Eldred Township & Borough of Eldred Biographical Sketches
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DANIEL J. KEYES, farmer, lumberman and oil producer, Eldred, was born in Eagle township, Allegany (now Wyoming) county, N. Y., January 17, 1821, a son of Peter and Abigail (Beede) Keyes, natives of Vermont, and pioneers of Allegany county, N. Y. His father, who died in Eldred township, reared a family named as follows: Adeline (Mrs. Platt Gage), Peter, Abigail (Mrs. George Stevens), Jane (Mrs. William Foster), Betsey (Mrs. Calvin Combs), Daniel J., Aurilla (Mrs. George Stevens), Rhoda and Augustus F. Daniel J. Keyes was reared in Allegany county, N. Y., and settled in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1847, locating on the farm he now occupies, most of which he cleared. He bas also been extensively engaged in the lumber business, and has worn out two saw-mills on his premises. He has also been in the oil producing business, and now has six producing wells on his farm. In February, 1842, he married Almina, daughter of Huldah (Steele) Potter, of Allegany county, N. Y., and to them were born four children: Martha (Mrs. A. B. Loop), Mary. (Mrs. John S. Cotton), Almina (deceased), and Eva (Mrs. J. B. Dennis). Mr. Keyes was elected twice to the office of county commissioner of McKean county, and during his second term enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in the fall of 1862, was mustered into the service as first- lieutenant in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania (Bucktails), and was honorably discharged on account of disability in June, 1863. He has served as justice of the peace of Eldred township several terms. Politically he is a Republican.
BENJAMIN H. LAMPHIER, .farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in Chenango county, N. Y., November 18, 1819, a son of William and Calista (Hazen) Lamphier. His paternal grandfather, Benjamin Lamphier, was a native of New England, and a pioneer of Chenango county, N. Y., and of Eldred, this county, settling at the latter place in 1837, where he resided until his death. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was the father of two children: Manema (Mrs. Liberty White) and William. The latter with his family settled in Eldred in February, 1835, and improved the farm now known as the Lamphier estate, and died there. In the early days of Chenanga county, N. Y., he was a captain of a rifle company belonging to the New York State Militia. His children were six in number: Benjamin, Lucy (Mrs. G. B. Booth), William, Mary (Mrs. Oscar Carpenter), Calista (Mrs. R. A. Rice) and Sylvester G. B. H. Lamphier was reared in Chenango county, N. Y., until fifteen years and three months of age, when he removed to Eldred with his parents. He began life as a lumberman, which he has always more or less followed. October 11, 1845, he married Cynthia L., daughter of Timothy and Bethenia (Trumbull) Carpenter, of Eldred, by whom he has seven children: Egbert R., Albert, Daniel, Lucy E., Edward H., A. Timothy and Mary B. (Mrs. John Robson.) Mr. Lamphier has served one term of three years as auditor of McKean county, and has held several local offices in Eldred. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
RANSOM LARRABEE, hotel keeper, Larrabee, was born in Eldred town- ship, McKean Co., Penn., March 28, 1822, and is a son of Ebenezer and Lucinda (Knapp) Larrabee. the latter a daughter of Jacob Knapp, who had been twice married and was the father of twenty-one children. Ebenezer Lanabee was a native of Vermont, of French descent, who settled in Eldred in 1819, where he followed farming for a time. In 1859 he removed to Wisconsin, where he died. His children were Ebenezer, William, Ransom, Jacob, Abijah, Chester, Edward, Asa, Jackson, Jane, Addelia and Milliasa. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Jacob Knapp, one of the three original settlers of Eldred township. Ransom Lanabee was reared in Eldred, where he has always resided, and has been more or less engaged in farming, lumbering and hotel keeping. His wife, Clarissa, was a daughter of Robert Barten, a pioneer of Eldred. They have one daughter, Anna Vernett Larrabee (wife of Erven Carpenter); also had one son, Alreck Ransom Larrabee (son of Ransom and Clarissa Larrabee, died at the age of twenty-three years). Mr. Lanabee is one of the oldest native-born citizens of the county. He was postmaster of the office now known as Larrabee, twenty years. In politics he is a Democrat.
FRANCIS LOOP, farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in Eldred July 13,1856, a son of Lewis and Nancy (Cook) Loop. His paternal grandfather, John Loop, formerly of Chautauqua county, N. Y., settled in Eldred prior to 1840, and cleared and improved a farm on which he resided until his death, which occurred in 1887. Mr. Loop's maternal grandparents, John J. and Mary (Hamilton) Cook, settled in Eldred prior to 1850, and Mr. Cook gave the name" Indian Creek" to the stream which bears that name. Lewis Loop was a farmer and lumbermanon Indian creek, and reared a family of four children: Frank (now deceased), Francis, Warren M. and Ezra B. Francis Loop was reared and educated in Eldred township, where he has always resided. He married, in August, 1880. Harriet M., daughter of John Bradt, of Haldemand county, Canada, by whom he has three children: Edith M., Rollie and Luverna.
E. BENJAMIN LOOP was born May 25, 1862, at Indian Creek, McKean Co., Penn., a son of Lewis and Nancy Loop, both Yankees, former of whom was born July 4, 1825, and died December 23, 1885, latter born November 15, 1824. The subject of these lines was educated at Ten Brook's Academy. Franklinville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., from which he graduated in 1879; also took a course at Westbrook's Business College, Mansfield, Tioga Co., Penn., graduating from same in 1883. Mr. Loop was married October 31, 1884, to Cora D. Earnest, of Wayne, Steuben Co., N. Y., born December 25, 1866, daughter of Clinton D. and Isabella W. Earnest, both Yankees by birth, former born June 12, 1843, latter October 20, same year. Mr. and Mrs. Loop have no children. Mr. Loop kept the Grand Central Hotel at Mansfield. Tioga Co., Penn., taking possession October 20, 1886. This hotel burned March 10, 1889, since which time Mr. Loop has been out of business. He and his wife attend the Baptist Church; in politics he is a Democrat.
ELISHA J. MOODY, farmer and lumberman, P. O. Coryville, was born in Broome county, N. Y., August 31, 1825, a son of Nehemiah and Nancy (Rockwell) Moody, who came to Keating township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1839, four years later locating on the farm now occupied by Capt. Cory, and in 1855 settling in Eldred township, where the father died in 1875; the mother still survives at the age of eighty years. E. J. Moody was in his fourteenth year when he came with his parents to McKean county. He took up the farm he now occupies, in 1847, on which he settled in 1855, all of which he cleared and improved. In early life he embarked in the lumber businesswhich he has since followed. For thirty-nine years he rafted and ran lumber -thirty-five years as a pilot-on the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. In 1852 he married Jane, daughter of Ebenezer and Lucinda (Knapp) Larrabee, of Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., and they have seven children: Chester. Fred, Deborah (Mrs. William Lilly), Wilbur, Frank (deceased), Oscar and Brad. Mr. Moody is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; politically he is a stanch Prohibitionist.
GILBERT MOODY, farmer, P. O. Coryville, was born in Keating township. McKean Co., Penn.. November 29, 1841, a son of Nehemiah and Nancy (Rockwell) Moody, formerly of Vermont, later of Broome county, N. Y., who settled in Keating township in 1838. The father. who was a farmer and lumberman by occupation, removed to Eldred township, where he cleared and improved a farm, on which he lived until his decease. His children were Elisha. Frank, Angeline (Mrs. Barclay Bray), Laura (Mrs. Waterbury Miller). Amelia(Mrs. Philip Frisbie), Elizabeth (Mrs. L. J. Wright), Deborah (Mrs. L. F. Windsor), Gilbert, Oscar (wounded at Gettysburg in the Rebellion, was captured and died in Libby prison), Grace (Mrs. J. J. Campbell) and Matilda (Mrs. C. M. Slack). Gilbert Moody was reared in Keating and Eldred townships, McKean county, received a common school education, has always been a farmer and now occupies the old homestead. He was in the war of the Rebellion. enlisting March 27, 1864,in Company D. Fourth United States Artillery. He served three years, during which term of service he was never absent from his company over night, nor on sick report, and was honorably discharged. Mr. Moody was married August 30, 1868, to Cynthia, daughter of C. B. and Caroline (Voorheas) Stull, of Eldred township, and they have three children:George, Angie and Edith. At a reunion of the Moody family, May 29, 1889, the eightieth birthday of Mrs. Nancy Moody, ten children, forty-five grand- children and fifteen great-grandchildren, were present; seven grandchildren and twenty-seven great-grandchildren being absent, making one hundred and four of Mrs. Nancy Moody's descendants living at that time. Mr. Moody is a leading citizen of Eldred township, and is a stanch advocate of prohibition.
C. C. MOSES, one of the oldest citizens of Eldred, was born in Lima, Ontario Co., N. Y., February 11, 1816, a son of Reuben and Lucinda (Stevens) Moses, natives of Vermont and Massachusetts, respectively, who were among the pioneers of Ontario county, N. Y., and in 1821 settled in Cuba, N. Y., where they resided until their death. Our subject was reared in Cuba, N. Y., from five years of age. and his education, which was limited, was received in the common schools. He first came to Eldred in 1834, where he was in the employ of John Forbes for two years. In 1836 he located at Olean, N. Y., and in 1840 returned to Eldred, where he has since been a permanent resident. For many years he was engaged in lumbering, and also in farming to some extent. In 1861, with Capt. Cory, of Coryville, this county, he raised Company H, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted in September of same year, being mustered in the service as first lieutenant of above company, and was promoted to the captaincy in the fall of 1862. He was taken prisoner at Little Washington, N. C., and was for ten months in Libby prison; was also in the prisons at Macon, Ga., Savannah, Charleston and Columbia; was paroled after twenty months' imprisonment, rejoining the Union army at Wilmington, and from there was sent to the parole camp at Annapolis, Md., where he was exchanged and sent to Washington, at which place he received an honorable discharge from the service May 1, 1865. In 1839 he married Emily A., a daughter or Joshua Haight, of Richmond, Crawford C0., Penn. (formerly of Montreal, Canada), by whom he had eight children: William E., C. Joshua, Harriet (Mrs. Calvinn H. Moses), Albert R., Emily A. (Mrs. A. J. Barden), Lucinda (Mrs. C. J. Wolcott), Elizabeth, and Myrtle E. (Mrs. William Wartz). Squire Moses, as he is familiarly termed, is one or the best known citizens of Eldred. He has served the township as justice of the pease twenty years. He is a member of the F. & A. M. and the G. A. R., and in politics he is a stanch Republican.
RICHARD A. RICE, lumberman, Eldred, was born in Eldred township,McKean 00., Penn., December 3, 1830. and is a son of Justus and pony (Barnard) Rice, the former a native or Connecticut, and the latter or Crown Point, Essex 00., N. Y. They came from Canada to Eldred in 1818, cleared and improved the farm now owned by Justus Rice, Jr., and lived and died in the township. The father, who was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, reared a large family, viz.: Almon, Hyde B. , Justus, James B., Joseph, Richard A., Emeline (Mrs. Curtis C. White). Jernsha (Mrs. Horace King), Adeline and Mary (Mrs. T. T. Carpenter). Richard A. Rice was reared in Eldred township, where he has always resided. He was in the war or the Rebellion, enlisting May 18.1861, in Company I, First Pennsylvania Rifles. December 13, 1862, he was taken prisoner at, Fredericksburg, Va., and exchanged the following May, when he was commissioned second lieutenant of his company; was wounded at Laurel Hill in 1864 and honorably discharged June 11, 1864. The same year he returned to Eldred, where he has since cleared and improved the farm he now occupies. March 3, 1863, he married Calista, daughter of Capt. William and Calista (Hazen) Lamphier, of Eldred, and they have five children: Luman F., Byron B., Allen E., William O. and Adda. Besides attending to his farm Mr. Rice does a large lumber business. He hasserved one term as commissioner of McKean county and held several of the local offices of the township of Eldred. He is a Knight Templar and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he is a Republican.
BEVERLY W. RICE, proprietor of the St. Elmo Hotel Eldred, was born in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., November 12, 1853, a son of Almon and Almira (Carpenter) Rice, the former a native of Whitehall, N. Y. Justus Rice, paternal grandfather of the subject of our sketch, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, settled in Eldred about the year 1825. Almon Rice cleared and improved the farm in Eldred township now occupied by his widow. They were the parents of seven children: Hyde C., Bruce B., Odin T., Mary A. (Mrs. N. T. Albee), Harriet E. (Mrs. John Learn). Henrick M. and Beverly W. Of these Bruce B., the second son, was a lieutenant in Company I, first Pennsylvania Bucktails, during the war of the Rebellion, and died of wounds received in the battles of Drainesville and Cross Keys. Beverly W. Rice was reared in Eldred township and educated in the common schools of Eldred and Jamestown Collegiate Institute, Jamestown, N. Y. In 1871 he engaged in the manufacture of staves with Shaver Brothers, of Jamestown, N. Y., remaining there in business eight years. In 1879 he returned to Eldred and opened a meat market, which he conducted three years. In 1882 he purchased the Dolan House, which he conducted two years, when it was destroyed by fire. In the spring of 1885 he erected on the old Dolan House site the present St. Elmo Hotel, of which he has since been the successful and popular proprietor. Mr. Rice was married in 1882 to Florence E., daughter of William and Emma (Tuffing) Langdon, of Eldred, and they have two children: Florence E. and Nena M. Mr. Rice is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Columbia League. In politics he is a Republican.
D. L. ROBBINS, merchant, Eldred, was born in Broome county, N. Y., July 14, 1848, and is a son of Allen and Hannah (Rockwell) Robbins. He was reared in his native county, educated in the common schools and the Academy at Whitney's Point, N. Y. He began life as a farm laborer, and in 1877 located at Larrabee, this county, where he taught school one winter. In 1878 he went to Bradford, where he was employed in the oil fields until 1879. Returning to Larrabee he worked at the wagon maker's trade. and other mechanical pursuits up to 1882, when he became the confidential book-keeper of J. J. Newman, in whose employ he remained until February, 1888, in which year he embarked in the boot and shoe business in Eldred, in which he has since successfully continued. January 22, 1884, Mr, Robbins married Mrs. Jennie (McMann) Tyler, of Larrabee. He is a wide-awake, enterprising merchant and citizen. He has been auditor of Eldred township six years; is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Republican.
H. E. ROCKWELL, merchant tailor and clothier, Eldred, was born in Hermitage, Wyoming Co., N. Y., December 10, 1863, a son of Seth and Polly (Hibbard) Rockwell, both natives of New York, who located in Eldred, Penn., in the spring of 1873, where they now reside. He was reared in Eldred from ten years of age, and was educated in the public schools of the borough. He began life as a clerk in the clothing store of Joseph & Dornberg, in Eldred, and later was with Isaac Dornberg, successor to above firm, remaining their nearly nine years. March 1, 1889, he purchased the business of Mr. Dornberg, which he has since successfully conducted, and has the largest and most complete store of the kind in this section of McKean county. He married, February 8, 1886, Ella, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Hamilton) Scholes, of Eldred, and they have one son, Arthur. Mr. Rockwell is a popular young business man of the borough. He is a member of Eldred Hookand Ladder Company, and is serving the first term of three years as auditor of the borough. Politically he is a Democrat.
ROGERS & FRANKLIN, dry goods merchants, Eldred. E. S. Rogers is a native of Holland, N. Y., where he was reared and received his early school training. His commercial education was obtained at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Buffalo, N. Y. He began his business life as a clerk in a general store in his native town, and later was employed in a wholesale house in Buffalo, N. Y. In 1885 he embarked in his present business in Eldred, in which he has since continued.
C. W. FRANKLIN was born in Tiffin, Ohio, was reared in Jackson, Miss.,where he received an academic education, and took a commercial course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College in Buffalo, N. Y. He began his business career as a clerk in a general store in Salamanca, N. Y., and later was engaged in the same capacity at Corfu, same State. In 1885 he located at Eldred, and here formed a partnership with E. S. Rogers in the dry goods business, which they have since successfully continued. They are wideawake, enterprising young men, and have built up a lucrative trade as proprietors of the only exclusive dry goods store of that place. Mr. Franklin marriedin June, 1886, Miss Carrie L. Chadeayne, of Corfu, N. Y. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, of the F. & A. M. and Knights of Pythias; is one of the auditors of the borough of Eldred. In politics he is a Republican, and is inspector of election.
THOMAS L. SARTWELL, druggist, Eldred, was born in Smethport, McKean Co., Penn., May 21, 1852, a son of Roswell and Mary A. (Chapin) Sartwell. He was reared and educated in Smethport, and for a time was engaged as a drug clerk at Port Allegany, Penn. In 1878 he embarked in the drug business at Eldred, but his store was soon after destroyed by fire. He again began the same business, however, in 1879, with Dr. Shaw as a partner, and the same year was appointed deputy sheriff under his father, Roswell Sartwell (then sheriff of McKean county). serving three years 1879-81. Mr. Sartwell moved to Smethport to take charge of his office, remaining there until his return to Eldred in 1882, in which year he purchased his partner's interest in the drug business, which he has since successfully conducted alone. Thomas L. Sartwell was married in December, 1881, to Clara R.,. daughter of, R. A. and Hannah A. (Farnsworth) Corbett. of Jamestown, N. Y., and they have one son, Roswell C. Mr. Sartwell is a prominent and influential citizen and business man; is a member of the F. & A. M. and of the I. O. O. F. He is a Democrat, and has held many official positions in the borough of Eldred.
SIMON & DOERR, bottlers, Eldred, came to Eldred from Buffalo, N. Y., in 1886, and embarked in business as bottlers of ale, lager and soft drinks, succeeding Snyder & Joseph in the business, which was established in September, 1878, by J. Kump, who sold to M. G. Barten, who in turn was succeeded by the firm of Barten & Snyder. Messrs. Simon & Doerr, though young men, are well experienced in their business, and have built up a flourishing trade extending throughout McKean, Potter and Cameron counties; they also have a large business connection in New York State.
C. M. SLACK, justice of the peace, Eldred, was born in Broome county, N. Y., March 17, 1842, and is a son of William R. and Nancy (Counselman) Slack. William R. Slack, who settled in Eldred township in 1844, was a farmer and lumberman by occupation, and during the war of the Rebellion he served as a soldier in the Fifty-eighth P. V. I., sixteen months: he died in Eldred township. C. M. Slack located in that township in 1851, and herereceived a limited common-school education. October 11, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-eighth P. V. I., and after serving thirteen months in same was transferred to Company D, Fourth United States Light Artillery.After serving two and one-half years in this, he re-enlisted for three years, and was honorably discharged March 28, 1867, after five and one-half years faithful service; after his return from the army he engaged in farming in Eldred township. Mr. Slack was married October 5, 1867, to Matilda, daughter of Nehemiah and Nancy (Rockwell) Moody, of Broome county, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Slack have been blessed with nine children: Mildred M. (Mrs. George Dunbar), Oscar N., Charles W., Hiram W., Ethel A., Stella A., Robert A., David A.. and Raymond E. Mr. Slack has served as constable of Eldred, ten years: collector, four years, and is now serving his first term as justice of the peace. He is a member of the G. A. R. and of the Sons of Veterans. In politics he is a stanch Republican.
JOSEPH STULL, farmer, P. O. Larrabee, was born in Eldred township,McKean Co., Penn., April 21, 1826, a son of Joseph and Delinda (Brewer) Stull. Joseph, Sr., was a native of New Jersey, and settled in what is now Eldred township, McKean county, in 1812; cleared and improved the farm now owned by Henry Plummer, and died in the township at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years, ten months and fourteen days. He had eleven children: Alma (Mrs. Lynds Dodge), Abraham B., John, Abigail (Mrs. Joseph Delong), Camilla (Mrs. John L. Daniels), Caleb B., Laurinda H. (Mrs. Arthur Young), Mary D. (Mrs. John Nolan), Jerome K., George R. and Joseph. Joseph Stull, Jr.. was reared in Eldred, where he has always resided, and since 1857 has lived on his present farm, most of which he cleared and improved. He married twice. His first wife was Lucinda, daughter of Daniel and Nancy Southard, of Eldred township, and to them were born two children: Favoretta (Mrs. George L. Robinson) and Cameron H. His second wife was Adaline E. Payne, . of Eldred. In politics Mr. Stull is a Republican. He is a member of the Free Methodist Church.
THOMAS C. WAINMAN, lumberman, Eldred, is a native of Ossian, Livingston Co., N. Y., and son of Thomas and Hannah (Dent) Wainman, natives of England, who came to America about 1828, and settled in Grove, Allegany (now Livingston) Co., N. Y., and later removed to Ossian, residing there until their death. Our subject was reared in Livingston county, N. Y., where he received a limited education in the common schools. He began life as a farmer in his native county, and afterward followed boating for five years on the Erie and Genesee valley canals. In 1863 he settled in Eldred, where he has since resided and is doing an extensive business in lumbering. In 1859 he married Cordelia L., daughter of Hiram and Cordelia Foster, of Livingston county, N. Y.. and by her had eight children who grew to maturity: Mary (Mrs. Ephraim G. Piper), Ella (deceased), Ida (Mrs. E. A. Barden, deceased), Fannie, Horatio (deceased baby), Carrie (deceased). Floyd and Edith. Mrs. Cordelia L. Wainman departed this life July 15, 1885, and in 1887 Mr. Wainman married Emma M., daughter of Ozro and Celestine Carpenter, of Eldred. Mr. Wainman is a prominent citizen and representative business man of Eldred. Politically he was formerly a Republican, but is now a stanch advocate of prohibition.
J. C. WELCH, druggist, Eldred, was born in Ceres township, McKean Co., Penn., February 16, 1857, and is a son of Martin and Bridget (Biggins) Welch, natives of County Mayo, Ireland, and pioneers of Ceres township, where they cleared and improved a farm. The father is now deceased, but the mother survives. His paternal grandfather was Patrick Welch, also a pioneer of Ceres township. Martin Welch reared the following named children: James E., John C., Mary A. (Mrs. John Shea), Maggie E., Alice and Thomas. Our subject was reared in his native township, and educated at Portville (N. Y.) High School and Olean (N. Y.) Academy. He began life as clerk in the drug store of Drs. Follett & Barllett, and later with Dr. Cone, of Olean, N. Y., where he was employed four years. In 1881 he located in Eldred and embarked in the drug business, which he has since continued, and been very successful. In 1881 he married Clara M., daughter of Bernard and Mary Ball, of Olean, N. Y., and they have one son, Louis J. Mr. Welch is now serving his second term as councilman of Eldred borough. He is a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association and Catholic Church; politically he is a Democrat.
C. Y. WHITE, postmaster, Eldred. was born in Coudersport, Penn., July 15. 1849, a son of Miles and Adeline (Crittenden) White. His paternal grandfather, Austin White, a native of Vermont,. who was reared in Albany, N. Y., was a pioneer physician of Harrison township, Potter Co., Penn., where he practiced his profession for many years; he died at Keating Summit, in Keating township, Potter county; his children were DeWitt C., Esther (Mrs. Stathan), Fanny (Mrs. Henry Nelson), Miles and Harriet (Mrs. George Lewis). The maternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Harry Crittenden, a pioneer lumberman and farmer of Potter county, and a very active man up to the time of his death, which occurred when he was over eighty years of age. Miles White was reared in Potter county, followed farming to some extent, and was for years engaged in the hotel business at Keating Summit and Coudersport, dying at the latter place in May, 1887. He was twice married, and by his first wife there was one son, C. Y. By his second wife, nee Margaret Hackett, he had three children: Carrie M., Mylert and Mackey. C. Y. White was reared in Coudersport and vicinity until fifteen years of age. He then located in Cameron county, where he resided until 1879, when he removed to Eldred, and here embarked in the grocery business, which he continued in four years, after which he engaged in the oil business as a producer. He was appointed postmaster at Eldred in May, 1888, which office he now holds. Mr. White married Lowaty, daughter of Matthew and Hannah (Burt) McDowell, of Potter county, and they have three children: Harry L., A. G. and Margery. Our subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity; politically he is a Democrat.
WILLIAM A. WILMARTH, farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., February 24, 1838, a son of Nelson and Matilda (Morris) Wilmarth. His maternal grandfather, John Morris, was among the pioneers of Eldred township. The subject of this sketch was reared in the family of William Lamphier, of Eldred township, and his educational advantages were limited to a few terms in the common school. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, served three years, and was honorably discharged from the service in January, 1865. He then returned to Eldred township, and in 1867 purchased the farm he now occupies, a part of which he cleared, erecting his present residence, April 11, 1869, he married Lillian, daughter of T. Thompson and Mary (Rice) Carpenter, of Eldred township, and they have three children: Eva, Mabel and Bertha. Mr. Wilmarth is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic; politically he is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
W. E. WINDSOR, farmer, P. O. Larrabee, was born in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., September 29, 1832, a son of Samuel and Phebe (Wright) Windsor. His maternal grandfather was Rensselaer Wright, a pioneer of Eldred township, and the first sheriff of McKean county. W. E. Windsor removed with his mother to Eldred in 1837, and was reared in that town and in Portville. In 1860 he settled in Eldred township, where he has since resided, and cleared and improved the farm he now occupies. December 31, 1853, he married Fannie E., daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Ferrington) Childs, of Eldred, and they have had five children: Frank A., Charles A.. (deceased), William E. Me., . Walter W. and Ada T. R. Mr. Windsor is one of Eldred township's substantial farmers and citizens. He has held the office of constable and collector five years in succession, and politically he is a Democrat.
LEWIS WINDSOR, farmer, P. O. Corvville, was born in Franklinville. N. Y., :March 28, 1834, a son of Samuel and Phebe (Wright) Windsor, who were among the pioneers of Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn. His maternal grandfather was Rensselaer Wright, the first sheriff of McKean county. Lewis Windsor was reared in Eldred from three years of age, where he has since resided. October 15, 1857, he married Deborah, daughter of Nehemiah and Nancy (RockweII) Moody, of Eldred township, and they have four children: Lewis E., Drew, Amulette and Phebe. In 1858 Mr. Windsor settled on the farm he now occupies in Eldred township, all of which he cleared and improved. He was in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting March 27, 1864, in Company D, Fourth united States Artillery, participated in several engagements, and was honorably discharged in 1807, after three years' service. He is a representative citizen; politically he is an advocate of prohibition.
EDGAR C. WOLCOTT (deceased) was born in Eldred, Penn., March 6, 1843, a son of John and Rhoda (Brainard) Wolcott. John Wolcott was a native of Massachusetts, of Puritan stock, and was among the first pioneer lumbermen to locate in Eldred township, where he cleared and improved a farm. He reared a family of seven children: Lydia (Mrs. Ashley Calhoun), Charles, Aaron, Betsey (Mrs. Myron Barton), Ruth (Mrs. Horace Merriman), Edgar C. and Lottie (Mrs. E. Middaugh ). John Wolcott died in 1851. Edgar C. was reared and educated in Eldred, where he has always resided, and for twenty years was engaged extensively in the lumber business; he also conduct.ed a large general merchandise business in Eldred for fifteen years, to which A. N. Squires was admitted as a partner in October, 1885, since which time the business has been conducted under the firm name of E. C. Wolcott & Co. September 2,1888. Mr. Wolcott was taken ill with Bright's disease, and was a great sufferer for the remaining fourteen months of his life. He died November 2, 1889, at the age of forty-six years and eight months, after a life of uprightness and industry. Together with his large business interests. Mr. Wolcott owned at the time of his decease a large farm in Eldred township, of which he was himself overseer. During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted, October 10, 1861, in Company H, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged from the service February 12, 1864. Mr. Wolcott was married March 21, 1866, to Celestia, daughter of Alonzo and Jane (Dimmick) Shaw, of Eldred, Penn., and they became the parents of five children: Myrtie, Jennie, Nellie, Bertha and Edgar C. Mr. Wolcott was a prominent and influential business man, and a leading citizen of Eldred. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in politics he was a stanch Republican.
LEWIS J. WRIGHT, farmer, Eldred, was born in Eldred, McKean Co., Penn., October 25, 1833, a son of Rensselaer and Sally (Moore) Wright. His paternal grandfather, James Wright, who was among the first settlers of Eldred, cleared and improved a farm within the present limits of the borough, and died a few years after his arrival. His children were Rensselaer, William and McCague. The father of our subject and his family were the eighth family to settle in McKean county, removing here from Delaware county, N. Y., and clearing the farm tow occupied by John Cotton and Lewis J. Wright. He was the first sheriff of McKean county, served as county commissioner several terms, and for many years was a justice of the peace in Eldred. His children were eleven in number: Phebe (who married Samuel Windsor, and for her second husband John Stull), Patty (Mrs. Edick Wright), John, James, Maria (Mrs. Russell Miller), Phelps, Sally (Mrs. Nathan Palmer), Nelson, Carroll, George and Lewis J. Lewis J. Wright was reared on the old homestead, where he has always resided. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Nehemiah and Nancy (Rockwell) Moody, of Eldred, and (they have two children living: Genevieve (Mrs. Dr. R. J. Sharp) and F. Milton. Mr. Wright is a leading- farmer and citizen of Eldred. In politics he is a Republican.
EDICK J. WRIGHT, farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., April 22, 1844, a son of John M. and Editha H. Moses) Wright. His paternal grandfather was Rensselaer Wright, a pioneer of Eldred township, and first sheriff of McKean county, a son of James Wright, also a pioneer of Eldred. John M. Wright was a farmer and lumberman by occupation. He reared a family of four children: William, Edick J., Nelson (deceased) and John M. Edick J. Wright was reared on the old homestead where he was born, and which he now owns and occupies. He received a common-school education, and after attaining manhood engaged in farming and lumbering, which he has since successfully followed. In February, 1865, he married Lucinda Willard, a daughter of Dr. Willard, or Friendship, N. Y., and they have three children: Nelson B. , John E. and Nellie L. Mr. Wright is a representative farmer and citizen of Eldred. He is a member of the Knights of Labor, and politically he is a Republican.
W. A. YOUNG, of the firm of Young & Grove, dealers in hardware and house furnishing goods, Eldred, is a native of Genesee, Allegany Co, N. Y., where he was reared and educated. Mr. Young came to McKean county, Penn., in 1868, locating in Smethport. In 1870 he removed to Eldred, where he was engaged for one year as a clerk in the store of the Hon. A. T. Barden, with whom he formed a partnership which lasted five years. In 1876 Mr. Young embarked in his present business, which he successfully conducted alone until March, 1888, when W. W. Grove became associated with him as a. partner, the firm name being Young & Grove. Mr. Young is a wide-awake. enterprising business man and influential citizen, and has served one term as commissioner of McKean county, taking an active interest in all local affairs. In politics he is a Democrat.
G. B. YOUNG, physician, Eldred, was born in Farmers Valley, McKean Co., Penn., December 21, 1859. a son of Arthur and Lorinda (Stull) Young. Mr. Young was reared and educated in the common schools of his native county and at Alfred University, Alfred Centre, Allegany Co., N. Y. In 1882 he began the study of medicine, and in the fall of 1883 entered Bellevue Medical College, New York City. where he was graduated in the spring of 1886. In May, 1886, he located in Eldred, where he has built up a large and successful practice. The Doctor is a member of the McKean County Medical Society, and of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Republican.
Contributed by Sandy Payne