mon, Amanda (Mrs. Asher Hinds) and Andrew J. A. T. Barden was eleven years old when his parents located in Eldred township, and here he received a limited education in the common schools, after which he was, for a number of years, engaged in the lumber business. In 1853 he embarked in general merchandise business, which he successfully conducted until February, 1883, when his eldest son, Ernest A., was admitted as a partner, since which time the business has been carried on under the firm name of A. T. Barden & Son. Mr. Barden was united in marriage, September 3, 1859, with Miss Mary E, daughter of Milo and Rosetta (Wright) Baldwin, of Allegany county, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Barden have been blessed with three children: Ernest A., Fred E. and Herbert E. Mr. Barden is the oldest established merchant now doing business in Eldred. He was postmaster at Allegany Bridge (now Eldred) from 1872 to 1882; served as associate judge of McKean county one term; was elected justice of the peace two terms, resigning during his second term to assume the duties of associate judge, and has also held many of the minor offices of his township. Mr. Barden is a prominent and worthy citizen. politics he is a stanch Republican.

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THOMAS BARKAS, farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, March 18, 1827, a son of Gabriel and Mary (Lawson) Barkas. was reared in the Parish of St. John, Northumberland, and in June, 1847, married Jane, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Loan, of Haltwhistle. England, by whom he had eleven children, four of whom are living: William, Hannah (Mrs. David Wood), Thomas and Jane (Mrs. Frank Elliott). Mr. Barkas, with his family, came to America in 1853, locating in Erie county, N. Y., and remained in the vicinity of Buffalo four years, working at anything he could get to do. In February, 1857, he settled in Eldred, this county, and purchased 100 acres of land (to which he has since added twenty five acres by purchases), eighty acres of which he has cleared and improved himself, and where he has since resided. He was in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting, in 1864, in Company K, Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, and was honorably discharged from the service in June, 1865. Mr. Barkas may be considered one of the pioneer farmers of Eldred, as well as a respected citizen. Politically he is a Republican.

CHARLES BELL, farmer, post-office Eldred, is a native of Ulster county, N. Y., and a son of Peter and Maria (Kimball) Bell. He was reared in his native county, and came to McKean county, Penn., in 1867, settling in Eldred township, where he is the owner of a farm of 110 acres, seventy five of which he has cleared and improved from the wilderness in which he located. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mariam, daughter of Uriah N. and Arminda (Barringer) Avery, of Ulster county, N. Y., by whom he had six children: Orvell B., Alvina (Mrs. Eugene Prosser), Arminda (Mrs. Leslie Humphrey), Annis B., Frank and Charles. Mrs. Mariam Bell died January 7, 1882, and May 10, 1884, Mr. Bell married Mrs. Annie (Kewley) Bradshaw. Mr. Bell is a prominent farmer of Eldred township. He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees; in politics he is a Democrat.

REV. T. S. BENNETT, farmer and oil producer, Eldred, was born near Knoxville, Tioga Co., Penn., March 28, 1826, a son of Joseph and Lucinda (Bonney) Bennett. He was reared near Whitesville, N. Y., until sixteen years of age, and received a common-school education. In 1842 he located in Bradford, Penn., and after attaining his majority embarked in the lumber business, which he continued fifteen years. He then followed farming; afterward, in 1876, sold his farm for oil purposes, it being the first farm in Bradford sold on that account. The same year he located in Eldred, and purchased

a farm he still owns, and where oil was found in considerable quantities in 1887, on which are now three producing wells, and two more derricks in operation. In 1868 Mr. Bennett united with the United Brethren Church, and in 1871 was ordained a minister, since when he has preached in McKean and adjoining counties up to the present time. He has been twice married. His first wife was Huldah, daughter of Nathaniel and Dolly (Ingalls) Edson, of Bradford, by whom he had five children: Walter A., Eveline V. (Mrs. S. Turner), Wellman G., Dolly (Mrs. McClellan Olmsted) and Lowell. His second wife was Mrs. Mary F. (Allen) Hudson, of Wales, Erie Co., N. Y. Mr. Bennett is, to quite an extent, interested in real estate in Eldred and vicinity, and has erected a large number of dwellings. Politically he was formerly a Republican, but is now a stanch advocate of Prohibition.

FRANCIS N. BURNHAM (deceased) was born in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., November 14, 1838, a son of Josiah C. and Phebe (Moses) Burnham. He was reared in his native township, and cleared and improved the farm now occupied by his widow, where he died July 26, 1881. He was in the Civil war, enlisting in Company H, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers; was promoted to second lieutenant August 22, 1862, and to first lieutenant November 25, 1862; he was in command of his company seventeen months, owing to his captain having been made prisoner, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service, December 28, 1864. Mr. Burnham married, December 2, 1868. Eunice A., daughter of Samuel S. and Lucetta (Taylor) Moses, of Cuba, N. Y., and by her had three children: Cecil, Reuben and George. Mr. Burnham was a prominent and representative citizen of Eldred. In politics he was a Republican, and was elected associate judge of McKean county in 1877, holding the office nearly five years, up to the time of his death. He was a member of the G. A. R.

DWIGHT H. BURNHAM, farmer, P. O. Portville, N. Y., was born in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., January 19, 1841, a son of Josiah Clark and Phebe (Moses) Burnham, early settlers of Eldred township, who cleared and improved the farm now occupied by Dwight H., as well as the one adjoining. Their children were Henry C., Francis N., Dwight H. and Helen M. (Mrs. Emory Skiver). D. H. Burnham was reared in Eldred township, where he has always resided, now owning and occupying the old homestead. He married, October 10, 1867, Cordelia, daughter of Joseph and Sallie A. (Hulbert) Magee, of Olean, N. Y., by whom he has two children: Fannie and Frank. Mr. Burnham is a Master Mason. He has held the offices of supervisor and collector of the township, and was superintendent of the county poor-farm for three years. In politics he is a Republican.

WILLIAM G. BUTLER, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Eldred, was born in Broome county, N. Y.. June 4, 1836, and is a son of Elijah and Patty (Foote) Butler, natives of Massachusetts. His mother married, for her second husband, Caleb Canfield, and settled in Eldred in 1840, on the farm now owned by William Wilmarth. William G. Butler was reared and educated in the township of Eldred, and after attaining his majority, located in Warren county, Penn., where he resided twelve years, engaged in lumbering. In 1865 he returned to Eldred township, and settled on the farm he now occupies, which he cleared and improved, and where he has since resided; up to 1883 he followed the carpenter's trade. In 1870 he married Eliza, daughter of Lyman Harris, of Eldred township, and they have one son, Childrick. During the Civil war Mr. Butler was eighteen months in the employ of the United States government as a carpenter, at Nashville, Tenn. He is a well-known and respected citizen. In politics he is a Republican.

JAMES CAMPBELL, farmer, P. O. Indian Creek, was born in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., in May, 1820, a son of Jotham and Cynthia (Hooker) Campbell, pioneers of that township. The subject of these lines has always lived in what is now Eldred township, locating in 1859 on the farm he now owns and occupies, and most of which he cleared and improved. He married Olive Hooker, daughter of Rudolphus Hooker, of Jamestown, N. Y., and they have three children: Mortimer W., Monsier B. and Laura (Mrs. C. B. Rounds). Mr. Campbell is a representative farmer and citizen of Eldred township. In politics he is a Democrat.

OZRO S. CARPENTER, farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in Chenango county, N. Y., town of Coventry, September 8, 1825, a son of Timothy and Bethenia (Trumbull) Carpenter, who settled in Eldred township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1830, locating on the land now owned by Ozro S., which they cleared and improved, and here resided until their death. The father died June 28, 1865, and the mother January 17, 1882. Their children were Orlin (deceased), Louisa (deceased), Almira (Mrs. Almon Rice), Oscar (deceased), Thompson T. (deceased), Abiah Lovira T. (deceased), Almon (deceased), Ozro S., Cynthia L. (Mrs. Benjamin Lamphier), Oliver T. S., Mary (Mrs. Dr. W. L. Chrisman) and Daniel. O. S. Carpenter was reared in Eldred township from five years of age, has always been a farmer, and has followed lumbering to some extent. June 6, 1852, he married Celestina R., daughter of Luther and Elizabeth (Broas) Davis, of Lafayette township, this county, and they have four children: Emma M. (Mrs. T. C. Wainman), Frank, Grant and Tinia E. Mr. Carpenter is one of the few old residents left in Eldred township. Politically he is a Republican.

EDWARD S. CARPENTER, justice of the peace, Larrabee, was born in Eldred township July 8, 1846, a son of Oscar and Mary E. (Lamphier) Carpenter. His paternal grandfather was Timothy Carpenter, formerly of Chenango county, N. Y., who settled in Eldred township, about 1829, and was a farmer by occupation; he reared the following named children: Orlin, Louisa, Almira (Mrs. Almon Rice), Oscar, Abiah (Mrs. Joseph Rork), Ozro, Almon, Thompson T., Cynthia (Mrs. Benjamin Lamphier), Lovira, Seymore T., Mary C. (Mrs. Dr. W. L. Chrisman) and Daniel F. His maternal grandfather was William Lamphier, who settled in Eldred township in 1835, son of Benjamin Lamphier, who settled there in 1837. Oscar Carpenter was a carpenter by trade, and also carried on a small farm, and was justice of the peace of Eldred twenty-nine years. He had five children: Edward S., Calista B., William O., Zenas H. and Jessie E. Edward S. Carpenter was reared and educated in Eldred township, where he has always resided. He married, March 17, 1872, Adeline V., daughter of Benjamin and Lucinda (Giles) Scott. and they have four children: Ida M. (married to Edwin A. Hibbard, August 24, 1889), Edith L., Grace A. and Charles O. Mr. Carpenter has held several of the minor offices of the township. and has been justice of the peace since 1886. Politically

he is a Republican.

W. L. CHRISMAN, M. D., Eldred, was born in Warwick township, Chester Co., Penn., December 9, 1834, a son of John and Sarah (Evans) Chrisman. He was reared in his native county, and educated at the Tremont Academy, Chester county, and at the Morgantown Academy, Berks county, Penn., and in 1854 began the study of medicine with Drs. Robert and Benjamin Bunn, of Churchtown, Lancaster Co., Penn. He entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the fall of 1855, and was graduated in the spring of 1857. He then began the practice of his profession in Virginia. and in 1860 located in Eldred, this county, where he was in active practice

until 1876. He then embarked in the oil business as an owner of oil lands and royalty, and in 1884 as a producer, in which he is still largely interested. He is also engaged in farming, and is a breeder of Jersey and Shorthorn stock, registered in the A. J. C. C. and Canadian stock herd books. He built the first silo in McKean county, and is denominated one of the leading and most progressive farmers in the county. Dr. Chrisman married, in 1863, Mary, daughter of Timothy and Bethenia (Trumbull) Carpenter, of Eldred township, and they have one daughter, Mary E. Dr. Chrisman has been identified with the Eldred Bank since its organization, and is now its vice-president. He was a surgeon in the United States service at Washington, D. C., during the war of the Rebellion. Politically he is a stanch advocate of prohibition.

CHARLES M. COLEMAN, proprietor of the European Hotel, Eldred, was born in Penn Yan, N. Y., November 18, 1833. He was reared and educated in his native town, and after reaching maturity started in life as a farmer, an occupation he followed for two years. He then, in 1854, located at Driftwood, Cameron Co., Penn., and there carried on the lumbering, mercantile and hotel business for several years; he also held the office of justice of the peace seven years. In 1877 he located at Gillmor, Penn., and erected the first hotel in that place. This he conducted four months, then removed to Eldred, where he has been engaged, more or less, in the hotel business, and has conducted his present house since April, 1883. His hotel is well and favorably known for its cuisine, and "to stop there once is to stop again. Mr. Coleman is a member of the I. O. O. F., Columbia League and the K. O. T. M.; politically he is a Democrat.

CHARLES COLLINS, oil producer, Eldred, is a native of Caribou, Me., where he was reared and educated. In 1868 he removed to Wisconsin, and worked in the lumber woods of that State in the winter of 1868-69. In the latter year he came to Pennsylvania, locating at Chambersburg, where he worked at drilling wells; soon afterward he removed to the Armstrong field, where he acted in the same capacity, and later he was connected with the Butler and Clarion fields as a producer and contractor. In 1878 he located in the Bradford field, and has been a resident of Eldred since 1884. He is at present interested in seventy producing wells in Warren and Butler counties, this State, and in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Collins has been a director in the Eldred bank since 1885. He is a Knight Templar; politically, a Republican.

V. H. COOK, oil producer, Eldred, was born in Eldred township, McKean Co.. Penn., October 29, 1855, a son of John J., Jr., and Martha J. (Bowen) Cook. His paternal grandfather was John J. Cook, a native of Luzerne county, Penn., and among the pioneer lumbermen of Eldred township, who took up a large tract of land, remaining there until his death. His maternal grandfather was Valentine Bowen, formerly of Oswego county, N. Y., and also a pioneer of Eldred, having removed here about the year 1833. John J. Cook, Jr., has resided in Eldred nearly all his life, and since attaining manhood has followed lumbering as a business. His children were Lucy A., V. Herbert, Lilly M. M., Ella M. (Mrs. C. F. McVagh) and Nellie F. V. H. and Ella M. are the only ones living. V. H. Cook was reared and educated in Eldred and began life as a lumberman, and since 1881 has been engaged in business as an oil producer. In October, 1887, he married Ida L., daughter of William and Ella D. (Mowatt) Petrie, and they have one child, Edna M. Mr. Cook has held the office of school director, and is at present auditor and town clerk of Eldred. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity; in politics he is a Republican.

H. J. CORELL, photographer, Eldred, is a native of Athens township, Crawford Co., Penn. He was born in 1847, was reared in his native town and be

gan the study of photography in Sherman, N. Y., and later studied in Jamestown, where he finished his trade. He embarked in business for himself in 1871 at Ripley, N. Y., located at Eldred in 1880, and opened a photograph gallery and art studio, where he has since done a large and successful business. He is a first class artist and has the reputation of doing as fine work as can be obtained anywhere in his line.

BENJAMIN F. CORY, merchant and lumberman, Eldred, was born in Keating township, McKean Co., Penn., and is a son of Azro B. and Hannah M. (Rees) Cory. His maternal grandparents were among the pioneers of Potter county, Penn. His father was a native of Vermont, and an early settler of Keating township, where he taught school and for a number of years edited a paper at Smethport. He reared a family of four children: Asa R., Lytta E. (Mrs. Lyman Clinton), Benjamin F. and Mary A. (Mrs. Frank Caldwell). Benjamin F. Cory was reared in Potter connty, and began life as a farmer. In 1870 he located in Coryville, this county, where he farmed one year, then for three years taught school, after which he again engaged in farming, and in 1878 located at Eldred. He has been more or less engaged in lumbering since 1881, has had a store at Eldred since 1882, and is now conducting a mill and store at Frisbee station. He married, March 26, 1872, Ada L., daughter of Augustus and Judith (Otto) Day, of Keating township, and they have had five children: Dudley A. (deceased), Celia M., Lillie M., Elizabeth D. and Myra A. Mr. and Mrs. Cory are members of the United Brethren Church He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics he is a Republican.

P. R. COTTER, attorney at law, Eldred, is a native of County Cork, Ireland, where he was reared and educated. In 1855 he came to America, locating in Troy, N. Y., afterward in Philadelphia, Penn. Mr. Cotter, enlisted in October, 1862, in the Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, serving until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. In 1871 he located in Tioga county, Penn., where he began the study of law under James B. Leach. He was admitted to the bar in 1874, and the same year settled in McKean county, Penn. In 1875 Mr. Cotter was elected district attorney of McKean county.

JOHN S. COTTON, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Eldred, was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., April 17, 1838, a son of Simeon and Mary (Snyder) Cotton. His paternal grandfather was Samuel Cotton, a native of England, by occupation formerly a sea captain, and later a farmer of Tompkins county, N. Y. The maternal grandfather of John S. was William Snyder, of German descent, and a pioneer farmer of Tompkins county, N. Y. Both grandfathers were in the war of 1812, William Snyder being a captain. Our subject was reared and educated in his native county, and learned the carpenter's trade with his father. He was a participant in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting December 30, 1863. in Company M, Fiftieth New York Engineers, and was honorably discharged from the service, May 13, 1865. In the fall of 1866 he settled in Eldred township, this county, where he has since resided, and been engaged in farming and working to some extent at his trade. At present he has a contract for erecting a school edifice, at a cost of $10,000, which he will have completed in a few days. In April, 1867, he married Mary, daughter of Daniel J. and Almina (Potter) Keyes, of Eldred, and they have two children: Minnie and Mary. Mr. Cotton has held the office of assessor and councilman of Eldred. He is a member of the G. A. R., and in politics is a Republican.

WILLARD CUMMINGS, farmer and lumberman, P. O. Eldred, was born in New York, November 3, 1838, a son of Allen and Lydia (Farrington) Cum