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FREDERICK W. LANGE, M. D.
713
Born Scranton, Pa., Oct. 14, 1861. Educated Scranton Schools and Wesleyan Univ. Mar- ried Jennie McDowell Lange, Dec. 31, 1891. Physician and Surgeon. Mem. Hahnemann Hospital Staff. Co., State and Nat. Med. Societies. Pres. Lack'a Dairy Co. Sec. Black Diamond Silk Co.
*JACOB C. LANGE
714
Born Scranton, Pa., Jan. 2, 1864 -* Aug., 1898. Educated Scranton Schools and Wesleyan Univ. Married Nettie Short, June 23, 1891. Prin. Scranton High School ten years. Att'y at Law. Sec. New Schiller Building and Loan Ass'n.
JOHN P. STANTON, M. D.
715
Born Scranton, Pa.,
April 25, 1878. Edu-
cated Scranton High School, Univ., Beel Hospital Med. Coll. Married Anna Bell, June 24, 1902. Physician and Surgeon. At- tending Physician House of Good Shep- herd. Mem. Co., State and Amer. Med. As- sociations.
JAMES HARRINGTON YOUNG, M.D.
716
Born Dunmore, Pa., Nov. 20, 1876. Educated Scranton, Pa .; Lafayette Col .; Univ. of Penn'a, Med. Dept. Physician.
WILLIAM K. DOLAN, M. D. 717
Born Sullivan Co., N. Y. State, Jan 25, 1855. Educated Montrose Academy and Uni. of Pa. Married Hannah Belle McCann, May 26, 1891. Physician and Surgeon. Mem. Lack'a Co. Med. Soc .; Pa. Med. Soc .; Amer. Med. Ass'n.
ALBERT KOLB, M. D.
718
Born Lancaster, N. Y., May 8, 1860. Edu- cated Medico-Chirurgical, Phil'a, 1884. Mar- ried Della M. Weinschenk, Oct. 29, 1835. Physician. Supt. of Bureau of Health, Scranton, Pa., 1905.
SAMUEL E. LYNCH, M. D.
719
Born Waverly, Pa., Oct. 25, 1861. Educated Jefferson Med. Col. Married Effie M. Weth- erby, April 4, 1889. Physician and Surgeon. Clark's Summit, Pa.
WILLIAM M. LYNCH, M. D. 720 ELIAS G. ROOS, M. D.
721
Born Baden Germany, Feb. 7, 1860. Educat- ed Freiburg Konigsberg, Berlin. Married Frances Wertheimer, Sept. 1, 1901; Edith Hirschman, June 14, 1905. Surgeon.
EMIL DE ANTONIO, M. D.
722
Born Alessandria, Italy, Oct. 4, 1872. Educat- ed Turin and Pavia Uni., Italy, and recog- nized from State Med. Board of Phila. Physician and Surgeon. Physician of the Victor Emanuel, Mazzini Soc., North Italy. S. Rocco. Sicilvan Soc, of Scranton.
ARTHUR J. WILLSON, M. D.
723
Born Warrensville, Pa., July 31, 1876. Edu- cated I'ni. of Pa. Physician and Surgeon. City Bacteriologist. pital, Scranton, Pa.
Mem. Staff State Hos-
FREDERICK P. HOLLISTER, M. D. 724
Born Montrose, Susq. Co., Pa., Oct. 21, 1872. Educated Uni. of Pa. Married Elizabeth Henwood, June 24, 1903. Physician and Sur- geon. Mem. Lack'a Co. Med. Soc .; Penn'a State Med. Soc .; Amer. Med. Soc .; Scranton Clinical and Pathological Soc .; West Side Hospital.
JOHN C. PRICE, M. D.
725
Born Doniphan Co., Kan., Aug. 25, 1871. Ed- mcated Penn'a State Col., Uni. of Pa. and
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John's Hopkin's Univ. of Berlin. Married
Mabel T. Clark, June 8, 1898. Physician. Prof. of Electrotherapeutics and Roentgen Ray of Inter. Cor. Schools. Roentgen Ray Specialist to the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Region and Moses Tay- lor Hospital.
FREDERICK J. BISHOP, M. D.
126
Born Archbald, Pa. Married Stella .V. Hunter, Sept. 11, 1901. Physician and Sur- geon.
GEORGE C. MERRIMAN, M. D.
727
Born Dunmore, Pa., Feb. 28, 1874. Educated Scranton, Pa .; Union Uni. Albany and Schenectady, N. Y. Married Susan Rodman Bacon, June 21, 1899. Physician and Sur- geon. Mem. Physicians' Club. Captain Co. F., 13th Infantry, N. G. P
SAMUEL HERBERT VOORHEES, M.D.
728
Born North Branch Depot, N. J., May 7, 1865. Son of Rev. Henry Van Deveer Vor- hees and Jane E. (Talmage) Vorhees. Ed- ucated Somerville Gram. School, Rutgers, I.ehigh Uni., Uni. of Maryland, Post Grad- uate School of N. Y. Married Eugenia Peale Brodhead. Children, Eayre Bartlett Voorhees, Edith Talmage Voorhees. Physi- cian and Surgeon. Inventor "Cool Room Never Drip" Ventilating Awning Hoods. Pres. Dr. Voorhees Awning Hood Co. Mem. Penn'a State Med. Ass'n, Lack'a Co. Med. Soc., Editor Health Dep't Scranton Board of Trade Journal. Med. Ex. K. T. and Mason- ic Mutual Aid Ass'n. Late Med. Officer Board of Health Joplin, Mo. and East Stroudsburg, Pa. Late Ex. for Travelers' Mutual Life of N. Y. Ins. Co's. Late Dep. Gt. Sachem I. O. R. M. Gr. II. P. Dep. Grand Master A. A. Scottish Rites.
WILLIAM LEE RICHARDSON, M. D.
729
Born Harford, Susq. Co., Pa., June 7, 1815. Educated Common School. Married Mary Fish, Jan. 7, 1849. General Practitioner. Was Pension Examiner. Mem. Amer. Med. Ass'n, Penn'a State Med. Ass'n, Susq. Co. Med. Ass'n, Warren Lodge No. 240, Warren Chap- ter, No. 180. Montrose, Pa.
CALVIN COLTON HALSEY, M. D.
730
Born Bergen, Genesee Co., N. Y., March 31, 1823. Educated Williams Col., Mass. Mar- ried Mary Etheridge, Sept. 27, 1866. Physi- cian. Susq. Co. Med. Soc., Pa. State Med. Soc., Amer. Acad. of Med. Four Brothers Post, No. 453, G. A. R., Dept. of Pa. Mont- rose, Pa.
VAN CLIFT DECKER, M. D.
731
Born Bald Mount, Pa., Aug 11, 1869. Educat- ed Keystone Academy, Factoryville, Pa. and Jefferson Med. Col. Married Clara Zimmer- man, April 12, 1898. Physician and Surgeon. Pres. Wyoming Co. Med. Soc. Pres. Nichol- son Board of Health and Nicholson School Board. Past Noble Guard of I. O. O. F., No. 857. Mem. of Masonic Lodge, No. 438. Nich- olson, Pa.
WILLIAM PITT KENNEDY, M. D.
732
Born Dunmore, Pa., Aug. 9, 1857. Educated Starling Med. Col., Columbus, O. Married Mattie Denison, Dec. 1883. Druggist and
Physician and Surgeon. Health Officer Board of Health. Dickson City.
J. J. BILHEIMER, PHLS. M. D.
733
Born Bath, Pa., Oct. 29, 1867. Educated Phil'a Col. of Pharmacy and Jefferson Med. Col. Married Mary A. Pearson, June 29, 1887. Physician. Dickson City.
DAVID JOHN JENKINS, M. D.
734
Born Monmothshire, England, March 9, 1871. Educated Albany Med. Col. Married Anna G. Probert, Jan. 25, 1902. Physician and Sur- geon.
WILLIAM J. L. DAVIS, M. D.
735
Born Paterson, N. J., Feb. 5. 1876. Educated Manhattan Col. and Columbia Uni., N. Y. City. Married Margaret Magee, Oct. 15, 1896. Physician and Surgeon.
JOHN T. MCGRATH, M. D.
736
Born Scranton, Pa., Feb. 17, 1873. Educated Tini. of Pa. Married Anna U. Burke, Feb. 22, 1905. Physician.
*LEWIS SHERMAN BARNES, M. D. 737
Born Lewisville. Pa., Jan. 24, 1863 -* June 19, 1302. Educated Phil'a Pa. Married Eva Jes- sie Clemons, June 6, 1893. Physician.
WILSON S. DECKER, V. S. 738
Born New Bethlehem, Clarion Co., Pa., Aug. 27, 1860. Grad. Ontario Veterinary Col., Tor- onto, Can. Married Anna Mahon, June 26, 1900 Veterinary Surgeon. Mem. Penn'a State Veterinary Soc. Dir. Williams Drop Forging Co. for manuf'g Horse Shoes and Removable Calks. Mem. Union Lodge No. 291 F. & A. M .; Keystone Consistory S. P. R. S .; 32d Deg. A. A. S. R. Lack'a Chap. No. 185. Coeur De Lion Com. No. 17. Irein Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. Scranton Coun- cil No. 44, R. & S. M.
EZRA YOCUM HARRISON, D. D. S.
739
Born Town Line. Luzerne Co. Pa., Oct. 12, 1870. Educated Public School. Huntington Mills Academy. Phil'a Dental Col. Married Minnie Rinker, Jan. 25, 1899. Dentist.
ROBT. FRANKLIN TAYLOR, D.D.S.
740
Born Co. Grey, Ontario, Can., July 7, 1865. Educated High School of Ontario. Dental School, Baltimore, Md. Married Florence Bowles, July 4, 1888. Dentist.
HENRY BROWN, PHG.
741
Born Scranton, Pa., Dec. 26, 1875. Educated Columbia Uni., Pharmacy Dept. Married Rose C. M. Blatter, June 16, 1903. Pharma- cist. Have Three Pharmacies. Mem. Alum- ni Ass'n of Columbia Uni. South Scranton Board of Trade. Lack'a Pharmaceutical Soc.
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JOHN J. BROWN
742
Druggist.
FORTUNATO TISCAR
743
Born Catania, Italy, Oct. 30, 1854. Educated Italy. Married Luisa De Antonio, Nov. 14, 1896. Royal Consular Agent of Italy. FRANK J. McCANN
744
Born Scranton, Pa., Aug. 2, 1871. Educated Georgetown Uni. Wholesale Dealer Plumb- ing and Steam Supplies. Pres. Wyoming Valley Supply and Manuf'g Co. *JAMES J. LYNCH 745
Born County Mayo, Ireland, 1846 -* Jan. 8, 1898. Educated Public Schools Dunmore, Pa. Married Mary E. Mooney, Feb. 22, 1870. Pres. Olyphant Water Co .; Dickson Water Co .; Winton Water Co. Treas. and Dir. Blakely Poor Board. Mem. Branch 89 C. M. B. A., Olyphant. Was one of the most prosperous Merchants in Olyphant.
* SIMON RICE 746
Born Germany, April 22, 1842. Educated in Germany. Married Fannie Levy in 1863. Wholesale Grocery. * Aug. 4, 1901.
WILLIAM CADWALLADER PRICE
747
Born Scranton, Pa., April 13, 1869. Educated Scranton, Pa. Married Rachel Evans, June 10, 1891. Funeral Dir.
JAMES G. BRADY
748 Born Scranton, Pa., Feb. 21, 1876. Educated Wood's Bus. Col. Alderman 20th Ward. FRANK M. MOYER
749
Born Easton, Pa., March 31, 1858. Educated Wyoming Co., Pa. Married Isabella A. For- old, June 4, 1890. Contractor and Builder. ADAM SPITZER
Bottler. 750
ANTHONY P. CONWELL
751
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JACOB F. PFEIFFER 752
Born Scranton, Pa. Educated Public Schools. Married Emma Sclantz, Oct. 17, 1900. Barber and Cigars.
MORRIS R. ZEHNDER
753
Born Fairview, Pa., Jan. 9, 1869. Educated Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Married Mamie Lloyd, July 4, 1894. Inventor and Patentee of the Zehnder Compression Valves and Steam Brake. Vice Pres. Zehnder Valve & Brake Manuf'g Co.
GEORGE A. BROWN 754
Druggist.
SAMUEL MENDLESON
755
Born N. Y. City, Sept. 28, 1877. Educated Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Justice of Peace. Mor- chant. Pres. and Foreman of Wm. Walker Hose Co., No. 1. Dir. H. H. E. L. Co., of Jermyn. Rep. Executive Committeeman. Interested in Coal Co. N. E. In H. H. E. L. Co., Jermyn. Mem. Elks, Eagles and For- esters. Mayfield, Pa.
JOHN A. KOMARA
756
Born Leitshen. Austria-Hungary, April 25. 1880 .. Educated Europe and U. S. Married Miss K. L. Drabant, June 6, 1905. Fire Ins. Real Estate and Loans. Mem. Sup. Court I
Cath. Slovak Union. Ex-Dir. Public Schools. Interested in Geneva Mining Co. of Mexico. Offices Scranton and Olyphant.
FRANK W. HORNBAKER
757
Born Scranton, Pa., May 4, 1871. Educated Public Schools. Married H. E. Griffin, Nov. 23, 1897. Photo. Supplies. Photographer.
T. EMERSON DILLON
758
Born Bloomsburg, Pa., June 13, 1859. Educat- ed State Normal School, Bloomsburg, Pa. Married Elizabeth Fell Hughes, Dec. 27, 1900. Photo. Specialist.
ARCHIBALD P. BENJAMIN
759
Born Lack'a Co., Pa., Nov. 29, 1870. Educat- ed Nicholson High School and Scranton Business Col. Married Delphene M. McKin- ney, June 5, 1895. With N. B. Levy & Bros., Wholesale Jewelers. Accountant.
LA VERNE A. BURDICK
760
Born Susq. Co., Pa., Nov. 24, 1864. Educated Uniondale, Pa. Married Alice M. Carpenter, March 31, 1887. Photographer, Jermyn, Pa.
WILKES-BARRE AND VICINITY
REV. HENRY L. JONES, D.D., S.T.D.
765
Born N. Y. City, May 30, 1839. Educated Columbia Uni., N. Y .; Divinity School, Va. Married Oct. 6, 1869, Sarah Eastman Coffin, Concord, N. H. Rec. St. Stephen's Church. Ass't Min. N. Y. Ephiphany, N. Y. City, 1861-63. Rec. Christ Church, Fitchburg, Mass., 1863-1874. Rec. St. Stephen's, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa. since 1874. Mem. Court of Re- view, P. E. Church, 3d Dept. Dep. to Gen. Convention for 30 years. Meni. of Stand- ing Com. Diocese of Central Pa. for 30 years. Life Mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc. Vice Pres. Wyoming Hist. and Geological Soc. Pres. Osterhout Free Library. Ordained by Bp. of N. Y., May, 1861. Degree of S. T. D. Col- umbia Uni., 1892.
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REV. WALTER DE FOREST JOHNSON
766
Born Bennington, Vt., Aug 3, 1869. Educat- ed Uni. of Va .; Theo. Sem. of Va. Married Grace Derr, June 23, 1897. Clergyman of the P. E. Church. Vicar of Calvary Church. Sec. of Wilkes-Barre Cleric. Pres. Wilkes- Barre Playgrounds Ass'n. Sec. Luzerne Co. Com. of Visitation of Reformatories, etc. Chairman Finance Com. of B. I. A. Pres. of Calvary House. Asst. Sec. of the Diocese of Central Pa. Mem. Wyoming Valley Co. Club. Chairman Professional Branch of Fin. Com. of Wilkes-Barre Centennial.
REV. HORACE E. HAYDEN, M. A. 767
Born Catonsville, Md., Feb. 18, 1837. Educat- ed St. Timothy's Military Academy, Md .; Kenyon Col., Va .; Virginia Theo. Sem., Va. Married Kate Elizabeth Byers, Nov. 30, 1868. Clergyman P. E. Church. Asst. Min. St. Stephen's Church, Wilkes-Barre, since 1879. Private 1st Vir. and 1st Md Cav. C. S. A. 1861-1865. Cor. Sec. and Librarian Wyoming Historical and Geological Soc., Wilkes- Barre, Pa., since 1895. Mem. Historical Soc. cf Pa., Md., Va., Ga., Kan., Buffalo, Amer. Historical and Southern Historical Ass'n. Soc. of the Cincinnati, Colonial Mass, Mili- tary Order, Sons of the Rev., Naval Order, War of 1812, United Con. Veterans, Army and Navy, C. S. A. Exam. Chaplain Diocese Central Pa., since 1885. Author and Editor of a Number of Works, Historical, etc. Mem. Lodge 60 F and A. M.
REV. LEVI L. SPRAGUE, D. D.
768
Born Beekman, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Dec. 23, 1814. Educated Wyoming Sem. Married Jennie E. Russell, Dec. 22, 1869. Pres. Wyoming Sem. Mem. Bd. of Trustees of Wyoming Sem. Mem. Bd. of Trustees Syracuse Uni. Pres. of Bd. of Trustees, Wyoming Annual Con. Kingston, Pa.
*REV. HENRY H. WELLES, D. D. 769
Born Wyalusing, Pa., Sept. 15, 1824 -* Sept. 25, 1902. Educated Princeton Col. and Sem. Married Ellen S. Ladd. Presby. Clergyman. *REV. ARCH. A. HODGE, D.D., LL. D.
770
Porn Princeton, N. J., July 18, 1823 -* Nov. 11, 1886. Educated Col. of N. J., Class of 1841. Presby. Min. First Presby. Church of Wilkes-Barre. Prof. Theo. Sem. of Prince- ton 1877 until his death. Prof. Theo. in the Presby. Sem. at Allegheny City, 1864.
*REV. CHARLES C. CORSS
771
Born Greenfield, Mass., May 23, 1803 -* May 20. 1896. Educated Amherst Col. and Prince- ton Theo. Sem. Married Ann Hoyt. Presby. Clergynian in East Smithfield, Pa.
REV. LEONARD C. MUNLOCK, D.D. 772
Educated Cooperstown High School, Caze- novia Sein. and Weslyan Uni. Married Lucy E. Peet. Min. in the M. E. Church.
REV. CURTIS E. MOGG, D. D. 773
Born Euclid, N. Y. Educated Cazenovia
Sem. and Syracuse Uni. Pastor Central Church, Wilkes-Barre, since 1895.
REV. ALBERT E. PIPER, PH. D. 774
Pastor First M. E. Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
REV. MARCUS SALZMAN, D. D. 775
Born Baltimore, Md., Dec. 11, 1871. Educat- ed Public Schools of Baltimore, Uni. of Cin- cinnati and Hebrew Union Col., Cin., O. Married Hannah Block, March 1, 1904.
Rabbi. B'nai Brith Washington Street Temple (Reformed Hebrew).
REV. WILLIS H. STONE
776
Born Keene, N. H., April 22, 1856. Educated Episcopal Academy of Con. Married Ellen Louise Sawyer, Jan. 25. 1881. Episcopal Ciergyman. Rector St. Clements Episcopal Church. Asst. Grace Chapel, Hartford, Conn., 1889-1893. Asst. Church of the Nativ- ity, S. Bethlehem, Pa., 1993-1896. Rector St. Clements, Wilkes-Barre, since 1896.
RT. REV. MGR. PETER C. NAGEL
777
Born Greoenstein, Westfalen, May 25, 1825. Educated Uni. Munster, Westfalen. Rector St. Nicholas Church. Mgr. of the Rom. Cath. Church.
REV. JOHN JOSEPH CURRAN
778
Born Hawley, Pa., June 19, 1859. Educated Wyoming Sem., and St. Vincent's, Pitts .; Grand Sem., Montreal. Ordained Priest at Scranton, Aug. 22, 1887. Pastor Holy Saviour Church, Wilkes-Barre. Formerly Asst. Priest at Carbondale, 1887-1895.
REV. RICHARD A. McANDREW
779
Born N. Y. City, Dec. 11. 1851. Educated Holy Cross Col. Worcester, Mass., and St. Charles Sem., Overbrook, Pa. Rector St. Mary's Church.
REV. MICHAEL EDW. LYNOTT
780
Born Scranton, Pa., July 17, 1852. Edu- cated St. Bonaventure Coll., Albany, N. Y .; St. Vincent's Coll., Beatty's, Pa., and Cand Sem., Montreal, Can. Rector St. Ignatius Rom. Cath. Church, Kingston, Pa. Since 1901. Was ordained to the priesthood at St. Peter's Cathe., Scranton, Sept. 29, 1875, by Rt. Rev. Win. O'Hara, Bp. of Scran- ton. Has spent all his life as a priest in the Diocese of Scranton, having had charge of parishes at Wellsboro, Tioga Co., and Jermyn, Lack'a Co., in both of which places he has left evidences of his arduous labors in the Churches and Parochial residences. He is a facile writer, of originality anu power, having contributed essays on various subjects and carried on some noteworthy controversies of political a character through the newspaers. Kingston, Pa.
REV. MICHAEL H. DUNN
781
Born Ireland, Sept. 29, 1845. Educated St. Bonaventure Col., Allegany, N. Y. Clergy- man of Catho. Church. Chaplain of Mercy Hospital.
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REV. JOSEPH MURGAS
782
Born Tajo, Hungary, Feb. 17, 1864. Educated Pressburg, Gran and Neusohl, Munich (Ba- varis). Pastor Rom. Catho. Slavish Church. Inventor Wireless Telegraph System.
REV. STANISLAS SZPOTANSKI 783
Born Blossburg, Pa., Tioga Co., Nov. 1, 1873. Educated Holy Ghost Col., Pittsburg, Pa. and St. Vincent's Coll., Beatty, Pa. Pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Hudson, Pa.
REV. WILLIAM GISLON
784
Born Italy, June 21, 1874. Educated Venice and Baltimore, Md. Rom. Catho. Clergy- man, Rom. Catho. Italian Church. Pittston, Pa.
*REV. ALEX. BELL JACK
785
Born Dunbar, Scotland, June 13, 1836 -* 21, 1386. Educated Univ's of Glasglow and Edin- burgh, also at the Sein. of the Associate Ref. Church at Newburgh, N. Y. Married Sophia Celestia Sayles, of Pascoag, R. I., Sept. 4, 1867. Minister of the Gospel. Or- dained by the Presby. of N. Y., June 25, 1857. Served as Pas. of the Union Presby. Church of Newburgh, N. Y., from 1857 to 1868; of the Mahoning Presby. Church, Danville, Pa., from 1869 to 1874; of the Presby. Church, Hazleton, Pa., 1874 to 1886.
REV. ROBERT BONNER JACK
786
Born Danville, Montour Co., Pa., Sept. 27, 1872. Educated Hazleton Semi .; Princeton Univ .; Princeton Theo. Semi. Married Mar- garet Louise Van Horsen, Aug. 20, 1901. Min. of the Gospel of Presby Church. Pas- tor of First Presby. Church of Hazleton since Sept. 23, 1897. Hazleton.
REV. JOHN WAGNER, D. D.
787
Born Stone Church, Northampton Co., Pa., Feb. 1, 1852. Educated Penn'a Col. and Theo. Semi., Gettysburg, Pa. Married Mary E. Schleppy, Sept. 9, 1880. Minister of the Gospel. Trustee of Penn'a Col., Gettysburg, Pa. Dir. Lutheran Theo. Semi, Gettysburg, Pa. Trus. Irving Coll., Mechanicsburg, Pa. Dir. of United Charities, Hazleton, Pa.
REV. WILLIAM TOENNES
788
Born Rhine Province, Germany, April 16, 1870. Educated Calvin Col., Ursinus Semi. and Princeton Semi. Married Johanna Fickschlag, Aug. 23, 1898. Pastor Grace Ref. Church, Hazleton.
REV. BRONISLAUS F. WALTER
789
Born Nanticoke, Luz. Co., Pa., Sept. 21, 1870. Educated St. Vincent's Coll. and Bona- venture's Semi., Allegany, N. Y. Rector St. Casimer's Church, (R. C., Polish) Freeland, Pa. Formerly Pastor at Morris, Tioga Co., Pa., Sacred Heart (Polish) R. C. Church. Freeland, Pa.
REV. A. SZAULINSKAS
790
Born Luthuania, 1872. Educated St. Mary's Semi., Baltimore, Md. Rector of Holy Trin. R. C. Luthuanian Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
VERY REV. ARCHPRIEST A. G. TOTH
791
Born Hungary, (Europe) March 18, 1851. Educated Hungary Univ. Archpriest and Rector of Russian Orth. Greek Cath. Church of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
REV. THEO. A. KLONOWSKI
792
Born Poland, Feb. 28, 1859. Educated Euro- pean, Col. and St. Vincent Semi., Amer. Ordained Dec. 23, 1884, by Rt. Rev. Bp. O'Hara, of Scranton. Pastor of St. Mary's Polish Cath. Church. Appointed in June, 1893.
REV. ROBERT T. ROBERTS, D. D.
793
Born Cambria, Wis., Oct. 29, 1851. Educated Ripon Col., Wis., and Lane Semi., Cin., O. Married Margaret Ann Hughes, May 11, 1831. Pastor First Presby. Welsh Church.
*REV. CHARLES MCKECHINE
794
Born Johnston, near Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 1, 1818 -* Sept. 7, 1905. Married Susan MacMullen, July 16, 1836. Min. of P. M. Church.
REV. HUGH DAVIS
795
Pastor Second Welsh Presby. Church.
REV. JAMES T. MATTHEWS
796
Born Cannonstown, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, Aug. 29, 1855. Educated Wyoming Semi. Married Sarah Annabel Yarrow, Apr. 11, 1881. Became Pastor of the First P. M. Church, Wilkes-Barre, April, 1879. Was ap- pointed to take charge of Missions in Scran- ton the same Year. Served Churches in Jedo, Parsons, Plains and Hudson, and a second time at Wilkes-Barre up to 1888, when he accepted a call to the Sec. Con. Church, Blossburg, Tioga Co., Pa., where he remained until 1898. Accepted a call to Elm Cong'l Church, Plymouth, Pa., in 1899, con- tinued pastor until 1906.
HUGO V. STADLER
797
Born April 28, 1847. Birthplace Constance, Germany. Educated Berlin. Married July 11, 1872 to Minnie F. Kuschke. Dir. of Music Wyo. Sem., since 1871. Kingston, Pa.
ADOLPH HANSEN
798
Born Tessin, Mecklenburg, Germany, Dec. 10, 1859. Educated Frederic Franz Academy, Schwerin. Married Sept. 4, 1895 to Mary L. Turner. Musical Dir. and Organist. Con- ductor of Concordia Singing Society. Con- ductor of St. Conrad's Glee Club. Organist at Temple B'nai Brith. Organist at Calvary Episcopal Church. Mem. of Westmoreland Ciub.
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ALBERT SALZBRENNER
799
Born Aug. 8, 1865, Dresden, Saxony, Ger- many. Educated Dresden Academy of Art, also at Paris and Rome, Italy. Married Eliza Gruschritz. Portrait Artist.
REV. JOSEPH DAVIDOWSKI 800
Born Germany. Educated Italy. Clergyman. Rector of the Polish Nat. Church, Plym- outh, Pa.
*REV. JAMES MAY, D. D.
801
Died 1863. Married Jan. S, 1829 to Ellen Bow- man.
*REV. FRANCIS B. HODGE, D. D.
802
Born Oct. 24, 1838 --* May 13, 1905, Princeton, N. J. Educated Princeton Col. and Semi. Married June, 1864, to Mary E. Alexander. Pastor First Presby. Church, Wilkes-Barre, Trus. of Princeton Col., Dir. of Princeton Semi .; Trus. of Lincoln Pa .; Trus. of Os- terhout Library, etc.
*REV. CHARLES S. DUNNING, D.D.
803
Born Jan. 31, 1828, Wallkell, Orange Co., N. Y .-* June 1, 1885. Educated Williams Col., Grad. 1845; Union Teho. Sem., N. Y., Grad. 1852. Married Maria H. White, Daughter Rev. Henry White, D. D. Min. Presby. Prof. of Hebrew Union Theo. Semi., N. Y. Pastor First Presby. Church, Binghamton, N. Y .; Franklyn, N. Y., and Honesdale, Pa.
REV. WILLIAM J. RICHARDS, D.D.
804
Born 1843. Mesthyr Tydfel, S. Wales, Eng. Educated Bala, Cong'l Col., N. Wales. Mar. April 5, 1876, to Elizabeth Davies. Cong'l Min.
*GEN. ISAAC BOWMAN
805
Born Dec. 27, 1773, New Braintree, Mass .- * Aug. 1, 1851. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Educated New Braintree. Married April 9, 1806, to Mary Blinn Smith. Came to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 1795. 1798 was appointed a non- commissioned officer in "Wyo. Blues," of W .- B. Served as Sec. Lieut. In 1806 elected First Lieut. of same, afterwards Captain. Elected Col of the 4th Regiment Penn'a Militia Sept. 5, 1814, which position he held till 1828. That year elected Brigade Inspec. of the same Brigade for seven years. May, 1810 was elected a meill. of the W .- B. Bor. Council, and dir. of the first W .- B. Bank- a branch of the Philadelphia Bank. Nov. 14, 1810 was commissioned by Gov. Snyder. Coroner Luz. Co. for term of three years. Tax Col. 1814. Com. by Gov. Findley, Slier- iff Luz. Co., 1819-1822. Recorder of Deeds and Reg. of Wills. Reappointed 1832 and by Gov. Porter third term, 1839. Mem. Lodge 61, F. & A. M.
*LIEUT. MUNROE BOWMAN
806
Born 1807, Wilkes-Barre, Pa .-* July, 1839. Educated Wilkes-Barre and West Point Military Academy. U. S. Dragoons. 1st Lieut. U. S. A. Graduated West Point Mil. Academy July 1, 1832. Promoted Third Lieut.
Mounted Rangers July 1, 1832. Served on the Black Hawk Expedition 1832, but not at the seat of war; and on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, 1833. Was made Second Lieut. 1st Dragoons, Aug. 14, 1833. First Lieut. 1st Dragoons, June 30, 1835. Served on the Canadian River Expedition, 1836.
*COL. SAMUEL BOWMAN
807
Born Oct. 31, 1818, Wilkes-Barre, Pa .-* April 19, 1889, Wilkes-Barre. Educated Wilkes- Barre. Married May 19, 1845 to Sarah Titus. Captain of "Wyoming Artillerists." Lieut .- Col. of 8th Pa. Volunteers. Captured a Pris. of War, 19 June, 1861. Discharged at Wash., Aug. 1362.
*STEUBEN BUTLER
808
Born March 7, 1789, Wilkes-Barre, Pa .-* Aug. 12, 1881. Educated Wilkes-Barre Academy. Married June 3, 1810, to July Buckley. Ed. and Pub. "The Gleaner," "Wyoming Herald" and "The Literary Visitor." Ex-Postmaster of Wilkes-Barre, and Co. Commissioner.
*CAPT. JOHN PAUL SCHOTT
809
Born Oct. 15, 1744, Berlin, Prussia. Educated Berlin Military Academy. Married Oct. 18, 1870, Naomi Sill. Came to Amer. 1775. First Rep. from Luz. Co. to sit in Penn'a Assem- bly, 1787. Commissioned Cap. in Continental Army Sept., 1776. Came to W .- B., 1779, as officer in Sullivan's Expedition. Stationed at Wyoming 1779-1781, part of the time com- mandant of Post, resigned 1882; afterwards inn keeper, merchant, malitia officer and various public offices-removed to Phila. 1804, where he was at the Custom House.
*HENRY MILLS FULLER
810
Born Bethany, Wayne Co., June 3, 1820- *Dec. 26, 1860. Educated Princeton Col., of N. J. Admitted to Luz. Co. Bar, 1872. Mar. Harriet Irwin Thorp. Lawyer. Elected to State Legislature, 1849. Elected Conal Com., 1849. Elected to Congress, 1850-1857.
*ARNOLD COLT
811
Born Lyme, Con., Sept. 10, 1760 -* Sept. 21, 1832. Married 1787, to Lucinda Yarington. Settled in Wilkes-Barre, 1786. Town Clerk, 1790-91. Sheriff Luz. Co., 1798-1801. President Town Council, 1826-27 and 1828-29; and other local offices.
*ANDREW BEAUMONT
812
Born 1791, Lebanon, Conn .-* Sept. 30, 1853. Educated the Old Academy, W .- B. Married 1813 to Julia A. Colt. Collector of Revenue, Taxes and Internal Duties, 1814-1816. Pro- thonotary and Clerk of Courts, 1816-19. In State Legislature, 1821-1822; also in 1849. Postmaster W .- B., 1826 to 1832. Elected to Congress, 1832; re-elected 1834. A Political Writer and Writer on Economical Subjects.
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