A history of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania : from its first beginnings to the present time, including chapters of newly-discovered early Wyoming Valley history, together with many biographical sketches and much genealogical material. Volume VI, Part 111

Author: Harvey, Oscar Jewell, 1851-1922; Smith, Ernest Gray
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Wilkes-Barre : Raeder Press
Number of Pages: 772


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Van Aken, Albert C., 522


Charles O., 522 Ethel, 522


Netta J., 522 Orion L .. 521, 522


Van Buskirk, Clara, 682


Max, Dr., 482, 483


Tisdel, James, 733 James, Jr., 733


Martha, 385


Richard, 385


Robert C., 385


Trevaskis, Edna D., 719


Herman S., 399 James O., 399 Mae, 399 Van Horn, Bernard V., 343


Tkach, Anna, 292 Emma A., 293 John, 292 Stephen J., 292


John H., 718 Lester P., Dr., 718 Mary A., 718


Truckenmiller, Augustus S., 271


Elizabeth, 271


Ella B., 272


George, 272 Roy, Dr., 271


Isaac, 343 Isaac (2), 343


John C .. 343 Peter, 343


Robert E., 343


Robert R., 343


Samuel, 343


Samuel (2), 343


Samuel I .. 343


Valentine, Emma, 211


Jonathan C., 212 Margaret A., 212


Tongne, Anna K., 580 Esther, 580


Frederick C., Dr., 580 George G., 580 Torlinskl, John A., 528 Mary, 528 Michael J., 528 Nancy, 529


Arthur L., 210 Bessie, 302 Chauncy W., 210 Elanore, 211


Fannie, 302 George, 302


Tormay, Elizabeth, 481 Ilugh J., 481 James, 482


George G., 210 Jean U., 210 John L., 211, 302


James J. ("Jim"), 481


Marie G., 482 Thomas, 482


Rebecca, 602


Townsend, Elizabeth, 353 John S., 353 Nathan, 353


Sallie, 302 Samnel, 602 Thomas, 211, 302


Thomas J., 302 Thomas W., 302


Treat, Charles D., 627 Fred A., 627 Ida, 627 Jay C., 627 Mabel E., 627


Louis A., Jr., 722 Mary, 722


Turpin, Charles J., 442 Charles M. (C. Murray), 442 Sarah A., 442 Twarowski, Alice, 413


H. S., 412


Tredinnick, Dell R., 434


Dell R., Jr., 435


Emma, 434


George D., 435


Magdaline, 435 Thomas, 434


Treitz, Catharine, 738 Joseph W., Rev., 737, 738 Peter, 738


Trembath, Adelaide, 185 Isabel, 185 Karl C., 185


Nathaniel T., 185


Robert W., 185


Sarah B., 185


Russell, 183 Russell H., 183 Sarah, 183


Chester, 743 John, 742


Emilie J., 623 Harold, 623


Mary, 623


Robert J., 623


Rush, 332, 397, 398


Tischler, Asher A., 483


Samuel, 331, 397


Samnel (2), 331, 397


Solon, 331, 398


Wilhnr, 398 William, 330, 397 Trethaway, Annie, 385 James, 385


Emma, 682 John, 682 Loren, 682 Van Campen, Andrew, 399 Elizabeth, 399


Camallissen J., 343 Elizabeth, 343


Emily, 343


Ira B., 343


Tobias, Adaline, 587 David, 586 Gwennie, 587 Johanna, 586 John B., Dr., 586 Marian, 587


Tompkins, Alva, 561 Dorothy C., 562 Elizabeth W., 562 Hannah, 561 Joseph, 561 William, 561 William S., 561, 562


Tubbs, Emma, 406 Frank R., 406 Mattie R., 407 Simon, 406


Turik, Helen, 748


John, 747 Julia. 747 Peter E., 747 Turner, Alice, 210 Amanda, 602


Julia, 412 Mary, 413 Nellie, 413 Robert, 413 Zygmont, 412


Tyburski, Joseph, 431 Leo T., 432 Pauline, 431 Stanley J., 431 Theresa, 432


Uhl, John H., 183 John H., Jr., 183 Rebecca U., 183


Trescott, Ehenezer, 331, 397


Lottie, 743


Marion, 742


Stanley, 743


Fannie, 483 Helen B., 483 Joseph, 482 Lewis J., 483


Janet, 733 Rebecca, 733


Simon J., 733


Harry, 652 James, 652 James (2), 652 Lydia M., 652


Turon, Jeannette, 722 Lawrence P., 721 Lonis A., 721, 722


John L. (2), 211


Le Roy, 602 Ray W., 302


790


May I., 212 William A., 211 William A., Jr., 212 William A., Judge, 211 Valibus, Albert J., Dr., 260 Elizabeth, 260 Mary A., 260 William, 260


Vaughn, John B., 543, 544 Jonathan, 543 Marion W., 544 Stephen, 544 Stephen B., 543, 544


Veale, Celia, 396 Mary, 396


Samuel W., 396 Stewart S., 396 William H., 396


Vercoe, Benjamin T., 307 Ida E., 307 Vester V., 307 Vivian, 307


Wadhams (Wadham), Calvin, 310


Clorinda S., 310


Frances D., 310, 311


Frank C., 310


John, 310


John (2), 310


Lynde H., 310


Mary B., 311


Mary C., 310


Noah, 310


Noah, Rev., 310


Raymond L., Dr., 310, 311 Samuel, 310


Ivor J., 367, 631


Robert, 184 Thomas J., Dr., 184


Wheeler, Hannah, 230 Isaac, 230 William, 230


White, Edward R., 454 Jessie L., 611


Jessie M., 455


Leo W., 610, 611


Mary, 610


Sarah H., 454


William D., 454 William F., 610


Whiteman, Daniel J., 183 Harry A., 183


Jay, 277 Jesse, 568


Maranda, 277


Michael, 568


Raymond, 277


Ruth S., 569


William A., Dr., 569


William A., Jr., 569 William G., Dr., 568


Joseph, 351


Joseph, Jr., 351


Levi E., 352


Nathan, 352


Phineas, 352 Phineas (2), 352 Wallis, Anna, 486 John B., 486 John B., Jr., 486 Sallie, 486


Walser, Frank, 401 Fred, 400, 401 Frederick S., 401 Henry, 464 Rodney, 401 Sophia, 401 Tessie, 401


Walter, Christian, 565 Christian (2), 565 David, 565 Edwin L. ("Roy"), 565 Magdalena, 565 Margaret, 565 Marion, 565 Mary A., 565


Walton, Anna M., 260 Anna S., 260 Ellis P., 260 Frederick, Jr., 260 Frederick B., 260 Joseph W., 260


Warakomski Alphonse S., 657 Chester, 657 Mary, 657 Stanley W., 657 Wladyslaw, 657


Warkomski, Barney, 721 Clement H., Dr., 721 Elizabeth, 745 James N., 745 Joseph S., Dr., 745


Josephine, 721


Julian, 745


Louise, 745


Warriner, Anna C., 463


Clara J., 464


Edward A. Rev., 463


Esther, 463


Louisa, 463


Louise F., 464


Paul S., 463, 464


R. C., 463


Ruel, 463


Samuel D., 463 William, 463


Wasilewski, Catherine, 703 Charles, 703 Josephine, 703 Karl, 703


Waters, Anna E., 368


Catharine, 367, 368, 631


Moses B., 184


Wakeman, Edward A., 335 Eliza, 335 Elizabeth, 335 Nathan, 335


Watkins, Charles, 685 Charles R., 686 Ernest E., 685


Walborn, Anna, 333 Catherine, 333


George W., 333, 601


Jacob J., 333


Ruth, 601 S. Catherine, 601 Stanley K., 333, 600, 601


Weaver, Alice, 277 Elizabeth, 568 George W., 277


Harold, 277


Wall, George M., 491, 492 John, 492 John S., 492 Kate R., 492 Margaret A., 492 Ross F., 492


Waller, Alice M., 352 Charles B., 351, 352 David J., 352 Frances A., 352


Weckesser, Anna E., 213


Frank J., 213 Frederick J., 213 Mary S., 213


Weigand, Addie G., 258


Henry, 257 Katherine, 257


Louie H., 258 Philip, 257


Weil, Burton A., Dr., 360 Dorothy, 361 Grace M., 361 Harold, 361 Isaac A., 360 Liva S., 360


Weissman, Charles H., 739 Chie, 739 Fannie, 739 Nathan, 739 Oscar, 739


Welles, Charles F., 182, 304 Edward, Jr., 304 Edward, Sr., 304 Eleanor J., 182


Ellen J., 304 John R., 182 Stella, 304 Welsh, Cornelius A., 270 James, 270 Margaret, 271 Rose, 270 Wenner, Alfred J., Dr., 578 Katherine, 578 Thomas J., Dr., 577, 578


Wesley, Charles, 412 Charles W., 412 E. B., 411, 412 Hattie, 412 Lorena, 412


West, A. Albert, 229 Ambrose, 228 Clarence, 229 Elizabeth L., 229


Maria, 228 Thomas, 228


Whalen, Catherine, 573 Mary, 573 Michael, 573


Ned, 573 Ray, 573


Wharen, Guida M., 755 Harrison C., 754 Louisa R., 754 Ralph H., Dr., 754 Wheaton, Frank W., Hon., 184 L. Maria, 184 Maria T., 184


Mary, 184


Moses, 184


Watkin M., Dr., 631 William W., Dr., 367


Ernest E., Jr., 686


Ethel, 686 Mary, 685


Henry, 277


Jane, 184 Lydia A., 183 Stephen J., 183 Whitesell, Darius, 372 Darius B., 372 Elwood, 372 Ludwig R., 372


Mary, 372 Sarah, 372 Shadrach M., 372


Wicks, Blanche, 263 Edward, 263 Edward S., 263 Ellen, 263 John, 263 Wilcox, Anna C., 494 Chester B., 493 Elias B., 494 Homer B., Dr., 493, 494 Homer B., Jr., 494 Jennie R., 493 Robert B., 494


Wilde, Beider W., 285 Beider W., Jr., 286 Elizabeth, 285 George, 285 Isabel, 285 John W., 286 Joseph, 285 Wilkes, Charles E., 278 Charlotte, 278 Josephine, 278


791


Martin, 278 Michael E., Dr., 278 Williams, Alice G., 760 Ann, 366 Anna L., 759


Anthony L., 416 Benjamin F., 232 Catherine, 232, 705


Daniel A., 575 Daniel B., Dr., 760 Daniel J., 575


David S., 758


Donald D., 232 Edward D., Dr., 760


Edward M., 760 Eleanor, 705 Elizabeth, 575 Elizabeth J., 760 Emma, 291


Joseph H., 290 Lionel A., Dr., 290 Roland E., Dr., 290


Wolfe, Andrew, 311 Anna, 600


Bessie, 600


Charles, Jr., 311


Charles E., 311


Dora, 311


Edward I., 600


John B., Dr., 600


John B., Jr., 600


Minnie, 311


Rachel, 599


Robert E., 600


Samuel, 599


John H., 60S


John J., 574, 575


John M., 608, 705


Stephen R., 599 Violet, 600


Wood, Annie, 752


Augustin N., 629


Charles, 752


Charles (2), 752


Charles B. D., 628


Emma, 752


Emmaline E., 628


Florence A., 629


John G., 628


Sarah, 231, 232


Theodore N., 629


Morris, 417


Oscar, Dr., 290


Percy, Dr., 366


Woodruff, David, 383 Eliza, 383


James O., Rev., Dr., 383


Mary C., 384


Matthew, 383


Oscar A., 384


Thomas, 383 Wesley E., 383, 384


Woodward, Abisha, 177 Amos, 177 Enos, 177


George, 177


George W., Hon., 178


John, 177


John B., Hon., 177, 178


John B., Jr., 179


Marion, 179


Richard, 177


Richard (2), 177


Sarah R., 178


Stanley, Hon., 178 Stanley H., 179 Woolbert, Almon, 664 Archie, 664 Kenneth J., 664 Millie, 664 Nelson, 664 Sarah, 664 Worthington, Emily, 392 Flossie P., 392 Joseph L., 392 Ralph D., 391, 392


Wright, Caleb, 190 George R., 190, 191 Hendrick B., Col., 190


Joseph, 190 Mary A. B., 190 Samuel, 190 Wurman, Fannie, 734 Harry I'., 734 Joseph S., 734 Louis M., 734 Morris L., 734


Sadie, 734 Sophia, 734 Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre (The), 174 Wyoming Seminary, 480


Yencha, Ella, 337 George, 337 George M., 337 Hanna, 337


Yesko, Elmer G., 739 George, 739 Mary, 739 Paul, 739


Yetter, Bessie, 685 Charles F., 685 Elizabeth, 335, 685


Gordon S., 685


Jennie R., 335


Kitty, 335 Samuel, 335, 685 Stanley M., 335


Yurkanin, Anna, 750 Florence, 751 Joseph, 750 Michael, 750 Robert M., 751


Zawadzki, John J., 733 John J., Dr., 733 Josephine, 733 Zawoiski, Andrew J., 533 Andrew J., Jr., 533


Anna, 533 Eugene J., 533


Walter C., 705


Walter C., Jr., 705


Williamson, John, 351 Margaret, 351 William, 351 Willingale, Mary E., 296 Mary L., 296 Samuel I., 296 William E., 296


Willman, Anne L., 482 Esther G., 482 Leon K., Dr., 482 Mabery, 482


Wintermute, Donald S., 339 Ferd C., 339 Ida E. B., 339 Jack L., 339 Jessie A., 339 Lemuel C., 339


Woisard, Adele, 290 E. D., Dr., 290 Eugene E., 290 Frances E., 290


Evan J., 290, 366 Frank, 593


Frank J., 593, 594 Frank J., Jr., 594


Fred, Jr., 636


Fred J., 635, 636


Gordon L., 759


Hayden, 608 Helen, 276


James T., Dr., 581 John, 608


Joseph, 276 Joseph A., 276 Joseph A., Jr., 276 Katherine, 60S Katherine M., 575 Loretta C., 594


Margaret, 593 Mark, 593


Mary, 232, 276, 416, 581 Mary B., 636 Mary F., 75S


Morgan B., 232


Timothy, 231 Timothy (4), 231, 232


R. J., Dr., 636 Rebecca, 290, 366


Richard, 416


Richard S., 581


Robert L., 291


Ruth, 582 Salina, 636 Sumyra G., 608 Thomas P., 366 W. Gordon, 758


Florence M., 533 John, 533 Zeiser, Bruce R., 204 Harry H., Prof., 203 John N., 203 John N., Rev., 203


Margaret E., 204


Margaret J., 204


Samantha J., 203 Victor B., 203


Samuel M., Dr., 599, 600


Samnel M., Jr., 600


HISTORICAL INDEX


Anthracite Coal Industry in its Modern De- velopment, Chapter. 58 et seq. Anthracite fields, three principal, 59; develop- ment of, 65; difficulties in, 73.


Ashley, 141. Ashley First National Bank, 53. Associate superintendents of schools, 94. Avoca, 14I. Avoca First National Bank, 53. Avondale mining disaster, 1869, 70, 84.


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Banks and Banking Chapter, 43 et seq. Bank of England established, 43. Bank of North America chartered, 44. Bank officials, 49-56.


Bank of Pennsylvania founded, 44. Bankrupt Law. 47. Bar, Bench and, Chapter, I. Bear Creek Township, III. Bedford, George R., 23. Bench and Bar Chapter, I et seq. Bentley, Benjamin S., 17. Bennett, Lyman H., 20. Black, Chief Justice Jeremiah S., 12, 13. Black Creek Township, III. Board of 1911, The School, 96. Borough in County, Originally one, 140; prior to Civil War, 140. Bradford, William, Jr., 6. Breaker, New mechanical type of, 68. Buck Township, III. Burnside, Thomas, 13. Burt, Edward, 4. Butler, Captain Zebulon, I, 3. Butler Township, 112.


C


Catlin, George, 24. Chapman, Judge Seth, II. Charge of "high treason," 4. Chartered, first banks, 48-49. Circuit tours of Supreme Court judges, 6. Cities and Boroughs of Luzerne County, The, Chapter, 140 et seq. Clearing Houses of Luzerne County, 57. Coal as household fuel, 62. Coal miners of 1814, 64. Coal strikes of 1922 and 1925, 73. Code adopted in I911, A new school, 96. Code of rules and laws, 1773, I. College Misericordia, 97. Common Pleas Justices, 3. Common School Law of 1834, 91, 93. Consolidation of newspapers, 109. Consolidation of school districts, 95. Constitution adopted, A new, 4, 5. Conyngham, 142. Conyngham, Judge John N., 14-16, 25. Conyngham Township, 112. Cooper, Judge Thomas, 10.


Coughlin, Clarence D., 21. Counties, original three, 110. County seat "directory" of 1818, 101. "Courier-Herald," The, 106. Court of Luzerne County, The first, 3. Court of Probate organized, 1774. I. "Court week" in eighteenth century, 7. Courthouse in 1791, Wilkes-Barre, 6. Courtdale, 142.


D


Dallas, 1.42. Dallas First National Bank, 53.


Dallas Township, 112.


Dana, Edmund L., 16, 24. Darte, Alfred, Jr., 22.


Denison, Nathan, 1, 3.


Denison Township, 113. Directors, school, 95-97.


"Directory" of 1818, County seat, IOI. Directory of Wilkes-Barre for 1892, 100-102. Disasters, Mining, 84.


Dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania, 1-2,


Districts, school, 94: equalizing of, 96. Dorrance Township, 113. Dorranceton, 1.42. Dupont, 143. Duryea, 143.


E


Early trading conditions, y9. Education, Chapter, 90 et seq. Education compulsory, 93-94. Edwardsville, 143.


Electricity in mining operations, The use of, 60. Equalizing school districts, 96.


Exeter, 144.


Exeter Township, 113.


F


Fairview Township, 115. Fairmount Township, 114. Fell, Daniel A., 21.


Ferris, George Steele, 20. Fine, John S., 21.


Financial chaos during the Revolution, 43.


First National Bank of Plymouth, The. 49. First National Bank of Pittston organized, The, 49. First National Bank of Wilkes-Barre chartered, The, 49.


Foster Township, 115. Forty Fort, 144. Frank schoolhouse, 95. Franklin Township, 116. Freas, Andrew M., 23.


Freeland, 145. Freeland First National Bank, 53. Fuller, Captain Stephen, I. Fuller. Judge Henry Amzi, 20, 23. Fur traders in 1775. 99.


794


G


Garman, John M., 21. Gibson, Judge John Bannister, II. Ginter, Philip, 61.


H


Halsey, Gaius Leonard, 20. Hand, Judge Alfred, 17-18.


Handley, Judge John, 17.


Hanover Township, 116-18.


Harding, Judge Garrick M., 17-18.


Hazle Township, 119.


Hazleton, 145-56.


Heller, Eugene Foster, 22-23.


Hess-Goldsmith Company, pioneer silk com- pany, 86.


High schools established, Township, 93.


"High treason" charged, 4.


Hollenback, Matthias, 99.


Hollenback Township, 119.


Hospitals, 41. Hoyt, Henry Martin, 16, 24.


Hughestown, 156. Hunlock Township, 120. Huntington Township, 120.


I


"Independent," The, 106.


Industries, The manufacturing, chapter, 85 et seq.


Industry, Anthracite coal mining the leading, 58. Institute, Teachers', 97. Inventions, Wireless, 88-89.


J


Jackson Township, 121. Jeddo, 156. Jenkins Township, 122. Jessup, Judge William, 14. Jones, Benjamin R., 21.


"Journal," Whitehaven, The, 105.


Judges of Probate of Westmoreland County, 2. Nnangola, 161.


K


King George, pledge of loyalty to, I. Kingston, 156.


Kingston Deposit and Savings Bank, The, 52. Kingston Township, 123.


L


Lace manufacturing, 85. Lackawanna County organized in 1878, 17. Laflin, 157. Lake Township, 124. Larksville, 157. Laurel Run, 158.


Lawyers of Luzerne County, 25; early prom- inent, 24.


Lehigh Coal Mining Company, The, 61, 75.


Lehigh Navigation Company, The, 75. Lehman Township, 125.


Liquors forbidden to Indians, Sale of, I.


Luzerne County in 1920, 140.


Luzerne County Townships, Chapter, 110 et seq.


Luzerne County Cities and Boroughs, Chapter, 140 et seq.


Luzerne County created in 1786, 2-3; first court of, 3; election districts reorganized, 5; Med- ical Society, 40.


Luzerne County second in mining industry, 58.


Luzerne Borough, 158. Lynch, Judge John, 20.


M


Machinery, coal loading, 71. Mallinckrodt Convent, 97.


Manufacturing industries, The, Chapter, 85 et seq.


Manufactured products of Wilkes-Barre, 85. Marcy Township, 126.


Markle, George B., the "Father of the Breaker," 68.


McClintock, Andrew T., 23.


McKean, Chief Justice Thomas, 4, 6, 7.


McLean, William Swan, Jr., 21.


Medical Profession, The, Chapter, 27 et seq.


Medical Society to date, Presidents of Luzerne County, 39.


Mercantile business in Greater Wilkes-Barre, I02.


Mercantile Interests, Chapter, 99 et seq.


Metal manufacturing plants, 85.


Miner, Charles, 63, 91-92.


Miner's Mills, 159.


Misericordia College, 97.


Murgas, Rev. Joseph, pioneer of wireless teleg- raphy, 87-89.


N


Nanticoke, 159-61. Nanticoke National Bank, 53.


National Banking Law, 48.


National Banks, Establishing the first, 48.


National banks established, Later, 53-56.


Nationalities employed in mines, 84.


Nescopeck Township, 126.


New Columbus, 161.


Newport Township, 127.


Newspapers, Early, 104-05.


Newspapers, Present day, 106-08.


Northumberland County formed in 1772, 2.


Northampton County organized in 1752, 2.


O'Boyle, Peter A., 21.


Oil-burning furnaces, 73. Original eleven townships, The, 110.


Original three counties, IIO.


Orphans' Court established, 22.


Otto, Dr. J. M., first practicing physician in Wyoming Valley, 27.


P


Panic (financial) of 1837, 47; of 1893, 52. Parsons, 161.


Paper money in America, First use of, 43.


Pennsylvania armed forces ousted, I. Physicians, Early, 30.


Pioneer teachers, 92.


Pioneers in coal industry, 60; methods in min- ing, 66. Pittston, 162-63.


Pittston "Gazette," The, 104.


Pittston Township, 129. Plains Township, 131.


Pledge of loyalty to King George III, I.


Plot to overthrow the Government, 4. Plunkett, Colonel, 2. Plymouth, 163-65.


Plymouth National Bank, 53.


795


Plymouth Township, 133. "Press," Pittston, The, 10.4. Press, The, Chapter, 104 et seq. Pringle, 165. Pringle Township, 134. Probate Court organized, I. Public school in Pittston, The first, 92.


R


Railroad mining interests, 76-78. "Record," The, 105-06. Retail Credit Reporting Association, of Wilkes- Barre, 103. Rhone, Daniel le Porte, 22.


Rice, Judge Charles E., IS.


Ross Township, 135. Rush, Jacob, 4, 5, 8, 9.


S


Salem Township, 135. School Board of 1911, The, 96.


School building, The first, 92.


School directors, 95-97.


School districts, Consolidation of, 95.


School statistics, 97.


Schools, Early free, 90, 92; township, 92, 93. Schools in 1774, establishment of, 91.


Schools, superintendents and associate superin- tendents of, 94-95.


Schools in Wilkes-Barre district, 96-97.


Schoolhouses, Log, 93.


Scott, Judge David, 14.


Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, The, 49. Shafts, Sinking of, 69.


Shale, or slate, coal, 67.


Shickshinny Borough, 165-67.


Shickshinny First National Bank, 53. "Shin-plasters," 46. Shippen, Edward, 6, 8. Silk manufacturing, 85-87. Slocum Township, 136. Smallpox prevalent in Wyoming Valley, 28. Smith, Abijah, early miner, 58, 60, 62, 140. Smith, John, early miner, 58, 60, 140. Soft coal mining as hard coal, 70-71. Sprague, Dr. Joseph, pioneer physician, 27-30. State Superintendent of Common School ap- pointed, 93. Statistics, School, 97. Statistics for 1921, Mining, 80-83. Stanton, William H., 17. State banks established, 54-56. Stewart, Captain Lazarus, 91. Stone coal, 58. Storekeepers, Pioneer, 99. Strikes of 1922 and 1925, Coal, 73. St. Ann's Academy, 97. St. Mary's Convent (now High School), 97. Sugar Notch, 167. Sugarloaf Township, 137.


Superintendents of Schools, 94-95. Superintendent of Public Instruction, 93.


Supreme Court in Luzerne County, First ses- sion of, 4. Supreme Court sessions, Early, 6.


Susquehanna region's settlement first attempted. 1762-71, I. Susquehanna Bank of Wilkes-Barre, The, 45. Swoyersville, 167.


Teachers' Institute, 97. Teachers employed in Luzerne County, number of, 94-95. "Telegram," The, 106.


Text-books used, original, 92-93.


Textile industry of Luzerne County, The, 85. The "News," 105.


The Press, Chapter, 104 et seq. "The Wyoming Coal Basin," 59. "Times-Leader," 104.


Tobacco manufacturing, 85. "Tone system" of wireless communication, 88. Township directors chosen, 1773, I.


Townships of Luzerne County, Chapter, 110 et seq.


Township schools, 92-93.


Townships, List of, IIO-II. Townships, The original eleven, 110.


Trading conditions, Early, 99.


Tramways for mining use, 63.


Troutman, George H., 22.


Tubercular institutions, 42. Typhus fever prevailing, 28.


U


Union Township, 138. United States Coal Commission, 74.


United States Bank, The, 44, 45, 46.


V


Vulcan Iron Works, 85.


Warrior Run, 168. "Washery" coal, 67. West Hazleton, 168.


Westmoreland settled, 1774, 1-2, IIO.


West Pittston, 168.


West Wyoming, 168.


Wheaton, Judge Frank W., 20.


Whitehaven, 169. Whipping-post, The town, 2.


Wilkes-Barre as an industrial manufacturing center, 86.


Wilkes-Barre directory for 1892, 100-02.


"Wilkes-Barre's earliest newspapers," 104. Wilkes-Barre Township, 138. William Penn Charter School, 91.


Wireless telegraphy apparatus, The first, 88.


Wireless telegraphy pioneer, 87-89.


World War, banking conditions during, 56; coal mining during, 67.


Woodward, George Washington, 18-19.


Woodward, John Butler, 19, 21.


Woodward, Judge Stanley, 18.


Woodward, Warren J., 19.


Wright, Hendrick B., 25.


Wright Township, 139. Wyoming, 169-70.


Wyoming (now Wyoming National) Bank, 46, 48.


Wyoming First National Bank, 53.


Wyoming Valley Trust Company of Wilkes- Barre, The, 52. Y


Yeates, Jasper, 6. Yatesville, 170.


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