CHARLES H. CAMPBELL, who is a veteran of the Civil War and was for many years connected with the many leading industries of Bloomsburg, is now living in retirement in that town and resides in a handsome and modern brick residence on Fifth street. He is a son of Joseph W. Campbell, and was born in Luzerne County, Pa. Joseph W. Campbell was born in York County, Pa., in 1813 and was a good citizen and a reliable business man, accumulating a handsome competency during his active life. For many years he was foreman of construction on the North Branch of the Pennsylvania Canal, the duties of which position he performed up to the time of his death in 1878, at the age of sixty-five years. Charles H. Campbell was reared and educated in his native county, after which he became an instructor in the public schools as a means of earning a livelihood, continuing as such for three years. He was an able teacher and was appointed to the position of principal of the high school of White Haven, performing the duties of that office for about eight years. He then engaged in the same line of work as that of his father, following it until 1862 when the Civil War assumed a very gloomy aspect, and, seeing that his services were needed at the front, he enlisted in Company F, 143rd Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf. Enlisting as a private he traveled the line of promotion and was finally made adjutant. He participated in all of the battles of the Army of the Potomac, including the battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Culpeper, Wilderness, Petersburg, and many others of lesser importance. He was at all times in command of three companies of brave and daring soldiers. Never flinching in the hour of peril, always faithful to his charge, and always to the front he rendered valuable aid to the cause of the Union and received praise on all sides for his admirable conduct and coolness while under the enemy's fire. He continued in the army until the close of the war and his enviable record in the service has been continued throughout his life. Upon returning from the war he located at Bloomsburg where he became identified with some of the leading industries of which he is still a stockholder. From 1880 to 1887 he was superintendent of what is now the Bloomsburg Car Mfg. Co.'s store, but resigned in 1888 when he was elected register and recorder of Columbia County. He served in the latter capacity for six consecutive years in a satisfactory manner. He has since lived in retirement to enjoy a well needed rest after so many years of activity. He is a member of the company which built and owns the beautiful Proctor's Inn, one of the finest summer hotels in the state of Pennsylvania. In 1880 he erected a residence on Fifth street but it was burned to the ground in the following year. Nothing daunted by this misfortune, Mr. Campbell again built a home, one of brick, which far eclipses the former one in beauty and is supplied with all conveniences of modern times. Our subject is well and favorably known throughout Columbia County, numbering his friends almost by his acquaintances. He was united in marriage to Sarah E. Rambach of Columbia County, by whom he had one daughter, Madge, whose beautiful young life went out at the age of twenty-three years. Mr. Campbell is a member of Sylvania Lodge, No. 354, F. & A. M. of Shickshinny, Pa.; and past colonel of the Union Veteran's Legion. (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. 413 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

N. L. CAMPBELL, retired farmer, P. O. Espy, was born in Warren County, N. J., March 10, 1825, son of Richard and Mary C. (Laniing) Campbell. Daniel Campbell, grandfather of our subject, was born in New Jersey, of Scotch descent, his parents having come directly from Scotland to New Jersey. He was married to Rachel Howe, in New Jersey, and in that State they remained until coming to Northumberland County, Penn., where they died. Daniel belonged to a uniformed company of light infantry in the Continental service, and served seven years in the colonial forces throughout the Revolutionary war immediately under Washington, and participated in the engagements at Bunker Hill and Brandywine; was also at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Although he went through that terrible winter at Valley Forge, he came through his seven years of service without having been on the sick list a single day, and was never wounded, although his military hat, which was kept in the family for a number of years after independence was gained, showed seven bullet holes in it, as mementos of the struggle. He was a man of iron constitution, and considerably above the average in height, standing six feet two inches in his stockings. When he came to Northumberland County he located in what is called the Irish Valley, and took 1,500 acres of land, several of his sons locating around him. These sons were John, Robert, William, Benjamin and Daniel. His sons, Elijah, Jarred and Theodore, also located there, but when Richard, the father of N. L., came to that locality, these three had removed to Ohio. George Campbell, another son, was the only one of the family who came immediately to what is now Columbia County. He located at Berwick when there was only a cluster of houses to mark the spot where that flourishing borough now stands. He lived there until he died, carrying on the tailoring business. Daniel Campbell, grandfather of N. L., died at his Northumberland County residence in 1834, at the age of ninety-six years. His wife had preceded him in death by a number of years. They are buried in the Warrior Run Cemetery. Part of the land which Daniel took up is now used by the Treverton Coal Company, which does an extensive mining business. Richard Campbell, father of N. L., was born in New Jersey, and there grew up and was married to Miss Mary C. Lanning. Possessing the military spirit of his father he went out in the war of 1812, through which he served, and on returning he remained at home until 1817, when the Indian troubles breaking out afresh, he again offered his services, and remained out until quiet was restored. He traveled about considerably in his early life, and was thirty-seven years of age when he settled down and married. In 1832, he and his family removed to Northumberland County, and from there they came to Madison Township, this county, thence to Hemlock Township, and thence to Centre Township, where they died while making their home with their son, N. L. The mother died October 31, 1855, the father one month later. They are buried in Rosemont Cemetery at Bloomsburg. They were the parents of six children, of whom four are now living: Rachel, wife of Evanuel Houpt, in Johnson City, Tenn.; N. L.; James I., living near Orangeville, this county; Andrew Jackson, living at Danville, this county. The deceased are Mehitable Ann, wife of Joseph Hunter, died in Danville, and Sarah Elizabeth, who was unmarried. Our subject was seven years of age when his parents removed to Northumberland County, Penn., and two years later they came to this county, where he was reared to manhood. He made his home with his parents until he was married, and then located at his present residence in Centre Township. He was married, February 21, 1849, to Miss Sarah Webb, a daughter of Samuel and Mary Webb, both natives of this county, whose parents came here from one of the lower counties in Pennsylvania at a day when it was necessary to go to Northumberland County to mill. Both the parents and grandparents of Mrs. Campbell died in this county, and are all buried in Briarcreek Union Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were the parents of three children: David W., married to Miss Martha Bittenbender (they live in this township); Elmira Jane, wife of C. W. Walker (they live in Atchinson, Kas.), and an infant (deceased). Mrs. Campbell died in the latter part of December 1854, and is buried in the Bloomsburg Cemetery. Mr. Campbell then married, in 1856, Miss Eleanor N. McVicker, a native of this county, and daughter of James and Sarah McVicker. She died in 1866. In 1868 Mr. Campbell was married to Isabella Robinson, a native of this county, who died in 1872. By this marriage there were three children, of whom one is living--Arlo Vistus. The deceased were infants unnamed. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Bloomsburg. He has sixty-three acres of land in this township, and thirty-two in Hemlock Township, this county. Mr. Campbell has been connected with the schools of Centre Township as director. He is a member of the P. of H., and was the organizer of Centre Grange, No. 56, serving as Master of the Grange for three years, the first one to hold this position. He afterward served two terms as lecturer for the Grange. Mr. Campbell's last wife acted as volunteer nurse through the civil war in Mrs. Bigelow's corps. She was an eminently Christian woman, an affectionate wife, a kind mother and a warm friend until death. Her remains are buried in Rosemont Cemetery, at Bloomsburg. Our subject says he "was an active supporter of his Government during the late Rebellion; was twice summoned to Harrisburg as witness on the trial of one who was reported leader of what was then called the Fishingcreek confederacy. The rebutting testimony on that trial, which is now a matter of history, is so wide of the truth and so improbable under the circumstances, the idea of an unarmed man going into a neighborhood--where it was reported and confidently believed at the time that there were 500 armed men to resist the draft and prohibit the enlisting of men for the service--and entering into a quarrel with a reputed leader and in the presence of four bar-room loungers and communicating his business, is so highly improbable, that he never intended to treat the matter with any other than silent contempt, as no one but an idiot would ever believe the statement unless he believed he (our subject) possessed more courage than the combined Fishingcreek confederacy." (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Centre Township pg. 414-415 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN B. CASEY, commissioner's clerk of Columbia County, Bloomsburg, was born June 1, 1844, a son of Michael and Mary (Boice) Casey, the former a native of County Limerick, Ireland, and the latter of Berks County, Penn., and a daughter of John Boice. John Boice was a son of Abraham Boice, and a soldier in the Revolution. Our subject was educated in the schools of Bloomsburg, also at Millville Seminary, and completed his studies by a course at the Crittenden Commercial College at Philadelphia in 1863. Mr. Casey served as deputy sheriff in 1877-78, and has, since 1879, held the office of commissioner's clerk, a position he fills with credit. He was married December 29, 1868, to Matilda E. Murphy, and seven children have been born to them: Edward, born June 14, 1870; John M., born March 25, 1872, died July 19, 1872; Mary E., born August 31, 1874; Matilda, born February 12, 1877; Michael H., born October 20, 1880; Charles, born February 17, 1883; Henry, born August 24, 1885. In politics Mr. Casey is a Democrat. The family attend the services of the Catholic Church. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 328 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

MICHAEL CASEY was born April 10, 1815, in the parish of Effin, County Limerick, Ireland, and came to the United States in the spring of 1836, landing in New York. He settled in Catawissa, Columbia County, and finally came to Bloomsburg in 1842. His parents were Patrick and Ellen (Clarey) Casey. Mrs. Michael Casey, a daughter of John and Margaret (Griffith) Boice, was born November 16, 1818, in Berks County, Penn., died June 30, 1878. Her grandfather was Abraham Boice, a native of Berks County, and a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. He died in 1838. Her father, John BOICE, and his brother, Abraham BOICE, served in the war of 1812. John BOICE settled in Roaringcreek Township, Columbia County, in 1840, and in Bloomsburg in 1847. Daniel Boice is the only one of John's children now living in Columbia County. Eight children have been born to Michael and Mary Casey: Margaret, born November 27, 1842, intermarried with Thomas DOWNS, who resides in Beaver Township, this county; John B., born June 1, 1844; Ellen, born April 24, 1846; Thomas P., born July 31, 1847; Michael J., born April 8, 1849; Edward, born August 6, 1854, died July 31, 1855; Joseph A., born February 4, 1857; William, born march 25, 1860. All of the above children are now living, and except Margaret, reside at Bloomsburg, this county. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 328 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CASWELL, The Bloomsburg woolen-mill was established in 1882 by S. Alfonso and Edwin C. Caswell, who were reared to the business from their youth. The factory is a brick structure 54x124 feet, three stories high, with a boiler and engine house 26x36 feet, and cost $15,000. It is fitted with fourteen looms and other machinery of the latest improved and modern kind for the manufacture of ladies' fancy dress goods, and is adapted to manufacture all kinds of work--machinery, boilers, engines, etc., costing upward of $30,000. The establishment furnishes employment for forty hands, two-thirds being females, and turns out annually $75,000 worth in manufactured goods. They use only XX fine merino wool, buying mostly in the Philadelphia and New York markets. The factory is still owned by the original proprietors, but has been operated from its completion by S. A., E. C. and Marcus E. Caswell and H. C. Halfpenny. Marcus E. Caswell died three months after the factory was completed, leaving a widow and one son--Carlton A. Caswell, and since then the mill has been conducted by the three surviving partners, under the firm name of Caswell Bros. & Co. It occupies about one and three-quarters acres, located on the south end of West Street adjacent to the Delaware, Lackawana & Western Railroad, which land was given as a bonus to the firm, to induce them to put in the plant, by D. J. Waller.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 328 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

EDWIN C. CASWELL, partner in the Bloomsburg woolen-mills, was born in the town of Thompson, Windham Co., Conn., July 16, 1838, son of Whipple and Olive H. (Blacknar) Caswell, the former a native of Douglass, Mass., born in 1808 and now residing in Bloomsburg; the latter was born in Abington, Conn., in 1812 and died in Antes Fort, Penn., in 1881. They had nine children--eight boys and one girl--all of whom are living except the youngest son. The third son, Edwin C., the subject of this sketch, at the early age of ten years commenced working in a factory in Woodstock, Conn., as "mule boy." At the age of fourteen his parents moved to Burrillville, R. I., where he had his first experience in a woolen-mill, first learning to weave fancy cassimere, then had the care of looms, and finally the art of weaving or designing, which requires a general knowledge of the whole process of the manufacture of woolen goods. After holding several positions as boss weaver in different mills in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and in 1868 in the Johnstown (Penn.), woolen-mills he accepted a position as boss weaver and designer in the large twelve-sett Uxbridge woolen-mills in Uxbridge, mass., having seventy-five hands under control. In 1870 he accepted a similar position in "Maple Grove" woolen-mills, Adams, mass., at a salary of $1,500 a year. In 1874 he commenced manufacturing along with his brother, S. A. Caswell, at Antes Fort, Penn., since which time their business operations have been identical. They are self-made men, and have realized their early ambition to own and operate a mill of their own, which they now have in successful operation. Jerome O. CASWELL, the fifth son, is employed as boss dyer, and Miss Emma L. Caswell, the sister, in the management of the weaving department. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 328 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)
EDWIN C. CASWELL, the senior member of E. C. Caswell & Company, one of the largest industries of the vicinity of Bloomsburg, is a son of Whipple and Olive Houghton (Blackmar) Caswell, and was born in the town of Thompson, Windham County, Conn., July 16, 1838. Whipple Caswell was born in Douglas, Mass., in 1808, and during his younger days followed farming there. In 1852 he located at Burrillville, R. I., where he followed farming for some time, but spent the latter years of his life in retirement. He was united in marriage to Olive Houghton Black-mar, who was born in Abington, Conn., in 1812. They reared the following children: Alonzo W., of Worcester, Mass.; S. Alphonso, who was born in Douglas, Mass., March 8, 1836, and at twelve years of age entered an apprenticeship in the cotton mills at Southbridge, Mass. At nineteen years of age he became overseer in the woolen mills at Burrillville, R. I., and in 1874 entered into partnership with our subject and George and William Youngman. They leased the Nippenose Mills at Antes Fort, Lycoming County, Pa., and ran them for eight years. Alphonso and Edwin C. Caswell then established the Bloomsburg Woolen Mills. They took in their brother, Marcus, who died one year later. Alphonso continued with the firm until his death, July 6, 1887; the remainder of the family were: Edwin C., the subject of this personal history; Whipple, Jr., of Adams, Mass., who died in January, 1898; Jerome, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Osborne, of Dayville, Conn.; Everett, deceased; Marcus, deceased, who left a wife, Mary (Antes), and a son, Carlton A., who has charge of the second floor of our subject's plant; and Emma, who lives with her brother. Carlton A., a son of Marcus and Mary (Antes) Caswell, after graduating from the Bloomsburg High School attended the Textile School of Philadelphia, graduating at the head of his class and winning first prize, a gold medal, for the general excellence of his work. He later took a thorough course in Palm's Business College of Philadelphia, graduating in December, 1897, and has since had charge of the weaving and designing department for E. C. Caswell & Company. Mr. Whipple Caswell, the father of our subject, was called to his final resting place at the age of eighty-two years, his wife having preceded him many years, dying at the age of sixty-nine. Edwin C. Caswell attended the common schools until he was nine years of age, when he received his first instructions in the cotton mills at Woodstock, Conn., as a mule boy. At the age of fourteen years he began work in the woolen mills of Burrillville, R. I., where he learned the art of weaving fancy cashmeres and later became designer, in the meantime attending school at intervals until he was sixteen years old. He followed his trade in Massachusetts and Rhode Island until 1868 when he accepted a position as boss weaver and designer at Johnstown,Pa., being the most skillful workman in that line in the state. He again returned to Massachusetts where he held several prominent positions until 1874, when he and his brother formed a partnership and established a factory at Antes Fort, Pa., continuing until 1882 when they moved to Bloomsburgh and established the plant of which Mr. Caswell is at the head. They erected a structure, 54 by 124 feet, three stories high, with a boiler and engine-room 26 by 36 feet, at a cost of $15,000. The mill was fitted with the latest machinery for the manufacture of fancy dress goods, at a cost of $30,000. Forty skilled laborers are employed the year round, and XX merino wool is all that is used. After the death of our subject's brother, the present firm of E. C. Caswell & Co. was organized, E. C. Caswell and J. M. Staver, being the members. There are three sets of cards, 1,260 spindles, and fourteen looms. September 30, 1896, at 1 a. m., the third floor of the building was carried away by a tornado, completely destroying the machinery and causing a loss of $8,000. Ten days previously 1,000 of the window lights had been broken by a hail storm, but in spite of all misfortune, only two months' work were lost. The business is now in a prosperous condition. The mill employs sixty hands. In 1888 the firm began to manufacture all-wool cassimeres which are shipped directly to their wholesale house in New York City, from whence they are shipped to all points in the United States. Mr. Caswell resides in a beautiful residence at the corner of West and Fifth streets, which he built a short time ago. Socially he was a Mason while in Massachusetts, and is now a member of La Belle Valley Lodge No. 232, F. & A. M. of Jersey Shore, 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. 712 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

S. ALFONSO CASWELL, the senior member of this firm, was born in Douglass, Worcester Co., Mass., March 8, 1836, and when but twelve years of age was employed in a cotton-mill at Southbridge, Mass., and continued in that employment until seventeen years of age. He then engaged as an employe [sic] in the Granite woolen-mill at Burrillville, R. I., and at nineteen was given charge of a room as overseer. From that time until he was thirty-eight years of age he was employed as overseer at different mills, at times having fifty or sixty hands under his direction. In 1874 he formed a partnership with his brother, E. C., and George and William YOUNGMAN, and leased the Nippenose mills, in Antes Fort, Lycoming County, which he conducted successfully for eight years. He then came to Blloomsburg in 1882. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 328 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ANDREW B. CATHCART, ex-postmaster and an honored and highly esteemed citizen of Bloomsburg, was born in the house in which he now resides December 22, 1844. He is a son of Robert and Sarah (Barkley) Cathcart, a grandson of Andrew and Margaret (Russell) Cathcart, and great-grandson of William Cathcart. William Cathcart was of Irish descent, and was born in County Down, Ireland, May 2, 1728. In company with his brothers, Joseph and John, he left his native country and immigrated to the American shores, landing July ii, 1749. Andrew Cathcart, a son of William Cathcart, was born April 21, 1774, and died in 1833. He resided in Washingtonville, Derby township, Montour County, Pa., and was a watchmaker by trade. In 1799 he was joined in marriage to Margaret Russell, who bore him the following children: Sally; Robert; Mary, who died in infancy; Mary; Jane; and John R. Robert Cathcart, the father of our subject, was born in Washingtonville, Montour County, Pa., in 1803. He learned the watchmaking trade and worked with his father several years. In 1832 he moved to Bloomsburg, where he again took up his former trade. He purchased of Henry Weaver an old log cabin, remodeled and covered it with clapboards, and lived there the remainder of his life. He and William G. Hurley owned all the land between Market and Fishing Creek streets north of First street. They built a cocoonery, imported silkworms and manufactured silk. The process was all by hand and the old building in which the cocoonery was located is still standing and has since been rebuilt into a dwelling house. Our subject has in his possession many skeins of raw silk. Mr. Cathcart was wedded to Sarah Barkley, who was born in 1808. They reared a family of two children: Margaret Jane was the wife of Calvin Achenbach, who was a regular in Company A, 6th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., during the Rebellion, and was wounded in the battle at South Mountain, which wound later caused his death; and Andrew B., our subject. Mr. Cathcart entered the world of rest in 1884, at the age of eighty-one years, and his wife passed to the unknown in 1896, aged eighty-eight years. Andrew B. Cathcart attended the public schools of his native town and during his youthful days learned the profession of a druggist, and subsequently worked for L. N. Moyer of Bloomsburg for many years. From 1881 to 1888 our subject served as deputy postmaster under Postmaster Beckley, and in 1889 he was appointed postmaster and served four and one-half years. He has since lived in comparative retirement, looking after his business interests. For some time past he has served as secretary of the Bloomsburg Water Company. Known far and near for the excellence of his judgment, his unswerving integrity in business transactions, and his generous liberality, Mr. Cathcart cannot but have the esteem and confidence of the community. He has been first and foremost in all good works and has taken a leading part in the material development of the town and the county, besides contributing largely to moral, social and charitable objects.( Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899), pg. 420 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOSEPH H. CATTERALL, superintendent of the American Car & Foundry Company's Rolling Mills at Berwick, Columbia County, Pa., a gentleman who is held in the highest esteem by his fellow-workmen, was born in Bolton, England, October 6, 1861, and is a son of Ralph C. H. and Caroline (Reid) Catterall, and grandson of Joseph and Alice (Kirkman) Catterall. Joseph Catterall, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Bolton, England. When young he learned the trade of a machinist, which he followed all of his life. He immigrated to this country and settled in Fall River, Mass., where he spent the remainder of his life. He passed from this life at the age of seventy-six years. He was united in marriage with Alice Kirkman, who was also a native of England. Ralph C. H. Catterall, the father of our subject, was born in Bolton, England, and came to the United States in 1869, locating at Fall River, Mass. He prepared himself for the ministry in England, and preached in Fall River for a number of years, but devoted the greater part of his life to the ministry in this state, where he is widely known. Retiring, he moved to Wyoming, Pa., where he is now spending the declining years of his life. He chose for his life companion Caroline Reid, and they reared a family of five children: Joseph H., the subject of this review; Ralph C. H., a professor in the University of Chicago; William H., an engineer and assistant superintendent of the American Car and Foundry Company's Rolling Mill at Berwick; Alfred H., a prominent physician residing in Chicago, 111.; and George H., who is now attending college. Joseph H. Catterall in 1880 moved to the town of Berwick, Columbia County, and was employed in the erecting shop of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company; later he was employed in the rolling mills, where he afterwards acted as clerk. Having proved himself a reliable and competent workman, in 1890 he was promoted to the superintendency of the rolling mills, and has retained that position up to the present time. The mills were built in 1872 and comprise four trains of rolls, one a nine-inch, one a twelve-inch, and two eighteen-inch trains. The mill is located at the corner of West Third and Oak streets, and 325 men are employed in this department. The entire plant of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company passed into the hands of the American Car & Foundry Company March 1, 1899. Mr. Catterall formed a matrimonial alliance with Jennie Frantz, a daughter of Emanuel Frantz, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and they are the parents of two children: Anna, born August 5, 1884; and Joseph H., born January 25, 1891. Our subject has purchased the Opdike residence, which he has remodeled and transformed into a handsome home. Mr. and Mrs. Catterall are both regular members of the Baptist Church of Berwick. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.; the Knights of Malta; College of the Ancients; and also of the Royal Arcanum. In political views he is an adherent to Republican principles, and has served as auditor; in the town council, of which body he was elected president; and as a county committeeman. Mr. Catterall is a valued citizen of his community, is upright in his dealings, and is faithful in the discharge of all duties devolving upon him. (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. 420 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

DR. T. S. CHAPIN, dentist, Benton, was born June 1, 1851, in Luzerne County, Penn., where his early life was spent, and where his father, William Chapin, still resides. Like most country boys he was obilged to work on the farm, attending school when he could be spared, but still received a good education. At the age of nineteen he commenced the study of dentistry, and coming to Benton was engaged for a short time in the office of Dr. Laubach. He then went to Bloomsburg, where for six months he was in the office of Dr. H. C. Hower, and also for a time clerked in a store and worked at other business. Having relatives in Michigan he went there in 1882 and worked in the city of Schoolcraft; thence to Howell, where he entered the office of Dr. Wing, a prominent dentist, and was under his instruction for about four months. He then returned to Schoolcraft, and in 1883 to Benton, where he has since remained and enjoys a large practice, extending through Columbia, Luzerne and Sullivan Counties. His wife is a Miss Savage, daughter of Rev. George Savage, now of Muhlenburg, Luzerne county, but then a resident of Benton.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania Battle, 1887, pg 375 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

DR. HOWARD S. CHRISTIAN,* an experienced and skilled physician and surgeon, commands a large and lucrative practice in Millville and the immediate vicinity. He is a son of Jacob and Martha (Smith) Christian, and was born in Pine township, Columbia County, February 11, 1862. His grandfather was John Christian, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Pine township, locating upon the estate which has since been known as the family homestead and is now owned by Judson, a brother of the gentleman whose record we write. John was an extensive farmer and lumberman and was successful in his many business ventures. He was a member and for many years an officer of the Baptist Church, helping to establish the first Baptist Church in Pine township. He was the father of two sons and two daughters, namely: Jacob, the father of our subject; John; Mary (Rantz); and Rebecca (Derr). Jacob Christian was born in Madison township, Columbia County, June 12, 1825, and succeeded his father as owner of the homestead farm, which he successfully cultivated for many years. He also operated a saw and chopping mill on the property and was a very prosperous man, earning a handsome competency. He was a faithful worker in the Baptist Church, in which he held many offices. He was united in matrimonial bonds to Martha Smith, a daughter of Charles Smith, a native of Massachusetts and a wagon maker of Bloomsburg, and they became the parents of seven sons and two daughters, as follows: Theodore, deceased, a carpenter of Jackson township; John C., a merchant of Millville; Thomas H., deceased, who was a physician of Beacham, Pa.; Judson J., who is a farmer and miller on the old homestead; Ella M., the wife of Arthur Cole, a lumberman of Sereno, Pa.; William B., a lumberman of Millville; Dr. Howard S., our subject; Dr. Justin L., a practicing physician of Lopez, Sullivan County, Pa.; and Richard E.
Dr. Howard S. Christian, after obtaining a good English education in Greenwood Seminary at Millville, taught school for two winters in that locality. He then began the study of medicine under the tutelage of the late Dr. A. P. Heller of Millville. He then took a course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, Md., from which institution he graduated in the class of 1887. He then took a special course in operative surgery, and after becoming proficient in that branch of his profession, entered upon his first practice at Millville, in April, 1887. He made friends rapidly and soon established an enduring reputation as a physician competent to treat the most complicated cases. He is of kind and gentle disposition and is not only the physician to his many patients but is their close friend as well. On September 15, 1892, Dr. Christian was joined in hymeneal bonds to Julia E. Eves, by whom he has one bright and interesting young son, Joseph H. Mrs. Christian comes of one of the oldest and best known families of Madison township, and is a daughter of Joseph W. and granddaughter of John K. Eves. John K. Eves was a son of Chandler Eves, a record of whose life may be found in the sketch of Ellis Eves, his grandson, which appears elsewhere in this Book of Biographies. John K. Eves was born on the old Eves estate in Madison township, December 15, 1802, and spent most of his life following the occupation of a farmer in Greenwood township where he was a prominent man. He was a member of the Society of Friends. He married Sarah Whitacre, a daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Adlum) Whitacre, by whom he had six daughters and one son, namely: Catherine; Rachel; Mary; Ann; Sarah; Joseph W., the father of our subject's wife; Hannah; and Eleanor S. Joseph W. Eves was reared on the farm and obtained his intellectual training in the public schools and at Greenwood Seminary at Millville; he then took a course of study and became a surveyor by profession, which he followed for many years in connection with farming. He also dealt in real estate until 1870, when he moved to Millville, where he has since resided. Like his forefathers he is a consistent member of the Society of Friends. March 31, 1864, he married Sarah Warner, a daughter of James and Julia A. Warner of Muncy, Pa., and they had one daughter, Julia E., who is the wife of Dr. Christian. Politically Dr. Christian is a firm supporter of the principles of the Republican party and is now a member of the borough council. In religious standing and fellowship he is a member of the Baptist Church. Socially he is a member and ex-president of the Columbia County Medical Society; and is a charter member and past grand of Millville Lodge No. 809, I. O. O. F. * The information contained in this biography was supplied by the subject of this sketch. A type-set copy of the biography was sent to the subject to be proof-read, but the subject did not edit and return the copy, so this biography may contain typographical errors.(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. 770 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

Jacob CHRISTIAN, farmer and miller, P.O. Derrs, was born in Madison Township, June 12, 1825, the eldest son of John and Frances (Welliver) Christian. Jacob removed with his parents to this township when a boy, was reared to manhood on the farm, succeeded his father at his death, and has since resided here. He was married in September 1848, to Martha, daughter of Chester and Rachel (Mellick) Smith; she died September 1, 1884. To Mr. & Mrs. Christian were born nine children: Theodore S., John C., Thomas H., J. Judson, Mary E., William B., Howard S., Justin L., and R. Euphemina. Mr. Christian has been for several years engaged in lumbering, operates a saw mill, and has a chopping mill in connection with the saw-mill. Of late years he has given more attention to farming. He and nearly all the family are members of the Baptist Church, he has been trustee and also held other offices; has served the township in official relations. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 527 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN CHRISTIAN, stone-mason and farmer, P.O. Mordansville. Among the early settlers of Madison Township was the Christian family. The pioneer of the family was Valentine Christian, who was a fifer in the war of the Revolution; his people were in this county prior to the war, and were at one time driven out by the Indians. He married a Miss Robbins and reared several children. The father of our subject was John Christian, who married Frances, a daughter of Jacob Welliver, and to them were born four children: Mary, Rebecca, Jacob and John. John was born October 14, 1829, in this township, and moved to Pine Township with his parents when ten years of age, and when nineteen went to learn the trade of stone-nason with John Rantz; worked at the journey work several years, then moved back to this township in 1852, where he located. In 1855 he married Sarah, daughter of William and Sabrina (Teeple) Robbins. They have two children: Clark and Boyd, both at home. In politics Mr. Christian is a Republican. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 502 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

HENRY J. CLARK, of the firm of Clark & Son, dealers in dry goods, fancy goods, notions, etc., Bloomsburg, was born at Catawissa, November 4, 1829, a son of James and Sarah (Funston) Clark, the former of whom was a native of Catawissa, and a son of John Clark, one of the original settlers of that place. Our subject, when young, learned the tinsmith's trade, which he carried on at Muncy, Lycoming Co., Penn., for several years. In 1868 he came to Bloomsburg, where he has been interested in various lines of business, and established his present enterprise in 1870. Mr. Clark has been identified with the business interest of Columbia County for nearly thirty-eight years, with the exception during that time of four or five years, part of which he spent in the army at Washington D. C., during the Rebellion. When the "Exchange Hotel" was burned in 1869 Mr. CLARK was the proprietor, and the following year, 1870, he established his present business which he has since continued. His stock is probably the largest of its kind in the county and its arrangements and appearance are equal to many pretentious stores in metropolitan cities. This establishment does an average business of from $25,000 to $30,000 per annum. Mr. Clark has the reputation of being an enterprising and public-spirited citizen, and one of the most substantial business men of the town. He has one son, who is associated with him in the business, firm name being H. J. Clark & Son. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 329 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ELIJAH C. CLEAVER, farmer, P.O. Roaring Creek, was born in Columbia County, Penn., March 18, 1833, a son of Joseph and Sarah (Case) Cleaver, natives of Penn., and of Scotch-(Holland) Dutch descent. His great-grandfather came from Scotland in 1786, and settled in New Jersey. His ancestors on both sides came from that State to Columbia County, Penn., about 1806. The grandfather, David Cleaver, settled in Catawissa, where he engaged in mercantile business; was among the first merchants of that place and the only one at that time. He also owned several farms in Franklin Township—some 400 or 500 acres—which he rented out. He built the brick hotel in Catawissa known as the "Susquenanna House," but never conducted it, engaging in mercantile business all his life after coming to this country. He reared six children: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Elijah, Joseph, John and David, all of whom are now deceased. Subject's maternal grandfather, Adam Case, came about the same time and settled in Catawissa, where he bought a farm along the Catawissa Creek. He carried on the farming all his life. He reared a family of thirteen children, as follows: Elizabeth, Hester, Sibilla, Jonathan, William, Jacob, Nathan, Malan, Christian, Milton, Sarah, Rebecca, Susanna. Four of these are yet living: Christian, at Havre de Grace, Md.; Jonathan, in Illinois, married a Miss Cox; Sibilla, widow of John Manley, in Danville, Penn., and Rebecca, wife of Richard Douty, in Shamokin, Penn. Adam Case died January 29, 1848. Joseph, the father of our subject, was born in Catawissa Township, and was brought up a farmer, and also did teaming. After his marriage he settled in what is now known as Franklin Township, and there followed farming all his life, owning a farm at the time of his death, February 22, 1834. His widow died January 27, 1856. They were the parents of five children: Eliza (deceased). Harriet (deceased). Matilda (wife of Allen John, in Mahaska County, Iowa), Elijah C. and Rebecca (deceased). Our subject was only eleven months old when his father died, and he remained with his mother until sixteen years of age, when he hired himself out for four years. In 1852 he commenced life for himself, and rented a farm in Roaringcreek Township, which he cultivated one year before his marriage, his sister keeping house for him. After his marriage he remained on the same farm one year, and then moved into Catawissa where he now resides and purchased the farm consisting of 104 acres of land. He has made all the improvements on the place, all of which are first-class. He married, March 24, 1853, Martha A. Cool, daughter of Philip and Hannah (Smith) Cool. Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver are the parents of nine children (eight of whom are now living): Wesley M., Britton W. (married to Sarah Ernest), Charles L. (married to Mary J. Perry), Nelson E., Curtis (deceased), Clarence Grant, Joseph C., Rosie A. and Hannah L. Wesley M. is a graduate in both courses (degrees: B. E., M. E.; B. S., M. S.) of the Bloomsburg Normal School, and also a graduate from Amherst College, 1886, classical course; Nelson E. is a graduate of the collegiate preparatory course of Bloomsburg; he has attended, three years, Dickinson College, Carlisle, and will graduate in 1887. Mr. Cleaver has served as school director one term. He and his wife and five of their children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the G. A. R. at Catawissa. During the civil war he served in Company I, Thirteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, and was at Camp Biddle and Cold Springs, near Hagerstown during an emergency. In politics he is a Republican. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 493 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CHRISTIAN E. CLEWELL, a merchant, Catawissa, was born in Catawissa, July 12, 1840, a son of Jacob and Eliza (Brobst) Clewell, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. His grandfather, Jacob, lived near Catawissa, was a farmer and owned two farms; he resided here until his death in 1862. Our subject's father came to Catawissa when a young man, also followed agriculture and lived on a farm adjoining the old homestead. He died in 1877 at his home. Our subject was reared on a farm, and remained with his parents until the war broke out. August 8, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served nine months under Capt. Brobst. He was in the battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, and after the expiration of nine months returned home, and until 1883 followed agriculture, which he was obliged to abandon on account of ill health. At the last mentioned date he moved to Catawissa, bought property, and engaged in mercantile business, which he has since followed. He carries a general line of groceries, flour and feed. He married, July 30, 1863, Amelia Martz, by whom he has had six children, five of whom are living: Sarah C. (wife of Porter S. Sook), John, Anna, Ella and George. Mr. and Mrs. ClewellL are members of the German Reformed Church. Mr. Clewell has built up a good trade and is doing a thriving business. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887 Catawissa Township pg. 398Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ALINAS COLE, farmer and miller, P. O. Derrs, was born July 4, 1820, in Sugarloaf Township, on the farm that his grandfather, Ezekiel Cole, settled when he came from New Jersey. Ezekiel's last wife was Elizabeth Hess, by whom he had three sons and three daughters: Ezekiel, William, Isaiah, Rebecca, Lana and Adaline. Ezekiel, the father of Alinas, married Sarah, daughter of Silas Jackson. After marriage he settled on the homestead farm, and died here June, 1848, aged about forty, his widow surviving him until the fall of 1885. They reared four sons and one daughter: Alinas, Lana, John, Benjamin and Dennison. Alinas was born and reared on the homestead, and raised to farming and miling, and at twenty-three he began life for himself. He married Rhoda, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Fritz) Kile. Since 1848 he has been principally engaged in milling, yet has carried on farming and lumbering in the meantime. In April, 1876, he came to the place he now owns, formerly owned by Robbins, the mill seat being first built by Henry Fullmer about 1836. Mr. and Mrs. Ccole have seven children: Albert and Norman, residing on the old homestead; Byron, in Tuscola County, Mich.; Arthur at home; Howard in Mifflin Township; Sarah E., wife of J. B. Ikeler, and Rose. Mr. Cole owns 400 acres in Greenwood Township, 160 acres in another tract, and 156 in Sugarloaf. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 466 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

EZEKIEL COLE was born where he now lives, son of Benjamin COLE, who came to the county in an early day. Our subject was married to Christena, daughter of Conrad HESS, and they then located east of Benton Village, coming in 1860 to their present place which comprises about 200 acres of well improved land. Mr. Cole has kept hotel since March, 1864, and since 1876 a general store. Mr. and Mrs. COLE have had a family of twenty children, thirteen now living: John, Lavina, Susanna, Clinton, William B., Alice, Christy Ann, Sarah L., Elmira, Mary E., Alfred, Delila and Charles W. Mr. CLE owns the saw-mill which was built in 1832.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887 Benton Township pg. 375Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CLINTON COLE, son of Ezekiel and Christena (Hess) Cole, was born July 8, 1842, near Benton, this county, on the old Cole farm. He was married January 10, 1869, to Miss Elma E., daughter of William Y. Hess, and they had four children, three now living: Ella B., Dora R. and Arden B. (Hurley R. is deceased). After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Cole lived on the old farm till the spring of 1875, when they moved to near Benton, remaining there one year, and then came to their farm of 122 acres, which is rented, near the Thomas mill. Our subject and wife attend the services of the Evangelical Church.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887 Benton Township pg. 375Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

NORMAN COLE, farmer and merchant, P. O. Cole's Creek, was born near where his store now stands in this township, March 20, 1857, son of Alinas and Rhoda Ann (Kile) Cole, now of Greenwood Township, this county. He commenced business in November, 1882, buying out W. B. Cole's general stock, and his store is near the old Cole mill. Mr. Cole was married March 12, 1873, to Miss Kate M., daughter of George Steadman, of Sugarloaf, and by her has four children: Nina C., Atta Maud, Luella G. and Perry Reece. When first married our subject and wife moved to Raven Creek, and there remained one year; thence to Daniel Laubach's place, and from there to their present home in 1875. Mr. Cole operated the farm only till 1884, and is now engaged in farming, storekeeping, and huckstering to Nanticoke and Wilkesbarre. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887 Benton Township pg. 376Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

SCOTT E. COLLEY, farmer, P. O. Benton, is a son of Alexander Colley, Sr., of whom so many speak, and who's record in the county will be found elsewhere. He was born November 6, 1812, and December 28, 1838, married Miss Sarah Hess, and has continued to reside on the same place where he was married, and where he owns 142 acres of improved land. He and wife have eight children, four living: Melissa, wife of Benjamin Peterman; William, living in Jackson Township; Alexander A., at home, and Wesley S. in Benton Village, a blacksmith. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887 Benton Township pg. 376Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CHARLES CONNER was born near Orangeville in 1815, and spent his boyhood days on the farm with his father. At an early age he began as clerk in the Montour Hotel in Danville, and remained there several years. During his stay he identified himself with the Episcopal Church and formed associations with the best families of Danville; at his death he left Mrs. BRADY, the widow of Samuel A. Brady--the proprietor of the Montour House, in whose employ he was--$1,000 as a reward for her kindness in his delicate health. This was a great benefit to her in her declining years. When a boy he was a clerk in the store of the late Judge Baldy, of Catawissa. He engaged in mercantile business in Bloomsburg, and was subsequently elected register and recorder of Columbia County. He was appointed to a desk in the auditor-general's office at Harrisburg and served for about seventeen years, and in 1868 he entered life insurance partnership with J. A. Funston. He was also identified with Mr. Funston in starting the Bloomsburg Banking Company. About the year 1872 or 1873 he went to live with his half-sister Mrs. Fisher of Orangeville, and died there in January, 1875, aged about sixty years. Hon. William Elwell and John A. Funston were selected in his will as executors of his estate. The inventory amounted to about $35,000; through the accumulation of interest and premiums on filing the account about one year after, the estate amounted to $42,000. He bequeathed to his half-sister, Mrs. Fisher, the semi-annual interest on $8,600 during her life, after her death said $8,600 is left in trust with his executors for the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., and to the three children of said Mrs. Fisher, viz.: Lizzie, Jesse and Charles, $2,000 each, to be paid to them with interest when twenty-one years old. Mrs. Jane BRADY, $1,000; Mrs. Rev. Robert Allen Castleman, $1,000; to his three namesakes, Charles Conner Sharplas, Charles Conner Evans and Charles Conner Tate, and his nephew, Millard F. Conner, each $500; to the rector and vestry of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Bloomsburg for use of said church, $1,000; and the rest, residue and remainder of his estate to St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Harrisburg, which enabled this parish to build a neat and comfortable church. The will was written and dated December 4, 1873. His executors purchased a lot in Rosemont Cemetery at Bloomsburg, where he was interred; a neat metallic fence incloses his lot, and a plain but substantial and beautiful Scotch granite monument marks his resting place. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 329 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CAPTAIN HARRISON J. CONNER, there is, perhaps, nothing of which a man may be more excusably proud than of gallant service in the cause of his country, nor is there any service which lives longer in the grateful memory of a people. Capt. Conner was among those who early offered their services to their country in its hour of peril and who never deserted their post until a peace crowned their efforts. He is one of the highly respected citizens of Orangeville, Pa., and was born in that town December 9, 1841, and is a son of Isaiah and Catherine R. (Millard) Conner, and a grandson of John Conner. The Conner family is of Irish origin, and John Conner, the grandfather of our subject, located in Center township, Columbia County, Pa., and, building a large tannery, he engaged in tanning, which business he conducted in connection with farming. He passed from this life in 1862 at the age of eighty years. He was the progenitor of a large family of children. Isaiah Conner, the father of our subject, was born in Center township, Columbia County, Pa., in 1812, and his younger days were spent working in the tannery owned by his father. Upon attaining his manhood he moved to Orangeville, Columbia County, where he successfully engaged in the tannery business until his death, which occurred in 1855 at the age of forty-two years. Mr. Conner was married to Catherine R. Millard, a daughter of Reece Millard, late a farmer of Briarcreek, now Center township. To this union the following children were born: Harrison J., the subject of this sketch; Anna Rebecca, deceased; Clara, deceased; Millard, a prominent resident of Orangeville; and William T., who died aged thirty years. Capt. Conner received his intellectual training in the public schools of his native town and at Millville Academy at Millville, Pa., and after his father's death he became connected with the tannery industry and continued that line of business until the breaking out of the Civil War. Being inspired by patriotic feeling, he offered his services in defense of the Union, and April 22, 1861, enlisted as a private in Company A, 6th Reg., Pa. Reserves. His patriotic ardor found full vent on many a hard-contested field of battle where he was eager to discharge his full duty. Our subject took part in all the engagements of the Army of the Potomac, the most prominent of which were the battles at Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861; Second Bull Run, August 29-30-31, 1862; South Mountain, Md.} September 14, 1862; Antietam, September 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3, 1863; New Hope Church; Wilderness; Cold Harbor; and Bethesda Church. On September 25, 1862, he was appointed second lieutenant, in which position he served until his discharge. He received an honorable discharge at Harrisburg, Pa., June 11, 1864. In January, 1865, he was appointed first lieutenant of Company G, 3d Reg., U. S. Vet. Vol., Hancock's 1ist Army Corps, but was later promoted to captain, and was connected with Hancock's Corps which was retained at Washington after the close of the war. At the close of his military career he spent two years traveling through the West and then returned to Orangeville, where he has since been engaged in various kinds of business. He was one of the organizers of the Bloomsburg & Sullivan Railroad, and is a member and secretary of the board of directors. In politics Capt. Conner is a stanch Republican and in 1881 he was elected justice of the peace and has held that office to the present time. He is a past commander of Ent Post, G. A. R., of Bloomsburg, and is now a member of Pealer Post, No. 435, G. A. R., of Orangeville; and is past master of Orangeville Lodge, No. 460, F. & A. M. .(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. 158 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)
CAPT. HARRISON J. CONNER was born in Orange Township, Penn., December 9, 1841, the eldest son of Isaiah Conner, who was born in Centre Township in 1812, son of John Conner, a Pennsylvanian by birth. Subject's mother's maiden name was Catharine, daughter of Reece Millard. Three children were reared to maturity: Harrison J., Millard F. and William T. Isaiah Conner died in 1855; his widow is yet living. Harrison J. worked in the tannery with his father when young, and the war breaking out he enlisted as a private in Company A. Sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Reserves, for three years, served out his time and filled every position up to second lieutenant in his company. After serving out his time he was commissioned first lieutenant, and was in Company G, Third Regiment United States Veteran Volunteers, Hancock's First Army Corps; served until the spring of 1866, coming out as captain. After his return home he visited the West; was elected justice of the peace, and is now serving his second term.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 522 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

GEORGE W. CORELL, retired, Bloomsburg, was born in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, July 4, 1824, to John George and Susannah (Shock) Corell. the father was born in Northampton County and reared to farm life. He was twice married; first to Miss Beck, who died leaving one child, Elizabeth, who married George Winner of Columbia County, and died in 1883; his second marriage was with Miss Susannah Shock, who bore him twelve children, eight of whom are living: Sallie, widow of John Grover, in Monroe County; Philip, in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County; Joseph, in Mausdale, Montour county; Mary, wife of Jacob Snyder, in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County; George W., our subject, Margaret Ann, wife of Jacob Darhone, in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County; Susan, widow of Robert Dunbar of Lebanon, Penn., and Henry, who resides in Republic, Seneca Co., Ohio. The deceased are Catharine, Samuel and two infants who died unnamed. The father of this family died about 1865, aged eighty years. The mother died about 1863, aged seventy-four years, and both are buried at the new school Lutheran Church, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County. The latter was a member of that church, but Mr. Corell belonged to the Reformed Church. Our subject was reared at the place of his birth, and in his eighteenth year went to Richmond in the adjoining township of Lower Mount Bethel, to learn the trade of cabinet-maker with Jacob Keefer. He remained there three years and three months learning the trade, and after arriving at age was employed by Mr. Keefer as a journeyman for nine months, and then worked a year at his trade and carpenter work for John Wagner, in Upper Mount Bethel Township. He then moved to Bloomsburg, and for a while carried on carpentering, and in the fall of the same year, 1847, opened a shop and embarked in the undertaking and cabinet-making business. He conducted this for about twenty years, and then put in a line of furniture and conducted the business in this way until 1878, when he sold out to his eldest sons. About two years later the Farmers Exchange was organized, in which Mr. Corell bought stock, and since that time the business of the concern has increased to about $100,000 per annum. August 8, 1882, he and his step-son, Lloyd, purchased a drug store in Hughsville, which is conducted by his step-son, under the firm name of Corell & White. Mr. Corell also owns forty acres of land left in Hemlock Township, after selling eleven acres in 1885; also eight-three acres in Northampton County. The latter he rents, but the former is supervised by Mr. Corell. He married in Northampton County, in 1845, Miss Amanda Mack, a native of Northampton County, a daughter of Samuel and Isabel Mack, who are both living in that township. Mrs. Corell died in 1870, and is buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg. By that marriage there were ten children, four of whom died in infancy. the living are William J., married to Agnes Faust, and George Winner (these two sons are engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Bloomsburg, succeeding their father); Mary, wife of Frank C. Casper, who lives in Pittston, where he conducts a job printing office; Isabel, wife of N. M. Hartman of Nanticoke, proprietor of The Sun (newspaper) office at that place; Albert Henry, who has a job office in Bloomsburg, and Edwin, who is employed by William Krickbaum. Mr. Corell married February 28, 1871, Mrs. Mary Ann White, widow of Russell White, by whom she had four children, two now living: Cyrus, who lives at Cherokee City, Iowa, engaged in the bakery and confectionery business, and Lloyd M., who conducts the drug business previously mentioned, at Hughsville. Mr. and Mrs. Corell are members of the Methodist church, as is also the elder of their children, of which church Mr. Corell has been trustee for the past thirty years; was treasurer of the church from 1854 to 1884, when he resigned; has been class-leader for twenty-five years. He was a member of the borough council two terms; was school director of the township before it became a borough and was tax collector of the borough one year. He is manager and treasurer of the Farmers Exchange, which positions he has held since the establishment of the institution. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 330 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOSEPH CRAWFORD, farmer, Orangeville, is descended from one of the early settlers of Columbia County, and was born in Mount Pleasant Township, September 25, 1818. His father, Joseph Crawford, was born in 1778 and was the second white child born in Northumberland County, in a fort. Joseph, Sr., was a son of Edward Crawford, of Scotch descent, whose ancestors came from Scotland and settled in the lower counties. Our subject's mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Mellick. Subject's father was reared to farming, and he and wife had eleven children, nine of whom were reared to maturity. Edward, Andrew, John, Joseph, Stephen, Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth, Sarah Ann. Our subject remained on the farm until he was twenty-seven years of age. In 1842 he married Catherine, daughter of Harmon and Anna (Evland) Labour, and in 1846 located on his farm in Mount Pleasant, where he resided until 1877. He then located in Orange Township and there he has since remained. He has been successful; owns several farms, and has a competence for his declining years. To him and wife nine children were born, five of whom are living: Clinton, Harmon, William, Alfred and Anna. All reside in this county except Harmon, who is in Russell County, Kas. Another son, Joseph F., was killed in New Mexico in December, 1880, and three died of diphtheria in 1866. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 522 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

HENRY L. CREASY, farmer, P. O. Catawissa, was born in Catawissa Township, September 12, 1861, a son of Nathan and Susanna (Krickbaum) Creasy, both of whom were born and reared on the farm where our subject now resides. They were of German descent, and were the parents of eight children, six now living: William T., Francis P., Elmira (wife of W. H. Hess), Henry L., Nathan and Dora. Our subject was born and reared on the old homestead where he now resides, and owns 135 acres of good land, all under cultivation. This farm originally contained 300 acres, but has been divided into two farms. Mr. Creasy was married in 1884, to Anna Sweppenhiser of Centre Township, this county, and one child has been born to them, Hiram W. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy are members of the old Lutheran Church. He is an intelligent and enterprising farmer; has just commenced in life for himself, but is gifted with that energy which is sure to succeed. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887 Catawissa Township pg. 398Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JACOB H. CREASY, P. O. Catawissa, traveling salesman for the notion house of File, Derr, Haney & Co., of Philadelphia, was born in Mifflin Township, this county, October 7, 1838. He is a son of Levi and Catherine (Hartsell) Creasy, natives of Columbia County, Penn., and of German descent. His grandfather, Adam Creasy, was born in this county in 1780, and his (Adam Creasy's) brother was a member of the Legislature in the early times. Our subject's father was reared in Mifflin Township, where he also followed farming. He was lieutenant of a military company during the war of 1812, owned about 200 acres of land, was a member of the Lutheran Church, and died September 15, 1876. Our subject was reared on a farm until about eighteen years of age when he worked at the carriage trade for about eighteen months. He was then employed as clerk with Swank & Grover, at Hobby, Luzerne County, for seven months. He then formed a partnership with N. P. John, which continued until 1867, when the firm dissolved, and Mr. Creasy again conducted the business alone. In the spring of 1868 he sold out to I. John & Sons, and in 1869 moved to Mifflin where he engaged in mercantile business until the spring of 1872, when he again sold out. The same year he returned to Catawissa and bought a cigar and tobacco establishment at Berwick, which he conducted seven months, and again returned to Catawissa where he has since resided. In July, 1873, he was engaged by his present employers. He married January 23, 1866, Sarah E., daughter of Isaiah and Mary (Bitler) John, and they are the parents of four children, two living: Milton B. and Harry B. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he has been a member of the I. O. O. F. and American Mechanics and of the K. of P., but lately has dropped out. He owns a lot in Catawissa and 618 acres of good land. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887 Catawissa Township pg. 398 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

PHILIP CREASY, farmer, P. O. Lime Ridge, was born in Mifflin Township, this county, July 30, 1826; son of John and Margaret (Deirtich) Creasy. Philip Creasy, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in one of the lower counties of Pennsylvania, and from there came to what is now Columbia County, when a young man, and located in Mifflin Township, where Philip Creasy now resides. He was a farmer by occupation, but game being plentiful when he came, he indulged a great deal in hunting. He was married in this county to a Miss Bauman, and they lived on that place until their death. He cleared up the land on the place where he located, all of it being then covered with heavy growth of timber. He and his wife are both buried on the old homestead. John Creasy, father of the subject of this sketch, was born and reared on the old homestead of his father, and worked with the latter until his marriage. He then bought land in the vicinity of his father's home, part of which had been previously cleared, and on which there were some building improvements. He afterward sold that place, about 1839, and bought a farm in what is now Centre Township, to which he removed. That tract is now the farms of Philip, Elias and Lafayette. He found about half of it cleared, and he and his boys cleared up the remainder. He died while living on this place. He was married in this county to Miss Margaret Dietrich. Her parents were also early settlers, having come from one of the lower counties. Mr. and Mrs. John Creasy were the parents of eleven children, of whom eight are now living; Elias, in Centre Township, this county; Eve, wife of Daniel Hess in Mifflin County; Jacob and Philip, twins, the former in Virginia; Lafayette, also in Centre Township; Caleb, in Mifflinville, this county; John, in Fishingcreek Township, this county, and Stephen in Garfield County, Iowa. John Creasy, father of the above, died in 1845; his widow survived him until 1872. The former is buried at Creasy Cemetery in Mifflin Township, the latter at the Brick Church, Briarcreek Township, this county. Philip Creasy, subject of this sketch, was but a boy when his parents removed to Centre Township, and here was reared to manhood. He made his home with his father until the latter's death, and continued to live on the homestead until he built his present large brick residence in 1872. He was married in this county about 1851, to Miss Mary Rachel Hagebuch, a native of this township, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hill) Hagenbuch. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy are the parents of seven children: Arthur Clarence, married to Miss Margaret Aikman (they reside in this township); John Daniel, married to Miss Alice Reedy (they live in Nescopeck, Penn.); Elizabeth, wife of T. D. Strauss (they live at Lime Ridge, Penn.); Verna, Charles, Wilson and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy are members of the New School Lutheran Church. He has held local township offices, having been school director, overseer of the poor, supervisor, etc. He is a member of the Grange Association. John Creasy, father of Philip, started west about two years before coming to Centre Township. Taking two horses and a truck wagon he and his wife teamed it through as far as Kalamazoo, Mich., through a country, much of which was then inhabited by Indians, camping out at night. He went out merely on a visit, and would probably have stayed if the locality had suited him. He could then have bought all the good land he wanted there for 10 shillings per acre, but it did not suit him, and he returned by the same means as he had gone. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Centre Township pg. 415 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

SAMUEL C. CREASY, senior member of the firm of Creasy & Wells, the largest lumber merchants of Columbia County, Pa., whose yards are located at Bloomsburg, is one of the prosperous and enterprising business men of the borough. This highly esteemed citizen was born at Light Street, Columbia County, Pa., November 21, 1860, and is a son of Henry W. and Martha E. (Sloan) Creasy, and a grandson of Samuel and Mary (Brown) Creasy. Our subject's great-grandfather was Henry Creasy, who came from the state of New Jersey and settled in Mifflin township, Columbia County. His son Samuel, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Mifflin township, Columbia County, and began life as a farmer, which occupation he followed but a short time, when, in partnership with George and Elisha Brown, he embarked in the mercantile business, which he carried on until death claimed him, at the age of seventy-five years. He married Mary Brown, who bore him a family of eight children, namely: Henry W.; Nathan B.; Horace; Elizabeth; Daniel B.; William; John J.; and Fanny. Our subject's grandmother passed from this life aged eighty-six years. Henry Wesley Creasy, the father of our subject, was born at Mifflinville, Columbia County, Pa., October 17, 1825. His boyhood days were spent attending school and when young he began clerking in a flouring mill and later worked in a mercantile store at Berwick, Pa. Having become thoroughly acquainted with the mercantile business he went to Lime Ridge, Pa., where he ran a store on his own account; later he sold out and went to Light Street, Pa., where he clerked for James M click, but was soon taken in as a partner. William Creasy subsequently purchased the interests of Mr. Melick, and for three years the business was carried on under the firm name of Creasy Bros. Upon the death of William he was succeeded by his brother Daniel, who is now a merchant of Bloomsburg. The two brothers, Henry and Daniel, in addition to carrying on a mercantile store, conducted a lumber-yard until the death of our subject's father, which occurred October 30, 1868. Mr. Creasy was an active member of the Presbyterian Church and was steward and superintendent of the Sunday School. He was joined in marriage with Martha Sloan, a daughter of George and Susan (Melick) Sloan, and granddaughter of David Sloan, who came from Ireland and settled at Summer Hill, Briarcreek township, Columbia County. George Sloan was a farmer and started his son Samuel in the mercantile business at Light Street, Pa.; while he was en route to Philadelphia to purchase goods Samuel was drowned and his father took charge of the store and conducted it until his death. He died aged sixty-three years. He was married to Susan Melick and they had a family of five children, who grew to maturity, as follows: Samuel; Susanna; Mary Jane; Margaret B.; and Martha E., the mother of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy were the parents of five children, all of whom died young except our subject. They were as follows: Alice and Wilbur, deceased, were twins and were born March 26, 1859: Samuel, our subject; George Edwin, died May 29, 1863; and Maggie A., died February 17, 1867. Our subject, with his mother, moved to Bloomsburg in 1871, where Samuel attended the State Normal School and later the Kingston Seminary. Upon leaving school he clerked for a period of three years, and in 1883 he embarked in the lumber business on a small scale. Later he took in Mr. Wells as a partner and they now have their yard located between Sixth and Seventh streets, which is the largest lumber-yard in the county. They also carry a complete line of sashes, doors, blinds, and other house furnishings, and give employment to a large force of men. They own a mill and cut and saw their own lumber, and have purchased many hundred acres of timberland in the vicinity. The proprietors are men of hustling ability and have established a trade second to none in the county, and our subject has not only sold many houses in the town but has erected more houses than any other man in Bloomsburg. Mr. Creasy is one of the most energetic and active business men of Bloomsburg, and has assisted in many of the most flourishing enterprises in the borough. He is popular, and is held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens. Samuel C. Creasy was united in the bonds of matrimony to May Wells, a daughter of E. C. Wells, whose sketch also appears in this Book of Biographies. Seven children have blessed this happy union: Annie, Martha, Edward, Ruth and Ethel; and Clifton and Clyde, deceased. Mr. Creasy has served his fellow-citizens as president of the town council and has held other public offices. .(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.347 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

WILLIAM T. CREASY, farmer, P. O. Catawissa, was born in this township, February 23, 1856, a son of Nathan and Susanna (Krickbaum) Creasy; the latter was a native of Catawissa Township and of German descent. The former's ancestors came from Germany and settled in New Jersey, whence they moved to this county about 100 years ago. Some settled about Mifflin Township, this county, where they farmed. Subject's grandfather William was one of the earlier settlers in Catawissa Valley, Schuylkill County. He was a farmer, which occupation he followed all his life, with the exception of the last few years, when he lived retired in Catawissa. He died in January, 1886, being in his seventy-ninth year. Our subject's father was born in Catawissa Valley, and was there reared. After his marriage he bought a farm where Henry L. now resides, and there remained until his death in 1881. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. His wife died in 1883. Our subject was reared on a farm and remained with his grandparents until twenty years of age. He graduated at Bloomsburg Normal School in 1875, began teaching when sixteen years old, and taught eleven terms. In 1876 he moved to where he now resides. He married, March 23, 1876, Sarah Jane Weaver, by whom he has three children: Charles, Katie and Sadie. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a member of the Grange and is at present school director. He was one of the originators of the White Plymouth chicken, which breed now adorns his poultry yards. Mr. Creasy has three brothers and two sisters living, and two sisters dead. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887 Catawissa Township pg. 398 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

G. W. CREVELING, merchant at Afton, P. O. Espy, was born in the immediate neighborhood, December 19, 1833, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ruckle) Creveling. His father died in September, 1835, while on a trip west, at or in the vicinity of South Bend, Ind. The mother died in 1856. G. W. lived on a farm close by Afton until he was about eleven years old; from that time in espy until 1861, receiving his education, in the meantime, in the common schools of that place. At the age of thirteen years he engaged at boating as driver on the Pennsylvania Canal, afterward as bowsman, steersman, then captain; afterward, in 1853, he bought a half interest in a boat, then the whole of it, and in 1855 owned two boats and freighted between Pittston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and intermediate points. He continued thus until 1856, when he abandoned active boating, though still owning a boat and hiring a man to run it. Before the age of twenty-one he had accumulated about $2,000. In the fall after closing boating, in 1856, he began to keep books in the office of Fowler & Creveling, with whom he remained four years. In April, 1857, he became part owner of the Limestone Ridge, near Espy, and has since been interested in shipping limestone. March 16, 1858, he married Frances M. MILLARD, a daughter of Joshua K. MILLARD, of Espy. In 1861 he personally assumed charge of shipping limestone at the Ridge, and in March, 1864, he and his brother, Alfred, established the present store at Afton. In 1867 he bought out his brother's interest and continued alone until 1873, when he took E. C. Trembly as a partner, and continued until 1877, since which time he has been alone. Mr. Creveling enlisted as an emergency man in 1863 for ninety days, and was in the United States service for about sixty days. He is a Republican and has served his vicinity in various public offices. Mr. and Mrs. Creveling have two children: Charles M., born August 24, 1859, an assistant in the store and limestone business, and Edna M., born July 5, 1875; another daughter died in 1865, aged three and a half years. Mr. Creveling is president of the Espy Lime & Cement Company, and was formerly its secretary and treasurer. He owns 110 acres of highly improved land in Centre Township, valued at $140 per acre. He was the architect of his elegant residence at Afton. The following are the children of Thomas Creveling: Eli, who married Jane Heidley, and died in 1866; Isaac married Rebecca Hogenbuch [sic], and died in 1884; Eliza Ann, married to Henry Trembly, and died in 1879; Rebecca, died in infancy; Lavina, married H. L. Gearhart, and died in 1875; Thomas, Jr., died unmarried, in 1881; Alfred, married Mary M. Worman, and resides at Harrisburg, Penn.; George W., resides at Afton, Penn., and John, died at the age of three years. George W. and Alfred are the only survivors. Now at the age of fifty-three years G. W. is about making arrangements to get out of active business with a sufficient competence, his health not being very good. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle 1887 Scott Township pg. 533 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

HERMAN G. CREVELING, Esq., Espy, was born May 19, 1826, one and a quarter miles north of Espy, and is a son of Andrew and Rebecca (Waters) Creveling. He was reared on a farm and educated at Espy. He has been three times married, first, in 1847, to Hester Willett, who died, the mother of two children, living: Rebecca R. and Ardelia E. His second wife was Louisa M. Kuhn, who left no children. His third marriage was with Mrs. Catherine Everts, nee Rukel, by whom he has one child, Clinton R. During his early life Mr. Creveling was a farmer, but in 1856 or 1857 embarked in the mercantile business with E. F. Richart, and in 1858 and 1859 carried on the business alone. Subsequently he engaged in the limestone business for several years, and for the last twenty-five or twenty-six years has conducted a butcher business. In 1865 he was elected a justice of the peace and has since served in that office, making twenty-two years of service. The Squire is now secretary of the Susquehanna Manufacturing Company at Espy. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle 1887 Scott Township pg. 534 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

J. HARVEY CREVELING, lumber merchant, P. O. Bloomsburg, was born in Columbia County October 17, 1830. The first of his ancestors to settle in this county were John Creveling and Charity, his wife, who located in what is now Scott Township. John owned a farm just east of Bloomsburg. He was from New Jersey, and he and wife were members of the Society of Friends. The famous "Creveling grape," well known throughout this country, was propagated by Mrs. Creveling, the original vine being still in good bearing condition, running over a large pear tree near the residence. Mr. and Mrs. John Creveling are both buried in Creveling Cemetery. Their son, Andrew, inherited the old homestead and married Ann I. Henrie, a daughter of Archibald and Sarah Henrie. Andrew was born January 22, 1806. His wife died in 1863, leaving a large family, six of whom are now living. He subsequently married Mrs. Hikox, then Mrs. Harvey, and was then married to Mrs. Fine, and died September 1, 1886, and is buried by the side of his wife in the Creveling Cemetery. He took an active part in public matters; was captain and later major of the militia, and was widely known as an enterprising and substantial citizen. He and his first wife belonged to the Episcopal Church. When his father retired from active business, J. Harvey bought the old homestead of 135 acres for $22,000, including a one-half interest in a timber tract near New Philadelphia of 125 acres. He married, November 27, 1856, Susan A. Conner, and three boys and five girls blessed their union: Andrew, married Annetta Hartman, a daughter of Wellington HARTMAN; Sarah; I. Conner; Anna I.; Mary; Lulu; Susan A., and Harvey Scott, all living at home, the married son carrying on the old homestead farm. Mr. Creveling is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has served his township as school director and in other local offices. He moved to Bloomsburg in 1886 and has partially retired. He has carried on the lumber business for fifteen years on West Creek, in Jackson and Sugarloaf Townships and still owns seven-twelfths of 372 acres of timber land there. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle 1887 Scott Township pg. 534 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

LEWIS M. CREVELING, farmer and insurance agent, P. O. Van Camp, is on the paternal side, descended from German ancestry. His great-grandfather, Andrew Creveling immigrated to this country with his wife and settled near Asbury, Warren Co., N. J., where he engaged in farming. At the outbreak of the Revolution he entered the Continental Army and served all through the war. He was in the battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778, and on that day his son, Samuel, the grandfather of our subject, was born. After the close of the war he removed with his family to Columbia County, Penn., where he died, and is buried with his wife in the Afton graveyard near Bloomsburg. Samuel Creveling became a farmer and after his marriage, in 1803, removed to the farm now occupied by our subject, which he had bought. This farm he cleared and erected a cabin, the site of which is not far from the place where Lewis now lives. His farm at that time comprised 350 acres. During the war of 1812 he was drafted, but several young men wanting to go in his stead, he selected one as a substitute, Mr. Creveling having a family of young children. He lived on his farm until his death, in 1859, at the age of eighty-one. His wife, Catherine Willets, of this county, died about five years before her husband. Both are buried in Zion graveyard, this county. They had the following named children: Andrew, Isaiah, Samuel, Russell and Rachel, all deceased. Peter, John and Sarah are living. Peter and John each live on a portion of the old homestead which they inherited; Sarah is the wife of Jacob Wenner, and resides at Benderstown, this township. Isaiah was the father of Lewis M. and was born May 29, 1810, on the part of the farm now occupied by our subject, on which he lived until his marriage, when he moved to Huntington Township, Luzerne County, where he remained a few year. He then bought a farm in Fairmount Township, that county, where he resided until his death. He never engaged in any occupation than farming. He took a somewhat prominent part in local political matters, holding many township offices. Twice he was elected justice of the peace and was noted for his talents as a peacemaker, having great influence among his neighbors, which he exerted for good and was also noted for his charitable disposition. As a hunter and a fisherman he excelled. He died December 29, 1864, aged nearly fifty-five years. In 1835 he married Catherine M., daughter of Andrus Fellows, a prominent citizen of Huntington Township, Luzerne County, and the first white child born in that township. Mr. Fellows was a wealthy and enterprising farmer, and resided sixty years on the place where he died and where he accumulated a large fortune. He was a plain, unassuming man and was known as a philanthropist. In middle life he took his rifle and traveled to Kalamazoo County, Mich., where he took up land, but later came back to Pennsylvania. Isaiah Creveling and wife had six children, two of whom died in infancy: Andrus F. (resides on part of his father's farm in Luzerne County), Samuel W. (on the old homestead with his mother), Rachel B. (wife of Zephariah L. Kile, a farmer of Sugarloaf Township), and Lewis M., who was the second child. Our subject was born September 2, 1838, in Luzerne County, and lived on the farm until the breaking out of the war. August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, the "second bucktails," in which he served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and twenty other engagements. He went out as a private, was promoted successively corporal, first sergeant and commissioned second lieutenant, which rank he held on his return. While sergeant he commanded the company all through the battles of the Wilderness and was fortunate to escape with only one wound all through the service. He was shot through the face at Spottsylvania Court House. On his return from the service he married and moved to the farm which he now owns and which was a part of the original tract, and has since been engaged in farming and lumbering. He is an incorporator in and director of the Fishingcreek Mutual Insurance Company, of which he is also an agent. September 11, 1865, he married Angeline Moss, daughter of Joseph and Emily (Trescott) Moss, of Fairmount, Luzerne County (and both are still living). Her father was born February 13, 1809, and Mrs. MOSS April 6, 1809. He has been a farmer and lumberman and for years operated a mill in that county. He is a prominent and active citizen and one of the oldest settlers in the township. He also takes a leading position in religious matters in his neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Crevelinghave seven children living: Isaiah Osborne, Francis W., Eveline, Joseph C., Albert E., Andrew Fellows and Katie Emily. A son, Irvin, died in infancy. Mr. Crevelingis a prominent man in the political affairs of his township, and has held several township offices. He is a thorough-going, active business man, and stands high in the community. Politically he is a Democrat. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 438 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

SAMUEL CREVELING, farmer, farmer, P. O. Light Street, was born in what is now Centre Township, this county, September 30, 1830, a son of Alexander and Rebecca (Marr) Creveling. Andrew Creveling, grandfather of Samuel, came to what is now Columbia County from the State of new Jersey, and located near what is now Espytown, in Scott Township, where he bought land and made improvements after the fashion of that day. At that time, and four years, there were no milling facilities closer than Sunbury, and he used to send his boys down to Sunbury with wheat to be ground; they generally loaded about fifteen bushels of grain on a canoe, "poling" to Sunbury and return. He was married in New Jersey before coming to this county, and, on location in what is now Scott Township, they made their home in that vicinity until they died. Of their children all are deceased. Alexander Creveling, son of the above, and father of Samuel, was born in what is now Columbia County, Penn., and was reared to farm life. This he followed alone until 1850, when he built the tannery now owned by Jacob Rink, in Centre Township. He had bought land, on part of which the tannery is located, in the early part of the present century, and after putting up the tannery, he managed that business and carried on farming until his death. He was married in this county to Miss Rebecca Marr, a native of this county and daughter of Lawrence Marr. Her parents came to this county from Scotland, located near Easton, Penn., and from there removed to this county, where both died and are buried in Hidlay Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Creveling were the parents of sixteen children, of whom three are living: Cyrus, in Buffalo Valley, Union Co., Penn.; Samuel, and Franklin, in Centre Township, this county. Alexander Creveling died August 10, 1857; his wife in January, 1883. They are buried in Hidlay Cemetery. At the time of his death Mr. Creveling was the owner of 187 acres of land and the tanner property. Samuel Creveling, subject of this sketch, was born and reared at the place where he now resides. When a boy he principally assisted his father in the farm work, but worked occasionally in the tannery, especially in winter, and in about 1849-50 he used to haul hides in the winter season from Scranton, Pittston, Wilkesbarre and other places depended on the tannery. Scranton at that time contained but a few houses, and gave his attention entirely to farming. He was married in this county September 24, 1857, to Miss Mary Ann Lamon, a native of this county and daughter of James and Hannah (Spear) Lamon, natives of Ireland, who on coming to this country first located near Mauch Chunk; from there they removed to Briarcreek Township, this county, and there they lived until their death; the former died in 1872 and the latter in the fall of 1878, and are buried at Berwick, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Creveling were the parents of nine children, of whom six are living: Hiram Jasper, married to Miss Sarah Melick, living at Pittston, Penn.; Marietta, wife of Elmer Creveling, living near Espytown, this county; Ella, Willbert G., Clarence Alexander and Grace Edna, Annie Irene, Jennie Eudella and Charles Wesley are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Creveling are members of the Methodist Church. He has 177 acres of land. The place on which his home is located is a part of the first tract taken up between the mouths of Fishing creek and East Briarcreek, the original grant, still in Mr. Creveling's possession, bearing the name and seal of William Penn, and bearing the date of 1869. The Creveling family were great hunters and rifle shots, and some of them were very expert at the latter act. The father of Samuel killed two bears in the vicinity of the latter's home. He, like the other men of the family, was a fine shot. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 416 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JONAS CRISMAN, miller, P. O. Berwick, was born in Warren County, N. J., March 4, 1831, a son of Jacob and Margaret (Hill) Crisman, natives of Warren County, N. J., and of English-German descent. His grandfather came from Germany, settled in New Jersey, built the first grist-mill in Warren County, and was extensively engaged in milling. He shipped flour to all parts of the country, but chiefly to Philadelphia. He was very wealthy, and at his death his property was divided among his ten children. Our subject's maternal grandfather, Gen. Hill, came from England and settled in New Jersey. He was obliged to flee from his native country on account of siding with the colonies, and, after arriving in America, served in the Revolution under Washington. After the close of that struggle he built a mill and followed milling. Our subject's father was born in Warren County, N. J., in 1795; was reared on a farm and engaged in milling, which he followed all his life. He served in the war of 1812, and while rejoicing over the election of President Harrison, in 1841, he was accidentally killed by the explosion of a cannon. He was the father of ten children, five of whom survive: three reside in New Jersey, one in California, and one in Pennsylvania. Jonas Crisman was reared to the miller's trade, which he followed in New Jersey until coming to this State. He owned two or three grist-mills in New Jersey, and followed milling extensively. In 1883 he sold out, came to Columbia County, and purchased the grist-mill which he is now operating. He also has the contract to run the stage from Berwick to Conyngham. In October, 1855, he married Ellen Gray, a native of New Jersey, and six children were born to them: Annie (wife of F. P. Freas), John (married to Mary Linaberry), Frederick, Frank, George and Virgil H. Mrs. Crisman is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Crisman is a F. & A. M. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 386 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

B. F. CRISPIN, Jr., teller of the First National Bank, Berwick, was born in Philadelphia July 21, 1847, a son of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth R. (Glenn) Crispin, natives of Philadelphia, and of English descent. His father was born August 1, 1824, and educated in Philadelphia, where he has always resided. Our subject was reared and educated in Philadelphia, and during the great excitement in oil circles, being then eighteen years old, he took charge of his father's business, while the latter was absent in the oil regions. He remained with his father until 1870, when he engaged as a partner in the firm of Longacre & Co., in the printing and lithographing business. Thus he remained until the mill closed in January, 1873. He then entered the First National Bank as teller, and in 1880 was elected one of the directors. In the spring of that year he engaged in the iron business under the firm name of Jackson Bros. & Crispin, in the manufacture of charcoal, pig iron, etc., in which he is still interested, the business being now conducted under the firm name of Jackson Iron Co. Mr. Crispin married, in 1873, Maggie, daughter of M. W. and Margaret (Gearhart) Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Crispin are the parents of three children: M. Jackson, Clarence G. and Helen. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Crispin is a member of the Masonic fraternity.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 386 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

R. G. CRISPIN, merchant, Berwick, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., a son of B. F. and Elizabeth (Glenn) Crispin, both natives of Philadelphia, and of English-Welsh descent. His ancestors came over from England in 1652, with William Penn, and located in Philadelphia. The grandfather, Benjamin, was born in Philadelphia, and there learned the saddler's trade, which he followed in his youth. In the prime of life he became quite a politician; somewhere about 1840 was speaker of the Senate and also served as lieutenant-governor for some years. His latter years he spent in retirement, having amassed a fortune. Our subject's father was also born in Philadelphia, and there attended school. He served as public weigher in that city for many years, and still resides there. Our subject, the third of eight children, was reared in Philadelphia until twenty-one years of age, and there received his education. At the age of seventeen he engaged in the insurance business, which he followed until leaving the city. In 1870 he came to Berwick and engaged in mercantile business, which he has since followed. He carries a general stock of dry goods, boots, shoes, groceries, etc., valued at $7,000. In September, 1873, he married Fannie Bowman, a native of Columbia County.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 386 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

WILLIAM Y. CRUIKSHANK,* the popular and efficient superintendent of the casting department of the Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company, is a skilled mechanic, who has the supervision of the work of 200 men. He was born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., and is a son of James and Margaret (McFarland) Cruikshank. James Cruikshank, the father of our subject, was a molder by trade, and followed it during his entire life. He had fifty years' experience in that line of work and, being an apt and conscientious worker, he acquired a great deal of skill. He and Margaret McFarland took the matrimonial vows and they became the parents of a family of children, one of whom is William Y., the subject of this personal history. Mrs. Cruikshank closed her eyes in final sleep at the age of forty-seven years, and her husband died at the age of seventy-three years. William Y. Cruikshank received his education in the common schools, after which he learned the trade of a molder with his father, and soon after was appointed superintendent of the Lebanon Manufacturing Company of Lebanon. In 1894 he was called to his present position as superintendent of the casting department of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company, which, when running regularly, uses from 150 to 200 tons of pig iron daily. Our subject has won the confidence of his employers, who regard him as one of the most reliable and faithful men in their employ. He always pays the strictest attention to his business duties, and in private life he is always looked upon with favor and is a highly respected citizen. Mr. Cruikshank was united in marriage to Jennie Hunter, a daughter of Alexander Hunter, and they are the proud parents of six children, as follows: William H., deceased; Alexander, a molder by trade; Mary, who married J. C. Lynn; James K. and John C., twins, who have just graduated from Berwick High School; and Margaret, deceased. In religious attachments the members of the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Socially our subject is a Mason. * The information contained in this biography was supplied by the subject of this sketch. A type-set copy of the biography was sent to the subject to be proof-read, but the subject did not edit and return the copy, so this biography may contain typographical errors. .(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. 759 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN C. CRYDER, farmer, P. O. Willow Spring, was born in Briarcreek Township, this county, March, 1, 1860, son of Isaac L. and Mary (Hicks) Cryder. Thomas S. Cryder, grandfather of John C., removed from Philadelphia to this county in the early part of the present century, coming with his mother and sisters. He had been a carpenter in Philadelphia, an occupation he followed to some extent after coming to this country. He died March 16, 1878, his wife having preceded him in death by a number of years, and was buried in Philadelphia. He (Thomas S. Cryder) was buried in Berwick, Penn. Isaac L. Cryder, father of John C., was born in Philadelphia in August, 1834, and was reared to farm life. He bought a farm of 100 acres in Briarcreek Township, on which he located, and in November, 1867, removed to the Briarcreek grocery, which he conducted for eighteen months. In 1869 he bought the farm where his son L. H. now resides in Centre Township, and there he lived and died. He was married in this county to Miss Mary Hicks, February 18, 1858, and they were the parents of three children, two of whom are living: John C. and Leoni H. Edwin A. is deceased. The father of the family died May 5, 1877, and is buried at Berwick, this county. His widow resides with her son, Leoni H. John C. Cryder, the subject of this sketch, was reared in Briarcreek Township to farm life, attending the schools of Briarcreek and Centre Townships, and the State normal at Bloomsburg, where he remained about two years taking the classical course. He was married in this county February 17, 1885, to Cora A. Creveling, a member of an early settler's family of the county, and they are the parents of one child, Harold Creveling Cryder. Mr. Cryder and his brother, Leoni H., have 142 acres of land in this township. Leoni H. Cryder was born in Briarcreek Township, this county, August 5, 1865, and was reared in Briarcreek and Centre Townships. He makes his home in Centre Township, he and his mother living together. He received his education in the schools of Centre Township, attending also two terms at the State normal at Bloomsburg. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Centre Township pg. 417Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

DANIEL F. CURRY, postmaster, Centralia, was born in Schuylkill County, this State, August 15, 1843, a son of Thomas and Margaret (Moran) Curry. His father died in Schuylkill County, October 23, 1857. Daniel F. early engaged in mining and at the age of seventeen years was employed as superintendent of the colliery of Hennett & Oliver, Schuylkill County, which position he held until 1864, when he came to Centralia and became foreman of the Continental colliery, operated by Charles Goodrich & Co. He had charge both inside and out until 1870, when he retired from mining, and embarked in the wholesale liquor business at Centralia, which he carried on about three years, at the end of which time the block in which his store was situated was destroyed by fire. He then started in the hotel business, which he still conducts. He is a Democrat; was appointed postmaster of Centralia January 1, 1886, and has been a member of the borough council, also held other local positions. He was married November 1, 1865, to Miss Mary Farrell, daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth Farrell. Mr. and Mrs. Curry were the parents of ten children, of whom seven are living; Margaret, Annie, Thomas, Mollie, Elizabeth, Daniel and Gertrude. The deceased are Lizzie, Josephine and Michael. Mr. Curry enlisted in April 1861, in company C, Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, colonel McDowell. They were assigned to Gen. Heintzelman's corps, and were in Alexandria at the time of the shooting of Col. Ellsworth. Mr. Curry was mustered out with his regiment at Harrisburg at the expiration of the term of enlistment. At the time of the invasion of Gen. Lee he raised a company in Schuylkill County, and was commissioned first lieutenant by Gov. Curtin, his commission bearing date June 15, 1863. The company was mustered in Company K, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Regiment, and mustered out later in the year, there being no further need for the number raised at that time.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 429 417Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

RAY H. DAVENPORT, although a young man, is possessed of wonderful business ability and holds the responsible position of superintendent for the Berwick Store Company, Ltd., one of the largest department stores in the state of Pennsylvania. The store is located in a handsome three-story brick building which is heated by steam and lighted throughout by electric lights. The south side of the store is devoted to a large stock of groceries, crockery, hardware, confectionery, etc., while the north room on the first floor is stocked with a complete line of men's furnishings in the front, and in the rear is a meat and produce market. The second floor is equipped with everything in the line of ready-made clothing, hats and caps, boots and shoes, and bicycles. The third floor is heavily stocked with a comprehensive line of household furnishings, having a great variety of the best furniture, carpets, curtains, draperies, etc. In the near vicinity, the company has a large coal yard, also a store where are sold feed, flour and grain. In fact, everything that could be desired by the public is kept in this establishment, and thirty-five clerks, five delivery-men, and eight bookkeepers are constantly employed to care for the ever increasing business. The store is well arranged and everything is carefully systematized; the clerks are polite and courteous and it is a pleasure for customers to trade there. Ray H. Davenport, the subject of this review, was born February 4, 1874, in Crawford County, Pa., and is a son of Levi and Civil (Hills) Davenport. He removed to Berwick in 1891 and became entry clerk in the store of Jackson & Woodin, serving in that capacity for five years. At the expiration of that time the firm was merged into the Berwick Store Company, Ltd., when our subject, on account of his thorough knowledge of the affairs of the firm, was made superintendent and has since faithfully performed the duties of that position. He is a man of marked ability and has won not only the approval of his employers, but the confidence and respect of those under his supervision. Mr. Davenport formed a matrimonial alliance with Idella Bloss, a daughter of John Bloss of Berwick, and they are the happy parents of two children, namely: Donald H., and John B. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Malta, and Lodge No. 246, I. O. O. F., of Berwick. Politically Mr. Davenport is a Republican. .(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. 257 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

The DAVIS FAMILY, post office Zion's Grove, Schuylkill County. David Davis, one of the early settlers of Columbia County, a native of Philadelphia, and a minister of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, came to this county in 1814. His father-in-law, Roberts, had taken up land in what is now Beaver Township, and David Davis took possession of same, where he lived a number of years and then removed to Roaringcreek Township where he died. His wife died several years prior and both were buried in the Michael Cemetery, Beaver Township. They were the parents of fourteen children, only two of whom are now living, John, in Hastings, Adams Co., Neb., and William in Beaver Township. Isaac Davis, the second of their children, was born May 29, 1792, in Philadelphia. His father moved from there to Sunbury, Northumberland County, and there our subject remained until he was sixteen years of age; then removed with his father to Columbia County and remained with him until he was twenty years of age. He then bought a piece of land in Beaver Township and lived on it (with the exception of three years spent in Chester County) until his death. He married in Chester County in 1817 Miss Julianna Thomas, a native of that county, a daughter of Samuel and Esther Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Davis came to Columbia County and here resided until their death, he dying September 30, 1868, and his widow March 26, 1872; both are buried in the family cemetery on the old homestead. They were the parents of the following named children: those living—David, a resident of Greenfield, Hancock Co., Ind.; Julianna, widow of Robert C. Diehl, in Hopeville, Luzerne Co., Penn.; Maria, Anthony Wayne and Eliza Jane; those deceased—John Wesley, William A., Isaac Roberts, Esther Ann, wife of William Matthews, and Margaret Ann, wife of Henry F. Bird, who is also deceased. The Davis family are members of the Methodist Church. Politically Isaac Davis was a Republican. Five hundred and ninety-one acres of land belong to the heirs of Isaac Davis, deceased. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 368-9 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

D ERNEST DAVIS is classed among the solid and substantial business men of the town of Berwick, Pa., and is superintendent of the Berwick Electric Light Company. He was born at Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pa., July 16, 1869, and is a son of Thomas H. B. Davis, a well-known carpenter and contractor of Summer Hill, Briarcreek township, Pa. For many years our subject had charge of the C. R. Woodin electric light plant on the Heights, where he proved himself to be an efficient electrician and attracted the attention of the officials of the Berwick Electric Light Company, who offered him the superintendency of their plant, which position he accepted, succeeding W. E. Boyce. This company was organized in 1892 and immediately built, on the site of the Freas Bros.' foundry, a brick plant, 45 by 50 feet, with a boiler and engine room 30 by 40 feet, and in addition an office and work-rooms. The plant has two engines, one of 100-horsepower, the other of 150-horsepower, two 1,200-light machines, a Westinghouse and a Warren dynamo, one 60-arc light and two 30-arc light machines. The town of Berwick is well illuminated by forty-five arc lights on the streets which are well distributed throughout the borough, and besides furnishing lights for many dwellings and nearly all the stores of the place, the company supplies the lights for the mammoth works of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company which are in the town. Mr. Davis chose for his life companion Iola Miller, a daughter of John F. Miller, a prominent citizen of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Davis reside in their handsome residence at No. 408 East Front street, which was formerly the property of the Berlins. Mr. Davis performs his work in such a manner as to win the confidence and esteem of his superior officers. As a citizen he stands high in the estimation of his fellow-men and is one of the most prosperous and highly-respected citizens of Columbia County. .(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. 671 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

G. W. DAVIS, Jr., druggist, P. O. Centralia, was born in Minersville, Schuylkill Co., Penn., September 5, 1855. His parents, George Wood and Mary E. (Edwards) Davis, were natives of Wales, and came to this country, the former in the early part of 1854, the latter arriving on the 7th of the following November, on which date they were married in New York. They then moved to Minersville, Schuylkill County, where the father engaged in mining. In 1860 he went to the big mine run, and engaged as contractor in sinking a slope. He returned to Minersville, and later came to Centralia and was one of the contractors for sinking the slope for J. M. Freck & Co., miners and shippers of coal. He continued to mine coal at that colliery until a spell of idleness, caused by the miners standing out for higher wages, compelled him to engage with R. Gorrell & Co. At the Continental colliery, with six others, he was employed on a slope at night, to avoid stopping the hoisting in the daytime. While returning from work about 1 A.M., they were shot at from an ambush while walking through a cut on the Lehigh Valley Railroad track, the lights on their heads making them easily discernible. Their assailants probably supposed that their victims had intended to take their places. Mr. Davis was shot through the lungs and so severely wounded that he never entirely recovered from the effects. Some time after he was engaged with J. P. Jones at the No. 5 tunnel, Lansford, where he remained about two years. An opening then offered to him at his home in Centralia, and he became foreman of the mine of G. M. Prevost, and after six months went to bear Ridge colliery No. 1, Mahanoy Plain. from there, after three years, he went to Ashland and became foreman of the tunnel colliery. Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, and was thus engaged about two years, when he accepted a similar position at the Big Mine Run colliery, J. Taylor & Co. While thus engaged, passing through an entry November 7, 1885, a large piece of coal fell from the roof and so injured him that he was confined to bed for three months. He then resumed his duties, but a day's trial compelled him to return to bed, and he died May 31, 1886, and was buried in the Odd fellows cemetery, Centralia. His widow and eleven children still reside here. George W., Jr., commenced the drug business in 1869, and finished his apprenticeship in 1872. In 1874 his father, who was then appointed postmaster, bought a drug store in the postoffice building. George W., Jr., who had been an assistant in the postoffice since 1869, conducted the store and transacted the principal business of the post office. His father was postmaster until December, 1885. Our subject was a member of the borough school board for 1886, succeeding his father. The latter was a member of the I. O. O. F., and highly respected by all who knew him.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 429 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOSHUA B. DAVIS, farmer, P. O. Cole's Creek, was born in Benton Township, this county, September 4, 1842, son of Thomas DAVIS, who was a son of Reuben Davis, who came to Columbia County, Penn., in an early day, locating at Catawissa, thence moved to Bloom Township and in 1815 settled on Raven Creek, Benton Township; he took a good farm there and cleared it up out of a wilderness, and died there July 3, 1858. His wife was Catherine Miller, and they had eight children: John, Mary, Thomas, Catherine, Ellen, Sarah, Elizabeth and Anna. Solomon and Richard Davis, brothers of Reuben, were also settlers in Columbia County. Our subject lived in Benton Township until his marriage, when he settled on Coles Creek. He married December 31, 1863, Harriet E., daughter of Jacob Harrington of Sugarloaf Township, this county, and they had eight children: Kate E., wife of Herbert Hess; John W., deceased; Thomas W., Ernest G., Walter B., Lena G., Emma B. and Alice P. Mr. Davis owns 250 acres of land in Upper Coles Creek, where he settled in 1867 and lumbered until 1880, since which time he has farmed almost exclusively, except in the season of manufacturing "oil of birch". In politics Mr. DAVIS is a Democrat.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 538 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

HENRY DEIGHMILLER, farmer, P. O. Buckhorn; a son of Henry Deighmiller, Sr., who came from Germany and settled in Bucks County, where he owned a farm, on which our subject was born. In 1848 he sold the farm there and removed to this county where he bought the farm on which his son now resides, and died in 1861. His widow, Anna Barbara, died in 1883. They had seven children, four of whom died young. Two daughters died after being married; Anna was the wife of Christopher Kuster, and Eliza was the wife of Augustus RABB. Henry is the only survivor, was born August 10, 1843, in Bucks County, and was six years old when his parents came to this county. In 1865 he left home and worked on farms in this township for the following eight years, when he teamed and threshed for two years, and kept hotel at Light Street for one year. He then returned to Hemlock and remained a year, after which he farmed in Carbon County for two years; he then returned to the old homestead, on which he has since resided, farming it and threshing in fall and winters. May 5, 1864, he married Miss Margaret Carrol, daughter of Charles Carrol. she was born in this township, but lived until grown with her parents in Carbon County. Mr. and Mrs. Deighmiller have eleven children, all of whom are now living: Hannah, William, Ada, Charles, Minnie, Bertha, John Salley, Maggie, and Ellie and Nellie (twins). They are all living with their parents.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 484 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

WILLIAM DELONG, retired, Orangeville, was born March 3, 1813, in Orangeville, when there were but a few houses in the place. When eighteen years of age he began learning the shoemaker's trade, and followed it continuously until 1884, since which time he has lived retired. He began poor but by patient industry and economy acquired a competency for his declining years. He married in February, 1842, Rebecca Labenberg, born in Catawissa, daughter of Lewis Labenberg. Four children were born to this union: Perry, engaged in the harness business. Samuel Delong, father of our subject, was an early resident of Sunbury and a son of John Delong. Samuel married Elizabeth Plank and they became the parents of Edward, henry, William, Jesse, Mary and Catherine. Edward and Catherine removed to Northampton County, where the former died; Jesse moved to Luzerne County, while William and Henry settled in Orange Township; mary is the wife of Henry Faus, and resides in Ohio; Catherine never married. Our subject is a member of the Lutheran Church and has been since he was eighteen years of age. Politically he is a Greenbacker.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 523 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CYRUS DeMOTT, farmer, P.O. Eyer's Grove. The pioneer of the DeMott family was Richard, who came from New Jersey to this county fully one century ago, and located on the farm now owned by John and David Shultz. Richard was born in 1755, and died May 26, 1827; his widow died August 5, 1849. They reared the following named children: Mary, Rosanna, John, Sarah, Rebecca, Isaac, Jacob, Abigal, Richard, David, William and Elizabeth. Jacob, father of our subject, was born September 9, 1792, in this township; he married Catharine, daughter of John Patton. After his marriage he settled on the farm now owned by Cyrus. He served as justice of the peace, and before the counties were divided was commissioner of the county, also supervisor of the poor; was a member of the Baptist Church for nearly sixty years, serving as deacon and elder. To Jacob DeMott and his wife the following named children were born: Mary, Margaret, John, Rosanna, Sarah, William, Cyrus, Samuel, Catharine, Harriet and George. The father died February 11, 1886, in his ninety-fourth year; his wife died in 1869. Cyrus was born in 1834 and was reared on the homestead. In early life he served an apprenticeship as carpenter, and followed the trade for fifteen years; then bought a farm in this township and farmed six years; then rented the farm for a time, and in 1876 purchased the home place, where he has since resided. In 1862 he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-first Regiment, and served nine months. He was married in 1868 to Annie L. Heller; she died in October, 1873, leaving no children. In 1880 he married his present wife, Antoinette B., daughter of George W. Suplee. Mr. DeMott is a member and clerk of the Baptist Church. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 502 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

THEODORE DENT, farmer, P. O. Buckhorn, was born in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Penn., July 13, 1845. His father, William, was a native of England and owned a farm in Montour County, but spent most of his life in the ore mines. His wife was Susan Weldie, of New Jersey. He died in 1865, but his widow is still living, aged seventy-one years, and makes her home chiefly with her son, Theodore. They had twelve children, three of whom died young; one, Albert, was killed by an explosion in the ore mine where he was working, at White Oak Hollow, this township. The living are William, who is superintendent of the mines at Milnes, Page Co., Va.; Charles, who resides in Chulasky, Montour County, and is boss of the ore mines at that place; Weldie, who is a miner in this township; George Henry, a farmer in Hemlock Township; Franklin P., who resides in Buckhorn; Elizabeth, is wife of Job Coseltt and resides in Kingston, Penn., and Jane, wife of Franklin P. Baum, who resides in Bloomsburg. Theodore is the third son, and remained at home until he was twenty-four years old. He married, November 28, 1868, Miss Cornelia, daughter of William Clinton, who was formerly a resident of Michigan, and is now living with Mr. Dent, and is eighty-eight years old. Mrs. Dent is thirty-five years of age and the mother of the following named children: Charles Albert, Robert Russell, Jennie, May, Bella and Mary, all living with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Dent are members of the Lutheran Church at Buckhorn, and he has been for three years superintendent of the Sunday-school connected with the church.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 484 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

FRANK D. DENTLER, boot and shoe merchant, Bloomsburg, is a native of Parkville, St. Joseph Co., Mich., born March 7, 1851, a son of Franklin G. and Mary (Cathcart) Dentler, natives of McEwensville, Northumberland Co., Penn., the former of German and the latter of Scotch ancestry. the father, who was always engaged in the stock and farm business, when a young man went to Michigan, and has lived nearly ever since in the vicinity of his present home, St. Joseph Co., Mich., where he owns some 300 acres of land. Our subject lived with his father on the farm until he was fifteen years of age, when he became a clerk with I. W. Pursel & Co., Schoolcraft, Mich., with whom he was engaged four years. The following two years he spent in the store of his uncle, Joseph Carthcart, at Clarinda, Iowa, and the next two years at Constantine, Mich., in the store of Briggs & Davis; was then engaged one year with C. H. Gainsley at Schoolcraft, Mich. In 1874 he came to Bloomsburg and accepted the position of head clerk in the store of I. W. McKelvy, which he held seven years. In the spring of 1881 he established his present business in the building now occupied by the postoffice, and subsequently built the block he now occupies, on Second Street. Mr. Dentler married in 1873 Mary Pursel, daughter of Sylvester and Mary J. (Emmett) Pursel, and they have one son, William C. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 330 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ANDREW JACKSON DERR, merchant, P.O. Derrs, was born March 18, 1838, at Orangeville, this county, and remained at home until he was married, January 26, 1865, to Mary Jane Davis, daughter of Thomas Davis, of Greenwood Township, this county. His first occupation was in his father's mill in Jackson Township. This mill he operated from 1861 to 1874, in which latter year he came to Greenwood Township and opened a store, putting up the buildings. His stock consists of general merchandise, and he does a good business. Mr. and Mrs. Derr are members of the Christian Church. He is postmaster at Derrs, and in politics is a Democrat. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 466 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

FREDERICK DERR, farmer, P.O. White Hall, was born October 12, 1804, on the farm he now owns, which was improved by his father, George Derr, who bought a tract of about 241 acres of the first occupants, the Sutfin brothers. The deed was executed in 1817, but George Derr had occupied it several years previous. George Derr was born in 1777, and married Mary, daughter of William Carnahan, by whom he had three children: Frederick, Margaret and Jane. George Derr, the father, spent his days on this farm and died at the advanced age of eighty-one years; his wife died several years previous. Frederick, the subject of this sketch, remained on the farm until he attained his twenty-eighth year, then went to Bay County, Mich., and worked at the carpenter's trade (which he had learned before leaving home) working at this vocation twenty-five years in that place; while here he married Elizabeth M. Clarke, a native of New Hampshire; she died in 1842, leaving no issue. He returned to this county in 1858, at the time of his father's death, located on the home farm, and has since been a constant resident of this farm. He was married, the second time, to Ellen, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Bogart) Welliver. Mr. Derr has no children. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 502Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

GEORGE W. DERR, farmer, P.O. Derrs, was born July 4, 1834, in Orangeville, this county, and lived under the parental roof until his first marriage, October 30, 1856, with Miss Lucinda, daughter of William Robbins, of Greenwood, this county. After marriage they lived at the saw-mill of Iram Derr till 1860, and in 1861 moved to present place of forty acres, in Greenwood Township. They were the parents of three children: Emma J. and an infant son (deceased), and Leah C. Mr. Derr's second marriage was October 18, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth F., daughter of William G. Lawton, of Greenwood, this county, and to this union have been born two children: Sarah A. and Charlie F. The family attend the services of the Christian Church. In politics our subject is a Democrat, and was elected jury commissioner in 1882, which position he still holds. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 466 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

IRAM DERR, farmer, P. O. Derrs, was born in Madison Township, Columbia Co., Penn., June 4, 1811, son of James and Nancy (Kitchen) Derr, former of whom, a native of Anthony Township, Montour County, died in Tennessee, latter a native of Madison Township, this county, and a daughter of William Kitchen, who was born in New Jersey. Judge Derr lived in Madison township, this county, and there learned his trade (chairmaker), serving a five years' apprenticeship, and in 1831 went to Orangeville, where he bought a house and pursued his business till 1836; then was elected constable of Bloom Township, serving two years; then moved to Rohrsburg in the spring of 1838, where, till 1841, he kept hotel; thence came to Jackson Township, and located on Little Fishing creek. There he built a saw-mill, and in the fall of 1843 was elected sheriff of Columbia County, his residence being in Danville till 1848. He then returned to the saw-mill, and in 1853 moved to his present home, which was under improvement except buildings. In the meantime he was elected commissioner in 1853, serving till 1856; was also justice of the peace, and in 1866 was elected associate judge, being re-elected in 1871, since which time he has not been in public life. His home farm consists of 116 acres; he also owns 558 acres in Jackson Township, and 100 in Greenwood Township. Judge Derr's first wife was Leah, daughter of Joseph Welliver, whom he married October 26, 1831. She died February 16, 1874. The children born to this union were John F., George W., Nancy K., Andrew J., Frank, Mary W., Calvin, James D. and Effie. Our subject next married, August 29, 1876, Mrs. Elizabeth C. WATTS nee Lunger. The family, excepting John F., are members of the Church of Christ, of which Mr. Derr has been a member since 1857. In politics he is a Democrat.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 489 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN F. DERR, farmer, P.O. DERRS, was born September 22, 1832, son of Iram Derr. He attended the common schools and the academy at Bloomsburg, and in his nineteenth year commenced teaching and lumbering, former in winter, latter in summer. He was married in 1853, and continued lumbering till 1862, when he went to farming on the place where he now resides (adjoining his father's property), where he owns fifty-eight acres. After moving here he served two terms as school director, and eight years as justice of the peace, resigning July 15, 1885. He was then appointed storekeeper and gauger by the Government. During this time he has taught twenty-seven terms of school, teaching winters--sixteen terms in his own district. Mr. Derr was married to Rebecca, daughter of John Christian, of Pine twp., this county, and by her he has two children: Mary A. (wife of James S. Woods, in Schuylkill Co., Penn.) and Ida F. (unmarried). Mr. Derr has been a member of the Baptist Church for twenty-five years. In politics he is a Democrat. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 489 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

J. FRANK DERR was born January 2, 1840, at Rohrsburg, this county; was drafted in the service in 1862, and served in Company I, One Hundred and Seventy-eight Regiment; was mustered in and out at Harrisburg; was married February 4, 1864, to miss Julia A. Sultz; resided at Rohrsburg and followed millwrighting and carpentering until 1873; then moved to Jackson where he has been in the lumbering business. The children born to our subject and wife are Laura, Leah, May, Minnie, Earl and Fred. The family attended the services of the Christian Church. In politics Mr. Derr is a Democrat. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 489 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ALPHEUS MOORE DeWITT, merchant, Orangeville, was born at Light Street, Penn., February 12, 1851, a son of John H. and Caroline (Mears) DeWitt. John H. was born near Light Street in Orange Township, a son of Isaac and Mary (Haughauat) DeWitt, and two weeks after his birth was taken by his grandfather, Abram MOORE. He lived with him until he was eighteen years of age, when he returned to Light Street to learn the trade of a wheelwright. He married in 1849 and died march 11, 1857; his widow survived him until 1881. To him and wife were born four children: Alpheus M., George B., Lillie M. and Hester A. Lillie M. died in childhood. Hester A. married Boyd Henry and located in Light Street; George B. married Jennie Lamon, located in Plymouth and died in February, 1881. Alpheus M. is now the only male representative of the family, and was but six years old when his father died. He was reared by Abram Moore in Greenwood until nineteen years of age. Later he attended the normal school at Bloomsburg during the summer, and taught school in the winter and farmed in Greenwood. From 1879 to 1881 he clerked in a store, and in May of the latter year set up in business for himself, in partnership with George S. Fleckenstine, under the firm name of Fleckenstine & DeWitt, which association continued until December, 1883. Mr. DeWitt then started on his own account in the building which he now occupies. He carries a general stock of merchandise, drugs, hardware, paints, oils, etc., and does a good business. He married in February, 1880, Mary S. Conner, who was born in this township, a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Achenbuch) Conner. They have one child living, Mary; Harold C. died at the age of four years. Mr. DeWitt is a member of the Reformed Church. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 523 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark )

CLINTON K. DeWITT, farmer, P. O. Stillwater, is the eldest son of Isaac DeWitt (see sketch of James M. DeWitt), and was born in Scott Township, June 25, 1837. In early life he began working on a farm and has always followed agricultural pursuits. He remained at home until his marriage, at the age of twenty-three, when he rented a farm in Greenwood Township, on which he resided for two years. He then moved to Centralia and followed the butchering business for three years. He then returned to Greenwood Township and for six years worked on farms, later renting a farm on which he resided three years. For the following six or seven years he followed huckstering and then removed to Fishingcreek Township, on the farm owned by his brother, James M., where he has since remained. January 5, 1860, he married Miss Emma J. MUSGRAVE, who was born January 8, 1842, in Mount Pleasant Township, and died June 14, 1884, aged forty-two years, five months and six days. To this union ten children were born: Dorcas A., who keeps house for her father; William, who died when four years of age; Norman M., living with his father; Ida May, wife of Clarence YOST, a son of David YOST of Van Camp, Fishingcreek; Minnie P., Isaac M., Amanda M., Henry C., Hettie C. and Paul H., who makes their home with their father. Mr. DeWitt is a hard-working man and gives his time and attention to his farm. He is not a politician, was once elected justice of the peace for five years, but resigned at the end of the year. Among his neighbors he bears the reputation of an honest, honorable and upright man in all his dealings. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Fishingcreek Township pg. 438 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

Isaac A. DeWITT. The DeWitt family came originally from Holland, and was first represented in this country by two brothers, Isaac and Jacob, who immigrated prior to the Revolution. Isaac settled in New Jersey and Jacob in New York, on the Hudson River. Isaac, who served in the Revolution, had several sons: John, Jacob, Isaac and James. Isaac and John settled in Northumberland County. Jacob removed to Ohio, and James, it is supposed, remained in New Jersey. Isaac married Margaret Gardner, by whom he had two sons and four daughters: James, Isaac, Catherine, Nellie, Elizabeth and Sarah. Catherine married Isaac DeMott and settled near Jerseytown; Nellie settled in Northumberland County, the wife of John Case; Elizabeth settled in the same county, the wife of Isaac Kline; Sarah married Joseph Patton and first settled in Northumberland County, and later removed to this township; James married Mary Aikman and had two sons and one daughter: Isaac A., John W. and Margaret. John W. is a physician in Delaware; Margaret is the wife of Wesley B. Kline, of Bradford County, Penn. James, the father of our subject, was born in Northumberland County in 1801, and died in 1841. His wife was born in Briarcreek Township July 18, 1807, and died December 21, 1840. James was a tanner by trade, which he followed as long as he lived. He came to this township after his marriage. His successor is our subject, Isaac A., who is the only child now remaining in the county. He has been for many years engaged in teaching, and also learned surveying; he is a bachelor. John W. DeWitt served in the civil war as surgeon in the Army of the Potomac. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 466-467Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JAMES M. DeWITT, farmer, butcher and lumberman, Stillwater, is a grandson of John DeWitt, who was a resident of New Jersey. John's children were James, who died in Greenwood township, this county; Nellie, who was the wife of John Case, of Northumberland County, where she died; Sarah, wife of J. R. Patten, and died in Greenwood Township (her husband is now ninety years of age and resides in Light Street); Elizabeth, was the wife of Isaac Kline, and died in Augusta Township, and Isaac, who was the father of James M. Isaac was reared in Northumberland County, where he learned the trade of a wagonmaker, which he followed until a short time before his death in July, 1877. He lived in Scott, Orange and Greenwood Townships, this county, but died at Light Street while on a visit. He was an honest man and respected by all who knew him. For many years he was justice of the peace; he was also a tax collector, and had taken the census of the county. Late in life he became a member of the Presbyterian Church of which his wife had long been a member. He was twice married; his first wife, whose maiden name was Haughawant, died a few years after her marriage, leaving one child, John, who died at Light Street. His second wife was Nancy Stewart, the daughter of James Stewart, who then resided at Light Street. She died November 8, 1876, a few months before her husband. They had six children, viz.: Dorcas, died young; Amanda, was the wife of Jacob Terwilliger, of Light Street, where she died; Clinton K.; William, who died leaving two children; Joseph P., who lives in Rohrsburg; three who died in childhood, and James M. who is the second son. Our subject was born March 9, 1839, in Light Street. He lived with his parents until his marriage, and on attaining his majority, engaged in butchering and cattle dealing, and after his marriage moved to this township to the house in which he now lives, which has since been his home and which he bought thirteen years ago. He is still engaged to some extent in the lumber business. December 17, 1868, he married Esther V., daughter of Jacob B. Stoker of this township. She was born January 14, 1842, and died April 28, 1872, leaving one child, Elliot E., who was born November 6, 1871. November 28, 1874, Mr. DeWIittmarried Miss Phebe E., daughter of David Coleman, of Asbury, this township. She was born March 20, 1847, and has borne her husband three children: Clyde S., born September 13, 1875; Atta C., born December 27, 1877, and Gertie May, born May 23, 1884. Mr. DeWitt takes an active part in the political affairs of his town, but refuses to hold office. He belongs to the K. of P. , and Columbia Grange. He is an active business man, and applies himself closely to his affairs, and never deserts a friend in need. Politically he is a Democrat. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 438 Fishingcreek Township Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOSEPH PATTON DeWITT, farmer and stock dealer, P.O. Rohrsburg, was born in Orange Township, this county, January 5, 1846, the youngest child of Isaac and Nancy B. (Stewart) DeWitt. Isaac was born in Rush Township, Montour County, was a wheelwright by trade and also followed farming. In 1851 he located one mile north of Rohrsburg. He reared a family of five children: Amanda, Clinton K., James M., Williamson M., and Joseph. Amanda married Jacob Terwilliger, of Light Street; Clinton and James are farmers in Fishingcreek; Williamson M. died in January, 1885. The father died July 9, 1875. Joseph P. remained at home until about the age of twenty-five. In 1875 he purchased the property where he now resides, and which has since been his home. He is engaged in farming and stock raising and also in huckstering. He married, in 1867, Susan A. Reece, daughter of T. J. and Mary (Reeder) Reece. Three children bless their union: Cora B., Thomas E. and Stella M. One died in infancy. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 523 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

DUVAL DICKSON, station agent of the D., L. & W. R. R., also agent for the United States Express Company at Berwick, one of the popular and energetic business men of that town, was born in Northumberland County, Pa., and is a son of Rev. James and Jeanette (Duval) Dickson, grandson of Archibald and Elizabeth (Waite) Dickson, and great-grandson of Archibald Dickson. Archibald Dickson, Sr., was a native of Kelso, Roxburyshire, Scotland, and during his boyhood learned the trade of a shoemaker, and, attaining manhood, engaged in the shoe business, following that line of business the rest of his active days. He was the father of four children, namely: Robert; Jane; Elizabeth; and Archibald. Mr. and Mrs. Dickson each lived to the age of seventy years. Archibald Dickson, Jr., the grandfather of our subject, was born in Kelso, Roxburyshire, Scotland, and from his father he learned the trade of a shoemaker and conducted a shoe store all his life. He was joined in marriage to Elizabeth Waite, also a native of Kelso, and to their union the following children were born: James, the father of our subject; Margaret; Robert; Jessie; John; and three who died in infancy. Mr. Dickson died at the age of fifty years. James Dickson, the father of our subject, received his intellectual training in the Normal School at Glasgow, Scotland, and in 1843 went to the West Indies, where he was engaged in missionary work for ten years. In 1853 Mr. Dickson immigrated to the United States, and located in Philadelphia, and, having prepared himself for the ministry in the meantime, he was ordained to preach on September 13, 1854, in the Fourth Presbyterian Church of that city. While in that city he served as secretary for Albert Burns for several months. Since that time he has preached in the following churches: at Camden, N. J., in 1854; Rausch Gap and Gold Mine, Pa., in 1854-55; Birmingham, Pa., in 1854; Mt. Pleasant, Pa., in 1859; Northumberland, from 1860 to '67; Berwick, Pa., from 1868 to '79: McIntyre, Pa., 1880; Penndale, Slack's Run and Baden, from 1881 to '89; Dayas Mines, in 1890; and did missionary work to 1892. Thus he has spent thirty-eight years and six months in the pulpit, and his salary has been continued at the same rate for the remainder of his lifetime. He is now living in retirement in the town of Berwick, Columbia County. Mr. Dickson has been twice married. He was united to his first wife, Mary Carlisle, a daughter of Warren Carlisle of Brownville, Pa., June 9, 1844, and the following children were born to them: Elizabeth Agnes, born June 29, 1847; Mary Carlisle, born February 1, 1849, who is the wife of C. N. Farrer; Agnes D., born July 8, 1850; Warrand C., born January 7, 1852; and James Irving, born January 1, 1853, and died young. Rev. Mr. Dickson's wife died at the age of twenty-six years, and he subsequently married Jeanette Duval. a daughter of Michael and Eleanor (Hatfield) Duval, both natives of Normandy, France. Michael Duval served under Napoleon the First; he came to the United States and located in Dauphin County, Pa., where he spent the rest of his life, passing away at the age of sixty-six years. His wife died aged seventy years. They were the parents of three children, namely: William E.; Jeanette; and Enoch S. Mr. and Mrs. Dickson reared the following children: William Sterling, born August 18, 1858, is paymaster at The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company and married Lillie Baucher, who bore him two children, Conway and David. William S. formed a second marriage with Martha Helenrich. Alexander Whilden, born December 12, 1859, is a commercial traveler, and married Sally Freece, now deceased, and five children blessed their union, namely: Edna J.; James H.; Freece; Pauline; and Alexander W. Conway, born December 20, 1862, is a preacher in the Methodist Church at Marysville, Pa. James, born October 7, 1865, wedded Annie B. Low, who bore him one child, Myron Low. Archibald, born March 19, 1867, is a stenographer and had charge of the Columbia Business College for five years. Duval Dickson, the subject of this personal history, began business life as a foreman in the lumber yards of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company and remained in the company's employ for three years. In 1885 he began learning telegraphy and was soon appointed operator on the D., L. & W. R. R., and was given charge of the station at Berwick, a position he still holds to the satisfaction of the public, as well as to his superiors. He is also engaged in the wholesale and retail coal business, and is United States Express agent. He is popular and is held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens, who know him to be an honest, straightforward business man. Our subject also owns a farm of eighty-five acres located at the foot of Berwick Heights, which is known as the old S. E. Smith property. He has made many improvements and spends many of his leisure hours working upon the farm. Mr. Dickson was wedded to Amelia Long, a daughter of C. C. Long of Danville, Pa., and one child has blessed their home: Clark L., born July 20, 1892. Our subject is a member of the Methodist Church; and is also a member of the Knights of Malt. (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.39 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

HARRY DIEMER, a prosperous farmer of Montour township, Columbia County, is a son of Samuel B. and Mary Jane (Richards) Diemer, and was born at Catawissa, Pa., January 27, 1863. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was a native of Ireland, who came to America when young and located in Pennsylvania. His son, the grandfather of our subject, was a well-known carpenter and builder of the town of Sunbury, Northumberland County. He erected many large buildings in that vicinity, all by the old method which was much more difficult than the process of to-day as the lumber when placed in the hands of the carpenter was rough and unfinished. He was an active member in and a liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was twice married, and reared a family of two sons and two daughters, namely: Sarah; Elizabeth; John, a late resident of Sunbury; and Samuel B., our subject's father. Samuel B. Diemer was born in the town of Sunbury in 1818 and during his younger working days was engaged as a bookkeeper in Philadelphia. Later he resided in Mainville, Columbia County, where he managed a store for a brief period; then he purchased the old Esther Furnace four miles back of Catawissa, which he successfully operated for a number of years, but during the Rebellion, the Confederates seized a large quantity of his iron that was then in Richmond, Va. The financial loss caused him to suspend operations in the furnace, and his next business ventures were to conduct a general merchandise store at Centralia and later one at Catawissa, which he conducted with remarkable success until his death in 1890. During the war he joined a Pennsylvania reserve corps, and although he did not have the opportunity to take part in any important battles, he was on the reserve force at Antietam, Gettysburg, and several other places. In political belief Mr. Diemer was a Republican and served as assessor and notary public for many years, during which time he transacted considerable business of a legal nature. Socially he was a member of the Masonic fraternity for many years. He was united in the holy bonds of wedlock to Mary Jane Richards, a daughter of the late John Richards, a successful farmer who owned the property upon which our subject is now located, and they became the happy parents of three sons and four daughters, namely: Hattie R., a resident of Catawissa; Clara, the wife of W. H. Abbott of Catawissa; John R., a merchant of Catawissa; Harry, the gentleman .who is the subject of this sketch; and three who died in infancy. Harry Diemer was reared in Catawissa where he received his education in the public schools and at the State Normal School of Bloomsburg. At an early age he began work in the store and remained there until his marriage in 1886, when he moved upon his maternal grandfather's farm, which is now-owned by Mrs. Diemer. It is an excellent piece of property, consisting of 200 acres of good farm land, upon which he carries on general farming and dairying. He has quite a large milk route, supplying the village of Rupert. Mr. Diemer is an up-to-date farmer in every respect and uses only the latest of farming implements, thereby gaining an advantage over those who still cling to the old patterns. He is honest and upright in all his dealings and is held in high esteem by his neighbors. On March 30, 1886, our subject was united in matrimonial bonds to Emma J. Rauch, a daughter of Michael Rauch of Rupert, by whom he has three sons and one daughter: John; William; Robert; and Mary Jane. Politically Mr. Diemer is a stanch Republican; for many years he has been school director.(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, 650 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

EMMOR DIETTERICH, farmer, P. O. Berwick, was born in Centre Township July 7, 1821, a son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Hoofnagle) Dietterich, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. His great-grandfather came from Germany and settled in Northampton County, Penn., where he resided until his death. He was among the first settlers of that county. His son, Jacob, was a farmer and came to Columbia County in 1800, and settled in Centre Township. He owned a large tract of land, all timber, which required many years of labor to clear. He was a strong Democrat in politics, and was sixty-four years old at the time of his death. Subject's father was only ten years old when his parents came to this county, and he used to take the grain on horseback to the old Rittenhouse mill. He was a carpenter by trade, which he followed all his life as long as he was able to work. He was the father of five children: Emmor, Stephen and Sarah (wife of Andrew Terwilliger), living, and Phoebe and Elias, deceased (the latter served in the civil war and died a short time after his discharge). Our subject was reared on a farm and has followed agricultural pursuits since he was seventeen years old. He farmed for his father until he was twenty-four years old, and then farmed on shares until he was twenty-eight. He bought the farm where he now resides in 1870, and owns seventy acres of good land in Briarcreek Township. He married, March 4, 1849, Mary Mosteller, and four children were born to them, two of whom are living: Edella and Dora, wife of Warren Terwillinger. The deceased are Clark and Lewis H. Mr. and Mrs. Dietterich are members of the Lutheran Church. He has served as school director, auditor, judge of elections and inspector, and was supervisor eleven terms.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 387 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

WILLIAM E. DIETTERICH, merchant, Espy, was born in Centre Township, Columbia Co., Penn., February 28, 1847; a son of John and Susannah (Schug) Dietterich. He was reared on a farm, received his early education at the schools of his vicinity and finished his studies at the normal school, taking a course of nine months. In 1871 he began business on his own account at Espy, in partnership with T. W. Hartman and Thomas Thompson, under the firm name of W. E. Dietterich & Company. They opened an ice-cream saloon with a capital of $45. At the end of a month Mr. Hartman withdrew, receiving $45 as his share. At the end of two months Mr. Dietterich bought out the remaining partner for $118, and in the fall took his brother in as a partner, added groceries to the business, which was conducted under the firm name of W. E. Dietterich & Brother. At the end of nine months our subject bought his brother out, in 1873 added a general line of goods, and has since conducted a successful business. In 1882 he built his present fine store and residence at a cost of upward of $3,000. The business is one of the best in Espy, and averages upward of $5,000 per annum. Mr. Dietterich is a Democrat and has served his vicinity as school director for several years, and is also a member of the Lutheran Church. He married, May 30, 1872, Mary E., a daughter of David and Harriet Whitmire, of Espy. Mrs. Dietterich was born October 24, 1850; she has borne her husband one child, Henry Clary, born July 2, 1881. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle 1887 Scott Township pg. 534 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ABRAM B. DILDINE, farmer, P.O. Welliversville, is a son of Andrew Dildine, who was born near Bloomsburg, this county. Andrew was a son of John and married Ruth Bogart, daughter of Abram and Margaret (Creeger) Bogart. To them were born four sons and six daughters: Elizabeth Ann, Abram B., John O.., Margaret, Jacob, Isaiah, Amanda, Sarah J., Mary E., Ruth. Abram B. was born May 27, 1816, on the Reichard farm, and lived here until he was thirteen years of age. When twenty-one years of age he began to learn the carpenter's trade, which he followed several years, and becoming a contractor did an extensive business. His first wife died April 26, 1878, quite suddenly of heart disease. After her death he abandoned contracting, returned to his children and engaged in farming. In June, 1883, he married Mrs. Eliza Freece, who was born in this county, a daughter of Henry Hoomel. By his first wife he had nine children: John A., Ruth C., Celestia A., Sarah M., George W., Dora J., Mary A., Joseph C. and Amanda A. His first wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he and his present wife are also members. Mr. Dildine is a member of the Grange; politically he is a Democrat. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 523 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

ISAAC K. DILDINE, farmer, P.O. Welliversville, the youngest son of Andrew and Ruth (Bogart) Dildine, was born in this county June 3, 1826, and when six years of age came with his father to this township. He located on the farm now owned by Reece McHenry, a part of which tract is now owned by our subject. Isaac remained at home until twenty years of age and farmed for his father. He first married, December 6, 1853, Angeline B. Hughes, who was born June 26, 1829, in this county, a daughter of Charles and Mary (Rhones) Hughes. After marriage he located on the farm he now owns. Mrs. Dildine died March 20, 1863, the mother of three children: George H., Charles H., Anna E., and of these Charles H. is the only one now living. The other children died of diphtheria—George March 31, and Anna E. April 1, 1863—and were buried in one grave. December 6, 1868, Mr. Dildine married Mrs. Angeline Drake, a native of this county and a daughter of Peter Knorr. To this union one child, Cora B., was born, September 12, 1871, and died of diphtheria December 18, 1881. By her former husband, Col. Levi Drake, Mrs. Dildine had three children: Winfield Scott, McKindra L. and Laura M., in Ford county, Kas., the wife of Frank P. Vanderslice. Col. Drake was a soldier in Forty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Stone River, being in command of the regiment at the time of his death. He also served with distinction in the Mexican war. McKindra L. was killed August 9, 1877, in the Rocky Mountains, at the battle of Big Hole by the Nez Perces Indians. He was an orderly and a brave soldier. Winfield S. served during the civil war and returned home unscathed, and is a practicing physician in Erville, Muskingum Co., Ohio. Mr. Dildine is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Dildine of the Presbyterian Church, at Orangeville. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 523-524 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JOHN LLOYD DILLON, whose reputation as a florist extends not only throughout the vicinity of Bloomsburg, where he has the largest greenhouses in Central Pennsylvania, but throughout the United States, is a son of Patrick and Mary (Emmerson) Dillon, and was born in Bloomsburg July 7, 1851. Patrick Dillon was born near Dublin, Ireland, and when eighteen years of age came to America. Later he located in Bloomsburg and became a clerk in the Irondale Company store, where he remained for eighteen years. He was united in marriage with Mary Emmerson, a daughter of John Emmerson and a native of England. After leaving the store he bought the Dimm farm of twenty acres on the hill north of the Normal School, where he successfully engaged in farming and trucking, having quite an extensive market in Bloomsburg and surrounding towns. The last two years of his life were spent in retirement and he died at the age of seventy-three years. He was the progenitor of two sons: John Lloyd, the subject of this biographical sketch, and Thomas Emmerson, a photographer, of Scranton, Pa. John Lloyd Dillon attended the public schools of Bloomsburg and also the Bloomsburg Literary Institute, and at the age of twenty-one years became a partner with his father in the gardening business. He was an active young business man, and after a period of three years started in business for himself. He built a greenhouse, 20 by 60 feet, this being the first to be built in Bloomsburg, and in a short time acquired a large local trade. During the winter months he raised lettuce, which found a large and ready sale. His success in this direction prompted him to cultivate flowers, which he did on a very small scale at first, selling potted plants and cut flowers. He eventually turned his whole attention to flowers, and in 1879 bought a tract of ten acres adjoining his father's land on the north side of the Normal School of Miss Alice Snyder, and there he has since conducted the Normal Hill Greenhouse. He removed his greenhouse to the new property and built others, and in 1887 he had 12,000 square feet of glass. He erected a windmill and used the power to drill a well, drilling 150 feet through solid rock, in order to get water to supply the plants. On September 18, 1897, a very severe hailstorm traversed that section of the country and Mr. Dillon's greenhouses being in its track, the glass was nearly all broken and it took 1,300 boxes of glass to repair the damage. His loss on both plants and glass amounted to nearly $6,000. The greenhouses at the present time contain about 90,000 square feet of glass and are all heated by steam in the most approved manner. The houses contain all of the modern improvements suitable to carry on the work successfully. The business as now conducted is largely wholesale and the product is shipped to all parts of the United States and Canada. The specialties are plants and rooted cuttings of verbenas and carnations, plants of roses (grafted and on their own roots) for winter flowering, and cut blooms of roses and carnations. In 1898 there were sold 219,000 verbenas, 30,000 roses for winter flowering and 40,000 field-grown carnation plants. During the month of December, 1898, there were cut 26,500 rosebuds. In addition to the ten acres on which his greenhouses were first built, Mr. Dillon has purchased considerable land and now has ninety acres of the most valuable farming land in the town of Bloomsburg, situated on Normal Hill, overlooking the built-up portion of the town of Bloomsburg and the beautiful valley of the Susquehanna. He has had it divided into lots and it will no doubt soon contain some of the finest residences of the town. The success with which Mr, Dillon's career has been marked is wholly due to his own efforts, as he began in a lowly way, with little means, and gradually worked his way to the top. In May, 1873, Mr. Dillon was united in hymeneal bonds with Eliza J. Barkle, a daughter of William Barkle, a native of England, by whom he had three children. Alice M. married Boyd Wells Furman, the assistant at the greenhouses, and they are the parents of two daughters: Josephine D. and Helen H. Max Grant is a student. J. Lloyd died in infancy. Mrs. Dillon died July 30, 1893. He formed a second alliance with Louise Glassell Hutchison, a daughter of Charles Hutchison, of Kingston, in 1895. By this union there has been born a son, Charles Hutchison. Socially, our subject is a member of the American Florists' Society of Philadelphia; the American Carnation Society; the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; and the Bloomsburg Club. He is also a Knight Templar and a thirty-second degree Mason. Mr. Dillon and family are members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Bloomsburg. In connection with the above sketch of his life, a portrait of Mr. Dillon is presented on a previous page, in proximity to this. (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. 79 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)
J. LLOYD DILLON, florist and seedsman and proprietor of the greenhouses on Normal Hill, Bloomsburg, is a native of that place, born July 7, 1851, and was educated in the schools of his native place. In 1867 his father bought a farm just in the rear of the present greenhouses and, besides general farming, was extensively engaged in market gardening. From the age of sixteen our subject became interested in the raising and selling of vegetables, for which he had a special liking. At twenty-one he became a partner with his father, and as their business increased they annually grew a large quantity of lettuce in hot beds, but the amount of labor involved in procuring manure and protecting the beds from freezing, the impossibility of opening and working the beds in severe cold weather, made the cost of growing the lettuce very expensive. In the spring of 1875 our subject rented ground of his father and proceeded too build a greenhouse 20x60 with the view of having lettuce for sale all through the winter, and at a lower cost of production than in hot beds. This was the first greenhouse built in Bloomsburg and, when commenced, J. L. Dillon had less than $150 capital, part of which he expended for lumber and during mornings, evenings and odd spells, he ripped and worked by hand all the sash bars, planed and painted all the lumber and did the greater part of the wok of building the greenhouse himself. The demand for lettuce not meeting his expectations, Mr. Dillon began giving his attention to the raising of flowers. The partnership with his father being dissolved, he devoted his entire time to the raising of flowers and small fruits. About that time the famous "sharpless strawberry" became known, and Mr. Dillon raised thousands of the plants, taking an active part in introducing them throughout this county and Canada, sending orders as far as Victoria, British Columbia. He bought in 1879 nearly ten acres of ground on Normal Hill, adjoining the grounds and northeast of the normal school buildings, and removed the old greenhouse to this site. He has since added four more and is now building the sixth. The present buildings have over 10,000 square feet. The entire buildings are heated by steam from two twenty-horse power steam boilers, with pipes radiating in all directions and providing a uniform temperature during the coldest weather. The furnace and boilers are fitted with an automatic attachment that may be set or gauged to furnish a certain amount of heat, and requires no further attention for ten or twelve hours at a time. It is one of the first greenhouses in the country successfully heated by steam. The water supply is from an artisan well on the premises, sunk to a depth of 150 feet through the solid rock. (The windmill that now pumps the water from this well, also drilled the hold through the solid rock from which the water comes. The mill was first erected and by an ingenious invention of Mr. Dillon, the drill was attached to the wind power and thus the well was made. These greenhouses are the most extensive ones in central Pennsylvania as well as being the most successfully conducted.) In a greenhouse containing 3,600 square feet of glass, built in 1885 for raising carnations and for other purposes, Mr. Dillon gathered and sold off of 1,610 square feet 185,000 carnations, realizing from them alone in one crop enough to pay for the entire cost of the greenhouse and heating apparatus. The establishment cultivates every variety of flowering plants, but makes a specialty of roses, verbenas and cut flowers. Mr. Dillon also ships large quantities of loose flowers to nearly all the large cities of the country. It is one of the important industries of Bloomsburg and has grown steadily from its start in 1875 with an annual sale of $513, to the year ending July 1, 1886, when the annual sales amounted to $4,500. Mr. Dillon was married may, 1873, to Eliza J. Barkle, a native of England, who came when young with her father, William Barkle, and settled in Bloomsburg. To this union three children were born: Alice M.; J. Lloyd, born January 31, 1882, and died April 8, 1882; and Max G. Our subject's father, Patrick Dillion, a native of Dublin, Ireland, immigrated to this country when eighteen years of age and located in Bloomsburg. He was employed for years as a clerk in the Irondale Iron Company and subsequently bought the farm above mentioned. He married Mary Emmerson (the mother of our subject), who was born in England, but came with here parents to this country when she was but a year old. They still live on the farm northeast of the normal school. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 331 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

CHARLES H. DORR, the popular editor and proprietor of the Berwick Independent, should feel proud of his success in the field of journalism. When the Independent passed into his management it was a four-page sheet and made its appearance weekly, but under his capable guidance it has increased wonderfully in circulation and has been increased to an eight-page sheet. It has passed safely over the troubled waters and now has a smooth sea in which to sail. Mr. Dorr has a thorough understanding of the newspaper business and knows how to conduct a journal successfully. The reading matter of the Independent is selected with the greatest care, its editorials are good, and its local news is crisp, fresh and entertaining. The growth and success of this journal reflects great credit upon the ability of its editor and manager. Charles H. Dorr is a. son of Jesse A. Dorr, a lumberman and native of Wyoming County, Pa., and was born in Williamsport, Pa. He was educated in the public schools of Baltimore, Md., and the seminary at Williamsport, after which he entered journalism, his first position being that of manager of the Morning Record of Haltzdale. He was next employed in the same capacity for the Courier at Osceola, where he remained until 1889, when he removed to Berwick and accepted the management of the Berwick Independent for the proprietor, R. S. Bowman. Three years later our subject purchased the plant and has since been its proprietor and editor. Mr. Dorr was united in marriage to Annie Reedy, a daughter of Peter Reedy of Berwick, and they have been blessed with three children, namely: Marian and Margaret, deceased; and Herbert. Mr. Dorr is a. prominent Mason, being a member of the Knapp Lodge, No. 462, F. & A. M. (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. 246 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

JONAS DOTY, deceased, was descended from a Puritan of the same name. His grandparents, Joseph and Martha Doty, resided in New Providence Township, Essex Co., N. J., where they died. One of their sons; David Doty, was the father of Jonas. He married Sybil Clark and moved with his family to the Wyoming Valley, where he bought a farm on which he lived until 1850. He then removed to Luzerne County, near the Columbia county line, where he lived until 1850. He then removed to Luzerne County, near the Columbia County line, where he bought a farm, and where he and his wife both died. They are buried in a private burying-ground in this county. They had seven children, as follows: Joseph, on the home farm in Luzerne County; John lived and died in Benton Township, this county; Anthony died in Benton Township; Sarah died unmarried; Martha was the wife of Thaddeus Newton, and died in Huntington Township, Luzerne County; Clarinda is the wife of William Belles, and lives in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, and Jonas. Our subject was born August 9, 1808, in New Jersey. He lived with his parents until his marriage, when he bought a place in the Wyoming Valley, on which he lived until 1849, when he sold out there and removed to this county, buying the farm on which he has since lived. The house to which he removed stood on the site of his present residence, and was destroyed by fire in 1868. Mr. Doty was engaged in both farming and carpentering, but a few years prior to his death retired, and his son, Israel, now conducts the farm. In 1838 he married Jennet Campbell, who was born June 30, 1816, and died in 1875. Mr. Doty next married, in 1880, Elizabeth Kennedy. By his first wife he had ten children: David, born March 20, 1840, married Elizabeth PEALER, and resides on part of his father's farm, which he now owns; Ira, born January 22, 1842, married Cordelia Rinard, and resided in Briarcreek Township; George, born October 31, 1843, married Alice Heath and resides in Huntington Township; Mary Margaret, born January 17, 1846, and died in childhood; Jeremiah O., born February 10, 1848, married Emma Moore, and lives on a farm adjoining his father's; Sarah Elizabeth, born March 5, 1850, wife of Lewis W. Rozelle, in Kansas; Eugene, born May 16, 1852, died in childhood; Martha A., born September 13, 1853, and lives with her parents; Israel, born April 4, 1856, married Alveretta Eveland, resides on his father's farm, and Luther B., born August 16, 1860, single and living with his mother. Mr. Doty was a Republican, never held office, but was the candidate of his party for associate judge and other offices. He was an honest, straightforward man, who worked hard for what he acquired, and was represented by his fellow citizens. He died August 28, 1886. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Fishingcreek Township pg 438-439 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

B. F. DREISBACH, dealer in pianos, organs and sewing machines, Berwick, was born in Roaringcreek Township, Columbia Co., Penn., October 30, 1837, a son of Nathan and Sarah (Levan) Dreisbach, natives of Pennsylvania and of German-French descent. His great-grandfather came from Germany and settled first in Philadelphia, and after several years immigrated to Northampton County, where he died. Subject's maternal great-grandfather came from France and resided in the Wyoming Valley during the Indian massacre. Our subject's great-grandmother was captured by the Indians in the cabin. The great-grandmother was taken into Ohio and had tried to make her escape several times, but was always unsuccessful. She was compelled to marry the Indian chief, and bore him two sons. While the Indians were on a trading trip she made her escape. Yost Dreisbach, subject's grandfather, settled in Salem Township, Luzerne County, in 1800, and was a millwright, which trade he followed most of his life. He bought a large tract of land in Roaringcreek, about 1,000 acres, which he divided among his children. Nathan Dreisbach has followed millwrighting all his life, which was the occupation of his ancestors. He now resides in Jonestown, this county, and is now engaged in mercantile business. He reared a family of eight children, six living: Mrs. Forniger, Benjamin F., Mrs. Kunkle, Mrs. Hosler, Nathaniel and Albert. Our subject was reared on a farm until about two years of age, when he resided eight years in Kerntown, where his father was engaged in mercantile business. He then lived with his uncle, John P. Levan, four years, and later went to Ashland, Schuylkill County, where he clerked for fourteen years and had an interest in the business for two years. He was for three years in partnership with R. P. Bellman, and then sold out on account of ill health and moved to Conyngham, Luzerne County, where he engaged in mercantile business three years. In the spring of 1877 he moved to Berwick, where he has since been engaged in his present business. He was employed as traveling salesman for a dry goods house in Philadelphia three years, and also dealt in musical instruments. He married January 7, 1867, Doretta Distlehurst, and they are both members of the Lutheran Church. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the G. A. R. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served three months; then re-enlisted, this time in Company C, Fifty-first Regiment, and served one year. He was then drafted, but paid a substitute. He participated in the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg and several skirmishes. He was postmaster at Conyngham, Luzerne County, three years.(History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg 387 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

EDWARD RODMAN DRINKER, manager of the Bloomsburg Iron Company, Bloomsburg, was born near Clifton postoffice, Covington Township, Luzerne, now Lackawanna, County, November 5, 1830. His ancestors were from England, and settled in Philadelphia about the time of William Penn, and one, Edward Drinker, was the first white child born where Philadelphia now stands. The grandfather of our subject was Henry Drinker, a direct descendant of the Edward above named. Henry was for many years cashier of the Bank of North America at Philadelphia, where he died about 1830. His wife's maiden name was Mary Howell, and their son, Richard Drinker, the father of our subject, first came to Luzerne County with his brother Henry W., to take charge of a tract of 25,000 acres owned by their father. They received the charter for the railroad from Great Bend to Delaware River, now the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. They also bought a farm just adjoining the village. In 1854 he moved to Scranton and engaged in conveyance and real estate business, and there died in November, 1861. He married Lydia, a daughter of John WRAGG, a native of England, who came to this country about the time of the French revolution; while on the ocean the ship was captured with all on board, and Mr. Wragg was detained a prisoner on shipboard a long time. Later he settled in Luzerne County, Penn., but died at Beloit, Wis., aged about ninety years. Our subject became identified with the iron business in 1846, being employed as an office boy, and when seventeen became bookkeeper; continued as such for twenty-seven years, and for the last six years has been manager. He has served his vicinity in various local offices, and was a member of the council for five years; is a member of the Episcopal Church; he is a F. & A. M. He was married too Martha Mendenhall in 1859, and they have three children: Edward W., Richard C. and Lydia W. In 1862 Mr. Drinker enlisted as an emergency man, and soon after went with his regiment to the front, arriving during the battle of Antietam, after which the regiment returned home and was disbanded. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 331 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)

FRANCIS PEROT DRINKER, brother of the above, was born in Luzerne, now Lackawanna, County, November 16, 1832. He became identified with the Bloomsburg Iron Company in 1848-50, as bookkeeper, and has acted in that capacity up to the present time, with the exception of a few intervals. He was a member of the Anderson Cavalry, a cavalry organization belonging to Philadelphia, Penn. this cavalry organization was at the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., at which battle Mr. Drinker was taken prisoner by Wheeler's rebel cavalry. By them he was stripped of his uniform and accoutrements, and then paroled and turned loose to shift for himself. After wandering about sick and without medicine or food, he finally reached Columbus, Ohio, where he remained for some time for exchange. He was finally discharged on account of sickness, when he returned home. Subsequently he enlisted again, and was at the battle of Gettysburg and in other engagements. He married in 1864, Miss Mary Chamberlain, who has borne him the following named children: Martha C., William W., Margaret, and Francis P., Jr. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 331 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)
FRANCIS P. DRINKER, one of the honored and highly respected citizens of Bloomsburg, who is spending his latter days in enjoying the labors of his past, was born in Covington township, Luzerne County, now Lackawanna County, Pa., November 16, 1832, and is a son of Richard and Lydia E. (Wragg) Drinker, and grandson of Henry Drinker. Edward Drinker, the great-great-grandfather of our subject, was the first white child born where the city of Philadelphia now stands. His ancestors were natives of England who came to America about the time of William Penn. Our subject's great-grandfather, Henry Drinker, resided in Philadelphia all his life and was cashier of the Bank of North America of that city. He was united in marriage to Mary Howell and they reared a large family of children. He passed from this life about 1830. Henry Drinker, Jr., grandfather of our subject, purchased a tract of 25,000 acres of land in Luzerne County, which was taken care of by his two sons, Henry W., and Richard, the father of our subject. Richard Drinker studied law and was admitted to the bar at Philadelphia; he and his brother Henry received a charter for the railroad from Great Bend to the Delaware River, now known as the D., L. & W. R. R. They also built fifty miles of turnpike in Luzerne County. Richard served over twenty years as justice of the peace; he was a large landowner and in 1846 bought a farm near the town of Bloomsburg, now known as the Troup farm. In 1854 he moved to Scranton, Pa., where he remained until his death, which occurred in November, 1861. He was wedded to Lydia E. Wragg, a daughter of John Wragg, a native of England who came to America about the time of the French Revolution; he was captured and was thrown into prison for a long time and upon his release located in Luzerne County, Pa. Later he moved west to Beloit, Wis., where he died at the age of ninety years. To Mr. and Mrs. Drinker were born the following children: Richard W., Eliza M., Edward R., Francis P., Alfred C, Rebecca H., Charles N., and Mary A. Francis P. Drinker was educated in the Bloomsburg Academy. In 1846 he accepted a position as bookkeeper and superintendent of the Bloomsburg Iron Company; he remained in the employ of that company until 1888 when he retired from active life. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, 6th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., for a term of three years. Later he was attached to Anderson's Cavalry, and at the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., he was taken a prisoner by Wheeler's Cavalry; after being in their hands a short time, and being stripped of his uniform, he was paroled and turned loose to do the best he could. He was stricken by typhoid fever after being in Nashville, Tenn., and was in a hospital for some time. He finally reached his regiment and was discharged in 1863; he re-enlisted in the Emergency Militia, served a short time and was discharged in 1863. Mr. Drinker was united in the bonds of matrimony to Mary Chamberlin, a daughter of John M. Chamberlin of Bloomsburg. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Drinker, as follows: Martha C., who is the wife of E. N. Perrin and they have one child, Edwin O.; William W., a civil engineer in the employ of the D., L. & W. R. R., who resides at Scranton; Margaret, wife of W. P. Meigs of Bloomsburg, and they are the parents of one child, Margaret; and Francis P., Jr., a draftsman in the car-shops of Bloomsburg. Our subject resides in his beautiful home at No. 211 Main street, which he built in 1886. In politics he is independent; in 1892 he was elected president of the town of Bloomsburg, and was re-elected to the same office at the following two elections. Religiously Mr. Drinker is a member of the Episcopal Church, although he was reared a Quaker. Socially he is a member of the P. O. S. of A.(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.212 Transcribed by Tammy L. Clark)