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JACOB BYRON SNYDER.
ing dishonest municipal officers in Scranton. Mr. Sturges has been a director of the Young Men's Christian Association of Scranton for seventeen years, and is now a trustee of their new building. He was president of the association in 1873 and 1874, and was for a number of years corresponding secretary. He is a director and trustee of the Pennsylvania Oral School for Deaf Mutes, now erecting its building. He was one of the eight mem- bers of the First Presbyterian church of Scranton who first pledged themselves to organize the Second church of Scranton, of which he was trustee for several years. He is now a trus- tee and elder in the Green Ridge Presbyterian church in Scran- ton. He built, and was president for two years, of the Scranton Suburban Railway, the first considerable electric railway in the United States, and is now one of the directors of the same. He is president of the Nay Aug Cross Town Railway Company, also running an electric railway. He is also the president of the Lack- awanna Electric Power Company, which supplies electric power for Scranton roads now running, and he is a director in the Sub- urban Electric Light Company. He is a director in the Lacka- wanna Trust and Safe Deposit Company, treasurer of the Lack- awanna Coal Company, limited, and one of the managers of the Dolph Coal Company, limited, also president of the Scranton and Forest City Railroad Company. He is also interested in several other enterprises which it is not necessary to name. Mr. Sturges married, September 2, 1873, Marion Sanderson, daughter of the late George Sanderson, of Scranton. (See sketch of George San- derson.) Mr. and Mrs. Sturges have a family of three children- Clarence B. Sturges, George Sanderson Sturges, and Anna Stur- ges. E. B. Sturges is a brother of Frank C. Sturges, of the Lu- zerne bar.
JACOB BYRON SNYDER.
Jacob Byron Snyder was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., August 24, 1869. His father was Jacob Snyder, whose wife was Rebecca Niver, a daughter of Jacob Niver. They were of Dutch descent, and both Mr. Snyder and Mr. Niver were
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LEWIS MARTIN BUNNELL.
soldiers in the revolutionary war. J. B. Snyder was born in Greenfield township, Luzerne (now Lackawanna) county, Pa., July 7, 1824. He was educated in the public schools, and read law with F. M. Crane and Earl Wheeler, at Honesdale, and with W. G. Ward, at Scranton. " While residing in Wayne county Mr. Snyder was a justice of the peace for ten years, and coroner of Wayne county for a term of three years. He married, June 20, 1850, Elizabeth, daughter of John Decker. Mr. and Mrs. Sny- der have a family of three children living-Byron Jacob Snyder (married to Matilda Cramer, daughter of Lewis Cramer), Sanı- uel Henry Snyder, and Fred Gunster Snyder. Mr. Snyder resides in Scranton, and has been court crier of Lackawanna county for nine years.
LEWIS MARTIN BUNNELL.
Lewis Martin Bunnell was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., August 24, 1869. He is a grandson of Miles B. Bun- nell, a native of Norwich, Conn., and his father was Martin Bun- nell, a native of Danbury, Conn., who removed to Herrick township, Susquehanna county, Pa., prior to 1834. In that year he was one of the organizers of the Baptist church in that township. The mother of L. M. Bunnell was Aurena Decatur, a native of Rox- bury, Delaware county, N. Y. She was the daughter of Cor- nelius K. Decatur, a native of Baltimore, Maryland whose par- ents came from Baden Baden, Germany. He enlisted in the continental army and remained with it until the end of the war. He was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-8, and was also at the surrender at Yorktown. He died in 1852, aged ninety-
seven years. Lewis M. Bunnell was born in Herrick township, December 8, 1835. He was educated at the public schools of his native township, at Harford Academy and the Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa. He had attended but four terms of pub- lic school up to the time he was sixteen years of age. He was apprenticed to a blacksmith, which trade he learned, and after- wards worked as a journeyman to enable him to obtain his education as stated. He then taught school for three terms.
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MEREDITH LEWIS JONES.
He read law with R. B. Little, at Montrose, Pa., and was admit- ted to the bar of Susquehanna county, Fa., August 6, 1862. In 1861 he entered the United States service as a private. This was in the three months' service. He was afterwards captain of Com- pany E, of the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. The term of service of this regiment was nine months. Mr. Bunnell served nearly two years in the recruiting service of the army subsequently. Mr. Bunnell mar- ried, January 1, 1866, Anna Davis, a native of Floyd, Oneida county, N. Y. Her father, Richard R. Davis, was a native of Wales. Mr. and Mrs. Bunnell have a family of five children living-Mary R. Bunnell, Lewis M. Bunnell, Bessie A. Bunnell, Anna M. Bunnell, and Ralph Decatur Bunnell. Mr. Bunnell since his admission to the bar of our county has resided in Scran- ton. From 1873 to 1876 he was a school director of Hyde Park, now a portion of the city of Scranton.
GEORGE D. BUTLER.
George D. Butler was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., November 9, 1869. He was originally from Montour county, Pa., and practiced his profession in Scranton for a year or more. He is said to be residing in New York.
MEREDITH LEWIS JONES.
Meredith Lewis Jones was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., November 15, 1869. He was born in Carbondale, Luzerne (now Lackawanna) county, Pa., April 30, 1840, and is the son of Lewis Jones and Anna Maria Jones, his wife. (See page 826) He was educated at the Luzerne Presbyterian Insti- tute, at Wyoming, and read law with his father. He has prac- ticed in this city, also in Scranton, and now in New York city. While residing in Scranton he held the position of notary public, and he is now commissioner of deeds for Pennsylvania, with his
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JAMES EMMETT STOUTENBURGH.
office in the city of New York. During the late civil war he was mustered in as second lieutenant and was afterwards promoted to first lieutenant of Company E, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served as aide-de-camp on the staff of Major General Abner Doubleday, commanding Third Division, First Army Corps, during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg campaigns, and in that capacity ordered up the first battery that opened fire at the battle of Gettysburg, about IO A. M. July 1, 1863. On the third day he had his horse nearly shot to pieces, while in the performance of his duty, though he himself escaped unhurt. He received honorable and complimentary mention in General Doubleday's report of the battle of Gettys- burg, and in the General's book on that campaign. He was afterwards placed in command of Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment ; and by Governor Curtin was offered promotion and command of one of the new regiments forming at Harrisburg in 1863, which he declined on account of pledges given to recruits who first enlisted with him not to leave them. After a severe attack of typhoid pneumonia, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered, he was honorably discharged March 18, 1864. Mr. Jones married, May 10, 1864, Delia Silli- man Mitchell, granddaughter of Minott Mitchell, a lawyer, of White Plains, N. Y., and daughter of William Minott Mitchell, a lawyer of New York, a partner of Hiram Barney, and at the time of his death public administrator of New York city. Her mother was Delia Silliman, daughter of William Silliman, counsellor at law, New York city, whose wife was - St. John, of New Canaan, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have one child living-Annie Meredith Jones. Mr. Jones resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
JAMES EMMETT STOUTENBURGH.
James Emmett Stoutenburgh, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., November 24, 1869, is a descendant of Ja- cobus Stoutenburgh, who came from the Hague, Holland, and settled in Hyde Park, Dutchess county, N. Y., about 1712. He
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LORENZO D. VICKERY.
married Margaret Teller in 1717. Luke Stoutenburgh, his son, married Rachel Teller. James L. Stoutenburgh, son of Luke Stoutenburgh, married Sarah Morris, of Clinton, Dutchess county. The first two generations of Stoutenburghs were large land owners in Dutchess county, and the family has always occupied a promi- nent place in that locality. Rev. Luke I. Stoutenburgh, a son of James L. Stoutenburgh, after a course of study for the ministry, was licensed by the New York Congregational Association in 1841. On the evening after receiving his license he commenced preaching to the Congregational church at Chester, Morris county, N. J., where he continued his labors for nearly twenty- seven years. He was for eleven years superintendent of the public schools of Chester township, and was the projector and one of the main founders of the famous Chester Institute, of which he was proprietor and principal. On account of ill health Mr. Stoutenburgh was obliged to give up both church and school, and he removed to Schooley's Mountain Springs for the improve- ment of his health. There he purchased the Forest Grove House and established the Schooley's Mountain Seminary, which, under his charge, became one of the most successful and flourishing schools in the state. His first wife was Harriet E., daughter of David Reeve, of Middletown, N. Y. James E., son of Rev. Luke I. and Harriet E. Stoutenburgh, was born in Chester, Decem- ber 14, 1845. He was educated at Williams College, Williams- town, Mass., and studied law with Hubbard B. Payne, in this city. He practiced here until 1873, when he removed to Passaic, N. J., where he now resides. He was city counsel for the city of Passaic for ten years prior to 1887. Mr. Stoutenburgh was for a while professor of mathematics at the Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa. He is an unmarried man.
LORENZO D. VICKERY.
Lorenzo D. Vickery was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., December 23, 1869. He resides in Scranton.
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JOHN BEAUMONT COLLINGS.
HUGH MOORE HANNAH.
Hugh Moore Hannah, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa, February 24, 1870, is a native of Harford, Susque- hanna county, Pa., where he was born September 13, 1842. He was educated in the public schools in New Milford, Pa., and at the Millersville, Pa., State Normal School, and read law in Scran- ton with his brother, Daniel Hannah, and F. E. Loomis. His father was Archibald Hannah and his mother was Mary Hannah (nee Leslie), a daughter of Alexander Leslie. Both his parents were of Scotch descent, and were born in the north of Ireland. Mr. Hannah was city solicitor of Scranton in the years 1874, 1875 and 1876, and a member of the common council of the city of Scranton in the years 1877 and 1878. He married, December 2, 1875, Elizabeth Hindman, of Oxford, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Hannah have a family of three children-Fannie Hannah, Clarence Han- nah, and Frederick Hannah.
JOHN BEAUMONT COLLINGS.
John Beaumont Collings was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., March 2, 1870. He is the grandson of Daniel Col- lings, of English parentage, who was born at Easton, Pa., in 1787. He learned the trade of a clockmaker, and early removed to Wilkes-Barre, where he carried on his trade and engaged in other business pursuits for many years. An old clock at present in the rooms of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society is a specimen of his handiwork, and for many years did service as the town clock of Wilkes-Barre. On October 7, 1813, Mr. Col- lings married Melinda, a daughter of Eleazer Blackman. He was the son of Elisha Blackman, who died in Wilkes-Barre in Sep- tember, 1804. The Blackman family emigrated from Lebanon, Conn., to the Wyoming Valley in 1773. During the troubles incident to the Indian excursion of 1778, Eleazer, being only thirteen years of age, was too young to go forth with the fighting
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JOHN BEAUMONT COLLINGS.
men, so he was employed, with other boys and the old men, in strengthening the fort at Wilkes-Barre for the protection of the women and children. His brothers, Elisha and Ichabod-both under eighteen years of age-were in the field, and were of the few who escaped with their lives at the time of the massacre and battle. After the capitulation Eleazer Blackman, with his mother and two sisters, accompanied the women in their flight to the Dela- ware river through the "Shades of Death." After the valley was restored to quiet he returned and grew up to manhood among the hardy frontiersmen. In the progress of the setttement and opening up of the country he mingled actively in the business of life, held public stations, both civil and military, and during his entire life enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him. In 1800 he was commissioned captain of the First Troop of Horse. This position he held for a number of years, and in 1812 he attained the rank of major in the militia. In 1801, 1802, 1803, 1805 and 1806 he was one of the commissioners of Luzerne county, and from 1808 to 1810 treasurer of the county. He died at his residence in Wilkes-Barre township, September 10, 1843, aged seventy-eight years. From 1835 to 1841 Daniel Collings was postmaster of Wilkes-Barre. He died in this city October 11, 1854.
Samuel Phinney Collings, son of Daniel Collings, was born in Wilkes-Barre in May, 1816. From 1835 to 1852 he was the editor and proprietor of The Republican Farmer newspaper of Wilkes-Barre. For purity of language, boldness of style, and cogency of reasoning, few men could excel him. In the fall of 1854 he was appointed United States consul at Tangier, Morocco, for which place he immediately sailed with his wife, two of his children, and his wife's youngest sister, Eleanor Beaumont. He died at Tangier June 15, 1855, of fever and congestion of the lungs, after an illness of three days. The state department at Washington received from the emperor of Morocco an autograph eulogy on the character of the late consul, showing the high esteem in which he had been held by the emperor. Mr. Collings was a man of marked ability, of strong and refined intellect, and firm and steadfast in his principles of honor and integrity." He left to survive him his wife, four daughters, and one son, John B.
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JOHN BEAUMONT COLLINGS.
Collings. His wife was Elizabeth Beaumont, eldest daughter of Andrew Beaumont. (See page 886, and sketch of William Henry Beaumont).
John B. Collings, son of Samuel P. Collings, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., December 17, 1846. He received his educa- tion in the schools of this city, Wyoming Seminary and Dana's Academy, and read law with George R. Bedford, in this city. In 1873 he was nominated by the democrats of Luzerne county for district attorney, but was defeated by Alexander Farnham, Mr. Collings removed to Scranton in 1874, and has since practiced his profession in that city, winning distinction by his conduct of several important cases. . In the new county fight Mr. Col- lings took a leading part, and wrote much for the local papers favoring a division, and labored hard upon the stump to convince the voters, to whom the matter was submitted, that a division would be beneficial to them. On his mother's side Mr. Collings is prominently connected. His grandfather, the late Andrew Beau- mont, represented the old twelfth district in congress, and was also a member of the state legislature. His uncle, the late Admiral John C. Beaumont, for whom Mr. Collings is named, was selected by the administration at that time to convey the congratulations of the congress of the United States to Alexander, czar of Russia, upon his escape from assassination at the hands of a Polander in 1863. Another uncle, Colonel Eugene B. Beaumont, was for many years instructor in cavalry tactics at West Point, and is now command- ant at Fort Bowie, Arizona. Mr. Collings was made private secretary to his uncle and accompanied him to Moscow on his mission. He received at the hands of the emperor a bronze medal, commemorative of the event. During his trip Mr. Collings visited nearly all the principal ports in Europe, and wintered near the Mediterranean. After an absence of two years he returned to his home in Wilkes-Barre, and commenced the study of law. While a student Mr. Collings acted as clerk in the prothonotary's office, and later held a position in the office of the clerk of the courts. Mr. Collings is an unmarried man. In 1883 he was the democratic nominee for district attorney of Lackawanna county, but was defeated by Henry M. Edwards, his republican com- petitor.
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THOMAS NESBITT.
Eleazer Blackman Collings, an uncle of John B. Collings, was . postmaster of Wilkes-Barre from 1845 to 1849, and also from 1858 to 1861. During the war with Mexico he was first lieu- tenant of Company I, First Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. His brother, George Collings, was in the same company. In 1852 E. B. Collings and Halsey Brower started the first daily paper in Wilkes-Barre. It was called The Daily Telegraph, and survived but eight weeks. In 1861 E. B. Collings was elected clerk of the courts of Quarter Sessions, Oyer and Termimer, and the Orphans' Court of Luzerne county for a term of three years, and in 1864 was reelected to the same offices for another term of three years.
ABRAM GOODWIN HOYT.
Abram Goodwin Hoyt, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., March 2, 1870, is a native of Kingston, Pa., where he was born January 25, 1847. He is the son of John D. Hoyt, and a brother of E. E. Hoyt, whose biography and family history will be found on page 627. Mr. Hoyt was educated at the Wyo- ming Seminary and at the College of New Jersey, Princeton, graduating from the latter institution in the class of 1868. He read law with his uncle, ex-Governor Henry M. Hoyt, in this city, and has practiced here, also in Colorado and New Mexico. From 1872-74 he was register of the land office, Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 1874-76 he was designated depository United States receiver of public moneys and pension agent at Santa Fe, and 1880 supervisor of the United States census, for New Mexico. He now resides in Kingston. Mr. Hoyt is an unmarried man.
THOMAS NESBITT.
Thomas Nesbitt was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., April 4, 1870, and practiced in this city for a few years. He is said to live in Chicago, Ill.
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DANIEL WARD CONNOLLY.
GEORGE PECK MYERS.
George Peck Myers, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., April 25, 1870, is a native of Kingston, Pa., where he was born February 5, 1846. He is the son of the late Thomas Myers. (See page 650.) His mother is Elizabeth C. Myers, (nce Vanderbelt). She is the daughter of Peter Vanderbelt, jr., who married Elizabeth Ross, a daughter of Michael Ross, who in 1798 presented the commissioners of Lycoming county, Pa., with the land where the court house and jail now stand in the city of Williamsport. He was the original proprietor of the lands where Williamsport is now located, and the town was named after his son, William Ross. Governor Packer, of Pennsylvania, also mar- ried a daughter of Peter Vanderbelt, jr. George P. Myers was educated at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, and Saunders Institute, at Philadelphia. He read law with Hendrick Bradley Wright and Stanley Woodward. For some years he has resided at Williamsport. He is an unmarried man.
DANIEL WARD CONNOLLY.
Daniel Ward Connolly, who was admitted to the bar of Lu- zerne county, Pa., May 10, 1870, is a native of Cochecton, Sul- livan county, N. Y., where he was born April 24, 1847. His father was John Connolly, a native of Ireland, who removed to this country with his parents when eight years of age. He lived in the city of New York until he attained his majority, and sub- sequently became a railroad contractor. He removed to Hyde Park (now Scranton), Pa., in 1849, where he resided until his death. The wife of John Connolly was Ann Adelia Allyn, a daughter of Deacon David Allyn, of Montgomery, Mass. D. W. Connolly was educated in the public schools of Hyde Park, and read law with Aaron A. Chase, in Scranton. In 1880 he was the democratic candidate for congress in the twelfth congressional district of Pennsylvania, but was defeated by Joseph A. Scranton,
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FRANCIS E. BURROWS.
republican, the vote standing-Scranton, 13,455; Connolly, 10,948. In 1882 he was again a candidate, and was elected, the vote standing-Connolly, 11,811 ; Scranton, 10,822. In 1884 he was again a candidate and was defeated, the vote standing- Scranton, 17,016; Connolly, 15,179. In 1885 Mr. Connolly was appointed postmaster of Scranton, which position he now holds. Mr. Connolly is a married man.
GEORGE SANDERSON.
George Sanderson was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., November 19, 1870. He is the son of the late George San- derson, of Scranton, Pa. (See sketch.) The subject of this sketch was born in Towanda, Bradford county, Pa., August 22, 1847. He graduated from the Harvard Law School, having previously read law with Samuel Robb, of Philadelphia. He has practiced in Boston, Philadelphia, Scranton, and this city. He was admitted to practice in the superior court of Massachusetts, county of Middle- sex, December 18, 1869, and the Common Pleas of Philadelphia county, Pa., November 5, 1870. Mr. Sanderson married, Novem- ber 28, 1871, Lucy Reed Jackson, granddaughter of Stephen W. Jackson and Lucretia Jackson, his wife, daughter of Eph- raim Thayer (both natives of Boston), and daughter of Charles Jackson, a native of Boston, and M. L. Jackson, his wife, who was a daughter of David Reed, natives of Surrey, N. H. Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson have eight children, six of whom survive- Edward Spaulding Sanderson, Charles Reed Sanderson, James Gardner Sanderson, Helen Louise Sanderson, Marion Kingsbury Sanderson, and George Sanderson, jr. Mr. Sanderson resides in Scranton, Pa.
FRANCIS E. BURROWS.
Francis E. Burrows was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., September 5, 1871. He is the grandson of Daniel Burrows
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WILLIAM D. LUSK.
and son of Joshua Burrows, a native of Hebron, Conn., who in 1828 removed to Pike township, Bradford county, Pa., where he now resides. The mother of F. E. Burrows and wife of Joshua Burrows is Harriet E., daughter of Benajata Bostwick, an early settler of Pike township. Mr. Bostwick was from New Milford, Conn. F. E. Burrows resides in Stevensville, Bradford county, Pa.
ALLEN S. HOTTENSTEIN.
Allen S. Hottenstein, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., September 12, 1871, is a native of Liberty township, Montour county, Pa., where he was born May 27, 1840. His father, Charles Hottenstein, and grandfather, Henry Hottenstein, were natives of Berks county, Pa. Mr. Hottenstein was educated at the Milton Academy, Milton, Pa., and the law department of the University of Pennsylvania. He read law with Hon. H. H. Schwartz, at Kutztown, Pa., and was admitted to the bar of Leb- anon county, Pa., January 27, 1871. He has practiced in this city, Scranton, Sunbury, and Milton, where he now resides. He is the postmaster of Milton, which is a presidential office, his commission bearing date August 1, 1886, for a term of four years. He is also the proprietor of the Milton Economist. Mr. Hottenstein married, September 7, 1870, Henrietta F. Graff, of Lyons Station, Berks county, Pa. Her father, Frederick W. Graff, and grandfather, Samuel H. Graff, were natives of Montgomery county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Hottenstein have a family of six children, two sons and four daughters.
WILLIAM D. LUSK.
William D. Lusk, who was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., September 28, 1871, is the son of Franklin Lusk, a lawyer, who resided at Montrose, Susquehanna county, Pa., and.
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HENRY M. EDWARDS.
who represented that county in the legislature of the state in 1840. W. D. Lusk was born at Great Bend, Pa., February 1. 1833. He was educated at Bolmar's Military Academy, West Chester, Pa., and at the Homer Academy, Homer, N. Y. He read law with Messrs. Little & Post, at Montrose, and was admit- ted to the Susquehanna county bar November 21, 1859. He married, July -, 1866, Pauline E. Dayton, and has three children. Mr. Lusk is president of the First National Bank of Montrose, where he now resides. He practiced for a time in Scranton.
HENRY M. EDWARDS.
Henry M. Edwards was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pa., October 18, 1871. His grandfather, John Edwards, a native of Monmouthshire, England, came to this country at an early day, and taught school in Carbondale, Pa., in 1832. He subse- quently returned to his native place, where he died. His son, John M. Edwards, was born in Monmouthshire and emigrated to this country in 1864, and located at Hyde Park (now in the city of Scranton). The wife of John M. Edwards was Margaret, daughter of Thomas Morgan. She was born in Monmouthshire and died there while on a visit to her relatives. Henry M. Ed- wards, son of John M. Edwards, was born in Monmouthshire, February 12, 1844, and came to this country with his parents in 1864. He was educated at Swansea, South Wales, and at the London University, from which he graduated. In the early days of his residence in Scranton Mr. Edwards devoted his time to newspaper work, and for several years was the regular corres- pondent of the New York Tribune and the Philadelphia Press. He was afterwards made managing editor of the Banner America, an influential Welsh journal that flourished in Scranton about eighteen years ago. Mr. Edwards married, November 3, 1870, Jennie Richards, a native of Carbondale. She is the daughter of Thomas Richards, a native of South Wales, who emigrated to Carbondale in 1831. He now resides in Scranton. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have a family of five children-John Edwards,
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