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THE IRON ROSE BIBLE CLASS
OF THE
Coatesville Presbyterian Church
A Book of Remembrance
MALACHI 3:16, 17
DEUTERONOMY 31 :6
PROVERBS 16:7
JOHN 10: 28, 29
THE TEACHER'S FAVORITE TEXTS
MALACHI 3: 16, 17
Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was writ- ten before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels.
PROVERBS 16:7 When a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies be at peace with him.
DEUTERONOMY 31 :6
Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them; for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee nor forsake thee.
JOHN 10:28, 29 And I will give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. And no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
PRIVATELY PRINTED
1928
SHESH BAZZAR WORTH RIDGWAY (" DOC") 1928
WILLIAM HANCE RIDGWAY ("W. H.")
REV. ROY TALMAGE BRUMBAUGH Minister
MISS ALICE PAWLING Organist
AT 9-ONE WITH STRAW HAT
AT 15
AT 50
" SHIKILLIMY "-SUNBURY, 1896 "Going like Forty!" with Chas. L. Huston
READING, 1916 "Looking like Sixty! " with Chas. L. Huston
PART OF THE IRON ROSE BIBLE CLASS
PART OF THE IRON ROSE BIBLE CLASS Note the teacher's grandsons in the centre. See page 71
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Sam Ben-The Choctaw
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Some years ago the Iron Rose Class was interested in a Choctaw Indian boy by the name of Sam Ben.
When the Government moved the Choctaws to the Indian Territory (where the discovery of oil afterward made them rich), some of the tribe, afraid of the transfer, ran away and hid in the swamps of Mississippi. Here they multiplied neglected, in gross ignorance and darkness. A Christian Choctaw went to them as a missionary. He found Sam Ben, a bright Choctaw boy, and began his education to the end that he might go as a missionary to his own people. The Iron Rose Class aided in Sam's schooling.
Sam made rapid progress and in due course went to col- lege. When the Iron Rose Class knew Sam was in college they concluded Sam should present as good an appearance upon the campus as any other student.
So the Iron Rose Class sent to Sam for his measurements and had made for him the finest blue serge suit that money would buy.
To the suit they added white flannel pantaloons, all his more intimate clothing, beside shirts, collars, straw hat, neck- ties, shoes, etc.
A dummy was borrowed from a local merchant and he was dressed in Sam's outfit.
The accompanying cut shows "Dummy" standing in the canopy entrance to the Ridg- way Home during an Iron Rose party.
This party was held on Mr. Ridgway's birthday, June 20th, 1923. The guest of honor at the party was the Hon. William Jennings Bryan. There was a ventriloquist entertainer at the party and Mr. Bryan tried to get him to set the strikingly life-like dummy "Sam" talking.
The Iron Rose suit made Sam so attractive that some Pocahontas in the college "fell for him" and they married. Sam never did become a missionary but now holds a bread- and-butter job with Uncle Sam.
" REDWING," THE IRON ROSE RHODE ISLAND RED COCKEREL AWARDED THE LORD IRWIN CUP AS "THE FINEST BIRD IN INDIA "
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The Iron Rose Bible Class HISTORY
O N the first day of January in the year 1889 William H. Ridgway received a letter from Robert Allison of the Men's Bible Class of the Coatesville Presbyterian Church asking him if he would come and be their teacher. The Class had been taught for a number of years by Mr. John D. Gilfillan, who owned the tannery which stood where the tube mill of the Bethlehem Steel Company is in part located. The matter was taken into prayerful consideration and on the following Sunday the Committee was advised that Mr. Ridgway would accept the call.
On this Sunday, which was the 6th day of January, Mr. Ridgway presented himself at the Class Room in the old Presbyterian Church, which is now a part of the Apfelbaum Bldg., East Main Street. There were present on that Sunday the following men : Frederick A. Bickle, Enoch Gatchel, John M. Brown, Ephraim Lilley, Robert Allison and John Wright. John Wright was sexton of the Church and was a colored man whose descen- dants are now living in Coatesville.
This was the beginning of the Iron Rose Bible Class. Other members were soon added to it until it quite filled the little class room in the old Church.
When the new Church was built at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets the up-stairs room over the Ladies' Parlor was provided for the Iron Rose Class, which at that time consisted of from fifty to sixty members. When this new Church was built the Iron Rose Class did its share in raising the funds for the work. Among other things it gave the large window in the Sunday School Room.
THE SLATER FAMILY OF ETAH, INDIA
About this time the name was changed from the "Men's Bible Class" to the "IRON ROSE CLASS." The name Iron Rose was suggested because we had in the class at that time a blacksmith by the name of Dowlin Townsend, who hammered out upon his anvil very beautiful iron roses. He had a way of mounting these little iron roses upon a safety pin so that the rose could be pinned to the lapel of the coat without any difficulty. Black- smith Townsend, who was and is still in the employ of the Craig Ridgway and Son Company, has always been kept so busy all the years that he has never had time to make the large number of iron roses which would be required to furnish every member of the Class with one.
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Another reason in the selection of the name was because, as the rose is the noblest of flowers and iron is the noblest of metals and probably the most serviceable to mankind, the name seemed to be appropriate for a class of men made up of iron and steel workers and others dependent more or less upon this great industry.
The teacher of the Iron Rose Class, on the retirement of the Honorable A. D. Harlan, who had been superintendent of the Sunday School for some 40 years, was called to take his place until another superintendent could be found. As the teacher of the Class woukd have to be Superintendent of the Sunday School it was found necessary to move the class down to the lower floor so that he could be in touch all the time with both the School and the Class. For some twelve years this arrangement continued.
Later the teacher of the Iron Rose Class resigned from the Superintendency of the Sunday School and he was succeeded by Mr. Arthur Williams, who was later succeeded by Dr. S. W. Ridgway.
The Iron Rose Class has always continued to grow, slowly but surely, and the Ladies' Parlor proved too small for it, and as there was no other place in the Sunday School Room to accommodate the increasing number of men, the class was taken over into the Church, where it is now conducted each Sunday morning.
THE IRON ROSE MISSIONARIES IN FEATHERS ARRIVING IN INDIA
The Iron Rose Class ever since its beginning has always been engaged in many helpful enterprises.
In the year 1913 the Class received a communication from Mr. Arthur E. Slater, who was associated with Mr. Sam Higganbotham in India in missionary work among the poorest people of that great nation, saying that he thought if the outcast Christian Hindus could be put into the Chicken Business they could make a good profit out of the same. This would greatly improve their condition. The native India chickens are very scrawny and the eggs very small and bring a very small price. The higher grade chickens, such as are in America, are very much in demand by the many English residents in India, and both the chickens themselves and the eggs can be sold at very good prices.
Mr. Slater asked that the Iron Rose Class provide him with the chickens with which to make the experiment. He said that the variety known as the Rhode Island Reds, being a strong and hardy breed of chickens, would probably stand the very hot climate better than most any other kind of chickens.
The Iron Rose Class unanimously decided that they would take up the enterprise. A committee, made up of chicken fanciers, was appointed to secure the fowls and the rest of the Class added to their weekly offerings sufficient money to purchase these Rhode Island Reds, when a superior strain should be found.
The committee discovered a chicken raiser down near Morton, Delaware County, by the name of Annesley M. Anderson. The teacher, upon visiting Mr. Anderson, discovered
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that Mrs. Anderson was a relative of Miss Maria L. Sanford, who in the early seventies had been principal of the Coatesville High School, and later of the University of Minnesota, and a great friend of Craig Ridgway, who at that time was active in directing the schools of the new borough. When Mr. Anderson found out what the chickens were for and that we were old friends of. his relative he became very much interested in them and selected from his coops the most splendid of all his Rhode Island Reds, regardless of price or any other consideration. He said he considered it a great honor to have even a little part in improving the condition of the down-trodden people of that far country.
The chickens were gotten ready for shipment. The chairman of the committee having charge of the chickens was Mr. Arthur E. Allison, who at that time was chief draftsman of the Craig Ridgway and Son Company. When the chickens were about ready to be shipped the teacher was inspired to instruct Mr. Allison to make a large placard and put it on the coop containing the chickens.
"MISSIONARIES IN FEATHERS," was the card, drawn in big red letters.
This happy term has now become known all over the world and was originated in the manner just stated. In order to indicate how it worked, the writer might say that after the chickens had been shipped from Morton, which was to be at the very last moment before the ship sailed in New York, he called at the office of the Express Company in Philadelphia and asked, "Can you tell me whether or not any red chickens have come through from out of Delaware County for New York?" "My dear Sir," said the express man, "we have red chickens coming through by the thousands and it would be impossible for me to give you the information." "Well," was the reply, "these chickens ought to have a big sign on them reading, 'Missionaries in Feathers.' " "Those chickens," quickly responded the man, "went through here at nine o'clock this morning." This slogan not only took the chickens to New York but got the American Express Company interested and they were gotten on board the ship very promptly and in good condition. The same slogan took them all the way across the ocean to Calcutta. It differentiated them from all other sorts of chickens. Every man and woman who happened to see the box, being more or less interested in mis- sionary enterprises, the very best attention was attracted to the shipment all the time. The chickens arrived in Etah, India, about as far in the interior of India as Chicago is from New York, in the very finest condition.
Mr. Slater wrote that the shipment came in with the roosters "all a-crowing and the hens all a-laying." "In fact, we could have had fresh eggs for Easter breakfast if the eggs had not been too precious to eat," he wrote. The Captain of the ship reported that all the way over on the journey the chickens kept his table provided with the finest kind of eggs.
Mr. Slater distributed his chickens among the Hindus but they all came to grief in one way or another, largely because the Hindus had not yet learned how to take care of high grade stock.
The last one of this shipment of chickens was carried away by a hawk. The Hindu who owned it went to the local Judge, demanding judgment against the man who owned the farm on which was the tree in which the hawk had its nest. The Judge told the Hindu that he would give judgment against the hawk just as soon as the culprit was brought into court. Mr. Slater said the last he heard of the man he was trying to catch the hawk.
When the news of the failure of this lot of Rhode Island Reds came to the Class they were asked whether they were "Quitters" or whether they would try again. The Class unanimously decided that they would try again. Communication was made with Mr. Anderson and he was asked whether he could provide another coop of chickens as good as the first. He replied that he thought now he could provide an even finer lot of chickens. He was directed to go ahead and do so. The chickens were again labeled " MISSIONARIES IN FEATHERS" and were sent in the same way as the former lot. They arrived in the same condition as the former ones, and since the natives had learned by their former experi- ences the chickens they had now became a wonderful success in every way.
So tremendous has been the success of this enterprise that according to Mr. Slater it has entirely changed the whole condition of these outcast Hindus. When the other people
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found that these outcasts were beginning to make good money they began to have great respect for them, since money "talks" in India just as loudly as it talks in America!
The interest has grown to such an extent that Mr. Slater found that he would have to have some better way in getting around among his chicken farmers than he previously had. The matter was laid before Mr. C. L. Huston and some other friends, and they purchased for Mr. Slater a Ford Car with a trailer. This car goes around over the district serving these people and gathering up the eggs and seeing that they get to market.
"IRON ROSE, " THE FORD CAR
Mr. Slater christened the new car "THE IRON ROSE," and Mr. Dowlin Townsend, the blacksmith, made a beautiful big iron rose to go over the radiator. It costs $200.00 a year to keep the Iron Rose in "shoes and fodder," according to Mr. Slater. This expense the Iron Rose Class has assumed.
During the Spring of 1922 a Fair was held in the United Provinces of India and great attention was given to the poultry exhibit. The Prince of Wales on his Indian Tour visited the Fair and became greatly interested in the chickens and the great work they are doing in improving the condition of the outcasts or "untouchable" people.
Missionaries in Feathers FROM IRON ROSE BIBLE CLASS Colussile - Pa. - U.S.A. POR COL. A.E.SLATER ETAN. U.P .: INDIA,
A SHIPMENT OF IRON ROSE "MISSIONARIES"
In the Fall of 1926 Mr. Slater wrote to the Iron Rose Bible Class stating that he thought the chicken industry could be greatly benefited if some new Rhode Island Red blood could be imported from the United States. He asked if the Iron Rose Class would like to send him a coop of extra fine birds. He said there was no use of sending ordinary stock, but the stock should be of the finest.
The Iron Rose Class agreed to do this, and some of the finest Rhode Island chickens ever bred in America were found and a coop of them was sent to Mr. Slater. The American Express Company, as before, handled the shipment, and special pains were taken in making the coop to carry the chickens. It was probably the finest piece of chicken architecture made in any country.
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There was some difficulty in finding a Steamship that would agree to take the shipment. At last the Roosevelt Line, operated by the son of Ex-President Roosevelt, agreed to take the chickens on the Steamer "Homestead." This, to Karachi. It was on this ship that Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt took passage for the Himalaya country to hunt the Ovis Poli, as described in their charming book, "East of the Sun and West of the Moon."
When Washburn Crosby Company, the millers of Minneapolis, heard of the shipment they asked the privilege of supplying the food for the chickens for the long journey. This they did.
The great coop holding the chickens, as before, carried the label "MISSIONARIES IN FEATHERS from the IRON ROSE BIBLE CLASS, COATESVILLE, PA."
The chickens arrived at the end of their long journey in the finest sort of condition, and are now on the job helping to improve the conditions of these submerged Christians in the Etah District of India.
In all the shipments of "MISSIONARIES IN FEATHERS" to India, it is a striking fact that not a single chicken has died on the journey, and in every case they have arrived in perfect health and busily producing eggs.
The Superintendent of the American Express Company asked Mr. Ridgway what the losses in shipping the chickens were. The reply was, "None whatever." Said the American Express Official, "This is remarkable; a while ago we sent 100 fowls over to India and only a half a dozen of them arrived alive." The express man was told that the Iron Rose Chickens were not ordinary poultry, but were out doing the work of the Master among the poor people of India, and were followed by the prayers of a Big Bible Class of Men.
The Iron Rose Rhode Island Reds are not commercial fowls from the chicken yard but are "MISSIONARIES IN FEATHERS" which have changed the lives of thousands of the submerged outcasts of India and Heaven sees to it that they arrive safely and ready for their work!
MR. A. E. SLATER
MR. A. E. SLATER UNDER DATE OF JULY 21ST, 1927, WRITES AS FOLLOWS:
"I am glad to tell you about the splendid success of one of the Rhode Island Red Cockerels, which you sent me, at the ALL INDIA POULTRY EXHIBITION.
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"This is India's Premier Show. The young rooster, which I have named 'Red Wing,' besides winning first in his class won the India Poultry Club CHALLENGE CUP for the best bird imported.
"He also won the CHALLENGE CUP for the best Rhode Island Red Cockerel.
"As though this was not enough, he won the Viceroy's Cup for the best bird in the show. The Viceroy's Cup was won outright and now makes the third cup presented by the Viceroy each year, and which I have won for THE BEST BIRD IN INDIA.
"I am going to bring this cup home with me when I come on Furlough next Spring. It is a sterling silver cup of a chaste design, and is engraved with Lord Irwin's Coat of Arms. This cup will be donated to the IRON ROSE BIBLE CLASS."
H. E. The Lord Frein
THE LORD IRWIN CUP FOR "THE BEST BIRD IN INDIA"
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ENOCH GATCHEL Original Iron Roser Merchant
FREDERICK BICKEL Original Iron Roser Merchant
ROBERT ALLISON Original Iron Roser Millwright
JOHN M. BROWN Original Iron Roser Moulder
EPHRAIM LILLEY Original Iron Roser Farmer
JOHN WRIGHT Original Iron Roser Sexton
THE FOUNDERS OF THE IRON ROSE BIBLE CLASS, 1889
The first, third and fifth names apply to the left-hand column reading down, and the second, fourth and sixth names to the right-hand column
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JAMES H. ALEXANDER Born White Horse, 1876 Supt. Steel Plant Married, Catherine Smalley
Children: Charles, Margaret, Hazel, Harold, Robert, Vernon, Thelma, Dorothy, John, Adrian
ARTHUR E. ALLISON Born Coatesville, Feb. 1, 1877 Draughtsman Married, Mary E. Hanna Children: Arthur B., Marvin II., Gertrude, Harold N.
E. A. AMBROSE Born Coatesville, May 1, 1882 Jeweler Married, Nellie Gordon
JOHN HENRY ANDREWS Born Atglen, Jan. 1, 1849 Clerk Married, Elizabeth L. McNemar
Child: Anna N.
NEVIN POMEROY ARMSTRONG Born Parkesburg, Mar. 12, 1870 Telegraph Operator Married, Minnie H. Long Children: Klair L., M. Isabel
KLAIR L. ARMSTRONG Born Coatesville, Nov. 2, 1898 Minister Married, Bessie Grace Cunningham
Some of the Iron Rosers have left us for "home," but there are never any "Dead Ones" in the Iron Rose Class!
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. SAMUEL M. ARMSTRONG Born Compassville, June 29, 1869 Steel Worker
CHARLES H. ASH Born W. Brandywine, Aug. 2, 1856 Contractor and Builder Married, Ada E. Lewis
Child: Elva A.
CHESTER ASH Born Wagontown, Nov. 30, 1875 Supt. Parks and Playgrounds Married, Lydia R. Pugh
Children: Ira G., Ruth E., Chauncy S., Arthur M.
VERNE WALLACE AUBEL Born Mercer Co., Aug. 7, 1888 Supt. Blast Furnaces Married, Nancy Belle Crowther
Children: Verne, William, Nancy
WALTER P. ASH Born Westtown, May 15, 1861 Salesman Married, Bertha D. Quick Child: Marion A., C. Doan, deceased
WILLIAM ADORJAN Born Pittsburgh, Apr. 1, 1902 Traffic Inspector
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J. WALTER BAIR Born Romansville, Dec. 19, 1893 Steel Worker Married, Anna Pierce Children: Harry, Myrtle
JOSEPH H. BAKER Born Upland, Nov. 29, 1880 Salesman Married, Anna M. Smith Children: Willard, Zelva
FRANK BENTZ Born Mainville, July 3, 1873 Foreman Machinist Married, Lena S. Omensetler Children : Francis, Ralph
WILLIAM M. BALDWIN Born Wilmington, Del. Clerk Married, Ruth H. Taylor
Child: Harold O.
H. P. BENNINGTON Born Harford Co., Md., Nov. 14, 1879 Crane Runner
JOSEPH M. BAXTER Born Philadelphia, June 3, 1871 Veterinarian Married, Maud N. Nuss
Child: Maud N.
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J. LINVILLE BERSTLER Born Doe Run, Aug. 28, 1855 Farmer Married, Sarah E. Long
SCHRACK BICKEL Born Coatesville, Apr. 14, 1859 Salesman Married, Jane M. Newlin
Children: James F., Francis W., Anna L., Henry A., Jane B.
FRANCIS N. BICKEL Born Coatesville, Nov. 30, 1890 Clerk Married, Mabel G. Staley
Child: Joseph S.
HENRY A. BICKEL Born Coatesville, July 27, 1892 Physical Director, Y. M. C. A. Married, Marie L. Girard
Child: Girard
JAMES F. BICKEL Born Coatesville, Dec. 9, 1879 Floor Boss Married, Miriam M. Miller Children: Fred, Robert, Graham
JOHN M. BOYD Born Morgantown, Jan. 25, 1863 Steel Worker
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WILLIAM H. BOWLS Born Coatesville, May 15, 1874 Layer Out Married, Bertha E. Thompson Children: Mary, Fred, Anna
HARRY T. BROWN Born Downingtown, Apr. 22, 1883 Electrician Married, Martha Breckinridge Children: Sara, Harry, Martha, Lois, Katherine
GEORGE C. BROWN Born Rock Run, Aug. 16, 1886 Truck Repairman
WILLIAM W. BROWN Born Staunton, England, 1885 Salesman Married, Edith Axford
Child: William F.
NORMAN J. BROWN Born West Grove, Oct. 28, 1896 Mill Recorder Married, Mary A. Gibson Children: Elizabeth, Harry, Margaret
PAUL B. BRUMBACH Born Oley, Berks Co., Jan. 7, 1890 Chief Clerk Married, Sylvia L. Cooper
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JAMES R. BUCKLEY Born Fisherville, 1857 Steel Worker Married, Priscilla Lambert
Children : Lillie, Martha
WILLIAM M. BURKHOLDER Born Franklin Co., Feb. 23, 1864 Track Foreman Married, Sara M. Crosson Child: Mary L.
WALTER H. BURR Born Morrison, Ill., Feb. 6, 1879 Electrical Engineer Married, Harriet Borman
Child: Robert B.
RAYMOND E. BROWN Born Coatesville, June 16, 1892 Civil Engineer Married, Laura E. Lewis
LEROY T. BEARD Born Clifton Heights, Jan. 19, 1892 Contractor Married, Eva L. Loomis
GEORGE BEINHAUER Born Coatesville, Oct. 25, 1892 Supt. American Stores Married, Esther Wilson
Children: Heston B., Jeanelle B.
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B. F. BIRELEY Born Quarryville, July 31, 1878 Carpenter Married, Ida M. Seymour Children: Howard L., Horace S., Edith K., Dorothy M., Ruth E., Benjamin F.
HOWARD L. BIRELEY Born Coatesville, Oct. 20, 1903 Baker
HORACE S. BIRELEY Born Coatesville, Oct. 28, 1905 Heater, Lukens Steel Co.
JOHN BUFFINGTON Born Coatesville, July 4, 1882 Telephone Married, Sara Jones Children : Beatrice, Katherine, John, Jr.
WILMER L. BERKEY Born Gap, Sept. 28, 1880 Married, Mae Loomis
Children : Ethel, Carl, Grace, Doris
JAMES CAMPBELL, Born Montgomery Co., Jan. 27, 1876 Foreman Boiler Maker Married, Sarah McAleese
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WILLIAM CAMPBELL Born Philadelphia, Nov. 16, 1885 Boiler Maker Married, Sara Hendrickson, also Barbara Henderson
WILLIAM F. CARR Born Orrstown, Dec. 3, 1886 Merchant Married, Clare Scott Children : William S., Edwin L.
J. LEWIS CALLAHAN Born Fairville, May 10, 1890 Supt. C. V. Electric Co. Married, Florence Stroup
HENRY W. CARPENTER Born Caln, May 20, 1898 Farmer Married, Anna G. Hallman
Children: Wilson, Edwin
PETER A. CASIDA Born Burnsville, N. C., 1886 Millwright Married, Edna Taylor
E. ROY CARPENTER Born Thorndale, Dec. 9, 1880 Iron Worker Married, Elizabeth Campbell
Child: Edwin R.
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WILLIAM R. CHRISTY Born Coatesville, Aug. 31, 1883 Asst. Sales Manager, Lukens Steel Co.
PRESTON CHAMBERLAIN Born Philadelphia, Aug. 5, 1890 Salesman Married, Jane Martin Children: Earl M., Sarah J.
WILLIAM D. COSNER Born Bird-in-Hand, June 23, 1875 Bricklayer Married, Ella B. Redmond
JOSEPH E. COOPER Born Fremont, Oct. 29, 1887 Salesman Married, Florence Long Children: William R., Anna E., Alice M.
RICHARD S. COPELAND Born Highland Twp., Feb. 10, 1895 Clerk Married, Mary Hope Children: Elizabeth H., Richard S., Jr.
JOHN H. COLE Born Wilmington, Mar. 4, 1872 Private Secretary Married, Irene M. Faivre Child: Irene F.
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WILLIAM H. COMMONS Born Cochranville, 1864 Engineer Married, Carrie V. Scheaffer Child: Milton
GRANT CONQUEST Born E. Brandywine Twp., Aug. 20, 1868 Carpenter Married, Hannah Ash Child: Herman
C. MILTON COMMONS Born Mortonville, Aug. 17, 1888 Steel Worker Married, Emma Schnupp Children: Anna H., Charles W., Samuel F.
G. FRANCIS COULTER Born Towerville, July 19, 1905 Farmer Married, Clara Hadley
Children: Benton R., Alice
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