History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 107

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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WILLIAM W. AMSORY is a native of Binghamton, N. Y., and was born September 18th, 184I. He was married in 1869 to Miss Mary H. Mitchell, of Plains, who was born February 17th. 1846. Mr. Amsbry is general agent for several coal land owners in this township.

MRS. SARAH BLANCHARD, widow of the late John Blanchard aud daughter of George Lazarus, one of the carly settlers of Hanover town- ship, was born in Monroe county, Pa., June 16th, 1803, and married to John Blanchard February 9th, 1823. Mr. Blanchard died July 23d, 1853, in Jenkins. Mrs. Blanchard has occupied her present residence at Port Blanchard for the last fifty-seven years. She is the mother of eleven children, the oldest and the youngest of whom are still living.

GEORGE D. CLARK, who is a native of Plainsville, was born August 19th, 1842, and was married December 26th, 1866, to Miss Lizzie Tisdel, of North Moreland, Wyoming county, Pa. Mrs. Clark was born April 28th, 1846. Their children are Anna May, born December 19th, 1871, and Sarah Emily, born November 11th. 1874. Mr. Clark is a farmer.

JOHN CLARK, a native of Wilkes-Barre, was born February 28th, 1791. When he was eight months old his parents located in this township, on the farm now occupied by his grandson, George D. Clark, where he lived over ciglity years. He then moved to the house now occupied by his daughters, Misses Parma and Sybil Clark, where hedied in December,

1878. Mr. Clark was one of the founders and supporters of the Method- ist Episcopal church of Plains township. He was the father of four sous and three daughters.

Jons D. Couvi was born in Abington. Pa., June 25th. 1835, and mar- ried Aprit ISth, 1867, to Miss Olive S. Richards, who was born in Provi- dence. Pa., April 21st, 184. They have three children. Mr. Colvin en- listed in Company Cof the 17th Pennsylvania volunteers in July, 1861, and in October, 18sl, was transferred to the U. S. signal corps, and unstered out as lieutenant September 28th, 1865. He is a Knight Temp- lar, Kuight of Honor, and a member of Ely Post, No. 97, G. A R. He is lirst lientenant of Company C9th regiment N. G. Pennsylvania. For the past. fourteen years he has been foreman for the Delaware and Hud- son Canal Company and the Lehigh Valley Coa! Company.

JASON P. DAVIS, fire boss, Baltimore mines, was horn in Pembroke- shire, South Wales, May Irth, 1821, and in 1849 was married to Mary Jenkins, of Swansea, Glamorganshire, South Wales. He has been school director and secretary of Parsons borough.

J. M. ERMERT, anative of Plainsville, Pa,, was a soldier with Company G Ist New Jersey cavalry. Enlisting in ISS) he served until July 28th, 1864, when he lost a leg in consequence of a wound. He was elected clerk of county courts, Luzerne county, in the fall of 1879.

PATRICK GOLDEN was born in Carbondale, Pa., in 1840.

T. T. HALE, a native of Pittston township, was born June 4th, 1838, and on the 18th of December, 1859, married Miss Sarah R. Phillips, of Benton, Pa., who was born July 27th, 1833. He is a merchant ut Yates- ville. He has been burgess of Yatesville since it was chartered as a borough and is a justice of the peace. Mrs. Hale was appointed post- mistress at Yatesville January 13th, 1880.

WILLIAM D. HALE was born in Yatesville. April 15th, 1831, and was married January 3d, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Learch, of Pittston township. Mrs. Hale was born in Newport, Pa., December 13th, 1838. They have a family of eight children. Mr. Hale is a mine carpenter. His father, Jolin Hale, was one of the carly settlers at Yatesville.

REV. MOSES HARVEY, pastor of the Protestant Methodist church at Parsons, was born in Bristol, England. August 6th, 1836, and married Mary Sutton, of the same place, April Ist, 1855.

JOHN W. HENSHALL, son of Thomas and Mary Henshall, was born in Jenkins township, February 18th, 1856. His father was killed in Shaft No. 7 of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, November Ist, 1875. Mr. Hen- shall is a painter.

JOHN S. JENKINS was born in Plymouth, Pa., December 26th, 1842. He was married at Northumberland, Pa., February 26th, 1846, to the eldest daughter of Samuel Wilcox. She was born in Plains, December 26th, 1846. Mr. Jenkins served three months in Company F 8th Pennsyl- vania volunteers, and three years in Company A 52nd Pennsylvania volunteers, commanded by Colonel H. M. Hoyt. He is breaker boss at a shaft in Plains township.

JENKINS B. JONES is a native of Glamorganshire, South Wales ; was born May 28th, 1826, and married September 12th, 1847, to Miss Elizabeth Parry, of the same county. He came to America in 1857 and located in Luzerne county in 1859. He has worked under ground for the last forty- five years, being inside foreman twenty years. Ife now holds that posi- tion at the Wyoming colliery, operated by J. H. Swoyer.

D. W. KEMBEL was born in Lower Mahanoy, Northumberland county, Pa., May 25th, 1836, and was married January 19th, 1865, to Julia Foulds, in Upper Mahanoy, Pa. Mrs. Kembel was born in Derbyshire, England, March 21st, 1845. Mr. Kembel was brought up on a farm, learned the trade of a miller, served three years in the 47th Pennsylva- nia volunteers in the late war, and since 1869 has been superintendent of the Laurel Run coal mine for the Delaware and 1Iudson Canal Company.

LEWIS R. LEWIS, hotel keeper at Parsons, was formerly a miner. He was born in South Wales, in 1825, and came to this country in 1852, having married Rachael Williams the preceding year. He was a member of the 155th Pennsylvania volunteers ; has been commissioner of high ways one year, and is now treasurer of Parsons borough.

EDWARD R. MASON, merchant's clerk, was born in England in 1846, and emigrated in 1864. fle married Margaret Jones, of Wilkes-Barre. Ife is W. M. of the American Protestant Association, of Parsons.

HUGH MCDONALD is a native of Pottsville, Pa. He was married in 1870 to Miss Huldah A. Millar, a native of Fairmount, this county. He is inside foreman for the Delaware and Hudson Caual Company at Parsons. Ilis father, John McDonald, was the inventor of the blasting barrel, now in general use in the coal mines of this State.

LEONARD MILLER, son of John aud Kate Miller, was born in Plains- ville, March 9th, 1854. His mother's maiden name was Kate Aten. She was born in New Jersey, in 1819. Ifis father was born in 1818. Mr. Miller is a carpenter and mason.

GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL RECORD.

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ROBERT C. MITCHELL is a native of Sydney, Nova Scotia, and was born December 23d, 1841. He located in Plainsville in March. 18SS. He was married April 24th, 1867, to Miss Celia Alexander, of Burlington, Bradford county, Pa, where she was born March 19th, 1847. Ile is a farmer by occupation, and the present postmaster at Plainsville.

EVAN T. MORGAN, mine contractor, was born in Wales, in 18H, and in 1862 married Rachel Melville, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Mr. Morgan has been justice of the peace of Plains three years.

THOMAS NATTRASS, sen., was born in Durham, England, in 1821; came to America in 1847, and located at Yatesville in the spring of 1849. He was married in 185 to Miss Margaret Wilson, a native of England. He is a miner and resides at Yatesville.

B. F. OPLINGER is a native of Plains township, and was born in 1830. Ile was married in 1851 to Mary Hay, also of Plains. She was born in this township, in 1836. Mr. Oplinger has followed mining nearly all his life, and is at present boss carpenter at Laurel Run inine, No. 4.

HEZEKIAH PARSONS was born in the borough of Parsons, October 20th, 1854. He is a merchant and is also postmaster at Parsons, and first lieutenant of Company 1 9th regiment N. G. of Pennsylvania.

MAJOR OLIVER A. PARSONS was born in Plains, in 1838, and married Martha W. Stark, of Plains. He enlisted in the first company fromn Luzerne county in the civil war. He re-enlisted in the 23d Pennsylvania volunteers, and received promotions through all the grades from ser- geant to major.

JOHN B. READ was born in Lancashire, England, in 1821, and was mar- ried in IS47 to Miss Grace Stodd, of Staffordshire, England, who was born December 4th, 1828. Mr. Read came to America in ISHI and located in Jenkins township in 1852. He is a miner and a farmer.

GEORGE ROBINSON is a native of Durham, England. He came to America in 1852, and located in Yatesville in 1857. He was born January 12th, 1827, and married in 1847 Mary Peart, of South Church, England, who was born in Wordell, in 1826. Mr. Robinson is a miner.

C. M. ROUSE is a native of Bennington, Vt. He was born December 15th, 1831, and married (August 15th, 1858) Miss Wealthy J. Van Anden, of Hampton, Washington county, N. Y. Mr. Rouse has been engaged in the manufacture of gun and blasting powder since 1854, and is now one of the proprietors and superintendent of the Latin Powder Mills.

JOHN SHIELDS was born in South Shedds, county of Durham, England, August 2nd, 1833, and came to America and located in Yatesville in 1853. He was married in 1855 to Miss Elizabeth Powall, of England. He is a merchant and a miner at Yatesville.

JEREMIAH SNIFFER was born in what is now Plains township, Decem- ber 23d, 1822, and married Mary A. Sperring in 1849. Mrs. Shiffer was born in Cleveland, O., Angust Ist, 1822. They have seven children, two of whom are married. Nettie, their oldest daughter, is Mrs. James Mitchell, and their second daughter, Nellie, is Mrs. Robert MeKay. Mr. Shiffer is a mason by occupation.

JonN R. STARK was born in Plains township, December 15th, 1834, and married June 6th, 1877, to Miss Rebecca Wharram, of Plymouth. Pa. He is a farmer.

REV. WILSON TREIBLE was born at Shawnee, Monroe connty, Pa., March 30th, 1850. He entered the ministry in 1874, and was married November 28th, 1878, to Miss Eva Belcher, of Factoryville, Pa. He was pastor of the Yatesville M. E. church from the spring of 1877 to the spring of 1880.

DANIEL WAGNER was born in Plainsville, January 11th, 1822. He still lives near his birthplace, and is oue of the prominent and enterprising farmers of the township.

MARTIN J. WALSH was born in Ireland, in 1842, and in 1864 married Bridget Golden, of Archbald. Golden & Walsh, general merchants, began business in Archbald in 1866, and in 1869 removed to Parsons, where they are conducting an extensive cash trade.

JOHN E. WATKINS, station agent at Parsons, was born in Carbondale July 24th, 1835, and in 1862 married Sarah Price (deceased), and in 1868 Charlotte Kennedy, of Mauch Chuuk, Pa. He was postmaster at Parsons from 1872 to 1875.

DANIEL D. WILCox, a native of Plains township, was born January 15th, 1835, and was married in 1862 to Miss Rebecca Stocker, of Plains. His grandmother was in Forty Fort at the time of the massacre in 1778.

ANDREW J. WILLIAMS was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., October 19th, 1820. In 1843 he married Miss Louisa Mills, of Tunkhannock, Pa. They have eight children. Mr. Williams is a farmer. He was elected com- missioner of Luzerne county in 1870.

The following citizens of the townships of Jenkins and Plains and the boroughs of Yatesville and Parsons also contributed their support to this publication : Lyman Albert, A. A. Barton, John Bowers, John D. Capin, H. J. Cary, John E. Cook, George Cooper, Alfred Day, W. L. Foote, Alexander Fraser, sen., M. Galvin, William Gowan, James Jones, M. W. Kintner, W. E. Lewis, E. Mackin, M. L. McGee, John Monk, sen., J. T. Moore, Patrick Moylan, William Patten, C. C. Rhodes, W. W. Rice. J. B. Robinson, H. Shiffer, John S. Schumacher, W. S. Stark, William Tasker, C. T. Wilcox.

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HENRY ISAAC JONES.

Henry Isaac Jones is a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow; licentiate in Mid- wifery of Edinburgh; member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Lackawanna County Medical Society; five years surgeon for H. M.'s Indian army and late surgeon for the National Steamship Company, and the South Wales Iron and Coal Company. He was born at Tremedoc, Carnarvonshire, North Wales, September 22nd, 1844. His father, Robert Isaac Jones, chemist and druggist, is a celebrated poet and literateur, known to the Welsh speaking people of the world under the nom de plume "Alltud Eifion." Dr. Jones is the third son. On the father's side he is descended from a race of distinguished surgeons known through Wales for centuries; on his mother's side from a race of fine farmers. He attended the national school in his native town; afterward Mr. Rushby's grammar school, Farn Hill, near Chester. At 15 years of age he was apprenticed to his profession at the Quarry Hospital, Festiniog, Merionethshire, North Wales. During this time he went to Glasgow, Scotland, and passed the pre- liminary examination in arts, and in returning took French leave and ran the blockade in 1861 to Wilming- ton, N. C. He soon returned; attended college, Ander- son University, Glasgow, one term; then joined the Con- federate cruiser "Georgia," under Lieutenant W. L. Maury, and went for a cruise from March, 1863, to May, 1864, around the world. After this he went to the Glas- gow University, and studied closely until 1866, when he graduated as a surgeon and physician. Immediately after this he was appointed to take charge of government emigrants in the ship " Escort," to New York from Liv- erpool. On his return, in June, 1866, he was appointed assistant surgeon for the Aberdare Iron and Coal Com- pany, then surgeon at the Amman Iron Works, Caermar- thenshire, and Ynysgedwyse Iron Works. Then he was appointed surgeon in the National Steamship Company's

fleet. Leaving the company through sickness in Decem- ber, 1868, he assisted several surgeons in Essex, Wilt- shire, after which he competed for the appointment of surgeon in H. M.'s Indian medical service. He was suc- cessful and was sent to Her Majesty's Royal Victoria Hospital to study military medicine under McLean; mili- tary surgery under Professor Longmore; military hygeine under the late Professor E. A. Parkes, and pathology under Professor W. Aitken. Here he had the opportun- ity of seeing and treating invalid soldiers from every part of the world (British), assisted by a magnificent library, museum, laboratory, microscope rooms-in fact every- thing that a rich government could buy to assist its med- ical men to become efficient officers for the welfare of Her Majesty's troops in India. Here he had to pass another six days' competitive examination, at which he was successful, receiving a royal commission from Queen Victoria and also the honor of being presented to the Queen by the Duke of Argyle, then Secretary of State for India. He set sail for Madras, East Indies, in April, 1870. He served with the native troops at Trichenopoly, southern India; was also in charge of a lunatic asylum. Next he was acting civil surgeon of Coimbatore and of Chitore jail and district. For two years he was garrison surgeon of Bangalore, Mysore district; then was appointed surgeon of the 8th regiment Madras native infantry. Dr. Jones did short service with the 16th lancers and 45th infantry. He fell sick with the 8th regiment at Nagpore, Central Province, and left for Europe round the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in Europe in October, 1874. The English climate did not suit him after the four years of heat in India. He set sail for the United States, and landed in New York Thanksgiving day, 1874. He practiced for a little while in Brooklyn, L. I. Finding a better field amongst his countrymen in Scranton, he arrived at the latter place March 31st, 1875. He married (August 16th, 1875) Mary Amelia Boardman, of Bridge- port, Conn.

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CHURCHES AT PLAINSVILLE-COLLIERIES IN PLAINS.

The regular meetings are held in Tasker hall, on the first and third Saturday evenings of each month. The following were the officers named in the charter: Presi- dent, B. Hughes; vice-president, David T. Davies; sec- retary of the order, Morgan Evans. The lodge numbers forty-two members.

The officers for 18So were as follows: President, Jen- kins J. Jones; vice-president, Richard Roberts; financial secretary, George D. Price; recording secretary, David T. Jones; steward, Edward F. Reese; conductor, John Hughes; watchers, Evan A. Price and Thomas Powell; committee to visit the sick, Edward F. Reese and Evan A. Price; treasurer, Jenkins B. Jones; trustees, Jenkins J. Jones, Thomas W. Lewis and Thomas H. Thomas.

PLAINSVILLE.

Plainsville is a station on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, near the northwest corner of the township. The place has a store, tavern and a post-office; Robert C. Mitchell is the postmaster. A Methodist Episcopal church edifice stands near the village.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PLAINSVILLE.

This society seems to have been organized about 1830, with George Cooper as class leader, and the following named persons members of the class: Jerusha Cooper, Miner, Mary and Joseph Swallow, Mrs. Hannah Sailor, Benjamin Sailor and wife, George Swallow and wife, John Clark, Sarah Hale, John Carey and wife, and Wil- liam La Bar and wife. For several years the Methodist "circuit riders " had been traveling through this region, preaching at different points, including the old red school-house on the cross road between the Wilkes- Barre and Pittston road and the river, or plank road.

The school-house was a frame building, filled in with brick, the first of its kind in this part of the county. Here the parent class was formed, out of which have grown the societies of Plainsville and Plains.

In 1844 the society decided to build a church, and Conrad Saxe donated the lot. The church was built the same year, of brick, at a cost of $1,000, and was dedicat- ed February 13th, 1845, by Rev. D. A. Shepherd, assisted by Rev. Silas Comfort and Rev. Ira Wilcox. The building committee were Miner Swallow, George Cooper and William Apple.

The first trustees were John Clark, George Cooper, William Apple, William La Bar and Miner Swallow. Lewis Ketchum, father of the late Judge Ketchum, did the painting of the church inside and out.

Among the Methodist preachers who early visited the place it is believed Vincent M. Coryell, John Copeland and Marmaduke Pearce were the first. Then Samuel Griffin, a local preacher, living in Abington, preached occasionally. The preachers following Mr. Griffin pre- vious to the building of the church were as follows, as nearly as can be ascertained: Abel Barker, Erastus Smith, Peleg G. White, Benjamin Ellis, Epenetus Owen, William Raum, Thomas Wilcox and William Philbin, which brings us down to 1845, when Ira Wilcox was the

pastor. Since then the preachers and the order of their succession have been as follows: E. B. Tenney, John Mulchahey, O. S. Morse, Erastus Smith, Asa Brooks, William Reddy, Charles Giddings, George M. Peck, Rodger Moyster, a local preacher, Samuel M. Bronson Jonatham K. Peck, Henry Wheeler, Luther Peck, Wil- liam Keatly, Minor Swallow, J. S. Lewis, Jacob D. Wood- ruff, F. A. King, N. J. Hawley, W. J. Hill, H. H. Dresser and J. L. Race, the present pastor, who was ap- pointed to this charge in the spring of 1879.

The present trustees of the Plainsville church are John C. Williams, William A. Wagner, John D. Wilcox. O. B. MacKnight, William H. Stark and William H. Bennett. The church property is valued at $1,500.

The Sunday-school was organized about 1830, by George Cooper, who was the first superintendent. His successors have been Miner Swallow, J. J. Meixell, John C. Williams and Charles I. A. Chapman, the present superintendent. There are about 80 pupils on the roll and an average attendance of sixty scholars and teach- ers.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

The Catholics of Plainsville were attended from St. Mary's church, Wilkes-Barre, until April 1880, when Father O'Haran, of Wilkes-Barre, purchased an extensive lot, on which is being built a beautiful edifice. Service has been held in an old building not constructed for church purposes.

MINING HAMLETS.

The Enterprise colliery is between Swoyer's hill and the river at the foot of the hill. J. H. Swoyer is general superintendent, and the place was named after him. Here are three or four groceries and a school-house.

Mill Creek has a school-house, a company store, a church (Independent) and two coal breakers.

Miner's has a tavern, several stores and a school-house. The place was named in honor of Hon. Charles A. Miner.

At Pine Ridge is C. A. Miner's grist-mill, with steam as the principal motor.

Port Bowkley is the site of the Wyoming and Henry collieries. Several small groceries are the other principal business establishments.

PARSONS BOROUGH.

S late as 1819 the site of the flourishing borough of Parsons was covered by a dense forest, in- habited only by wild beasts, except a spot here and there, where a brave pioneer had made a "pitch."

In 1785 Daniel Downing, from Connecticu', located on the site of the residence of Thomas

Goven. Mr. Downing's was the first house in Parsons. In 1800 he built a saw-mill across the run, opposite the

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HISTORY OF LUZERNE COUNTY.

site of the residence of Calvin Parsons. This mill was in constant use until 1842, when it was rebuilt by Calvin Parsons, who had purchased the property. In 1876 the mill was taken down by Mr. Parsons.

In the spring of 1813 Hezekiah Parsons built the main part of the house now occupied by his son, Calvin Par- sons. The house was then but one story high, and was the first framed house in Parsons. Hezekiah Parsons was a clothier by trade, and built a cloth-dressing mill on the north side of Laurel run, a short distance from his house. In 1814 he associated with him in business Je- hoida P'. Johnson, and they built a carding-mill, and car- ried on both branches of business until 1820, when Mr. Parsons became sole proprietor. He continued the bus- iness till 1850, when he sold all the machinery to J. P. Rice, who removed it to Truxville, where it is still in oper- ation. In or about 1810 Jehoida P. Johnson built a grist- mill near Laurel run, below where the carding-mill was built. In 1812 John Holgate built a turning-mill below Johnson's grist-mill. They were both on what is now known as the Johnson property; they went to decay many years ago.

The pioneer school-house was built in 1818, on the road between Johnson's and Miner's grist-mills. It was of round logs, and was well ventilated. The first teacher was Sylvester Dieth, an eccentric Yankee and a good teacher. The old log school-house was used summers till 1824 or 1825, when the school was kept in Mr. Par- sons's house until 1829; then the little white school-house was built. This was a franie building, twenty by twenty- four feet, lathed and plastered, and was at that time the best school-house in this part of the country. Asahel P. Gridley, a graduate of the seminary at Cazenovia, N. Y., was the first teacher. This building served until 1869, when a two-story house, twenty-two by forty feet, was built, which is occupied by five schools.

In 1832 Hiram McAlpine built a turning-mill on Laurel run, near Mr. Parsons's house, for the manufac- ture of scythe snaths; in 1839 the machinery was moved to Wilkes-Barre. The first resident blacksmith in Par- sons borough was Rufus Davidson. He worked in Mc- Alpine's shop. In 1838 Captain Alexander built a pow- der-mill on the site of Laurel Run coal breaker. It was blown up several times, last in 1864 or 1865, when owned by Captain Parrish. In 1844 the Johnson heirs built a powder-mill just above the side of the grist-mill on Laurel Run. This mill was blown up in 1848 and was never re- built. J. P. Johnson and C. Parsons manufactured pow- der kegs on Laurel run from 1838 until 1858.

The first store in the borough was kept by Golden & Walsh, on the corner of Main street and Watson avenue; and the first tavern was the Eagle Hotel, kept by Lewis R. Lewis, on the corner of Main street and Hollenback avenue. The next hotel was kept by Morgan Morgan, on Main street, between Hollenback and Welles avenues.

The pioneer postmaster was Samuel Davis. He kept the post-office at the corner of Main street and George avenue. The next postmaster was John W. Watkins, who was succeeded by G. A. Freeman, and he by Hezekiah

Parsons, who keeps the office in his store, on George avenue.

The first successful coal mining in Parsons was done in 1866, when the Mineral Spring mine was opened, and the coal breaker built by the Mineral Spring Coal Company. The spring from which this company takes its name was on the lands of Calvin Parsons. It had gained some notoriety by the curative quality of its waters, and an effort was made but a year or two before the opening of the coal mines to buy the property, in order to establish a water cure. When the mining commenced in 1866 the source of the spring was tapped, and it was destroyed.

The next coal mine in this borough was opened in 1867 or 1868 by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, at the Laurel Run breaker.

Besides the two coal mines at Parsons, with the large business connected with the production of at least 150,- ooo tons of coal per year, there are three large stores and several small groceries, a drug store, the depot of the Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad, two physicians, offices, four churches, three blacksmith and wagon shops, a graded school, a union Sunday-school, four taverns and 1,500 inhabitants.

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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 107

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