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Mr. Calpin married, January 22, 1902, Jennie Clark, daughter of Miles and Mary Clark, of Scranton. Pennsylvania, who had been residents of the Lackawanna Valley for more than a half century. Mr. Clark was a rail inspector of the South Works. One of his sons, M. E. Clark, was a member of the select council of Scranton from 1890 to 1896.
EDWARD PARKER PHILLIPS, for many years a leading manufacturer and business man in Wilkes-Barre, is a native Pennsylvania, born in the city of Philadelphia, April 26, 1847. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth Phillips, who were of English ancestry. The father was born about 1818, and died in 1851 ; he was a manu- facturer of leather goods (pocket books, etc.) ; the mother outlived her husband about ten years, dying in 1861. Three of their children came to maturity : George, who served in the army dur- ing the Civil war; Edward Parker, see forward ; and Thomas, a resident of Wilkes-Barre.
Edward Parker Phillips, second of the chil- dren above named, received an education in the ordinary English branches in Philadelphia, and when fourteen years old accepted a position with a furniture firm in that city, where he gained a practical knowledge of the various departments
of the business. He subsequently, in turn, took employment with the Seaman & Yourgens furni- ture house, where he learned striping and orna- mentation, and with the Boggs furniture house, where he learned furniture finishing. With this ample preparation for his chosen calling, in 1867 he located in Wilkes-Barre, where he took charge of the ornamental finishing in the furniture man- ufactory of Kastenbach & Sittig. His relations with this house were pleasantly maintained for about a year, when (in 1868) he determined to go into business on his own account, and he pur- chased the Joseph Shermer chair factory, and engaged in the manufacturing of all kinds of wood seat chairs, rockers and settees. In the course of two years his business had expanded to such a degree as to require larger facilities, and he removed his factory to Franklin street, to the present site of his residence. In 1873 he opened his retail store on South Main street. where he has since carried on a business of large · proportions, not surpassed in extent by any simi- lar establishment in the entire valley. In connec- tion therewith he conducts an extensive under- taking business, and it is worthy of note that he was the first in the city to practice the art of em- balming. He is recognized as a man of excel- lent business abilities, of the highest integrity, and as an accomplished artisan.
Mr. Phillips is prominent in various phases of the community life, and has borne a large share in the advancement of its higher interests. He is a member of the First Baptist Church, and his political affiliations are with the Republican party. He has taken high rank in' the Masonic fraternity, and is a member of the following bodies of that order : Landmark Lodge, No. 442. F. and A. M .: Shekinah Chapter, No. 182: R. A. M .; Mount Horeb Council, R. and S. M .; he is also a member of Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Gar- field Lodge, No. 74, Sons of St. George; and John Knox Commandery, Knights of Malta.
Mr. Phillips married, June 25, 1868, Miss Emily J. Jacobs, born April 12, 1852, daughter of John and Elizabeth Jane (Turner) Jacobs. The father was born September 21, 1817, and the mother was born August 18, 1821, in Cumber- land Valley, and died September 15, 1858. They were married July 24. 1838, and their children were: Emerson Boyd, born 1845 ; Mary, October 27, 1847 : Charles, November 4. 1849; Emily J .. before mentioned as the wife of Edward P. Phil- lips ; John Jacobs, born July 4, 1858.
To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were born the fol- lowing children : Ida May, born June 16. 1869.
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died 1871. Emily Elizabeth, married Dr. Walter Davis, of Wilkes-Barre, three children: Emily M., Harriet A. and Francis K. Davis. Walter R., born August 30, 1874. graduate of Lafayette Col- lege, 1898, was formerly a member of Company A, Ninth Regiment, went into Spanish-American war and served all through the war, and after retiring was elected captain of Company A.' He married Mary Eitel. Harry. Carrie E., gradu- ate of Wilson College at Chambersburg, 1902. Alice B., graduate of Wellesley College, 1904 Ruby E., graduate of Wyoming Seminary, and then spent one year in Drexel Art School, Phil- adelphia.
HENRY J. SWARTZ. Throughout Lacka- wanna county the name of Henry J. Swartz, of Dunmore, is familiar as that of a lead- ing business man and worthy citizen. Mr. Swartz is descended from German ancestors, who were among the early settlers of Pennsylvania. Baltzer Swartz married a Miss Hoffman, a native of Hol- land, and their children were: John. Baltzer, Henry, Maggie, George, Lydia, and a daughter who married a Mr. Frey.
Henry Swartz, son of Baltzer Swartz, was born in 1806. He learned the trade of moulding, which he followed very successfully, being a thorough business man. He also owned and managed a farm. He married Melissa, daughter of Samuel and Susanna ( Philips) Miller, whose family consisted of six sons and six daughters. Susanna Philips in her youth passed through a very exciting experience ; at the time of the mas- sacre in the Wyoming Valley she was one of a party who escaped from the Indians, and by some accident cut her finger, which in the precipitation of the flight could not be dressed and during the pursuit became very painful, causing great ap- prehensions for the safety of her hand which, however, proved groundless, as no serious results followed. Mr. and Mrs. Swartz were the parents of the following children: Leander, deceased ; Mary J., William P., Henry J., mentioned here- after : Olive E., Harriet R., Helen O., and James W. Mrs. Swartz, the mother of these children, died in 1882, at the age of seventy-nine, and her husband passed away in 1896, having attained the very advanced age of ninety years. Both were sincerely loved and respected by all who knew them for their friendly dispositions and conscien- tious, upright lives.
Henry J. Swartz, son of Henry and Melissa (Miller ) Swartz, was born October 29, 1836, in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, and obtained his edu- cation in the common schools of Green Ridge. In
early youth he left home and spent nine years in travelling, his wanderings extending over the greater part of the world. Having become con- versant with the manners and customs of foreign climes, he returned with undiminished affection to the land of his birth. His patriotism, when subjected to the supreme test of the Civil war, was not found wanting, and in 1863 he enlisted in Company D, First Regiment, New Jersey Cav- alry, and for his gallant conduct was promoted to the rank of corporal. He was present at all the battles in which his regiment took part, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. On his return to civil life he built a sawmill at Schultzville, which he operated for a short time, and in 1867 moved to Pittston, Pennsylvania. In 1869 he removed to Kansas, where he remained until 1872, and in that year went to Buffalo, where he was employed as collector. In 1875 he returned to Lackawanna county and settled at Scranton, where he had formerly worked at the carpenter's trade. Until 1888 he was engaged in manufacturing a stove polish, which he subse- quently sold to Burr & Black. He then went into business as a contractor, in which he was very successful and in which he is still engaged. He has superintended the erection of a number of houses in Scranton and its vicinity, including Dunmore, Green Ridge, Hyde Park and other adjacent towns.
Mr. Swartz married in 1865, Louisa A. (Simonds) Burdick, and the following children have been born to them: Grace, Bertha M., Samuel L., Jessie M., Edmund J., Taylor H., Louis K., deceased ; and Rexford K.
Mrs. Swartz is the granddaughter of Timothy Simonds, a native of Connecticut and a farmer, who was one of the first settlers in Susquehanna county. He married Salome Toby, and of their children those who reached maturity were: Charles, Harriet, Louisa, Lorenzo D., mentioned hereinafter ; Lucy A., Christopher, Christina ; the total number, including those deceased, being thirteen. Lorenzo D. Simonds, son of Timothy and Salome (Toby) Simonds, married Clarissa, daughter of Samuel and Betsey ( Baker) Payne, natives of Massachusetts, who were parents of thirteen children, five of whom died in infancy. The others were : Louis, Samuel, Edmund, Eliz- abeth, Clarissa, mentioned above as the wife of Lorenzo D. Simonds; Elvira, and Lucinda. Mr. and Mrs. Simonds were the parents of a number of children, of whom the following grew to ma- turity: Louisa M., born October 23, 1840, in Ararat, Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, edu- cated at the common schools of Carbondale, mar-
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ried Albion M. Burdick, who died January 26, 1863, of a disease contracted while serving in the army during the Civil war, and subsequently be- came the wife of Henry J. Swartz, as mentioned above; Mary E., Lizzie J., Clara J., Lorenzo, Edmund J., Mrs. Hattie L. Knowiton, and Mrs. Francis A. Hibbs, all of whom are deceased.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Swartz are: 1. Grace E., wife of William H. Brown, an elec- trician in Atlanta, Georgia, where they reside. Their children are: Wilfred L., Helen Louisa, Bertha Mildred and Herbert Judson Brown. 2. Bertha M., wife of H. B. Collins, who is con- nected with the department of justice in Wash- ington, D. C., in which city they reside. 3. Sam- uel L., at home. 4. Jessie M., a stenographer at Atlanta, Georgia. 5. Edmund J., married Win- nie Swartz, and they were the parents of four children, among whom were Alfred E., Rexford C. and Caroline C. Swartz. 6. Taylor H., a printer at Dunmore ; he married Jessie Wagner, and they have one son, Kenneth Swartz. 7. Louis K., deceased. 8. Rexford K., connected with the International Text Book Company, of Scranton, in Atlanta, Georgia.
HUGH H. HUGHES, a well known and highly respected citizen of Luzerne, where he was born January 27, 1854, is a son of Charles and Esther ( Pettebone) Hughes, and grandson on the paternal side of James Hughes, and on the maternal side of Joshua and Ellen (Swetland) Pettebone.
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Charles Hughes (father) was born in Lu- zerne, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1821. He was educated in the common schools, after which he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. About 1885 he moved to Catawissa, Columbia county, where he now resides. He married, March 1, 1849, Esther Pettebone, born February 24, 1827, daughter of Joshua and Ellen (Swet- land) Pettebone and their children were as fol- lows: George P., born January 6, 1850, a resi- cent of Luzerne county ; Mary E., born April 10, 1852, a resident of Scranton: Hugh H., born January 27, 1854. mentioned hereinafter : Gordon S., born November 15, 1855, a resident of Lu- zerne : Charles, born September 25, 1859, a resi- dent of Luzerne : Joshua, born August 8, 1857, died May 24, 1859; and Isabel S., born Septem- ber 15, 1866, wife of E. R. Pettebone. The mother of these children died February 20, 1874. and her remains were interred at Forty Fort. January I. 1878, a resident of Larksville Corners : Jennie widow of Stephen Millich, and daughter of Dan- iel Sutliff, and the issue of this marriage was the
following children: Margaret, born October 24, 1878, a resident of Larkesville Corners ; Jennie, born October 25, 1879, a resident of Kingston ; Stephen, born August 29, 1881, a resident of Cat- awissa ; Stanley, born November 4, 1885, a resi- dent of Catawissa ; Maybury, born May 30, 1884, deceased ; and Caroline, born June 25, 1887, a resident of Catawissa.
Hugh H. Hughes attended the public schools in the vicinity of his home, and worked on the farm with his father until he attained his major- ity. He then took up his residence in Catawissa, Columbia county, and engaged in farming for six years. The following five years he followed the same occupation in Bloomsburg, after which he came to Luzerne and worked in the mines of the Waddell Coal Company for two years. He then moved to Edwardsville and drove a team for Isaac Rice & Son for two years, and in 1888 re- turned to Luzerne and engaged in the livery and general teaming business, which he still follows, and in which he has met with good success.
Mr. Hughes married, November 1, 1874, Maria Scott, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Davis) Scott, whose family consisted of the fol- lowing children: Maria, born December 31, 1852: Andrew, born December 2, 1854, a resident of Colorado : John, born March 1, 1857, deceased ; George, born December 9, 1859, deceased ; Wil- liam, born May 17, 1861, a resident of Luzerne ; Annie, born January 26, 1863, a resident of Larksville : Mary, born February 18, 1865, a resi- dent of Plymouth township : David, born Febru- ary 7, 1867, died February 27, 1867: Rachel, born March 16, 1868, resides at Rovalville ; James, born November 2, 1870, resides at Royal- ville ; Walter, born December 10, 1872, resides at Larksville; and Robert, born December 7. 1874, died May 27, 1876. Henry Scott, father of these children, was born at Plymouth township, May 4, 1829, died April 7, 1895, buried at Forty Fort. His wife, Margaret (Davis) Scott, was born May IS, 1834, died November 27. 1884. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes : Charles, March 9. 1876, married Jennie Hill, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Blackman) Hill, and their children are: Audrey. Orrine, and Gaylord C. Frank L., born April 23, 1878, mar- ried Hortense Barnes, daughter of O. Barnes, of Lovington; two children were born to them: Hazel, and Genevieve. Stella, born December 5. 1878, died August 15, 1879. Gaylord M., born March 8, 1880, married Nettie Shiffer, daughter of George and Martha Shiffer, and their children are: Hugh, born December 29. 1889: Alice, born August 5, 1903, and Karl M., born April
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II, 1905. Anna S., born July 4, 1881, died April 27, 1892. Mary P., born November 9, 1882, died November 17, 1882.
MICHAEL C. HALLORAN. There is lit- tle doubt that few of the men now engaged in the production of coal have had longer or more varied experience than has fallen to the lot of Michael C. Halloran, of Avoca. Mr. Halloran is the son of James Halloran, who was born in Ireland, and emigrated to the United States about 1852. He was a farmer by occupation, and after coming here followed work about the mines until his death.
Michael C. Halloran, son of James and Mary (Murray) Halloran, was born in 1847, in county Clare, Ireland, and was five years old when his parents moved to the Lackawanna Valley, set- tling in Scranton. It was in the schools of that city that he obtained his education, after which he began to work in the mines as a breaker-boy for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Com- pany. He served them twenty-seven years in various capacities, from slate-boy to carpenter boss. He then came to the position of outside- foreman at the Langcliffe colliery, operated now by the Delaware & Hudson Company, and has held that constantly since. There are three tun- nels, one slope and one shaft ; the latter was sunk about 1874 and is one hundred and forty-seven feet deep. The company employs about three hundred and thirty men in the mines and one hundred and twenty outside. The latter are under the charge of Mr. Halloran, who is thor- oughly conversant with the management of men as well as the production of coal, and is more- over conscientiously considerate of the welfare of the men and the interests of the company.
Mr. Halloran married, in 1868, Catherine Sammon, and their children are: Patrick J., a carpenter : Michael C., deceased : John T .. a plumber ; Charles J., an engineer : Mame, Ella, Emma, a teacher; Frank, an engineer; Am- brose, an engineer: William, deceased; and Joseph, also deceased.
WINFIELD SCOTT BONHAM, one of the well known and highly respected citizens of Lu- zerne, is a native thereof, born May 16, 1848, son of Henderson and Martha S. (Raub) Bon- ham, and grandson (on the paternal side) of Solomon and Electa Bonham, and (on the ma- ternal side) of Andrew and Maria (Medler) Raub. Solomon and Electa Bonham, whose re- mains are interred at Forty Fort, were the par- ents of ten children : Millburn, Ambrose, Jeriah,
Lambert, Huldah, Henderson, James and Barnes, (twins) of Forty Fort ; Andrew ; and Fuller, of Dorriston. Andrew and Maria ( Medler) Raub were the parents of ten children: Thomas. Nancy, Surrender, Andrew, Fields, Samuel. Lena Ann, Martha S., Mary, and Deboralı, born June 25, 1835.
Henderson Bonham (father) was born at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1819. He received a common school education, after which he learned the trade of miller and engaged in the same until his retirement from active pur- suits. He began his operations in Hancock, from there moved to Nanticoke where he oper- ated a mill, later located in Trucksville and there operated a mill for a number of years, and subse- quently came to Luzerne and milled for Samuel Raub, his brother-in-law, about three years, and for the same period of time milled for Mr. Ather- holtz, since which time he has led a retired life, surrounded with peace and plenty, and realizing to the full that there is no reward so satisfactory as the consciousness of a life well spent. In 1841 he married Martha S. Raub, born Decem- ber 25, 1827, daughter of Andrew and Maria (Medler) Raub, the former named having been one of the earliest settlers of Luzerne, and an ac- tive, business man of that place. Three children were the issue of this union: Winfield Scott, mentioned hereafter ; Charles, died in childhood : and Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Hunlock, of Wyoming, and mother of two children: Fred, and Fannie, wife of Benton Smith, of Wyom- ing. Henderson Bonham( father) has attained (1906) the advanced age of eighty-seven years, but is still very active, and his wife was also very active for her years up to the beginning of 1905, when she fractured one of her limbs, this causing her considerable pain and incon- venience. They are without doubt the oldest married couple in Luzerne borough, and their home life has been such as to be well worthy of emulation. They are Christians in the true sense of the word, and they have exerted an influence for good not only in their own family but throughout the community. They are consistent members of the Presbyterian church of Luzerne.
Winfield S. Bonham attended the public schools in the vicinity of his home, thereby ob- taining a practical education which prepared him for an active and useful career. The first three years of his business life were spent with his father in the milling trade. He then turned his attention to prospecting for coal. there being at that time only two mines opened in the immed- iate locality of Luzerne-Kingston No. I. and
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the East Boston mine. After prospecting for a short period of time with more or less success, he accepted a position as brakeman and fireman on the Lackawanna & Bloomsburg railroad, in which capacity he served two years. In 1866 he accepted a position as fireman with David Morgan, the man that sunk the shaft, and in 1869 the business changed hands, Charles Hut- chins taking the mines, and in 1872 William G. Payne, the present operator, took charge. Mr. Bonham has been employed in the plant over thirty-nine years, was one of the very first if not the first name on the pay rolls, and is the only employe left that began with the industry. He began work as fireman, and after two years ser- vice was promoted to engineer, in which capacity he has since served, seldom being a day off duty during all that long period of time. He has served his employers in a manner that has brought great honor to him, and he has the dis- tinction of being one of the oldest engineers in the valley. His position is one of great respon- sibility, as he has hundreds of lives in his keep- ing daily, and during his long term of service he has never had an accident of any consequence. but has had some great experiences. The mine has an output of five hundred cars of coal per day, this being brought from a distance of from five hundred to six hundred feet in depth. There is no man in the community more highly es- teemed among his fellow-men than Mr. Bonham. He is a member of Kingston Lodge, No. 395, Wilkes-Barre Chapter, No. 182, Wilkes-Barre Commandery, No. 45, and Irem Temple, Free and Accepted Masons, which organization he joined in 1867. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Bonham is unmarried.
JOHN McCABE, actively and prominently identified with the commercial, political and so- cial interests of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, where he has resided during his entire life-time with the exception of the first six months, was born in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1846, a son of Alexander and Julia ( Rehill) Mc- Cabe, natives of Ireland, which country has given to the world great and good men and women. Whether we study her history or watch the ca- reers of her sons at home or abroad. their hero- ism, as shown under the "Iron Duke" at Water- loo, their bravery, patriotism and devotion to our own country, or their hardships and privations in its early settlement, we must give her credit for their manly character and devotion to the cause they espouse. Today America has no better citi- zens, and none who have done more to defend
"Old Glory" in time of danger or to maintain the integrity of the Union than the sons of Ireland.
Alexander McCabe (father) was born in . county Cavan, Ireland, early in the year 1800. He was reared and educated in his native land, and on attaining manhood married Julia Rehill, also a native of Ireland, to whom three children were born in their native country, namely: Pat- rick, Hon. Charles A., now a resident of Wash- ington state, and Mrs. Mary Clume, matron of the Carbondale Alms House. In 1846 Mr. Mc- Cabe, accompanied by his wife, Julia McCabe, and their son, Patrick McCabe, emigrated to America, reaching their adopted country on Jan- uary 6, 1847. They located at No. 5, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, and shortly afterward Alexander McCabe found employment with the Delaware and Hudson Company, in whose em- ploy he remained up to his death, which occur- red in 1866. He was an honest, upright man, and possessed the happy faculty of making and retaining a number of friends. The sons have followed the counsel and example of their ven- erable father, and are numbered among the ac- tive and influential citizens of whatever com- munity they reside in.
john McCabe was reared in Carbondale, whither his parents removed when he was six months of age, and in the common schools of that town received a practical education which prepared him for a life of usefulness. When he was old enough he entered the employ of the Delaware and Hudson Company, where he re- mained for twenty-eight consecutive years, and was regarded as one of their most trustworthy men. He subsequently assisted his mother in the management of her store, which she established in 1854. Mrs. McCabe was a most estimable and remarkable woman, whom to know was to admire, and during her residence in the Wyom- ing Valley won an enviable reputation for her sterling qualities and business methods. Her death occurred in the year 1893, since which time John McCabe, her son, has succeeded her in business. The business was inaugurated on a small scale, but it has now reached the magni- tude of a large general store, its sales amounting to twelve thousand dollars per year. Mr. Mc- Cabe is thoroughly practical in his business meth- ods, attends personally to the purchasing of stock, and in the management of the business is ably seconded by his daughters, who are com- petent sales-ladies. While Mr. McCabe is a Democrat in his political views, yet he is popular enough with his Republican friends to defeat a prominent candidate of that party in a Repub-
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lican ward. He served as a director of the poor for five years, and for eighteen years he was a member of the election board. He is a man well qualified to fill any office in the city, but his business is too extensive to allow him to enter into the political arena.
Mr. McCabe was married twice. His first wife, whose maiden name was Bridget Mc- Dermott, whom he married August 21, 1872, bore him nine children, as follows: Mrs. Mary Cotter, Mrs. Mark Brennon, Margaret, Alexan- der, a clerk in his father's store, and also delivers the goods ; Charles, a railroad employee : Loretta ; William, deceased ; Julia, and Francis McCabe. The mother of these children died January 13, 1894. For his second wife Mr. McCabe married Margaret Manly, the ceremony being performed January 8, 1895, and to this marriage were born three children : Florence, Lucy, and Ann Mc- Cabe. The family are worthy members of the Roman Catholic church, and command the re- spect and confidence of their numerous friends.
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