Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906, Part 11

Author: Stoddard, Dwight J
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Scranton : The Tribune Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 368


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*COL. JOHN FRANKLIN


813


Born Caanan, Litchfield Co., Conn., 1768 .- *Sept. 26, 1849. Farmer and Patriotic Leg- islator. First white man to settle in present Township of Huntington, Luz. Co. Elected


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Sheriff Luz. Co., 1792 and 1795-6. Mem. Pa. Assembly, 1799-1803. In command of Malitia in service of U. S., 1780-1781, and following was Justice of Peace for several years.


*PAYNE PETTEBONE


814


Born Dec. 22, 1813, Kingston, Pa. Married Oct. 3, 1837 to Caroline M. Swetland. Mer- chant. Treas. Lack'a & Bloomsburg R. R. Co., 1854-1863. Prop. Wyo. Shovel Works. Dir. Washington Life Ins. Co., N. Y. Dir. First Nat. Bank, Pittston. Sec. Nat. Bank; Miners' Savings Bank, W .- B. Pres. W .- B. Saving Bank. Trus. Wyoming Sem .; Drew Theo. Sem .; Wesleyan Univ.


*COL. CHARLES DORRANCE


815


Born Jan. 4, 1805, Kingston, Luz. Co .-* Jan. 18, 1892. Educated Kingston. Married, 1845, Susan E. Ford. Farmer. Col. Wyoming


Vols. Pres. Wyoming Nat. Bank, W .- B. Pres. Board Co. Commissioners, Luz. Co. Pres. Luz. Agricultural Soc. Pres. W .- B. Bridge Co. Mem. Wyoming Hist. and Geo. Society.


*CHARLES PARRISH


816


Born Aug. 27, 1826, Dundaff, Susq. Co., Pa .- *Dec. 27, 1896. Educated W .- B. Grammar School. Married June 31, 1864 to Mary Con- yngham. Firm of Bennett, Parrish & Co., and Coal Operator. Organizer and Pres. 1st Nat. Bank. Pres. nuzard Wire Rope Manuf'g Co. Formed Lehigh & W .- B. Coal Co., and Pres. 20 years. Dir. New Jersey Central R. R. Co. Organized and was Pres. of Parrish Coal Co. Dir. Penn'a R. R. Co. Pres. Borough and City Council from 1866 to 1874.


#THOMAS WRIGHT


817


Born 1747, Ireland -* 25 March, 1820. Married Mary Dyer. Founder of Miner's Mill at Wrightville, (now Miner's Mills) Pa., where he built the original mill and ran it many years.


WILLIAM ROSS


818


Born 29 March, 1716, Scotland, Parish, Conn. -* Aug. 9, 1842. Married Oct. 10, 1790, to Eliz- abeth Sterling. A Soldier of the Rev., a Brigadier Gen. in the Militia, and State Senator.


*ROBERT CHARLES SHOEMAKER


819


Born Forty Fort, Pa., April 4, 1836 -* Feb. 16. 1902. Educated Wyoming Semi., Yale, A. B. 1855. Married Nov. 22, 1876, to Helen Lea, (Daughter of Hon. J. N. Lea, of New Or- leans, and Widow of Henry Halloway Louis- dale). Lawyer. Penn'a Bar. Ass'n; West- moreland Club; Wyoming Valley Country Club; Wyoming Hist. and Geo. Soc .; Wyo. Commemorative Ass'n; Trus. of Wyoming Cemetery Ass'n., etc.


ASHER MINER


820


Born Norwich, Conn., March 3. 17.8 -* March 13, 1841. Married May 19, 1800, to Mary Wright. School Teacher; Founder and Ed. of the Luz. Co. Federalist, the Penn'a Cor-


respondent, and Bucks Co. Intelligence. Ed. of the Village Record, West Chester. Lib., Bookseller and Postmaster at Doylestown.


*CHARLES ABBOTT MINER


821


Born Aug. 30, 1830 -* July 25, 1903. Educated W .- B. Acad. and W. Chester. Married Jan. 19, 1853, to Eliza Ross Atherton. Pres. of the Miner-Hillard Milling Co.


COL. ASHER MINER


822


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Nov. 14, 1860. Edu. Wilkes-Barre Academy and Milliston Semi. Married Hetty McNair Lonsdale. Pres. Miner-Hillard Milling Co. Formerly Gen. Inspector of Rifle Practice on the Staff of the Gov. of Pa .; Later Col. of the 7th Reg't, N. G. P. Pres. of Penn'a Millers' State Association, etc.


SIDNEY ROBY MINER


823


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 28, 1864. Edu. Harvard, A. B. in 1888. Lawyer.


CHARLES HOWARD MINER, M. D.


824 Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 5, 1868. Edu. Harry Hillman Academy, Princeton B. S .; Univ. of Vienna; Univ. of Penn'a M. D. Married June 1, 1904, to Grace Lea Shoe- maker. Physician. Mem. of Luz. Co. Med. Soc .: Penn'a State Med. Soc .; Amer. Med. Ass'n; Nat'l Ass'n for the Study and Pre- vention of Tuberculosis; Sec. of the Wyo. Valley Soc. for the Prevention and Treat- ment of Tuberculosis; Attending Physician to City Hospital; Pathologist to Mercy Hospital; Mem. Westmoreland Club; Wyo. Valley Country Club: the Military Order of Foreign Wars; Naval and Military Order of Spanish-Amer. War; Dir. of Osterhout Free Library.


ABRAM NESBITT


825


Born Plymouth Twp., Luz. Co., Pa., Dec. 29, 1831. Educated Dana's Acad., Wilkes-Barre, Wyoming Semi. Married Sara M. Goodwin, Sept 2, 1862. Banker and Cap. Pres. Second Nat. Bank, W .- B .; Dir. L. V. R. R. Co .; Spring Brook Water Supply Co .; Scranton Title Guaranty and Trust Co. Vice Pres. Board of Trus. of Wyoming Semi. Pres. Board of Directors Central Poor District of Luz. Co. Pres. W .- B. Theatre Co.


JOHN WELLES HOLLENBACK


826


Born Wyalusing, Bradford Co., Pa., March 15, 1827. Educated Athens Academy, Pa. Married, Oct. 25, 1854, Annie E. Board; Dec. 18. 1886, Josephine Woodward; June 18, 1874, Amelia Beard. Pres. People's Bank of W .- B. Realty Owner. Pres. W .- B, Lace Mfg. Co. V .- Pres. Spring Brook Water Sup. Co. Dir. Met. Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. Pres. Bd. Trus- tees Lafayette College, and Trustee since 1865.


ALEXANDER H. VAN HORN


827


Born Union Twp., Luz. Co., Feb. 22, 1833. Educated Public Schools and Kingston. Mar- ried Dora L. Reading, April 23, 1885. Pres. W .- B. Dep. & Sav. Bank. Chairman Paine & Co., L. T. D.


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WILLIAM JAMESON HARVEY


828


Born Plymouth Twp., Luz. Co., Pa., May 13, 1838. Educated Wyoming Ins., Wyoming, Pa., and Edgehille School, Princeton, N. J. Married Jessie Wright, Dec. 9, 1869; Mrs. Amanda M. (Laning) Merritt, Oct. 21, 1880. Pres. Wyom. Val. Lace Mills. Dir. W .- B. & Wyo. Val. Trac. Co .; Dir. Miners' Sav. Bank. Mem. Westmoreland Club. W .- B. Union League, Phil'a; the G. A. R., and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Was Lieut. and Adj. 7th Regt., Pa. Reserves, in Civil War. He is a Free Mason, being a Knight Templar and a Mem. of the Mystic Shrine. Rep. Pres. Elector, 1892. During the years 1886-1898 he served nine years as Pres. of the Wilkes-Barre City Council.


*REV REUBEN NELSON, D. D.


829


Born Andes, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1818 -* Feb. 20, 1879. Educated in Private Schools. Married Jane Scott Eddy, July 28, 1842. Minister. Educator. Prin. of Atsego Acad., Coopers- town, N. Y. Prin. of Wyom. Sem., Kings- ton, Pa. Presiding Elder of the Wyoming Dist. of Wyoming Conf. M. E. Church. Agt. of Methodist Book Concern, N. Y. Treas. of the Missionary Soc. Deg. Master of Arts from Union College. Deg. Dr. of Div. from Dickinson College. Del. to Five Gen. Con- ferences of the M. E. Church.


GEORGE SLOCUM BENNETT


830


Borr. W .- Barre, Pa., Aug. 17, 1842. Educated Wesleyan Univ. Married Ellen W. Nelson, Sept. 7, 1871. Real Estate and Bank Pres. Pres. Wyo. Nat. Bank. V .- Pres. W .- B. Lace Mfg. Co. Dir. Hazard Mfg. Co. Dir. Shel- don Axle Co Treas. W .- B. Bridge Co. Supt. 1st M. E. Sunday School. Pres. Bd. of Trus- tees Wyo. Sem. V .- Pres. Penn'a Bible Soc. Trus. Wesleyan Univ. Trus. Drew Theo. Sem.


*CHARLES MINER


831


Born Feb. 1, 1780 -* Oct. 26, 1865. Married Letitia Wright, Jan. 16, 1804. Educated New England Public Schools. Ed. and Pub. The Gleaner (Wilkes-Barre). Author History of Wyom., 1845. Mem. First Town Council, W .- B., 1806. Mem. State Legislature, 1807- 1808-1812. Mem. Congress, 1825-29. Lodge 61, F. & A. M.


ISAAC M. THOMAS


832


Born McVeytown, Juniata Co., Pa., Feb. 1, 1844. Educated Union College. Married Lally Hollenback Dunlap, Sept. 11, 1872. Civil Engineer. Penna. R. R. Eng. Dept., 1867. Penn'a State College, 1868-1869, Prof. Engi- neering and Mathematics. Merchant Miller, 1870 and 1886 at W .- Barre. Dir. People's Bank from incorporation in 1872 till the pres- ent. Dir. Vulcan Iron Works. Dir. Sheldon Axle Works. Y. M. C. A. Board Managers.


THEODORE STRONG


833


Born Sommers, Conn., Jan. 25, 1820. Edu- cated Colester, Conn. Pres. First Nat. Bank of Pittston 41 years. Retired. Merchant, Miller, Operator in Coal Lands. Pittston, Pa.


* THOMAS FORD


834


Born Yorkshire, Eng., Aug. 20, 1826 -* Nov. 25, 1901. Educated Common Schools, W .- B., Pa., Married Ella Stark, Sept. 13, 1853. V .- Pres. 1st Nat. Bank, Pittston 1869 to 1901. 1846 to 1848 Supt. for John A. Lloyd, Coal Operator. 1848, with E. M. Everitt & Co., leased the Lloyd Mine. Was also connected with L. D. Lacoe, who was an insurance agent, and had charge of the water works and gas works. Interested largely in the sale of Dupont's Gun Powder and Mining and Illu- minating Oils.


WILLIAM L. WATSON 835


President First National Bank of Pittston, Pa.


CHARLES H. FOSTER


836


Born Utica, N. Y., April 17, 1833. Married Mary S. Ford, May 10, 1859. Retired Mer- chant. Dir. 1st Nat. Bank of Pittston 42 years, and Sec. of Bd. during that time. School Dir. and Sec. of School Bd., West Pittston Boro., 30 years. Resident of Pitts- ton and West Pittston 58 years.


JOSEPH L. CAKE


837


Born Port Republic, Sept. 24, 1847. Educated Polytechnic College, Phil'a. Married S. Hel- ena Crainer. Sept. 24. 1868. Treas. and Gen. Mgr. Clear Spring Coal Co. V .- Pres. First Nat. Bank. Dir. and V .- Pres. Citizens' Elec. Ili. Co. Pres. Alabama Iron Co. Dir. Pitts- ton Hospital; Montana Spring Ice Co .; Penn'a Coal and Min. Co. Pittston, Pa.


JOSEPH LANGFORD


838


Born Timsburg, Somersetshire, Eng. .Edu-


cated Timsburg, Somersetshire, Eng. Mar- ried Mary Arabel Wells, Jan. 1, 1867. Con- tractor for the delivery of all kinds of min- ing powder for the Du Pont Powder Co., Pittston, Pa .: Pres. Water Street Bridge Co., Pittston: V .- Pres. Elk Bason Mining Co., Col. Treas. Pittston Ice Co. Dir. First Nat. Bank; Citizens' Elec. Ill. Co., Pittston; Citizens' Ill. Co., Hazleton, Pa .; Mt. Spring Ice Co., Readers; Meadow Brook Poultry Farm, Dalton. Pittston, Pa.


M. W. O'BOYLE


839


Porn Scranton, Pa. Educated Wyom. Sem. Married B. O'Donnell. Coal Operator and Manfr. Alpine Knitting Mills; Delahunty Dyring Machine Co .; Pittston Coal Mining Co. Greenough Red Ash Coal Co .; O'Boyle- Fov Anthracite Coal Co .; Northwestery Gas and Electric Co .; Miners' Sav. Bank. Pitts- ton, Pa.


JOHN H. FOY


840


Born Scranton, May 20, 1859. Educated Pub- lic Schools. Married Sarah Knight, Jan. 21, 1885. Coal Operator and Manfr .; Alpine Knit- ting Co .; Delahunty Dyring Machine Co .; Greenough Red Ash Coal Co .; Pittston Coal Mining Co. O'Boyle-Foy Anthracite Coal Co .; Lehighton Water Sup. Co., and several other mining and industrial enterprises.


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JOSEPH JOHN SCHOOLEY


841


Born Wyoming, Pa., May 17, 1846. Educated Kingston Sem. Married Ena Jenkins, Nov. 29, 1866. Broker.


HARRY B. SCHOOLEY


842


Born Wyoming, Pa., Oct. 5, 1869. Educated West Pittston High School, Wyom. Sem., Kingston, Pa. Bond Broker. Dir. 2d Nat. Bank.


CHARLES PARRISH HUNT


843


Born Meshoppen, Pa., July 31, 1843. Educated W .- B. Cominon Schools and Wyom. Sem. Married Grace Staunton Lea, April 6, 1875. Treas. Parrish Coal Co. Ex-Hardware Mer- chant. Ex-Treas. and Mgr. Hillman Vein Coal Co. Ex-Treas. and Organizer The Langcliffe Coal Co. at Avoca. Pres. W .- B. Iron Mfg. Co. Dir. 1st Nat. Bank, Parrish Coal Co., Vulcan Iron Works, Hazard Mfg. Co., W .- B. City Hospital.


JOHNSON R. COOLBAUGH


844


Born near Towanda, Pa., Aug. 25, 1835. Edu- cated Monroeton Acad. and Com. Schools. Married Susan Huntington Dana, March 5, 1857. Merchant and Real Estate. Retired. Ex-Councilman at Large. Continuance Resi- dent since 1860 in Wilkes-Barre.


*LIDDON FLICK


845


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 29, 1858 -* July 2, 1905. Educated Princeton Univ., Colunibia Law School. Married Henrietta M. Ridgely, June 2, 1903. Banker and Journalist. V .- Pres. Wyom. Val. Trust Co., W .- B. Pres. Peo- ple's Light Co., Pittston; V .- Pres. Muskegon Trac. and Lighting Co. Pres. Vineland Lt. and Power Co. Pres. Bethlehem Cons. Gas Co.


*REUBEN JAY FLICK


846


Born Flicksville, Northampton Co., Pa., July 10, 1816 -* Dec. 18, 1890. Educated Public School, near Flicksville. Married Margaret Jane Arnold, Jan. 9, 1858. Banker. Pres. People's Bank, W .- B. Pres. W .- B. Lace Mfg. Co. Treas. Vulcan Iron Works, W .- B. Dir. W .- B. and Kingston St. Ry .; Wyom. Val. Ice Co .; W .- B. City Hospital.


R. JAY FLICK


847


Born Wilkes-Barre. June 24, 1871. Educated Public Schools, Harry Hillman Acad. and Princeton Univ. Pres. and Ed. W .- B. Times. Pres. Bethlehem Cons. Gas Co .; People's Lt. Co., Pittston; Vineland Lt. and Power Co., N. J. Dir. Wyom. Val. Trust Co .; W .- B. Lace Mfg. Co .; Cleveland-Scranton Oil Co .; Wyandot Pro. and Refining Co .; Dauphin Co. Gas Co .: Mahanoy City Gas Co .; Ches- ter Co. Gas Co. and others.


*JOHN JENKS SHONK


848


Born Hope, N. J., March 21, 1815 -* May 1, 1904. Educated Plymouth. Married Amanda Davenport, Jan., 1847. Coal Operator. Plym- outh, Pa.


FRANCIS DOUGLAS


849


Born West Point, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1860. Edu- cated De Veaux College. Married Annie M. Eilicott, Sept. 5, 1888. Banking. Casliier First Nat. Bank.


JEROME NELSON THOMPSON


850


Born Mexico, Juniata Co., Pa., April 15, 1869. Married Gertrude Mann, Jan. 18, 1906. Cash- ier of Bank. Dir. Wyom. Val. Trust Co., of Wilkes-Barre; Plymouth Nat. Bank; Union Savings and Trust Co., Pittston; First Nat. Bank of Middleburgh; Belleville Nat. Bank, Belleville, Pa .; W .- B. Gas and Elect. Co.


*ADOLPH VOIGT


851


Born Hanover, Germany, Oct., 1838 -* Dec. 26, 1887. Married Apollonia Werner, Dec. 27,


1865. Cashier W .- B. Dep. and Sav. Bank.


EUGENE W. MULLIGAN


852


Born Reading, Pa., Oct. 28, 1852. Educated Reading High School. Married Alice H. Mor- ris, June 5, 1888. Banker. Cashier Second Nat. Bank.


C. C. BOWMAN


853


Born Troy, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1852. Educated Union College, Graduate. Married Elizabeth Law, July 20, 1880. Coal Operator.


W. H. HOLLISTER


854


Born Dimock, Susq. Co., Pa., Sept. 29, 1850. Educated Brooklyn, Susq. Co., Pa. Married I. Ella Beemer, Sept. 29, 1875. Manfr. and Coal Operator. Managing Partner Avoca Coal Co. Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Standard Elec. Lt., Heat and Power Co., Avoca. Pres. of Indicator Instructors Co., Scranton, Pa. Pres. Leippencot Seams Spec. and Sup. Co., Newark, N. J. Several other mining enter- prises. Avoca.


CONRAD LEE


855


Born Nov. 3, 1842. Married Agness Weir, July 26, 1868. Formerly Supt. Avondale Mines, Plymouth for 21 years. Coal Operator. Manfr of Building Materials. Lumber and Real Estate.


GEORGE F. LEE


856


Born Plymouth Twp., Sept. 23, 1870. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Phebe Eng- lish, Oct. 10, 1893. Coal Operator. Lumber business of Scouton, Lee & Co. at Parsons and Rhone, Pa.


*WILLIAM ROSS MAFFET


857


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 29, 1817- *June 14, 1890. Educated Cazenovia Sem., N. Y. Coal Operator. Civil Engineer.


*STEPHEN HILL PETTEBONE 858


Born Kingston Twp. (now Dorranceton), Pa., Aug. 11, 1829 -* Oct. 4, 1905. Married Lu- cinda C. Pettebone, Jan., 24, 1854. Farmer.


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*JOHN BARTHOLOMEW


859


Born July 16, 1815 -* April 4, 1887. Married Mary Pettebone, May 28, 1843. Miller. Mill- wright.


CHARLES HUGHES


860


Born Oct. 28, 1821. Married Esther M. Pette- bone, March 1, 1849. Farmer.


Now living Catawissa, Pa.


*JOSHUA PETTEBONE


861


Born Kingston Twp. (now Dorranceton), Pa., Aug. 31, 1788 -* March 29, 1877. Married Eleanor Gay, July 27, 1809. Farmer.


*HENRY PETTEBONE


862


Twp.


Born Kingston (now Dorranceton),


Pa., Oct. 5, 1802 -* May 5, 1861. Educated W .- Barre Acad. Married Elizabeth Sharps, 1825. Lawyer. Ed. "The Republican Farm- er," 1828-1831. Prothonotary Luz. Co., Feb. 17, 1830-Jan. 1, 1836. Mgr. W .- Barre Bridge


Co., 1836-1838. Professional and Mercantile Business, 1838-1848. Associate Judge Luz. Co., 1845-1849. Clerk Penn'a State Senate, 1849. Contractor-Penn'a, Gravity, and B. & O. Railroads, 1850-1857. Gen. Ticket Agt. L. & B. R. R., 1857-May 5, 1861.


*JACOB SHARPS PETTEBONE


863


Born Kingston Twp. (now Dorranceton), Pa., Sept. 7, 1821 -* Dec. 26, 1895. Married Sarah Williamson, March 2, 1851. Farmer.


*EBENEZER GAY PETTEBONE.


864


Born Kingston Twp. (now Swayesville), Pa., Nov. 1, 1818 -* Feb. 17, 1887. Married Margaret Seagraves. Farmer.


*COL. GEORGE PALMER RANSOM


865


Born Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., Jan. 3, 1762 -* Sept. 5, 1850. Married Olive Utley, Aug. 14, 1783; Elizabeth Lamoreaux, Jan. 9, 1794. Col. in the Militia Regiment in the Revolu- tionary War.


WILLIAM HANCOCK


866


Born Plains, Pa., Aug. 2, 1831 -* Feb. 8, 1906. Educated W .- Barre Acad., Wyo. Sem. Mar- ried Isabella Brown Barker, Sept. 25, 1873. Merchant. Before retiring from business, was a lumber and plow manfr; prop. of gen. supply stores, and one of the founders of the Wyoming Terra Cotta Works and the Wyo. Shovel Works. He was the first bur- gess of Wyo. Boro., later Mem. of Boro. Council. For many years, Pres. of the Bd. of Trus. of the Wyo. Presby. Church. Was one of the pioneer supporters of the tax system, which the present prime minister proposes to establish in England.


*DOUGLASS SMITH


867


Born Phil'a, June 9, 1840 -* Dec. 12, 1903. Edu- cated Philadelphia Schools. Married Mary E. Faser, May 16, 1865. Merchant. Post- master at W .- Barre from 1878 to 1882. Supt. of Westminster Sunday School for 43 years. Elder First Presby. Church.


*FREDERICK BENHAM MYERS


868


Born Kingston, Pa., June 10, 1845 -* Jan. 16, 1906. Educated Wyo. Sem., Kingston, Pa .; Cazenovia Sem., Cazenovia, N. Y. Married Naomi A. Mott, Feb. 16, 1869. Coal and Real Estate. Market Gardener. Dir. in Com. Tel. Co. of Penn'a.


IRA M. KIRKENDALL


869


Born Dallas, Luz. Co., Pa .. Nov. 3, 1835. Educated Public Schools, Dallas. Married Hannah Driesbach, Nov. 3, 1868. Whole- sale Grocer, Firm of Kirkendall & Son. Burgess of W .- Barre, 1870. 1st Mayor W .- B., 1871-4.


FREDERICK C. KIRKENDALL


870


Born W .- Barre, 1871. Educated Lafayette Coll. Married Eleanor C. Gearhart, Jan. 12, 1897. Mayor W .- Barre, 1905-1908. Whol. Gro. Ed. "Leader." Dir. Second Nat. Bk .; Lead- er Pub. Co .; Penn Tobacco Co .; Boys' In- dust. Ass'n. Mem. Firm Kirkendall & Son; No. 61, F. & A. M .; Shekinah Chapter; Dieu Le Vieut Com .; Mystic Shrine.


JOSEPH MALLORY STARK


871


Born Plains, Pa., Aug. 28, 1868. Educated Public School, Wyo. Sem. Married Eliza- beth A. Stewart, June 25, 1891. Coal Oper- ator. Ex-Merchant and P. M. of Hudson, Pa.


EDWARD W. DAVIS


872


Born Ebensburg, Pa., Dec. 18, 1864. Married Emma Miller, Feb. 9, 1886. Merchant and Real Estate. Dir. Wyo. Val. Trust Co .; Plymoutlı Nat. Bk. Treas. W .- Barre Grand Opera House Co. Mem. Westmoreland and Franklin Clubs; Landmark Lodge, 442, F. & A. M .; Dhekenah Chap .; Dieu Le Vieut Com .; Mystic Shrine.


HENRY LEES


873


Born England, 1842. Educated Common Schools, England. Married Lorinda D. Da- venport, 1872. Retired. Formerly Clothing Merchant Tailoring. V ... Pres. 1st Nat. Bk. of Plymouth. Pres. Wilmington L. & W. Co., Ohio. Dir. Winchester, Ky., L. & I. Co. Mem. M. E. Church of Ply. Plymouth, Pa.


CHRISTOPHER WREN


874


Born Pottsville, Aug. 16, 1853. Educated in Public Schools. Insurance and Real Estate. Sec. Ply. Bd. of Trade. Pro. of Luz. Co., from - --- to -. Wyo. Hist. & Geo. Soc .; Wyo. Com. Ass'n; Amer. Antheopological Ass'n; Amer. Ass'n for Adv. of Science. Mem. Masonic Fraternity.


ASA K. DeWITT


875


Cashier First Nat. Bank of Plymouth, Pa. Plymouth, Pa.


*AMOS T. DeWITT


.


876


Born May 1, 1825 -* Oct. 17, 1884. Married Elizabeth C. Keller, Oct. 23, 1850. Farmer. Falls, Pa., Wyo. Co.


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CHARLES C. RANSOM


877


Born Jackson, Pa., Jan. 1, 1845. Educated Jackson Com. School. Married Mary Elston, Aprii 21, 1867. Contractor and Builder. Plym- outh, Pa.


JOHN R. POWELL


878


Born Penydarven, Glamorganshire, South Wales, Great Britain, May 6, 1847. Edu- cated Common Schools, Mar- Wales. ried Ann Jenkins, Aug. 1, 1872. Manfr. of Miners' Squibs. Pres. Ply. Nat. Bk. Dir. Union Soap Works; Jualpa Co .; Juneau, Alaska and Cal. Gold Min. Co .; Bishop Creek Gold Min .; Jualpa Co., Cal .; Luz. Graphite Co., Canada. Plymouth, Pa.


JOHN JOSEPH MOORE


879


Born Plymouth, Pa., May 26, 1871. Married Sarah Mackin, Sept. 2, 1897. Moore Bros. & Co., Fiet & Weed. V .- Pres. Ply. Nat. Bank. Plymouth, Pa.


CHARLES ROBERT MILLER


880


Born Espy, Columbia Co., Pa., Aug. 26, 1864. Educated Espy. Married Almedia Trump, Nov. 21, 1889. Furniture Dealer. Dir. Ply. Nat. Bk. Treas. Ply. Boro., Luz. Co., 1904.


AMBROSE WEST


881


Born Leicestershire, Eng., Nov. 28, 1856. Edu- cated Germantown, Pa. Married Elizabeth Boyes, April, 1879. Manfr. Pio. Knit. Mills; Shawnee Paper Box Mills; West Lumber & Mfg. Co .; Prop. Dir. 1st Nat. Bk., Plymouth; 2d Nat. Bk., W .- Barre. Pres. Doran Lace Mfg. Co., W .- Barre. Sec. W .- Barre News Co. Plymouth, Pa.


PHILIP ROWLAND BEVAN


882


Born Pittston, Pa., Oct. 30, 1863. Educated Pittston and Kingston, Pa. Married Grace Clark Sharpe, Oct. 19, 1899. Mgr. Banking House of J. B. Russell & Co.


JOSEPH H. SCHWARTZ


883


Born New York City, July 20, 1860. Grad. N. Y. City Schools. Married Stella Janet Keller, 1887; Anna M. Yerrick, 1898. Surviv- ing Mem. of the Firm of Fred Schwartz & Bro., Plymouth Pa., Est. 1870. Plymouth, Pa.


*FREDERICK SCHWARTZ


884


Born New York City, Jan. 18, 1849 -* Feb. 3, 1903. Educated New York City Schools. Established Firm of Fred Schwartz & Bro., 1870. Plymouth, Pa.


CHARLES LAW


S85


Born Carbondale, Pa., Oct. 30, 1833. Self- Educated. Married Ellen A. Atwater, Nov. 25, 1854. Retired.


ALEXANDER SLOAN, SR.


886


Born Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, June 17, 1816. Educated Great Britain. Married Ara- bella Sleeman Widger, Sept. 4, 1879. Me- chanical Eng. and Draughtsman Supt. and


Treas. Pittston Stove Co. Dir. Pittston City Schools. Pres. Pittston Y. M. C. A. Pres. Pittston Bldg. & Loan Ass'n. Vestryman St. James Epis. Church, Pittston, and Supt. of Sunday School.


*JAMES FOWLER


887


Born England, March 29, 1840 -* Feb. 9, 1901. Educated Wayne Co. Schools. Married Cor- delia Bates, 1862. Merchant Miller. Pittston.


J. I. SHOEMAKER


888


Born Wyo., Luz. Co., Pa., April 7, 1839. Edu- cated Wyo. Sem. Married M. M. Sharps, Dec. 23, 1863. Justice of the Peace. Wyo.


*JERMIAH B. SHIFFER


889


Born Marcy Twp., Luz. Co., Pa., Nov. 8, 1825 -* April 8, 1899. Married Almeda B. Lance, Feb. 21, 1856. Pittston.


WILLIAM A. SHIFFER


890


Born Pittston. Pa., Aug. 15, 1863. Educated- West Pittston, Pa. Married Olive A. Row- ley, June 8, 1893. Insurance Agt. Pittston.


FRANK E. SHIFFER


891


Born Pittston, Pa., Nov. 29, 1857. Educated West Pittston, Pa. Married Esther Bryden, Sept. 10, 1901. Fire Ins. Agt. Pittston.


GEORGE B. ROMMEL


892


Born Jersey City, N. J., June 4, 1835. Edu- cated N. J. Married Celia Ford. Paper Manfr. Dir. Heat I.t. and Wat. Co., of Bur- lington, W. Va .; Tagerts Val. Min. and Oil Co. Pittston.


JAMES M. RUTTER


893


Born W .- Barre, Pa., March 13, 1841. Married Martha C. Burdett, Oct. 15, 1866; Alvaretta Wildoner, April 24, 1886. Real Estate. Mem. of the City School Bd. Served 3 years in War of Rebellion, 1862 to 1865. Received a Congres. Medal of Honor for gallantry at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863. Charter Mem. Conyngham Post, G. A. R. Mem. and Past Col. U. V. L. Mem. Landmark Lodge, F. & A. M.


N. B. RUTTER


894


Born W .- Barre, Aug. 17, 1871. Educated Pub- lic Schools and Hillman Acad. Married Stella Gertrude Hann, April 25, 1899. Civil and Min. Eng. Co. Surveyor. Supt. and Eng. of the Hollenback Coal Co. Civil and Con- sulting Eng. Co. Commissioners. Estimating Eng. for Eng. and Con. Co., of W .- Barre. Have acted as Consulting Eng. for Penn'a R. R. Co. Mem. Westmoreland Club. Char- tor Mem. of Wyo. Val. Country Club. Mem. ot Shrine; Knight Templars; Chapter and Blue Lodge. Dir. of Luz. Co. Sportsmen Association.


JACOB ROBERTS, JR.


895


Born England, Dec. 19, 1840. Educated Uni- ted States. Married Emma A. Simpson. Coal Operator. Dir. W .- Barre Dep. & Sav.


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Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity


Bk. Mem. State Legis. in 1897-8, from the 1st Legis. Dist. Mem 129th Regt., P. V. Maj. 9th Regt., N. G. P. Col. G. A. R. Mem. City Council.


*JACOB ROBERTS


896


Born England, Dec. 27, 1819 -* March 7, 1903. Married Amelia Allen Roberts. Coal Oper- ator.


CHARLES F. HUBER


897


Born Pottsville, Pa. Married Nellie An- drews Daugherty, Sept. 12, 1894. Mining Engineer. Gen. Supt. L. & W .- B. Coal Co.


ROBERT A. QUIN


898


Born Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 17, 1864. Educated Pottsville. Pa. Married Minnie E. Thickins. Mgr. of Coal Cos. Dir. W .- Barre City Hos- pital; Guar. & Trust Bk., Shamokin, Pa. Mgr. Susq. Coal Co .; Mineral R. R. & Min. Co .; Summit Branch Min. Co .; Lykens Val. Coal Co .: Nanticoke Water Co .; Lykens Water Co .; Lytle Coal Co.


GEN. CHARLES BOW. DOUGHERTY


899


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 3, 1860. Edu- cated Public Schools, Wilkes-Barre, and Emerson Ins., Washington, D. C. Married Anna Posten, Feb. 6, 1883. Chief Clerk Coal Cos. Penn'a R. R. Priv. 9th Regt. Inf., 1881. Sergt., 1st Lieut., Maj., Lieut. Col. and Cel. and Brig. Gen. of 9th Regt. Inf., N. G. P., July 14, 1897. Men. State Armory Bd .; Sons of Revolution; Military


Order Foreign Wars, Naval and Militia Order Spanish- American War; Ex-Com. Board of Trade.


JOHN ROBISON EDGAR


900


Born Espey, Columbia Co., Pa., Nov. 17, 1851. Educated State Nor. School, Bloomsburg, Pa .; Wyo. Sem., Kingston, Pa. Married Josephine Elizabeth Moore, Feb. 10, 1876. Paymaster Susq. Coal Co., W .- Barre, Pa. Sec. and Treas. Westmoreland Club, W .- B.




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