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ASSOCIATIONS AND LODGES.
TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
There has been some organization of the temperance people of Carbondale since 1833. The Carbondale Tem- perance Society was directed to meet at the school-house January 24th, 1833, by R. Marvine, secretary. Notices of the meeting of this and kindred societies are found in the papers continuously from that date until within a few years.
Sons of Temperance .- The first secret temperance so- ciety was Beacon Light Division of the Sons of Tem- perance, organized in 1843. and continued till 1846. It was reorganized in December, 1865, and disbanded again in August, 1867. Beacon Light Lodge of Good Tem- plars was organized in May, 1868, and continued in ex- istence up to 1874.
A Band of Hope was organized by S. E. Raynor and others March 23d, 1861, which now numbers over three hundred and fifty members and meets every second Sat- urday afternoon in Raynor's Hall. It has had the names of over one thousand children on its roll.
Beacon Light Lodge, No. 557, I. O. of G. T. was or- ganized on the ruins of the old lodge in April, 1877. The first officers were: Willis Barger, W. C .; Hattie Secor, V. T .; M. D. Wingate, C. S .; Mariette Jones, F. S .; Robert Van Bergen, treasurer; lodge deputy, William Nicol.
The present officers are: James M. Nicol, W. C .; Hat- tie Secor, V. T .; Thomas Levison, R. C .; William F. Blair, W .; William Smail, treasurer; A. Wylie, L. D .; William Nicol, P. W. C. T. The lodge has a inember- ship of about 100.
CARBONDALE LYCEUM.
The Carbondale Lyceum met during the winter of 1832 and 1833. April 25th, 1836, a committee of five was appointed to draft a constitution. A lyceum was then permanently established, and met weekly at the school-house. This has continued, under different names, to the present time.
ODD FELLOWS.
Cambrian Lodge .- The first lodge of any kind organ- ized in Carbondale was Cambrian Lodge, No. 58, I. O. O. F., which was instituted April 20th, 1838, with David Thomas, Noah Davis, Thomas Phillips, Evan Evans and Ebenezer Williams as charter members. The lodge was reduced to 12 members in 1857. Since then there has been a steady increase of membership, and there were in November, 1879, 163 names on the roll. During the time when the lodge was so reduced, the members paid double
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dues to keep it running. A hall was erected at the corner of Church and Seventh streets, by the members taking stock. This was dedicated July 4th, 1847. This lodge has bought up all the stock and now owns the hall.
The present officers are: Thomas Jenkins, N. G .; Lewis Rehkop, V. G .; John R. Price, secretary; Alexan- der Wylie, assistant secretary; Henry Watts, treasurer; trustees, George H. McMinn, L. A. Diets and Alvia Dolph; Robert Holland, O. G .; William Nicol, I. G .; L. N. Bailey, conductor; William B. Lane, R. S. S .; Joseph Jenkins, L. S. S .; John Moon, warden; George Simrel, R. S. V. G .; and Harry Tuttle, L. S. V. G.
Olive Leaf Lodge, No. 156, was instituted May 5th, 1846. The first officers and charter members were: J. B. Smith, N. G .; George F. Wilbur, V. G .; George H. Wentz, secretary; H. A. Chambers, assistant secretary; H. C. Nash, F. S .; William S. Morgan, treasurer; John W. Davis, H. E. Luther, Hiram Wentz, David Hall and A. R. Fuller.
The lodge is in a prosperous condition, although it has seen its dark days, having been reduced to little more than a quorum at one time. The membership is now 71. The officers in November, 1879, were: Henry S. Kegler, N. G .; George H. Knight, V. G .; Henry J. Baer, secretary; Aaron Hedding, assistant secretary; Thomas Evans, treasurer.
Lackawanna Encampment, No. 16 .- This encampment was the first in this section of Pennsylvania, being insti- tuted February 24th, 1845. The charter members were William J. Morgan, John B. Lewis, William Garbert, John M. Davis, John Kenan, William Brown, John Gerrond, George F. Wilbur and Joseph Gillispie. The first seven of these were the originators of the matter, and were obliged to go to Reading to become members of an en- campment, that they might be enabled to apply for a charter. William J. Morgan was the first chief patriarch and George F. Wilbur the first scribe. John Gerrond is the only one of the original members now in connection with the encampment. After the burning of the books and other property of the encampment, in 1850, it was discontinued until April 21st, 1865, when a new charter was granted to Thomas Dickson, C. P .; John Campbell, H. P .; John Showerman, S. W .; Bernard Campman, J. W .; John Gerrond, scribe; William Law, treasurer; James Dixon and William Brown. The encampment has since prospered, and now has 37 members.
The officers in December, 1879, were: Francis Lud- wig, C. P .; Henry J. Baer, S. W .; Thomas R. Kirkbride, H. P .; David McMyne, J. W .; William M. Thompson, scribe; John O. Miles, treasurer.
MASONIC.
Carbondale Lodge, No. 249, was chartered in July, 1850, and instituted September 11th, 1850. The charter members were: J. W. Burnham, W. M .; Robert Max- well, S. W .; John G. Murray, J. W .; Rice Lewis, secre- tary; William Root, George H. Leach and Henry Evans.
The officers for 1879 were: Joseph Alexander, W. M .; William A. Weaver, S. W .; S. A. McMullen, J. W .; Jos-
eph Birkett, treasurer; C. O. Mellen, secretary. The membership was then 150.
Eureka Chapter, No. 179, Royal Arch Masons was in- stituted February 19th, 1855. The first officers were: P. C. Gritman, H. P .; W. R. Baker, K .; S. E. Bilger, S. The past high priests have been W. R. Baker, J. B. Van Bergen, Joseph Alexander, jr., S. D. Davis and M. H. Barber. The present officers are: H. B. Wilbur, H. P .; John Scurry, K .; Solomon Bolton, S .; Joseph Birkett, treasurer; W. R. Baker, secretary.
Palestine Commandery, No. 14, Knights Templar was organized May ist, 1856. The petitioners to constitute the commandery were John L. Gore, William N. Monies, Samuel E. Bilger, William W. Davies, George L. Dickson, Philo C. Gritman, W. R. Baker, William Root, Washing- ton Burr, Almon Crocker and Alfred Dart.
In March, 18So, the following officers were elected: G. F. Swigert, E. C .; S. D. Davis, G .; John Scurry, C. G .; S. A. McMullen, T .; H. B. Wilbur, R. The com- mandery has about 70 members.
FATHER MATTHEW TOTAL ABSTINENCE AND BENEVO- LENT ASSOCIATION.
This association was organized September 11th, 1868, with the following first officers and charter members: John Kelley, president; J. J. Forbes, vice-president; Eli Beirs, treasurer; Patrick Pidgeon, Rec. Sec .; M. G. Neary, Cor. Sec .; James Norton and James Kirkwood.
John Kelley was president each alternate term for six years, and was recording secretary three years. The present officers are: Eli Beirs, president; James Kirk- wood, vice-president; John Kelley, secretary; Patrick McCabe, treasurer.
The membership reached the highest number, 307, in 1874. There are now over two hundred members.
THE YOUNG MEN'S LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
This association was chartered January 26th, 1875, with 26 charter members. The object is declared to be " to establish and maintain a library and reading room in the city of Carbondale." Any person contributing $50 becomes a life member, and for each $50 shall be entitled to name a life member. Any person approved by the directors becomes a subscribing member by paying $3 annually or St quarterly. Ladies are admitted upon the payment of 3772 cents quarterly. The first directors were R. Manville, O. D. Shephard, E. E. Hendrick, E. M. Peck, J. B. Van Bergen, E. Francis, R. B. Peet, J. W. Aitkin and George D. Couch.
The people of Carbondale subscribed $1,000 for books at the organization. There were 875 volumes in the library February ist, 1875, and in December, 1879, a little over 1,500. A charge of five cents per week is made for the use of books.
The association has a room in the office of the Dela- ware and Hudson Canal Company's railroad office.
THE WORKINGMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION was organized in April, 1877, with an unlimited capital.
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The purpose was to enable the workingmen to trade at as low a price as possible. Shares were placed at $5, no share-holder to own more than twenty shares. The shareholders are mostly mechanics, railroad men and miners.
The officers in 1877 were: S. A. Dilts, president; Wil- liam Nicol, secretary; J. W. Jones, treasurer. The president and secretary remain the same. John P. Camp- bell is the treasurer.
MILITARY.
Carbondale Rifles .- An independent military company was organized in August, 1877, under the title of the Carbondale Rifles. The officers were: John B. Chisholm, captain; Michael Quinn, Ist lieutenant; A. G. Nicol, 2nd lieutenant. The rank and file numbered ninety-five men. Andrew R. Fagan was chosen captain and Thomas Mooney 2nd lieutenant within a few months after the formation of the company. The men got their uniforms
July 3d, 1879. There are now (1879) sixty-eight men in the company.
Van Bergen Guards .- This company (Company F, 13th regiment, 3d brigade, National Guard of Pennsylvania) was organized August 27th, 1878. The membership is as follows:
Officers .- Captain, Thomas M. Lindsay ; first lieutenant, Sheldon Nor- ton ; second lieutenant, John H. Lingfelter ; first sergeant, Thomas R. Kirkbride; second, Joseph Lindsay ; third, William W. Muir ; fourth, John B. Kirkbride; fifth, Richard Ridgway ; first corporal, J. Burton; second, J. H. Campbell ; third, John E. Mack; fourth, John Reid; fifth, Thomas Hunter; sixth, Albert E. Isgar; seventh, Alexander Messenger; eighth, Thomas W. Parry ; musicians -- Edward T. Corby, Harry Fisher.
Privatex .- William R. Burrell, John E. Bone, Frank C. Crawford, John K. Campbell, Albert E. Clark, George J. Davis, John E. Fuller, Herman Faatz, Aaron Hedden, John M. Harvey, William J. Harvey, John Jones, Howard Knapp, Henry S. Kegler, James Lindsay, Francis Ludwig. George Lindsay, William Martin, Walter Morgan, David Morgan, Robert Maxwell, Johu Newton, George Pattent, Cornelius Persen, John Rafter, Thomas J. Simons, Walter J. Stuart, Harvey L. Smith, James H. Sillsbee, Henry Seibold, Gershom Vangorder, John Williams, William White, Henry T. Smith, William M. Bunnell, Othmar Balbach, Gustavus Kin- bach, John Wark, James Wark, Charles B. Groover, Clyde Blair, William Moyles.
GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL RECORD,
CARBONDALE CITY AND CARBONDALE, FELL AND GREENFIELD TOWNSHIPS.
JOHN W. AITKEN, wholesale and retail druggist and bookseller, was born March 4th, 1850, in Carbondale, where he married Miss Isabella Morss.
I. W. ALLEN, principal of the Carbondale graded school, was born in York county, Pa., in 1850, and married Ida R. Joslin, of Carbondale.
WILLIAM ATKINSON was born in England, in 1825, and married Hannah Hurd. He came to Carbondale in 1860, and entered the service of the D. and H. C. Company in 1863. Since July 5th, 1864, he has been lumber in- spector.
WILLIAM G. ATKINSON was born in Scott, August 25th, 1856, and came to Carbondale in 1863, where he has been engaged in the mercantile business most of the time since 1873.
EDWIN P. AUNGER, of the firm of Hall & Aunger, carpenters, builders and furnishers, near corner of Salem and Church streets, was born in England, in 1834; came to Carbondale in 1859, and entered his present business in 1877. Mr. Hall was from Wayne county, Pa., and was born in 1846. He came to Carbondale in 1865.
CHARLES AVERY was born in New London, Conn., February 7th, 1823, and married Lorinda Young, who died. His present wife was Louisa Moon, of Blakely. He was a sailor for sixteen years, and is now a farmer. He came to Greenfield township in 1854. During the Rebellion he was deputy marshal, and he has filled a number of town offices.
JOSEPH L. AVERY, farmer, was born in New London, Conn., May 16th, 1827; came to Greenfield about 1847, and married Almira Burdick, of Clifford, Pa.
D. LELAND BAILEY, M. D., was born in Susquehanna county, Pa., January 27th, 1851; first came to Carbondale in 1873; graduated from the University of New York in 1875, and began practice in Dundaff. In 1879 he re- moved to Carbondale. He married Elizabeth Clark, of Clark's Green, Pa.
P. K. BARGAR, farmer, justice of the peace and notary public, formerly a printer, was born in Harrison county, O., in 1831. He published the Carbondale Democrat for about three years, and afterward the Luzerne Union at Wilkes-Barre. He was for many years an accountant. His wife was Caroline Marsh, of Waymart, Pa.
A. BATTLE, merchant, is a native of Ireland. His wife was Catharine Murray, also of Irish birth. Perhaps the most remarkable incident in the life of Mr. Bat- tle was his assault and the robbery of his store by bur- glars in 1872. He was elected mayor of Carbondale February 17th, 1880.
HON. S. S. BENEDICT, editor and publisher of the Car- bondale Advance for twenty-nine years, was born in Walton, Delaware county, N. Y., March 7th, 1816, and married Rowena K. Bartlett, of Waymart, Wayne county, Pa. Mr. Benedict was formerly a teacher, and has served as alderman five years, member of the Legislature two years, school director twenty-five years and notary public eighteen years.
BRYCE R. BLAIR, shovel manufacturer, formerly civil engineer, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, September 2 Ist, 1832. He married Emma I. Tubbs, of Shick- shinny.
TRUMAN D. BRADLEY, jeweler, 303 Main street, was born in Wayne county, Pa., December 5th, 1839, and married Ruth Amelia Davis, of Carbondale. He has been a resident of Carbondale since 1840, and has been in his present business since 1871. He served in the United States army from August, 1861, to February, 1867.
MARTIN BRENNAN, miner at Coldbrook breaker mine, was born in Ireland, in 1839, and came to Carbondale at the age of five or six. He began life as a driver in the mines at twelve or thirteen. He has been twice married; to Mary Toolan and Bridget Howard.
THOMAS BRENNAN, coal operator and merchant, was born in Ireland, and came to Carbondale in 1842. He was mayor of Carbondale in 1879. His wife was Eliza- beth Brennan, also of Irish birth.
L. I. BUNNELL, who is engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements and bed-springs in Carbondale, was born in Bradford county, September 15th, 1838. He has been twice married, his first wife having been Miss Helen Dikeman, of New Milford, Susquehanna county, l'a., who died March 24th, 1866, and his second Miss T. E. Kent, of Brooklyn, Susquehanna county, Pa. He was formerly a carriage maker.
CHARLES BURR, physician and surgeon, was born in Meredith, Delaware county, N. Y., April 30th, 1815. He married Leonora Farrer, of Carbondale.
JAMES E. BURR, lawyer and city attorney (elected in 1879), was born in Carbondale, in 1853.
GEORGE BURRELL was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1843; came to Carbondale in the spring of 1850; entered the service of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1859; was made foreman of general carpenter work in 1865 and became master of bridges and buildings in 1875. He married Lucy J. Blair, of Carbondale.
PIERCE BUTLER, master mechanic of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's gravity road, was born at Kings-
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ton, Luzerne county, October 13th, 1831. He married Catharine A. Kelley, of Wurtsboro, N. Y., who died August 14th, 1874. His second wife was a Miss Fanny P. Wood, of Newark, N. J. Mr. Butler was formerly a machinist.
JOHN CAMPBELL., born in Scotland, March Ist, 1805, served seven years in the British army, after which he settled in Carbondale. He has been mine boss since 1854, and served as school director six years and as overseer of poor for five years. He married Miss Mary Fairchild, of Hanover township, Luzerne county.
JOSEPH CARPENTER was born in Scituate, R. I., Janu- ary 17th, 1790, and married Rhoda Graves, of his native place. He was formerly a shoemaker and farmer, and latterly a farmer. He came to Abington (now Scott) in 1815.
TYLMAN CARPENTER, farmer and formerly a lumber- man, one of the organizers and the first lieutenant of the "Greenfield Greens," was born in Otsego county, N. Y., June 15th, 1798. He has been twice married. His present wife was Maria Hoag, of Sherman, Conn., born November 14th, 1811. They were married June 22nd, 1867.
JOSEPH L. CHAPMAN, train dispatcher for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, was born in Montrose, Susquehanna county, Pa., in 1844, and married Annie Krotzer, of Providence. He came to Carbondale in 1871, having formerly been station agent at Pittston.
EDWARD CLARKSON was born in Carbondale, Decem- ber 6th, 1831, and married Cornelia V. Mellen, of Hud- son, N. Y. He was formerly engaged in coal operations.
WOODBURY COIL was born in Susquehanna county, Pa., September 3d, 1830, and married Margaret Baker, of that county. Mr. Coil is a farmer and serves as school director and assessor. His grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier.
THOMAS COOGAN, foreman of No. 3 shaft, was born in Carbondale, in 1834, and married Rosanna Fitzpatrick, a native of Ireland. He began work for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1846, was appointed headman of the shaft in 1858 and foreman in 1860. He was a member of the home guard and took part with it in its limited service during the Rebellion.
A. W. Cook, editor of the Critic, was born in Schene- vus, Otsego county, N. Y., January 10th, 1844.
GEORGE W. COWPERTHWAIT, farmer, formerly sales- man, was born in Greenfield, June 26th, 1841, and mar- ried Sarah Snyder, of Scott.
JAMES COWPERTHWAIT, farmer, formerly blacksmith and dealer in agricultural implements, was born in West- moreland, England, March 14th, 1806, came to Green- field in 1833, and married Nancy C. Worth.
L. T. CURTIS, proprietor of steam bakery (office 12 Salem street, bakery on Church street), was born in Broome county, N. Y., December 25th, 1849, where he married Alice Hathaway. He came to Carbondale in 1873 and purchased an interest in the bakery of D. W. Williams (established about 1867). In the fall of 1874 he succeeded to the entire business.
ALVA W. DALEY, livery proprietor since September, 1878, and formerly for twelve years conductor for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, was born in Susquehanna county, Pa., in 1838, and married Martha Widger, of England. He came to Carbondale in 1858 and served in the United States army from June to August, 1863.
ALFRED DART, attorney, born in Bolton, Conn., July 14th, ISto, is the oldest attorney in the county and the first one admitted under Judge Bentley. He was in the army of the north from April, 1861, to the winter of 1864, serving as captain of Company K 25th Pennsyl- vania infantry, captain of Company M 4th Pennsylvania cavalry, as commander of Fort Porter about nine months, and as colonel of an Indiana regiment. Upon the or- ganization of the veteran volunteer companies he was chosen lieutenant general. He has been district attorney and recorder of the mayor's court. He came to Carbon- dale in 1829 and began practicing his profession there in 1845. He married Ann Eliza Cone, of New York.
PETER DAVIDSON, farmer, was born in Greenfield, March 8th, 1831, and married Charlotte Park, of South Abington. His father, Robert Davidson, came to the county about 1828. His mother's maiden name was Helen Kelly.
JOHN B. DAVIS, engineer at Erie breaker, was born in Wales, December 31st, 1835: came to Carbondale in March, 1869 ; was appointed to his present position in the August following, and married Jennie Price, of Carbondale.
JOHN C. DAVIS was born at Carbondale ; married Ida Van Rants, of New York city, in 1845 ; began work for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1850; went to New York in 1857 ; returned and re-engaged with the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1863 and is engineer at " No. 4." He was in the United States army from October 28th, 1864, to the close of the war. He is a member of the school board of Carbon- dale township.
GEORGE D. DIMOCK, for thirty years an employe of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, for whom he first worked in 1838, was born in Montrose, Susquehanna county, Pa., February 12th, 1822, and married Sarah Swackhammer, of Washington, N. J.
PETER DOLAND is the oldest harness maker now in business in Carbondale and has long been prominently identified with various secret societies. He has served as a member of the common council (1869-71), and in 1873 was appointed chairman of the council. He was born in Honesdale, Pa., June 23d, 1841, and married Charlotta Herbert, of Carbondale.
S. H. DOTTERER, master mechanic of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, was born in Reading, Pa., July 24th, 1837. He married Miss Henrietta Trowbridge, of Great Bend, Susquehanna county. He was formerly an engineer.
JOHN DUFFY, formerly a miner, was born in Ireland, in 1827 ; married Mary Coultry (also of Irish nativity); came to Carbondale in 1837 ; was a member of the com- mon council in 1851 and 1852; was city treasurer in 1878; and was appointed street commissioner in the spring of 1880.
A. B. DURFEE, proprietor of livery and exchange stables, was born in Maine, Broome county, N. Y., November 2nd, 1829, and married Matilda Bly, of Car- bondale. He is a carpenter.
JACOB EITEL was born in 1831, in Germany, where he married Eouisa Romelmeyer ; came to Carbondale in 1871 ; engaged in the employ of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and in 1874 was appointed foreman of the round-house. He served in the late war, in the 2nd New Jersey infantry, from 1861 to July, 1864.
CAPTAIN ANDREW R. FAGAN was born August 4th,
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1839, in Ireland, and married Mary Moran. He was in the United States service, as private, captain and major, from June 16th, 1861, to August, 1865, and was elected captain of the Carbondale rifles in September, 1867. He was formerly a foundryman and now is pro- prietor of a restaurant.
ZIPRON FERRIS, farmer, was born in Orange county, N. Y., June 16th, 1803, and came to Greenfield in 1824 and became identified with the "Susquehanna Invinci- bles." He married Tamar Rowley, of Abington, and has served as justice of the peace three terms.
MARTIN P. FLYNN, since April Ist, 1878, proprietor of the Harrison House (built in 1859 by Canfield Harrison), was born in Carbondale, March 6th, 1850.
GEORGE H. FOSTER, engineer at engine No. 8, was born in Canaan, Pa., in 1851, and married Leonora Chapman, of Prompton, Pa. Mr. Foster has for some time been in the employ of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and at the time of his appointment was . the youngest engineer on the line.
P. J. FOSTER, engineer at engine No. 7 since 1861, and a resident of Carbondale since 1856, was born in Sus- quehanna county, Pa., in 1837, and married Lucy Shel- don, of Bradford, Pa.
FRANKLIN PIERCE FRANEY was born in Providence, August 26th, 1853; was a member of the Providence military company five years; came to Carbondale April 13th, 1877, and worked at the Powderly mines about four months, and was appointed engineer at No. 3 shaft November 13th, 1879. He had formerly been engineer at Leggett's creek four years. He married Alvira Jen- kins, of Schuylkill county.
HENRY S. FRANK was born in England (where he married Charlotte Madison), in 1834. He has been con- stable for three years. Having worked as paper-hanger and decorator, he began trade as a paper merchant under the firm name of H. S. Frank & Son, in the spring of 1880.
MICHAEL GARVEY began work for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1859, and has been wheel- man at shaft No. I since 187t. He was born March 29th, 1846, at Carbondale, where he married Bridget Duffy.
FREDERICK T. GELDER was born in England, in 1840, and married Catharine Blake, of Bethany, Wayne county, Pa. In 1861 he enlisted in the Ist New Jersey cavalry, and served until discharged in 1864, having three horses shot under him. In 1865 he came to Carbondale. In 1866 he engaged in the foundry business: location, 64 to 68 River street.
J. B. GILHOOL, hardware merchant (established 1873), 97 South Main street, was born in Carbondale, in 1852, and married Maria Lynch, of Olyphant.
W. W. GRAHAM, shoemaker, was born in the city of New York. He has served in the common council and school board of Carbondale.
CHARLES HAGAN, dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Draperstown, County Derry, Ireland, August 6th, 1816, and married Mary Grady, of Westport, Ireland.
E. E. HENDRICK, refiner and dealer in oil, was born May 9th, 1832, in Plymouth, Wayne county, Mich., where he married Caroline P. Hackett. Mr. Hendrick, who has been engaged in coal operations, has served as vice- president of the Miners' and Mechanics' Savings Bank of Carbondale.
JOHN HUGHES was born in Wales, March 24th, 1819,
and married Lucretia Smith. He came to Scranton in 1842, and to Carbondale in 1846. He became a miner in the employ of the D. & H. C. Company, and in March, 1857, became mine boss.
A. L. HUNT, marble worker, Terrace street, was born in Connecticut, in 1828, and married Margaret Emma Corby, of New Jersey. He came to Carbondale in 1850, and in 1851 engaged with Mr. Richmond in the marble trade, and about 1854 succeeded to the entire business. In 1874 he sold out to Dart & Collins, and re-engaged in the business in 1876.
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