Columbia-Luzerne County PA Archives Biographies.....BRYFOGLE, Winthrop C. 1863 - living in 1899
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  WINTHROP C. BRYFOGLE, whose reputation as a florist is second to none in this
  section of the state, is proprietor of the Riverside Floral Gardens and Hot
  House of Bloomsburg, Pa. He is a son of Daniel and Emma (Gould) Bryfogle, and
  was born April 10, 1863, at Belbend, Luzerne County, Pa.
  
    Our subject is a great-grandson of Daniel Bryfogle, who was the first of his
  ancestors to come to this country. His son Jacob, the grandfather of our
  subject, was born in Berks County about the year 1803 and was one of the
  substantial farmers of the community in which he lived. He was united in
  matrimonial bonds to Elizabeth Keen, a daughter of John Keen, by whom he had
  eleven children, namely: Daniel, the father of our subject; Philip; John; Mary;
  Elizabeth; Maria; Amanda; Susanna; Catherine; Sarah; and Hannah.
  
    Daniel Bryfogle, father of the subject of this personal history, was born in
  Schuylkill County where he began his active career as an agriculturist. In 1873
  he moved to Blooms-burg and purchased a farm of 105 acres, known as the Paxton
  farm, remodeled and enlarged the house, and lived there until his death, which
  occurred in 1897. He also made many other improvements which are so necessary
  for successful farming. He also bought Mrs. Brown's farm of thirty-five acres in
  Hemlock township and was one of the leading agriculturists of Columbia County.
  He faithfully performed the duties of a good citizen and stood very high in
  public esteem. He formed a matrimonial alliance with Emma Gould, a daughter of
  John Gould of Plymouth, Pa., and she still survives him. They reared and
  educated a family of children under religious influences as follows: Jacob,
  deceased; Sarah, deceased; Winthrop C., the subject of this sketch; Eleanora,
  who married H. G. Supplee of Bloomsburg; Estella, deceased; Stanley G., who
  resides on the old homestead; and Philip deceased.
  
    Winthrop C. Bryfogle attended the public schools and lived upon the farm
  during his early days. Even in youth he had a deep love for flowers and spent a
  great deal of his spare time in their culture. At the age of eighteen years he
  constructed a hot house. 10 by 45 feet, on the home farm in which he began to
  cultivate roses, carnations, and potted plants. Beginning in this small way he
  paid the strictest attention to his favorite occupation, enlarging from time to
  time when his business justified and his pocketbook permitted, until he now has
  one of the largest floral gardens in this section of the state. The hot-house is
  inclosed by 12,000 square feet of glass, and is supplied with three boilers, one
  of sixty horse-power and the other two of twenty horse-power each. Mr. Bryfogle
  makes a specialty of cut flowers and has a very large patronage among the
  leading citizens in the county. He supplies flowers for weddings, funerals, and
  social gatherings, having many unique and original designs which take very well
  with his customers. He also has a large wholesale trade and supplies many of the
  florists in the larger cities of the state. He also is engaged in market
  gardening and furnishes the town of Bloomsburg with most of her vegetables. He
  is well known for his honesty and integrity and is firmly established in the
  good will of the people.
  
     Mr. Bryfogle was joined in Hymen's bonds to Clara Mensch, a daughter of John
  Mensch of Rupert, Pa., and they are the happy parents of four children, as
  follows: Dora Ber-nice; Hugh O.; Max W.; and John M. In political belief Mr.
  Bryfogle is a firm supporter of the principles of the Republican party.
  Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Malta; and a former member of the
  I. O. O. F.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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