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E. D. HENRY is a native of Northampton, Pa., and was born June 12th, 1835. His wife was Miss Keziah Thomas, of Butler township. Mr. Henry is proprietor of the Travelers' Home.
C. D. HERRON, hotel keeper at Milnesville, was born in Donegal, Ire- land, in 1847. His wife was Mary Biesline, of Drifton.
WILLIAM II. HERTZ, D. D. S., is a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College of the class of 1873. He was born in Milton, Pa., January 5th, 1851. 1fe was married to Miss Ella M. Zeiglier, of Ephrata, Pa. Ile located in Hazleton April 1st, 1868.
THOMAS T. HESS is engaged in the grocery business in Hazleton. He was born there February 9th, 1839. Mrs. Hess was Miss Barbara Mocba- mer, and was born in Butter, Pa., June 5th, 1841.
S. W. 1fim,, miller and dealer in flour and feed, on Locust street, Hazelton, was born at Lime Ridge, Pa., January 12th, 1844. Mrs. Hill was Alice Frease, of Bear Creek, Pa.
JOHN A. HOFFSOMMER is a native of Germany and was born February 10th, 1833. Hle is a farmer and huxter by occupation. His wife was Miss Polly Aun Roth, of Sugarloaf.
THOMAS HORN, of East Hazleton, is a gunsmith by trade and owns and deals in real estate.
THOMAS W. HOWELLS was born in South Wales, December 3d, 1842. His first wife was Margaret. Morgan, of South Wales. His present wife was Mary Saunders, of South Wales. He is a mine boss for Coxe Bros. & Co.
JOHN HUNT, who is engaged in the livery business in Hazleton, was born October 28th, 1828, in Hunterville, Pa. lfc was married to Miss Susanna Remaley, of Lehman township.
J. B. HUTCHINSON was born at Fishing Creek, Columbia county, Pa., June 15th, 1841. His wife was Miss Margaret L. Workheiser, of Mifflin- ville, Pa. Mr. Hutchinson is now a merchant at Jeansville.
M. L. HUTCHINS, of Falls Run, was born January 15th, 1842, in Mifffiu township, Pa. He enlisted October 25th, 1862, in Company M 16th regi- ment Pennsylvania eavalry ; was in the battles of Chancellorsville aud Gettysburg and was discharged August 11th, 1865. Mrs. Hutchins was Miss M. E. Yohe, of Mifflin township, Pa. Mr. Hutehins is uow a mer- ehant at Falls Run.
EDAM JACOBS, of Drum's, was born in Butler, November 29th, 1849. He is a farmer.
SILAS JACOBS was born in Newport, Pa., December 14th, 1803, and mar- ried Jane MeMurtrie, of Bloomsburg, N. J. He is a farmer at Drum's.
J. H. JACOBS is a confectioner aud baker on East Broad street, Hazle- ton. He was born in Germany, August 25th, 1841. He enlisted during Lee's raid into Pennsylvania, and served nine weeks. IFis wife was Clara Bauer, of Tamaqua, Pa.
WILLIAM JAMES was born in Cornwall, England, May 15th, 1828. He is now a inine boss at Humboldt. His wife was Miss Mary Holman, of Cornwall, England.
N. B. JOHNSON was born in Beaver Valley, Pa., May Ist, 1843, and is a miller. Mrs. Johnson was Miss Amanda Trumbell, of Black Creek.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, of Freeland, teamster, lumberman and blacksmith, was born in county Derry, Ireland, February 12th, 1835. 11e enlisted in the 147th Pennsylvania volunteers, August 1Ith, 1862, and was diseharg- ed in 1863 on account of disability. His wife was Margaret Jane Birk- beek, of South Heberton.
JOHN L. JONES, of Freeland, proprietor of Jones's Hotel, was born in South Wales, March 20th, 1819. His wife was Mary Jones, of Monmouth- shire.
JOSEPH JONES, who is engaged in the mercantile business at White Haven, was born November 25th, 1846, in Germany, where he married Miss Mathilda Schwaab.
HENRY KAISER, proprietor of a grocery and saloon at White Haven, was born in Baden, Germany, September 11th, 1838. He married Cath- arine E. Walsh, of Weissport, Carbon county, Pa.
HENRY KANIG was born in Sugarloaf township, Marel 13th, 1827. His first wife was Hannah Balliett, of Butler, and his second Lydiaetta Benner, of Sugarloaf township. He is a farmer, stoek raiser and dealer in horses at Drum's.
REV. MARCELLUS KARCHER was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 15th, 1850, and married Miss Luey Cranmer, of Bloomsburg. He located at White Haven in Jannary, 1878, as reetor of St. Paul's Protestant Episeo- pal Church. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1871, and from the Philadelphia Divinity School in 1874, and was ordained to the priesthood in June, 1875.
CHARLES L. KECK was born in Allentown, Lehigh county, Pa., March 18th, 1827, and inarried Eleanor King, of Bethlehem, Northampton county, Pa. Mr. Keek, who was formerly a merchant, is now engaged in the manufacture of lumber at White Haven.
MORRIS J. KECK is a druggistof Hazleton, and was born in that village August 12th, 1848. 1His wife was Miss E. Medora Lutz, of Bloomsburg, Pa. Mr. Keek is lieutenant colonel of the 9th regiment N. G. P.
R. S. KEISHLINE, a merchant tailor of Hazleton, was boru in Butler Valley, Luzerne county, Pa., June 25th, 1839. His wife was Miss Fietta Fagan, of Butter Valley, Pa.
FRANCIS KELLER is a native of Leonardsville, Bueks county, Pa., and was born January 22nd, 1850. 11e married Miss Caroline Warner, of Tamaqua, Pa. Ile is a harness maker at Hazleton, where he located in July, 1876.
P. KELLMER, formerly a blacksmith, now a photographer In Hazleton, was born in Germany, November 28th, 1842. His wife was Miss S. Rippel, of Hazleton.
ELLIOTT P. KISNER, attorney and counselor at law in Hazleton, was born August 1st, 1845.
E. W. KISNER resides at Hazleton, having retired from business.
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HISTORY OF LUZERNE COUNTY.
GEORGE W. KLASE is a native of Pottsville, Pa., and was born Jan- uary 3d, 1844. He enlisted in the 48th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers; was in twenty-three engagements, and was discharged June 27th, 1865. He is now the proprietor of the Mountain Grove Temperance House; also postmaster. Ifis wife was Miss Huldah Clark, of Mahanoy City, Pa.
CHARLES KLECKNER, a native of Schuylkill county, Pa., was born May 16th, 1840. Ife served during the war of 1861-65 in Company K 6th Penn- sylvania volunteers. Ife has been burgess of White Haven several terms, and is one of the directors of the White Haven Savings Bank. He is a merchant.
CHRISTIAN L. KLEIN was born in Sindenfingen, Wurtemburg, Ger- many, September 23d, 1846, and married Elizabeth L. Poettger, of Phil- adelphia, Pa. lfe is proprietor of a restaurant on East Broad street, Hazleton.
FREDERICK P. KLINE, clerk at Drifton, was born at Summit Hill, Pa., June 22nd, 1853, and married Miss C. W. Dinkelacker, of Butler Valley.
REUBEN KLINGER was born in Sugarloaf township, March 14th, 1835. He is in charge of a store at Sandy Run for M. S. Kemerer & Co. Ile mar- ried Ann Caroline Sunter, of Butler, Pa.
HENRY KLINGER, proprictor of the Washington Hall at Hazleton, was born in Conyngham valley, Pa., April 15tl, 1824. His wife was Miss Margaret Ann Kagle, of German nativity.
C. H. KNELLY, a native of Sugarloaf, was born September 16th, 1844. He is a carpenter and builder. He enlisted in Co. F 147th Pennsylvania volunteers, August 10th, 1862, and was on Sherman's "march to the sea." His wife was Emma Jane Wagner, of Sugarloaf township.
II. C. KOONS is engaged in the mercantile business at Freeland. He was born in Lehighton, Pa., December 17th, 1843. His wife was Rhoda Gibbon, of Buck Mountain, Pa.
GEORGE W. KOONS, merchant, formerly employed as a railroad clerk, was born in Mt. Bethel, Northampton county, Pa., October 1st, 1848. He married Noralı Stuart Childs, of White Haven.
CONRAD W. KRAPF, hotel proprietor at 355 West Broad street, Hazle- ton, was born in Epa, Germany, January 10th, 1836, and quarried Anna Catharine Kagel, of that place.
MRS. L. KREYSCHER, who resides in Butler, was born in Wurteinburg, Germany, April 12th, 1828, and married Lewis Kreyscher, also of Wur- temburg. He was born May 19th, 1824, and died March 31st, 1872. Mrs. K. is proprietress of the Mountain Hotel.
LEWIS KREYSCHER, of Butler, was born in Hazleton, Pa., March 2nd, 1859. He is a carpenter.
EMIL KUDER, M. D., is a practicing physician and surgeon in Hazle- ton. He was born in Germany, Angust 31st, 1845, and married Miss Mary Berg.
FREDERICK KUGLER, of Sandy Run, was born in Mahanoy City, Pa., November 14th, 1841. He is a boss machinist for M. S. Kemerer & Co. He was drafted September 27th, 1864, and discharged July 9th, 1865. Mrs. Kugler was Sarah E. Richard, of Jeddo.
KUNKEL BROTHERS are engaged in the livery business in Hazleton.
REV. RUDOLPH KUNZ is n graduate of the Theological Institute of Zurich, and has been pastor of the First Reformed church of Hazleton since 1873. He was born in Switzerland, January 10th, 1849. His wife was Miss Louise Strauli, of Switzerland.
REV. G. M. LARNED was born in Exeter, Wyoming county, Pa., March 8th, 1834, and married Miss Samantha Benscoter, of Union, Luzerne county, Pa. lle was ordained as deacon in 1872, and as elder in 1877, and is the pastor of the M. E. church at Conyngham.
WILLIAM LAUDERBACH is a dealer iu general merchandise, clothing, boots, shoes and farm implements, on West Broad street, Hazleton. He was born at Fishing Creek, Pa., May 11th, 1845. Mrs. L. was Miss Mary A. Drumheller, of Conyngham valley, Pa.
FREDERICK LAUDERBURN, who is engaged in the mercantile business in Hazleton, was a private in the 37th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers in the war of 1861-65. 1Ie was born March 11th, 1824, in Derby, West- moreland county, Pa., and married Miss Anu Delia Bradley Ely, of Coventry, Chenango county, N. Y.
LIEUT. ANDREW LEE, foreman for T. S. McNair & Co., at Harleigh, Pa., was born in Canada, Marchi 4th, 1843. He enlisted September 11th, 1861, in Co. D 8th Pennsylvania cavalry and served to the close of the war. 1Ie lad command of the last charge made in the army of the Potomac. Mrs. Lee was Miss Sarah Wallace, of Audenreid, Pa.
R. LEISENRING, who is a clerk at Harleigh, was born July 7th, 1824, in Lehigh county, Pa.
WALTER LEISENRING, of Upper Lehigh, was born in Lehigh county, Pa. He is one of the operators of the Upper Lehigh miues.
J. H. LINDSAY, general merchant at Freeland, was born in Philadel- phia, Pa., March 26th, 1838. He enlisted in Company I Gth Pennsylvania volunteers in April, 1861 ; re-enlisted in July, 1861, and was discharged on account of wounds received at Antictanı, September 17th, 1862. lle married Martha Williamson, of Eckley.
JOHN LINES was born in Hanover township, May 1st, 1818, and came with his parents in April, 1824, to what is now White Haven, where he has since resided. When Mr. Lines eame here this borough, as well as the township, was a dense forest, which he has lived to see pass away, and a thriving town grow up in its stead. He has been honored by his towns- men with important offices of trust.
MRS. MARY LUBRECUT, milliner and dressmaker at Freeland, was born in Wurtemhurg, Germany, June Ist, 1848.
RUDOLPHI LUDWIG, of Freeland, was born in Berlin, Prussia, February 5th, 1850. He keeps a incat market and a restaurant. ITis wife was Mary A. Bell, of Eckley, Pa.
CAPTAIN DANIEL J. MCCARTHY, of Freeland, was born in the city of Cork, Ireland, March 25th, 1849, and inarried Catharine Wilson, of Miuers- ville, Pa. He is serving his second term as burgess of Freeland.
WILLIAM MCNEAL was born November 3d, 1826, in Black Creek town- ship, and has been supervisor and school director of the township. Hfe Is a farmer and lumberman. His wife was Miss Mary Runmiller, of Black Creek.
BERNARD MCMANUS, formerly a coal miner, is at present an attorney and counselor at law at Jeansville. He was born July 23d, 1846, at Beaver Meadow, Pa.
J. SHARON MCNAIR is a druggist, and a civil and mining engineer at Hazleton. He was born in Foundryville, Pa., October 5th, 1838. His wife was Miss Rebecca Vinceut, of Hazleton. He was first lieutenant of Company G 32nd Pennsylvania volunteers in 1863.
THOMAS S. MCNAIR was born in IIanover, Dauphin county, Pa., in October, 1824. He has been for the last 25 years a civil and mining en- gineer. He has served as burgess of Hazleton, as councilman, and is now a member of the school hoard. His wife was Miss Mary Stephens, a native of England.
JOSEPH MCMURTRIE, who is a farmer and stock raiser, was born in Sugarloaf, July 19th, 1812. His first wife was Margaret Hinton, of Eaton, Pa., and his second wife Sarah A. Klinger, of Sugarloaf. Mr. MeMurtrie has held several important township offices.
DAVID W. MACE was born in Sugarloaf township, August 7th, 1829. His wife was Harriet Spaide, of the same township. He owns and oper- ates a steam saw-mill at Drum's.
S. MAGUIRE, cashier of the White Haven Savings Bank, and clerk of the town council, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 15th, 1845.
GEORGE B. MARKLE is a coal operator at Jeddo. He was born in Northumberland county, Pa., July Ist, 1827. His wife was Miss Emily Robinson, of Bloomsburg, Columbia county, Pa.
GEORGE B. MARKLE, JR., was born in Hazleton, October 7th, 1857. He is superintendent of Jeddo coal mines. His wife, deceased, was Miss Clara R. Tubbs, of Kingston, Pa.
E. J. MARPLE, dispatcher and agent for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, was born in Philadelphia, August 19th, 1845.
W. FRANK MARTZ is a bookkeeper and resides in Hazleton. He was born at Pottsville, Pa., October 7th, 1843. His wife was Miss Sarah A. Everett, of Emaus, Pa.
C. H. MARTZ was born in West Delaware, Pa., in December, 1835, and married Miss R. E. Bell, of Bellfonte, Pa. He resides at Topeka, Ill., aud is a druggist and dealer in real estate. IIe served seven years as deputy clerk of the circuit and county court of Mason county, Ill.
ADOLPHI MAYER was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, October 9th, 1826, and married Margaret Dressel, of Bavaria, Germany. He served under General Sigel in 1848. He is the superintendent of the Hazleton Gas Works.
NATHAN MICHAEL, of Butler township, was horn in Mifflin, Pa., Janu- ary 18th, 1832. His wife was Dorcas Cabbana, of Sugarloaf township. He is a lumberman.
JOHN A. MILLER, a native of Sugarloaf township, was horn August 3d, 1850. He is a farmer.
JEREMIAH MILLER, farmer, was born in Sugarloaf, June 6th, 1841. His wife was Miss Laura Wagner, of Black Creek township.
WILLIAM MINNICH, of Seybertsville, was horn at that place, May 15th, 1842, and married Miss Eliza Pettit, of Black Creek township. He is a farmer.
Z. W. MORRIS, clerk, was born July 21st, 1856, in White Haven, where be married Miss Elia Frymirc.
REV. JOHN H. NEIMAN was born in Limerick, Montgomery county, Pa., July 31st, 1844, and married Miss Beulah Daniels, of Norristown, Pa He is the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran church at Conyngham.
J. S. OBERENDER, of Drum's, was born in Saxony, September 4th, 1829, and married Mary A. Fraley, of Conynghan. He has hield nearly all the township oflices. He enlisted September 23d, 1861, in Company E 96th Pennsylvania volunteers; was wounded in the Wilderness, May 10th, 1864, and was discharged ou account of wounds, September 27th, 1864.
E. A. OBERENDER, of Drifton, is the private sceretary of Coxe Broth- ers. He was horn at Drum's, Pa., June 29th, 1856.
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GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL RECORD.
EDWARD O'DONNELL was born in Truxlertown, Pa., December 21st, 1849, and married Mary Ashman, of Foster, Pa. He is a painter by trade.
D. B. O'DONNELL, of Butler, was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1846. His wife was Mary Boyle, of Harleigh. He is proprietor of the Moun- tain Honse, Butler township.
PARDEE, MARKLE & GRIER carry on a large banking house on West Broad street, Hazleton.
O. F. PERSON, M. D., was born in Northampton county, Pa., January 20th, 1849. His wife was Miss Jane C. Keiser, of Weatherly, Pa. Dr. Person is practicing at Hazleton, where he established himself August Ist, 1879.
ABRAHAM F. PETERS, lumber manufacturer, was born in Heidelberg, Lehigh county, Pa., July 25th, 1820, and married Sorenia Kleckner, of Middleport, Schuylkill county. He was formerly a tailor, and has been engaged in the mercantile business.
PHILIP PFEIFFER, M. D., of Drum's, was born in Germany, and mar- ried Maria Beisel, of Butler.
JOHN PFOUTS, the present burgess of Hazleton, was born in Lycoming county, Pa., September 23d, 1819. Ifis wife was Miss Mary R. Lemon, a native of Northumberland county, Pa.
WILLIAM D. POWELL, of Drifton, is a mine boss for Coxe Brothers & Co. at slope No. I. He was born in South Wales, May 20th, 1852. His wife was Louisa Burns, of Drifton.
JOHN M. POWELL, miner at Freeland, was born in North Wales, No- vember 9th, 1841, and married Mary Auberly, of Buek Mountain, Pa. He was elected February I7th, 1880, one of the councilmen and iuspeetor of election of Freeland.
JAMES B. PRICE, of Upper Lehigh, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., August 26th, 1823. He is chief clerk of the Upper Lehigh Coal Com- pany. He has been treasurer of Carbon county, Pa. His wife was Har- riet Bertsch, of Mauch Chunk.
PARKER PRICE, the chief clerk of the Sandy Run Coal Company, was born in Sunbury, Pa., March 5th, 1849. His wife was Alice Lawall, of Hazleton, Pa.
SAMUEL RAUCH is a native of Harford, Pa., and was born March 6th, 1830. He is a farmer and proprietor of the Black Creek tannery. His. wife was Miss Amanda C. Seaman, of Upper Berne, Pa.
JAMES REED, ticket boss for G. B. Markle & Co. at Oak Dale colliery, was born May 11th, 1855, in Pottsville, Pa. He married Miss Mary Ann Kite, of Mahanoy City, Pa.
C. REED, conductor on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, was born in Easton, March 7th, 1844, and married Mary E. Bomter, of Oxford Fur- nace, N. J. He enlisted May 30th, IS61, in Company E 12th Pa. reserves, and was afterward transferred to Battery B 2nd artillery, in which he served three years. IIe re-enlisted and served about a year in Company H 7th Pa. volunteers.
THOMAS M. RIGHTER, superintendent of Sandy Run colliery, was born in Berwick, Pa., January 12th, 1847, and married Gertrude H. Leisen- ring, of Upper Lehigh, Pa. He is the postinaster at Sandy Run.
PETER RINGLABEN was born in Germany, November 19th, 1839. Ile is a farmer. His wife was Miss Mary Ann Hoffman, of Sugarloaf township.
AMOS RITTENHOUSE is a native of Black Creek township, and was born December 20th, 1810. Ile has been supervisor, overseer of the poor and assessor of his township. He married Miss Anna Wolf, of Black Creek township.
JOHN F. ROBBINS is a miller and dealer in flour and feed at Conyngham. He was born in Columbia county, Pa., October 7th, 1830. His wife was Julia A. Hughes, of Butler township. He enlisted August 13th, 1861, in the Union service, and passed through the several grades to lieutenant colonel of the 96tli Pennsylvania volunteers. Ile was in the battles of Fair Oaks, Antietam and the Wilderness.
PROF. WILLIAM F. ROBERTS is a native of England and was born September 10th, 1809. Ilis wife was Miss Hannali J. Yost, of Pike county, Pa. Prof. Roberts has been a professional geologist and min- eralogist for the last fifty years. He has been State geologist of Arkansas.
E. J. RODGERS, a dealer in dry goods, notions, sewing machines and furniture in Hazleton, was born in Nesquelioning, Pa., March 15th, 1852.
A. W. ROBERTS, of Gowen, was born January Ist, 1815. He enlisted March 4th, 1864, in the 7th Pennsylvania cavalry and was discharged September 5th, 1865. Ile is now a clerk at Gowen, Pa. Mrs. Roberts was Miss Eliza Miller, of White Haven.
GEORGE ROTH, of Drum's, was born in Butler, July 7th, 1837, and mar- ried Harriet Simpson, of Black Creek. Ile is a blacksmith and wagon maker.
JACOB ROSENSTOCK was born in Hesse, Germany, April 28th, 1835. His wife was Mrs. Catharine Younge, of Hazleton. He enlisted in Company A 28thi Pennsylvania volunteers June 12th, 1861, and was discharged July 20th, 1864. He was wounded in the battle of Chancellorsville and fought in many other battles. lle is now proprietor of the Rising Sun Hotel at llazleton.
JOSEPH P. SALMON Has served three years as burgess of Hazleton, and as first lieutenant in the cavalry, and is at present a general salesman. He was born in Columbia county, Pa., March 8th, 1833, and married Miss Susan E. Barton, of Espy, Columbia county, Pa.
SAMUEL SALMON, inaster carpenter for Coxe Brothers & Co., of Dritton, was born in Easton, Pa., June 30tl, 1836, and married Margaret Crouse, of Luzerne county, Pa.
JOSHUA SANTEE, of Drum's, was born at Nazaretli, Pa., July 15th, 1821. Ilis wife was Elizabeth Hotecker, of Butler. He has been township auditor, constable, inspector, ete., and is now a farmer and dealer in lumber.
SIMON SANTEE, of Drum's, was born in Nazareth, Pa., February 7th, 1814, and married Mary Hofeeker, of Butler. IIe is a retired farmer.
H. W. SCHEIDY, of Hughesville, was born in Butler, December 25th, 1842, and married Miss D. P. Hughes. He is now a merchant.
DAVID SCHELLHAMMER is a farmer and miller. He was born Sep- tember 8th, 1805, iu Brier Creek township, Columbia county, Pa., and married Miss Catharine Gotchshall, of Rush township, Schuylkill county, Pa.
CHARLES SCHUTTER, formerly a private in the U. S. signal service, and now a justice of the peace in Hazleton, was born at that place, March 23d, 1848, aud married Miss Catharine Stokes, also of Hazleton.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER located on the corner of Cedar and Hemlock streets, in 1874, where he has since been engaged in the wood turuing bus- iness. He was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, September 22nd, 1849. Ilis wife was Elizabeth Grosh, of Danville, Pa.
MATTHIAS SCHWABE, butcher at South Hebertou, was born in Prussia, October 4th, 1849. Ilis wife was Maggie Landmesser, of Butler town- ship.
GEORGE SEIWELL, of IIazleton, was born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., Septem- ber 17th, 1837. He enlisted in 1861, and served three years. Mrs. Seiwell was Elizabeth Clark, of Ringtown, Pa. Mr. S. is a track foreman for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.
JOHN SHAFER, of Sandy Run, is a machinist. He was born in Tama- qua, Pa., October I4th, 1835. His wife was Caroline Linduer, of Butler, Pa. He enlisted in Company I 143d Pennsylvania volunteers, July 16th, 1862, and was discharged June 24th, 1865.
WILLIAM SHELLHAMER, a native of Black Creek township, was born September 17th, 1830. Ile has been school director and inspector of his township He is a farmer. Ifis wife was Miss Susannah Rittenhouse, of Black Creek.
O. L. SIMPSON, of Drifton, was born in Covington, Pa., January 31st, 1850. His profession is teaching.
WILLIAM E. SMITH, printer, was born in Black Creek, and married Miss Catharine Shellhamer, of Black Creek.
N. D. SMITH is a native of Abington township, and was born November 9th, 1848. He was commissioned justice of the peace for five years on May 5th, 1879. He is principal of the Conyngham school.
ELDER SPANGLER carries on a livery establishment in Hazleton.
JOHN P. STEGNER, outside foreman for William Airey, at Stockton, Pa., was born in Germany, November 27th, 1837. His wife was Miss Gerdruta Schioshe, also born in Germany.
GEORGE II. STIMSON, merchant and postmaster at Lehigh Tannery, Carbon county, was born in Saline, Washtenaw county, Mich., Novem- ber 15th, 1848, and married Lillie F. Carter, of Union Hill, N. J. His former business was that of a tanner.
JOHN C. STOKES was born at Muney, Pa., August Ist, 1830. Hle located in Hazleton in 1858, where he was engaged as a teacher till February, I864; he then enlisted in Company G 13th New York heavy artillery, and served till the close of the war. lle returned to Hazleton in Sep- tember, 1865, and established the first printing office in the borough, and in 1866 started the first newspaper here, The Hazleton Sentinel, which he sold to Pardee, Markle & Grier in 1868, October 25th, 1877, he issued the first number of the Mountain Beacon. In 1879 his son Alfred F. Stokes became associated with him in the publication of the Beacon.
CAPT. CYRUS STRAW, of Drum's, was born in Hazleton, October 1st 1839. His wife was Sarah 11. Leach, of Scranton, Pa. He enlisted as Ist lieutenant in Co. K 81st Pennsylvania volunteers, and was wounded at Antietam, Md. He was commissioned as enptain in October, 1862, and mustered out June 20th, 1863. He is nt present n Inmberman.
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HISTORY OF LUZERNE COUNTY.
W. F. STREETEn, lumber manufacturer, was born in Lexington, Greene county, N. Y., December 28th, 1834, and married Elma Frear, of Eaton, Wyoming county. Ilis residence is at Bridgeport, Carbon county, where he has been justice of the peace since 1876, and has served as school director abont fifteen years.
DANIEL STULL was born in Beaumont, July 27th, 1837. His wife, whose maiden name was Eliza Lewis, is of the same place. Mr. Stull, who was formerly a bookkeeper, is now in the mercantile Imsiness at. White Haven.
R. F. STUTZBACI, editor and proprietor of the Hazleton Journal, lo- cated at Hazleton in 1872. He was born in Germany, July 21st, 1850, aud married Miss Bertha Brill, of Baltimore, Md.
PROF. A. P. SUPPLEE, superintendent of schools of Hazleton, was born in North Wales, Montgomery county, Pa., October 230, 1845. llis wife was Miss Mattie Sedgewick, of Bath, N. Y.
H. E. SUTHERLAND was born in Seneca county, N. Y., in 1835. He was married November 25th, 1857, to Miss Harriet Landerburn, of Tamaqua, Pa. He located in Hazleton in 1866, where he has since been engaged in the book and stationery business.
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