Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906, Part 5

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


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Engineer 1883-1893. School Controller Four- teenth ward 1883-1884. Construction Engi- neer of Guadalajara, Mexico, Sewer System (137 miles) and Water System (90 miles), costing $3,000,000.


PATRICK PIUS BLEWITT


204


Born Ballina, Ireland, 1834. Educated Pub- lic Schools. Married Catharine Scanlon 1857. Civil and Mining Engineer. State Mine Inspector twenty-three years. Now Retired.


*WILLIAM D. ZEHNDER


205


Born Montour Co., Pa., July 5, 1859 -* April 17, 1906. Educated Danville, Pa. Married Louise M. Huppert 1880. Iron Manufacturer. President Scranton Bolt & Nut Co. Dir. Third National Bank.


LEONARD M. HORTON


206


Born Terrytown, Bradford Co., Pa., June 29, 1854. Educated New Columbus Academy. Married Elizabeth Keller, May 22, 1879. Sec- retary and Treas. Scranton Bolt and Nut Co. Director and Treas. Y. M. C. A. Deacon Penn Ave. Baptist Church.


EDWARD MARSHALL ZEHNDER


207


Born Mainville, Columbia County, Pa., May 24, 1866. General Supt. Scranton Bolt and Nut Company.


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FRANK B. RUTTER


208


Born Lykens, Pa., Jan. 17, 1873. Educated Lebanon Public Schools. General Sales Agent Scranton Bolt and Nut Company.


CHARLES HARVEY POND


209


Born Southington, Conn., Dec. 15, 1847. Edu- cated Public Schools and "The World's Broad Field of Battle." Married Hattie I. Finch, Dec. 15, 1874. Manufacturer. Pres- ident Scranton Forging Co. Dir. North Scranton Bank. Member Board of Trade and Manufacturers' Committee, Treas. Green Ridge Presby. Church. Member Green Ridge Club. Pres. and Dir. of various other corporations.


JAMES ALBERT LANSING


210


Born Montague, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1851. Edu- cated Jefferson Co., N. Y., Schools. Married Mary Frances Waters. Pres. Scranton Stove Works. Mem. Sinking Fund Commis- sion; Holland Society, N. Y .; Sons of Revo- lution. Pa. Ex-Pres. Scranton Board of Trade. Select Councilman. Officer and Dir in several Manfg. and Mercantile In- stitutions.


ALEXANDER WALKER DICKSON


211


Born Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 7, 1843. Edu- cated Honesdale Academy and Penn'a State College. Married Eugenies Covert. Mer- chant Miller. Ex-Pres. and Ex-Treas. Board of Trade. Ex-Pres. and Trustee Y .. M. C. A. Clerk of Session First Presby. Church. Supt. Sunday School First Presby. Church. Treas. Pine Hill Coal Co. Pres. Dickson Mill & Grain Co. Treas. Presby. Executive Com. for work among Foreign Speaking People.


*SAMUEL G. BARKER


212


Born Kingston, Pa., May 22, 1821 -* Nov. 2, 1891. Educated Common Schools. Married Susan E. Kidder 1857. Manufacturer of Scales, Etc.


WILLIAM McCLAVE


213


Born Wigtonshire, Scotland, Feb. 7. 1844. Educated Public Schools Scranton. Married Mary Rowlands, April 11, 1864. Pres. Mc- Clave-Brooks Co., Mfrs. Boiler Appliances, Etc. Member of Peter Williams Lodge No. 323, F. & A. M. Member and Trustee Penn Ave. Baptist Church. Member of Ezra S. Griffin Post No. 139, G. A. R. Sargent Co. K, 52nd Reg't, Penn'a Vol.


ALFRED HARVEY


214


Born Ashford, Conn., Oct. 20, 1848. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Mary Etta Babcock, 1873. One of the Pioneer Silk Manufacturers. Director Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Company. Director in various corporations.


WILLIAM R. McCLAVE


215


Bern Carbondale, Pa., Dec. 25, 1865. Edu- cated Scranton. Married Margaret E. Brooks, Jan. 25, 1887. Sec. and Treas. Mc- Clave-Brooks Co., Manufacturers of Boiler


Appliances, Etc. Member of Official Board of Elm Park Church.


FRANK S. BARKER


216


Born Carbondale, Pa., March 16, 1863. Edu- cated Public Schools of Scranton. Married Ella V. Battin Dec. 9, 1885. Manufacturer Scales, Mining Machinery and Castings. City Treasurer 1905.


CHARLES B. SCOTT


217


Born Waterbury, Conn., June 18, 1845 .. Edu- cated Scranton, Pa. Married Clara Jane Stewart, Nov. 30, 1870. Merchant.


EUGENE FOWLER MARSH


218


Born McLean, Tompkins Co., New York, April 25, 1856. Educated Cortland, N. Y., Norinal School. Married Hattie F. Potter, June 11, 1885. Mine, Mill and Railroad Sup- nlies.


WILLIAM SMITH BOYD


219


Born Wrightsville, York Co., Pa., June 7, 1854. Educated Bloomsburg Normal School. Married Lillian Zurflieh, April 15, 1896. Mer- chant. Nine years with O. S. Johnson as Manager of store. Three years with the Scranton Steel Co. Twenty-two years with Scranton Supply and Machinery Co., and nine years of this time in the capacity of General Manager. Vice Pres. St. Clair Coal Co. Member of Peter Williamson Lodge No. 323 Masons, Lackawanna Chapter, Coeur de Lion Com. No. 17. Board of Trade, Green Ridge Club.


*WILLIAM STEEL BOYD


220


Born Danville, Montour Co., Pa., June 13, 1825 -* Sept. 18, 1905. Educated College in Havre de Grace, Mo. Married Henrietta Fleniing Smith, Sept. 26, 1850. Supt. of Coal Works for forty-one years, twenty-seven years associated with O. S. Johnson at his Green Ridge Colliery. Retired from active business about five years previous to his death.


EDWARD G. CONNER


221


Born Maryland, 1856. Married Harriet Marsh, 1879. Superintendent of the Lackawanna Mills.


GEORGE MITCHELL


222


Born New York City, May 3, 1856. Edu- cated New York City. Married Josephine H. Mott, Jan. 26, 1881; May 11, 1903. Pres. Pittston Stove Co., Pittston, Pa.


MAURICE T. MILLER


223


Born Jermyn, Pa., February 17, 1874. Edu- cated Seranton, Pa. Married Mary Harris Oct. 15, 1902. Casket Manufacturer.


WILLIAM H. COLLINS


224


Born Scranton, Pa. Educated Scranton High School. £ Married Sarah M. Gorman, Oct. 27, 1901. Manager Western Union Tele- graph Office.


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JOSEPH KNEELAND HARVEY, JR.


225


Born Scranton, Pa., July 28, 1873. Married Jessie M. Wetherby, June 24, 1902. Silk Man- ufacturers. Gen. Mgr. and Treas. Alfred Harvey Silk Co., Mills, Scranton, Forest City, Olyphant and Mayfield, Pa. Treas. Paul Clemons Silk Manufacturing Co.


*JOSEPH KNEELAND HARVEY, SR.


226


Born Gilead, Conn., Jan. 27, 1839 -* Feb. 23, 1891. Married Emily H. Phillips, Oct. 7, 1863. Pioneer Silk Manufacturer. Agent of Scranton Silk Co. for the first year or two of their location in Scranton, later Sauquoit Silk Manufacturing Co.


PAUL CLEMENS


227


Born Germany, Nov. 11, 1870. Educated Philadelphia, Pa. Married Pauline Stuber. May 20, 1892. Silk Manufacturer. Paul


Clemons Silk Manufacturing Co.


CHARLES CONDE GROAT


228


Born Amsterdam, N. Y., 1877. Educated Albany. Underwear Manufacturer.


THOMAS LEWIS


229


Born Scranton, Pa., August 10, 1856. Edu-


cated Scranton. Married Nettie Burte,


March 22, 1880. Silk Manufacturer. Vice President Providence Silk Co.


WILLIAM H. DAVIS


230


Born Paterson, N. J. General Manager of the Sauquoit Silk Manufacturing Company, Scranton, Pa.


DAVID J. DAVIS


231


Born Plymouth, Pa., July 8, 1873. Educated Scranton, Pa. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer McClave-Brooks Co. Scranton, Pa.


JOHN W. PINNELL


232


Born Booma, Delaware County, N. Y., July 11, 1852. Educated Duninore, Pa. Married Junia F. Dilley, Sept. 21, 1876. J. W. Pinnell Iron Foundry.


JOHN R. WILLIAMS


233


Born Bryn Mawr, Breckenshire, N. Wales, Dec. 19, 1861. Educated Scranton, Pa. Mar- ried Rosalie Beemer. Sept. 24, 1891. Manager and Supt. of Williams Drop Forging Plant. Manufacturer of "Williams' Cantslip, Calks" and Horse Shoes. Pres. of Williams' Calk Company.


WILLIAM J. LEWIS


234


Born North End, Scranton, Pa., Aug. 27, 1869. Educated Scranton. Married Margaret A. Williams, April 24, 1901. Sec. and Treas. The Williams Drop Forging Co. Manufac- turer of "Williams Cantslip Calks" and Horse Shoes.


JOHN J. REYNOLDS


235


Superintendent of the Railway Steel Spring Company. Scranton, Pa.


JAMES E. HECKEL


236


Born Elverson, Pa., July 8, 1865. Educated West Chester State Normal School. Mar- ried Edith W. Richards, July 30, 1890. Brass Manufacturer. The Everhart Brass Works.


GRIFFITH T. DAVIS


237


Born Wales, March 13, 1861. Educated Scranton, Pa. Married Mary A. Rogers, Aug. 31, 1882. Collector of Internal Revenue. Vice President and General Manager- Con- sumers' Ice Company.


CHARLES PERRY WENTZ


238


Born Jeddo, Pa., Dec. 3, 1875. Educated Princeton. University of Pennsylvania. Mar- ried Ethel Scott Grahanı, May 21, 1900. Cigar Jobber. C. P. Wentz Company.


BERNARD B. MEGARGEE


239


Born Philadelphia, Sept. 20, 1861. Educated Villa Nova College. Married Maxy X. Mc- Keone, Feb. 27, 1889. Megargee Bros. Whole- sale Paper.


FRANCIS 0. MEGARGEE


240


Born Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1862. Edu- cated Roths Military Academy. Married Katharine Haggerty, June 29, 1899. Megargee Bros. Wholesale Paper.


EDWARD M. STACK


241


Born Federalsburg, Md., Feb. 26, 1862. Edu- cated Federalsburg Academy and Trenton, N. J. Treas. and Gen. Mgr. Consolidated Electric Light Companies of Scranton. Dir. and Treas. of the following enterprises: Suburban Electric Light Co. Scranton Il- luminating Heat & Power Co. Scranton Electric Light & Power Co. Dunmore Light, Heat & Power Co. Columbus Coll. Co.


COL. GEORGE M. HALLSTEAD


242


Born Scranton, Pa., May 1, 1859. Educated Chester Military College. Married Stella May Coleman, Jan. 11, 1888. Vice President Electric Light Co. Mem. Masons, Lodge of Elks, Republican Club. Scranton. Club; Country Club, Bicycle Club. Liederkranz.


WILLIAM ALLEN AVERY


243


Born New York City, Dec. 4, 1867. Edu- cated New York City. Married Annie Davis, June 11, 1896. Treasurer Scranton Whet- stone and Abrasive Wheel Co. Interstate Conduit and Brick Company.


FREDERICK H. EMERY


244


Born Scranton, Pa., March 14, 1865. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Ida Blanche Hughes, May 8, 1889. Patentee and Manager Emery Slate Picker Co. Dir.


Scranton Anthracite Coal Co. South Western Anthra- cite Coal Co.


ALFRED HAND


245


Born Honesdale, Pa., March 26, 1835. Edu- cated Yale College, Class of 1857. « Mar-


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ried Anna Jessup, Sept. 11, 1860; Helen Eliza- beth Sanderson, Nov. 26, 1873. Attorney-at-Law. Judge of Common Pleas Court of Lack'a Co. 1879-1888. Justice of Supreme Court of Penn'a 1888-1889. . Pres. Scranton Public Library (Albright Memorial). Pres. Penn'a Oral


School for the Deaf. First Pres. Third National Bank 1872-1879. Pres. Thouron Coal Land Co. Vice Pres. Western Sugar and Land Co. Dir. Nat. Elevator and Machine Company.


ROBERT WODROW ARCHBALD


246


Born Carbondale, Pa., Sept. 10, 1848 .. Edu- cated Flushing Institute, Flushing, L. I., and Yale College. Married Elizabeth B. Cannon, Jan. 21, 1875. United States District Judge Middle District of Pennsylvania.


*JOSEPH BREWSTER MCCOLLUM


247


Born Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna, Co., Sept. 28, 1832-Oct 3, 1903. Educated Franklin Academy, Harford, Pa., Law School Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Married Jennie Searle, Dec. 9, 1863. Lawyer Judge of C. P. Court. Chief Justice Supreme Court Penn'a. Prominent Mason. Mem. Scotch Irish So- ciety of Philadelphia. Montrose.


WILLIAM JESSUP, L. L. D. 248


*SAMUEL ERSKINE DIMMICK


249


Born Bloomingburg, N. Y., 1823 -* 1875. Edu- cated at Home. Married Lucretia Benja- min, 1853. Attorney-at-Law in Honesdale, Pa. Was Attorney General of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania under General Hastings and died while holding that office.


*FREDERICK WILLIAM GUNSTER


250


Born Lockweiler, Prussia, Sept. 15, 1845- *Jan. 30, 1900. Educated Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. Married Margaret Catharine Brehl, Oct. 16, 1873. Lawyer. Judge. Flected Judge C. P. Court in the 45th Judicial District of Pa. 1888 and served until his death. having nine years yet to serve of the term for which he had been elected. Atty. School Board 1873-1888. Mem. House of Representatives 1875-1876. Dis. Atty. 1878-1881. Dir. Pa. Oral School for Deaf Mutes; Albright Free Library; Lack'a Hospital.


CHARLES HOPKINS WELLES


251


Born Dundaff, Susq. Co., Pa., April 16, 1845. Educated Public Schools, Scranton. Mar- ried Hannah B. Sherrerd, Oct. 20, 1869. Welles & Torrey, Attorneys. Counsel for and Dir. First National Bank. The Lack'a Trust & Safe Deposit Co. The South Side Bank. The Armstrong Water Co. Blue Creek Coal and Land Co. The Kanawha and West Virginia R. R. Co. The Stowers Pork Packing and Provision Co. The Scranton Lace Curtain Co. The Scranton Bolt and Nut Co. The Wyoming Shovel Works. Dir. The United States Lumber Co. The Mississippi Central R. R. The Scran- ton Drop Forge Co. President National Water Works and Guarantee Co.


JAMES HUMPHREY TORREY


252


Born Delhi, N. Y., June 16, 1851. Educated Amherst College, Mass. Married Ella C. Jay, Dec. 10, 1872. Welles & Torrey, Lawyers. Formerly City Solicitor of Scranton. For- mer Fresident of Lack'a Law and Library Association. Dir. Albright Memorial Li- brary.


EDWARD N. WILLARD


253


Born Madison, New Haven Co., Conn., April 2, 1835. Married Ellen C. Hower, June, 1860. Willard, Warren & Knapp, Lawyers. Judge Superior Court of Pa. July 1, 1895, resigned Sept., 1837. President County Savings Bank twenty-two years. Captain in Civil War 1864-1865.


EVERETT WARREN


254


Born Scranton, Pa., Aug. 27, 1859. Educated Yale College. Married Ellan Hower Willard, May 31, 1883. Firm of Willard, Warren & Knapp, Lawyers. Member of Standing Committee Diocese of Central Penn'a Pro- testant Episcopal Church. Mem. of Vestry St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Mem. Scran- ton Board of Trade. Dir. County Savings Bank. Dir. and Mem. Executive Com. Titie Guaranty and Surety Co. Mem. Univ. Club, New York City. Mem. Republican County Com. Ex-Pres. Republican League of Penn'a. Ex-Pres. Lack'a Co. Law and Li- brary Asso. Executor Estate of Dr. Ben- jamin H. Throop. Executor Estate Col. Ira Tripp. Dir. West End Colliery Co. Bangor & Portland R. R. Co. Scranton Trust Co.


HENRY A. KNAPP


255


Born Barker, Broome County, N. Y., July 24, 1851. Educated Binghamton, N. Y. Mar- ried Lillie Logan, March 27, 1883. Attorney- at-Law. Member of firm of Willard, Warren & Knapp. Appointed Law Judge of Lack'a Co. Court by Governor Beaver 1887. County Solicitor 1888-1896. Solicitor of Scranton School District 1889-1897. Dir. Title Guaranty and Surety Co. Consumptive Hospital As- sociation.


*HARRIS FRANKLIN WARREN


256


Born Bethany, Conil .. March 10, 1824 -* 1905. Educated Common Schools at home. Mar- ried Marion Margery Griffin, Feb. 3, 1850. Bookkeeper and Accountant.


HENRY M. EDWARDS


257


Born Wales, Great Britain, Feb. 12, 1844. Educated Normal College, S. Wales, and London University. Married Jennie Rich- ards, Nov. 3, 1870. President Judge 45th Judicial District Penn'a. District Attorney Lack'a Co. 1885-1901. Additional Law Judge 1893-1900. President Judge 1900. Term ex- pires 1913.


JOHN P. KELLY


258


Born Olyphant. Lack'a Co., Pa., Jan. 30, 1862. Educated Public Schools. Married Tersa E. Brainard, May 17, 1892. Law Judge, Assistant District Attorney 1881-1885. Mem. Legislature 1889-1890. District Attorney 1892-'93-


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'94. Appointed Additional Law Judge April 14, 1890. Elected Additional Law Judge 1890. Dir. County Savings Bank and Trust Co. about two years; resigned upon Election as Judge.


EDWARD C. NEWCOMB


259


Associate Judge Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County.


MICHAEL F. SANDO 260


Born Scranton, Pa., May 8, 1862. Educated High School. Married Anna L. Blair, Aug. 28, 1885. President Judge of the Orphans' Court, Lack'a Co. Deputy Collector Internal Revenue 1885-1888. Mem. Pennsylvania Legis- lature 1888-1889-1890-1891. Elected President Judge of the Orphans' Court of the 45th Judicial District Nov. 5, 1902, for a term of ten years.


*EBENEZER KINGSBURY


261


Born Jerico, Verniont, 1804 -* April 15, 1844. Educated Harford, Pa. Studied Law with Hon. William Jessup, of Montrose, Pa. Mar- ried Elizabeth Harlow Fuller, Nov. 4, 1829. Attorney-at-Law. Member of the State Senate four years and Speaker of Senate.


*ARETUS HEERMANS WINTON


262


Born Scranton, Pa., Nov. 17, 1838 -* Feb. 2, 1896. Educated Wyoming Seminary; Phil- lips Andover; Williston


Seminary, East Hampton. Married Alice Mulhenburg Col- lings. May 9, 1865. Lawyer. Admitted to Luzerne County Bar Aug. 22, 1860. Helped to form Lackawanna County out of Luzerne through his talents and money.


*WALSINGHAM G. WARD


263


Born Dover, Duchess County, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1819 -* Dec. 9, 1899. Educated Mannington Academy, Susquehanna Co., Pa. Married Louisa Hulbert, 1874. Attorney-at-Law. Judge of the Mayor's Court 1870-1875.


*WILLIAM MERRIFIELD


264


Born Pine Plains, Duchess County, N. Y., April 22, 1806 -* June 4, 1877. Educated Public Schools. Married Almira Swetland, 1831. Pioneer Merchant. Elected Associate Judge Luzerne Co. 1856 for five years. First Pres- ident Hyde Park Bank. Member House of Representatives 1843-1844-1845. First Post- master Hyde Park 1832.


*LOUIS S. WATRES


265


Born Pheonixville, Pa., 1808 -* Aug. 1, 1882. Educated Pheonxiville, Pa. Married Stella Hollister. When 27 years of age he came to Lackawanna Valley and located at Winton, where he purchased 400 acres of land and began developing his timber interests. In 1337 he erected the first church in the valley at Pecktown. To him also belongs the credit of opening up one of the first coal mines in the valley below Carbondale. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he recruited a Company which was mustered in at Har- risburg and assigned to the 52nd Penn'a Infantry. He served as Justice of the Peace


in Blakely Township, and the following year, in 1865, removed to Scranton and was elected Alderman of the Ninth ward, which office he filled up to the time of his death.


COL. LOUIS ARTHUR WATRES


266


Born Mt. Vernon, Lackawanna County, Pa., April 21, 1851. Educated Common Schools. Married Effie J. Hawley, May 20, 1874. Law- yer. President of several corporations. Offi- cer and Director of Scranton Savings Bank and Trust Company for 21 years. Was Pres- ident Scranton Passenger Railway Company and constructed the road. Member of State Senate 1882-1890. Lieut. Governor of Penn'a 1890-1894 Officer and Director Spring Brook Water Co., Taylorville Water Co., Bloss- burg Water Co., Mansfield Water Co., Econ- omy Light, Heat and Power Co. Pres. Brooksiac Coal Co. Part Owner in Olyphant Water Co. and Panther Creek Water Co.


*HAROLD ARTHUR WATRES


267


Born Scranton, Pa., March 23,. 1879 -* 1905. Educated Princeton, University of Pennsyl- vania, Columbia University. Married Dor- othy Jackson. Lawyer. Director Spring Brook Water Supply Company.


*LEMUEL AMERMAN


268


Born Danville, Pa., Oct. 29, 1847 -* Oct. 7, 1897. Educated Bucknell University. Mar- ried Mary C. Van Nort. Lawyer. County Solicitor 1878-1881. Representative 1881-1883. City Controller 1887-1889. Member of the 52nd Congress, 1891 to 1892,


JAMES K. GEARHART


269


Born Scranton, Pa., May 20, 1876. Educated School of Lackawanna, Lafayette College. Married Grace E. Spencer, Oct. 26, 1904. At- torney-at-Law. Treas. Gien Coal Company.


WILLIAM JESSUP HAND


270


Born Scranton, Pa., July 26, 1866. Educated Yale University Class of 1887. Married Caro- line Bailey Smith, Jan. 12, 1893., Attorney- at-Law. President Nay Aug Coal Co., Amer- ican Chair Manufacturing Co. Dir. of Thouron Coal Land Co., Western Sugar and Land Co .. Former Pres., and now Dir. of Y. M. C. A.


EDWIN W. GEARHART


271


Born Scranton, Pa., July 17, 1871. Educated Lafayette College. Married Cathryn G. Wheeler, Oct. 26, 1898. Lawyer. Director Illinois Tunnel Company. Automatic Elec- iric. Company. Northeastern Telephone Company. Member Lackawanna County Bar.


WESLEY H. GEARHART


272


Born Northumberland Co., Pa., Dec. 8, 1839. Educated Dickinson Seminary, Pa. Married Mary E. Kipp, May 3, 1866. Attorney-at- Law. Coal Operator. President of The En- terprise Coal Co. Sec. Clear Spring Coal Co.


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COL. FREDERICK L. HITCHCOCK


273


Born Waterbury, Conn., April 18, 1837. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Caroline N. Kingsbury, Jan. 24, 1865. Lawyer. Vice Pres. and Acting Pres. Scranton Building & Sav- ings Union. Second Vice Pres. Scranton Board of Trade. Colonel 25th Reg't, U. S. C. T., War 1861. Major 132nd P. V., same War. Lieut. Col. 13th Reg't, N. G. P., 1877-1888. City Treasurer 1906.


EDWARD B. STURGES 274


Born Fairfield, Conn., Feb. 15, 1845. Edu- cated mostly in New York City. Married Marion Sanderson, Sept. 2, 1873. Attorney- at-Law. Coal Operator. President Tax- payers' Association, Suburban Electric Light Co., Suburban Electric Railway Co., which was the first railway in the United States built for Electric Power. Trustee Y. M. C. A. Founder of Municipal League of Scran- ton. President Pine Hill Coal Co.


*GEORGE SANDERSON


275


Born Boston, Mass., 1810 -* April 1, 1886. Edu- cated Boston Latin School. Married Marion Wallace Kingsbury. Banker. Lawyer.


President Lackawanna Valley Bank (Now Lackawanna Trust & Safe Deposit Co.). Represented Bradford County in State Sen- ate. District Attorney for Bradford County.


COL. GEORGE SANDERSON


276


Born Towanda, Aug. 22, 1847. Educated Har- vard University. Married Lucy Reed San- derson, Nov. 28, 1871. Lawyer, Vice Presi- dent Lackawanna Trust & Safe Deposit Co. Pres. Select Council. City of Scran- ton Volunteer and General Inspector of Rifle Practice Penn'a. Member of Univer- sity Club of Philadelphia, Scranton Club and Country Club.


WILLOUGHBY W. WATSON


277


Born New Milford, Pa., Oct. 6, 1842. Edu- cated State Nor. School. Married Annie M. Kemmerer, Nov. 26, 1868. Attorney-at-Law. Director Traders National Bank. Treas- urer Moosic Mountain Coal Co .; Lack'a Land Co .; Mt. Jessup Coal Co., Limited.


*CHARLES DU PONT BRECK


278


Born Wilmington, Delaware, May 18, 1840- *1906. Educated Union College. Attorney- at-Law. President Dime Deposit and Dis- count Bank, of Scranton; Black Diamond Silk Company. Dir. Paragon Plaster and Supply Co .; Eureka Cash Register Co.


CHARLES EBENEZER BRADBURY


279


Born Mount Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y., July 16, 1849. Educated New York State Public Schools. Married Kate Reily, Feb. 6, 1873. Attorney-at-Law. Expert Accountant. Coal Operator. Nay Aug Coal Co. Lack'a Law and Library Association. Jellico & Scott County Coal Co. (Tennessee). Special Auditor for a number of corporations in Scranton and elsewhere.


IRA H. BURNS 280


Lawyer.


FRED CHURCHILL LEONARD


281


Born Elmer, Potter Co., Penn'a, Feb. 16, 1856. Educated Mansfield State Normal School; Williston Seminary; Yale College. Married Estella G. Cook, July 10, 1884. Law- yer. U. S. Marshal of Middle District of Penn'a. Member 54th Congress from the 16th District of Penn'a. U. S. Marshal of the Western District of Penn'a until the organ- ization of the Middle Judicial District. Marshal of Middle District since that time.


MAJ. THOS. FRANKLIN PENMAN


282


Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Nov. 25, 1857. Edu- cated Millersville Normal School. Married May Pughe, 1889. Lawyer. Collector of In- ternal Revenue 12th District of Penn'a. Dir. L. & W. V. R. R. Co., Pittston Stove Co., Wilson Lumber Co. Major in National Guard of Pennsylvania.


FREDERICK K. TRACY


283


Born Rondout, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1853. Educated Oberlin College. Married Mary R. Rich- niond, Oct. 6, 1881. Attorney-at-Law.


COL. HERMAN OSTHAUS


284


Born Overton, Bradford Co., Pa., Dec. 24, 1852. Educated Allegheny College and Heid- elberg University. Married Alice Cummins, Dec. 26, 188S. Attorney-at-Law.


*WILLIAM DU BOIS LUSK


235


Born Great Bend, Feb. 1, 1833 -* May 23, 1901. Educated Homer, N. Y. Married Pauline Dayton, July, 1864. Attorney-at-Law. Pres. First Nat. Bank, Montrose, Pa., 1887, and for a number of years after. Leading spirit in building of L. & M. R. R. from Alford to Montrose in 1891. Montrose, Pa.


EDWARD MERRIFIELD


286


Born Scranton, Pa., July 30, 1832. Educated Wyoming Seminary and Oxford Academy, N. Y. Married A. Jennie Eldridge, Nov. 20, 1855. Lawyer.


HUGH M. HANNAH


287


Born Harford, Susquehanna County, Pa., Sept. 13, 1842. Educated New Milford, Mill- ersville, Pa. Married L. J. Himlman, Dec. 2, 1875. Lawyer.


AARON WATSON BERTHOLF


288


Born Warren County, N. J., Feb. 8, 1843. Educated Academies of Montrose and New Milford, Susq. Co. Married A. Ernestine Phillips, Dec. 26, 1867. Lawyer. Member Montrose Lodge No. 151, I. O. O. F .. Mem- ber of Bar Susq. and Lack'a Co.'s, Supreme and Superior Courts of Penn'a, and U. S. Circuit and District Courts.


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JAMES EDWARD BURR


289


Born Carbondale, Pa., July 8, 1853. Educated Princeton University. Married Matilda P. Bryan Sept. 6, 1882. Lawyer.


MICHAEL E. McDONALD 290


Born Hawley, Wayne Co., Pa., Sept. 26, 1858. Educated Wyoming Seminary. Married Martha L. Mellen, Nov. 23, 1892. Lawyer. Member House of Representatives of Penn'a 1887-1889; State Senate, 1891-1893. Dir. in vari- ous corporations. Interested in several pub- lic enterprises.


JAMES WHEATON CARPENTER


291


Born Scott Township, Lack'a Co., May 31, 1851. Educated Mansfield Normal School. Married Harriet F. Hills, 1882. Lawyer, Carpenter & Fleitz. Appointed Additional Law Judge in April, 1901, to Jan., 1902.


FREDERICK W. FLEITZ


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Born Tioga Co., Pa., March 1, 1867. Edu- cated Public Schools, State Normal School .. Married Clara Audita Mitchell, Dec. 17, 1891. Attorney-at-Law. Deputy Attorney General of Pa. since 1898. Ex-President State League of Republican Clubs.


HOMER GREENE


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Born Lake Ariel, Wayne Co., Pa., Jan. 10, 1853. Educated Union College. Married Katherine F. Gaines, June 30, 1886. Lawyer. Dir. Honesdale Nat. Bank. Sec. and Treas. Honesdale Cemetery Co., Honesdale Ice Co. Treas. White Mills Coal Co. Dir. Scranton Trust Co. Member of Author's Club of New York. Scranton Club and Engineers' Club, Scranton, Pa., Exchange Club, Honesdale, Pa.




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