. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. erof several civic societies, belonging to the ImprovedOrder of Red Men, the Royal Arcanum, the AncientOrder of Hibernians, and the Knights of is a communicant of the Catholic Church and aDemocrat in politics. B. T. CARLTON, a well-known farmer ofSpringville township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., be-longs to a family which was founded in this sect
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. erof several civic societies, belonging to the ImprovedOrder of Red Men, the Royal Arcanum, the AncientOrder of Hibernians, and the Knights of is a communicant of the Catholic Church and aDemocrat in politics. B. T. CARLTON, a well-known farmer ofSpringville township, Susquehanna Co., Penn., be-longs to a family which was founded in this sectionof the State in pioneer days, and has since beenprominently identified with its agricultural and in-dustrial interests. His grandfather, David H. Carl-ton, a native of Maine, was born April 13, 1802, andat an early day came to Northeastern Pennsylvania,locating in Greene township. Pike county, wherehe engaged in farming and lumbering until hisdeath, which occurred in July, 1867. He first wed-ded Nancy Dickerson, by whom he had the follow-ing children: David Albert, a resident of Greenetownship. Pike county; John and Thomas D., bothdeceased ; Moses R., father of our subject; Miller Jo-seph, deceased; Emily Jane, deceased wife of Sam-. <&C u£U<U^ COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 537 uel Simons, of Greene township, Pike county; andJasper, deceased. 1 he mother of these died and the father was again married. To him and his wife,llenriette, were born Mahlon, Nancy, Ellen, Frank,Eliza, Hiram (deceased;, Chester. Silas L., Milo1 i ne ( deceased I. and Amanda. Moses R. Carlton, our subjects lather, was hornin Greene township, Tike county, March 23, 1832,and in early manhood came to Susquehanna count}-,where he married Miss A. Cordelia Taylor, whowas born September jj. [831, a daughter of [o-tham II. and Polly (Wakefield) Taylor. Her fatherwas horn in Eaton township, Wyoming Co., Penn.,February 15, [803, and died in Springville township,Susquehanna county. November 30, 1877.
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