History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections; including their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages biographies of representative citizens; outline history of Pennsylvania; statistics, Part 143

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1320

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The W. C. T. U. was chartered June 20, 1884, the following named ladies being members: Mesdames Ann Gerona Wagner, Sarah E. Lewis, Marcella Eaton, Kate L. Stone, Clara Burt, Chloe Leet, Kate E. Lewis, Nettie M. Allen, Louisa A. Hosley, Estella Robbins, Mary Lewis, Charlotte Marion, Martha Drake, Elizabeth Lewis, Stella T. Baker, Charlotte Millen, Aggie Hosley. Clarissa Bennett, Emma Farnsworth, Lucy Lewis, Celia R. Cobb, Emma Millard, Caroline Burt, Flora Bailey, Kate Burt and Mary Bronson, and the Misses Carrie Stillman, Clara Hosley, Jessie Lewis and Mary A. Gridley. Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis is first president, Mesdames A. G. Wagner and Charlotte Marion, vice-presidents, and Miss M. A. Gridley and Mrs. K. L. Stone, sec- retaries, and Mrs. Kate E. Lewis, treasurer.

The Ulysses Cemetery Association was organized February 14, 1874, for the purpose of establishing a burial ground in the borough of Lewisville. There were fifty two members, of whom O. R. Bassett, James Nickerson, E. C. Lewis, J. O. Potter, E. W. Chappel and Willet Lyon were trustees.

The Ulysses Driving Park Association was incorporated August 28, 1886, with E. U. Eaton, Geo. H. Cobb, John F. Stone, F. M. Wagner and J. N. Crowell, directors. There were thirty-seven members who subscribed for forty- three and a half $25 shares.

Hotels .- The Lyman House was built about thirty years ago by C. Lyman. This hotel was conducted by several persons for the last twenty years, until it became the property of Perry Brigham, whose residence it now is. The old

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Lewisville House ceased years ago, and like the Lyman is used as a residence.

The Hosley House was built by William Hosley in 1883, and carried on by C. E. Hosley until June, 1888, when the building and furniture were sold to D. A. Corey, the present owner. There are twenty-three rooms, well furnished. General Business .- A decade ago the general merchants were Chappel Bros., Abram Bennett, Burtis & Potter, S. W. Monroe and A. Burtis; Edson Hyde was a watchmaker, J. C. Davidson, a blacksmith and iron-founder; B. Lewis, a hotel owner; Seth Lewis, an attorney; A. Stout and E. U. Eaton, physicians, and E. Hackett, a mill owner. The academy and common-school buildings were here. To-day the business houses are, in part, G. C. Marion & Co., hardware; Stone, Raymond & Co., clothing; D. J. Chappel & Son. general store; C. A. Lewis & Co., general store; Drake Bros., furniture; A. S. Mintonye, boots and shoes; Homer K. Lane, drugs and books; Cobb & White, general store; C. M. Allen, jewelry and crockery; A. D. Corey, pool and billiard tables; S. G. Burtis, groceries. The professions are represented by Seth Lewis and I. P. Collins, attorneys; E. U. Eaton, physician, and S. A. Phillips, dentist. H. K. Lane established the first regular drug store at Lewisville, in 1879, in the Chappel Block, and in 1886 he erected his present building on Main street near North. The Sentinel, noticed in the press chap- ter, is a good local journal.

Miscellaneous. - The fire of April 28, 1887, destroyed A. L. Hyde's build- ing and stock, and the law office of Edson Hyde. The present Hyde build- ing was completed in August, 1887; the G. A. R. hall and a billiard room were destroyed . .. . In November, 1887, the Perry Brigham steam-saw and grist- mill was destroyed, with 20,000 feet of lumber and 200 bushels of grain . . The storm of May 28, 1888, destroyed orchards, fences and homes. Among the losers in Lewisville and neighborhood were A. F. Raymond, J. H. Hosley, of Gold; Alva Carpenter, George W. Carpenter, of Newfield; J. A. Brown, Cale Gridley and G. H. Cady, of Lewisville, who had their barns unroofed; D. Francis' barn was moved; A. Hawk's barn in Harrison town- ship was partly carried away; J. W. Neal, of Harrison, had his wagon-shed blown down and wagons broken; F. A. Crowell, and others on the Cowan- esque, lost property by this tornado.

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CHAPTER XXIV.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES-EULALIA TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF COUDERSPORT.

J. W. ALLEN, land estate agent, Coudersport, is a son of Ezra and Lydia Allen, and was born in East Smithfield, Bradford Co., Penn., in 1838. Ezra Allen was a native of Halifax, Vt., and Lydia Allen, whose maiden name was Chamberlain, was born in Worcester, Mass. J. W. Allen attended the common schools until 1848, in which year his father died. Two years later he made his home with an elder brother, remaining until twenty years of age, when, having completed his education, he removed to Missouri, where he taught school two years. During the late war he was for a time a member of the home guard. a body organized to protect themselves against attack from the secession element, but in 1861 he returned to his native place, and in 1864 he removed to Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Penn., where he became principal of Wellsboro Academy; he was also principal of the graded school for two terms. The same year, however, he removed to Coudersport, Potter Co., Penn., where he was for two years principal of the graded school. In 1866 he was elected county superintendent of schools, a position he held until 1878, since when he has been engaged in farming and in looking after the interest of the Bingham Land Estate for the agent of the trustees. He is a past master of Eulalia Lodge, No. 342, F. & A. M., and is a member of the Sons of Temper- ance. He is a strong temperance man, but not a third-party man. Mr. Al- len married, in 1866, Miss Mary, daughter of Benjamin Bowen, of Knoxville, Tioga Co., Penn., and they were the parents of three children: John, Ezra and Laura, all at home but Ezra, who is a stenographer and typewriter in Wisconsin, and designs soon to return and enter upon a collegiate course at Bucknell College, Penn. Mrs. Allen was president of the Woman's Temper- ance Union, and was a zealous worker in that canse. She was a member of the Baptist Church (which church Mr. Allen assisted in erecting, and has aided in its maintenance since, and of which he has been deacon since its organiza- tion). Mrs. Allen died of consumption September 28, 1889. Mr. Allen takes a deep interest in not only religious but also in educational matters.

C. H. ARMSTRONG, merchant, Coudersport, was born in Tioga county, N. Y., in 1832. His parents removed to Ulysses, Potter Co., Penn., when he was a child, and were among its early settlers. They purchased the first cook stove used in that township. His father was a shoemaker by trade, but partially cleared a farm in Ulysses, and in 1853 removed to Coudersport, where. in 1881, he died; his widow is now in her seventy-second year. Their children were C. H., Lydia R. (now Mrs. W. B. Gordnier), Chloe M. (now Mrs. O. H. Crosby), Ezra R. (deceased), Amelia J. (now Mrs. Capt. Theodore Hatfield, United States army, stationed at Kansas City, Mo.), Orlando E., Fred L. (deceased) and Parmelia (now Mrs. H. A. Scoville).

C. H. Armstrong began his business life as a farmer in Ulysses township, Potter county, but in 1861 came to Coudersport and engaged in the manu- facture of shoes. In 1868 he bought a hardware store, which he conducted

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until 1877, when he purchased, on Second street, property destroyed by the fire of 1880, but which he at once replaced with a handsome brick build- ing, containing two large stores, one 98x23, the other 85x23, and which is, without doubt, the most commodious, complete and best calculated building for a country store in the United States. On the second floor, in a capacious room, is a store-room for crockery and room for unpacking it, with elevator of modern construction; a store-room for groceries and fruits of all kinds, and a separate room for smoked meats. In the cellar, which is high and dry, well ventilated and light, is a buttery, and in a separate compartment is a vegetable cellar, where are also kept molasses, syrups, etc. In still another compart- ment are pork, fish, etc., and in a building in the rear, disconnected from the main store, is a store-room for flour and feed. and in an adjoining room a store- house for salt. The main store upon one side has fine groceries, upon the other side boots and shoes, and the adjoining show room has crockery on one side and jewelry on the other. Mr. Armstrong has a fine opportunity to take advantage of the markets on account of his vast room for storing purposes. Both fronts of the second floor are used as offices. In 1884 Mr. Armstrong admitted as partner Mr. E. C. Stevens, the firm name now being C. H. Arm- strong & Co. In 1854 Mr. Armstrong married Adeline M. Crowell. He is a Republican in politics, but is in no sense a politician, devoting his entire atten- tion to his business.

ELWIN H. ASHCRAFT, M. D., Coudersport, son of Alfred D. Ash- craft, was born May 15, 1854. in Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y. He com- pleted his classical education at the State normal school, at Mansfield, Tioga Co., Penn., and studied medicine with Dr. A. L. Bottum, of Westfield. Ti- oga county, after which he attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Md., from which he graduated March 1, 1881. He first began the practice of medicine at Ellisburg, Potter Co., Penn., where he remained until February, 1882, when he removed to Coudersport, and two years later took a post-graduate course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City. He married Anna L., daughter of B. F. Jones, of Corning, N. Y., who also graduated from the State normal school at Mansfield, and was engaged in teaching in the graded school of Coudersport. To them have been born two children, Florence F. and Walter E. The Doctor is a member of Lodge No. 815, I. O. O. F., and the Rebekah and Encamp- ment branches of the same order, having passed the chairs in the subordinate lodges and the Encampment ; he is also a member of the Sons of Temperance, and of Camp No. 121, Sons of Veterans, of which he was presiding officer for three years; State officer for the same order three years; served one year as State surgeon, and is now serving his second year as mustering officer of the State. He is likewise a member of the board of examining surgeons for pensions. The Doctor's father, who was a native of Connecticut, removed with his par- ents to Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., where he married, and then removed to Addison, N. Y. His business was that of contractor and builder until 1860, when he purchased a farm in Tioga county, Penn., to which he removed. In 1864 he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth New York State Volunteer Infantry, and was wounded in March, 1865, making him a cripple for life.

BENJAMIN BAKER (deceased) was a native of Rensselaer county, N. Y., born December 3, 1794. He came to Potter county, Penn., in 1838, and settled in Ulysses township, where he lived until his death. He married Miss Mahala Cronk, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., and they had a family of nine chil dren: George B, died at Ulysses in 1887: Andrew, lives on the old home-

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stead; Phoebe, died in 1864; Esther, the wife of L. G. Gridley; William, died in infancy; S. W., lives on his farm at Lymansville; Hiram, died in 1888; Russell, lives in Nebraska, and Mary, the widow of John Stanley, lives at Cambridge, N. Y.

S. W. BAKER, the fourth son of the family above named, was born at Williamstown, Mass., April 24, 1836, and was two years old when his parents moved to Potter county. He worked on the farm with his father until twenty- one years old, when he went to Port Jervis, N. Y., where he lived nine years. In 1866 he returned to Ulysses, and lived on the old homestead several years. In 1872 he worked at lumbering and in 1875 bought a farm near Ly- mansville, where he has since lived. Mr. Baker was married in October, 1862, to Bertha L. Covey, of Broome county, N. Y., and they have one son, named Benjamin S.

. ISAAC BENSON, attorney at law, Coudersport, was born in Waterford, Erie Co., Penn., June S, 1817. He became a student at the academy in his native town, and completed his studies at Warren, same State. Among the many classes of business which presented themselves for his consideration, none possessed the attractions of a profession, and being eminently qualified for the bar, both by literary acquirements and natural inclination, he entered, as a student, the office of Struthers, Johnson & Brown, prominent attorneys of Warren. He was admitted to the bar at that place in 1844, and first began the practice of law in the office of the firm just mentioned, where he remained for about one year. But the ambition of Mr. Benson was to find a wider field for his abilities, and June 11, 1845, he located at Coudersport, Potter Co., Penn., which presented itself to him as more suited to his progressive ideas. The immediate future of the place verified the accuracy of his judgment, and he soon acquired a proud position in the borough and vicinity. J. S. Mann, C. W. Ellis, L. F. Maynard and Wales Butterworth, all now deceased, were the first practitioners of Potter county, and were honorable and worthy com- petitors. Gradually, however, Mr. Benson found the number of his clients growing larger, his practice more remunerative, his popularity increasing, until in 1856 he was elected and served as member of the State legislature, and as State senator in 1859, both of which positions he filled with honor, winning the approval of his constituency. Early in the Civil war, his fidelity and ability being justly recognized, he received the appointment of paymaster, which he, however, declined, preferring to continue the practice of his chosen profession, the enjoyment of home life and his largely increased holdings, which required his constant care and supervision. Mr. Benson, in December, 1857, married Eugenie L., daughter of P. A. Stebbins, of Coudersport, and has one son, James B. Benson, who received a classical education, graduating from the University of Pennsylvania; he studied law with Wayne Mcveigh, of Philadelphia, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1884. Hon. Isaac Benson still remains a member of the legal fraternity, enjoying the confidence and esteem of the citizens of Potter county, generally, and in the evening of his life finds himself crowned with honor, and in the enjoyment of the luxuries well-earned wealth affords.

S. F. BUTLER, merchant, Ladona, Penn., was born in Seneca county, N. Y., June 10, 1853. His father, Joseph Butler, was born in Schuylerville, N. Y., and is now deceased; his widow, Jane, a native of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., resides with the subject of this sketch. In 1858 his parents moved to Potter county, Penn., and located in Sweden township, where he lived with them until fifteen years of age, when he left home and began to work for himself, in Wellsville, N. Y., at the carpenter's trade, which he followed two and a half

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years, and then went on the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad as brake- man, which he continued until 1873, when he returned to Sweden township, worked at the carpenter's trade two years, and then moved to Lymansville, where he followed his trade until 1880, when he was employed by a sewing machine company to travel, and continued with them until 1884. In 1884 he bought a saw-mill at Lymansville, and commenced the manufacture of lumber. June 6, 1887, he bought out the stock of merchandise of F. L. Williams, of Lymansville, and is now conducting a successful business in his line. Mr. Butler was married, July 1, 1875, to Miss Sarah Angood, of Harrison Valley, Potter Co., Penn., and they have two children, Maud E. and Daniel W. Our subject is a member of Coudersport Lodge, No. 815, I.O.O.F.

DAVID WILMOT BUTTERWORTH, proprietor of the Enterprise, Con- dersport, was born in that borough in 1852. He comes of good ancestral stock, and is the youngest child of Appleton and Mary (Wilmot) Butterworth, who died when he was very young. At the age of eight years, the orphan boy was taken by his uncle, the late Hon. David Wilmot, of Towanda, Bradford Co., Penn., with whom he lived some years. In 1862 he went to live with his sister, Mrs. Hugh Young, of Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Penn., and here, at the age of fourteen years, he entered the Democrat printing office, which was owned at that time by Charles Williams, brother of Hon. H. W. Williams. Mr. But- terworth has continued in the printing business ever since, and in 1874 re turned to Coudersport, where he successfully published the Potter County Journal about nine years. In 1887 he purchased the Potter Enterprise, and is now ably conducting the same. The Enterprise has steadily grown under his clever management, and is to-day the leading paper in the county. In 1875 Mr. Butterworth married Lizzie Hartrick, a native of Canada, by whom two children were born: Kent Wilmot and Ione Lydia. Mrs. Butterworth's parents were Irish.

LAFAYETTE CARTEE, son of John L. and Seclendia Cartee (Cartier), was born in December, 1823, in Tioga county, N. Y. In 1825 he was brought by his father's family to Coudersport, and here he lived until 1843. He was almost self-taught, having very limited opportunities of attending school, even after the opening of the academy in 1840. In 1844 he traveled west, and late in the same year became principal of the high school at Newport, Ky., a posi- tion he filled for two years. In 1846 he entered St. John's College, Cincin- nati, as professor of mathematics and civil engineering, but failing health compelled him to resign in 1848. and in November of the same year he took passage on board a sailing vessel, bound for San Francisco, a sea voyage being recommended by his physicians. Reaching San Francisco in June of the fol- lowing year, he found himself much improved in health. In California he spent a few months, and then went to Oregon, locating in Oregon City, where he remained some years. He was a member of the first territorial legislature, was speaker of the house the second term. and during the following few years he was engaged in surveying and engineering. In the fall of 1855 he returned to Potter county, Penn., and was married during the ensuing winter to Miss Mary Bell, of Ceres, Mckean county, who died at Dallas, Ore., in December, 1862. Mr. Cartee was engineer in the construction of the first railroad in Oregon-a short line, but difficult of construction. He has been a resident of Boise City, Idaho, since 1863; was surveyor-general of the Territory for many years, and has devoted much time and means to the raising of fruit and beau- tifying his home. He has one son and three daughters, all born in Oregon, now living near him at Boise City, Idaho.

O. L. CHASE, drnggist, Coudersport, son of Abram and Phebe (Holcomb)

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Chase, was born in Sweden township, Potter Co., Penn., in 1865. After com- pletion of his education, he served an apprenticeship as drug clerk at Ulysses, and in 1886 became associated with Dr. C. S. French, in the drug trade at Coudersport, where they enjoy a very remunerative trade. His grandfather Chase built the first house in Sweden township, and died when his son, Abram, was about seventeen years old. Abram, father of O. L., was a native of the county, born in Sweden township in 1845, where he still resides. He has had three children: Mary, O. L., and a babe that died in infancy. O. L. Chase is a supporter of the Democratic party. but, like his partner, takes no active part in politics. He was married April 3, 1889, to Carrie Davenport.

NELSON CLARK. farmer, P. O. Coudersport, a son of Daniel and Speedy (Grow) Clark, was born at Mansfield, Windham Co., Conn .. in 1808. His grandfather, Daniel Clark, was a soldier of the Revolution, and a native of Connecticut, where he married Miss Mehitable Slaight, and reared a family of six children: Daniel. Mehitable, James, Sarah, Enoch and Lora. There Daniel and his wife remained until their decease. Daniel, father of Nelson, was also a native of Connecticut, and married Speedy, daughter of Deacon Thomas Grow. of Hampton, same State. They located in Connecticut, where Mrs. Clark died. Nelson and Birna were their only children, the latter, how- ever, dying at the age of eighteen years. Daniel afterward married Lucy Bennett. and removed to a farm in Eulalia township, Potter Co., Penn., June 10, 1816, which farm Nelson now owns. Upon their arrival the county was an almost unbroken wilderness, their nearest neighbor, in the direction of Olean, being distant twenty-two miles, and the nearest post-office seventy miles away. Mr. Nelson Clark still resides upon the old homestead, having survived all but two persons who were born here in or before 1816, of whom J. K. Burt, the first male white child born in the county, is one. Daniel Clark, in addi- tion to being a farmer, was a practical surveyor; made many of the first sur- veys in the county, and was appointed by the surveyor-general to make the first map of the county, for which he received $150. His children, three in number. were all born in Connecticut.

Nelson Clark, the subject proper of this biography, was reared on the farm. and from the fact of its being a new county, without the benefit of the educational advantages now afforded, was unable to attend school in his youth. Living in the woods he became a successful hunter at an early age, catching his first wolf when he was twelve years old. He afterward returned to Connecticut, where he attended school, and worked during the summers. Again coming to Pennsylvania, accompanied by some of his relatives, he located on the old home farm in Eulalia township. He was married, October 15, 1829, to Mary A. Barrows, and to them have been born ten children, of whom four are living: Lora (now Mrs. George Metzger, of Emporium), Sarah, B. G., and Ella (now Mrs. J. W. Snyder). Mr. Clark has served as commissioner of Potter county. as county treasurer, and in various minor positions. He was a member of the old anti-slavery party, then of the Republican party, up to Grant's second candidacy, and has since been a Prohibitionist. He states that in the early days of Potter liquor was drank to an excess. No enterprise could be accom- plished without the use of it, and nearly all the inhabitants drank more or less liquor, the habit keeping society at a low base, and causing the multitude to strive harder for a livelihood. Thirty years ago, by a special act of the legislature, a prohibition law was passed which did away with most of the drinking in the county, and the people then began to thrive and the county became more prosperous.

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L. H. COBB, lumberman, Coudersport. son of Horace and Diana Cobb, was born at Spring Mills, Allegany county, N. Y., in 1849. He was educated at an academical institution, and at an early day began teaching at Woodhull, Steuben Co., N. Y. After teaching several terms, in 1873 he finished his studies at Alfred University, in Allegany county, N. Y., read law with Messrs. Olmsted & Larrabee, was admitted to the bar in 1876, and prac- ticed law in Coudersport from that time until 1886; in 180 he was elected district attorney, and served three years. Close application to business, how- ever, and the enforced confinement necessitated a change of occupation, and he made a purchase of five tracts of land, in all 2,800 acres, valued at $42,000, in about half of which he was associated with his brothers. He erected twenty- four buildings in and about the borough, built two saw-mills on his purchase and a shingle factory; he also has a store at Homer. In 1879 Mr. Cobb married Edith, daughter of William Dickinson, of Hornby, Steuben Co., N. Y. They have but one child living, having lost two children (twins) when about a year old. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb are active members of the Methodist Church, and very much interested in the cause of temperance and morality.

DAVID D. COLCORD, P. O. First Fork. Among the men most closely identified with the early educational interests of Potter county, none are more deserving of special mention than David D. Colcord, who, in 1839, at the age of seventeen, came from Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., to Coudersport to attend school and complete, so far as his limited means would allow, the education begun in the district schools of his native place. He attended the school then held in the commissioner's office, no school-house having then been built, and in 1840, the academy having been completed, he attended that institution for two years. He then began teaching, and for nearly thirty years was found in the schoolroom each winter, clearing and working during the summer sea- sons a farm that he took up in the almost unbroken forest south of Couders- port. In 1844 he married Sarah, youngest daughter of John Peet, one of the earliest settlers of the county. This brave and devoted woman, early inured to the hardships of pioneer life, was indeed a helpmeet, eking out, with a frugal hand, the meager living yielded by the scanty wages of the teacher, and the sterile soil of the farm. She died in 1877. Seven children were born to them, four of whom died in the diphtheria scourge of 1862; one. Alice. died in 1879, and two sons, Mahlon and Amos, are still living. In 1864 Mr. Colcord enlisted in the army, and served till the close of the war. In 1868 he moved to First Fork, Cameron county, where he still resides, active and energetic, though nearly seventy years old. Since 1870 he has devoted a part of his time to the practice of medicine, which he studied while a young man. As a teacher he was uniformly successful, being thoroughly in love with his work, keeping abreast of improvement by professional reading, and attend- ing educational meetings all over the county, often at serious inconvenience and pecuniary loss to himself. No sacrifice was too great for him to make for his school, and the salary was but a small part of his compensation. Both as teacher and director, which latter office he has held for many years, Mr. Col- cord has been a champion of the free-school system, and an earnest advocate of the education of the masses. Generous to a fault, thoroughly honest, ready to divide his last dollar with the needy, turning no one from his door hungry, the acquisition of wealth has never been his ambition; and though poverty may have prevented the realization of youthful hopes, and kept him in the valley when he would have been at the mountain top, yet the retrospect of a life devoted unselfishly to the good of others must have its compensation.

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Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1320

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1320