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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
GIBSON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF DRIFTWOOD
GROVE, LUMBER AND PORTAGE TOWNSHIPS
GIBSON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF DRIFTWOOD.
HEZEKIAH M. BAILEY, farmer, P.O. Sterling Run, was born in what is now Gibson township, Cameron Co., Penn., April 18, 1832, and is a son of Aaron and Savilla (Myers) Bailey, formerly of Lycoming county, Penn., and among the pioneers of Gibson township, where they cleared and improved a farm on which they lived and died. Aaron Bailey was twice married; his first wife, was Mary Rutty, a daughter of John Rutty, of Tioga county, Penn., by whom he had two children: Susan (Mrs. William Sterling) and Samuel. By his second wife, Savilla (Myers), he had five children: Solomon, Mary A. (Mrs. Nathan Housler), James, Hezekiah M. and Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Barr). The subject of these lines has always resided in Gibson township. In 1858 he settled on the farm he now occupies, all of which he cleared and improved. He was married in September, 1858, to Jemima, daughter of William and Sarah (Miller) Barr, of Gibson township, and they have three children, Monroe, McClellan and Ella. Mr. Bailey has held several offices in Gibson township; in politics is a Democrat.
AMOS BARBER, farmer, P.O. Driftwood, was born in Maryland, Otsego Co., N.Y., June 12, 1829, and is a son of Darius and Rachel (Bishop) Barber. He was reared in his native county, came to what is now Cameron county, in 1853, and has resided on the farm he now occupies in Gibson township since 1865, a part of which he cleared and improved. His wife was Ann E., daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Paul) London, of Delaware county, N.Y., and they have one daughter: Mary (Mrs. James Beal). Mr. Barber is a representative farmer and citizen; has held office as supervisor, councilman, collector and treasurer, and in politics is a Republican.
ALLEN BARR, lumberman and farmer, P.O. Dent's Run, Elk county, was born in what is now Gibson township, Cameron Co., Penn, April 28 1827, and is a son of William and Sally (Miller) Barr. His paternal grandfather, John Barr, a native of Ireland, settled in what is now Clinton county, Penn., in 1787. He was a soldier of the Revolution, under Washington, and served seven years and six months. John Miller, the maternal grandfather of our subject; and who settled in Gibson township, Cameron Co., Penn., in 1811, was also a soldier of the Revolution, serving three years and six months, and was with Washington when he crossed the Delaware near Trenton, N.J. William Barr, father of Allen, was a farmer and lumberman by occupation. He was a pioneer of Gibson township, and cleared and improved the farm now occupied by his grandson, James F. Barr, where he died April 28, 1886. His children were fourteen in number, thirteen of whom grew to maturity: Elias, Oliver, Delilah (Mrs. James Overturf), Charles, Selana (Mrs. David F. Marsh), Allen, Jemima (Mrs. Hezekiah Bailey), Loruhama (Mrs. Solomon Mix), Emily (Mrs. James Thomas), Martha (Mrs. Henry Loophole), Darius, Wesley (killed in the battle of the Wilderness, in the Civil war) and Alice (Mrs. George Ingerson). Allen Barr has always resided in Gibson township. He began life as a lumberman, which occupation he has since followed, and cleared and improved the farm he now occupies, besides other lands. He married Nancy, daughter of James and Kate (Overturf) Mix, of Gibson township, and they have four children: Marshall, James, Flora (Mrs. Alex. McPhee) and Merritt A. Mr. Barr is a prominent citizen of his township, and has held the office of school director eighteen years; politically he is a Republican.
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