Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 100

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Mrs. Labes was only four years old when brought by her parents to the United States, and in New York City she grew to womanhood. She was married, at Tafton, Palmyra township, Pike Co., Penn., to Otto Labes, a son of Otto and -- (Funblessingh) Labes. Otto Labes was born in Germany January 31, 1856, and served as a lieuten- ant in the German army, in which his father held the rank of colonel. He was a musician of marked ability, and lost his life in the burning of a theatre February 20, 1888, while filling an engagement at Hoboken, N. J. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Labes, namely: Lena, born September 4. 1880, is at home; Martha, born March 9, 1882, died

September 5, 1882; Otto, born March 5, 1884, died January 12, 1888; and Clara, born October 8, 1885, and Agnes, born October 21, 1886, are both at home.

A woman of more than ordinary business abil- ity, Mrs. Labes has met with excellent success in the management of her hotel at Tatton. It attracts many city boarders, as the acconimodations are first- class and ample, and the scenery of the surrounding country both wild and beautiful. Mirs. Labes and her eldest daughter hold membership in the Ger- man Lutheran Church at Hawley, Penn., and are held in high regard by all who know them.

JOHN S. BENNETT is one of the success- ful agriculturists of Susquehanna county, being the owner of a fine homestead of 128 acres in Gibson township, and another farm of 124 acres in Clifford township. He belongs to a well-known family, and was born December 24, 1839, in Gibson township, a son of James Bennett.

James Bennett, a highly-respected pioneer of Gibson township, is now passing his declining years upon the homestead, which he cleared in the midst of the wilderness, and his memory covers the entire period of the development of that locality. He was born January 26, 1811, in Chenango county, N. Y., and his ancestors were early settlers in that State, his paternal grandparents having been residents of Orange county. Levi Bennett, his father, was born and reared in Orange county, removed in early manhood to Chenango county, and in 1814 settled in Gibson township, Susquehanna county, clearing a farm and engaging in agriculture. He died there July 8, 1854, aged eighty years, and his wife, Lida ( Belcher ), who was also a native of Orange county, N. Y., died March 5, 1853. Their remains were interred in a private cemetery in Gibson township, Susquehanna county. Of their large family of chil- dren, John died in Kirkwood, N. Y .; Betsey mar- ried William Moore, of Kirkwood; Mary Ann mar- ried Willard Walker, of Kirkwood; Abby married Isaac Maxson, of Gibson township, Susquehanna county; Nancy married Richard Lewis, of Kirk- wood; Jane married Chiarles Davie, of Wisconsin ; William died in Michigan ; James, who is mentioned more fully farther on, is the only survivor; and George died in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

As the son of a pioneer farmer, James Bennett was trained to hard work. Leaving home at the age of twenty, he settled in Clifford township, Sus- quehanna county, and cleared a farm for himself. In 1841 he located at the site of his present home- stead, and since improving that he has cleared an- other farm, making three valuable estates redeemed from the wilderness by him. Notwithstanding his advanced years, he is in excellent health, and his sight is remarkably good. His years of industry have brought him their due reward, and in his last days he is surrounded by comforts of which he knew nothing in youth. Politically he is a Republican. and for many years he has been a leading mem-

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ber of the Free Will Baptist Church, in which he held the office of deacon.

On June 2, 1831, Mr. Bennett was married, in Clifford township, Susquehanna county, to Miss Juliette Sweet, a native of New Milford township, that county, who died in 1889, at the age of eighty years, and was buried in Gibson cemetery. She was a member of a well-known family, and her parents, John and Eliza Sweet, were prominent res- idents of New Milford township. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, as follows : Edwin B. married Rosannah Kinne; Levi F. oper- ates his father's old homestead : William M. married Mary Wells, and died in February, 1864, from black fever; Mary E. married Robert Ellis, of Gib- son township; John S. is mentioned farther on; Sarah I. married Isaac Morgan, and died Decem- ber 2, 1897; Julia A., born July 9, 1845, married Morris Davis, a blacksmith of Uniondale, Penn. ; Amanda A., born May 14, 1848, is the deceased wife of Merwin Taft, a farmer of Wayne county ; and Harriet A., born July 31, 1852, married Dennis Card, of Uniondale, Pennsylvania.

During his boyhood John S. Bennett became familiar with the details of farm work, and when twenty-five years old he took charge of the home- stead. At twenty-eight he purchased his present homestead in Gibson township, where he is regarded as an excellent citizen, and where he has been promi- nent in educational affairs, serving six years as school director. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.

In 1864 Mr. Bennett was married to Miss Esther Reece, and the following children have brightened their home: Arthur R., born March 24, 1866, married Miss Anna Decker, and resides upon a farm in Clifford township; Grace A., born Jan- uary 28, 1869, died January 31, 1869: Leona MI., born October 5, 1871, is engaged in the millinery business at Factoryville; Harry T., born August 9, 1874; Wertley E., born July 3, 1876; Hortense A., born October 31, 1877, resides in Factoryville ; Vidie, born August 25, 1879, is a school teacher in Gibson township; and Portia G., born November 3, 1880, and Daisy D., born September 3, 1882, are at home. Mrs. Bennett, who is an efficient help- meet to her husband, was born November 7, 1841, at Carbondale, Penn., daughter of Thomas Reece. Her paternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth Reece, natives of Wales, were early settlers in Lackawanna county. The grandfather, who was a farmer by occupation, died in Blakely, Penn. Thomas Reece, Mrs. Bennett's father, was born in Wales, and came to Susquehanna county in 1858. locating on a farmi in Gibson township, where he died in 1879, aged sixty years. He was married, at Carbondale, to Mary Harris, a native of Wales, whose parents, John and - Harris, lived and died in the old country. She died in 1860, aged fifty-one, and the remains of both now rest in the cemetery at Carbondale. They were devout members of the Congregational Church, and their children were

reared in the same faith. Their family consisted of Elizabeth, widow of G. A. Williams, of Olyphant. Penn .; John, who died in Carbondale; Ann. who married William Hughes, a fariner of LeRoy. Kans .; Esther, wife of our subject; Harriet, wife of Joshua Richards, of Peckville, Penn. ; Jane, who married Thomas E. Reynolds, of Scranton, Penn. : Henry and Benjamin, residents of Olyphant; and Permilla, who died at the age of four months.

JOSEPH H. PAGE, a prominent railroad con- tractor and a highly-esteemed citizen of Brooklyn township, Susquehanna county, where he is also en- gaged in agricultural pursuits, was born July 29, 1834, in Boston, Mass.

Mr. Page is a son of Augustus and Mary ( Wise) Page. also natives of Boston, whence they removed to West Fairlee, Vt., in 1835, making their home there throughout the remainder of their lives. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died in 1857, and the mother in 1841, the remains of both being interred in Vermont. Their children were: Mary A. died unmarried; Hannah is the wife of a Mr. Stiles, a retired farmer of the State of New York; Francis, a railroad contractor and builder, died in Scranton, Penn .; Walter died in 1899, at Bath, N. Y .; Caroline is also deceased :. Maria is the wife of Joseph Brown, a contractor and builder of Boston, Mass .; Plumber, a railroad contractor and builder, died in 1899, at Scranton ; and Joseph H. is our subject.

The subject of this sketch remained on the home farm until thirteen years of age, and then commenced working in a cotton factory in Bos- ton. At the age of fifteen he entered the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co .. and remained with them until 1897, making new roads, laying switches, etc. He also ran a gravel train for three years. Since October, 1864, he has made his home in Brooklyn township, Susquehanna county, though he spent one year as a railroad en- gineer at Chattanooga, Tenn. Since leaving the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co. he has continued to engage in contract work, and is now employed on the construction of the new rail- road between Carbondale and Honesdale, Penn. In business affairs he is prompt and notably reliable. and commands the respect and confidence of all with whom he comes in contact. Politically he i- identified with the Republican party, and socially he affiliates with the Masonic Order.

On July 4, 1860, at Montrose. Penn., Mr. Page was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Fish. an ! to them were born four children, namely: Lilli -. I now the wife of Tennyson Tingley, a railroad man of Ilop Bottom, Penn. : Herbert, who married letta Harding, and is engaged in farming in Brooklyn township; Hayden, who married Marie McMillen. and is now station agent at Poyntelle, Wayne Ca. Penn .: and Lena, who died at the age of two and a half years.

Mrs. Sarah (Fish) Page was born in 1837.

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in Lathrop township, Susquehanna county, a daugh- ter of Frederick and Ancy (Race) Fish, the for- mer a native of Groton, Conn., the latter of Luzerne county, Penn. Both died in Brooklyn township, Susquehanna county, the father in 1882, aged sev- enty-seven years, the mother in 1853, aged forty- one, and they were laid to rest in the Universalist cemetery. Frederick Fish was a farmer by occu- pation, and in his family were four children, namely : John is deceased ; Malena is the wife of L. B. Tif- fany, of Brooklyn township; Sarah ( Mrs. Joseph H. Page) ; and William is a farmer of East New Milford. Mrs. Page's paternal grandparents, An- thony and Hannah (Chipman) Fish, came from Groton, Conn., to Brooklyn township. Susquehanna county, in 1813, and spent the remainder of their lives here as farming people. Her maternal grand- parents, William and Abigail ( Loomis) Race, were natives of New York State and early settlers of Lackawanna county, Penn., where they continued to reside throughout life. Mr. Race was also a farmer by occupation.

MOSES COLE. In this enlightened age when men of energy, industry and merit are rapidly push- ing their way to the front, those who, by their own individual efforts have won favor and fortune may properly claim recognition. Among this class is Mr. Cole, who is to-day one of the leading and prosperous agriculturists of Clinton township, Wayne county.

Mr. Cole was born October 8, 1837, in Corn- wall, England, in which country his grandfather, Moses Cole, Sr., spent his entire life. The father, William Cole, was born in the same county, in 1797, and there married Miss Frances Uglow. In 1851, with his wife and children, he came to America, and after landing proceeded to Clinton township, Wayne Co., Penn., where he spent the remainder of his life, dying March 20, 1879. His children were Fannie. who was born October 3, 1834, and died at the age of five years; Moses, the subject of this sketch; and William, who was born October 5, 1840, and is now residing in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.

To a limited extent Moscs Cole attended the schools of his native land, and also pursued his studies for a time in the schools of this country, but is almost wholly self-educated. Upon the old home- stead he grew to manliood, acquiring an excellent knowledge of agricultural pursuits, which have claimed the greater part of his attention throughout his active business carcer. For some time he en- gaged in lumbering for the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co., and also as a cattle dcaler shipped stock from Buffalo to the Atlantic markets. He lias al- ways been one of the foremost farmers of Wayne county, and now successfully operates thic old home- stead of 200 acres of rich and arable land in Clin- ton township.

On April 15, 1858. Mr. Cole was united in marriage with Miss Sarah .A. Ogden, who was born in Pittston, Penn., March 16, 1839, but when only

a year old was brought to Clinton township, Wayne county, by her parents, Jesse and Elizabeth ( Eng- ler ) Ogden. The children of the Ogden family were: William ; Charles and Mary Ann ( both de- ceased ) ; Elizabeth, wife of John Dolph, of Tryon, Neb .; John, who was killed in the Civil war: Ira; Sarah A., wife of our subject ; James, who also en- tered the Union army and never returned ; Jenette, wife of Edward Carr, of Wyoming county. Penn .; and Augusta, wife of Silas E. Buckland, of Clinton township, Wayne county.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cole are as follows: Francis E., born January 19, 1859. died January 1, 1862; Nettie, born April 7. 1861, died March 8. 1886; James, born July 5, 1863. is now living in Waymart, Wayne county: Carrie, born February 12, 1865, is the wife of William Perry, of Prompton. Wayne county; William, born March I, 1868, is a resident of Clinton township: Frances I., born August 12, 1870, is the wife of David Mill, of Clinton township; Edward, born September 23, 1872, is living in Lackawanna county, Penn .; Thomas, born January 7, 1875, is employed in Clin- ton township; Ira S., born April 11, 1877, makes his home in Carbondale, Penn .; and Charles, born Feb- ruary 18, 1880, is employed in Clinton township.

Although an Englishiman by birth, Mr. Cole is a patriotic and loyal citizen of his adopted coun- try, and believes our form of government to be the best. In his political views he is independent, though his ideas coincide largely with the founda- tion principles of the Democratic party. He has been offered public position, but always declined such honors, serving only in the office of school director in Clinton township. as he preferred to give his undivided attention to his business interests. Socially he is a member of the Masonic Fraternity.

WILLIAM H. CHAMBERLAIN (deceased) served faithfully as a Union soldier during the Civil war, and was later an honored and valued citizen of Preston township. Wayne county. He was born there April 25, 1847, a son of Colby C. Chamberlain, who was a native of Dutchess coun- ty. N. Y., and for some time before coming to Wayne county lived in Otsego county, N. Y. In his family were six children, namely: Henrietta. deceased; Osmer, who was killed in the war of the Rebellion : William H. ; Edgar B., now a resident of Potter county, Penn. : Jane, wife of Jonathan Kel- log : and Josephine, Mrs. Davis, of New York. The father dicd at the age of seventy-three years.

The public schools of his native county afforded our subjcet his educational privileges. In 1861, though only in his fifteenth year, he offered his serv- ices to the government to aid in putting down the Rebellion, enlisting in Company A. 56th P. V. I., and serving throughout the struggle. He partici- pated in many hotly-contested engagements, includ- ing the battles of Rappahannock, Sulphur Springs, Gainesville, Grovcton, second battle of Bull Run. South Mountain, Antietam, first and second bat-

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tles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Get- tysburg. At the last named engagement he was wounded, and while he was lying on the battlefield a Confederate soldier, seeing him, fired, intending to kill him. Chamberlain, seeing the Rebel soldier halt, instinctively raised his hand to his head and thereby saved his life, as the ball lodged in the back of his hand. During the remainder of his life the hand was withered and useless. From Gettysburg he was taken to the hospital at West Philadelphia, where his boyish appearance cnlisted the sympathy of a Sister of Charity, and he always attributed his unlooked-for recovery to the kindly nursing of that gentle Sister, and held in veneration the Order to which she belonged. On his recovery he was sent to Washington, D. C., and on the expiration of his three-years' term re-enlisted, in the Veteran Reserve Corps, doing provost duty until the close of the war. He had charge of the provost guard in Wash- ington the night President Lincoln was assassin- ated. His surviving comrades speak in the highest terms of his bravery and courage in battle, and of the many kindly acts he performed for others while in the service.

After the war Mr. Chamberlain located per- manently in Preston township. On September 29, 1865, he married Miss Josephine Hine, daughter of Royal Hine, one of the first settlers of Preston township, and a representative of one of the most prominent and honored families of Susquehanna county. Mrs. Chamberlain and her daughter still make their home at Hine's Corners, Wayne county, and they have the respect and esteem of the entire community. Mr. Chamberlain was mourned as a man of noble character, one who acted well his part in life, winning the confidence and high regard of all with whom he came in contact.

NICHOLAS SCOBLE, who is now success- fully engaged in keeping summer boarders at what is known as the "Hillsdale House," in Pocono town- ship, Monroe county, and also follows farming on a small scale, was born in County Cornwall, Eng- land, October 31, 1849, and there was reared to manhood.

William Scoble, his father, was born April 23, 1823, is the same county, where his father, James Scoble, spent his entire life. The former remained a resident of Cornwall, engaged in the occupation of mining until 1874, when he emigrated to the Uni- ted States and located in southwestern Missouri, but after six months spent there he returned East, and made his home in Dover, N. J., until called from this life, in November, 1883. In his native land he had married Betsy Lowry, a daughter of John Lowry. She was born August 24, 1821, and died in England, in 1877. Their children were William, who was killed in September, 1882, in an explosion of gas in the Wyoming Valley, Penn .; Nicholas, our subject ; James, who died at the age of thirteen years; Elizabeth, who is unmarried, and still re- sides in England ; Ann, wife of William Wells, who

conducts a restaurant in County Cornwall, Eng- land; and Janc, who died in 1875.

In early life Nicholas Scoble followed mining in Cornwall, and in 1874 accompanied his father on his emigration to the New World. He purchased land in Missouri, but not meeting with success there he also returned to New Jersey. In 1875 he went to Wilkes Barre, Penn., where he worked in the coal mines until March, 1894. Purchasing a part of his father-in-law's farm in Pocono township, Monroe county, he located there on the 20th of that month, and has since engaged in farming to a limited ex- tent, having fifty acres of land, twenty-four under cultivation and the remainder covered with timber. He gives the greater part of his attention to his boarding-house, which can accommodate twenty people, and which during the summer months is well filled by city people who seek rest and quiet amid the beautiful scenery of this region. Mr. and Mrs. Sco- ble do all in their power for the comfort of their guests, and their place has become widely and fa- vorably known. They hold membership in the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, and politically he is a stanch Republican. He was elected assessor of Parsons, Penn., but moved from that place before taking the office.

On March 20, 1884, at Parsons, near Wilkes Barre, Mr. Scoble was united in marriage with Miss Rachel Ellen Knipe, who was engaged in the mil- linery business in that place from 1882 until her store was destroyed by fire, in February, 1892. She belongs to an old Pennsylvania family, her paternal grandfather being Jacob L. Knipe, who was born in North Wales, Montgomery Co., Penn., in 1793. and died at that place June 15, 1865. At the age of twenty-three years he married Catherine Swink, a native of Long Swamp, the same county, who was born in 1793 and died in 1870. He was a blacksmith by trade, but followed farming for twenty years and then engaged in the hotel business up to the time of his death. In his family were iour children, all now deceased with the exception of George, Mrs. Scoble's father, who is third in order of birth. Mary, the eldest, first wedded Samuel Wompoles, and after his death a Mr. Bogart. Simon, when young, lived in Montgomery county, Penn., from there removed to Ohio, and on his re- turn to this State located at Columbia. Jacob lived in Montgomery county until 1870, when he went to Canada, where his death occurred.

George Knipe was born October 22, 1818. in Montgomery county, Penn., where he remained until seventeen years of age, and then went to Buck- county, where he was employed in a carriage man- ufactory for three years. The following six year- he was engaged in carriage making in Waymart. Wayne county, and from there came to Pocono township. Monroe county, where he purchased ser- enty-three acres of wild land. In connection with farming he continued to work at his trade for many years in Pocono township, where he still reside -. an honored and highly-esteemed citizen of the co :-

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munity. He is a stalwart Democrat in politics, has served on the election board, and is a consistent member of the Evangelical Church. On January 7, 1840, in his native county, Mr. Knipe wedded Miss Mary Holderman, a daughter of Jacob and Mary ( Buzzard ) Holderman. She was born Octo- ber 1, 1814, and died May 28, 1895. To them were born the following children: Jacob H., born Octo- ber 28, 1840, was killed at the battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864; Emeline, born February 2, 1843, married George V. Kirst, of Philadelphia; Mary C., born October 23, 1844, married Abner Boyce, a resident of Montgomery county ; Sarah, born November 12, 1847, is the widow of Eli Cad- wallader ; Anna E., born May 24, 1850; Susanna, born March 6, 1853, died February 19, 1855; Rachel E., born February 22, 1855, is the wife of our sub- ject ; and Josephine, born November 6, 1858, is the wife of A. R. Ehlers, an old settler of Pocono town- ship, Monroe county.

CHARLES T. BELCHER. A better military record than that of the Belcher boys would be dif- ficult to find in Susquehanna county. The subject of this sketch was one of the five brothers who grew to maturity. Of the five, three enlisted in Company K, of the 16th Penn. Reserves, and two served through the entire war, one of them winning a com- mission. Our subject, while assisting in repelling a fierce assault of the enemy at Antietam was blinded by a shot in the head, and was left for dead upon the battlefield. One brother was too young to en ?.. list. The eldest, prior to the fall of Fort Sumter, had gone to the then distant mountains of Colorado. This heroic military stock is pioneer as well. John Belcher, the representative of an old New England family, was born in Massachusetts. He moved thence to New York State and in 1794 came to Gibson township, Susquehanna county, and be- came one of the foremost settlers of the county. Later he removed to Lymanville, Springville town- ship. By his first wife he reared a family of four sons and five daughters, and by a second marriage, to a Miss Lazure, he liad two children, William, now a resident of Factoryville, and Helena. The chil- dren by the first marriage were as follows: John, the eldest child, was one of the first settlers of New Milford, where he died ; Hiram, who settled in Gibson ; Michael, who settled in Lenox township; Ira, fatlier of our subject; Katie married Merrett Hine, who lived near Poyntelle, Wayne county ; Betsy, born in Gibson township, in 1795, said to have been the first white child born in that town- ship, married Ezekiel Barnes, of Gibson, and lived to the age of eighty years; Polly married Amos Barnes, brother of Ezekiel above, son of Ezekicl. who came to Gibson township about 1800, and grandson of Nehemiah Barnes, a Revolutionary sol- dier ; Hannah married Ebenezer Messenger, of Thompson township; and a daughter who married Jolin Washburn, of Jackson township.

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reared on his father's farm in Gibson township, and received a limited education. He married Abigail Sweet, and settled on a tract of wild land in Gibson township, where he cleared up a good farm. In 1850 he removed to North Jackson and later went to live with our subject in South Jackson, where he died in 1869. His widow died in 1874, in Colorado, where she had gone to live with hier children. Of the ten children of Ira and Abigail Belcher five died in childhood. The survivors were as follows :

(1) Gilbert, born in 1835, moved to Wiscon- sin in 1859, where he married Miss Mary Baker, of that State. The same year he assisted in organiz- ing a company which drove overland from Wis- consin to Pikes Peak, and when he arrived his pos- sessions were his ox-team and twenty-five cents. Settling at Gold. City he commenced Western life as a rancher. He prospered and later became in- terested in railroading. He was elected one of the managers of the Colorado Central railroad and rap- idly became an influential citizen. He died in 1892, leaving a widow, and two children-Fred and Cora. (2) George W., born in 1839, married Miss Ellen Barnes, of Gibson township. On the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted, in April, 1861, in Company K, 6th Penn. Reserves, and with it was first engaged at Dranesville, December 20. 1861. He participated in the Seven-Days' fighting, and was at the second battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862; South Mountain, September 14, 1862; Antietam, 1862; at Fredericksburg, December, 1862; at Gettysburg, July I and 3, 1863; at Bristow Sta- tion. October. 1863: Rappahannock, November, 1863; Mine Run, November, 1863; Wilderness, May, 1864; Caps Cavern, May, 1864; Spottsyl- vania. 1864; North Ann, 1864: and Bethesda Church, 1864. He re-enlisted, in 1863, as a veteran, was transferred May 31, 1864, to Company E. 19Ist P. V. I. He was taken prisoner at Weldon Railroad August 19. 1864, was taken to Libby Prison and from there to Salisbury. He was liberated by Sherman's army after nine months' captivity ; while a prisoner he was commissioned first lieutenant November 1, 1864, and was honorably dis- charged May 27, 1865. Returning to his old home he remained there two years, then removed to Col- orado, where he engaged in stock raising until his death, in 1892, leaving a widow. (3) Charles T .. our subject. (4) Oscar L., born in May, 1843. enlisted in Company K, 6th Penn. Reserves, com- pleted three years' service. participating in its many fierce engagements, and when mustered out with the company, in June. 1864. re-enlisted in the Naval scrvicc. Hc was assigned to the "Dictator." in which he served until the closc of the war. Return- ing home lie married Miss Johanna Shepardson, of Gibson, and moved to Colorado, where he engaged in ranching until his death, in 1886, leaving a widow and one daughter, Bertha, who is now mar- ried and resides in Colorado. (5) John Belcher. born in June, 1850, was reared in Susquehanna county. Moving to Colorado, he was appointed

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 4, Part 100

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1058

Author:
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1058