History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 151

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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EVERETT L. WETHERBY, farmer and mason, born in Scott, October 5th, 1852, married Caroline Obest, of Pittston.

J. M. WETHERBY, farmer, was born in Abington (now Scott), April 28th, 1816, and married Huldah Phillips, of Abington. He was formerly a member of the "Green- field Greens." His father, Levi Wetherby, was a settler in Scott as early as 1804.

HENRY WHITE, who has filled several official positions in Scott, was born in Roxbury, Delaware county, N. Y., April 3d, 1821; came to Scott in 1827 and married E. P. Mills, of Patterson, N. Y.

JAMES H. WHITE, son of Martin White, was born in Carbondale, July 22nd, 1844, and came to Archbald in 1858. He married Catharine Devine, of Carbondale, and has four children. He has been a teacher at Arch- bald since 1877, and school director two terms.

PATRICK WHITE, miner, came to America from Ire- land in 1830, and settled in Archbald in 1847. He mar- ried Sarah Gilgallon, of New York, and died in 1877, leaving five children. James T., his son, who married Bridget Dugan in 1868, was the first tax collector of the borough, and is president of the Father Matthew society.

PATRICK J. WHITE, born and educated in Ireland, came to America in 1850, settling in Carbondale. He was a commercial traveler four years, and since that time has been a teacher in the public schools, having been prin- cipal of the Archbald schools since 1868. He was for- merly an active politician, taking a lively interest in the affairs of old Luzerne county. .

JOHN WHYTE, mine foreman, was born in Dumfries- shire, Scotland. Coming to America in 1869, he settled in Ransom township, removing to this place in 1870, where he was married in May, 1872, to Sarah Willis. He has three children. He was weightmaster at the Eaton colliery until 1878, when he was appointed outside fore- man, which position he now hills.

ELIZABETH WOODWARD was born in Hanover, Pa., April 27th, 1801, and married Elam Woodward, of Wayne county, Pa. She resides with William Maxcey, where Mr. Woodward located when he came to the township, and is a granddaughter of Martha Marcy.

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CHURCHES OF ARCHBALD-BLAKELY BOROUGH.

and lewis S. Watres were ordained ruling elders. Rev. Charles Dewitt Tappan was the pastor for two years from October Ist, 1840; then Rev. J. Bartow about two years, after which the church was destitute of a regular supply until October, 1852, when it was disbanded and letters granted to such as wished to unite with a new or- ganization then forming at Archbald. Five accepted such letters, four new members were received on profes- sion, and the following Sabbath these nine were consti- tuted the Presbyterian Church of Archbald. Rensselaer Ottman and John M. Snedecor were ordained ruling elders. From November, 1853, Rev. H. Herrick was stated supply till 1855. Then there seems no record of any regular church meetings until 1865. In December of that year Rev. B. S. Foster commenced preaching to the church, and April 15th, 1866, a reorganization was effected. Andrew C. Wise and Ambrose Brundage were chosen ruling· elders, and ten new members were ad- mitted. The church now owns a plain edifice in Arch- bald, and has a branch organization at Olyphant with a neat chapel.

Church of St. Thomas Aquinas .- The Catholic church of Archbald was founded by the efforts of Rev. Father Prendergast, of Carbondale, and a frame building erect- ed in 1847, which was enlarged and improved under the ministry of Father McSwiggan, the first resident pastor. In 1870 Rev. John Loughran, who succeeded Father Mc- Swiggan, procured pledges of monthly contributions for building a larger church. In 1873 the corner stone was laid by Bishop O'Hara. Eaton & Co. were the contract- ors, and the architect was A. F. Amsden, of Philadel- phia; the cost was $58,000. A fine view of the exterior, to be found on another page, will give the reader a better idea of the architectural elegance of the church than any mere pen picture. The decoration of the interior was intrusted to two Italian artists. M. Costiggini, to whose pencil is due the beautiful altar piece and lifelike panel pictures, is the successor of the famous Brumidi in com- pleting the paintings in the great dome of the Capitol building at Washington. During the pastorate of Rev. N. J. McManus, in 1878, the debt on the building amounted to some $8.ooo, with arrears of interest. The creditors demanded their dues. The congregation united in a request to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com- pany for the privilege of working an extra week (they then working only half time), to save their beautiful church from ruin, a request which was promptly granted; and for a week every man and boy worked faithfully in the mines and at the breakers. Voluntary contributions swelled the total of that week's work to $7,500, and en- abled the pastor to cancel the balance of the indebted- ness at an early date. The edifice was completed in. 1875, and in August of that year was solemnly blessed and occupied for the first time. The pastor and congre- gation acknowledge their indebtedness for repeated acts of liberality to Messrs. Eaton, Jones & Simpson, of the Eaton colliery; Filer & Livy, of Winton; Mr. John Jermyn and the officers of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.

Rev. N. J. McManus, the present popular pastor, suc- ceeded Rev. John Loughran in 1875, and by his efforts the church was completed and the debt provided for. Father McManus has been for many years an active church builder, and some of the most successful monu- ments of that kind in the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys are due to his self-sacrificing efforts.

BLAKELY BOROUGH.

HIS borough comprises the B. McLean, C. Weaver, J. Randall, D. Sherrard, J. Angle and E. London warrantee tracts, and is the best farming part of the old Blakely town- ship. The farm lands are now owned principally by coal companies. The borough comprises Peck- ville, which has been built up mainly since the completion of the gravity road, and settled by railroad men and retired farmers. The population of the borough in 1880 was 875.

The first grist-mill was on the Mott place, and the old ten mile tavern, near Priceville, was for many years the voting place and post-office of the town.

The charter incorporating Blakely borough was granted August 27th, 1867, and the first election held at the house of L. Lillibridge, October 8th, 1867, resulting in the choice of the following officers: Burgess, J. B. Kenyon; councilmen, W. H. Hull, jr., C. D. Barber, J. W. Peck, Alexander Berry and William Bell; overseers of poor, L. L. Lyons, A. C. Wise; constable, David Lewis; assessors, L. Lillibridge, J. H. Fisher, D. Aylesworth; auditors, William Page, Ebenezer Davis, C. Cray; school directors, G. M. Hull, George Newton, William H. Hughes, Wil- liam C. Cormack, Theron Ferris, Thomas Kelly; justice, Edward Jones. Other justices have been elected as fol- lows: D. T. Lewis, 1868; Stephen Callender, 1870, 1875; W. V. Mace, 1873, 1878.

The borough ordinances were adopted in 1868. The successive burgesses have been: For 1868, W. J. McCor- mack; 1869, A. C. Wise; 1870, 1871, Edward Jones; 1872, J. W Peck; 1873-75, Joseph Travis; 1876, J. D. Peck; 1877. 1878, J. G. Bell; 1879. S. N. Callender.

The officers for 1880 were: Burgess, J. D. Peck; coun- cilmen, J. R. Colvin, S. N. Callender, M. V. Doud, J. C. Tuthill, F. L. Taylor; clerk, J. C. Tuthill.

The graded school, taught by Prof. H. E. Barnes and two assistants, has three departments of three grades each, with a total list of 230 scholars, and sustains a high rep- utation.

THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

of Blakely was early supplied by Elders John Finn, John Miller, J. B. Chase and W. K. Mott, and was a branch of the Greenfield church from 1820 until 1843, when it was formed into a church, with twenty-seven members, Revs.

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Henry Curtis, W. K. Mott, Silas Finn and D. E. Bowen officiating at its institution.

The first meeting house was built in 1832, and is yet standing. In 1873 the society built a new edifice, forty by sixty feet, about three-fourths of a mile south of the old one, at a cost of $6,000; and in 1880 a mission chapel at Peckville, costing about $1,500.

Among the pastors have been Revs. W. K. Mott, O. L. Hall, Charles Parker, J. W. Lyons, J. B. Kenyon and D. J. Williams. The pulpit is now occupied by Rev. Newell Callender, a former member of the church. The two Sunday-schools have 250 scholars, and the church mem- bership is about 90.

PECKVILLE

contains two churches, four stores, the Purdy House, the extensive planing and saw-mills of Peck Brothers, a first- class grist-mill, operated by A. C. Wise, the foundry of S. F. White, a fine public school building built for the Peckville graded school, and about 700 inhabitants.

The first impetus to business was given by Samuel Peck & Brother, who came here in 1831 and built a sash and door factory and small grist-mill on the site of the present works of Peck Brothers.

The Purdy House, kept by W. F. Ketchum, is the only hotel in the village and the best in the borough. Mr. Ketchum is a native of Prompton, Wayne county, and was formerly in the employ of the Erie Railway Company, at Carbondale: He purchased the house in April, 1880. His wife was Francis Corey, of Preston, Pa., whom he married June 20th, 1875. He has two children.

THE M. E. CHURCH OF PECKVILLE.

The first Methodist preacher at Peckville, then called Blakely, was Rev. David Williams, appointed in 1857. It was then a mission and a part of the Providence charge. The preaching services were held in " the old school- house," in the lower part of the village. Methodist preachers had before visited the place and occasionally preached to the people, among the number the distin guished Rev. Dr. George Peck. Mr. Williams served the charge two years, and organized the Peckville church The original class was composed in part of Jeremiah Sils- bee and wife, George W. Thomas and wife, Emeline Ben jamin, Barbara Carey, Henry Newton, Calvin Peck, Anna Styles and Dorcas Travis, with Jeremiah Silsbee as class leader. The successive class leaders have been Calvin Peck, J. D. Peck, Charles Dowrick, C. D. Barber and Robert Tuthill.

In 1860 Rev. J. C. Woodruff became pastor, when Blakely mission was organized into the Blakely charge, including Peckville, Olyphant, Archbald (where the pas- tor then resided) and Jermyn. During this pastorate a revival at Peckville resulted in substantial accessions of membership. In 1862 I. T. Walker came to the pastor- ate. He was the first pastor residing at Peckville. From 1864 Rev. C. Hynson was the pastor three years; then Rev. S. F. Wright, two years. In 1868 he built a church

on a lot donated by J. D. Peck, in the center of the vil- lage, on the northwest side of Main street. It is a wooden structure substantially built, seating three hundred and costing $4,000. It was dedicated July 4th, 1868, Rev. Dr. R. Nelson, of Wyoming Seminary, officiating. Rev. G. M. Chamberlin began a year's pastorate in 1868, dur- ing which a revival increased the membership and greatly strengthened the church. From 1869 Rev. J. F. Wilbur was pastor until 1872; then Rev. G. M. Chamberlin. Rushdale was now constituted a separate church, called Gibsonburg, and the old charge was given the present name of Peckville. In 1874 Rev. J. Underwood became pastor, and in 1876 Rev. W. J. Hill, who remained until 1879, when he was succeeded by the present incumbent, Rev. F. Gendall.

In 1877 a parsonage was built for $1,000 on a lot oppo- site the church, donated by the New York and Erie Coal Company.

In 1868 a Sunday-school was organized by Rev. S. F. Wright, with G. W. Thomas as its first superintendent, who was succeeded by H. Gleddon, A. Simpson, S. White, J. D. Peck and Charles Treverton. It has 150 members.

The original trustees of the church were G. W. Thomas, C. D. Barber, William Purdy, Alerick Berry, J. W. Peck, S. F. White, William Williams and James Hurd.

The church numbered in 1880 90 members, with Robert Tutl.ill as class leader and J. D. Peck as his as- sistant. The stewards that year were John Tuthill, John English, William Bell, J. D. Peck, Oliver David and Albert Newton. The church property is held in trust by C. D. Barber, president; S. F. White, secretary; John English, treasurer; Robert Tuthill and S. Reese.

HARPER LODGE, NO. 707, I. O. OF O. F.

This lodge, April 25th, 1870, was instituted by and named after D. D. Harper. There were twenty charter members. Payments from the benefit fund to date amount to $1,217.24.

DICKSON CITY BOROUGH.

HIS borough had little or no importance be- fore Richmond and Chittenden commenced developing coal drifts, in 1859. The hamlet of Priceville then sprung up about a mile north of the collieries, and several private enter- prises were undertaken at what is now known as Dickson City, where the Elk Hill Coal and Iron Company absorbed most of the business.

The borough was chartered in 1875. The first election, held in October of that year, resulted in the choice of H. WV. Loftus as burgess, Henry W. Smith as president, and Frank Day as chairman of the school board. Patrick Reilly was the first chief of police. The first school

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OFFICERS OF DICKSON CITY AND JERMYN-W. H. RICHMOND'S ENTERPRISES.

board was organized in 1876. There are three school- houses, all built prior to the erection of the borough.

The borough officers for 1880 were: Burgess, Martin Crippen; council-H. A. Zimmerman (president), James Labar (secretary), Patrick Reilly (treasurer), Lucius Lake, James McCauley, James Rogers and James Dough- erty; president of school board, Thomas Grier; secretary, Michael McNulty; treasurer, Thomas Hanahan; chief of police, Thomas McCauley. The floating debt of the bor- ough is $1.300.

The post-office was established in 1874, with L. E. Judd postmaster. Thomas Grier, the present incumbent, was appointed April 30th, 1879. The first justices of the peace were William D. Burke (elected in 1875) and Thomas McCauley (1877); the latter died during his term of office, which was finished by James A. Savage, who, as well as his associate Mr. Burke, still holds the office.

The population, which was 329 in 1870, had increased to 841 in 1880.

THE ELK HILL COAL AND IRON COMPANY.

This company's colliery was opened by W. H. Rich- mond & Co., in 1859; the breaker, erected in 1860, was the first on the gravity road between Carbondale and Scranton. It was operated by Richmond & Co. until 1863, when W. H. Richmond, Charles P. Wirtz, George L. Morss, Alfred Wirtz . and G. L. Dickson organized the Elk Hill Coal and Iron Company, and succeeded to the ownership of the mine. The lands worked are the prop- erty of the Central Coal Company, the principal owners of which are Colonel J. H. Johnson and Abel Bennett, jr., who opened the first colliery at the Notch in 1853 and sold to the Pennsylvania Coal Company the lands that formed the nucleus of its present immense business. The vein is worked from drifts extending in one direction a mile and a half from the opening. The capacity of the breaker is 300 tons daily; average production, about 250 tons. The number of tenement houses is sixty; total number of men and boys employed, 225. One forty horse power engine is used at the breaker.

The cloven foot of Molly Maguireism developed itself in the attempted assassination of Superintendent L. E. Judd, of Richmond colliery, in 1872, and in the inaugu- ration of strikes, the only effect of which was the injury of the participants. The efforts of Treasurer Richmond of the Elk Hill Company to prevent the unlicensed sale of liquor in the vicinity of the works have had a beneficial effect on all concerned.

The Dickson City File Works is owned by the Elk Hill Coal and Iron Company, and makes the "tip top hand cut steel files." It employs ten hands, under Fore- man Thomas Sheldon, an old Sheffield file cutter, who claims to be able to equal the best work of English fac- tories.

Besides the above named establishments, the company owns a large brick yard and a general store.

RICHMOND HILL FARM.

The elegant mansion of William H. Richmond, the

treasurer of the Elk Hill Coal and Iron Company, com- pleted in 1874, is a fine specimen of modern architecture and embodies some ideas of its owner that are well worthy of note, among which are its superior arrangements for heating by steam, the sensible location of registers at ex- posed points, a perfect and thorough ventilation, and a uniform heat secured at a very low pressure. Near this house are two spacious greenhouses, to the contents of which an experienced Scotch gardener is constantly add- ing; milk, carriage and boiler houses, and a fine poultry house and yard. In the barn yards may be seen the finest specimens of Jersey cattle, the importation and breeding of which is part of the business of the farm. Every part of the hundred acres is being brought under the best of treatment, and experiments in various crops afford the owner employment for his leisure and the pur- suance of his favorite theory of improving the farms in this vicinity. The English system of "soiling" cattle is pursued, with satisfactory results.

JERMYN BOROUGH.

N the 3d of January, 1870, a petition for the incorporation of the borough of Gibsonburg was granted, and a charter issued naming January 28th of that year for the first borough election; Newton H. Barber as judge of elections; Josiah Bloss and Patrick Farrell as inspectors; and James A. Rymer to give legal notice to voters of such election. January 8th, 1872, the borough lines were extended. The borough was named after John Gibson, of Philadelphia, an extensive owner of lands here which passed into the hands of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company in 1874, when that corpor- ation changed the name of the railway station to Jermyn in honor of John Jermyn. This change of title was adopted by the borough and the post-office department.

The officials elected January 28th, 1880, were: bur- gess, John Jermyn; town council, Oliver G. Morgan, Pat- rick J. Mullen, Dr. S. D. Davis, Henry Tripp, Josiah Bloss; borough secretary, S. D. Davis; borough treas- urer, A. I .. Green. First meeting of town council, Feb- ruary 4th, 1870.

The succeeding burgesses have been as follows: John Jermyn, 1870; S. S. Vail, October 24th, 1870, to March 28th, 1872; Miron H. Barber, 1872; Alfred L. Green, 1873; Henry Niemyer, 1874; Joseph Dunn, 1875: John Gardner, 1876; N. Smith, 1877; Calvin Vail (appointed), July ist, 1877, to April 2nd, 1878; William Lietz, 1878, 1879; Joseph Harris, 1880.

The borough treasurers have been as follows: A. L. Green, 1870-72; S. D. Davis, 1873; Thomas Reunie, 1874; William B. Swick, 1875; C. D. Winter, 1876, 1877; Joseph Harris, 1878; James D. Stricker, 1879; J. R. Jones, 1880. The present valuation for tax purposes is $119,454.

The borough officers for 1880 were: Joseph Harris,

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burgess; council, David Carle, Benjamin Davis, C. M. Berry, Thomas Rich, William H. Jones; secretary, P. J. Mullen; treasurer, J. R. Jones.

The population of Jermyn was 1, 156 in 1870, and 1,541 in 1880.

Justices have been elected as follows: Henry D. Carey, 1870, 1875; John B. Cole, 1875; John Gardner, 1874; Ira G. Westcott, 1876.

HOTELS, MINES, MANUFACTORIES, ETC.

The first hotel was built by Louis Pizer, in 1866, and is still standing, one block west of St. George's Hotel, erected by him in 1872, and well known as the leading house in the village. Mr. Pizer is still in charge. He was born in England, came to America in 1862 and settled for a short time in Archbald, commencing busi- ness here in 1866. The popular Sweeney House was built in 1870 by Eben Roberts, and passed through a number of hands before it was purchased by Ira G. Westcott in 1880. The Farmer's Hotel was built by John Nicholson in 1866.

The post-office, under the name of Gibsonburg, was established in 1869, with John Gardner as postmaster for the first six months; since that time it has been kept by Dr. S. D. Davis.

A furniture store kept by Gustav Battinburgh, a tailor shop by W. R. Palmer, the harness and saddlery shop of Thomas Walkey, a blacksmith shop, the drug and book store of Dr. S. D. Davis, the general store of John Jermyn, the meat market of Hill & Walters and a bakery and confectionery comprise the business places of the borough aside from mines and manufactories mentioned below.

Breaker No. I is supplied by a shaft sunk in. 1857 by Offermann, afterwards operated for several years by Winton & Chittenden, and after lying icle for two years leased by John Jermyn in 1865. The breaker, built in 1860, has a capacity of 600 tons daily. Three engines and four pumps are in use, and 300 men and boys employed. Robert Carter is the superintendent.

Breaker No. 2 works coal from a slope opened in 1867, in which year it was erected. It has a capacity of 800 tons daily. The Archbald vein is here worked through some two thousand acres of the Lee, Rider and other tracts. A. L. Green is the superintendent. About 300 men and boys are employed.

The Eureka Coffin and Casket Factory (Miller Broth- ers & Co.) was undertaken in 1872 by its present owners, and has grown to be an important industry, employing some 40 men and boys and turning out about 30 com- pleted coffins daily. The capital represented is about $40,000, and the business is increasing. Steam is the motive power. H. C. Miller, a practical cabinet maker, was the founder, and is at the head of the firni.

The Jermyn Steam Flouring Mills were erected by John Jermyn, their present owner, in 1870. The building is a frame structure, 40 by 80 feet and four stories in height; contain's five runs of stones operated by a 60 horse- power engine. Five men are employed. The mill can

produce roo barrels of flour and 20 tons of feed or meal daily. Mr. Jermyn imports from the west 200 car loads of grain annually for use here. A specialty is made of the Valley Star brand of flour, which is well known through- out the Lackawanna valley. William B. Swick is the manager and miller.

Rushdale Powder Mills .- Powder was first made here by A. T. Rand & Co., who built the first mills in 1864, and sold to the Moosic Powder Company, who enlarged and improved the works in 1872 to their present capacity of about 325 kegs daily, employing about 40 men. Thirty- five acres of land are owned by the company, ten of which are enclosed in a high fence and contain the build- ings, comprising eighteen blocks so arranged as to reduce the risk of a general destruction by fire or explosion to a minimum. Great care is taken in the manipulation of materials, but the drying house exploded November 10th, 1867; another building twice in 1870 (one man killed), and May 13th, 1872, an explosion totally destroyed the works. By the explosion of the press house, November 4th, 1873, three lives were lost, and the glazing mill blew up June 20th, 1879, when the watchman was saved by a section of a boiler falling over him and shielding him from the falling walls. The office of the mills is con- nected by a telegraph line with the company's office in Scranton and their mills at Moosic. A market is found in the Lackawanna valley for the entire product of the mills, and the company claim that long familiarity with the needs of miners and the use of the cartridge package enables them to produce a superior article.

The superintendents have been G. W. Rand, A. H. Boies (now president of the company) and W. S. Hutch- ings, the present manager.

A MOLLY MAGUIRE OUTRAGE.

On the morning of the 29th of July, 1874, during the "Molly Maguire " reign of terror, Mine Foreman A. L. Green was set upon by three strangers, who fired nine pistol shots, bringing him to the ground wounded in three places, but not fatally. William B. Swick and his son, Rob- ert Pierce and Charles McCracken, who were at the Jer- myn mill, about fifty yards away, chased off the assailants, killed one and wounded another in the foot. The corpse being given to the physicians for dissection, persons from Dunmore claimed it as the body of one O'Malia. This and other clues brought about the arrest of the wounded assassin, and under the name of Sharkey he was con- victed of an attempt at manslaughter, and sent to the peni- tentiary for six years and eight months. So bold was this band of murderers, and so subservient were some of the local judiciary, that a warrant was actually obtained from a Scranton justice of the peace for the arrest of Robert Pierce for the murder of O'Malia, and a gang of men visited Jermyn to take him; but he had been secre- ted by his friends, who followed the agents of the outlaws with such pertinacity and so strong a front that they abandoned the search; after which, to avoid further com- plications, a formal complaint was made, Mr. Pierce taken to Wilkes-Barre, and at the first session of the

GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL RECORD,

JERMYN BOROUGH.

JOHN JERMYN

was born in Suffolk, England, in 1827. Without the advantage of a thorough education, or wealthy and influential relatives, and early in life thrown upon his own resources for a livelihood, he had to struggle with the many vicissitudes and trials incident to youth single-handed and alone, and yet we find that in almost every instance he rose above and superior to them all and was successful. Finding the avenues to successful business enterprise very narrow and hedged closely about by difficulties in his native England, and hearing of the golden opportunities open to those who cared to succeed in the United States, he in company with others, in the spring of 1847, set sail for the " promised land." On arriving in New York his attention was directed to Scranton (then Slocum Hollow , as the most likely place at which to realize his expecta- tions. Accordiugly, the second day after landing in New York city found him set down in the then almost unbroken wilderness of the Lackawanna valley. To an aspiring youth of twenty years, who had been accustomed to the streets and active scenes of London, and whose every thought and purpose had been bent to the task of bettering his position in life, one can readily imagine came a bitter feeling of dis- appointment and discourageinent when this change first broke upon his mind.

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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 151

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