History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 170

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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AARON BUNNELL is a native of Washington township, and was born January 30th, 1828. His parents were among the first settlers of the township. He has been a farmer most of his life. He served as lieutenant in Com- pany H 14Ist regiment in the late war, and has also held several town offices at different times.

NELSON G. BUNNELL is a native of Washington town- ship, having been born there January 19th, 1846. His parents were among the early settlers of the township.

BENJAMIN BUNNELL, whose father's name was also Benjamin, was born in Monroe county, Pa., March 31st, 1813, and came to Wyoming county with his parents in 1828, the family locating on " the Neck," in Washington township. He was married September 30th, 1834, to Margaret Sterling, a native of Meshoppen, born August 22nd, 1815. He has always followed farming, and bought his present farm in 1849. He has been a Methodist since 1832, class leader nearly thirty years, and steward about as long.

HENRY C. BUNNELL, son of John Bunnell, was born in Meshoppen, May 20th, 1843, and has always lived here. He was married February 6th, 1866, to Lydia Martha, daughter of William Overfield, of Anburn, Susquehanna county. He is an active politician, and has held posi- tions of trust and responsibility. He is a farmer.

JOHN BUNNELL, of "Bunnell Hill," is a son of Solo- mon Bunnell. He was born May 20th, 1816, and has spent nearly his entire life on the old homestead. He was married May 9th, 1836, to Laura M. Whitcomb, also a native of Meshoppen, born March 6th, 1819.

PHILO M. BURR was born in Middletown, Susque- hanna county, Pa., September 11th, 1837, and moved to Meshoppen borough in 1860. September 20th, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company B 52nd Pa. volunteer infantry; was promoted Ist sergeant November Ist, 1862, second lieutenant January 9th, 1864, and commissioned captain of Company C in July, 1865. He was wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., and discharged July 12th, 1865. He was then a harness maker until 1869, since which time he has been a telegraph operator for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. He is also express agent at Me- shoppen.

REED B. CAMP, watchmaker and jeweler, established himself in the jewelry business at Meshoppen in 1876. He was born in Pike, Bradford county, Pa., March Ist, 1840, and was married to Catharine L. Earl, of Lemon, Wyoming county, September 11th, 1864.

DANIEL CARNEY, son of John Carney, was born in Washington, in 1824. His father was born in 1782, and came to Washington when only six years old. Daniel has been a farmer many years. He has beld the office of assessor for a number of terms, and several minor offices.

GEORGE W. CARNEY was born in Exeter, Wyoming county, in 1811. He came to Washington in 1817, and

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was engaged principally in the farming business until his death, which occurred in 1876.

J. M. CARNEY is a native of Washington, having been born on Carney flats, June 28th, 1817. He is a farmer and has held several town offices.

W. L. CARNEY is an old resident of Washington town- ship, having lived there since 1815. He was born in Mehoopany, in 1811, and lives on Carney flats.

MARTIN CARPENTER was born in 1839. In 1866 he married Aurora, daughter of Samuel Shaw, of Nichol- son, and they have one child. He has a farm of ninety acres.

GEORGE W. CHILDS, proprietor of the Acme tannery at Jenningsville, is the son of the Hon. N. T. Childs, and the manager of his extensive business at this place. He is a native of Ellenville, N. Y., and married Miss Florice Moore, of Wurtsboro, N. Y.

A. A. CHURCH was born in Kingston, Luzerne county, in 1818, and marrried Fanny, daughter of Pierce Smith, in 1840. They have four children. He came to Lemon in 1871, and is the proprietor of the Lemon grist-mill and a successful farmer. Before the days of railroads he used to cart coal from Wilkes-Barre to Binghamton.

DANIEL H. COLE, son of David Cole, was born in Me- shoppen, August 13th, 1832, and was married to Sarah M. Shannon, of Auburn, Susquehanna county, December 3d, 1853. He then lived in Auburn township until the fall of 1857, when he bought his present farm.

DAVID COLE was born in New York State, October 12th, 1807, and came with his parents to Mehoopany in 1810. At five years of age he was " bound " to Nicholas Overfield, of Meshoppen, remaining with him until twenty-one. He was married December 20th, 1828, to Margaret Van Nosdell, of Mehoopany. In the spring of 1830 he located on his present farm. He has been a resident of Meshoppen longer than any other person living.

REV. HENRY J. CRANE, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Nicholson, was born in Middletown, N.Y .; gradu- ated at the University of the City of New York and Union Theological Seminary; was ordained September 18th, 1863; preached in Bradford county eight years, in Hunter, Greene county, N. Y., and Gibson, Pa., and has been stationed in Nicholson since 1877. He married Miss Lottie Morgan, of Brooklyn, N. Y. He has twice represented his Presbytery in the General Assembly of North America.

SAMUEL CRESS was born in Monroe county, in 1824, and in 1853 married Henrietta, daughter of J. L. Meeker, of Tunkhannock. They have one son. Mr. Cress has been a merchant and mine superintendent and is now a farmer.

JACOB DETRICK was born in Northumberland county, Pa., December 6th, 1809, and removed to Monroe county with his parents in 1823, where he was married to Mar- garet Rowe, April 13th, 1833. He came to Meshoppen in 1836, and in 1842 to his present farm, which- was then in its natural state. His first wife died March 28th, 1852. May 29th, 1855, he married Mrs. Abirah Wilcox, of Sus- quehanna county.

WILLIAM DONI,IN was born May 13th, 1837, in Au- burn, Susquehanna county, and married Elizabeth Riley, of Auburn, December 11th, 1868. He farmed the old homestead until the spring of 1878, when he removed to Meshoppen.

HENRY M. DUNLAP, farmer, is a native and lifelong resident of Meshoppen township, born October ist, 1835. He served nearly two years in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting March 7th, 1864, in Company B 2nd Pa. heavy artillery, and was honorably discharged January 29th, 1866. He was married November 7th, 1869, to Sarah E. Safford, a native of Meshoppen. He located on his present farm in the spring of 1875.

WILLIAM H. DURKEE, son of Joseph Durkee, was born in Binghamton, N. Y., February 8th, 1847. From early life he was a compositor most of the time until 1869, when he came to Meshoppen and began work as a tin- smith. In 1877 he purchased the hardware stock of S. A. Sturdevant, since which time he has been engaged in the hardware business at Meshoppen. He was married August 5th, 1879, to Maggie, daughter of William Black- mar, of Meshoppen.

THOMAS ELLSWORTH, farmer, is a native of Washing- ton township, and born July 26th, 1835.

E. W. FARRAR has been proprietor of the Nicholson Market since 1875. He is a native of Harford, Pa., and married Miss Ettie S. Hine, of that town, May roth, IS77.

SAMUEL M. GAY was born in Mehoopany, December 9th, 1846, and came to Meshoppen with his parents in 1861. After reaching his majority he spent several years as clerk in a dry goods store. From 1873 he was in trade at Meshoppen five years. In September, 1879, he commenced the furniture business, which he still fol- lows. He was married December 24th, 1879, to Lizzie A. Mowry, of Meshoppen.

THOMAS GILL, born in Ireland, February 12th, 1805, came to this country in 1833, and for the first - few years was employed on public works. He was married in New York State in October, 1835, to Bridget Colgan. In 1840 he located at Black Walnut and in 1846 settled on his present farm.

THOMAS GILL, jr., only child of Thomas Gill, was born in Wyalusing, Bradford county, February 4th, 1838, and came to Meshoppen with his parents in 1846. He was married October 7th, 1861, to Catharine Thayne, of Au- burn. He has always lived on his present farmn.

CHARLES F. HAHN was born in Mehoopany, November 19th, 1850. In early manhood he was engaged a portion of the time in teaching. July 23d, 1874, he married Sarah E. Jayne, of Meshoppen, and in the spring of 1876 he located on his present farm of 180 acres in Meshop- pen. He has two children-Mary E., born December 29th, 1875, and Margaret E., born May 30th, 1879.

DENIS J. HARLEY, of Harley Brothers, tanners and curriers at Meshoppen, was born in Ireland, May 7th, 1844, where he learned his present trade. He came to New York in 1859, to Wyoming, Luzerne county, in 1864, and to Meshoppen in 1867.

PATRICK D. HARLEY was born in Ireland, August 4th, 1850, and came to New York city in 1868, and to Meshop- pen in 1869, where he has since been a tanner. He was married in October, 1876, to Margaret Campbell, of Laceyville. He is a school director of Meshoppen bor- ough.

PORTER S. V. HINE, the principal of the Nicholson independent school, was born in Gibson, Pa. He is a teacher of great experience and success. In twenty-five years of teaching he has had charge of three thousand students and only been compelled to expel six of that number, three of whom died in State prisons.

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S. H. HINE was born in Woodbridge, Conn., in 1807, and in 1828 married Mary, daughter of Grover Ball. They have three children living. Mr. Hine was formerly postmaster at Lemon, and was the first settler on his farm, which he has cleared up by his own labor.

BENJAMIN G. HULL was born in Sussex county, N. J., October 15th, 1836, and came to Mehoopany with his parents in 1841, thence to Meshoppen in 1846. Since 1853 he has been blacksmithing at Meshoppen. He was married September Ist, 1858, to Almeda E. Fassett, of Forkston, Pa.

B. D. JAQUES was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1815, and married in 1839 to Julia A., daughter of John Corwin, of that county. He has four children living. Two of his sons were soldiers in the war for the Union.

JEROME D. JAVNE, treasurer of Nicholson township in 1879, married Sarah, daughter of William Cobb, of Clin- ton, and has three sons and one daughter. He is a farmer, and has served as school director.

E. F. JOHNSON, son of William W. Johnson, is a native of Susquehanna county. He married Hattie M., daughter of Solomon Taylor. They have one child. Mr. Johnson is the treasurer of Nicholson, secretary of Nicholson Lodge I. O. of O. F., and connected with the M. E. church.

JAMES H. KELLY, born in Tunkhannock in 1829, mar- ried in 1857 Sarah M .. daughter of Halstead Stark. She died in 1869, and during that year he married Kate A. Garrison. He has four children. He has resided in Lemon since 1859.

JOHN F. KING, miller, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., August 31st, 1849, where he learned the miller's trade, and remained until 1872, when he came to Falls town- ship, Wyoming county; thence to Meshoppen in 1879. He was married May 14th, 1873, to Rose Ellen Depew, of Falls.

E. D. KINTNER was born in Mehoopany, August 16th, 1852, and came to Washington in 1875. He is a farmer by occupation.

JULIUS A. KINTNER was born in Warren county, N. J., June 22nd, 1849. In the spring of 1854 his parents re- moved to Mehoopany; thence to Meshoppen in 1857. He was married June 4th, 1868, to Eliza Vose, of Me- shoppen, and has since lived at Meshoppen borough. He is a miller and the present proprietor of the chop mill at Meshoppen.

WILLIAM LANGLEY was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1802; came to America in 1834 and in 1844 married Mrs. Ellen Dayton, daughter of Leonard Conway, by whom he has four children. He is a farmer and manu- facturer.

LEVI LEVY was born in Russia, in 1853, came to Amer- ica in 1869, and after several years' residence in Syracuse and Elmira settled in Nicholson in 1872 in the jewelry, watch and silverware business. He has a large trade in this and adjacent counties, and a reputation for honesty and fair dealing. His brother Nathan, born in Russia in March, 1858, came to Nicholson in 1878, where he is also in the jewelry business.

A. J. LEWIS was born in Brooklyn, Pa., in 1831. His parents were from Delaware county, N. Y. He was mar- ried in 1863 to Harriet M. Reynolds, of Benton. They have one child living. Mr. Lewis was a musician in the Union army.

CAPTAIN I. S. LITTLE, general insurance agent, is a native of Middletown, N. Y. He came to Nicholson in 1855 and was one of its first merchants. He married Georgie, daughter of Jasper Stephens, of Nicholson. He served as Captain of Company K 143d Pennsylvania volunteers, has been county auditor and was postmaster from 1869 to 1872.

FREDERICK MAIN, a native of Greene county, N. Y., was born in 1807, and married in 1849 to Mary B., daughter of Joseph Camp, of Connecticut. Mr. Main was a clothier and owned a farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres. He died July 11th, 1861.

EZEKIEL MEAD, born in Middletown, Delaware county, N. Y., in 1822, came to Lemon in infancy and was mar- ried in 1841 to Lydia Carey, of Tunkhannock. Seven of their eight children are living. Mr. Mead is a farmer and lumberman and made the first clearing on his farm.

ELIAS J. MOWRY, son of Ezekiel Mowry, was born in Meshoppen borough, August 5th, 1826, and married to Christianna Kintner, of Washington township, October 18th, 1847. From the spring of 1848 he was farming in Auburn, Susquehanna county until the fall of 1864, when he located on a portion of the homestead in Mes- hoppen. Here he soon built a saw-mill and was for many years engaged in lumbering. Since July, 1875, he has been the Lehigh Valley freight and ticket agent at Mes- hoppen. He has served as school director nearly thirty years.

WILLIAM F. MOWRY, son of Ezekiel Mowry, was born in Meshoppen, August 24th, 1831. In the fall of 1852 he removed to Susquehanna county, and in the spring of 1856 to his present farm. He was married October 13th, 1855, to Harriet O. Cole, a native of Meshoppen. He has been assessor of Meshoppen for the past six years.

R. D. NEWTON, postmaster and merchant, was born in Otsego county, N. Y. He came to Nicholson in 1864, where he has since been engaged in mercantile business. Mrs. Newton was Harriet N., daughter of C. C. Birge. Both are prominently identified with the Presbyterian church.

JOHN NIVER was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., May 7th, 1816, and married Lettie M., daughter of Andrew Gardiner, of Nicholson. He became proprietor of the hotel called by his name in 1867, and died January 30th, 1875, leaving two sons, who succeeded him in business.

BENJAMIN OVERFIELD, second son of Paul Overfield, has always lived on and worked the homestead, where he was born March 28th, 1822. He has followed threshing for twenty-five seasons, and spent five years on public works. Since 1858 he has been making cider extensively. He was married March 2nd, 1847, to Lois A. Camp, of Bradford county. He is now serving his third term as overseer of the poor.

WILLIAM OVERFIELD, oldest son of Paul Overfield, was born in Meshoppen, October 10th, 1813, and lived on the old homestead during his minority. He was married February 25th, 1836, to Anna Bunnell, of Washington, and in June following he located in Auburn, Susquehanna county, on an entirely new farm, cutting his own road for nearly three miles. Here he cleared his present valuable farm. His wife died March 11th, 1854, leaving six children. November 16th, 1854, he married Minerva H. Keeney, a native of Windham township, born July 14th, 1813.

CHARLES PLACE was born in Monroe county, Pa., in 1822, and has lived in Washington about forty-seven

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years. His farm is situated near the line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and commands a fine view of the scene- ry along the river.

ANDREW J. PNEUMAN, son of John Pneuman, was born in Auburn, Susquehanna county, Pa., April 19th, 1824, where he remained most of the time until 1860, when he sold his homestead and removed to Rush, and thence in 1870 to his present farm. He was married May 8th, 1851, to Fanny Bullard, a native of Susquehanna county.

WILLIAM H. PNEUMAN, son of John Pneuman, was born in Susquehanna county, Pa., April 19th, 1829, but has lived in Meshoppen most of his life, milling and lum- bering.

FRANCIS D. PRATT, a nephew of the famous Colonel Zadoc Pratt, was born in Jewett, Greene county, N. Y. He married. Eliza B. Bristol, of North Blenheim, N. Y., and has three children: Lily A., born December 26th, 1863; Ogden D., December 5th, 1866, and Frankie E .. January 11th, 1871. Mr. Pratt was for years engaged in the tanning business here, and is now a hardware mer- chant.

JOHN QUINN was born in the State of New York about 830; removed to Luzerne county about 1838, and thence to Meshoppen two years later. He worked by the month until he accumulated means to buy his present farm, in 1861. He was married May 18th, 1862,to Ann Riley, of Au- burn. He has amassed a fine property, owning besides his home farm three others in the vicinity.

JEROME REMINGTON, farmer, has always resided in Washington, where he was born in 1826. His father, George Remington, born in 1795, came to Wyoming county from Rhode Island in 1813. He walked from Rhode Island to Tunkhannock in about three weeks, en- countering great obstacles in his journey by numerous snow storms, but at last reached his destination. He has held several township offices.

C. H. RIKER came from Scott, Luzerne county, to Nicholson twenty-four years ago. He married Auretta Oakley. He served in the I7Ist Pa. volunteers in the civil war. He is a farmer and has been collector and township treasurer, and a school director for twelve years.

THEODORE H. RILEY was born in Montrose, Pa., and has been in trade at West Nicholson since 1877. He was formerly a member of the firm of Riley & Johnson, of Scranton.

DAVID SHEPARD ROBERTS, son of Rev. Eli F. Roberts, was born in Springville, Susquehanna county, Pa., Aug- ust 31st, 1852. In 1866 his father engaged in trade at Meshoppen with young Roberts as clerk. He was a dry goods clerk five years in Pittston. In 1874 he embarked in trade at Meshoppen in company with S. M. Gay. In two years he became sole proprietor, which he has since been. He was married May 30th, 1877, to Emma M. Jayne, of Meshoppen. He is a member of the borough council.

JARED ROBINSON was born in Forkston, August 13th, 1825, and came to Washingten in 1834, where he has since resided, and has been for many years a farmer.

MATTHEW R. ROBLING, born in Germany, came to America when an infant. He carried on the jewelry bus- iness in Scranton previous to 1878, when he established himself in Nicholson. He married Miss Carrie Riden- boch, of Scranton.

CHARLES RUSSELL, farmer, a native of Washington township, was born in 1821. His parents, who were

among the first settlers of the township, came from Con- nccticut at an early day.

LANDUS B. SAFFORD has always lived in Meshoppen township, where he was born December 23d, 1848. His father, Laban L. Safford, was born in Susquehanna county, February 9th, 1820, and lived in the northwest part of Meshoppen from 1845 until his death, June 7th, 1855. Landus B. was married September 18th, 1872. In February, 1873, he went to Nebraska to locate, but the death of his wife, March 25th, 1873, caused him to return. December 25th, 1875, he married Angeline E. Cole, who died December 14th, 1876. He was married to his present wife, Miss Cassie E. Cole, July 7th, 1877. He has lived on his present farm since the fall of 1878.

CYRUS SHAW, born in 1824, was married in 1854 to Lydia, daughter of Samuel Billings, of Tunkhannock. They have had five children, one of whom was drowned when eight years old. Mr. Shaw is a steward of the M. E. church and a prominent Granger.

DANA SHAW, son of Daniel Shaw who was one of the early settlers of West Nicholson, married Eva Shaw, of Lemon township. He is one of a numerous family, most of whom reside within a few miles of the old homestead farm, of which Mr. Shaw has charge.

THOMAS J. SHERWOOD, proprietor of the Chappaqua planing mills and toy factory at Meshoppen, was born at Chappaqua, Westchester county, N. Y., March 16th, 1816, and removed to Auburn in 1833. In 1838 and 1839 he was foreman and inspector on the Croton water works, New York. He was married January 23d, 1840, to Eliza A. Guile, of Auburn. He worked principally as a mill- wright and carpenter until 1880, when he located at Meshoppen and soon after built the mill which he has since operated. His wife died August 3d, 1857, leaving three children. December 25th, 1858, he married Abbie Van Nosdell, of Meshoppen. He is now serving his second term as justice of the peace of Meshoppen.

JOHN J. SHOOK, the proprietor of the Nicholson flour- ing mill, was born in Plainfield, Northampton county, and married Ruth Corry, of Abington, Lackawanna county, Pa.

WILLIAM M. SINE was born in Warren county, N. J., October 17th, 1820. In the spring of 1822 his parents removed to Kingston, Luzerne county, Pa .; thence to Scranton in 1838. His father was and the son has al- ways been a miller. He married Phebe, daughter of Stephen Lott, an early settler in Meshoppen. In 1848 he came to Meshoppen borough, and in 1874 became a part- ner in the large flouring mill of Sterling & Sine, in which he has been employed over twenty-one years.

A. A. SMITH, a native of Massachusetts, came to Nich- olson when a child. He married Emily Gardiner, of Springville, Susquehanna county, Pa. They have had four children: Leslie Eugene, born April 25th, 1866; Byron J., October 29th, 1868; Myrtie A., September 2nd, 1872, and Clara B., March 3d, 1874 (died June 15th, 1878). Mr. Smith served in Company K 143d Pa.volun- teers, during the civil war.

H. A. SMITH, a native of Benton township, is one of the best known of Nicholson's earlier business men, and is now a special agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, with a large and important field in which to operate.

LIZZIE V. SMITH, born in Tunkhannock, deserves especial mention as a direct descendant of one of the sufferers by the Wyoming massacre. Her grandfather, Jonathan Smith, was captured by the Indians when a lad

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of nine years, claimed by a squaw as her son, and lived with them in the Niagara country for four years, when he was rescued by a British officer by means of a strata- gem, and after remaining with his rescuer for two years found his way back to Hanover, Pa., to which place his parents had returned after the massacre. There he after- ward led a quiet, uneventful life, removing in his old age to the Narrows, near Tunkhannock.

NATHAN STARK was born in 1832, and married in .1855 to Oliva, daughter of Erastus Sheffield, of Chenan- go county, N. Y. They had five children, two of whom only are living.

WESLEY STARK, jury commissioner, was born in Nich- olson. He served in Company B 132nd Pa. volunteer infantry at Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellors- ville. He was married August 27th, 1863, to Sarah J. Brown, of Lemon township, and has three daughters. He was appointed jury commissioner to fill a vacancy, and at the close of the term was elected to the same position.

HON. A. W. STEPHENS, born in Nicholson, July 17th, 1844, is a director and vice-president of the agricultural society. He married a daughter of Orville Tiffany. In 1878 lie was elected representative to the Legislature for two years. In the sessions of 1878 and 1879 he opposed the riot bill and voted for the expulsion of members charged with bribery, regardless of party ties.

EDWIN STEPHENS, formerly sheriff of Wyoming county, is now living in hale old age on liis pleasant farm, re- newing occasionally his acquaintance with the chase by a week of camping on Dutch Mountain in the deer season.

JOSEPH STEPHENS, for many years the postmaster at Pierceville, is a lineal descendant of Eliphalet S. Steph- ens, the first settler in Nicholson. Mr. Stephens was for many years a lumberman, and is now a substantial farmer. His son, F. P. Stephens, who resides with him, is a justice of the peace for Nicholson and the township clerk.

CALVIN STERLING, second son of John Sterling, was born in Meshoppen township, February 12th, 1819. He followed farming until after his marriage, May 4th, 1844, to Hannah M. Bond, a native of Monroe county, Pa. He was then a miller many years. In 1851 he removed to Meshoppen borough, and about 1864 located on his present farm.

DANIEL T. STERLING, son of Daniel Sterling, was born at Black Walnut, February 20th, 1815. His father was an extensive lumber manufacturer and dealer, and early erected mills at Meshoppen village, which were princi- pally under the management of young Daniel T. He was married to Susan A. Loomis, September 23d, 1841, and has since lived at Meshoppen borough. He has been the leading merchant of the town since 1843, and has been successfully engaged in lumbering, farming, flouring and grain dealing.

JOHN G. STERLING, son of John Sterling, was born in Meshoppen township, January 28th, 1823, and was mar- ried November 5th, 1846, to Betsey Osborn, of Auburn, soon after which he located on a farm in Auburn. In 1868 he bought and occupied the Nicholas Overfield farm. In 1874 he sold this and removed to Meshoppen borough, where he is engaged in farming, stock dealing and the undertaker's business.

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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 170

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