Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....FAWCETT, Henry E. 1857 - 
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  HENRY E. FAWCETT, who is extensively engaged in general farming and dairying, is
  a highly respected citizen of Elkland township, Sullivan County, Pa. He was born
  on the farm on which he now resides, September 3, 1857, and is a son of John and
  Phoebe (Bird) Fawcett.
  
    His grandfather was Henry Fawcett, a native of England, who immigrated to
  America in 1819, locating on the farm now owned by J. Kline, Esq., in Sullivan
  County, Pa. It was a tract of timberland which had not undergone the
  improvements which civilization brings. He cleared a piece sufficient in size on
  which to build a cabin, and after its erection he and his wife lived there the
  remainder of their lives, working hand in hand, converting a vast wilderness
  into fields fit for cultivation.
  
    John Fawcett, the father of our subject, was born in England in 1817, and was
  two years of age when his parents came to this country. His opportunities for
  obtaining an education were few, but he made the best of them and acquired a
  good business training. Upon reaching maturity he purchased the farm now owned
  by our subject, built a good house, and during the remainder of his days
  followed farming, making great improvements on his property. In the latter years
  of his life he erected a new and modern home, the one in which Henry E. Fawcett
  now lives, but it was not entirely completed at his death. He was a man of
  excellent qualities and always aided those who had been less fortunate in life
  than he. He passed into the realms of the unknown September 21, 1881, and his
  death was greatly mourned by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He
  married Phoebe Bird, a daughter of George and Sarah (King) Bird, who was born in
  1813, and is now living with her son Asa in Elkland township, being a
  well-preserved woman for her years. The children resulting from this union were:
  Philinda, the wife of James Hart; Lydia, the wife of David McCarty; George; Asa,
  who married Lizzie Schrader; Sarah; Minerva, the wife of Wells McCarty; and
  Henry E., the subject of this personal history. Mr. Fawcett was a stanch
  Republican in his political affiliations; in religious views he was a Wesleyan
  Methodist.
  
    Henry E. Fawcett was reared on his father's farm and educated in the district
  schools. The happiness and success of his father in the pursuance of
  agricultural pursuits influenced him in choosing farming as his life's work. He
  purchased the old homestead, improved it, and at the present time has a fine
  farm of 160 acres under a high state of cultivation. He is engaged in dairying
  and raises grain and other farm produce; and for many years he ran a threshing
  machine and was also engaged in the lumber and bark business. He is a man of
  good business capacity, and good results have attended his efforts on all sides.
  
    Mr. Fawcett was joined in hymeneal bonds with Arvilla Mullen, a daughter of
  John and Selena (Woodhead) Mullen, and a descendant of an old and
  well-established family in Sullivan Countv. Anthony Mullen, the earliest
  ancestor of whom there is any record, lived in New York City and was a drummer
  in the Revolutionary War. He was a sea captain and was finally lost at sea,
  leaving a very large property in New York City. His son, Charles Mullen, at an
  early day moved to Sullivan County, Pa., where he was given a tract of fifty
  acres by Dr. Joseph Priestley as an inducement for him to locate there. He
  cleared the land and built a log house, the work being greatly facilitated by
  the use of tools which he was enabled to make, as his trade was that of a
  blacksmith. He subsequently took up more land, but as he was at a distance of
  thirty miles from the nearest mill, he finally located on our subject's farm,
  where he died at the age of sixty-five years. He married Elizabeth Hoagland, and
  they reared the following children: Hannah; Charles; Joseph; Martha; William;
  John; and Anthony. John Mullen, the father of Mrs. Fawcett, was educated in the
  district schools and in the college of Jersey Shore, in which he took a complete
  course under Prof. Nehemiah Ross, graduating at the age of twenty-two years. He
  came into possession of the homestead property, and has since followed farming.
  He married Selena Woodhead, and the following children were born to them:
  Almeda, Cecelia, Lettie, Rose, Frank, Lillie, Janie, Arvilla, Melville, Clara,
  Charles, Luella, and Ada. Mr. Mullen was born in Elkland township, Sullivan
  County, March 1, 1821, and is now an honored member of that community.
  
    Mr. and Mrs. Fawcett are the parents of two children: Lee and Lena.
  Politically Mr. Fawcett is very active and is one of the most popular men in the
  Republican party in Sullivan County. He was the party nominee for sheriff in
  1895 and ran away ahead of his ticket, but was defeated by the small margin of
  sixty-five votes. He has served as constable, school director, and
  superintendent of roads. In religious views he is a Wesleyan Methodist, and he
  and his wife both take an active part in church and sabbath school work.
  
  
  
  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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