time he was twenty-one he adopted Pennsylvania as his home, attending for a brief period the school held in the octagon-shaped building yet remaining on Third street in Williamsport. He was connected with an engineer corps in 1833 and in 1834 on the public improvements of the State and finished a mathematical course in 1835. While he made field surveys as early as 1826, it was not until the Spring of 1836 that he began his life business-field surveying, which he followed continuously to within a short time of his death, thus covering a period of fifty-five years, He was one of the best informed men on land titles, and location of surveys on the ground, in northern Pennsylvania. May 18, 1839, he was appointed deputy surveyor of the district then composed of Sullivan, Lycoming, and Clinton counties and part of Cameron county. He was also appointed one of the commissioners to re-survey and establish lines between the counties of Union, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, and Tioga, He was one of the corporators of the Jersey Shore, Pine Creek, and State Line Railroad Company (now Fall Brook Coal Company’s railways). In 1856 he was one of the commissioners to organize the Jersey Shore Bank. In the same year he rendered important service in furnishing statistical materials to John F. Meginness, who was then engaged on his History of the West Branch Valley. In 1857 he was one of the corporators of the Jersey Shore Gas Company. At the breaking out of the rebellion he enlisted, and as captain of Company G, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, did active service in the field from August, 1862, to November, 1864, when he was discharged on a surgeon’s certificate of disability. He was a member of Major Keenan Post, No. 349, G. A. R. Mr. McHenry was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church from his youth. He was an honorable, upright citizen and died March 2, 1892, at his home in Jersey Shore.

JAMES WILLIAMSON, eldest son of Gideon and Lydia Williamson, was born June 17, 1812, in Buffalo valley, Union county, and came with his parents to Lycoming county in 1824. He was reared in Anthony township, and attended school in the old log buildings of pioneer days. He lived at home until he was twenty years of age, and then purchased a small piece of land in Old Lycoming township. He subsequently worked on the construction of the West Branch canal. In 1850 he located where his son Charles Wesley now lives, and owned and controlled the land for six miles on each side of Larry’s creek. He erected and operated three saw mills on that stream, and for. forty years was extensively engaged in the lumber business. He also established a store at Salladasburg, which he carried on for twenty years, and conducted a similar business at English Centre. In 1865 he removed to Jersey Shore, and engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed several years. Mr. Williamson was one of the organizers and original stockholders in the first bank established at Jersey Shore. He built one-half of the Larry’s Creek plank road, and was one of the stockholders in that improvement. He was a prominent Democrat, filled the office of justice of the peace for many years, and took an active part in public affairs. When a young man he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and gave liberally of his means towards the support of that denomination. He filled the offices of trustee and class-leader. Mr. Williamson was married, December 22, 1831, to Margaret, daughter of John Robinson, and they were the parents of thirteen children, viz: Lydia, deceased; James A., of Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Margaret J., wife of William Thomas; Edward, deceased; Mary, wife of Dr. Cline of Jersey Shore; Sarah, wife of Evan Russell of Williamsport; Charles W.; Irvin T., a merchant of Jersey Shore; Anson G.; Alice, wife of D. A. Bingman, of Jersey Shore; John R., of Jersey Shore; Clayton E. of the same borough, and Ellen, wife of William Schwer, of Jersey Shore. Mr. Williamson died at Jersey Shore, June 10, 1881. His widow survives, and is a resident of that borough.

EDWARD D. TRUMP, proprietor of the Jersey Shore Water Works, was born December 12, 1814, in Newport, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he received a common school education and worked in his father’s mill until about twenty-two years of age. He then began merchandising and buying and selling grain at Penningtonville, now known as Atglen. He shipped his grain over the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad, on cars which were built for himself. At first these cars had but four wheels and were drawn by horses. Later the railroad company furnished engine power and the cars were constructed with eight wheels. Mr. Trump remained at Penningtonville for ten years, and then removed to Philadelphia where. he engaged in the commission lumber business on his own account, remaining. there until the year 1853, when he came to Lycoming county, and located on Pine creek, about two miles. from, Jersey Shore. There he went into the manufacture of lumber on what was considered a very large scale at that time, and continued in that business until 1884. About 1856, Mr. Trump was instrumental in forming a company for the purpose of lighting the town of Jersey Shore by gas. Some time after the plant was in operation, it was burned and Mr. Trump never took any stock in the enterprise thereafter. In, 1884 he, at his own expense, introduced a water supply into the town, of which he is still sole owner and proprietor. Mr. Trump is the only surviving son of Michael and Tacy (Thomas) trump, of Bucks county,. Pennsylvania. He was married in 1842 to Mary A., daughter of Joseph and Phoebe, Cloud, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and to this union have been born nine children, of whom four are living: Frank; Henry C.; Emma, and Edward. Mr. Trump was born a Quaker, but has affiliated with his family in the Presbyterian church, and in polities is a stanch Republican. He served as school director for twelve years, and is one of the respected and enterprising citizens of the, county.

JOSEPH WOOD, son of James and Mary (Caldwell) Wood, was born March 28, 1835, in Yorkshire, England, and emigrated to America with his parents. They settled in Wilmington, Delaware, where our subject received a part of his education. The family removed to Cogan House township, Lycoming county, where he completed his schooling. He was engaged with his father in the lumber business until he was twenty-three years old. At this time the firm of R. & J. Wood was formed and manufactured lumber until 1863, when Mr. Wood began contracting stocking logs for Matthias Eder, of Williamsport, in Cameron county, Pennsylvania. This he continued until 1866, when he accepted the position of superintendent for Martin, Wood & Childs. In 1869 he purchased Martin’s interest and carried on the business of manufacturing lumber at Jersey Shore until 1889. At this time Wood & Childs located at Uteeter, on Pine creek, where their mill is now located. Mr. Wood was married September 9, 1858, to Mary, daughter of Benjamin Quimby, of Cogan House township; they are the parents of the following children; Emma A., wife of Fred H. Freeborn; Walter C., who married, Lizzie Reining, and Grace L. Mr. Wood has filled the office of school director for the borough of Jersey Shore for eighteen years, and served one term as burgess. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, having united with that organization thirty-eight years ago. He is one of the leading citizens of Jersey Shore.

ISAAC BODINE was born March 15, 1808, near Jersey Shore, son of Isaac and Catherine (Casper) Bodine, who were the parents of nine children: Ann; Sarah; Ellis; Frederick; Margaret; Isaac; Mollie; John T., and Richard. Our subject was educated at Jersey Shore, and followed f arming all of his business life. He was married February 1, 1838, to Elizabeth E., daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Bailey) Lawshe; to this union were born eight children, six of whom are living: Sarah C., who married Ira E. Reynolds; Lewis L.; Isaac R.; George A.; Ann Elizabeth, who married Andrew G. McMullen, and Harvey H. In May, 1838, Mr. and Mrs. Bodine removed to Michigan. They settled on a farm near Battle Creek, where they remained until 1851, when they went to Canal township, Venango, county, Pennsylvania. There Mr. Bodine died in April 1, 1861. Mrs. Bodine remained on the farm until 1878, when she returned to Jersey Shore. Mr. Bodine was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his widow is a Presbyterian

GIDEON BRENEMAN, son of Henry and Mary Ann (Strickler) Breneman, was born November 24, 1837, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he received his education. His mother died in 1851 and he soon after began clerking in a store in his native town. In the fall of 1858 he came to Jersey Shore, where he was employed by John Sebring in his store until i863, when in partnership with John A. Gamble, Jr., he purchased the store from Mr. Sebring. Subsequently they erected a business room where Thomas Stevenson now resides. About 1870 Mr. Breneman sold his interest to Mr. Gamble, and engaged in the lumber business on Larry’s creek. A few years later J. G. Calvert became his partner and remained snob until the death of Mr. Breneman, October 17, 1877. Our subject served as burgess of Jersey Shore for several years and also as secretary of to Larry’s Creek Plank Road Company for a number of years. He was married November 10, 1864, to Anna R. Quiggle, daughter of George and Lucretia A. (Lawshe) Quiggle. Her father came to Jersey Shore while a single man, was married there in 1838, and was a merchant and tanner. Mr. and Mrs. Quiggle had the following children: A. Lawshe; Anna R.; Julia E., and. Ellen G., Who married Frank Hays and is the mother of two children: S. Minus, and Florence. Mr. Breneman served in the State militia during the late war. He was a Democrat and both he and wife belonged to the Presbyterian church. He was a man highly respected by all who knew him.

ROBERT M. MCCULLOUGH, farmer and proprietor of a tannery at Salladasburg, is the oldest of a family of five living children born to William J. and Mary McCullough, of Kingston, Ulster county, New York. He was born December 18, 1843, in the State of New York, and attended the public schools of his native State. After leaving school he went west, where he was employed for three years on a farm. After returning to New York from the West, in 1862, he began working at the tannery business, and in 1867 went to Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, where he was foreman in a tannery. From there he came to Salladasburg in 1874, and purchased the tannery owned by the Gamble Brothers, which he has continued to operate ever since. The output from this tannery is from 80,000 to 90,000 sides per year, and it gives employment to about seventy-five men. He was married in 1867, to Helen Bortle, daughter of Harrison and Catherine Bortle, of Delaware county, New York, and to this union have been born three children: Clinton;. Harry, and Catherine. Mr. McCullough belongs to the F. and A. M., and he and family are members of the Presbyterian church. He is president of the Larry’s Creek Plank Road Company, and is a director of the Jersey Shore Banking Company.

J. FRANK TORBERT was born in Gallagherville, Chester county, Pennsylvania,. February 18, 1853, son of William L. and Hester (Blatchford) Torbert parents subsequently settled at Girard Manor, Schuylkill county, where our subject was reared,. and received his early education in the common schools and at Pottstown Academy, and also the State Normal School at Millersville. He was employed by his father, who was one of the original lumbermen of Schuylkill county, until he located in Centre county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a number of tracts of timber land and engaged in the lumber business, and in furnishing prop timber for coal mining operators. In 1885 he came to Williamsport and continued his lumber operations in the counties of Centre, Clinton, and Lycoming, until 1888, when he removed to Jersey Shore, where he has since resided. He is also engaged in farming 270 acres in Centre county, 190 acres in Lycoming county, and 104 within the borough limits of Jersey Shore. Mr. Torbert was married, December 25, 1880, to Sarah, daughter of James Burnett, of Norristown, Pennsylvania; they are the parents of five children, four of whom are living: James Burnett; Jay Frank; Will L., and Amilla Clare; William Lawrence is dead. Politically Mr. Torbert is a Democrat. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is connected with the F. and A. M.

JOHN W. GRIER, publisher of the Jersey Shore Vidette, was born June 29, 1856, at, McEwensville, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. He is a son of Dr. J. H. and Amanda (Quiggle) Grier. His early education was obtained in the common schools and the State Normal School at Look Haven, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1883. He afterwards taught in the public schools of Clinton county for about eight years. In 1875 he entered the office of the Columbia Herald, Columbia, Pennsylvania, and learned the printer’s trade. In 1887 he located at Jersey Shore, where he purchased the Vidette, which he has since published with good success. Mr. Grier is a Republican in politics, and is well and favorably known among the newspaper fraternity.

JOHN NEVINS, M. D., was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1853, son of Dr. John and Esther (Brown) Nevins. His father was one of the early physician of Oil City, and removed to Montoursville, Lycoming county, in 1865. Our subject received his education in the common schools, and at the Normal School of Montoursville. He commenced the study of medicine with his father, and completed the same with Dr. H, G. McCormick, of Williamsport. He was graduated from the medical department of the University of New York City in 1883, and began the practice of his profession the same year at Antes Fort. After remaining two years at that place be located at Jersey Shore, where he has since continued in active and successful practice. He married Susan Lowman, of Elmira, New York; they are, the parents of three children, one of whom is living, George. Dr. Nevins filled the office of secretary. of the school board of Jersey Shore one year, and is now treasurer. He is a Republican in politics, is a member of the K. of G. E., and belongs to the West Branch and Lycoming Medical Societies.

HENRY C. FULLER, physician and surgeon, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and is the third son of Charles D. and Harriet (Harris) Fuller. He attended the public and high schools of his native county, afterwards going to college at Now Haven, Connecticut, where he took a scientific course. He then began the study of medicine, and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the spring of 1885. He immediately commenced practice at Plymouth, Pennsylvania,. in the spring of 1885, when the typhoid fever epidemic raged so extensively in that part of the State. He came to Jersey Shore in the fall of the same year and has. since built up a lucrative business. The Doctor has four brothers and two sisters, all of whom are residents of Pennsylvania. He is a Master Mason in good standing, a member of La Belle Valley Lodge, No. 232, A. Y. M., and also a member of Lodge No., 101, I. O. O. F. He is a Republican in politics, and attends the Presbyterian church.

S. ELLSWORTH BICKELL, M.D., was born May 25,1864, son of Matthias and Elizabeth (Cohick) Bickell. He was reared in Piatt township and educated in the. common schools, the Jersey Shore Academy, and the Muncy Normal. He began the study of medicine and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, April 4, 1888. He commenced practice at Jersey Shore, where he has since continued in the active duties of his profession. Dr. Bickell was married in 1891 to. Florence Burke, of Baltimore. Politically he is a Republican, and holds the position of surgeon. and physician for the Beech Creek railroad, and examining physician for the Prudential Insurance Company, the Penn Mutual Insurance Company, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

ISAAC P. RAUP, proprietor of the Jersey Shore Gas Works, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1836, son of Leonard and Nancy (Petit) Raup, of the. same county. In early years our subject received only such advantages for an education as the country school of that time afforded. He was reared on a farm, and after arriving at manhood, his father having removed to Northumberland county, he spent about eighteen years in repairing and constructing railroads. He then took charge of the works for the Shamokin Gas Company, Shamokin, Pennsylvania,. and remained in the service of this company for over thirteen years. May 1, 1888, he removed to Jersey Shore, and purchased the plant of the gas works, which here modeled and increased in general capacity, and extended the mains several hundred feet throughout the town. He was enrolled in the State militia in 1863, in

Company K, Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, in General Couch’s division. He volunteered for service in the beginning of March, 1865, was assigned to the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, and proceeded to the front under command of Col. Theophilus Kephart; he was at Bermuda when Vicksburg and Petersburg surrendered, and was mustered out August 25, 1865, at Portsmouth, Virginia, and finally discharged in Philadelphia shortly afterwards, and returned to his home in Shamokin. He was married in 1861, to Rebecca, daughter of J. L. and Susannah (Boughner) Gilger, of Shamokin, and to this union have been born seven children, five of whom are living: Anna A., who married William F. Frederick, of Shamokin; Kimber C., who lives in Altoona, where he is manager of the Telephone Exchange of that place; William S., who is manager of the Telephone Exchange of Shamokin; Edward B., and Charles R., who are with their parents. Mr. Raup and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a Republican.

THE BROWN FAMILY.– Among the early and prominent families of Jersey Shore were the Browns. Four brothers and two sisters, natives of County Tyrone, Ireland, emigrated and settled in that borough. George came in 1814; Alexander, in 1840; Andrew, in 1847; William, in 1848; Mrs. Fanny Stevenson with her husband, in 1842. William Brown was the eldest son and was born in 1774. He married in Ireland in 1828, and was the father of six children: Mary, who married Smith Baird; George A.; William; Alexander W.; Sarah, who married Hiram Waters, and James R. The last mentioned was the youngest son and enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the breaking out of the war; he served until Lee surrendered, losing his right arm at the battle of Fredericksburg. On his return from the war he located in Wichita, Kansas, and was the first Democrat ever elected to the office of recorder of deeds in Sedgwick county. After William Brown settled in Jersey Shore he purchased a lot on what is now Allegheny street, opposite the Dunkle Hotel, where he built himself a home, and where he resided until his death in 1854. His wife survived him and died in 1864.

ALEXANDER W. BROWN, third son of William Brown, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, March 11, 1836. He emigrated to America with his brother George in 1847. He received a common school education and learned the trade of a shoemaker. In 1856 he established a boot and shoe business in Jersey Shore, and carried on that business until 1889, when he turned it over to his sons, Ernest A. and Wilbur B. In addition to his shoe business he engaged in the livery business in 1863, which he still continues. During the same year he began cultivating tobacco and is the broker for many of the large tobacco companies of New York and Philadelphia. In 1882 he purchased the Maggs farm in Piatt township, and is extensively engaged in farming and raising tobacco. In 1859 Mr. Brown was married to Harriet, daughter of William Musgrave, and to this union have been born five children: Clarence, deceased; Ernest E.; Wilbur B.; Hattie, and Annie. He is a Democrat, and has served in the borough council for three years, and filled the office of overseer of the poor for five years. He is a member of La Belle Valley Lodge, No. 232, F. and A. M., and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1854, and trustee of the same for twenty-five years.

JONATHAN DALLEY was born in Turvey, Bedfordshire, England, only child of William and Maria (White) Dalley. His father died when he was about five years old and his mother when he was eleven years old. In the spring of 1857, at the age of thirteen years, he emigrated to America, and was seven weeks in crossing the Atlantic ocean. He came to Jersey Shore upon one of the old packet boats in use, at that time. Here he joined his uncle, Jonathan White. He subsequently went to the White Deer Woolen Mills in Union county, where he learned the trade of weaver and finisher, and then found employment in Massachusetts at his trade, where he remained two years. In 1867 he returned to Lycoming county and engaged in the lumber business and various other occupations for some time. He then entered the employ of Auble & Artman, woolen manufacturers on Larry’s creek, where he remained fourteen years, afterwards purchasing his, present property and establishing his business of carpet weaver and fancy dyer. In October, 1861, Mr. Dalley enlisted in Company H, Fifty-Third Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, he received a gun-shot wound, the ball entering at the lower corner of the first short rib and coming out alongside, of backbone or spine. He was consequently discharged March 6, 1863, from Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D. C., after eighteen months service. Mr. Dalley is serving his third term as overseer of the poor for Jersey Shore. He is a Republican Prohibitionist in politics, and is a member of Major Keenan Post, No. 349, G. A. R. He was married, January 2, 1868, to Agnes C. Keyser, daughter of the late Aaron and Mary Keyser; to this union have been born two children: Mary D., wife of G. S. Corson, and William A. Mr. Dalley has been a member of the, Baptist church since 1865, and has filled the office of treasurer for a number of’ years, and is now one of the trustees and a deacon and has also been superintendent of the Sunday school.

DAVID ANTES COCHRAN, proprietor of the Gamble House, was born near Lewisburg, Union county, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1842 son of John S. and Maria (Clark) Cochran. His father was a native of Buffalo valley, and his mother was a daughter of William Clark, a well remembered tavern keeper of Nippenose valley, Lycoming county, where he conducted that business at the foot of White Deer mountain, one mile east of Collomsville. His parents lived for a time in Union county, whence they removed to Collomsville, Lycoming county, and thence to a. farm on Pine run, northwest of Linden, where they resided until death. They reared eight children, out of a family of twelve born to them. The father was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his, wife a Presbyterian. Our subject lived with his parents until early manhood, and then went to Jersey Shore, where he worked until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. In 1863 he was promoted to hospital steward, and served in that capacity until mustered out of service July 14, 1865. He participated in all the skirmishes and battles of his regiment. He returned to Jersey Shore, but soon after engaged in keeping a hotel at Pine Station, Clinton county, where he conducted the business until August, 1882, and then removed to Lock Haven. He carried on a hotel in the latter place until April, 1885, and the following September he purchased the Exchange Hotel in Jersey Shore, which he conducted until July, 1889. In October 1889, he bought the Gamble House, which under his management has since been the leading hotel in the borough. Mr. Cochran was married, May 30, 1866, to Rebecca M., daughter of George Quiggle, of Wayne township, Clinton county, who has borne him two daughters: Letitia M., who died in infancy, and Bertha Kate, wife of George C. Tomb of Jersey Shore. Politically he is a Democrat, is a member of Major Keenan Post, G. A. R., and is connected with the Masonic order and the K. of G. E.

COL. HUGH WHITE was born in Lancaster (now Dauphin) county, Pennsylvania, in 1737, and was a son of Hugh White, a pioneer of that portion of the State. Prior to the Revolution Colonel White came to the West Branch valley and settled west of the mouth of Pine creek, in what is now Clinton county. On the 19th of April, 1775, he was commissioned "Captain of a company of foot in the First Battalion of Associators in the county of Northumberland." This commission is still in the possession of his descendants in Williamsport. In 1776 he was appointed as one of the Committee of Safety for Pine Creek township by the Council of Northumberland county. He proved himself a faithful and valuable officer, and in 1778 he was promoted to the rank of colonel, in which. capacity he served for some time as commissary, and was untiring in his efforts to provide supplies for Washington’s army. He was colonel of a regiment from this part of the State in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Black Rock, on the Niagara river, until discharged from the service. Colonel White also took an active part in civil and religious affairs. In 1795, 1796, 1803, and 1804 he represented this district in the legislature. He was one of the elders of Pine Creek Presbyterian church, to which office he was chosen in 1795-96. He was twice married; first to Margaret, daughter of John and Ann Allison of Lancaster county, who bore him a family of six sons and one daughter, all of whom are dead. His second wife was Mrs. Charlotte White nee Weitzel, daughter of John and Tabitha (Morris) Weitzel. She was the widow of James White, a pioneer hotel keeper of Trevorton, Northumberland county, and afterwards the owner of White’s island in the Susquehanna, near Georgetown. He lived on the east side of the river opposite the island, and was killed in 1812 by being thrown from his wagon. By his second marriage Colonel White reared a family of one daughter and three sons, as follows: Isabella, born February 13, 1815, who has been twice married, first in January, 1833, to Robert S. Bailey of Jersey Shore, who died April 24; 1851, and October 12, 1853, to Col. James S. Allen of Jersey Shore, where they still reside; and George,. John, and Henry, all of whom are well remembered, citizens of Williamsport. Colonel White was killed on his farm ‘in 1822, by being thrown from his horse, and was interred in the old Pine Creek graveyard. Mrs. Allen of Jersey Shore is the only survivor of his family, but his descendants are numerous and prominent in the West Branch valley.

SAMUEL H. BAILEY, farmer, oldest living son of Harvey and Eleanor (Hays). Bailey, was born February 2, 1822. Harvey Bailey was born March 20, 1793, and, died October 23, 1880. He married Eleanor, daughter of Patrick Hays, of Dauphin county, who died November 6, 1873; they were the parents of six children. Samuel: H. moved to Porter township with his parents when between four and five years of, age, received a common school education, was brought up on a farm, and has always followed that occupation. He was married November 10, 18.53, to Catherine,. daughter of James and Sarah (Gellingher) Dunlap, of Pine Creek township, Clinton county, Pennsylvania. Her father, James Dunlap, died September 27, 1849, and her mother, Sarah Dunlap, July 17, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are the parents of one daughter, Hannah Eleanor, who married H. H. Mercer, an attorney of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Lutheran church.

SAMUEL H. BARDO, farmer, is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Auld) Bardo, natives of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, who became residents of Lycoming county about the year 1835, where they died, the former in 1850, and the latter in 1887. Our subject received his education in the public schools and was brought up at farm labor. When he was about twenty-five years old he went to Nippenose township, where he followed farming for twenty years, afterwards returning to Potter township, where he has remained ever since, and has served as overseer of the poor of his township. He was married in 1854 to Henrietta, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Aughanbaugh of Lycoming county, and to this union have been born the following children: Jacob; Harry; George; Girard; Wilber; Alvin; Ira, and Robert. Mr. Bardo is a Republican, and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church.

DAVID K. OTT, farmer, is a son of Nicholas and Margaret (Kergseeker) Ott, and was born January 20, 1817, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His father, was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and died when David K. was but thirteen years old; his mother was a native of Cumberland county, and died when he was six years old. In early life he had but little chance to obtain an education, being apprenticed to learn the carriage and wagon maker’s trade, at which he worked for fourteen years, afterwards working in Philadelphia, Camden, New Jersey, Delaware, Chester, and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania, and one winter in Cumberland county. At the time of the Mexican war he came to Harrisburg and helped to build a steam saw mill for Leander Nichols and Jacob Dock, after which he went to Pittsburg, and in company with Columbus Wers and Robert Clarke, carried on the carriage making business for about one year. Leaving Pittsburg he went to Camden, New Jersey, where he acted as overseer of a mill yard for his brother and nephew for three years, coming, in 1852, to Cummings township, Lycoming county, where he superintended a saw mill for his brother George. He afterwards, in company with George Nice, purchased the mill and carried on the business until the flood of 1865, the mill being destroyed by fire in that year. He then went to lumbering and continued at it until 1871, removing at that time to the farm owned by James Gamble, on Pine creek, thence to Porter township, where he has remained ever since. He was married in 1857 to Mary Cecelia, daughter of Nathaniel W. and Elizabeth (Earl) Denniston, and to this union have been born four children: Leander Nicholas, who is married and lives in Union county, Pennsylvania; Elizabeth, who married Albert Wers, a miller at Pine Creek, Clinton county; Eliza, who married Jacob Wolf of Porter township, and Margaret J. Mr. Ott is a Republican, and the family belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church.

ROBERT W. FERGUSON, farmer and tobacco grower, was born Match 25, 1858, in Porter township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, son of James G. and Eleanor (McGuire) Ferguson. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania; and removed to Porter township, Lycoming county, from Clinton county, about, the year 1843, where they resided until their death. His father died March 29, 1886, and his mother March 13, 1888. Their living children are as follows: Andrew, of Porter township; Margaret A., who married Thomas G. Caldwell, of Watsontown, Pennsylvania; Robert W., and J. Woods, both residents of Porter township. The subject of this sketch attended school in his native township and at Jersey Shore until he was twenty years old, when he took a special course at Lafayette College Easton, Pennsylvania. He then went to Philadelphia and learned the machinist trade, whence he returned home and assumed charge of the homestead farm in the spring of 1889, upon which he has since resided.

J. WOODS FERGUSON, farmer, is the youngest of the four surviving children of James G. and Eleanor (McGuire) Ferguson. He was educated in the township schools until he was eighteen years old, when he went to New Jersey and attended, a preparatory school for one year, and afterwards Bryant and Stratton’s Commercial College. On his return home from the latter institution, he began farming which he has followed ever since with excellent success. He was married December 6, 1879, to Lillie, daughter of John and Caroline Borden, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, and to this union have been born four children, all of whom are living James Graham; Nellie; Robert B., and Lillie. Mr. Ferguson is a Republican in politics, is a member of Jersey Shore Lodge, No. 101, I. O. O. F., and is one of the most successful and enterprising farmers of Porter township.

J. G. FISHER was born March 27, 1838, in Tioga county, Pennsylvania. He a son of Charles and Nancy (Gaylor) Fisher; when he was sixteen years of age his parents moved to Lycoming county, settling in Porter township, where our subject now resides. Mr. Fisher received a common school education and lived upon the homestead farm until 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He served until the close of the war, and participated in the following engagements: Fisher’s Hill, Hatcher’s Run, Ream’s Station, Winchester Charles City Cross Roads, Deep Bottom, Boylan Plank Road, Traverton Station and Charlottesville. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Lycoming county and in 1871 engaged in the business of burning lime, which he has continued until the present time. Mr. Fisher was married in 1862 to Hester Shadle, of Nippenose valley; to this union have been born nine children, six of whom are living: Margaret, wife of Loren English; Sherman; Mary A.; Frank; Jeannette, and Martin. Politically he is a Republican, and is a member of the German Lutheran church Clinton county. He is also a member of Major Keenan Post, G. A. R.

ABRAHAM H. SHEESLEY, farmer, was born April 21, 1829. His parents, Hour and Eunice (Harris) Sheesley, are residents of Lycoming county, and the parents a six children: Abraham H.; Andrew L; Margaret Ann; Sarah Jane, who married Jacob Weber; Emma, and Fannie Elizabeth, who married Thomas Stephenson. Mr. Sheesley received a common school education, and has followed farming and lumbering as an occupation. His parents lived upon his grandfather’s farm, which was situated near Jersey Mills, for a few years after his birth, removing thence to the island, and from there to Porter township, where he has resided for about forty-seven years. His father was the first settler on the old furnace tract of 2,100 acres.

GEORGE W. BUFFINGTON, farmer and dairyman, son of S. S. and Catherine Buffington, was born July 29, 1847, in Limestone township, Lycoming county Pennsylvania, and received a common school education. He was reared on a farm and has followed farming as a business all his life. He removed to his present homestead in 1881. He was married May 15, 1876, to Laura J., daughter; Samuel and Lydia (Ilgen) Burrell, and to this union have been born three children: Mabel Catherine, born September 11, 1878; Volula L., August 6, 1881, and Frederick B., July 18, 1885. Mr. Buffington is a Democrat in politics, and with his family belongs to the Lutheran church.

E. WENTZ, miller, was born in York county, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1839, son of John and Susannah (Kredler) Wentz. He received a common school education, and was reared on a farm. At the age of twenty-two years he embarked in the mercantile business at Hanover, Pennsylvania and continued there for two years. He afterwards followed the same business in Adams county for three years. He then settled in DuBoistown, Lycoming county, where he carried on a store for some time,. and subsequently removed to Clinton county, and leased a grist mill, which he, operated for two and a half years. He then purchased his present mill, which her has since conducted quite successfully. Mr. Wentz was married in 1862 to Eliza Matthias, of Maryland, and to this union have been born seven children, four of whom are living: Albert F., who married Elizabeth Ott; Emma, who married C. T. Cable; Elmer, and Minnie. Mr. Wentz is a Republican in politics, and has filled the office of school director. He is one of the successful business men of the community in which he resides. His grist mill is just over the line in Clinton county, and is well adapted for doing custom and general work.

JACOB TOMB, a native of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and of German extraction, settled in Northumberland county about the year 1786. Six months later he was driven out by the Indians and went to Cumberland county, where he remained two or three years. In November, 1791, he came to Pine creek, to what is now Slate Run. The trip was made up the Susquehanna river on a keel-boat, thence up Pine creek to Slate Run in canoes. He immediately commenced the erection of a saw and grist mill, which was finished in March, 1792, and operated for a number of years. Subsequently he removed to what is now known as Tomb’s Run, and erected a distillery, which he operated until his death, about 1818. He was buried in the old graveyard on the farm where Jacob Gamble now resides. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Tomb was married twice. The name of his first wife is not known. Her children were as follows: Jacob; John, and Philip. The children by his second wife were: George; Benjamin; Henry; Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Gamble, and Catherine, who married James Gamble, all of whom are dead.

HENRY TOMB, third son of Jacob Tomb, by his second wife, was born in 1797, at Slate Run, where he was reared and educated. He was engaged with his father in the distilling business until the death of the latter. He then engaged in the lumber business, and also farmed, owning about 1,100 acres. He was an old line Whig, and filled many of the township offices. He was a tidewater pilot for many years. Mr. Tomb died in 1882, a member of the Jersey Shore Presbyterian church, in which he filled the office of deacon. He married Ann Blackwell, a native of England, and to them were born the following children: George; Mary; Hannah; Matilda; Jane; Sarah; Philip; Enoch B.; Rachel; Harriet, and Henry. Mrs. Tomb died in 1864, and Mr. Tomb was again married, to Mrs. Lydia Flock, who survives him.

ENOCH B. TOMB, son of Henry Tomb, was born August 8, 1834. He was educated in the common schools and reared on the farm. He is now engaged in farming about 100 acres of land, and also in lumbering. He was elected county, commissioner in 1882, and has served as school director for many years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Tomb was married to Melvina, daughter of Alexander Forsyth, of Maryland, and to them have been born four children: Luellen; Harry; William, and Laura.

HENRY RORABAUGH was born, November 7, 1800, in Berks county, Pennsylvania, son of Simon Rorabaugh, who emigrated from Germany to Berks county at an early date. The latter married Mary, daughter of Hugh Pugh of England, and to this union eight children were born, of whom Henry, the subject of this sketch, was the eldest. Subsequently he removed to Steuben county, New York. Henry was reared in his native county and learned the molding trade. About 1821 he settled in what is now Watson township, Lycoming county, where he was employed in the old Safe Harbor Forge, and also in other furnaces in that vicinity. In 1827 he married Harriet Cook, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Cook, who were natives of New Jersey, and of English parentage, and at that time residents of Steuben county, New York. In 1833 he removed to Waterville and in partnership with Joseph Kelton operated a saw mill, which was finally destroyed by a flood with a total loss of stock and lumber. He then went to farming, purchased 100 acres of land, and later 600 acres of timber land, cleared up a farm, and followed agricultural pursuits in connection with lumbering. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he served as class-leader and Sunday school superintendent for many years, and his house was a home for the weary itinerant preacher; he was highly respected by all, and especially kind to the poor. In politics he was a Democrat, and was school director for many years. To Henry and Harriet Rorabaugh were born six children: Samuel, deceased; Mary J., widow of Allen H. Thomas; Francis C.; Joseph H.; Sarah T., and Emily N. Mrs. Rorabaugh died May 6, 1855; her husband survived her until August 26, 1884.

JOSEPH H. RORABAUGH was born December 11, 1842, and was educated in the common schools, and brought up at farming. At the death of his father he purchased the homestead, where he still resides. In 1878 he was married to Jennie M., daughter of John R. Hays, and to them have been born two children: Clyde and Guy. Mr. Rorabaugh is a Democrat and has filled the offices of mercantile appraiser, assessor, clerk, and school director, and secretary of the board for many years.

JOHN L. BROWN, farmer, was born in the house where he now resides, in Watson township, Lycoming county, November 4, 1831. His parents, Thomas and Priscilla (Ferguson) Brown, died in 1874, and February 25, 1834, respectively. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom are living: John L. ; Barbara; Priscilla, who married William Crawford, and Emma, who married Graffis Stewart. John L. received a common school education, and was brought up at agricultural pursuits, which he has since continued to follow. He was married March 13, 1861, to Angeline, daughter of William and Elizabeth Wilhelm, of Muncy township, and to this union have been born two children: Olive, a graduate of the Maryland Institute Schools of Art and Design, Baltimore, Maryland, and Thomas Allison, a graduate of Sadler’s Bryant and Stratton’s Business College, of the same city. Mr. Brown is .a Democrat, and he and family are connected with the Baptist church.

JACOB HARER, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, emigrated to this country about 1825. He first located at Block House, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased 100 acres of land and lived until 1841. During this year he bought 100 acres in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, where Mrs. Catharine Harer now lives. This he cleared and improved, and afterward purchased another tract of ninety-five acres, upon which he built a saw mill. He conducted the business of manufacturing lumber and farming for a number of years. He died in 1890. He donated a large portion of the lumber used in the erection of Frieden Evangelical church, to which the belonged, and was a class leader in the same for many years. During his early life he was a Whig, but afterwards became a Democrat. Mr. Harer married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Zinck, of Block House, Pennsylvania, and to them were born the following children: Jacob; Mary, wife of Lewis Humm; George; Leonard; Elizabeth, wife of William Ulmer, and Phoebe, wife of Adam Fisher. Mrs. Harer died in 1879.

GEORGE HARER, the second son of Jacob Harer, was born March 26, 1832, at Block House, Tioga county, Pennsylvania. He was reared, in Mifflin township, and educated in the common schools. He remained upon the homestead farm until he was twenty-seven, when he engaged in farming and operating a saw mill. After leasing the homestead for three years, he, in 1852 purchased his present farm of 105 acres, which he has cleared and improved. Mr. Harer was married to Lovina, daughter of Rev. John Young. She died in 1862, leaving one daughter, Lovina, wife of William Bardo. He was again married to Hannah Boger, and to this union were born ton children: Reuben; Daniel; Aaron; Susan; David; Hiram; Myron; Jacob; Mary E., and Sarah S. Mr. Harer has filled the offices of supervisor, auditor, and school director for fifteen years, also tax collector. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a member and trustee of Mount Pleasant Evangelical church.

ANDREW SIEGEL was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, who came to the United at hi trade, States in July, 1854. He settled in Philadelphia, where he worked that of a blacksmith, for six months. He then removed to Burlington county, New Jersey, where he farmed for two years, after which he located in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, where he purchased sixteen acres of land, built a shop, and engaged in the blacksmith business. There he resided until his death in June, 1887. Mr. Siegel was a Democrat, and a member of the Lutheran church. He married Christiana Leibold, of Wurtemberg, and to them were born the following children: John; Christian; William; Catherine; Frederick; Conrad; Solomon, and Abraham.

SOLOMON SIEGEL, the sixth son of Andrew Siegel, was born December 22, 1846, in Wurtemberg, Germany. He was principally reared in Mifflin township, and educated in the common schools. September 1, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and saw service until the close of the war, participating in the battles of Fort Fisher, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Raleigh, the same State. At the close of the war he returned to Mifflin township, and in 1871 he purchased his present farm which he has since cleared and improved, and is engaged in general farming and lumbering. He is a Republican in politics, and has held the office of school director. Mr. Siegel was married in 1868 to Rachel, daughter of Joseph Losch, and to this union have been born eight children: Olive; Maggie; Chrissy; Kate; John; Charles; May, and Rachel, deceased. He is a member of Tomb’s Run Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is class leader.

J. L. GULDIN, miller, was born May 31, 1825, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, son of Samuel and Catherine (Ludwick) Guldin, of French and English extraction. He had the advantage of a common school education, which he paid for out of his own earnings, and until the age of twenty-one years he worked on a farm. At this time he began learning the milling business, which he has continued ever since, at the present time having the management of a grist mill owned by Simon Wallace. He, was married in 1846, to Catherine, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Cleaver, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and to this union have been born six children, five of whom are living: Jonathan; Samuel; Elizabeth, who married Philip Myers; Melinda, who married Newton Carpenter, and Yorder, who married Margy Clark, a daughter of William Clark. Mr. Guldin was a Republican for a number of years, but is now a Prohibitionist. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

JAMES H. LENTZ, farmer, was born July 19, 1854, in Nippenose valley, Lycoming county, and is a son of John and Catherine Lentz, who were the parents of thirteen children, as follows: Margaret, who married Henry Shadel; William; Mary, who married Hugh Purcell; Elizabeth, who married Vernon Mitchell; Julia, who married. Jacob Everett; George; Rebecca, who married Paul Hayes; Emma, deceased wife of William Lininger; John Pierce; James H.; Robert; Alfred, and Miles. Mrs. Lentz died in 1874, and Mr. Lentz in 1882. The subject of this sketch received a common school education. He was brought up on a farm and has always followed that occupation. He was married in March, 1883, to Sarah, daughter of Jackson and Abbie Dougherty, of Pine creek, Clinton county, Pennsylvania, and to this union, have been born four children: Olive; Pearl; Frank, and Onieta. Mr. and Mrs. Lentz are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he is a Democrat.

JOSEPH HARTRANFT, farmer, is a son of Andrew and Mary M. (Frankenberger) Hartranft. Andrew Hartranft, who was of German extraction, died in October, 1833, in Delaware township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. He married Mary M. Frankenberger, who died in the same house January 24, 1856. They were the, parents of ton children: Henry, born June 14, 1810; Conrad, born in 1812; Mary, who married John Moyer, born in 1814; John, born November 21, 1816; William born March 15, 1819; Samuel, born April 3, 1821; Elizabeth, born November 5, 1823; Joseph, born March 19, 1826; Andrew Jackson, born August 12, 1828, and died July 13, 1890, and George, born July 16, 1832. Joseph received his education at the common schools of his native township, and was brought up on a farm. He learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed for thirty years, principally in Lycoming county. He is now engaged in farming. He volunteered in the war, in 1864, and was assigned to the Two Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Regiment, under command of Colonel Moore, and was in the engagement at Fort Fisher. He was mustered out at Raleigh, North Carolina, and arrived home in July of that year. He was married January 9, 1851, to Jane E., daughter of Henry and Ann (Blackwell) Tomb, and to this union have been born eleven children: Harriett T., born September 27, 1851, died July 23, 1852; Andrew Judson, born December 7, 1852; Ann Mary, born August 13, 1853, died April 14, 1855;. Emma H., born July 21, 1856, died August 25, 1865; Enoch B., born December 24, 1857, died March 14, 1858; William Henry, born February 23, 1859; Joseph Arthur, born April 7, 1861; Daniel Moyer, born March 27, 1863, died August 19, 1865; Charles Bertram, born April 22, 1865, died September 29, 1869; Anna May, born March 23, 1867, and Eden T., born April 29, 1871. Mr. Hartranft is a Republican, and with his wife belongs to the Baptist church.

JOHN THOMAS was born in England, July 25, 1770, and came to the United States in boyhood and settled in Philadelphia. He learned the cutler’s trade, and after he had completed his apprenticeship, he came to Piatt township, Lycoming county, in company with his brothers, George, Jesse, Thomas, Samuel, and William. They purchased the old iron furnace on Larry’s creek about 1798, which they operated for some years, and then sold to Tomb & Slonaker. He afterwards farmed for Slonaker & Kreps for several years, and then purchased 180 acres of land, where Samuel Thomas now lives. He cleared and improved his farm until his death, which occurred. February 20, 1843, by being thrown from a sleigh. Mr. Thomas married December 24, 1797, Mary, daughter of John Murphy of Larry’s creek, a soldier of the Revolution, in which he served seven years. She was born July 25, 1781, and was the mother of fourteen children, as follows: George W.; Rebecca; Samuel; Elizabeth, who married Charles Baird; Charles; Maria, who married Anthony Pepperman; Margaret, who married Robert Baker; John; Sarah, who married Harvey Hetherlin; Juliann; Ellen, who married Thomas Cooley; Gideon D.; Jane K., who married Jacob Fessler, and Martha, who was twice married, first to David Bussler, and after his death to Jacob Hart. All of these are dead except Mrs. Fessler and Gideon D. Mr. Thomas was a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

JOHN THOMAS, JR., son of John and Mary (Murphy) Thomas, was born at the Forge on Larry’s creek, June 11, 1811. He received a limited education, and lived with his parents until he was eighteen years old, and then began working in Manning Stevenson’s saw mill in Loyalsock township, where he remained five years, and assisted in paying for the homestead farm, where Samuel Thomas now lives. He then returned. home and took possession of a part of the farm, and followed farming and lumbering on Larry’s creek. He subsequently embarked in the mercantile business at Salladasburg, where he continued for over thirty years, and died February 18, 1891. He married Mary Ann, daughter of Isaac Coudrick, who survives him and resides in Newberry. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for over sixty years, and was a steward, class-leader, and superintendent of the Sunday school, and a trustee of the same for a period of twenty-five years. He was a Democrat all his life. Mr. Thomas was the father of eleven children, eight of whom are living: Samuel P.; William W.; Manning S.; Charles A.; Sylvester C.; Mary E., who married W. K. McCormick; Sarah E., who married R. W. McClaren, and Ida C., who married A. S. Williamson. Those deceased are: H. Amanda, who married H. J. Clinger; Martha Jane, who married W. K. McCormick, and John Franklin.

SAMUEL P. THOMAS was born in Fairfield township, January 16, 1837, and is the eldest son of John and Mary A. Thomas. He was reared in Mifflin township, received a common school education, and has always lived upon the old homestead. He was married in 1857, to Kate E. T., daughter of Henry Pepperman, who died in 1870, and left two children: Manning E., and Cora E., wife of H. W. Losch, Mr. Thomas was again married in 1872, to Anna M., daughter of Henry Bumgardner. She died in 1880, leaving one child, Wilson T. His third wife was Susan C., daughter of Henry Pepperman, who has borne him two children: Royal C. C., and Margaret G. Politically he is a Democrat, and is a member of the Salladasburg Methodist Episcopal church, in which body he has filled the offices of steward and superintendent of the Sunday school

GIDEON D. THOMAS, youngest son of John and Mary (Murphy) Thomas, was born at the Forge, on Larry’s creek, August 3, 1818. He attended the pioneer subscription schools, and remained with his parents until he was twenty-three years, old, when he rented a farm on Pine creek, Watson township, and remained there ten years. He then purchased a farm on Hoagland run, in Anthony township, where he lived fifteen years. In 1866 he bought his present homestead of 214 acres, upon which he has since resided. Mr. Thomas was married October 17, 1841, to Mary, daughter of Thomas Ramsey, who is the mother of six children: Josephine, deceased; Eliza, deceased wife of W. Harris; Sarah J., deceased; Mary E., deceased wife of L. W. Ginter, William, and Martha A., wife of John W. Douglass. He is a Democrat, and has filled several local offices in his township. He is a steward, trustee, and class-leader in the Methodist Episcopal church, and has been. superintendent of the Sunday school.

ANTHONY PEPPERMAN, only son of Anthony Pepperman, was born in Virginia, and grow to manhood in York county, Pennsylvania. His father was a native of Germany, and immigrated with his mother before the Revolutionary war, and settled in, either Pennsylvania or Virginia. He served in the Revolution under General Wayne, and after the war closed he located in Virginia, subsequently removing to Hopewell township, York county, Pennsylvania. He married a Mrs. Foulk, a widow, who bore him two children: Anthony, and Hannah, who became the wife of Patrick McKinney, of York county. He resided in York county for many years, where his wife, died in 1810. He afterwards came to Clinton county, and died at the home of his son Anthony. In 1814 our subject located in Clinton county, close to the Lycoming county line, where he lived for twelve years, and then removed to Dunstable, township, in the same county, where he spent the same period. About this time he purchased a farm of 320 acres in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, where Isaac H. Pepperman now lives. He built a saw mill upon this tract and engaged in the lumber business, which he carried on in connection with farming. Mr. Pepperman was agent for Ellis & Harris, also for Forkman & Bidell, for two large tracts of land, which he disposed of for these companies. He was a Republican, and filled many of the local offices of his township. He was reared in the Lutheran faith, but subsequently became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,. in which he was a trustee, class leader, and local preacher for many years. He died in 1861, his wife surviving him until April 27, 1864. He married Mary Clayton of Maryland, and they were the parents of the following children: Joseph, deceased; Jacob, deceased; Hannah, deceased wife of John Brierton; Anthony, deceased; John, deceased; Henry, of Mifflin township; Adam, deceased; Polly, wife of Charles. Rosencrantz; Isaac, and Jesse, both of whom tire dead, and Rachel, wife of Jacob, Cline.

HENRY PEPPERMAN, the only surviving son of Anthony Pepperman, Jr., was born, in York county, Pennsylvania, in 1808. He removed with his parents to Clinton, county in 1814, where he grow to manhood. He was married December 11, 1834, to Margaret, daughter of William Tackaberry, who bore him the following children: Lucinda, deceased wife of John Emery; Catharine, deceased wife of Samuel, Thomas; Margaret, wife of John Cline; Jennie; William; Mrs. Susan Thomas, and Alice, wife of T. A. Sloat. Mrs. Pepperman died in 1877. After his marriage he settled on his present farm of 221 acres, and has been engaged in farming and lumbering all his life. He is a steward and class-leader in the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics is a Republican.

ISAAC PEPPERMAN, the seventh son of Anthony Pepperman, Jr., was born September 28, 1814, in Clinton county, Pennsylvania, and came with his father to Lycoming county. He purchased the homestead farm and saw mill, and succeeded to his father’s business, which he followed up to his death. He was married June 8, 1837, to Sarah, daughter of Matthew Marshall, to whom were born the following,: children: Matthew, deceased; John K.; Anthony C.; Jennie M., wife of E. W. Muzzy; Annie P., wife of S. C. Thomas; Sophia C., wife of C. A. Thomas; Isaac H., land Charles M. He was a Republican, and filled the office of school director in his township thirty years. Both he and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and died October 21, 1890, and June 14, 1888, respectively.

ISAAC H. PEPPERMAN, fourth son of Isaac and Sarah Pepperman, was born December 16, 1857, on his present homestead farm, where he has ever since resided. He purchased the homestead, containing 200 acres, and has been engaged in general farming since reaching manhood: He was married in 1881, to Alice M., daughter of Robert Maffet, and has four children: Olive E.; Matie R.; Harry M., and Sarah A. Mr. Pepperman is a Republican and has filled several minor offices in his township. He is a member of Lodge No. 751, I. O. O. F., of Salladasburg.

GEORGE CLINE, a native of Mercer county, New Jersey, settled in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, about 1800, purchasing a tract of 106 acres, where Abraham Losch now lives. He resided upon this farm until his death, in 1854. He was the father of the following children: James; Jacob; William; Maria, who married William Crow; Mrs. John Nable; Mrs. George Johnson, and Mrs. Fanny Rosencrans. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics an adherent of the Democratic party.

JAMES, CLINE, oldest son of George Cline, was born in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, in 1810. After attaining his majority, he settled where his son Jeremiah now lives, and engaged in farming and lumbering. He spent the balance of his life on that farm. He married Margaret, daughter of William English, who survived him and resides with her son Winfield S., at Larry’s Creek. They were the parents, of ton children: Sarah J., who married Archie Stradley; Maggie A., wife of Jacob, Good; Caroline, wife of William Toner; William; John R.; James, and Henry of Kansas; Jeremiah; George, and Winfield S. Mr. Cline was a Democrat in politics, and in religion a Methodist.

JOHN R. CLINE, Second son of James and Margaret Cline, was born, in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, February 28, 1842. He received a common school education, and throughout his early manhood he followed farming and lumbering; In 1864 he enlisted in Company G, Two Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, and participated in the battles of Fort Stedman and Petersburg. At the close of the war he purchased his present homestead of seventy acres, upon which he has since lived. He was married in 1869, to Elizabeth Shone, of Blooming Grove, Lycoming county, and has a family of nine children: Charles E.; Amanda; Annie; Emma M.; Cora E.; Maude L.; Harry D.; William, and Lawrence R. Mr. Cline is a member of Mount Pleasant Evangelical church, and has served as school director for three years.

PETER MOYER was a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and settled in Lewis township, (now Gamble), Lycoming county, in 1808. He afterwards removed to .Jackson township, and purchased a tract of 100 acres, which he cleared and improved. He was a cabinet maker by trade, and lived upon his farm about thirty years. He also kept hotel at Block House, Jackson township, Lycoming county, for several years, and then bought a farm in Mifflin township, upon which he died. He married Katie Gundrum of Berks county, Pennsylvania, who became the mother of the following children: Susan, who married a Mr. Zimmerley; John; Kate, who married John Miller, and Peter. He was a member of the Lutheran church, and donated the ground for the Moyer Lutheran church of, Jackson township.

JOHN MOYER, eldest son of Peter Moyer, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1805. He came with his parents to Lycoming county, and was reared in Jackson township. He is well remembered as one of the noted hunters of pioneer, days. When he was twenty years old he purchased a farm in Jackson township, whence he removed to Mifflin township, and bought 140 acres of land, whereon his son Charles now lives. He built a saw mill, and was engaged in the lumber business until 1867. He then retired from active business life, and died upon his farm in May, 1879. He owned 220 acres of land where his son Charles lives, sixty acres where John Siegel lives, and 100 acres where E Thomas resides, all of which he cleared and improved. He was a prominent Democrat of his locality, but never accepted office. He was one of the organizers of the Lutheran church in Salladasburg, and gave liberally of his means towards the erection of the church building. He subsequently joined the German Baptist church, in which faith he died. Mr. Moyer married Charlotte, daughter of Jeremiah Maneval of Tioga county, and was the father of the following children: Charles D.; Jacob; Peter; Harriet, who first married Lewis Bowman, and afterward Henry Newcome; John, and Charlotte, wife of Isaiah Hays.

CHARLES D. MOYER was born in Jackson township, Lycoming county, June 5, 1824, and is the eldest son of John Moyer. He received a common school education, and removed with his father to Mifflin township, with whom he was engaged in the lumber business. At the age of twenty-three he engaged in boating on the West Branch canal for two years, and then followed farming for a number of years. He afterwards located in Cogan House township, and embarked in the lumber business, which he followed four years. Returning to the homestead in Mifflin township, he purchased it, and has since been engaged in farming and lumbering. Mr. Moyer has been twice married. In 1850 he married Anna, daughter of John Soffel of Snyder county, Pennsylvania, who bore him the following children: Mary; John; William H., and James M., all of whom are residents of Kansas; Charles K.; Charlotte, and Jacob I. His second wife was Mrs. Rosanna Kohler, daughter of Jacob Kissinger, who is the mother of five children, as follows: Samuel S.; Rilla, wife of Henry Fellman; Clarence F., deceased; Lewis L., and Sadie A. Mr. Moyer is a Democrat, and has filled several minor offices in his township. He is a member of the Evangelical church, and has been a class-leader for many years in that organization.

JOHN GEORGE HEYD, originally Haid, was born in Pfullingen, Ober-Ampt, Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1776. In 1805 he immigrated to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and in 1807 he settled in Hepburn township, Lycoming county, where he resided until his death, in 1824. He owned a farm of 200 acres, which he partly cleared and improved. He was married in Germany, to Anna Maria Mutchler, and they were the parents of the following children: George; John; Catherine, wife of George Eckert; Margaret, wife of Joseph Losch, and Mary, who married Leonard Schambacher. He was married a second time, to Mary Sholl, who became the mother of seven children: David; Matthew; Phoebe; Barbara; Ursula; Rosanna, and Christina. Mr. Heyd was a Democrat in politics, and a Lutheran in religion.

JOHN HEYD, second son of John George and Anna Maria Heyd, was born in Germany, January 26, 1803. He came with his parents to this country, and grew to manhood on the homestead farm in Hepburn township, Lycoming county. He rented a farm until he was twenty-eight years of age, and then purchased eighty ;acres of land in Hepburn township, upon which he lived six years. He afterwards purchased 200 acres in Mifflin township, to which he added 160 acres more, where he lived thirty years, and removed to Delaware in 1867. He purchased a farm of 198 acres in that State, upon which both he and wife died in February, 1889. He married Dorothea, daughter of Michael Eckert of Hepburn township, and they were the parents of eleven children, as follows: Michael; Mary, wife of Jacob Metzger; Kate, who was twice married, first to Hartley Elluanger, and then to Chris Singer; Margaret, wife of Charles Elluanger; George; Phoebe, wife of Charles Zinck; Lizzie, wife of Jacob Ginter; David, of Delaware; Rosa, wife of Frederick Friedel; John, of Delaware, and Jacob, of Philadelphia.

MICHAEL HEYD, eldest son of John and Dorothea Heyd, was born in Hepburn township, Lycoming county, April 17, 1832. He was reared in Mifflin township, and attended the German schools of his neighborhood. In 1860 he settled on his present farm of 100 acres, where he has since resided. Mr. Heyd was married in 1860, to Rosanna, daughter of David Manavel, who has borne him eight children: Edward; Charles; Lizzie, wife of John Young; Adeline; Annie; Ellen; James, and Nelson. He is a Democrat, and has filled the offices of school director, assessor, etc., many years. He is a member of Mi. Pleasant Evangelical church, and a trustee in that body.

GEORGE HEYD, son of John and Dorothea Heyd, was born on the old homestead, February 4, 1839, where he now resides. He received a common school education, and has always been engaged in farming. At the age of twenty-eight he rented the old homestead farm for three years, then purchased it, and is now the owner of 360 acres. Mr. Heyd was married in 1867, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Linck. She died June 9, 1883, leaving four children: Henry; Annie; Irwin, and William. He was again married, February 4, 1886, to Clara J., daughter of Jacob Stahl of Nippenose valley. Mr. Heyd is a Democrat, and has filled the positions of school director and auditor in his township. He is a steward and trustee in Frieden Evangelical church, and is one of the representative citizens of that part of the county.

CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK LOSCH was a native of Pfullingen, Ober-Ampt, Reutlingen, Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to Pennsylvania in 1830, and settled at Blooming Grove, Lycoming county. He purchased 400 acres of land, cleared and improved a farm, and died thereon in 1842. He married Dorothea Seitz, a native of the same place, who survived him, and died January 15, 1869. Their children, are as follows: Joseph F., deceased; John; Catharine, widow of Henry Schneider Jacob, deceased; Rachel, wife of Jacob Barnhart, and Mrs. Elizabeth Henny. Mr. Losch was a life-long member of the Lutheran church.

JOSEPH F. LOSCH, son of Christopher F. and Dorothea Losch, was born November 11, 1811, in Germany, and came with his parents to Lycoming county in 1830, He purchased a tract of land in Mifflin township, where his sons, Frederick and Jacob, now reside, and cleared up a farm. He was engaged in farming, and also erected many houses in Williamsport. He married Margaret, daughter of John George Heyd, of Hepburn township, and was the father of the following children; Catharine, widow of Albert Miller; Frederick; Dorothea, wife of Michael Bulach;. Rachel, deceased wife of Solomon Siegel; Jacob, and John. Mr. Losch was an attendant of the Evangelical church, to which his wife belonged. They died in, 1874 and 1867, respectively. Politically he was a Republican.

FREDERICK LOSCH was born in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, November 9, 1835, and is a son of Joseph F. and Margaret (Heyd) Losch. He received a common school education, and has always been engaged in farming upon the old homestead. He was married in 1866, to Catharine Willott, who died in 1867, leaving one child, since deceased. He married for his second wife Henrietta, daughter of John Durwachter, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1868, who has borne him the following children: John; Solomon; Jacob A.; William F.; Charles W. George W.; Margaret B.; Katie S.; Norah H.; Edward E., and Mattie E. Mr. Losch has always taken a great interest in the public schools of his township,. and has filled the office of school director several years. Politically he is a Democrat, and is an adherent of the Evangelical church.

JACOB LOSCH, son of Joseph F. and Margaret Losch, was born on the old homestead in Mifflin township in 1842. He received a common school education,. and has been always engaged in farming, in partnership with his brother Frederick. They own a well improved farm of 270 acres. He attends the Evangelical church, and in politics is a Republican.

JOHN LOSCH is the third son of Joseph F. and Margaret Losch, and was born in Mifflin township, May 27, 1844. He was educated in the common schools, and settled in Watson township, on a farm of 187 acres. In the spring of 1882 he purchased his present homestead in Piatt township, which contains 150 acres. Mr. Losch was married in 1870, to Caroline, daughter of Henry Kuhn, of Mifflin township, and they are, the parents of three children: William H.; Mary M., and Aaron A. Politically he is a Republican, and has filled the office of school director in Watson township. Mr. Losch is one of the representative farmers of that part of the county.

JACOB GOHL was born near Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1803, and immigrated to Philadelphia in May, 1830. He came to Hepburn township, Lycoming county, the same year, and in 1831 he purchased the farm where Charles, Marshall now resides. It contains 107 acres, and he cleared and improved it, and lived upon it up to within two years of his death, which occurred at the home of his son, John, in 1879. Mr. Gohl was twice married. His first wife was Jane A. Eckert, who became the mother of the following children: John; William; Jacob F.; Frederick; Elizabeth, wife of William Cohick; Christian; Catherine, wife, of Lewis Stephens, and Rosa, wife of William Thomas. Mrs. Gohl died in 1857, and he afterwards married Mrs. Jane Stonesifer, who is also deceased. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Baptist church.

JOHN GOHL, eldest son of Jacob and Jane A. (Eckert) Gohl, was born in Hepburn township, Lycoming county, May 25, 1831. He was educated in the German schools of his neighborhood, and grew to manhood under the parental roof. In 1863 he purchased his present farm, upon which he has since resided. Mr. Gohl was, married in 1855, to Mary F., daughter of Valentine Smith, of Mifflin township. Their children. are: William V.; Henry F.; James E.; Norah L., and Oscar M. S. Politically he is a Republican, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church; He is also connected with the I. O. O. F., and Mifflin Grange, No. 250. During, the war he enlisted in Company M, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was in the battles of Petersburg and Fort Stedman.

WILLIAM GOHL is a son of Jacob, Gohl, and was born upon the homestead, July 10, 1834. He received a common school education, in the old log school house, erected on the Gohl homestead, which he assisted in building. He resided with his parents until he was twenty-four years of age, and then worked four years at the lumber business. He afterwards purchased his present farm of 100 acres, which he has since cleared and improved. During the war he enlisted in Company M, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, and participated in the battles of’ Petersburg and Fort Stedman. Mr. Gohl was married in 1861, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Marshall, of Anthony township, who has borne him ten children: Clara B.; William A.; John F.; Maggie; Elijah; Lydia; Katie; George; Joseph, and Bertha. Politically he is a Democrat, and is a member of Mifflin Grange, No. 250, P. of H.

JACOB FRIEDEL was born in Rhinepaltz, Germany, in May, 1787, grew to manhood in his native land, and there learned the shoemaker’s trade. In 1831 he immigrated, to New York City, where he lived two years, and then removed to Colebrook township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, and worked at his trade for five years. In the spring of 1840 he came to Lycoming county, and settled upon the land in Mifflin township where his son Frederick now lives. He purchased a small tract which he farmed, at the same time following his trade. He afterwards bought more land and finally owned 300 acres. He purchased a saw mill in 1842 on the first fork of Larry’s creek, and engaged in the lumber business, which he. followed a number of years. His wife was Mary Smith, a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, who bore him the following children: Frederick; Jacob; Charles; Catharine, who married Daniel Russie; Mary, who married Henry Evegood; Louisa, who was twice married, first to Lewis Marks, and then to William Hoyer. Mr. Friedel was a Democrat, and in early life was a member of the Presbyterian church, but afterward joined the Evangelical denomination. His wife died in January, 1868; he survived her until January 1, 1875.

FREDERICK FRIEDEL, oldest son of Jacob and Mary Friedel, was born at Rhinepaltz, Germany, December 16, 1820, and came with his parents to the United States in 1831. He learned the shoemaker’s trade with his father, and worked for him in New York City and Berks county, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1839 the family came to Lycoming county, where he worked at his trade for Col. Jacob Sallade six months. He afterwards worked for his father for the same period, and then engaged in the lumber business with his father, which he followed for ten years. At this time he purchased a tract of land adjoining his father’s homestead, which he has since cleared and improved. He was one of the prominent lumbermen of his vicinity during the time he was engaged in that business. He has always taken a great interest in public matters, and has been a life-long adherent of the Democratic party. He is a member of Frieden Evangelical church, and is connected with the I. O. O. F. society. He married Catherine, daughter of George Fisher, and has the following children: Rebecca, wife of J. H. Hetner; George W. and Aaron, merchants of Lock Haven; Elizabeth, wife of J. B. Dinsworth; Susanna, and Annie.

JOHN B. ROBINSON was born on the State road, on the line of Anthony and Lycoming townships, Lycoming county, July 24, 1814, son of John and Mary (Baker) Robinson, and was reared upon the old homestead. He received a common school education, and remained at home until he was twenty-seven years old. He then purchased 100 acres of land in Anthony township, upon which he lived several years, and afterwards bought the adjoining 100 acres, and resided .Upon it until 1865. In that year he removed to Salladasburg, and bought seventy-five acres close to that village, where he still resides. He also purchased the mercantile business of John Cline, which he carried on for ten years. He at one time owned a large amount of property in Salladasburg, and erected many houses in that village. Politically he is a Democrat, and has always taken an active interest in public affairs, and has filled the office of justice of the peace for twenty years. In 1841 he married Catherine, daughter of John Johnson of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, of which union the following children were born: Jasper; Mary J.; wife of William King, and Adeline, Wife of Samuel Boynton. His second wife was Catherine, daughter of Stephen Smith of Linden, who bore him three children: James, a merchant of Salladasburg; William, of Denver, Colorado, and Franklin, of Cogan valley. Mr. Robinson subsequently married Mrs. Ellen Lambert, daughter of James Wheeler, who is the mother of six children, as follows: Grant, deceased; Rosie, wife of James Persun; Ira; Mildred; Jesse, and Hattie.

AARON C. WILLIAMSON, son of John and Lydia Williamson, was born on the homestead in Lycoming township, April 5, 1833; he was educated in the public schools and learned the carpenter’s trade and afterwards engaged in that business in connection with the millwright’s trade, and built several new mills, barns, and houses. In 1860 he located on his present farm of eighty-five acres in Mifflin township, which he cleared and improved. In 1883 he was appointed storekeeper and gauger in the Twelfth district of Pennsylvania. In 1885 the Democratic administration removed him, but in 1889 he was re-appointed to the same office, which position he has since occupied. Mr. Williamson married in 1855, Phoebe, daughter of John Watts of Mifflin township, to whom have been born the following children: Ellen, wife of Luke Olmstead; Scott J. and John C., both deceased; Doan L.; Ann, wife of Sidney Harman; Maria, wife of W. B. Straub; Warren and Abraham, twins, the latter deceased. Politically he is a Republican, has been prominent in local affairs, and has filled most of the township offices. He joined the order of Odd Fellows in 1867, and is a charter member of Salladasburg Lodge, No. 751, I. O. O. F., and also a member of the Mifflin Grange, No. 250, P. of H. He is connected with the Christian church, and takes a commendable interest in its progress.

JOHN WATTS was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and was a son of James and Sophia Watts. His father was of Scotch-Irish extraction, and was a sergeant in Captain Taggart’s company of Col. James Murray’s Battalion in the Revolution. He was killed at Fort Freeland on the 28th of July, 1779, being caught by the Indians just outside the fort, and tomahawked. The subject of this sketch was born in 1793, on Warrior run, and on the breaking out of the war of 1812, he ran away from home and joined the Warrior Run Rifle Company, commanded by Capt. William McGuire of Northumberland county, and served throughout that war. In April, 1829, he settled on Larry’s creek, in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, where Jacob Reichard now lives. In 1840 he purchased 100 acres of land, where, John S. Williamson lives, which he partly cleared and improved. In 1844 he moved to Indiana, and settled near Elkhart City, where he died. Mr. Watts married Maria, daughter of Samuel Chestnutwood of Mifflin county, who bore him twelve children: Samuel, and James, both deceased; Samuel C.; Thomas J.; Maria J., deceased wife of Samuel Mallory; John A.; Marjorie; David J.; Phoebe T., wife, of A. C. Williamson; Hannah E., who was twice married, first to William Yost, and afterwards to David Hollingshead; Eli M., and Jonathan W. Mrs. Watts survived. her husband and died in Mifflin township, October 22, 1879. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

THOMAS J. WATTS was born December 3, 1825, in Turbut township, Northumberland county, son of John and Maria Watts. He received a common school education, and early in life engaged in lumbering. In 1844 he and his brother purchased the old homestead from Samuel Humes, and lived there until 1852. He then bought his present farm of ninety-two acres, who he has since cleared and improved. He was married in 1848, to Lydia, daughter of John and Lydia Williamson, and has had four children: Samuel I., who married Susan Knight; Hannah M., wife of David Losch; John F., who married Georgianna Vandenberg, and Mary Ann, who died in her fourth year. Mr. Watts is a Republican, and was elected a justice of the peace in 1884, and re-elected in 1889. He is a. member of the Salladasburg Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has been a trustee for fifteen years, and is also, a class-leader and Sunday school superintendent in that organization. He is a member of Mifflin Grange, No. 250, P. of H.

GEORGE FISHER was born on the River Rhine, in Germany, in 1810. In 1828, with his brother Adam, he came to the United States and settled in Lewis township, Lycoming county, where they took up a tract of 300 acres. Adam died there, and George subsequently purchased a farm in Anthony township, where George Fisher now lives, and resided there six years. He then purchased the present homestead of his son, J. J. Fisher, containing 130 acres, upon which he resided until his death, in January, 1875. Mr. Fisher married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Metzger, and their children were as follows: Catharine, wife of Frederick Friedel; Jacob J.; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Abram Waltz; Matilda, wife of William Waltz; Adam, of Watson township; Charles, of Iowa; John; Rebecca, wife of Henry Russie; Peter, and Sarah, wife of James Fink. Mrs. Fisher survives her husband, and resides with her son Jacob J. Politically he was a Democrat, and always took an interest in the improvement of his township, and laid out many of the early roads. He was a member of the Evangelical church, and gave liberally towards the erection of the church on Market street, in Williamsport, also to Frieden church, of Mifflin township, and the Warrensville church.

JACOB J. FISHER, son of George and Elizabeth Fisher, was born in Lewis township, Lycoming county, February 29, 1836. He received a common school education, and has always been engaged in farming. At the age of twenty-four he settled in Mifflin township, and farmed on shares for seven years, and afterwards five years in Hepburn, and two years in Lycoming township. He then returned to the homestead, which he subsequently purchased, and now carries on the dairy business in connection with farming, establishing the former in 1890. Mr. Fisher married in 1858, Mary, daughter of Rev. John Young, and has the following children: Emma, wife of Edward Heyd; Sarah E., wife of H. F. Harer; Avlin D.; Ida, wife of S. O. Harer; George A.; Floyd E., and Mary T. Mr. Fisher is a Republican, and an ardent temperance advocate. He is a member of the Evangelical church, has been a steward for twenty years, and is a trustee in that organization.

GOTTLIEB GINTER was the son of German parents, and was born in the United States in 1806, soon after the coming of his parents to this country. They settled in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where our subject grew to maturity. In 1849 he came to Lycoming county, and purchased seventy-five acres of land in Mifflin township, where John Cline now lives. He cleared and improved this farm, and died thereon in 1859. He was a tailor by trade, and followed that business before coming to this county. He married Mary A. Steiger, who bore him the following children: George; John M.; Caroline, wife of James Patton; Margaret, wife of George Gohl; Jacob; William; Lewis; Henry, and Joseph. Mr. Ginter was a class-leader in the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. He was a Democrat, but took no active part in political matters. His widow survived him until 1891.

JACOB GINTER, son of Gottlieb and Mary A. Ginter, was born in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1836. He received a common school education, and remained with his parents until he reached manhood. He then worked for different parties at lumbering and farming until 1865, when he purchased his present homestead of 130 acres, which he has since cleared and improved. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Heyd, of Mifflin township, who has had four children: Anna M., deceased; Rosa M.; Charles A., and Nellie V. Mr. Ginter is a Republican in politics, and is a steward and trustee in the Methodist Episcopal church.

JOHN G. SIEGEL was born July 8, 1832, in Wurtemberg, Germany, and grew to manhood in his native land. In 1854 he immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and found employment at the shoemaker’s trade, which business he had learned in Germany. In 1856 he came to Williamsport, and worked at big trade until 1861. He then enlisted in Company E, Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until 1863, when he was discharged for disability. He participated in the marches and battles in which his regiment was engaged, and took part in the Seven Days campaign before Richmond and the Second Battle of Bull Run. Returning to Lycoming county he located at Salladasburg, and engaged in merchandising in connection with shoemaking, which he followed eleven years at that village. In 1879 he purchased his present farm of sixty acres, on which he established a distillery, and has since conducted that business quite successfully. Mr. Siegel was married in 1865, to Mary A., daughter of Leonard Kiess, who has borne him a family of eight children: Jennie; Andrew; Fred; John; Margaret; Samuel; Thomas, deceased, and Clare, deceased. Politically Mr. Siegel was originally a Republican, but subsequently joined the Democratic party, and is still connected with that organization. He has filled the offices of jury commissioner, auditor, assessor, constable and school director, and has been quite active in the public affairs of his township. He is a member of the Lutheran church.

C. B. BASTIAN, M. D., was born in White Deer valley, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1861, and is a son of Dr. J. C. Bastian of Elimsport. He was educated in the common schools, and at Wood’s Commercial College, Williamsport, and was bookkeeper for the Standard Nail and Iron Company five years. He read medicine with Dr. W. B. Konkle of Montoursville, and graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the spring of 1889. Dr. Bastian commenced practice :at Salladasburg in April, 1889, where he has since continued in the active duties of his profession. He was married, September 16, 1886, to Emma J., daughter of Jacob Schuck, and has three children: Jeanette R.; Carrie E., and Harold J. Politically he is a Democrat, and is an adherent of the Lutheran church. He is a member of the Lycoming County and West Branch Medical Societies, and has built up a good practice since locating at Salladasburg.

JAMES CARPENTER was one of the pioneers of Lycoming county. He was a son of Thomas Carpenter, a native of Nottingham, England, who came to America during the Revolution and served in that war for Independence. Soon after the close of that struggle for liberty, James Carpenter came to the West Branch valley and took up 700 acres of land on what is now the line of Anthony and Woodward townships, Lycoming county, upon which he spent the balance of his life. He never obtained his patent for this land, but it was afterwards obtained by his grandsons, Jesse B. and David J. Carpenter. His children were: William, and Samuel, both of whom removed to Indiana; John; James; Polly, who married John Cohick; and Mary, who married George Bennett, all of whom are dead.

JOHN CARPENTER, third son of James Carpenter, was born on the homestead farm .in this county in 1788. He grow to manhood and cleared up a portion of the land upon which he afterward resided. He married Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth Campbell, of Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1806. She died August 6, 1847; he Survived her until 1865. Their family consisted of the following children: Elizabeth, deceased wife of Andrew Marshall; David, of Jersey Shore, who was twice married, first to Mary Ware, and afterwards to Rachael Mitcheltree; Priscilla, deceased wife of John Pepperman, deceased; Jesse B.; Nancy, who died in infancy; Susan A., deceased wife of Levi Tate, deceased; Sophia, wife of Jonas Newcome; Mary A., deceased wife of J. L. Rank; John J., of Iowa, who married Mary Marshall; William, who died in infancy, and Rebecca, deceased. In early life Mr. Carpenter was a Whig, and subsequently a Republican.

JESSE B. CARPENTER, second son of John and Mary Carpenter, was born October 10, 1813, in Woodward township, Lycoming county. He was reared upon the old homestead, and received such an education as the common schools of that period afforded. After he grew to manhood he and his brother secured the patent for the tract entered by his grandfather, a portion of which is still owned by members of the family. In 1866 he purchased his present home of 125 acres in Piatt township, where he has since resided. Mr. Carpenter was married May 20, 1847, to Phebe Ann, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Carpenter of Eldred township. Four children are the fruits of this union: Joseph R.; William B., deceased; John W., and Asher M. Mr. Carpenter is one of the leading farmers of his township, and is a trustee and steward of the Methodist Episcopal church of his neighborhood. Throughout his life-long residence in Lycoming county he has been recognized as an industrious and honorable citizen, a man whose character is above reproach, and whose success has been attained by a conscientious performance of duty. He is a kind and charit-able neighbor, and ever ready to help the needy and afflicted. Politically, he has always been a stanch Democrat, and is also a firm advocate of the temperance cause. Both he and wife are now spending their declining years in the mutual love and respect of home and family, and in the enjoyment of the comforts which their industrious and economical habits have won.

WILLIAM RIDDELL was one of the prominent and worthy citizens of this part of Lycoming county. He became a resident of Piatt township in 1817, where, he resided the remainder of his life, with the exception of one and one-half years. which were spent in Jersey Shore. He married Mary Berryhill, who survived him three years. He was elected county commissioner in 1836, and served one term; was elected sheriff in 1844, and after the close of his term of service in that office, he was foreman on the canal for several years, and was afterwards elected county commissioner for a second term. He died April 8, 1879, and his widow, February 20, 1892. Mr. Riddell was a leading Democrat, and both he and wife were Presbyterians.

C. B. RIDDELL was born September 7, 1840, on his present homestead in Piatt township, Lycoming county, and is a son of. William and Mary (Berryhill) Riddell. He received a public school education, and has worked on a farm the greater part, of his life. In 1863 he enlisted in an independent company under General Couch, and was mustered out and discharged during that same year at Harrisburg. He, was appointed postmaster at Larry’s Creek by the Cleveland administration, and still holds that position. He became station agent at Larry’s Creek for the Fall Brook railroad, June 12, 1883, was the first station master, and is the only one remaining on the Pine Creek division of the original appointees. He was married April 12, 1876, to Mary, daughter of William and Lydia Marshall, natives of Lycoming county, and residing at the time in Piatt township. To this union have been born six children: William B., born September 7, 1867; John B., born July 9, 1869; Lydia M., born October 24, 1872; George W., born April 24, 1874; Charles B., born October 2, 1878, and Ralph B., born July 7, 1881. Politically he is a Democrat, belongs to the Masonic order, and is a member of the G. A. R.

EDWARD H. RUSSELL was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1806, and was a son of Evan Russell, who commanded a company under Washington in the Revolutionary war. Evan Russell removed from Lancaster county to Centre county, where he died at the Curtin Iron Works in 1838. He was a forge carpenter, and was superintendent in the erection of those works. Edward learned the trade of an iron worker, and about 1824 he came to Lycoming county. He operated a mill on Larry’s creek for many years. In early life he was a Whig, and afterwards a Republican. He served one term as county commissioner, and was a justice of the peace for many years. He was also a candidate for the legislature at one time, but was defeated. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and it was largely through his exertions that Mt. Zion church, of Piatt township, was erected in 1845. Mr. Russell married Jane, daughter of John Knox, who came to this county from Maryland. Three sons and four daughters were born to them, as follows: John, who crossed the plains in the expedition against the Mormons in 1857, and started for Pike’s Peak in the spring of 1858, and perished in the mountains; Evan, of Williamsport; Edward H., who went west in 1877, and died in Kansas; Lucinda, wife of Thomas Hughes, of Linden, Lycoming county; Elizabeth, widow of Anthony M. King, of Jersey Shore; Margaret, deceased wife of Frank Bowers, and Julia, widow of A. P. Harris, of Jersey Shore. Mr. Russell died in 1866.

ROBERT KING, son of John and Martha (Marshall) King, and grandson of Robert King, was born in July, f823, on the homestead where he resided up to his recent death. He received a common school education, and grew to manhood under the parental roof. After his father’s death, he and his brother, William R., purchased the homestead. In early life he engaged in the lumber business, which he followed in connection with farming. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

WILLIAM R. KING, son of John and Martha (Marshall) King, was born upon the old homestead where he now lives, June 15, 1838. He received a common school education, and subsequently attended the Jersey Shore high school and Dickinson Seminary. He began teaching at the age of twenty-three, and taught during the winter seasons for ten years, and followed agricultural pursuits in connection there with. On the death of his father he returned to the homestead, which he and his brother, Robert, purchased, and upon which he has resided since that time. Mr. King was married in 1867, to Mary J., daughter of J. B. Robinson of Salladasburg, who has borne him a family of nine children, as follows: Jennie M., wife of J. F. Sweeley; Addie B.; John F.; Edward; Franklin; William; Harry; Cynthia, and Artman. Mr. King has filled the offices of auditor, school director, and judge and inspector of elections in his township, and has been one of the assessors for a number of years. In politics he is a Republican, and is liberal in his religious opinions.

JOHN BICKELL was a native of Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany; and immigrated to the United States in 1830. He was a gardener by trade, and spent a short time in several places before settling at Block House, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased forty acres of land, upon which he resided up to his death. Mr. Bickell was twice married, first to Dorothea Keltz, who bore him the following children: John; George, and Catharine, all of whom remained in Germany. His second wife was Elizabeth Snyder, who became the mother of eight children, as follows: John; Matthias; Andrew, deceased; Mary, deceased; Hannah, widow of James Moore; Susan, deceased; Rachel, of Ohio, and Sarah, deceased. John Bickell was one of the Great Napoleon’s soldiers, and served in the disastrous Russian campaign. His regiment went out 1,200 strong, only six of whom ever returned alive. Mr. Bickell was a Lutheran, and a quiet, respected citizen.

MATTHIAS BICKELL, second son of John and Elizabeth Bickell, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, September 10, 1824. He came with his parents to Pennsylvania, and was reared in Tioga county. He learned the carpenter’s trade, and followed that business at Blossburg and Block House, Pennsylvania, also in Ohio for many years. In 1885 he purchased a farm of 295 acres, which he improved by the erection of substantial buildings. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Cohick, who has borne him the following children: Lydia, wife of James Davidson; John, of Michigan; Montgomery, of Newberry; William, of Porter township; Elizabeth, deceased wife of E. Hemford; Joseph, of Jersey Shore; Elmer; McClellan; S. Ellsworth, a physician of Jersey Shore; Grant, and Gearie. Mr. Bickell is R Republican, is a member of the Christian church, and is connected with the I. O. O. F.

SAMUEL A. BARTO was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1,830, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gillman) Barto. His grandfather, John Barto, was one of the pioneers of Union county. His father was a carpenter, which business he followed all his life. He reared seven children: Jonathan, of Illinois; William; Samuel A.; Sarah, wife of Henry Forney; Catharine, deceased wife of David McDaniel; Susan, wife of Samuel Lorman, and Ellen, wife of Frank Kneibler. Samuel, Sr., died in 1884. He was a Democrat in politics, and a Lutheran in religion. The subject of this sketch was reared in Danville, Pennsylvania, and received a public school education. At the age of eighteen he located at Jersey Shore, learned the carpenter’s trade, and engaged in that business at Liberty, Tioga county. He remained there seven years, and two years later located on his present farm in Piatt township, where he carried on his trade in connection with farming. Mr. Barto was married in 1852, to Henrietta, daughter of William Dieffenbacher, and has had the following children: William D. and Abner A., both deceased; Frances, wife of Samuel C. Willitts; Elmer, and Sarah E., deceased. Elmer married Mary McLaughlin, and has three children: Weldon F.; William D., and Henrietta. Mr. Barto is a Republican, and has filled several of the local offices of his township, He is a class-leader in the Evangelical church, and is superintendent of the Sunday school in that organization.

ELI STONE was a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and came to Lycoming county towards the close of the last century, and settled on the Muncy Hills. He was twice married, first to Grace Kelly, who bore him three children: Ellen, who married Robert Ray; Ann, who became the wife of Thomas McKee, and George F. His second wife was Barbara Dimm, who had one child, Phoebe. He died at the home of his son-in-law, Thomas McKee.

GEORGE F. STONE, Only son of Eli and Grace Stone, was born April 17, 1816. His mother died when he was an infant of four months, and he was reared by his uncle, Abraham Taylor. He received a common school education, learned the harness maker’s trade, and carried on that business at Jersey Shore, in connection with Thomas Longen. He subsequently sold his interest to J. B. Gamble, and engaged in the livery and stage business, which he had already established, and ran it for twenty years. From 1863 to 1871 he carried on the Franklin House in Jersey Shore, and in the latter year removed to Mississippi and engaged in farming. He afterwards went to Arkansas, and thence to St. Louis, Missouri, where he followed the mercantile business seven years. He then returned to Lycoming county, retired from active business, and now resides with his son, T. B. Stone, of Piatt township. He was married in 1843, to Sarah A., daughter of the late Judge Solomon Bastress, and has one child, Tucker B. Mr. Stone is a Republican, and has filled several offices in Jersey Shore.

TUCKER B. STONE, only child of George F. and Sarah A. Stone, was born August 19, 1844. He received a public school education in Jersey Shore, and afterwards attended the West Branch High School. He engaged in the hotel business with his father, and was also connected with him in business in the South and West. In 1874 he located in St. Louis, and embarked in the wholesale notion business, under the firm name of J. R. Ern & Company, which he followed three years. He subsequently engaged in the manufacture of emory wheels for two years. Returning to Lycoming county, he located on his present farm of 100 acres, and has since followed agricultural pursuits. Mr. Stone was married in 1877 to Anna, daughter of John McLaughlin, and has two sons, John M. and Fred. He has been a school director for six years, and in politics is a Republican.

FREDERICK HARMAN was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1792, and immigrated with his two brothers, John and George, to the United States in 1808. John settled in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, and George in Hepburn township, and both spent their lives in their respective localities. Frederick was a shoemaker by trade, but worked on a farm for a Mr. Lowmiller, who lived near Williamsport, for a number of years., He then settled at Block House, Tioga county, and cleared up a farm of seventy-five acres. About 1852 he purchased seventy-seven acres of land near the head of Tomb’s run, in Watson township, Lycoming county, where he lived until 1880, and then made his home with his son Samuel until his death, in 1885. He married Susanna Hartman, who died in 1862. She was a native of Block House, Tioga county, slid bore him four children: Margaret, wife of Jacob Hair; Elizabeth, wife of Christ Yetley of Iowa; Samuel of Piatt township, and John of Anthony township. Mr. Harman was a Democrat, and was a member of the Evangelical

SAMUEL HARMAN, son of Frederick and Susanna Harman, was born in Mifflin township, Lycoming county, June 24,1842. He was reared in Mifflin and Watson townships, and received a common school education. At the age of twenty-four he engaged in farming the homestead, where he remained until 1880, and then purchased his present place, which contains seventy-two acres. Mr. Harman was married in 1866, to Mary, daughter of Eli Fincher of Woodward township, and has two children, Charles E. and Minnie B. In September, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, Two Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Fort Fisher and Deep Bottom, and also in the Carolina campaign. He is an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics is a Republican.

GEORGE T. WOLF was born in what is now Porter township, Lycoming county, and is a son of Henry M. and Mary (Gamble) Wolf. He was reared on the homestead at Jersey Mills, and received a common school education. He worked on the farm in the summer, and followed lumbering during the winter season. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served three years. He participated in the seven days’ fight before Richmond, Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, and other engagements, and was mustered out of service September 6, 1864. He was engaged in lumbering for his brothers, James and Michael until 1878, and then embarked in farming in partnership with his father. In 1886 he purchased his present homestead of eighty-three acres, upon which he has since resided. Mr. Wolf was married in 1882, to Miss Addie De France, whom has borne him two children: Mary E., deceased, and Harry H. He is an ardent Democrat, and is a member of the Baptist church of Jersey Shore.

AARON B. ARTMAN was born in what is now Lewis township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1817, and is now in his seventy-fifth year. His boyhood days were spent on the homestead farm, and he was nine years old before he began attending the old log school house of pioneer days, presided over by a pedagogue of "severe and forbidding countenance with a big rod." He attended school during the winter sessions of three months each until the age of nineteen; the balance of the time was spent on the farm and in the weave shop. At the age of nineteen he taught two terms of school at Hughesville, then taught at Turbutville and Warrior Run, and next at McEwensville for seven years in succession. He continued teaching until 1852, when he accepted the agency for several insurance companies, as traveling agent, and successfully continued in that business for ten years, after which he was engaged in farming and teaching school until his hearing became so impaired that he was compelled to bid a regretful good-bye to, the school room. In 1878 he came to Lycoming county, and in 1889 he accepted the position of bookkeeper and salesman at the woolen mills of his brother, Capt. Daniel Artman, on Larry’s creek, which he continued to fill until the mills were burned. Mr. Artman has been prominent in local politics since early manhood, when he was elected and commissioned a captain in the State militia. For fifteen years in succession he was either judge, inspector, or clerk of election, and was also assessor, and a justice of the peace ten years in Northumberland county. He is now serving his second term as justice of the peace in Lycoming county, and has been tax collector of Piatt township for six years in succession. He is toll keeper for the Larry’s Creek Plank Road Company, and is one of the best known and most popular citizens in his township.

J. B. STEWART, son of William H. and Amanda (Cox) Stewart, was born February 21, 1855, and reared on the homestead in Woodward township, Lycoming county. He attended the public schools of his native township, and was reared a farmer. He resided upon the homestead until January 16, 1885, when he settled upon his present farm of seventy acres, and has since been engaged in general farming. He was married June 5, 1886, to Belle, daughter of James Mahaffey, and has a family of three children: Charles E.; Amanda E., and Mary W. Mr. Stewart is a stanch Democrat, and takes an active interest in educational matters, being now a member of the school board of his district.

DAVID JUNOD came to the United States in 1806. He settled in Jersey Shore, where he engaged in the blacksmith business. He died at the age of eighty years in 1863. He was married in France to Mary J. Uranie and to them were born twelve children: Ullalie; Charlotte; Zemmie; Elizabeth; Juliann; Malinda; Phenilla; Sarah J.; Andrew; Samuel H.; John, and Thomas. Mr. Junod was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for thirty years.

SAMUEL H. JUNOD, second son of David Junod, was born in Jersey Shore in 1822. He was educated in the common schools and learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed for eleven years. He was next engaged in the butcher business for nine years and subsequently followed farming at Level Corner for some time. He then purchased his present farm of 174 acres in Piatt township. Mr. Junod married Mary J. Martin, who died in 1855, leaving five children: Robert Mc.; Erie; Albert; Emma, and Vinely. His second wife was Nancy Hughes, who died in February, 1890; by this union there were three children: Samuel, born in 1861, who married Margery T. English, and has two children: Harry and Lincoln; Harry, deceased, and J. W., who was born July 7, 1868, and married Charlotte Hager.

SAMUEL SHEASLY, miller, was born August 18, 1850, in Buffalo, New York, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Sherry) Sheasly. Jacob Sheasly was born in Buffalo, New York, and his wife was a native of West Buffalo, the same State. They resided the greater portion of their lives in West Buffalo, and are buried in Mackville cemetery, Clinton county, Pennsylvania. They were the parents of seven children: Phisiala, Henry; Mary A., who married George A. Shaw, of Illinois; Daniel, who resides in Green township, Clinton county; Charles, who lives at Antes Fort; Samuel, and George, who, lives in Centre county, Samuel received a, common school education, and in 1865 enlisted in a reserve company, and lay at Alexandria for two years, when he was mustered out and finally discharged at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; he also served five years in the National Guard of Pennsylvania, but previous to join-ing the National Guard, and after his discharge from the Reserves, he spent six months in learning bookkeeping, and afterwards learned the milling business in the Eagle Mills, Bald Eagle township, Clinton county, and has followed this occupation ever since. He was married July 12, 1874, to Elsie, daughter of Hamilton and Elizabeth More, of Flemington, Clinton county, Pennsylvania, and to this union have been born five children, all of whom are living: Clara G.; Edgar C.; Heary M.; George P., and Arthur W. Mr. Sheasly and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is. identified with the Republican party.

JOHN WURSTER, owner and proprietor of a saw mill at Millville, Piatt township, was born in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1849, son of Christopher and Rose Wurster, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1848. They located on Wallis run, Lycoming county, where they resided until their death, which occurred in 1885, and 1887, respectively. John Wurster received a common school education and attended the normal school at Montoursville for a few terms. He has followed the saw mill business the greater portion of his life. He was married in 1883, to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Metzler, of Anthony township, and to this union have been born three children: Nora and Cora, twins, born December 19, 1884, and Maud, born June 8, 1886. Mr. Wurster is a Democrat in politics, and belongs to the Evangelical church; his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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