Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 97

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

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Moses Coolbaugh married, January 1, 1866, Hattie Stark, born October 17. 1844, daugh- ter ' of John M. and Sarah Stark, died 'October 14, 1901, at the Lake Carey residence, and was buried in Hollenback cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Moses Coolbaugh were the parents of one son, John Stark, born March 27, 1869, mar- ried Anna Young, daughter of William H. Young, of Pittston. Mrs. John Stark Cool- baugh was one of three children: Anna, John -and Jessie.

WILLIAM A. GOULDING, a citizen of West Pittston, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, and a man well known and highly respected in the commercial, financial and social cir- cles of that town, is descended from good English stock. William Goulding, father of William A. Goulding, was born in Steventon, Berkshire county, England, February 21, 1805. and was educated in that town. He received an excellent education, and was a Methodist Protestant minister in England, spending his entire life in Steventon, where he died in 1895, and was buried in Steventon cemetery. He married, June 23, 1853, Elizabeth Langford, born at Timmsbury, England, September 14, 1820, and died in Steventon in 1902. (See Langford, elsewhere in this work.) Mrs. Goulding is also buried in Steventon. Berk- shire, England. Mr. and Mrs. William Gould- ing were the parents of six children as fol- lows : I. William Abel, born and died June 18, 1854. 2. Mary Anna, born May 8, 1855,

married Joseph Masters. 3. Rosa, born April 25, 1857, married Bryce Edwin Burn- ham, July 17, 1883. 4. William Abel, twin, of whom hereinafter. 5. Mina Elizabeth, twin, born February 28, 1859, died April, 1859. 6. Mina Elizabeth, born September 3, 1861, married Robert Stuart McCrae, August 7, ISS3, and is a poetess of renown.

William Abel Goulding, fourth child and son of William and Elizabeth (Langford) Goulding, was born at Steventon, Berkshire, England, February 28, 1859. He spent his early years in his native town and came to America with his uncle, Joseph Langford, at- the age of ten years. He received his educa- tion in the public schools of West Pittston and the commercial department of the Wyo- ming Seminary. His first work in the busi- ness world was for Joseph Langford, in Pitts- ton, Pennsylvania, in the powder business, when he was twenty-one years of age. He continued in the employ of Mr. Langford un- til 1888. having held various positions. At this time he concluded to make a trip to Eu- rope, more especially to England, and re- mained abroad for some time. Upon his re- turn he entered into business relations with Senator William Drury, who conducted an extensive wholesale and retail grocery and shoe business in Pittston. These relations proved most friendly and satisfactory and have continued up to the present time (1906), when Mr. Goulding holds the position of chief clerk. Mr. Goulding is a stanch Republican, having always affiliated with that party. His religious views are those of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Goulding married, Sep- tember 5, 1893, Belle Bland Field, daughter of Samuel M. and Jane W. (Bland) Field.

Mrs. Jane Washington (Bland) Field, mother of Mrs. William Abel Goulding, and daughter of Robert Bland, is descended from old Pennsylvania stock. Three brothers of the Bland family emigrated to America and two (William and Robert) settled in Virginia, in what is now known as Bland county, and are the ancestors of the Bland family in Penn- sylvania. Judge H. Willis Bland, of Reading, Pennsylvania, who is a nephew of Mrs. Field, is also a descendant of this family. He mar- ried, first, Mary Pierson : and, second, Almina . of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Rob- ert Bland, born March 17. 1783, near Birds- boro, died April 18, 1836, at Blandon, and is buried in Charles Evan's cemetery in Read-

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ing, Pennsylvania. He was a son of William Bland, who was born in Essex county, Eng- land. Robert Bland married, February 8, 1813, Mary Minker, born July 23, 1796, at Glasgow Forge, near Reading, Pennsylvania, and died in 1860. She was the daughter of Henry Minker, and bore her husband eleven children : I. Hannah, born November 25, 1813, married Peter Gift, October, 1831, died January 16, 1838. 2. Mary Ann, born March 29, 1815, married (first) William Hughes, who died September 30, 1859, and she married (second) John Noll. 3. Henry. 4. Rachael, born August 20, 1819, married Amos Light- foot, 1837. 5. Harriet, born June 12, 1822, married David Smucker, May 3, 1848, and had one son, Wilbur ; she died November 3, 1850.

6. William, born December 16, 1824, died December 29, 1894; married, December 13, 1849, Mary Ann Dickinson. 7. Elizabeth, born November 29, 1830, died March 21, 1855. 8. Jane Washington, born May 27, 1832, mar- ried Samuel M. Field. 9. Sarah, born Au- gust 26, 1834. 10. Edward. II. Robert, born February 22, 1836; married Elizabeth Jones, of Reading, Pennsylvania, deceased.

Samuel Miller Field, husband of Jane Washington (Bland) Field, above mentioned, was the son of Michael T. and Fannie (Trap- pagen) Field, and had thirteen sisters and brothers: 1. Jeremiah. 2. Richard. 3. Michael, who was a farmer near Whitehouse, New Jersey, until his death in 1872 when his son Henry took charge of the farm; Michael's wife died in February, 1890. 4. Depew. 5. Jacob. 6. George L. 7. John. 8. Henry T. 9. David. 10. Jane, who married, Dr. John Lowe, of Milford, New Jersey. 11. Eliza- beth, married William Cortelio. 12. Fannie Pennyea, married William McCauley. 13. Mary Frances, died in infancy.

Samuel Miller Field was born at White- house, New Jersey, September 4, 1828. From his early years he was connected with railroad interests, beginning active work on the rail- roads at the age of sixteen years. He was con- ductor for the Reading railroad and . later be- came Yard Master at Reading, Pennsylvania, for the same company. In August, 1859, he was appointed train dispatcher for the Lehigh Valley railroad, located at Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Junction, Pittston, Pennsylvania, and had charge of the division from Wilkes- Barre to Sayre. He was in the employ of this company continuously from 1859 until 1890.

He died March 5, 1890, at West Pittston, and was buried in Charles Evans' Cemetery at Reading, He was greatly respected in the community in which he lived, and was a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church in West Pittston, and president of the board of trus- tees of the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal church at Pittston. He was a stockholder in the People's bank of Pittston and a member of the East Pittston school board. His political affilia- tions were Republican. He was a member of the following organizations: Free and Ac- cepted Masons ; Black Diamond Knight of Honor; Royal Arcanum; Knights of Pythias. Mr. Field married (first) Elizabeth Betson, and had four sons and two daughters: I. Stephen M., married Elizabeth Brandenburg, and re- sides in East Pittston, Pennsylvania. 2. Eph- raim D., married Ada Seward, and resides in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 3. Fannie Mary, married James H. Mosier, and is a resident of West Pittston, Pennsylvania. 4. Cyrus W., deceased, married Maud Simmond, resides in Jenny Lind, Arkansas. 5. Elizabeth D., de- ceased, married Charles Gridley, of Waverly, New York. 6. George, died in infancy. Mr. Field married (second) Jane Washington Bland, September 8, 1859, in Harrisburg, Penn -- sylvania, and had two children: I. Mary Jane, married Corydon C. King, of Middle- town, New York, resides at West Pittston. 2. Belle Bland, married William Abel Goulding, the subject of this sketch.

LOUIS GEORGE LUBRECHT, proprietor- and manager of the Standard Publishing Com- pany, of Hazleton, is the son of Louis Lubrecht who was born in Germany. Louis Lubrecht, af- ter coming from Hanover, Germany, to America, was bookkeeper for the Tresco Coal Company at Tresco, Pennsylvania, later coming to Hazleton, where he established himself in the grocery and wholesale liquor business on Wyoming street. He then removed to East Broad street, between Pine and Cedar streets. He was a Democrat, and was a burgess in 1860 and 1861. He was a member of the Concordia Singing Society. He married Ernestine Sandtrock, also of Germany, and they had six children: I. Marie who lives at home ; 2. Minnie, also at home : 3. William C., married Emma Callaway, and had five children :: James. L. ; William S. ; Frank ; Edward. died January 6,. 1902, aged two years, buried in Vine street ceme- tery, Hazelton ; and Frederick. Emma Callaway is the daughter of Joseph and Emma (Harry)

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Callaway, of Maryland, later of Hazleton. Joseph Callaway died about 1891, in Hazleton, and is buried in the Vine street cemetery : 4. Frank, who died about 1861, at the age of two years, and is buried in the Vine street cemetery; 5. Louis George, the subject of this sketch; 6. Anna C., who is a teacher in the high school and resides at home. Louis Lubrecht the father of these children, died June, 1864.

Louis George Lubrecht, son of Louis and Ernestine (Sandtrock) Lubrecht, was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1862. He was educated in the public schools, and at the age of fourteen entered printing office of the old Hazle- ton Daily News. He remained there for two years, and then went for a time in the employ of the Democrat and Plain-Speaker. In 1885 he com- menced publishing the Semi-Weekly Standard, issuing it continuously until April 1, 1892, when he began issuing the Daily Standard, and has been engaged with that publication ever since. In addition to this he does a large amount of gen- eral publication work and job printing, and con- trols a large business. The Standard Publishing Company had its start in Walnut Hall. in West Broad street, Hazleton, where the business was carried on for two years, and then removed to the Amann block on South Wyoming street, where it remained for thirteen years, when it was again moved to its present location at 144-146- 148-150, or the old Grace Reformed Church, East Broad street, corner of Cedar street. Under Mr. Lubrecht's management the business has pros- pered exceedingly, until today the Standard Pub- lishing Company stands aloft among its competi- tors in that section of the country. Mr. Lubrecht is an adherent of the Democratic party, and was elected tax collector for the borough in 1889, and served one term. He has been a member of the Roval Arcanum since 1887. His religion is that of the German Reformed Church.

September 1, 1887, Mr. Lubrecht married Louisa Longshore, daughter of A. R. Long- shore, who died about 1903. They had six child- ren : I. Ernestine, born February 15, 1889 : 2. Al- fred, born February, 1891, died in infancy ; 3. Karl Longshore, born December 18, 1892: t . Mary, deceased, born December 7, 1900: 5. Louise, born June 21, 1897 : 6. Katherine, born November 17, 1902.

JAMES E. RODERICK, chief of depart- ment of mines of Pennsylvania, is among the prominent men who have had vast experience in the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania. He was born January 14, 1842, in Goginan, Cardi-

ganshire, South Wales, a son of Edward and Eleanor (Edwards) Roderick, and grandson on the paternal side of Edward and Jane Roderick, of Penygaru, Cardiganshire, and on the mater- nal side of Evan and Elizabeth ( Blackwell) Ed- wards, of Goginan, Cardiganshire, near Abery- stwyth, Wales. Edward Roderick (father ) was a native of Wales, and died in Cardiganshure, 1855, aged sixty-four years. His wife, also a native of Wales, died in Wilkes-Barre, aged eighty-four years, and her remains were interred in Hollenback cemetery. The children of Ed- ward and Eleanor (Edwards) Roderick were: Evan, died at his home in Wilkes-Barre, January, 1881, buried in Hollenback cemetery; John, died in Wales, aged thirty-one years; Edward, died in Wales, aged about sixty-five years; Richard, died in Wilkes-Barre, aged about seventy years, and was buried in Hollenback cemetery ; Mary, died in Wales, at the age of two years ; Mary (second), died in Wales, at the age of seven years : Mary (third), married Thomas R. Jones, of Wilkes-Barre, in which city she died and was buried in the city cemetery ; James E., referred to hereafter.

James Edward Roderick spent his early days in Cardiganshire, Wales, and his education was acquired in the public schools there. His father dying when he was thirteen years of age, he was early thrown upon his own resources, and he took up the practical duties of life in South Wales in the mining of copper, lead and silver, and at eighteen years of age he was working alternately day and night shifts, attending school days and half-days as the opportunity offered. He thus acquired a liberal education, and secured a diplo- ma in bookkeeping. In March, 1864, he emigrated to the United States, and after a short time spent in New York located in Scranton, and later removed to Pittston and for three months there- after was engaged as a miner's laborer in the mines of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. He then took up his residence in Wilkes-Barre and engaged with the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, mining coal for them until January I, 1866, when he was given the position of mine foreman at the Empire shaft. On June 1, 1870, he accepted a position as general superintendent for A. J. Davis & Company, Warrior Run, with whom he remained until the end of June, 1881. At that time, after a competitive examination, he was appointed by governor Hoyt to the position of mine inspector for what was then known as the fourth anthracite district of Pennsylvania, with headquarters at Hazleton, (now known as the eleventh anthracite district). After serving

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the term of five years he was reappointed after another competitive examination by Governor Pattison. At the end of the third year of his second term he resigned to accept a more lucra- tive position as general superintendent for Lind- erman & Skeer, which position he held from May, 1889, to June, 1896. He was in charge of six collieries, employing in all about fourteen hun- dred men, and mining two thousand tons of coal daily. June 1, 1896. Mr. Roderick resigned the position of general superintendent for Linderman & Skeer to become the general manager for A. S. Vanwickle's extensive coal business and other interests. Mr. Vanwickle having died in the meantime, he resigned this position June 1, 1899, to accept under Governor Stone the position of the then chief of (bureau) of mines, now depart- ment of mines. He was reappointed chief of the department of mines by Governor Pennypacker, which position he still holds ( 1906.)

Mr. Roderick is a director of the Hazleton National Bank, which position he has held since its organization, rendering capable and efficient service. He has also been a director of the Hazle- ton State Hospital since its inception, served as president of the board of commissioners that built it, and as president of the board of trustees of said hospital since the death of Hon. Eckley B. Coxe. Mr. Roderick has been closely identified with the Republican party, being an earnest be- liever in its doctrines. He served as school direc- tor in Warrior Run borough from 1872 to 1880, and was one of the first select councilmen in the city of Hazleton, serving as such one term. He has a large following in the county, and his in- fluence is of vast importance to the party which he represents. Since 1872 Mr. Roderick has been a master Mason, and has been a member of Hazelton Lodge, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, since its organization. He is also a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Hazleton, in which his wife holds membership. He was for eighteen years secretary of the churches and superintendent of the Sunday schools at Wilkes- Barre and Warrior Run. He was one of the first members and an active factor in the erection of the First Welsh Presbyterian Church, located at Northampton and Meade streets, Wilkes-Barre, was elected its first secretary and served from 1864 to 1870. He was also secretary of the Warrior Run Church from 1870 to 1881. He removed to Warrior Run in 1870 and the pres- ent church edifice was built in 1873.

Mr. Roderick married ( first) Sarah Davis, of New York. December, 1868, who bore him four children : Eleanor, born September 26, 1869, wife

of David C. Jones, of D. C. Jones & Company, of Wilkes-Barre. Edward R., born April 20, 1872, a physician of Wilkes-Barre, whose sketch fol- lows this. James, born January 25, 1874, a clerk in the office of the department of mines, Harris- burg. John, born February 27, 1877, died at the age of ten years and was buried in Hollenback cemetery. The mother of these children died February. 1881, and her remains were buried in Hollenback cemetery, Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Rode- rick married (second) Mrs. Mary Lloyd, who died in September, 1883, who was also buried in Hollenback cemetery. There were no children of this marriage. Mr. Roderick married (third), October 27, 1885, Mrs. Maria (Lawall) Ulmer, of Hazleton, who was one of ten children, namely Matilda, deceased, buried in Vine street cemetery ; she was the wife of R. E. Drake, of Hazleton. Ellen, deceased wife of the late M. D. Whiston ; both are buried in Forty Fort cemetery. Maria, wife of said James E. Roderick. Amanda, widow of Reuben Beisel, of Hazleton. (See Beisel sketch) ; Mr. Beisel was buried in Vine street cemetery, Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Sarena, de- ceased wife of L. A. Beddoe, of Hazleton ; she was buried in Vine street cemetery. Alice, wife of Parker Price, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. William, married Martha Powell, and resides in Hazleton. Emma, wife of Richard Roberts, of Hazleton. Lilly, unmarried. Ida, wife of H. P. Kuntz, recorder of deeds at Wilkes-Barre: they reside in Hazleton, Pennsylvnaia. The parents of the above mentioned children were Thomas and Katherine (Geiger) Lawall, of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, the former a son of Peter and Mary (Seipp) Lawall, of Butztown, North- ampton county, where Peter Lawall conducted a hotel and where both he and his wife died. and the latter was a daughter of John and Mary (Stecker) Geiger, of Butztown, where John Geig- er taught school for many years. Thomas La- wall, the father of the children, was the proprietor of the Hazleton House at the time of his death, 1866, aged forty-nine years. His wife Katherine died 1889, aged seventy-two years. Their re- mains were interred in Vine street cemetery, Haz- leton.

WAYMAN FERRIS, until his death a man prominent in musical and church circles, in both of which he was an active worker, was a native of New York state, and comes of a family that settled in this country many years ago.

(I) Eber Ferris, father of Wayman Ferris, and son of Benjamin Ferris, lived in Unadilla, Otsego county, New York, and was greatly re-

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spected there. He and his sister, Julia Ann, were noted as historians, and he was also justice of the peace, and in very prosperous circumstances. He married Betsey Ferris, who died May 4, 1842, and had twelve children: I. Zachariah Benja- min : 2. Zachariah: 3. Benjamin : 4. Phoebe Maria : 5. Mary ; 6. Julia Ann : 7. Wayman, the subject of this sketch ; 8. Edwin Fitzgerald, born February 19, 1822, married June 7, 1877, at Han- over, Margaret, daughter of Joseph Steel; 9. Eliza Ann; 10. Peleg ; II. Sarah Ann; 12. John. Eber Ferris died December 21, 1852. William, son of Benjamin, was a soldier in the late re- bellion, serving all through the war, and was discharged with the rank of sergeant. .

(II) Wayman Ferris, fourth son and sev- enth child of Eber (I) and Betsey (Ferris) Fer- ris, was born near the town of Unadilla, Otsego county, New York, March 27, 1818. His early years were spent in Unadilla, where he was edu- cated, and became a farmer and a stock and horse dealer. In this business he remained for a num- ber of years. He served three months at Delhi, New York, in the anti-rent war, and he was leader of the regimental band of the regiment that sub- dued the anti-renters. He was extraordinarily gifted in music, a master of several instruments and a fine singer. At the age of twenty eight years he began to teach music, and continued this until 1873. He was the leader of the church choir and the organist of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1870 he removed to Prairie City, Iowa, where he resided for three years, pur- suing his occupation as an instructor in music during this period. He also spent some time in the manufacture of brick. In 1873 he returned to Pittston and entered the lime business. He was injured and disabled for this in an elevator accident, and then entered the dairy business, which he followed until 1891, being very suc- cessful in his business undertakings, owing to his energy and determination. He was actively interested and engaged in church and Sunday school work, and had charge of the Sunday school and the music of the church. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of West Pittston, as is his widow now, and was on the official board, a class leader and an earnest temperance worker. In politics he was a Re- publican. He married, August 24, 1841, Sylvia Davis, born October 27. 1823, daughter of Peter and Abigail ( Brooks) Davis. Peter Davis, father of Mrs. Wayman Ferris, was an early settler in Otsego county, New York. He came thence from Hancock, New Hampshire, with his family and household goods in sleds, in company with

Ephraim Smith and his family, following a blazed trail, and suffering all the hardships and fatigues of the early settlers, Otsego county being then little better than a wilderness. They found tem- porary shelter with a settler named Spaulding. while Peter cleared an acre of ground and erected a dwelling for himself and family. Abi- gail (Brooks) Davis, mother of Mrs. Way- man Ferris, was the daughter of William and Lydia Deborah (Parker) Brooks. Peter and Abigail ( Brooks) Davis had children as follows : I. Cynthia Lovisa, married George Clark, of Massachusetts. 2. Lydia Deborah, married George Pond, of Unadilla. 3. Mary Ann, married Ed- ward E. Lathrop, of Unadilla. 4. Sylvia, married Wayman Ferris, as previously stated. 5. Abigail, married David E. Waite, of Otego, Otsego county, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Wayman Fer- ris had one child: John Wayman Davis, born June 2, 1855, died April 23, 1872, in his seven- teenth year, and is buried in Jasper cemetery, Prairie City, Iowa. Mr. Ferris died in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1893.

MORGAN FAMILY. Among the families of prominence in the Wyoming Valley to-day may justly be mentioned that of Morgan. They are descended from a long line of noted ancestors dating back to our own heroes in the pioneer days of this country, and through the kings of Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Spain and to Maximus, the Roman emperor; to Peter the Great, to William the Conqueror, and Roderick the Great, and to the fourth century, A. D. Among the original emigrant ancestors of the Morgan family in America was Mathias Rittenhouse, a descendant from a long line of kings, who came from Amsterdam to America; Edward Foulke, who, with his wife, was descended from a line of kings and emperors; Robert Cadwallader ; Cad- wallader Evans : Edward Morgan (also of noted ancestry) : all of whom were the followers of William Penn and came to this country about the year 1680. They settled in and near Philadel- phia, and were known as Quakers. Some of their ancestors also helped to repel Caesar be- fore the Christian era.

Charles Morgan, father of the present genera- tion in Wilkes-Barre, was a son of Benjamin and Tacie (Stroud) Morgan, both of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Tacie (Stroud) Morgan was a daughter of Edward Stroud, also of Mont- gomery county, and Hannah (Foulke) Stroud. of Mother Kill, Delaware. Benjamin Morgan was a son of Morgan Morgan and Ann (Rob-

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erts) Morgan, whose mother was a daughter of John Hanks, the White Marsh yeoman, from whom Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, was descended. Morgan Morgan was the son of Edward and Margaret ( Rittenhouse) Morgan, who were members of the Society of Friends, and for many years residents of Mont- gomery county. Margaret ( Rittenhouse) Mor- gan's genealogy is also remarkable, dating back to kings and emperors.

David Rittenhouse, brother of Margaret (Rit- tenhouse) Morgan, was treasurer of the state of Pennsylvania for seventeen years, and was an in- timate friend of Thomas Jefferson, who said of him that he was the greatest scientific man of the age. He was the inventor of the hair lines used in telescopes, and was voted money by the United States government to make astronomical observations of the transit of Venus. These were the first correct astronomical observations ever made, the hair lines which he invented enabling him to accomplish this. He also constructed the first correct miniature planetary system ever made. It was presented to Princeton College, and is no doubt still there. It was injured during the Revolutionary war by the British when they oc- cupied Princeton, but was afterward restored. He was also a manufacturer of brass clocks. The first one known to have been made in the United States was given by him to his sister Margaret as a wedding present, and still remains in good condition in the Morgan family. Very high pre- miums are offered for these clocks by the Phila- delphians. President Washington appointed him the first director of the mint, and also to make the first munitions of war during the Revolution. He succeeded Benjamin Franklin as president of the Polytechnic Institute, Philadelphia. He also built the first United States mint. He made the stamps for coming United States money, and also manufactured the scales that weighed the first United States coins. These scales are now on ex- hibition in the United States Mint in Philadel- phia. He made the surveyor's instruments that established all the lines of the middle states and some of the eastern states, and that of Mason and Dixon's line, and himself settled dispute regard- ing the latter. He personally surveyed the har- bors around Philadelphia. David Rittenhouse's father, Mathias, made the first paper ever made in the United States in his mill on the Wissa- hickon.

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Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 97

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