Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 43

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 988

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James M. Fritz was married to Annie E. Stackhouse, of Shiekshinny, Pennsylvania, on the 9th day of September, 1886. His wife was the daughter of the late John M. Stackhouse, of Shickshinny, Pennsylvania. John M. Stackhouse was a prominent business man of that place, and a member of the Salem Coal Company. He was a man of fine business ability, a prominent and active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a worker in the Republican party, and a school director for many years. He was reli- gious, energetic and benevolent, and when he died at the age of forty-three years his death was considered a great loss to the community in which he lived. John M. Stackhouse was the son of Joseph Stackhouse, a farmer, lumberman and foundryman, who located in Luzerne county. and lived in Shiekshinny Valley. He was the son of James Stackhouse, a wood-worker and engraver, who spent most of his life in Columbia county. James Stackhouse was the son of Benjamin Stackhouse, and his wife Mary, daughter of Christopher Bowman, who left Bucks county,

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Pennsylvania, and settled at Berwick, Colum- bia county, Pennsylvania, prior to 1770, with a .colony of Friends and died there. Benjamin was the son of Robert Stackhouse, and came with his father to Berwick in 1770. Robert Stack- house, who died in Berwick in 1788, was born in 1692, and was a son of Thomas and Grace (Heaton) Stackhouse. Thomas Stackhouse came to Bucks county in 1682 and represented Bucks county in the colonial assembly in 17II, 1713, 1715. He died in Middlesex, Bucks . county, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1744. He was a nephew of Thomas Stackhouse, who was a fel- low passenger with William Penn in 1682 on the ship "Welcome," from England to Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Fritz have five child- ren : Mary Margaret, John Milton, Helen An- nie, Alice Gertrude, and Dorothy Elizabeth Fritz. H. E. H.

THE MURDOCH FAMILY, of which Dr. Robert Murdoch, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania, is the worthy representative, is of Scotch ancestry. His grandfather, Robert Murdoch, was a weaver in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, and was also proprietor of an establishment that gave employment to several workmen. Of his sons and daughters, Alexander Murdoch, father of Dr. Robert Murdoch, was the youngest son.

Alexander Murdoch (father) married Jean- ette Rogers, of Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, and with his family set sail for America in 1849, being the pioneer of the family in this country. He settled in Ulster, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where he cleared up a large tract of land, be- came a farmer, and where he now ( 1905) lives, aged eighty years, enjoying the comforts of a life well spent in honest industry. His wife, Jean- · ette (Rogers) Murdoch, was daughter of George Rogers, whose family in Scotland is noted for its military service. George Rogers was one of twelve sons, all of whom served in the army, while he himself was ten years in the service, be- ing one of that famous body known as the "High- landers." Two of his brothers were killed in battle at Waterloo. Several of the Rogers family emigrated to America, and four nephews and two brothers of Jeanette Rogers served with the Union army in the war of 1861-1865. Alexander Mur- doch was the first and last man drafted in the town of Ulster for service in the Civil war ; twice he sent a substitute, and the third time it was not necessary on account of the close of the struggle. Nine children were born to Alexander and Jeanette (Rogers) Murdoch, seven of whom are

living, as follows: Dr. Robert, mentioned here- inafter; George, a farmer of Forty Fort, Lu- zerne county ; Christina, wife of Adolphus Wat- kins, a well-to-do farmer of Ulster, Pennsyl- vania ; Maggie, wife of L. C. Russell, of War- ren, Illinois ; Alexander, Jr., a farmer of Wyom- ing, Pennsylvania ; Ella, wife of A. N. Rock- well, a farmer of Ulster, Pennsylvania ; James, of Binghamton, New York.

Dr. Robert Murdoch, the eldest son of Alex- ander and Jeanette (Rogers) Murdoch, was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire county, Scotland, July 9, 1847, hence was two years old when his par- ents came to America and settled in Ulster, Brad- ford county, Pennsylvania. He was brought up on the farm, and there was taught to work; and there, too, he was given the rudiments of an edu- cation, and in his twentieth year entered the Towanda Institute. He began the study of med- icine with Dr. D. S. Pratt, of Towanda, and in the fall of 1869 matriculated at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he graduated in the spring of 1872. Dr. Murdoch began his professional career at Ulster, Brad- ford county, Pennsylvania, in 1872, and a little less than two years later removed to Burlington, in the same county, where he practiced success- fully twelve years, but at the end of that period failing health compelled him to temporarily lay aside professional work and find strength and health in travel. This he did, with beneficial results, and in contemplation of a European tour he visited Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he met a former classmate, Dr. Arthur J. Bullard, by whom he was persuaded to remain in that city, and since that time his life has been identified with medical practice in Wilkes-Barre. He has met with deserved success. He is an earnest Re- publican, and while living in Burlington held the offices of burgess, councilman, and school direc- tor, and was chairman of all the boards. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the State Homeopathic Society, the Luzerne County Homeopathic Society, the Heptasoph Fraternity, of which he is medical examiner, and the Fraternal Mystic Circle, of which he is also medical examiner.

Dr. Murdoch married, November 29, 1873, Ophelia Watkins, daughter of Moses and Weal- thy (Vought) Watkins, of Sheshequin, Bradford county, Pennsylvania. Their children are: Ella O., a graduate of Emerson College of Oratory of Boston, Massachusetts ; she is the wife of Al- bert D. Howlett, of Boston, Massachusetts, and they are the parents of one child, Edith Howlett.

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Lena J., living at home. Marguerite, a student of Wyoming Seminary. Robert, a student in the H. E. H. Harry Hillman Academy, Wilkes-Barre, Penn- sylvania.

JOHN J. JENKINS. A native of Wales and a resident of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, from early childhood, Mr. Jenkins has fought his way upward from the humble position of a coal- breaker to one of comparative affluence, being at the present time regarded as one of the promi- nent citizens and leading business men of Ed- wardsville.

John J. Jenkins was born in Blaen Avon, Wales, June 21, 1867. His father, Josiah Jen- kins, and his grandfather, also named Josiah, were natives of Blaen Avon and both were coal- mine operatives. The first Josiah married Mary , and reared a family of six children,

namely : Henry. Josiah. Elizabethi, deceased ; Obed. Jolin, and David, deceased. Henry, who was a lifelong resident of Blaen Avon, married and had several children. Josiah will be again mentioned. Elizabeth, married John Thomas, also deceased, and had two children: John, of Newport News, Virginia, who married Martha -; and Josiah, of Buffalo, New York, who married Amelia , and had one child. now deceased. Obed, of Scranton, Penn- sylvania, married (first) Margaret Davis, who died leaving one daughter, Edith. He married for his second wife Jennie Titus and have five children : Elmer, Hayden, Pearl, Raymond and Mary. John, who resides in Frostburg. Mary- land, married and has had six children. David, who never came to America ; he was single, and died in Blaen Avon.

Josiah Jenkins, father of John J. Jenkins, was born in Blaen Avon, June 24, 1846, and at an early age began to labor in the coal-mines of that locality. He was married sometime previous to his twentieth birthday and he continued an opera- tive in the Welsh mines until 1869, when he emi- grated to the United States, accompanied by his family, locating first in Danville, Pennsylvania. A year later he removed to Edwardsville, where he was employed as a miner continuously for about twenty years. Relinquishing that occupa- tion in 1891, he turned his attention to mercan- tile pursuits, and far a number of years conducted a grocery store on Main street. About the year 1900 he engaged in the contracting business, fol- lowing it successfully some three years, or until chosen supervisor of Edwardsville borough, which office he still retains. Josiah Jenkins has been twice married. His first wife, whom he

married in Wales in 1865, was before marriage Mary Evans, who became the mother of thirteen children, six of whom are living, namely : Mary Elizabeth, born November 10, 1865; John J., born June 21, 1867; Thomas J., born November 15, 1871; Margaret, born August 8, 1878; Ann, born September 9, 1882; and Myrtle, born De- cember 8, 1887. Mary Elizabeth married Thomas G. Evans, of Edwardsville, and has had six children : Mary, deceased ; Mary (2), Lor- etta, Hannah, Verne, and John. Thomas J. mar- ried Myfanwy Davis, resides in Edwardsville, and they have one child, Audrey. Margaret is the wife of Thomas Blandford, of Edwardsville. Mrs. Mary (Evans) Jenkins died December 13, 1887. Josiah Jenkins married for his second wife Jane Bevan.

John J. Jenkins was but two years old when he came to the United States, consequently he has little or no recollection of his birthplace. He stu- died preliminarily in the public schools of Edwardsville, which he attended a short time, but the greater part of his educa- tion was acquired by diligent night study at home, after having spent the day in strenuous toil as a breaker boy at the mine. As a boy of eight years he went to work for the Kingston Coal Company, and at the age of twelve was promoted to the mines, where he served in various capacities for about eight years. The succeeding four years were spent in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company, whose service he relinquished to ac- cept the position of assistant postmaster in Ed- wardsville. In connection with the latter he car- ried on a news and music store. He performed the duties of postmaster in a most satisfactory manner through one administration, a period of four years. He then engaged in the insurance business as a local agent for the Metropolitan In- surance Company of New York, in which he continued for a year when he engaged in the hardware and plumbing business. June 6, 1901, he was appointed postmaster by President Mc- Kinley, and May 6, 1902, was re-appointed by President Roosevelt. Under his supervision the office was advanced from the fourth to the third class, thus bringing it within the list of offices, . the appointment to which must receive a con- firmation by the United States senate, and he has the distinction of being the last postmaster in Edwardville, the office having been discontinued at the advent of the free delivery system in this locality.

At the present time ( 1905) Mr. Jenkins is giving his exclusive attention to the hardware

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and plumbing business, in which he became in- terested in 1896. Some time ago the business increased to such an extent as to necessitate its removal to more commodious quarters, and that change was shortly afterward followed by a sec- ond removal, this time to the store No. 531 Main street, formerly occupied by Williams and Bray, whose business Mr. Jenkins purchased and con- solidated with his own. Although on three dif- ferent occasions disastrous fires have seriously damaged his property, he has succeeded in re- covering from these drawbacks and has not only added several lines of trade, but has from time to time been obliged to enlarge his working force in order to keep up with a constantly increasing business. In addition to the above-mentioned enterprise he is financially interested in the Clark Electrode Company of Wilkes-Barre, and is a member of its board of directors. Politically Mr. Jenkins acts with the Republican party. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a charter member of the Bethesda English Congregational Church, organized in 1886, and is prominently identified with it, having served as trustee, elder, organist, chorister, Sunday-school superintendent and teacher.

On October 30 1889, Mr. Jenkins was united in marriage with Miss Margaret E. Edwards, daughter of Thomas A. and Elizabeth (Titus) Edwards, formerly of Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Thomas A. Edwards, who was a native of Wales, enlisted as drummer boy in Company "I." Fifty- second Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, at the first call for troops for service in the Civil war, and was mustered out as a corporal in April, 1865, having served through the entire struggle and participated in many notable engagements. His death, which resulted from the effects of severe and long continued exposure while in the army, occurred in Edwardsville, and he was in- terred in Forty Fort cemetery.

Thomas A. and Elizabeth (Titus) Edwards were the parents of three children, namely : Mar- garet E., who is now Mrs. Jenkins; Sarah, who married Charles A. Hassell, of Wilkes-Barre. and has two children : Thomas and Charles ; and Cora, who is no longer living. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins: Agnes, deceased : Beatrice, deceased : Jennie, Sadie, Mary and John. H. E. H.

JOHNSON R. COOLBAUGH, of Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania, traces his ancestry to Will- iam Coolbaugh ( or Coolbrook) said to have been

a sea captain, who settled with his wife Sarah Johnson, in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, whence he moved to Monroe county, Pennsyl- vania. He doubtless was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary army from New Jersey, as his son William was too young to have served, and a William Coolbaugh, of Hunterdon county, New Jersey, was a private soldier during the war in Captain Samuel Growendyck's company, state troops, from same county, and this is the only Coolbaugh to be found in the New Jersey rosters. William and Sarah (Johnson) Coolbaugh had children : Moses, Cornelius, John, William, Peter, Hannah, Benjamin, Sarah, Rachael, Nancy. Moses Coolbaugh, born Monroe county, Pennsylvania. 1752, died Wysox, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1844. Cornelius Coolbaugh married Sarah Everett, of New Hope, Bucks county, Pennsylvania.

John Coolbaugh, born September 14, 1760, died September 25, 1842, was one of the leading men of his section, an extensive land owner, and associate judge of Wayne county for twenty-two years. He and his sons founded the Presby- terian church of Middle Smithfield, Pennsyl- vania. He was a pensioner, receiving $43.33 per annum, having served as private in the New Jersey state militia. He married, September 14, 1788, Susannah Van Campen, born in Shawnee, October, 1758, died January 31, 1829, daughter of John and Sarah (Dupui) Van Campen, and a decsendant of Arenson Van Campen, called also John Arenson Van Campen, who came to New York in the ship "Brown Fish," 1658, and left a large and prominent posterity. They were the parents of six children : 1. Abraham, born Feb- ruary 16, 1793, married January 2, 1816, Mar- garet Dingman, daughter of Andrew W. Ding- man, born December 5, 1796, and had Susannah Van Campen who married Rev. Andrew Tully, of the Presbyterian church. 2. Sarah, married Willliam Overfield, of Middle Smithfield, and had a large family. 3. Hannah, married Solomon Westbrook, and had six children ; John C., pro- thonotary of Pike county; Margaret, married John B. Stoll, of New Jersey ; Hiram : Lafayette, member of the Pennsylvania legislature; Moses C .: Susan, married William H. Bell, of New Jersey. 4. John, born 1796, died July, 1874 ; mar- ried Mary, daughter of Andrew Ellenberger, and had children: Elizabeth, resides in Bush- kill, Pennsylvania, married Charles R. Peters, deceased ; Andrew J., deceased ; Abraham Van Campen, married Jane Freese, of Milford, Pike county, and had five children ; he was owner of three thousand acres of land ; he

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died at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Sarah, married Darwin Martin, of Wysox, both deceased : Van Campen, married Clara Kendig, of Middletown, died August 3, 1889 ; he died in Wilkes-Barre. Susan, married Daniel Peters, de- ceased, Cornelius, resides in Bushkill, Pennsyl- vania. Margaret, married Luke W. Broadhead, proprietor of the Delaware Water Gap House, both deceased. Moses, married Harriet Stark, of Wyoming, daughter of John M. Stark; (see Stark family). Emma, married Rev. Charles E. Van Allen, resides in Middle Smithfield, Penn- sylvania. James C., died 1885. 5. Susan, married William Broadhead. 6. Moses W., married Mary Nyce, and had a large family, of whom is Will- iam Finley, a leading banker of Chicago.

William Coolbaugh, born Smithfield. Bucks county. Pennsylvania, married Susannah Shoe- maker, settled at Wysox, thence moved to Yates county. New York.

Peter Coolbaugh moved to Wysox, thence to Luzerne county, Pennsylvanina, where he died August 13, 1840, aged fifty-nine years and six months. He married Eleanor Jacobs, who died August 25, 1855, aged seventy-nine years and five months. Their children : William, born June 26, 1801, died February 27, 1877 : Benja- min ; Aaron ; Eli; Susan, married Ephraim King: Lovina, married (first) a Mr. Moore. and (second) a Mr. Barney; Sarah, married (first) a Mr. Decker, and (second) a Mr. Green ; Mary, born March, 1819, married John Marcy, and died 1887. Peter Coolbaugh was a farmer by ocupation, and a Democrat in politics.

Hannah Coolbaugh died in New Britain, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 1804. She married (first) a Mr. Tanner, and had Mark, of Bucks county. Pennsylvania, who died 1789: and Jane, who died before Mark. She married (second) Silas Barton, and had: Britta, who died in New Jersey, 1873; George, of Charleston, South Car- olina, who was killed on a steamboat ; and Ben- jamin, who lived in Philadelphia, and died 1874.

Benjamin Coolbaugh, born December 10, 1767, died Wysox, February 13, 1815. aged for- ty-eight years, and his remains were interred there. He married Jerusha Runyon, born March 16, 1777. died 1855, daughter of Absalom Run- von, who was a wagon master in the New Jer- sey militia during the Revolutionary war. Rich- ard and Vincent Runyon, of Somerset county, New Jersey, were privates of Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company. 1776-83. Asa, Enoch, Hugh, Job and Richard Runyon were soldiers from Middlesex county, New Jersey ; John Runyon from Morris county ; Richard, Samuel and Vin-

cent from Somerset county. Absalom, Elias, Samuel, and William Runyon were teamsters and wagon masters during the war, and Conrad and Coonrod Runyon were in the Third Battalion of militia. There is quite a full pedigree of Run- yons from Richard in print, but no Absalom oc- curs among them. The children of Benjamin and Jerusha (Runyon) Coolbaugh were: Lo- vina, born October 16, 1795, married a Mr. Mc- Alpine ; William, born February 10, 1799; Ab- salom ; Moses : Johnson, Sallie Ann and Rachel.

Sarah Coolbaugh died 1847, and was buried in Monument cemetery, Philadelphia. She was the wife of Aaron Morris, and their children were : John, Eliza, Ann, and Hiram. The family resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rachel Coolbaugh, married Christopher Cowell, of Wysox, in which town her death oc- curred.

Nancy Coolbaugh married a Mr. Barton, of Monmouth, New Jersey.

William Coolbaugh, eldest son of Benjamin and Jerusha (Runyon) Coolbaugh, and grand- son of William and Sarah (Johnson) Coolbaugh, was born February 10, 1799. died May 25, 1880. He married Margaret Vought, and their children were: Ellen, married H. G. Goff ; Jerusha, mar- ried J. M. Bowman : Benjamin F., died in Phil- adelphia ; Absalom Runyon, killed at Gettysburg ;. Johnson R., mentioned hereinafter ; Mary, mar- ried Captain D. W. Gore: Alice B., married John Dunfee; William Oakley, married Sarah McAlpine.

Johnson R. Coolbaugh, third son of William and Margaret (Vought) Coolbaugh, was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1835. He spent the first sixteen years of his life on his father's farm. Early in life he manifested" a love for trade. and went to Pittston, where he was employed as clerk for a period of two years. He then came to Wilkes-Barre and took a posi- tion with the late Andrew Kessler, in whose em- ploy he remained two years. About this time- Horace Greeley was advising young men to "go. west." Acting on this advice, in the fall of 1856. Mr. Coolbaugh went to Beloit, Rock county, Wisconsin, where he remained until January, 1860, occupying responsible positions with the. leading mercantile houses. He returned to Wilkes-Barre. which at that time was a borough of about four thousand inhabitants, bounded by- North, South and Canal streets and the river. At that time Ziba Bennett, R. J. Flick, John B. Wood and Charles F. Reets were among the lead- ing merchants. Mr. Coolbaugh saw an opening for a cash business and opened the first exclusive

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dry goods store. He had little capital, but with true western push and enterprise he determined by honesty and hard work to make the venture sucessful. The late Lewis C. Paine was his first customer. Continuing until the fall of 1861 and being desirous of extending the business, he as- sociated with himself D. H. Frantz, and moved into the store on the site now occupied by Jonas Long's sons. The war being now on, prices ad- vanced, and the business proved a grand success, theirs becoming the leading dry goods house. About 1868 Mr. Frantz retired, and Mr. Cool- baugh continued until 1872, when he sold out to a MIr. Bosler. Mr. Coolbaugh together with the late William W. Bennett established the well known shoe house. Other interests occupying his attention, he sold his interest in the shoe bus- iness in 1880 to Christian Walter, and in 1872 entered the firm of Miller, Bertels & Coolbaugh, real estate dealers. For eleven years he assisted Mr. Miller, who was tax receiver, and at the same time dealt in real estate, opening many new streets, among which are Franklin, from Acad- emy street down ; Sullivan street, Dana place, Barney and Church streets. In 1878 Mr. Cool- baugh succeeded to the business of Miller, Ber- tels & Coolbaugh, and continued until 1894, at which time Charles W. Dana was taken into the firm, and in 1902 Harold G. Frantz also became a partner. Mr. Coolbaugh retired from active business August 1, 1905. Mr. Coolbaugh's po- litical opinions have allied him with the Demo- cratic party. He has never sought nor held office except one term of three years as councilman at large. He has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows over forty years, and is a member of the Wyoming Historical and Geo- logical Society. He is strong in his friendships and loval to his friends. He is what is called a self-made man, and his has been a busy life of reasonable success and good citizenship.

On March 5, 1857, Mr. Coolbaugh was mar- ried to Susan Huntington Dana, daughter of Francis and Sophia (Whitcomb) Dana. They had issue as follows: I. Frank Dana, born Jan- uary 1, 1859, died January 17, 1860. 2. Augusta Dana, born July 12, 1864, wife of Luther W. Chase, manager of the Atlantic Refining Com- pany and residing in Germantown; their chil- dren are : Emily Dana, born April 23, 1889, died January II, 1893 ; Margaret Augusta, born Feb- ruary 6, 1892 ; Louise Foster, born September 19, 1896; and Marian Huntington, born February 5, 1900, all of whom reside at home. 3. Lillian, born January 6. 1869, wife of Dr. A. L. Hodgson, re- siding in St. Mary's county, Maryland ; they have

one child, Anderson Dana Hodgson, born May 8, 1890. Mr. Coolbaugh has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for over forty years, and his wife was also a member of the same. Mrs. Susan Huntington (Dana) Coolbaugh died De- cember 30, 1904, in Wilkes-Barre, and was buried in Hollenback cemetery. H. E. H.

WYOMING SEMINARY. This well known and justly popular institution of learning, located in the classic valley of Wyoming, has a history well worthy of note. The friends of education in the old Oneida Conference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, after establishing on a broad and permanent basis a seminary at Cazenovia, New York, in the northern portion of their territory, determinedly entertained the project over sixty years ago of providing for the increasing educa- tional demands of the southern portion of the work. With a commendable foresight they de- vised measures for the erection of an institution of learning in northeastern Pennsylvania.

At the session of the Oneida Conference, held in Wilkes-Barre, August 9, 1843, the matter was fully discussed, and the necessary preliminary steps were taken by the appointment of David Holmes, Jr., Lucian S. Bennett, Thomas Myers, Madison F. Myers, Lord Butler, Sharp D. Lewis, and Silas Comfort as "Trustees of a con- templated seminary of learning to be located either in Wilkes-Barre or Kingston," according to the amount of subscriptions obtained in each place within a given time. Kingston, providing the larger subscription, was the chosen locality. At the first meeting of the board of trustees David Holmes was elected president ; Silas Com- fort, secretary ; and Madison F. Myers, treas- urer. The first building, a brick structure of three stories, thirty-seven by seventy feet, was erected and opened for students in 1844. The size of the chapel was twenty-four by twenty- nine feet ; the recitation room, twelve by twenty- nine feet ; the room for the primary department, twenty by twenty-nine feet ; with some twenty rooms in all for students. The cost of the building was about five thousand dollars. Such was the beginning of this educational enterprise-one building, two teachers and fifty scholars. The trustees secured as their principal (see Bennett sketch) the Rev. Reuben Nelson, A. M., then a young man, but who afterward abundantly dem- onstrated his fitness to inaugurate and carry for- ward such an enterprise to a successful consum- mation. Under such leadership, seconded by the energetic co-operation of a noble-minded and self- denying board of trustees and a corps of efficient

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Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 43

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin Publication date: 1906 Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 988

Author: Hayden, Horace Edwin
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 988