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 68

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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W. J. DAVIS, postmaster at Port Allegany, is a son of Urian and Louise Davis, and was born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1814. He made his home with his parents until 1835 (they having removed to Allegany county, N. Y., in 1833), and began his business life as a clerk, eventually becoming a mer- chant until his removal in 1844 to Farmers Valley. McKean county, where he continued his former business, and also was engaged in the lumber trade. In 1847 he removed to Smethport, where he was engaged in the mercantile busi- ness; in 1850 he came to Port Allegany, engaging in mercantile business and dealing extensively in lumber. February 21, 1848, he married Helen M., daughter of Joel Sartwell, and they have had two children, one of whom is liv- ing, Marion. Mr. Davis was elected a member of the legislature in 1868, serv ing one term; was also elected county commissioner, and has served as justice of the peace. He received the appointment as postmaster May 26, 1885, and Port Allegany was made a third-class postoffice August 10. 1888. Mr. Davis' father was in the war of 1812. He lived until ninety-three years of age, and died in Allegany county, N. Y., in 1884.

E. B. DOLLEY, Port Allegany, son of Daniel Dolley, was born in Oxford county, Me., in 1826, where he was reared and educated. remaining there until 1845, when he took a trip around the world on a whaling vessel. In 1849 he located at Port Allegany, where he was engaged in the hotel business, hav- ing also a tannery and general store. In 1868, with F. H. Arnold, he pur- chased the lumber and mercantile interests of A. S. Arnold & Co., and the two have since been constantly associated in business. He and Mr. Arnold were instrumental in the establishment of the Port Allegany water-works, and they are and have been heavy operators in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. having had twenty wells in the Rixford field, a portion of which was destroyed by fire. and a part has been sold. He also, with Mr. Arnold, started the gas-works here. having six wells, and ultimately design to supply the necessities of the borough in that direction. Mr. Dolley is one of the wealthy and prominent men of McKean county, and was elected treasurer of the county in 1868. Po- litically he is a Democrat. He is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 505, F. & A. M., Arnold Chapter, R. A. M., and St. John's Commandery, K. T. Mr. Dolley married Louisa M., daughter of Isaac Vinar, of Massachusetts; and to them were born two children, of whom but one is living: Mina (now Mrs. C. R. Bard, of Port Allegany, to whom one child has been born, P. F .. now a boy of eleven years of age.

CHARLES A. DOLLEY, Port Allegany, son of Daniel and Sarah (Fos- ter) Dolley, was born in the town of Wells, Me., in 1840, and, with his par- ents, came to McKean county in 1849, locating on Lillibridge creek, Liberty township, where they engaged in clearing land, it being a wilderness at that time, with but few buildings in the township. His father devoted the balance of his life to farming, and was also a lumberman. Their family consisted of thirteen children. ten of whom are living (the youngest being now forty-five years of age), and for forty five years remained unbroken. The children are named

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as follows: Christina (wife of J. C. Goding), Judith (wife of Alonzo Thomson), Fannie (wife of Joel Stinchfield), Enoch B .. Leonard H (deceased), Elijah. Oris, Izates, Charles A., O. P., Linas, Otis and Elwar Payson. Charles A. made his home with his parents until 1859, when he went to California, where he remained three and one-half years. He then returned to Port Allegany and commenced business as a farmer, merchant and lumberman, in which he is still, engaged. He is a Prohibitionist and a member of the Sons of Temperance. He was married, in 1865, to Martha J. Grig-by, and they have four children: Idla, Dora, Chester and Alsa. Mr. Dolley has held varions official positions in the borough and township, and is one of the representative citizens. He is well to do and is public spirite:1. using his means liberally for the promotion of all worthy enterprises.

MANLEY C. FIELD, superintendent, Port Allegany. The extensive tan - ning establishment of Root & Keating. located at Port Allegany, has for the past twelve years been under the superintendency of Mr. Manley C. Field. This gentleman was born in Rashford, N. Y., May 16. 1846, attended the com non schools of the place, and Olean and1 Franklinville academies, and after- ward taught school twelve terms, when he entered the service of Jewett & Keating, of Buffalo, in their leather store. He spent several years there, and about a year before the firm became Root & Keating he moved to Port Alle.

gany, where he became their superintendent Mr. Field was married, in 1868. to Miry E. Covell, of Allegany. N. Y .. and they have had five children, four of whom are living: Stewart L., J. M., Zna C. and Howard. Their eldest child. Bessie, died in infancy. Mr. Field has served the town as school director and auditor, and has been one of the borough council. For about twenty five years he was a member of the Christian Church, but is now serving as Sunday-school superintendent, trustee and treasurer of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Port Allegany. He has been prominently identified with temperance work for many years, and is a thorough-going member of the Pro- hibition party.

EPHRAIM FITCH, farmer and lumberer, P. O. Port Allegany, is a son of Ephraim and Athalia (Smith) Fitch, and was born at Ellicottsville. Cattarangus Co., N. Y., in 1817, and was the first white child born in that town. His father was a native of Oxford, Chenango County, N. Y., and his mother of Butternut, same county. They located in Cattaraugus county in 1816, and reared a family of ten children: Ephraim, Caroline (the late Mrs. Burlingame). James L., Ophelia (the late Mrs. Smith), Hannah (the late Mrs. Chamberlain ), John O .. O. B., Mrs. Lydia Diltz. Charles D. (who died in the army) and Mrs. Harriet Laten. Ephraim remained with his parents in Cattarangus county until 1836, when he removed to Port Allegany, and was employed by Harry Bryan, a lumberman, in the erection of a mill. In 1839 be married Cornelia A .. daughter of Daniel Wright, and located in Liberty township. where he purchased a farm, and has since been engaged in business as farmer and Inm. berman. For thirty seven years Mr. Fitch rafted down the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, but, there being no railroads in the earlier days, he was compelled to find his way back from Pittsburgh on foot, the round trip occupying about two weeks. From 1836 to 1845 there was but one road in Liberty township. in which Mr. Fitch now resides, and up to 1840 groceries and provisions were very high, as well as scarce, although wild game was quite plentiful. Mr. Fitch having killed hundreds of deer and bears and any amount of small game. Sartwell & Arnold. the lumbermen of Port Allegany at that day, were in the habit of sending a four-ox team to Jersey Shore every year for a load of corn. which, on reaching the home market, was worth $2 per bushel, the distance

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traveled being over one hundred miles, and the time consumed in making the trip from ten to twelve days. Mr. and Mrs. Fitch, who have now been mar- ried over fifty years. and are still in good health, have had six children: Albert, A. M., Ophelia (Mrs. W. C. Medbury), George B., Ellen A. (Mrs. Nelson Cole), and Frank A. Willie (the last named deceased). Mr. Fitch affil- iates with the Democratic party, and has held all the township offices. He has been for twenty-five years justice of the peace.

L. J. GALLUP, farmer and lumberer, P. O. Port Allegany, is a son of Orrin W. and Nancy H. (Corwin) Gallup, and was born in Norwich township, Mckean Co., Penn., in 1836. His paternal grandfather, Nathaniel Gallup, who was one of the pioneers of the county, located in Norwich township, and reared a family of eleven children: J. F., Andrew, Orrin, Nathaniel, Daniel, Ebben, Orlando, Alfred, Philetus. Arnold and Calphurnia. Of these, J. F., Daniel. Alfred and Ebben are still living. Edward Corwin, maternal grand. father of L. J. Gallup, was also one of the early settlers of Mckean connty, and a resident of Norwich township. He had a family of eleven children, three of whom are living: John, Esther and Eliza; Benjamin, Bister, Gordis, Philetns, Edward, Nancy, Diana and Olive are deceased. Orrin W. Gallup, father of L. J., was born in Connecticut, and came here with his parents, where he was reared, and was married to Nancy H., daughter of Edward and Olive Corwin, after which event he located in Norwich township, and engaged in farming. Their children were Clarissa (deceased), L. J., Olive (deceased). Viletta, Dorton, Alba (deceased), Esther, Florence, Charlotte, B. C., Delos, and Dora (deceased). They eventually removed to Smethport, where they passed the remainder of their lives. L. J. Gallup was reared and educated in Norwich township, and married, in 1861, Polly A., daughter of C. R. Burdick. after which they located on a farm, where he has since been engaged in farming, and is also interested in the lumber business. To Mr. and Mrs. Gallup have been born four children: Purdie A., Clayton E .. Glennie, and Ella (who died when five years of age). Mrs. Gallup is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Gallup is a Democrat, has held most of the township offices, and has served on the Democratic County Committee. Mrs. Gallup's father, C. R. Bur- dick, who is still a resident of Norwich township, is a son of Rowland Burdick, also a pioneer of McKean county. Her mother was burned to death by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. They had a family of six children: Charley, Elmer, Alvira, Ellen, Alice and Polly A., Ellen and Alice being now deceased.

H. H. GARTHWAIT, Port Allegany, son of John S. Garthwait, was born in Borodino, Onondaga Co., N. Y., in 1839. His parents removed to Bolivar, Allegany county, where they still live. Their children were Harriet H. (now Mrs. H. W. Eaton), H. H. and John J. H. H. Garthwait lived with his parents until 1866, when he married Sophia S. Mead, and he and his wife made their home at Bolivar until 1873, when they moved to Olean, and from there to Port Allegany. He was engaged in milling and in the lumber trade until 1883, when he built the store he now owns in Port Allegany, and commenced in the furniture trade and general undertaking. The main building is 28x60 feet, over which is a hall, where nearly all public entertainments in the borough are held, and which has a seating capacity of about 250. Mr. and Mrs. Garthwait have one child, Cora. Mr. Garthwait is a member of the Knights of Labor. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.

C. E. GROVER, proprietor of planing-mill, contractor and builder, Port Allegany, is a son of Converse and S. A. (Clark) Grover, and was born in Liberty township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1847. His father was a native of Great Bend. on the Hudson river, in New York, and his mother of Tioga county, Penn. After

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their marriage they located at Ulysses, Potter Co., Penn. Converse Grover was one of the pioneers of Potter county, where he was engaged in building, and followed coopering. In 1847 he removed to Liberty township, Mckean county. where he purchased and cleared a tract of land. Their children were Mrs. Catherine Acre, C. E., William I., Mrs. Dweilly Falk and Oren W. C. E. Grover was reared in Liberty township, where he received his education. While he was yet a boy his father died, and he made a home for the others until they arrived at maturity. Being a millwright by trade, he bought, in 1885, of C. N. Barrett his planing-mill at Port Allegany, which was destroyed by fire in 1887, and which he at once rebuilt. In addition to superintending his mill, he does a good business at contracting and building. In 1879 Mr. Grover married Alice, daughter of John K. Burt, who was the first male child born in Potter county. Mr. and Mrs. Grover have four children: Orrilla. Letha, and Martin and Mabel (twins). Mr. Grover is a member of Liberty Lodge. No. 505, F. & A. M.

H. P. HAGAR, farmer and lumberer, P. O. Portage Creek, is a son of Richard Hagar, and was born in Vermont. February 10, 1830. His parents removed to Bradford county, Penn., in 1834, engaged in farming, and there lived and died. Their children were H. P., Sarah (deceased), Jane, Richard (deceased) and Joseph (deceased). H. P. Hagar, at the age of nine years, on account of the death of his mother, found it necessary to find some employment to relieve his father of the burden of his care, and from that time became the arbiter of his own destiny. In 1852 he married Phebe M., daughter of D. S. White, of Norwich, McKean Co., Penn., and located in Liberty township. Afterward he lived for a brief period in Norwich, but returned to Liberty township and purchased the farm he now owns, which he cleared. He has since been engaged in farming, and also quite extensively in the lumber business. Mr. and Mrs. Hagar have had six children, three of whom are yet living: David, Eleanor and Belle; Rosella, George and William are deceased. Mr. Hagar is a supporter of the Democratic party, and has held several official positions in Norwich town- ship. D. S. White, father of Mrs. Hagar, was one of the poineers of Norwich township, and was the father of six children: J. O., Clark, Phebe M., Edwin (who was killed while at work in the woods, when thirty years of age), George (deceased) and one that died in infancy. The parents of these children are both deceased.

CHARLES W. HOOKER, merchant, Port Allegany, son of William M. Hooker, was born in Mill Grove, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., March 10, 1838, and soon after his father moved to West Genesee, Allegany county, located on Dodge's creek and engaged in farming, also lumbering; here he died in the fall of 1884. His children were Anna, widow of Henry Wright, of Portville: Fannie, wife of Abner Tubbs, of Farmers Valley; William; Charles W .. and Lafayette, who died of typhoid fever at the age of twenty-one years. Amy. in consideration of the care and services given to her parents in their later years, inherited the estate, and is now a resident of the old homestead. Charles W. was educated in Allegany county. N. Y., and married, October 12, 1865, Sarah L., daughter of C. G. McKay, of Allegany, Cattarangus Co., N. Y. He located at Olean, where he was engaged in running a gang mill: thence removed to Portville, becoming proprietor of the Portville House, aud two years later he accepted a position offered him by Miller Bros., at Bay City, Mich., as foreman, and remained with them eight years. He then came to Port Allegany in 1877, and became associated with his brother, William, in the boot and shoe and grocery trades, the firm name being Hooker Brothers. Mr. Hooker is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 505. F. & A. M., of which he

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has been secretary for the last seven years. Politically he is identified with the Union Labor party. William, his brother, also a native of Mill Grove, born in 1836, made his home with his parents until 1868, when he removed to Forest county, where he remained seven and one- half years. Coming to Port Allegany in 1874. be here embarked in business as dealer in boots and shoes. He married, in 1868, Lucy L., daughter of Henry Champlin, of Genesee, Alle- gany Co., N. Y., and has two children: Nettie A. and Bessie E.

ARTHUR J. HUGHES, Port Allegany, son of Joab B. and Lucy (King) Hughes, was born in Belfast, Allegany Co., N. Y., August 27, 1845. The father died in 1855, leaving two children: A. J. and Florence, the latter of whom died October 7, 1889. A. J. Hughes was educated at Friendship Academy and Genesee Valley Seminary at Belfast, and being obliged to rely largely on his own resources he taught school, clerked in a store, and was otherwise employed to obtain the money to defray his expenses. He began newspaper work with George W. Dickinson, on the Allegany County Reporter. then published at Belmont, N. Y., as collector and traveling correspondent, continuing with him five years, first working on the Reporter and later on the Olean Times. May 27, 1874, he established the Port Allegany Reporter, and has been its editor and proprietor ever since. In 1887 Mr. Hughes also estab- lished the Autograph at Austin, Potter Co., Penn., but after publishing the paper a year he sold it. In 1878 Mr. Hughes represented Mckean, Tioga and Potter counties on the Democratic State Committee. In 1879 he was the choice of Potter county for the same position, and in 1880 was selected by Tioga county to represent the district. For the past five years he has repre- sented Mckean county on the same committee. During the presidential canı- paign in 1880 he was one of the secretaries of the Democratic State committee. He received the nomination of his party for State senator in 1880, and, al- though defeated. ran ahead of his ticket, the vote in his district for Hancock being 7.118, bis being 7,840. He has been a delegate to State, congressional, senatorial and county conventions many times, but has only once, in 1880, been a candidate for a salaried office. In 1884. in company with E. P. Dal- rymple and C. R. Bard, he built the largest opera house in the county, which was burned in December. 1887. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank in 18SS, and is one of its directors. Mr. Hughes was married in Angust, 1875, to Alice, daughter of Johnson Higgins, of Friendship, N. Y .. and they have two children: Mary, wife of Frank R. Utter, of Friendship, N. Y., and Julia, wife of William C. Carter, of Renovo, Penn. Mr. Hughes is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 505, F. & A. M.

B. KERSHNER, foreman, Port Allegany, son of Conrad Kershner, was born in Hersfeld, Hessen-Cassel, Germany, in 1822, where he was reared and educated, and where his parents died. Their family consisted of six children: George, Mrs. Lenora Mains, John, Mrs. Doretha Hetler, Justina (deceased). and the subject of our sketch, who came to America in 1852, locating in Wayne county, Penn., where he was employed in a tannery. He removed to Newark Valley, Tioga Co., N. Y., where he was foreman in a tannery for a period of twenty-two years, and in 1877 accepted a position as foreman of Root & Keat- ing's tannery, at Port Allegany, where he is still engaged. In 1854 he married Caroline Henderson, and they have four children: George H., J. W., Tilda and G. K. Mr. Kershner is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 505. F. & A. M. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is serving as steward and trustee of the same. He is a Democrat in politics.

C. A. LARRABEE, jeweler, Port Allegany, son of Willett and Rosanna (Smith) Larrabee, was born in Almond, Allegany Co., N. Y., in 1844. His

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parents removed to Whitesville, N. Y., and he made that his home until the commencement of the Civil war, when he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-fifth N. Y. V. I. He was captured April 19, 1864, at Plymouth, N. C., and was held prisoner for a period of eight months. being confined at Andersonville, Charleston and Florence, where he incurred disabilities from which he never can recover. He was exchanged December 13, 1864, and mustered out of the service July 6, 1865. Returning to Whitesville, he here married, July 15, 1866. Eugenia E., daughter of Rev. Joseph W. Selden. They made Whites- ville their residence until March, 1870, when they removed to Port Allegany. where he engaged in the jewelry trade, and has a very pleasant and remunera- tive business. In IS71 he was appointed postmaster, a position he held until July, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Larrabee have five children: Pauline, Effie, Allie, Florence and Lawrence. Mr. Larrabee is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 505. F. & A. M., and of Arnold Chapter, R. A. M. : he is a member of Star Hose Company No. 1, of Port Allegany. Mr. Larrabee is a supporter of the Republican party, and has been a member of the county committee several times; he has held various official positions in the borough, and at present is a member of the council and justice of the peace. With C. N. Barrett, he was instrumental in organizing Henry Metcalf Post, G. A. R., at Port Allegany.

ALVA N. LILLIBRIDGE, Port Allegany, son of Lodowick and Anna C. (Stanton) Lillibridge, was born August 19. 1823, in what is now Port Alle- gany, McKean Co., Penn., on the place he now owns. His maternal grand- father, Samuel Stanton, was born at Mount Pleasant, Wayne Co., Penn .. and was afterward judge of that county, and one of its able and prominent men, extensively engaged in various enterprises. There he married Martha Morse. and they came to Mckean county, at a very early day, where they purchased 1, 700 acres of land on Marvin creek, in what is now Hamlin township, and a tract of 300 or 400 acres now owned by W. J. Davis, in Liberty township. At the latter place he erected a store and log houses, having plans made for many buildings. He returned to bring his family to Port Allegany, but, on arrival at Jersey Shore, found seven of his children prostrated with typhoid fever. He had previously been to Philadelphia, and made plans to bring a colony of 200 families to Port Allegany, the purpose being to make that the county seat of MeKean county: but before his plans were fully executed he discovered that the county was losing large sums of money appropriated for road purposes. He proceeded to Bellefonte to have justice done, accomplished his design, was taken with croup and died there. The colonists, having lost their chief, proceeded to Ashtabula county, Ohio, and located there. The wiclow of Samuel Stanton went to McKean county, where she remained until her decease. Their children were Samuel, Polly, Anna C., Lucy, Rebecca, Lydia, Daniel, Abel and Hannah, of whom Samuel, Abel, Anna C. and Han- nah became permanent residents of McKean county, all of whom are de-

ceased but Hannah. Anna C. Stanton married Lodowick Lillibridge, and located in what is now Port Allegany, where they were among the first settlers, engaging in most anything to make a living. They reared a family of eight children : Elias, Samuel. Alva N., Phebe A. (Mrs. Rennselaer Vanderliule), Han- nah (Mrs. Terrance Green), Amy (Mrs. Hiram Baker), Lucy (Mrs. G. M. Hull, of Oliphant, Lackawanna Co., Penn. ) and Lowell L. Lillibridge. Alva N., the third son, made his home with his parents until his marriage, June 24, 1847, to Leoria S., daughter of Isaac Viner, of Port Allegany. They located on the place he now owns, where, with the exception of three years, they have since resided. He is engaged as farmer and lumberman, and has been prosperous in his pursuits. In 1863 he was elected sheriff, which

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necessitated his removal to Smethport for the term of three years. To Mr. and Mrs. Lillibridge have been born two children, Mason A. and Ora, now Mrs. O. L. Snyder, of Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. Lillibridge are members of the Baptist Church: in politics he is a Republican.

S. C. SARTWELL, proprietor of the Sartwell Honse, Port Allegany, is a son of Joel and Elizabeth (Otto) Sartwell, and was born at Farmers Valley, MeKean Co., Penn., in 1840. Solomon Sartwell, his grandfather, who was a native of New Hampshire, where he married, removed to MeKean county. Penn., at a very early time, and located at Farmers Valley, where both he and his wife resided until their decease. Joel, son of Solomon, and father of S. C. Sartwell, was also a native of New Hampshire, and removed with his parents to Farmers Valley, where he married Miss Elizabeth Otto, after which they located at Farmers Valley, where he was engaged in the lumber trade, and where they raised a family of ten children, of whom but six are known to be living: Helen (who married the Hon. W. J. Davis), Joseph, Sylvia (now Mrs. J. L. Behn), S. C., Henry and Lucy (now Mrs. Dean Cheadle). Wilbur, who was born before these, went to California in 1857, and is probably deceased, as no tidings have been received from him. S. C. Sartwell was reared and ed- neated in MeKean county, and in 1865 married Rose Thomson, after which they located at Portville, where he was engaged in business. He afterward purchased a farm near Port Allegany, which he sold in 1874, and then re- moved into the borough where he became the owner and proprietor of the Sartwell House, a hostelry noted for the excellency of its management, and which has the exclusive patronage of the traveling public. Mr. and Mrs. Sartwell have two children living, Grace and Stephen (twins); two children, Willett and Winifred, are deceased. Mr. Sartwell is a member of the Demo- cratie party, and one of the able and representative citizens of Port Allegany.

F. P. SHANER, formerly of Port Allegany, son of Matthias and Margaret J. (Stewart) Shaner, was born in Freedom, Venango Co., Penn., in 1859, where he remained until fifteen years of age, when, with his parents, he removed to Clarion county, same State. His father's family consisted of eight children, viz. : John L., David G., Emma (Mrs. William U. Over), Daniel C., Horace C .. Ella (Mrs. Jerry Weter), F. P. and Ambrose C. F. P. Shaner began his edu- cational course in the schools of Venfango and Clarion counties, and after at- tending school several terms at the academy in Rimersburg and West Freedom, he taught school for four years, and in 1883 accepted the position as book-keeper for Root & Keating in their tannery at Port Allegany; he is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, Tent No. 11, of Port Allegany. He is an active worker in the ranks of the Republican party, and has served as a member of the county committee, and of the borough council. He is also a member of the Methodist Church. He was married June 12. 1889, to Miss Jennie F. Simar. He has now moved to Olean, N. Y., where he has accepted a position as superintendent of Root & Keating's tannery.

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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