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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES 8€lf 10 the General Council, he w as next called lo Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., P a., where he organized and built S t. John's Church, remain­ ing its pastor fo r four years. H e was next sent to Richmond, V a., to build up an Eng­ lish Church, but his health failing he went to Mount Pleasant, N. C., and then to Nokomis, 111., where he remained si.x years. In 1882 he w as obliged to retire, and coming to Cata­ wissa resided here until his death, taking no r ^ t l a r charge but occasionally tilling a pulpit. H e w as an able speaker, an energetic worker fo r the Ixird, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. Rev. S ir. Henkel married Heleah Anna M aria Henkel, daughter o f Solomon Henkel, M. D., o f N cw M arket. V a., and they had six children: M an ', w ife o f Rev. C. W. S iffc rd; Leah, w ife o f Rev. A. L. Y o u n t; Charles, married to a M iss Lease, o f Nokomis, III.; Solon; W illiam; and Luther S. A fte r the death o f thcir mother he w as united, in No­ vember, 1875, to Susan C., eldest daughter of Rev. William J. Eyer, o f Catawissa. By this union there were no children. R e v. W i l l i a m J. E y e r, father o f Mrs. Ilenkct. was born in 1803 and came to Cata­ w issa in 1838. H ere he served as pastor of the Lutheran Church until his death in 1874. H e was a noted man, an able speaker, and his death w as regretted by all who had come into contact with him. H is w ife Charlotte, M rs. Henkel's mother, w as a daughter o f Frederick C. Havemeyer, the head of the great refinery corporation o f New Y o rk and Iffiiladelphia. M rs. Susan C. Henkel still survives, and lives at the old homestead in Catawissa, in the house her father erected when he first came to this town. She has a large number o f stanch friends in the borough and is an interesting conversationalist. She bears her age with dig­ nity, and fo r one o f her years is quite active and energetic. F R A N C I S P A R V IN M A S T E R S, late o f Pine township. Columbia county, w as a native o f M illville, that county, and liclongcd to an old established fam ily of that section, still nu­ merously represented in the vicinity. Jam es M asters, his father, w as in business at M ill­ ville fo r many years, as a merchant. M r. M asters is a great-grandson o f Jam es M asters, who in 170 1 settled on the place in Madison township later occupied by his son David. There were then no improvements on the property. Jam es M asters made a perma­ nent home there, remaining on the place until his death in 1832, when eighty-four years and

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some months old. H e built a sawmill, to which David in time added a carding imchinc, and subsequently a clover hulling m achine; the lat­ ter’s son Joseph finally converted the hulling mill into a chopping mill. Jam es M asters married M argaret Salkel, and they had five children, three sons and two daughters: Isaac, Sarah, M artha, David and John. .All lived to be grown and raised families. Sarah mar­ ried Samuel Kester—they rode to Berks county on horseback to be married by the Friends’ cerem ony; Martha married Andrew Eves, son o f John Eves, the pioneer; Isaac m arried Paul K cster's daughter, and subse­ quently moved to O h io; John w as a rambler, and never made a permanent settlement; David married M ary Eves, a granddaughter of the pioneer. T h e last mentioned couple were the grandparents of Francis P. Masters. David M asters w as born in 1783, near Kennett Square, in Chester county. P a., and set­ tled in Madison toumship, on Spruce run, ad­ joining lands owned by the pioneer Eves, and the Dcmotts. (T h is place was afterw ards owned by Conrad K ream er.) David was eight years old when he came with his father to the home place; there he grew to manhood. H e n urried M ary Eves, daughter o f Joscph, who w as a son o f John Eves, the pioneer. T o David and M ary M asters were bom George, Jam es (mentioned below ). Sarah, Joseph, M argaret, Farvin. M ary and Elizabeth, all living to maturity. George, bom Nov. 2. 18 10, in Madison township, married Margaret Mather, settled in Millville, and had four chil­ dren. Sarah, David, M ary M. and W illiam : Sarah married Daniel Rote, and located near M illville; Joseph married Sarah Edw'ards, and subsequently moved to Muncy, P a .; Margaret m a r r i^ Benjamin W arner, and lo c a t^ in Muncy V alley: Parvin resided in Philadel­ phia. w as thrice married, having children by each w ife; M ary married George D. K cllcr, who settled first in Light Street, Columbia county, and ran a bl.acksmiih business, after­ wards bought a farm near Watsontown, Northumberland county, and later lived at Muncy borough; Elizabeth married B. M orris EUis, a descendant o f William C ox Ellis, one of the early settlers o f Muncy Valley. Jam es M asters, born Sept. 28, 18 12. was married Jan. i, 1835. tu Abigail Rote, who was o f German descent, to m March 3. 18 12, daughter o f Francis and M ary Rote, the latter o f whom was a daughter o f Daniel Welliver. one of the early pioneers o f Madison town­ ship. A fte r Jam es M asters w as married he move<l to hclow E y c r's Grove. an<l operated