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On June 10. 1832. Judge Reynolds married, at Plym- onth, Jane Holberton Smith, born at Plymouth, April 3, 1812, the third child of John and Frances ( Holberton ) Smith. Judge Reynolds died at his home in Wilkes- Barre, January 25. 1869, and his wife passed away there, March 6, 1874. They had eight children, of whom Shel- don. born at Kingston, February 22, 1844, was the seventh. Sheldon Reynolds received his preliminary education at the Wyoming Seminary, Kingston; the Luzerne
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Presbyterial Institute, Wyoming, and the Hopkins Gram- mar School, at New Haven, Connecticut. In 1863 he entered Yale College, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1867. He continued his studies in the law school of Columbia College, New York, receiv- ing his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1869. The year of 1870 he spent in Europe travelling and studying. On October 16, 1871, he was admitted to the Bar of Luzerne County. In 1872 he received the degree of Master of Arts from Yale College.
He was deeply interested in the history and the histor- ical records of the Wyoming Valley, was a life member of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, and at the time of his death, its president. He was a member of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia; The Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science; Historical Society of Virginia; Historical Society of Bangor, Maine; the Anthropological Society of Washington, District of Columbia, and the American Historical Association. He was one of the original trustees of the Osterhout Free Library of Wilkes-Barre; a member of the Board of School Directors of the Third District of Wilkes-Barre ( 1875 and 1876) ; a director of the Wyoming National Bank from 1884 to 1892, when he was elected president ; president of the Wilkes-Barre Water Company, now a part of the Scranton-Springbrook system, and president of the Wilkes-Barre Electric Light Company, then one of the first electric service companies in existence and now a part of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Com- pany.
In politics, Sheldon Reynolds was a Democrat; in 1880 he was chairman of the Wilkes-Barre city committee of his party, and in 1881 was chairman of the county com- mittee. He was repeatedly urged to accept Federal or State nomination for his district, but he declined. Sheldon Reynolds was the author of a number of essays and monographs, mainly dealing with the history of Wyoming Valley. His death occurred on February 8, 1895.
Sheldon Reynolds married, November 23, 1876, Annie Buckingham, born May 6, 1850, the daughter of Colonel Charles and Susan E. (Ford) Dorrance. They were the parents of one child, Dorrance.
Dorrance Reynolds, lineal descendant of the pioneer adventurer, William Reynolds, who came from Glouces- tershire, England, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania, September 9, 1877. His education was received at Hillman Academy, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, Yale Univer- sity (Bachelor of Arts, 1902), and the Harvard Law School ( Bachelor of Laws, 1905). In 1914 he took the Field Officers course in the United States Army Service Schools. Although Colonel Reynolds has been admitted to practice at the Luzerne County Bar and the Bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. he has never been in active practice. He is now president and chairman of the board of directors of The Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre (1928). He is president of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society of which his grand- father, Hon. William Champion Reynolds, was an organ- izcr ; a member of the Board of Managers of the Wilkes- Barre General Hospital; a director of the Wilkes-Barre Institute, a director of the Smith-Bennett Corporation; and president of the Wilkes-Barre Symphony Orchestra. In 1921-24 he was a member of the Kirby Park Com- mission, which accomplished the design and construction
of this beautiful park comprising one hundred and twenty acres, which has greatly enhanced the attractive- ness of Wilkes-Barre. In political adherence Colonel Reynolds nominally is a Democrat, and in 1907 was the candidate of his party for mayor of Wilkes-Barre. He is a member of Lodge No. 61. Free and Accepted Masons, and a thirty-second degree Mason; a member of Kappa Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon and the Elihu Club of Yale University ; the Yale Club and the Harvard Club of New York City, Westmoreland and Craftsmen clubs of Wilkes-Barre; Irem Country Club of Dallas, Pennsyl- vania : the United States Infantry Association: Ameri- can Historical Association: American Statistical Associ- ation ; the Society of Colonial Wars, etc., and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre.
Colonel Reynolds saw thirteen months overseas service in the American Expeditionary Force in the World War. Previously, he was for eight years an officer in the Pennsylvania National Guard, being a company com- mander (1908 to 1012), and regimental commander (1012 to 1916) of the 9th Infantry Regiment. In 1017, at the outbreak of the Work! War. Colonel Reynolds, being then out of the service, entered training camp and joined the Infantry Reserve Corps with the rank of captain. and in the following year was promoted to the rank of
major "for gallantry in action," and later to the rank of lieutenant-colonel for his work as an Intelligence Officer. On October 7, 1918, he was wounded in the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne while commanding a battalion of infan- try. France awarded him the French decoration, Etoile Noire Du Benin, Grade of Officer, 7, November, 1918, and he received from his own government a Silver Star Citation, reading :
Dorrance Reynolds, captain, 112 Infantry. For gal- lantry in action on October 7, 1918, during the Meuse- Argonne offensive. In face of heavy artillery, Infan- try and machine gun fire, Captain Reynolds personally led and steadied his men in the attack on the strongly defended village of Chatel Chehery, France, and the seemingly impregnable eastern face of Hill 244. Although severely wounded, he continued to direct hls battalion and, after the colonel had fallen, he also directed his regiment until the capture of the position was assured,
During the months preceding the Battle of the Argonne he was detailed to the Intelligence Section of the General Staff at the General Headquarters, American Expedi- tionary Forces.
Dorrance Reynolds married, June 30, 1903, in New York City, Mabel Doudge, daughter of James Reuben and Sevilla Brace (Hayden) Doudge. Colonel and Mrs. Reynolds are the parents of three children : I. Constance, born October 25, 1905. 2. Nancy Buckingham Dorrance, born February 17, 1907. 3. Patricia, born March 21, 1910.
HON. LORRIE R. HOLCOMB-Both in his pro- fession as a member of the Bar of Luzerne County, and as a citizen who by his gifts and abilities has proven his efficiency as a Representative of his District in the State Legislature, Hon. Lorrie R. Holcomb has long held a place of distinct leadership in Wilkes-Barre political and civic life, as well as in the high esteem of his con- stitutency and the general public. He is a thoroughly able and progressive factor in all matters pertaining to the present-day interests of his township and county, and he has come to the front of affairs solely through his own worth and well-directed effort ..
Lorrie R. Holcomb was born October 3, 1870, in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, a son of Miles W. and Ann F. (Metcalf ) Holcomb, both parents now de- ceased. Miles W. Holcomb, a descendant of one of the oldest families in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the first of the name having come to Wyoming in what is now Luzerne County, prior to the Revolutionary War, was a son of Harvey Holcomb, also a native of Hanover Town- ship. Miles W. and Ann F. (Metcalf ) Holcomb were the parents of five children : Milton E. Holcomb, of Buffalo, New York ; Minnie M. Holcomb, married George Keiser, of Hanover Township; Lorrie R. Holcomb, of whom further ; Goodwin Holcomb. deceased at about thirty- six years of age; Ashland, deceased at eleven years of age.
Lorrie R. Holcomb attended the public schools at Han- over, and was graduated at Wyoming Seminary, at King- ston, in the class of 1895. He then accepted a position as clerk in the office of the county clerk, where he con- tinued two years, familiarizing himself with interests that were to share in his profession. In 1897, Mr. Hol- comb matriculated at Dickinson Law School, at Carlisle. Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in the class of 1901 with his degree Bachelor of Laws. On January 5. 1902, Mr. Holcomb was admitted to the Luzerne County Bar. and for a quarter of a century he has been active in general practice.
In his political views a Republican, Mr. Holcomb in 1002 was nominated and elected to the Pennsylvania Leg- islature from the Sixth Legislative District of Luzerne County, and he served in the session of 1903. and again in 1905, and although he ran on the Republican ticket in a Democratic District, he was enabled to win against the opposition. Fraternally, Mr. Holcomb is affiliated with Landmark Lodge, No. 442, Free and Accepted Masons ; Patriotic Order Sons of America, of which he is a Past State President ; Junior Order United Ameri- can Mechanics; Loyal Order of Moose, and Sons of Veterans.
Lorrie R. Holcomh married, June 20, 1004, Danna G. Pace, of Hanover, daughter of Dr. S. S. Pace.
BERTON L. HESSLER-One of the most prom- inent laundry owners in the State of Pennsylvania, is Berton L. Hessler, founder and president of the Hessler Laundry Company. Inc., whose modern, well equipped plant is located at No. 165 North Main Street, in Wilkes- Barre.
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The Hessler family is one of the old and respected families of this part of the State. John H. Hessler, father of Mr. Hessler, came to Wilkes-Barre with his family about 1889. Here he leased the old Oscar Smith Laundry on South State Street and built up a prosperous business, which he continued to the time of his death, which occurred in 1905, at the age of fifty-three years. He married Anna M. Wildrick, who survives him and lives in Wilkes-Barre, aged seventy-two years. They became the parents of ten children : Berton L., of further mention ; William, of Wilkes-Barre; Minnie, who mar- ried John Ashelman, of Wilkes-Barre; Archibald R., of Kingston, Pennsylvania; Howard, of Detroit, Michigan, is a twin of Harry, who died in childhood; Lehman C., of Truckville, Pennsylvania; Edward J., who lives in Truckville; Irene, wife of Lester Davis, of Johnson City, New York: and Earl Randolph, of Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Berton L. Hessler, son of John H. and Anna M. (Wildrick) Hessler, was born in Moosic, Luzerne Coun- ty, Pennsylvania, in September, 1874. He received his education in the public schools of Wilkes-Barre, con- tinuing in school until he was fifteen years of age. He then became his father's helper in the wash room of his big laundry, and in this connection he thoroughly learned the laundry business. In 1907 he organized the Hessler Laundry Company, Inc., and located at Nos. 16- 18 East South Street, moving to his present modern building at No. 165 North Main Street in 1914. This is a three-story building, one of the largest laundry plants in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the largest in Wilkes-Barre, and here Mr. Hessler is taking care of a very large number of family washes. He has equipped his plant with every modern convenience for quick and efficient work and his patrons have learned that he can be depended upon to give excellent service. Mr. Hessler has been president of the company since its organization in 1907. In his political faith he is a Republican. Frater- nally, he is identified with Kingston Lodge, No. 395, Free and Accepted Masons ; Shekinah Chapter, No. 182, Royal Arch Masons ; Dieu le Veut Commandery, No. 45, Knights Templar : Caldwell Consistory, thirty-second degree ; and Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of frem Country Club, the Rotary Club, the Craftsmen Club, and is identified with several other local organizations. He is an active member of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce and of the Pennsylvania Laun- dry Owners' Association, also of the National Laundry- men's Association. His religious membership is with the Presbyterian Church of Forty Fort.
Berton L. Hessler was married, October 1, 1905, to Louise Flory Hughes, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, daughter of David F. and Helen ( Flory ) Hughes, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hessler are the parents of one daughter, Ruth, who married Donald R. Mac- Keevy, of Wilkes-Barre, and has one daughter, Mar- garet Louise.
JUDGE CLARENCE D. COUGHLIN-The Coughlins treated in this biographical sketch, James Mar- tin Coughlin and his son, Judge Clarence D. Coughlin, were descended from forebears who represented the best citizenship in the North of Ireland. The head of the family, John Coughlin, was born in Kilrish, County Clare, Ireland, in 1810, was reared and received his edu- cation in that country and came to the United States in 1829, at the age of nineteen, and settled at Hunting- ton Township, Luzerne County, where he was employed by Titus Seward, dealer in lands and contractor for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Later Mr. Coughlin settled on a farm in Fairmount Township of the same county, and in addition to agricultural pursuits acted as fireman and engineer in the saw mill industry. During the Civil War he enlisted in Company 1. 143d Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under command of Captain Hughes, served two and a half years and was honorably discharged with the rating of sergeant. He married Diana Seward, daughter of Titus and Clarissa (Forbes) Seward, the former of whom came from Con- necticut to Huntington Valley, and who died in the prime of life, and the latter of whom died at the ripe old age of ninety-two years. Titus Seward was a descendant of Enos Seward, Sr., born July 7. 1735, and a son, Enos Seward, Jr., who married Sarah Goss and lived in Gran- ville, Massachusetts, until he came to Huntington and occupied the farm formerly owned by his father-in-law, Philip Goss, Sr., father of Mrs. Sarah (Goss) Seward, was one of the first landowners in Huntington. His sons, Philip, Solomon, David, Comfort, and Nathaniel, were
living there before the Tory invasion of 1778. Solomon Goss was a prisoner in Forty . Fort for a short time with Captain John Franklin and others. The names of Philip and Comfort Goss are enrolled among the first two hun- dred settlers who braved the hardships and dangers of the advance force who came "to man their rights, Prior to the Massacre of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, the family of Philip Goss, Sr., occupied the farm which in later years passed to Levi Seward. John and Diana (Seward) Coughlin had eight children, of whom James Martin Coughlin, father of Judge Clarence D. Coughlin, was the fourth, and the eldest son.
James M. Coughlin was a farmer boy, self-educated and self-made. By the time he was twenty he was fairly well qualified for his work as teacher, which he took up and pushed energetically. He taught one term at the Montgomery School, and for two years following taught in the Mossville School of Fairmount Township, then in a private school for a year, a public school in Red Rock for two years, a private school in McKendry, Union Township, and a public school in Butler Town- ship. He was then advanced to the principalship of the Bennett Grammar School at Mill Hollow, a borough of Luzerne, in which he made a good record for three years. He next taught a year in a Muhlenburg private school, after which he became principal of New Columbus Aca- demy. He remained here three years, and upon remov- ing to Kingston, taught in the public schools of that place for several years, until 1878, when his fine record caused him to be elected superintendent of schools for Luzerne County. His first election was for a term of three years, and it is high compliment to his ability that three times thereafter he was returned to the post, making a total of twelve years, which was twice as long as any predeces- sor had served. In this position he had charge of eight hundred schools, and in his first year he examined tleven hundred and fifty-five teachers. Since then he examined more than 15,000. In 1890 and 1891 he was vice-principal of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, in charge of civics and history ; he was reelected for another term hut resigned to accept the position of superintendent of city schools at Wilkes-Barre, a place he filled very credi- tably until his death in 1920. He served as president of the State Teachers Association of Pennsylvania, and was a member of the College and University Council of Pennsylvania under appointments from Governors Has- tings, Stone and Pennypacker. He was a member of the commission appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania to revise and codify the school laws of Pennsylvania under which code the present public school system of the State is now functioning. He enjoyed prestige all over the country as a progressive educator. In secret order cireles he was a member of the Free and Accepted Ma- sons; of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society in literary affairs; and in church matters of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having served at Kingston as super- intendent of the Sunday School. He was born in Fair- mount Township, Luzerne County, in 1849, and died Sep- tember 21, 1920, while his wife died in 1923. He mar- ried December 26, 1878, at Kingston, Mary E. Welter, born November 10, 1853, daughter of Joseph F. and Barbara (Lawrence) Welter. She taught school in Dal- las, later in Kingston Borough up to 1876, and graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1878; she became gifted in painting and art. Their eight children were: 1. Ellen Martin, born December 13, 1879, a graduate in 1903 of Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. 2. Flor- ence Rowena, born December 21, 1881, died May 8, 1883. 3. Clarence D., born July 27, 1883, a graduate of Harvard University in 1906. 4. James Martin, Jr., born February 15, 1886, a graduate of Cornell University. 5. Joseph Welter, born September 29, 1889, and died in February, 1921 ; he was a graduate of Pennsylvania State College. 6. Mildred Marion, born July 16, 1892; a graduate of Wellesley College. 7. Hale Seward, born September 7, 1894, a graduate of Pennsylvania State College. 8. Rob- ert Lawrence, (see accompanying biography). Henry Welter, the original American settler of his family, ancestor of Mrs. Coughlin, was born in Germany in 1735, and served in the Revolutionary War from New Jersey, Roxbury, Morris County, enlisting in May, 1775, and serving for three years in a New Jersey regiment under Colonel John H. Helme, so that on both sides of the family Judge Coughlin is qualified for membership in the patriotic societies, Henry Welter applied for a pension at the age of ninety-nine, and settled at Fox- hill, New Jersey, as a farmer, where he died at the age of one hundred and four years. His son was Jacob Welter, born in 1778, died in 1827. His son, Conrad Welter, born in 1799, died in Morris County, New Jer-
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sey, in 1886. His son, Joseph Fulkersin Welter, born 'in 1828, died in 1920, he married Barbara Ann Laurence, born in 1829, died in 1908, daughter of John and Mary ( LeBar ) Laurence of Bushkill, Pennsylvania. Their daughter, Mary Esther Welter, became the mother of Clarence D. Coughlin, of whom further.
Judge Clarence D. Coughlin was born in Kingston, Luzerne County. July 27, 1883, and as a boy attended the public schools, after which he matriculated at Wes- leyan College, Middletown, Connecticut; but he soon transferred to Harvard University at Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, from which institution he graduated in 1906 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then became a teacher of English in the Fairview Township High School, later in the Wilkes-Barre High School. In 1906 hc registered as a law student in the office of Judge Henry A. Fuller. In 1910 he was admitted to the Penn- sylvania Bar. He first began practice in association with Sydney R. Miner and Colonel Frank G. Darte. Judge Coughlin followed the law for a decade. For ten years Judge Coughlin was instructor in law in the Wharton Extension School of University of Pennsylvania. He was elected to Congress at Washington from the Twelfth Congressional District, in 1920, and served acceptably his constituents during one term of two years, at the expira- tion of which he returned to his private practice, which has always been considerable. On October 6. 1925, he was appointed by Governor Pinchot, Judge of the Com- mon Pleas Court, Luzerne County District. succeeding Judge Woodward, deceased. At the November election of 1927 Judge Coughlin was elected as a Republican can- didate to succeed himself tor ten years, receiving the highest vote on the Republican ticket that was ever cast for any candidate in Luzerne County. He has served as a member of the Republican State Committee, and has been county chairman three times. During the World War Judge Coughlin was appointed by the Governor as a member of the State Committee of Public Safety. He has also been a member of the cominission to revise the criminal laws of Pennsylvania, having been appointed to this position by governors of three succeeding terms. He is a director of the Wilkes-Barre Academy, a school for boys and is a director of the Wilkes-Barre Can Com- pany, manufacturers of all kinds of drums and metal containers ; a director of Wilkes-Barre Deposit and Sav- ings Bank, and of the Diamond Land Improvement Com- pany. He owes his allegiance in religious matters to the church of his father, the Methodist Episcopal. He is a member of Landmark Lodge, No. 442, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Wilkes-Barre; the Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Dieu le Veut, Commandery, No. 45, Knights Templar; and the Consistory. In addition, he is a member of Irem Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Wilkes-Barre; Wilkes-Barre Lodge, No. 109, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Junior Order United American Me- chanics ; the Grange ; the Loyal Order of Moose; and the Sons of Union Army Veterans. His clubs include the Westmoreland, Wyoming Valley Country and the Har- vard of Philadelphia. He belongs to the county, State and American bar associations, has been active on various important committees of the State Bar Association. He also holds membership in the Wyoming Valley Historical Society. Judge Coughlin finds his chief diversion in conducting a farm of one hundred and forty acres near New Columbus.
Judge Coughlin married Helen V. Barring, June 27, 1910, a daughter of Herman and Louise ( Hesse) Bar- ring, of Wilkes-Barre, and they have had two children: a daughter, Helen B., and a son, Barring H. Coughlin.
ROBERT LAWRENCE COUGHLIN-As a young lawyer who has had an unusually valuable training in human affairs, especially at the National Capital, Robert Lawrence Coughlin, of Nos. 405-06 Coal Exchange Build- ing, Wilkes-Barre, has won high place among his asso- ciates and contemporaries, and bids fair to become a lead- ing member of the bar of the county, as he is now a promi- nent member of the bar of Wilkes-Barre and of Penn- sylvania. Mr. Coughlin left school to enlist in the United States Navy during the World War, and after the con- fict, when his brother, Judge Clarence D. Coughlin, (q. v.), was elected to Congress, he went to Washington with him as his private secretary, and there had entree to the treasure chest of world politics for one term of two years, during which he rendered splendid service and learned some of the most valuable lessons of his life. This touch with men of big affairs in the United States and the universe broadened Mr. Coughlin like nothing possibly could have done, and it was a fortunate augury
for Wilkes-Barre and his native State that he decided to settle here instead of lending his talents and experi- ence to some other locality.
Robert Lawrence Coughlin was born at Wilkes-Barre, March 24, 1900, the son of James M. and Mary E. (Welter) Coughlin, for an account of whose activities the reader is referred to the accompanying sketch of Judge Clarence D. Coughlin. He received his education in the Wilkes-Barre public schools, including the high school. from which he was graduated in 1918, where- upon he patriotically entered the United States Navy, being discharged early in 1919. Determined to complete his education, Mr. Coughlin entered Harvard University at Cambridge in 1919, and graduated in the class of 1921 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. It so happened at this time that his brother, Judge Coughlin, had been elected to Congress, and the younger brother was invited to go along as his advisor and private secretary. Judge Coughlin served the Twelfth Pennsylvania Congressional District, comprising Luzerne County, in the Sixty-seventh Congress. In 1922, Mr. Coughlin's duties at Washington being ended. he entered the Law Department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with the class of 1926 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and upon successfully standing the examinations was admitted to the Luzerne County Bar in the same year. We thus note a very unusual circumstance, or series of circumstances, in the life of this ambitious Pennsylvanian : the World War interrupted his education and he went forth to help his countrymen defeat the Germans, after which he deter- mined to finish his education, and attended Harvard Uni- versity ; when this was done and he was ready to take up a study of the law for a degree, he was halted tem- porarily by his summons to aid his brother in Washing- ton, and with this duty performed he won his law degree at the University of Pennsylvania and straightway went to practicing law. To one who has never been through such interruptions they could not be appreciated, but they only steeled the resolution of Mr. Coughlin to attain his goal, and attain it he did, and with the result that now he has a diploma and a clientele, the rough bumps are an asset rather than a liability.
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