History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 164

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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GEORGE NEY was born in Northampton, in 1812, and came to Eaton about 1845. He filled the office of su- pervisor twenty-two years ago and again in 1879. He was married in 1859 to Ann D. Pace, daughter of Michael and Lena A. (Cleveland) Pace. There are five children by this marriage.

MIss LU. NORTHUP, preceptress of the Keystone Academy since 1876, is a native of Clark's Green, Pa., and prior to her present engagement taught in public schools. The Latin and German classes at the Academy are under her care.

REV. NOAH PATRICK, farmer and pastor of the M. E. church, was born in Tunkhannock (now Falls), in 1804. In 1826 he married Catharine Ager, who died May 5th, 1843, after bearing him nine children, three of whom are living. In 1847 Mr. Patrick married Mary Kennedy, who died in 1878.

HENRY PIKE, a native of England, has for twenty- three years been the merchant tailor of Factoryville. Mrs. Pike is an English lady, formerly Miss Tucker. They have five children living, all pursuing active busi- ness careers.

MARTIN N. REYNOLDS, descended from early settlers here, served in the army in the late war in the 12th Pennsylvania reserves. He married Christiana, daugh- ter of Abel Capwell. They have seven children.

ZIBA S. REYNOLDS, a son of Solomon Reynolds, an old pioneer, was born in Clinton in 1816, and married a daughter of Hanson Moore, also a native of Clinton, October 8th, 1842. His children, all born in Clinton, are Louisa (married to E. S. Hinds), Cromwell (married to Elizabeth Chase, of Abington), Richard (married to Fanny Todd, of Clinton), Simon M. (married to Belle Maynard, of Clinton) and Belle F. (unmarried). Mr. Reynolds is the county collector for Clinton township.

GEORGE RINKER was born in Monroe county in 1819. He moved to Eaton in 1836 with his parents. His father was born in 1781, in Northampton, and married Elizabeth Moyer. There were nine children by this marriage, George being the youngest but one.

HON. GILES ROBERTS was born in Falls, in 1838. In 1860 he married Margaret Fleet. He was the first Re- publican elected from Wyoming county to the State Legislature.

JOHN M. ROBINSON was born in Eaton, in 1828. He was the son of Joseph H. Robinson, who was born at Cooperstown, in 1779, moved into Eaton, in 1828 and was among the first settlers. John M. married Serinah Potter in 1859, and in 1864 Anna E. Thatcher, of Scott, Luzerne county.

ENOS A. SHELLEY was born in Northampton county, Pa., in 1827, and married Malvina A. Whitney, of West Abington, Pa., in 1851. They have had seven children, five of whom are living. Until 1871 he was an architect and builder; since then has been a farmer.

GEORGE W. SHERWOOD was born in Falls township, in 1827, and is a farmer. He married Elvira Waller, in 1857. The farm on which he lives was settled by his father in 1789.

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HISTORY OF WYOMING COUNTY.

SAMUEL MORRIS SLEIGHT is a son of Alfred Sleight. The latter was born at Strasburg, Pa., in 1829, and in 1836 moved with his parents to what is now the Sleight home- stead in Eaton. In 1867 he married Catherine Small, and had two children-the subject of this sketch, born in 1851, and Emma H., born in 1863. Alfred Sleight died May 17th, 1869. He was and his widow is a member of the Baptist church.

SAMUEL B. SMITH was born at Smithfield, Monroe county, Pa., in 1835, and married Mary, daughter of William Jayne. The children are: Charles W., born in 1858, who married Jennie Kisbaugh in 1879; George W., born in 1859; Hattie E., 1863: Adrian Grant, 1867; Walker L., 1870; Emma D., 1872.

AUSTIN O. STERNS was born at Gibson, Pa., in 1847. He resided in his native town till 1871, and came to Eaton in 1877. He finished his education at Keystone Academy, was called to the ministry in 1876, has been pastor of the Baptist church at Eaton two years and is now pastor of the Baptist church in North Moreland. He was married to Loretta E. Eymer, of Gibson, Pa. Their children are Frank A., born in 1869, and Bessie May, 1874.

DAMON STEVENS was born in Windham, Pa., in 1799. He came to Eaton in 1834, and in 1823 married Cynthia Taylor, of Eaton. His father, Asa, born in 1768, was one of the first settlers in Wyoming county. He married Esther Downing. They had three children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest.

THEODORE STREATER was born March 16th, 1844, at Lexington, Greene county, N. Y. He was married January 25th, 1845, to Nancy P., daughter of Stevens David, and has one child, Stevens, born February 12th, 1874.

JACOB SWARTWOOD was born in Pike county, Pa., in 1816, and is a farmer. He married Sarah Shoemaker in 1844. She bore him five children, and died March 12th, 1877, aged fifty-seven.

LYMAN SWARTZ, farmer, was born in Luzerne county, Pa., in 1825. In 1850 he married Margaret A. Hunter, of Overfield, by whom he had three children. Mrs. Swartz died December 10th, 1855, and in 1860 Mr. Swartz married Isabel Fitch, of Falls. They have three children.

URIAH SWETLAND was born at Kingston, Pa. In 1848 he bought his present farm. He was married in 1824 to Elizabeth Shales, of Kingston. They have one daughter, Matilda Caroline, born in 1825 and married, in 1842, to J. B. Harding.

MILTON TIFFANY was born at Harford, Pa., in 1810. After several removals he settled in Eaton. He married Anne, daughter of Isaac and Catherine (La Grange) Rynearson. They had twelve children, ten of whom are living.

REV. WILLIAM C. TILDEN, A. M., principal of Key- stone Academy since August 26th, 1879, was born in Lebanon county, May Ist, 1829, and removed to Susque- hanna county, Pa., when a child. He was educated at Madison University, graduating in the class of 1857, and was ordained in November of that year. Locating at Forest Lake, he assumed the duties of a pastorate which he filled until 1869, when he was elected superintendent of public schools for Susquehanna county, which office he filled until 1878, traveling more than 64,000 miles with a horse and wagon in that time. He married at Jessup, Pa., in August, 1850, Amelia F. Russell, and has two children.

ISAAC F. TILLINGHAST, the well known seedsman and agricultural writer, is pleasantly located at La Plume,

where power presses print the thousands of copies of Seed Time and Harvest distributed monthly by him. Mr. Tillinghast won the first prize of the Pennsylvania Agri- cultural Society in 1879 for a collection of fruit and veg- etable seeds, besides a large number of cash prizes.

BENJAMIN E. WALTER was born in Newton, Lacka- wanna county, in 1832. In 1856 he married Sarah Canon, who has born him four children, two of whom are living. He is a farmer and carpenter.

MICHAEL WALTER, farmer, was born in New Jersey, in 1813, and removed to Pennsylvania with his parents in 1825, locating in Newton township, Lackawanna county, and in 1830 removed to his present residence. In 1835 he married Esther Howell, by whom he had eight chil- dren, and who died in 1877.

GEORGE WALTER was born in Newton, Lackawanna county, in 1830. In 1851 he married Jane Buton, by whom he has had thirteen children, twelve of whom are living. He is a farmer and mechanic.

JACOB WALTERS was born in New Jersey, in 1812, and is a farmer and carpenter. In 1834 he married Elmira Clark, by whom he had four children. She died in 1859. In 1860 Mr. Weller married Elmira Hall, formerly Elmira Wheelock. They have a son.

WARREN A. WARNER, a native of Mt. Pleasant, Pa., married Emeline Coyle, of Waymart, Pa. They have three children. Mr. Warner carries on the carriage making business and is prominently identified with the Odd Fellows and Masons.

IRVIN WHEELOCK was born in 1830, in Eaton, where he resided till 1855. He then went to California and remained eight years; traveled in several other States, and returned to Eaton in 1862. He was then in trade in Ross township seven years, and was postmaster there under Lincoln. He again returned to Eaton, where he has since been in the mercantile and railroad tie business. He has been postmaster at Eaton since 1870. He was married in 1866 to Rebecca Reynolds, daughter of C. W. Reynolds, of Bradford county, Pa.

HUGH L. WILLIAMS was born at Forkston, Wyoming county, Pa., in 1842, and removed to Eaton in 1869. He fills the office of school director. His father, Hugh, was born in Wales, emigrated to this country in 1833, and came to Eaton in 1876. The subject of this sketch mar- ried Harriet Malvina Robinson, of Eaton.

DR. JOHN WILSON was born near Pittston, in 1801, and graduated at Yale College and came to Clinton in 1829, where he practiced medicine up to the time of his death, in February, 1879. He married Elsie Capwell, of North Abington, who was born November 16th, 1809, married March 3d, 1830, and died in 1863, leaving eight children. In 1869 he married Corrinna Brodhead, of Clinton, who became the mother of four children, and survives him. Giles S., a son by the first marriage, mar- ried January 28th, 1868, Helen M. Day, and resides in Factoryville and has charge of the settlement of his father's estate. He is a prominent Mason.

FREDERICK WRIGHT, a native of Stuttgart, Germany, served with credit in the Franco-Prussian war and at its close came to America. He married (in February, 1877) Ella Clifford, of Clinton. He is a painter by trade, and an active Odd Fellow.

The following citizens of Clinton, Eaton, Falls and Overfield also contributed their support to this publica- tion: Andrew Ager, David Aumick, S. H. Briggs, W. G. Comstock, Charles Gardner, A. J. Gilmore, Charles Greskey, Jesse Harding, B. J. Hinds, George and W. A. Jayne, James Jenkins, C. Matthewson, B. N. Mitchell, S. B. Sayre, A. C. Sisson, Smith Brothers.

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FACTORYVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH-ODD FELLOWS AND MASONS.

(23 males and 33 females), all but one with letters of dis- mission from the First Abington church, were recognized as the West Abington Baptist Church, which name was subsequently changed to Factoryville. Rev. Andrew Hopper immediately became pastor. He resigned in April, 1852. For a year fron, May, 1852, Rev. Sanford Leach was pastor; a revival occurred and many were added to the church. From the spring of 1853 Rev. Charles A. Fox was pastor until the spring of 1859; Rev. Newell Callen der from April, 1859, until the spring of 1864; a large number were added to the church during his labors. Rev. J. Kennedy was next called, and served until Oc- tober, 1865. Rev. William A. Grow supplied the church until October, 1866; about sixty members were added during his stay. Rev. S. C. Moore was pastor from Oc- tober, 1866, until the spring of 1868; Rev. George Bow- man from August, 1868, until November, 1870. Rev. J. H. Harris, then principal of Keystone Academy, supplied the church until April, 1871, when Rev. A. J. Furman became pastor, who labored very successfully four years. Rev. C. M. Tower supplied the church from April, 1875, until October following, when Rev. T. J. Cole became pastor, who still continues such.

Isaac Tillinghast, William Dean, E. D. Gardner and Benedict Taylor were the first deacons. The first named died in 1852; Deacon Dean in 1868 removed; Deacon Taylor died in May, 1874; Deacon Gardner survives, nearly eighty years of age. James Frear has been deacon since June 8th, 1872, and treasurer for many years. Wil- liam Green was chosen deacon April 12th, 1879; George T. Bailey April 12th, 1879.

E. P. Tillinghast was clerk until his death, in July, 1853; Alvinzy Gardner from August following until he died, February 16th, 1863; Edrick Frear the next twelve years. A. C. Sisson has since been clerk.

The first church edifice was a plain wooden building, about a mile south of Factoryville, known as the New Bethel Baptist meeting house; it was built in 1838, by members and friends of the First Abington church who resided in the vicinity. It cost about $2,500, and was dedicated July 4th, 1839. It was occupied until it be- came necessary to remove the place of meeting to Fac- toryville. In 1860 the present church building was com- menced and in January, 1862, the basement was occupied. The building was dedicated in September, 1866; it is a substantial brick structure costing about $8,000. The list of members of this church has included 397 names. The present membership is 290.

This church has always sustained a flourishing Sunday- school, open throughout the year, with from 50 to 175 pupils. Alvinzy Gardner was the first superintendent. A large proportion of additions to the church member- ship come from its ranks. A mission school is sustained at La Plume.

ODD FELLOWS.

Red Jacket Lodge, No. 524, was instituted February

6th, 1856, with the following charter members: B. B. Emory, E. N. Bacon, S. C. Mathewson, Henry Clough, P. B. Baldwin, S. B. Baldwin, C. L. Jackson, Robert Mills, John Backer.

The officers for 1880 were: N. G., Fred. Wright; V. G., C. D. Capwell; Sec., T. R. Armstrong; Ass't Sec., S. M. Reynolds; Treas., C. C. Mace; R. S. N. G., J. W. Rey- nolds; L. S. N. G., L. Armstrong; W., E. S. Hinds; C., W. A. Warner; Chap., Z. S. Reynolds; O. G., G. Piper, I. G., J. W. Mckown; R. S. V. G., C. A. Sisk; L. S. V. G., G. E. Snyder; representative to grand lodge, E. S. Hinds.

The lodge has been a prosperous organization. Its disbursements for benefits and charity amount to $3,688; present investments $6.500, of which the available cash assets are $4,000.

Paulowna (Rebecca Degree) Lodge, No. 58, was institu- ted September 29th, 1871. The first officers were: N. G., A. C. Clifford; V. G., J. T. Neyhard; Sec., Mrs. S. H. Briggs; Treas., Mrs. J. Roberts. The officers for 1880 were: N. G., Mrs. C. A. Reynolds; V. G., Mrs. George Pifer; Sec., Mrs. S. H. Briggs; Treas., Mrs. Henry Newcomb; W., Mrs. S. Reynolds; C., Mrs. C. A. Sisk; I. G., J. W. Mckown; O. G., George Pifer; Chap., Z. S. Reynolds.

Factoryville Encampment, 246, was instituted Novem- ber 26th, 1874. The charter members and first officers were: C. P., Henry Newcomb; S. W., A. C. Clifford; H. P., James Roberts; J. W., E. S. Hinds; scribe, W. A. Warner; treasurer, S. C. Mathewson; I. S., Lewis Arm- strong; O. S., R. H. Reynolds. The election in Septem- ber, 1879, resulted as follows: C. P., J. W. Mckown; S. W., Ignatius Kohn; H. P., James Roberts; J. W., James Croup; scribe, E. S Hinds; treasurer, S. C. Mathewson; I. S., Lewis Armstrong; O. S., J. G. Capwell. From this encampment A. C. Clifford and Henry New- comb have been elected district deputies. The latter now holds that office. The representative to the grand lodge for 1880 was E. S. Hinds.

MASONIC.

Factoryville Lodge, No. 341, F. & A. M. was consti- tuted in August, 1860. The charter members were: John Wilson, M. D., W. M .; Edrick Frear, S. W .; Mason Parker, J. W .; J. D. Colvin, secretary; Milo J. Wilson, treasurer. The lodge numbers about 60 members.

Factoryville Chapter, No. 205, H. R. A. M. was con- stituted May roth, 1866 (A. T. 2396), with the following officers: John Wilson, M. E. H. P .; Edrick Frear, king; G. S. Wilson, S .; Francis B. Davidson, treasurer; C. L. Van Buskirk, secretary. A. T. Brundage, K. R. Taylor, M. D. Osterhout, S. G. Lewis and Henry P. Halsted were the other charter members. The present officers are: Ezra C. Browning, M. E. H. P .; D. D. Gardner, king; C. C. Mace, scribe; G. S. Wilson, treasurer; B. S. Gard- ner, secretary.

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HISTORY OF WYOMING COUNTY.

EATON TOWNSHIP.

HIS township, named after General Eaton, the hero of Tripoli, was erected in 1817 from the portion of Tunkhannock lying west of the Susquehanna river. The scenery comprises a charming variety. On some of the wilder mountain barrens whortleberries abound, and these have been for many years the resort of parties of berry pickers from all the country round.

The township is well watered by deep creeks. The principal one, Bowman's, running nearly through the center of the township, was once famed for its trout; these have been partially exterminated, but the stream is still a popular resort for fishermen, who come often from adjacent States. The river is stocked with black bass, and in the early years of the present century a productive shad fishery was in operation at Hunter's Ferry, but dams have destroyed it. The beasts of the forest and game birds were formerly abundant.

The township had 830 inhabitants in 1870, and 956 in 1880.

THE HARDINGS AND OTHER PIONEERS.

That portion of the township bordering on the river was settled before the Revolution. The first to come were Zebulon Marcy, Adam Wortman, Philip Buck and Adam Bowman, the last three named being low Dutch- men and tories. All of these, except Wortman, left the place during the Revolution, and he was shot during a raid by a patriot scouting party. Zebulon Marcy re- turned after the war and closely following him came Obadiah, Aaron and John Taylor. Obadiah, a native of Connecticut, was a soldier of the Revolution. Soon after the war he settled on lot No. 33, at Hunter's Ferry, on the west side of the river. The U. S. government granted him a pension for life. His remains lie in the family burying ground on the homestead, which a grand- son, Markland Robinson, has inherited. Joseph Earl and his sons, Solomon and Benjamin, were the next to arrive, coming about 1790. Abraham Frear came about 1792, finally settling on Frear hill. He married the widow of David Mitchell, and had several children. Abraham became a Methodist preacher. William was many years the pastor of the Eaton Baptist Church, and James a prominent merchant in Clinton. Abraham Frear died in 1823, aged 84; his wife in 1845, aged 85.

Elisha, son of Stephen Harding, was the next settler. He was born in Colchester, Conn., April 8th, 1760. He lived with his father in Exeter from 1774 till the Wyo- ming massacre. In connection with that tragedy Benja- min and Stukely Harding were killed, but Elisha escaped with other members of the family to Orange county, N. Y. He spent the rest of the Revolutionary period in Connecticut, and was one of the volunteers who went to the defence of New London when that town was sacked by Arnold. He returned to Wyoming in 1784, just in

time to be again driven out by the Pennamites, but soon returned to fight it out. He was captured by the treach- ery of Armstrong and put in jail at Easton, but escaped and returned. He married in 1781 Martha Rider, of Pittston, and settled near the mouth of the Lackawanna. He moved in 1789 to Eaton. He was justice of the peace from 1799 to 1812. In 1809 he was elected one of the county commissioners of Luzerne county. He died August Ist, 1839, and was buried in the cemetery adjoin- ing the Baptist church. Only two of his seven children are now living-Mary, the widow of Thomas Mitchell, now ninety-three years of age, and Jesse Harding, living just above the narrows on the road from Eatonville. Jesse was born in 1802, where he now lives. He was a justice of the peace from 1840 to 1850, and filled several other offices. He was married in 1826 to Nancy Miller, of Eaton, a daughter of George Miller. John Harding, another son of Elisha, settled on a lot north of Bow- man's creek.

Another brother who occupied a prominent position in the town was Elisha, father of N. J. Harding. He was born in Eaton, in 1790. He married Amy Jenkins, and his second wife was a Miss Nancy Jackson, who survives him, and now resides with her son. He was a justice of the peace thirty years, and may be said to have practi- cally filled all of the offices and managed all of the pub- lic business of the town. He acted as general convey- ancer and legal adviser for his townsmen.

There is a large number of the descendants of this family in the townships of Eaton and Tunkhannock, who inherit the integrity and independence of their ances- tors.

Israel, a brother of Elisha Harding, was a member of Captain Durkee's company from Wyoming, was at Bran- dywine and Valley Forge, and with his company arrived just too late to prevent the terrible massacre of Wyoming. He married Lydia Reed, and came to Eaton after the close of the war. He died in Eaton in 1835, aged about eighty years.

Newton Smith, a Methodist local preacher, settled about 1800 just below the Narrows. John Wilson, another pioneer, was for years a Methodist local preacher, later becoming a Baptist. Jacob Patrick came next. He sold out to Samuel Roberts, and removed. A. Wheelock about 1805 purchased one hundred acres where Charles Wheelock now lives ; his son Irvin is the present post- master and merchant, also dealing in lumber, railroad ties, etc. Jesse Lee came about 1804, and kept the first tavern. Daniel and Forbes Lee came about 1812. They were men of sterling character and left their mark in the town, where their sons now occupy a foremost position. John Williams, whose father lost his life at Wyoming, Ezekiel Newman and John Evans also settled in the first years of the present century.

Thomas Mitchell, born in Warwick, Orange county, N. Y., in 1780, was the son of Daniel Mitchell, an early settler in Pittston, where he died in 1787. Thomas came to Eaton about 1818, purchasing the farm on which his son now lives. A log house was the home of the

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MAILS, CEMETERIES, SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRIES OF EATON.

family until the present building was erected. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Elisha Harding, who survives him.

John Aumick settled about 1818 where his son Andrew now lives. He purchased the land of Thomas Hawkins. Among those who came later were Christopher Minor, O. W. Benjamin, Chauncey Benson, Damon Stevens, George Rinker, William Moneypenny and Uriah Swetland, whose grandfather was at Wyoming during the battle in the valley. After the massacre he was taken prisoner by the Indians, and suffered great hardship while in their custody. He was also a participant in the Pennamite strife. .

Asa S. Dana, who was born in Wilkes Barre, December 17th, 1794, was the son of Anderson Dana, whose father was killed in the Wyoming massacre. After the war Anderson Dana returned to his father's home in the Wyoming valley, where he spent a busy and active life and died at the age of 80. Here Asa S. was born. In the spring of 1818 he removed with his wife and child to the farm in Eaton directly opposite where Tunkhannock now stands. He built a log house and cleared up this farm. Through his industry he accumulated consider- able property in Wyoming and Luzerne counties. He was twice married and had seven children by each wife, eight sons and six daughters. In 1845 he united with the Presbyterian church of Tunkhannock, and he con- tributed liberally of his means for its support. He died July 29th, 1874, in his 80th year.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

The first store is thought to have been kept by Jesse Lee. The first grist-mill was erected by Israel Harding, north of the site of Rev. W. O. Stern's residence. There are now two principal grist-mills. O. W. Benjamin's was built in 1832, by Abraham Frear. In 1857 it came into the possession of its present owner, by whom it has been thoroughly repaired, and it is doing a flourishing busi- ness. The grist-mill at Kingfisher run was built in 1868, by A. W. Dana; it has four runs of stones, and takes water from Sugar Hollow creek by a wooden conduit of great length. The saw-mill of W. L. Hunter stands on the site of one built 70 years ago. Mr. Hunter has twice rebuilt the present mill; on one occasion it was carried away by high water. This mill does a large amount of work. The steam saw-mill at Sugar Hollow was put up in 1878, by James Donnelly; it is now owned and run by P. Shippey. A steam saw-mill is run and owned by Charles Rosengrantz. William B. Moneypenny put up in 1830 a large merchant mill at a cost over $10,000. It was operated over twenty years, when the enterprise failed from the drying up of the stream. It was used at times as a clover mill, and was devoted on many occasions to quarterly meetings and other large gatherings of the M. E. church. It was finally taken down in 1879. The first blacksmith, it is said, was Elisha Harding, sen. Among the present blacksmiths is Charles Edward Mc- Vicar. He commenced his establishment in 1868, and has kept adding to it until it is now a well appointed

shop. Volney Rosengrantz has a blacksmith and wagon repairing shop opposite his residence. He owns another shop at the head of Sugar Hollow. The only wagon shop in the town is that of J. F. Garing. J. Hall was the first cooper in the township. The present shop was put up in 1877 by Joseph Neyhart, and is worked by him. Joseph Ace is the only regular boot and shoe maker.

COMMUNICATIONS AND POST-OFFICES.

In very early days a four horse stage ran through the township, going up into New York from Wilkes-Barre. The coach stopped at a house on the site of the one now occupied by Anderson Dana, to supply the inner wants of man and beast. There are two post-offices in the township, at Eatonville and South Eaton. At both there are daily deliveries of mail. The first postmaster was Jesse Lee. The office was once kept at Mr. Miller's, with that gentleman as postmaster. It is now at the store of Irvin Wheelock, who has been postmaster since 1870. William B. Moneypenny has been the postmaster at South Eaton since 1856.

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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 164

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