Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Eckman, Elisha M. 1847 - living in 1899

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ELISHA M. ECKMAN of Kline's Grove is postmaster and one of the most prominent

and active men in the community. He was born in Upper Augusta township,

Northumberland County, Pa., May 10, 1847, and is a son of Charles and Elizabeth

J. (Kline) Eckman.



  The paternal grandfather, Charles Eckman, was, born in New Jersey and was the

first of the family to locate in Upper Augusta township. He married a Miss

DeWitt, and they raised a large family of children. The maternal grandfather was

John Kline of Rush township, who married Eleanor Campbell. He was a shoemaker

and always practiced his trade in Rush township. His children were as follows:

Robert; Elizabeth; Caroline; Elisha; David.



  Our subject's father, Charles Eckman, was born in Upper Augusta township and

lived there all his life, following the trade of blacksmith, and later in life

was a farmer. Mr. Eckman was well known in politics, being an active member of

the Whig party, and during the war held many township offices. He was treasurer

of the Bounty Fund and a member of the Methodist Church, being class-leader in

the church for many years. His death, which occurred in February, 1890, was

greatly mourned by all, for he was a man of kind deeds and warm heart, always

willing to lend a helping hand. His wife, Elizabeth J. Kline Eckman, came from

Upper Augusta township and now lives on the old homestead. She bore him five

children : John Edgar, a soldier in the Rebellion, who died in 1868, and who

married Theresa Forrester; Elisha M., our subject; Margaret, deceased; Clarissa

Ann, deceased, who married H. C. Savidge, and bore him two children, Grace and

Edgar; James D., who lives with his mother on the old homestead and has been a

teacher for a number of years.



  Elisha M. Eckman, the subject of this biography, was educated in the common

schools and lived at home until he was twenty-eight years of age, working at the

carpenter trade for several years. On January 26, 1875, he married Mary

Elizabeth (Reed) Campbell, widow of Harmon K. Campbell of Upper Augusta

township, who died in 1871. He was a miller and also a farmer at Kline's Grove,

and had one son, Edward R. Campbell, who was born January 18, 1865. Edward R. is

a farmer, merchant and assistant-postmaster at Kline's Grove. He was married

March 30, 1886, to Mary E. Haupt of Sunbury, Pa., and they are blessed with two

children, Melville, born July 22, 1887; and Harmon E., born July 10, 1897.



  Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Eckman, our subject's wife, was born January 19, 1840, at

Reed's Station, Shamokin township, and is a daughter of Jacob G. and Maria

(Hoffman) Reed; the latter was born November 13, 1818; both, however, were born

in Shamokin township. Mr. Reed was a farmer and died January 12, 1852; his wife

still resides on the old homestead. They were the parents of several children,

as follows: Elizabeth, the wife of our subject; Sarah Jane, who died single;

John H., who also died single; Abraham H., a farmer in Shamokin township, who

married Lucy A. Bugner; Lydia Ann, deceased, who was the wife of Peter Overdorf;

Jacob G., wheelwright and blacksmith at Pottsgrove, Pa., who married Elizabeth

Teets, and who has two daughters, Belle and Gertrude.



  After his marriage our subject took up farming in Rush township, also working

at his trade, continuing this until 1883, when he bought the Kline's Grove Mill

property, a flour and grist-mill. Mr. Eckman now runs a chop and saw-mill. He is

a firm upholder of the Republican party and has always voted its ticket. He has

been postmaster at Kline's Grove for twenty-five years. He is known all over the

county as an honest, upright citizen. Mr. Eckman is also known for his warm and

generous heart, never refusing help to a person in distress or in misfortune.

Religiously Mr. Eckman is an attendant of the Methodist Church.





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Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)





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