Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 98

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

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Edward Morgan was the son of Daniel Mor- gan, and Daniel was the son of Edward. The first mentioned Edward Morgan was a brother-

in-law of David Rittenhouse, and, like him, was. a very fine mechanic, a manufacturer of guns, some of which were used in the Revolutionary war, and one of which is still owned in one branchi of the Morgan family, with such fine shooting qualities that it was eventually barred out of all shooting matches in Montgomery county. It is presumed that he was of great service to Daviu Rittenhouse in building the telescope with which he took his astronomical observations. Much of this information came from Charles Morgan, the father of the present generation, who remem- bered the visits of David Rittenhouse and his brother at his father's home. The latter Edward Morgan was the grandfather of Daniel Boone, the pioneer of historic Kentucky fame, so well- known to all Americans.

Charles Morgan was born in Whitpain town- ship, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1814, and reared there until twenty years of age. He received a limited education in the common schools, and served an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade. From 1834 to 1839 he resided in Philadelphia, and then came to Wilkes- Barre by railroad from Harrisburg and from Harrisburg to Wilkes-Barre by canal packet boat, which was the most convenient method of travel at that time. He worked as a journeyman until 1843, and then embarked in the shoe business with Mr. Kline under the firm name of Kline & Morgan, on Market street, Wilkes-Barre. All goods came from Somerville, New Jersey, the railroad terminus by team, later by canal, and still later by railroad. He also founded the hardware business in Wilkes-Barre known as C. Morgan's. Sons, and was connected with same until he re- tired in 1886. On April 22, 1842, he married Ellen, daughter of Philip and Margaret (Wirt) Hann, of Huntington township, this county, and had ten children, nine of whom were reared to maturity.

I. Edward Stroud, married Mary Welles, daughter of William S. Welles, of Wilkes-Barre, and had Grace, who married Dr. E. L. Myers, of" Wilkes-Barre; Martha, who married Victor Dod- son, of Wilkes-Barre. Edward is now deceased. 2. Tacie Stroud, married Benjamin O. Lox- ley, of Philadelphia, no issue. Tacie is now de- ceased.

3. Jesse Taylor, our subject, mentioned here- inafter.

4. Anna Lowery, married Dunning Sturde -- vant, of Wilkes-Barre; no issue. Anna is now deceased.

5. William P. Miner, married Harriet Win-

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ans, and had Anna, who married Stuart Hills, of Hartford, Connecticut ; Ruth and Tacie. They reside in Wilkes-Barre.

6. Charles Evans, married Elizabeth Wood, and had Byron and Elizabeth. They reside in Wilkes-Barre.

7. Benjamin Morgan, married Jessie Lov- ett and had Walter and Dorothy, also of Wilkes- Barre.

Ellen H., married William L. Post, and had Marian ; also of Wilkes-Barre.

9. Mary E., married William S. Goff, and had Walter and Eleanor, also of Wilkes-Barre.

Charles Morgan was a member of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, and his family of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a past high priest of Shekinah Chapter, No .. 182, Royal Arch Masons, of Wilkes-Barre, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he was a Republican. He died at the age of eighty-seven years, and was buried in Hollenback cemetery at Wilkes-Barre. Ellen (Hann) Morgan is living an active life and enjoying good health at the age of eighty-two years. She is a daughter of Peter Hann, of Huntington, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, who came from near Washington, New Jersey, when still a young man.

Jesse Taylor Morgan, born in Market street, Wilkes-Barre, November 28, 1847, is a son of Charles and Ellen (Hann) Morgan. He spent his early life in Wilkes-Barre, and was educated in the borough schools and Wyoming Seminary of Kingston. He commenced work in his father's store at fourteen years of age, and studied during the hours when not at work. At times he fol- lowed civil engineering and surveying, intending to make this his profession up to 1869, when he entered his father's store as a partner. In the year 1876, William P. Miner Morgan bought out the remaining interests of his father, Charles Morgan. J. T. and W. P. Morgan continued the business of retail boots and shoes for a few years, working into the wholesale business, and finally into the manufacturing of boots and shoes, their plant being the first of this character ever started in northeastern Pennsylvania. The business was carried on successfully under the name of Mor- gan Brothers & Company, and was finally sold out to David Davis, of Worcester, Massachusetts. J. T. and W. P. Morgan were later in the real estate business, having bought out the race course at Lee Park and the farm of Washington Lee, comprising about six hundred building lots, where the town of Lee Park is now situated. J.

T. Morgan has been for a number of years en- gaged in the manufacture of hosiery ; first with William Menzies, under the name of Morgan & .. Menzies, and later under the name of Wilkes- Barre Knitting Mills Company, a corporation. composed of Mr. Morgan and other prominent citizens, located at Newtown and Lee Park, Penn- sylvania.

Mr. Morgan married first Frances Robbins, daughter of Elias Robbins, and the living issue- are: I. Elias Robbins, a graduate of Lehigh. University, and a mechanical engineer, now lo- cated at York, Pennsylvania. 2. Mary Ellen, a' graduate of Wilson College, a student of music at Wilson College, Syracuse University, and Ber- lin, Germany, a teacher of music at Hudson: River Institute, Syracuse Classical School, Cali- fornia State Normal School, and Buena Vista. College.

Mr. Morgan married (second) Kate Eulalie. Miller, daughter of G. M. Miller, of Wilkes -. Barre. With this marriage there is no issue.

Mr. Morgan is a Republican in politics gen- erally, but always stands for good government independent of party. He is a member of the" First Methodist Episcopal Church of Wilkes- Barre, with a great deal of love for the Society of Friends, whose teachings and history have been the foundation of his religious belief and principles. He was one of the organizers and treasurer of the Consumers' Gas Company from its incipiency until its consolidation with the Gas Company of Luzerne county. He has been: a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows for about thirty years. Mr. Morgan, now fifty-seven years of age, is only in his prime, re -- taining in a remarkable degree the health, strength and activity of his youth. Of an inven -. tive turn of mind, he has patented some machin- ery. He was the originator, together with his partner, William Menzies, of the singeing pro- cess on hosiery for producing lisle finish, which is now used largely in this and other countries. He is fond of fruit culture, and has succeeded in originating some very fine new varieties.

NOAH PETTIBONE, deceased, father of Mrs. Wesley N. Johnson, and son of Oliver and Martha (Paine) Pettibone, (see sketch), was. born on the old homestead in Dorranceton, Penn- sylvania, July 27, 1798, and resided there all his life.

Noah Pettibone was educated in the public schools of the district, and at an early age helped his father on the farm, and for a number of years.

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prior to his father's death farmed for himself on a portion of his father's land, and subsequently he and his Uncle Henry engaged in farming por- tions of the estate. Noalı Pettibone followed general farming, was a very successful man, and stood high in the community of which he was a member. He was at one time a member of the school board. He was a Democrat in politics. He attended the Presbyterian church in what was then Kingston township. Mr. Pettibone was twice married. His first wife, Sarah (Sharps) Pettibone, born January 17, 1800, bore him the following children: Jacob Sharps, born Septem- ber 17, 1821, died December 26, 1895 ; Henry, born February 8, 1824; John Sharps, born May 2, 1826; Stephen Hill, born August II, 1829, died October 4, 1905: Martha Ann, born April 24, 1832, died January 23, 1884; George, born Feb- ruary 24, 1835, died October 12, 1836; Noah, born August 5, 1838, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Sarah (Sharps) Pettibone died December 20, 1843, aged forty- three years. Noah Pettibone married (second) Margaret Nice Speece, born November 3, 181I, daughter of William and Nancy ( Nice) Speece. and their children were: Sarah Elizabeth, born November 13, 1847, of whom later; Walter Speece, born December 21, 1852; and Harper Nice, born March 14, 1857. Noalı Pettibone, Sr., died December II, 1867, aged sixty-nine years, and his second wife, Margaret Nice (Speece) Pettibone, died June 12, 1882, aged seventy-one years. (See sketch of Pettibone Family else- where in this work.) The estate of Noah Petti- bone has proved very valuable, being in the heart of the anthracite region, and all of it proving to be coal land. His descendants now reside on portions of the old homestead.

Mrs. Margaret Nice (Speece) Pettibone was a daughter of William and Nancy (Nice) Speece, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Speece followed the business of stonemason, and later he followed the same trade in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. William Speece was a son of Cas- per and Maudlen (Leidy) Speece, and Nancy ( Nice) Speece was a daughter of John and Ann (Coffin) Nice. William and Nancy (Nice) Speece had children : John, born August 26, 1805. married Lydia Dodson, and died December 24, 1865, aged sixty years; Mary Ann, born Oc- tober 4, 1807, died August 2, 1836, aged twenty- eight years; George, born September 26, 1809, died September 21, 1832, aged twenty-three years ; Margaret Nice, born November 3, 1811, aforementioned as the wife of Noah Pettibone,

died June 12, 1882, aged seventy-one years ; Wal- ter, born April 21, 1815, married .Jane Snyder ; Jane Cotman, born January 12, 1816, married John Pruner ; she died March 10, 1882, aged sixty-one years. Mrs. Nancy ( Nice) Speece died September 24, 1818, aged thirty-three years. William Speece married (second) Mrs. Martha (Barnes) Egbert, and their children were: Eliza- beth Yerkes, born February 6, 1820, married Is- rael Shay, and she died April 11, 1896, aged sev- enty-six years'and two months ; Samuel K., born December 3, 1821, married Mary Rydell; Jesse, born October 6, 1823, died June 13, 1855, aged thirty-one years; Major Le Grand B., born De- ' cember 14, 1825, married Sarah Westfield, and died March 22, 1885, aged sixty years, three months and eight days. William Speece, died September 28, 1827, aged fifty years. Mrs. Mar- tha (Barnes) (Egbert) Speece died 1866, aged seventy-five years.

Sarah Elizabeth Pettibone, daughter of Noah and Margaret Nice (Speece) Pettibone, born November 13, 1847, became the wife of Wesley N. Johnson, and their children were: Jessie Louisa, born August 30, 1875, married Herbert Ransom, of Forty Fort, now Dorranceton, and had children : Herbert Johnson, born October 18, 1899; Frank Wesley, born December 14. 1900; Elizabeth Pettibone, born May 20, 1902; Jean Maudlen, born September 29, 1903, died July II, 1904, and was buried in Forty Fort cem- etery ; and George Palmer, born November II, 1904. Frank Erastus, born September 5, 1877 now in Maywood, Illinois, engaged in the coal business. Edna May, born May 26, 1879, died November 21, 1883, aged four years, five months and twenty-six days, and was buried in Forty Fort cemetery.

HON. WILLIAM REINHARDT. By birth and parentage William Reinhardt, of Haz- leton, is a German, by citizenship a loyal Ameri- can. He was born in Women, Germany, Febru- ary 7, 1851.

His father, Henry Reinhardt, born in 1801, in Blangenbach, Germany, spent the greater part of his life in Women, first as blacksmith and later as farmer. He was the only son of his parents, and married Barbara Young. of Women, and they had thirteen children, of whom William Reinhardt is the eleventh. The mother of this large family died in Women, 1853, and the father died in 1859. and both were buried in Women.

William Reinhardt's parents dying when he was very young he was compelled to leave school

James B Pierce

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early and learn a trade, so he went to Blangen- bach and learned the blacksmith trade, remaining there two years and two months. At the age of sixteen he emigrated to the United States, landed in New York, and proceeded to Hazleton, Penn- sylvania, where he began work as a breaker boy at Laurel Hill for A. Pardee & Co. After serv- ing in this capacity two months, and as fireman four months, he worked as a blacksmith at Har- leigh, South Sugar Loaf, Stockton and Ebervale.

Subsequently William Reinhardt returned to Hazleton, Pennsylvania, where he established the Phoenix carriage works, which he conducted until May, 1896, when he bought out the Eagle car- riage works, joining the two carriage works to- gether under the name of the Eagle carriage works, and has ever since continued the business under this name.

From 1896 to 1900 William Reinhardt served as school director, being twice elected to the office, and in April, 1901, was chosen mayor of the city of Hazleton, serving until 1904. He is the Dem- ocratic chairman of the fourth legislative district of Pennsylvania. He is connected with the fol- lowing fraternal organizations : Hazle Lodge No. 327, Free and Accepted Masons ; Mountaineer Lodge, No. 107, Knights of Pythias; and the Concordia Singing Society, all of Hazleton. He and his family are members of Christ's (Luth- eran) Church, of Hazleton, with the work of which they are prominently identified.

William Reinhardt married December , 22, 1871, Elizabeth Bicking, of Hazleton, and five children were born to them, as follows: Anna Elizabeth, born January 24, 1872, lives in Hazle- ton. Dora, born April 4, 1875, died December 25, 1880, at the age of five years and eight months, and is buried in Vine street cemetery. Elizabeth, born June 2, 1877, died December 22, 1880, aged three years and six months, and is buried in Vine Street cemetery. Mary Alice, born May 18, 1880, wife of Samuel B. Yeager, and lives in Hazleton. Catherine, born Novem- ber 13, 1882, died June 28, 1884, aged one year and seven months, and is buried in Vine Street cemetery.

JAMES BURLINGTON PIERCE, residing in West More, was born July 16, 1828, on the old Pierce homestead in Plymouth township, where the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company's new No. 5 shaft is now located. He is the son of John and Susan (Shupp) Pierce.

John Pierce was born February 27, 1792, probably in the state of Connecticut. He was a

gunsmith and carried on this business in connec- tion with farming on a part of the old Shupp homestead in Plymouth township. He married Susan Shupp, born December 23, 1792, died. November 28, 1861, daughter of Colonel Phillip and Katherine Shupp, of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, who bequeathed to their daughter as an inheritance a part of the old homestead. Col. Phillip Shupp died and his remains were- probably interred in Shupp's graveyard, which was located at the place now called Boston Hill,. Plymouth. His wife, Katherine Shupp, died at the home of John Pierce, her son-in-law, in. Plymouth township, Luzerne county, about 1835,. and was buried in the above named graveyard. A. number of the headstones in that graveyard had been destroyed, and in order to prevent theirs from suffering the same fate, Peter Shupp, a cousin of James B. Pierce, moved several of them to his own private lot in Shawnee cemetery, .. Plymouth. John Pierce and his wife, Susan. (Shupp) Pierce, spent their declining years upon the old homestead bequeathed to them by Colonel Shupp; John Pierce died September 26, 1836, aged forty-four years. Their children were as follows :

I. Charles, born July 13, 1813, moved to Illi- mois in 1845, and died there about 1890. He. married (first) a Miss Goodwin, and (second) Katherine Sine, who bore him nine children. 2. Phillip, born September 6, 1816, died March 4,. 1848, the same day Zachary Taylor took his seat. in the presidential chair. 3. Everitt, born No- vember 17, 1818, married Mary, a widow, in Sac- ramento City, California. 4. John, born June 15, 1820, resided in Brooklyn. They had one son,. who died aged about four years, and one daugh- ter who married and is now a widow. Both John. and his wife are dead. 5. Katherine, born April 25, 1822, became the wife of Andrew Raub, of Luzerne, then living on a farm, and moved to- Dallas where he died in 1893. They were the parents of four sons : Draper, who went to Cal- ifornia, married, and had one child, now dead .. He is now residing in Orange, Luzerne county. Phillip, who is now conducting the Dallas Hotel in Dallas ; he married Emily Garrahan, of Dallas, and has two daughters. Edgar, married, and has two sons and one daughter ; he is in the service of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company at Wilkes-Barre. Charles, unmarried, who is em- ployed as engineer at Dallas. 6. James Burling- ton, mentioned hereafter. 7. Mary, born March 5, 1830, married Silas Lazarus, of Kingston, and later they moved to Illinois; she died 1886. 8.

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.Samuel, born May 1, 1834, went to Lee county, Illinois, married Sarah Cole, and later moved to Iowa; died in 1889. 9. Andrew, born March 17, 1837, unmarried, resides in California.

James Burlington Pierce spent his early days · on the old homestead, and was educated in the common schools of Plymouth township, and also at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, which he at- tended two winters, working on the farm during the summer months. In 1847 he began an ap- prenticeship at the trade of carpenter, which oc- · cupation he followed at various times as a jour- neyman until 1854, and he also had charge of the farm up to the year 1860. From 1854 to Feb- ruary, 1865, he devoted the greater part of his time to carpentering, part of the time taking con- tracts. Mr. Pierce was a member of the home guards during the Civil war, went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sworn in there in 1863, was stationed at Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, for a few days, after which the company was sent down to Greencastle, Maryland, where they remained about six weeks, when they returned home and were discharged from the service. He then be- came superintendent for the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western Railway Company at the Bos- ton colliery, which position he filled until 1868. He then was elected assessor for Plymouth, and continued as such up to 1876, at the same time serving as school director. This office he held for nine consecutive years, serving meanwhile as auditor of Plymouth township for about six years. He was also tax collector for five or six years during the early seventies. In the early fifties Mr. Pierce was auditor of Plymouth town- ship for a term of three years. In 1864 he as- sisted in organizing the First National Bank of Plymouth, and is still (1905) serving as one of the directors.

After completing his term as assessor (1876) Mr. Pierce again engaged in contracting and car- pentering, which he followed for three years (1879), and in April of that year went to Colo- rado, where he had business interests, remaining there all summer, leaving for California in Octo- ber, and returning to his home in Plymouth, De- cember 25, 1879. During 1880 Mr. Pierce made three trips to Colorado, and during the latter part of 1880 and the early part of 1881 completed his house on Church street, Plymouth, moving into the same in 1882. During 1882-83 he erected several buildings on his own property in the township, and in November, 1885, he went to West Virginia, on the Kanawha river, about six- teen miles above Charleston, and took charge.

as superintendent, for the Cabin Creek & Wil- liams Coal Company, remaining there twenty-two months, Mrs. Pierce accompanying her husband during his sojourn in this state. In 1888 Mr. Pierce built a cottage at Harveys Lake, Pennsyl- vania, and spent many of the following summers at this beautiful body of water. He now lives at his home in West More, which he built during the winter of 1895-96, removing thither from Church street, Plymouth. With his son he owns about fifty acres, thirty acres of which is under cultiva- tion. A large greenhouse on the grounds, two hundred and seventy-five feet long, sixty-five feet wide, built by his son Henry, who resides in the same house with his father and conducts the farm, devoted to vegetables and fruit raising, is a marvel ; it is erected on the order of a fortress, with concrete walls, averaging ten feet in height on all sides, this being done in order to protect the young plants inside from high water and ice which at times causes a vast amount of damage and trouble, when the Susquehanna river over- flows its bounds. Mr. Pierce has always been a Republican, and an active worker in politics. In February, 1865, he became a member of Shaw- nee Lodge, No. 332, Free and Accepted Masons, and has continued as such up to the present time (1905), a period of forty years.

Mr. Pierce married, November 28, 1854, when twenty-six years of age. Leanora Rem- mell, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Gress) Remmell, of Plymouth township, who then re- sided on the Nesbitt farm. Their children were as follows: I. Mary Elizabeth, born September 9, 1855, married Dr. D. H. Lockhard, of Ply- mouth, Pennsylvania. 2. John R., born February 16, 1857, died July 4, 1861. 3. Frederick G., born May II. 1863, married Bertha E. Kurtz, January 4, 1888, and had Russell, Leonora Rem- mell, Rebecca and Lawrence. They reside in Fremont, Nebraska. 4. Henry Wells, born May 5, 1870, resides in same house with his father and conducts the large truck farm ; married Gertrude Davis, daughter of James B. Davis, of Plymouth borough, general inside superintendent for the Plymouth Coal Company ; they have one child. Gertrude, born February, 1904. Irvin S. and Ernest C. (twins), born November 5, 1873; the former died August 31, 1874, and the latter De- cember 23. 1873. Mrs. Pierce. the mother of these children, who was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, died March 9, 1897. Mr. Pierce married (second), December 19, 1900, Mrs. Anna C. Coons. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce and their family are members of the Presbyterian

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church, Mr. Pierce having been a trustee for sev- eral years, and an active worker and contributor to religious and charitable work.

ANDREW CHARLES OVERPECK, a rep- resentative citizen of Wilkes-Barre, was born in Summit, New Jersey, November 16, 1875, a son of Theodore Wesley and Elizabeth R. ( Brod- hun) Overpeck, and grandson of Andrew Over- peck.

Theodore W. Overpeck (father) was born September 21, 1848. at Danville, Pennsylvania. At the age of fourteen he enlisted in Company D, Eighty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol- unteers, as drummer boy, and served as such until the last year of the war when he carried a gun. For three years he was a hardware merchant at Wilkes-Barre, conducting business under the firm name of Stewart & Overpeck, and at the ex- piration of this period of time they disposed of their store and moved to Summit, New Jersey, where they engaged in the same line of trade for a number of years. Finally Mr. Stewart with- drew his interest from the firm, and Mr. Over- peck continued alone up to the time of his de- cease, in 1885, a period of eight years. He mar- ried, April 23, 1873, Elizabeth R. Brodhun, daughter of Bonefacius Henry and Elizabeth (Bertles) Brodhun, and their children are: Bes- sie, born February 23, 1874. wife of Cyril G. Smith, manager of the Summit Automobile Com- pany, Summit, New Jersey; Andrew Charles, born November 16, 1875, mentioned hereafter ; and Boyd H., born May 7, 1884, at Summit, New Jersey, spent his early days in Wilkes-Barre, edu- cated in the public and high schools of that city, served five years with the Hazard Manufacturing Company, in 1905 was identified with the board of trade and increased the membership materi- ally, and since September 1, 1905, has been en- gaged in partnership with Stephen Drum in the grocery business on South Main street, Wilkes- Barre. He is a member and worker in the Meth- odist Episcopal church, secretary of the Junior Sunday school and the Young Men's Christian Association of Wilkes-Barre. Bonefacius Henry Brodhun, father of Mrs. Theodore WV. Overpeck, is a bricklayer by trade, but is now leading a re- tired life in the city of Wilkes-Barre, his resi- dence being at No. 267 South Main street. The following named children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brodhun: Elizabeth R .. wife of Theodore WV. Overpeck : John F., of Wilkes-Barre ; Lena, deceased ; William. of Wilkes-Barre; Harry, of

Wilkes-Barre; Charles, of Wilkes-Barre; and Eleanor, who resides at home.

The following account of the illness and death of Theodore W. Overpeck appeared in a local paper : Mr. Theodore W. Overpeck died at Summit, New Jersey, March 10, 1885. Mr. Overpeck was a member of the firm of Stewart & Overpeck, hardware dealers, who in 1874 re- moved their business from South Wilkes-Barre to Summit, New Jersey. Both men were of ro- bust constitution, but in a few years after they were settled in their new home Mr. Stewart con- tracted consumption, which resulted fatally in a remarkably short time. Mr. Overpeck then as- sumed the full care of the firm's business, which had become dissolved, and to his honor be it said he paid one hundred cents on every dollar of in- debtedness of the old firm, gaining for himself an enviable reputation in the community where he lived and an unquestioned credit with business firms with which he dealt. His unremitting ef- forts to establish a home for his wife and chil- dren, together with a poisoned atmosphere where he labored, fastened upon him the dread disease which had taken his business associate. He had long been a consistent member of the Methodist church. Like all victims of consumption he did not believe himself dangerously ill, and his only anxiety was for the temporal welfare of his fam- ily in case of death. The burial, which took place at Newark, New Jersey, was conducted by Grand Army Post, No. 1I, of that city. Mr. Overpeck was a drummer boy in the Union army, than whom, his captain said but a short time ago, there was no braver man in his company. "The child is the father of the man," and the last roll call found him "Ready."

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Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania, Volume I, Part 98

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