Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 147

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To Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Perkins were born five children, namely : Delazean H. died at the age of thirty-one years ; Merton A. is a school teacher, living at home; Minnie L. was for a time success- fully engaged in school teaching, and is now the wife of D. C. Elliott, a farmer of Cherry Ridge, Wayne county ; Herbert died at the age of six years; and Cora, an accomplished musician, now engaged in teaching that art, resides at home. The family is one of prominence in social circles, and at their hos- pitable home they delight to entertain their many friends.

CHARLES W. AKERS, a well-known black- smith and farmer of Dreher township, Wayne coun- ty. is an excellent mechanic and one of the best agriculturists of the community, having thoroughly mastered both occupations. He was born in that township, November 27, 1848, and is a son of John and Mary A. ( Nevin) Akers, natives of Monroe and Wayne counties, Penn., respectively. His paternal grandparents, John and Rebecca Akers, came to this country from Ireland, and were among

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the earliest settlers of Monroe county. Their chil- dren were: Edward, Sarah, Rebecca, Martha, Betsy, John and George. The maternal grand- parents, John and Abigail Nevin, were also natives of Ireland.

During his youth John Akers, Jr., learned the blacksmith's trade near Stroudsburg, Monroe coun- ty, and when a young man came to Wayne county, where he continued to follow that occupation throughout the remainder of hislife, dying in 1894, at the age of seventy-four years. His wife had passed away in 1891, at the age of sixty-nine, and both were laid to rest in the Albright Church cemetery. Dreher township. They were sincere and faithful members of the Methodist Protestant Church. In

their family were the following children: Warren, who married Louise Hengenin, and is engaged in farming in Dreher township; Thomas J., who is married and carries on farming in California : Elizabeth P., deceased wife of Thomas Bird : Charles WV., the subject of this sketch; Richard, who mar- ried Ellen Heberling, and is engaged in farming in Sterling township, Wayne county; Eliza, wife of Jacob Bird, a laborer of Scranton, Fenn. ; Joseph, who married Mahala Kelley, and is engaged in blacksmithing in California : Mary A., wife of Ber- ton Heberling, a contractor and builder of Cali- fornia ; Ferminda, who died when young; Elmer, who died unmarried in California, and Ebers, who married Tillie Light, and is a laborer of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Charles W. Akers learned his trade with his father, and continued to work with him until twen- ty-three years of age, when he embarked in busi- ness on his own account. In 1876 he located upon his present farm in Dreher township, and has since successfully followed both blacksmithing and gen- eral farming. As one of the representative and prominent citizens of his community he has been called upon to serve as judge and inspector of elec- tions, was constable in his township for two years, and school director twelve years. In political sen- timent he is a Republican, and in religious faith a Methodist.

In Salem township, Wayne county, Mr. Akers was married, December 25, 1871, to Miss Sarah J. Ansley, and to them were born four children, namely: Harry, a blacksmith, who resides at home ; Charles J., deceased : and Lewis and Her- bert, both at home. Mrs. Akers was born in New York City, September 30. 1849, and is a daughter of James and Elizabeth ( Dilworth) Ansley, natives of Ireland, who came to this country in 1847 and were married in New York City, where they con- tinued to make their home until 1861. In that year they removed to Greene township, Pike county, Penn., where they still reside. In New York, Mr. Ansley drove a street car, but since his removal to Pike county he has given his attention to agri- cultural pursuits. He is seventy years of age, and his wife is eighty. Both hold membership in the Episcopal Church. and are honored and respected

by all who know them. Their family numbered six children : Sarah J., wife of our subject ; John, who married Amanda Rohrbacker, and is a wood turner of Philadelphia ; Arthur, James and Thomas, who all three died when young; and James, who married Ida Custard, and lives in New York.

DAVID O. BRODHEAD, who is now living retired on the Brodhead homestead in Delaware township, Pike county, has for many years been one of the prominent farmer citizens of this vicinity, where the name of Brodhead is a respected one. He was born July 24, 1824, on the place which has always been his home, son of Nicholas and Mar- garet (Owens) Brodhead, who were pioneers in that part of Pike county.

Garret Brodhead, grandfather of David O. Brodhead, was the first owner of the Brodhead property in Delaware township, where he lived and died. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He married Effie Decker, who died at Dingman's Ferry, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Emory. Their son, Nicholas Brodhead, was born on the homestead in Delaware township, and car- ried on farming there all his days. He married Margaret Owens, a native of Newfoundland, N. J., whose family is mentioned more fully below, and they became the parents of six children, born as follows : Effie, December 25, 1819; Hannah, No- vember 28, 1821 ; David O., July 24, 1824; L. Jane, March 11, 1830 ; Garret, September 27, 1832 ; Cyrus, June 27, 1835. Effie married Thomas Preston and died March 14, 1873. Hannah became the wife of Cyrus Emory, and died December 15, 1871. L. Jane married Ezra Marvin, and died in October, 1880. Garret, unmarried, is a resident of Delaware township. Cyrus resides with his brother Garret. The father of this family passed away March 7, 1865, aged seventy-six years, three months, one day, and was interred in the cemetery at Delaware. The mother survived him several years, dying April 9, 1873, aged seventy-three years, eighteen days.

Hugh and Mercy ( Ross) Owens, the maternal grandparents of our subject, were natives of New- foundland. N. J., the former born April 10, 1776, the latter March 9. 1781. They were married May 9, 1799, and four children came to them, .viz. : Margaret, born March 22, 1800, Mrs. Nicholas Brodhead; John, born September 21, 1802: Isaac, born September 6, 1804, and David, born Novem- ber 6, 1806, all of whom died unmarried. The family came to Pike county, Penn., in an early day, and Mr. Owens, returning to Newfoundland, died there June 17. 1814; Mrs. Owens surviving until September 30. 1862, when she passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Brodhead, in Delaware township.

David O. Brodhead was reared and educated in the township of his birth, where he also received his agricultural training, under his father's tuition. He has prospered in his life vocation, by constant industry and years of hard labor managing to

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derive a good income from his land, which is thor- oughly cultivated and well-kept, his son Garret as- suming the management thereof before his deccase. Mr. Brodhead is well liked all over the township, where his friends are numerous, and he has been actively and prominently identified with local pub- lic affairs for a number of years. He has been honored with election to various offices in the gift of his, fellow townsmen, has served as supervisor and collector, and at present is acting as poormas- ter, in all these capacities giving universal satis- faction. Mr. Brodhead is very active for one of his years, and he is one of the best known of the older residents of the township, where he is held in the greatest respect. Politically he is a stanch Democrat.

On December 3, 1853, at Delaware, Mr. Brod- head was united in marriage with Miss Maria Van Etten, and they have become the parents of nine children, namely: John is in the cattle business and engages in farming in Nebraska ; he married Margaret Crowen. Hannah is the wife of John Titman, of Delaware township. Daniel married Mary Van Campen; he is a farmer in Lehman township. Ruth is the wife of Rev. Morris T. Gibbs, an M. E. minister. Blanche is the wife of Robinson Shepherd, of Silver Lake, Delaware town- ship. Garret, who died October 19, 1898, con- (lucted the old homestead for his father ; he mar- ried Mary Schuyler. George died unmarried. Hugh married Emma Shepherd; he is engaged in farming in Delaware township. Charles died young.

Mrs. Mary (Van Etten) Brodhead was born March 21, 1832, in Delaware township, daughter of Daniel A. and Lucinda (Van Gorden) Van Etten, who were natives of Delaware and Lehman townships, respectively. . Both died in Delaware township, the father February II, 1880, at the age of seventy-two, the mother May, 1891, at the age of eighty-one. Their remains rest in the cemetery at Milford.

GEORGE C. HUGHES, editor and proprie- tor of the Stroudsburg Daily and Weekly Times, displays in the management of his establishment the progressive spirit of the typical American busi- ness man, his office being fitted up with the modern appliances of the craft, including a linotype ma- chine, while gas and steam are utilized to furnish the motive power. Nor does his enterprise stop with the attainment of mechanical perfection for his paper, as the reading matter shows the same sound practical judgment, and his able editorial work has enabled him to build up a large circula- tion. As the Times is the first daily paper ever established in Stroudsburg, its success reflects the greater credit upon its energetic and far-sighted founder.

Mr. Hughes was born June 16, 1860, at Flem- ington. N. J., and is of English descent in the pa- ternal line. William Hughes, our subject's grand-

father, who was born in 1790, in London, England. came to America in early manhood, and, after spending some years in New York City as a shoe- maker, he located at Flemington ,where he engaged in farming for about forty years, his death occur- ring in 1879. He married Ellen Barwell, and had the following children: William, who died in Montgomery, Ala., was a soldier in the Mexican war, and during the Rebellion he served in the army with the rank of captain; Arthur, our sub- ject's father, is mentioned more fully below ; Eliza- beth (Mrs. Heath), resides in Wilmington, Del. ; and Annie ( Mrs. Gordon Buchanan), resides at Flemington, New Jersey.

Arthur Hughes, the father of our subject, is a prosperous carriage manufacturer at Flemington, N. J. He married Miss Susan Stires, and they have had five children: Annie is married and re- sides in Boston ; George C. is our subject ; William C. is a clerk in John Wanamaker's store in New York City; Lester B. is a printer employed at Trenton, N. J. ; and Miss Bertha is at home.

Mr. Hughes passed the greater portion of his early life at the old home in Flemington, and for a time attended the academy at his native place. He began his business career as clerk in a store, but finding the occupation uncongenial he learned the printer's trade in an office at Flemington. He then established a weekly paper there, known as the Hunterdon Advertiser, and after conducting it suc- cessfully for several years he sold it and opened a job printing office. Later he disposed of that busi- ness and entered the employ of a New York shoe manufacturer as a traveling salesman ; but he soon returned to journalism. Going to Penargyle, Penn., he established the Penargyle Inde.r. a weekly paper, which he carried on for some years and then sold. In the meantime he founded the Strouds- burg Weekly Times, the first issue appearing July 30, 1888, and after disposing of the Inder he de- voted his entire attention to the Times. On April 2, 1894, he established the daily edition, the enter- prise meeting with gratifying success from the start. In 1880 Mr. Hughes married Miss Ella Rittenhouse, and six children brighten his home : Viola, Helen, May, Russell, Edna and Carl.

C. A. PELLETT. Among the wide-awake and enterprising farmers of Palmyra township, Pike county, this gentleman occupies a prominent posi- tion. He is a grandson of John Pellett, probably a native of Connecticut, who when a young man came to Pike county, and was one of the very first settlers of northeastern Pennsylvania. This hon- ored pioneer died in Pike county.

Gerdon Pellett, our subject's father, was born in Palmyra township, in 1807, and died in 1874. He married Sybil Kimble, who was also a repre- sentative of one of the prominent pioneer families of this section of the State. To them were born children as follows: Ira, who married Matilda Ains- ley (now deceased), and resides at Milton Junction,

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Wis .; B. K., who married Belle McClellan, of Clear- field county, Penn., and died in Virginia ; C. A., the subject of this sketch; Susan, wife of Senator E. B. Hardenburg, of Honesdale, Penn .; Clara, a resident of Waverly, Penn .; F. B., who married Annie Bishop, and died at Honesdale, Penn., in 1897; and Ada G., wife of William Waite, of Waverly, Penn- sylvania.

C. A. Pellett was born in Palmyra township, October 31, 1844, and received a fair country-school education. He remained with his father on the old homestead, assisting in the work until the latter's death, and now owns the place, consisting of 153 acres, about seventy-five acres of which are in pasture and plowed land. Here he follows general farming with marked success, and is also quite ex- tensively engaged in the dairy business, keeping a dozen or more cows for that purpose. He has traveled through many of the Western States, and spent some time in both Michigan and Wisconsin, At Grand Rapids, Mich., Mr. Pellett was mar- ried, in 1875, to Miss Augusta De Pew, a daughter of Shay and Mary ( Bortree ) De Pew, and they have become the parents of five children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows : Gertrude, August 24, 1876 : Sybil, May 5, 1879: Franc, May 13, 1882; Arthur, January 28, 1885 ; and Mabel, July 31, 1891. All are at home with the exception of Gertrude, who resides in Scranton, Penn., and Sybil, who was married in January, 1899, to H. C. Anness, and now resides in Brooklyn, New York.

The Republican party finds in Mr. Pellett an ardent supporter of its principles, and his fellow citizens have called upon him to serve as auditor ( ten years), tax collector, school director and secretary of the board, and as a member of the board of elections, the duties of which positions he has di- charged with credit to himself and to the entire sat- isfaction of all concerned. Socially he has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity for twenty-eight years. During the Civil war he served as a member of Company B, 143rd P. V. I.

DAVID W. BOWMAN, general manager of the Wiscasset farm and livery stables in Paradise township, Monroe county, has held that responsible position for more than twenty years, a fact which speaks volumes for his ability and personal worth. His straightforward business methods have won the confidence of his employers as well as that of the public, and his genial disposition and gentle- manly manner awaken friendship among people of all classes. It has been his policy to invest judi- ciously in real estate ; he now owns a large tract of land in the most attractive portion of Monroe county, its constant increase in value bringing him handsome returns.

Mr. Bowman belongs to a leading pioneer fam- ily of his locality, his grandfather, George Bowman, a native of Northampton county, having been the first to make permanent improvements at Paradise Valley, where his remaining years were spent. This 40

worthy citizen married Christine Blatz, and had five sons : John, David, Jacob, Samuel, and George. There were also two daughters : Margaret, who mar- ried Jacob Harps ; and Anna, wife of Aaron Kouch, of Paradise township.

David Bowman, our subject's father, was born September 27, 1808, in Plainfield, Northampton county, but his youth was mainly spent at Swift- water, Monroe county. He learned the cooper's trade, which he followed many years, and in early manhood also engaged in farming, clearing a fine homestead. His first dwelling house on the place was a humble log cabin, but as his finances improved he built a good frame house. In politics he was a stanch Democrat, but he never aspired to office. His life was full of good deeds, and for many years he was active in religious work as a member of the German Reformed Church in his neighborhood, which he was instrumental in founding. He died March 3, 1888; his first wife, Susanna ( Angle- meyer ), died May 3, 1848. By this union there were children as follows: Maria, wife of James Kintz; Elizabeth, wife of Maurice Learn; Matilda, wife of Anthony Kintz; Hannah, wife of Ispen Price; Christine, wife of John Hamblin, of Para- dise township; and Aaron, who married Martha Lovett, and resides in Clayton county, Iowa. Our subject's father married, for his second wife, Miss Elizabeth Werkheiser, a daughter of George and Catherine Werkheiser,and she survives him with five children: (1) Susannah, who married Francis Mackis, of Saylorsburg, Monroe county, and has one son, Charles; (2) David W., our subject; (3) Amanda, who married Adam Fromfelker, of Scran- ton, a conductor on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, and has two daughters-Myrtle and Bessie; (4) Lena, who married David Arnold, of Paradise, and has three daughters-Beulah, Mamie and Ethel; and (5) Sarah, who married William J. Learn, of Paradise township, and has two daughters-Pearl and Edith.

Our subject was born March 22, 1852, in Po- cono township, Monroe county, and was reared at the old homestead, working on the farm in the sum- mer seasons and attending the local school in the winter. In 1875 he engaged in mercantile business at Tobyhanna, but in 1876 he took charge of the homestead for his father. About 1878 he became foreman and general manager of the Wiscasset Farm in Paradise township, on the Easton and Bel- mont turnpike, for Howard A. Chase, a wealthy business man of Philadelphia, and this position he has held ever since. His first purchase of real es- tate was in the same township, near Paradise Valley, and later he bought a lot at Swiftwater, where he built a winter home. He also bought 400 acres of wild land adjoining Mr. Chase's property, upon which he made various improvements and not long afterward he purchased from Mr. Chase a tract near the Wiscasset, where he has erected two substantial buildings. In. 1894 he bought land in Paradise township from P. A. Grover, and built a large car-

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riage factory and wheelwright's shop, and at present he owns an interest in Wiscasset Lake, a popular summer resort which is especially noted for its fine facilities for boating. Politically Mr. Bowman is a Democrat, and he and his daughter are active members of the Reformed Church at Paradise. In

parents to Pike county, where he spent his boyhood and youth on his father's farm. At the age of six- teen years he left home and found employment in a mill at Tobyhanna, Monroe county. He next worked for eight years in an umbrella stick factory in Greene township, Pike county, was for a short 1874 he married Miss Annie McCarty, of Dover's | time employed in another factory in the same county, Home, Monroe county, a refined and accomplished for one year worked in hotels in Gouldsboro and Scranton, Penn., and for two years ran an engine in a sawmill at Owl Hoot. He then bought land in Newfoundland, Dreher township, Wayne county, upon which he erected the comfortable dwelling that has since been his home. He engages in farming to a limited extent, but pays particular attention to his trade, that of carpentering, and is now meeting with a fair degree of success in his undertakings. lady, who for some time previous to her marriage taught successfully in the public schools of Monroe county. She was a daughter of Daniel and Anne McCarty, and a member of a well-known family of Coolbaugh township, where her father held the office of justice of the peace for many years. She died in 1885, and Mr. Bowman afterward married Miss Marietta Miller, daughter of Manassah Miller, a prominent hotel keeper of Pocono township. In 1896 his second wife died at his present homestead, leaving no children. His only daughter, Miss Agnes Bowman, who was born August 12, 1876, of the first marriage, is now at home. She is an at- tractive and accomplished young lady, and was edu- cated in the schools of Scranton, and Tonawanda, and at the Normal school at East Stroudsburg, of which she is a graduate.

J. C. LAMM is an industrious, energetic and reliable citizen of Dreher township, Wayne county, and as a skilled carpenter and farmer has been prominently identified with its industrial and agri- cultural interests for several years. He makes his home in Newfoundland.

Our subject's father, John George Lamm, was a native of Germany, where he grew to manhood. On coming to this country he located in Monroe county, Penn., where he married Miss Margaret Erbach, also a native of the Fatherland, and a daughter of Walter and Margrite (Shaffer) Er- bach. For some time the father was employed by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, and then moved to Greene township, Pike county, Penn., where he purchased a farm and engaged in agri- culture and lumbering throughout the remainder of his life. There both he and his wife died. Their children were: J. C., the subject of this sketch; Catherine, a resident of Scranton, Penn. ; Eva, wife of J. R. Brown, of that place ; Sophia, wife of M. N. Dickson, a stationary engineer, formerly of Toby- hanna, Monroe Co., Penn., and now employed at that trade in Scranton: Mary, wife of Emil Hugnine, a farmer of Dreher township, Wayne county ; Emma, wife of John Compton, foreman in a mill at Scranton; George W., who married Caro- line Regal, and was killed in Greene township, Feb- ruary 18. 1897, while assisting in removing a barn ; Maggie, a resident of Scranton ; Ida and Ella, twins, the former of whom lives in Scranton ; and the latter died in infancy ; Peter, who married Susan Wardale, of Lackawanna county, Penn., and lives in Scran- ton : and Edith who died in infancy.

J. C. Lamm was born in Monroe county, Feb- ruary 22, 1854, and during infancy was taken by his

On December 9, 1884, Mr. Lamm was married, by Rev. Charles L. Moench, a Moravian minister, to Miss Ella Osborne, who was born March 21, 1863, a daughter of T. S. and Rebecca (Williams) Os- borne, both natives of Dreher township. Of the other children of their family, W. H. and A. J. are both farmers of Dreher township; Grace M. died at the age of nine years; Eva and Ruth both died at about the age of two years; and Lyman L., M. Frances and Ida all live on the old homestead in Dreher township. Mr. and Mrs. Lamm have a family of seven children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Grace Maria, March 15, 1886; Oscar V., February 14, 1888; Allen Wayne, june 3, 1890 ; G. Truman, March 4, 1892 ; Ruth W., June 21, 1894; Theo W., March 26, 1897; Frances M., September 4, 1899.

In his political affiliations Mr. Lamm is a stanch Democrat, and he has served as a member of the election board and as inspector several times to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. For over twenty years he has been identified with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and is now an active and prominent member of Wallenpaupack Lodge No. 478, in which he has passed through all the chairs.

GEORGE W. COLLINS. The Collins fam- ily has been prominent in this section from an early day, and the subject of this sketch, a well-known business man residing at Hoadleys. Wayne county, has shown in his career the qualities of enterprise and intelligence which characterized his ancestry. For many years he has carried on extensive build- ing operations, and some of the best residences in Scranton, Dunmore, Honesdale and neighboring cities bear testimony to his skill. He is also engaged in agricultural work on a large scale, one of his farms having been purchased by his father.

Mr. Collins comes of good New England stock, tracing his descent through four generations to Rev. Timothy Collins and his wife, Elizabeth (Hyde), residents of Litchfield, Conn. This worthy couple had a son, Charles, our subject's great-grandfather, who married Ann Huntington, and made his home in Litchfield. Dr. Lewis Col-

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lins, the eldest son of Charles, and grandfather of our subject, was born in Litchfield October 29, 1753, and during the Revolutionary war served as a surgeon in Washington's army. For some time he practiced medicine at Saybrook, Conn., and later he removed to Old Guilford, in the same State, but in 1800 he came to this section, locating first at Little Meadows, in Salem township, Wayne county, upon an estate then known as the Jacob Stanton place. He was the first physician to set- tle permanently in Wayne county, and his ability and professional knowledge soon gained him a large practice, extending for many miles through the country. In 1803, wishing to be near the center of his practice, he purchased 200 acres of land in Cherry Ridge township, Wayne county, buying out the "squatters' rights" of Enos Woodward, and afterward perfecting his title by securing a deed from Edward Tilghman, of Philadelphia, the latter formality requiring a journey on horseback to and from that city. On taking possession he began improving the property, and in 1812 he built a barn which is now (1897) standing. He was a man of fine education, speaking several languages, and in person was tall and athletic, with a sandy complex- ion and features of Roman type. He died in 1818 at the home of Simeon Ansley, in Paupac settle- ment. having been stricken with fever while making a call upon a patient. He had met with an accident on his trip, his horse falling through a bridge, and his illness was doubtless due to the chill from wet clothing. His remains were interred in Paupac Cemetery. On June 14, 1779, he was married to Ruth Root, daughter of Benjamin Root. She died in Connecticut, and on November 26, 1791, he mar- ried Louisa Huntington, daughter of Oliver and Anna (Lynde) Huntington, of Lebanon, Conn. She was born in 1763, and lived to an advanced age, her death occurring in 1858. By his first marriage Dr. Collins had one son, Augustus ( 1790-1829), who followed farming at Bethany, Penn. There were ten children by the second marriage, as fol- lows: Oritus, who was born in 1792, and died at Rve, N. Y., in 1884, was an attorney at Wilkes Barre, Penn., and served one term as presiding judge of Lancaster county ; Lorenzo, our subject's father, is mentioned below; Abner, born in 1795, died in 1875 in Lake township, Wayne county ; Alonzo (deceased), born in 1796, was a resident of Luzerne county ; Philena, born in 1798, married Virgil Diboll, and died in Ohio in 1855; Lucius, born in 1799, was sheriff of Wayne county from 1831 to 1837, and died in 1875; Decius, born in 1801, was a farmer in Salem township, Wayne county, where he died in 1870; Huntington, born in 1803, occupied the old homestead and followed the millwright's trade, building more than two hun- dred sawmills in his time; Theron, born in 1805, was a farmer in Cherry Ridge township, where he died in 1870; and Aretus, born in 1808, died in 1859 in Cherry Ridge township, where he had been engaged in business as a wheelwright.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 147

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