Sullivan-Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Pomeroy, F. B. 1826 - 1898 ************************************************ 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: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 3, 2007, 11:53 pm Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899) HON. F. B. POMEROY, deceased, was for many years one of the leading business men and prominent citizens of Dushore, Pennsylvania. He was a native of this state, born at Troy, Bradford county, April 24, 1826, and traced his ancestry back to Eltweed Pomeroy, who came from England to America in 1630 and settled in Northampton, Massachusetts, and later at Windsor, Connecticut. His son Joseph was the father of Noah Pomeroy, who married Elizabeth Sterling. Their son Daniel married Naomi Kibbs and had a son Eleazer, who married Priscilla Kingsbury, and had a son Ebenezer, the father of our subject. Ebenezer Pomeroy became a resident of Troy township, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, about 1818, and for some years carried on carding and cloth-dressing works, but afterwards purchased a large tract of land in that section, cleared it and resided thereon until his death, which occurred in 1878. He married Laura Brewster, and to them were born ten children, as follows: Edwin S., Emily, Kingsbury, Fayette B., Augustus, Chauncey N., Sybil M., Mary, Frances and C. Burton. Fayette B. Pomeroy, of this review, attended the local schools, and after completing his education traveled as a commercial salesman for H. J. Grant, of Ithaca, New York, for eighteen years. In 1870 he came to Dushore and embarked in the drug business, which he successfully carried on for over a quarter of a century. He met with marked success in all his undertakings and was recognized as one of the representative business men of the town. He took an important part in the organization of the First National Bank of Dushore, was elected a member of its first board of directors, which position he continued to hold, and for two years prior to his death served as its president. He was a man of good executive ability, sound judgment and superior business tact, and was always cool and collected. In 1876 he was elected associate judge and served for one term, while he also at different times filled the offices of burgess, councilman and school director. It is but just and merited praise to say of Mr. Pomeroy that as a business man he ranked among the ablest; as a citizen he was honorable, prompt and true to every engagement; and as a man he held the honor and esteem of all classes of people; while as a husband and father he was a model worthy of all imitation, unassuming in his manner, sincere in his friendships, steadfast and unswerving in his loyalty to the right. He died on the 15th of September, 1898, and his death was widely and deeply mourned by the entire community. In 1866 he married Miss Elizabeth Ellis, of Troy, Pennsylvania, who survives him with three daughters - Mrs. Walter Appleman, of Wilkesbarre, Mrs. William Waddell, of Dushore, and Miss Emily Pomeroy, of New York city. Additional Comments: Extracted from: History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania by Thomas J. Ingham Compendium of Biography The Lewis Publishing Company Chicago: 1899 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb