Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906, Part 13

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


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EUGENE JUSTIN BUTLER, M. D.


997


Born Pottsville, Pa., July 10, 1860. Educated Coll. of Phys. and Surg., Balt., Md. Mar- ried Helene C. Stoeckel, Oct. 19, 1894. Sur- geon. Ex-Prin. of Hillard Grove Grammar School, W .- Barre. for many years. Physi- cian to the Cent. Poor Dist. and Poor House. Mem. of the Staff of Mercy Hos- pital. Ex-Mem. Bd. of School Control; W .- Barre. His father was a prominent edu- cator of the Public Schools of this State, and taught over one-half a century.


JEFFERSON P. BIEHL, M. D.


998


Born Lewisburg, Union Co., Pa., Jan. 29, 1857. Educated Jeff. Med. Coll., Phil'a.


Married Dec. 12, 1884. Physician and Sur-


geon. Plymouth, Pa.


FRANK L. McKEE, M. D.


999


Born Warren Centre, Bradford Co., Pa.


May 20, 1860. Educated Bellevue Hospita Med. Call., N. Y. Married Mattie M. Miess Physician and Surgeon. Coroner Luz. Co. from 1895 to 1902. Lt. Col. 9th Regt .. N. G. P., since 1901. Mem. N. G. P. since Dec. 12 1888. Surgeon-in-Chief L. & W .- B. Coa Co. Sup. Med. Dir. U. S. and Can. for th Heralds of Liberty. Mem. Luz. Co. Med Soc. and Amer. Med. Ass'n. Plymouth, Pa


DANIEL H. LOCKARD, M. D.


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Born Cambra, Luz. Co., Pa., March 2, 185 Educated Jeff. Med. Coll. Married Eliza beth Pierce. 1885. Physician and Surgeor Plymouth, Pa.


*JAMES NELSON WARNER, D. D. S


1001


Born Huntington, Luz. Co., Pa .. Dec.


1845 *April 28. 1905. Educated Pa. Coll. Dental Surgery, 1873. Married Jennie Edit Stark, daughter of John M. Stark, of Wyd Nov. 7, 1883. Dentist. Practiced 33 years W .- Barre. Mem. State Dental Soc. ar Susq. Dental Soc., Westmoreland Club, S Stephen's Epis. Ch., Landmark Lodge, 4 F. & A. M .; Knight Templar, Mystic Shrin


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*SIDNEY HASWELL WARNER


1002


Born Saybrook, Conn., Jan. 26, 1806 -* Jan. 19, 1881. Educated Lenox, Mass. (Graduated 1840). Married Hannah Loomis, April 13, 1844; Cornelia M. Machette, of Phil'a, Jan. 3, 1845. Physician.


FREDERICK CORSS, M. D.


1003


Born Athens, Pa., Jan. 16, 1842. Educated Wyo. Sem., Laf. Coll., Univ. of Pa. Mar- ried Martha S. Hoyt, June 19, 1872. Physi- cian. Pres. Bd. of Health, Kingston, Pa. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Acad. of Med., L. V. Med. Ass'n, and Dir. Dep. & Sav. Bk. Kingston, Pa.


CHARLES W. SPAYD, M. D.


1004


Born Phil'a, March 3, 1840. Educated Public Schools, Phil'a, from Primary to High School. Married Barbara J. Hay, March 3, 1868. Physician and Surgeon. Coroner of Luz. Co .; Co. Physician; Ass't Surg. and Surg. of 53d Pa. Vols. in Civil War.


JOHN LEO BATTERTON, M. D.


1005


Born W .- Barre, Pa., Dec. 5, 1869. Educated Wyo. Sem. and Balt. Med. Coll. Married Katherine L. Cassidy, Oct. 23, 1895. Physi- clall.


*JOHN H. BATTERTON


1006


Born Bannow Co., Wexford, Ireland, 1837 -* April 13, 1906. Educated Ireland. Married Elizabeth McDonald, Feb. 25, 1868. Gen'l Merchandise.


BENEDICT JONES WETHERBY, M. D.


1007 Born Exeter, Pa., Aug. 2, 1859. Educated Univ. of N. Y., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, Ill. Married Della Patterson, April G, 1886. Physician.


JAMES BROOKS, M. D.


1008


Born Great Bend, Pa., July 5, 1859. Edu- cated Chicago Med. Coll., Married Ellen Evans, Sept. 17, 1898. Physician and Sur- gcon. Mem. of Inter. Med. Congress, State and Luz. Co. Med. Socs.


EDWARD RHYS RODERICK


1009


Born Warrior Run, Pa., April 20, 1872. Edu- cated Public School, Princeton Univ. of Pa. Married Kathleen L. Reichard, June 1, 1898. Physician. Oculist to Mercy Hospital, Pitts- ton Hospital and L. V. R. R. Mem. Co., State and Am. Med. Ass'n. Mem. West- moreland Club.


JOHN G. SPERLING, M. D.


1010


Born Runzen R. B., Breslau, Germany, Oct. 9, 1832. Educated Univ. of Breslau, Ger- many. Married Margaret Schwartz, 1876.


Homeo. Physician. Gen'l Practice. In Practice Pittston, Scranton and W .- Barre, 52 years.


JOHN H. SANDEL, M. D.


1011


Born near Danville, Pa., April 11, 1854. Edu- cated Hahnemann Med. Coll., Phil'a, Pa. Married Margaret Vickery, June, 1883. Physician. Mem. Am. Ins. of Homeo., State


Homeo. Med. Soc., and the Luz. Branch of the Homeo. Med. Soc. of Northeastern Pa. Clerk of Session; First Presby. Church. Plymouth, Pa.


D. S. MEBANE, M. D.


1012


Born Greensboro, Guilford Co., N. C., April 3, 1856. Educated Davidson Coll., N. C., and Univ., City N. Y. Married Jessie Sperring, Sept. 21, 1887. Physician and Pharmacist. Prop. City Pharmacy.


CHARLES P. STACKHOUSE, M. D.


1013


Born Shickshinny, Pa., April 19, 1871. Edu- cated Public Schools and Eastman's Bus. Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Graduated 1893, Lehigh Univ. Married Laura Woodworth, April 1, 1893; Mary B. Sorber, March 26, 1902 -* June 22, 1904. Physician. Consulting Phys. at Mercy Hospital. Mem. Anı., Pa., L. V. and Luz. Co. Med. Socs.


JOHN BENJAMIN TOBIAS, M. D.


1014


Born South Gibson, Susq. Co., Pa., Oct. 20, 1872. Educated Wyo. Sem., Keystone Acad. and Univ. of Pa., Phil'a. Married Gwennie Thomas, Sept. 2, 1897. Physician. Pres. of W .- Barre Stationery & Paper Co. Mem. Luz. Co. and Pa. State Med. Socs .; Am. Med. Ass'n. Registrar of Vital Statistics.


JAMES P. GILLIGAN, M. D.


1015


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Feb. 11, 1871. Edu- cated P. & S., N. Y. Married Agnes M. Brennan, Aug. 25, 1897. Physician and Sur- geon. Staff Mercy Hospital. Mem. Luz.


Co. Med. Soc.


NATHANIEL ROSS, M. D.


1016


Born Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 7, 1867. Edu- cated Jeff. Med. Coll. Married M. Adella Ritter, Nov. 29, 1893. Physician and Sur- geon. Am. Med. Ass'n, Pa. State, Luz. Co. and L. V. Med. Socs.


ALBERT KAUFMAN, M. D.


1017


Born Russia, Sept. 25, 1875. Educated Rus- sia, Germany and U. S. Married Esther Blumenzweig, May 28, 1900. Physician and Surgeon.


SAMUEL P. MENGEL, M. D.


1018


Born Barnesville, Pa., June 18, 1870. Edu- cated Univ. of Pa. Married Sara A. Slater, Aug. 28, 1895. Physician and Surgeon.


WILLIAM F. HARRISON, M. D.


1019


Born Huntington Mills, Pa., Feb. 17, 1873. Educated Univ. of Balt., Huntington Mills High School, Pa. Married Sara B. Ballamy, Feb. 5, 1902. Physician and Surg. Plains, Pa. WM. C. STIFF, M. D.


1020


Born Bloomsburg, Col. Co., Pa., May 15, 1879. Educated Md. Med. Coll., Balt. Mar- ried Carolyn Gwilliam, Jan. 14, 1903. Physi- cian and Surg. Luz. Co. Med. Soc.


F. LEE HOLLISTER, D. D. S.


1021 Born Forest Lake, Susq. Co., Pa., Aug. 16, 1846. Educated Pa. Coll. of Dental Surgery.


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Married Lillie A. Baker. Dentist. Luz. and Lack'a Co. Dental Soc., Susq. Dental Ass'n, State Dental Soc. V .- Pres. The Keystone Bldg. and Loan Ass'n. Mem. Wyo. Hist. and Geolog. Soc.


DANIEL M. EVANS


1022


Born South Wales, Oct. 15. 1853. Educated Common Schools. Married Margaret Mor-


gan, Oct. 15, 1882. Merchant. Mem. West


Pittston Council. Pittston.


SAMUEL M. EVANS


1023


Born Hyde Park, Oct. 21, 1883.


Educated Coll. of Phar., N. Y. Druggist. Pittston.


CHARLES A. STROH


1024


Born Pittston, Jan. 1. 1878. Educated Pub- lic Schools. Married Clara G. Andrews, Jan. 9, 1901. Druggist. I. O. O. F .; F. O. E. Pittston.


GEO. J. DURBIN


1025


Born Plymouth, Pa., Nov. 3, 1872. Educated Plymouth Public Schools, Wyo. Sem.,


Phil'a Coll. of Phar. Married Clara M. Nesbitt, Sept. 21, 1898. Druggist. Mem. K. of P., P. O. S. of A., I. O. O. F., F. of A. Graduate of Phil'a Coll. of. Phar,, Class of April 15, 1895. Plymouth, Pa.


STEPHEN C. HARTMAN


1026 Born Shickshinny, Pa., Jan. 25, 1875. Edu- cated N. Y. Married Allie M. Sampson,


Jan. 10, 1898. Whol. and Retail Drugs.


Plymoutlı, Pa.


ALBERT G. GROBLEWSKI


1027 Born Poland, Germany, April 19, 1860. Edu- cated Nanticoke, Pa. Married Helena Switalska, March 16, 1855. Mfg. Druggist. Plymouth, Pa.


BENJAMIN MAXEY


1028


Born Beaver Meadow, Carbon Co., Pa., 1849. Educated Public Schools. Married Margaret Evans, 1874. Mine Supt. Hillside C. & I. Co. Forest City, Pa.


BENJAMIN F. MAXEY, PH. G.


1029


Born Olyphant, Pa., Feb. 24, 1875. Educated Mansfield State Nor. School, Class '93; N. Y. Coll. of Phar .: Col. Univ., Class '98. Pharmacist and Chemist. Pres. W .- Barre Aerie, 353, F. O. E., 1906. Mem. B. P. O. E., 109; Pa. State Phar. Ass'n; Alumni Ass'n, Col. Univ.


HARRY H. SWAINBANK


1030


Born Tunkhannock, Pa., Dec. 23, 1870. Edu- cated Public Schools, W .- Barre. Druggist.


JOSEPH LANGDON STEARNS


1031


Born Honesdale, Pa., Dec. 4, 1872. Edu- cated W .- Barre, Pa.


Married Jeannette Eldred Myers, Jan. 17, 1906. Photographer.


J. GEORGE HUNTLEY


1032


Born Pittston, Pa., Oct 1, 1864. Educated Pittston, Pa. Married Lillie M. Drew, June 2. Manfr. Pittston.


JAMES N. TERWILLIGER


1033 Born Orange Co., N. Y., April 23, 1865. Edu- cated Susq. Co., Pa. Married Amy C. Houghton, July 22, 1887. Merchant. Dir. Union Sav. and Trust Co. Pittston.


BENJAMIN S. EMORY


1034


Born Washington, D. C., Dec. 17, 1867. Edu- cated W. Pittston School and Wyo. Sem. Married Elloma R. Jackson, Sept. 8, 1891. Prop. Steam Laundry. Capt. Co. M, Atlı Regt. Inf., N. G. P. Pittston.


GEORGE W. BROWN


1035


Born England, Dec. 28, 1856. Married Ella Ringler, Sept., 1904. Manfr. of Iron Fences. Duryea.


CHARLES W. MAINS


1036


Born Halifax, Dauphin Co., Pa., Dec. 8,


1845. Educated Com. School. £ Married Emma Frances


Herthberger, March 10, 1868. Merchant,


Mains, Danks & Mains.


Plymouth, Pa.


HARRY S. MAINS


1037


Born Plymouth, Luz. Co., Oct. 10, 1870. Edu- cated Plymouth and Wyo. Sem. Married Ella K. Vastine and Jennie B. Clapsaddle. Mains, Danks & Mains, Gen'l Store. Plym- outh, Pa.


HARVEY W. DANKS


1038


Born Tamaqua, Pa., May 17, 1869. Educated Wyo. Sem. Married Ida E. Mains, June 23, 1897. Gen'l Mdse., Mains, Danks & Mains. Plymouth, Pa.


GEORGE H. LAWRENCE


1039


Born Great Britain, Oct. 9. 1866. Married Eliza H. Evans, May 3, 1889. Station Agt. Lack'a R. R.


SAMUEL J. FINE


1040


Born Plymouth, June 28, 1872. Educated Plymouth. Married Lillian M. Thomas, Sept. 1, 1896. Gen'l Mdse. Mem. Shawnee Lodge, I. O. O. F., 225, Past Grand Mem. Plymouth, Pa.


JAMES H. FINE


1041


Born Croftmitchell, Camborne, Cornwall, Eng., Feb. 13, 1849. Educated Free School, Camborne, Cornwall. Married Jane A. Jones, of Carbondale, Pa., Sept. 28, 1871; Rachel E. Knipe, Scotrun, Pa. Feb. 18, 1904. 20 years miner; 20 years a merchant or grocer. Was raised a miner; have worked in Tin, Copper, Cinabar, Iron, Coal, Silver and Lead Mines. 1882, Grocery Business. Sold out to my son in 1905. Now Retired.


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OSWALD MOORE


1042


Born Plymouth, Pa., Feb. 29, 1868. Married Elizabeth Hammond, June, 1901. Moore & Dooley, Shoe Merchants. K. of C., 984; Div. 8, A. O. H .; Father Matthew Tem. Soc. Plymouth, Pa.


THOMAS F. DOOLEY


1043


Born Plymouth, Pa., Nov. 27, 1874. Educated Plymouth, Pa., Wyo. Seni., Kingston, Pa. Married Mary Black, June 17, 1903. Firm Moore & Dooley, Shoe Merchants. K. of C., Plymouth Council, 984; St. Aloysius Y. M. T. A. & B. Soc., Plymouth, Pa.


WILLIAM ROSSER


1044


Born Tresckow, Oct. 8, 1878. Educated Plymouth High School. Married Miss Laura Jones, April 22, 1903. Merchant. K. of P., 178, Radiant Star; K. of M., 241, Plymouth Com .; Wadhaus, I. O. O. F. Plymouth, Pa.


ALVIN L. STULL


1045


Born Stodardsville, Pa., Feb. 25, 1867. Edu- cated Bus. Coll., Scranton. Married Ainan- da E. Norton, Feb. 27, 1890. Laundryman. Prop. Plyniouth Steam Laundry. Plymouth.


J. G. SORDONI


1046


Born Oderzo, Italy, Nov. 8, 1848. Educated Venice, Italy. Married Filamena Sordoni


Roberts, 1888. Banker and Steaniship Agt. Pittston, Pa.


VITO BIANCO


1047


Born Guardia, Lombardi, Italy, Oct. 23, 1876. Educated Naples, Italy. Married Angio- pina Bianco Meola, 1896. Notary Public. Banker and Steamship Agt. Gen'l Stores. Pittston, Pa.


ERNEST D. CARYL


1048


Born Moosic, Pa., March 27, 1871. Educated Public Schools. Married Evelyn May Burns, Sept. 12, 1894. Dist. Supt. Hillside C. & I. Co. Pittston.


HENRY L. MOORE


1049


Born Wilkes-Barre, Nov. 26, 1846. Educated Public Schools. Married Levinia C. Dick- over, Feb. 1, 1870. Cracker and Cake Baker.


JED. A. HITCHNER


1050


Born Deerfield St., N. J., Oct. 14, 1867. Edu- cated Pittston Schools. Married Kate Has- tie, Nov. 25, 1895. Crackers. Mgr. of the Hitchner Bis. Co. Nat. Bis Co. W. Pittston.


WILLIAM A. WEIS


1051


Born Wayne Co., Aug. 27, 1865. Married Lizabeth Ferve, April 12, 1888.


Boot and Shoe Manfr.


OSCAR W. SCHNELL


1052


Born Berwick, April 9, 1860. Educated Plymouth Public Schools. Div. Outside Foreman the D. & H. C. Co. Plymouth, Pa.


THOMAS STONEHAM


1053


Born Pittston, Pa., Oct. 3, 1859. Educated Com. School. Married Annie Mountford, Oct. 11, 1885. Div. Inside Foreman D. & H. Co. F. & A. M., 442. Plymouth, Pa.


GUSTAVES D. SPEICHER


1054


Born Archbald, Pa., Feb. 13, 1871. Educated Public Schools, Carbondale, Pa. Married Annie Sihffler, Nov. 25, 1893. Div. Master Mech. D & H. Coal Co. F. O. of E., No. 546; Heptasophs, No. 231.


CHARLES A. FRISBIE


1055


Born South Canaan, July 24, 1869. Married Cora Davis, Nov. 18, 1892, Outside Fore- inan Plymouth No. 2, D. & H. C. Co. Camp 137, P. O. S. of A .; Plymouth Aerie, 546, F. O. E.


WILLIAM MAY


1056


Born England, June 15, 1861. Educated Pub- lic Schools. Married A. L. Withiel, May 19, 1887. Inside Foreman Plymouth No. 2, D. & H. Co. Mem. Sons of St. George, Gar- field Lodge, No. 74; Heralds of Liberty.


FRED BADMAN


1057


Born England, Dec. 15,


1860. Educated


Plymouth Pub. Schools. Married Harriet


Barkdall, June 13, 1883. Inside Foreman Plymouth No. 3, D. & H. Co. Radiant Star Lodge, 178, K. of P .; Luz. Castle, 56, K.G.E.


JOHN A. KEENEY


1058


Born Eckley, Pa., March 6, 1874. Educated Public Schools. Married Mary E. Collins, June 10, 1901. Outside Foreman Balt. Tun- nel, D. & H. Co. St. Aloysius Y. M. Tem. Soc.


GEORGE O. THOMAS


1059


Born Aberdare, Wales, Eng., 1863. Edu- cated Pittston School of Cor. Married Annie Morris, Feb. 20, 1884. Inside Supt. of Clear Spring Coal Co. W. Pittston, Pa.


GILBERT S. JONES


1060


Born Ayrshire, Scotland. Jan. 2, 1855. Edu- cated Scotland. Married Jeannie Mitchell, April 28, 1878. Supt. of Mines Temple Iron Co. Pittston, Pa.


HENRY T. McMILLAN


1061


Born Pittston, Pa., Feb. 12, 1860. Educated Pittston, Pa. Married Sarah McMillan, May 7, 1890. Gen'l Forenian of Penn'a Coal Co. Pittston.


WILLIAM DAVID OWENS


1062


Born Cynfig Hill. S. Wales, Nov. 10, 1846. Educated British School. Married Margaret Lewis, Sept. 20, 1868. Dist. Supt. L. V. Coal Co., Pittston. Mem. North of Eng. Min. and Mech. Engs. Pittston, Pa.


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EDWARD E. REILLY


1063


Born Harvey's Lake, March 27, 1876. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Mary A. Reese, Dec. 18, 1901. Breaker Builder. Pitts- ton.


ALEXANDER THOMPSON


1064


Born Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1844. Educated Scotland. Married Annie Reid, Aug. 27, 1868. Mine Foreman. Past Exalted Ruler of No. 382, Pittston Lodge of Elks. Pittston.


RICHARD T. JONES


1065


Born Sirhowy, Monmouthshire, Eng., Sept. 25, 1865. Educated Public Schools. Married Sarah A. Evans, Feb. 20, 1886. Mine Fore- man. W. Pittston.


JOHN F. REYNOLDS


1066


Born Pittston, March 8, 1858. Educated Pub- lic Schools. Married Nettie M. Boone, April 21, 1891. Mine Foreman. Pittston.


ALLAN ALEXANDER


1067


Born Paisley, Scotland, June 15, 1861. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Grace B. Martin, Nov. 3, 1888. Mine Foreman. Pitts- ton.


ROBERT A. REED


1068


Born Scranton, Jan. 18, 1867. Educated Scranton Schools. Married Lizzie Ripple, Dec., 1893. Foreman L. & W .- B. Coal Co. Coalville, 474, Ashley, Mason Lodge; Nanti- coke Eagles Lodge; Wanamie, 867, I. O. O. F. Lodge.


OSCAR MINER BRANDOW


1069


Born Conesville, Schoharie Co., N. Y., July 2, 1836. Educated Public Schools. Married Margaret S. Blair, Oct. 27, 1859; Emma F. Yorks, July 29, 1896. Lumber Merchant. V .- Pres. W .- Barre Heat, Lt. & Motor Co. Treas. Pa. Lumbermen's Ass'n.


GEORGE T. DICKSON


1070


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 28, 1849. Edu- Feb. 20, 1868. Plumbing and Heating. Kingston, Pa.


cated Wilkes-Barre and Wyo. Sem. Mar- ried Sarah F. Stockton, April 25, 1883. Brick Manfr and Contractor.


PHILIP R. RAIFE


1071


Born Ransom. Pa., April 27, 1852. Educated Ransonı, Pa. Married Louisa Bauman, Dec. 7, 1876. Contractor and Builder. Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Lake Transit Co. Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Ganoga Ice Co. Pres. Harvey's Lake Heat, Lt. and Power Co.


*SAMUEL HENRY STURDEVANT


1072


Born Harvey's Lake, Pa., May 14, 1861 -* July 5, 1903. Educated W .- Barre Public Schools, Hillman Acad. and Wyo. Sem. Married Sarah Carrie Rogers, Dec. 19, 1888. Lumber. Firm of S. H. Sturdevant & Sons.


WARREN F. GOFF


1073


The Goff Lumber Co., 212 to 236 S. Penn Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.


WILLIAM S. GOFF


1074


The Goff Lumber Co., 212 to 236 S. Penn Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.


P. P. DOHL


1075


Born Luz. Co., Pa. Married Areta Phillips, 1895. Lumber, Wholesale. Pittston and W .- Barre.


CHARLES JAMES COOPER


1076


Born Waymart, Wayne Co., Pa., Jan. 5, 1847. Educated Public Schools. Married Emma J. Kiple, Sept. 24, 1885. Since July 1, 1901, Sec. and Supt. of the W .- Barre Heat, Lt. and Motor Co. Prior to 1901 was engaged in the Gen. Bldg. Business. No. 249, F. & A. M. Eureka Chap., Palestine Com., No. 1.1.


ARTHUR H. HARRIS


1077


Born England, Feb. 7, 1860. Educated Com. Schools. Married Almanda Stone, Feb. 11, 1885. Lumber Merchant. Mem. K. of P. Tunkhannock, Pa.


FREDERICK N. RUGGLES


1078


Born Pittston, Pa., Dec. 18, 1845. Educated Kingston, Wyo. Sem. Married Elizabeth E. Brown, Dec. 22, 1870. Lumber Merchant. F. N. Ruggles & Son, Kingston.


FRANK BARRY BROWN


1079 Born Plymouth, Pa., Aug. 23, 1876. Educated Plymouth, Pa. Att'y-at-Law. £ Alderman and Justice of the Peace, 8th Ward.


FERDINAND LANGE


1080


Born Germany, Dec. 29, 1850. Educated Ger- many. Married Anna Battenberg, Dec. 29, 1870. Mason Contractor. Treas. W .- Barre Publishing Co.


HENRY F. JOHNSON


1081


Born Parsons, Pa., Sept. 18, 1846. Educated Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Married Elizabeth Eley,


GEORGE N. MCALARNEY


1082


Born Plymouth, Pa., Sept. 14, 1860. Educated Public Schools. Married Carrie Creasy, June, 1903. Contracting Jobber. Cement and Sewer Pipe, etc.


ADAM M. HILDEBRAND


1083


Born Wilkes-Barre, May 13, 1872. Educated Wilkes-Barre. Married Lucietia Maude


Goulden, June 27, 1900. Contractor and Builder.


JOSEPH D. LLOYD


1084


Born Stockton. Luz. Co., Pa., April 24, 1867. Educated Public Schools, Wyo. Sem., Kings- ton, Pa .; State Nor. School, Bloomsburg, Pa. Married Margaret Gray, Oct. 4, 1893. Agt. for E. I. Du Pont, de Nemours & Co. of Penn'a. Also Promoter. Fort Worth Tel.


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Co. The Lloyd-Walsh Amusenient Co. Was the first Controller of Luz. Co., having been appointed in . Aug., 1895, under the law enacted that year, by Gov. D. H. Hast- ings. Was then elected in Nov., 1895, for a 3-year term and re-elected in Nov., 1898, for another 3-year term, having served 6 years and 5 months. This law was supposed to be unconstitutional, which caused litigation, lasting one year, therefore he was prevented from serving until July, 1896. Pastmaster of Kingston Lodge, 395, F. & A. M .; V .- Pres. of Aerie 353, Wilkes-Barre, Pa .; Fraternal Order of Eagles. Jr. O. U. A. M., Troy Council, 76; P. O. S. of A., Washington Camp, 408; B. P. O. E., W .- Barre, 109; Sons of St. George: W .- Barre Press Club; Eagles' Social Club; Burgess of Wyoming Boro. in 1894.


WILLIAM CLOUGH ALLAN


1085


Born Bretton, Yorkshire, Eng .. May 6, 1866. Educated Com. Schools. Married Karoline Louise Kuhner, Aug. 5, 1896. Sec. and Treas. Americus Electro-Hermetic Co. Dir. Dion Mfg. Co. Mem. of Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M. Shekinah Chap., Dieu Le Vieut Com., Knights Templar, 32d degree, Scottish Rite, Treni Temple, Mystic Shrine.


GEORGE M. WALL


1086


Born Plains, Pa., July 31, 1870. Educated Public Schools of Plains. Married Kate R. Ross, Sept. 29, 1897. Bookkeeper. With Shel- don Axle Co. Supt. of M. E. S. S. at Plains.


ALBERT WILLIAMS, SR.


1087


Born Cornwall, Eng., June 9, 1861. Educated Wilkes-Barre. Married Anna Clarke, Dec. 26, 1895. Axle Worker. Foreman. Sheldon Axle Co., W .- Barre, Luz. Co., Pa.


*ROBERT BAUR


1088


Born Vungdom, Wurtemberg, Dec. 25, 1825- *1906 Educated Univ. Ettlenshies Vungdom, Wurtemberg. Married Pauline Hassold, Oct., 1856. Printer and Bookbinder. Mem. Wyo. Hist. Soc. Ed. of the Dem. Watcher for 46 years.


G. ADOLPH BAUR


1089


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 1, 1860. Mar- ried Kate Davis, Sept. 22, 1901. Publisher. Firm of Robert Baur & Son.


JAMES F. MUNDY


1090


Born Stockton, Luz. Co., Pa., Aug. 12, 1861. Educated Hazle Twp., Phil'a Schools. Mar- ried Catherine A. Freely, Jan. 1, 1883. Dist. Agt. Michigan Mutual Life Ins. Co. Prom- inent Mem. of the F. O. E. Pres. Eagles Social Club.


HARRY WILLARD OBERRENDER


1091 Born White Haven, Pa., April 20, 1864. Edu- cated Public Schools. Founder H. W. Ober- render's Printing and Paper House.


EDWARD A. MCLAUGHLIN


1092


Born Wilkes-Barre. Pa., May 7, 1866. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Marie Flah- erty, Oct. 16, 1888. Merchant and Livery. Prominently connected with Irish Socs.


*WILLIAM P. MCLAUGHLIN


1093


Born W .- Barre, Pa., Jan. 27, 1868 -* Dec. 3, 1905. Educated Public Schools. Married Nellie Sheehan, April 27, 1890. Merchant and Livery. Captain of Co. M, C. T. A. U. Prominently connected in Temperance Socs.


FRANCIS KANE SHOBERT


1094


Born Nescopeck Twp., Sept. 2, 1857. Edu- cated Kingston Sem. Married Marie A. Woodring, Jan. 12, 1898. Dep. Rec., Luz. Co. Alderman.


M. A. SULLIVAN


1095


Born W .- Barre, Pa., Aug. 27, 1874. Educated Wilkes-Barre. Alderman.


JOHN P. POLLOCK


1096


Born Corning, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1851. Edu- cated Phil'a, Pa. Married Jessie Coolbaugh, Oct. 28, 1899. Alderman 4th Wd., W .- Barre. Sec. Plymouth Coal Co., Kanawha Ry. Co., Cabin Creek Kanawha Coal Co., Williams Coal Co. of Kanawha.


WILLIAM LE GRAND HIGGS


1097


Born W .- Barre, Dec. 5, 1866. Educated Pub- lic Schools. Married Susie R. Laurish, Sept. 15, 1888. City Assessor. Have 3 Chil- dren, son and 2 daughters, Charles, Hazle and Margarette. Was elected Co. Auditor Nov. Election, 1894. Was elected City Asses- sor Feb. election, 1904, for 3 years. Am Pastmaster of Camp 161, S. of V .; Past Councillor of Col. Council, No. 43, Jr. O. U. A. M .; Past Pres. Lodge 27, M. P. A .; Served as Sec. of City Rep. Com. 2 years, 1903-4; Past Pres. of Cent. Rep. League of W .- Barre, Pa.


FRED HORATIO GATES


1098


Born W .- Barre, Pa., Sept. 20, 1866. Edu- cated W .- Barre Public Schools. Married Lillian M. Rinchimer, June 12, 1889. City Clerk of the City of W .- Barre, Pa. Lodge 61, F. & A. M., W .- Barre; Shekinah Royal Arch Chap., No. 182; Dieu Le Vieut Com., No. 45; Irem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.


JOHN CLIFFORD


1099


Born Ireland, April 3, 1802. Educated Wya- lusing, Bradford Co., Pa. Married Maggie O'Brian, Sept. 25, 1889. Chief-of-Police. Ex- Supt. Traction Barn, W .- Barre- Wyo. Val.


LYMAN H. HOWE


1100


Born W .- Barre, Pa., June 9, 1856. Educated Public Schools and Kingston Sem. Married M. Alice Koehler, Sept. 26, 1888. Originator of Moving Pictures as an exhibition, and he covers the entire U. S. with his several companions.


JOHN ALOYSIUS REDINGTON


1101


Born Drymills, Co. Mayo, Ireland, June 14, 1862. Educated Nat. School, Drymills, and in Public School, White Haven, Pa. Mar- ried Winifred McAndrew, Feb. 28, 1884; Eliz- abeth G. Lynch, Oct. 18, 1904. Prop. Hotel


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Oneonta, Harvey's Lake, and of Hotel Red- ington. W .- Barre. Mem. of Com. Council of W .- Barre, from 8th Wd, 1903 and 1904.


JOHN W. RAEDER


1102


Born White Haven, Pa., Nov. 8, 1858. Edu- cated W .- Barre High Schools. Married Elizabeth Barnes Draper, Dec. 20, 1882. Pres. and Gen. Mgr. The Raeder Blank Book, Lith. and Ptg. Co. Pres. Nuangola Chapel Ass'n. Advisory Bd., Nat. Pro. Legion, N. Y. Board of Mgrs. Y. M. C. A. Mem. 1st Presby. Church; Landmark Lodge, No. 442, F. & A. M .; Shekinah Chap., No. 182; Mt. Horeb Council, No. 34; Dieu Le Vieut Com., No. 45; Keystone Consistory, 32 degree; Irem Temple; Mystic Shrine.


PHILIP LEONARD RAEDER


1103


Born W .- Barre, Pa., April 21, 1868. Educated W .- Barre Public Schools. Ass't Mgr Raeder Blank Book, Lith. and Ptg. Co. Special Cor. W .- Barre Record Spanish-Amer. War, 1898; P. M. Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M .; She- kinah Chap., No. 182, R. A. M .; I. I. M. Mt. Horeb Council, No. 34, R. & S. M., 1906; Dieu Le Vieut Com., No. 45, K. T .; Key- stone Consistory, Val. of Scranton, 32 de- gree; Irem Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; Wyo. Lodge, No. 39, I. O. O. F.


CHAS. FRANCIS MURRAY


1104


Born Athens, Bradford Co., Pa., Nov. 5, 1851. Educated Athens Acad. Married Ella An- toinette Mandeville, Oct. 2, 1878. Furniture Dealer or Merchant. W .- Barre Board of Trade. Wyo. Hist. and Geolog. Soc .; Tioga Point Hist. Soc .; Westmoreland Club; B. P. O. Elks, No. 109; Concordia Soc .; Y. M. C. A.


EDWARD P. PHILLIPS


1105


Born Phil'a, Pa., April 26, 1847. Educated Phil'a. Married Emily J. Jacobs, June 25, 1868. Furniture and Household Goods. Un- dertaker.


SAMUEL H. HICKS


1106


Born Willow Grove, Pa., April 2, 1862. Treas. Spring Brook Water Sup. Co.


OSCAR MOORE LANCE


1107


Born Tremont, Schuylkill Co., Pa., Nov. 11, 1848. Educated Lehigh Univ., graduated 1872 with Deg. A. C. Married Ellen Han- cock, Jan. 9, 1873. Gen. Mgr. Spring Brook Water Sup. Co.




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