Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906, Part 14

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


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WILLIAM HENRY SHEPHERD


1108


Born Phil'a, Pa., Oct. 31, 1838. Married Lydia A. Ziegler, Jan. 31, 1859. Mechanic. Gen. Contractor. Organized Wm. H. Shepherd & Sons in 1870. Was Mem. Com. Council 6 yrs. Is Mem. W .- Barre Bd. of Trade; Land- mark Lodge, No. 442, F. & A. M., also The Cauldwell Consistory.


*CHARLES STEGMAIER


1109


Born Gmund Wurtemburg, Germany, Oct. 7, 1821 -* Aug. 11, 1906. Married Kathrine Baer, Jan. 4, 1852. Brewer. Dir. of 1st Nat. Bank. Pres. Stegmaier Brewing Co.


FREDERICK J. STEGMAIER


1110


Born W .- Barre, July 27, 1861. Married Amelia K. Schappert, Jan. 3, 1890. Brewer. V .- Pres. Stegmaier Brew. Co. V .- Pres. Adder Ma- chine Co., Kingston. Pres. South Side Bank. Pres. Susq. Brew. Co., Nanticoke.


GEO. J. STEGMAIER


1111


Born W .- Barre, April 4, 1858. Educated St. Vincent's Coll., Parochial School and Public Schools. Married Mary G. Costello, Dec. 31, 1889. Sec. Stegmaier Brew. Co. Democrat. Pres. W .- Barre News. Treas. Doran Lace Mfg. Co. Sec. Stegmaier Brew. Co. City Treas. 1 yr. for Jas. Mack, deceased. Con- nected with numerous manufactories.


STERLING R. CATLIN


1112 Born W .- Barre, Pa., Jan. 27, 1842. Educated W .- Barre, Phil'a. Supt. of Machinery. Mem. State Senate of Pa.


DANIEL L. HART


1113


Born W .- Barre, Pa., Dec. 28, 1868. Educated Wyo. Sem. Playwrite. City Treas.


THOS. F. HEFFERNAN


1114


Born Plymouth Twp., March 10, 1871. Edu- cated Wyo. Sem. Married Louise Easen, June 20, 1900. Mem. of Record Staff. Chair- man Luz. Co. Rep. Com. during campaigns of 1903-'04-'05. Pres. Press Club of W .- Barre.


GEO. D. LEISENRING


1115


Born Lehigh Co., Nov. 26, 1851. Educated Public Schools. Married Mary H. Stevens, May 21, 1874. Bus. Mgr. Pittston Gazette.


GUY W. MOORE


1116


Born Shamokin, Pa., March 30, 1868. Edu- cated Kingston, Pa., Public Schools. Mar- ried Esther Parry, July 28, 1897. Mgr. W .- Barre Record. Kingston Lodge, 395, F. & A. M .; Shekinah Chap., 182, R. A. M .; Dieu Le Vieut Com., 45, K. T.


*THEODORUS HART


1117


Born Athens, Bradford Co., Pa., Sept. 10, 1818 -* April 18, 1901. Educated Tunkhannock Public Schools. Married Rebecca Dy- mond, July 1, 1874; Mrs. E. H. Davis, March 2, 1887. Ed. and Pub. Pittston Gazette; P. M. and Pub. Pittston Gazette; Postmaster Pittston; Trus. Keystone Acad., Factory- ville; Luz. Ave. Bap. Church, Pittston. 32d Degree Mason. Mem. St. John's Lodge, No. 233, F. & A. M .; Pittston Chap., R. A. M .; Wyo. Val. Com., K. T .; Caldwell Consist- ory, Bloomsburg, Pa .; Lulu Temple, A. A. O .; Noble of Mystic Shrine, Phil'a; Pittston Lodge, I. O. O. F .; Prominent in Rep. Party as Co. Chairman, etc. Mem. Pa. State Leg., 1885-1886; Nat. Editorial Ass'n. Pittston.


WILLIAM JOSEPH PECK


1118


Born Scranton, Pa., Jan. 24, 1874. Educated Syracuse Univ. Married M. Lawson Dymond Hart, Oct. 6, 1898. Ed. and Prop. Pittston Daily Gazette; Postmaster Pittston, April 13, 1901 --; Mem. Pa. Edit. Ass'n; St. John's


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Lodge, No. 233, F. & A. M., Pittston, Pa .; New Eng. Soc. of N. E. Pa .; Delta Up- silon Fraternity ; M. E. Church. Dir.


Scranton Bedding Co. Pittston.


ERNEST GRAY SMITH


1119


Born Martins Ferry, O., Oct. 26, 1872. Edu- cated Lar. Coll., Ph. B. M. S. Yale Law School, L. L. B. Edit. and Gen. Mgr. W .- Barre Leader. Dir. Riverside Bridge Co., Commercial Bank Co., Stanton Heater Co., Belmont. Tel. Co., Wheeling, W. Va .; McGee- Deiters Glass Co., Brilliant, O .; Leader Pub. Co., Wilkes-Barre.


J. ANDREW BOYD


1120


Born Buck Mountain, Pa., 1855. Educated Public Schools. Married Helen M. Joslin, 1878. Managing Ed. W .- Barre Record. Pres. Luz. Co. Sunday School Ass'n.


JOHN GRADY


1121


Born Lockport, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1842. Edu- cated Public Schools, Married Sarah J. Gib- bons, Jan. 15, 1868. Life Ins. Supt. Pruden- tial Life Ins. Co., W .- Barre Dist. Served in 31st Regt., N. Y. Vol., during Civil War.


THOMAS M. McGOURTY


1122


Born County of Teitrim, Ireland, June 1, 1852. Educated Nat. Schools, Ireland. Mar- ried Julia O'Toole, May 11, 1879. Real Es- tate and Fire Ins. Served two terms in Council from 5th Wd., under old charter. Served in Select Council from 8th Wd., 1903 to 1907. Chairman Board of Rev. and App. Mem. of Firm McGourty & Shovlin.


JAMES A. SHOVLIN


1123


Born W .- Barre. Pa. Educated St. Mary's Parochial and Public School. Married The- resa M. Dillon, Dec. 18, 1898. Real Estate and Fire Ins. Meni. of Firm McGourty & Shovlin, Comordia Singing Soc., St. Aloysius Soc., Grand Fraternity. Dir. St. Mary's Polish Choir.


JAMES HYNDMAN


1124


Born Hamilton, Ont., July 9, 1865. Educated Kingston Public Schools and Wyo. Sem. Married Ruth Harvey, April 21, 1897. Dist. Mgr. Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada. Formerly Merchant in Kingston.


*JAMES D. WILCOX


1125


Boril Plainsville, Pa., Aug. 10, 1819 -* Nov. 8, 1853. Educated Plainsville, Pa. Married Sarah M. Davenport, 1845. Blacksmith. Re- tired Vol. from the Seminole War.


WM. N. JENNINGS


1126


Born Kingston, Pa., March 3, 1829. Educated Wyo. Sem. Married Sarah Ann Hicks, Sept. 13, 1853. Lumberman. Retired.


JOHN ROUSING


1127


Born Denmark, Nov. 18, 1869. Educated Denmark. Married Emma E. Wilcox, Sept. 26, 1897. Foreman with L. & W .- B. Coal Co.


JAMES T. WILLIAMS


1128


Born Newport, Luz. Co., Pa., Aug. 16, 1855. Educated Plains, Pa. Married Lillie Bell, Aug. 28, 1885. Farmer.


WILLIAM HENRY STURDEVANT


1129


Born Skinner's Eddy, Pa., Sept. 4, 1838. Married Mary Letitia Thomas, Oct. 8, 1874. Civil Engineer.


THOMAS KIRKBRIDE STURDEVANT


1130 Born W .- Barre, Pa., Aug. 27, 1876. Educated Princeton Univ., Col. Univ. Architect.


OWEN B. MCGLYNN


1131


Born Stockton, Luz. Co., March 28, 1878. Educated St. Mary's School, W .- Barre. Mar- ried Elizabeth MacDermott, Oct. 17, 1900. Architect.


HARRY LIVINGSTON FRENCH


1132


Born Plymouth, Pa., Nov. 21, 1871. Educated Cornell Univ. Architect. Arch. League of N. Y. W .- Barre.


JACOB SHARPS PETTEBONE


1133


Born Orangeville, Col. Co., Pa., June 20, 1866. Educated Wyo. Seni. and Cornell Univ. B. S. in Architecture. Married Minnie S. Lutz, Aug. 9, 1894; Lucy B. Hershberger, Sept. 25, 1901. Architect, Pettebone & Ireland.


ADOLPH MEISSEL


1134


Born N. Y. City, March 28, 1858. Educated Public Schools. Treas. and Gen. Mgr. of the Pocono Spring Water Co. Formerly Mem. of Firm of Lazarus Bros., Dry Goods Mer- chants. Traveled in the Commercial Line for 23 years before entering the firm of Lazarus Bros. Mem. of Merchants Club.


JAY HUGH PERKINS


1135


Born Waupaca, Wis., Oct., 1873. Educated Waupaca Public Schools; Univ. of Wis. Married Bertha F. Holmes, Feb., 1898. Mgr. W .- Barre Gas and Elec. Co. Mem. of Am. Ins. of Elec. Eng., Am. Gas Lt. Ass'n.


WILLIAM CONKLIN ANDERSON


1136


Born N. Y. City, Sept. 25, 1872. Educated Lehigh Univ. Married Carrie R. Cooper, May 18, 1898. Gas and Elec. Eng. Gen. Mgr. Wyo. Val. Gas and Elec. Co. Am. Gas Lt. Ass'n; Nat. Com. Gas Ass'n; Scranton En- gineers' Club; F. & A. M., Mamaro Lodge, 653, Port Chester, N. Y.


*CHARLES FARMER INGHAM


1137


Born Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 12, 1810 -* Jan. 18, 1890. Eng. parentage. Educated Univ. of Pa., M. D. Married Lucy Vernet, Oct. 6, 1839. Physician, Civil Eng. Civil Eng. C. R. R. of N. J. W .- B. Hist. & Geolog. Soc.


*WILLIAM VERNET INGHAM


1138


Born W .- Barre, Pa., July 21, 1846 -* April 26, 1906. Educated Wyo. Sem. Married Kate Bowman, Oct. 28, 1873. Civil Eng. Was City Eng. of W .- Barre 25 years ..


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PERCY BOWMAN INGHAM


1139


Born W .- Barre, Pa., June 5, 1883. Educated Andover Coll. and Cornell Univ. Architect. Was employed in the office of the late Mr. Albert H. Kipp, Architect.


WILLIAM VERNET INGHAM


1140


Born W .- Barre, Pa., Aug. 2, 1876. Educated Public Schools and Harry Hillman Acad. Married Martha Hutchins, April 30, 1903. Civil Eng. Employed as ass't to late Wm. Vernet Ingham for 12 years.


H. W. SAUMS


1141


Born Nanticoke, Pa., Dec. 29, 1854. Educated Public Schools. Married Mary J. Thomas, Nov. 28, 1875. Supt. for North Am. Coal Co.


GEORGE H. HAINES


1142


Paymaster Lehigh Valley Coal Company. PATRICK MICHAEL BOYLE


1143 ‘


Born County Donegal, Ireland, Feb. 18, 1849. Educated Min. and Mech. School, Drifton, Pa. Married Bridget Moore, Jan. 2, 1872. Mine Inspector 8th Anthracite Dist. Kings- ton, Pa.


HARRY EASTON RISSINGER


1144


Born Minersville, Pa., Feb. 18, 1866. Edu- cated Scranton, Pa. Married Chlora Lee, Nov. 17, 1898. Independent Coal Producer. Pres. and Mgr. "Old Plymouth Coal Co."


WILLIAM B. BERTELS


1145


Born Quakertown, Pa., March 16, 1834. Edu- cated Wyo. Sem. Married Susan A. Ed- wards, Dec. 24, 1857. Stoves and Hardware. Tinware Mfg. Pres. W. B. Bertels & Son Co. Elder in Free Meth. Church.


CHARLES E. BERTELS


1146


Born White Haven, Luz. Co., Pa., July 2, 1866. Educated W .- Barre Pub. School. Married Alice Sisty, May 10, 1888. Tinware Mfg. Gen. Mgr., Sec. and Treas. of W. B. Bertels & Son Co.


BALTZER HELFRICH


1147


Born Leiman, Germany, Oct., 1826. Married Dorothy Miller, Feb. 8, 1853. Retired Mer- chant. W .- Barre, Pa.


ANTHONY C. HELFRICH


1148


Born Germany, June 24, 1830. Educated Ger- many. Married Fredrica Deisen, April 5, 1859. Merchant. Retired. Councilman 1870 to 1874.


B. W. WILDE


1149


Born Near Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 22, 1854. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Isabel Mac- Donald, Sept. 20, 1882. Store Mgr. Sr. Mem. of Firm of Wilde & Co., Knitting Mill. Mgr. A. Pardee & Co., Gen'l Store. Elder 1st Presby. Church, and Supt. Sabbath School. Pres. Elector, 1896. Postmaster Hazleton, 1890-1894. Hazleton.


JOHN WALTER WILDE


1150


Born Hazleton, Pa., Feb. 14, 1886. Educated West Point Military Acad. Appointed Cadet West Point Military Acad. from 11th Cong. Dist. 1903 and entered June 15. Hazleton.


FRANK J. MARGWARTH


1151


Born Port Carbon, Pa., March 11, 1864. Edu- cated Port Carbon Public Schools. Married Florence Dale Walters, Sept. 6, 1902. Mer- chant. (Margwartt Bros.)


CHAS. KEHOE


1152


Born Red Bank, Pa., May 14, 1860. Edu- cated Pottsville. Married Alice Grow, Nov. 24, 1881. Contractor. Hazleton, Pa.


JAMES E. RODERICK


1153


Born Wales, Jan. 20, 1842. Educated British Schools. Chief Dept. of Mines, State of Pa. Pres. and Trus. Hazleton State Hospital. Dır. Hazleton Nat. Bank. Hazleton, Pa.


JONATHAN R. DAVIS


1154


Born Danville, Pa., July 22, 1864. Educated Wyo. Sem. Married Mary Armenia Cogs- well, Oct. 10, 1894. Wholesale Grocer. Sheriff Luz. Co., 1905-'06-'07.


HIRAM P. KUNTZ


1155


Born Kunt's Ford, Northampton Co., Pa., March 2, 1858. Educated Muhlenberg Coll., Allentown, Pa. Married Ida Lawall, Nov. 25, 1885. Rec. of Luz. Co., 1905-'06-07. Book- keeper and Paymaster for Pardee Sons Co., Harwood Mines, Luz. Co., Pa., to 1896. In 1896 elected Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Ct., 1597-'98- 99, Luz. Co. Hazleton.


JAMES DONALD GEIST, A. B., A. M.


1156


Born Pitman, Schuylkill Co., Pa., Jan. 21, 1870. Educated Lar. Coll. Married Mary Caskey, July 6, 1809. Frin. Hazleton High School. Hazleton, Pa.


*THOMAS S. BEAGLE


1157


Born Phil'a, Pa., Sept. 25, 1825 -* July 9, 1903. Educated Phil'a Public Schools. Married Hannah A. Shafer, Feb. 4, 1847. Hame Mfr. Freeland.


HENRY S. BEAGLE


1158


Born Phil'a, Pa., Sept. 17, 1851. Educated


Phil'a Public School. Married Ella E. Schock, Aug. 22, 1880. Hame Mfr. Henry S. Beagle and George Wise, Mfr. of "The Celebrated Beagle Mine Hames." Freeland.


GEORGE WISE


1159


Born N. Y. City, Feb. 23, 1847. Educated Newark, N. J., Public Schools. Married Mary Eberts, June 1, 1870. Harness Mfr. Menry S. Beagle and George Wise, Mfr. of "The Celebrated Beagle Mine Hames."


Jeddo.


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GEORGE W. THOMPSON


1160


Born Jeddo, Pa., July 9, 1867. Educated Swarthmore, Pa. Westinghouse Elec. Mfg. Co. Representative. Hazleton, Pa.


JOHN H. KNIES


1161


Born Hazleton, Pa., April 14. 1868. Edu-


cated Com. Schools. Married Elizabeth


Altmiller, Oct. 21, 1890. Merchant. Mayor of


Hazleton, 1904 to 1907. Hazleton.


WILLIAM REINHARDT


1162


Born Germany, Feb. 7, 1851. Educated Ger- many. Married Catherine Elizabeth Bick- ing, Dec. 22, 1871. Carriage Builder. Elected Mayor of Hazleton on Feb. 19, 1901, and served as Mayor from April 1, 1901, to April 1, 1904. Hazleton.


JUSTUS ALTMILLER


1163


Born Germany, July 14, 1840. Educated Ger- many. Married Annie Elizabeth Rheinhardt, Dec. 25, 1860. Retired. Mayor of Hazleton, 1895-1898. Hazleton, Pa.


HARVEY D. LAMONT


1164


Born Minersville, Pa., Jan. 1, 1862. Educated Hazleton, Pa. Married Alice Floyd, July 7, 1892. Job Printer. City Controller. Connect- ed with several local industries. Hazleton.


EDMUND G. BUTLER


1165


Born W .- Barre, Pa., June 11, 1845. Educated Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn. Married Clara T. Cox, Dec. 22, 1869. Att'y-at-Law. W .- Barre, Pa.


JOHN B. SHIPPEY


1166


Born Tunkhannock, Pa., Oct. 1, 1860. Edu- cated Keystone Acad., Factoryville, Pa. Married Ethel J. Quick, June 15, 1892. Lum- ber and Hard Wall Plaster. Pres. and Mgr. Youngstown Wall Plaster Co. Mem. Masonic Lodge, No. 301, Clark's Summit; Factoryville Chap., No. 205; Coeur De Lion Com., No. 17; Irem Teniple, A. A. O. N. M. S., W .- Barre. Business, Scranton. Resi- dence, Clark's Summit.


JOHN B. BROWN


1167


Born Phil'a, Sept. 28, 1845. Educated Tama- qua. Married Margaret Graham, Dec. 23, 1869. Merchant. Pres. Board of Health.


Pres. Middle Coal Field B. & L. Ass'n. Hazleton.


ELLIOTT A. OBERRENDER


1168


Born Drums, Luz. Co., Pa., June 29, 1856. Educated Wyo. Sem. Married Fannie Sell- man Jenkins, Dec. 5, 1880. Accountant and Manfr. Agt. for Coxe Bros. & Co., 1874-1905. Accountant Coxe Estates since 1874. Private Sec to Hon. Eckley B. Coxe, 1874 to 1895. Supt. Coxe Bros. & Co.'s stores, 1886-1897. Notary Public since 1883. Mem. Freeland Overall Mfg. Co. Drifton.


ANTHONY RUDEWICK


1169


Born Russia Poland, Feb. 13, 1854. Educated Poland. Married Wanda Czewska, Jan. 10, 1882. Gen. Merchant. Ins. and Steamship Agt. Dir Citizens' Bank of Freeland. Held Office in Council for three years, 1898-1901. Elected Tax Coll., 1903, for three years in Freeland Boro. Pres. Anthracite Lumber Co. Freeland.


GEORGE HENRY HARTMAN


1170


Born Freeland, Luz. Co., Pa., May 22, 1873. Educated Public Schools, Freeland. Mar- ried Kathryn May Knickerbacker, March 31, 1902. Butcher. Burgess of Freeland, 1906- 1909. Freeland.


AMANDUS OSWALD


1171


Born Lynnport, Lehigh Co., Pa., Feb. 3, 1857. Educated Palatinate Coll., Myerstown, Pa. Married Lucy A. Kerschuer, June 21, 1874. Merchant. Pres. First Nat. Bank, Bd. of Trade, Town Council. Dir. Min. and Mech. Ins., Y. M. C. A. V .- Pres. Hazleton Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Mem. and Elder of St. John's Keformed Church. Freeland.


BENJAMIN RUSH DAVIS


1172


Born Berwick, Columbia Co., Pa., Nov. 27, 1840. Married Jennie Bird, Aug. 14, 1872. Cashier Citizens' Bank of Freeland, Pa. Dir. Freeland Water Co .; W .- Barre Heat, Lt. and Motor Co. Resides in Hazleton, Pa.


PROMINENT MEN-TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY


PETER R. SCHMALTZ


1173


Born Hughestown, Pa., Aug. 8, 1871. Edu- cated Public Schools. Gen. Store. Mgr. Brothers' B. B. Club. Mem. P. O. S. of A .; Jr. O. U. A. M .; Merchants' Pro. Ass'n. Pittston (Hughestown.)


MICHAEL J. MCLAUGHLIN


1174


Born W .- Barre, Pa., May 14, 1872. Educated W .- Barre, Public Schools. Married Alice M. O'Neill, Oct. 3, 1900. Undertaker and Livery. Mem. K. of C .; Aerie, No. 353, F. O. of E .; Knights of Equity; St. Aloy. Soc. Capt. Co. M, C. T. A. U. Regt .; Irish Amer. Club. W .- Barre, Pa.


SAMUEL LEWIS, JR. 1175


Cigars.


PATRICK F. MCLAUGHLIN, M. D.


1176


Born W .- Barre. Educated Medico Chirur.


Coll. of Phil'a. Married Teresa Brennan, June 19, 1901. Physician and Surgeon.


HARRY W. RUGGLES 1177


Born Plymouth, Pa., March 13, 1879. Edu- cated Wyo. Sem., Kingston, Pa. Married Emma G. Rickard, Oct. 14, 1904. Lumber Merchant, F. N. Ruggles & Son. Luz., Pa.


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J. E. WITMAN 1178


Photographer. Hazleton, Pa. WM. D. BOYER 1179


Lawyer.


GUSTAV HAHN 1180 DAVID L. JONES 1181


Born Scranton, Pa., Nov. 27, 1870. Educated Old No. 25, at Providence. Married Bessie E. Coston, Nov. 25. 1891. Funeral Dir. Scran- ton Bd. of Trade. Medica-Law Ass'n of New York. Knights of Malta. Elks.


JOHN MORGAN HARRIS


1182


Born Glamorganshire, Wales, Aug. 14, 1862. Educated Scranton High School and Prince- ton Univ. Att'y-at-Law. Mem. F. & A. M. and B. I. O. E. Pa. State Bd Law Exam.


CHARLES RICHARDSON SMITH


1183


Born Volney, Oswego Co., N. Y., July 11, 1847. Educated Public Schools. Married Nellie Fuller, Nov. 17, 1887. Ins. Agt. Co. A, 184th Regt. N. Y. Inf. Civil War. Mem. Penn'a Soc. Sons of the Revolution.


JOHN FORSTER BARBER


1184


Born New Berlin, Union Co., Pa., Dec. 3, 1843. Educated Mifflinburg Acad., New Ber- lin Sem .. Union Co., Pa. and Eastman's Com. Coll. Married Minerva S. Schwenck, July 15. 1875 -* May 16, 1876; S. Agnus Schultz, Nov. 12, 1890. Merchant and Manfr. J. F. Barber & Co., Hazleton, Pa .; Sanderbach- Barber Co., Philipsburg, Pa .; Lehigh Coal & Sand Co., Hazleton. Elder of Presby. Church and Dir. Y. M. C. A. Hazleton, Pa.


IRA E. HARTWELL


1186


Born Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Nov. 27, 1849. Educated Public Schools, East Cleveland Sem. Married Margaret Jenkins, July 25, 1875. Surveyor.


SUBSCRIBERS WHOSE PORTRAITS DO NOT APPEAR


*JOHN EDWIN WATT


Born South Canaan, Pa., 1835 -* June 5, 1901. Educated Public Schools. Married Martha B. Wells. Merchant. Banker. Pres. First Nat. Bank of Carbondale.


MARTIN B. CASEY


Born Louisville, Ky., Dec. 29, 1859. Educated Louisville, Ky. Married Katharine L. Schardem, July 4, 1896. Supt. Car Service of D., L. & W. R. R. Co. Dir. Keystone Bank, Scranton. Pres. Archbald Silk Mfg. Co., Archbald, Pa., Cortland Silk Mfg. Co., Cortland, N. Y.


JOHN W. ZIMMERMAN


Born Hickory Run, Pa., May 23, 1855. Edu- cated Shickshinny, Pa. Married Alice S. Meixell, Aug. 23, 1880. Master Carpenter and Architect. Supt. of Carpentry for D., L. & W. R. R.


WILLIAM BUTLER HIXSON


Born Hanover, Harrison Co., O., July 24, 1850. Educated Harrison County, O. Mar- ried Emma Williamson, Oct. 21, 1879. Supt. Bldg. and Bridges for D., L. & W. R. R. Co. Formerly Supt. B. & B., Minn. & St. L. R. R. Co., Minnesota. Bridge Ins. for C. St. P. M. & O. Ry., Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska.


FRANK EUGENE SWARTZ


Born Dunmore, Pa., May 31, 1861. Educated Dunmore. Married Einmna Moffatt, Sept. 29, 1885. Merchant. V .- Pres. Fidelity Dep. & Dis. Bk., Dunmore, Pa. Dir. Consumers Ice Co., Scranton, Pa.


DAVID J. WHITEFORD


Born Kilwinning, Scotland, Aug. 21, 1860. Married Agnes E. Williams, June 12, 1895. Treas. and Mgr. Bulls Head Coal Co. Dir. N Scranton Bank. Dir in other corporations.


FREDERICK W. WOLLERTON


Cashier Traders' Nat. Bank, Scranton, Pa. M. D. POTTER


Lumber.


ROBERT F. POST


Born Leslie, Mich., March 29, 1867. Educated Com. Schools. Married Carry J. Sayer,


March 17, 1891. Drayman.


FREDERICK A. WAGNER


Born W .- Barre, Pa., Feb. 14, 1864. Educated Public Schools. Married Minnie A. Allen. Ld. and Pub. of Scranton Wochenblatt.


E. A. CUSICK


Undertaker. MATTHEW L. STAFFORD


Born N. Y., Aug. 21, 1874. Educated N. Y. Married Annie Harris. Formerly Supt. of Sık Mfg. Co., Olyphant, Pa.


WESLEY D. OAKLEY


Born Hartford, Susq. Co., Nov. 18, 1866. Edu- cated Hartford. Acad. Married Clara B. Stephens, Sept. 23, 1889. Contractor and Builder.


GEORGE F. MILLS


Born N. Y. City, Jan. 11, 1869. Educated N. Y. City, Carbondale and Scranton. Married Hannah Atkinson. Lumber Dealer. JeI'- myn, Pa.


LYSANDER E. STONE


Born Boston, Mass., May 14, 1849. Educated Boston. Married Marie L. Salebury, Aug. 10, 1885. Formerly Gen. Sales Agt. Scranton Axle Works.


GEORGE T. PRUNER


Pruner Elevator and Repair Co.


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THEODORE BACHOFEN


Born Zurich, Switzerland. Dec. 18, 1866. Edu- cated Zurich. Married Josephine Menlericht, May 7, 1887. Silk Manfr The Petersburg Silk Co.


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R. WILLIS REES


Born Glamorganshire, Wales, Oct. 6, 1862. Educated Com. Schools. Married Emma Kohler, Jan. 21, 1886. Supt. of Sibley Col., Old Forge Boro. Dir. Taylor Dep. and Dis. Bank.


ALEXANDER G. BENNETT


Born W .- Barre, Pa., May 4, 1867. Educated W .- Barre Public Schools. Married Margaret Fritchler, Feb. 15, 1892. Civil and Min. Eng. D. & H. Co. as Engineer of Mines.


*NATHANIEL HALLSTEAD


Born Clifford, Susq. Co., Pa., Dec. 26, 1823- *1906. Educated Com. Schools. Married Fally Ann Thatcher, 1843. Contractor and Builder.


CORTLAND P. VAN BRUNT


Born New York City, Sept. 27, 1827. Edu- cated N. Y. City. Married Mary E. Scull, Nov. 3, 1868. Lumber Merchant. Mem. of the I. O. O. F. for 56 years. Sec. of the Moscow Lodge, No. 103, I. O. O. F., for 35 years. Was Town Assessor for 9 years; also Town Clerk. Sec. of the Amer. Mechanics, No. 412, for a number of years. Was Mem. of School Bd. for a number of years. Mem. M. E. Church.


JAMES F. HORAN


Born Pittston, Pa., Feb. 13, 1881. Educated Public Schools. Civil Eng. Sec. and Treas. John J. Gilligan & Co., Gen. Ins. Eng. Dun- more Boro. Mgr and Sec. Beaver Coal Co.


JOHN F. GIBBONS


Born Minooka, April 26. 1871. Educated


Public Schools. Treas. Gibbons Coal Co. Dir. South Side Bank.


IRVING McCOULLOUGH BEAN


Born Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 25, 1874. Edu- cated Univ. of Mich. Married Mabel C. Webster, June 3, 1903. Mech. Eng. Eng. and Contractor.


JAMES H. RITTENHOUSE


Born Washington, D. C., Feb. 13, 1851. Edu- cated Private Schools in Washington and Penn'a. Married Miss Cole, April 10, 1878. Civi! Eng., Min. Expert and Coal Operator. Superintended the erection of several coal breakers. Organized the West Ridge Coal Co. and one of the largest stockholders in the Company.


CHARLES LAW ROBERTSON


Born Dunmore, Pa., Jan. 29, 1877. Educated Univ. of Penn'a. Mem. of Firm of Robert- son & Law, Coal Operators. Sec. and Treas. Scranton Machine Works.


CHARLES R. SMITH


General Insurance, Charles Fuller Co.


FRANK W. ACKERLY


Manager Scranton Whetstone and Abrasive Wheel Co.


REV. HENRY MULLER


SMITH B. MOTT


MICHAEL F. O'MALLEY


President Wyoming Valley Supply and Mfg. Co. O' Malley Mfg. Co.


J. H. GAYLORD


Superintendent Gaylord & Eitapenc Co., Heating Engineers.


JOHN W. BALDWIN


Superintendent Tiona Oil Co.


FREDERICK G. KRUEGERMANN


President and Manager Scranton Iron Fence and Mfg. Co.


T. LEWIS ALEXANDER, M. D.


Born Chester, S. C., 1867. Educated Univ. of City of N. Y. Married Mary D. Cannon, Feb. 17, 1901. Physician and Surgeon.


MYLES ALOYSIUS GIBBONS, M. D.


Born Scranton, Pa., March 14, 1877. Edu- cated N. Y. Prep. School and Jeff. Med. Col. Physician and Surgeon. Lack'a Med. Soc.


JOSEPH VILLONE, M. D.


Born Italy, Basilicata, Nov. 12, 1859. Edu- cated Naples, Italy. Physician and Surgeon.


*OWEN D. CAREY, M. D.


Physician and Surgeon.


JOHN JOSEPH PRICE, M. D.


Born Kingston, Luz. Co., Pa., Dec. 16, 1873. Educated Wyo. Sem. and Balt. Med. Coll. Married Rose Mack, Oct. 22, 1902. Physician. Mem. Lack'a Co. Med. Soc .; Scranton Lodge, No 123, B. P. O. E .; Scranton Council, No. 880, K. of C. Olyphant Aerie, No. 671, F. O. E. Physician to Blakely Poor Farm. Ex- aminer for Mutual Life Ins. Co. Olyphant.


GEORGE B. MORROW


Born Gravel Pond, June 9, 1876. Educated Wyc. Sem. Att'y-at-Law.


SEARLE MCCOLLUM


Born Montrose April 30, 1867 Educated Media Acad., Media, Pa. Married Pauline Lusk, March 12, 1895. Att'y-at-Law. Mem. Susq. Co. Bar; Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 151; Knights of Pythias, No. 473; Canton, W .- Barre, No. 31. Montrose, Pa.


ROBERT PECK


Born Felton, Del., April 16, 1871. Graduate Lafayette Coll. Married Elienora Murray. Att'y-at-Law.


WILLIAM DeWALD BOYER


Born Port Clinton, Pa., May 28, 1867. Edu- cated Dickinson Coll. and Dickinson School of Law. Married Louise Alton, Jan. 1, 1898. Pres. Point Creek Collieries Co. Sec. and Dir. Blue Creek Coal and Land Co. Dir. and Treas. Piney Coal and Coke Co. Dir Hamburg Sav. Bank. Sec. and Dir. Kan- awha and West Va. R. R. Co. Pres. Le- highton Lace Co., Board of Trade, Scran- ton Club, Country Club. Trus. Dickinson Coll. Trus. Dickinson School of Law.


JOHN F. GALLAGHER


District Superintendent Hillside Coal and Iron Co. Mayfield, Pa.


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Prominent Men of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity


AUSTIN LYNCH


Born Olyphant, Pa., April 2, 1883. Educated Holy. Cross Coll. Merchant. The Lynich Dept. Store. Meni. of Scranton Council, K. of C., No. 280. Olyphant, Pa.


BARTHOLOMEW J. LYNCH


Born Olyphant, Pa., March 2, 1876. Married Gertrude H. Miller, June 18, 1902. Merchant. V .- Pres. Citizens Bank. Olyphant, Pa.


JOHN C. ZURFLEIH


Real Estate.


HARRY W. WILLIAMS


Born Nicholson, Nov. 8. 1879. Educated Wyo. Sem., Nicholson High School. Liv- eryman. Dealer in Horses, Carriages, Har- nesses and Horse Goods. Mem. Masonic Fraternity, Blue Lodge; Nicholson Royal Arch Chapter, Factoryville. Coeur de Lion Com., Scranton; Odd Fellows, Nicholson. Nicholson, Pa.


ABEDNEGO REESE


Born Clifton, Carbon Co., Pa., Dec. 14, 1847. Educated Hazleton, Pa. Married Margaret M. Roberts, Feb. 13, 1892. Mine Foreman for Mt. Jessup Coal Co. Mem. of W .- Barre Lodge of Elks, No. 109. Peckville, Pa.


HARRY STEWART CARYL, D. O.


Born Moosic, Pa., July 4, 1905. Educated Phil'a, Pa. Married Ella Shaw, June 21, 1905. Doctor of Osteopathy.


JAMES H. LALLY


Born Auburn, Pa., May 18, 1875. Educated Avoca, Pa. Merchant. Treas. of the C. Y. M. T. A. & B. Soc. of Olyphant, Pa. Mem. of F. O. E., 671. Mem. Olyphant School Dist. and connected with other in- stitutions. Olyphant, Pa.




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