COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES leaders in this line o f work in Uioomsburg, the lai^ cr part of the tost contracts toing given to them. I'h e class of construction on which they engaged and their constantly in creasing patronage, were sufficient to show their standing among local contractors. The partnership was dissolved in 19 10, C. E . tak ing the plastering business and H. W. attend ing to his architectural work. On Dec. 26, 1878, Charles E . H ow er m ar ried M ary Joanna Moore, daughter o f M at thias A . and Catherine (^Straub) Moore. T hey lu v e no children. Their niece, M aria H art man, now resides with them and is attend ing school. M r. and M rs. Hower occupy the fine residence at N o. 145 W est Third street, erected in t886. M rs. I low er is a member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Hower belongs to the Liberty F ire Company, which he jo in ^ as a charter member. Politically he is a Democrat. The Moore family, to which M rs. Howcr belongs, was foundt^ tn this country by her great-great-grandfather, a native o f England, w to came lo this country prior to the w ar of the Revolution, settling on the New Jersey side of the Delaware river just above Phila delphia, where he owned three farms. He reared a family, one o f his children being Sam uel Moore, who w as a soldier in the Revo lutionary war. H e was a great champion of Washington, under whom he serx’ed. and dur ing his latter days would not stand hy and hear the "F ath e r o f his Country” criticised. A t the close of the w ar he scttlt^ on a fann near Petersbui^, in Northumberland county. Pa., and later in Madison township, Columbia county, where he owned two farm s, nggrcgating 224 acres. He w*as a member o f (he Presbyterian Church, in which he serveil as elder for a number o f years. H e died Feb. 24. 1840, aged eighty-eight years, and his w ife, Sarah, died A pril 8, 1836, aged seventynine years. T hey had a family of ten chil dren, o f whom arc mentioned: John. A bra ham, Nancy ( M rs. A rm strong), Catherine (died unm arried), Nellie ( M rs. K inney), Betsy (M rs. Q uick), Plicto (M rs. K u h l), and Hettie (M rs. Girton). John Moore, the youngest of the family, w as bom in Northumberland county. Pa., in 1797. H e was one of the prosperous farm ers o f W est Hemlock toumship, Montour county, living at New Columbia, where he owned a good tract o f 124 acres, one of the old .Appleman farms. He died there. D ur ing his early life he w as for a short time en gaged in distilling. In religion he w as a Pres
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byterian, in political views a Democrat. He marric<J Jo a iu u Appleman, daughter of M athias Appleman, a farm er o f Jiaiton town ship, Columbia county, and they became the parents o f eight children: N . Patterson; M at thias A .; bam uel; Jo h n; W illiam B o yd; (irccr, who died when eighteen years old; Sarah, who married Levi C o x; and M ary Ellen, who married Green Pursel. T he par ents are buried in the old Moore cemetery at New Columbia, the land for which was given by this family. N . Patterson Moore was torn March 17, 1824, in Madison township, Columbia county, and received his education in the public schools and at the Bloomsburg Academy, a fte r which he taught school fo r one term. H e learned wagonmaking, which he followed first in Northumberland county and then in Hunter don county, N . J ., where he was employed in a first<lass shop. In 1848 he moved (0 Ben ton, Columbia county, where he conducted a shop in connection with agricultural pursuits until 1862, that year moving to Buckhom , following wagonmaking there the rest o f his active life. H e died in 1906. During the many years he worked at hts trade he acquired great skill and his services were alw ays in demand. H e w as held in high esteem by his fellow qitizcns. On Ju n e 6, 1 ^ 0, M r. Moore w as married to Aram inta Kline, born in 1825, daughter o f Isaac Kline, who was for many years a justice of the peace in Orange township, Co lumbia county, and they became the parents o f three daughters and two sons: M ary Joanna, w ife o f John ShulU, a farm er o f M ad ison township, Columbia cou n ty; John, a wagonmaker o f W ilkes-B arre: la v in a, for merly a teacher, now a m illiner; d ia r ie s H., ex-county surveyor o f Columbia county, teacher and principal of the Nescopeck schools: and itlizatoth, a graduate of the State Norma) School at Bloomsburg and for seven years a successful teacher, who is now (he w ife o f John H . W ingcrt, a prominent farm er and teacher o f Lew isbuig, Pa. The mother o f this family died in 1900. Politically M r. Moore w as a Democrat and w as elected justice of the peace in M ay, 1869, which office he satisfactorily filled. Socially he was a mcmtor o f CatawHssa Lodge, No. 349, F . & A . M .; Catawissa Chapter, No. 168 (past high p rie st); and Crusade Command ery. No. 12, Knights Tem plar (past eminent commander). Matthias A . Moore, another son o f John, was torn M ay 24, 1826, at West Hemlock.
