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he was enterprising, in social life generous and genial, and in his church a faithful officer. In recognition of his eminent services during the war for independence, congress, as well as his native state, granted him a handsome annuity. He died July 13, 1837. His first wife, and the mother of his chil- dren, was Ann, daughter of John and Ann Hunter, of Whiteland, Chester county. They had eight children. The wife of Rev. Levi Bull, D. D., was Ann, daughter of Cyrus Jacobs, a prominent iron merchant in Pennsylvania. E. P. Darling died October 19, 1889. The greater part of the members of the Luzerne bar met at the court house, in this city, on October 22. Hon. Garrick M. Harding called the meeting to order. Hon. Andrew T. McClin- tock was elected chairman, and Allen H. Dickson, Esq., secretary.
The following seven members of the bar were appointed a committee to draft resolutions of respect : Alexander Farnham, chairman, Hon. Charles . E. Rice, Hon. D. L. Rhone, Hon. Garrick M. Harding, Hon. L. D. Shoe- maker, George B. Kulp and George R. Bedford. The committee retired and after a short absence returned and Mr. Farnham read the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted :
"The members of the bar of Luzerne county are assembled to give expres- sion to their deep sense of bereavement, occasioned by the death of their honored and beloved associate, Edward Payson Darling. Death is at all times a startling visitor, even when expected, but when he suddenly appears and strikes down from a community one of its foremost citizens, a shock is felt to its utmost bounds. That sense of loss which otherwise would be limited, takes on a public character and becomes universal. We are con- scious of a great void where, just before, there had been an inspiring pres- ence, and we feel that the light of a splendid example has gone out from us forever. There comes to the thought, the recollection of those qualities of mind and soul which marked him and which went to make up the excellence of his character as it stood revealed before his fellow men. We are pos- sessed of a deep and earnest conviction that an irreparable loss has fallen to the community, and that the vacant place he left cannot well be filled during his generation. With what greater force do these suggestions affect us here assembled, when it occurs that a citizen, who has died thus honored and lamented, is one of our professional circle-a member of our own bar. Who, outside of the relationship of kindred and family, can so well testify concerning him as those, of similar vocation, who have had professional intercourse with him day by day, as the years have rolled by. * * *
From the very first, he ranked as one of the ablest of the younger members of the bar, and gave early promise of his subsequent brilliant professional career. His legal apprehensions were instinctive, and he was possessed of a quick, intuitive perception that enabled him to single out at once the es- sential point of a case and apply the principle of law which controlled it. He was, moreover, imbued with the learning of the law. He kept well abreast with the current of judicial decision. To a keen intelligence he united a broad and generous culture. His diction was of the purest and was
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conciseness itself. None could excel and but few equaled him in courtesy of demeanor. His whole bearing, and all that he said and did, indicated refinement of thought and action. Modest, gentle and unobtrusive, as he was, the superior qualities of his mind and nature were at once revealed and profoundly impressed those with whom he was brought into contact. At no time did he lose that sense of personal dignity which always commands in- voluntary respect. With these qualifications, no one stood better equipped for the duties of his profession. He gave, in addition, unremitting service to his patrons. But one result could ensue. He speedily rose to the highest rank, becoming one of the acknowledged leaders of our bar. His usefulness took even a wider range. He possessed the full confidence of the commu- nity, and his name was associated with most of its public enterprises. He was prominent in many of its financial institutions and in its organized chari- ties and trusts. Not only do we mourn him as a leader fallen from among us, but also as a brother around whom our affections centered. The grace of his personal character-the charm of his personal qualities-his unfailing courtesy-the refined spirit which marked his demeanor-his generous nature and quick sympathies-all these made up a personality which was endearing, a personality whose example will abide with us, and whose mem- ory will be green and unfading while we live. It is with these reflections that we have come to lay our tribute upon his bier ; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the members of the bar of Luzerne county have learned with profound sorrow of the death of their fellow member, Edward P. Dar- ling, Esquire.
Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Darling, not only has the community lost a foremost citizen, our profession a distinguished ornament, but each member of the bar feels a deep and abiding sense of personal bereavement.
Resolved, That we tender to the family of the deceased our heartfelt sympathies in the great sorrow which has fallen upon them.
Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be presented the court at its next session and, with its permission, be placed upon the minutes thereof.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutious be transmitted to the family of the deceased, and that they be printed in the newspapers of the county.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted, on motion of Mr. Brundage.
STANLEY WOODWARD, p. 97. John B. Woodward, son of Judge Wood- ward, is a member of the Luzerne county bar, and George S. Woodward, his other son, is in his second year at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. Both are graduates of Yale college.
AGIB RICKETTS, p. 105. Mr. Ricketts was born in Rohrsburg, Columbia county, Pa., October 12, 1834. We were in error in stating his birthplace as Orangeville, Pa.
CALVIN WADHAMS, p. 109. Mr. Wadhams died at his summer residence, Harvey's Lake, Pa., July 20, 1883.
E. H. CHASE, p. 125. Harold Taylor Chase a graduate of Harvard Uni- versity is entered as a law student in his father's office.
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ALFRED DARTE, p. 130. Captain Darte was elected district attorney of Luzerne county in November, 1888, over James L. Lenahan, by a majority of three hundred and ninety-nine votes.
HARRY HAKES, p. 134. Mr. Hakes is the grandson of George S. Hakes, instead of Lewis Hakes. See page 1198 for a corrected genealogy of the Hakes family. Mr. Hakes is the author of the genealogy of the Hakes family, a work of 220 pages, giving a history of the Hakes family in America.
GEORGE B. KULP, p. 148. Abraham Clemens, or Cleamans, father of Mrs. Jacob Kulp, was the grandson of Jacob Clemens, and son of Gerhart Clemens, who was born in 1680. He emigrated from the Palatinate on the Rhine in 1709. He purchased of David Powell in 1718 six hundred and ninety acres of land in what is now Lower Salford township, Montgomery county, Pa., on a branch of the Perkiomen creek, near the present village of Lederachsville. He built a mill there, known as Alderfer's, in 1726. This mill stood till 1823. He died in 1745. In 1718 he sold two hundred and fifty acres of his land to his son, Abraham Clemens, whose wife was Catharine Bachman. They had ten children, of whom Mary was the fifth. The old homestead is still in possession of some of his descendants. Abraham Clemens died in 1777. Abraham Kulp, the grandfather of George B. Kulp, was at one time a resident of Northampton (now Monroe) county, Pa. He resided on what is now known among the old settlers as Kulp's run, or, as some call it, Two- mile run, midway between Tobyhanna and Stoddartsville. Abraham Kulp removed from there in 1817, when Jacob Blakeslee, father of the present Ja- cob Blakeslee, moved into his house. The latter was born on the place and still resides there. Lyman Cobb Kulp, the only brother of George B. Kulp who grew to manhood, was at one time the publisher of the Rockport (Mo.) Banner. He was killed in the late civil war at the battle of Antietam. Rev. George H. Lorah, of Doylestown, Pa., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is a nephew of George B. Kulp, his mother, Amanda M. Lorah, being an elder sister of Mr. Kulp. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Kulp are John Stewart Kulp, M. D., now pursuing a post graduate course in the med- ical department of the University of Pennsylvania, Harry Eugene Kulp, and Mary Estelle Kulp. George B. Kulp is the president of the board of trustees of the Fourth M. E. church, of Wilkes-Barre. John Stewart, Esq., father-in- law of Mr. Kulp, was for fifteen years a director of the poor in the incor- porated district composed of "Jenkins township, Pittston borough and Pitts- ton township," composed of the boroughs of Pleasant Valley, Pittston and Hughestown, and the townships of Pittston, Jenkins, Lackawanna and Old Forge, and also for the same length of time, a director of "the poor of Provi- dence," composed of the city of Scranton and the borough of Dunmore. He is president of that body. He is also one of the trustees of the Adams avenue M. E. church of Scranton.
GUSTAV HAHN, p. 162. The wife of Mr. Hahn died August 19, 1889. His son, Byron Gustav Hahn, is in the senior department of Lafayette college. He is also entered as a law student in the office of Henry A. Fuller.
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E. S. OSBORNE, p. 164. In 1884 General Osborne was a candidate for congressman-at-large in the state of Pennsylvania. He had a majority in the state of 75,227. In 1886 he was also a candidate for congressman-at- large. He had a plurality of 47,615. In ISSS he was a candidate for con- gressman in the twelfth congressional district (Luzerne county) against John Lynch, democrat, and H. W. Evans, prohibitionist. He had a plurality of 1499 votes. John Ball Osborne, son of General Osborne, graduated from Yale college in the class of 1889. He is now a law student in his father's office. William Osborne, another son, is a cadet at the West Point military school.
D. L. RHONE, p. 170. In 1884 Judge Rhone was a candidate for reëlec - tion as president judge of the Orphans' Court of Luzerne county. The re- publicans made no nomination against him, and he received the entire vote, - 25,636. His daughter, Mary P., was married March 30, 1886, to Harry G. Marcy, of this city.
C. D. FOSTER, p. 184. In 1884 Mr. Foster was elected a member of the house of representatives of Pennsylvania from this city. He had a majority of 225 votes over J. S. Zirnhelt, his democratic competitor.
H. W. PALMER, p. 194. In 1889 Mr. Palmer was chairman of the Penn- sylvania Constitutional Prohibition Committee. His eldest son, Bradley W. Palmer, is a graduate of Harvard University, in the class of 1888. He is a law student in his father's office.
D. L. O'NEILL, p. 235. Daniel L. O'Neill, Jr., and William A. O'Neill, sons of Hon. D. L. O'Neill, are entered as law students in their father's office.
E. K. MORSE, p. 245. Mr. Morse married, September 5, 1888, Margaret Isabel, daughter of Joseph B. Vannan, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, now a resident of Carbondale, Pa. He is superintendent of Van Bergen & Com- pany's foundry and machine shops. A son, Kendall Morse, was born to Mr. Morse June 21, 1889.
R. J. BELL, p. 248. Mr. Bell died in this city May 26, 1889.
JAMES MAHON, p. 250. Mr. Mahon now resides in Scranton, Pa.
CHARLES L. LAMBERTON, p. 251. Mr. Lamberton now resides in the city of New York.
JOHN LYNCH, p. 282. In 1886 Mr. Lynch was a candidate for congress from the twelfth congressional election district of Pennsylvania. His com- petitors were J. A. Scranton, republican, and A. Knapp, M. D., prohibi- tionist. Mr. Lynch was elected by a plurality of 650 votes. In 1888 he was again a candidate, but was defeated by E. S. Osborne, republican.
ANDREW HUNLOCK, p. 307. We were in error in stating that Mr. Hun- lock inherited a competency. This is not true. The wealth acquired by Mr. Hunlock is the result of his own efforts, aided largely by judicious in- vestments.
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BURTON DOWNING, p. 355. Mr. Downing married, November 2, 1886, Libbie H. Snyder, daughter of Alfred Snyder, of Scranton. Mr. Downing is now actively engaged in the practice of the law.
CHARLES E. RICE, p. 355. We were in error in stating that Moses Rice was born in 1797. It was the date of the birth of Thomas Arnold Rice, who was born in Eatonville, N. Y., and who died in 1880. We were also in error in relation to the Carr family. The grandfather of Eleazer Carr was Caleb Carr, who was born in East Greenwich, R. I. His son, Eleazer Carr, moved to Hancock, Berkshire county, Mass., shortly before the revolution- ary war, and remained there until near 1800 (between 1790 and 1800), when, with his son Eleazer (the father of Vienna Carr), his wife and some other children, he removed to Salisbury, N. Y. About 1811 he sold his farm there and removed to Le Roy, Genessee county, N. Y. Charles E. Rice was the nominee of the republican party for law judge at the election in 1889. His competitors were Edwin Shortz, democrat, and Lewis D. Vail, of Philadelphia, prohibition. The vote was Rice, 12,197; Shortz, 11,062 ; Vail, 822. Mr. Rice succeeds himself as president judge of Luzerne county.
L. H. BENNETT, p. 413. We were in error in stating that Judge Hakes was a descendant of John Hakes. The fact is that John Hakes' name, while a resident of Lynn, Mass., was John Hawkes; after his removal to Windsor, where he resided for about twenty years, it was entered on the town records as John Hakes, with one exception, when it was spelled John Haykes, and when he removed to Deerfield, Mass., his name was again John Hawkes. At his death his estate was administered as John Hawkes. Judge Hakes was a descendant of Solomon Hakes. (See page 1198.)
W. H. MCCARTNEY, p. 427. In 1885 Mr. McCartney was the republican candidate for district attorney. He was defeated by James L. Lenahan, the vote standing-McCartney, 8604; Lenahan, 9191.
Q. A. GATES. Mr. Gates married, May, 7, 1885, Mary A. Clark, a daugh- ter of the late Judson Clark, of Providence, who in his lifetime was one of the largest individual coal operators in the Lackawanna valley. Mrs. Gates died January 14, 1887, leaving to survive her one child, Elva Gates.
H. B. BEARDSLEE, p. 452. Mr. Beardslee died March 11, 1886, at Indian Orchard, Wayne county, Pennsylvania.
A. H. DICKSON, p. 458. Rev. John Casper Stæver, son of Dietrich Stæver, bürger and merchant of Frankenberg; name was entered on the ship's register with the addition of sancro sancta theologie studiosus. He spent his first year in America in the vicinity of Trappe, Montgomery county, Pa. In May, 1730, he settled on the upper waters of the Conestoga, . near where New Holland, Pa., now stands. At this time he served as pastor of the Lutherans of Lancaster, Philadelphia and Berks counties. In Sep- tember, 1732, Rev. John Christian Schultze arrived in Pennsylvania, and in 1733 he ordained Mr. Stæver at the Trappe, within a barn then used as a
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place of worship. The Augustus Lutheran church at Trappe was organized in 1732, and Rev. John C. Schultze was its pastor for a year, and from 1733 to 1742 Rev. John C. Stover was its pastor. In the latter year Rev. Henry Melchoir Muhlenburg arrived in this country and became the pastor. How Mr. Muhlenburg became "the founder of the Lutheran Church in America" is beyond our comprehension, saying nothing of the Dutch Lutherans in New York and the Swedish Lutherans in Delaware and Pennsylvania. From 1728, the date of the arrival of Mr. Stover in this country, his voice was heard preaching the gospel in all the German settlements in Pennsylvania. In 1733 he established " Die Evangelische Lutherische Gemeinde on der Kathores," where York, Pa., now stands. He regularly opened church records for the congregations he had organized at Mode Creek, New Hol- land, Lancaster, North Hill, Lebanon, and other places, and Father Stover is justly entitled to be called the father of Lutheranism in Pennsylvania.
J. D. Cooxs, p. 468. Mr. Coons married, February 22, 1887, Ella Con- stine, a native of this city, and daughter of the late John Constine, a native of Duechersfeld, Bavaria, Germany. He was the son of Loeb Constine and his wife Babette (Mack) Constine. The mother of Mrs. Coons is Fanny Constine (nee Long), a daughter of the late Isaac Long, a native of Pretz- felt, Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Coons have a family of two children-John Constine Coons and Isador Coons.
L. B. LANDMESSER, p. 475. Mr. Landmesser was in 1889 the chairman of the republican county committee.
S. J. STRAUSS, p. 476. Mordecai Strauss, a brother of S. J. Strauss, now a third year's student in Johns Hopkins University, is entered as a law stu- dent in Gaius L. Halsey's office.
E. A. LYNCH, p. 488. Mr. Lynch married, October 7, 1888, Annie G. Lenahan, a daughter of Patrick Lenahan and his wife Elizabeth Lenahan (nee Duffy). (See page 558.)
O. J. HARVEY, p. 508. George Francis Nesbitt, a son of Abram Nesbitt, is a law student in the office of J. V. Darling.
H. C. MAGEE, p. 532. Mr. Magee died April 27, 1888, at Plymouth, Pa. C. W. MCALARNEY, P. 533. Mr. McAlarney married, May 26, 1886, Clara Shonk, a daughter of John J. Shonk. (See page 543.) Mr. and Mrs. Shonk had one child, John Shonk McAlarney, who is now deceased.
ERNEST JACKSON, P. 538. Mr. Jackson was chairman of the democratic county committee in 1888.
GEORGE W. SHONK, P. 541. Mr. Shonk, during the year 1889-90, was chairman of the republican county convention. He is secretary and treas- urer of the Cabin Creek Coal Company, of the Williams Coal Company of Kanawha, of the Kanawha Railroad Company, and of the Cabin Creek and Coal River Land Company. He is a director of the Wilkes-Barre Heat,
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Light and Motor Company, of the Kingston Electric Company, and of the Wilkes-Barre and Harvey's Lake Railroad Company. He is secretary and treasurer of the last named company. He is also a member of the coal firm of Haddock, Shonk & Company, and the Pocassat Coal Company, and is a life director in the Wyoming Seminary, in Kingston, Pa. Stanley Wood- ward Davenport, a student at law in the office of George W. Shonk, is the great-great-grandson of Thomas Davenport, the ancestor of the Daven- port family in this county. His great-grandfather was Thomas Davenport, Jr. His grandfather was Oliver Davenport, and his father is Edwin Daven- port. (See page 544). Mr. Davenport married, June 13, 1889, Mary Weir, daughter of Andrew Weir. (See page 423).
J. L. LENAHAN, P. 558. Mr. Lenahan was the democratic candidate for district attorney in 1888, but was defeated by Alfred Darte.
NATHAN BENNETT, p. 561. Mr. Bennett died June 1, 1889."
EDWIN SHORTZ, p. 564. Robert Packer Shortz, eldest son of Edwin Shortz, is a cadet at the West Point Military Academy. In 1889 Edwin Shortz was the candidate of the democratic party of Luzerne county for law judge. He was defeated by Charles E. Rice. In 1863 and 1864 he was county surveyor of Carbon county, Pa.
W. R. GIBBONS, P. 573. Mr. Gibbons married, July 17, 1888, Ella M. Smith, a native of Ashley, Pa., daughter of Michael Smith, a native of Ire- land. The mother of Mrs. Gibbons, and wife of Michael Smith, is Bridget Masterson, daughter of Cornelius Masterson, a native of Trim, county of Meath, Ireland, who resided in Newark, N. J., at the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons have one child-William Michael Gibbons.
G. H. R. PLUMB, p. 603. Mr. Plumb married, February 2, 1887, Mary E. Van Buskirk, a native of Hamilton township, Monroe county, Pa. She is a daughter of Samuel W. Van Buskirk, son of Jesse Van Buskirk, whose . wife was a Miss Burrett, and her father was a soldier of the revolutionary war. Mr. Plumb now resides in Minneapolis, Minn.
W. H. HINES, p. 610. Mr. Hines was elected to the senate of Pennsyl- vania in 1888. His plurality was 924. Rev. T. C. Edwards was his repub- lican competitor, and D. C. Jeremy was the prohibitionist candidate.
JOSEPH MOORE, p. 617. Mr. Moore married, March 3, 1888, Bessie Athey, a native of Donaldson, Schuylkill county, Pa. She is the daughter of Michael Athey, a native of the county of Durham, England. His wife is Elizabeth Fotheringill, daughter of Joseph Fotheringill, also a native of the county of Durham.
C. F. BOHAN, p. 625. Charles Patrick Bohan, a brother of C. F. Bohan, is a student in the law department of Yale University.
ZIBA MATHERS, p. 626. Mr. Mathers died at his residence in Luzerne, Pa., March 12, 1888.
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C. B. STAPLES, p. 658. Mr. Staples has removed to Stroudsburg, Pa.
P. A. O'BOYLE, p. 659. Mr. O'Boyle married, October 11, 1888, Rosalie T. Walsh, a native of Lee, Mass. She is the daughter of Dennis Walsh, a native of Dublin, Ireland, who emigrated to this country about 1850. The wife of Dennis Walsh was Maria Burke, daughter of Richard Burke, an architect in Dublin. He was a relative of Edmund Burke, the great states- man and orator.
P. C. KAUFFMAN, p. 680. Mr. Kauffman married, September 11, 1889, Katharine Barton, daughter of John Barton, of Hazleton. Mr. Kauffman now resides at Vancouver, Washington.
D. A. Fell, p. 687. Mr. Fell married, October 10, 1838, Frances Law- rence Bertels, daughter of Arnold Bertels, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Fell have one child-Harold Bertels Fell.
J. B. WOODWARD, p. 690. Mr. Woodward married, June 6, ISS8, Ma- rian, daughter of T. S. Hillard. (See page 799.)
J. Q. CREVELING, p. 694. Mr. Creveling married, June 13, 1889, Annie M. Pressler, a native of Bloomsburg, Pa.
J. B. SHAVER, p. 696. Mr. Shaver died April 1, 1887, at his residence in Plymouth, Pa.
C. E. KECK, p. 700. Mr. Keck married, August 29, 1888, Eva May Hoover, daughter of F. R. Hoover, of White Haven, Pa. Her mother, the wife of F. R. Hoover, was Elizabeth Messinger, daughter of Daniel Mes- singer.
P. A. MEIXELL, p. 729. Mr. Meixell was married, April 18, 1888, to Ella Gertrude Wise, a native of Newburg, N. Y., and daughter of A. C. Wise, also a native of Newburg, and his wife, Alvira C. Peck, a native of Colerain, Mass., daughter of Samuel Peck, of Peckville, Pa.
W. A. WILCOX, p. 742. Mr. Wilcox now resides in Scranton, Pa.
HARRY HALSEY, p. 753. Mr. Halsey was married, September 3, 1888, to Helen Virginia Hartman, a native of Baltimore, Md., daughter of J. P. Hart- man, also of Baltimore. Her mother, Virginia Horsely, is a daughter of Dr. Samuel Cabell Horsely, who was at one time a surgeon in the United States army.
E. F. McGovern, p. 773. Mr. McGovern married, April 18, 1888, Ellen E. Murphy, a native of Plains township, and daughter of Francis Murphy, a native of county Armagh, Ireland. They have one child-Mary Frances McGovern.
P. V. WEAVER, p. 788. Peter Weaver, father of P. V. Weaver, a native of North White Hall, Lehigh county, Pa., died at his home in Butler township September 12, 1889.
H. C. ADAMS, p. 807. Mr. Adams died in this city April 1, 1889.
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F. W. LARNED, p. 808. Mr. Larned married, December 15, 1888, Estella L. Neuer, a daughter of W. W. Neuer, a native of Hamburg, Pa, His grandfather was one of the pioneers of Schuylkill county, Pa., and at one time owned twenty-six hundred acres of coal land near Pottsville, which is known as Neuer's Hollow. W. W. Neuer removed to Wilkes-Barre in 1856. The wife of W. W. Neuer died November 16, 1889.
G. G. WALLER, p. 842. Mr. Waller died December 4, 1888, at Brook- lyn, N. Y.
A. W. BANGS, p. 866. Tracy R. Bangs was the democratic nominee for attorney general in North Dakota in the election of 1889.
THOMAS M. ATHERTON, p. 867. Mr. Atherton was born April 12, 1829, in that part of Kingston township now known as Forty Fort. He was edu- cated at Wyoming seminary, and read law with L. D. Shoemaker, in this city. He was postmaster at Huntsville from 1858 until he removed to the west in 1860. In the latter year he moved to Mitchell county, Iowa, and was appointed the first postmaster of West Mitchell, Iowa. In 1862 he was su- perintendent of the Mitchell county schools. He was postmaster of Osage, Iowa, under Presidents Grant, Hayes and Arthur, when he resigned, and President Arthur appointed Mr. Atherton's son, Frank G., as his successor. He established and edited the Mitchell County Press in 1865, and has con- ducted it successfully since. For the past two years his daughter, Mary W., has had charge of the local department. T. M. Atherton is the son of Anson Atherton, grandson of Elisha Atherton. The wife of Anson Atherton was Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Thomas Mitchell. T. M. Atherton married, May 9, 1850, Elizabeth T. Gilmore, daughter of Stephen M. Gilmore, who married, in 1816, Jane Doane, a native of Harrisburg. (See page 1195.) Mr. and Mrs. Atherton have a family of six children-Jennie S. Atherton, wife of Isaac Patterson; Anna Elizabeth Atherton, wife of Nathan Patterson ; Frank G. Atherton, intermarried with Mollie H. Westler, daughter of the late Hon. Nathan G. Westler, of Nescopeck, who represented Luzerne county in the legislature of the state in 1869; Charles Snover Atherton, Mary W. Atherton, and Thomas M. Atherton.
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