History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 156

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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vats were troughs dug out of large logs. The tannery now operated by H. B. Loveland was built by Horace Kinney. It is now owned by Mr. Kelly.

The pioneer store was opened by John Loveland, who had a harness shop in connection with it, a little west of Mr. Cobb's residence. In 1848, and for a few years sub- sequent, Miles & Stanton kept a store in the wagon house of J. Kizer.

The first tavern was kept by Asa Cobb, as early as ISoo, on the old Cobb place. This was on the main thoroughfare from Connecticut and other eastern points to the Wyoming valley, and became one of the most popular resorts and stopping places on the whole route. . The first school-house was built by B. Myers, in 1835, with funds subscribed. It was about three- quarters of a mile east of Cobb's, on the turnpike. The first teacher here was John Swingle, and the only surviving, pupils are Asa and Amy Cobb. The first school, however, was taught by Miss Maria Waters, in a log bain on John Swingle's farm, now owned by Charles Hoffman. Asa and Amy Cobb studied here. The second school-house was built in 1835, at the fork of the roads north of Jacob Kizer's, and the first teacher here was a Mr. Chamberlain. Some of the surviving pupils are Zachary, John, Susan, J. E. and E. Kizer; Maria, Holley, George and Andrew Spangenburg and John Collins.

The oldest grave-yard in the township is on the Elisha Potter place on the east boundary line; the first body buried there was that of Asa Cobb, sen., who died in 1808.

The first postmaster was A. L. Burns. He kept the office at his house on the Canaan road. Joseph Myers now owns the place. The first mail carrier was Jacob Myers.

The first bridge was built in 1826, across the Moosic Lake creek at Cobb's Mills.

The population of this township was 776 in 1870 and 794 in 1880.

The following is a list of the justices of the peace for Jefferson township, with the years of their election : Jacob Kizer, 1840; Jacob Myers, 1845; Jairus M. Buck- ingham, 1847; Jacob E. Myers, 1850, 1865, 1870; C. S. Cobb, 1855, 1860; Marcus Day, 1855, 1860; Asa Cobb, 1840, 1865, 1870; James L. Brown, 1875; H. V. Mitchel', 1877; Frank Raushmire, 1878.

PIONEER ROADS.

In 1769 a narrow road, long called the "Cobb road," was opened from the province of New York to the Wyo- ming valley. This was the only road entering the valley from the eastward from 1769 to 1772. Among the fur traders traversing this lone forest path was the afterward celebrated John Jacob Astor. In 1793 there were but three dwellings on this road from the Paupack clearings, in Wayne county, to the Lackawanna-one at Little Meadows, Cobb's, and Allsworth's, at Dunmore. This road is known also as the " old Army road," over which Sullivan marched a portion of his troops in 1779, on their way to the Wyoming valley and thence to western New

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York. The Luzerne and Wayne Turnpike Company fol- lowed nearly the line of the old Army road when it built its turnpike in 1826 and 1827; and this route is known as the Cobb road, Army road and Luzerne and Wayne turn- pike.

The second road is the one running from W. L. Peek's, on the Cobb road, to near J. Swingle's place, in the north- east part of the township, and known as the Mountain road, from the fact of its running along the foot of Ca- poose or Cobb mountain.

VILLAGES.

No. 21 .- This is the number of a plane on the Penn- sylvania Coal Company's gravity railroad. In 1847, when the road was building, this became a center. Settlers came, and at present there are about 200 inhabitants. There are here the stores of G. M. & A. S. Keyes and B. J. Cameron, and the hotel kept by Alpheus Compton. Blacksmithing is done by J. L. Brown. The shoemakers are J. H. Edwards and H. D. Spangenburg.

A post-office under the name of Drinker was established here in 1878, with G. M. Keyes as postmaster.

Gravity Lodge, No. 945, I. O. of O. F. was organized April 6th, 1877, at No. 21, with the following officers: Asa Compton, N. G .; J. W. Fisher, V. G .; S. S. Swartz, secretary; J. L. Brown, assistant secretary; Rhodes Berry, treasurer. The chief officers in May, 1880, were: J. C. Lang, N. G .; N. Ferris, V. G .; J. L. Brown, secretary. The membership is 37.

KIZER'S MILLS

is a hamlet of about 60 inhabitants. There are water and steam power saw-mills and a brush handle factory here. The steam saw-mill was built in 1875. The aver- age amount of lumber turned out by these mills is about 300,000 feet annually. J. E. Kizer is making all kinds of brush handles and other wooden ware. A post-office, named Kizer's, was established here in October, 1879, with H. A. Kizer as postmaster. Kizer's store was built in 1879.

LACKAWANNA TOWNSHIP.

HIS township was formed from portions of Pittston and Providence townships, in Janu- ary, 1839. The population in 1880 was 5,822. Concerning the origin of the name a historian has written: "Lackawanna is a corruption of the Indian Lee-ha-ugh-hunt or Lee- haw-hanna; Lee-haw or Lee-ha, the prefix, sig- nifies the forks or points of intersection; hanna, as in Susquehanna, Tobyhanna, Toppahannock, Rappahannock, Tunkhannock and Tunkhanna, implies, in Indian lan- guage, a stream of water. Hence the name Lackawanna, the meeting of two streams."

Lackawanna was settled by Connecticut Yankees as early as 1769 or 1770. This territory was a part of that

in dispute between the Yankees and the Pennamites. Topez Williams, Silas Parks and Prince Alden, Connecti- cut claimants, were dispossessed by the Pennamites in 1770. In 1771 the following persons "drew lands in Lackawanny:" Jacob Anguish, Peter Daman, John Osborn, John Depeiw, Levi Green, Peter Matthews, James Hesdale, David Sanford, by Jenks Corey, David Brown, Martin Weilson, Elipolet Stevens, Daniel St. John, Elizar Fillsbury, Stephen Wilkox, Richard Wood- ward, Samuel Slaughter, Ebenezer West, Samuel Stubbs, by Austin Hunt; Ebenezer Marcy, by Isaac Allen, and Caleb Bates, by William Hopkins .. In 1772 Jeremiah Blanchard, Abram Harden, Richard West, Samuel Slater, John Corey, Daniel Haller, Joseph Fish and Ebenezer Bachus drew lots north of the Lackawanna river, and on the south side the following: Jonathan Corey, Ebenezer West, David Sanford, Abraham Utter, Stephen Harding, Ebenezer Marcy, Augustus Hunt, Captain Bates, David Brown and James Fledget.

It was voted, April 25th, 1772, by the Susquehanna Company, " that those 35 men that is now in ye township of Lockaworna shall be entitled to all ye Companyes Rights to sd. township."

December 17th, 1771, it was voted that Josepli David Sanford, Barnabas Cary, Elezer Cary, jr., Arter French, John Frazier, Timothy Reine, jr., Stephen Harden and Caleb Bates " have each one a Settling Right in ye town- ship."

Barnabas Carey built the first log cabin erected by the white man above the falls of the Lackawanna. The next year he sold his claim to "the eight meadow lott in ye township Lockaworna to Jeremiah Blanchard for thirteen pounds and four shillings." Constant Searles and John Phillips located in the valley in 1771. Frank Phillips, who was voted a " settling right " in December, 1771, was only fourteen years of age, and settled in the "gore," between Pittston and Providence. Six years later Phillips's farm was sold to his son, John, for thirty pounds, current money. Phillips and his family were among those driven from their farms in 1784, in a manner so graphi- cally described by Hon. Charles Miner in his history of Wyoming. After the compromising laws had pacified the valley Phillips returned and took possession of his former farm. The Westmoreland records of 1772 inform us that "Augustine Hunt, one of ye Proprietors in ye Susque- hanna Purchois, has made a pitch of about one hundred and fifty acres of Land in Lockaworna township."

The first saw and grist-mills were built by the town (then Pittston) in 1774, just below the falls on the Lacka- wanna river. In 1775 they were sold to Solomon Strong, and soon afterward were destroyed by a flood. In 1779 Mr. Keys built a saw-mill on one of the creeks emptying into the Lackawanna, and the lumber for Lord Butler's dwelling in Wilkes-Barre was sawed at this mill and rafted down the river. The next mills were built along up the Lackawanna, and have gone to decay.

CIVIL LIST OF LACKAWANNA.

The following were elected justices of the peace from

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the adoption of the State constitution in 1838 to 1878, when the township was merged in Lackawanna county:

Comer Phillips, 1840, 1845; James S. Kennedy, 1840; George W. Smith, 1846; Newman Brown, 1850; G. M. Miller, 1875, 1860; Andrew W. Wheeler, 1856: George W. Albright, 1858, 1859, 1801; John D. Miller, 1865; Lyman Drake, 1869, Robert Engliser, 1863; John Hale, 1872; Martin McDonough, 1872, 1877; Terrence McAndrew, 1877.

LACKAWANNA'S COAL MINES.

Taylor shaft, a little north of Taylorsville, is owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Com- pany. In 1878 there were employed in this shaft 353 men and boys, who produced 102,392 tons of coal. Sloan shaft, owned by the same company, is in the north part of the township. There were employed at this shaft during 1878 317 men and boys, and the mine produced 97,840 tons. Bellevue slope and shaft, in the north corner of the township and owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, produced in 1878 126,540 tons of coal, employing 369 men and boys. Greenwood colliery, in the south part of the township, employed 393 men and boys in 1878, who pro- duced 139,445 tons of coal. Spring Brook colliery pro- duced 49,408 tons in 1878, employing 241 men and boys. Hampton shaft, on the boundary line of the township, is owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. In 1878 there were 13 men and boys employed. Dodge shaft, in the north part of the township and owned by the same company, was idle during 1878. The same is true of Archbald shaft.

MOOSIC.

Moosic has a population of about 600. Here is the Langcliffe mission church, built in 1880 by the Moosic Powder Company, at a cost of about $4,000. The build- ing is of wood, in octagon form, covered with slate and has a bell tower in front. The windows are of stained glass; the seats are placed in semi-circular form, facing the north side, where is a beautiful platform of modern architecture. Rev. Andrew Brydie supplies the pulpit.

There are also at this place six stores, four blacksmith shops, two lumber yards, two physicians, two hotels and the Moosic powder works. An account of the latter ap- pears on page 409, in the history of Scranton, where the general office is located.

TAYLORVILLE.

At Taylorville and in the immediate vicinity are the Taylor, Pyne, Archbald and Sibley coal mines.

The first settlers were Eleazer Atherton, who located before 1800 where Ira C. Atherton now lives, and John Atherton, who settled in 1800, on the farm now owned by the D., L. & W. Railroad Company. Benjamin Pedrick came about the same time. The pioneer tavern was kept Casper Obendorfer, where Weber's Union Hotel now stands. The first store was kept by James A. Gordon in 1816, just below Ira C. Atherton's. Adam A. and John A. Coon came here in 1818.

There are at this place six churches (Calvinistic Methodist, Methodist Episcopal, Welsh Congregational,

Welsh Baptist, Primitive Methodist and German Baptist), nine stores, six taverns, a barber shop, two livery stables, an undertaker, two shoe shops, a meat market, a drug store, a school-house and about 3,000 inhabitants.

The first church was built in 1848, in the cemetery op- posite the Union House, on Main street.

SECRET SOCIETIES AT TAYLORVILLE.

Martin Luther Lodge, No. 22, Junior American Protes- tant Association was organized April 23d, 1875, with the following charter members, who were also the first officers: Morgan J. Watkins, John Stone, Thomas W. Watkins, John Francis, John W. Reese, John Harris, Joseph R. Howells, Henry B. Jones, James Evans, David, James and Benjamin J. Thomas. It admits none but male Protestants, between the ages of 16 and 30. The membership is 48. The present officers are as follows: W. M., Thomas W. Reese; W. D. M., John T. Reese; R. Sec., Joseph R. Howells; A. R. S., William J. Hoskins; Treas., Henry B. Jones; F. S., John T. Walkins; Chap., Thomas R. Davies; C., Thomas D. Jones; A C., Thomas Reynolds; I. T., Thomas Williams; O. T., William Carter.

Temple of Love No. 7, Ivorits, District D .- This tem- ple was instituted June 22nd, 1871, with fifty char- ter members and the following officers: President, Rev. James R. Price; vice-president, William M. Hughes; secretary, Evan W. Hughes. All temple business is transacted in the Welsh language. The temple property is valued at $200, besides a fund of $900 on interest. The present officers are: President, Thomas E. Evans; vice-president, James E. Rees; secretary, William J. Jones. Present membership 88.

OTHER VILLAGES

At Minooka there is a Roman Catholic church, three or four stores, a small tavern, blacksmith, shoe and other shops, a school-house and about 500 inhabitants.

Feltsville, named after Isaac Felts, is a mining town owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, and has four or five hundred inhabi- tants.

LEHIGH TOWNSHIP.

PON the formation of Lackawanna county its southwestern line ran through the township of Buck, dividing it into nearly equal parts, and that portion lying east of the new line was subsequently named Lehigh, from the river.

The first settler was Isaac Lewis, who is still

living. He purchased land of Charles Terwilliger along the Lehigh river in the southeast corner of the township. He came in 1842 and built the first framed house in the township. The first year he was here he cleared thirty acres, planted it all to corn, and raised the first crop

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raised in Lehigh. He was the first man married in this township.

The pioneer school was kept in Mrs. G. F. Wardnall's house, near G. Chamberlain's, on the plank road, and the first school-house was built in 1870. It is known as the "Briar Patch" school-house and stands a little up from the plank road on the road to D. Nagle's saw-mill. . There are now two school-houses.

The first graveyard was the one near Mrs. Nagle's, and the first interment was that of Mrs. John Scott.

The pioneer saw-mill was built by D. Nagle at the end of the highway leading up Choke creek.

Among the other early settlers were G. Stinger, S. and H. Nagle, A. A. Chase, A. and G. Chamberlain, A. Her- bin, G. Rinker, Adam Gott, J. Williams, J. L. Scott and P. Vandom.

The township is settled only along the Lehigh, and has a population of 193.

GOULDSBOROUGH.

HIS borough was formed May 12th, 1871, from that part of Buck township, Luzerne county, which is now Lehigh, Lackawanna county. The first charter election was held May 30th, 1872, when the following officers were chosen: Burgess, James McAsy; councilmen, Charles F. Call, James H. Hoffman, J. C. Moe, William Mc- Daniel Snyder and James McAsy. James H. Hoffman was elected president and Charles F. Call secretary of the board of councilmen.

The following persons have served as burgesses of the borough: James McAsy, 1872-74; William Leonard, 1875, 1876; Samuel Smith, 1877: John B. Gardner, 1878, 1879; 1). S. Engler, 1880.

, The town council for 1880 consisted of James McAsy (president), Simon Smith, A. Y. Transue and G. E. Brown (secretary).

J. C. Moe was elected justice in 1873, J. S. Bachman in 1874 and R. C. Drum in 1877.

The population of the borough is 250.

SETTLEMENT AND BUSINESS HISTORY.

Hon. James McAsy came to this place in April, 1856, with Colonel Zadoc Pratt, when not a tree had been cut except in making a roadway. He built on the site of the house now occupied by Mrs. McAsy, a little east of the borough.

The first tannery here was built in 1856, by Zadoc Pratt and Jay Gould (since the world-renowned railroad operator), and operated by them from August, 1857, to February, 1859, when Pratt sold his share to Gould, who sold a two-third interest to Loup & Lee, of New York. This was an unhappy copartnership, resulting in the death of Mr. Loup. In 1860 occurred the "Gouldsborough

war," resulting in several persons being shot, and in Mr. Gould's gaining and retaining possession of the tannery property. Nothing remains of the tannery but the black- ened outlines.

The pioneer store was built in 1856, by Joseph Fenner, on the corner of the street opposite Hon. James McAsy's hotel. It is now occupied by Drum Brothers as a general dry goods and fancy store.

The first postmaster was Jay Gould, appointed in 1856. The hotel now kept by Hon. J. McAsy was built in 1858; he bought it in 1864, and has occupied it since 1865.

The pioneer school-house was built in 1856; the pres- ent one in 1870.

The second store was built by Hon. James McAsy in 1867, and he was in trade till 1870. Rev. R. C. Gill, pastor of the M. E. church, now lives in the building. The next store was built by Abial Leonard, opposite the M. E. church.

In 1858 a plank road was built by a stock company from Gouldsborough to the Sand Cut station on the D., L. & W. railroad, a distance of eleven miles, at a cost of $22,000. It is still kept up as a toll road.

In 1866 an establishment for extracting the juices from hemlock bark was built at this place by George Blakely, who operated it until 1868, when it was destroyed by fire.

Woodlawn Tannery was built in 1867, by H. D. H. Sny- der, at a cost of $35,000, with a capacity for tanning an- nually 85,000 sides of leather. In 1873 it was purchased by Hoyt Brothers, of New York, by whom it is now op- erated. They also have a store, and a wagon and black- smith shop in connection with the tannery, and employ annually about 60 men.

CHURCHES.

Methodist Episcopal .- As early as 1845 the itinerant preached at the "Briar Patch" school-house, about a mile and a half east of Gouldsborough. A class is said to have been formed from which resulted the building of the present Methodist Episcopal Church on Main street, in 1857 or 1858, at a cost of about $1,000. It is a very neat wooden building seating about 200. The present membership is 27.

The Sunday-school numbers 60 pupils. Peter Wil- liams is superintendent.

The pastors at Stoddardsville have been the preachers here. The Rev. Richard C. Gill is closing his third year's service in this place.

Roman Catholic .- The Roman Catholic church at Gouldsborough was dedicated November 9th, 1870, by Bishop O'Hara, of Scranton, assisted by Father McManus, of Dunmore. It is of wood, 26 by 40 feet, and cost $1,400. The lot, on Main street, was donated by Hon. James McAsy, who was one of the original mem- bers. Others were Daniel, Patrick, John, Ann, Mary, Alice and Eliza McAsy. The present membership is 70. This is a mission church, and is attended by Rev. Father Broderick, of Dunmore. The value of the church prop- erty is $2,000.

GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL RECORD,

CLIFTON, COVINGTON, JEFFERSON, LEHIGH, MADISON, ROARING BROOK AND SPRING BROOK TOWNSHIPS AND GOULDSBORO.

OBADIAH ARNOLD is a miller at Moscow. He was born in Stroudsburg, Pa., May 20th, 1844, and was married in 1872 to Miss Lucretia A. White, of Terry, Bradford county, Pa. Their children are : A. E., born July 17th, 1873, and Gracie E., born July 12th, 1879.

J. S. BACHMAN is a carpenter by trade and justice of the peace, and fron 1873 to 1877 was a councilman of Gouldsboro. He was born in Lehigh county, Pa., Feb- ruary 14th, 1838, and was married October 11th, 1873, to Julia A. Gress, of Covington, Pa. They have five children.

WILLIAM K. BECK, manufacturer of all kinds of lum- ber at Beck's Mills, was born in Stockport, Pa., in 1849. He was married in 1870 to Miss H. M. Hollister, of Covington, Pa. They have five children.

L. C. BORTREE, farmer, was born in Moscow, Pa., June 24th, 1832. . He served three years in the 199th Penn- sylvania volunteers, and has been deputy sheriff for twenty-two years. He was prominently active in quell- ing the riots at Scranton in 1877, and was three times honorably acquitted for the supposed shooting of Mollie Maguires during the riots. He was married January 28th, 1866, to Rebecca Wardell, of Covington, Pa.

T. R. BOWEN was born July 5th, 1851, in Scranton, Pa., and went to Iowa in May, 1880. He is a tinsmith and dealer in hardware.

WILLIAM BOWEN was born in South Wales, October 16th, 1822, came to America in 1849, located in Coving- ton in 1869, and died July 5th, 1877. His wife was Ann Powell, of South Wales. Mr. Bowen was a farmer at the time of his death.

GEORGE E. BROWN, superintendent of Woodlawn tan- nery, Gouldsboro, was born in Stanford, Conn., Novem- ber 13th, 1844. He was married January 27th, 1870, to Lizzie Maddock, of England. They have three children.

GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN is a farmer and lumberman at Gouldsboro. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 21st, 1838. He paid $600 for a substitute during the civil war. He inarried Sarah Butler, of Wayne county, Pa.

ALFRED CHAMBERLAIN, also a farmer and lumberman, living at Gouldsboro, was born in Philadelphia, in 1822. He was married in 1863 to Emma L. Widnall, of Lon- don, England. They have five children.

W. T. CLEMENTS, a merchant of the firm of Gaige & Clements, of Moscow, since 1864, was born November 6th, 1840, in Salem, Pa., and came to Moscow in Novem- ber, 1858. He was married to Miss Angelicher Yeager, September 13th, 1864. They have one child, H. L., born September 23d, 1873. Mr. C. is part owner of the grist-mill of H. L. Gaige & Co.

ALPHEUS COMPTON, of Drinker, proprietor of the hotel at No. 21, was born February 8th, 1834, in Jefferson. His wife was Bedelia Simonds, of Ireland. Of their children Friend was born August 13th, 1874, and died January 6th, 1877. Cora, born August 21st, 1875, died November 21st, 1875. Fred. was born April 7th, 1878.

REV. MARK DALE is a farmer as well as a clergyman. He was born in Yorkshire, England, July Ist, 1816, and located in Covington in 1840. He has held several township offices. He was first married in 1839, to Miss L. Tribley, who subsequently died. He was married July 4th, 1843, to Mary Ann Bennett. He is the father of thirteen children.

WILLIAM DALE is a merchant and lumber dealer, and postmaster at Daleville. He was born in England, in November, 1809, and married November 29th, 1834, Susan Hodgson, of Daleville.

E. W. DAVIS, a great-great-grandson of Ebenezer

Marcy, of Wyoming and Lackwanna fame, was born in Jersey City, N. J., November 12th, 1849, and came to Dunning in 1871, where he has been employed as rail- road station agent and telegraph operator. He was mar- ried in 1878 to Miss Sarah Noack, of Moscow, Pa.

P. O. DIXON, proprietor of the Central Hotel, Mos- cow, was born in Dalton, Pa., in 1853.

PATRICK DORAN, a farmer of Covington, was born in reland, February 22nd, 1814; came to America in 1838, and located in Covington in 1840. He served three years and three months in the 107th Pennsylvania vol- unteers. He was married August 13th, 1843, to Harriet H. Hands, of England.

WILLIAM H. DOTTER is a millwright and lumberman. He was born in Carbon county, September 4th, 1845, and married in 1867 Maggie E. Bush, of Monroe county, Pa.

A. R. DUNN was born in New Jersey, December 4th 1814. He came to Pennsylvania in 1848, and is a rail- road conductor.

JOHN DUNSTONE, a retired farmer of Moscow, was born in Somersetshire, England, in August, 1808, and lo- cated in Moscow in 1858. His wife was Mary Sparks, of Somerset, England.

W. B. EDWARDS, undertaker and carriagemaker at Dunning, was born in Abington. Pa., May 27th, 1828. He was married in 1857 to Miss Ann Sherwood, of Blakely, Pa.

WILLIAM EHRGOOD, manufacturer of woodenware at Moscow, was born in Greene, Pike county, Pa., January Ist, 1842. He was married in 1867, to Julia Sayers, of White Haven, who was born January 18th, 1852. They have one child, Alvin B., born February 10th, 1872.

A. P. GARDNER, M. D., proprietor and manager of Glen Home farm, was born in Warren, Orange county, N. Y., May 12th, 1818, and was one of a family of seven children. His ancestors were from England, and located on Long Island. He graduated in New York in 1841, and located in Carbondale, Pa. In 1860 he removed to his farm. His first wife was Elizabeth G. Gardner, who died in 1850, leaving two children. He was married in 1855 to his present wife, Mary Augusta Tremper, of Yates county, N. Y.

MILTON J. GERHART was born in Bucks county, Pa., in 1826, and was married in 1847 to Miss Catharine M. Slate, of Sterling, Pa. They have had nine children. Mr. Gerhart has been in the milling business for thirty- six years. He was a member of the 203d Pa. volunteers. He is the inventor of Gerhart's buck huller.

REV. RICHARD CHAPPELL GILL was born in Barnsley, England, November 16th, 1841. He was formerly a book-keeper. He is now a member of the Wyoming Conference, and stationed at Gouldsboro. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Temperton, of Lincolnshire, England.

CHARLES A. HAVENSTRITE was born in Montgomery county, Pa., February 25th, 1810. He was married May 16th, 1836, to Catharine Hunter, of Philadelphia, Pa. Their children are: Mary, born July 28th, 1838; James, August 10th, 1840; William, October 21st, 1842 (died July 24th, 1843); Martha, born August 9th, 1844; Eme- line, September 26th, 1846 (died November 24th, 1850); Charles, born August 23d, 1849. Mr. Havenstrite is a retired farmer.

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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 156

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