Centennial history of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Part 118

Author: Stocker, Rhamanthus Menville, 1848-
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : R. T. Peck
Number of Pages: 1318

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possessing excellent executive ability and other qual- ities that well enable him to discharge the duties of the pastor of this large and prosperous church.

Curates : Fathers H. O'Reilly, Prendergast, J. G. Mullin, P. J. Murphy, Fitz Maurice, P. Shields, T. Brelioney, R. Hennessy (died at Susquehanna Au- gust, 1880), W. A. Nealon, John Loughlin, J. Welsh and J. Martin have, in the order in which their names are given, been appointed assistants.

The first Protestant religious meetings held at this place were prayer-meetings, conducted in a school- house located near the present site of the Catholic Church, and organized at the instance of Aaron My- ers, a Presbyterian, and Mrs. William C. Frith, a Methodist, early in 1851. Soon after preaching ser- vice was also held at the same place, and steps were taken to organize churches.

Presbyterian Church .-- In the spring of 1851 Rev. Burr Baldwin, a Presbyterian missionary stationed at Montrose, Pa., made an appointment to preach once in three weeks in the school-house above mentioned. In October of the same year, at a meeting held for the purpose, a church was organized by Mr. Baldwin, and the following-named persons entered into cove- nant relations with it: Mr. and Mrs. E. Bonnell, by letter from Schenectady, N. Y .; Mrs. Marcia C. Barnes, by letter from Binghamton, N. Y .; Miss Emma J. Noble, by letter from the Methodist Epis- copal Church of Lanesboro'; and on profession of faith, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Myers, Mrs. Frazier and Mrs. Alida Mayhew. About one year after the frame of the church edifice was raised, and upon its com- pletion, in August, 1853, the building was dedicated by Rev. Edward Allen, belonging to the Philadelphia branch of the American Home Missionary Society, who, a few months before, began to labor in this field. During this year fifteen members were added to the church, while the year before its membership was increased by only four. Among those that became members in 1853 were H. W. Brandt and Jacob Schlager and their wives. The enterprise that char- acterized these men, impelled by their devotion to the church, at once assured the future prosperity of the society (see Harmony). Since 1853 to the present time the church has had a gradual and healthy growth, the church edifice has been enlarged, and from time to time improved and repaired, and in 1872 a very comfortable and pleasant parsonage was erected at a cost of two thousand nine hundred dollars.

Aaron Myers, elected in 1853, and the first deacons, elected at the same time, were H. W. Brandt and Jacob Schlager. The officers at the present time are as follows : Elders, Daniel White, Kennedy Johnson, Washington Shaeff and Theodore Springsteen, Sr. ; Trustees, V. Blackburn (president), B. C. Stoddard (secretary), Gaylord Curtis, Dr. Birdsall, Dr. Mitch- ell and George C. Eidman. The church is composed of one hundred and fifty members. The Sabbath- school was instituted by Alfred Stanley and Miss Emma Noble, and for some time conducted in the school-house. When the place of meeting was changed to the church Aaron Myers became superin - tendent. He was followed by J. B. Gregg, whose successors have been Peter Tait, David Harris, David Galbraith and V. Blackburn. The school now num- bers about four hundred. In connection with the Sabbath-school there are two well-organized societies -a missionary society, to which all belong, and a temperance society, to whose pledge four hundred and seventy names are subscribed. The Ladies' Missionary Society of this church is in a prosperous condition. Mrs. Brooks is the president. The society supports a scholarship in a school in Japan. Pastors : Revs. Burr Baldwin, 1851-53; Edward Allen, 1853 -56; George N. Todd, 1856-59; Jesse Brush, 1859- 61 ; Horatio Pettingill, 1861-66 ; Solomon H. Moon, 1866-71; and P. H. Brooks, 1871 to the present time.

Rev. P. H. Brooks was born near Schenectady in 1837, and graduated at Union College in 1862, and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1864. He has served the churches at Tom's River, N. J., West Milton, N. Y., four years, Knowlton and Hope, N. J., organizing a new church at Delaware Station. In 1871 he camc to Susquehanna, and was installed pastor in the fall of that year, and has remained here ever since, and has entered other fields where good could be done.

In 1878 he was elected permanent clerk of the Lackawanna Presbytery, serving as such until 1883, when he was elected stated clerk of the same Presby- tery, an office he still holds. His designs, illustra- tive of the Sabbath-school lessons, have been pub- lished in the Westminster Teacher, the organ of the church. In 1874 he married Miss Kate S. Colby. She is also very active and energetic in church work, performing the duties of a pastor's wife, in connection with the ladies' missionary, temperance and sewing societies, etc., with a great deal of enthusiasm. They have three children.

Inasmuch as at Brandt, about four miles distant from Susquehanna, there were in 1874 about fifty Methodist Episcopal Church .- At a session of the Conference, held in Ithaca, N. Y., July, 1851, Susque- hanna was made a mission in connection with Lanes- boro', and one hundred dollars was appropriated by the Conference with which to introduce Methodism into Susquehanna. Rev. C. V. Arnold was appointed minister in charge, and organized a class, as follows : S. C. Robinson, leader ; Wm. McKune and wife, Win. members of the church, and as at that time the membership was sufficiently large to admit of its consideration without serious detriment to the mother- church, a proposition was made to organize a new church at that place. Hence its offspring at Brandt was duly organized the next year, a history of which will be found in connection with the history of Har- mony. The first elders were Jacob Schlager and . Smith, George Petit and wife, W. C. Adams and wife,

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and Mrs. Robert McKune. Mr. Robinson was suc- ceeded by George Petit after a short time. The charter having been obtained from the court, S. C. Robinson, William Smith and Wm. McKune were elected the first trustees. In the autumn of 1851 a site was procured, and the work of building a church began, which, under the perseverance and enterprise of William Smith, was completed the following year. He employed the men to do the work, furnished the materiał, boarded the men, and gave a great deal of his time to the supervision of the building. He ad- vanced the money necessary to keep the matter in progress, and of the fourteen hundred dollars that was expended, he contributed one-half. The society in 1872 purchased a parsonage, and occasionally, as the circumstances have required, the church property has been repaired and improved. The value of the property, according to the last annual report, is five thousand five hundred dollars, upon which there is no debt. The membership is now about two hun- dred. Before the church was completed, the class- meetings and preaching services were held in the pine- tree school-house, and after the school-house was moved down on Washington Street the meetings were held at the latter place. Mr. Arnold, as soon as prac- ticable, organized a Sabbath-school. The pine-tree school-house was the place of meeting. George Petit was appointed superintendent, and conducted the school until the fall of 1852, when L. F. Clark succeeded him. From this time until Mr. Clark's death, in 1868, he was a very zealous member of the Sunday-school, and in every department of the church he took unbounded interest. The Sabbath- school now numbers two hundred and forty. J. Clark, Jr., is the superintendent.

The following is a list of the names of those who have been pastors of this church : C. V. Arnold, G. H. Blakeslee, J. H. Cargill, H. R. Clark, C. W. Judd, E. B. Tenny, Johu A. Wood, S. W. Weiss, O. M. McDowell, J. Miller, E. N. Everett, G. H. Blakeslee, J. V. Newell, L. W. Peck, W. B. Westlake, A. J. Van Cleft, W. J. Judd, Wm. S. Wentz, George For- syth and J. B. Sumner.

When the heavy bents to the church were raised Mr. Arnold did the shouting, and it is a matter of history that never in Susquehanna, before nor since, was such a shout heard, as when Mr. Arnold cried, " Heave O heave!" but the frame went up. He proved to be just the man to bring a new church into existence.

Mr. Cargill, on leaving this place, was stationed at New Milford. He was invited to deliver an oration at Susquehanna, the Fourth of July, 1854. Passing along the sidewalk, in front of the old "Harmony House," he heard some one cry out, " Get out of the way, they are going to fire!" He sprang the wrong way, and fell mortally wounded, receiving the full force of the shot of the cannon which stood but a few feet from him.

H. R. Clark, D.D., was born in 1813. Before join- ing the Conference, in 1844, he spent eight years as a professor in Cazenovia Seminary. He has been among the leading members of Wyoming Conference, having occupied a number of the best appointments, filled the office of presiding elder in Wyoming, Bing- hamton, Owego and Otego Districts, and represented the Conference in the General Conferences of 1856,'64 and '68. He has also been prominent in the educa- tional interests of the church, holding the office of trustee of Genesee College and of the Syracuse Uni- versity. He now resides at Binghamton, N. Y.

Mr. Wentz had served the charge very acceptably two years, and while attending a session of the Con- ference held at Waverly, N. Y., in the spring of 1881, he contracted a severe cold which terminated in pneu- monia, from which his death resulted before he reached his home. The church was then without a pastor until about the 1st of July.

Mr. Forsyth was born in England, but came to America when quite a young man. He is an assidu- ous student by nature ; hence, notwithstanding the in- auspicious circumstances with which he had to contend, he pursued a preparatory course of study, and entered Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1864. He was afterward professor of Latin and Greek in Wyoming Seminary, at Kingston, Pa., until 1872, when he was appointed principal of East Maine Seminary, where he remained until his coming to Susquehanna, in 1881. He is one of the ablest men in the Conference.

C. W. Judd was born in 1829, and died at Wilkes- Barre February 11, 1880. In 1854 he joined the Con- ference, and after spending five years as an itinerant, he went as a missionary with his wife to India. They remained in India ten years, then visited America, spending two years here, and again returned to India.

Baptist Church .- In 1856 an organization was effec- ted at Lanesboro' for Lanesboro' and Susquehanna. Under this organization meetings were held at these places for about ten years before the charter was ob- tained, for the reason that as yet the society had no church property. In 1866 steps were taken to erect a building, a site was purchased at a cost of five hun- dred dollars, and a building erected at an expenditure of about four thousand dollars. The corner-stone was laid in November, 1866, and the church was dedicated November 10, 1867. In 1866, when the charter was obtained, the constitution of the church was adopted and the following-named persons were elected officers : G. H. Leal, M. L. Hulce, - Brown, S. Griswold, Nathaniel French, G. W. Mackey and Dr. Samuel Birdsall, trustees; Dr. Birdsall, clerk. Those having been elected deacons are M. L. Hulce and G. H. Leal, in 1867; Nathaniel French, in 1860; and J. B. Barnes, in 1878. The present deacons are G. H. Leal and J. B. Barnes ; trustees, G. H. Leal, J. B. Barnes, W. S. Mitchell, H. T. Mallery, G. P. Ross, - Putman,

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A. C. Purple ; clerk, A. C. Purple; treasurer, J. B. Barnes. Those that have served as clerks are David Benedict, M. L. Hulce, Dr. Samuel Birdsall, S. Mas- ters, A. C. Purple, O. D. Mallery and A. C. Purple, from 1884 to the present time. As nearly as can be ascertained, the following is a list of the names of the ministers who have served this church : Revs. J. B. Kimber, Merrill, Van Patten, R. G. Lamb, Geo. Bal- com, E. A. Francis, W. Erskine, E. T. Jacobs, T. B. James, J. A. Baskwell, Chas. Tower, T. Simpkins, S. W. Cole, L. C. Davis, Abner Morrill, present pastor.

The Universalist Church .- A meeting was held in March, 1866, at Dr. H. P. Moody's office, to organize a society. C. S. Bennett was chairman of the meeting, and H. K. Newell, secretary. F. D. Lyons, David Taylor and Wm. P. Conklin were elected trustees, Wm. P. Conklin, treasurer and H. K. Newell, stand- ing clerk. A petition to the court for a charter was drafted, and in January,1867, the charter was obtained. In 1871 the church resolved to erect a building in which to hold services, and Rev. L. F. Porter, Dr. E. N. Smith, D. A. Lyons and Jacob Taylor were elected members of the building committee. In September, 1871, the corner-stone was laid, Rev. Daniel Ballou of Utica, N. Y., conducting the ceremonies. The church was completed and dedicated in April, 1872. The following were present and took part in the cere- monies : Revs. L. F. Porter, H. Boughton, Daniel Ballou, J. M. Austin. The property cost over ten thousand dollars. Before the church was built, ser- vices were held in Lanesboro' in the school-house, at Chaffer Hall, and at various other places in Susque- hanna. The ministers who have served the church are Revs. Wm. M. DeLong, C.C. Clark, L. F. Porter, J. H. Campbell, E. M. Whitney, Samuel Ashton and H. W. Hand. Revs. DeLong, Clark and Whitney are dead. Mr. Porter resides in Brooklyn, this county, where he has been preaching for a number of years past ; Mr. Ashton's home is in Binghamton, N. Y., and Mr. Campbell's in the western part of New York State. A number of years ago the society was in quite a flourishing condition ; but within a few years past it has lost by death a large number of members who were financially well off, and generous contributors, so that its strength has been sadly crippled.

SECRET SOCIETIES .- Canawacta Lodge, No. 360, F. A. M., was instituted February 7, 1866. The charter members were W. M. Post, Geo. N. Brown, H. P. Moody, Samuel Falkenbury, I. W. Jones, J. T. Cam- eron, C. A. Miller, M. H. Eisman, J. B. Gregg. The Past Masters are Wm. M. Post, G. N. Brown, H. P. Moody (deceased), M. H. Eisman, G. W. Gleason, David Mason, John C. Foote (deceased), Isaac Bond, John White, C. O. Vedder, A. D. Harding, J. G. Bailey, Tabor Hayward, S. L. French. One hundred and twelve is the present membership, and the follow- ing are now the officers of the lodge : E. W. Jackson, W. M .; O. T. Smith, S. W .; W. P. Munson, J. W .; C. A. Miller, treasurer ; G. W. Gleason, secretary.

Starrucca Lodge, No. 423, I. O. O. F., was instituted June 30, 1869, with the following charter members : R. Wallace, J. S. Shrimpton, O. H. Simmons, John Wood, C. Ottinger, A. T. Galloway, L. Freeman, J. W. Erwin, F. M. Elting, C. R. Drake, W. P. Conklin. It has a membership, at the present writing, of one hundred and twenty-seven. Its assets are about six thousand dollars. Since its organization the lodge has disbursed in benefits to its members about thir- teen thousand dollars. At the present time its chairs are filled as follows: Almon Barnes, N. G .; J. N. Seddon, V. G .; O. H. Simmons, Per. Secretary ; W. A. Springsteen, Assistant Secretary ; T. Spring- steen, Jr., Treasurer ; J. H. Bull, G. H. Leal, J. T. Cockayne, Trustees ; T. Springsteen, Jr., Rep. Past officers : O. H. Simmons, J. S. Shrimpton, J. T. Cock- ayne, W. Merrlees, Geo. Kirk, Joseph Moore, G. H. Leal, T. Springsteen, Jr., W. E. Hubbell, A. T. Back, J. H. Bull, F. Howard, S. L. French, A. C. Parliman, W. Snediker, J. G. Buckland, H. W. French, K. Johnson, R. H. Shipley, H. Griswold, Jno. Griswold, R. C. Woodruff, B. C. Stoddard, J. E. Taylor, H. A. Dillon, T. Taylor, Sr.

Canawacta Encampment, No. 225, I. O. O. F., was instituted March 11, 1872, by Calvin C. Halsey, D.D. G. P., with eight charter members, namely : R. Wal- lace, Sr., J. S. Shrimpton, C. Ottinger, A. Agnew, J. T. Cockayne, A. V. Price, J. Wood, W. H. Curtis. The first officers were R. Wallace, C. P .; J. S. Shrimp- ton, H. P .; W. H. Curtis, S. W .; A. V. Price, J. W .; C. Ottinger, S. ; J. T. Cockayne, T. It now has six- ty members. The officers at present are D. Freden- berg, C. P .; J. C. Kortright, H. P .; C. Betner, S. W .; T. Springsteen, Jr., S .; Geo. Kirk, T. The following are past officers: R. Wallace, J. H. Bull, John M. Leslie, T. Springsteen, Jr., A. Spellerberg, R. C. Woodruff, J. T. Cockayne, G. H. Leal, George Kirk, J. Yeomans, W. Snediker, F. Knoes, J. G. Buckland, J. E. Taylor, R. H. Shipley, John Griswold, W. A. Springsteen, H. A. Dillon, S. W. Young, C. Betner.

Cascade Canton, No. 11, I. O. O. F., was instituted May 31, 1886, with twenty-one charter members. Its members are all fully uniformed, at an expense of thirteen hundred dollars. Its officers are T. Spring- steen, Jr., Com .; H. A. Dillon, Lieut .; J. G. Buck- land, E. ; J. S. Shrimpton, Ac. ; J. H. Bull, Adjt.

Atlantic Lodge, No. 452, K. of P., was instituted November 3, 1876. The charter members were W. H. Dodd, A. D. Harding, B. C. Stoddard, O. D. Falk- enbury, F. A. Snyder, E. W. Jackson, T. Springsteen, Jr., J. S. Wallace, H. A. Leal, I. F. Storer. The first officers were W. H. Dodd, P. C. ; A. D. Harding, C. C. ; T. Springsteen, Jr., K. of R. S .; F. A. Sny- der, M. E .; E. W. Jackson, M. F. ; John S. Wallace, M. A .; F. Storer, O. G. Past Chancellors: W. H. Dodd, A. D. Harding, T. Springsteen, Jr., F. A. Snyder, E. W. Jackson, I. F. Storer, B. C. Stoddard, J. O. Taylor, O. D. Falkenbury, John S. Wallace, M. W. Brundage, H. A. Leal, E. E. Tingley, John

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Medway, T. T. Wing, R. H. Day, M. E. Wallace, L. Finckenior, S. S. Simmons, T. A. Hayward, H. A. Childs, S. J. Bagnall, John B. Smith, E. J. Brush, John H. Scoville, E. B. Clark, C. B. Falkenbury, A. Wagner. Present membership, sixty-eight. Since its organization this lodge has disbursed for sick bene- fits, charities and funeral expenses about four thou- sand five hundred dollars. The present officers are A. Wagner, P. C .; George D. Prentice, C. C. ; E. F. Stoddard, V. C .; A. Bently, P .; S. S. Simmons, M. E .; T. A. Hayward, M. F .; H. A. Childs, K. of R. and S. ; John Stephens, M. A .; A. D. Harding, I. G .; John B. Smith, O.G .; S. S. Simmons, Rep .; W. J. Hull, O. D. Falkenbury, A. D. Harding, trus- tees. General fund, sixteen hundred and twenty- five dollars.

Endowment Rank, Section 74, K. of P., was insti- tuted January 24, 1876, by A. D. Harding, D. G. C. There were thirteen charter members. The first offi- cers installed were O. D. Falkenbury, P. ; B. C. Stod- dard, V. P .; A. D. Harding, Sec. and Treas. The rank is now composed of forty-one members. The present officers are the same as above-mentioned. Mr. Harding has been the secretary all the time since the society was organized. The society has been so fortunate as to lose, by death, but one member (H. A. Leal), during the past eleven years.

Atlantic Division, No. 17, of the Pa. Brigade of the Uniform Rank of K. of P., was instituted April 7, 1884, by T. A. Hayward, D. S. C. The charter members were Dr. S. S. Simmons, J. S. Wallace, A. D. Harding, E. W. Jackson, Wm. Ea-twood, E. B. Clark, F. A. Snyder, B. C. Stoddard, M. E. Wallace, E. F. Stoddard, J. B. Smith, A. B. Ketchum, F. A. Miller, James Acker, A. S. Benedict, C. A. Smith, H. S. Wood, T. A. Hayward, S. W. Foster, H. A. Childs, C. C. Taylor, P. H. Smith, B. F. Pride, W. W. Wood, C. F. Storer, G. W. Dinsmore, J. H. Scoville, W. P. Munson, E. J. Brush, T. Springsteen, Jr. About twelve hundred dollars was expended in furnishing uniforms for the division. The first officers were B. C. Stoddard, Capt .; S. S. Simmons, 1st Lieut .; , John S. Wallace, 2d Lieut .; A. D. Harding, R .; Wm. Eastwood, T. The present membership is thirty and the officers are E. W. Jackson, Capt. ; H. A. Childs, 1st Lieut. ; C. B. Falkenbury, 2d Lieut .; Geo. D. Prentice, R .; Wm. Eastwood, T. Dr. S. S. Sim- mons, of this division, is the highest officer in this State, holding the office of brigadier-general. Col. A. D. Harding is assistant adjutant-general ; Col. T. Springsteen, Jr., is assistant quartermaster-gen- eral ; and Major John S. Wallace is aide-de-camp.

Keystone Lodge, No. 68, K. of II., was instituted January 19, 1875. The charter members were G. A. Post, E. W. Jackson, David Harris, George Grey, Joseph Lofgren, R. A. Austin, George A. Brown, George Creeve, Wm. Palmer, H. L. Rosenbaum, H. A. Tingley, Elisha Thomas, Thomas West. The past dictators are Dr. H. A. Tingley, Thomas West,

G. A. Post, E. W. Jackson, David Harris, M. H. Pope, C. H. Kanolt, C. O. Vedder, T. J. Tingley, C. T. Thorpe, J. H. Bull, O. H. Simmons, S. S. Simmons, J. G. Bailey, J. W. Taylor, F. Weinman, S. Malcolm. The present officers are E. W. Jack- son, P. D .; J. Malcolm, D .; W. F. Lyon, V. D .; C. T. Bartram, A. D .; C. H. Kanolt, R .; G. H. Leal, F. R .; C. Thorpe, T .; M. H. Pope, G .; O. H. Simmons, C .; H. Bohn, G .; Joseph Whitting- ton, S .; and M. H. Pope, C. H. Kanolt and C. T. Bartram, trustees. The present membership is sev- enty-one. Since its organization the lodge has dis- bursed for benefits and death claims about twenty- two thousand dollars. Hon. George A. Post was a member of the Supreme Lodge. H. A. Tingley was a member of the Supreme Lodge that met at Indianapolis in 1875. E. W. Jackson, Esq., has been a member of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylva- nia since 1876. He was at first a member of the committee on laws and supervisions, a very re- sponsible office. In 1883 he was elected assistant- dictator, and in 1885 vice-dictator.

Lady Franklin Lodge, No. 730, Knights and La- dies of Honor, was instituted October, 1883, by Geo. Creeve, D. G. P., with eighty-six charter members. Their officers first installed were J. B. Smith, P. P .; Job Malpass, P .; Charles Langford, V. P .; Blanche Dodge, S .; L. S. Price, F. S .; James Acker, T .; G. E. Dodge, C .; W. H. Dodd, G .; Mrs. J. B. Smith, G. ; O. F. Horton, S .; Dr. A. P. Rowley, Med. Ex. The past protectors are J. B. Smith, Job Malpass, O. D. Falkenbury, Blanche Dodge, J. G. Bailey, Mrs. H. E. Tingley, Laura O. Price, Geo. Creeve, W. H. Terhune, T. J. Tingley, Belle B. Johnson. The present officers are E. W. Mapes, P .; H. E. Tingley, V. P .; Blanche Dodge, Sec. ; N. J. Topping, F. S .; T. J. Tingley, T .; James Walker, G .; Mrs. H. R. Townsend, G .; J. G. Bai- ly, S .; Dr. H. A. Tingley, Med. Ex. Miss Blanche Dodge is grand vice-protector of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, elected to this office in October, 1885, a position she has filled with marked ability.

Branch No. 11, of the Catholic Mutual Benefit As- sociation, was organized February 21, 1879, by Jos. Cameron, D.D., of Honesdale, Pa. . The charter members were Michael Lanning, T. J. Hassett, Jos. M. Williams, John Riley, John Hassett, Thomas Casey, Michael Foley, Michael Shannahan, Michael Callahan, Edward O'Dey, Patrick J. Smith, Robert Barr, Bart. Cavanagh, Michael Roach, P. T. Irving.

The first officers were Rev. John Slattery, S. D .; Michael Lanning, P. ; Joseph Williams, Ist V. P .; John Riley, 2d V. P .; Thomas Casey, R. S .; P. T. Irving, Asst. R. S. ; T. J. Hassett, F. S. ; Robert Barr, T .; P. J. Smith, C., pro tem .; Edward O'Dey, M .; Michael Callahan, G. The past officers are Michael Lanning, T. J. Hassett, J. M. Williams, James J. Murphy, John H. McMahon, John J. McInerny, J. J. Boyle, M.D. The present officers

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are Rev. P. H. Broderick, S. D .; J. J. Boyle, C .; Andrew J. Ryan, P. ; Martin Ryan, Ist V. P .; Thos. J. O'Donnell, 2d V. P .; P. B. McMahon, R. S .; Robert J. McCarthy, Asst. R. S .; B. J. Lynch, F. S .; Robert Barr, T .; James Dolan, M. ; P. J. Madigan. G. J. J. McInerny is the representative at the present time, and the trustees are Michael Lanning, John J. Ahearn, Richard J. McCarthy, John McInerny and Patrick J. Geary. Thomas J. Hassett is the district deputy. The assets of the branch are about two thousand dollars, and since its organization it has disbursed in charities and death claims about sixteen thousand three hundred dollars. Nearly all of the time since the organization of this branch Mr. Lanning has been a member of the Grand Council of Pennsylvania. In 1881 he was elected grand mar- shall; in 1882, 2d vice-president; in 1884, 1st vice- president; and in 1886, president. Mr. Lanning came to Susquehanna in 1857, and during the past thirty years he has been in the employ of the railroad company as a brass-melter and moulder. He is an active and influential member of the Catholic Church, and closely identified with the civil affairs of the borough. He has served six years as a member of the Town Council, and in 1876 was burgess of the borough.

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Centennial history of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Part 118

Author: Stocker, Rhamanthus Menville, 1848- Publication date: 1887 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : R. T. Peck Number of Pages: 1318

Author: Stocker, Rhamanthus Menville, 1848-
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : R. T. Peck
Number of Pages: 1318