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USA > Pennsylvania > Lackawanna County > History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers > Part 140
USA > Pennsylvania > Wyoming County > History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers > Part 140
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THOMAS LYSHON, miner, was born in Monmonthshire, South Wales, November 25th, 1831, and married Ann Jones, of his native place, born in 1830. Residence Hyde Park.
H. A. MACE, Green Ridge, train dispatcher, was born in Factoryville, June 15th, 1850, and married Amanda Seaman, of Scranton. Mr. Mace is a member of the Seranton City Guards.
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C. F. MANNESS, formerly time keeper for the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, now assistant superintendent of rolling mills, was born in Scranton, December 30th, 1833, and married Ella J. Paseoc, of Phila- delpliia, Pa.
WILLIAM W. MANNESS, Scranton, is superintendent of the Inmber department of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, in whose em- ploy he has been since 1840, the date of his settlement in Scranton. He was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., August 30th, 1816, and married Elvira Carpenter, of Luzerne county.
ROSWELL E. MARVINE, residence Green Ridge, Scranton, was born in Hobart, Delaware county, N. Y., November 28th, 1797, and married Sophia Raymond, of Walton, Delaware county, N. Y., who died July 13tl, 1842. His present wife was Saralı Ann Payne, of New York. Hc eame to Carbondale in May, 1829, from Canaan, Pa., and for six years was a merchant; was paymaster for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com- pany, 1835-42; was engaged in trade and manufacture till 1854. and was real estateagent for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company till 1863. He removed to Green Ridge in May, 1869.
FREDERICK W. MASON was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England, Octo- ber 10tl1, 1834. In 1850 he located in Hyde Park, Scranton, and November 18th, 1858, married Sarah Elizabeth Fellows, of Hyde Park. He has alyays been engaged in mercantile business; has been a member of the Scranton city council and identified with its growth.
REV. RICHARD MCANDREWS, assistant pastor of the Catholic cathe- dral, resides at 307 Wyoming avenue, Scranton.
MCDONNELL & GIBBONS are general insurance brokers and managers of the Eastern department of the Mutual Endowment and Relief Asso- eiation, of Cardington, Ohio. Office, room 11, Library building, Wyo- ming avenue, Scranton.
JOHN MCFARLANE, eugineer, Green Ridge, is a uative of Pittston and was born December 9th, 1844. He served three years in Company K 11th eavalry, and married Sarah J. Knight, of Providence.
C. W. MCKINNEY, blast furnace superintendent, resides at the corner of Adams avenue and Spruce street, Scranton. He served iu the army three months during the Rebellion.
RORERT MCKENNA, Scranton, a native of Scotland, was born August 2nd, 1826,and married Annie Ferguson, of New York city. Mr. McKenna, who is a car builder, has been superintendent of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western car shop siuce June 15th, 1870.
ROBERT H. MCKUNE, insurance agent, Scranton, mayor of the eity 1875-78, was born in Newburg, N. Y., August 19th, 1823, and mar- ried Elmira Smith, of that State. For many years Mr. McKune has been actively identified with the fire departments of Newburg, Bing- hamton, San Francisco and Scranton. He was for a number of years United States commissioner for the western district of Pennsylvania.
JOSEPH A. MEARS, merchant, Hyde Park, was born in Greenfield township, August 3d, 1853, and married Lettic Munson, of Hyde Park
HUBERT H. MERRILL was formerly in the mercantile business, aud is now teacher of a classical school. IIc was born at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., October 29th, 1834, and married Susan E. Moody, of Monson, Mass. Residence 604 Jefferson avenue, Scranton.
F. F. MERRIMAN, civil engineer in the employ of the Pennsylvania Coal Company at Dunmore, was born in Franklin township, Susque- hanna county, November Ist, 1816. 11e married Helen A. Messenger, of Pittston.
PATRICK J. MESSETT, groeer, 5th avenue, Scranton, was born in Car- bondale, February 26th, 1852, and married Bessie Waldron, of Scranton.
GEORGE W. MILLER, Providence, alderman of the 1st ward of Seran- ton since 1861, was formerly a merchant, and was captain in the Penn- sylvania militia, which saw service during the confederate raid into Pennsylvania. He was born in Bedford, Westchester county, N. Y., July 21st, 1828, and married Hannah A. Bristol, of Amenia, Dutchess eounty, N. Y.
JOHN W. MILLETT, merchant, 3d street, Scranton, is a native of Seran- ton. He was born February 2nd, 1857, and married Mary Keady, of Irish birth. His father, Daniel Millett, was born in Ireland, and has been thirty years in America.
JAMES MOIR, tailor, 408 Lackawanna avenue, Scranton, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in October, 1839, and married Frances L. Flint, of London, England.
P. O. MOODY, formerly a United States detective, is now a shirt man- u facturer in Scranton. He was born in Frenchtown, Bradford county, Pa., April 9th, 1831, and married Martha E. Rozell, of Scranton ..
JOHN W. MOORE, Scranton, was born in Hardwick, N. J., September 26th, 1809, and married Edna Laing, of his native place. Ile came to
Scranton from Belvidere, N. J., and was the first postmaster, and for many years a prominent merchant.
B. G. MORGAN, druggist and notary public, Hyde Park, formerly en- graged in mining, teaching and clerking, was born in Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, South Wales, November 25th, 1839, and married Emily C. Wade, of Hyde Park.
THOMAS T. MORGAN, miner and alderinan of the 15th ward, residence Hyde Park, was born in Tonyrevail, Glamorganshire, South Wales, in 1833, and married Caroline Gore, of Radnashire, South Wales.
WILLIAM P. MORGAN, miner, residence on Washington street, Hyde Park, was born in Carbon county, Pa., November 22nd, 1853, and married Ruth Mazy, Glamorganshire, South Wales.
11. T. MORGAN, brewer, Hyde Park, formerly engaged in the grocery trade, was born in Northumberland, England, March 14th, 1848, and mar - ried Ellen Tighe, of Hyde Park.
LEWIS MORSE, Hyde Park, was born in Paxton, Mass., August 24th, 1822, and married Eliza E. Parnell, of Mendon, Mass., born January 24th, 1822. In 1861 he caine to Scranton from Great Bend, Pa., and in 1864 es- tablished himself in the bottling busines, and the manufacture of soda water, sarsaparilla, etc. In 1878 he was snecceded by his sons A. M. and E. B. Morse, under the firm name of Lewis Morse's Sons; manufactory at the corner of Jackson and Prospect streets, Hyde Park.
D. W. MOSER, inside foreman at Ilyde Park shaft, residence Hyde Park, was born in Lyun, Lehigh eounty, Pa., August 22nd, 1834, and married Sarah Rickert, of White Haven, Luzerne county. He served nine months during the Rebellion in Company G 199th Pennsylvania volunteers.
B. J. NEVILLE, tea agent, formerly principal of the Pittston graded school, was born in Susquehauna county, Pa., December 13th, 1840, and married Sarah L. Barrett, of Hawley, Pa.
RICHARD NICHOLLS, merchant tailor, residcuce on Washington street, Hyde Park, was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, No- vember 4th, 1817, and married Ann Beddoe, of Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire.
B. S. NIEBELL, Scranton, superintendent of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company's machine shops, was born in Pennsylvania, August 7tb. 1828, and married Emelie Smith, of Scranton.
C. W. NORTHRUP, formerly a farmer, now a bookkeeper, residence Green Ridge, Scranton, was born in Abington, December 28th, 1854, and married H. E. Swick, of that township.
MICHAEL NORTON, dealer in books, stationery and wall paper, 322 Lackawanna avenue, Scranton, was born in Ireland, in 1811, and married Mary E. Jones, of Stamford, Conn. He began his business career as a railway newsboy in 1852, and opened a store in 1856.
IRVIN W. NYE, of Duminore, formerly a railroad conductor, now a farmer, was born in Laceyville, Wyoming county, Pa., March 22nd, 1849, and married Susan A. Apgarc, of Chester, Morris county, N. J., born June 5th, 1849. Her father, Jonathan Apgare, removed to Scranton in 1853, and resided there until his death.
J. T. NYHART, miller, Providence, was born in Hamilton, Monroe county, April 20th, 1842, and married Sarah A. Shook, of Overfield, Wy- omniug county.
MRS. RICHARD A. OAKFORD, formerly Mrs. Francis C. Sloenm, was born in Exeter, Luzerne connty, May 23d, 1822. Her late husband was born December 8th, 1820. Soou after the outbreak of the Rebellion he was elected colonel of the 15th Pennsylvania regiment, reernited for three months, and commanded it through the campaign in the Slienan- doalı valley. In August, 1862, he was commissioned colonel of the 136th Pennsylvania volunteers, and served until killed at the battle of Antictam, September 17th, 1862. His body was brought home and buried with military and masonic honors in the Slocum burying ground in Exc- ter, aud subsequently re-interred in Hollenback cemetery, Wilkes-Barre.
A. F. O'BOYLE, teacher of grammar school No. 22, Providence, was born in Mayo, Ireland, March 17th, 1816, and inarried Miss R. S. Stephens, of West Port, Ireland.
WILLIAM OCKSENREADER, Dunmore, superintendent of repairs of tracks for the Peunsylvania Coal Company for three years, was born in Carbon county, Pa., April 18th, 1829, and married Lucena W. Bennett, of Wayne county, Pa.
P. J. O'DONNELL, engineer at Leggett's Creek mines, Providence, is serving his second term as a member of the select council of Scranton. He was born in Carbondale, November 19th, 1846, and married Bridget Philbin, of Louisville, Ky.
REV. W. O'HARA, bishop of Scranton and pastor of St. Vincent Roman Catholic church, resides ou Wyoming avenue, Seranton.
JAMES OLIVER, tax collector, formerly a miner, residence in Northi- auipton street, Hyde Park, was born in Monmouthshire, South Wales,
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March 10th, 1835, and married Margaret. Price, of Breconshire, Southi Wales.
WITHHAM ORAM, of Hyde Park, formerly an iron moukdler, now in- spector of cars for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, was born in Clifford, Susquehanna county, Pa., January 4th, 182, and married Mary J. O'Daniel, of Wilmington, Del.
W. Il. Owes, photographer, 309 and 311 Lackawanna avenue, Scranton, was born in Minisink, Orange county, N. Y., June 8th, 1842, and married Hattie C. Blake, of Evansville, Wis.
LAWRENCE PAGE, Mulberry street, Scranton, superintendent of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company's foundry, formerly a moulder, was born in Columbia county, N. Y., June 10th, 1830, and married Sarah J. Clark, of Chatham, Columbia county, N. Y.
F. S. P.wer. hatter, furrier and dealer in furnishing goods, 217 and 219 Lackawanna avenue, was born in Reading, March 28th, 1823, and mar- ried Martha Young, of Easton ; residence at Green Ridge.
ROBERT M. PEARCE, engineer, Green Ridge, was born March 19th, 1833, in Bethany, Wayne county, Pa., and married Mary D. Lawrence, of Providence.
J. B. PECK, locomotive engineer, Hyde Park, was born in Clifford, Susquehanna county, Pa., October 11th, 1845, and married Jemima Rich- ards, of Carbondale, Pa.
REV. J. PHILIP B. PENDLETON, S. T. B., rector of St. Luke's church, Seranton, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., December 18th, 1855; graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., and from the General Theological Seminary, New York city, in 1877, and married Miss Edith Hower, of Scranton.
HORACE B. PHELPS, coal operator, Seranton, has been paymaster for the D., L. and W. Railroad Company thirteen years, and has been en- gaged in mereantile and banking business. He was born in Corning, N. Y., May 11th, 1843, and married Mary E. Throop, of Providence.
JEREMIAH J. PHILLIPS, mining engineer, Main street, Hyde Park, was born in Wales, August 8th, 1848, and married Zerniah Jones, of Minersville, Pa.
JOHN D. PHILLIPS, iron moulder, was born in Breconshire, Sonth Wales, September 2nd, 1845, and married Ann Reese, of Glamorgaushire, South Wales. Residence, Hyde Park.
JOSEPH P. PHILLIPS, Hyde Park, who has served three years as a member of the city seleet council and one year as its president, was born in Monmouthshire, South Wales, December 30th, 1845, and is a mining engineer. He married Esther H. Hughes, of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, Pa.
THOMAS W. PHILLIPS, formerly a merchant, now a miner, residing at Hyde Park, was born in Minersville, Schuylkill county, Pa., Au- gust 27th, 1848, and married Annie J. Hughes, of Clifford, Susquehanna county, Pa.
WILLIAM J. PHILLIPS, deceased, was the father of John H. Phillips, a resident of Hyde Park, and died there March 23d, 1875. He was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, in August, 1830, and married Margaret Ed- wards, of Monmouthshire, South Wales.
JAMES PITTAWAY, foreman in the steel mills of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, Scranton, and for twenty-eight years an employe of that corporation, was born in Oxfordshire, England, December 1st, 1830. and married Emily Erp, of Staffordshire, England.
GEORGE W. POTTER, butcher, Duminore, was born in Susquehanna connty, October 28th, 1839, and married Julia Sipe, of Madisonville.
T. V. POWDERLY, mayor of Scranton, residence on Main street, Hyde Park, was born January 22nd, 1849, in Carbondale, where he married Miss Ilannah Dever. Mr. Powderly has been secretary of the Machin- ists' and Blacksmiths' Union for ten years, and deputy president of the Industrial Brotherhood of Pennsylvania.
DAN POWELL, merchant, Dunmore, was born in Blaina, Monmouth- shire, South Wales, January 10th, 1853, and inarried Sarah E. Space, ot Hampton, N. J.
JOSEPH POWELL, miner, Providence, was born in Light Street, Col- umbia county, Pa., May 8th, 182, and married Elizabeth Williams, a native of Ghunorganshire, South Wales.
J. H. POWELL, formerly a miner, now one of the deputy sheriff's of Lackawanna county, was born in Wales, March 13th, IS10. Residence llyde Park.
P. C. POWELL, Bellevue, Hyde Park, served as first sergeant of Com- pany 1 46th l'a. volunteers, three years and two months during the late war. He was born in Mommonthshire, South Wales, November 29th, 1839, and married Mary Jones, of Merthyr, South Wales. He is engineer at the Bellevne mines,
WILLIAM PUICE, undertaker, Hyde Park, was born in Dolgelley, Wales, May 16th, 1823, and married Jane Reese, of Schuylkill county.
JOUN QUINNAN, teacher of school No. 23, Scranton, was born in the city, April 18th, Isas.
CHARLES RAPPELT, Scranton, superintendent of boiler shops, was born in Reading, September 5th, 1836, and married Anna Ilorndister, of Scranton.
JAMES LENOX REA, M. D., Green Ridge, Scranton, was born in Loys- ville, Perry county, Pa., January 24th, 1855; graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1826, practiced two years in Harrisburg, Pa., where he had been for some time a resident, and located in Scranton November 1st, 1878.
BENJAMIN S. REYNOLDS, Ilyde Park, formerly a farmer, now a sta- tionary engineer, was born in Carbon county, Pa., March 12th, 1841, and married Sarah Jones, of Schuylkil county, Pa., born October 11th, 1838.
THOMAS E. REYNOLDS, formerly in the mercantile business, now first deputy of the sheriff of Lackawanna county, residence at Hyde Park, was born in Clifford, Susquehanna county, Pa., September 25th, 1843, and married Jennie R. Reese, of Gibson, l'a.
EMERSON RHULE, engineer at Cayuga breaker, Providenee, was born in Hanover, Luzerne county, Pa., June 29th, 1851.
D. T. RICHARDS, merchant, Hyde Park, son of Thomas Richards, was born in Carbondale, December 25th, 1833, and married Margaret N. Roberts, of Pottsville, Pa.
ISAAC RICHARDS, Hyde Park, was formerly a miner, but is now a farmer. He was born iu Glamorganshire, South Wales, in March, 183] ; married Catharine Jones, of Cardiganshire, and came to America in 1850. He has served as a member of the city council.
THOMAS RICHARDS, retired shoemaker, was born in Caermarthenshire, South Wales, June 12th, 1812, and married Margaret Morgans, of his na- tive shire. He came to America in 1833, and located at Carbondale. In 1867 he came to Hyde Park. John T. Richards, son of the above men- tioned, was born in Carbondale, September 15th, 1853, and married Fan- nie Varnes, of Ilyde Park. Heis cashier of the Merchants and Mechanics' Bank, 420 Lackawanna avenue, Scranton.
JOHN R. RICHARDSON, driver boss, Providence, was born in Mon- moutlishire, South Wales, April 10th, 1852, and married Nellie Louisa Norton, of Durham, England.
JOHN WILLIAM ROBATHAM, M. D., llyde Park, is a native of England. He was born August 11th, 1840, and married Annie Bowen, of Olyphant, Pa. Dr. Robatham served as assistant surgeon on Generel Weitzel's staff in 1865.
LEWIS ROBERTS, residence Bellevue, post office Hyde Park, inside foreman of the Dodge mine, was born in Caermarthenshire, South Wales, December 25th, 1836, and married Mary Todd, of Breconshire, South Wales.
JOHN M. ROBERTSON, bookkeeper and paymaster for the Hillside Coal and Iron Company, Dunmore, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 22ud, 1843, and married Jennie H. Law, of Archbald, Pa.
JACOB ROBINSON, founder of the brewing business iu Hyde Park now condueted by his sou E. Robinson, was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 24th, 1819; eame to Scranton in 1852; went to New York in 1870; returned to Seranton in 1875, and died there in July, 1877.
DAVID P. ROCHE, formerly a teacher, now tax collector, residence Providence, was born in county Cork, Ireland, in April, 1826, and mar- ried Catharine Cooney, a native of Ireland.
JOHN E. ROCHE, Penn avenue, Seranton, formerly a traveling sales- man, now a grocer, was born in Cecilstown, county Cork, Ireland, June 12th, 1850, and married Maria L. Campbell, of Carboudale.
REV. P. T. ROCHE, pastor St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Hyde Park, resides at 151 Jackson street.
HENRY B. ROCKWELL, merchant and contraetor, Providence, was born in Butternuts, Otsego county, N. Y., December 20th, 1818. He practiced law for some time, and was married to Anna M. Bishop, of Bainbridge, Chenango county, N. Y.
CHARLES W. ROESLER, Scranton, alderman of the 8th ward, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, April 9th, 1823,and married M. I. Bell, of Lur- gan, County of Armagh, Ireland. Mr. Roesler, who was formerly a barber, has served as constable, chief of police, chief of the fire depart- ment, U. S. revenue assessor, assistant U. S. marshal for the western dis- triet of Pennsylvania and city marshal.
FINLAY Ross, inside foreman at Leggett's Creek mine, Providence, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, January 21st, 1839, and married Ellza- beth Jones, of Pittston, Pa.
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JouN Ross, merchant tailor and proprietor of Ross's ladies' suit em- porium (Seranton), was born in Manchester, England, July 24th, 1840, and married Ellen Cooper, of Bolton, England.
J. ELLIOTT ROSS, principal of the Hyde Park central preparatory school, was horn in Northumberland county, England, April 2nd, 1847 ; came with his parents to America at the age of five; began life in the mines at eight ; worked his way up and procured an education which was finished by a classical course at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in the class of 1875,and received the degree of Master of Arts in June, 1880. He married Fannie M. Hall, of Mileshurg, Center county, l'a.
P. J. RUANE, merchant at the flight Works, Providence, was born in Rondont, N. Y., September 17th, 1851, and was elected a member of the select council of Scranton in 1876; was chairman two years, and was re- elected for three years in 1879.
JAMES RUTHVEN, accountant in the coal office of the Delaware, Lack- awanna and Westeru Railroad Company, Scranton, was born in New York city, September 3d, 1826, and married Mary A. Archbald, of Auries- ville, N. Y. He has served as burgess and councilman of Scranton bor- ough, school director and jury commissioner, and as quartermaster of the 13th regiment N. G. Peunsylvania.
GEORGE SANDERSON, jr., Scranton. attorney at law, was born in Towanda, August 22nd, 1846, and married Miss Jackson, of Philadelphia. He has served as lieutenant colonel and inspector of rifle practice in the N. G. Pennsylvama.
JOSEPH W. SANDO, foreman at the Dickson Manufacturing Company's inachine shops, was born in Pottsville, Schuylkill county, Pa., December 2nd, 1835, and married Mary Grogan, of that place. Residence, Scranton.
ROBERT P. SAVAGE, carriage manufacturer, residence on Green Ridge avenue, Dunmore, served one year during the late war in the quarter- master's department of the U. S. army. He was born in Somersetshire, England, May 19th, 1835, and married Lizzie C. Potter, of Dunmore.
MRS. A. E. SCHERLENZKY, whose maiden name was Annie Onsted, was born in Rockaway, N. J., in 1843. Her late husband, Francis Scherlenzky, was born in Frankfort, Germany, July 13th, 1825, and died in New York, January 14th, 1878. He was formerly in the hotel business, and was for several years agent and cashier of emigration at Castle Garden, New York.
ANDREW SCHOEN, proprietor of Schoen's hotel and restaurant, res- idence on Jackson street, Hyde Park, was born in Saxony, Germany, June 28th, 1834, and married Helena Hornung, of Immenhauscu, Ger- many. He was formerly a harness maker.
JOHN SCISM, formerly a carpenter and for some time in the U. S. M. construction corps as general foreman or captain, now forcinan of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company's car shops, Scranton, was born in Milan, Dutchess county, N. Y., August 19th, 1829, and married Adelia McFarlin, of Pleasant Valley, N. Y.
FREDERICK SHRADER, beer manufacturer and bottler, Mulberry street, Scranton, was born in Bavaria, Germany, December 23d, 1818, and married Armenia W. Brink, of Hawley, Wayne county, Pa. He came to America June 24th, 1833; settled in Wilkes-Barre in the fall of 1834, and was then engaged in brewing and bottling until the spring of 1853, when he removed to Dunmore and established the first bottling works there ; and two or three years later he removed to Scranton. In 1866 he was elected the first treasurer of the city.
MRS. JOSEPH H. SCRANTON was born at Lennox, Berkshire county, Mass., February 22nd, 1823. Her maiden name was Cornelia Walker. She married Joseph H. Scranton, one of the most prominent men in northeastern Pennsylvania, who was born in Madison, New Haven county, Conn., June 28th, 1813, and died in Baden-Baden, Ger- many, June 6th, 1872. Residence on Ridge Row, at the corner of Monroe avenue, Scranton.
N. H. SHAFER, formerly engaged in farming and school teaching in New Jersey, and for a time employed as posto-ffice clerk in Scranton, now cashier of the Third National Bank of Scranton, was horn in John- sonburg, Warren county, N. J., August 6th, 1841, and married Katha- rine H. Bentley, of Montrose, Susquehanna county, Pa., October 14th, 1875.
JOHN D. SHERER, bookkeeper, Scranton, was born in Doylstown, Bucks county, Pa .. November 21st, 1841, and married Ella Masser, of Scranton.
WILLIAM SHOEMAKER, shoemaker, Hyde Park, was born in Schoharie county, N. Y., August 11th, 1808, and married Sophia Rosc, of that county.
FRANK B. SILKMAN, dealer in hardware, Providence, was born in New York, December 12th, 1836, and married Lida J. Fuller, of Duu- more.
WILLIAM M. SIEKMAN, Scranton, was born in Westchester county, N. Y.,October 31st, 1834, and married Frances E. Eltinge, of Kingston, Ulster county, N. Y. Mr. Silkman, who is now engaged in keeping a livery and exchange stable, was formerly in the hardware, gas fitting and plumbing business. He was vice-president of the Scranton Savings Bank and Trust Company.
FREDERICK SIMON, retired, formerly heater in rolling mill, was bur- gess of Scranton borongh two years and treasurer one year, and has served as member of the poor board two years. He was born in Prussia, Germany, August 15th, 1822, and married Margaret Gehen, of Prussia. Residence, Pine Brook, Scranton.
G. W. SIMPSON, for thirty years boss carpenter for the Pennsylvania Coal Company, residence on Drinker street, Dunmore, was born in Albany county, N. Y., March 27th, 1819, and married Mary Jane Brandur, of Prattsville, Greene county, N. Y.
JOHN F. SNYDER, civil and mining engineer, Scranton, was born in Auricsville, N. Y., October 22nd, 1835, and married Mary Fisher, of Albany, N. Y.
A. L. SPENCER, of the firm of Spencer & Price, proprietors of the Green Ridge Merchant Iron Mill, was born in Dunmore, August 18th, 1850. His wife was Josephine Russell, of Callensburg, Clarion eounty. Residence in Scranton.
W. T. SPRAGUE, Scranton, was born in Providence, R. I., August 14th, 1857, and has been engaged in the insurance business. He is now em- ployed as sceel-blower by the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company.
JOHN O. STANTON, Scranton, foreman of the steel works of the Laek- awanna Iron and Coaf Company, was horn in Somerset county, April 9th, 1849, and married Ellie Orr, of Johnstown, Pa. Mr. Stanton was formerly employed in the Stantou Mills, Somerset county.
HON. WILLIAM H. STANTON, attorney at law, Hyde Park, was born in New York city, July 27th, 1843, and married Miss Anna Mary Allen, of Seranton. He has served as district attorney of the mayor's court three years and State senator two years, and has represented his district in Congress, and been judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was formerly editor of the Scranton Daily Times.
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