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Mr. Bell married, April 15, 1874, Emma Vir- ginia Abbott, daughter of James and Rachel Ab- bott, of Summit Hill, Pennsylvania. Three chil- dren were the issue of this union : Bessie Rachel, born at Wyoming. September 6, 1875, died Au- gust 18, 1876; Warren Abbott, born in Wilkes- Barre, September 23, 1881, now employed on The Wilkes-Barre Leader: Mabel Virginia, born in Wilkes-Barre, October 29, 1883, now a student at
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Syracuse University. Mrs. Bell, the mother of these children, died June 22, 1901, and her re- mains were interred in Forty Fort cemetery. On June 18, 1904, Mr. Bell was united in marriage to Clara Estelle Breese, daughter of Murray and Mary E. (Courtright) Breese. (See Courtright family). Murray Breese was a son of Lot and Falla (Jenkins) Breese, the latter named having been a daughter of Colonel John Jenkins, who enjoyed the distinction of being a personal friend of General George Washington. (See Jenkins family). His wife, Mary E. (Courtright) Breese is a daughter of Benjamin and Clara (Williams) Courtright, of Plains, Pennsylvania. Murray Breese died July 31, 1882. Subsequently his widow became the wife of John Sharps, of Wy- oming, Pennsylvania, whose death occurred Au- gust 21, 1903. H. E. H.
WILLIAM PERRY BILLINGS, assistant cashier of the Second National Bank of Wilkes- Barre, was born at Tunkhannock, Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1869, son of Perry Stark and Frances Evaline (Lull) Billings.
Perry Stark Billings was born on Tunkhan- nock creek, about three miles from the town of Tunkhannock, Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1830. He was educated in the com- mon schools and Wyoming Seminary, and his boyhood was spent in assisting with the varied and arduous duties of farm life. Upon attain- ing manhood he erected a saw mill on Tunkhan- nock creek and engaged in the manufacture of lumber, which business he continued throughout the active years of his career, and the mill is in operation at the present time ( 1905), being con- ducted by Edgar Billings, brother of Perry Stark, and uncle of William P. Billings. He was a thorough and practical man of business, honest and upright in all his transactions. By his mar- riage to Frances Evaline Lull five children were born, as follows: Jennie, deceased ; Hattie, de- ceased ; Kate, deceased ; Jennie M., wife of James C. Thayer, of Tunkhannock, cashier of the Citi- zens' National Bank, of Tunkhannock ; and Will- iam Perry. Mr. Perry S. Billings died June 13, 1900, and left behind him the priceless heritage of an untarnished name.
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William Perry Billings acquired his early education in his native village, and in 1886 en- tered Wyoming Seminary and there pursued advanced studies, graduating therefrom in 1890. In May, 1890, he accepted a position as runner in the Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, and after a brief period of one and a half years was promoted to the position of deposit book -.
keeper, from that to general bookkeeper, from that to teller, and in 1900 was elected assistant cashier, in which capacity he still serves. He is also a director in the same institution, having been elected to that position in January, 1904. He was one of the charter members of the Citizens' National Bank of Tunkhannock, of which he is also a director ; was one of the organizers of the Gas and Electric Company, which was sold to Forest & Company of Philadelphia, and John G. White & Company of New York; in 1902 was elected trustee of the Wesleyan University, Mid- dletown, Connecticut, for three years, and in 1903 was elected trustee of Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Pennsylvania, for three years. He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a steward and a member of the official board. He is a member of the Ma- sonic order, affiliated with Landmark Lodge, No. 442, F. and A. M .; Shekinah Chapter, No. 182, R. A. M .; Dieu le Veut Commandery, No. 45, Knights Templar, and Keystone Consistory of Scranton ; and is also a member of Irem Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Westmoreland Club, and is Democratic in politics. Mr. Billings married, September II, 1891, Mazie Bound, daughter of J. C. and Fan- nie (Hunlock) (See Hunlock family) Bound, of Kingston, Pennsylvania. Her father has charge of the Wilkes-Barre, Dallas & H. L. railroad . business at Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. Billings is the elder of two children, her brother being Ed- ward Bound. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Billings are: Francis, born February 27, 1894; and Andrew H., born October 8, 1897. The fam- ily reside in an attractive home at No. 98 South River street, Wilkes-Barre.
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GEORGE ALBERT CLARK, M. D., of Wilkes-Barre, born near Chambersburg, Frank- lin county, Pennsylvania, September 6, 1861, is a son of William and Sarah (Searight) Clark, natives of Dauphin and Cumberland counties, Pennsylvania, respectively, and a grandson of William Clark, also of Dauphin county, where their ancestors had resided for several gener- ations.
William Clark was a farmer in Dauphin county, throughout the active years of his career. He and his wife had four children. (1) William, Jr., mentioned hereinafter. (2) Charles, mar- ried Barbara Metz, issue: Laura, William A., Annie, Emma and Arthur. (3) Mary, who mar- ried Mr. Eshelman. (4) Elizabeth. William Clark died in Franklin county, about sixty years
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of age, and his remains were interred in Cham- bersburg, Pennsylvania. He was admired and respected by all for his integrity and uprightness.
William Clark (son of William Clark), was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, about 1822. He attended the public schools at Hum- melstown, Pennsylvania, worked on his father's farm until 1848, when he began farming for him- self in Franklin county, continuing at the same occupation there up to the time of his decease. He was a director in and one of the organizers of the Centennial Fire Insurance Company at Shippensburg. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Green Village, Pennsylvania. Wil- liam Clark married in 1848, Sarah Searight, daughter of Gilbert Searight, a native of Cum- berland county, Pennsylvania, whose ancestors came from Lancaster county, and were of Penn- sylvania pioneer stock. Mrs. Clark was born near Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. Their children were as follows: I. Gilbert Sea- right, born July 4, 1851, resides in Washing- ton, D. C. 2. Sara Elizabeth, born 1853, mar- ried John W. Bossart, and had : Sarah and Alice Bossart. They reside in Franklin county, Penn- sylvania. 3. William James, born 1855, mar- ried (first) Mary Walker, and had two children : Sara and Mattie Clark. He married (second)
Lottie Croft. They reside in St. Thomas. 4. Charles Francis, born 1857, married Mattie Wal- ker, and resides in Stuttgart, Arkansas. 5. John Edward, born December 1, 1859, died 1903, and was buried in Chambersburg. 6. George Albert, born September 6, 1861, mentioned here- after. 7. Samuel Nichols, born December 7, 1863, died about 1895, and is buried in Cham- bersburg. 8. Minnie Martha, born in 1866, married William Ferguson, and had: Edna and Bruce Ferguson. Mrs. Ferguson died in June, I901. They reside near Chambersburg. 9. Alice Bertha, born 1873, died at the age of twelve years, and is buried in Chambersburg. Two
other children died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Clark were members of Falling Springs Presby- terian Church, at Chambersburg, and in 1876 were instrumental in the organization of the Central Presbyterian Church, at Chambersburg, in which William Clark was a trustee for a num- ber of years. William Clark died May 1, 1885, aged sixty-three years, and his remains are in- terred at Chambersburg.
George Albert Clark, son of William and Sara (Searight) Clark, remained on the home- stead farm until eighteen years of age, assisting with the work thereof during the spring and
summer months and attending the public schools of Green township, Franklin county, during the winter months. When sixteen years old he en- tered the State Normal school, at Shippensburg, and taught during two winters, 1880-1881, and in the tall of 1882 entered. the medical de- partment of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating therefrom M. D., in 1885. He then located at Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, where he practiced until 1890, when he came to Wilkes- Barre, locating at No. 326 South Main street, where he has since engaged in general practice. He is a member of the Luzerne County, the Pennsylvania State, and the American Medical societies. He is a Republican in politics. In 1900 he joined the Wyoming Lodge, No. 39, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of Knights of Malta, Prince of Peace Commandery, Wilkes-Barre, since 1898, and of the Patriotic Sons of America No. 118, Wilkes-Barre. Dr. Clark has in his posses- sion an old grandfather clock 175 years old, which is in first-class condition, made by his great-great-uncle, Andrew Cathcart, who was a fine clock maker. This is an heirloom in the Clark family, a relic of the days that have long gone by and is highly prized by Dr. Clark and his family. Dr. Clark married, January 19, 1888, Elizabeth Nesbitt, born June 14, 1859, daughter of William and Margaret ( Phillips) Nesbitt. William Nesbitt was a native of Ireland, and in early life came to the United States. He mar- ried, at Shamokin, Pennsylvania, Margaret Phil- lips, who bore him the following children: I. Robert, married Sallie Hamer, of Northumber- land county, and had : Elizabeth and Robert Nes- bitt ; they reside in Philadelphia. 2. John, went to North Carolina and married there. 3. Laura, married Samuel Flickinger, and has Robert and Peyton Flickinger ; they reside in Norfolk, Vir- ginia. 4. Elizabeth, the wife of Dr. Clark. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Clark are as fol- lows : Sarah Margaret, born April 7, 1889 ; John Teasdale, born November 9, 1891 ; Robert Nes- bitt, born July 27, 1803: Alice Elizabeth, born October 17, 1895; and Helen, born November 21, 1898. Dr. Clark and his family are mem- bers of the First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania. H. E. H.
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HAHN FAMILY. Gustav Heinrich von Hahn was one of the four first counsellors of the- kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, and presi- dent of the board of the district of the Black For- est. He had a son Gustav Hahn, born near the- city of Stuttgart, kingdom of Wurtemburg, Ger-
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many, October 23, 1830, and well educated in the lyceum at Rentlingen, and the University of Tu- bingen, where he graduated with high honors. At the age of nineteen years the younger Gustav entered the German armny and served two years, acquiring there a splendid military training and education. He then sailed for America, landed at the port of New York, September 22, 1854, and two months later took up his abode in Wilkes- Barre in the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, and became an employe of Robert Baur in thẻ office of the Democratic Wacchter, then the only German Democratic newspaper in the entire region. In 1855 this young German student took up the study of law in the office of Judge Ed- mund L. Dana, finished his course with Judge Stanley Woodward, and came to the bar in Lu- zerne county, February 18, 1861. During the greater part of this period, however, Mr. Hahn was professor of modern languages in Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, and for the six months preceding his admission to the bar was clerk in the office of the prothonotary of Luzerne county. On April 20, 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil war of 1861-1865, Mr. Hahn enlisted in the three months service under the president's first call for volunteers, and was a member of that somewhat noted company known as the "Wyom- ing Jaegers": was elected its second lieutenant ; this company was mustered into service as Com- pany G, Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan- try. At the end of his term of enlistment Lieut- enant Hahn was mustered out of service and re- turned to Wilkes-Barre and the practice of law. In 1864 he was appointed United States commis- sioner, which office he still holds. Gustav Hahn married, December 7, 1861, Mehitabel A. Mun- son, born July 2, 1834, died August 19, 1889, daughter of Salmon Munson1 and Ruhamah
1. Salmon Munson was son of Walter Munson, who married Mehetabel Trowbridge, who removed from Connecticut to Dutchess county, New York; thence to Greene county, same state, and thence, in 1857, to Luerne county, Pennsylvania. The Munsons are an old New England family, and this particular branch is descended from Richard Monson (or Mun- son), an early settler in New Hampshire, afterward of New Hann and still later of Wallingford, Connecticut. Salmon Munson's great-grandfather was Obadiah Mon- son, whose son Wilmot Munson was one of the earliest Connecticut settlers in the Wyoming Valley, but who returned to Connecticut before the massacre in 1778. Walter Munson, son of Wilmot, lived in Connecticut until he attained manhood. Salmon Munson was born in Franklin township, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1808, and always lived there.
Lewis2, of Franklin township, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. They had: Byron G. Hahn, and Ruhamah Hahn, who married October 20, 1896, Isaac R. Moister, of Wilkes-Barre, civil engineer and district superintendent Lehigh Valley Coal Company. He died December, 1896. She was educated in the Wilkes-Barre schools and at the Wyoming Seminary. She also graduated from the Wilkes-Barre City Hospital School for trained nurses and follows her profession in that city.
Byron G. Hahn, son of Gustav Hahn and wife Mehitabel Munson, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1865, and was educated in the public schools of that city, also in the Harry Hillman Academy, class of 1886, and La- fayette College, class of 1890 ; admitted to the Lu- zerne bar in 1893; practicing lawyer in Wilkes- Barre since that date ; deputy collector of internal revenue, February, 1898, March, 1900; postmas- ter of Wilkes-Barre, April 1, 1900, to February I, 1905 ; member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Wilkes-Barre; of Wilkes-Barre Lodge, No. 704. I. O. O. F .; Ontalissa Encampment, 39, I. O. O. F .; Columbia Council, 43, J. O. U. A. M. ; Washington Camp, 408, P. O. S. of A. ; John Knox Commandery, 12, Knights of Malta ; Colo- nel T. C. Harkness Camp, 169, S. of V. ; married, November 18, 1896, at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania, Nellie B. Moister, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Moister. They have one child, Helen M. Hahn, born Dallas, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1900. H. E. H.
CHARLES DANIEL REITER. The name of Reiter has been a well known one in the state of Pennsylvania for many years. John Reiter, the first of this family to settle in America, was born in Germany, as was his wife also. They came to this country about the year 1830, and lo- cated in Henderson township, Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, where they engaged in farming and opened a country store. They possessed German thrift and industry in a high degree, and were soon fairly on the road to prosperity. John Reiter died about 1886, in Jefferson county, and is buried there. He and his wife had the follow- ing named children: I. John, mentioned here- after. 2. George, a resident of Sykes, Jeffer- son county, Pennsylvania. 3. Henry, also re-
2. Ruhamah Lewis was daughter of Oliver Lewis, and was born in Orange county, New York. Revs. Oliver Lewis and George Lewis were her nephews, as also were Revs. Joshua S. Lewis and George C. Lewis. (Kulp.)
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sides at Sykes. 4. Daniel, a resident of Green- brier, West Virginia. 5. Adam, lives in Okla- homa. 6. August, resides in Dubois, Pennsyl- vania. 7. Elizabeth, married Jolin Scheyer of Minnesota. S. Christina, married Adam Lott, of Paradise, Jefferson county, Pennsylvania. 9. Magdalene, married Philip Muth, resides at Big Run, Pennsylvania. 10. Mary, married Charles Muth and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
John Reiter, son of John and Magdelena (Hess) Reiter, was born in Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, and spent his entire life in that place. His education, which was received in the old log school house, did not extend over a great period of time, but as he was a very studious lad and anxious to acquire as good an education as the opportunities afforded, he succeeded in ac- quiring a very fair amount of knowledge. He began work on the farm at a very early age and continued at this occupation for a number of years. He then, in connection with the cultiva- tion of his farm, engaged in the lumber business, and followed both these occupations with untiring energy and success until his retirement from bus- iness in 1900, when he removed to Troutville, Pennsylvania, where, with his wife, he still re- sides. In politics Mr. Reiter has always been a Democrat. He is a member of the Reformed Church of the United States, is an elder in the church, and has at various times held other offices, such as treasurer, etc. Ernestine, his wife. is also a member of the church. and they are both regular attendants and active workers in that field. MIr. Reiter married Ernestine, daugh- ter of Charles and Ernestine Muth. Charles Muth died in Germany in 1879, while on a visit to that country ; his wife, Ernestine, died in 1875.
Mr. and Mrs. John Reiter were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are now living : I. Charles Daniel, of whom later. 2. Samuel O., a farmer of Troutville, Pennsylvania, resides On the old homestead, and married Laura Lim- berg : they have one son, David. 3. Clara MI., married Jacob Beightol, resides at Glen Camp- bell. and has one son, William. 4. Franklin P., resides at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and is employed by the Tennant-Richards Lumber Com- pany of that city. 5. Aaron MI., an engineer on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad, resides at Dubois, Pennsylvania. 6. Rosanna MI .. resides at Troutville, Pennsylvania. 7. John George, resides at Troutville, and is now a student in the high school. Those of the children who have died are : Lizzie : William ; Jessie ; and one who died in infancy.
Charles Daniel Reiter, son of John and Ernes-
tine (Muth) Reiter, was born near Troutville, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1867. He received his education in the public schools, and then entered the Excelsior Normal School at Mehaffy, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with credit. He lived on the homestead until he had attained the age of twenty- one years, when he began teaching in the public schools of Clearfield county, and taught there for three terms. He then turned his attention to a mercantile life. He entered the store of his uncle. Charles Muth, in Elmora, Pennsylvania, as manager and retained this position for one year, when he entered the Rochester Business University, from which he graduated in August, 1892. In November of the same year he came to Wilkes-Barre and accepted a position as teacher in the Wilkes-Barre Business College, having charge of the commercial department, remaining until June, 1893, when he resigned to accept the position of assistant secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Wilkes-Barre. He held this for one year, and then became the general secretary of the Kingston Young Men's Christian Association, which position he resigned at the end of one year. For the next few years he was a solicitor for the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and until August, 1897, when he en- tered the service of the Bradstreet Company as a regular reporter in charge of the Scranton district for one year, and then in charge of Dauphin county for one year. after which he came to Wilkes-Barre for the same company, and held the position of superintendent until December I, 1905. He then entered the employ of the Ten- nant-Richards Lumber Company as a salesman. Mr. Reiter's political affiliations are Republican. He is a member of Central Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a district steward, and teacher of Friendship class in the Sunday school, a class which has a membership of one hundred . and twenty-five. Mrs. Reiter is a member of the same church, is a teacher in the Sunday School, and is also an active worker in the religious field. MIr. Reiter is a director, secretary and treasurer of the New Century Correspondence School. He married. September 19. 1899. Josephine Merrel, born August 15. 1867, daughter of William and Augusta ( Gitt) Merrel. Mr. and Mrs. Merrel are the parents of nine children : I. John. de- ceased. 2. Albert E., who has been a salesman for Smith & Frantz for twenty-three years. He married Minnie Frantz and they had the follow- ing children: Mildred, Ada, Albertine, and Edith. 3. Emma F. C., married George L. C. Frantz, and had the following children: Jean,
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Ailene, Catharine, Jett, Leonard, and Roscoe. 4. Lillian Adelaide, deceased. 5. Oscar, deceased. 6. Edward, deceased, buried in Hollenback cem- etery, Wilkes-Barre. 7. Bertha, married Or- lando Osterhout, a shoe dealer in Mckeesport, Pennsylvania. S. Josephine C., married Char- les Daniel Reiter. 9. Benjamin F., manager of the Leader Chemical Manufacturing Company of Wilkes-Barre : he married Miss Carrie Otto, of Northumberland county, and resides in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daniel Reiter are the parents of one child, Benjamin Merrel, born September 20, 1901. H. E. H.
THOMAS REBAUGH MARTIN, of
Wilkes-Barre, a lawyer of standing at the bar of Luzerne county, is a native of Maryland, and a member of one of the oldest and best known fam- ilies of that state. His great-grandfather, Will- iam Martin, came from Dublin, Ireland, and set- tled in Chicago, Illinois, married a Miss Bush ; they had one daughter, married to Mr. Kier, of Pittsburg, the discoverer of petroleum, and one son, William, of whom later.
William Martin, son of William and
(Bush) Martin, spent his life in Washington county, Maryland. He was a man of the highest honor and integrity, respected and esteemed by all who came in contact with him, whether in professional or social life. He occupied various official positions, among them justice of the peace which office he held for fifty years. He exerted a large influence for good in the community, and his counsel and advice was sought and followed in many important affairs. He drew all the legal papers, etc., and being well versed in the law not one case in a hundred was reversed by the higher courts. He also possessed most excellent busi- ness and executive ability, was sagacious and far- sighted, and his enterprise, and his progressive spirit were important factors in the success he achieved during his active career. He married a Miss Lawrence, of English ancestry, and two children were born to them: Samuel, a lawyer of more than local fame, and David L., mentioned hereafter. Mr. and Mrs. Martin, who were members of the Presbyterian Church, in which they took an active interest, died at the ages of seventy-five and seventy-six years, respectively.
David L. Martin, son of William Martin and his wife, - Lawrence, was born near Hagers- town, Maryland, and educated in the common schools there. During his early years' he was a farmer and stock dealer, conducting extensive operations in the vicinity of Hagerstown, Wash-
ington county. He was honorable and upright in all his dealings with his fellowmen, and was identified with every measure that tended to pro- mote the welfare and growth of the community. He was an Independent in politics. Mr. Martin married Mary Spickler Brumbaugh, also a native of Washington county, Maryland, daughter of a Mr. Brumbaugh, of Holland ancestry, whose fam- ily consisted of three children: Thomas, Mary Spickler, above mentioned, and Elizabeth Brum- baugh. Mr. and Mrs. Martin had five children : William, a farmer of Washington county, Mary- land. Samuel, a resident of Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, where he conducts a dairy and cattle ranch. Thomas Rebaugh, mentioned hereafter. Alice, wife of Napoleon S. Brumbaugh, of Wash- ington county, Maryland. Mary, deceased, who was the wife of John Hummell, of Harrisburg. David L. Martin died in Franklin township, just across the state line in Pennsylvania, where he spent his last years. His wife died at the age of sixty-nine years.
Thomas Rebaugh Martin, son of David L. and Mary S. Martin, was born May 26, 1849, near Hagerstown, Washington county, Maryland. He began his education in the common schools of his native county, and subsequently attended in turn Mercersburg College and the Franklin and Mar- shall College, Lancester, Pennsylvania, graduating from the last named institution in 1874. He then entered upon a course of law study under the preceptorship of D. G. Eshelman, Esquire, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and continued his prep- aration for his profession under Attorney-Gen- eral Andrew K. Seyster, of Hagerstown, Mary- land. In the latter part of 1875 he was admitted to the bar of Washington county, Maryland, at Hagerstown, and in January of the following year was admitted to the bar of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He then located in Wilkes-Barre, and was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1876, and later to the su- preme, superior and United States courts. A stranger among the people, and meeting many competitors at the bar to which he came, his pros- pects were anything but flattering. He possessed however, the elements most necessary to success under such untoward circumstances. It was not long, therefore, until his industry and ability found recognition, and in time he obtained a pro- fessional footing and from that on his success was assured. In the years which have intervened, his practice has continually augmented in extent and importance. A Democrat in politics, he is known throughout his section as an aggressive exponent of the principles and policies of his
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