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The "Valley Vigilant" was established in 1963 by William A. Evans, under whose ownership it has continued since.
The "Anthracite Miner," official organ of the United Mine Workers, was started July 31, 1925 as a weekly.
"Il Trentino," an Italian paper, was founded in 1911 as a weekly, the publishers being P. C. Flaim and M. Mesolalla.
"L'Unione Italiana," another Italian weekly, was started in 1920. Nicholo Ciotola is the owner and editor.
Among the other papers that were launched at various periods, but have since died out, were the following: "The Democrat," started by J. C. Fincher; "The Miners' Advocate," by George S. Boyle; "The American Celt," by Tom O'Brien; "The Daily Item," owned by the late James E. Roderick; "The Sunday Truth," by Patrick McGarvey; "The Com- mercial Advertiser," by Mathew Long; "Onal- las," Hungarian paper; "Jednota Schei- bish," weekly, by Frank Tucher; "Langcliff Monthly," by Rev. G. N. Makely, a church paper. The "Slovak Citizen," weekly, was published by John J. Jenosov.
ALBERT JOSEPH LESTER-Railroad work was the forte of the late Albert J. Lester, of Forty Fort and Wilkes-Barre, who digni- fied his connection with it as he advanced through the grades to the important posi- tion of freight agent. His mastery of the details of the position he held at Wilkes- Barre for more than a score of years was acquired, through a similar connection, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at another point on the line, and in the positions of clerk and traveling auditor for the same railroad, with which he was associated for more than forty years. His death occurred December 24, 192S.
Born at Rock Island, Illinois, January 3, 1861, Albert J. Lester was the son of Jacob and Bernadine ( Rosenfield) Lester. His father, a native of Binghamton, New York, is a retired non-commissioned officer of the United States Army, and has his residence in Binghamton. His wife, who was born in Ger-
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many, died May 7, 1925. Having received his education in the public schools of Bingham- ton, Albert J. Lester was appointed assistant bookkeeper by Crandall, Stone & Company, at Binghamton, with which concern he remained for one and one-half years.
Mr. Lester's career in railroad work began July 16, 1886, when he was employed in the capacity of clerk in the freight office of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company at Waverly, New York. The attachment he then made for this kind of service was cemented more closely with the passing of the years, so that his identification with the same system, in an ascending grade, was never lost to sight. From the ordinary clerkship he advanced to chief clerk, and then was sent out on the company's lines as traveling auditor, in which position he continued for three years, the while he was on the high road to a position of greater responsibility. His next promo- tion was to the position of freight agent at Sayre, Pennsylvania, where he was stationed for one and one-half years, demonstrating to the satisfaction of his superiors his quali- fications for the place. It was, therefore, cause for congratulation by fellow-workers and other friends when he was considered the logical man for appointment as freight agent at Wilkes-Barre. He was installed in that position, August 1, 1906, and became regarded as a fixture there. Mr. Lester gave five years of military service to the United States Army as a musician, being stationed at Fort Yates, North Dakota.
To the Republican party Mr. Lester always gave his undivided allegiance. His fraternal affiliations were with Wilkes-Barre Lodge, No. 61, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was Worshipful Master in 1924; Shekinah Chapter, No. 182, Royal Arch Masons; Dieu le Veut Commandery, No. 45, Knights Tem- plar; and Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; also the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics. He was a faithful member and liberal contribu- tor to the work of Grace Protestant Episco- pal Church at Kingston, and was a vestry- man until he resigned on account of ill health.
Albert J. Lester married, November 12, 1884, Mabel F. Rosenthal, daughter of John and Mary (Freeman) Rosenthal, of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Mrs. Lester is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Their daughter: Helen (Lester) Page, was graduated from Cornell University, class of 1909, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and is a teacher of Spanish and German in the Kingston (Pennsylvania) High School.
HENRY L. GARTMAN- From boyhood Henry L. Gartman has been associated with mer- cantile activities, and since March, 1926, he has been the proprietor of a first-class de- partment store, located at No. 39 South Main Street, in Wilkes-Barre. The business is operated under the name of "Gartman's" and has already made for itself a reputation for honest and efficient service and quality goods. Mr. Gartman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a veteran of the World War, having served in France for fifteen months.
Dr. Leo N. Gartman, father of Mr. Gart- man, is a well-known physician of Philadel- phia, a son of Noah Gartman, deceased. He received a thorough education, chose the medical profession as his field of service, and then completed his course in Jefferson Medi- cal College, from which he received his medi- cal degree. He married Rebekah Silverman, daughter of a successful merchant, and they
became the parents of five children: Henry L., of further mention; Morton, who is asso- ciated with Gartman's department store; Naomi, who married a merchant of New York City; Edward, of Philadelphia; and Ernest, also of Philadelphia.
Henry L. Gartman, son of Dr. Leo N. and Rebekah (Silverman) Gartman, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1894, and grew to manhood in the city of his birth. As a lad he attended the public schools of Phila- delphia, and later he matriculated in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with the class of 1914. After grad- uation he entered the employ of his maternal grandfather, proprietor of the department store which operates under the name of M. Silverman and Son, and that connection was continued until May, 1917, when Mr. Gartman enlisted for service in the World War, as a private in the Ordnance Department of the United States Army. He was stationed at the Frankford Arsenal at Philadelphia for a time; then in Augusta, Georgia; and later at Wa- tervliet, New York. In November, 1917, he sailed for France, where he served on de- tached duty with the French Army and was commissioned a second lieutenant, for meri- torious service. After fifteen months of service in France he returned to this country, February, 1919, and was mustered out of service at Washington, District of Columbia, in March, 1919. He then returned to his old position with his grandfather, at Philadel- phia, with whom he remained until March, 1926. At that time he came to Wilkes-Barre and opened a first-class department store at No. 39 South Main Street, under the name of "Gartman's" and in this mercantile venture he is achieving success. He has already made himself known in the city as a first-class business man and a very desirable citizen, and the indications are clear that "Gartman's" is to be one of the growing concerns of the city. Able, energetic, well educated, and experienced, Mr. Gartman, at the age of thirty-four, has already achieved a substan- tial success and has made for himself a repu- tation which is a valuable business asset. In his political sympathies he is a Republican. He is a member of Orient Lodge, No. 289, Free and Accepted Masons, of Philadelphia; of the Poor Richard Club, of Philadelphia; of the Young Men's Christian Association, of Wilkes- Barre; and the American Academy of Politi- cal Science. He is also a member of the Wilkes-Barre-Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Henry L. Gartman was married, January 10, 1922, to Evelyn M. Markovitz, daughter of David and Nellie (Neufeld) Markovitz, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they make their home at No. 261 Academy Street, in Wilkes-Barre. They have no children.
BENJAMIN F. BEERS, vice-president and director of the firm of W. D. Beers, Incorpo- rated, is the son of Hiram and Fyanna (Kurtz) Beers. Both parents are now de- ceased. They had eight children, the first six of whom are deceased: Amelia; George; Elizabeth; Mary; W. D., of whom further; Jennie; Benjamin F., of whom further; and Harry H., of whom further.
W. D. Beers, who died in 1914, at the age of fifty-five years, was the founder of the grocery business of W. D. Beers, Incorporated, about 1889, and carried on the business from the time it was founded until the time of his death in 1914. He and his wife, Eliza- beth Beers, had two children: Jessie, the
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eldest, is the wife of George L. Fenner, an attorney and a member of the Luzerne County Bar. Ralph, the second child, is in the Ium- ber and box manufacturing business at Tren- ton, New Jersey. W. D. Beers was a lifelong Republican, a member of the Protestant church and at the time of his death, was one of the leading citizens of Wilkes-Barre. He is survived by his widow and two children, who are all members of the firm of W. D. Beers, Incorporated.
Benjamin F. Beers, of whom this is a rec- ord, was born in Wilkes-Barre, where he has grown up and where as a boy he attended the public schools. He graduated from the city high school and in the year 1885 he started to work in the drug business. In order to become more proficient in this line of work, he went to Philadelphia, where he took a course in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and graduated from that college in 1892. He then returned to Wilkes-Barre and again engaged in the drug business until 1907, when he became a member of the firm of W. D. Beers. Incorporated. In politics, he is a Republican and he is in religion a Protes- tant. He is a member of the Wilkes-Barre Lodge, No. 109, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Benjamin F. Beers married Nellie Kelly, of Wilkes-Barre. They have four children: Clarence H., who is an automobile supply salesman in Atlanta, Georgia; Margaret, who is the wife of Raymond Saul, of Norristown, Pennsylvania; Yale, who is engaged in the Insurance business in Wilkes-Barre; and Ruth the youngest, is at home.
Harry H. Beers, the younger brother of W. D. and Benjamin F. Beers, is treasurer of W. D. Beers, Incorporated. He was brought up in Wilkes-Barre and educated in the public schools of this city. In politics he is a Re- publican and a Protestant in religion. He is a member of Lodge No. 109, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and belongs to the Franklin Club. Harry H. Beers married twice. His first marriage was to Minnie Bachman, of Wilkes-Barre. They had three children: Arline, who married Dr. Bahmiller, of Wilkes-Barre; Leonard H., who is manager of a Woolworth store in Philadelphia, and Robert W., of Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Beers mar- ried (second), October 12, 1922, Annie Gott- hold, of Wilkes-Barre.
JAMES P. HARRIS-Ten years of success- ful legal practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania, have made James P. Harris one of the well-known men of his profession in Luzerne County. He has his offices at No. 609 Coal Exchange Building, in Wilkes-Barre, where he has built up a large practice, and where he has made for himself a reputation which is a valuable business asset.
John Howard Harris, father of Mr. Harris, was a descendant of one of the old families of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and was one of the foremost educators of this section of the country. For thirty years he was president of Bucknell University, and during that time he was a leader in educational circles in the State of Pennsylvania. He married Lucy A, Bailey, who was a descendant of Obadiah Gore, who was in the battle and massacre of Wyoming, and some of whose family lost their lives in the massacre. John Howard Harris married (first) Mary E. Mace, who died; and of this marriage there were three children, two of whom lived to maturity; Mary B., and Her- bert F. He married (second) Lucy A. Bailey, and they were the parents of nine children, of
whom seven lived to maturity, and of whom four entered the legal profession: Reese H., who is an attorney and a member of the well- known law firm of Knapp, O'Malley, Hill and Harris, of Scranton, Pennsylvania; George B., who was a dentist, but is now deceased; Spencer T., a civil engineer, of Indiana, Penn- sylvania; Coleman J., instructor for the Penn- sylvania State Forest School, at Mont Alto, Pennsylvania; James P., of further mention; Walter W., also a member of the law firm of Knapp, O'Malley, Hill and Harris, of Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Stanley N., a civil engi- neer of New Brighton, Pennsylvania.
James P. Harris, son of John Howard and Lucy A. (Bailey) Harris, was born in Lewis- burg, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1892, and was reared in Lewisburg, where he attended the public schools, and later entered Bucknell University, from which he was graduated in 1912. He then began professional study in the Law School of the University of Michigan, where he was graduated in 1914 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. For one year after receiving his professional degree he taught in Keystone Academy, at Factoryville, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, and when the school year closed he entered the law office of Heebner and Bedford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1916, and in July, 1917, enlisted in the Ordnance Department of the United States Army. He was stationed first at Camp Hancock, in Augusta, Georgia, and then in Camp Wheeler, in Macon, Georgia. Later he entered the Machine Gun Officers' Training School at Camp Hancock, where he remained until he was mustered out of serv- ice in November, 1918, as a second lieutenant. On January 1, 1919, he opened his office at No. 609 Coal Exchange Building, in Wilkes- Barre, and here he has since been taking care of a very prosperous and important clientele. Politically, Mr. Harris gives his support to the principles and the candidates of the Re- publican party. He is a member of Black Diamond Post, of the American Legion of Wilkes-Barre, and fraternally he is identified with Wilkes-Barre Lodge, No. 61, Free and Accepted Masons; with all the Scottish Rite bodies; and with the Keystone Consistory in which he hold the thirty-second degree; also with Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Irem Temple Country Club and of the Lions Club, of Wilkes-Barre; and his reli- gious affiliation is with the First Baptist Church of Wilkes-Barre.
James P. Harris married, January 19, 1922, Isabelle W. Wolfe, daughter of Leon B. and Isabelle (Slauson) Wolfe, and they have one son, James P., Jr.
ARTHUR EDGAR NICHOLSON-A man who is prominent in the industrial life of Luzerne County and of this section of Penn- sylvania is Arthur E. Nicholson, who is dis- trict manager of the Pennsylvania Manu- facturers' Association Casualty Insurance Company, with offices in the Miners' Bank Building, of Wilkes-Barre, and secretary of the Luzerne County Branch of the Pennsyl- vania Manufacturers' Association. He has spent most of his life in Wilkes-Barre, hav- ing learned the machinists' trade with the Vulcan Iron Works and having worked in the offices of that company. Since 1919 he has had his present position with the Penn- sylvania Manufacturers' Association.
He was born in Wilkes-Barre September 5, 1891, the son of William H. and Emma (Comstock) Nicholson. His grandfather was
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W. H. Nicholson, who together with three sons, founded the firm known as W. H. Nicholson and Company, manufacturing steam specialties, in Wilkes-Barre, in 1886. He and his wife, Elizabeth (Craig) Nichol- son, and their children, came in 1866 to the United States from New Castle, England, of which locality they were natives. The grand- father, who was a mechanical genius, per- fected several inventions, took out patents for them in the United States, and started the well-known Nicholson Company. His son, William H. Nicholson, the father of Arthur Edgar Nicholson, who was born in England, in 1857, and died in Wilkes-Barre on Novem- ber 6, 1915, was an important figure in his day, and was at the time of his death the manager of the Nicholson Company. He and Emma (Comstock) Nicholson were the par- ents of six children: Laura, Bertha, Harry Samuel, Frank C., William R., and Arthur Edgar, of further mention. This family, and also the family of the grandfather, W. H. Nicholson, are discussed in greater detail in the biography of Samuel T. Nicholson, printed on previous pages.
Arthur Edgar Nicholson, the son of William H. and Emma (Comstock) Nicholson, who spent the early part of his life in Wilkes- Barre, was educated in the city's public schools and high school, having been grad- uated from the high school in the class of 1909, and from the Wilkes-Barre Business College. Then he learned the machinist's trade with the Vulcan Iron Works, with which company he remained as a machinist for four years, at the end of which time he was trans- ferred to the office where he continued to work for six years. In 1919, he became rep- resentative of the Pennsylvania Manufac- turers' Association Casualty Insurance Com- pany; then, in 1921, was made district man- ager for the Northeastern Pennsylvania dis- trict, a position which he still holds. He has been secretary for the Luzerne County Manu- facturers' Association since 1919. In his political affiliations he is a Republican and a recognized leader of the party, being well known as such throughout the State. He has been very active in furthering legislation at Harrisburg and Washington, District of Columbia, for the benefit of the people of Luzerne County. He is the type of citizen who recognizes the necessity for business men taking an active interest in local, State and national political affairs, and having real representative men holding office who are a credit to their constituents which contributes to the welfare of the people of the country. He is a member of the Westminster Presby- terian Church of Wilkes-Barre. He also is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which order he is affiliated with the Wilkes-Barre Lodge, No. 61; the Shekinah Chapter, No. 182, of Royal Arch Masons; the Dieu le Veut Commandery, No. 45, Knights Templar; the Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and the Irem Temple Country Club. He also holds membership in the Franklin Club, the Westmoreland Club. the Rotary Club, and is a director of W. H. Nicholson & Company, and of the South Side Bank & Trust Company.
In Wilkes-Barre, on April 24, 1917, Arthur Edgar Nicholson married Bertha Mannear, of Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of Joseph and Lavina (Eva) Mannear. Mr. and Mrs. Nichol- son are the parents of two children: Arthur E., Jr., and George Mannear.
EDWARD LEO MeGINLEY, M. D .- A popu- lar and skillful physician, Dr. Edward Leo McGinley is one of Wilkes-Barre's youngest and most promising members of the medical
profession. Dr. McGinley has been engaged in active practice in this city since 1922, and for five years served as first assistant to Dr. Granville T. Mattock, the famous goiter sur- geon at the Mercy Hospital here, until the latter's death in 1928. Since first opening his office here, he has continued to win the con- fidence and trust of his fellow-citizens by reason of his thorough devotion to his chosen life work and his great ability and considera- tion.
Dr. McGinley was born in Wilkes-Barre, December 3, 1896, son of Andrew and Bridget (O'Donnell) McGinley, both of Irish stock. Both parents survive, his father being eighty- four years old and his mother being eighty- one. They had ten sons: James J., Patrick F., Michael J., all of Wilkes-Barre; Dr. Joseph Leo, deceased, of whom further; John, de- ceased; Andrew, a prominent dentist of this city; Rev. Francis A., a Roman Catholic priest in Scranton; Christopher and Leo, who died in childhood; Dr. Edward L., of whom further.
Dr. Joseph L. McGinley was born in Wilkes- Barre in 1881. He was educated in the local public schools and in Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, from which he entered Mount St. Mary's College at Emmitsburg, Maryland. He later entered the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with the class of 1912, receiv- ing his degree of Doctor of Medicine. He began the practice of his profession in Pitts- burgh, where he remained for six years, and in 1918, he enlisted in the United States Army, receiving the rank of lieutenant in the medi- cal Corps, being stationed at Garden City, New York. Being a specialist in affections of the ear, nose and throat, he performed much valuable service and after the Armis- tice, he returned to Wilkes-Barre and opened his professional offices at No. 50 South Wash- ington Street, where he carried on a flourish- ing practice until the time of his death, May 18, 1927. Dr. McGinley was a Democrat in his political views, and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. He was a member of the Luzerne County Medical Society, the State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He was a member of the surgical staff of the Mercy Hospital.
Dr. Edward Leo McGinley attended the local public schools, and after his graduation from high school in 1912, entered the Medico- Chirurgical Hospital at Philadelphia, where he remained two years, after which he ma- triculated at the University of Vermont, entering the medical school. After four years of diligent application to his studies, he re- ceived his degree of Doctor of Medicine with the class of 1921. After spending one year as interne at the Fanny Allen Hospital in Bur- lington, Vermont, and the Wilkes-Barre Gen- eral Hospital for one year, Dr. McGinley then began practice in Wilkes-Barre, where he has ever since continued to rise in the estimation of all. As a member of the surgical staff of the Mercy Hospital, he has established a reputation for his keen and penetrating knowledge in addition to great surgical skill. Ever interested in the people of his com- munity and their welfare, he takes an active part in all projects for city progress and advancement. He is a member of the Luzerne County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In his religious affiliations, he is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Dr. McGinley married, November 9, 1927, Virginia Trapold, of Wilkes-Barre, daughter of Dr. A. C. and Ellen (McFadden) Trapold, and they have a daughter, Jeanne Trapold.
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COLONEL STEPHEN ELLIOTT -Colonel Elliott is a descendant of old families which have participated actively in the making of history in different regions of the United States, being a son of Major Charles Pinckney Elliott and Hortense Darling (Beaumont) Elliott. Major Elliott was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on March 5, 1860, a son of General Stephen Elliott, Jr., and Charlotte (Stuart) Elliott; a grandson of the Rev. Stephen Elliott, a clergyman in the Protes- tant Episcopal Church of Georgia, and Anna Hutson (Habersham) Elliott, a daughter of Major John Habersham, a member of the Continental Congress from Georgia. The Rev. Stephen Elliott was a son of William Elliott, who was a son of William Elliott, who was a son of Thomas Elliott, an early settler of Georgia. General Stephen Elliott, Jr., C. S. A., entered the Confederate Army as captain and rose, in May, 1864, to the rank of brigadier- general; he died in Aiken, South Carolina, on February 21, 1866, of wounds received at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864.
Major Elliott, the father of Stephen Elliott of the present generation, is now living in Beaufort, South Carolina, his birthplace, after having served thirty-five years in the United States Army, from which he is now retired. He received his education at the West Point Military Academy; was a cadet, beginning July 1, 1878; second lieutenant in the Thir- teenth Infantry, January 13, 1882; was trans- ferred to the 4th United States Cavalry, June 7, 1883; was first lieutenant, October, 1888; was retired with the rank of captain, July 9, 1898. Aside from his military accomplish- ments, which he achieved in two wars, Major Elliott performed considerable work of an explorational nature in the western part of the United States. He married Hortense Dar- ling Beaumont, a daughter of Colonel Eugene B. and Margaret (Rutter) Beaumont.
The Beaumont ancestry in this country has been traced back to William Bement (or Beaman), of Saybrook, who married Lydia Danforth on December 9, 1643; was in Say- brook, Connecticut, as early as 1635: and died February 4, 1698. His wife, who died August 16, 1686, was a daughter of Nicholas Danforth, who was born in Suffolk County, England, "A Gentleman of such Estate and Repute in the World," says Cotton Mather, "that it cost him a considerable sum to escape the knighthood which King Charles II imposed upon all, and at so much per an- num; and of such Figure and Esteem in the Church that he procured that Famous Lecture at Framlingham in Suffolk, where he had a fine Manour." He came to New England in 1634 and was admitted a freeman in Massa- chusetts colony a year or two later. His daughter and William Bement were parents of Samuel Bement, born in February, 1656, who had a son Samuel, who in 1725 had a son, William Bement, who died August 22, 1812, having married Sarah Everett, of Wind- ham (or Lebanon), Connecticut. In the next generation the family name became Beau- mont, the man who adopted this name having been Isaiah Beaumont, a Revolutionary sol- dier, who married Fear Alden; their son, Andrew Beaumont, born in Connecticut in 1791, came to Wilkes-Barre in 1808, played an important part in the political life of his day, married Julia Colt in 1813, and died in Wilkes-Barre, September 30, 1853; their son, Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene Beauharnais Beau- mont, born in Wilkes-Barre, August 2, 1837, served in many engagements in the Union cause in the American Civil War, married on September 8, 1861, Margaret Rutter; and their daughter, Hortense Darling Beaumont, mar- ried Major Charles Pinckney Elliott.
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