History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 141

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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THOMAS P. STEPHENS, miner, residence on Orchard street, Hyde Park, was born in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, March Ist, 1844, and married Mary Watkins, of Glamorganshire. He is serving his second term as city councilman.

GEORGE E. STONE, boot and shoe manufacturer, Green Ridge (for- merly assistant paymaster for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com- pany), was born January 21st, 1850, at Mt. Pleasant, Wayne county, and married Martha J. Hays, of Providence.

ANDREW STRANG, M. D., was born in Linlithgowshire, Seotland, Sep- tember 12th, 1845; came to America in November, 1872; was two years book-keeper for Cape Fear Iron and Steel Company, Chatham county, North Carolina ; afterward studied inedicine for four years under Dr. Daniel W. Williams, Lonaconing. Maryland, and graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland, in March, 1880, and came to Scranton in April, 1880.

U. M. STOWERS, of Scranton, deceased, was born November 21st, 1808, in Chester, Vt. In 1822 he engaged in the mercantile business at Bingham- ton, where in 1835 he married Miss Catharine Whiting. In 1863 he re- moved to Scranton, and was in the flour and provision business until 1870, when the Stowers Pork Packing and Provision Company was organized, with Mr. Stowers as manager and treasurer, which position he filled until his death.

R. A. SQUIRE, M. D., 203 Wyoming avenue, Scranton, was born at Lisle, Broome county, N. Y., January 3d, 1826, and married Mary C. Wheeler, of Whitney's Point, N. Y.

EDWARD B. STURGES, attorney-at-law, Scranton, was born in Fair- field, Conn., February 15th, 1845.

AUGUST STUTZBACH, publisher of the Scranton Wochenblatt, was born in Prussia, Germany, August 3d, 1845, and married Lena Shinnen, of Atlantic City, N. J.

ADDISON SWEETSER, brick manufacturer, Hyde Park, was born in Worcester county, Mass., December 13th, 1820, and married Angelia Jones. Ile came to Hyde Park in 1850, and engaged in his present business.

BENJAMIN SWEETSER was horn in Boston, Mass., January 9th, 1829, and since he came to Hyde Park, over thirty years ago, has been engaged in the manufacture of brick. He married Catharine Davis, of Hyde Park, a native of South Wales.

DAVID P. THOMAS, formerly a painter, now secretary of the Scranton sehools, residence Providence, was boru in South Wales, December 3d, 1850, and married Meirion Roberts, of Danville, Montour county, Pa.

GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL RECORD, SCRANTON AND DUNMORE.

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EDWARD E. THOMAS, residence at Dodge mines, near Seranton, of which he is outside foreman, was born at Vron-Cysyfte, Denbighshire, North Wales, December 25th, 1830. He has been twice married ; to Eliz- abeth Jones, Sirhowy, South Wales, who died eight months later, and to Catharine Edwards, of Llanymddyfri, Caermarthenshire, South Wales.

MORGAN W. THOMAS, formerly a miner, now a machinist, Providence, was born in Glumorganshire, South Wales, in March, 1827, ated was there married to Sophia Myles.

THOMAS G. THOMAS, merchant tailor, residence on Jefferson avenue, Hyde Park, was born in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, December 17th, 1845, and married Jane Lewis, of Caermarthen, Wales.

RICHARD THOMAS, formerly a grocer, now tax collector and agent, has served as a member of the select council of the city of Scranton. He was born in Wales, February 24th, 1840, aud married Margaret Wil- Ilams, of Treherhert, Wales.

T. D. THOMAS, postmaster at Ifyde Park, was born in Wales, January 27th, 1827, aud has been engaged in mining. Ilis wife was Martha Ed- wards, of Spring Brook.

WILLIAM G. THOMAS, Hyde Park, deputy clerk of the courts of Lack- awanna county, engineer and machinist by trade, was born in Wales, October 22nd, 1849, and married Margaret A. Davis, of Pittston. Heeanie to Seranton in 1865. .

ADAM THOMPSON, carpenter and builder, Scranton, was born in New- ton township, Lackawanna connty, February 18th, 1822, and married Lydia J. Rosenkranz, of Sussex county, N. J.

C. M. THOMPSON, mantle manufacturer, Green Ridge, was born in Pittston, May 2nd, 1824. He is a grandson of James Thompson, who came into the valley ninety-seven years ago and married Nancy New- comb, who when thirteen years old led her little brother across the mountains after the massacre. Mr. Thompson has been in the real estate business, and has served as a member of the select council. Ile married May H. Carkhuff, of Wilkes-Barre.

J. A. VAN HORN, proprietor of Van Horn's European Hotel and dining-rooms, Lackawanna avenue, Seranton, was born at Bergen Point, N. J., October 3d, 1828, and married Ann S. Van Winkle, of Bergen Hill, N. J.

REV. R. W. VAN SCHOICK, Hyde Park, was born at Decatur, Otsego county, N. Y., April 6th, 1843, and married Mary J. Winton, of Norwich, N. Y.

E. T. VARNES, locomotive engineer for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, residence Hyde Park, was born in Danville, Pa., July 24th, 1847, and married Lydia Randolph. of Scranton.

GODFREY VON STORCH, formerly a farmer and carpenter and coal operator, now retired, resideuce Providence, is a son of the prominent early settler 11. L. C. Von Storch, and was born in Providence, Jaly 24th, 1821. He married Mary Rogers, of Eaton, Wyoming county, P'a.

J. S. WALDEN, dentist, Scranton, was born in Nelson, Madison county, N. Y., February 23d, 1844, and married Josephine Fisher, of Scranton. During the late war he served in Company I H42nd Peunsylvania vol- unteers three years.

ROBERT W. WALKER, carpenter and rail inspector for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, residence at Ifyde Park, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, December 3d, 1835, and married Cath- arine E. Shively, of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county. During the Rebel- lion he served the United States government three years as locomotive engineer.

SIMON WARD, retired, Scranton, was born in Plainfield, Northumber- land county, Pa., January 5th, 1802, and married Susan Knicht, of Northampton county, Pa. Ife came from Stroudsburg, Pa., in Septem- ber, 1840, and as is stated in the history of Scranton did the first day's work toward the erection of the many buildings of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company. He was for fifteen years in the employ of the company as a mason and afterwards for fifteen years superintendent of their farms and teanis.

IlON. W. G. WARD, of the firm of Ward & Ilorne, attorneys, Scranton, residence in Hyde Park, was born in Dover Plains, Dutchess county, N. Y., October 7th, 1823. Ile married Maria White, of Columbia county, N. Y., who died December 2nd, 1872. His present wife was Louisa Z. IFurl- burt, of North Adams, Mass. Mr. Ward was recorder of the mayor's court, Scranton, 1870-75, when he resigned.

RICHARD WALSH, miner, was elected a member of the city council in 1879. Ile was born in county Mayo, Ireland, November 12th, 1852, and married Ann Hlaban, of Mayo, who died October 28th, 1879. Residence, Providence.

NICHOLAS WASHHURN, Hyde Park, was born January 23d, 1815, in Columbia, N. Y., and cume to the site of Seranton in 1820. He is a mem -

ber of the council, and has been poormaster twelve years. Before his retirement from active employment Mr. Washburn was a coal weigher. His wife was Maria Smith, also of Columbia, N. Y.

THOMAS E. WATKINS, inside mining foreman, Hyde Park, was born in Breconshire, South Wales, February 12th, 1829, and married Rachel Lewis, of Glamorganshire, South Wales. He has served as councilman front the 5th ward of Scranton.

W. J. WATKINS, book and job printer, over Decker's store, Main street, Hyde Park, was born in Glamorganshire, South Wales, November 29th, 1857, and married Hattie Serine, of Seranton.

ISAAC WATERS, miner, has been coal weigher, boss, &c., and resides at Hyde Park. He was born October 19th, 1814, in Monmouthshire, South Wales, where he married Miss Ann Jones.

L. A. WATRES, attorney-at-law, 426 Lackawanna avenue, Scranton, was born at Mt. Vernon mills, Luzerne county, April 21st, 1851, and mar- ried Etfie J. Hawley, of Seraaton. Mr. Watres was engaged as cashier of Seranton Savings Bank and Trust Company five years, and has been deputy marshal two years.

LEWIS S. WATRES, 105 Adams avenne, Seranton, formerly a farmer and lumberman, now and for some time past one of the aldermen of the city of Seranton, was born in Phoenixville, Chester county, Pa., Febru- ary 6th, ISOS, and married Miss H. G. Hollister, of Eden, Wayne county, Pa.

W. S. WATROUS, of Scranton, son of J. B. Watrous, a soldier in the war of 1812, was born at Salem, Pa., in 1847. His wife was Annie M. Edwards. of Luzerne county. J. B. Watrous was a son of a Revolutionary soldier, and his grandfather was captain under General George Washington. The subject of this sketch had four brothers in the Federal army from 1861 to 1863. He was for a time a clerk, but is now a conductor.

FRANK W. WATSON, Scranton, dealer in hardware, plumber and gas fitter, was born in Boston, Mass., December 14th, 1826. and married Fanny Cornish, of Carbondale, Pa. He was elected first assistant engi- neer of the Scranton fire department, and by the resignation of the chief became chief engineer, serving ten months-until the expiration of the terin. He has been an assistant assessor of internal revenue, and presi- dent and secretary of the Scranton school board one year each, and was commissioned 2nd lieutenant of Company F 50th N. Y. regiment, and 1st lieutenant of Company I 104th Pa. regiment.

CHARLES 11. WELLES, attorney and for a time clerk of the mayor's court, Scranton, residence on Vine street near Jefferson avenue, was born at Dundaff, Susquehanna county, Pa., April 16th, 1845, and married Hannah B. Sherrerd, of Scranton.

CORYDON H. WELLS, insurance agent and member of the law firm of C. H. Wells & Son, Scranton, was born in Dundaff, Susquehanna county, Pa., October Ist, 1826, and married Mary G. Bass.

GILES WHITBECK, Scranton, lumberman, was born in Exeter, Luzerne county, May 9th, 1825, and is a carpenter by trade. He married Catha- rine Ruple, of Wilkes-Barre.

CHARLES W. WHITE, formerly a bookkeeper, now stationary engineer for the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, residence Seranton, was born in Bridgeport, Conn., September 28th, 1847, and married Catharine Ryan, of Chathain, N. Y. Daring the Rebellion he served three years in the 15th N. J. volunteers, and after the war was seven years and a half in the regular army of the United States.

REV. MOSES WHITTEY is the pastor of the St. Mary's Catholic church of Providence.

ROUERT WIDDOWFIELD, Scranton, foundry superintendent, was born in New York city, in 1852.

THOMAS WIDDOWFIELD was born in Gates Head, England, September 28th, 1826. His wife was Miss S. Jackson, also of England. Mr. Widdow- field, who has been burgess of Dunmore borough, is superintendent of the Pennsylvania Coal Company's foundry.

JOHN WILKINS, pattern maker, Hyde Park, was born in Monmonth- shire, South Wales, May 6th, 1838, and married Susan Stokes, of Somer- setshire, England, born March 16th, 1843.

E. N. WILLARD, attorney, notary public and register in bankruptcy, was born in Madison, New Haven county, Conn., April 2nd, 1835, and emme to Seranton in November, 1856, where he married Ellen C. Hower. He was adiaitted to practice law in New llaven, Conn., in 1856, and at the Luzerne county bar in 1857. He has served as notary public nine years; attorney and secretary for the borough of Scranton four years; attorney for the city of Scranton and secretary of select council from charter of the city for four years and captain in the 127th regiment U. S. C. T. fifteen mouths, and is now counsel and attorney for the Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, the Pennsylvania Coal Company, the Hillside Coul and Iron Company and the Pennsyl- vania Anthracite Coal Company, and attorney and secretary of the

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select council of the city of Scranton and president of the Scranton Savings Bank and Trust Company, the Stowers Pork Packing and Pro- vision Company, and the Green Ridge Coal Company (Limited).

DANIEL WILLIAMS, contractor and builder, Hyde Park, was born in Caermarthenshire, South Wales, December 9th, 1825, and married Jenette Howell, of Glamorganshire. .

JOHN F. WILLIAMS, inside mining foreman, residence Hyde Park, was born in Caermarthenshire, South Wales, January 21st, 1839, and married Mary Lewis, of Caermarthenshire.

JOHN II. WILLIAMS, chief engineer, formerly a machinist, was born in Dowlais, Wales March 12th, 1848. lle married Mary E. Smith, of Scran- ton. Mr. Williams served nine months in the 50th N. Y. engineers.

T. R. WILLIAMS, clerk, was born in Breconshire, South Wales, Febru- ary 7th, 1827, and married Ann Jones, of his native shire. Residence at Providence.

W. W. WILLIAMS, builder and county anditor for Lackawanna county, residence at Providence, was born in Glamorganshire, Wales, December 31st, 1836, and married Elizabeth Jenkins, of Bangor, Wis.

WILLIAM B. WILLIAMS has served as common councilnan and mem- ber of the select council of the city of Seranton. He was born in Bre- conshire, Wales, November 16th, 1825, and resides in Ilyde Park. Ile married Elizabeth Morris, of his native shire.

W. O. WILLIAMS, miner, formerly a merchant, residence Bellevue, Hyde Park, was born in Breconshire, South Wales, August 20th, 1840, and married Margaret James, of Caermarthenshire, South Wales.

JONATHAN R. WINT, residence Green Ridge, Seranton, retired, was born in Allentown, Lehigh county, Pa., September 28th, 1808, and mar- ried Euphemia Johnston, of Easton, Pa.

THEODORE G. WOLF, Scranton, superintendent at the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company's rolling mills, Scranton, was born at Easton, Pa., May 26th, 1844, and married Lizzie E. Foulke, of Stroud township, Monroe county, Pa. He was formerly a clerk.

FRANK P. WOODWARD, editor and manager of the Scranton issue of the News Dealer and general writer, formerly a farmer and teacher, resi- denee Park Place, Seranton, was born in Wayne county, Pa., in January 1853, and married L. M. De Long, of Paupack, Wayne county, Pa.

WARREN WOODWARD, attorney, Scranton, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., October 23d, 1854. His office is at room No. 7 Second National Bank Building, Lackawanna avenne.

JAMES WOOLSEY, contractor and builder, formerly a manufacturer of sash, blinds and doors, Seranton, was born in Bedford, Westchester county, N. Y., January 14th, 183, and married Jane Couch, of Phillips- port, Sullivan county, N. Y. He has served five years as a member of the select council of the city of Serantou.

O. B. WRIGHT, Scranton, formerly for eleven years United States deputy collector, 12th district of Pennsylvania, now deputy phothono- tary of Lackawanna county, served in Company K 132nd regiment Pennsylvania volunteers nine months during the war of the Rebellion, and was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va. He was born in Adams, Jefferson county, N. Y., August 1Ith, 1835.

REV. W. C. WUNDERLICH, pastor of the German Presbyterian Church, Scranton, was born at Sondershausen, Germany, October 9th, 1827

A. F. YosT, formerly an editor and publisher, and now managing editor of the Scranton Republican, was born in South Easton, Pa., July 10th, 1841, and married Charlotte R. Irvin, of Bloomsburgh, Columbia county, Pa., May 31st, 1866. Residence Hyde Park.

JAMES YOUNG, mine superintendent, Dunmore, was born in Scotland, March 26th, 1843. He married Charlotte Harrington, of Dunmore.

CHARLES W. ZIEGLER, residence at Providence, for nine years out- side superintendent at the Von Storch colliery, was born in Germany, March 3d, 1849, and has been employed at this mine for twenty years. He married Nellie A. Kelly, of Dunmore, Pa.

REV. PH. FR. ZIZELMANN, pastor of the German Lutheran Church, Scranton, was born at Cleebronn, Wurtemburg, Germany, October 10th, 1824, and married Ch. B. nei Schlatterbeck, of Bablinger, Wurtemburg.

The following citizens of Scranton and Dunmore also contributed their support to this publication: W. E. Allen, Thomas D. Bevan, S. B. Buckley, G. H. Catlin, G. J. Chamberlain, A. A. Chase, W. B. Culver, James P. Dickson, G. F. Eynon. C. S. Farrer, William Gillmore, A. R. Gould, D. N. Green, W. F. Hallstead, Rev. Lot Lake, D. Langstaff, Amanda Lamb, Harold Leach, Silas Leach, Arthur C. Logan, R. T. MeCabe, John Morris, C. Osterhout, Mrs. M. D. Osterhout, J. W. Pike, Conrad Schroeder, W. W. Seranton, John B. Smith, Thomas Stewart, G. M. Williams.

THE CITY OF CARBONDALE.

HE city of Carbondale was formed by an act of Assembly March 15th, 1851, from part of Carbondale township, bounded as follows: Beginning at a corner in the southerly line of the township of Fell at the point where the Milford and Owego turnpike road crosses said Fell township line; thence south 32° west 662 perches, to a corner in the northerly line of Thomas Meredith's "Cottage" farm; thence, by a line due east, 488 perches, to a corner in the empty or return track of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's Blakely railroad; thence north 32° east 662 perches, to a corner in the southerly line of Fell township; thence along said line of Fell township, due west, 488 perches, to the place of beginning. The city was divided into four wards.

SETTLEMENT AND EARLY EVENTS.

About 1812 William Wurts, of Philadelphia, became possessor of large tracts hereabouts. He and his brother Maurice, becoming satisfied of the richness of the coal deposits in the Lackawanna valley, made preparations to begin mining. In 1824 they erected a log house near where the house of Patrick Early, on Seventh street, now stands. Uriah Williams and Hiram Frisbee lived in this house and boarded the miners. Deacon Young came during the summer of 1826, to superintend the coal oper- ations. The next occupant of the log house was Salmon Lathrop, a contractor on the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's railroad, who moved into the building in March, 1827. He kept the place as a hotel, and was succeeded in 1828 by Sylvester Jessup. John M. Poor, clerk for the Wurts brothers, and Eleazer M. Townsend came during the summer of this year.

Carbondale had received its name before this time, it having been announced on the boxes containing tools for the laborers on the railroad, which were consigned to "Carbondale; " thus proclaiming along the route from New York that a new town had sprung up in the wilds of the Lackawanna.

From the completion of the railroad, in 1828, the set- tlement was quite rapid. Dwellings and stores were be- ing built along Main and Church streets. The company had small shops, and began to ship coal during the sum-

mer in small quantities. Previous to 1832 the following persons were among those living in Carbondale:

Uriah Williams, Hiram Frisbee, Deacon Young, Salmon Lathrop, John M. Poor, E. M. Townsend, Dr. T. Sweet, D. N. Lathrop, S. E. Raynor, Samuel Mills. R. E. Marvin, Henry Johnson, Stephen Rodgers, Terence Powderly, John Gilligan, Daniel Taylor, John Simpson, Jesse Gardner, James Birdsall, Wanton Hill, Stephen Marslı, Jesse Clark, Addison Clark, H. B. Jadwin, Jolm Lee, R. Carleton Overton, Nathan Raynor, Joseph Stott, Patrick Nealon, Joseph Benjamin, Henry Van Bergen, James W. Goff, William Eggleston, James Diekson, Thomas Gillispie, H. S. Pieree, William Ball, J. W. Burnham, Charles T. Pierson, Charles White, Patrick Moffitt, William Brennan, Daniel Seurry, Samuel Baker, S. T. Hopkins, Jedediah Bowen, Samuel Mills, George Dies, Judson Clark, Stephen Clark, Charles Smith, John Love.

The population increased with the business of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and in 1850 there were 4,954 inhabitants in the township. The cen- sus of 1880 showed 7,719 people within the city limits.

A store for the men employed by the Delaware and Hud- son was established by Salmon Lathrop, at the log-house, in 1827. He erected a frame building on the corner of Main and Salem streets, where Pascoe & Scurry now are, in 1828, for a store and dwelling. He soon sold his stock to John M. Poor. Hackley & Townsend began trading where the Harrison House now stands as early as 1829. R. C. Overton had a store where the building of Evans & Alexander now is, and Samuel Hodgson one where the workingmen's co-operative store is. Eggle- ston & McEntee had established themselves in business prior to 1830.

The first tailor was S. Shelley, from New York, who be- gan business over Mr. Overton's store in 1829. John H. Waterbury began the tailoring business in 1831, and Charles Levan, Washburn Race and Edgar Bogardus in 1833. L. G. Ensign, who was the first to establish a jew- elry_store (in 1829), began the hat and cap business in 1832, and James A. Smith & Co. in August, 1833. Hodges & Bennet first kept books and stationery in 1833. J. W. Burnham was the second jeweler, having begun business in 1832. The first drug store was opened by Doctors Carter and Brundage in 1832, and closed in May, 1834. Sweet, Benjamin & Co. began dealing in drugs in 1835. Stephen Rodgers, the first shoemaker, came in 1829. H. B. Jadwin came soon after and continued in business for several years. Mr. Jadwin had been in the village as early as

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1828, but only stayed a short time. W. S. Vail began shoemaking in 1832. I. S. Ditmar first began black- smithing as a business separate from that of the com- pany. He came in 1828 as foreman for the company, in which position he was succeeded by Samuel Mills. John Simpson, a Scotchman, was the next blacksmith; his shop standing on the site of that of his son. James Lewis had a shop on the opposite side of the road. Simpson and Lewis both came about 1833.

A place of entertainment was kept in the old log house by Uriah Williams, and after him by Salmon Lathrop; then by Sylvester Jessup in 1829. Mr. Lathrop built a hotel (the Mansion House) on Main street, oppo- site his store in 1829. E. M. Townsend built the Railway Hotel about the same time, and James D. Treat took it in October, 1833. D. B. Blanchard kept the Mansion House two or three years, and was followed by Zepha- niah Knapp, in March, 1836. August 7th, 1840, Mr. Lathrop again took possession. A. Smith and Charles Cox kept the Railway Hotel in 1841. Both these houses were burned September 28th, 1850. Since then several other hotel buildings have been burned.

Daniel Taylor, now living in the city, came here in 1828, from New York, and began wagon making. His shop was on Wyoming street. Ned Rogers began busi- ness as a cabinet maker in 1832, and Alexander Fergu- son in June, 1833. The first saddler was Milton Moon, agent for Warner Haden, who started business in the store formerly occupied by Drs. Carter and Brundage, one door east of the Mansion House, in June 1833.

Henry Johnson, who came to the place in 1830, was one of the earliest contractors and builders, if not the very first, and has erected many of the stores and dwel- lings of the city.

The first millinery establishment, that of Misses Low & Benjamin, in the store formerly occupied by Eggleston & McEntee, was opened in the fall of 1830. Mrs. Car- ter had a shop as early as 1832. Mrs. Curtis and Mrs. Johnson engaged in the business in 1834. Williams and Jackson established the first tin shop in 1834.

Dr. Thomas Sweet, who came in 1828, was the first resident physician. March 7th, 1833, Drs. Carter and Brundage (botanic) advertised themselves as graduates of the "Reformed College of Physicians of New York," and opened an office. They left in 1834. J. Stott began the practice of medicine in September, 1833, having his office at the home of his father, James Stott, at the cor- ner of the parade ground. Drs. John P. Farnham and N. Jackson began practicing in 1837, and Dr. E. A. Webb in August, 1839. The first dentist was Dr. Knapp, in 1835. D. F. Dederich, 1837, was the next. Doctors and dentists have come and gone almost every year for several years, and it would be impossible to give a full list. There are now seven physicians and three dentists in the city.

Lawyers have begun practice in Carbondale as fol- lows:

William Wurts, March 21st, 1833; D. N. Lathrop, May 9th, 1834; Lewis Jones, March Ist, 1835; F. M. Crane, 1840; Amzi Wilson, 1841 ; Samuel Hodgson, November, 1843; H. B. Burnham, November, 1844; Alfred

Dart, February, 175; P. Byrne, July, 1847; P. C. Gritman, November 1848; F. Saxton, January, 1849; G. W. Perkins, 1851; L. E. Miller, 1851; Henry Wilson, May, 1859; I. D. Richards, April, 1861 ; M. Carnavan, May 29th, 1863; C. E. Lathrop, admitted June 12th, 1857, began practice June 1st, 1869; G. H. Squiers, 1870; M. M. Thorpe, July, 1870; E. Robinson, 1872; Wilbur F. Lathrop, 1873; Q. A. Gates, July, 1874; James E. Burr, July, 1877.

Of these Alfred Dart, P. C. Gritman, C. E. Lathrop, George H. Squiers, Wilbur F. Lathrop and James E. Burr are now practicing in Carbondale.

The first road was laid out December 21st, 1828, ex- tending from Carbondale to the Milford and Owego turnpike.

The first white children born within the city limits were a son of Hiram Frisbee and a daughter of Uriah Williams, both born in the spring of 1825 in the old log house. The first child born of American parents after the settlement had really begun was Helen Dwight Blanchard, daughter of D. B. and Soplironia Blanchard, born August 17th, 1829, and now the wife of Hon. J. P. Foster, mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. The first marriage was that of D. B. Blanchard to Sophronia Lathrop, in 1828.

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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 141

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