DR.LOUIS J. ADAMS, one of the most prominent and skilful physicians and surgeons of the village of Evansville, Briarcreek township, Columbia County, Pa., and a highly esteemed citizen of that town, was born on his present homestead, March 5, 1849, and is a son of Stephen and Julia Ann (Hutchins) Adams, and grandson of Anthony Adams.
The Adams family is of English descent and Anthony Adams and his three brothers were the first of that name to locate in Briarcreek township. Anthony was the progenitor of one son and five daughters.
Stephen Adams, the father of our subject and his parents' only, son, was born in 1818 and passed from this life on the old homestead in 1860. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed that occupation mostly throughout his active days. Politically he was an ardent Democrat and firmly supported the principles of his chosen party; he has also represented his fellow-townsmen in many township offices. He was a member of the old state militia. Mr. Adams was united in marriage to Julia Ann Hutchins, a native of Briarcreek township, and to this union six children were born, namely: Louis J., the subject of this narrative; Alice S., the wife of Milton Williams of Nescopeck, Luzerne County, Pa.; and four who died in infancy. Our subject's father was one of the progressive citizens of his community, and was held in high esteem by his neighbors and acquaintances.
Dr. Louis J. Adams was educated in the public schools of New Columbus and Orangeville, and at the Bloomsburg Seminary. At the age of seventeen years he began teaching and taught some eight years. In 1874, having determined upon a medical career, he began studying medicine with Dr. J. J. Brown then of Miffinville, now of Bloomsburg; then, going to Cleveland he entered the Cleveland Medical College where he remained one year. He then entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia from which he was graduated March 10, 1877, after taking a two-years' course. Upon leaving school he returned home, proposing to rest prior to his locating, but he received so many calls that he concluded to remain there and has since built up a very large and lucrative practice. Our subject's practice extends over much of Columbia and Montour counties, and while he has not made any one branch of the profession a specialty, he has been most remarkably successful in the treatment of diphtheria.
Dr. Adams formed a matrimonial alliance with Clara V. Smith and they were happily wedded June 15, 1882. She is a daughter of the late Isaac Smith who was formerly a farmer of Nescopeck township, but later a retired citizen of Berwick, To Dr. and Mrs. Adams has been born one child, Edna A. Our subject is a member of Knapp Lodge, No. 462. F. & A. M. In religious views he is an active member of the United Evangelical Church. In politics he strongly supports the Democratic party, has served as school director, was secretary of the school board for nine years, and has held several other township offices. Dr. Adams is already recognized as the leading physician of Evansville; he is well read, and takes a worthy pride in striving to become a master of the profession through which disease is made to yield to the ingenuity and the intelligence of man.
(Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District, Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY: 1899. Consisting of Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Sullivan Counties Pg.90 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

J. E. AIKMAN, retired farmer, P. O. Light Street, was born in what is now Centre Township, this county, April 28, 1819, son of Levi, Sr., and Margaret (Hutchison) Aikman, a full sketch of whom appears above. Our subject made his home with his parents until they died, following farming, and helping his father until twenty-one years of age, after which he worked on shares of the place. After the father's death J. E. and Levi, Jr., purchased the old homestead, J. E buying about 137 acres. He now has 100 acres of fine farm land, among the finest in the valley, and also has thirty acres of timber land. He received his education in the subscription schools of his day, spending about three months in the year in school during the time of his attendance, and the remainder of the year at work on the farm. He is a Republican politically. During the war he was a strong Union man, and contributed largely from his funds toward the Union cause. He is a member of" the P. of H. and a member of the Presbyterian Church (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 412 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

LEVI AIKMAN, farmer, P. O. Light Street, was born in what is now Centre Township, this county, on the farm on which he now resides, on March 4, 1816, son of Levi, Sr., and Margaret (Hutchison) Aikman, the latter of whom was born in Northampton County, Penn., her father being a farmer; she was reared in Northampton County, and, her parents dying when she was a child, she afterward came to this county. Her ancestors were of Scotch-Irish extraction. The Aikman family are also of Scotch-Irish extraction, Alexander Aikman having emigrated from the North of Ireland to this country. He came to this county from Morris County, N. J., during the progress of the Revolutionary war, about 1777 or 1778. He had been previously married in New Jersey to Miss Mary Lewis, and they came to this county with th-nr children, among whom was Levi Aikman, Sr., father of the subject of this sketch. With him also came three brothers. He located on a tract of land which he purchased, the land on which Levi now resides being part of his original purchase, although he himself located about a half mile east. There were but few settlers in this vicinity when he came, probably a couple of families, and he found his purchase, which is in the Briar creek valley, covered with a very heavy growth of timber. He commenced by cutting down trees enough to hew out the logs for a cabin in which he could domicile his family, and, this task accomplished, he set about clearing up a farm in the heart of the wilderness. Here there were bears and wolves in large numbers, and Levi Aikman, Sr., often related to his family in later days that when he came deer were more plentiful than are sheep at the present day. He became quite expert in deer hunting, and killed quite a number of bears during the time he lived in the county. When Alexander Aikman first came out he was accompanied only by his three sons, and after getting his 900 acres located, his cabin built and three acres of turnips planted, he and his sons went back to the neighborhood of Sunbury, Northumberland County, to bring out the remainder of the family who had been temporarily left there. While they were at that place making preparations to return to this locality, the Indian war broke out, rendering it unsafe to venture back to their then western home. So when Alexander Aikman received an offer from a man who wished to purchase a part of his land, he sold 600 acres. He afterward often related how the compensation he got for this large tract was realized from the sale of thirty yards of tow cloth, he having been obliged to take his pay in Continental money. They then returned to Morris County, N . J . After the Indian troubles, however, the family came out to this county, and here Alexander and his wife lived until their death. The former died in the latter part of the last century; the latter survived him some time. They are buried in Scott Township, but not in a regular cemetery, as there was none in the county at the time of their death. Of their seven children Levi, Sr., was the second in order of age. Born in New Jersey in 1766, he was but a boy when his parents came to this county, and as he grew up he also witnessed the gradual progress of what is now Columbia County. He made his home with his parents until he was married. He had received some educational instruction in New Jersey, but on coming to this locality the meager educational facilities of that day allowed hira but a month or so more of schooling. He spent his boyhood days here at work on his father's farm, and when he was about thirty years of age he was married to Miss Margaret Hutchison. Before his marriage he had bought the land on which his son Levi now resides, and on which he had previously done some work, and after his marriage he and his wife settled on this land. Here he followed farming until about fifteen years before his death, after which time he lived a retired life. They were the parents of eight children, of whom two are living: Levi, subject of this sketch, and James Emmett, born April 19, 1819. and who makes his home with Levi. Those that died were Sarah, wife of George Hidlay; Esther, wife of Abraham Willett; Elizabeth, died at the age of three or four years; Mary, wife of James Dewitt; John Wilson and Margaret. Levi Aikman, Sr., died in 1846, being preceded in death by his wife some six or eight years. They are buried at the Hidlay Union Church. Levi Aikman, subject of this sketch, is next to the youngest of their eight children. He was born and reared on the tract of land where he now resides, has always made it his home, and has only removed once, and that time out of an old house into a new one. He was reared to farm life, and received the advantages of the schools of his day. He taught school three terms when a young man, but did not like the occupation, and afterward gave his attention to farming. He was married in Hemlock Township, this county, April 24, 1849, to Miss Elizabeth Ohl, a native of Hemlock Township, and daughter of John and Lena (Girton) Ohl, the former of whom came when a bojr with his parents to this county from Montgomery County, Penn.; the latter was born in Hemlock Township, but her parents came from New Jersey. The Ohls were originally of German, the Girtons of English, lineage. Henry Ohl, grandfather of Mrs. Aikman, was a captain in the Revolutionary war. He died at the age of eighty-six years, and is buried in the Lutheran cemetery, in Bloomsburg, as is also his'wife. The parents of Mrs. Aikman are both deceased, her father dying in 1855, at the age of sixty-three years, eleven months, and her mother in 1869, at the age of seventy years. They are buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Aikman are the parents of four children: John Hervey, a graduate of the State Normal School, Bloomsburg, Penn.; Lena Margaret, wife of Arthur C. Creasy of Centre Township, this county; Clara Elizabeth, wife of H. V. White, attorney and grain dealer, of Bloomsburg, Penn.. and Mary Alvernon. Mr. and Mrs. Aikman are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Aikman was identified in times past with the Whig party, and cast his first vote for Henry Clay. He is now a Republican. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 411-412 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ELIJAH P. ALBERTSON, liveryman, Benton, was born at Stillwater, Columbia County, October 23, 1857. In 1861 he removed with his parents to Sugarloaf Township and remained with his parents on the farm until 1876. He then took a trip west and was gone about three years. Returning home he farmed his father's place, and June 23, 1879, married Miss Ella, a daughter of Cyrus Larish of Sugarloaf Township. Four children have been born to them: E. Joe, Atta, Charley and Chancey. After his marriage Mr. Albertson continued to farm and in partnership with his father did some lumbering until 1884. He then received the contract to carry the mail between Benton and Bloomsburg. His commission will expire July 1, 1889. He continued to carry the mail and also drove stage between these places until the summer of 1886, when he hired some one to attend to that business and devoted his time to the livery business in Benton,' His father, Elijah J. Albertson, is a resident of Sugarloaf Township and was born in Greenwood Township, Columbia County, March 18, 1819, a son of John R. and Jane (Kitchen) Albertson. June 13, 1841, he married Sarah A., daughter of John and Martha (McHenry) Stiles. In 1865 he moved to the place he now occupies, purchasing eighty-seven acres of the Robert Moore property. This has been highly improved and is now one of the nicest places in the township. To him and his wife nine children were born: Melissa J., wife of A. Fullmer, of Millville; Alonzo B., Martha A., wife of William Kasei Clarence E., of Benton Township; Esther E., wife of William Keeler, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary E.. wife of Christian Rantz, of Lycoming County; John W., Elijah P., Sarah A., wife of Samuel Pennington, of Catawissa. The parents are members of the ChristianChurch at Benton. Mr. Albertson has served in all the offices in the township. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 375 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

SYLVESTER ALBERTSON, farmer, P. O. Rohrsburg, was born on the farm where he now resides November 16, 1833. John R. Albertson, father of our subject, wras born in Tuscarora Valley, September 16, 1795, and was six years of age when he came to this township. His father, David, was born November 80, 1766, and was married February 26, 1788, to Charity Bellis, who bore him four sons and three daughters: Cornelius, William, John R., David C , Abigail, Sarah and Mary. John R. married, February 11, 1817, Jane Kitchen, a daughter of Samuel Kitchen, and after marriage he located on a part of the homestead and engaged in farming. He died in February, 1859; his widow survived him until October, 1876. They were the parents of seven children: Elijah, Samuel, David, Sylvester, Joel, Beulah and Elizabeth, all of whom married and reared families, except Elizabeth. Sylvester married, November 29, 1860, Mary, daughter of John and Elsie (Albertson) Richart, former a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Robbins) Richart. Mr. Albertson located on the farm after his marriage, and there has since resided. He has eighty-seven acres of land, having sold off fifty-two acres twenty years ago. To him and his wife were born four children: Narcissa B., Lorenzo D., Marshall B. and Floranius H. Mr. Albertson has followed farming and lumbering for several years. Politically he is a Republican. "On Saturday, August 29,1885, a reunion of relatives was held at Sylvester Albertson's, in Greenwood Township, Columbia County, in memory of the old homestead of John R. Albertson, who had long since gone to a homestead not built with hands. Nearly 200 persons were present and mostly relatives, being from Columbia, Cameron, Montour, Lycoming and Sullivan Counties, Penn., also from Wilkesbarre, Bloomsburg and Danville, Penn.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Newark, N. J.; Bangor and Braganza, Ga. Speeches were made in the forenoon by Rev. Wm. R. Mather, and in the afternoon by Rev. J. W. Messenger, which were appropriate to the occasion and brought forth old memories anew that were long forgotten by the old and which will form a new history never to be forgotten by the young. Refreshments were given about 8 o'clock on tables suitable for the occasion, erected in the beautiful grove in front of Mr. Albertson's home, where all seemed to be happy and protected from the scorching rays of the sun. The music was well chosen, and brought tears to many eyes in thinking of the past. Instrumental was furnished by Miss Narcissa B., daughter of Sylvester Albertson, and vocal by four sisters, Misses Richart, of Rohrsburg. Stereoscopic and cabinet views were taken of the homestead and of thejwhole party in a consolidated group, by J. W. Knouse, of which nearly all families procured one or more copies as an emblem for the future. Those who had not seen the old homestead for many years past were more than pleased with the grand improvements made, and the pride Mr. Albertson has taken in making his home pleasant for all, and his taste in beautifying a home should be imitated by others. All parted for their homes in the eve, feeling that they had been welcome—some perhaps never to meet again until the grand reunion is permitted above, where all the faithful reunite never more to part." (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 464 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

EDWIN W. ALEXANDER, This worthy and esteemed citizen of Benton, Pa., after a life of industry in the peaceful and honorable occupation of a farmer, is now living in retirement in the above named borough. He is a son of Silas and Elizabeth (Smith) Alexander, and was born in Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pa., April 8, 1841.
Silas Alexander was a native of New Jersey, and was born in 1799, and died in Wilkes-barre, Pa., aged eighty-nine years, in 1887. He was an orphan, raised by an unde. He was an apt scholar and acquired a good education in the common schools of his native town, and at the age of eighteen years he moved to Nanticoke, Pa., and there engaged in teaching school a short time. He then moved to New York city where he opened and conducted an eating house until the cholera epidemic broke out in 1832. He then returned to Nanticoke and carried on general merchandising the remainder of his life. He was a very successful merchant and succeeded in accumulating a small fortune. Politically he was formerly an old line Whig, but later a stanch Republican; he served as postmaster of Nanticoke for fifty years, his service only being broken during the administration of President Buchanan. Religiously he was a member and active supporter of the Presbyterian Church. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Smith, a native of Luzerne County, Pa., and this union was blessed by the birth of thirteen children, namely: Cyrus, a retired business man of Nanticoke; Mary A., James; Maria, and John, deceased; Charles, of Ithaca, N. Y.; Eugene, a merchant of Nanticoke; Adrian, a retired citizen of Nanticoke; Phoebe A., wife of Mr. Lesering; Edwin W., our subject; and three who died in infancy.
Edwin W. Alexander was educated in the schools of Nanticoke, and then began clerking in his father's store, where he remained until 1878 when he bought a farm in Benton township, Columbia County, Pa. He there pursued the vocation of an agriculturist until 1890 when he sold his property and moved to the borough of Benton where he has since lived in retirement, enjoying a well earned competency. Our subject owns the Alexander homestead in Nanticoke, and since his father's death he has replaced the old stone buildings with new brick ones; he also owns a tract of coal land in Nanticoke, Pa.
Mr. Alexander is an ardent Republican and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln; religiously he is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1866 Mr. Alexander was united in the bonds of matrimony with Anna A. Tompkins. Six children have been born to them, namely: James D., a wholesale confectioner; Mary Elizabeth, the wife of B. C. Lambach, a wholesale confectioner and baker of Freeland, Pa.; a son and daughter who died in infancy; Charles A., who died in his boyhood; and Mabel, aged ten years, who resides with her parents. Gideon Tompkins, our subject's father-in-law, was a successful farmer and stonemason of Slocum township, Luzerne County, Pa. He died at the age of eighty-three years; he was a member of the Methodist Church. His wife was Elizabeth Carson, a native of Philadelphia, where our subject's wife was also born. Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins later moved to Montgomery County, where they resided until 1854, when they became residents of Slocum township, Luzerne County, Pa. (Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District, Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY: 1899. Consisting of Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Sullivan Counties Pg.643 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ss EMANUEL L. APPLEMAN, farmer, P. O. Welliversvllle, was born on the homestead in Columbia County, June 8, 1848, the youngest son of George and Rebecca Appleman, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. February 6, 1872, he married Elizabeth J., daughter of Samuel Gillaspy. She was born near Rohrsburg, and to her and husband have been born four children: Fannie Udella, Lulla May, Charles Orval and Hubert Harold, the latter dying September 27, 1881, aged six months and six days. Mr. Appleman has a farm of 100 acres, which is highly improved and one of the best in the township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Appleman are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they have been identified since about 1885. He is a member of the Grange. Mrs. Appleman was born September 14, 1850, in Greenwood Township, a daughter of Samuel and Charity (Van Horn) Gillaspy. She has five sisters and two brothers, all of whom are living in the county except Ida, the wife of Ell wood Kester, of Audubon County, Iowa, and James, in Montour County. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 522 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

GEORGE W. APPLEMAN, farmer, P. O. Welliversville, was born on the farm where he now resides, November 10, 1840, a son of George and Rebecca (Kinney) Appleman, the former a native of Montour County, the latter of New Jersey. To George and George W. and Emanuel. Amanda is the wife of Hiram Bowman; David resides in Wisconsin; Isaac K. in Mount Pleasant; Matthias in Bloomsburg; the others in this township. George W. was reared on the farm. He taught school several years during the winters and remained with his parents as long as they lived. He married, in January, 1881, Elizabeth McHenry, a daughter of John and Sabina (Conner) McHenry. He has two children: Edith and Arthur R. Mr. Appleman owns 140 acres of land and is a member of the Grange (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 521-522 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

LLOYD PAXTON APPLEMAN, M.S., Easton. - Lawyer; from Bloomsburg; in General Scientific course; studied law in the office of A. B. Howell, of '68, and was admitted to the bar at EAston, December, '76.(Record of the Men of Lafayette: Brief Biographical Sketches of the Alumni of Lafayette College from Its Organization to the Present Time Pg.90 By Selden Jennings Coffin, William Baxter Owen, Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.) Published by The College, 1879 (Contributed by Vicki Hartman)

MATTHIAS MILLER APPLEMAN, wagon-maker and proprietor of the planing-mill, Rohrsburg, was born October 21, 1831, in Sugarloaf Township, a grandson of Matthias Appleman, who was the first of the name to come to this county. His father, Philip Appleman, born February 17,1808, in Hemlock Township, remained here some years, and with his father carried on a distillery for several years in Hemlock Township. On leaving there he located in Sugarloaf Township, where he married Mary, daughter of Reuben Davis. When very young our subject removed with his parents to Fishingcreek, where he was reared to maturity, remaining with them until he was twenty-three years of age; then came to Rohrsburg and not finding farming congenial to his tastes began wagon-making. He soon picked up the trade, and in addition to his wagon business added a planing-mill and saw-mill, also a blacksmithing shop and foundry, which give employment to several hands. May 4, 1854, he married Margaret Jane Barber, of Madison Township, a daughter of Wm. Barber, and seven children were born to them: Mary E., William H., Philip D., James C. George B., Phineas M. and Boyd W. Mary E. is the wife of Clark W. Albertson, and resides in Mississispi; William H. resides in Huntsville, Ala.; Philip D. is in the blacksmith business here; James Clyde is in Mississippi; the others are home. Mr. Appleman is a member of the Christian Church and has been officially connected with the same. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 464 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

PHILIP APPLEMAN, SR., farmer, P. O. Rohrsburg, is a son of Matthias Appleman who came from New Jersey and settled in Montour Township, near Bloomsburg. After his marriage he bought a farm in Madison Township on which he erected a distillery, and many years after bought 300 acres in Benton on which he died at the age of seventy-five. His wife, nee Margaret Beers, died some years previous, aged sixty-four. Their children were Hannah, Elizabeth, Sarah, Matthias, George, Peter and Samuel, deceased; William, in Benton; Mary Ann, wife of Samuel Betts, of Ohio, and Philip, who is the eldest of the survivors. Matthias was a member of the Episcopal Church in Benton. Our subject was born February 17, 1808, and lived with his parents until the age of twenty-four. He then bought a farm of 2040 acres where he now lives, and to which he added until he had 400 acres. He erected a water mill which he operated four years, and when that failed erected a steam mill which is yet running. In 1830 he married Mary Ann Davis, of Benton, who was born March 26, 1808. They have had six children: Matthias M., in Rohrsburg; Catherine M., wife of George W. Staten, in Illinois; Reuben D., in Iowa; Samuel, died aged one year; Mary E., died in 1870, aged twenty-eight years, and Philip D., who farms his father's place. Mr. Appleman has led an active life; he has cleared his farm, brought it to a high state of cultivation and engaged in lumbering. He has held township offices, but refused to be justice or constable. When supervisor he put the roads in good order for a smaller sum than was ever required. He has given all his children a good start in life. He and Mrs. Appleton are members of the Christian Church, and he is now one of the oldest residents in the township. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 434 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

DR. SAMUEL B. ARMENT, a well-known physician and surgeon of Columbia County, is one of the popular and highly esteemed residents of Bloomsburg. He was born in the city of Philadelphia, August 11, 1852, and is a son of Oliver H. P. and Mary Govett (Whitehead) Arment, and grandson of Benjamin Arment.
The grandfather of our subject, with his widowed mother, removed from New York City to Delaware County, Pa., where Benjamin was bound out to learn the trade of a shoemaker, which vocation he followed a short time; he then purchased a farm near Middletown, Delaware County, and engaged in the cultivation of the soil. When the West Chester Division of the Pittsburg & Western Railroad was laid across his farm he erected a fine house near the track, which the railroad company afterward bought and transformed into a station, calling it Greenwood Grove. Benjamin Arment passed from this life aged eighty-two years; he was the father of the following children: William Henry; Oliver Hazard Perry; Benjamin Franklin; Henry Harrison; Margaret; and Sarah. The grandmother of our subject died at the age of fifty-six years.
Oliver Hazard Perry Arment was born on his father's farm in Delaware County, Pa., and when he attained his manhood he learned the carpenter's trade and worked with Joseph West of Philadelphia for several years. Later he was a builder and contractor, in which business he was very successful; he was a very active man and was held in high esteem by his neighbors and acquaintances. He entered the world of rest, September 19, 1878, at the age of sixty-six years. Mr. Arment chose for his companion in life Mary Govett Whitehead, a daughter of John Whitehead of Philadelphia, and to them the following children were born: Annie, the wife of Charles H. Bridenhurst; Samuel Bv the subject of this narrative; Mary, who died in her infancy; and Ella Lucretia, the wife of Dr. A. S. Koses, a prominent dentist of Harrisburg, Pa. Our subject's father was a member of the Episcopal Church; in politics he was a stanch Republican. Socially he was a member and treasurer of Veritas Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Philadelphia, and of Moscosca Lodge, I. O. R. M.
Dr. Samuel B. Arment, at the age of eleven years, went to live with his grandfather, Benjamin Arment, and attended the public schools of Middletown until he was sixteen years of age; he then learned the carpenter's trade and followed that occupation until he was twenty-one years of age, when he began the study of medicine under Dr. J. W. McEwen of Philadelphia. Later he entered Jefferson Medical College, and was graduated in 1878. His work in college was of a high order and he received honorable mention from Prof. J. M. DeCosta for the report of clinical cases, and a pocket operating case from Dr. T. H. Andrews for the best dissection in the anatomical rooms. Of like character has been his work since as a practitioner. Immediately after his graduation he served six months as assistant demonstrator under Dr. T. H. Andrews, thereby adding extensively to his know-ledge and gaining much practical experience. He next followed his chosen profession at Vincentown, N. J., for one and one-half years; later he went West and operated a ranch at Morning Side, near Sioux City, Iowa, remaining in that business for over a year. He then again took up his profession and practiced with Dr. A. J. Weeks for some time. Returning to Philadelphia he accepted a position as assistant demonstrator under A. C. W. Beecher of the Jefferson Medical College; and as chief of the staff under Dr. C. H. Allis in the orthopedic department of the Jefferson Medical College Hospital. In 1887 Dr. Arment moved to Bloomsburg to take charge of Dr. Gardner's practice while the latter was away, and finding the location to his liking he continued in his profession there, becoming a very skilful practitioner, and rose to the front ranks with wonderful rapidity.
Dr. Arment was wedded to Armentine McIntyre, and they are the parents of one child, Armentine Lucretia, who was born January 22, 1892. Our subject bought of Mr. P. E. Wirt his residence at No. 26 West Fifth street, and has remodeled and equipped the same with the latest improvements; his office and parlors are in his residence, and his home is one of the handsomest in the community. In 1892 the Doctor patented the well-known Arment lawn-mower, and has a manufacturing plant in Bloomsburg, this business alone yielding him a handsome income. He is a member and past master of Washington Lodge, No. 265, F. & A. M.; past high priest of Bloomsburg Chapter, No. 218, R. A. M.; past eminent commander of Crusade Commandery; illustrious commander-in-chief of Caldwell Consistory, A. A. S. R., 32nd degree; and is viceroy of Orient Conclave, No. 2, Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine. (Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District, Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY: 1899. Consisting of Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Sullivan Counties Pg.704 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CHRISTIAN L. ARTLEY, farmer, P. O. Pensyl, was born in Catawissa, this county, February 8, 1828, a son of Henry and Peggy (Loreman) Artley, natives respectively of Columbia and Berks Counties, Penn., and of German descent. His great-grandfather came from Germany and settled in Windsor, Bucks Co., Penn., where he resided until his death. His grandfather, Christian Artley, was born in Bucks County and was a millwright, which trade he followed during his early life. He moved from Bucks County to Snyder County and thence to Columbia County, about 1780; settled in what is now Franklin Township, on the present site of Pensyl's mill; owned some 400 acres of land and operated a saw-mill. He died in 1847, and is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery at Catawissa, as is also his wife. Our subject's maternal grandfather, --- Loreman, was born in Germany, and immigrated to Berks County, Penn., but later moved to Northumberland County, and resided in Shamokin Township, where he followed farming. Henry Artley was reared in Catawissa Township, and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed most of his life. He died in 1873, his widow, February 12, 1880, and both are buried in Catawissa Cemetery. Both were members of the Presbyterian Church, and were born in 1796 and 1806, respectively. Our subject was reared to the carpenter's trade, which he learned under his father. At the age of twenty-two he started out for himself, and employed twelve men. In 1860 he bought the farm where Ranslow George now resides, consisting of ninety-seven acres (no buildings), for which he paid $1,200, and after erecting good buildings on the place sold it for $2,400. In 1862 he bought a lot of thirty-two acres, where he now resides, and erected all the improvements, which are first-class. He has owned several farms, but sold or traded them off again, and now owns sixty-four acres of good land. He followed his trade until 1874, when he turned his attention mostly to farming. In 1862, while erecting a house, he was drafted, but procured a substitute for which he paid $600. He was married January 22, 1856, to Harriet, daughter of Samuel and Maria (Marsh) Raup. Mr. and Mrs. Artley are the parents of seven children, five of whom survive: Alfred, David, Ellis, Clara and Alice; the deceased are Sarah and Lizzie. Mr. and Mrs. Artley are members of the Presbyterian and Lutheran Churches, respectively; he is a member of the Fire Insurance Company.(.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 458 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CHARLES ASH, farmer, P. O. Stillwater, is a native of Northampton County, Penn., born October 18, 1820, a son of Christian and Mary (Osterday) Ash, natives of the same county. They removed to Briarcreek Township, this county, when our subject was seven years old; there the father bought a small farm and remained seven years, when he sold out and bought the place where his son Charles now lives. There he moved and died in 1879. His wife died about nine years before. They had ten children, all living: Mary, widow of Russell Creveling, in Wisconsin; William, residing in the house where his father died on a part of the home farm; Sarah, in Iowa; Hiram, in Benton Township; Catherine, in Luzerne County; Delia Ann, in Briarcreek; Christian J., in this township; Elizabeth and Hester in Benton, and Charles. Our subject is the second child, and on his marriage took possession of the home farm, his father moving to another part of it. He married October 24,1848, Sarah Ruckel, of Briarcreek, who died February 19, 1886. They had nine children, one of whom died in infancy; the others are George Wesley, husband of Amelia H. Freas, and William S., married to Hettie Learns, having one child named Clarence Reagan, both residing in Briarcreek; Pierce, married to Susan Werkheiser, having one child, named Trellie Clementine, living on his father's farm; Harvey R., married to Mary Hill, having one child, N. Ernest Augustus, and living in Berwick; Stewart A., married to Murtie D. Freas, having one child, named Roscoe Laine, and living in Briarcreek; Miles Wilbert, married to Clara Smith; Thomas Elliott and Amy Florentine, living with their father. Mr. Ash has served as supervisor, school director, overseer of the poor and collector. He was also engaged in huckstering eleven years, but his time has been principally given to his farm which is in an excellent condition, improved with fine brick residence and out-buildings. He is a member of the Columbia Grange, and has been a deacon in the Lutheran Church, this township, for years. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 434 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

GEORGE WESLEY ASH, proprietor Briar Creek Excelsior Mills, P. O. Berwick this mill was built in 1874, to take the place of one destroyed by fire, by Ruckle & Ash. The mill was owned by that firm up to 1880, when Charles Ash, father of George Wesley, bought the interest of Mr. Ruckle, and the plant is now owned by the Messrs. Ash, Charles and George W. The building is 40x50 feet in ground area, and is three and one-half stories in height; is supplied with three run of buhrs; is run by water, and the power is supplied from a turbine wheel. They have a dam across Briar creek from which the water is supplied. George W. Ash is the managing miller. George Wesley Ash, operator of Briar Creek Excelsior Mills, was born in Fishingcreek Township, this county, October 15, 1850, son of Charles and Sarah (Ruckle) Ash. Christian Ash, grandfather of George W., came to this county in the early days from Northampton County, Penn., and bought a tract of land now owned by William and Charles Ash, two of his sons, and here he lived until his death. He died about 1879, his wife having preceded him in death by a number of years. They are buried at Zion Church, Fishingcreek Township. Charles Ash, father of G. W., was born in Northampton County, Penn., and was but a boy seven years old when his parents removed to this county. He made his home with his parents until he married, and then bought a part of the old homestead of his father, in Fishingcreek Township, where he has resided ever since. He was married in this county to Miss Sarah Ruckle, and they were the parents of nine children, of whom eight are living: George Wesley, William S., who lives in Briarcreek Township, this county; Pierce Wilson, who lives in Fishingcreek Township, this county, farming his father's place; Harvey Reuben, who lives in Berwick, this county; Stewart Alexander, who works in the mill; Miles Wilbert, who lives on the old homestead, and with his brother, Pierce Wilson, farms the place; Thomas Elliott, who lives on the old homestead and Amy Florentine. Alvin Willits is deceased. The father of this family still resides on the old homestead, which was bought by his father when he came to Fishingcreek township. His wife died February 19, 1886, and is buried in Zion Church graveyard. George Wesley Ash, subject of this sketch, was reared in Fishingcreek Township, this county, and when he had reached the age of nearly twenty-two years he went to learn the milling trade in the mill which stood on the site of the one he at present operates. This mill was then owned by his father and Mr. Ruckle, and when it burned down and the new one was rebuilt he continued in the employ of the firm, and the second year after it was rebuilt he was the miller of the plant. The mill is now owned by Mr. Ash and his father. George Wesley and his brother, William, erected a distillery in 1883, and have operated it up to April 21, 1886, when Mr. Ash bought his brother William's share, and since that date has operated it himself. The capacity of this distillery is considerable. Mr. ASH and his father have an eight-acre lot in connection with the works, which he farms. He was married in this county February 22, 1880, to Miss Amelia Fras, a native of Columbia County, and daughter of William L. and Fannie (Rittenhouse) Freas Mr. and Mrs. Ash are the parents of one child, Wilbert Charles. Our subject is at present one of the school directors of Briarcreek Township, having been elected in 1884.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 383-84 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

HIRAM ASH, farmer, P. O. Benton, was born in Fishingcreek Township, November 22, 1828, a son of Christian and Magdalena (Osderday) Ash. October 22, 1852, he married Mary Davis, daughter of John R. Davis (deceased). Until his marriage he remained at home, but after that event he engaged in wagon-making, removing to Benton Village. After a time he bought the farm of ninety acres on which he now lives, where he has made most of the improvements, and has a pleasant home. Here he has reared his children, eight in all, as follows: Christian D. (deceased), Dora A. (deceased), Elizabeth E. (deceased), John B., Hiram Thomas, Hosa R., Mary C. (wife of R. L. Sighfried. of Benton Township) and Minnie. Mr. and Mrs. Ash and family are members of the Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 375 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JACOB AUL, farmer, P. O. Lime Ridge, was born in New York City. March 30, 1847, son of Jacob and Catherine (Berger) Aul. Both parents were natives of Germany, but were married after coming to this country. When Jacob was an infant of four weeks his parents removed to this county and located at Bloomsburg, where the father worked at the Irondale furnace. Both parents died at Bloomsburg; the father in 1854, and the mother about 1877, and are buried in Rosemont Cemetery. Jacob was reared at Bloomsburg till reaching the age of eleven years, when he returned to New York City, and was engaged in different occupations, among which were driving express wagon and working in the market, etc. He remained there about six years, and then entered the service of his country, although hardly seventeen years of age. After coming out of the service he went back to New York, and was engaged in the market a short time, and then went to New Market, N. H., where he was engaged in the New Market Cotton Manufacturing Company's employ. He remained there one winter, then returned to New York and remained there about three months; then came back to Bloomsburg. Here he commenced the blacksmith trade with Maurice Sloan, and remained with him and Stephen Know, while learning his trade, about two years, one year with each. Having finished his apprenticeship he was employed in the tunnel at Oxford, N. J., on the D. L. & W. Ry., throughout its construction, and after that returned to the blacksmith trade at Bloomsburg. He remained there one summer and then again went to New York, where he enlisted in the regular army in Company A, Fourth United States Cavalry,and from there went to Carlisle, where he stayed two weeks; then to St. Louis; was there one year; then to Jacksboro. Tex., and was there six or eight months; thence marched to Fort Clark on the Rio Grande, where he remained about one year; thence to McKavitt, and there he was transferred to Company G; was there five or six months, then went to Curryvillle, Tex., and after a short time was ordered back to Fort Clark; and after a time marched to Texas and to the Cheyenne Agency, Indian Territory, at which place he was discharged. During the time of his service he was engaged in Indian fighting, and was in one regular engagement on Mexican soil. After his discharge he came back to Bloomsburg, and made that city his home until coming to his present location, which he bought and moved on in 1884. During his last residence in Bloomsburg, however, he traveled a great deal, "taking in," among other places, the Centennial at Philadelphia. He was married at Bloomsburg in September, 1877, to Miss Catherine Traub, a native of this county, and daughter of Jacob Traub. Her parents are both deceased and are buried at Numidia, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Aul are the parents of five children, of whom four are living: George E., Mabel Alice, Harry and Bruce Raymond. Mary is deceased. Mr. Aul is a Democrat, politically. As previously stated, he enlisted in the Union Army when not seventeen years of age. That was August 11, 1863, in Company H, Tenth New Hampshire Volunteers. He was in the Army of the Potomac undei4 Butler, and was in engagements at Cold Harbor, and participated in the hot work and all the principal engagements in the vicinity of Petersburg and Richmond, and surrender of Lee. He remained in the service till the close of the war, was discharged at the Point of Rocks, and returned to New York. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 413 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)