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MORTIMER BARTINE FULLER
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Born Scranton, Pa., 1877. Educated Prince- ton, N. J. Married Katherine Steele, Feb. 1904. Pres. International Salt Co. of New York :. Treas. Genessee and Wyoming Rail- road Co.
THEODORE G. WOLF
121
Born Easton, Pa., May 26, 1844. Educated
Scranton High School. Married Elizabeth
E. Foulke, Feb. 11. 1873. Supt. Rolling Mills of Lack'a Iron and Steel Co. 1874 to 1900. Executor and Trustee Estate B. H. Throop. Pres. Scranton Mining and Smelting Co., Nordmont Chemical Co., Luzerne Chemical Co. Vice Pres. Pittston Slate Co. Dir. Wood Product Manf. Co., Scranton Illum- inating Heat and Power Co., Knickerbocker Ice Co., Baltimore.
SAMUEL HINES
122
Born Washington, D. C., July 21, 1843. Edu- cated Public Schools and Washington Sem- inary. Married Jan. 21, 1867. Pres. and General Manager Erie Railroad Company's Coal Companies in Pennsylvania 1873-1895.
JOHN D. SHERER
123
Born Dodglestown, Pa., Nov. 21. 1841. Edu- cated Doglestown, Pa. Married Ella Mas- ser, Oct. 19, 1870. Secretary E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company of Pennsylvania.
CHARLES H. LINDSAY
124
Born Bath, N. Y., March 9, 1846. Educated Public Schools. Married Annie M. Tenney, Oct. 5, 1886. Treasurer of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company of Pennsylvania.
CHARLES P. JADWIN
125 Born Carbondale, Pa., Sept. 13. 1840. Edu- cated Carbondale, Pa. Married Sarah Au- gusta Hampton, Sept. 4, 1861 Real Estate. Dir. Allegheny Lumber Co.
JOHN J. GIBBONS
126
Born England, March 31, 1866. Avoca, Pa. Coal Operator.
Educated
JAMES J. JORDAN
127
Born Archbald, Pa., Oct. 5, 1856. Educated Public Schools. Married Nora Walsh, May 25, 1882. Fire Insurance. For twenty years Manager and half owner of The Scranton Truth, and still a stockholder in the cor- poration.
JOHN CARNEY
128
Born Ireland, Great Britain, Jan. 29, 1843. Educated Dunmore, Pa. Married Mary Caveney, Dec. 28, 1880. Coal Operator. Re- tired. Director in Fidelity Deposit and Dis- count Bank.
*CHARLES F. MATTES
129
Born Easton, Pa .. May 26, 1819 -* Sept. 5, 1895. Educated Easton, Pa. Married Lydia M. Platt, August 23, 1847. Martha Crosby, June 19, 1862. General Mgr. Lack'a Iron and Coal Co. 2nd Vice Pres. Lack'a Iron and Steel Co. Dir. Dickson Manufacturing Co. Ruling Elder and Trustee First Presby. Church. Mem. of City Council of Scranton for seventeen years.
COL. CHARLES C. MATTES
130 Born Scranton, Pa., Aug. 5th, 1858.
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ried Augusta 'Hinchman Crittenden, Nov. 14, 1888. Gen. Mgr. Lack'a Iron and Coal Co. Mining Engineer. Mem. Am. Inst. of Min- ing Egineers. Charter Mem. Scranton En- gineers' Club. Mem. Scranton Club. Vet- eran Comrade Soc. of Foreign Wars of Am. Mem. Gobin Camp United Spanish War Veterans. Lieut. Col. 13th Reg't Penn'a Vol. Infantry in War with Spain. Lieut. Col. (retired) N. G. P. Mem. Peter Wil- liamson Lodge, Nc. 323, Masons; Coeur De Lion Commandery No. 17, K. T .; Lack'a Chapter No. 185, Royal Arch Masons.
WILLIAM F. MATTES
131
Born Scranton, Pa., Sept. 29, 1849. Edu. Pub. and Private Schools and Private Instruc- tors and in an Engineers' Office. Married Margaret L. Crittenden, Nov. 18, 1875; Mary L. Van Cleef, Dec. 16, 1887. Civil and Mech. Eng. Mining Experience. 1886 Employed by Bor. Eng. of Scranton. City Surveys and Arch. Drawing. 1867-73 Engineer and Supt. Branch R. R. in N. J., and agent at Iron Miles. 1873-77 Mgr. Blast Furnaces in Va. 1877-82 Miscellaneous Engineering Practice. 1882-88 Chief Engineer Lack'a Iron and Steel Works. 1888-93 Chief Engineer and Gen. Mgr. Iron and Steel Works, W. Superior, Wis. Dir. First Nat. Bank. Pres. Manf. Job- bers and Shippers Asso. Park Com. Chief Engineer L. & W. V. R. R. (Laurel Line), 1900-02. Now Consulting Engineer. Joined Presby. Church in Dover, N. J., 1868. Served same as trustee. Assisted in organ- izing and maintaining a Y. M. C. A. As- sisted in organizing and running three Sunday Schools in Va. Served several years as dir. and V. P., Y. M. C. A. of Scranton. Supt. First Presby Sunday School. Dir. Y. M. C. A. of W. Superior, Wis. Mem. of several Engineering and Scientific societies.
FRANK ELBERT PLATT
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Born Scranton, Pa., Feb. 21, 1859. Edu- cated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. Married Elizabeth A. Skinner, June 20, 1883. Civil Engineer. Assistant Treasurer Elk Hill Coal and Iron Co. Sec. Pine Hili Coal Co. Pres. M. Shields Stone Co. Pur. Agent Scranton Coal Co. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engineers. V .- Pres. Lack'a Inst. History and Science. Mem. U. S. Geographi- cal Soc. Treas. Scranton Electric Construc- tion Co. Dir. in various other corporations.
WILLIAM McKELVY MARPLE
133
Born Wellsboro, Pa., Dec. 7, 1852. Educated Scranton High School, Private Tutor Lehigh University. Married Mary A. Moore, Dec. 7, 1880. Civil and Hydraulic Engineer. Chief Engineer of the Scranton Gas and Water Co. Past Pres. Scranton Engieers' Club. Mein. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers, Water Works Asso., Gas Asso., New Eng- land Water Works Asso., Scranton Club, Country Club, Peter Williamson Lodge No. 323, F. & A. M .; Lack'a Chapter No. 185, Coeur de Lion Com. 17, Knights Templar, Irem Temple A. A. O. N. W. S. Vestry- man of St. Luke's Church.
JAMES GARDNER SANDERSON
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Born Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa., Feb. 5, 1840. Graduated The Rensselaer Polytechnic
George Agnes McBrair July 17, 1860. Civil Engineer. Member of the Am. Society of Civil Engineers, Nat. Geographic Soc., Scranton Engineers' Club.
ALVA D. BLACKINGTON
135
Born Lincolnville, Me., Sept. 7, 1855. Edu- cated University of Maine. Married Mary
Elizabeth Smith, Sept. 10, 1884. Civil En- gineer. Treas. Consumers' Ice Co. Vice Pres. Scranton Whetstone - & Abbrasive Wheel Co. Treas. Mogollon Investment Co.
MILTON P. MITCHELL
136
Born Hollisterville, Wayne Co., Pa., July 4, 1847. Educated Hollisterville, Wayne Co.,
Pa. Married Minerva Megargel, Sept. 21, 1878. Surveyor and Engineer. Lackawanna Co. Surveyor and Penn'a State Highway Dept.
JAMES HENRY FISHER
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Born Phila., Oct. 2, 1845. Educated Burling- ton, N. J., and Princeton. Married Coralie Hammerskjold. 1871; Alice Marie Falken- bury, 1899. Civil Engineer and Surveyor. Sec. Lack'a Institute, New England Society. Mem. Wyo. Hist. and Geological Soc., Princeton Alumni Assn. N. E. Penn'a., Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre; Penn'a Soc. Sons of the Revolution; Scranton En- gineers' Club, Scranton Club.
JUSTIN E. PARRISH
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Born Louisville, Ky., Nov. 23, 1854. Edu-
cated Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Married Lizzie Le Grand. Nov. 23, 1880. Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and Supt. Mem. Scranton Board of Trade.
GEORGE EDWARD STEVENSON
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Born Dansville, Pa., March 30, 1860. Edu- cated Cornell University. Married Emily Miller, Sept. 18, 1884. Civil and Mining En- gineer and Surveyor. Member of firm of Stevenson & Knight, Civil and Mining En- gineers. Ex-County Surveyor.
HENRY JIFKINS
140
Born London, England, Feb. 15, 1860. Edu- cated Royal Naval Academy. Sheerness, England. Married Mary E. Wagner, Nov. 5, 1889. Civil Engineer. Chief Engineer of the City of Scranton.
*JOSEPH JACOB ALBRIGHT
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Born Warkwick, Pa., Sept. 23, 1811 -* Jan, 12. 1888. Educated Nazareth, Pa. Married Elizabeth Sellers, Sept. 13. 1838. General Coal Agent for D., L. & W. and General Coal Agent for D. & H. Coal Co. Pres. Scranton Gas and Water Co .; First Na- tional Bank 1872; Director Dickson Manu- facturing Co .; Weston Mill Co. Lack'a Iron and Coal Co.
*JAMES ARCHBALD
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Born Little Cumbray Isle, Buteshire, Scot- land, March 3, 1793 -* August 26, 1870. Self- Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1858. Married Eliza
Educated. Married Augusta T. Frothing-
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ham, Nov. 27, 1832. Civil Engineer. General Supt. D. & H. Canal Company's Coal Mines at Carbondale, Pa., twenty years. Chief Engineer D., L. & W. R. R. at Scranton forty-five years; in which two capacities he stands among the foremost pioneers of the Lackawanna coal region. His mother was the granddaughter of Rev. Robert Wodrow, historian of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland and a prominent Scottish divine, having charge of the Parish of Eastwood, now a part of Glasgow.
DAVID BISHOP HAND, M. D.
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Born Hawley, Pa., March 31, 1848. Edu- cated Public Schools and University Medi- cal College, N. Y. City. Married Sarah T. Cromwell May, 1871. Physician and Sur- geon. Proprietor Dr. Hand's Remedies for Children, Dr. Hand's Phosphated Milk. Dir. U. S. Lumber Co., Lack'a Lumber Co., J. J. Newinan Lumber Co., Mississippi Cen- tral R. R., Peck Lumber & Mfg. Co., Scran- ton Board of Trade, Eureka Cash Register. Vice Pres. Lignum Product Co. Dir. Fed- eral Granite Brick Co., South Lincoln Coal Co.
JAMES ARCHBALD
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Born Sand Lake, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1838. Edu- cated Union College. Married Hannah Maria Albright, Jan. 25, 1865. Civil Engi- neer. Chief Engineer of the D., L. & W. R. R. until October, 1899. Consulting En- gineer of the Imboden & Odell R. R. Co. 1903 Chief Engineer of the Miss. Central R. R. 1905 Dir. Third Nat. Bank, Scranton Savings Bank until 1903.
*EDWARD W. WESTON
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Born Salem, Pa., Dec. 5, 1823 -* Oct. 28, 1891. Educated Public Schools. Married Susan S. Moore, 1852. Gen. Mining Supt. Later Gen. Real Estate Agt. of D. & H. Co. Pres. First Nat. Bank, Scranton, Pa .; Hud- son River Ore and Iron Co .; Weston Mill Co. Dir. Moosic Powder Co .; Providence Gas and Water Co. Dir. & V. Pres. Dickson Mfg. Co.
WILLIAM F. HALLSTEAD
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Vice President and General Manager D., L. & W. R. R. for many years. Director First National Bank, County Savings Bank. Vice President Title Surety & Trust Com- pany. Officer and director in various other corporations.
CHARLES SIDNEY WESTON
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Born Carbondale, Pa., Aug. 25, 1860. Edu- cated Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y. Married Harriet Grace Storrs, Sept. 2, 1891. Civil Engineer. Capitalist. Dir. First Nat. Bank, Lack'a Trust & Safe Dep. Co .; Cherry River Boom Lumi. Co .; Cherry River Paper Co .; Stowers Pork Packing and Prov. Co .; Scranton, Lace Cur- tain Co .; Wilson Lum. & Milling Co .; Blue Creek Coal & Land Co .; Kanawha & West Va. R. R. Co .; Carbondale Gas Co .; Hudson River Ore and Iron Co .: N. E. Tel. Co .; Nat. Waterworks & Guarantee Co .; Dodson Signal Lamp & Lantern Co .; Scranton Gar- age & Motor Car Co .; Riverton Mills Co .; Empire Grain & Elevator Co.
J. BENJAMIN DIMMICK
148
Born Honesdale, Pa., Oct. 3, 1858. Educated Yale University. 1881. B. A., M. A. Married Louisa B. Hunt, Nov. 9, 1881. Mayor of Scranton 1906. Mem. of the Bar, but occu- pied with Financial and Industrial Affairs. Pres. Lackawanna Trust and Safe Dep. Co .; Scranton Lace Curtain Co. Dir. Third National Bank, South Side Bank. Trustee of Penn'a Oral School for the Deaf. Scran- ton Public Library, Scranton Society for Prevention and Cure of Consumption. Mem. University Club, Yale; National Arts Club, N. Y. C .; Scranton Club and Country Club.
JAMES ALEXANDER LINEN
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Born Greenfield Township, Lack'a Co., Pa., June 23, 1840. Educated Newark, N. Y .; Academy and High School. Married Anna C. Blair, December, 1869. Banker. Presi- dent First Nat. Bank. First Lieut. Co. B, 26th N. J. Vols. War of Rebellion. Capt. Co. D, 13th Reg't, N. G. P.
*GEORGE LINEN
150
Born Greenlaw, Scotland, April 29, 1802- *Sept. 1888. Educated Royal Scottish Acad-
emy, Edinburgh. Married Sarah Cort- wright Davies, April 1st, 1833. Artist.
*JAMES J. WILLIAMS
151
Born Carbondale, Pa., March 12, 1836 -* June 22, 1906. Educated Public Schools. Pres- ident Merchants & Mechanics Bank. Presi- dent Stowers Packing Company.
JOHN T. PORTER
152
Born Delaware, 1850. Educated Delaware. Married, 1892. Wholesale Grocer. President Scranton Board of Trade; 1905, Traders Nat. Bank. Diector United States Lumber Com- pany, and connected with several other Scranton industries.
GEORGE L. DICKSON
153
Born Lander-Berwickshire, Scotland, Aug. 3, 1830. Educated Carbondale, Pa. Married Lydia M. Poore, Sept. 16, 1856. Banker. Vice President First National Bank. Chair- man Van Bergen & Co., Limited.
ALEXANDER D. STELLE
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Born Aug. 7, 1846, Paterson, N. J. Married Nov., 1858. Pres't of Sauquoit Silk Mfg. Co., of Scranton, Bethlehem and Phila., Pa. Vice Pres't of Federal Granite Brick Co., of Scranton, Pa. and Sayre, N. Y. Dir. in other Industrial Manf'g Co's.
ANDREW WATT
155
Born Newmilnes Ayreshire, Scotland, 1816- *1889. Married Mary Helen Dickson Jan. 6,
1848. Merchant, Carbondale, Pa.
*JOSEPH B. VAN BERGEN
156
Born Bainbridge, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1828. Mar- ried Mary Helen Dickson August, 1890. Man- ufacturer, Carbondale, Pa.
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*JAMES BLAIR
157
Born Beaver Brook, Warren Co., N. J., May 15, 1807 -* March 17, 1897. Educated Beaver Brook. Married Phebe Elizabeth Locke, Dec. 13, 1834. Merchant at Marksboro, War- ren Co., N. J., for forty years. One of the organizers of the Belvedere Bank in 1831, and a director until his death. Organized Scranton Savings Bank in 1867 and elected Pres. year after year for thirty years. Was one of the original stockholders and for a time dir. in D., L. & W. R. R. Original stockholder in Lack'a Iron and Coal Co. and Lack'a Steel Co. Dir. First National Bank at the time of his death.
COL. AUSTIN BARTLEY BLAIR
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Born Marksboro, Warren Co., N. J., Sept. 23. 1838. Educated Blaistown and Prince- ton College 1866. Married Emma Gay, June 3, 1868. Connected with the Scranton Sav- ings Bank since 1877 as Teller, Assistant Cashier and Vice President. Is at present a Director and Vice President. Mom. of Country Club. Private Original Co. D, 13th Reg't, N. G. P. 1877 served seven years.
GEORGE H. CATLIN
159
Born Shoreham, Vermont, August 26, 1845. Educated Union College and Albany Law School. Banker
and Capitalist. Director Third National Bank.
WILLIAM H. PECK
160
Born Mt. Pleasant, Wayne Co., Pa., May 28, 1852. Married Mary A. Kyte, March 11, 1873. Cashier and Dir. Third National Bank. President Penn'a Bankers' Association 1905. Scranton Bedding Company. Trustee Syra- cuse University, Elm Park M. E. Church and Treas. Board of Trustees.
CYRUS D. JONES
161
Born Stamford, Conn., 1852. Educated Busi- ness College. Married Mary S, Horn, March 23, 1876. Capitalist. Vice President Grand Union Tea Co. Pres. People's Bank. Dir. Traders National Bank. V. Pres. U. S. Lumber Co. Trustee Y. M. C. A., Wes- leyan University. Mem. and Trustee Elm Park M. E. Church.
FENWICK L. PECK
162
Born Peckville, Pa., Sept 18. 1854. Edu- cated Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa. Married Mina V. Pethick. President United States Lumber Company. Vice President Scranton Savings Bank.
CHARLES S. WOOLWORTH
163
Born Rodman, Jefferson Co., N. Y., August 1, 1856. Educated Great Bend, N. Y. Mar- ried Anna E. Ryals, June 2, 1886. Retail Housefurnishing Goods, Novelties and 5 and 10 cent Goods. Branch Houses, Auburn, Elmira, Binghamton, ' Gloversville, Glens Falls, N. Y., Portland, Bangor and Au- gusta, Me. Dir. Traders Nat. Bank; Peo- ples Bank; U. S. Lumber Co. V .- P. Groat Knitting Co.
THOMAS SPRAGUE
164
Born Woonsocket, R. I., May 15, 1845. Edu- cated High School. Married Frances E Duncan 1873. Vice President Peoples Bank. Firm of Sprague and Henwood, General Contractors.
*EDWARD JONES
165
Born Splot Farm, Glamorganshire, South Wales, April 3, 1814 -* July 24, 1892. Educated Cowbridge, Wales. Married Mary E. Jones, August 4, 1846. Banker and Coal Operator. Jones, Simpson & Co., Coal Operators. Pierce Coal Co., Limited. President Mer- chants & Mechanics Bank.
*THOMAS MOORE
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Born Carlisle, England, Dec. 21, 1824 .- *March 14, 1889. Educated in England. Mar- ried Mary Rogers, April 30, 1853. Merchant. Vice President Merchants and Mechanics Bank for several years. President Board of Trustees Keystone Academy.
*WILLIAM MARSHALL SILKMAN
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Born Westchester Co., N. Y., (Katonah), Oct. 31, 1834 -* Dec. 24, 1901. Educated Wyoming Seminary. Married Frances Eltinge, Dec. 24, 1856. Vice President Scranton Savings Bank and Trust Co. Hardware.
JOSEPH H. GUNSTER.
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Born Lockweiler, Germany, Aug. 21, 1831. Educated Lockweiler, Germany. Married Lucine Luts, Feb. 21, 1857. Retired. School Director Middle Ward of the Boro. of Scran- ton. Pres. of First Common Council of Scranton. Furniture Business from 1855- 1866. Banking Business 1871 as Sec. of M. & M. Bank; 1873 as Cashier of Scranton City Bank. 1883 Den. Treas. of Lack'a Co. 1889 Assignee of the Scranton City Bank. Mem. Schiller Lodge F. & A. M. Lack'a Chapter Coeur de Lion Com., Alliance Lodge, I. O. O. F., Scranton Liederkranz, Scranton Board of Trade.
ISAAC POST 169
Cashier First National Bank of Scranton, Pa.
HENRY GOODRICH DUNHAM
170
Born Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 25, 1862. Educated Williams College. Married Mary Louise Shindel, Oct. 16, 1895. Banking, Cashier Dime Deposit and Discount Bank of Scranton, Pa.
REESE A. PHILLIPS
171
Born Scranton, Pa., Dec. 11, 1863. Educated Plymouth, Pa., Public Schools. Married Mary Roon. May 30, 1891. Mining Engineer. President Keystone Bank. Supt. Coal Min- ing Department D., L. & W. R. R. Co.
WILLIAM CAWLEY
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Born Dunmore, Pa., May 27, 1878. Educated Dunmore, Pa. Cashier of the North Scran- ton Bank.
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CHARLES W. GUNSTER
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Born Scranton, Pa., Oct. 11, 1859. Educated Public and Private Schools. Cashier Mer- chants ' and Mechanics Bank. Chairman Group 111 Penn'a Bankers Asso. Sec. Scran- ton Clearing House Asso. Mem. Peter Wil- liaison Lodge, Lack'a Chapter, Coeur de Lion Com., Irem Temple, Scranton Club, Country Club, City Club, Scranton Lieder- kranz.
DOLPH B. ATHERTON
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Born South Montrose, Pa., July 22, 1858. Edu- cated Public Schools .. Married Malinda Griffin, Oct. 18, 1881. Sec. and Treas. Scran- ton Trust Co. Sec. The Title Guaranty & Surety Co. Dir. Y. M. C. A., Dunmore Cemetery Ass'n, Washington Light & Water Co. Pres. Board of Trade. Manager Bond Department Title Guaranty & Surety Co.
ALBERT B. EYNON
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Born Carbondale, Pa., Sept. 4, 1847. Edu- cated Wyoming Seminary. Married Annie B. Hughes, March 6, 1874. Cashier West Side Bank.
JAMES BLAIR, JR. 176
Born Scranton, Pa., August 25, 1872. Edu- cated Princeton University. Assistant Cash- ier of the Scranton Savings Bank. Has been connected with the above institution since graduation from college, almost eleven years.
GRANT L. BELL
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Born Susq. County, July 12, 1879. Educated Wyoming Seminary. Married Evelyn E.
Wheeler, June 20, 1900. Treas. The Title Guaranty & Trust Co.
COL. FREDERICK W. STILLWELL
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Born Scranton, Pa., June 14, 1865. Edu-
cated Public Schools. Teller First Na- tional Bank. Col. 13th Reg't Infantry, N. G. P.
FLORENCE J. HELRIEGEL
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Born Ransom, Pa., April 15, 1879. Educated Dickinson Law School. Cashier South Side Bank. Attorney-at-Law.
JOHN F. WALTER
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Born Falls, Wyoming Co., Pa., July 4, 1878. Educated Keystone Academy. Married B. Grace Barbour, May 21, 1903. Cashier Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank, Dun- more, Pa.
RICHARD O'BRIEN
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Born Waterford Co., Ireland, Dec. 30, 1842. Educated Philadelphia, Pa. Married Sarah Harrison Marks, Jan. 14, 1868. Electrician Supt. W. U. Telegraph Co. Dir. Peoples Bank. Pioneer of the Bell Telephone in Northeastern Penn'a. Chief U. S. Military Telegraph Corps Department, Virginia and North Carolina, 1861-1865.
G. FRANK REYNOLDS
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Born Fell Township, Lack'a Co., Pa., 1348. Educated Public Schools and C. L. S. C. Married Catharine E. Wynkoop, 1895. Real Estate and Fire Ins. Dir. of Peoples Bank. Sec. and Treas, Keystone Land Co. Trustee of West Park.
JAMES STRIKER MOTT
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Born New York City, June 20, 1835. Educated New York City. Married Emma A. Allen,. Nov. 30, 1858. Retired Merchant. Formerly Manager Lackawanna Store Association.
*JAMES STOTT
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Born Worsly. England, Nov. 30, 1817 -* Jan. 23, 1904. Educated Phila. and Germantown. Married Mary J. Fordham (Widow of Charles Baker), 1871. Cashier and Vice Pres- ident First Nat. Bank. 1856 became Cashier
of Carbondale's first Banking House of Gillespie, Pierce & Co. 1864 he became Cashier of the First National Bank. Retired in 1897 from Cashier and was then elected Vice President.
LUTHER KELLER
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Born Stroud Township. near Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Oct. 27, 1850. Educated Public Schools. Married Laura Frey, Jan. 21, 1886. Manufacturer and Merchant. Builders' Supplies. Dir. Third National Bank. Groat Knitting Mill, Scranton Tribune Pub. Co., Pres. Nay Aug Lumber Co. Interested in several other Manufacturing Enterprises. Ex-President Board of Trade and Vice
President for five years. Member City Council and Pres. for two terms. Pres .. Board of Trustees Keystone Academy. Mem. Penn Ave. Baptist Church and Supt. Sun- day School nearly a quarter of a century.
ANDREW B. WARMAN
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Born Stewartsville, N. J., May 12, 1863. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Mary Ida Stillwell, Sept. 23, 1884. Launderer, Pres., Treas. and Mgr. A. B. Warman Lackawanna Laundry Co. Dir. Peoples Bank and other corporations.
CHRISTOPHER G. BOLAND
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Born Dec. 26, 1854. Educated Scranton Schools. Married Mary E. O'Malley, Nov. 23. 1881. Insurance. Real
Estate. Bonds. President Lackawanna National Bank, Buff- alo, N. Y. President Marian Coal Co.
WILLIAM P. BOLAND
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Born Ireland, 6. 1863. Educated
Jan.
Scranton Schools. Married Lucy P. Os- mond Jan. 8, 1902. C. G. Boland & Co. Insurance, Real Estate. Coal. General Manager of the Manan Coal Co., and The Johns Coal Company.
ERASTUS SCRANTON DOUD
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Born Madison, Conn., July 29, 1849. Edu- cated Madison, Conn .; Scranton, Pa .; Tren- ton, N. J. Married Ella Augusta Chase April 23, 1873. Banking 1867-1891. Railroad
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clerical, 1891-1905. Auditor and Accountant 1905. Became resident of Scranton Oct., 1855, began business career in First National Bank. August 26,-1867 accepted Cashiership of Bank in Hazleton, resided there until June 1, 1891. School Dir. nine years Hazle- ton. Sec. of Ry. Co.'s June 1, 1891, Feb. 1, 1905, Hazleton. Pres. Keystone Improve- ment Co, which constructed and equipped the Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Ry. Co. June 1902-1905.
*CHARLES HAMILTON DOUD
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Born Madison, Conn., Oct. 7, 1817. Educated
Madison, Conn. Married Mary Roxanna Scranton, Oct. 8, 1841. Hardware, Stoves
and Tinware. Merchant
Madison, Conn., 1840. Augusta, Ga., 1845, Madison, Conn., 1847, Scranton, Pa., 1852. Was Poor Dir.
Scranton
District
several
terms.
Elder
First Presbyterian Church forty years.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS FULLER
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Born Montrose, Pa., May 9, 1835. Educated Common Schools. Married Elizabeth W.
Scranton Oct. 5, 1859. Merchant. Member of Board of Education of Scranton four- teen years and its Pres. three times.
GEORGE L. WEAVER
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Born Dundaff, Susquehanna County, Pa.,
Nov. 8, 1845. Educated Common Schools. Married Mary F. Shook Jan. 30, 1873. In- vestment Securities.
GRANT PELTON
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Born Monticello, Sullivan Co., N. Y., Sept. 7, 1865. Educated Common Schools and Monticello Academy. Married Jean Russell, April, 1895. Member firm of J. B. Russell Co., Bankers.
ROY C. MEGARGEL
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Born Scranton, Pa., March 14, 1877. Edu- cated Wesleyan University and University of Michigan. Megargel & Brooks, Bankers.
WILLIAM HENDERSON LOGAN
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Born Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, March 6, 1865. Educated Public Schools, Zanesville, Ohio. Married Mary Harriet Hannay, Jan. 31, 1901. District Manager Northeastern Pennsylvania, R. G. Dun & Co. The Mercantile Agency. Member Common Council, Ninth ward, City of Scranton. Board of Trade, Scranton Club, Green Ridge Club, Lodge No. 323, F. & A. M. Vice President Ohio Society of North- eastern Penn'a.
HENRY H. SMITH
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Born Northampton, Pa., May 31, 1879. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Minnie M. Young, June. 1902. District Supt. Bradstreet Company. Mem. Board of Trade. Sons of Veterans. Masonic Fraternity, and others.
LORENZO G. LaBAR
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Born Wyoming County, Pa., Sept. 30, 1856. Educated Wesleyan Univ. Married Helen M. Silkman, April 6, 1882. LaBar & Fuller, Stock Brokers.
ISAAC S. FULLER
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Born Montrose, Pa., March 10, 1832. Edu- cated Montrose, Pa. Married Hettie Carling Nov. 19, 1856. LaBar & Fuller, Stock Brokers.
M. S. JORDAN
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Born Pittston, Pa., June 10, 1868. Educated Pittston, Pa. Stock Broker.
HENRY L. PEABODY
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Born Lawrence, Mass., May 28, 1867. Mar- ried Elizabeth G. Smith, May 15, 1889. Bonds and Stocks.
AUGUSTUS F. GEBHARDT
201
Born Milwaukee, Feb. 21, 1855. Educated Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Married Hannah C. Patten, Oct. 2, 1894. Supt. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Treas. German Cut Glass Co. Interested in Consolidated Water Sup- ply Co., Jermyn Electric Light, Heat and Power Co., Chicago Subway, O'Gara Coal Co., North Scranton Bank. Jermyn, Pa.
ROBERT E. HURLEY
202
Born Herrick Centre, July 23, 1845. Edu- cated Common Schools. Married Minnie Culver Dec. 27, 1882. Civil Engineer. In- ventor of the Hurley Track Laying Ma- chine
EDWARD F. BLEWITT
203 Born New Orleans, La., Jan. 2, 1859. Edu- cated Public Schools. Lafavette College 1879. Civil and Mining Engineer. Pres. Edward F. Blewitt Gold Mining Co. City
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