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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES at the end o f this jx rio d began fanning for G eorge Zarr, his w ife’s uncle, at Catawissa, being located there fo r five years. T he next twelve years he fanned fo r Samuel Kastenbader, and about i8 8 o 8 t bought the property in Montour township where he has since lived and worked. T h is w as form erly the old Good homestead, and consists o f 15 0 acres o f good land lying along the Danville road about two and a h alf miles west o f Bloomsburg. Mr. M cnsch’s buildings and equipment arc up-todate and in the b ^ t o f condition, and he is en­ gaged in general farm ing. H e has not con­ fined his activities to looking a fte r his own interests, but has also helped to promote the public w elfare in his vicinity. H e has given his fellow citizens many years’ service as school director and supervisor, still holding the latter <dfice; he w as fornterly forem an of the State road in this district. H e is a life mem­ ber of the Agricultural Society, which he has served one ye ar as member of the executive committee, and two years as president; and is a prominent member of the Patrons o f HusIjaitdry, having been one of the charter mem­ bers o f Cataw issa Grange, No. 22, fo r the ood o f which body he has labored faithfully, ’olitically he is a Democrat, in religious con­ nection an Episcopalian, his w ife also belong­ ing to that church. On Dec. 27, 1859, M r. Mcnsch married M atilda Zarr, who w as bom Jan. 13, 1840, daughter o f Daniel and Hannah (C leaver) Z arr. and they have had a fam ily o f thirteen children, nam ely: Flora, bom Oct. 17, 18 6 1, is at hom e; George, bom A u g. 13, )863, lives .at Je rse y Shore, P a .; W illiam, bom Jan . 6, 1805, resides at Bloom sburg; C lara, bom Sept. 20, 1866. m arried Winthrop B r y fi^ le; Darnel Z.. bom A u g. 19, 1868, is cashier in the Shickshinny ( P a .) National B an k; John H arry, born Ju ly 8. 1870, conducts the hotel at Rupert, Columbia county; M argaret, bom Feb. 17, 1872, m arried C lark G c v c r; M orris C. S ., Dom Sept. 16, 1873, is now in Camden, N . J . : Cliarles, bom A pril 16. 1875, lives at Rujicrt. and is in the employ of the Philadel­ phia & Reading com pany: A dah, bom Ja n . 5, 1877, married Em erson Fish er and lives at W ilkes-Barre. P a .; Frank, bom J u ly 28, 1879, lives in Montour township: Guy, bom Feb. 2 t, 1882, and M ayberry Hugnes, lx>ni M arch 2, 1 8 ^ . are at home.

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E D W A R D E V E R E T T. M. D.. has been located at M illviile, Columbia county, fo r the last fifteen years, and the confidence o f a large circle o f patrons in the town and vicinity who

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depend upon him for professional services is sulficiem evidence that his skill and conscien­ tiousness have been well proved. Dr. Everett is a son o f Samuel Everett, who came from N cw England and followed su r­ veying and teaching fo r a number o f years, later keeping a hotel at Orangeville. H e mar­ ried M ary Ann Corson, whose father, Ben­ jamin Corson, was an old settler in Lycom ing county. P a., and they had two sons, Edw ard and T hom as; the latter w as a farm er and merchant, and died at the age o f fifty-eight years. T he parents are deceased. Edw ard Everett w as bom Feb. 12, 1847, at O rangeville, and obtained his early education in the public schools o f Columbia county. He took his medical course at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating in 1868, and has been in practice continuously since. F if­ teen years ago he .settled at M illville, where he has since followed his profession with the success which has been characteristic o f his career. H e is a busy man, but never too busy to give each patient the attention necessary to assure the best results, for which reason he is trusted and esteemed by all who have had need o f his ser‘ices. M oreover, he Is a publicspirited citizen, givin g due attention to the general w elfare, his professional duties afford­ ing him many opportunities fo r judging the real needs of the community. H e is a mem­ ber of the Grange, and of the Odd Fellows fraternity, and attends the Methodist Epis­ copal Church. Dr. Everett's first w ife. Amanda McMichael, whom he married In 1869, died in 1876. She was survived by two children, Brucc and Jennie. 'I'he son. bom in 18 7 1, is fann in g in Lycom ing county, P a .; he is m ar­ ried and has three children, two sons and one daughter. Jen nie is the w ife o f Thom as Rob­ bins, a lumberman o f Lycom ing county, and they have three children, two sons and one 'laughter. Hazel. Everett and Roy. In 1878 Dr. Everett married (second) Emma R. McMichacI, by whom he also had two children: H ow ard, now o f Detroit, M ich., and Cleo. at home. F R .A N K G O R D O N B L E E. o f Limestone township, is a representative o f one of the most resiKcted names in Montour county, where his father, the late Fran k G. Rlcc, was honored three times with election to the office o f associate judge. T he fam ily is o f Irish origin, and John Blee, the grandfather o f Fran k G. Blee, w as bom in 1783 and came to this country from Ireland