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*SELDEN T. SCRANTON
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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