Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....BATTLE, 1887: Index of Columbia County Biographies ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: JoWest An html version of Battle's 1887 "The History of Columbia and Montour Counties" may be found at: http://www.jowest.net/Research/HistoryOfColumbia.htm http://www.jowest.net/Research/HistoryOfMontour.htm http://www.jowest.net/Research/CCBiosIndex.htm [Columbia Co.] http://www.jowest.net/Research/CCBiosIndex2.htm [Montour Co.] ======================== [NOTE: The FILE NAME for each set of biographies is shown for those who browse the ftp directory.] History of Columbia - Montour Counties by J. H. Battle - published 1887 Chapter XXIII BLOOMSBURG [File Name: ccb23-1.txt] Charles Gilespie BARKLEY - 322 BARTON Family - 322 Caleb BARTON - 322 Mrs. Melvina BARTON - 322 D. A. BECKLEY - 323 Louis BERNHARD - 323 George W. BERTSCH - 323 Franklin Pierce BILLMEYER - 324 John K. BITTENBENDER - 324 Samuel Vastine BOONE - 324 Jeremiah John BROWER - 325 J. C. BROWN - 325 Peter BRUGLER - 326 Daniel BRYFOGLE - 326 Charles R. BUCKALEW - 326 R. C. BUCKALEW - 327 Amos BUCKALEW - 327 Robert McReynolds BUCKINGHAM - 327 Michael CASEY - 328 John B. CASEY - 328 CASEWELL - 328 S. Alfonso CASWELL - 328 Edwin CASWELL - 328 Henry J. CLARK - 329 Charles CONNER - 329 George W. CORELL - 329 Frank D. DENTLER - 330 J. Lloyd DILLON - 330 Edward Rodman DRINKER - 331 Francis Perot DRINKER - 331 George Edward ELWELL - 332 Hon. William ELWELL - 332 Hon. Peter ENT - 333 Uzal H. ENT - 334 Wellington H. ENT - 334 Frederick Christian EYER - 335 James K. EYER - 335 Joshua FETTERMAN - 336 Col. John G. FREEZE - 336 Andrew L. FRITZ - 337 Rev. Henry FUNK - 337 John Albert FUNSTON - 338 Peter GROSS - 339 John K. GROTZ - 339 T. L. GUNTON - 340 T. C. HARTER - 368 Henry C. HALFPENNY - 340 Benjamin F. HARTMAN - 341 Henry C. HARTMAN - 341 I. W. HARTMAN - 341 [File Name: ccb23-2.txt] HARMAN & HASSERT - 342 George HASSERT - 342 Peter S. HARMAN - 342 G. A. HERRING - 342 Grant Stanley HERRING - 343 J. M. HESS - 343 William H. HOUSE - 344 Hiram C. HOWER - 344 Douglass HUGHES - 344 Elijah R. IKELER - 345 Captain A. B. JAMESON - 345 Daniel W. KITCHEN - 346 C. A. KLEIM - 346 C. F. KNAPP - 346 Samuel KNORR - 347 Stephen KNORR - 348 William KRICKBAUM - 348 Charles KRUG - 349 Isaac S. KUHN - 349 Ephraim H. LITTLE - 349 Robert R. LITTLE - 349 George M. & John K. LOCKARD - 350 M. P. LUTZ - 350 McKELVY Family - 351 James Boyd McKELVY, M. D. - 352 Isaiah W. McKELVY - 352 Charles W. McKELVY - 352 John McREYNOLDS - 352 Hugh W. McREYNOLDS, M. D. - 353 Jacob Henry MAIZE - 353 Charles W. MILLER - 354 Stuart MITCHELL, D. D. - 354 William NEAL - 354 Clinton W. NEAL - 355 Dr. Russell R. PARK - 355 George Matthew QUICK - 355 William RABB - 356 Dr. I. L. RABB - 356 Josiah RALSTON - 356 Dr. John RAMSAY - 356 William M. REBER, M. D. - 357 William ROBISON - 357 James Boyd ROBISON - 357 Leonard Bright RUPERT - 358 John C. RUTTER, M. D. - 359 William M. SHAFFER - 359 Joseph SHARPLESS - 360 Benjamin F. SHARPLESS - 360 LaForest Almond SHATTUCK, M. D. - 361 M. C. SLOAN & BRO. - 361 M. C. SLOAN - 361 Charles P. SLOAN - 361 Samuel SMITH - 362 Daniel SNYDER - 362 William SNYDER - 363 WM. H. SNYDER - 363 George W. STERNER - 363 G. W. SUPLEE - 364 William R. TUBBS - 364 Rev. D. J. WALLER - 365 Rev. D. J. WALLER, Jr. - 366 L. E. WALLER - 366 Hiester Vanderslice WHITE - 366 George E. WILBUR - 366 Isaiah W. WILLITS, M. D. - 366 Lloyd S. WINTERSTEEN - 367 John WOLF - 367 Alfred N. YOST - 367 B. Frank ZARR - 368 Chapter XXIV BEAVER TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb24.txt] The DAVIS FAMILY - 368 James T. FOX - 369 J. F. HASSRICK - 369 F. G. LAUER - 369 Daniel L. LINGLEY - 370 M. W. McHENRY - 370 James B. MARTIN - 371 Levi MICHAEL - 371 George J. MUNSON - 371 Samuel NUMGESSER - 372 Albert PETIT - 372 Abraham RICE - 372 Jesse RITTENHOUSE - 373 Thomas J. SHUMAN - 373 John P. SMITH - 373 C. W. STEAD - 374 Daniel E. TROY - 374 Chapter XXV BENTON TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb25.txt] Elijah P. ALBERTSON - 374 Thomas BELLES - 375 Hiram ASH - 375 Dr. T. S. CHAPIN - 375 Ezekiel COLE - 375 Clinton COLE - 375 Norman COLE - 376 Stott E. COLLEY - 376 Thomas EDGAR - 376 I. L. EDWARDS, M. D. - 376 Hiram F. EVERITT - 376 John HEACOCK - 376 Hiram HESS - 377 William HULME - 377 William IPHER - 378 Lafayette KEELER - 378 John S. KLINE - 378 Isaac Kinney KRICKBAUM - 379 Samuel P. KRICKBAUM - 379 Peter LAUBACH - 379 Dr. J. B. LAUBACH - 380 Elias McHENRY - 380 James B. McHENRY - 380 John J. McHENRY - 381 Alexander McHENRY - 381 Thomas C. McHENRY - 381 Isaac E. PATTERSON, M. D. - 381 Aaron SMITH - 382 Firman S. SMITH - 382 Richard T. SMITH - 382 John C. WENNER - 383 Chapter XXVI BRIARCREEK TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb26.txt] Enos L. ADAMS - 383 George Wesley ASH - 383 David BAUCHER - 384 Isaiah BOWER - 384 Edmund J. BOWMAN - 385 Robert S. BOWMAN - 385 Jonas CRISMAN - 386 B. F. CRISPIN - 386 R. G. CRISPIN - 386 Emmor DIETTERICH - 387 B. F. DREISBACH - 387 J. W. EVANS - 387 Charles C. EVANS - 388 John M. FAIRCHILD - 388 Olaf F. FERRIS - 388 Freas FOWLER - 389 F. P. HILL, M. D. - 389 M. L. HOUSKNECHT - 390 M. W. JACKSON - 389 Col. Clarence G. JACKSON - 390 Frank R. JACKSON - 391 Charles N. KISNER - 391 Levi KURTZ - 391 George P. LEARN - 391 M. LEVY - 392 Shadrack L. McBRIDE - 392 Garrick MALLERY - 392 W. Ellis MICHAEL - 392 George W. MILLER - 392 Hudson OWEN - 393 Matthias H. PETTY - 393 Daniel REEDY - 393 M. H. RITTENHOUSE - 394 Thomas W. SHERWOOD - 394 Samuel E. SMITH - 395 J. D. THOMPSON - 395 Rev. E. H. YOCUM - 395 Charles H. ZEHNDER - 396 Chapter XXVII CATAWISSA TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb27.txt] Stephen BALDY - 396 T. D. BERNINGER - 396 William BERNINGER - 396 Matthew A. BIBBY - 397 Joseph BREISCH - 397 John E. BREISCH - 397 Christian E. CLEWELL - 398 Jacob H. CREASY - 398 William T. CREASY - 398 Henry L. CREASY - 398 Peter B. ERVIN - 399 William EYER - 399 Luther EYER - 399 William L. EYERLY - 399 Benjamin P. FORTNER - 400 Clark F. HARDER - 400 Thomas E. HARDER - 401 Nelson C. HARTMAN - 401 Rev. David M. HENKEL - 402 Minner HILE - 402 Alfred HOWER - 403 Peter KERN - 403 Luther B. KLINE, M. D. - 403 William J. MARTIN - 404 Rev. U. MYERS - 404 David R. RANDALL - 404 Charles F. RANDALL - 405 George W. REIFSNYDER - 405 Solomon RIDER - 406 William H. ROBERTS - 406 John K. ROBINS, M. D. - 406 Capt. I. H. SEESHOLTZ - 407 George H. SHARPLESS - 407 Franklin L. SHUMAN - 407 M. A. SWANK - 408 E. M. TEWKSBURY - 408 William H. TUTHILL - 409 John WALTZ - 409 W. G. YETTER - 410 W. A. YETTER - 410 John C. YOCUM - 410 Daniel ZARR - 411 Chapter XXVIII CENTRE TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb28.txt] Levi AIKMAN - 411 J. E. AIKMAN - 412 Jacob AUL - 412 H. C. BARTON - 413 N. L. CAMPBELL - 414 Philip CREASY - 415 Samuel CREVELING - 416 John C. CRYDER - 417 Z. T. FOWLER - 417 Wesley B. FREAS - 418 Frederick HAGENBUCH - 419 Elisha HAGENBUCH - 419 F. P. HAGENBUCH - 420 Jesse HOFFMAN - 420 George H. HENKELMAN - 421 Henry HESS - 422 Isaac LOW - 422 George L. LOW - 423 Mordecai MILLARD - 424 Elisha RINGROSE - 424 George RUCKLE - 425 Henry SHAFFER - 425 William SHAFFER - 426 A. W. SPEAR - 426 John M. WHITE - 427 Paul ZANER - 427 Chapter XXIX CONYNGHAM TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF CENTRALIA [File Name: ccb29.txt] D. Chatley BLACK - 428 George W. BILLMAN - 429 W. BRYSON - 429 Daniel F. CURRY - 429 G. W. DAVIS, Jr. - 429 H. J. FERGUSON - 430 A. B. FORTNER - 430 William GOODMAN - 430 J. M. GWINNER, M. D. - 431 Thomas IRVIN - 431 H. J. KELLY - 431 James McBREARTY - 431 Charles G. MURPHY - 432 Edward REESE - 432 George TROUTMAN - 432 John J. WILLIAMS - 433 Edward WILLIAMS, Jr. - 433 Chapter XXX FISHINGCREEK TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb30-1.txt] Philip APPLEMAN, Sr. - 434 Charles ASH - 434 Levi BEISHLINE - 434 Evan B. BEISHLINE - 435 Elias P. BENDER - 435 Perry BUCKALEW - 436 John M. BUCKALEW - 436 Lewis M. CREVELING - 437 Clinton K. DeWITT - 438 James M. DeWITT - 438 Jonas DOTY - 438 B. Frank EDGAR - 439 William E. EDGAR - 439< T. Hardy EDGAR - 440 Benjamin M. GOLDER - 440 Samuel J. HARRISON - 440 Amos HARTMAN - 441 Aaron HESS - 441 George M. HOWELL - 442 James N. JONES - 442 Francis W. JONES - 443 John J. KARNES - 443 David M. KINTER - 444 Daniel S. KITCHEN - 444 Abraham J. KLINE - 445 Harmon C. KLINE - 445 Eli Mandus KUNKEL - 446 - 446 [File Name: ccb30-2.txt] Elias M. LAUBACH -446 Abijah LEWIS - 446 George L. LINES - 447 The McHENRY Family - 447 Daniel McHENRY - 448 Cyrus B. McHENRY - 448 Stott E. McHENRY - 448 Joseph F. McHENRY - 449 Moses McHENRY - 449 William MEARS - 450 Charles H. MOORE - 450 Samuel J. PEALER - 451 Russel R. PEALER - 451 George H. PENNINGTON - 452 William R. PENNYPACKER - 452 Herman A. SEVISON - 453 Bartley E. SHANNON - 454 Jacob F. SHOEMAKER - 454 Ellis S. STOKER - 454 Olden STOKES - 455 Wesley W. SUTLIFF - 455 John WENNER - 456 Michael WENNER - 456 Elias WENNER - 457 Benjamin B. YOUNG - 457 David YOST - 457 Chapter XXXI FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb31.txt] Christian L. ARTLEY - 458 Francis E. ELY - 459 W. G. FISHER - 459 Jonathan H. FORTNER - 459 James HILE - 459 John C. HILE - 460 Moses HOWER - 460 Sylvester HOWER - 460 John H. HOWER - 461 Charles HUGHES - 461 R. S. McHENRY - 462 David A. MUNSON - 462 Washington PARR - 462 John W. RIDER - 463 William ROHRBACH - 463 William STOCKER - 463 Chapter XXXII GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb32.txt] Sylvester ALBERTSON - 464 Matthias Miller APPLEMAN - 464 Hendrick W. BANGS - 465 Benjamin F. BATTIN - 465 Jacob K. BERLIN - 465 John BLACK - 465 John BRUNER - 465 Alinas COLE - 466 George W. DERR - 466 Andrew Jackson DERR - 466 Isaac A. DeWITT - 466 John EVES - 467 George F EVES - 467 Francis P. EVES - 468 Wilson M. EVES - 468 James Watson EVES - 468 Shadrach EVES - 468 Charles W. EVES - 469 Joseph W. EVES - 469 Ellis EVES - 469 John EVES - 469 W. Webster EVES - 469 Joseph C. EVES - 470 E. Truman EVES - 470 Vernon P. EVES - 470 William EYER - 470 Hugh S. FAIRMAN - 470 Jacob GERARD - 471 William B. GERMAN - 471 George GREENLY - 471 Elisha HAYMAN - 471 Peter HAYMAN - 472 Isaac HEACOCK - 472 Alfred HEACOCK - 472 Josiah HEACOCK - 472 W. W. HEACOCK - 473 Abiah P. HELLER, M. D. - 473 Johnson H. IKELER - 473 William P. IKELER - 473 Iram Benton IKELER - 473 James L. JOHN - 474 Ira JOHNSON - 474 William KARSCHNER - 474 Aaron KESTER - 474 Nicholas KINDT - 475 Samuel B. KISNER - 475 Richard KITCHEN - 475 Nehemiah KITCHEN - 476 Alexander KRAMER - 476 Matthias KRAMER - 476 William G. LAWTON - 476 Elijah LEMON - 476 Jonathan LEMON - 477 Uriah P. McHENRY - 477 H. Gail McHENRY - 477 John McMICHAEL - 477 William MASTERS - 478 Henry E. MATHER - 478 Wesley MORRIS - 478 Aaron MUSGRAVE - 478 Dr. John B. PATTON - 479 Allen H. PHILLIPS - 479 Joseph W. REECE - 479 Dr. Reuben L. RICH - 480 Jackson ROBBINS - 480 Virgil D. ROBBINS - 480 Francis E. ROTE - 480 John B. SHULTZ - 481 Tillman STADLER - 481 August STAUDER - 481 George W. UTT - 482 J. Clyde VAN HORN - 482 James O. WARNER - 482 Jacob E. WELLIVER - 482 Reuben WILSON - 482 Thomas WILSON - 483 A. Philip YOUNG - 483 Chapter XXXIII HEMLOCK TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb33.txt] Stinson L. BROBST - 484 Henry DEIGHMILLER - 484 Theodore DENT - 484 Edwin JONES - 485 N. Patterson MOORE - 485 Samuel OHL - 485 Eli OHL - 486 Sylvester PURSEL - 486 George RUSSEL - 487 Aaron SMITH - 487 Evan THOMAS - 488 David B. WAGNER - 488 Mathias WHITENIGHT, Sr. - 488 Daniel YOCUM - 489 Chapter XXXIV JACKSON TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb34.txt] Iram DERR - 489 John F. DERR - 489 J. Frank DERR - 489 Daniel L. EVERHART - 489 George HIRLEMAN - 490 James W. KITCHEN - 490 John RANTZ - 490 George REMLEY - 491 Michael S. REMLEY - 491 John YORKS - 491 Joseph YORKS - 491 William L. YORKS - 492 Chapter XXXV LOCUST TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb35.txt] Jonathan BEAVER - 492 Samuel CAMP - 492 Elijah C. CLEAVER - 493 Elias EARNEST - 493 Oliver EVANS - 493 William FETTERMAN - 494 David HELWIG - 494 C. HENRICKS - 494 Rolandus HERBEIN - 495 Silas H. JOHNSON - 495 Daniel LEIBY, Sr. - 496 Daniel LEIBY, Sr. - 496 Samuel P. LEVAN - 496 Daniel P. LEVAN - 497 Lemuel PARRY - 497 Thomas SEABORNE - 498 William B. SNYDER - 498 Solomon STRAUSER - 498 Elias H. WHITNER - 498 Dr. J. C. WINTERSTEEN - 499 Livingston YEAGER - 499 Obediah YOCUM - 499 Ezariah YOCUM - 499 Elijah L. YOCUM - 500 Nicholas A. YOCUM - 500 Henry M. YOCUM - 500 Daniel YODER - 500 Dr. Pius ZIMMERMAN - 501 Chapter XXXVI MADISON TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb36.txt] George BEAGLE - 501 John BILHIME - 501 John CHRISTIAN - 502 Cyrus DeMOTT - 502 Frederick DERR - 502 Francis EVES - 502 Thomas H. GINGLES - 503 Albert GIRTON - 503 Elisha Biggs HARTMAN - 503 Erastus HENDERSHOT - 503 Amos P. KESTER - 503 Conrad KREAMER - 504 Hugh McCOLLUM - 504 John MOSER - 504 J. L. MOSER - 504 William MASTELLER - 504 Samuel REICHARD - 505 Jacob SHOEMAKER - 505 J. C. SHULTZ - 505 A. C. SMITH - 505 Silas WELLIVER - 505 Thomas Chalkley Wilson - 506 Chapter XXXVII MAINE TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb37.txt] J. D. BODINE - 509 William S. FISHER - 506 F. P. GROVER - 507 Joseph HARTZEL - 507 Martin Van Buren KOSTENBAUDER - 507 Nathan MILLER - 508 J. B. NUSS - 508 William H. OTT - 508 William K. SHUMAN - 509 J. A. SHUMAN - 509 Chapter XXXVIII MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb38.txt] Elisha B. BROWN - 509 J. Jordan BROWN - 510 Dorothy NICE - 510 Martha BOWMAN - 510 M. M. HARTZEL - 510 Michael HELLER - 511 Aaron W. HESS - 511 L. B. KOEHLER - 512 William J. NUNGESSER - 512 J. N. PEIFER - 512 Abraham SCHWEPPENHEISER - 513 Jacob YOHE - 513 Chapter XXXIX MONTOUR TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb39.txt] Peter A. EVANS - 513 Frank L. FAUST - 514 George W. MEARS - 514 John S. MENSCH - 514 Washington M. MONROE - 514 Lloyd PAXTON - 515 Squire John G. QUICK - 515 Chapter XL MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb40.txt] Silas BEAGLE - 516 Samuel HARTZEL - 516 Elias HOWELL - 516 Thomas P. McBRIDE - 517 Charles H. MASON - 518 Philip MILLER - 519 Joseph E. SANDS - 519 Charles L. SANDS - 519 Joseph P. SANDS - 520 John H. WOLF - 521 Chapter XLI ORANGE TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb41.txt] George W. APPLEMAN - 521 Emanuel L. APPLEMAN - 522 Wesley BOWMAN - 522 Capt. Harrison J. CONNER - 522 Joseph CRAWFORD - 522 William DeLONG - 523 Joseph Patton DeWITT - 523 Alpheus Moore DeWITT - 523 Abram B. DILDINE - 523 Isaac K. DILDINE - 523 James B. HARMAN - 524 George W. HESS - 524 George Leonard JOLLY - 524 A. H. KITCHEN - 524 Col. Hiram R. KLINE - 524 James M. LONG - 525 Cyrus McHENRY - 525 O. A. MEGARGELL - 525 John NEYHARD - 526 Aaron R. PATTERSON - 526 M. B. PATTERSON - 526 George N. SMITH - 526 Dr. A. P. STODDART - 526 Miles A. WILLIAMS - 527 Chapter XLII PINE TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb42.txt] Emanuel BOGART - 527 Jacob CHRISTIAN - 527 Samuel J. ECKMAN - 527 Ezra EVES - 528 Thomas EVES - 528 John F. FOWLER - 528 J. R. FOWLER - 528 John GORDNER - 528 Thomas B. GORDNER - 529 William GREENLY - 529 Benjamin H. LEE - 529 Benjamin LORE - 529 The LYONS FAMILY - 529 James MASTERS - 530 Nathan L. MOSER - 531 Robert POTTER - 531 David ROTE - 531 Hiram SCHULTZ - 531 Philip Wesley SONES - 531 Abraham TITMAN - 531 Phineas WHITMOYER - 532 R. F. WHITMOYER - 532 Chapter XLIII ROARING CREEK TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb43.txt] Daniel W. RARIG - 532 Chapter XLIV SCOTT TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb44.txt] Aaron BOONE - 533 G. W. CREVELING - 533 Herman G. CREVELING - 534 J. Harvey CREVELING - 534 William E. DIETTERICH - 534 David GEISINGER - 535 Prof. Francis HECK - 535 Samuel McKAMEY - 535 Benjamin MILLER - 535 John MOUREY - 536 Joseph POHE - 536 Stephen POHE - 536 Frederick W. REDEKER - 537 William C. ROBISON - 537 Alem Britton WHITE - 537 Chapter XLV SUGARLOAF TOWNSHIP [File Name: ccb45.txt] Joshua B. DAVIS - 538 The FRITZ Family - 538 Jesse FRITZ - 539 E. S. FRITZ - 539 Jesse HARTMAN - 539 Rufus A. HARTMAN - 540 Alvin A. HARVEY - 540 Jacob W. HERRINGTON - 540 Joshua B. HESS - 540 Henry C. HESS - 540 Andrew LAUBACH - 532 James N. PENNINGTON - 541 John ROBERTS - 541 James M. SHULTZ - 542 Peter K. SHULTZ - 542 Ezra STEPHENS - 542