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CHARLES F. CORNELL
Chas. Comell was born Feb. 28, 1858 in Wyoming county and came to Newton with his father when six years old. He is a son of Wil- liam Cornell, who was born in Kent county. R. I .. August 10, 1820. In 1847 he married Miss Mary Capwell. He died Dee. 10, 1905. His widow is living with her son Charles. on the old farm, aged 87 years. Part of the old log house that was built by Mr. Fillo, over ninty years ago, and where Mr. Cornell lived for sev- eral years is still standing.
Charles F. Cornell has a common school edu- cation. He has always lived on the farm with his parents, except about five years while work- ing in Seranton. He never married.
FRIEND HOLLISTER COOPER
F. H. Cooper was born in Newton, July 14, 1855. He is the only child of John and Cath- erine (Biesecker) Cooper.
Friend H. Cooper attended school at Newton Centre until eleven years old, when he went to Scranton with his parents. Here he attended the graded school until twenty years old, when his parents returned to Newton. He was mar- ried Jan. 1, 1880 to Miss Hattie Vanderburg, daughter of James (b. in New York, Sept. 17, 1810-d. Jan. 7, 1892) and Mary (Kern) Vanderburg. She was born in New Jersey, March 19, 1817 and died in Falls township, July 19, 1888. She was the daughter of Henry and Annie (Linabury) Kern.
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Mrs. F. H. Cooper was born Aug. 10, 1854, being one of a family of twelve children, four boys and eight girls :- Elizabeth, Henry, Lot- tie, William, Nellie, George, Lyman, Jane, Hat- tie, Fidelia, Louise and Annie. All are living except Elizabeth, Nellie and Jane.
F. H. Cooper learned the wagon making trade, and conducted a shop in Newton Centre for several years. Since 1903 he has been work- ing at his trade in Milwaukie.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have four children :- Katie E., born Jan. 25, 1882, and married Nov. 28, 1900 to Alfred Speed, and are living in Os- wego, N. Y. They have one son, Mason, born Feb. 18, 1906, and a daughter, Kathryn, born
ner, and a grandson of Lewis and Rachel Cos- ner who were among the first settlers of New- ton. They came from Sussex county, New Jersey.
Mr. Cosner lived with his father until twenty- six years old. Then he spent fifteen years in the West and Florida. January 9, 1890 he was married to Emma Reed, who died Decem- ber 29. 1898. In April, 1891 he moved to the farm where he now lives. He was married to Miss Lillian Bennett, November 21, 1899.
Mr. Cosner has two sons, Harry L., who is a plumber and is living in Mill City. Lewis, Ir .. lives with his father.
THE LATE DAVID COSNER AND WIFE
Oct. 27, 1901. Katherine died Mar. 7, 1902.
J. Clinton was born May 17, 1883 and is liv- ing in Scranton.
Ruth E., a stenographer in Oswego, was born July 16th, 1889.
Frank E., a carpenter in Pittston, was born June 25th, 1893.
JOHN COOPER was born in Northampton county, Dec. 4, 1828, and came to Newton with James Lesh in the Spring of 1842, when he was thirteen years of age, walking the entire dis- tance, driving a cow. Mr. Lesh established a wagon shop in Newton Centre, where Mr. Coo- per learned the trade, and in 1852 he establish- ed a shop in the same town, which he conducted for several years. The same year he was elected constable.
LEWIS COSNER
Lewis Cosner is a son of David (b. Sept. 11, 1813-d. May 4, 1899) and Amy (Hice) Cos-
SELDON SCRANTON COSNER
Mr. Cosner is the youngest son of David and Amy (Hlice) Cosner. He was born Jan. 22, 1853, on the old homestead purchased by his grandfather, Lewis Cosner, in 1816, which has since been in the Cosner family. Mr. Cosner has the State patent or deed, received by his grandfather from the State. It is written on a sheep skin, 131%x211/2 inches.
Seldon Cosner was married April 30, 1876 to Miss Martha L. Reed, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Ross) Reed, and a sister of Lewis Cos- ner's first wife. Mrs. Cosner was born Oct. 30, 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Cosner have a family of four children, two sons and two daughters: (1) Amy M., born April 6, 1877, and married Harry B. Ackerly of Clark's Green. They have two daughters, Aileen and Luree (2) Arthur, born Dec. 22, 1881, and is living at home. (3) Howard, born June 22, 1884, and was married June 29, 1904 to Miss Maud E. Lacoe. (4)
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Edna R., born March 23, 1892, and is living with her parents.
Arthur Cosner attended the Cosner School until seventeen years of age, when he entered the Keystone Academy, at Factoryville, where he remained for one year, after which he took a bookkeeping course at the Scranton Business College. Ile is now working part of his fa- ther's farm.
DAVID COSNER, born Sept. 11 1813 and died May 4, 1899. Ilis wife. Miss Amy Hice, was born July 1, 1816 and died Nov. 6. 1876. She was a member of the Methodist church for many years. To them six children were born,
Sarah C. Hadsell. She was born Sept. 17. 1825 and died Feb. 28, 1894.
David Cosner was honest and upright in all dealings. He took great pride in keeping his buildings and fences in first-class repair. He was a lover of fine horses, and brought the first pair of percheon horses into Lackawanna county, which he purchased from W. T. Wa- ters of Baltimore, Md., for $1,500, in the Spring of 1879. He was industrious and saving, and at the time of his death owned 457 acres of land and about $8,000 in money. He was the first president of the Scranton and Newton Turnpike Company.
CHARLES V. DECKER'S RESIDENCE AND FARM
three sons and three daughters, namely: (1) Rosanna, the oldest, married John Coon. She moved to Virginia with her husband where their two children were born: Amy, who is now the wife of Rev. H. G. Harned of Scranton, and George Levi Coon, who is living on the Coon homestead near Newton Centre. (2) Lydia, married Thomas Spencer. She died in May, 1879, and is survived by one son, Arthur Spen- cer, who is living in Moscow. (3) Ira was born in 1842 and died April 3, 1910. In 1861, he enlisted and served over three years in the army. (4) Lewis was born Nov. 15, 1849 and is living in Newton. (5) Seldon S. and (6) Selma H. were twins, born Jan. 22, 1853. Sel- ma died May 13, 1872, aged 18 years, 3 months and 21 days.
After the death of his first wife, David Cos- ner lived with his son, Seldon, for about four years, till the fall of 1880, when he married
S. HOWARD COSNER
Seldon Howard Cosner is the son of Seldon S. and Martha (Reed) Cosner. He was born June 22, 1884 on the farm now owned by his uncle, Lewis Cosner. He attended school at the Cosner school house until sixteen years old, then attended the graded school at Clark's Green for one term. When seventeen years of age he took a course in bookkeeping at the Scranton Business College. He was married June 29, 1904 to Miss Maud E. Lacoe, the old- est daughter of Chas. E. and Huldah (Rosen- krans) Lacoe. They moved to Scranton Jan. 9, 1905, where Mr. Cosner was employed by the National Casket Company as a casket trimmer. May 10, 1906, he returned to the old homestead in Newton township, settled by Lewis Cosner in 1816.
Mr. Cosner raises and sells from 500 to 700 bushels of buckwheat and about 500 bushels of
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rye every year. Mr. and Mrs. Cosner have four sons :- Kermit Quintin, Charles Seldon. Arthur David, and Carl William.
IRA DRAKE
Mr. Drake is a son of Lewis (b. 1826-d. 1888) and Amanda (Rosenkrans) Drake. Mrs. Amanda Drake, born in Newton and a daugh- ter of Levi and Rebecca (William) Rosenkrans, who were born in New Jersey.
Ira Drake was born in Ransom, May 13, 1852 and was married Dec. 15, 1872 to Miss Mary A., daughter of Mathias and Elizabethi (Ace)
in Mr. Drake's tenant house; Myrtle, born Aug. 20, 1884 and was married Nov. 1, 1904 to Lewis Sherman of Schultzville. They have one son, Leo, born Feb. 10, 1908; Lewis, born Jan. 31, 1880 and died Jan. 28, 1893.
JACOB L. and Mary (Demond) Drake, grand- parents of our subject, were born in Sussex county, New Jersey and came to Ransom town- ship about 1834 and settled on the farm now owned by Mr. John Beyrent near Milwaukie. Mary Drake was a daughter of Joseph Demond.
MATHIAS BLACKWELL, born May 3, 1817 and died Sept. 14, 1895, and was married Aug. 24,
MR AND MRS. IRA DRAKE AND THEIR RESIDENCE
Blackwell of Milwaukie. She was born in White Haven, May 24, 1850.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Drake are the parents of five children, namely: Jennings L., born July 5, 1873 in Ransom and was married to Miss Dean, daughter of Aaron Lasher, and have one son, Ira A., born July 4, 1900. They are liv- ing in Bald Mount; Alice, born July 15, 1874 and married Cyrus Bogert, son of Albert and Schelsha (Decker) Bogert, and have one daugh- ter, Lucretia, born April 4, 1895. They are living in Pittston ; Bessie, born March 27, 1883 and was married Sept. 30, 1903 to Philip Win- ters, son of Samuel and Kate (Barrier) Wint- ers. They have three children and are living
1847 to Miss Elizabeth Ace, who was born April 3, 1822 in Monroe county and died Jan. 6, 1907. She was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Walter) Ace.
JACOB ACE was born Sept. 1, 1796 and died May 5, 1870 and his wife, Elizabeth, was born Oc.t 30, 1801 and died Feb. 16, 1884. They were married March 15, 1821 and had eleven children.
CHARLES V. DECKER.
Mr. Decker is the oldest son of Oliver and Mary ( Van Campen ) Decker. He moved with his father from New Jersey to Newton when fourteen years old. He attended Keystone Aca-
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demy two years. He began teaching school in 1874 in Falls township, and in 1875 taught in Ransom township. In the spring of 1876 he went to Kansas where he taught one term, re- turning to Newton in 1877, and in the fall of 1878 he went to Pike county, where he taught one term. He was married Jan. 15, 1880 to Miss Margaret, daughter of Wenzel and Kath- erine ( Zeiss) Klipple who came from Germany in 1848.
Mr. Decker purchased the farm where he now resides of George Richards in 1889. In 1894 he was elected school director, which office he held for twelve years. being secretary of the board for seven years and treasurer for two years. In 1909 he was elected tax collector.
Elizabeth (Post) Dunlap. In 1862 he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Hunter of Orange county, N. Y. She was born May 4, 1843 and died Oct. 13, 1894 in South Abing- ton. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap had nine children. namely: (1) Eva, living with her father. (2) Edgar, the subject of this sketch. (3) Minnie, married Thomas Van Kirk. They live in Oly- phant, and have six children : Eva, Grace, May, Hazle, Foster and Ethel. (4) Rose, married George Ackerly. They live in Sheridan, Wyo .. and have three children : Bessie, Allen and Har- old. (5) William, died about 1897. (6) Ida. married Frank Slate. They live in Newton and have one daughter, Naomi. (7) Charles, mar- ried Mand Davies. They live in Clarks Sum-
EDGAR B. DUNLAP'S RESIDENCE
EDGAR B. DUNLAP
Mr. Dunlap, born Aug. 4, 1864 in Falls town- ship, Wyoming county ; a son of A. Perrington and Amanda (Hunter) Dunlap. Mr. Dunlap was born and reared on a farm, which occupa- tion he has always followed. He attended the Schultzville and Fire Proof schools. He was married Sept. 2, 1891 to Miss Emma R., daugh- ter of Abner and Cordelia (Garrison) Alger of South Abington township. Mr. and Mrs. Dun- lap have two sons: Earl A., born June 26, 1893 and F. Howard, born March 5, 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap have lived in South Abington township since their marriage until they moved to their present home, Feb 15, 1912.
A. PERRINGTON DUNLAP, born Feb. 10, 1843. in Falls township. He is a son of William and
mit, and have two children : Helen and Arthur. (8) Jesse, married Charles Van Aken. They live near Walton, N. Y., and have one son, Lee. (9) Susan, died in 1892, aged eight years and eleven months.
Mr. Dunlap ran a canal-boat in 1864 from Falls to Elmira. About 1866 he kept hotel in the building now owned by A. S. Collum at Bald Mount. He purchased the farm in New- ton township where he now resides in 1893.
ABNER ALGER, father of Mrs. E. B. Dunlap, was born Aug. 31, 1828 in Providence and died Dec. 15, 1895 on the old homestead in South Abington, which is now owned by his two sons, Chester and George. He is a son of Perserved and Sabrina (Southworth) Alger. Mr. Alger was married in October, 1863 to Miss Cordelia,
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daughter of Eder and Sarah (Griffin) Garri- son of Newton. Mrs. Alger was born January 2, 1837 in Providence. She is now living with her youngest daughter, Nellie, in Clarks Sum- mit. Mr. and Mrs. Alger had four children, namely: (1) Emma, married E. B. Dunlap; (2) Chester, married Miss Emma Keller and lives on the old homestead in South Abington. (3) George, married Miss Emma Hunter and resides at Clarks Summit. (4) Nellie, also liv- ing at Clarks Summit.
PERSERVED ALGER was born Aug. 30, 1802 in Massachusetts and when a small boy came with his parents to Cooperstown, N. Y. He was a tanner by trade. Ile married Miss Sa- brina Southworth. Her mother was a Butter- field, who came from Vermont. Perserved Al- ger died in April, 1882.
Lewis D. Garrison obtained a common school education, and has always lived on a farm, ex- cepting about five years when living in Scran- ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Garrison have two children liv- ing. Cora and Albert. Two other children died in infancy, namely: Gertie E., born Feb. 10, 1879 and died from accidental death June 3, 1882; Edna A., born May 13, 1884, died Aug. 25th, the same year.
Cora was married Aug. 21, 1901, to Isaac Ayers. They separated April 8, 1907, and she returned to her father's home with her two small children, namely : Violet and Ada.
Mrs. Garrison is the youngest daughter of William and Mary (White) LaRue, who were the parents of four children : Olive, Myron N.,
LEWIS D. GARRISON'S RESIDENCE
LEWIS D. GARRISON
Mr. Garrison is the son of Eder (b. Feb. 9, 1814-d. Sept. 26, 1898) and Sarah (Griffin) Garrison (b. Oct. 18, 1812-d. Jan. 11, 1888) who were married Feb. 11, 1835, and were the parents of seven children : Cordelia, born Jan. 2, 1836, married Abner Alger and lives at Clark's Summit; William, born Feb. 4, 1838 and is living in Newton township; George, born Aug. 8, 1839 and died May 15, 1899; Lewis born Sept. 16, 1841 and married Miss Violet LaRue Ang. 11, 1877: Thomas, born Nov. 3, 1844, married David Smith and is living in Newton township; Ruth Ann, born Aug. 27, 1846, married Laten Rosenkrans and lives in Newton township; John A., born Dec. 30, 1848 and died Sept. 4, 1852.
Violet A. and George W. Mr. LaRue also had five children by his first wife, namely : Mary J., Lydia, Amanda, Sarah E. and Joseph. Sarah died about 1891; Joseph died in the army and Lydia died May 5, 1902.
Mrs. Mary LaRue died in December, 1860 and her husband died Jan. 2, 1862.
EDER GARRISON came from York State to Ra- zorville (now Providence) in 1835, and about one year later moved to Newton on the farm now owned by George Reed near Summit Lake, where he built a log house and cleared the farm. In 1866 he moved to the farm where his son, Lewis, now lives. Here he died. He was a blacksmith by trade,
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WILLIAM GARRISON
Mr. Garrison is the oldest son of Eder (1812- 1896) and Sarah (1809-1887) (Griffin) Gar- rison, who came to Newton from Providence, near Scranton, in the spring of 1839. He pur- chased 57 acres from Elias Hoyt of Wilkes-Bar- re. This land is now owned by Geo. Reed, near Summit Lake (Alud Pond). The land was covered with woods, which was cleared by Mr. Garrison, and he built a log house. Ile had a family of seven children : Mrs. Cordelia Alger, William, George, Lewis, Mrs. Thena Smith, Mrs. Ruth Rosenkrans, and John who
teen years of age, when he came to Newton. about 1861, and worked eight months for James Decker. He continued working by the month until married Aug. 22, 1865. to Miss Mary A. Ilowey, daughter of Peter and Margaret ( Han- nas) Howey. She was born in Monroe county, March 18, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Harlos had six children: George, Floyd and Minnie died in youth. Annie E. married Peter Sonsky and are living in Glenburn ; Christina is living with her father; William E. is living in Falls town- ship.
Philip Harlos purchased a farm near Ford's
RESIDENCE OF PHILIP HARLOS
died when about four years old. George died in 1898.
Wm. Garrison attended school until fourteen years old, which completed his school days ex- cept one term when 20 years of age. In 1864 he went to Illinois for a short time. In 1873 he purchased the home where he now lives. He was elected road supervisor for one term.
PHILIP HARLOS
Mr. Harlos was born in Ransom township, near Mountain Valley. March 11, 1848, on the farm settled by his father, Philip Harlos, Sr., about 1846.
Philip Harlos lived with his father until fif-
Lake, about the time he was married. The farm was then a wilderness with only a foot path. (This farm is now owned by Peter Sons- key). In 1902 he purchased a part of the old tannery farm, containing the fine residence where A. B. Mckinstry lived. Mr. Harlos and his daughter are living in this residence at the present time.
The first part of this residence was built in 1858 by John B. Schultz. About 1880 it was remodeled and enlarged by A. B. Mckinstry. at a cost of over $4,000. It is 48x58 feet, con- taining thirteen large rooms and three large halls. Mr. Mckinstry died in the fall of 1881, only a short time after his beautiful home was
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finished.
Mrs. Harlos died May 20, 1906, and is buried in Newton cemetery.
PHILIP HARLOS, SR. was born in Germany and came to this country about 1838, settling in Ransom, where he kept a shoe shop for about eight years before he moved on the farm. He was married to Christena Miller, daughter of Geo. Miller, a local preacher of Monroe county, about 1840. They had ten children: George, Jacob. Philip, Elizabeth, John, Samuel, Wil- liam, Charlie, Henry and Annie. Only five are living, Samuel, Philip, William, Henry and Elizabeth.
Clarence W., born Oct. 6, 1900. Mrs. Wilda Ilice died Sept. 12, 1908.
Mr. Hice married his second wife, Winifred Swartz, Oct. 19, 1909. She was born July 2, 1881, and is a daughter of William P. and Cyn- thia (Sickler) Swartz. She (Mrs. ITice) was married June 29, 1896 to Edmond Swartz, (her first husband) by whom four children were born, namely: Alfred E., Rexford C., Cynthia Carolyn and Edmond F.
Mr. Hice was elected assessor in February, 1907 and re-elected in 1910. He was auditor for twelve years.
JOHN HICE was born Aug. 21, 1825 and died
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WILLIAM A. HICE AND HIS RESIDENCE
WILLIAM A. HICE
W. A. Hice (born in Newton, Sept. 2, 1865), is the only son of John and Dorcas P. (Corse- lius) Hice and a grandson of Henry and Edith (Sharps) Hice, who were the parents of eleven children, five boys and six girls. He was a farmer and lived near Forty Fort, where John was born. Henry Hice's father was born in Germany.
William A. Hice was married Oct. 3, 1888 to Miss Wilda J. Kern (b. Sept. 5, 1867), daughter of William A. and Roanna ( Rosen- krans) Kern. To this union two sons were born :- Burson J., born June 13, 1896 and
Jan. 20. 1907, aged S1 years. His first wife was Dorcas P. Corselius, daughter of Peter Corse- lius, one of the pioneer settlers of Newton. They were married Jan. 23, 1851, having a family of three children :- Viola, born May 29, 1852 and died June. 23, 1853. Mattie, born Oct. 22, 1854 and died April 14, 1862 after much suffer- ing as the result of an accident at school; and An William A., the subject of this sketch. £ adopted daughter, Annie. was born Dec. 18, 1859 and died April 18, 1882, only sixteen days after her foster mother's death.
Mrs. Hice was born April 16, 1831 and died April 2, 1882. Mr. Ilice was married again,
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May 2, 1883 to Mrs. Roanna (Rosenkrans) Kern, widow of William A. Kern, who was killed Jan. 22, 1867, by a tree falling on him while working in the woods. She was born March 8, 1841, and was the daughter of Levi and Rebecca (Williams) Rosenkrans, being one of a family of fourteen children. She died Feb. 16, 1907, four weeks after the death of her husband, Mr. Hice.
In 1857, John Hice engaged in the mercan- tile business at Newton Centre, and was post- master for over 25 years. He was a member of the Presbyterian church at Newton. Mr. Hice helped build a section of the canal along the
Miss Lydia E. Trauger. They have one son, Lovell L., born April 12, 1896.
JOHN G. HOLMES
Mr. Holmes was born Sept. 22, 1851 in Cher- ry township, Sullivan county, and is the oldest of a family of eight children. He attended school in one of the first plank school-houses in Cherry township. He helped his father on the farm during the spring, summer and autuinn months, attending school only three or four months during the winter. In 1865 his father moved from the farm to Laporte, Sullivan county, to give his children better school ad-
مصدر مصري
RESIDENCE OF A. R. HOLLENBACK. Built in 1841 by Amos Learn
Susquehanna, near McKunes. He was honest. capable, energetic, and built up a large mer- chantile business, which he conducted until a short time before his death. He was liberal in his contributions, and his name was at the head of nearly every subscription paper. He was one of five men who gave the bell to the Presbyter- ian church when it was repaired in 1901.
ARTHUR R. HOLLENBACK
Mr. Hollenback, the third son of Dr. Urias and Margaret (Weiss) Hollenback was born Feb. 8, 1859, in Falls township, Wyoming county. Here he lived until twenty-one years of age, when he went to Springfield, Ohio, where he learned the carpenter's trade. He lived in Nebraska and Colorado about two years. In 1887 he moved to Scranton, working at his trade. In March, 1898, he came to Newton township, and purchased the farm he now owns.
Mr. Hollenback was married Jan. 8, 1881, to
vantages, but John being the oldest, attended the Laporte school only four terms of four months each.
When eighteen years of age he began clerk- ing in a general store for C. M. King of Laporte, where he worked about two years. In 1871 he returned to Cherry township. Here he worked in the lumber woods, which has since been his employment a greater part of the time.
Mr. Holmes was married Dec. 22, 1877 to Miss Lillie P., the oldest daughter of Samuel A. and Phalinda (Thompson ) Morton of Luzerne. Soon after his marriage he purchased a farm in Cherry township, where he lived eighteen years. During this time he owned three and four teams, and employed several men on the farm and in the lumber woods. In June, 1895 he moved to Port Bowkley (near Wilkes-Barre) , where he ran a milk wagon for a dairy farm till April, 1898. Then he moved to Luzerne. December 4th, the same year, he went with a party to Scranton, Menefee county, Kentucky, where he was employed by a large lumber com-
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pany until the mill burned two years later. In November, 1900 he returned to Pennsylvania, and the next February moved on a dairy farm at Keelersburg, Wyoming county, where he lived for one year. April 1, 1902 he moved to Luzerne, where he worked in a machine shop. In June, 1903 he purchased the Peter Sutton farm where he is now living. In 1904, he built the house illustrated on this page, and since has made many more improvements. While living in Newton he has devoted much of his time to lumbering until the last year.
Four children complete the family circle, namely: (1) Allen, born Sept. 4, 1879, and
1854; Mrs. Elizabeth Vaughn, born May 18, 1856; Walter K., born June 22, 1858; Henry L., born July 21, 1860; Mrs. Martha A. Sch- woerer, born Oct. 28, 1862; Mrs. Augusta O'Neill, born Nov. 19, 1865.
SAMUEL A. MORTON, born in Bangor, Maine, May 1, 1835 and died in 1901 at Onset, Mass. He married Miss Phalinda Thompson of Wy- oming county. They had a family of three children, namely : Lillie P., born Jan. 25, 1858 and married John G. Hohnes; Flora, born Dec. 4, 1865, died in February, 1887 ; Effie M., (Dr. Effie M. Pace, O. D.), born Sept. 21, 1867. She is living in Luzerne.
RESIDENCE OF JOHN G. HOLMES
married Oct. 10, 1902 to Miss Cora Brungess. He is employed by the Commonwealth Tele- phone Company at Centremoreland. They have two children, Russell and Edward. (2) Lewis M., born April 9, 1881, and has been employed at the Baltimore Steel Works several years. (3) Ray V., born March 5, 1892, is clerking in Kingston. (4) Hazel M., born Aug. 23, 1894, is a student at the East Stroudsburg Normal School.
Mrs. Holmes is a descendant (eight genera- tions) of Acquilla Chase, who came to this coun- try in 1620 with the Mayflower company. Her grandmother Morton's maiden name was Chase.
LEWIS HOLMES, the father of our subject was born Dec. 26, 1821 in Sheffield, Mass., and died in April, 1883 in Bradford county. He mar- ried Miss Mary M. Green, who was born April 10, 1824 and died March, 1882. Their family of eight children were born as follows: John G., our subject; William S .. born Feb. 4, 1853 and died in June, 1883; Edmund, born October 4,
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