Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906, Part 12

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


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*GEN. HENRY M. HOYT, LL. D. 901


Born Kingston, Pa., June 8, 1830 -* Dec. 1, 1892, at W .- Barre. Educated Wyo. Sem., Laf. and Wm. Colleges. Married Mary E. Loveland, Sept. 25, 1855. Lawyer. Add. Law Judge, Luz. Co. Courts in 1867. Gov. State of Penn'a, 1879-1883. Col. 52d Penn'a Vols. and was brevetted Brig .- Gen. U. S. Col. Int. Rev., 12th Dist. of Pa., 1869 to 1873. Author of "Protection versus Free Trade" (1886), 435 pp., 8vo., and various published addresses and essays on historical and other subjects.


*GEORGE W. WOODWARD


902


Born Bethany, Wayne Co., Pa., March 26, 1309 -* May 10, 1875. Educated Hobart Col., Geneva, N. Y .; Old W .- Barre Acad. Mar- ried Sarah Elizabeth Trott, Sept. 10, 1832; Mrs. Edward Macalester, 1871. Judge Sup. Court of Pa. Lawyer. Mem. of Cong., 1867. Pres. Judge 26th Judicial Dist. of Pa., 1856. Hon. Mem. F. & A. M., Lodge 61. W .- Barre.


*WARREN JAY WOODWARD, LL. D.


903


Born Bethany, Wayne Co., Pa., Sept. 24, 1819 -* Sept. 23, 1879. Educated Acad., W .- Barre. Married Catherine Scott, May 23, 1847. Justice of the Sup. Court. Lawyer. Pres. Judge Berks Co., 1861-1871.


*STANLEY WOODWARD


904


Born W .- Barre, Pa., Aug. 29, 1833 -* 1906. Educated Yale Coll. Married Sarah R. But- ler, June 3, 1857. Lawyer. Pres. Wyo. Hist. Soc. Judge of Com. Pleas Court, Eleventh Jud. Dist. of Pa. for 21 years, beginning 1879.


*EDMUND L. DANA


905


Born Eatonville, Wyo. Co., Pa., Jan. 29, 1817 -* April, 1889. Married Sarah Peters. Lawyer. Judge Com. Pleas Court, Luz. Co. Capt. Mexican War. Col. 143d Pa. Vols.


CHARLES B. DANA


906


Born Circleville, O., Aug. 12, 1833. Educated W .- Barre, Pa. Married Ellen Wright Learn, March 26, 1856. Alderman 12th Wd. Mem. 1st Council of the City of W .- Barre.


*GARRIEK M. HARDING


907


Born Exeter, Luz. Co., Pa, July 12, 1827- * May 19, 1904. Educated Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Married Maria Mills Slossore, Oct., 1852. Att'y-at-Law. Pres. Judge of Luz. Co., 1870-1880.


JOHN LYNCH


908


Born Providence, R. I., Nov. 1, 1843. Edu- cated Wyo. Sem. Married Mary C. Lenahan, Jan. 24, 1877. Admitted to Bar, 1865. Pres. Judge Luz, Co. Was City Att'y, 1873-1874; Reg. of Wills, 1860; Law Judge, 1890 to 1901.


*EDWARD P. DARLING


909


Born Berks Co., Pa., Nov. 10, 1831 -* Oct. 19, 1889. Edu. New London Corn Roads Acad. and Amhorse Coll. Married Emily H. Rut- ter, Sept. 29. 1859. Lawyer. Pres. Osterhout Free Library; V .- Pres. Wyo. Nat. Bk .; Miners' Sav. Bk. Trus. W .- Barre Acad .; W .- Barre Female Ins.


THOMAS DARLING


910


Born W .- Barre. Educated W .- Barre Pub- lic Schools, W .- Barre Acad., Yale Coll. Mar- ried Emma Shields Mcclintock, June 2, 1902. Lawyer. Mem. Select Council, W .- Barre, 1900-1901.


JOHN BUTLER WOODWARD


911


Born W .- Barre, Pa., April 3, 1861. Educated Yale Coll. Married Marion Hillard, June 6, 1888. Lawyer. Mem. of Firm of Woodward, Darling & Woodward.


JOHN S. HARDING


912


Born W .- Barre, Pa., Aug. 29, 1859. Educated Yale Coll. Married Mary B. Brown, Jan. 25, 1899. Att'.v-at-Law.


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GEORGE STEELE FERRIS


913


Born Pittston, Pa., April 28, 1849. Educated Allegheny Coll., Meadville, Pa .; Columbia Law School, Washington, D. C. Married Ada C. Stark, Sept. 1, 1875. Judge Com. Pleas Court, Eleventh Jud. Dist., Pa., term 10 years from Jan. 1, 1901. Pittston, Pa.


FRANK WOODRUFF WHEATON


914


Born Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1855. Edu- cated Yale, 1877. Married L. Maria Covell, May 16, 1878. Judge Com. Pleas Court, Luz. Co. Chairman Law and Ordinance Com. and Mem. W .- Barre City Council, 1884-6.


GAIUS LEONARD HALSEY


915


Born Nesquehoning, Carbon Co., Pa., July 12, 1845. Educated W .- Barre Acad., Liberal Ins., Clinton, N. Y., and Tuft's Coll., Med- ford, Mass. Married Sarah Elizabeth Levan, April 17, 1882. Lawyer. Judge Com. Pleas Court, Luzerne Co.


ALEXANDER FARNHAM


916


Born Carbondale, Pa., Jan. 12, 1834. Edu- cated Madison Acad., Waverly, Pa .; Wyo. Sem., Kingston, Pa. Married Emily Augus- ta Dorrance, July 18, 1865. Lawyer. Ex- Dist. Att'y. Pres. Luz. Co. Bar Ass'n since 1891.


THOS. HENRY ATHERTON


917


Born Wyoming, Pa. Educated W .- Barre and Princeton Univ. Married Melanic Parks, Oct. 7, 1880. Lawyer. Various Banks, and Mfg. Cos .; Pa. State Bar Ass'n; Wyo. Hist. and Geolog. Soc.


ANDREW HUNLOCK


918


Born Kingston, Pa., May 1, 1839. Educated Wyo. Sem., Kingston, Pa. Att'y-at-Law. One of the organizers and 1st Pres. of the Anthracite Sav. Bk. of W .- Barre, Pa. Pres. for past 30 years of Mem. Church Board of Trustees.


CLARENCE W. KLINE


919


Born Jerseytown, Columbia Co., Pa., Oct. 25, 1852. Educated Com. Schools, Lancaster, Co., Pa. Married Lillian A. Johnson, June 29, 1893. Ex-State Senator 21st Dist. Att'y- at-Law. Banker. V .- Pres. and Trust Officer Markle Banking and Trust Co. V .- Pres. Cons. Tei. Cos. of Pa. Pres. Interstate Tel. Co. of Pa. Officer and Dir. in various other corporations.


HENRY W. PALMER


920


Born Clifford, Susq. Co., Pa., July 10, 1839. Educated Wyom. Sem., Fort Edward Ins., State and Nat. Law School. Married Ellen Mary Webster, Sept., 1861. Lawyer. Att'y Gen. of Pa. 1879. Mem. of Congress, 1900 to date, 11th Dist. Pa. V .- Pres. Miners' Sav. Bk. Vestryman St. Stephens' Church.


*STEUBEN JENKINS


921


Born Wyoming, Pa., Sept. 28, 1819 -* May 29, 1830. Educated Oxford Acad., N.Y. Married Catherine M. Breese. Feb. 24, 1846. Lawyer. Antiquarian.


*HENDRICK BRADLEY WRIGHT


922


Born Plymouth, Luz. Co., Pa., April 24, 1808 -Sept. 2, 1881. Educated Dickinson Coll. Lawyer. Admitted to Bar, 1831. Mem. House of Rep., Pa., elected 1841, and served till 1844. Elected Mem. of Congress, 1861. Re-elected, 1876 to 1881. Author "Practical Treatise on Labor," "Historical Sketch of Plymouth, Pa."


*DAVID SCOTT


923


Born Suffield, Conn., April 3, 1781 -* Dec. 29, 1839. Self-educated. Married Catharine Hancock, Sent. 1, 1811. and Mrs. Mary (Elder) Dorrance, March 1. 1836. Admitted to Luz. Co. Bar. Jan. 3, 1809. Protho. Court of Com. Pleas. 1809. Judge Adv. 2d Brig., 9th Div., Pa. Militia. Pres. Judge 12th Jud. Dist. of Pa., 1817-1837. Trustee W .- Barre Acad. Burgess of W .- Barre, 1824-27. Pres. Bd. of Pub. Works of Penn'a.


*COL. MATTHIAS HOLLENBACK


924


Born Hanover, Montgomery Co., Pa., 1752- *Feb. 18, 1829. Justice Co. Ct. of Com. Pleas. Asso. Judge Luz. Co. One of the original justices of Luz. Co. First Treas. Luz. Co. Survivor Battle of Wyo. Com. Lieut. Col., 1878. Commissioned first organized battalion of Luz. Co. Militia. Mem. First Town Coun- cil. Burgess of W .- Barre, 1819-20. In Revo- lutionary War 1776-1778.


JOHN McGAHREN


925


Born Mansfield, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., March 8, 1852. Educated St. Bonaventure's Coll., N. Y. Married Mary E. McVay. Nov. 22, 1889. Att'y-at-Law. V .- Pres. of Miners Mills Coal Co .; Bartel's Brew. Co. Pres. Hunlock's Creek Turnpike Co. Mem. K. of C. and B. P. O. E.


CHARLES S. FOSTER


926


Born Dallas, Luz. Co., Pa., Nov. 25, 1836. Educated Wyo. Sem. Married Mary Jane Hoagland, Oct. 5, 1865. Att'y-at-Law. Mem. Epis. Church: Miners Mills Coal Co .; Wyo. Nat. Bank; Amer. Bankers' Ass'n; Monu- ment Ass'n.


GEORGE H. TROUTMAN


927


Born Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 18, 1842. Edu- cated Univ. of Penn'a. Married Rosetta E. Crossett, April 20, 1870. Att'y-at-Law. Ex- Judge of Orphans' Court, Luz. Co. Served throughout Civil War.


WILLIAM LAFAYETTE RAEDER


928 Born Ransom, Luz. Co., Pa., Nov. 27, 1854. Educated Lehigh Univ. Married Elizabeth M. Worrall, Feb. 17, 1885. Lawver. Pres. W .- Barre Bd. of Trade; Gesang Verein Con- cordia; Dorranceton Realty Co .: Pa .- Ca.l. Gold Min. Co. Mem. Pa. Bar Ass'n. W .- B. Law & Library Ass'n: Press Club: Pen & Pencil Club; Clover Club; Lawyers' Club, Phil'a, and Wyo. Hist. & Geo. Soc. Dir. Boys' Pa. Ind. Ass'n.


*GEN. LORD BUTLER


929


Born Lynn, Conn., Dec. 11, 1761 -* W .- Barre, March 3, 1824. Educated Public Schools.


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Married Mary Peirce, May 30, 1786. Land Owner. Dep. A. D. Q. G., 1778-1783, Wyo. Post. First Sheriff Luz. Co., 1787-1789. Brig. Gen. Pa. Militia, 1799. Mem. Supreme Ex. Council of Pa., 1789-1790. Succeeded Col. Pickering as Prothonotary. Clerk O. C. Court of Q. S .; Reg. of Wills and Rec. of Deeds, which he held till 1800. First P. M. of W .- Barre, 1794-1802. Mem. Legis., 1802.


*PEIRCE BUTLER


930


Born W .- Barre, Jan. 27, 1789 -* March 30, 1848. Educated Public Schools. Married Temper- ance Colt, July 2, 1818. Farmer. Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M.


*JAMES MONTGOMERY BUTLER


931


Born Kingston Twp., Feb. 9, 1826 -* Dec. 9, 1861. Educated Wyo. Sem. Married Mar-


tha Lazarus, March 18, 1852. Farmer.


GEORGE HOLLENBACK BUTLER


932


Born Kingston Twp., Sept. 2, 1857. Educated Wyo. Sem. Married Gertrude Stoddart, May 8, 1890. Att'.v-at-Law. Mem. Wyo. Com. Ass'n (its Cor. Sec.) Dir. and Sec. Central Poor Dist. Luz. Co. Dir. and Sec. Anthra- cite Land Co. First Burgess of Dorrance- ten Boro., and several thereafter for many years Solicitor Dorranceton Boro. Com. Jus- tice for two terms.


STANLEY W. DAVENPORT


933


Born Plymouth, Pa., July 21, 1861. Educated Wesleyan Univ. Married Mary Weir, June 13, 1889. Att'y-at-Law. Dir. Central Poor Dist. of Luz. Co. Reg. of Wills of Luz Co., 1894-5-6. Congressman 12th Pa. Dist., 56th Congress.


JAMES M. FRITZ


934


Born Orangeville, Pa., March 10, 1857. Edu- cated Lafayette Coll. Married Annie E. Stackhouse, Sept. 9, 1886. Lawyer.


PETER A. MEIXELL


935


Born Salem Twp., Luz. Co., Pa., Aug. 16, 1857. Educated Wyo. Sem., Bloomsburg Nor. Married Ella G. Wise, April 18, 1888. Att'y-at-Law. Select Council City of W .- Barre. Landmark Lodge, No. 442, F. & A. M. 1st Presby. Church. Y. M. C. A.


THADDEUS M. CONNIFF


936


Born Ireland, Aug. 9, 1854. Educated Public and Nor. Schools. Married Amanda Arm- strong, June 15, 1876. Att'y-at-Law. Super- vising Prin. of Schools.


WILLIAM IRVIN HIBBS


937


Born Thompsontown, Juniata Co., Pa., June 3, 1851. Educated Millersville, Pa. Married Sarah Laird McGuire, Oct. 30, 1891. Att'y- at-Law. Pittston, Pa.


PETER ALOYSIUS O'BOYLE


938


Born Ireland. Nov. 10, 1861.


Educated Pub-


lic Schools of Pittston. Married Rosalie


Teresa Walsh. Oct. 11, 1888. Att'y-at-Law. Asst. Dist. Att'y of Luz. Co. from 1891 to 1894.


JOHN T. L. SAHM


939


Born Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pa., Sept. 6, 1843. Educated Penn'a Coll., Gettysburg, Pa. Married Minnie Rothrock, Sept. 17, 1872. Lawyer. Dep. Prothonotary.


JAMES M. NORRIS


940


Born Port Deposit, Md., Aug. 21, 1852. Edu- cated Public Schools, Hazleton, Pa. Married Grizzie G. Gates, July 27, 1873. Att'y-at- Law. Controller Luz. Co. Wholesale Lum- ber and Timber. W .- Barre.


*CHARLES WESLEY McALARNEY


941


Born Mifflinburg, Union Co., Dec. 20, 1847 -* Oct. 1, 1904. Educated Mifflinburg Acad. Married Clara R. Shonk, May 27, 1886. Att'y.


*GEORGE W. SHONK


942


Born Plymouth, Pa., April 26, 1850 -* Aug. 14, 1900. Educated Wyo. Sem., Kingston, Pa., and Wesleyan Univ., Middleton, Conn. Mar- ried Ida E. Klotz, Aug. 15, 1880. Lawyer. Ex-Mem. of Congress.


LEWIS B. LANDMESSER


943


Born Wilkes-Barre, March 5, 1850. Educat- ed Yale Coll .. and Heidelberg and Berlin Universities, Germany. Married Millicent Worrall, Dec. 10, 1879. Lawyer. P. M., 1892 to 1896; Chairman Rep. Co. Com., 1889-1890- 1891; Pastmaster Lodge 61, F. & A. M .; Past High Priest Shekinah Chap., 182 .: Mem. of Dieu le Vieut Com., No. 45, and Irem Tem.


D. O. COUGHLIN


944


Born Fairmount, Luz. Co., July 9, 1852. Edu- cated Com. School, Nat. School of Oratory, Valparaiso Law School. Married Emma Hughes, Feb. 20, 1883. Att'y-at-Law. Prin. of New Columbus Acad .. from 1875 to 1882. Dep. Rev. Coll., 1884 to 1888.


HENRY A. FULLER


945


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 15, 1855. Edu- cated Princeton Coll. Married Ruth H. Par- rish, Nov. 20, 1879. Lawyer. Ass't Dist. Att'y 9 years. Trus. Osterhout Free Library. Dir. Anthracite Sav. Bank.


JOHN THOMAS LENAHAN


946


Born Port Griffith, Luz. Co., Pa., Nov. 15, 1852. Educated Villa Nova, Pa., under Fath- ers of St. Augustine, and Univ. of Penn'a. Married Mary Donovan, April 26, 1880.


Lawyer. Pres. Columbia Club.


*ALLAN H. DICKSON


947


Born Utica, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1851 -* Jan. 21, 1893. Educated Yale Coll. Married Catherine Pettebone, Nov. 12, 1874. Lawyer. Dir. Miners' Sav. Bank. Dir. Anthracite Bank. Mem. City Council. Action with Asphalt Street Paving.


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THOMAS J. CHASE.


948


Born Benton Twp., Lack'a Co., Pa., May 26, 1844. Educated Com. Schools and Poughkeep- sie, N. Y. Married Rena A. Reynolds, Sept. 17, 1874. Lawyer. Trus. Univ. Convention of Pa. Pres. Odd Fellows Home Ass'n.


*COL. ELISHA B. HARVEY


949


Born Harveyville, Luz. Co., Pa., Oct. 1. 1819 -"Aug. 20, 1872. Educated Wesleyan Univ. (A. B., 1845; A. M., 1848.) Married Phebe Maria Frisbie, Jan. 16, 1841; Sarah Maria Garretson, July 8, 1850. Att'y-at-Law. Was Dep. Att'y Gen. for Luz. Co. in 1850. Reg. of Wills of Luz. Co., 1854-57; Burgess of W .- Barre, 1865-66. Col. of the 7th Regt., Pa. Reserves in the Civil War. He was Master of Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M., in 1857; the First High Priest of Shekinah R. A. Chap., No. 182, and a Knight Templar.


OSCAR JEWELL HARVEY


950


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 2, 1851. Edu- cated Lafayette Coll. (A. B., 1871; A. M., 1874.) Married Fanny Virginia Holding, June 23, 1880. Att'y-at-Law, but for some years has been engaged exclusively in liter- ary pursuits. Mem. of Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M .; Dieu Le Vieut Com., No. 45; Knights Templar, and Irem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was the first Capt. of Co. B, 9th Regt., N. G. P.


HENRY HARRISON HARVEY, B. A.


951


Born West Nanticoke, Luz. Co., Pa., Sept. 30, 1840. Educated Wyo. Sem., Kingston; Franklin & Marshall Coll., Franklin, Pa. Married Jennie Josephine DeWitt, April 15, 1885. Organizer and Dir. 1st Nat. Bank, Plymouth. Lumber and Coal Dealer. Dir. Anthracite Sav. Bank; Wyo. Cutlery Wks .; W .- Barre Elec. Lt. Co. Mem. W .- Barre Bd. of Trade. Trus. Wyo. Hist. & Geolog. Soc. Pres. Trotting and Pacing Horse Breeders' Ass'n, Eastern Penn'a.


BRADLEY WAKEMAN LEWIS


952


Born at Spring Hill, Bradford Co., Pa., Aug. 20, 1845. Graduated at Lafayette Coll., A. B., 1871; A. M., in 1874. Married Mary G. Met- calf, of Tunkhannock, June 4, 1874. Mem. of the Bar of Wyoming Co. since 1874. Dist. Att'y of Wyo. Co., 1889-'91. Burgess of Tunk- hannock in 1889. Mem. of the Tunkhannock School Board for inany years, and now Pres. of the Board.


QUINCY A. GATES


953 Born Scott, Wayne Co., Pa., Dec. 19, 1847. Educated Deposit Acad. Married Florence M. Jayne, Nov. 4th, 1891. Lawyer. Street Ry. Dir. Real Estate Co. W .- Barre.


LOUIS N. HAMMERLING


954


Born Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, March 23, 1874. Educated We Lwowie, Austria. News- paper Writer. Rep. the Miners' Journal and 25 foreign newspapers, published in the var- ious Slavenian languages. Came to the An- thracite coal field in 1897 from San Francisco, Cal. Was Chairman of Com. in 1903 in first interesting President Roosevelt to come to Wilkes-Barre, which he did on Aug. 10, 1905.


WILLIAM NICHOLAS REYNOLDS


955


Born Factoryville. Wyo. Co., Pa., Nov. 30, 1847. Educated Public Schools and Nicholson Academy. Married T. Ella Billings, Oct. 4. 1867. Lawyer. Dir. Citizens' Nat. Bank, Tunkhannock; Co. H, 187th Regt., Pa. Vols., War of Rebellion; Captain Co. G, 9th Regt., N. G. P., 1875-1878. Mem. Pa. Legis., 1881-1882. Chief Middle Div. Pension Dept., 1890-1893.


WILLIAM N. REYNOLDS, JR.


956


Born Tunkhannock, Pa., May 31, 1874. Edu- cated Lafayette Coll. Lawyer. Maj. 7th Regt., N. G. P.


THOMAS WILLIAM HART


957


Born Hazle Two., Luz. Co., Pa., 1857. Edu- cated Public Schools and St. Gabriel's Acad. Married Elizabeth A. McCarty, May 21, 1889. Att'y-at-Law.


DANIEL LLYNG O'NEILL


958


Born Port Deposit. Md .. Der. 10. 1835. Edu-


cated Private and Com. Schools. Married. Annie McDonald, May 16, 1864. Att'y-at-


Law. Was Mem. Pa. State Legis., Session 7, 1869.


WILLIAM A. O'NEILL


959


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 5, 1868. Edu- cated Public and Private Schools. Att'y-at- Law.


JOHN F. O'NEILL


960


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 2, 1872. Edu- cated Public Schools. Att'y-at-Law.


SAMUEL L. FEDDER


961


Born Berwick, Pa .. May 31, 1871. Educated University and Seminary. Married Lucia L. Paulger, 1903. Att'y-at-Law. Pres. of Fed- der Concrete Block Mfg. Co. W .- Barre.


GRIER BERNARD SNYDER


962


Born Shickshinny, Luz. Co., Pa., Sept. 3, 1871. Educated Lafayette Coll. and Dickin- son Law School. Att'y-at-Law.


THOMAS F. MCLAUGHLIN


963


Born Hawley, Pa., July 2, 1871. Educated Public Schools and Wyo. Sem. Att'y-at- Law. Admitted to practice law in courts of Luz. Co., Sept. 21, 1896. Appointed Alder- man of the 14th Wd. of W .- Barre, Pa., Sept. 14, 1898; Elected at Feb. Election, 1899, for term of five years. Admitted to Sup. Court, Jan. 5, 1903. Admitted to Superior Court, May 4, 1903.


CHARLES J. KUSCHKE


964


Born Plymouth, Pa., Oct. 24, 1875. Educated Pivmouth High School, Wvo. Sem .. Univ. of Penn'a. Att v-at-Law. Dir. Plymouth Nat. Bk. Sec. Dem. Co. Com. for past three years. Chairman Third Dist. Legis. Dem. Com. Chairman Plymouth Boro. Dem. Com. Att'y for Plymouth Boro. past two years. Graduated Law Dept. Univ. of Pa., June, 1899. Admitted to practice in Superior Court, May 4, 1903. Admitted to practice in Supreme Court, Jan. 5, 1903.


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JOHN HARRIS WILLIAMS


965


Born W .- Barre, Pa., April 14, 1876. Educated Plymouth High School, Dickinson Law School, Carlisle, Pa. Married Esther Pow- ell, June 27, 1901. Att'y-at-Law.


JOHN MENOVSKY


966


Born Eperjes, Hungary, Dec. 31, 1873. Edu- cated in Gymnasium (Eperjes, Hungary) ; Wyo. Sem., Kingston, Pa .; Dickinson Law School, Carlisle, Pa. Lawyer.


PAUL J. SCHMIDT


967


Born Germany, Jan. 14, 1869. Educated Pub- lic School, Germany; Wyo. Sem .. Kingston, Pa .; Grad. of Dickinson School of Law. Married Maude Holwig, Sept. 18, 1897. Att'y- at-Law. Besides English, speaks German, Polish, Slavish and Italian Languages. Law- yer; Owner of Polish Weekly Newspaper, the "Gornik," of Wilkes-Barre, Pa .; Mem. of the W .- Barre Bar Ass'n; Mem. of the W .- Barre Press Club.


THOS. W. TEMPLETON


968


Born Plymouth, Oct. 26, 1866. Att'y-at-Law. Prothonotary of Luz. Co.


PHILIP L. DRUM


969


Born Drums, Pa., Jan. 31, 1871. Educated Lafayette Coll., Univ. of Pa. Law School. Married Vida Bowman, Dec. 29, 1900. Law- yer. Ex-Mem. Pa. State Legislature.


BURTON WILLIAM DAVIS


970 Born Stratford, Fulton Co., N. Y., Nov. 7, 1867. Educated Cornell Univ. Married Rose L. Cross, June 16, 1892. Lawyer.


C. HAYES MARKS


971


Born Locust Twp., Columbia Co., Pa., May 7, 1876. Educated Wyo. Sem., and Blooms- burg Normal. Married Jennie S. Carl, Feb., 1899. Att'y-at-Law. Mem. of Good Will Lodge, No. 310, I. O. O. F .; Plymouth Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 546. Sec. 3d Legis. Dist. Rep. Organization. Plym- outh. Pa.


JOHN L. POTTEIGER


972


Born North Heidelberg, Berks Co., Pa., Feb. 8, 1859. Educated Palatinate Coll., Shippens- burg Nor. School. Married Annie L. Sher- man, Sept. 30, 1875. Att'y-at-Law. Insur- ance. Dir. and Sol. First Nat. Bank, Weath- erby, Pa. Mem. Westmoreland Club; Hazle Lodge, 327, F. & A. M .; Hazleton Chap., R. A. M .; Mt. Vernon Com., No. 73, at Hazle- con; Irem Temple, Mystic Shrine, W .- Barre.


WILLARD HUBBARD GOODWIN


973


Born Kingston, Pa., Nov. 8, 1872. Educated Univ. of Rochester, 1895; Brown, 1898; Col- umbia Law; Penn'a Law. Married Sophia Stevens, Nov. 8, 1898. Lawyer.


FRANK P. SLATTERY


974


Born Hazleton, Pa., June 3, 1873. Educated St. Vincent's Coll., Latrobe, Pa. Married lary S. Rutledge, Nov. 21, 1900. Lawyer.


JAMES C. MURRAY


975


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 22, 1875. Educated Univ. of Pa. Att'y-at-Law.


WILLIAM WHYTE HALL


976


Born Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1878. Edu- cated Wyo. Sem .; Columbia, N. Y. Married Isabelle L. Miller, July 6, 1899. Lawyer. V .- Pres. and Dir. Pittston Opera House Co. Sol. West Pittston Boro.


AUGUSTINE PATRICK CONNIFF


977


Born Plains, Pa., Jan. 12, 1879. Educated Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass. Lawyer. Firm T. M. Conniff & Son, Ins. and Real Estate. Knights of Columbus, Eagles. Residence, Plains, Pa.


W. ALFRED VALENTINE


978


Born Caln, Chester, Co., Pa., Dec. 23, 1879. Educated Dickinson Coll. Law School. Mar- ried Mary Irene Shoemaker, Oct. 22, 1902. Lawyer.


LLEWELLYN FLOYD HESS


979


Born Register, Luz. Co .. Pa., April 5, 1876. Educated Huntington Mills Acad .; Blooms- burg Nor. School: Dickinson Coll. Married Mabel Marie Weidner, June 20, 1904. Att'y.


EDWARD JOSEPH MOORE


980


Born Near Pottsville, Pa., April 29. 1873. Educated Public School and Hillman Acad. Married Nettie E. Cannon, April 28, 1903. Att'y-at-Law.


HON. WILLIAM H. HINES


981


Born Brooklyn N. Y., March 15, 1857. Edu- cated Public Schools and Wyo. Sem. Mar- ried Ida M. Wortman. Nov .. 1884. Lawyer. Pres. Pocono Water Co. Dir. Com. Club. Mem. Assembly 1879-1884. Mem. State Senate, 1888-1892. Mem. 53d Congress, 1893-1895.


LORRIE R. HOLCOMB


982


Born Aakam. Pa., Oct. 3, 1870. Educated Dickinson Coll. Married Dana G. Pace, Oct. 25, 1905. Lawyer. W .- Barre Hardware Co .; Luz. Co. Fair Ass'n; W .- Barre Base Ball Club; Lopz Sand, Stone and Cement Co.


MILTON E. HOLCOMB


983


Born Askam, Luz. Co., Pa .. Nov. 9, 1862. Educated Wyo. Som. Married Ella E. Wil- liams, Oct. 22, 1889. Mem. and Mgr. of W .- Barre Hardware Co.


WILLIAM SHARPE


984


Born Summit Hill, Pa. Educated Univ. of Pa. Real Estate. Maj. 9th Regt., N. G. P. Sec. of Board of Trade.


JOHN T. HOWELL, M. D.


985


Born Seigfrieds, Pa., Oct. 10, 1850. Educated Weavenville Acad. Married Minnie L. Bran- dow, June 4, 1890. Physician and Surg. Surg. W .- Barre City Hospital. Mem. Nat., State and Co. Med. Soc .; Lehigh Val. Med Ass'n, Masonic Order, Westmoreland Club, Y. M. C. A., St. Stephens' Church, Historical Soc.


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Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity


*GEORGE SCHRIVER WENTZ, M. D.


986


Born White Marsh, Pa., March 5, 1829 --* Aug. 29, 1903. Educated Univ. of Penn'a. Married Annie Leisenring, Dec. 17, 1857. Physician and Surgeon.


HENRY MARION NEALE, M. D.


987


Born New Haven, Conn .. July 27, 1856. Edu- cated Lewis Acad .; Jeff. Med. Coll., Phil'a, 1880. Married Ada I. Leisinring, March 5, 1885. Physician. Ex-Pres. Luz. Co. Med. Soc. Mem. and Treas. Board of Trus. State Hos- pital, Hazleton, Pa. Sr. Attending Physi- cian, White Haven Sanitarium for Poor Con- sumptives. Mem. Clover Club, Phil'a. Now Resident Mem. Liverpool Med. Ins., Liver- pool, Eng. Upper Lehigh.


GEORGE W. GUTHRIE, M. D.


988


Born Guthrieville, Chester Co., Pa., Jan. 28, 1815. Educated Millersville State Nor. School; Bellevue Hospital Med. Coll., N. Y .; and Univ. of Penn'a. Physician. Mem. Luz. Co. Med. Soc .; Med. Soc. State of Pa. At- tending Physician W .- Barre City Hospital. Mem. School Board, etc.


FREDERICK C. JOHNSON, M. D.


989


Born Marquette, Wis., March 2, 1853. Edu- cated University of Pa. Married Georgia Post, Junc 25, 1885. Newspaper Ed. (Wilkes- Barre Record). Mem. Amer., Penin'a, Luz. Co. and Lehigh Valley Medical Socs .; Wyo. Hist. Soc. (its Treas.), Moravian Hist. Soc., Minisink Val. Hist. Soc., Wyo. Com. Ass'n (its Sec.), New England Soc., Pa. Soc., Bd. of Trade, Westmoreland Club, Y. M. C. A., Brotherhood of St. Andrew, St. Stephen's Epis. Ch., Masonic Order, State and Nat. Ed. Ass'n.


WALTER S. STEWART, M. D.


990


Born Center Co., Pa., 1855. Educated State Nor. School, Med. Dept. Univ. of Pa. Physi- cian. Mem. Luz. Co. and State Med. Socs., Lehigh Val. Med. Soc.


GRANVILLE T. MATLACK, M. D.


991


Born Downingtown, Pa., Feb. 5, 1862. Edu- cated Jefferson Med, Coll. Married Clara R. Courtright, April 5, 1888. Physician. At- tending Physician W .- Barre City Hospital. Mem. Amer. Med. Ass'n, State Med. Soc. and Luz. Co. Med. Soc.


OLIN FRISBIE HARVEY, A. M., M. D.


992


Born Kingston, Pa., Sept. 28, 1846. Educated Public Schools of W .- Barre; Wyo. Sem., Kingston, Pa .; New Haven (Conn.) Coll. of Business, and Laf. Coll., Easton, Pa. Grad- uate 1873, Med. Dept. Univ. of Pa. Married Sophia J. Smith, March 20, 1873. Physician and Surgeon. Since 1874 a member of the staff of the W .- Barre City Hospital; for six years a Mem. of the School Bd. of the 3d Dist. of W .- Barre; for ten years a Trus- tee of State Asylum for Insane at Danville; for ten years Surg. 9th Regt., N. G. P.


*JOEL JACKSON ROGERS, M. D. 993 Born N. Main St., W .- Barre, March 4, 1818- *March 23, 1902. Educated Franklin Acad.


and Univ., N. Y. City. Married Sarah Car- oline Rice, April 15, 1852. Physician and Surgeon.


LEWIS LEONIDAS ROGERS, M. D. 994


Born Huntsville, I.uz. Co., Pa., July 29, 1852. Educated Wyo. Sem. and Jeff. Med. Coll. Married Mary Elizabeth Cushing, April 16, 1884. Physician and Surgeon.


*REESE DAVIS


995


Born Bradford Co., Pa., July 2, 1837 -* Sept., 1895. Educated Hamilton Coll. and Bellevue Hospital Med. Coll. Married Margaret E. Williams, 1867. Physician. Ex-Pres. Luz. Co. and State Med. Socs. Mem. W .- Barre City Hospital Staff from its beginning.


WALTER DAVIS, M. D.


996


Born W .- Barre, 1872. Educated Princeton and Univ. of Pa. Married Emilie E. Phil- lips, July 6, 1898. Physician. Mem. W .- Barre City Hospital Staff. Exam. White Haven Sanatarium. Men. Luz. Co. and Am. Med. Ass'n.




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