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 69

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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WILLIAM J. TEMPLETON, merchant, Port Allegany, is a son of James and Sarah Templeton, and was born in the County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1837. When thirteen years of age he came to America, and located at Buffalo, N. Y .; afterward he was employed as manager of A. Rumsey's farm for several years. In 1873 he married Agnes S. Mills, and located at Colton, N. Y .. where he owned a farm and also carried on the lumber trade. Removing to Keating Summit, he here engaged in business as Inmberman, and in 1887 located at Port Allegany, where he became a dealer in general merchandise. Mr. and Mrs. Templeton have four children: George D., James F., Charles S. and Edward Ray. Mr. Templeton is a member of Erie Lodge, No. 161, F. & A. M .. of Buffalo. In politics he votes with the Union Labor party.

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V. R. VANDERHULE, farmer and lumberer, Port Allegany, son of Ger. sham and Lavina (Mead) Vanderhule, was born in Bainbridge, Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1831. His father was born and reared in Dutchess county, N. Y., near what is now Poughkeepsie. Gersham Vanderhule's father helped to gain onr independence, having served as a soldier four years in the Revolutionary war; he was in many hard-fought battles, and one of them was the great battle of Bunker Hill. He was once taken prisoner by the British, and died soon after the war closed, through the effects of a wound received in battle. V. R. Vanderhule's mother was born and reared near Albany, N. Y. The famous Gen. Meade, who commanded a portion of the Union forces in the late Civil war was a relative of hers. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbule reared a family of twelve children, six of whom are deceased; those living are Samuel, Elisha. V. R., Robert, Mrs. Adelia Penrith and George. V. R. Vanderhnle was reared and educated in Chenango county, N. Y., and made his home with his parents until 1846, when he was employed in Susquehanna county. Penn., remaining there until 1852, when he removed to Mckean county, Penn., and was employed by Jacob Coss, a lumberman, until 1856, and then went into lumbering and other branches of business for himself, and in 1865 purchased a farm in what is now the borough of Port Allegany. and has since been engaged in farming and Jum- bering. In 1856 he married Phebe A., daughter of Lodowick and Anna C. (Stanton) Lillibridge; they became the parents of three children: Alice, who died at the age of fifteen years; George and Rose. Mr. Vanderhule is em- phatically a self made man. Beginning his business life under adverse cir- cumstances, he has by his own exertion secured a competency and is now one of McKean county's representative men. He is an active member of the Re- publican party, and cast his first vote in Port Allegany, then called Canoe Place, and when there were only seven Republican votes cast beside his own in the whole township.

IRA WEIR, P. O. Portage Creek, son of John and Sally Weir, was born in Kanesville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1837, and was reared in his native connty, remaining there until manhood. He came to McKean county, Penn .. in 1863, and located at Liberty, being engaged as farmer and lumberman, and a year later his parents followed him. Mr. Weir was married, in 1861, to Ad- eline Johnson, and they have had two children: Alva M. and Charles E. Alva M. married William Moore, a farmer near Tallmage's mill, Liberty township. Mrs. Weir dying, Mr. Weir married, for his second wife, Miss Hattie B. Fer- guson, and by this marriage has two children: Walter and Ernest. When Mr. Weir located in Liberty, being a natural mechanic, his services were sought in all directions, and for a time he was the general blacksmith, carpenter, wagon maker and sleigh maker. He has been an enterprising man, and merits the success he has had. He is public spirited, and a liberal supporter of all worthy enterprises.

CHARLES E. WEIR, son of the above, was married October 1, 1884, to Adelia Elliott, of Portville, N. Y. He located at Liberty, and in May, 1888, became owner and proprietor of the store, and has since been successfully engaged as a dealer in general merchandise. Both he and his father are supporters of the Republican party.

ANNIN TOWNSHIP.

FREDERICK F. BISHOP, farmer, P. O. Turtle Point, was born in Le Roy, N. Y., September 6, 1822, a son of Elisha and Fanny (Piper) Bishop, natives of New Hampshire, who settled in Annin township in 1841, clearing and improving a farm on Newell creek, on which they lived and died. Elisha

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Bishop was a tanner and currier by trade and operated a tannery on Newell creek for many years. The timber cut on his farm was the first felled in that part of the township. He had six children: Frederick F., Levi, George, Henry, Olive (Mrs. William Dunbar) and Charles. Frederick F. Bishop lived in Massachusetts until fifteen years of age. He first came to Annin town- ship in 1840, where he settled permanently in 1844, clearing and improving a farm adjoining that of his father, on Newell creek, where he resided until 1864, when he removed to the farm he now occupies, most of which he also cleared and improved. October 21, 1844, he married Lydia L., daughter of Emery and Lydia (Locke) Whitney, of Watertown, Mass., and they have had five children: Le Roy E., Wilder (deceased), Maria (Mrs. B. R. Simar), Emily L. (Mrs. Martin Simar) and Fanny (deceased). Mr. Bishop has held the office of school director of Annin township many years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; politically he is a Republican.

LE ROY E. BISHOP was born in Annin township November 19, 1846, and lives on the old homestead. He married, October 10, 1878, Rosa, daughter of George and Hannah (Winship) Blowers, of Steuben county, N. Y., and they have four children: Florence, George, Della and Winnie. Mr. Bishop has been school director five years; politically he is a Republican.

THERON COOPER. lumberman and farmer, P. O. Turtle Point, was born in Dartmouth, N. Y., August 23, 1813, a son of Samuel and Mary (Russell) Cooper, who settled in Annin township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1838. Theron Cooper came at the same time and took up the land which he now owns and occupies, which he cleared and improved, and where he has resided most of the time since, being for many years interested in the lumber business. In June, 1840, he married Sophia A., daughter of John and Catherine Mead, of Bolivar, N. Y., by whom he had six children who grew to maturity, viz. : Silas E., Albertus, Joel A., Elwin, John S. and Jane (Mrs. Myron Smith). Mr. Cooper is a prominent and respected citizen of Annin township, and is a mem- ber of the Baptist Church. He has held several of the local offices of the township, and politically he is a Republican.

MARSHALL J. HADLEY, surveyor, P. O. Port Allegany, was born in Jasper, Steuben Co., N. Y., November 14, 1836, a son of Benjamin F. and Lydia (Prentice) Hadley. His father was a physician by profession and settled in Aunin township in 1856, where he practiced two years; he then located at Olean, N. Y., residing there until his death. He was a native of New Hamp- shire. Marshall J. Hadley was reared in his native town and educated at Bath (N. Y.) High School. He read law one year at Wellsville, N. Y., and settled permanently in Annin township in 1858. October 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was wounded at Fort Harrison. In 1862 he went in the Ordnance Department of the Eight- eenth Army Corps, where, with the exception of three months that he was on Government survey, he served until his discharge. He was promoted to sergeant in December, 1861, and commissioned first lieutenant (not mustered) in 1864, and was honorably discharged from the service in February, 1866. He then returned to Annin township, where for some time he was engaged in operating a planing mill. Since 1868 he has been engaged in various other enterprises, and has done more or less business as a surveyor and conveyancer. He is one of the enterprising citizens of the township, and was elected justice of the peace in the spring of 1888. In politics he is a Republican, and was elected county surveyor in the fall of 1889 by a majority of 1,818-854 ahead of his ticket. He is also a member of the G. A. R.

JOSEPH HODGES, farmer, P. O. Annin creek, was born in Somerset, Vt.,

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February 19, 1806, and is a son of Ephraim and Catherine (Johnson) Hodges, early settlers of Broome county, N. Y., where Joseph was reared. Our subject settled in what is now Annin township in 1839, locating on the farm where he now resides, all of which he cleared and improved, and where he has lived for fifty years. August 18, 1823, when but seventeen years of age, he married Nancy, daughter of Ittair and Betsy (Page) Elliott, of Broome county, N. Y., and to them were born ten children: Sally (Mrs. John P. Evans), Nancy (Mrs. Simmons Foote), Mary (Mrs. Nathan Foote), Raymond, Lorenzo, Julius, Caroline (Mrs. Henry Wilcox), Olive A. (Mrs. Wilson Tubbs), Jerome and Joseph. Mr. Hodges is a remarkably well-preserved man for his years, and is one of the few pioneers left in Annin township, of which he is the oldest resident. He has been a member of the Baptist Church for sixty years. Politically he is a Republican, and has filled all the offices within the gift of the township, with the exception of justice of the peace.

ERASTUS H. NICHOLS, farmer, P. O. Turtle Point, was born in Halifax, Windham Co., Vt., October 14, 1822, and is a son of Samuel and Abigail (Chase) Nichols, who settled in Eldred, Mckean Co., Penn., in 1830. Samuel Nichols, who was a farmer by occupation, cleared and improved the farm now occupied by his son Dana B., and died there. He had the following named ten children: Lenora, Huldah (Mrs. Edson Warner), Erastus H., Lucina (Mrs. Charles Calkins), Edwin, Wilbur, Adelia (Mrs. George Colvin), Permelia (Mrs. Frederick McClure), Nathaniel and Dana B. Erastus H. Nichols was reared in Eldred from eight years of age, and after reaching his majority worked by the month until he was twenty-six years old. He then engaged in farming in Eldred, and in 1861 removed to Annin township, where he cleared and im- proved the farm he now occupies. In November, 1861. he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-eighth Regiment, P. V. I., was wounded at Drury Bluff, and honor- ably discharged from the service in December, 1864. He was twice married; his first wife was Lucinda P., daughter of Anson G. and Mary A. (Bowen) Moses, of Olean, N. Y., and by her had two children: George S. and Lillian. His second wife was Mrs. Amelia M. (Cooley) Smith, of Cuba, N. Y. Mr. Nichols is one of Annin township's most prominent citizens. He is a member of the G. A. R. ; politically a Republican.

VERY REVEREND P. J. PATTERSON, V. F., was a native of Raffeny, Parish of Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland. His classical education was received at Cavan Seminary, and in this country he studied philosophy at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio, and theology at St Vincent's Seminary, Westmoreland county, Penn. He was ordained to the priestbood in 1868, and was appointed pastor of St. Mary's Church at Sartwell, where he was located up to his death. He also had charge of the following named parishes: St. Gabriel's Church, Port Allegany; St. Raphael's Church, Eldred; St. John's, Duke Centre; St. Paul's, Costello, Potter county, and the Austin Mission, Aus- tin, Potter county. He was a hard worker, and by his efforts in 1870, the land was secured in Bradford upon which the elegant church and convent of St. Bernard now stands. He also secured the property at Smethport and built St. Elizabeth's Church, where it now stands, and to his efforts much of the growth and prosperity of the church in this vicinity is due. He died December 21, 1889, and the burial services took place at Newell creek, December 27, following. Bishop Mullin presided, assisted by the Rev. Fathers DeLaroque, of Warren; Coonan, Bradford; Hamel. Olean; Meagher, Ridgway; Winter, Meadville; Brennan, Driftwood; Galligan, Smethport; Brennan, Sharon, and Lynch, of Sartwell. About 10 o'clock A. M., a requiem mass was commenced by Rev. M. A. DeLaroque as celebrant, Rev. J. J. Hamel, deacon,

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Rev. William Coonan, sub-deacon, and Very Rev. Francis Winter, master of ceremonies. The Smethport Catholic choir did the singing. The Rt. - Rev. Bishop preached, and during his very appropriate remarks paid a deserved tribute to the memory of the deceased. The services in the church being over, the remains were viewed by hundreds of sorrowing people, after which the body was borne to the grave by six laymen, namely: Eugene Mullin, James Cremin, James McGavis, James Hooly, James McKean and T. D. Nash. Arriving at the grave, the last absolution was pronounced by the Rt. - Rev. Bishop, when all that was mortal of the gifted priest and pastor, kind brother and friend, was consigned to the silent tomb.

WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, retired, Turtle Point, was born in Georgetown, Madison Co., N. Y., April 26, 1815, a son of Reuben and Achsah (Alderman) Taylor, who settled in Allegany county, N. Y., in 1818. In 1834 they moved with their family to Ceres township, this county, and to Annin township in 1844. later to Potter county, same State, where they died. They had four children: William H., Norman, Riley (killed in the Mexican war) and Jane (Mrs. Harrison Ruby). William H. Taylor, the subject of this sketch, came to Ceres township in 1834, where he bought a farm on Bell's run, six miles in the woods. Here he built a log house covered with stakes, with floors made of split timber. a coverlet hung up for a door, and greased newspapers tacked up for windows. In those early days, deer, bears, wolves, and all kinds of game were plentiful; and Mr. Taylor having a good riffe, and being a keen sportsman and a crack shot, enjoyed many a day's good sport. So there was always plenty of meat in the cabin, but flour was $16 per barrel, corn $1.50 per bushel, potatoes $1, calico and shirting each twenty-five cents per yard, and ' other things in proportion. Mr. Taylor cleared here a fine farm, which, how- ever, he sold and then moved into Annin township where he bought the Annin farm, once owned by William Annin (after whom the creek and township were named), who was murdered near Pittsburgh for his money. Mr. Taylor cut a road through the bush, and moved in on an ox-sled. This farm was located on the Allegheny river, and there was no road, neither up nor down the river, nor was there any neighbor within five miles. Mr. Taylor at once set to work to clear his farm, and immediately put up the necessary buildings. Deer was plentiful, and he says he has killed as many as six in one day, and on one occasion he killed two deer and a bear pretty good sport! He erected the first saw-mill, and put in the first shingle machine ever used in McKean county. He was the first to discover bituminous coal in this region, and he opened the vein in Liberty township, his interest in which he sold for $2,500. He also built two saw-mills, one hotel, two dry goods stores and fifteen other buildings for renting purposes; in fact, there is not a man living who has contributed more toward the advancement of his township and county. There was a time when he knew every man in the county, and every man knew him, and his reminiscences of olden times are most interesting. Speak- ing of the county generally, he says land was $1 per acre when he came into it; timber was pine in abundance, hemlock and hardwood; the smaller streams were filled with trout, and the Allegheuy river with shad, suckers, bass, and pike weighing twenty-eight pounds each. The first murder was committed, in 1845, by Uzza Robbins, two miles above Port Allegany, for which he was executed at Smethport; the third night after his burial his body was dng up and his head cut off by young Burrows. The next murder was the deed com- mitted by "Old Aunt Betty," who cut her brother's head off and then put him under the bed, but the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty." Next followed August 4, 1874, the murder at Port Allegany of Calvin H. Hobar by

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one Crow, for which crime the murderer got one year in the State prison. The next was the shooting of Miss Riley by her cousin, for which he was executed; then came the murder of John Yohe by a man named Thompson, in 1886, for which he got twelve years in the State prison, and then, in 1889, came the killing of Henry Robertson or Robinson by Anson or Anderson. Many more interesting events Mr. Taylor could narrate.

Mr. Taylor was married in 1835 to Martha, daughter of John and Jane (Gibson) Rountree, of County Cavan. Ireland, and they have reared eight. children-six boys and two girls, viz .: George W .. Benjamin, William H., Nathan, Charles, James, Harriet (Mrs. George Helmig) and Mary J. (Mrs. George Campbell). The six sons are model men. using neither whisky nor tobacco, and never allowing profane language to cross their lips. They are well to do, and own farms with good buildings within sight of Turtle Point. George W., the eldest, carries on a dry goods store at Turtle Point, along with his brother Nathan. The parents are yet living-the father in his seventy - fifth year and the mother in her seventy-eighth-both highly respected. In politics Mr. Taylor is a Republican.

CERES TOWNSHIP.

POTTER BENSON, P. O. Ceres, N. Y., was born in Cincinnatus, Cortland Co .. N. Y., February 18, 1814, a son of Didymus and Elizabeth (Fish) Ben- son. He settled in Ceres township. Mckean Co., Penn., in 1832, and for a number of years was engaged in lumbering in Ceres township, and in Sharon, Potter county. He has lived on his present faim in Ceres township for the past twenty-five years. He married June 4, 1836, Henrietta C., daughter of Robert and Mary (Bee) Gilbert, of Ceres, by whom he had the following named children: Statira C. (Mrs. Justus Rice). Gulielma M. (Mrs. F. G. Fuller), Mary (Mrs. G. W. Lewis), John (killed at the battle of Gettysburg). Eliza- beth (Mrs. R. R. Bell), Harriet (Mrs. Alvah Hall), Brice B. and Rebecca. Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband. Thomas Bee, and for her second husband. John Bell, and with her second husband came to America. about 1800, bringing her five children. Thomas, Mary and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres township. Thomas Bee and his brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England. were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and step- father while they lived.

BRICE B. BENSON, son of Potter and Henrietta C. (Gilbert) Benson. was born in Ceres, June 11, 1851, and resides on the homestead with his parents. In 1883 he married Eva. daughter of David and Ida (Holmes) Finch. of Port- age, N. Y., and they have two children: Anna and Glenn.

JAMES BIGGINS, farmer, P. O. Eldred, was born in the Parish of Ro ban, County Mayo, Ireland, in June. 1834. a son of Patrick and Mary (Maloy) Biggins. He was reared in his native county until sixteen years of age. In the spring of 1851 he came to America and located in Livingston county, N. Y .. where he worked as a farm hand for three years and eight months. In 1854 he settled in Ceres township, McKean Co., Penn., on the farm where he now resides, which he cleared, and also made all improvements in build- ings, etc. Besides attending to his farm interests, he has to some extent been engaged in lumbering, and has been a successful man. March 29, 1864, he enlisted in Company C. Second United States Sharpshooters, and participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, North Ann River. Cold Harbor and Petersburg; was wounded in the right wrist in the latter en

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gagement, and was honorably discharged June 20, 1865. In 1868 he mar- ried Ellen. daughter of Patrick Welch, of Ceres township, and they have five children: Mary A., Ella E., John. Patrick and James. Mr. Biggins is a mem- ber of the Catholic Church, and of the G. A. R. He has served his township as overseer of poor three years, school director six years, and six years as over- seer of roads and tax collector. Politically he is a Republican.

OLIVER P. COON, farmer, of Ceres township, Mckean Co., Penn., P. O. Ceres. N. Y., was born in Allegany county, N. Y., December 1, 1835, a son of Daniel B. and Nancy (Burdick) Coon. They settled in Ceres township in 1837, where our subject was reared from two years of age, and after attaining his majority, worked as a lumberman for a number of years, but has spent a good share of his life in farming. In 1882 he embarked in the drug business at Ceres, at which he continued six years. He has been married twice. His first wife was Cynthia Adams, of Linden, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and his second wife, Lucinda, daughter of Dr. Peter and Elizabeth (Woodring) Scholl. of Saegerstown, Penn .. by whom he has one daughter, Lizzie. Mr. Coon has held several offices in Ceres township: was constable nine years in succession ; served one term as jury commissioner of Mckean county, and is at present holding the office of justice of the peace. He is a member of the K. O. T. M. and of the E. A. U. In politics he is a Democrat.

JOHN H. COON, carpenter. P. O. Ceres. N. Y .. was born in Ceres town- ship, McKean Co., Penn., June 30. 1842, a son of Daniel B. and Nancy (Bur- dick) Coon. the former a native of Rhode Island and his wife of Rensselaer county, N. Y. They settled in Ceres township in 1837, and engaged in farm- ing. clearing and improving the farm now occupied by Mrs. A. Austin, and here they died. They reared a family of five children: Oliver P., Lorenzo O., John H., Orson L. and Jennie (Mrs. Prof. S. L. Maxon). John H. Coon was reared in Ceres, where, with the exception of three years that he lived in Wis- consin, he has always resided. He has followed the carpenter's trade twenty- five years, and was proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel at Ceres one and one-half years, and engaged in the livery business two years. In 1874 he mar- ried Maria, daughter of Fred and Mary (Maloy) Manning, of County Mayo, Ireland. and they have five children: Fred H., J. Leslie, Lee M., Arthur P. and J. Ralph. Mr. Coon is a leading representative citizen of Ceres; has held the office of justice of the peace fifteen years, and several minor offices; politically he is a Republican.

JAMES R. GROW, farmer, P. O. Myrtle, Penn., was born in Almond, N. Y., February 21, 1827, a son of George W. and Ruth (Cornell) Grow, who settled in Ceres township, McKean Co., Penn., in 1837, locating on the farm now owned and occupied by James R. Grow, a part of which they cleared and improved. They had six children who grew to maturity: Martin C .. Hannah M. (Mrs. Peter North), Sally (Mrs. N. Lanphere), Angeline (Mrs. Almond Haskins), James R. and Celania T. (Mrs. Charles Fuller. ) James R. Grow was reared in Ceres from ten years of age; he purchased the homestead of his father in 1853, cleared a good share of the farm and erected the present build- ings. He married, in 1850, Martha A., daughter of Dwelley and Minerva (Fuller) Fuller, of Ceres township, and they have two children: Hattie M. (Mrs. C. B. Robaris) and Jennie A. (Mrs. Alton W. Maxon.) Mr. Grow is a prominent and representative farmer of Ceres. He is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, and Sons of Temperance; has held the office of com- missioner and supervisor of his township seven years, and school director sev- eral years. In politics he is a Republican.

GEORGE N HACKETT, farmer, P. O. Glenn, was born in Oxford, Che-

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nango Co., N. Y., May 2, 1828, a son of George and Mercy (Hall) Hackett. He was reared in his native county, where he received a common-school educa- tion and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed as a journeyman for three years. In 1847 he located in Ceres township, McKean Co., Penn., and in 1852 purchased the land he now occupies, all of which he cleared and im- proved, and where he has since resided. He was twice married. His first wife was H. Charlotte, daughter of William J. and Anna (Edwards) Hornblower, natives of England and early settlers of Ceres township. To them were born seven children, two of whom are living: George W. and Henry N. His sec- ond wife was Hannah E., daughter of John and Jane (King) Bell, of Little Genesee, N. Y. Mr. Hackett is a prominent and representative farmer. He has held the offices of supervisor, poormaster and school director, each nine years, and is at present township auditor; in politics he is a Republican.

GEORGE W. HACKETT, druggist, P. O. Ceres, N. Y., was born in Ceres township, Mckean Co .. Penn., October 8, 1863, a son of George N. and Charlotte (Hornblower) Hackett. He was reared on the old homestead in Ceres township, where he remained until twenty-one years of age. When he was eighteen years old he taught school during the winter months for three seasons, and at the same time studied medicine with Dr. H. A. Place, of Ceres. In 1885 he was clerk in a drug store for six months, after which he became a partner with C. D. Voorhees in the drug business at Shinglehouse. Potter Co., Penn .. which partnership existed until February 27, 1888, when he purchased a drug store in Ceres, which he has since successfully conducted. He was married June 16, 1887, to Mae, daughter of George J. and Maggie (Scholl) Odenheimer, of Saegerstown, Penn., and they have one son, James N. Mr. Hackett is a member of the K. O. T. M .; politically he is a Republican.

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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