Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 109

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Benjamin Jenkins, son of Benjamin Jenkins, mentioned above, was the father of our subject. He was born in Connecticut, December 6, 1796, and died January 18, 1871. His wife, Pollie (Kent), was born in Cohasset, Mass., July 19, 1795, and died October 22, 1881. They were married in Wayne county, Penn., October 4, 1820, and chil- dren were born to their union as follows: James D .. May 4, 1823; Elizabeth, September 9, 1825 (died young ) ; Mary J., September 3, 1828 (died unmar- ried) ; Horace, September 27, 1833; John Kent, January 9, 1838. The father was a quiet, unas- suming man. He spent many years in the employ of the Delaware & Hudson railroad.

John k. Jenkins spent his boyhood days at Prompton, and at the age of fourteen years became a clerk, attending school in winter. Two years later he became a clerk at Carbondale. At the

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early age of twenty-four years he was elected prothonotary of Wayne county, serving one term in that incumbency, and he was elected to a number of other responsible and honorable offices. In politics he was a Republican; in religious faith a Presbyterian ; and in social affiliations a Free Mason. After his time as county officer expired he became employed on the Delaware & Hudson canal as assistant paymaster, remaining three years, when he entered the First National Bank, as teller. After two years in the bank he engaged in the hardware business at Honesdale, Penn., in company with Gilbert Knapp, later buying Mr. Knapp's interest and continuing the business up to his death. He was married, June 6, 1860, to Miss Susan Eno, a native of Seelyville, Wayne county, and a daughter of Daniel and Eunice (Sage) Eno, who are men- tioned more fully elsewhere.

To John K. and Susan Jenkins were born nine children, as follows: (I) Frederick Winthrop, born April 12, 1861, received a common-school educa- tion, and after his father's death assumed charge of the hardware business, continuing same up to one year before his death, on March 12, 1890. (2) Mary Munsill, born May 9, 1863, married, October 15, 1890, Charles B. Comstock, of Elgin, Ill., secre- tary of the Condensed Milk Co. (3) Benjamin Daniel, born April 6, 1865, is in a railroad office at Salt Lake City. (4) Martha Louise, born Novem- ber 9, 1870, is a graduate of the M. E. Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. (5) Susan Elizabeth was born June 14, 1873. (6) John K., born October 5, 1875, and (7) Gail Borden, born November 4, 1877, are at home. (8) Lauria Eno and (9) Grace Alice clied in infancy.

Mr. Jenkins died at his home May 15, 1878. His death was widely felt, for he was one of the best-known men of his county. His widow resides at the old home in Honesdale, surrounded by her family, and holds a high place in the hearts and minds of her wide circle of friends.

GEORGE W. CRANDALL (deceased) was one of the men whose lives were sacrificed on the altar of their country during the dark days of the Civil war. He was a native of Susquehanna coun- ty, born in New Milford township March 2, 1827.

Our subject's father, Caleb Crandall, was born in Rhode Island in 1786, and was educated in that State. In 1810 he was married, in Connecticut, to Miss Charlotte Babcock, who was born in Con- necticut in 1789, and there they passed the first three years of their married life, coming to Susquehanna county, Penn., at the end of that time. They first located in Springville, but shortly afterward re- moved to New Milford, where the father worked at his trade of carpenter for a number of years. Subsequently he went to Tompkins county, N. Y., where he continued to follow his chosen occupa- tion until late in life. There he died in 1848, and his worthy wife, who long survived him, passed away in 1872. In their family were twelve chil-

dren, namely: (1) Charlotte, born in Connecticut in 1811, married Bailey Evans, and located near Ithaca, N. Y., where they reared a family of six children-Melissa, Mary, Dora, Crandall, Louise and Nancy. (2) Ira, born in Connecticut in 1812, married and located in Richford, N. Y. (3) Mary became the wife of M. L. Green, of New Milford, Penn., and had eight children. (4) William mar- ried and settled in Ohio, where two of his sons are still living. (5) John, born in New Milford in 1817, married and moved to Cortland, Ill., where he died leaving two daughters, who are still living in the West. (6) Job T., born in 1818, was a resi- dent of Waterloo, N. Y. His son, J. Warren, is now living in Rock Island, Ill. (7) Sarah, born in 1820, married Edwin Green, of New Milford, and now resides in Oregon. (8) Charles, born in 1822, married and located in New York State, where he died in 1849, leaving no children. (9) Isaac, born in 1824, married and settled in Owego, N. Y. He has two children living-Morris, a resident of Owego: and Alsine, of Illinois. (10) George W. was next in the order of birth. ( II) Alsine, born in 1829, is the wife of Sylvester Schutt, of Slater- ville, N. Y., and they have five children-Louise, Henry, George, Howard and Cora. ( 12) Albert, born in New Milford in 1831, married Olive Green, of Susquehanna county, and moved to Ohio.

George W. Crandall was indebted to the public schools of New Milford for his educational ad- vantages. During his youth he learned the car- penter's trade, which he made his life work, after his marriage remaining in New Milford for a short time, and then removing to Brookdale, where he followed his chosen calling until after the opening of the Rebellion. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in Company H, 4th P. R. V. C .. of which he was first lieutenant, but resigned in November, 1861. On account of ill health he remained at home until November, 1862, when he raised a company, be- coming its captain. This was Company C. 15Ist P. V. I., and he was in active service until taken ill in 1863, some time after the fight at Chancellors- ville. After some time spent in hospital, where his wife went to care for him, he was granted a fur- lough and returned home, where he died August 24, 1863. His integrity of character, his' sterling worth, and never-failing courtesy, made him be- loved by all who had the honor of his acquaintance, and he left a large circle of friends, as well as his family, to mourn his decease.

On April 21, 1848, Mr. Crandall was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Hinchman, daughter of Barton and Mary (Townsend) Hinchman, rep- resentatives of old and prominent families of Sus- sex county, N. J., who came to Susquehanna coun- ty, Penn., in 1838, and took up their residence in Brookdale, where the father was engaged in agri- culture. In their family were nine children: Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Chalker : Hannah, wife of Alanson Chalker, of Conklin, N. Y .: Mary A., widow of our subject ; Almeda and William, both

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of whom died young; John, who married and lo- cated in New York; James, who died from the effects of wounds received in battle during the Civil war, leaving a wife, but no children; Harriet, wife of J. B. Lasure, of Liberty township, Susquehanna county ; and James, who was born after the death of his brother of the same name, and is now a resi- dent of Brookdale.

To Mr. and Mrs. Crandall were born four children: (1) Charlie, born in 1848, served in the Civil war, enlisting in February, 1804, at the age of fifteen, in Company A, 5th New York Cavalry, and remaining in the service until hostilities ceased. In 1872 he enlisted in the regular army as a mem- ber of Company C, 7th Cavalry, and this time served for five years, being under the command of Gen. Custer on his Indian raids, and was present in the battle and terrible massacre in which that brave commander was killed. After leaving the army he married Evalyn Winans, of Corbettsville, N. Y., and located at Lawsville, Penn., where he died in April, 1885, leaving a wife but no children. (2) William A., born at Lawsville in 1851, was edu- cated at the Harford Soldiers Orphans School, and is now a resident of Susquehanna, where he is serv- ing as superintendent of the Prudential Insurance Co. He married Carrie Van Loan, of Liberty township, and to them were born three children- M. Maude; George T., who died young ; and Ken- neth. (3) Ida M., born in Liberty township in 1853, received her education at the Harford Sol- diers Orphans School, and is now the wife of A. L. Tiffany, of New Haveny Conn., by whom she has one son, Ralph. (4) Laura L., born in October, 1860, also attended the Harford Soldiers Orphans School, and higher institutions of learning in that town, and later successfully engaged in teaching school for three terms in Susquehanna county. In 1898 she married F. H. Southworth, a prominent merchant and business man of Lawsville Center, where he is now serving as postmaster. With them Mrs. Crandall now finds a pleasant home, and is spending her declining years in ease and quiet, sur- rounded by all the comforts and many of the lux- uries of life. She is a consistent Christian woman, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which her husband also belonged, and with which her family are also connected. The sons are supporters of the Republican party, with which Mr. Crandall affiliated until his death. The family is one of prominence socially, and its mem- bers occupy honorable positions in life.

CYRUS SMITH JOHNSTON. In the lineage of those men who rise to commanding prominence, in whatever sphere of human activities they essay, may often be found the keynote of their subsequent success. The subject of this sketch is among the most prominent residents of Harford township, Susquehanna county. He has attained this promi- nence and the responsibilities attached to it by his own unaided efforts. The lines of his rugged char-

acter are not those of most men. He is a man of strong convictions, to which he is true. His will power is strong. It asserted itself when his father tried to make a farmer of him. The boy's inclination was for a mercantile career, and, with no desire to thwart the wishes of his parents, he nevertheless was impelled to follow his own bent of mind. In his veins Howed the blood of men who had battled for freedom, and of men who had achieved. At the home of his birth in New York State was a largeness of possessions that must have influenced, unconsciously perhaps, the lad's strength of char- acter. The sketch of his life is one of exceeding interest.

Mr. Johnston was born at Sidney Plains, Dela- ware Co., N. Y., March 7, 1825, son of William Strong and Fanny ( Dickerman) Johnston, and grandson of Hugh and Lydia ( Strong) Johnston, whose broad estate of 640 acres lay upon the fertile banks of the Susquehanna river. Lydia Strong, the paternal grandmother of our subject, was the sister of Cyrus Strong, who was president of the Broome County Bank at Binghamton, N. Y. Grand- father Hugh Johnston died at Sidney, leaving a fam- ily of six children, William S., Betsey, David, Ab- ner, Edward Hugh, and, Almira.

William Strong Johnston, the father of our sub- ject, was born at Sidney Plains October 8, 1794. He adopted farming as his life pursuit, and in the neighboring county of Chenango, at Rockdale, he met and married Miss Fanny Dickerman. She was born at Rockdale September 28, 1805, daughter of a sturdy blacksmith and farmer, who was a lad in his "teens" in the Green Mountain State during the Revolutionary war, and who imitated the ex- ample of his relatives and enlisted in the cause of his country's freedom, serving as a scout for nine months during the closing period of the struggle.

The Dickerman family in America traces its ancestry to Thomas Dickerman, who in 1635 mi- grated from England to America and settled in Dorchester, Mass. From this ancestor the mother of our subject was of the sixth generation, the line of descent being as follows: (I) Thomas Dicker- man settled at Dorchester, Mass., in 1635 ; his wife's name was Ellen. (2) Abram Dickerman, born in 1639, married Mary Cooper, December 2, 1658, and died at New Haven, Conn., in 17II. (3) Abram Dickerman, born January 14, 1673, married Eliza- beth Glover, and died in 1748. (4) John Dickerman, born October 2, 1727. married Esther Sperry, June 18, 1752, moved from New Haven to Vermont. (5) John Dickerman, born in Vermont March 17, 1764, married, in 1789, Thankful Smith, who was born April 7, 1768. in Granby, Mass. He moved to Chenango county, N. Y., where he engaged in farm- ing and blacksmithing to old age. He died Novem- ber 6, 1848, at Guilford, Chenango county. He was a prominent member of the M. E. Church. (6) Fanny was the mother of our subject.

The father of our subject, William S. Johnston, pursued the vocation of farming in various locali-

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ties, and lived to the good old age of eighty years. He died February 19, 1875, and was buried at Dan- ville, Penn. His wife died April 9, 1869, and was buried at Chicago, Ill. Their twelve children, all born at Sidney, Delaware Co., N. Y., were as fol- lows: (I) Cyrus Smith is our subject. (2) James Perry, born November 13, 1826, married November 13, 1850, Melinda Finch, of Ottawa, Ill., and died June I, 1851, at Milwaukee, Wis. (3) John De- los, born August 3, 1828, died February 5, 1852, at Delhi, N. Y. (4) Julia Baxter, born June 11, 1830, married, September 23, 1857, at Chicago, Ill., William Delon, of Raysville, Ind. He died November 26, 1857, at Chicago, and for her second husband she married, September 17, 1866, at Raysville, Ind., Aaron Burr Steinmetz, an attor- ney. (5) William Henry, born July 12, 1832, died September II, 1832. (6) Austin Smith, born July 29, 1833, married October 2, 1852, at Cohoes Falls, N. Y., Martha Gledhill, who died at Chicago, Aug- ust 24, 1860. He again married, March 21, 1864, Elizabeth Aldrich, who died May 3, 1868. For his third wife he married, December 14, 1868, Marietta Raymond. He was engaged in the milk business at Chicago, and is now deceased. (7) Francis Howes, born July 30, 1835, died October 26, 1835. (8) Henry, born May 25, 1837, married November IO, 1859, at New York City, Amelia F. Many ; he is a watchmaker and jeweler of New York. (9) Almira Cotton, born June 23, 1839, married November 7, 1861, at Chicago, Harvy Hastings, now a farmer of Middletown Springs, Vt. (10) Edward Hugh, born May 4, 1841, married August 14, 1864, Caro- line Finley, and lives at St. Louis, Mo. (II) Fran- ces Emogene, born May 4, 1843, married at Clyde, Ohio, October 8, 1864, William L. H. Owens, of Louisville, Ky., and she is now president of the Owens Publishing Co., of Chicago. (12) Harvey Alberti, born November 19, 1845, is now an officer in Company M, 7th Regiment United States Cav- alry.

Cyrus S. Johnston, our subject, remained on his father's farm until he was seventeen years of age. His early tastes were for a mercantile life, but his father did not encourage them, for he wished to keep the boy on the farm. Cyrus walked ten miles to Guilford Center, Chenango Co., N. Y., and made application to the merchant there for a position as clerk. He returned home, and several months later was sent for, thus beginning his career for himself as a clerk. There he remained three years. It was too slow for the ambitious young financier, and he resigned to engage in peddling jewelry on the road for Lewis Emmons, being so successful that at the expiration of a year he began business in the same line for himself. For four years he carried a valise, but he had plans ahead, and the profits of the business were accumulating. From a traveling merchant to the owner of a store was the next step. In partnership with Zerah Very he purchased, April IO, 1849, a mercantile business at Harford, Penn .; and this they successfully conducted until 1855, in

which year Mr. Johnston erected the store building in which the business was conducted until its sale ten years later. Our subject, in partnership with G. W. Rees, then purchased a store at Hop Bottom, Susquehanna county. Preferring Harford as a place of residence, he sold his interest in the Hop Bot- tom store to his partner three years later for $2,- 400, and returned to Harford. For six years he clerked for Hon. Henry M. Jones for $400 per year, but since 1874 he has retired from business.

Mr. Johnston possesses what may be called a financial mind. His shrewd business judgment per- ceives the value of things before they become appar- ent to others less favored in that respect. That invaluable attribute he has exercised freely in his mercantile and business pursuits, and the result has been the accumulation of a fair competence. He still keeps in touch with the mercantile world in the community of which he is a most substantial factor, keeping the books of E. E. Jones.

Our subject was married, September 16, 1849, at Harford, to Miss Hulda Louise Edwards, who was born in Harford township, July 1, 1827, daugh- ter of Charles and Mary C. (Chandler) Edwards. Her father was born in Rhode Island November 19, 1797, son of John Edwards, a sea captain. Charles, when a young man, twenty-four years of age, migrated to Harford township, Susquehanna county, where a year later he married Mary C. Chandler, daughter of James and Huldah ( Payne) Chandler, who were among the earliest settlers of Gibson township, Susquehanna county. James Chandler was one of the "Five Partners" who in 1809 migrated from Connecticut and purchased a large choice tract of land in Gibson township. The children of Charles and Mary C. Edwards were James C .; Charles C .; Huldah L., wife of our sub- ject ; Mary M., who married Dr. A. T. Brundage ; Sarah A .; Evelyn E., widow of Daniel C. Brun- dage; H. Amelia, wife of W. B. Guile, of Omaha ; Frances C., wife of Rev. J. B. Davis; and Clark Stephen. To our subject and wife were born two children : Charles A., who married Elizabeth V. Mul- len, of Texas, and is a practicing physician, having located at Harford October 19, 1899 ; and Cyrus H., who married Mrs. Hattie ( Watrous) Williams, and resides at Newburgh, N. Y., where he is employed by the Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The faith- ful and devoted wife of our subject passed away October 19, 1895, aged sixty-eight years, and was buried in Harford township. She was an active member of the Congregational Church, and a wom- an of many accomplishments and graces of char- acter.

In politics Mr. Johnston is a Republican. For active politics, however, he has never had any taste. He served one term as justice of the peace, but de- clined re-election, and though often importuned has steadily declined to permit his name to be used as a candidate for any office. Since 1851 he has been a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Johnston has been a man of untiring industry, and

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to his large capacity for work is due in a great meas- ure his success in life. He possesses a wonderfully retentive memory, and the vigor and strength of his mind are unimpaired. He is a splendid example of a self-made man, and is one of whom Susquehanna county is justly proud.

DANIEL C. BRUNDAGE, deceased. The subject of this sketch, one of the representative and successful farmers of Susquehanna county, was born in the city of Newark, N. J., August 6, 1824, son of Parmenius F. and Lillis ( Brundage) Brund- age.

The father of our subject was born in Orange county, N. Y., October 5, 1782, son of James Brund- age, a farmer of Dutchess county, N. Y., who had served in the Revolutionary war. Parmenius Brundage in his youth acquired a knowledge of the blacksmith's trade. He married his cousin, Lillis Brundage, who was born August 23, 1785, and they moved to Benton, Lackawanna county, where in addition to his trade Parmenius engaged largely in farming, which he followed through life. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and died February 9, 1862, his wife pass- ing away March 17, 1861. Both are buried in Clif- ford cemetery. The children of Parmenius and Lillis Brundage were as follows: James, born August 10, 1805, is deceased ; Betsey L., born No- vember 14, 1809, died October 29, 1819; Abner, born March 14, '1816, is deceased; Israel, born April 16, 1818, died November 3, 1819; Albert T., born November 4, 1820, is a retired physician and minister of the M. E. Church, residing at Harford, Penn. ; Daniel C. is the subject of this sketch; and Amos H., born October 16, 1828, is a physician of New York City.

Our subject was reared on a farm in Lacka- wanna county, and adopted farming as his life vo- cation, settling in Gibson township, Susquehanna county. He married, October II, 1860, at Gibson, Miss Evelyn E. Edwards, daughter of Charles and Mary C. (Chandler) Edwards, natives of Rhode Island and Connecticut, respectively. Charles Ed- wards was born November 19, 1797, in Rhode Island, son of John Edwards, a sea captain. Charles learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1821 came alone to Harford township. His wife, Mary C. Chandler, born November 10, 1802, came when a child with her parents, James and Huldah ( Payne) Chandler, from Connecticut, her father, James Chandler, be- ing one of the "Five Partners" of Gibson township, who located there in 1809. James Chandler reared a family of children, several of whom became promi- nent. Charles, the eldest son, was coroner in 1824, sheriff in 1827, and member of the Legislature in 1838-39. Stephen P. and James were the other sons.

The family of Charles and Mary C. Edwards were as follows : James C., born December 11, 1823. died in 1887; Charles C., born October 1, 1825, was a well-known physician of Binghamton, N. Y., and

died in 1898; Huldah L., born July 1, 1827, mar- ried C. S. Johnston, of Harford; Mary M., born December 24, 1831, married Dr. Albert T. Brundage, of Harford; Sarah A., born February 25, 1834, re- sides in Harford township; Evelyn E., born in Gib- son township, July 16, 1837, is the widow of our subject ; Harriet A., born August 6, 1841, married W. B. Guile, a business man of Omaha, Neb .; Frances C., born August 10, 1843, married Rev. J. B. Davis, a Methodist Episcopal minister, of Carbondale, Penn .; and Stephen C., born Decem- ber 24, 1847, died April 27, 1868.

To Daniel C. and Evelyn E. Brundage were born two daughters: Mary A., who died at the age of twenty-one months, and Sarah L., who mar- ried W. W. Adams, station agent at Kingsley, Penn. Our subject remained in Gibson township, where he engaged in farming and also for some years was a merchant until December, 1887, when he retired from active life and removed to Har- ford township. While living in Luzerne county, in earlier years, he filled the office of justice of the peace, and in Susquehanna county he served as mercantile appraiser. He and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. Mr. Brundage died at Kingsley, June 25, 1898, while on a visit to his daughter. He was a man of many es- timable qualities, and his death was mourned by a wide circle of friends. His widow is now making her home with Dr. A. T. Brundage, of Harford, and her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Adams, of Kingsley's.

EPHRAIM I. CARR, a leading business man of Lanesboro, Susquehanna county, has done much to assist in the development of the resources of that locality, his excellent judgment and rare executive . ability being recognized as factors in the success of various enterprises. He was born in October, 1824. at Bethany, Wayne county, Penn., and comes of good old pioneer stock. James Carr, our subject's grandfather, came from New Jersey at an early day, and settled upon a farm at Waymart, where he died in 1840. He and his wife had eight children, of whom, Thomas Carr, our subject's father, was the eldest. (2) John married and settled in Bethany, where he died leaving two daughters-Clarinda, now Mrs. John Robinson, of Honesdale, Wayne county, and Sarah, now Mrs. Depew, of Rochester, N. Y. (3) Edward married and settled at Way- mart, where he died leaving one son-F. G. Carr, who is still a resident of Waymart. (4) James mar- ried and settled in Wyoming county, near Tunk- hannock, where he died leaving one son, who is still a resident of that city. (5) Erastus married Miss Margaret Whitaker, and settled in Scott township, Wayne county, where he died ; his widow now re- sides with her daughter-Mrs. Storer, in Wayne county. (6) Polly became Mrs. Wilmot, and set- tled in Ohio, where she died leaving a family. (7) Sylvia married John A. Curtin, of Honesdale, where she died leaving a family of whom some still reside

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in Honesdale. (8) Nancy married Reuben Condit, and resided for many years near Waymart, but later they removed to Wilkes Barre, where they died leav- ing three children, still residents of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Carr, the father of our subject, was born in New Jersey in 1791, but his youth was chiefly spent in Wayne county, where he secured a common- school education. He married Miss Abigail Moore, who was born in New Jersey, and for some time they made their home at Bethany. In 1832 he lo- cated at Starrucca, where he conducted a store and hotel for a number of years. In 1851 he removed to Susquehanna, and took charge of the "Carr Ho- tel," which continued to bear his name for many years. He sold the place in 1861, as old age made business cares a heavy burden, and until his death in 1875 he lived in retirement. In politics he was an Old-Line Whig previous to the organization of the Republican party, which he supported in later years. As a public-spirited citizen he took an in- telligent interest in local affairs, and he held various offices in Wayne and Susquehanna counties. He and his wife were members of the M. E. Church, and Mrs. Carr, who died in 1865, was an active worker in the Church and Sunday-school. Our sub- ject was the eldest of a family of seven children. (2) Jane, born in 1826, at Honesdale, married Elisha Kenyon, of Susquehanna, and settled near Windsor, N. Y., where she died in 1898, leaving two children : Thomas, a resident of Alabama, and Eva, who mar- ried and resides in New York City. (3) Ann Eliza, born in 1829, married James Kirk, of Susquehanna, and removed to California, where Mr. Kirk died leaving no children. She then married John Har- desty, of San Jose, Cal., and they have two daugh- ters-Helen and Sarah, both of whom are married. (4) Thomas, born in 1831, at Starrucca, resided for some years in Beldenville, Wis., but is now one of the leading farmers at Thompson, N. D., where he owns one thousand acres of land. In 1898 he mar- keted 14,000 bushels of wheat and 1,500 bushels of oats. He married Miss Helen Pike, of Wisconsin, and has six children-Frank, Edward, Helen, Edna, Belle and Angeline, all of whom have married and settled in North Dakota. (5) Frank, born in 1836. at Starrucca, was a bright, ambitious young man, who died unmarried in California, while engaged in developing some mines. (6) John, born at Star- rucca, died in Susquehanna in early manhood.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 109

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 2390

Author:
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 2390