History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 175

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 W. COOKE, a native of Monroe, was born October 3d, 1856. He studied law with Felix Ansart, and is filling the office of county surveyor.

JOHN CORISH, born in Ireland, in 1822, was married in 1851 to Catharine L., daughter of Robert F. Hight, of Tunkhannock. They have had and lost four children. Frankie died September 9th, 1861; Anna, October Ist, 1863; R. B., October 3d, 1863, and Justin, October 17th, 1863.

GEORGE W. CRAWFORD was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., in 1833 His wife was Ellen, daughter of Jacob Myers. They were married in 1856. She died April Ist, 1866, and Eliza Harding was married to Mr. Craw. ford in 1871. He has five children.

DANIEL CRUVER was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1816, and married in 1835 Clarissa A. Travis, of that county, who died November 27th, 1841, leaving two children. The present Mrs. Crawford was Catharine Ace, daughter of Peter Ace, of Monroe. She was married to Mr. C. in 1848.

JOHN DAY was born in Montrose, Pa. He came to Tunkhannock in 1857, and with his brother Alvin pub- lished the North Branch Democrat until 1861, when he engaged in the coal and lumber trade. He married Kate M., daughter of Samuel Stark, and has three children. He has been a justice of the peace.

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ALVIN DAY was born in Susquehanna county, March Ioth, 1830, and came to Tunkhannock in 1857, where for eleven years he has edited and published the Wyoming Democrat. He has been postmaster, councilman, treas- urer and auditor. He married Miss Helen M. Jones, of Luzerne county.

MORTON A. DEWITT was born in 1853, and at the age of sixteen commenced teaching in the public schools. He was principal of Tunkhannock graded school one year. He is a teacher of wide experience and acknowl- edged activity. He is now a general agent in the employ of D. Appleton & Co., of New York.

HUGH DICKSON was born in 1803, and married in 1822 Jane Ann, daughter of George Sickler, of Ulster county, N. Y., who died in 1867. The present Mrs. Dickson was Matilda Loomis. Mr. Dickson is a son of Marshall Dickson, a Wyoming pioneer who served in the Revolution and in the war of 1812.

CHARLES DICKSON, farmer, was born in 1819. In 1838 he married Ruth, daughter of Joseph Earle. They have a family of nine children. Mr. Dickson spent twenty-two years in Illinois. Seven of his children re- main in the west.

A. M. EASTMAN, boot and shoemaker and dealer, Bridge street, is a native of Bradford county and married a Miss Cooper, of Nicholson. He is the present fire warden of Tunkhannock, and is one of the justices of the peace in the borough.

JOHN FLUMMERFELT, farmer, was born in Warren county, N. J., in 1834, and came to Tunkhannock in 1850 and in 1866 married Minnie Jenkins. They have two children. He has filled various positions of trust and honor.

HON. C. D. GEARHART, son of Dr. Harrison Gearhart, was born in Columbia county, Pa., in 1828. He mar- ried in 1853 Eveline Kelley and has seven children. In 1861 he was census marshal of the county. In 1872 he was appointed associate judge to fill a vacancy, and at the expiration of the term was elected for a five years' term, which expired in 1879.

ISAAC B. GRAHAM was born in Woodstock, N. Y., in 1816 and came when a child to Eaton. He was married in 1842 to Isabel, daughter of George Miller. He has had six children, one of whom fell at David's Island, June 28th, 1863, fighting for the Union.

GEORGE W. GRAY is a son of Z. Gray, a native of Eng- land, who resided most of his life in Luzerne and Wyo- ming counties and died at Tunkhannock.

HENRY HARDING, a son of Elisha Harding, jr., was born in Eaton township. He enlisted in the U. S. navy at the age of sixteen, and served in the North Atlantic squadron. In June, 1865, he became one of the crew of the "Colorado," under Admiral Gouldsboro; served two years in Europe and the Mediterranean, and. secured his discharge in 1868. November 6th, 1872, he married Mary, daughter of Joseph Ace. They have one child, Stanley, born April 20th, 1874. Mr. Harding read law and was admitted in 1874, since which time he has been a member of the law firm of Sittzer & Harding, who are the town attorneys.

W. B. HARDING, a native of Eaton township, was born in 1823. Mrs. Cynthia Vosburgh, daughter of John

Ward, of Scranton, became his wife in January, 1861. They have one son. Mr. Harding is a lineal descendant of the pioneer family of that name.

S. S. HATFIELD, born in Lycoming county, Pa., has re- sided in Tunkhannock since 1868. He married Lena E. Stark, of that place. They have one child.

ALFRED HELMER was born in 1833, in Luzerne county. In 1853 he married Martha, daughter of Henry Seils. They have had four children. Mr. Helmer is a lumber- man, and owns a large steam mill at La Grange.

F. B. HIGHT, a native of Tunkhannock, was born in 1831, and was married in 1860 to Harriet, daughter of Cornelius Van Schoy, of Centre Moreland. They have five sons

F. LEE HOLLISTER, D. D. S., was born in Susquehanna county, Pa., and graduated from the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery in the class of March, 1879, being one of the four graduates who divided equally the Dean's prize for the best specimen of gold filling in the mouth. He married a daughter of Judge Baker, of Susquehanna county. His office is on Tioga street, over Hendrick's store. He established himself here in May, 1879.

HON. JOHN JACKSON, a son of Dr. Cyrus Jackson, was born in 1811. He was elected sheriff of Wyoming county in 1848, and representative in the Assembly in 1876. He is a farmer and resides on the old family homestead of six hundred acres.

ELISHA JENKINS, born in 1821, was married to Mary, daughter of John Ward, in 1862. They have four chil- dren living. Mr. Jenkins lives on the place settled by his father, one of the pioneers of the town, whose mother was taken captive by the Indians at the Wyoming mas- sacre.

PALMER JENKINS was born in Tunkhannock, Novem- ber 2nd, 1814, and married Jane, daughter of James Brown, of Eaton. They have an adopted daughter. Mr. Jenkins was for many years a farmer and lumberman, but in 1863 he retired from business and has since resid- ed in the borough,

GEORGE L. KENNARD, sheriff of Wyoming county, was born at Skinner's Eddy, Wyoming county, June IIth, 1842, and married Mary F. La Barre, of Laceyville, Pa. He was formerly engaged in hotel keeping. He served in Company B 52nd Pennsylvania volunteers in the war for the Union.

J. W. KENTNER was born in Washington township, in 1857. In 1876 he married Rosanna, daughter of John Ace, of that township. They have one child.

C. M. KISHPAUGH was born in Tunkhannock. He served in the late war and was wounded at Farmersville. He has been borough constable and collector since 1875. He was married April 11th, 1876, to Miss Ruth A. Morse, of Montrose, Pa.

CHARLES M. LEE, elected county superintendent of common schools in 1875 and 1878, was born in South Eaton, January 29th, 1854, and came to Tunkhannock in 1875. His wife, formerly Eliza Smith, is the daugh- of Dr. J. V. Smith, an early settler.

M. J. LULL, of Tunkhannock, is a Vermont man. He was born in 1850, and in 1872 married Emma Kishpaugh, of Tunkhannock. He has been in the employ of the

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P. and N. Y. Railroad Company since 1869 and is now a conductor. He was a soldier in 1865 with Company H 2nd N. Y. mounted rifles.

JAMES R. MANON, the present register and recorder of Wyoming county, was elected to that position in 1875. He was born in Overfield, November 28th, 1845, and was educated at the Mansfield State normal school and Meadville Theological Seminary. He followed teaching until his election to his present office. He has twelve brothers and sisters living, all grown up.

PERRY MARCY was born in Tunkhannock, in 1818, and was married in 1859 to Mary, daughter of Joseph Burgess; of North Branch. He had two children. His occupation was farming and railroading. He died June 12th, 1868. .

PORTER MARCY was born in Tunkhannock, February 22nd, 1824, and in 1845 married Eliza, daughter of Abel Cassidy, of Susquehanna county, who survives him. His death occurred at his home May 31st, 1868.

MRS. S. A. METCALF was born in Eaton, February 13th, 1824, and in 1848 married H. Metcalf, of Wilkes- Barre. Mr. Metcalf went into the army as captain and was promoted to the rank of major. He died in 1864.

JAMES J. MICHAEL was born in Middle Smithfield, Pa., in 1849. He was married in 1873, and has three children. He is a farmer and school teacher, and is a class leader in the Prospect Hill M. E. Church.

DAVID MICHAEL was born in Middle Smithfield, Pa., in 1843. He was married in 1875 and has three children. He is a trustee and steward of the Free Methodist church.

PUNDERSON A. MILLER was born in Eaton, in 1822, and in 1850 married Nancy, daughter of Joseph Arm- strong, who died May 7th, 1878, leaving one daughter. Mr. Miller married his present wife, Mahala B., daughter of Harry Harding, of Exeter, October 31st, 1879.

JAMES R. MILLER was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1817. In 1840 he married Sarah, daughter of Daniel Cook. He has had eight children, but two of whom are now living. He has been justice of the peace five years and is a Good Templar and a trustee of East Lemon church.

NEWMAN MILLER, a native of Livingston county, N.Y., was born in 1809 and came here when a child. He mar- ried in 1840 Pearline, daughter of Jabez Jenkins; she was the mother of nine children, and died November 19th, 1858. Mr. Miller married Mrs. Nancy Jenkins in 1861.

C. P. MILLER, president of the Wyoming National Bank, was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., in 1819. He was formerly a merchant. He married Celestia Karrick, of Candor, Tioga county, N. Y.

O. S. MILLS, dealer in hardware, was born in Glen- wood, Susquehanna county, Pa., in 1838. He married Miss Helen Dana, of Eaton township.

JOHN M. MULHOLLAND, M. D., a native of Mercer county, graduated at the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical In- stitute in 1875, and came here as a partner of Dr. Wood- ward in 1877, before which date he practiced in Mechan- icsville, Pa. He is the surgeon of the Susquehanna Ec- lectic Medical Society.

DANIAL NEWMAN, who was born in Tunkhannock in 1804, married Maria, daughter of John Ferguson, of North Moreland, in 1828. She died October 8th, 1873, leaving eight children.

DAVID OSTERHOUT, deceased, was born in Connecti- cut, in 1783. He was married October 29th, 1807, to Sarah, daughter of David Mitchell, of Pittston, and raised a family of thirteen children. His widow has resided on the farm where she now lives since 1810. She was born in 1787.

HON. THOMAS OSTERHOUT, of the firm of Osterhout & Wheelock, merchants, was born in 1808; was elected the first sheriff of Wyoming county, in 1843; served as United States commissioner in 1861, and was elected rep- resentative to the Legislature from the county during that year. He married in 1835 Mary, daughter of Jabez Jen- kins, by whom he had eleven children. In 1863 he mar- ried his present wife, Almira C. Forman, of Nichols, N. Y.

O. H. POLLNER and sister are the proprietors of a pleasant summer resort on the banks of Lake Cary, ac- . commodating about thirty guests, having a fine outlook over a beautiful sheet of water, and within convenient distance of a railway station.

HON. WILLIAM M. PIATT, a native of Lycoming coun- ty, has resided in Wyoming county since 1843. He was elected State senator from this district in 1853, chosen speaker of the Senate in 1855, and re-elected to the Sen- ate by his district. He has been for many years a prom- inent member of the bar, with which he is still identified as the senior member of the firm of Piatt & Sons, and is one of the leaders of the Democratic party in the county. He was chosen by Governor Packer a member of his staff, with the rank of major.

BENJAMIN H. SHOOK (tinsmith), elected a school di- rector during the present year, was born in Northampton county, in 1849. At Tunkhannock, October 18th, 1870, he was married to Mary D., daughter of W. W. Brown, of Wilkes-Barre.

S. JUDSON STARK is a native and lifelong resident of Tunkhannock. He was born October 2nd, 1850, and married E. W. Kerney, of Braintrim township. Mr. Stark was formerly a member of the town council.

WILLIAM M. STARK was born in 1838, and married Emma J., daughter of Henry Harris, of Lemon, in 1868. They have six children. Mr. Stark has served as treas- urer and clerk of the township.

J. S. SWISHER, junior member of an insurance firm with H. W. Bardwell and dealer in segars and tobacco in the post-office building, was formerly agent of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, at Moosic, Pa. He married a daughter of Thomas D. Stoner, of Tunkhannock. They have one child.

ALBERT TOWNSEND, burgess of Tunkhannock, was born in Falls township, April 8th, 1827, and October 5th, 1857, married Katie Sampson, of Tunkhannock, where he has lived since 1872. Mr. Townsend was em- ployed nine years as contractor for railroads building in South America. He has also been engaged in mercan- tile business.

SEAMAN VOSBURGH, deceased, was born September 13th, 1811, and died in 1858. December 12th, 1838, he married Mahala, daughter of John Comstock, of Falls,

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who was the mother of five children, only two of whom are now living.

THOMAS B. WALL, owner of Wall's Hotel, Tunkhan- nock, was born in Scranton, in 1818. He married in 1845 Mary A., daughter of Minor Kelley. They have two children.

W. D. WILLIAMS was born in Bradford county, and is a son of Senton Williams, once register and recorder of Wyoming county. He married a Miss Roberts, of Phil- adelphia. Mr. Williams is cashier of F. C. Bunnell & Co.'s bank, and the owner of Williams's photographic studio.

JACOB WILLSEY, born in Eaton, in 1841, married Han- nah, daughter of John Shaffer, of Tunkhannock, in 1864. They have two children. Mr. Willsey is a farmer and lumber dealer.

GEORGE WINANS, architect and builder, has been en- gaged in that line at this place eighteen years. He was

the designer and builder of the Packer House, the Met- calf residence, and the residences of S. S. Hatfield, A. B. Mott and Perry Billings and others.

A. B. WOODWARD, eclectic physician and surgeon, was born June 6th, 1824, in Gibson, Susquehanna county, Pa., where he married Miss Laura Garden. She died and he married his present wife, Mrs. Julia E. Brundage. Dr. Woodward was professor of materia medica and thera- peutics in New York city; founder of the Susquehanna Medical Society, and has been president of the State Medical Society and vice-president of the National Med- ical Association ..

The following citizens of Tunkhannock also contribu- ted their support to this publication: J. H. Ackersen, Daniel Avery, S. D. Bacon, H. W. Bogart, Bashane, Bogert & Co., Mrs. B. R. Bedford, Paul Billings, N. Billings, Earl Carey, C. C. Dershimer, J. W. Dixon, J. M. Garman, E. S. Handrick, Conrad Koon, J. A. Lyman, T. A. Miller, M. J. Murthe, Jeremiah Osterhout, J. H. Price, S. H. Rau, V. Smith, H. D. Stark, O. W. Stanton, W. C. Stark.

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ST. PETER'S CHURCH, TUNKHANNOCK-WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

ST. PETER'S FREE CHURCH ( EPISCOPAL )

was incorporated April 21st, 1870, the incorporators being Dr. J. W. Smith, Felix Ansart, A. H. Phillips, Harvey Sickler, Henry Barham, Alisha Gray, H. N. Sher- man, E. S. Handricks, Oscar Mills, T. B. Wall, E. Biedle- man, James Young and W. B. Overfield. The society bought a lot and in April, 1880, was preparing to build. Services have been held at the court-house.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

ASHINGTON township was taken from Braintrim and Tunkhannock, August 9th, 1832. The first settlement was made in 1787, on the Carney flats, opposite and be- low the mouth of Mehoopany creek. John Carney, sen., and family in the spring of 1787 set tled on the lower end of the flats, about where Daniel Carney now lives. John Carney, jr., was then four years old. In 1799 Isaac Doll and family located on the farm now occupied by John M. Carney. Alban Rus- sell, from Connecticut, located in 1800 where his grand- son, Alban H. Russell, now lives. He took up a large tract, and from him the village of Russell Hill was named. He brought and planted the seeds from which has grown the flouishing old apple orchard now standing on the farm. The pioneer grist and saw-mills were built in 1824, on the Meshoppen creek, at Keyserville, by Adam Wilson. In 1825 the first framed house was built, at Russell Hill, by Isaac Osterhout. The property is now owned by Mr. Prevoste. In 1825 Tilton Smith located at Russell Hill, on the old Osterhout farm. There was a saw mill at Vosburgh Station about 1824, near the mouth of Vosburgh creek; also a small grist-mill. They were both burned about 1840. The first road was the Tunkhannock and Tioga turnpike. It ran from Vosburgh, past Alban Russell's in a northwesterly direction, and the only bridge was the one across Carney creek, just below J. B. Maxwell's. The earliest school-house was built about 1800, just above Carney flats, in the edge of the woods, between Daniel Carney's and Alban H. Russell's farms, and was burned in 1824. Dr. Elijah Carney was one of the first teachers. In 1825 there was a school- house down on the neck, between the Bramhall and Bun- nell farms, and one at Russell Hill, where Alban Russell's barn now stands. The oldest graveyard is the one on Carney flats, near Mr. Miller's. Adam Wilson, the pio- neer blacksmith, had a shop at Keyserville - as early as 1825. The next blacksmith was Felix Wiggins, who lo- cated at Vosburgh Station in 1830. The first tavern was kept in 1825, by Isaac Osterhout, in the old Prevoste House, still standing a short distance east of the corners at Russell . Hill. The old tavern building now standing at Russell Hill was built in 1855, by L. D. Vosburgh. The pioneer shoemaker was Benjamin Crawford, who

lived at the head waters of Vosburgh creek, a little below Russell Hill. The first store was built in 1840 at Russell Hill, on the site of Furman's store, and was kept by Wil- bur Russell and Solomon Slaus, or Sloss. It was burned in 1852. Soon after this a store was built at Keyserville and another at Vosburgh's. The dam across the Sus- quehanna a little below Carney Station was built in 1852 by the State as a feeder for the canal, and subsequently sold to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.

The total vote of this township at the general election in the fall of 1879 was 107. The population in 1870 was 793, and in 1880 767.

VILLAGES.

Russell Hill contains the store of G. W. Furman, the blacksmith shop of J. D. Arnts, the wagon and sleigh shop of W. H. Jayne, a school-house, two churches (Methodist Episcopal and Baptist) and a population of about 125. The first postmaster was Wilbur Russell, appointed in 1840, and the present one is G. W. Furman.

Keyserville was named in honor of Michael Keyser, of Philadelphia, who purchased the mills and other property. The place was first settled by Adam Wilson in 1824, and at that time and for many years afterwards was known as " Witchhazel " from the fact of a large quantity of that shrub growing along the banks of the creek. There are at this place a Methodist church, a school-house, the saw-mill of Theodore Williams, a blacksmith shop, a grist-mill, a grangers' hall and a small grocery. The population is about 150.

Vosburgh station became a post-office 4n 1870, with Isaac Vosburgh as postinaster. T. G. Harding is the present postmaster.

At Carney a post-office was established in 1871; sub- sequently abolished, and re-established in '1878, with Edward Adams as postmaster. He is also the railroad station agent and telegraph operator.

METHODISM.

Methodism was one of the pioneer institutions of Washington township. The first class was formed in 1815 or 1816. Preaching services, however, had been held several years previous, down on " the neck " and at Carney flats. In 1815 John Bunnell located on the neck, where Nelson Bunnell now lives. Hc was made a class leader in 1816, and the following were some of the members of his class: David Jayne and wife, Mary Bun- nell, wife of John Bunnell, Abram Vosburgh and wife, William Alden and wifc, Jonathan Kellogg and wife and George Evans, who became a preacher. The leader of this class was converted under the preaching of Rev. Mr. Lane in the fall of 1815, at a camp meeting held on the neck. He died at the age of 82. The school-house at the neck is used also as a church. Preaching has been kept up here since 1790, and there is now a good working class.

The first preaching at Russell Hill was in the old school-house where Alban H. Russell's barn now stands. Until 1855 that and private houses were used for the

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Methodist meetings. The M. E. church at Russell Hill was built in 1855, of wood, 40 by 50 feet, and cost $1,400. It was dedicated in December, 1855, by Elder George Landon, assisted by Rev. F. S. Chubbuck, who was then the preacher in charge.

The Methodist Episcopal church at Keyserville was built in 1853, and dedicated July 20th of that year, by Rev. David A. Shepherd.

The Methodist preachers in Washington township from 1849 have been: 1849, 1850, John Mulkey and Francis Spencer; 1851, 1852, Erastus Smith and Luther Peck; 1853, E. F. Roberts; 1854, 1855, F. S. Chubbuck and J. K. Peck; 1856, 1857, Ira D. Warren; 1858, 1859, J. B. Newell; 1860, E. W. Breckenridge; 1861, 1862, A. F. Harding and Stephen Elwell; 1863, Davison Wor- rell; 1864, 1865, Judson L. Legg; 1866-68, E. F. Roberts; 1868-71, Luther Peck; 1871-74, J. H. Weston; 1874-77, Joshua Lewis; 1877-80, G. Greenfield; 1880, G. M. Chamberlain.

WINDHAM TOWNSHIP.

HIS township was named after Windham county, Conn., the native place of some of the prominent early settlers. For many years after it was set off from Braintrim it included Mehoopany, Forkston and North Branch. Nearly all the land on the river was occupied be- fore 1800, but it was several years before perma- nent settlements were begun very far inland. The popu- lation had grown to 660 in 1870, and increased to 839 by 1880.

The first permanent settlers were principally from Connecticut. Many of them left their families and effects in the Wyoming valley while they selected their lands, and then brought them up by boat. Job Whit- comb came from Connecticut with a large family of grown up sons, and settled at the lower end of Hemlock bottom (now Scottsville) as early as 1787. There he died March 24th, 1802, aged 77 years. His sons, Hiram, John S., Joel and Solomon located permanently near him. John S. early opened a tavern. He died on the homestead November 8th, 1832, aged 92. David Lake, also from Connecticut, located just above Whitcomb's about 1792. He had a large family. About 1815 he removed to Braintrim, where some of his descendants reside. Jonathan Stevens located on the present Fassett homestead at Scottsville as early as 1792; sold out to Josiah Fassett in 1795, and moved a mile farther up the river. About 1805 he moved to Bradford county, and was subsequently elected judge of the county. His brothers Asa and Simon Stevens located permanently on Hemlock bottom, the former about 1796 and the latter a few years later. Simon, who was a blacksmith, opened a shop at the upper end of Hemlock bottom, and for a time made most of the nails used for building in this vicinity.

Josiah Fassett, whose descendants are numerous in the township, was born in Windham county, Conn., August roth, 1761. He was a teacher, and was an artilleryman during the Revolution. About 1788 he married Abigail Stevens, sister of Judge Jonathan and Asa Stevens, whose father, Asa Stevens, from Connec- ticut, settled in the Wyoming valley previous to her birth (which occurred March 11th, 1771) and lost his life at the Wyoming massacre, his family returning to Connecticut. In the summer of 1795 Mr. Fassett, with his wife and three children, removed via Wilkes-Barre and the river to Scottsville, where he had bought 300 acres front Jonathan Stevens. For the first few years the family resided in a small log cabin near the bank of the river, when he built a double log house, which about 1803 he opened as a tavern (the first of its kind in the township) and was liberally patronized by raftsmen and boatmen for six or seven years. Mr. Fassett and his sons cleared a large portion of his farm and he be- came comparatively wealthy. From about 1810 he was justice of the peace until his death, August 20th, 1823. His wife survived him nearly 22 years. They reared four sons and four daughters-Jasper, John, Josiah, jr., James, Sally, Fanny, Hannah and Lucy. The sons all remained on the homestead, where John and James and the sons of Jasper and Josiah, jr., still live. Jasper Fassett was born in Connecticut, January 8th, 1790. He was many years a justice of the peace, and was prothonotary of Luzerne county at the time of his death, August 5th, 1840.

Asa Budd lived several years from about 1795 just be- low Fassett's. He was a cooper. David Young located a short distance above Fassett's about 1798.

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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 175

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