History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 102

Author: Munsell, W.W., & Co., New York
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: New York, W.W. Munsell & co.
Number of Pages: 900

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JOSEPH R. KYTE, hatter and furrier, is a New Jersey man. He traveled nine years for a hat and fur jobbing house, and after being two years with Henry Cohen he established his present business in 1575.

JOSEPH LANGFORD, a native of England, was born March 5th, 1838, He is at present a contractor, residing at West Pittston. His wife was Mary Anabell Wells, of Pike, Pa.

JOHN B. LAW, assistant superintendent of mines, graduated from Ia- fayette College, as civil and mining engineer, in 1822. He has been engineer for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company at Seranton, and superintended the sinking of Nos. 12, 13, and Law's shafts He was married in 1874 to Miss Jennie MeDougall, of Pittston.

CHARLES W. LEWIS, foreman of lumber and mine supplies of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. was born in Maine, in 1847. His wife, formerly Kate Love, was born in Carbondale. Mr. Lewis was formerly a dealer in dry goods and groceries.

GILES LEWIS, a native of Exeter, was born April 20th, 1816. He mar- ried Mary E. Jenkins, in 1869 He is a son of Levi C. Lewis, who was born April 23d, 1798, in Connecticut, and came to Exeter in 1824. Giles Lewis served in the army ; is now a farmer.

J. MORGAN LEWIS was born in 183, and graduated at Lafayette Col- lege in 1875. He has been in the employ of the Pittston Water Com- pany, and in [876 entered the service of the Pennsylvania Coal Company as assistant superintendent. He was married in 1875 to Miss E. A. Kintz, of Easton, Pa.

L. H. Lerrs was born at Deekertown, N. J., in March, 1820, and mar- ried Sally Beemer in February, 1840. His parents came to Luzerne county in his early childhood. He was elected justice of the peace when twenty-two, and heid several county and government offices. He re- moved to Abilene, Kan., in 1878.

HENRY J. LUCHSINGER was born in Switzerland, December 12th, 1848, and came with his father, Baltez Lnehsinger, to America when six years old, and to West Pittston in 1856. He married M. Addie Keeler, of Keelersburg, Pa., in 1871. She is a daughter of Heister Keeler. Mr. Lnchsinger is a butcher on North Main street, Pittston.

JAMES C. LYDON was born January 2Ist, 1851, in Pittston borongh. fle is financial and recording secretary of the Catholic Young Men's Literary and Benevolent Society.

CHARLES II. MAHON was born at Providence, in 1840. Four years later his father removed to Tunkhannock and engaged in farming. He worked on the farm with his father until of age, when he went to Lock Haven and engaged in lumbering with Woods, Wright & Co., remaining with them six years. During this time he was married to Laura Alice Potts. They removed to Pittston in 1822, where he is engaged with the Singer Manufacturing Company. Office, Water street; residence, Broad street.

JAMES MALONEY was born in Ireland, in 1848, and came to this country in 1851. He wasformerly engaged in railroading, but since 1873 has been a merchant at Pleasant Valley. He has been prominently identified with the school interests of Pleasant Valley, and is now president of the common council.

THOMAS MALONEY came to Pittston in 1849, and after serving as a elerk for Michael Reap he became a partner in a general store with Mr. Reap's son in 1867. Three years fater Mr. Maloney became the sole pro- prietor, and the business has grown to be the largest retail business in Pittston. Mr. Maloney has been collector two years, school director three years and councilman eight years.

JOHN MCDOUGALL was born in Scotland, in [819, and in 1840 was mar- ried to Janette Gardner. Ten years later they eame to Pittston, and ho built the block now ocenpied by his family on South Main street. Here ho

kept a hotel from 1869 until his death, in 1866. That year Mrs. MeDongall opened a book and stationery store, which she still carries on. Mrs. Me- Dongall and son carry on the hardware business in the same block.

SAMUEL. MCDOWALL, weighmaster for the Pennsylvania Coal Com- pany, wasborn in Scotland, in 1828. He was married to Mary Symonton, of Scotland, and came to Pittston in 1852. He was a member of the [18th Pennsylvania infantry.

J. [ .. McMILLAN, merchant, was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, April 4th, 1830. His wife was Miss Hanna Howarth, of Carbondale. Mr. McMillan has served two terms as burgess, two years as treasurer and tive years in the town council. He resides in York avenne, West Pittston.

ROBERT MCMILLAN, of Pleasant Valley, son of James MeMillau, sen., who died one year after coming to America, was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1834. His wife was Margaret Taylor, of Glasgow. He was in Anstrafia from 1862 to 1865 mining quartz. Since 1875 he has been boss of No. 12 shaft.

THOMAS MCNAMARA was born in Ireland. He came to Pittston in 1859, and was for a time a clerk, but for the last fifteen years he has been a dealer in general merchandise. He served as poor director from 1877 to 1879.

JOHN MEAD was born in England, in 1819. While living in England he was a brick moulder. He came to Pleasant Valley in 1870, and has been school director three years. He is at present engaged in mining. His wife was Mary McGann, from England.

Jons MERRrrr, superintendent of the Pittston gas works, was born in Somersetshire, England, March 24th, 1830. His wife, formerly Miss Margaret. Stephens, is a native of Pittston.

GEORGE MILLER, son of John and grandson of Thomas Miller, was born in Tunkhannock, in 1802, and came to Exeter in 1838. His wife was Mary Jenkins, of Eaton, Pa. He has been an extensive farmer and has held various official positions.

JOUN MITCHELL was born in Ireland, in 1821, and came to this country in 1843. His wife was Mary Day, also from Ireland. Since 1850 he has been in the employ of the Pennsylvania Coal Company; since 1857 as engineer at No. 22 plane. He resides at Pleasant Valley.

ANDREW MONTANYE was born in Exeter, where he now resides. in 1795. His first wife, Mary Keeler, died in 1867, leaving three daughters. One is in Colorado, one is the wife of the Rev. Mr. Weiss and one is Mrs. Shippey, of Exeter. Mr. Montanye's father, Andrew, settled in Exeter about 1793.

PHILANDER MOON, dispatcher at No. 2 plane for the Pennsylvania Coal Company, is a native of Blakely township. He has been in the company's employ twenty-five years, and in his present position since 1862. Mrs. Moon was Sarah 1. Benjamin, of Salem, Pa.

EDWARD MORGAN, blacksmith and miner, was born in Montgomery- shire, North Wales, in 1825. and was married in 1850 to Jane Daniels, from Wales. He came to Utica, N. Y., in Iste and to Pittston in 1845. He subsequently spent four years in the gold mines of Australia and is now living retired at Pittston.

J. L. MORGAN was born in Pembrokshire, South Wales, in 1845. His wife was Ann Phillips, also of Pembrokeshire. He came to Pittston in 1869, and since 1822 has carried on a grocery and provision store on South Main street.

M. W. MORRIS was born March Ist, 1830, in Kinvarra, county Galway, Ireland. After coming to this country he was married to Miss B. E. Mulligan, of New York city. He was deputy postmaster in Hawley, where he was a merchant from 1849 to 1853: also commissioned by Governor Pollock, captain of the Emmet Guards, of Hawley. He is now a merchant miller at Wilkes-Barre. He resides at Pittston, where he was school director fifteen years.

WALTER W. MORTON, a shoemaker at Pleasant Valley, was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1817. His wife was Isabelle Carrie, from Farforshire, Scotland. He came to this country in 1870.

D. D. MOSIER was born at Middle Smithfield, Monroe county, Pa , in 1816. His wife was Elizabeth Ward, of Bridgeport, Conn. He has been engaged in farming since 1843. His farm covers some sixty acres of valuable coal beds, which are worked by the Pittston Coal Company. The brickyard on this farm is operated by Mr. Mosier. He has served in several minor offices and ten years as justice of the peace.

FRANK C. MOSIER, son of D. D. Mosier, was born in Pittston town- ship, in 1817. During the rebel invasion of Maryland, in 1862, he enlisted with the 19th Pennsylvania militia. fle subsequently read law with the late Conrad S. Stark, and was admitted to the Inzerne bar in 1874. Two years later he was elected a member of the borongh council of Pitts- ton, of which honorable body he was chosen president.

W. J. MURTAK, of Upper Pittston, was born at lonesdale, in IS51. He was formerly a brakeman on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and is now fireman.

JOHN MYERS was born in 1835. in New Jersey. He was married in 1857 to Harriet B. Goodwin, who was born May 6th, 1837, in the old framed house on the site of Fort Wintermoot, near their present resi-

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dence. Her mother, whose maiden name was Rachel Jenkins, a daughter of Colonel John Jenkins, was also born on the same site, in a log house.

MATTHEW G. NEARY, of Pittston, was born in Ireland, in 1845. His wife, formerly Mary A. Carroll, is from Carbondale, Pa. He was first superintendent of the Carbondale public schools, six years, and clerk of the mayor's court of Carbondale six years. Ile was instrumental in organizing at Carbondale the first Father Matthew Society of Pa., and is at present corresponding secretary of the C. T. A. U. of Pennsylvania.

J. W. NIMMo, the leading merchant tailor of Pittston, is a Scotch- man by birth, and came to Pittston in 1873. For four years he was cut- ter for Henry Cohen and then began business for himself at No. 42 North Main street, Mrs. Ninno is Louise, daughter of Daniel Jones and Catherine Jenkins.

JAMES W. NunTON, a native of Dallas, was born in 1849. ITis father, Elisha, and grandfather, Jacob Nulton, were New Jersey people who came to Franklin about 1815.

CASPER OBERDORFER, a prosperous farmer of Exeter, was born in Wurtemberg, in 1834. Ilis wife was Mary Schultheas, of Hesse Darin- stadt, Germany. Mr. Oberdorfer has held various township offices; was supervisor thirteen terms, aud eensus enumerator in 1880. Their family consists of three sons and five daughters.

WILLIAM O'MALLEY, architect and builder, is a native of Ireland. He emigrated in 1848, and married Catharine M. Ward, of New York. Mr. O'Malley leads his profession in the Wyoming valley. He was a mem- ber of the committee on buildings of the Wyoming centennial.

WALTER MCI. OSTRANDER, dentist, was born in New Brunswick, N. J., August 4th, 1839. He is engaged in his profession at Pittston, where he married Miss Annie De Witt, a native of the place.

JOHN J. OWENS was born in Wales, in 1813, and was married to Eliza- beth Morgans in 1840. Ile opened a grocery in 1872, previously having been engaged in mining.

CHESTER R. PATTERSON, manufacturer, was born in Uniou, Broome eounty, N. Y., July 21st, 1833. He married Miss Sarah A. Bancroft, of Owego, Tioga county, N. Y. Mr. Patterson's former business was that of a builder and millwright.

DR. A. O. PAYNE, son of B. W. Payue, of Corning, N. Y., was born in 1851. He received his literary education at Genesee College and Cornell University. In 1869 he entered the office of Dr. J. B. Graves. Corning, as a medical student. He graduated in the medical department of the University of the City of New York, in 1875, and was a private student under Professors Loomis, Wood and Howe, of New York. From 1876 to the fall of 1879 he practiced at Carbondale, and then located at Pitts- ton.

ISAAC PETERSON, farmer, was born February 25th, 1811, iu Orange county, N. Y. He came with his father, Isaac Peterson, sen., to North Moreland, Pa., in 1822. His first wife, Phoebe Wilcox, died in 1838. He afterward married Mary Jane Wilcox. He has lived on his present farm since his first marriage, 1836. His children are Henry, Phosbe J., Mar- tha, Lewis and Elizabeth.

WILLIAM J. PHILBIN was born in Jenkins township, in 1854. He was a student with Michael Regan, of Wilkes-Barre, and graduated at Co- lumbia law-school, in May, 1876. He practiced at Wilkes-Barre from November, 1876, to October, 1878, when he removed to Pittston.

JACOB PHILLIPS was born at Easton, Ta., November 3d, 1839; came to Plymouth in 1864, married Alvira Barney the next year, and came to West Pittston in 1867. Their children are Edith May and Areta. Ile is in the employ of the Lee Arms Company; formerly he was a contractor and builder.

PETER POLEN was born in 1804, in this county, and was married January 3d, 1830, to Catharine P. Gardner, of Exeter, who was born in 1805. They moved on to a farin which comprised all the central portion of the site of West Pittston. Mr. Polen is now dead. Mrs. Polen is the oldest resi- dent in West Pittston. Her grandfather was John Gardner, who was taken prisoner in Exeter and burned by the Indians.

ROBERT S. POOLE was born February 2Ist, 1833, at Dudley, England, where he became a coal and iron operator. He came to America in 1860 and returned to England in 1862 to take charge of iron works there. In 1866 he came again to Pittston, where he is a coal operator.

CHARLES A. PRICE, of Pittston, was born in South Wales, in 1846, and married to Catharine Thomas, of South Wales, in 1866. 1Ie came to this country in 1869, and has since been engaged in the Columbia mine.

S. 1I. RAU was born in Pittston township, in 1851. He is a conductor on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and has been in the employ of that com- pany since 1871.

FnANK P. REAP, cashier of the Miners' Savings Bank, was born in Pittston, February 8th, 1852, and graduated at the U. S. Military Acad- emy in June, 1872. He is a son of Michael Reap, deceased. He married Miss Annie M. McCann, of Seranton. Mr. Reap served in the United States army as lieutenant.

ABEDNEGO REESE, mine superintendent at Exeter colliery, is a native of Carbon county, Pa. From 1872 to 1875 he was boss for the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, but after the West Pittston disaster in 1871 he has had charge of that mine.

WILLIAM REID was born in Scotland, in 1825, and in 1849 married Caroline Williamson. Ile came to Pittston in 151 and engaged in mining. He is mine boss for the Pennsylvania Coal Company.

J. N. RICE, M. D., was born in 185, in Factoryville, Pa. He was in Company II 2nd Pennsylvania regiment, and was wounded at Cold Harbor. Ile graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1868, and after three years' practice with his preceptor he located at Pittston, and is practicing medicine and surgery. He has secured patents on several valuable inventions, including a spiral carriage spring.

S. Y. RICHARDS was born at Red Point, Montour county, August 31st. 1836, and married in 1861 Matilda Hine, of Danville, Pa. He has been a photographer since 1866, and is well known as a thoroughly skilled artist. He is located at the corner of Water and Main streets, Pittston.

HI. RIEMER, a farmer and resident at Fairmont Springs, was born in Hanover, October 26th, 1818. His wife was Sarah Jane Ruggles, of Han- over. Ile enlisted in Company D Ist l'a. cavalry, February 2nd, 1862; was wounded at Fredericksburg April 18th, 1862, and discharged May 11th, 1862. Mr. Riemer is the father of eleven children.

J. P. ROSENKRANS, dispatcher for the Pennsylvania Coal Company, has been in the company's employ twenty-eight years. He was born in Sussex county, N. J., in 1831, and came to Pittston in 1848. He served as school director three years, poor director four years, auditor thirteen years and deputy provost marshal during 1863 and 1864. His great-grand- father, James Rosenkrans, came to Wyoming and settled before 1776. He was taken prisoner by the Indians, and his wife with six children es- caped to New Jersey.

DAVID L. Ross, M. D., was boru in Rhode Island, in I845. He graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1872. He has been practicing at Pittston since 1874. He was three years with Company B 10th Connecti- cut volunteers.

A. RUOFF, cabinet maker and undertaker, is a German by birth. He came to America in 1850, and two years later was married to Miss K. Schwarz. Mr. R. was thirteen years with R. B. Cutler, and in 1865 established hispresent business on Main street.

WILLIAM H. RUTLEDGE was born in Pittston, in 1857. He is telegraph operator for the Central Railroad of New Jersey. He was one of the proprietors of the Pittston Daily Express.

CHARLES D. SANDERS was born in Broome county, N. Y., in 1840. He married Mary McNalley, of Carbondale, Pa. Since 1872 he has been su- perintendent of the stock of the Hillside Coal and Iron Company, at Pleasant Valley. He served as division wagonmaster in Schooley's battery.

ELSIE SANDS, of Exeter village, was born in Exeter. October 10th, 1817, and is a daughter of James Hadsall, who is now ninety-three years of age, and a descendant of the Hadsall family of Wyoming massacre fame. IIer husband, J. D. Sands, was born in Philadelphia, in 1810, and died in 1856. Two sons served in the army, one of whom died at City Point, Va.

ERNEST SCHMALTZ, lumber merchant, Hughestown, was born in Berne, Switzerland, in 1843, and came to Pittston in 1853. His wife was Catharine Simmen, of Hesse Cassel, Germany, He served in the 8th Pennsylvania volunteers in 1861.

GOTTLIEB SCHMALTZ, miner. was born in Switzerland, in 1832, and came to Pittston in 1853 and engaged in mining. He was a member of the brass band of the 9th Pennsylvania cavalry. 1u 1856 he was married to Katie Weiskerger, of Pittston, who was born in Ashley, in 1841.

JACOB J. SCHMALTZ, burgess of Hughestown, was born in Switzer- erland, in 1832, and was married to Elizabeth Moss, of Germany, in 1869. lle served in the 112th Pennsylvania volunteers (heavy artillery) from 1862 to 1865. IIe is engaged in blacksmithing.

CASSIE A. SCHOOLEY, daughter of the late Abram Price, was born in Pittston, in 1845, and was married to E. J. Schooley, of Pittston, in 1867. Her father was the proprietor of a blast furnace in Harrisburg.

JAMES SEARLE, son of Henry Luther Searle and grandson of William Scarle, an early settler, was born in 1820, in Greenfield township, Pa. From 1861 to 1867 he was postmaster at Pittston. Previously he was a farmer, and subsequently established his present jewelry business at Pittston. Mrs. Searle was Elizabeth, daughter of More Furman, of Scranton.

HENRY SEARLE, great-grandson of Constant Searle, a victimn of the Wyoming massacre, was born in Luzerne county, in 1827, and married Martha Powell, of Wales, in 1850. IIe is foreman of No. 10 breaker of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, and has been in the service of this company twenty-five years.

ADAM D. SERFASS, a native of Monroe county, was born February 13th, 1847, and caine to Exeter in 1860. Ile was married in 1872 to Amanda Driesbaclı. IIe is a farmer, and has sold inilk in Pittston several years.

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He has an apiary of Italian and Albino bees, and is engaged in the breed- ing and sale of them.

GEORGE SHALES, a track carpenter of Pleasant Valley, was born at Kingston, in 1829, and since September, 1849, has been in the employ of the Pennsylvania Coal Company.

FRANKIN W. SHANNON, son of George Shannon, was born March 24th, 1840, in Hartford, Pa. He was married in 1862 to Agnes Moister, a granddaughter of Rev. Rodger Moister, of Wilkes-Barre. Ile eu- listed in the Union service in April, 1861. Ile is engineer at No. 4 shaft of the Pennsylvania Coal Company.

WILLIAM H. SHEPHERD was born in Salop county, England, in 1839, and married Harriet A. Monk, of Pittston. He has been engineer for the Pennsylvania Coal Company seventeen years. Ile is a school direct- or of Hughestown borough.

JEREMIAH B. SHEFFER, postmaster, was born in Pittston township, November 8th, 1825, and has been engaged in mercantile business in Pittston, where he married Miss Almeda B. Lance. Mr. Shiffer has served as assistant enrolling officer and assistant revenue assessor.

J. S. SICKLER, a native of Wyoming county, Pa., was born in 1837. He was married in 1864 to Nancy Dymond. Mr. Sickler removed to Pittston in 1872 and engaged in the grocery trade, which he still con- tinues.

ROBERT W. SMILES, miner, was born in England, in 1846, and emigrated in 1848. Ile married Sarah Embleton, also a native of England. Mr. Siniles served in the 11th and 16th U. S. infantry three years.

J. B. SMITH, a native of Fulda, Germany, was born in 1814. He mar- ried Miss Mary J. Feuerstein, of the same place. He was major of the 50th Pennsylvania volunteers during the Rebellion, and has filled vari- ous township offiees. Mr. Smith, previous to retirement fromn active employment, was a bricklayer.

SAMUEL SMYTH, of York avenue, West Pittston, was born in Susque- hanna county, Pa., in 1841. He was in business at Bridgewater until 1877, when he came to Pittston, associated with W. N. Monies, Lewis Pughe and John D. Green under the firm name of U. S. Duplex Grate Company, and began the extensive manufacture of thegrate which Mr. Smyth bad invented and patented in 1879.

T. J. SNOWDEN, son of Cuthbert Snowden, of English descent, was born February 6th, 1852, at Dunmore, Pa. His present residence is at Pittston, where he is a clerk with C. R. Patterson.

G. M. SNYDER, formerly boss at Brown's colliery, now boss at Central breaker, Pleasant Valley, was born at Easton, Pa., in 1834. His wife was Sarah Williamson, from Binghamton, N. Y. She is a grand daughter of Isaac B. Van Wart, who aided in the capture of Major Andre. Mr. Snyder served in 1862 and 1863 with Company K 132nd Pennsylvania volunteers.

JAMES A. SPACE, son of Jolin Space, was born at Wyoming, in 1851. His early years were spent on a farm, and in 1870, after being in the employ of the L. & S. and Bloomsburg railroads, he entered the employ of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. He was married in 1870 to Catherine C. Bilby, of Wyoming.

H. M. STEEVER Was born at Lykens Valley, Pa., in 1841. He was post clerk at Millersburgh from 1860 to 1865, and a telegraph operator from 1860 to 1877. He is an agent for the Central Railroad of New Jersey and auditor of Pleasant Valley borough.

WILLIAM STROH, a native of Livingston county, N. Y., engaged in blacksmithing in Pittston in 1865, and is a stoek member of the Union Stove Manufacturing Company of Pittston. Mr. Stroh was an artifieer in Sehooley's battery. His wife was Miss Jannett Holden.

CAPTAIN SOLOMON STURMER, of Pittston, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1825; came to this country in 1848, and was married in 1852 to Mary A. Goodwin, who died in 1857. His present wife was Valaria Shultz, to whom he was married in 1862. He carried on an extensive boot and shoe business in Pittston about thirty years. He was captain of Company D 15th Pennsylvania volunteers in 1861.

C. F. SUTHERLAND was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1843. From December, 1872, for three years he was a wholesale jobber in farm pro- duce, and is now in the grain business at Pittston. Residence, Exeter street, West Pittston.

SMITH SUTHERLAND, son of Brush Sutherland, was born at Stamford, Duteliess county, N. Y., October 21st, 1818, removed to Otsego county in 1836, and married in 1846 Lucy P. Fuller, who died January 15th, 1850. lfe removed to Pittston in 1851, and in 1861 married Laura L. Stauton, of Exeter. He has been mail contractor sine July Ist, 1870. He served as justice of the peace in Pittston borough fromn 1869 to 1879.

GRIFFITH THOMAS is a native of Wales. He came to Pittston in 1842, and in 1852 married Mary Jenkins, of Scranton. He is the owner of aud for a time condneted the Cambrian House, of Pittston. He is superin- tendent of the Pittston street railrond.

ALEXANDER THOMPSON, mine boss, was born in Scotland, in 1844, and came to Pittston in 1865 and engaged in mining for the Pennsylvania Coul Company. He was married in 1868 to Anna Reid, of Pittston.

DAVID THOMPSON, a native of Scotland, was born in 1855, and emi- grated to Pittston, in 1869. Ile has sinee been engaged in mining for the Pennsylvania Coal Company.

GIDEON UNDERWOOD, physician, was born in Kingston, Pa., Decem- ber 31, 1819, and married Miss Martha Newman, of Eaton, Wyoming county.

JOHN VANDERBERG, a carpenter for the Pennsylvania Coal Company, was born in Pittston in 1840, and married Mary Sheppard, of Pittston. He served three years in the 56th Pennsylvania infantry.

A. J. VAN PUYLE, farmer, was born in 1828, at Eaton, Pa., and mar- ried Emma, daughter of George Miller, in 1844. He is the son of lliram and grandson of Jonathan Van Tuyle, who came from Orange county, N. Y., about 1820. Mr. Van Tuyle has held most of the township offices and is now clerk of the school board of Exeter.

HON. THOMAS WADDELL, coal operator, is a native of Scotland. Ile married Jannet Wallace, and in 1850 came to the Wyoming valley. He was engaged in gold mining in California from 1855, to 1858, and began to operate in coal in 1859. He was a member of the Legislature in 1873 and 1874.

CHARLES M. WAGNER, of Pittston, son of Peter and Amy Wagner, was born at Wyoming, Pa., August 5th, 1800.

JOHN WARDON, of English and Dutch descent, was born in Hanover township, in 1796. He married Susannah Morrison, of Lowery Town, on the Lehigh, in 1826. He lost two sons in the late war. His grand- father, Conrad Lines, came to Wyoming before the massacre; was ap- prized of the danger by an Indian girl, and his family with others es- caped over the mountains.

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History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 102

Author: Munsell, W.W., & Co., New York Publication date: 1880 Publisher: New York, W.W. Munsell & co. Number of Pages: 900

Author: Munsell, W.W., & Co., New York
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: New York, W.W. Munsell & co.
Number of Pages: 900