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ARTHUR JACOBY
Mr. Jacoby was born on the farm now owned by his brother, Harlan Jacoby, about one-half mile north of Bald Mount postoffice. This farm was settled March 25, 1832, by Peter Ayers, (grandfather of Mrs. Arthur Jacoby). The same year he sold out his claim to Henry Wal- ter (grandfather of Arthur Jacoby) for a year- ling heifer. He is a son of Jacob and Lucinda (Water) Jacoby.
Arthur Jacoby was married Jan. 17, 1881 to Miss Ida, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Mali- gan ) Ayers. Mrs. Jacoby's mother died when Ida was only nine years of age. Then she be- gan working out by the week. She has one sister, Kate, (Mrs. Benjamin Jacoby) and two brothers, William and Isaac Ayers, all living in Newton.
Mr. Jacoby moved to the farm where he is now living, April 1, 1884. He erected all the buildings and set out an apple orchard and other fruit trees.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jacoby are the parents of four children, one daughter Katie, and three sons: Ralph, Ernest and Jacob (See Directory) .
JACOB JACOBY, father of our subject, was born in New Jersey. He was a mason by trade, which he followed until a short time before his death in 1892. He married Miss Lucinda Wal- ter, daughter of Henry Walter, one of the pion- cer settlers of Newton, coming here from New Jersey about 1832. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Jacoby were the parents of seven children, four of whom are living, namely: Kate (Mrs. Noah Smith), of Ransom ; and Arthur, Benjamin and Harlen who are living in Newton.
BENJAMIN JACOBY
Mr. Jacoby, born May 31, 1863 in Newton on the homestead farm now owned by his bro- ther, Harlan. He was married Aug. 6, 1885 to Miss Catherine, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Milligan) Ayers. (See William. D. Ayers.)
Mr. and Mrs. Jacoby have a family of three children, namely: (1) Howard, born May 25, 1886. IIe is a carpenter by trade. (2) Lil- lian B., born July 18, 1890. She married Wes- ley HI. Lacoe, son of Frank and Minnie (Wil- liams) Lacoe of Newton. They have two chil- dren living: Roy H. and Donald W. (3) Helen E., born Feb. 19, 1908.
About 1895, Mr. Jacoby purchased a farm of Richard Busteed, which he sold in 1910 to Abram Peters. In 1909 he purchased the Lewis Jennings farm, which he sold in 1912 to Win. Scutt. Mr. Jacoby is a son of Jacob and Celin- da (Walter) Jacoby. (See Jacob Jacoby.)
MRS. RUTH M. HOPKINS
Mrs. Hopkins was born at Waverly, North Abington township, July 12. 1832. She is the youngest child of Nehemiah and Catherine (Clark) Tinkham, who were the parents of nine children, one son and eight daughters. Mrs. Hopkins is the only one living. She was mar- ried Feb. 2, 1852 to William Clay, who was drowned in Gravel Pond, May 27, 1868. Three years later (January 2, 1871) she married Solomon Hopkins. The same year they came to the farm where she is living.
SOLOMON HOPKINS was born in 1808 in Sus- sex county, New Jersey, and died in Newton township Aug. 17, 1884, after a lingering ill- ness of Bright's disease.
Mr. Hopkins married the first time, June 7. 1829 to Miss Mariah Sturr, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Demorest) Sturr. She died May 26, 1870.
Mr. Hopkins came to Newton about 1832 and settled the farm now owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Saxe near Milwaukie where he lived several
years, and then moved to the farm near Schultz- ville now owned by his second wife, Mrs. Ruth M. Hopkins.
EDWARD A. KERN
Mr. Kern was born July 9, 1864 in Newton on the farm now owned by Jesse Ware. IIc is the youngest of nine children of Henry and Samantha (Williams) Kern.
Edward A. Kern attended the Fire Proof and Cosner schools until about fifteen years of age. He was only fourteen when his father was killed, and when only eighteen years old began working the farm on shares, which he worked for thirteen years till the farm was divided in 1895. He selected sixty acres of woodland for his part, and soon began cutting the timber and clearing the land. In 1898 he built a ten- room house, which they occupied on the last. day of October. Mr. Kern was married Aug. 6, 1888 to Miss Arena Lesh, the oldest daughter of J. B. and Mary (Marlatt) Lesh. Mr. and Mrs. Kern have three children living, two died in infancy and Margaret J. died March 10, 1910, aged 20 years.
Mrs. Kern was born in Scranton and when five years old she moved with her parents to Caledonia, Elk county, in 1875. In Dec., 1876 they moved to Dallas county, Texas. The first night in Texas they slept under cedar trees and used cedar boughs for beds, and Arena, who is now Mrs. Kern, slept in a large trunk which contained the bedding during the journey. They lived in Texas seven years, part of the time living in tents. Her father worked several farms on shares. The chief crops were cotton, corn and sugar cane.
On July 17, 1883 they left Dallas City for the East, with a small pair of Texas ponies and a heavy covered wagon, containing abont 2,200 lbs of bedding, clothing, provisions and cooking utensils, and seven members of the family and the collie dog. They drove on an average, about 27 miles a day, stopping for a few days at several places. They reached Cleveland, O., Sept. 27th, where they remained during the winter, leaving there April 19, 1884 and arrived at Falls, Pa., on the 12th day of May, making a drive of 2,247 miles from Dallas. Texas.
HENRY KERN was born Dec. 8, 1817, and a son of Jacob and Mary (Winter) Kern. married Miss Samantha Williams. They were the parents of nine children, namely: William A., Henry Baldwin, Abram W., Susan ( Mrs. Joseph Kircher), David C., Albert P., Mrs. Kate Berlew, Edward A. and Jacob, who died when two years of age. Henry Baldwin Kern died in the army Aug. 15, 1863 and William A. was killed by a tree Jan. 22, 1867.
Henry Kern owned 332 acres of land which
T. M. KRESGE'S TWO RESIDENCES AND BARNS
T. M. KRESGE'S HERD OF HOLSTEIN COWS
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was divided between his six surviving children after his death. He was killed Dec. 19, 1877 by falling from an oat mow in the loft of the barn while threshing, striking on the machine, breaking his back.
JACOB KERN, grandfather of our subject, was born Nov. 8, 1792 and died June 6, 1858. He was married Dec. 25, 1814 to Miss Mary Winter. He came to Newton from Pittston in 1842 and settled on the farm now owned by P. P. Vos- burg, where he built a log-house.
EDWARD KIRCHER
Mr. Kircher is the youngest son of Joseph N. and Susan (Kern) Kircher. He was born in Newton township, Sept. 10, 1884. He at- tended school at Newton Centre until sixteen, then he entered Keystone Academy in Septem- ber, 1900, from which he graduated with hon- ors, June 12, 1902. He married Sept. 24, 1908 to. Miss Zida E., oldest daughter of George H. and Eva (Bunnell) Rifenbary. Mr. Rifen- bary has been superintendent of the Ransom Home since March. 1898 (See Ransom town- ship).
Mrs. Kircher attended the district school and later Keystone Academy and Bloomsburg Nor- mal School. She has one sister, Gladys Oelo, who married Truman K. Biesecker of Newton.
Mr. and Mrs. Kircher have one daughter. Dorothy Arline, born Feb. 20, 1910.
JOSEPH N. KIRCHER was born in Fulda, Ger- many, Jan. 12, 1840. Ile came to Ransom township a poor boy when twelve years of age. Hle attended school in this country only six months. For about nine years he worked for some of the farmers in Ransom township, where he got his start in life.
Nov. 2, 1862, he enlisted as a corporal in Company G, 177th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, serving faithfully until the com- pany was mustered out, Aug. 5, 1863. He was married in January, 1872 to Miss Susan Kern (born Jan. 29, 1847). To them were born three children, namely: (1) Henry K., born Feb. 10, 1873, now a prominent physician of Joplin, Mo. (2) Maye, born Oct. 7, 1874, mar- ried P. P. Vosburg. They are living on a farm in Newton. (3) Edward. the subject of this sketch.
About 1870, Mr. Kircher purchased a farm from Thomas Kresge, containing fifty-two acres, and later purchased two or three smaller tracts, until he had accumulated ninety-seven acres. This farm is now owned by his son, Edward. He also saved considerable money. He died Aug. 15, 1908. His wife resides with her daughter, Mrs. Vosburg.
Mr. Kircher was elected school director and
poor master of Newton there times. He was also road supervisor and assessor.
THOMAS MORGAN KRESGE
Mr. Kresge is one of the leading agriculturists and dairymen of Newton township, owning two hundred acres of productive land and a fine herd of eighteen holstein cows, shipping the milk to Pittston. In 1911 he produced 1000 bushels of oats, raised thirty-two acres of rye and cut about seventy-five tons of hay.
Mr. Kresge is a prominent member of New- ton Grange, No. 251, being Master for the last three years. He is Sunday School superinten- dent of the Falls M. E. Sunday School, also sup- erintendent of the Wyoming County Sunday School Association. He united with the Falls M. E. Church when only fourteen years of age. He is a loyal temperance worker. In October, 1911, he attended the State Sunday School Con- vention at New Castle, Pa., being sent as a delegate by the Wyoming County S. S. Asso- ciation.
Mr. Kresge was born May 11, 1872 in Falls township. He is a son of David and Lydia (Fitch) Kresge. He attended the Port Royal and Pine Grove district schools until seventeen years of age when he entered Keystone Aca- demy, after which he attended the East Strouds- burg Normal School. He lived with his parents until twenty-nine years of age, when he was married June 12, 1901 to Miss Georgiana, daughter of Jesse 'and Hannah (Lesh) Hunt of Falls township.
Mr. and Mrs. Kresge began housekeeping on his father's farm, where they have since lived. Ile purchased the farm in April, 1911. Mrs. Kresge was born Jan. 1, 1873. She attended Keystone Academy four terins. She taught school eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. Kresge have a family of three children : Ralph D., born Dec. 29, 1904; Don- ald T., born Dec. 11, 1906; Elsie Marie, born Aug. 2, 1911.
Thomas Kresge, like his father, enjoys travel- ing. Nearly every year he and his wife plan some vacation trip, including the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, and a trip to Philadel- phia, Harrisburg and Washington, D. C. On their way they visited the magnificent estate of Senator DuPont, at Wilmington, Del.
In November, 1909, Mr. Kresge installed an acetylene lighting plant, which furnishes light for both, his residence and barn. They are both equipped with running water and all mod- ern improvements, including individual water buckets in the cow stalls.
DAVID KRESGE, born Dec. 19. 1845 in Monroe county. He is a son of Thomas and Lydia
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(Gregory) Kresge who were born in Monroe county, and came to Lackawanna in 1846 and to Newton in 1854. Then they purchased the farm now owned by the Joseph Kircher estate, from Peter Rutan. Here they lived ten years, then selling to Joseph Kircher and purchasing the Timothy Drake farm, which is now owned by Christopher Richards. They lived here about twenty years then sold the farm to their son, John Kresge. They (Mr. and Mrs. Tho- mas Kresge, Sr.) had a family of ten children : Mary, George, Henry, David, Amy and Kate (twins), William, John, Lydia and Sarah. George and Lydia died in childhood. Henry died in 1905, and Mary in 1908.
David Kresge was married July 3, 1866 to Miss Lydia, daughter of Morgan and Mary Ann (Williams) Fitch. She was born Jan. 5, 1847 in Overfield township, Wyoming county, and died Dec. 12, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Kresge were the parents of three children, namely : (1) Elizabeth M., born April 25, 1869 and mar- ried Sept. 24, 1901 to Harry A. Odell of Falls township, and have one child, Thomas Foster, born Dec. 15, 1902 (2) Thomas M., our sub- ject. (3) F. Leslie, born June 30, 1884 and was married April 3, 1905 to Miss Myrtle M. Hillock of Detroit, Mich. They are living in Indianapolis, Ind.
Mrs. David Kresge united with the M. E. Church at Newton in 1878 and was ever after a faithful and devoted member of that denomi- nation. Later she joined the Falls M. E. Church, and for more than thirty years was superintendent of the primary department of Falls M. E. Sunday School, doing a wonderful work, always being a faithful and devoted friend and teacher, seldom being absent unless from illness. She was an ideal wife and mother. Her daily life was marked with cheerfulness, good sense and great piety, for which she was generally respected and loved.
David Kresge traveled through the west dur- ing the winter of 1904-05, visiting his son, F. Leslie, at Chicago, who, at that time, was mana- ger of one of the many five-and ten-cent stores owned by his cousin, S. S. Kresge, now the larg- est independent owner of such stores in the world. He spent several weeks with his cou- sin, John B. Swarts, in Moniton, Oklahoma. He made another trip to Oklahoma in 1907, visiting on the way, relatives in San Jose, Mo. and Indianapolis, Ind.
CHARLES H. KRESGE
C. H. Kresge, born in Newton, is the oldest son of John and Emorgene (Van Campen) Kresge, and a grandson of Thomas Kresge. C. H. Kresge has one sister, Stella. She mar- ried Daniel Raife, and lives in Scranton; a
half brother, Arthur V., a general merchant and undertaker in Carlisle, Ind .; another bro- ther, Walter F., died Sept. 8, 1894, aged 15 years.
Mr. Kresge has a common school education. When eighteen years old he began clerking in a grocery store in Pittston, working there over five years. In January, 1899, he began work- ing at the Hillside Home as an attendant, where he remained over three years. While there he became acquainted with Miss Fannie E. Blew- ett, who was also an attendant at the Home. They were married June 12, 1901. They re- mained at the Home until April 1, 1902, when they rented a farm for six years of Geo. W. Beemer, the superintendent of the Hillside Home. April 1, 1908, he moved to the farm where he now lives. which he purchased two years before.
Mrs. Kresge is a daughter of William and Betsey Blewett of Wayne County.
C. H. Kresge is one of Newton's most pro- gressive farmers. He has a large dairy of twenty cows, producing both summer and win- ter milk, which he deliveres to a dealer in Scranton. He also hauls milk for several of his neighbors. He is an extensive pro- ducer of cabbage, tomatoes, sweet corn, po- tatoes, etc., which he also sells in Scranton at profitable prices. In February, 1909, he was elected school director, and held the office of treasurer for one year. Two children complete the family circle, namely : Emorgene, born Jan. 17, 1904; William B., born Feb. 21, 1906.
WILLIAM BLEWITT was born in England, Aug. 14, 1839, and came to this country when ten years of age. He was married Dec. 31, 1859 to Miss Betsey Cruse. She was born Oct. 31, 1835 and died February 28, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Blewett had a family of twelve children, but only eight are living, namely: Mary Ann, born Feb. 27, 1861; Wm. Henry, born May 2, 1862; Fannie Ellen, born Oct. 22, 1863; Eliza Jane, born Feb. 25, 1865; John James, born Feb. 2, 1867 : Lillie Marie, born Jan. 31, 1869; Ezra Franklin, born April 17, 1871; Lillie, born Mar. 21, 1873; Amanda L., born Jan. 7, 1875: Elias, born Nov. 23, 1876; Bessie, born May 28, 1879; Clarence, born Mar. 17, 1881. Four more died several years ago: Mary, aged 31 years; William, aged 27 years ; Lillie Marie, aged 18 months and Bessie, aged 6 months.
JOHN FRANCIS LACOE
Mr. Lacoe was born on the farm where he now lives, July 18, 1858. He is a son of Wil- liam A. and Sybil (Ash) Lacoe.
J. F. Lacoe was married Jan. 21, 1882 to Miss Arminta L. Williams of Ransom, who was born March 30, 1860 and died May 25, 1901.
C. H. KRESGE'S RESIDENCE AND CONCRETE MILK HOUSE
MRS. ABIGAIL LaRUE'S RESIDENCE
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She was a daughter of Brittain (b. July 7, 1823 - d. Feb. 24, 1891) and Martha (Blackman ) Williams. To Mr. and Mrs. Lacoe four chil- dren were born: Jesse M., born Oct. 23, 1882, and married Miss Maeme Vaughn, in Septem- ber, 1904. They have two daughters, Jean D., born Sept. 28, 1906 and Marion E., born Nov. 28, 1908. Jesse is a Real Estate Broker in Clark's Summit. Nelson S., born Sept. 4, 1884 and is a carpenter. Martha L., born June 16, 1886 and is a teacher. Wesley H., born March 31. 1889 and is a carpenter. He was married Sept. 12, 1909 to Miss Lillian Jacoby, daughter of Benjamin Jacoby. They have two sons, Roy and Ray (twins), born Jan. 26, 1910.
J. F. LACOE
J. F. Lacoe was elected School Director about twenty-five years ago. serving four years. In February, 1900 he was elected Justice-of-the- Peace, was re-elected in 1905, and in 1910 was elected for the third term.
Mr. Lacoe is a progressive farmer. For sev- eral years he has raised about 2,000 baskets of tomatoes which he sells in the Scranton mar- kets. He has four green houses and raises over 200,000 cabbage and tomato plants cach year.
ANTHONY LACOE, grandfather of J. F. Lacoe, was born in Garville, France, March 11, 1780. He came to this country in 1792, and to Wilkes- Barre in 1810. and was married April 19, 1812 to Amelia DuPuy of French descent. In 1814 Mr. Lacoe settled on the farm in Pittston, which then consisted of a tavern and four dwell- ing houses. His wife died in 1844, and in 1850 he sold his farm to the Pennsylvania Coal Co., and went to live with his son, William. He died March 9, 1883 at the age of 103 years.
CHAS. E. LACOE
C. E. Lacoe is the fifth son of Wm. Anthony Lacoe. He was born in Nicholson and came to Newton with his father when about four years old. When a boy he selected farming for his life vocation. For several years he has run a threshing machine and ensilage cutter every fall. He produces a large quantity of cabbage, sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, etc., which he retails in Scranton. For several years he owned a large dairy of twenty-five or more cows, selling the milk to Scranton dealers, but for last five years has kept only a few cows.
Mr. Lacoe was married June 22, 1878 to Huldah C., the oldest daughter of Brittain and Harriet ( Richards) Rosenkrans. Mr. and Mrs. Lacoe have five children living. Two children died in infancy.
JOSEPH ALLEN LACOE
Mr. Lacoe is the youngest son of William Anthony Lacoe. He received a common school education, remaining on the farm with his pa- rents until twenty-one years of age. He was married June 18, 1884, to Miss Jennie S. May, the youngest of a family of five children of Abram and Leah (Shellabarger) May. She is a descendant of Cornelius Jacobson May, who came to this country with the Puritans in 1620 and was elected governor of the Mayflower col- ony. Mrs. Lacoe was born Feb. 8, 1862. She taught school three years in Kansas, and four years after she came to Newton in 1880.
Mr. Lacoe is a prominent farmer of this sec- tion. In March, 1885 he moved to the farm where he now resides.
Mr. and Mrs. Lacoe have a family of seven children living, namely: (1) Blanche, born April 28, 1885. She married John Thompson. Dec. 28, 1907. They are living in Newton. (2) William A., born Jan. 7, 1887. (3) Archie Gay, born July 13, 1891. (4) Ralph D., born March 1, 1895. (5) Harry S., born Sept. 23, 1898. (6 and 7) James Wallace and Joseph Wendell, the twins, born June 7, 1904. One daughter, Esther (born Oct. 7, 1900) died April 19, 1901.
WILLIAM ANTHONY LACOE, born Jan. 30, 1820 at Inkerman, in the Wyoming valley, and died in Newton Feb. 23, 1910. He was & son of Anthony and Amelia (Duprey) Lacoe. (See Anthony Lacoe). He was married Jan. 3, 1843 to Miss Sybil Ash. They were the parents of eleven children. Mrs. Sybil Lacoe died Octo- ber 7. 1901.
WILLIE E. LARUE
Willie Erastus LaRue (born on the LaRue homestead in Newton, Jan. 28, 1870), is a
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son of Daniel W. and Abigail (Warren ) LaRue, and grandson of Joseph and Mary ( Miller) La- Rue.
Mr. LaRue received a common school edu- cation. He helped his father on the farm un- til twenty-three years of age, and April Ist, 1893 rented his father's farm, and has worked all or part of it every year since. He was mar- ried October 11, 1894 to Miss Nellie A., daugh- ter of Chas. M. and Emma (Hobbs) Dailey. They were the parents of ten children : Bertha, George, Annie, Stanley, Nellie, Willet, Nelson Giles and Rose and Alice the twins. Mr. Dai- ley died Sept. 4, 1910 and Mrs. Dailey died May 16, 1901. Bertha died in Oct., 1906. George died about 1903. Nelson died in Feb., 1911 and Giles was drowned in Lake Winola Aug. 7, 1906.
Mr. LaRue purchased the H. P. Jacobs home- stead, containing 110 acres, in 1907 for $5,000. In 1895 he built a residence on one part of his father's farm, and in 1910 built an addition and enlarged the porch. The house now con- tains eleven rooms, furnace heated, and has run- ning water from a fine spring at the foot of the mountain, bath, toilet, hot and cold water and all modern improvements. He is installing an acetylene gas plant for lighting his residence. In 1896 he built a large barn, 50x55 feet, with a concrete basement, and running water in the building.
Besides his farm work, Mr. LaRue does quite an extensive concrete business. He has built and repaired several bridges in Lackawanna county, has contracted to build three this sea- son, and has taken the contract to repair fifty miles of road in Newton township during 1911. He was road supervisor for two years, 1896 and 1897, and has been school director for the last six years.
Mr. LaRue is a member of the Methodist church, and superintendent of the Sunday School at the Cosner school house, where they have about thirty scholars.
DANIEL W. was born May 5, 1827 in Frank- lin county, N. Y., and died in Newton May 8, 1900. He came to Newton with his parents when about two years old. He was married Dee. 12, 1861 to Miss Abigail A. Warren, (b. June 15, 1833), daughter of Ethan Allen and Anna (Doud) Warren. To this union seven children were born . Ethan A., born March 27, 1863 and died Oct. 18, 1887. Frank D., born Sept. 7, 1866 and died June 26, 1874. Minnie E., born Feb. 17, 1868 and was married Aug. 16, 1894 to J. Edward Ward of Bald Mount. Willie E., born Jan. 28, 1870. Louisa May, born Ang. 24, 1872 and is living at home. She attended Scranton Business College taking a course in stenography and typewriting. Charlie
I., born Sept. 24, 1874 and is a motorman on the Seranton Electric Railway. Daniel W., born Oct. 9, 1878, married Miss Mable Guinipp, Dec. 24, 1907, and is living in Cambridge, Mass. . He has been principal of several schools, and for the last three years Superintendent of Schools in Augusta, Me.
JOSEPH LARUE was the father of Daniel W. and the grandfather of Willie E. He married Mary Miller. To them were born eleven chil- dren :- Morgan, who died in the army, Mat- thew, Mary, Joseph, Miller, Caroline, Anna, William, Jane, Erastus and Daniel. None of them are living. -
The LaRues are of French descent.
MRS. ABIGAIL LaRUE
SAMUEL LASHER
Mr. Lasher, born in Falls township, Wyom- ing county, June 23, 1867. He is a son of Arnold and Margaret (Van Wye) Lasher, and a grandson of Peter Lasher.
Mr. Lasher was born and reared on a farm. He received a common school education at the Post Hill and Falls schools. He lived with his parents until nearly twenty-one years of age, then he hired out to John Kresge of Newton for eight months. In 1889 he was employed at. the Ransom Home as teamster, working under Jacob Place, who was superintendent at that
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time. Here he worked four years. . May 6, 1893, Mr. Lasher was employed as keeper at the Hillside Home, where he worked until March 1, 1900. For the next six years he worked at farming. Sept. 24, 1906, he returned to the Hillside Home, working as night watchman un- til April 1, 1912, when he was promoted to farm foreman.
ARNOLD LASHER, born June 28, 1832 in the State of New York and died April 28, 1904 in Falls township. He married Miss Margaret Van Wye. She was born March 17. 1833 in
M. Metzgar. Mr. Metzgar died Dec. 28, 1897. leaving Mrs. Metzgar with two small children. Their daughter, Lulu E., born April 25, 1886 and married Garfield White, September 15, 1910, and resides in Glenburn. Ira M., lives with his mother. He owns a fly shuttle carpet loom, and does first-class weaving.
DENNIS MICHAELS
Mr. Michaels was born in Luzerne county, and oldest son of John Michaels, who was born in Monroe county, January 16, 1818 (died in
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Monroe county. They had a family of ten children, two sons and eight daughters, namely : Mary, Peter, Helen, Dean, Lucinda, Samuel, Ida, Minnie, Carrie and Margaret.
MRS. ELIZABETH METZGAR
Mrs. Metzgar is a daughter of Win. and Mar- garet (Ace) Blackwell, who were the parents of eight children, one son and seven daughters, five of whom are living: Mrs Sarah Breezie. Mrs. Elizabeth Metzgar, Mrs. Emily Landsidle, Mrs. Ada Metzgar and John. Mrs. Metzgar was born near Pittston. Her father had a large family, and she began working out at house work when only twelve years old, which she Followed until married Jan. 12, 1884 to Edward
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