History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming counties, Pa.; with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers, Part 88

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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Supervisors .- M. Brown, 1845; J. Murphy, 1845; Obed Baldwin, 1846, 1853; Conrad Miller, 1846, 1848; Truman Atherton, 1847; Absalom Case, 1847, 1859, 1872; Joseph Wilcox, 1848; C. W. Cease, 1849; T. Brown, 1849; Peter Cease, 1850, 1857; Miles Hall, 1850; Oliver Davenport, 1851; Ira Mandeville, 1851, 1861; Levi Learn, 1852; Wesley Lainoreux, 1852, 1861, 1872; Alexander Lamoreux, 1853, 1860; G. W. Benedict, 1854, 1857; G. W. Seliofield, 1854; Sidney Bryant, 1855; John Covert, 1855; Chester Ranson, 1856; Green Atlierton, 1856; M. Allen, 1858, 1864, 1865; George Cease, 1858, 1864, 1865; P. N. Foster, 1859; J. M. Nesbitt, 1860; Elias Shaver, 1862; Martin Myers, 1862; John Case, 1863; Joseph Sweitzer, 1863; Abram Frisbee, 1866,

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CHURCHES IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP-PIONEERS OF JENKINS.

1869; William Booth, 1866, 1870, 1871; C. B. Mandeville, 1867; Jacob Cease, 1867; W. 11. Myers, 1868; 1. O. Snyder, 1868, 1869; L. S. Simons, 1870, IST6; 1. 11. Hale, 1871, 1874; E. W. Shaver, 1873, 1874; Fletcher Cease, 1873; George Harliss, 1825, 1878; M. Brown, 1875, 1879; Jacob Gable, 1877; M. M. Launoreux, 1879.

Toin Clerks .- C. C. Curtis, 1846, 1848; M. Brown. 1847; JJ. C. Elston, 1849, [850; . 1. 1. Baldwin, 1851 to 1854, and 1868 to 1879; W. Lamoreux, 1855, 1856; D. MeNiel, 187; Charles Brown, 1859, 1864; Philip Cease, 1864. 1867; .1. 1. Rogers, 1827; Josialt Cease, 1879.

Justices (with years of elcetion) .- Calvin W. Cease, 1845, 1850, 1856, 1861, 1867; Hiram Drake, 1846; Truman Atherton, 1859; William M. Honser, 1853; John Elston, 1855; P. N. Foster, 1859; J. R. Baldwin, 1865, 1872, 1877.

RELIGIOUS MATTERS.

The early religions teachings were by resident Baptist preachers, prominent among whom were Joel Rogers, Griffin Lewis, and one of the Drakes. At the same time Universalist preachers, among whom were Rev. Mr. Coffin and Rev. Mr. Crooker, used to preach and had a large following. The " Christian " society sent preachers to Huntsville as early as 1830. Joseph Badger, Seth Mar- vin and G. W. Richmond were the first preachers of that denomination. All these societies held services in the school-houses.

Van Loon M. E. Church .- A society of Methodists was formed in Jackson township as early as 1820. The min- isters, as far as can be ascertained, were Morgan Sher- man, Joseph Castle, John Copeland, Philo Barbery, George Peck, S. Stocking, Miles H. Gaylord and Silas Comfort to 1828. There is no record from this date to 1850. Since then the pastors have been as follows: Charles Perkins, Joshua S. Lewis, - Chubbuck, - Morse, C. W. Griffin, P. Holbrook; D. Personius, 1863-65; George Greenfield, 1867-69; Isaac Austin, 1869-72; F. A. King, 1872-75; J. B. Santee, 1875; R. C. Gill, 1876-78; and David Larrish, the present pastor.

In 1877 the society built a fine wooden church build- ing. It was dedicated November 22nd, 1877, by Rev. WV. H. Olin, D. D. It takes its name from James Van Loon, of Kingston, who contributed very largely toward the building of the edifice.

Baptist Church .- The following persons took letters from the Plymouth and Lehman Baptist churches, and organized a church December 18th, 1864.

Deacon Hosea Hall, Milton Brown, Henry Cease, Jacob Cease, Johan Elston, George Cease Ist, George Cease 2nd, Oliver Davenport, S. A. Davenport, Peter Steele, Darius Lamoreux, Benjamin Higgins, Peter Marsh, William Hunter, Morgan Allen, William Lamoreux, Joseph Cease, Thomas Lamoreux, William Turpin, Daniel Turpin, Christopher Elston, Abram Cease, Martha Lamoreux, Matilda Camptield, Maria Lamoreux, Sarah Turpin, Amelia Lamoreux, Marilla Marsh, Amelia Case, Oliver Ackley, Keziah Allen, Lucinda Davenport, Elizabeth Daven- port, Lucy Davenport, Sarah Lamoreux, Caroline Hall, Eliza Foygerson, Betsey Welday, Lydia A. Brown, Barbara Cease, Anna Fruett, Anna Elston, Almira Lamoreux, Christiana Cease.

The first minister, George W. Schofield, had charge from January Ist, 1845, to March, 1846. He was fol- lowed by James Clarkson, 1846-51; G. W. Schofield, 1856, 1857; W. M. Gay, 1859-61; E. N. Whitney, 1862; Benjamin Shearer, 1869-71; P. S. Brewster, 1872, R. C. H. Catterall, 1875, 1876.

The society has never had a church, but has held service in the union school-house. Jacob Cease is the present Sunday school superintendent and deacon of the church.

JENKINS TOWNSHIP.

IlIS township was taken from Pittston June 24th, 1852, and named in honor of Colonel John Jenkins, one of the prominent settlers of the Wyoming valley. About one-half of the township is cleared, and very nearly the whole of it is owned by the Pennsylvania and Le- high coal companies, being underlaid with anthra- cite. Only that portion lying between the Susquehanna river and Gardner's creek has been settled, leaving two- thirds of the territory without a human inhabitant. The population is 2,203 against 2,505 in 1870.

Justices of the peacc for Jenkins have been elected as follows : Samuel Hodgson, jr., 1855; Peter Winter, 1855 and 1860; Michael Philbin, 1860; Thomas L. McMillan, 1865; Edward Riley, 1866; Theodore T. Hall, 1870 and 1876; Henry Jopling, 1871; James Donaghoe, 1875.

EARLIEST INHABITANTS AND INSTITUTIONS.

Joseph Gardner and Isaac Gould were the pioneer settlers on Gardner's creek. They located near where the creek crosses the township line into Plains, a little below where the Laflin powder mills stand. Here they built the pioneer grist-mill in 1794.

The first saw-mill was a portable one, built by Daniel Seeley on Gardner's creek, near the opening of the Ever- hart coal mines. Jesse Thomas had a small saw-mill above the site of the powder mills. These saw-mills have gone to decay.

James, John, Isaac and Joseph Thompson lived in the hollow below Sevastopol, on the Wilkes-Barre road to- ward Inkerman. The pioneer blacksmith, John Stout, had a shop on the hill between the school-house and Yatesville. He located here in 1824. The first brick house was built by George Price, in 1846, on the Wilkes- Barre and Pittston road. Mr. Price was a son-in-law of George Cooper, one of the early settlers. The house is still standing, and is occupied by a Mr. Butler. It is in- teresting to think of the time when Mr. Price interviewed Mrs. Cooper on the subject of becoming a mother-in-law; as it was soon after the war of 1812, and Price was a " freshman" from His Majesty's dominions, while in Mrs. Cooper's veins flowed the blood of a true Connecticut Yankee matron, who wondered at the audacity of that " Britisher " in asking the hand of her daughter. The reader can imagine the scene. However, the union of the two nationalities was arranged, and Jenkins town- ship was none the worse for it.

Among the other early settlers along the Wilkes-Barre and Pittston road were Joseph, James and Jacob Swal- low, near the southwest border of the township. Jesse Gardner located back on Gardner's creek; Isaac Tomp- kins, James and Joseph Armstrong farther down toward the river. William, Jacob and Daniel La Bar, Peter Mil- ler, Anthony Lacoe, Abram, Thomas and John Hess and a Mr. Goode were among the number.

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HISTORY OF LUZERNE COUNTY.

The first school-house was built about 1810 or 1812, near where the brick school-house now stands, on the Wilkes-Barre and Pittston road, in Sevastopol. The old school-house is now in use as a work-shop, having been sold to Francis Yates. It stands opposite his residence at Yatesville. The first teacher was Joel Hale. There was a log school-house at Inkerman, on the hill above Port Blanchard. John Blanchard and his sisters and George Cooper were among the early pupils. Roswell Hale was the first teacher at Inkerman.

The oldest cemetery is the Cooper burying ground, in the northwest corner of the township. We find upon the tombstones the following names and dates: Conrad Schiffern, born May 18th, 1744, died May 18th, 1820; Rachel Schiffern, born June 27th, 1742, died January 23d, 1810; Adam Wagner, born 1754, died 1806; Mar- garet Tedrick, died June 6th, 1811; Peter Sailor, died March 18th, 1809, aged 39; Mary Ann Sailor, died May 26th, 1814; Elizabeth Good, died February 27th, 1825, aged 30; Eve La Bar, died January 10th, 1809, aged 36; Rensselaer Billina, died April Ist, 1806; Margaret Win- ter, died February 14th, 1833, aged 81; Peter Winter, died March 11th, 1814, aged 65; James Swallow, died February 2nd, 1804, aged 50; Elizabeth Swallow. died April 15th, 1814, aged 60; Mary David, died January 26th, 1816, aged 36; Nancy Blanchard, died September 24th, 1809, aged 18; Cordelia Blanchard, died December 27th, 1794; Henry Cortright, jr., died February 2nd, 1828; William Day, born in England in 1740, died February 7th, 1829, aged 89.

COAL INTERESTS OF JENKINS.

This township is in the eastern district of the Wyoming coal fields, and a large majority of the coal lands belong to the Pennsylvania Coal Company and the Everhart Coal Company.

At the Everhart colliery there are employed on the inside 78 men and boys, and 58 on the outside. In 1878 this colliery produced 32,276 tons of coal in the 124 days worked.

Slope No. 2 of the Pennsylvania Coal Company pro- duced 35, 177 tons of coal in 1878 in 176 days. There were employed 80 men and boys on the inside, and 14 on the surface. Slope No. 4 of the same company, near Inkerman, employed in 1878 121 men and boys inside, and 24 on the outside, and produced 53,311 tons of coal. Shaft No. 5 produced in the same year 55,431 tons of coal. There were employed under ground 114 men and boys, and 59 on the surface. Shafts Nos. 6 and Ir and the coal breaker of the Pennsylvania Company are at Inkerman. No. 6 employed during 1878 114 men and boys inside, and 57 on the surface, and produced 44,899 tons of coal in 192 days. At shaft No. 11 there were mined in 146 days 25,071 tons.

THE LAFLIN POWDER MILLS.

These mills, seven in number, are on Gardner's creek, near the southwest border of the township, half a mile

above where the Lehigh & Susquehanna Railroad crosses the creek. The buildings are nearly in line, extending 1,430 feet along the creek in a beautiful grove of white oak, which in case of an explosion of any one of the mills would serve as a protection for the rest. The en- gine-house, which is nearly in the center of the line of buildings, is built of stone, and from it run eleven hun- dred feet of four-inch iron shafting, extending to the dif- ferent buildings where motive power is required. The storehouse is the building farthest up the creek, where the stock for the manufacture of powder is kept. A track from the railroad runs alongside the storehouse, in- to which freight is taken directly from the cars. From the storehouse the material is transported on hand cars to the different mills through which it has to pass until it reaches the graining mill. Here the powder is placed in revolving cylinders, and dried by air which is heated in a furnace a short distance from the graining mill and forc- ed through pipes into the cylinders while they are in motion. On the right bank of the creek, and nearly op- site the graining mill, are four brick coal pits, where are annually consumed 600 cords of wood in making the charcoal which is required in the manufacture of powder. These mills were commenced in 1872, by H. D. Laflin and C. M. Rouse, the present proprietors, and completed in 1873, at a cost of $Ico,000. They employ 16 men, and manufacture 75,000 pounds of blasting powder annually. C. M. Rouse, Esq., one of the proprietors, is superintend- ent of the mills, and has had nearly thirty years' experi- ence in the business.

VILLAGES.

PORT GRIFFITH was thus named in honor of one of the original stockholders of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, one of whose mines is at this place. It was then the term- inus of the company's railroad. It was for several years quite a flourishing place, and is at present an ordinary min- ing town. There is a store kept by Patrick Moylan, who is also the postmaster; a station of the Lehigh and Susque- hanna railroad, a school-house, several small groceries and abount 300 inhabitants.

PORT BLANCHARD is a railroad station about three- quarters of a mile farther down the Susquehanna, where there are now a hotel, a school-house and a few dwellings, with about 100 inhabitants. This place was named in honor of John Blanchard, an early resident and one of the first coal operators iu this township.

The first settler here was Captain Jeremiah Blanchard. He built a log house in the corner of the lot east of Mrs. Blanchard's, and subsequently built the house where Ebenezer Blanchard now lives. The house is known as the old "mansion house." In 1823 John Blanchard lo- cated here, and in 1817 built the house now occupied by Mrs. Blanchard.

The east part of the hotel was built soon after the Blanchard house, and it was opened as a hotel in 1845. It was kept by Samuel Hodgson, father of the present propri- etor. Mr. Hodgson was appointed postmaster about the time he opened his tavern, and held the office while he

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THE WILLIAMS FAMILY.

Thaddeus Williams, of Fairfield county, Conn., was no doubt a descendant of Robert Williams of Roxbury, Mass., who emigrated to this country from England in 1637. Thaddeus married Frances Case, of Hartford, Conn., and moved with his family to the Wyoming valley at an early day. He was driven from the valley at the time of the massacre, but returned and settled in Wilkes- Barre. Miner's History of Wyoming (page 262) gives the following account of an attack on his house in March. 1779: "A party of Indians made an assault on the house. The father, sick and confined to his bed, was unable to lend any assistance. Sergeant Williams and a brother quite young were the only persons capable of offering the least resistance. Twice the Indians rushed up to the door and attempted in vain to force an entrance. Several balls were fired into the house through openings in the logs, one of which severely wounded the sick father. He had two guns, one of which the lad loaded while he fired the other. Watching his time and taking careful aim, one of the Indians fell and was dragged away. Redoubling their shouts the Indians returned with brands of fire, but another discharge wounded their leader and finally repelled them, leaving Sergeant Wil- liams victor and his aged father and mother rescued

from death." Thomas Williams, son of Thaddeus Wil- liams, was six years in the Revolutionary struggle. Thad- deus died April 11th, 1796. His wife died in August, 1815, and was buried in the Gore burying ground, in what is now Plains township. The gallant Sergeant Thomas Williams married Elizabeth Robertson, of Bethel, Conn., about the year 1782, and reared a family of six sons and four daughters. He lived near Bridge- port until the spring of 1790, when he removed to Wyom- ing valley, where he accumulated a handsome property in the part of Wilkes-Barre which is now Plains. His wife died December 6th, 1835, aged 71 years. He died November 12th, 1839, aged 83 years. Their remains are buried in the Hollenbeck cemetery, Wilkes-Barre. His descendants are numerous. But one son, the young- est, Jonathan Robertson, survives. He was born in old Wilkes-Barre township, December 5th, 1809. He has been twice married: in 1831 to Maria Robertson, who died in January, 1876, and to Miss Lillie Bell, of Plains, July 30th, 1879. Though declining political honors he has held the honorable position of director of two or more banks in Wilkes-Barre for a number of years. He is a farmer, and lives in a beautiful residence on his farm in Plains, near where he was born.

Francis Gates

FRANCIS YATES.

Francis Yates was born in the parish of Herlaton, Yorkshire, England, November 11th, 1791. On the 9th of June, 1817, he left England for America, landing in Philadelphia on the 22nd of the following month. He returned to England after a short visit to America, and remained until after his marriage. His wife was Miss Mary Pratt, also a native of Yorkshire, England, who was born on the 18th of January, 1789. They were married March 24th, 1819, and during the following May left England for America, arriving at Philadelphia June 5th. Mr. Yates very soon moved into Camden, where they re- mained two or three years. In 1822 he moved his family into Hanover, Pa., and in 1825 to Yatesville. They had seven children, four of whom survive. The eldest, John P. Yates, now a farmer of Fond du Lac, Wis., was born April 18th, 1820. The second son, Francis Yates, jr., was born July 28th, 1824. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Banker, of Pittston, was born September Ist, 1826, and the youngest, Mrs. Jane Jones, of Mill Creek, April 27th, 1831. Mr. Yates came into this county when the land which has since yielded its vast stores of wealth was but a wilderness. The now thriving city of Wilkes-

Barre consisted of a few rude houses, and but three stores were kept. Mrs. Yates, who still survives, living at the homestead farm with her son Francis, tells of the toils, the hardships, and the pleasures as well of their pio- neer experiences. Mr. Yates was fully identified with all the enterprises of his day, and anything which tended to promote the interests of the county in which he lived re- ceived his hearty co-operation. Especially was he inter- ested in the prosperity of the Methodist church, of which he was a member from March 18th, 1820, until his death, which occurred March 27th, 1862. What is now the village of Yatesville was once a part of his farm. Here his son kept the first store. The church here was built through his instrumentality, and here his son has built, during the last year, a Methodist parsonage. The inter- est in the public welfare which was manifested during his life by Francis Yates, sen., is maintained by his son Francis at present. He has held the most important elective offices in the township and borough, and was for many years the largest taxpayer in the township. He is now a farmer, builder, and general agent at Yatesville for the Lehigh Valley Coal Company.

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VILLAGES IN JENKINS TOWNSHIP-YATESVILLE.

lived when it was removed to Port Griffith, and Patrick Moylan was appointed.

George Cooper located a little west of the Blanchard farm, and families named Doty and Berger near Blanch- ard's about 1800.

INKERMAN .- This mining town, on the old Wilkes- Barre and Pittston road, was settled by Peter Winter about ISIo or 1812. He had a blacksmith shop at this place. At present there are two school-houses (one two- story structure built in 1879), two stores, several groceries and a population of 600. Shafts No. 6 and No. 11 and the only breaker in this township are located here.

SEVASTOPOL is a small hamlet, formerly known as the Thompson settlement, at the intersection of the Yates- ville road with the Wilkes-Barre and Pittston road. It contains a school-house and about twenty-five dwellings, with 150 inhabitants.

YATESVILLE BOROUGH.

N the 20th of May, 1878, this borough was formed from Jenkins township and incorpo- rated, and the first borough election was held June Ist, 1878, when the following offi- cers were elected: Burgess, T. T. Hale; town council-Thomas Nattrass, John Shields, George Faircloth, William .Learch, Alexander Fra- zer, Alfred Day. At a meeting of the town council held June 4th, 1878, George Faircloth was elected presi- dent and Thomas Nattrass secretary. John H. Monk was elected street commissioner, Matthew Harrison chief of police, and W. D. Hale collector. T. T. Hale is the present burgess, having held the office continuously since his first election. The present town council con- sists of Alexander Frazer, sen., Thomas Nattrass, Alfred Day, W. A. Read, William Gowan, sen., and Charles Serton. The rest of the borough officers for 18So are: School directors, John Harding, James Carpenter and Charles Hale; high constable, John Harding; auditor, George Faircloth; assessor, Francis Yates; inspectors, William Gowan, jr., and George R. Smith; register assessor, Thomas Nattrass. The last named was elected justice of the peace March 27th, 1879.

SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH.

Joel Hale, in 1809, built the first frame house here. It is now occupied by John Monk, sen. Mr. Hale owned most of the sites of the business portion of the borough. It was soon divided into smaller lots to suit purchasers.

The next settlers here were H., Frederick and George Day, David Reese, James Cooper, Isaac and George Naphus, Joseph and John Stout, and James Thompson, all of whom came in 1809 or 1810.

The first tavern was built and kept by William D. Hale in 1859, on the corner of Main street and Stout road. It is now kept by John H. Monk. The pioneer

store was opened in 1855. The school-house on the west side of the Stout road was built in 1851. The Wes- leyan church on the east side of the school-house was built in 1864. It is now the property of the Young Men's Debating Association, and locally known as the Theatre.

Those who located here between 1812 and 1825 were John and Isaiah Hale, John Yates, Asa and Morris Naphus, and in 1825 Francis Yates, sen. The latter, after whom the borough was named, was born in England and came to America in 1817. He bought 90 acres of land of Theophilus Brooks, on which was a log house standing just above the old house between Francis Yates's and the rail- road station; and in 1832 built the frame house standing up the road from Francis Yates's house. His wife is still living, aged 91 years, and is actively engaged in the lighter household duties. The farms of the early and later settlers are all owned by the Pennsylvania Coal Company, and are nearly all abandoned for farm pur- poses. The first anthracite coal used at this place was used by Francis Yates and the Hale family. The coal cropped out near the surface, and they used a plow and scraper to uncover it. After clearing the dirt from a large surface they commenced digging and drawing out the coal with an ox team and sled. In this way they took out enough for their own use, besides selling large quantities, for those days, to their neighbors. This was the first coal mining in Yatesville. There are now two tun- nels and one slope in the borough, where many thousands of tons are annually mined. The Pennsylvania Coal Company commenced operations here in 1847, and with the mining business came an increase of population.

The borough now has one church (Methodist Episco- pal), two stores, kept by T. T. Hale and John Shields; a hotel, a school-house, a blacksmith shop, a tin shop, a shoe shop, and 413 inhabitants. The valuation of the borough for 1879 was $34,644. A post office was estab- lished January 15th, 1879, with Mrs. Sarah R. Hale as postmistress. Previous to this the post-office was Pittston.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF YATESVILLE.

This society covers the territory lying between Pitts- ton and Plainsville on the east side of the Susquehanna river. It grew out of the "Thompson neighborhood " class, of which Francis Yates was leader in 1825. The original members were Francis Yates, Daniel Bowman, Jesse Garner, George Price, William Day and John Thompson and their wives.

The meetings were held in private houses until the Thompson school-house was built, then in that until 1852; the place of meeting was then changed to the Yatesville school-house and another class formed, consisting of Francis Yates and wife, Joseph Nattrass and wife, George Robinson and wife, Sarah Learch and Rosetta Monk. These persons held their membership with the Pittston M. E. church, and under the leadership of Father Yates the membership of the class increased, and a Sabbath- school was organized.

In 1862 a portion of the society withdrew and formed

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a society of "Wesleyan Methodists," built a small church, and for a short time had preaching. In a few years most of them returned.

Until 1874 the preachers at Yatesville were Revs. M. Mead, G. M. Peck, O. M. McDowell, W. J. Judd, Y. C. Smith, I. T. Walker and T. Harroun.

During the pastorate of Rev. T. Judd at Pittston the M. E. society at Yatesville commenced building church, and the basement was used in 1865, Rev. Mr. Sturdevant preaching the first sermon here. The society worshiped until 1874, when the church was completed and dedicated. The sermons were preached by Rev. T. Harroun, of Pittston, and Rev. W. J. Judd.

In 1874 Yatesville was set off as a station. Rev. J. G. Stephens was pastor one year. The trustees were George Robinson, Thomas Nattrass and Francis Yates. The stewards were George Robinson, Thomas Nattrass, James Teasdale, John W. Worden, William Learch and James Jones (recording steward). There were then about 20 members.

In 1875 Rev. G. M. Colville was appointed here, and under his pastorate of two years the membership in- creased to 60, and the Sabbath-school in proportion. From the spring of 1877 Rev. Wilson Treible was pas- tor till the spring of 1880. A parsonage was built in 1880, costing $1,000.

The Sabbath-school is in a flourishing condition. Moses McGee is superintendent; George Monk and Mary Har- rison secretaries, and John Hewit librarian. The total number of scholars is 150. Average attendance 100.

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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 88

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