Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906, Part 3

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


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*SELDEN T. SCRANTON


31


Born Madison, Conn., 1814. Educated Lee's Academy. Married Miss Henry, 1839. First Pres't. Lacka. Iron and Coal Co. Supt. Oxford Furnaces.


*JOSEPH CURTIS PLATT


32.


Born Saybrook, Conn., Sept. 17, 1816 -* 1887. Married Catharine S. Scranton, 1844. Pioneer Coal Operator and Railroad Organizer. Iron Manufacturer. Dir. Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co. Dir. & Treas. Dickson Manf. Co. One of the Organizers and Dir. of First Nat. Bank, and Vice Pres. from 1872. Dir. Peo- ple's Street Ry. Co. Dir. in various other Corporations.


*EDWARD DOLPH


33


Born Blakely, Luzerne County (now Lacka.), Pa., Dec. 16, 1814. * April 4, 1890. Self Edu- cated. Married Elizabeth Wadhams Kocher, Dec. 25, 1845. Lumberman and Coal Operator.


*THEODORE VON STORCH


34.


Born Scranton, Pa., May 19, 1812 -* May 30, 1886. Educated Scranton, Pa. Married Jo- sephine D. Barney, Oct. 21, 1863. Farmer. Coal Operator and Mine Owner.


*ROBERT THOMPSON BLACK


35.


Born Rath Melton, Donegal Co .. Treland, Oct. 1, 1821 -* May 27, 1900. Married Caroline A. Perkins, July 15, 1858. Coal Operator. One of the Founders and Directors of the Second National Bank of W .- B. Vice Pres. and Dir. Lackawanna Trust and Savings Bank. Dir. of the Vulcan Iron Works. Member First Presby. Church.


*JOSEPH SLOCUM


36


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 15, 1800 -* June 22, 1890. Educated Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mar- ried Edilda Bingham, Dec. 22, 1830. Pioneer. First Burgess of Scranton Borough. Col- lector of Taxes 1833. Later City Auditor.


*CHARLES FULLER


37


Born Norwich, Conn., March 1, 1798 -* Nov. 29, 1881. Educated Montrose, Pa. Married Maria Scovell, Jan. 8, 1818. He came to Scranton from Wyoming, Pa., and entered the employ of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, afterwards engaging in the Insurance Business, in which he continued until his death. Charter Member of the 1st Presby. Church of Scranton and its Senior Ruling Elder from Oct. 14, 1848, until Nov. 29, 1881.


*JOHN RAYMOND


38 Born Walton, Delaware County, N. Y., 1799 -*. Educated Public Schools. Married Eliz- abeth Spangenberg, 1819. Carpenter by Trade. Merchant. Was retired for many years.


ELISHA HITCHCOCK


39


Born Claremont, N. H., Jan. 21, 1778 -* Oct. 16, 1858. Married Ruth Slocum, July 24, 1811. Building Mill Wheels. Came to Scranton (then Slocum Hollow) in 1809. Millwright.


*JOEL AMSDEN


40


Born Rutland, Va., *December, 1868. Edu- cated Norwich Military University. Married Anna Thresa Power. Pioneer. Civil En- gineer. Resident of Black River Canal and while there was Brigade Inspector of Mili- tia with the rank of Major. Came to Scran- ton in 1850. Laid out Scranton proper, mapping the streets as they are now.


*EDWARD CHARLES FULLER


41


Born Wyoming, Pa., Feb. 13, 1827 -* 1904. Edu- cated Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa. Married Helen Ruthven, Jan. 1, 1849. Drug- gist. President Dunmore Cemetery Associa- tion. Treas. Lacka. Hospital. City Assessor.


*HORATIO PIERCE.


42


*EDWARD SPENCER


43


Born Providence Township, Pa., Oct. 3, 1805 -* Aug., 1882. Educated Public Schools. Married Susan Hines, July 25, 1849. Farmer, Coal Operator, Lumberman.


*JAMES M. EVERHART


44


Born Berks County, Pa., June 7, 1828 -* May 14, 1897. Educated New London, Pa., Semin- ary. Prop. Everhart Brass Works. Inter- ested in Coal Lands Pres. Everhart Coal Co. - Dir. Traders' Nat. Bank. Stockholder Scranton Forging Co. Vestryman St. Luke's Episcopal Church.


*GEORGE FULLER


45


Born Conn., Nov. 7, 1802 -* Nov. 24, 1888.


Educated Common School. Married Mary Barnard, May 14, 1828. Printer and Pub- lisher. Member of Congress, 1844.


*DAVID CLEMONS


46


Born Conn., June 20, 1820 -* May 27, 1891. Educated Connecticut Schools. Married Ruth Ann Hitchcock, Oct. 9, 1849. Carriage Maker. Came to Scranton, Pa., in 1840.


*COL. IRA TRIPP


47


Born Providence, Lack'a. Co., Pa., Jan. 6, 1814 -* Aug. 3, 1891. Educated Public Schools. Married Rosanna Shoemaker, Feb. 7, 1838. Coal Operator. Farmer. Aid-de-Camp in Civil War with rank of Lieutenant Colonel.


*WILLIAM W. MANNESS


48


Born Perth Amboy, Hunterdon County, N. J., Aug. 30, 1816 -* Dec. 14, 1893. Educated Perth Amboy, N. J. Married Elrira Carpen-


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ter, April 15, 1846. Pioneer. Contractor and Builder. Came to Scranton in 1840. Built first furnace Lacka. Iron and Coal Co. Built the old and new shops for the D., L. & W. R. R., and . a great many of the prominent building's.


#ISAAC DEAN


49


Born Abington, Pa., June 9, 1811 -* Nov. 15, 1902. Educated Common Schools. Married


Polly Searle Heermans, Dec. 10, 1843. Farmer.


#ARNOLD CLARK SISSON


50


Born Hampton, Windhamn Co., Conn., Oct. 8, 1826 -* Feb. 10, 1896. Educated Madison Acad- emy, Abington, Pa. Married Isabel Capwell Green, Nov. 25, 1847. Farmer and Horticul- turist. Pres. Musical Alliance of Lacka. and Wyo. Counties, 1886 to 1892. Sec. Keystone Academy, 1873 to 1895. Clerk Abington Bap- tist Asso., 1869 to 1896. Mem. State Board of Agriculture.


*JOSEPH GODFREY


51


First came to Dunmore and was Proprietor of the Old Corner Hotel for a number of years; then came to Scranton and founded the old Forest House.


*OLIVER P. CLARK


52


Born Wurtsboro, Ulster Co., N. Y., 1817- *1889. Married Sarah A. Barton. Pioneer Merchant. Postmaster of Hyde Park for several years and member of Board of Trus- tees of the Borough of Hyde Park. Retired from Bus. 1871. Mem. and Trustee Presby. Church. Charter Mem. of the Hyde Park Lodge, F. & A. M.


*LEWIS PUGHE


53


Born Wales, March 5, 1820. Educated Public Schools. Married Mary M. Mason, Jan. 13, 1845. Merchant. Associate Judge at Carbon- dale. Member of Penna. Legislature, 1860-1862. First President Board of Trade Scranton. Mem. Constitutional Convention of Penna. 1873. School Dir. and Poor Dir. in Scranton for years. Pres. Pittston Stove Co. Dir. Third Nat. Bank. Mem. Official Board M. E. Church.


** WILLIAM J. LEWIS


54


Born Carbondale, Pa., Aug. 27, 1843 -* Jan. 25, 1902. Educated Carbondale, Pa. Married Adeline Wells, Dec. 31, 1863; Cassanda Bloss, March, 1867. Gen. Mgr. N. Y., Susq. & West. Coal Co. 1890. One of the first Auditors of Lack'a Co. Associate Judge, Lack'a Co. Sheriff 1886-1889. Dir. Dime Dep. & Dis. Bank. Interested in many other industries. Served in War of Rebellion. Enlisted in 1862, Co. B, 177th Pa. Infantry. Mustered out Sept., 1863.


** RANDOLPH CRIPPEN


55


Born Blakely Township (Now Dickson City), April 10, 1838 -* Dec. 3, 1905. Educated Com- mon Schools. Married Celesta F. Brink, Dec., 1861; Ruth Ella Bennett, Nov. 15, 1892. Sheriff Lackawanna County, 1883-1886. Coal Merchant for thirty-two years. Dalton, Pa.


*HENRY A. KINGSBURY


56


Born Montrose, Susquehanna Co., Pa., Dec. 10, 1832 -* March 18, 1902. Married Sarah R. Hutchinson, Oct. 6, 1857. Merchant. Mgr. of Stores and Buyer for the Lacka. Iron & Coal Co. 20 years. Sec. of the Scranton Bd. of Trade for several years, afterwards en- gaged in the sale of Mine and Mill Supplies. Served on the Board of School Control for many years.


*JAMES YOUNG


57


Born Ayrshire, Scotland, March 26, 1813 .- *Jan. 20, 1905. Educated Dunmore, Pa. Mar- ried Charlotte Harrington, May 11, 1875. Mine Superintendent. County Treasurer.


*RICHARD STILLWELL


58


Born Hope, N. J., Dec. 16, 1824 -* Feb. 18, 1905. Educated Easton, Pa. Married Mar- garet Snyder. Formerly Captain 132d Pa. Volunteers. Superintendent of Breakers, Penna. Coal Company.


*SIDNEY BROADBENT


59


Born Saddleworth, Eng., April 16, 1828 -* Feb. 21, 1900. Educated Private School, Delph, Eng. Married Catherine Broadbent, 1849. Gen. Supt. Dickson Manf. Co. until 1896. Mem. Soc. Mechanical Engineers. Union Lodge, F. & A. M. Coeur de Lion Com- mandery, K. T. Republican.


** S. B. STILLWELL


60 Born Easton, Pa., April 26, 1840 -* May 28, 1903. Educated Public Schools, Easton, Pa. Married Cathrine J. Edinger, Oct. 10, 1861. State Fish Com. Claim Agent D., L. & W. R. R. Member State Fisheries Com. for twelve years; its president for six years. Chief of the Scranton Fire Dept. during the first fifteen years of its existence.


*COL. HENRY MARTYN BOIES


61


Born Lee, Mass., 1837 -* 1903. Edu. Yale Col- lege. Mar. Elizabeth Linen Dickson, 1870. Manufr. of Explosives. Asso. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and many other mfg. en- terprises. One of the Founders and Dir. Third Nat. Bank. Pres. Dickson Manfg. Co. 1882 -. Col. 13th Reg't N. G. P. 1877-1883. Prominent in Church and Charity Work.


*THOMAS DICKSON


62 Born Landerdale, Scotland, March 26, 1824- *July 31, 1884. Edu. Public Schools Scotland and America. Married Mary Marvin, Aug. 31, 1846. Pres. D. & H. Co., 1869-1884. Coal Operator. In 1856 Established Dickson & Co., Manfrs., located in Scranton. Reorganized under title, Dickson Manufacturing Co. One of the Organizers and Directors First Nat. Bank and Moosic Powder Co.


*WILLIAM TALLMAN SMITH


63 Born Middlebury, Vermont, Nov. 30, 1834- *March 25, 1898. Educated Private and Pub- lic Schools of Rhode Island. Married Annie Jenekes, 1858; Abby H. Richmond, 1871. Early life in Mercantile Business. Later Coal


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Operator in Scranton. Pres. of Lacka. Trust and Safe Deposit Bank. Board of Trade. Dir. Third Nat. Bank. Dir. in many leading industries. Lackawanna Hospital. The Pennsylvania Oral School. Trustee of the Albright Memorial Library.


*JOHN B. SMITH 64


Born Sullivan Co., N. Y .. 1815-^Jan. 16, 1895. Gen. Supt. Penna. Coal Co. President Erie & Wyoming Valley R. R. Co., 1886-1895. In- terested in various other institutions.


*WILLIAM READ STORRS


65


Born Westford, Conn., Dec. 28, 1824 -* Aug. 9, 1905. Married Harriet Wheton. General Coal Agent D., L. & W. R. R. 1866-1900. Director First National Bank. President Dunmore Cemetery Association. Director Scranton Forging Company.


*IRVING A. FINCH


66


Born Windham, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1836 -* June 28, 1904. Married Hannah S. Bump, Sept. 29, 1863. Pres. of the Finch Manufacturing Co. Dir. of the Traders Nat. Bank of Scranton. Men. Engineers Club, The Scranton Club, Masonic Lodge.


*MAJOR JOHN B. FISH


67


Born Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., March 14, 1829 -* July 15, 1905. Educated Liberty, N. Y. Married Sarah A. Turner, Oct. 5, 1853. Supt. Providence Gas and Water Co. for thirty- five years. Served four years in the Civil War. Major of the 13th Regiment N. G. P. His father, Daniel Fish, served in the war of 1812 and his grandfather, Edmond Fish in the Revolutionary War, three generations being represented in the wars of this coun- try. He was prominent in Church and Char- ity work. One surviving daughter, Miss Laura T. Fish.


*COL. WILLIAM NELSON MONIES 68


Born New Dailly Ayrshire, Scotland, May 10, 1827 -* Jan. 10, 1881. Married Mary Kirk, Baker. Elected Poor Dir. of Carbondale, 1858. Came to Scranton 1861. Milling Business at Provi- dence. Captain of Company B, 136th Regi- ment, Pa. Vols. Col. 30th Regt. Pa. Vols. Elected Mayor of Scranton 1869. Appointed first County Treas. of Lacka. Co. Re- elected next election.


WILLIAM CONNELL


69


Born Nova Scotia, Sept. 10, 1827. Self-edu- cated. Married Annie Lawrence, of Llewel- lyn, Schuylkill Co., Pa., Jan. 2, 1852. Coal Operator. One of the Founders of the Third Nat. Bank-founded 1872-President since 1879. President Lackawanna Knitting Mills, Scranton Button Company. President and Director various other corporations. Mem- ber of Congress 1897-1898.


J. L. CONNELL


70


Born Crystal Ridge, Schuylkill Co., Pa., April 17, 1856. Educated Public Schools. Married Leonora Pratt, April 17, 1883. Lum- ber, Coal, etc. Dir. Third National Bank. Dir. and Treas. Cherry River Boom & Lum- ber Co. Dir. Clark & Snover Tobacco Co. and Lacka. Cold Storage & Warehouse Co.


CHARLES R. CONNELL


71


Born Scranton, Sept. 22, 1864. Educated Wil- liston Seminary, Mass. Married Elizabeth R. Shafer, Sept. 26, 1889. Manufacturer. Sec. and Treas. The Lackawanna Mills, and The Scranton Button Company.


ALFRED ELSWORTH CONNELL


72


Born Scranton, Pa., June 24, 1867. Educated Scranton. Married Jane Harris, Nov. 11, 1890. Manager Wm. Connell Stores.


EZRA H. CONNELL


73


Born Scranton, Pa., May 9, 1873. Educated School of Lackawanna, Scranton: Yale, 1895; University of Pennsylvania Law Department, 1898. Married Elizabeth Thomas. Feb. 18, 1902. Attorney at Law. Director Black Dia- mond Silk Company.


J. S. McANULTY


74


Born Robinson Township, Berks Countv. Pa., Jan. 17, 1857. Married Jessie Connell. Feb. 14, 1883. Treasurer Connell Anthracite Mining Company; The Allegheny Company. Member Villiams McAnulty. School Controller.


CHARLES W. FULTON


75


Born Wallace, Nova Scotia, June 30, 1863. Married Annie A. Connell, April 4, 1894. Fire Insurance


* ALEXANDER CONNELL


76


Born Sidney, Nova Scotia, June 30, 1840- *Jan. 5. 1883. Educated Common Schools. Married Elizabeth Campbell, March 6, 1877. Wholesale Grocer. Coal Business. Mem. Taylorville Lodge, I. O. O. F. and Hyde Park Lodge. F. & A. M.


*JAMES CONNELL


77


Born Sidney, Cape


Breton, April, 1822-


*March, 1877. Educated Cane Breton. Mar- ried Jessie MacGregor English, 1848. Of the firm of Wm. Connell & Co .. Coal Operators.


ALEXANDER JAS. CONNELL, M. D. 78


Born Scranton, Pa., Sept. 18, 1856. Educated Wyoming Seminary; University, N. Y. Mar- ried Fanny Norton, Sept. 25, 1878. Physician and Surgeon, State Hospital N. E. Penn'a; Moses Tavlor Hospital. Trustee Danville Hospital for Insane.


WILLIAM LAWRENCE CONNELL


79


Born Scranton, Pa., Oct. 14, 1862. Educated Public Schools. Married Lillian Harrington, June 13. 1886; Ethel Harrington, Nov. 29. 1899. Coal Operator. Member Board of Con- ciliation appointed by Anthracite Coal Strike Committee. Dir. or Officer in the following: Connell Anthracite Min. Co .. The Enterprise Coal Co., The Green Ridge Coal Co., The North End Coal Co. The Knickerbocker Coal Co. Piney Creek Coal & Coke Co. Keystone Coal and Land Co., Cochise Consolidated Copper Co., Connell Power Co., International Text Book Co., Bernice Store Co., Laurel Hill Store Co., Anthracite Store Co., Knicker-


Prominent Men of Scranton and Vicinity


bocker Supply Co., Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co., Tobyhanna Creek Ice Co., Traders' National Bank, North End Elec- tric Ry. Co., West Side Electric Ry. Co.


HARRY A. CONNELL


80


Born Scranton, Pa., Sept. 10, 1860. Educated Scranton. Pa. Married Annie Louise Jay, Nov. 22, 1883. Jeweler.


CHARLES CONNELL


81.


Born Minooka, Pa., Lacka. County, Nov. 12. 1879. Educated School of Lackawanna and University of Pennsylvania. Married Teresa Nallen Nov. 15, 1905. Attorney-at- Law.


CLARENCE BAKER STURGES


82.


Born Scranton, Pa., 1874. Educated Ando-


ver and Yale University. Married Alice Southworth Waterman 1897. Civil Engineer.


Coal Operator. Manager Pine Hill, Clar- ence and Yatesville Coal Companies. Vice President Spencer Heater Co. Treasurer Scranton Steam Pump Co. Director Peo- ple's Bank. Member American Institute Mining Engineers.


ALEXANDER T. CONNELL


83. Born Scranton, Pa., June 13, 1861. Educated Common Schools Scranton, Pa. Manufac- turer of Blasting Powder. Mayor of Scran- ton 1903-1906.


JOHN GIBBONS


84.


Coal Operator. School Commissioner and President Board of Control.


COL. EZRA H. RIPPLE


85


Born Mauch Chunk, Pa., 1842 .. Edu, Com. Sch. and Wyo. Sem. Mar. Sarah H. Hackett 1874. Coal. Pres. Scranton Axle Works, State Hospital, Scranton. Bd. of Asso. Charities. Postmaster. Mayor 1886-1890. Pri. Co. K, 52d Reg't Pa. Vols., War of Rebellion. Captain, Maj. Lieut. Col. and Col. 13th Reg't N. G. P. to 1893. Col. and A. A. G. Gov's Staff 1893 to date.


HENRY BELIN, JR.


86


Born West Point, N. Y., 1843. Edu. Yale Univ. Married Marguretta E. Lammot, 1868. Manfr. of Explosives. E. I. Du Pont de Ne- mours & Co. of Pa. Officer or director in the following: Scranton Lace Curtain Co .; Third Nat. Bk .; Lack'a T. & S. Dep. Co .; South Side Bk .; Cherry River Boom & Lum. Co .; Klots Throwing Co .; Scranton Forging Co .: Wyo. Shovel Works; Scranton Pub. Lib .; Pa. Oral School for Deaf.


ELI E. HENDRICK


87


Born Plymouth, Mich., May 9, 1832. Edu- cated Plymouth, Mich. Married Caroline P. Hackett, August 24, 1853. Manufacturer. Pres. Los Angeles I. & C. S. Co., Los An- geles, Cal., Hendrick Mfg. Co., Clover Leaf Mfg. Co., Anthracite Land & Imp. Co., Sperl Heater Co., Carbondale. Vice President Miners' & Mechanics' Savings Bank, Car- bondale, Pa.


EDWARD P. KINGSBURY


88


Born Honesdale, Pa., May 19, 1834. Edu- cated Honesdale Academy. Married' Anna L. Kressler, Feb. 13, 1861. Auditor and Di- rector E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. of Pa .; Director Scranton Gas & Water Co., County Savings Bank, Title Guaranty & Surety Co., Tribune Publishing Co., Seran- ton Trust Company, Pennsylvania Casualty Co., Austin Coal Co., Jury Commissioner, Lackawanna County. Asst. Treas. Lacka. Iron & Coal Co., 1859 to 1881. City Con- troller Scranton 1879 to 1883. Secretary and Treasurer Scranton Steel Co. 1881 to 1891.


WILLIAM HENRY RICHMOND


89


Born Marlborough, Hartford Co., Conn., 1821. Educated Private Schools. Married Lois Roxanna Morss, 1849. Merchant. Coal Oper- ator. Retired. In business in Penna. since 1842. Treas. Lack'a Bible Society. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Am. Jersey Cattle Club, U. S. Geographical Society.


*JOHN JERMYN.


90


Born Suffolk, England. October 27. 1825-


*May 29, 1902. Educated London, England. Married Susan Knight, October 20. 1851.


Coal Operator. Director First National Bank; Miners & Mechanics' Bank, Carbon- dale: Consolidated Water Supply Co. Direc- tor in various other corporations.


GEORGE B. JERMYN


91


Born Scranton, Pa., May 9, 1862. Educated Granville, N. Y. Married Annie E. Adams, April 20, 1892. Coai Operator. Secretary and Treasurer Consolidated Water Supply Co., The Great Bend Water Co .. The Hall- stead Water Co. Executor John Jermyn Estate. Director in various other corpora- tions.


JOHN M. ROBERTSON


92


Born Glasgow, Scotland, March 22, 1844. Edu- cated Glasgow, London and St. Andrews. Married Jennie H. Law, September 29. 1874. Robertson & Law, Coal Operators. Presi- dent Scranton Machine Works.


*JAMES L. CRAWFORD


93


Born Noxen. Pa., March 1, 1851 -* February 19, 1905. Educated Common Schools. Mar- ried Huldah A. Wilcox, March 1, 1887. Coal Operator. President People's Coal Co. Director Spring Brook Water Supply Co., Security Building & Savings Union, Scran- ton, Pa .; Elmhurst & Nay Aug Falls Boul- evard Co.


JAMES G. SHEPHERD


94


Born Nanticoke, Pa., Sept. 11, 1867. Edu- cated Common Schools, Wyoming Seminary. Married Jennie Andrews, Feb. 23. 1899. Coal Operator. Director Traders Nat. Bank, Key- stone Bank, Taylor Deposit & Dis. Bank, Penn'a Casualty Co., Spring Brook Water & Supply Co. Pres. Sec. and Treas. Peo- ple's Coal Co. Director Y. M. C. A. Trus- tee Wyoming Seminary. Wesleyan Univer- sity and Dickinson College.


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REESE G. BROOKS


95


Born Scranton, Pa., Dec. 25, 1846. Educated Scranton Public Schools. Married Mary


Ann Morgan. Coal Operator. Vice Presi- dent Dime Bank, West Side Bank and con- nected with various other corporations.


THOMAS H. DALE 96


Born Daleville, Lack'a Co., Pa., 1846. Edu- cated Wyoming Seminary. Married M. Grace Rounds, 1870. Coal Operator. Elected Congress 1904. Dir. Traders National Bank. Trustee Wyoming Seminary, President Scranton Board of Trade 1882-1883. Dir. in various corporations.


WILLIAM H. TAYLOR


97


Born Paterson, N. J., 1859. Married Nellie G Barker, 1886. Coal Opr. and Merchant. Pres. St. Clair Coal Co .; Goodwin Car Co. Dir. Coal & Tron Nat. Bank, N. Y. Mem. Chamber of Com., N. Y .; William H. Taylor & Co., Allentown, Pa .; Scranton Sup. & Mach. Co .; Hazleton Mach. & Supply Co.


THOMAS HAMER WATKINS


98


Born Pittston, Pa., May 17, 1860. Educated Wyoming Seminary. Married Elizabeth Law, May 22, 1884. Coal Operator. Vice President and Director Penn'a Coal & Coke Co., Dir. Spring Brook Water Supply Co., Title Guaranty & Trust Co., Scranton Trust Company, Beech Creek Coal & Coke Co., Indiana Coal & Coke Co., North River Coal and Wharf Co., Scranton Lace Curtain Co., Farmers' Dairy Dispatch.


ARCHIBALD FALCONDER LAW


99


Born Pittston, 1856. Self-educated. Mar. Eva G. Brenton, 1878. V .- P. Temple Iron Co. Pres. N. W. Coal Co .; Edgerton Coal Co .; Mt. Pleasant Coal Co .; Sterrick Creek Coal Co .; Babylon Coal Co .; Forty-Fort Coal Co .; Cross Eng'r Co .; Wyoming Elec. L. & P. Co. Chairman Lack'a Coal Co., ltd. Dir. & Treas. Mears Mining Co. Dir. Title Guar- anty & Trust Co .; Scranton Trust Co .; Peckville Nat. Bank.


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*JOHN A. MEARS 100


Born Greenfield, Pa., April 11. 1849 -* 1905. Married E. V. Barnhamn, 1876. Coal Operator. Owner of Mears Bldg. President Alexander Car Replacer Co. President Farview Park Land Co. Dir. in various other corporations.


WILLIAM G. ROBERTSON


191


Born England, Oct. 12, 1853. Educated Com- mon Schools. Married Lillian McElroy, Sept. 2, 1902. General Manager Dolph Coal Com- nany. Pres. Austin Coal Company. Dir. North End Coal Co. Mem. of firm of Dolph & Robertson.


EDWARD STANLEY DOLPH


102


Born Pittston Township, Luzerne Co., Pa., Nov. 10, 1855. Educated Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Married Sarah M. Norris, Dec. 23, 1883. Coal Operator. Lawyer. Sec. and Mgr. Dolph Coal Company. Sec, and Dir. Scranton


Steam Pump Co. Dir. People's Bank of Scranton. Dir. and Stockholder in numerous other enterprises.


WILLIAM A. MAY


103


Born Hollidaysburg, Pa., 1850. Edu. Lafay- ette College. Married Emma L. Richards, 1878. Civil Engineer. Gen. Mgr. Penn'a Coal Co., Hillside Coal & Iron Co., N. Y. Susq. & Western Coal Co. V .- P. Board of Trade Building Co. Schuylkill Anthracite Coal Co. Sec. and Treas. Walburn Land Co.


CHARLES C. ROSE


104


Born Rose Point, N. Y. Educated Norwalk, Conn. Married Emma Vandling. Supt. Coal Department of Delaware and Hudson Co. Civil Engineer. Director People's Bank, Scranton Bolt & Nut Co., Freeland Silk Mill Co.


*CLARENCE M. SANDERSON


105


Born Cambridge (Now Arlington), Mass., June 6, 1829 -* June 15, 1902. Married Mary O. Waite, 1851. Eliza A. Bellman, 1866. Coal Operator.


CHARLES DUDLEY SANDERSON


106


Born Rockland, Mich., Oct. 13, 1856. Edu- cated Public Schools Newark, N. J. Mar- ried Gertrude Naomi Griffith, Sept. 1887. Coal Operator Dealer in bonds and stocks.


*WILLIAM W. WINTON


107


Born Butternuts, Otsego County, N. Y., January 29, 1815 -* 1894. Married Catharine


Heermans, Dec. 31, 1835. Banking and Real Estate. Coal Operator.


*ABRAHAM H. VANDLING.


108


Born Moresburg, Pa., Nov. 13, 1824 -* June 12, 1901. Educated Public Schools. Married Jeanette du Bois, Feb. 10, 1858. General Supt. Delaware and Hudson Mines twenty years. Dir. in Bank at Kingston, Pa. Men- ber of First Presby. Church. Supt. Delaware and Hudson Canal. Employed with Penn'a Coal Co. under General Green during law suit with Delaware and Hudson Co.


CHARLES SCHLAGER


109


Born Wayne County "Woods," March 1, 1849. Educated, Scranton, Pa. Married Sarah M. Patterson, May 19, 1875. Real Estate. Dir. Traders National Bank, Scranton Citizen's Bank, Olyphant; First National Bank, Peck- ville. Pres. Clear Spring Coal Co., Traders Real Estate Co.


WALTER LINCOLN SCHLAGER


110


Born Scranton, Pa., Oct. 1, 1864. Married Ruth A. Church. Coal Operator. Pres. Traders Coal Co., Reliance Coal Co., Fed- eral Granite Brick Co., Treas. Scranton Yarn Finishing Co. Vice President Traders Real Estate Co.


FREDERICK WARNKE


111


Born Scranton, Pa., Sept. 12, 1866. Edu- cated at Scranton. Married Gertrude Van


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Campen, Dec. 31, 1891. Coal Operator.


Warnke Coal Co. Snyder Coal Co., Lorberg Colliery. Traders Coal Co. Reliance Coal Co.


REUBEN NELSON LaBAR


112


Born Wyoming, Pa., April 6, 1867. Educated Wyoming Seminary. Married Sadie C. Spencer May 20, 1896. Sec. and Mgr. Federal Granite Brick Co. Reliance Coal Co. Dr. Hand Condensed Milk Co.


FRED. S. GODFREY


113


Proprietor of the Hotel Jermyn, Scranton, and Hotel Sterling, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.


*FRANK HITCHCOCK CLEMONS


114


Born Scranton, Pa., March 4, 1857 -* Nov. 13, 1904. Educated at Scranton, Pa. Married Candace Smith, Oct. 14, 1880. Coal Operator. Sheriff of Lack'a County. . Mem. of Scran- ton Councils twenty years. Closely asso. with the business and political interests of Scranton for many years.


MICHAEL F. DOLPHIN


115


Born Scranton, Pa. Educated at Scranton, Pa. Coal Operator. President Brookside Coal Co., firm of Dolphin & Humbert. Sun- nyside Coal Co. Treas. Moffitt Mining and Milling Co. of New Mexico.


WILLIAM WILSON RISSINGER


116


Born Taylorville, Pa., May 7, 1860. Edu- cated Common Schools. Married Barbara J. Hutchinson, April 24, 1889. Coal Operator. COL. U. G. SCHOONMAKER


117


Born Rosendale, Ulster Co., N. Y., Jan. 31, 1845. Educated Native Town and Kingston Academy. Married Louise J. Reed, June 28, 1866. Real Estate.


SAMUEL HAHNEMANN STEVENS


118


Born Buffalo, N. Y., March 19, 1845. Edu- cated Public Schools and Hudson River In- stitute, Hudson, N. Y. Married Mary Com- stock Pratt, May 21, 1873. Accountant. Pro- thonotary Superior Court. Private Co. B, 177th N. Y. Vol. Infantry Civil War. Quar- termaster Lieut. Ezra S. Griffin Post, 139, G. A. R.


EDWARD LATON FULLER


119 Porn Hawley, Pa., Oct. 10, 1851. Educated Public Schools. Married Helen M. Silkman, 1876. President of International Salt Com- pany of New Jersey. Retsof Mining Com- pany, Genesee, and Wyoming , Railroad Company and various other corporations.




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