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BOWMAN, SUMNER S., attorney-at-law, was was born in Millersburg, Dauphin county, Pa., February 9, 1867 ; son of Simon S. and Annie P. (Jackson) Bowman. His parents had seven children : Sumner S .; Edmond B., at home ; Trene, wife of James S. Hopkinson, Philadelphia; Nellie, wife of Hay W. Bow- man, Millersburg; Hannah, James Donald, and Robert Herr, all at home.
Sumner S. Bowman attended the public schools and was graduated from the high school of Millersburg at the age of sixteen. He entered Dickinson Seminary at Williams- port, Pa., from which he was graduated in June, 1886. In the fall of the year 1888 he entered the University of Pennsylvania. and took up the study of law, at the same time studying under private instructors in the of- fice of Biddle & Ward, Philadelphia. Mr. Bowman was graduated from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in 1891. In the fol- lowing autumn he was admitted to the Philadelphia bar, and in the next spring to the bar of the Supreme Court at Philadel- phia. In the fall of 1892 Mr. Bowman went to Watertown, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar there. He became associated with Judge Edgar O. Emerson and remained there three years. In the fall of 1894 he came to Williamstown and opened a law of- fice and has ever since resided and practiced here.
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While a student at the university Mr. Bowman took an active interest in college athletics. He became a member of the uni- versity base ball team, in which he became
the star pitcher, winning for himself a rep- utation in that capacity second to none in the country. He is recognized as one of the two best pitchers connected with college teams. Mr. Bowman is a Republican. He was elected treasurer of the borough of Williamstown in 1896.
-BUGGY, JOHN P., merchant, was born at Lo- cust Gap, Northumberland county, Pa., Oeto- ber 14, 1866; son of Michael and Ann (Cannon) Buggy. His grandfather, John Buggy, and Maggie O'Brien, wife of John Buggy, both died in Schuylkill county, Pa. John Buggy was a miner. Their children were : Jeremiah, miner, at Williamstown ; Michael; Mary, Mrs. Pierce, Philadelphia ; James, miner, at Williamstown ; Annie, Mrs. Halloran, Waterbury, Conn .; Margaret, Mrs. Mahar, Williamstown, and John, miner, at Williamstown, Pa.
Michael Buggy was born in Ireland, and was two years old when his parents brought him to America and settled in Schuylkill county, where they died. He became a miner, and was so occupied until his death, which occurred in 1894, in his fifty-third year. He was married, in Northumberland county, to Ann Cannon, who survives him. Their children are: John P .; Bernard; Bar- bara, in Philadelphia; Michael, lives with his brother John P .; Maggie and Isabella, at home; Dionysius; an infant, deceased ; and Mary, at home. Michael Buggy was a Democrat. He was a member of the Sacred Heart church, and his remains rest in the Catholic cemetery at Williamstown.
John P. Buggy was two years old when his parents removed to Williamstown, where he was educated in the common schools. At the age of eleven he went to work at what is called the "breaker" in the coal mines, and was engaged in mining until he was twenty-six years of age, when, in 1893, he embarked in mercantile business in Williamstown, Pa. He rented a store room and put in a general stock of goods, and has succeeded in building up a large trade. Mr. Buggy is unmarried, and makes his home with his mother. He is a Democrat, but is not active in party movements, his whole attention being given to his business. Mr. Buggy is a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic church and of the Ancient Order of Ilibernians, Division No. 3.
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ROWLAND, JAMES, merchant, Williams- town, Pa , was born in Marforth, Pembroke- shire, South Wales, Great Britain, July 29, 1833. He is a son of John and Margaret (Scourfield) Rowland. ITis maternal ances- tors were of Scotch descent. John Rowland, his grandfather, was born in Wales, was a farmer and died in his native place in 1856. John Rowland (2), father of James Rowland, was also a native of Wales. He was a farmer and died in Wales in 1890. His wife, Mar- garet Scourfield, died in 1890. Their chil- dren were: Martha, died in Wales; James ; John, merchant, Bristol, England; Elizabeth, died in Wales; Roger, at Bristol, England ; David, and Evan, both in Wales.
James Rowland was educated in his native place and was brought up on the farm. At sixteen years of age he was apprenticed to a dry goods firm in Swansea, Wales, served three and a half years, and has been occu- pied in mercantile pursuits to the present time. In June, 1865, he sailed with his wife and family from Liverpool to New York in the sailing vessel City of Dublin, and after a passage of thirteen days reached their desti- nation. They came at once to Philadelphia, and from that city to Minersville, Schuylkill county, Pa., where Mr. Rowland opened a general store, which he conducted very suc- cessfully for five years. At the end of this time Mr. Rowland disposed of his stock and removed to Wiconisco, Dauphin county, Pa., where for four years he was general manager in the store of Mr. Goldsmith. Resigning the place, he came to Williamstown and bought a general store, which he conducted for four years. He then bought the property he now owns and occupies, which at that time con- sisted of two houses and a store. IIe has since rebuilt the store and now has a com- modious and convenient edifice in which he conducts a large trade and gives employment to three clerks.
Mr. Rowland was married, in Wales, in 1854. His children are: Margaret, milliner, at Williamstown, Pa .; Roger, Ella, Trevor, and Claud, all at home. Mr. Rowland is a strong Republican. His family are members of the Congregational church, and he is treas- urer of the church and secretary and treasurer of the Sunday-school. IIe is also a member of the Knights of Pythias at Williamstown.
is a son of Francis Loague, a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, and his wife Mary Gallagher, born in county Donegal. His paternal grandfather, Hugh Loague, was a native of county Tyrone, he was patriotic and took part in the Irish rebellion of 1798. as did Patrick Gallagher, Rev. Father Loague's maternal grandfather, and this de- votion to their country cost them all the property they had. Patrick Gallagher. with his family, came to America in 1852. He had been a farmer in Ireland, but en- gaged in no active business in America. He died at the home of his grandson, in Phila- delphia. Hugh Loague and his wife died in Ireland in the late forties. Besides Fran- cis, father of Rev. H. A. Loague, their chil- dren were: William, a priest, died in Lon- donderry, Ireland, in 1865; Hugh, John, Rose, Mary, and Ellen, all of whom died in Ireland.
Francis Loague came to this country in 1847, and located in Philadelphia, where he was employed as nurseryman and gardener. In 1850 he sent for his wife and children, who sailed from Londonderry on the sailing vessel Superior, Captain Moore. They were on the ocean eight weeks and three days, having been at one time becalmed for three days, and at another compelled by a ter- rific storm to put to sea again after sighting land. They finally reached Philadelphia in May, 1850. The father remained in Phila- delphia until his death, which occurred in 1884, at the age of eighty-four. Mrs. Loague died in Philadelphia, March 8, 1893, aged eighty-three. Their children were William, of the Catholic church at Centralia. Pa., died January 11, 1892; Rev. H. A .; Eliza, at home, in Philadelphia ; Mary, wife of Will- iam Murphy, Philadelphia; Patrick, died an infant, in Ireland; Rosanna, born in Philadelphia, in 1852, died in 1863; Joseph, born in 1854, died in March, 1876.
H. A. Loague attended school for nearly one year in Ireland. After coming to Amer- ica he attended the public schools in Phila- delphia until 1857, when he entered St. Jo- seph's College, Philadelphia, and there re- mained until he had completed his college course in 1860. He then studied four years at the Jesuit House, Frederick City, Mal., after which he taught in the Gonzaga Col- lege, Washington, D. C., from 1864 to 1867. He was subsequently professor in Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., until the end
LOAGUE, REV. H. A., pastor of Sacred Heart church, Williamstown, Pa., was born in county Donegal, Ireland, June 2, 1842. Ile of 1869, after which he spent seven years in
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completing his studies in philosophy and theology at Woodstock College, in. Mary- land, and from 1876 to 1880 was again pro- fessor in the Worcester, Mass., College of the Holy Cross.
In 1880 Father Loague went to St. James, Mich., to assist his uncle, Rev. F. P. Galla- gher, who was out of health. He remained with his uncle until October 1, 1883. On December 23, 1883, he came to Harrisburg and took charge of the Steelton church, where he continued until January 9, 1888. On that date he entered upon his duties as rector of the Church of the Sacred Heart. He was ordained to the priesthood at Wood- stock College, in Maryland, June 21, 1876. In politics Mr. Loague is independent and a firm believer in protection. He is an affable and agrecable gentleman, of great kindness of heart, and of very scholarly tastes and attainments.
- HESS, SOLOMON, wholesale bottler and late proprietor of the Williamstown Hotel, was born in Lykens township, Dauphin county, Pa., March 31, 1846. He is a son of Solomon and Eva (Saltzer) Hess. Solomon Hess, Sr., was born in Northumberland county, Pa., in 1814. He was reared a farmer and con- tinued in that calling. He was married in Dauphin county ; his wife, Eva Saltzer, was a native of Berks county. After his mar- riage he took up his residence in Lykens township. His wife died at Gratz about 1878; Mr. Hess died in Loyalton, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Daniel Good, in 1880 or 1881. Their children were : Sarah, Mrs. Daniel Good, Loyalton, Pa .; John, far- mer, Lykens township; Catherine, Mrs. Michael Horstman, Gratz, Pa .; Harry, hotel man, Uniontown, Pa .; Solomon; Cornelius, farmer, Lykens township; Charles, baker, Gratz, Pa., and Reily, laborer. , Mr. Hess was a Republican. He was a member of the Reformed church, and was well known and popular.
Solomon Hess, Jr., attended school at times in his native place until he was twenty-one. Being reared on the farm, he took his share of the farm work, which often prevented his going to school. At sixteen years of age he drove team, hauling produce to market at Potisville. His father owned and cultivated four farms, the products of which he disposed of at neighboring markets. The son re- mained at home until the spring after his marriage. Ilis father paid him at the rate
of $150 per year, and his board and cloth- ing, from the time when he was twenty-one until he left the farm. Being frugal and economical, he laid by most of this money.
Mr. Hess was married, at Uniontown, Dau- phin county, June 27, 1869, to Miss Julia Ann, daughter of George Paul and Elizabeth (Baum) Paul. In the spring of 1870 he took up his residence on a farm near Gratz, which he rented from his father for nine years. February 6, 1879, he removed to Loyalton, Washington township, where he opened a hotel and conducted it for three years. Af- ter this he had a hotel at Gratz for one year, then came to Williamstown and rented the Mansion House, which he conducted for two years. He was afterwards clerk in the same hotel for eight months, and then bought the . Williamstown Hotel, of which he has ever since been the proprietor and manager. He also owns another double house in town. While in Lykens he lost $1,100 in an insur- ance company. On the 6th of April, 1826, Mr. Hess rented his hotel business in Will- iamstown to J. II. Pontius ; he is now about to embark in the wholesale bottling business at Tower City, Schuylkill county. Mr. Hess takes an active interest in politics as a mem- ber of the Republican party. He is a mem- ber of the Gratztown Lodge, No. 563, I. O. O. F., Gratz, Pa., and of the Patriotic Sons of America.
Mr. Hess' children are: Dora B .; Susan A .; John Henry, died young; George E. and David S., at home, and Ellis Lloyd, died young. Mr. Hess is a member of the Re- formed church.
LYNCH, JOHN, plumber, was born in county Donegal, Ireland, March 21, 1834. He is a son of Edward and Ann (Smith) Lynch. His grandfather, Owen Lynch, was born and reared in county Donegal, and was a weaver. He lived and died in his native country. His children were: Owen, Philip, Edward, Patrick, James, Fanny, and Margaret. Ed- ward Lynch, father of John Lynch, was a native of county Donegal. He was a shoe- maker. He died in his native place in 1866, aged fifty. His wife was brought to this country by her son, John Lynch, in 1868. She died in 1885. John Lynch was their only son.
John Lynch went to the schools of his native place and gave his vacations to farm work until he was fifteen. In his sixteenth year he came to America, embarking at
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Liverpool in the sailing vessel Esmeralda. He reached New York after a voyage of seven weeks and three days, landing June 29, 1848, with one shilling in his pocket. He worked at Oceanic, Coney Island, for one month as a farm hand, and received $8, with which he paid his fare to Easton, Pa .; his uncle, John Smith, lived there, who had sent him the passage money to come to America. After a day or two spent in visiting, telling of the friends left behind, and of his adven- tures in crossing the ocean, he went to work in the distillery of James Thompson, of which his uncle was head distiller ; he re- mained there eight years. He was next em- ployed for six years in the Cooper Iron Works, Phillipsburg, N. J. His next posi- tion was that of engineer at Frenchtown, Hunterdon county, N. J., which he held for two years. He then returned to Phillips- burg and worked six months for the Cooper Iron Company, after which he was employed for seven years at Easton, Pa., as engineer of the Water Works Company. At the end of this time he found employment for one year in a distillery at Belvidere, N. J. He was thrown out of employment there by the shutting down of the distillery on account of the $2 internal revenue tax laid on whiskey.
In 1863 Mr. Lynch went to work at Easton, Pa., in the machine shops, and at the end of the year located in Schuylkill county, P'a., where for five years he was hoisting en- gineer in the mines. On March 6, 1868, he removed to Williamstown, Dauphin county, Pa., and worked in the mines there for nine years. During this time he opened a liquor store in Williamstown and put his son in charge of the business. He also did some jobs of plumbing after the day's work was over in the mines. In 1877 he abandoned work in the mines, and since then has given his attention to the plumbing business. He built a comfortable house in 1871. Mr. Lynch is a Democrat. He has served as assessor for the borough for four years. He is a member of Sacred Heart Catholic church at Williamstown.
While working at Frederickstown, N. J., he went to Easton, Pa., where he was mar- ried to Miss Mary Mooney, a native of county Donegal, Ireland. Their children are : Edward, at home; William, married Bridget Cosgrove, resides at Silver Creek, Pa .; John, accidentally killed in the mines, at the age of twenty-one; Mary, Mrs. Thomas Gallagher, Williamstown ; Dennis, died aged
four years; Charles, at home; Maggie, wife of Joseph Bond, Williamstown ; and Michael, at home.
"BUDD, WILLIAM, miner, was born in Queen's county, Ireland, in 1834, and is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Lawrence) Budd. Mr. Budd came to this country with his mother, step-father, two sisters and two brothers. He first worked in the coal mines of New Mines, Pa., and moved to Mt. Pleas- ant in 1855. In 1861 he enlisted in com- pany K, Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania volun- teers, and served two years and a half, when he was discharged at Washington, Columbia College Hospital, because of disability. He then returned to Mt. Pleasant, and in 1865 moved to Williamstown and engaged in mining until compelled because of ill-health to quit that work in 1884. He has since been able to haul coal. He is a Democrat in pol- itics, a member of G. A. R. Post, No. 280, and of the Sacred Heart Catholic church. He was married, in Mt. Pleasant, in 1855, to Miss Sarah Fogan, by whom he had these children: Margaret, Rebecca, Bridget, Dora, Lizzie, Benjamin, and Francis.
EVANS, DANIEL W., foreman of mines, Williamstown, Pa., was born May 21, 1843, in Pollygwlan, Glan Morganshire, Wales. He is a son of William and Mary (Waters) Evans. The father was a native of Wales and a miner by occupation. In politics be was a Republican. He died in Pittston, Pa., November 6, 1885. His first wife died in Wales in 1853. Their children are: Isaac, Henry W., David W., Thomas W., and Daniel. His second wife, Sarah, was a sis- ter of his first, and by this marriage he had no children.
Daniel W. received his education in the schools of his native place. At the age of ten years he began work in the coal mines and continued until he was twenty-two years old, when he came to the United States. He sailed from Liverpool April 17, 1865, on the City of London, and landed at New York, May 1, 1865. He was accom- panied to this country by his father, step- mother and three brothers. Daniel went to Pittston, Luzerne county, and worked in the mines for a time and then came to Schuyl- kill county and was engaged in the mines at the New Philadelphia slope.
On December 9, 1865, he was married, in New Philadelphia, to Miss Dorothy Griffith,
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daughter of Nathaniel and Catharine Grif- fith. Miss Griffith was born May 5, 1843, and is a native of Schuylkill county. Their children are: Nathan W., bookkeeper for Standard Oil Company, at Wilkes-Barre; Mary, wife of Evan J. Davis, Williamstown; Bertha, wife of Thomas Allan, Williams- town; William, watchman, court house, Harrisburg; Benjamin, in English navy, now stationed at the Bermudas; Thomas, Fred A., Alice, and Carrie.
After marriage he resided in New Phila- delphia for about two years and then re- moved to Wilkes-Barre and worked in the mines until 1874. He was then engaged as foreman in Washington mine at Plymouth. In 1869 he assisted in rescuing one hundred and eight of the men imprisoned in the Avondale mine. He served as foreman at Plymouth for six years. Later he worked at different places, and in October, 1887, came to Williamstown, and has been fore- man since that time. While in Wilkes- Barre he was president of the Old Miners' Benevolent Association. He is now a di-
rector of the Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, and also director of the Motor Company. In politics he is a Republican. He is connected with the following societies : master mason of Nanticoke Lodge, No. 541 ; Prospect Lodge, K. of P., Wilkes-Barre; Welsh Society, Wilkes-Barre, and Sons of Temperance, Williamstown.
-HAIN, GEORGE W., justice of the peace, Williamstown, was born August 18, 1833, in Pine Grove, Schuylkill county. He is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Keifer) Hain. The father was born near Sinking Springs, Berks county, Pa. He was reared in Pine Grove, Schuylkill county, and was a shoe- maker by trade. After following this occu- pation for many years he engaged in the hotel business at Lykens, Pa. His death occurred in 1858, and his wife died in the latter part of the 70's. Their children were: Rebecca ; John, deceased ; Mary, and George W. In politics the father was a Democrat.
George W. was educated in the public schools of his native place and of Lykens and Pottsville. His parents located in Sa- lona, Clinton county, Pa., then in Mt. Pat- rick, Perry county, next at Montgomery's Ferry, and finally at Lykens. He drove a canal boat from Gurdy's Notch to Philadel- phia for some years. He then served as brakeman, and later as fireman on the rail-
road. In 1856 and 1857 he followed the canal with his own boat, and about this time purchased a house in Lykens with the money saved while on the railroad. In 1858, upon the death of his father, he began to assist his mother to conduct the hotel in Lykens, and continued to do so until 1861. Ile then en- listed in the Washington rifles. In 1859 he purchased a farm in what was then Wiconisco township, and located there in 1862, teaching school in the winter. In 1864 he opened a general store in Williamstown, and four years later built a hotel, which he conducted several years. He moved to his present home, adjoining the hotel, in 1868. In 1869 he was commissioned justice of the peace, and has served continuously in that office, with the exception of three years, up to the present. In 1876 he purchased a farm of seventy-eight acres in Williams township, and has since added thirty acres to it.
He was married, in Halifax, Dauphin county, in 1855, to Miss Sarah Woodside, daughter of Isaac Woodside. His wife died in 1864. Their children are: William ; John ; Charles Henry, deceased ; Emma J., Annie, Agnes, and Sadie. He married, sec- ondly, Miss Lucy Whitman, of Williams- town, in 1875. Mr. Hain is a Republican, and cast his first vote for John C. Fremont. He is a member of the G. A. R., Post No. 280, and Lodge No. 675, I. O. O. F., of Will- iamstown.
-MCNAMARA, MICHAEL, retired, was born in Kilkenny county, Ireland, in 1831, and is a son of James and Julia (Brenner) Mc- Namara. The father and mother both died in Schuylkill county, Pa. Their children were : Patrick, Thomas, Andrew, John, Rich- ard, Margaret, Mary, all deceased ; and Mi- chael. Michael attended school until he was fourteen years of age when he came to this country with his parents and landed at Quebec, Canada. From there they came by rail to Schuylkill county, Pa., where he worked in the mines until 1866, at which time he came to Williamstown, and followed mining until 1888, when he retired. Since coming to his present home he has built a new house and also owns a double block on the main street of Pottsville.
He was married, in Schuylkill county, August 3, 1850, to Miss Ann Fagan, born August 5, 1833, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Connors) Fagan. She was a na- tive of Kilkenny county, Ireland, and came
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to the United States with her parents, at the age of ten years, settled in Schuylkill county, where the parents both died. Their chil- dren are: James ; Julia ; Thomas, deceased ; Patrick ; Andrew, deceased ; John, Richard, Patrick 2d, Margaret, Michael, Thomas 2d, Elizabeth, Joseph, and one who died in in- fancy. In politics Mr. McNamara is a Dem- crat, and is also a member of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Catholic.
RETTINGER, CHARLES, hotel keeper, Will- jamstown, Pa., was born in Germany, Janu- ary 9, 1846. He is a son of Sixtus and Wil- helmina Rettinger. The father died in Ger- many many years ago, and the mother died when Charles was six years old. Their chil- dren are: Adelite, Fictor, Charles, Maria, and Johanna.
Charles attended school in his native place until he was fourteen years old. At the age of eighteen he sailed from Havre, France, for America, and, as he traveled in a sailing vessel, did not arrive until forty-eight days Jater. He went at once to Millersburg and worked at the trade of mason for four months, and then came to Williamstown and began mining, which he followed for eighteen years. During this time he purchased a hotel, which he conducted in connection with his work in the mines. In 1884 he stopped the latter and has since given his entire atten- tion to his business.
He was married, in Williamstown, in 1869, to Miss Josephina Schmeck, a native of Poland, Europe. She died in 1890, leaving a family of nine children : Mary Ann, Rosie, Maggie, Henry, Joseph, deceased, George W., Ignatius, Foraniga, and one who died in infancy. His second wife was Miss Mary Glacer, whom he married in 1894. In poli- ties Mr. Rettinger is a Democrat and is also a member of the Roman Catholic church.
-STROUP, J. HARRY, merchant tailor, Will- iamstown, Pa., was born September 6, 1851, in Lykens, Dauphin county. He is a son of John and Rebecca (Martz) Stroup. The father was born in Lykens township in 1828. Hle was reared on a farm and then learned the trade of saddler. Later he began work for the railroad company and was one of the first engineers on the Lykens Valley rail- road. During the war his run extended from Lykens to Baltimore. In 1884 he moved to Shamokin and had charge of some miners of that place. His first wife died in 1865. Their
children are: Charles, deceased, J. Harry, Edward, and Hattie. His second wife was Sarah Shipe. Their children are: George, Frank, Arthur, Stella, Edith, Ralph, and Katie, deceased. In politics he is a Republi- can.
J. Harry received his education in the pub- lic schools of his native place. He assisted on the farm until the age of eleven years, when he began to learn the trade of tailor- ing with John L. Matter, with whom he is now in partnership. He served an appren- ticeship of five years and then went to Phila- delphia and worked for one year. In May, 1877, Mr. Matter opened a branch store in Lykens and one in Williamstown. Mr. Stroup took charge of the latter and in 1882 was taken in as a partner. He was married. in Millersburg, Pa., October 9, 18SS, to Miss Sadie Meetch, a native of Millersburg. They have one child, Jobn M. In politics Mr. Stroup is Republican, was instrumental in securing the borough charter, served as councilman two and a half years. In 1893 he was elected register of wills. He is a Mason, twelfth degree, of Swatara lodge, at Fremont, Pa., and commandery at Harris- burg. He is a member of the Episcopal church.
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