Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, 1906, Part 6

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


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WILLIAM ALONZO WILCOX


294


Born Olean, N. Y., July 25, 1857. Married Katherine M. Jenkins, April 22, 1885. Law- yer. Title Officer Title Guaranty and Surety Company, Scranton, Pa .; Trust Officer The Scranton Trust Company. Dir. Farmers' Nat. Bank, Montrose. Member Penn'a Bar Asso., Lackawanna Law and Library Asso. American Bar Asso., Democratic Club of Penn'a.


ARTHUR D. DEAN


295


Born Abington, Pa., Jan. 29, 1849. Educated Brown University. Married Nettie E. Sis- son, May 11, 1882. Attorney. Treas. Scran- ton Vitrified Brick Co. Treas. Scranton Board of Trade Real Estate Co. Dir. United States Lumber Co. Pres. Lignum Product Co.


WILLIAM M. CURRY


296


Born Danville, Pa., Nov. 25, 1870. Educated Dickinson College. Married Louise Virginia Albro, Oct. 10, 1301. Attorney-at-Law.


JOHN FOSTER SCRAGG


297


Born Scranton, Pa., July 13, 1859. Educated Scranton. Married Abbie Downing, Oct. 12,


1881. Attorney-at-Law. General Practition- er. Solicitor Scranton Poor District. Past Officer and Member of Masonic Fraternity. Trustee of Masonic Hall Asso. Identified with many Important Jury Trials.


MILTON W. LOWRY


298


Born Elkdale, Susquehanna Co., Pa., March 10, 1859. Educated Keystone Academy, Fac- toryville, and Penn'a State College. Mar- ried Annie Martin Lowry, Oct. 8, 1885. At-


torney-at-Law. President of the Select Council of City of Scranton.


GEORGE M. WATSON


299


Born Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1855. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Frances Stevens, 1886. Attorney-at-Law. Ex-City


Solicitor. Member F. & A. M. and K. of T.


CORNELIUS COMEGYS


300


Born Greensborough, Md., Oct. 25, 1858. Edu- cated St. John's College, Annapolis. Mar- ried Sarah B. Bevan, Feb. 21, 1889. Lawyer. Attorney and Counsel of Dime Deposit and Discount Bank, North Scranton Bank. Vice President Board of Trade. President of Southern Society.


CHESTER B. GARDNER


301


Born Scott, Lack'a County, Pa., Feb. 19, 1850. Educated State Normal School, Mans- field, Pa .; Albany Law School. Married Myra F. Simrell, Sept. 24, 1884. Lawyer.


CLARENCE S. WOODRUFF


302


Born Dimock, Susquehanna County, Pa., March 6, 1855. Married Susie M. Bullock, Aug. 1, 1881; Agnes Musket, Aug. 27, 1896. Attorney-at-Law.


*J. ALTON DAVIS


303


Born Scranton, Pa., March 29, 1856 -* Nov. 19, 1897. Educated Hamilton College. Mar- ried Margaret Mears, Aug. 20, 1884. Attor- ney-at-Law.


HERBERT L. TAYLOR


304


Born Scott Township, Lack'a Co., Pa., Oct. 5, 1865. Educated Keystone Academy, Fac- toryville, Pa. Married Minnie Phillips, July 20, 1892. Lawyer.


*WILLIAM HUNTTING JESSUP


305


Born Montrose, Pa., Feb. 7, 1830 -* Jan. 16, 1902. Educated Houser Academy and Yale College. Married Sarah W. Jay. Attor- ney-at-Law.


WILLIAM HENRY JESSUP


306


Born Montrose, Pa., July 25, 1858. Educated Williston Seminary and Yale, Class 1884. Married Lucy A. Stotesbury. Attorney-at- Law.


WILLARD M. BUNNELL


307


Born Dimock, Susquehanna, Co., Pa., Jan. 14, 1874. Educated Keystone Academy and


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Bucknell University. Married Margaret


Irene Walls. Attorney-at-Law. Chairman Democratic City Committee for 1904-1905.


LEWIS M. BUNNELL 308


Born Herrick Township, Susq. Co., Pa. Edu- cated Harford and Kingston, Pa. Married Anna M. Davis, Jan. 1, 1866. Lawyer. Mem- ber of Bar Asso., G. A. R. Union Veteran. Commanded the Department of Pa. two and a half years, then resigned. Com- inanded in the position of Major General.


CHARLES E. DANIELS


309


Born Scranton, Pa., Jan. 4, 1872. Educated Seranton High School; Dickinson School of Law, Degree Southern Normal University. Married Lillian May Simpson, Sept. 4, 1901. Attorney-at-Law. Pres. West Side Board, of Trade, West Side Republican Club. Treas. Lack'a Law and Library Association, Pansy Lumber Co. Member Hyde Park Lodge 339 F. & A. M. Green Ridge Camp W. of A., Electric City Wheelmen.


GEORGE L. PECK


310


Born Susquehanna Co., Feb. 12, 1869. Edu- cated Cazenovia Seminary; Wesleyan Uni- versity. Married Helen A. Mott. Lawyer. Superintendent of Simpson Sunday School.


JOHN T. DUNN


311


Born Elmira, N. Y., July 10, 1869. Educated Princeton University, N. J. Lawyer. Dunn & Dunn. Director Cramberry Fuel Co.,


Manufacturers and Consumers Coal Co.


ARTHUR DUNN


312


Born Elmira, N. Y., March 7, 1873. Edu- cated Princeton University. Married Au- gusta P. Fordham, Dec., 1897. Lawyer.


THOMAS P. HOBAN


313


Born Hawley. Wayne Co., Pa., Feb. 1, 1857. Educated St. John's College, N. Y. Married Jane F. Donnelly. Lawyer. Dir. Lacka- wanna National Bank, West Seneca, N. Y.


JOHN JOSEPH TOOHEY


314


Born Schuylerville, Saratoga Co., N. Y., June 23, 1874. Educated Schuylerville High School. Fordhamn University, New York City. Married Alice G. Maloney, June 23, 1903. Attorney-at-Law. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Elks. Chairman Democratic County Committee.


MATTHEW P. CAWLEY


315


Born Scranton, Pa., Sept. 29, 1871. Educated St. Michael's College, Toronto; Post Grad- uate Niagara University. Married Clara Horan, Dec. 26, 1903. Attorney-at-Law. Counsel for the Fidelity Bank, Dunmore, Pa.


M. J. RUDDY


316


Born Scranton, Pa., Aug. 25, 1875. Educated Carlisle Law College. Married Gertrude E. Hawkes,, Feb. 15, 1904. Alderman. Attorney- at-Law.


HENRY S. ALWORTH


317


Born Clifford, Susquehanna County, Pa., Jan. 31, 1869. Educated University of Penn- sylvania. Married Louise De Munn, Feb. 14, 1897. Attorney-at-Law.


WALTER LIDDELL HILL


318


Born Lewisburg, Pa., Aug. 7, , 1875. ยท Edu- A cated Bucknell University and University of North Carolina. Married Rebecca Stough- ton, 1897. Lawyer.


HOMER D. CAREY


319


Born Greenfield Township, Dec. 3, 1874. Edu- cated Dickson School of Law. Married Mary K. Lins, April 24, 1901. Attorney-at- Law. Pres. and Sec. German Cut Glass Company.


B. FENTON TINKHAM


320


Born Waverly, Pa., Nov. 14, 1869. Educated Mansfield State Normal School. Married Louisa Silvius, Aug. 12, 1898. Lawyer.


ROBERT J. MURRAY


321


Born Scranton, Pa., Aug. 20, 1869. Educated Local Public and Private Schools. Mar- ried Elizabeth V. Butler, Oct. 27, 1897. At- torney-at-Law.


JEREMIAH WATSON BROWNING


322


Born Fleetville, Lack'a Co., Pa., Aug. 16, 1894. Educated Keystone Academy and Uni- versity of Mich. Married Delcie Gates, Jan. 17, 1895. Attorney-at-Law. Sec. and Treas. J. W. Browning Land Company. Sec. Scran- ton Whetstone and Abrasive Wheel Co. 'Trustee and Treas. Penn Ave. Baptist Church. Member Scranton Board of Trade. Pres. Summit Land Co. Sec. Shawnee Land Company.


BENJAMIN EDWARD WATSON


323


Born Flemington, N. J., Feb. 8, 1868. Edu- cated Flemington and Scranton High School. Married Jessie J. Coursen, April 21, 1897. Secretary of the Seranton Stove Works. Member of Lackawanna Co. Bar.


ALBERT LEISENRING WATSON


324


Born Montrose, Pa., Dec. 6, 1876. Educated Lawrenceville School and Amherst College. Married Mabel E. Wheeler, Jan. 9, 1902. Lawyer. Member of firm of Watson, Diehl & Keninerer, Attorneys and Counsellors.


FRANK RAYMOND STOCKER


325


Born Jermyn, Pa., July 24, 1876. Educated School of Lackawanna; Yale 1898. Married Marion Fraser Crane. Attorney-at-Law. Admitted Jan. 29, 1901. Assistant Secretary of the Penn'a Casualty Co.


GEORGE C. YOCUM


326


Born Hazleton, Pa., April 20, 1873. Educated Dickinson College, 1893. Married Bess Phelps, Nov. 22, 1899. I.awyer.


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EDWARD W. THAYER


327


Born Pittston, Pa., June 27, 1872. Educated Public Schools. Married Margaret Edwards, June 15, 1900. Attorney-at-Law.


C. REYNOLDS BEDFORD


328


Born Brownville, Nebraska, Nov. 22, 1872. Educated University Maryland, Balti- more, Md. Attorney-at-Law.


FRANCIS M. LYNCH


329


Born Olyphant, Pa., May 17, 1874. Educated Yale College. Married Helen M. Merriman, April 25, 1900. Attorney-at-Law.


RAPHAEL L. LEVY


330


Born San Francisco, Cal .. Jan. 30, 1876. Edu- cated Harvard College. Lawyer.


MICHAEL J. MARTIN


331


Born Scranton,


Pa., Dec. 29, 1871 Edu- cated Wyoming Seminary; Cornell Univer- sily. Attorney.


WILLIAM J. FITZGERALD


332


Born Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1877. Edu- cated Georgetown University (A. B). Firm of O'Brien, Martin & Fitzgerald, Attorneys- at-Law.


WILLIAM J. DOUGLAS


333


Born Louisville, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., March 9. 1865. Educated Potsdam Normal School, N. Y., and Middlebury College, Vt. Married Mary Bradley Dunshee, Aug. 21, 1895. Attorney-at-Law.


JAMES J. O'MALLEY


334


Born Olyphant, Pa., Nov. 27, 1870. Educated Olyphant High School; School of the Lack- awanna. Married Margaret T. Murphy, Nov. 27, 1901. Lawyer.


GEORGE C. SCHEUER


335


Born Scranton, Pa., April 21, 1878. Educated Public Schools. Lawyer. Director Pennsyl- vania Baking Co.


GEORGE WOOD BENEDICT, JR.


336


Born Scranton, Pa., June 22, 1875. Educated Scranton Public Schools; Dickinson School of Law (1897). Married Ethel Kellogg, June 9, 1903. Lawyer.


THOMAS P. DUFFY


337


Born Plymouth, Pa., Dec 13, 1868. Edu- cated Dickinson College, Carlisle. Lawyer.


JOSEPH FREY GILROY


338


Born Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 3, 1872. Edu- cated Dickinson College and Dickinson School of Law. Married Virginia T. Mc- Intyre, Sept. 4, 1902. Attorney-at-Law.


MICHAEL J. DONAHOE


339


Born Minooka, Pa., March 27, 1864. Edu-


cated Wesleyan University, Middletown,


Conn. Lawyer. Solicitor for South Scran- ton Building and Loan Asso .; Lackawanna


Township and School District. Mem.


Knights of Columbus. Common Council


1887-1890. Chairman 1888-18S9.


THOMAS A. DONAHOE


340


Born Scranton, Pa., Jan. 31, 1878. Edu- cated Scranton High School and Dickinson College of Law. Attorney-at-Law.


FRANK P. BENJAMIN


541


Born Peckville, Pa., June 17, 1876. Edu- cated Blakely Borough High School; Dick-


inson College of Law. Attorney-at-Law.


Sec. Republican County Committee of Lack'a Co. 1904-1905-1906. Solicitor for Bor- ough of Blakely 1905-1906. Solicitor for Peckville Nat. Bank.


WILLIAM LUTSEY HOUCK


342


Born Slocum Township, Luzerne County,


Pa., Nov. 11, 1871. Educated Dickinson School of Law. Attorney-at-Law. Member of firm of Houck & Benjamin.


HENRY W. MULHOLLAND


343


Born Archbald, Pa. Educated Jermyn Pub- lic Schools. Lawyer.


JOHN H. BONNER


344


Born Scranton, Pa., May 18, 1868. Educated St. Thomas College and Dickinson Law School, Carlisle, Pa. Attorney-at-Law.


ISEDORE S. PRENNER


345


Born Russia, Aug. 15, 1876. Educated Ar- mours Institute of Technology and Chicago Law School. Attorney-at-Law and Consult- ing Engineer. Member of Scranton Engi- neers' Club and Pennsylvania Bar Associa- tion.


WALTER LYNDON SCHANZ


346


Born Scranton, Pa., March 11, 1880. Edu- cated Dickinson Law School. Married Julia E. Hay, Dec. 30, 1903. Lawyer.


JOHN R. OKELL


347


Born Scranton, Pa., Feb. 22, 1848. Educated Scranton, Pa. Married Isabella Muir, June 10, 1870. Consulting Eng. Amer. Coffee Co. Scranton Jobbing Co.


GEORGE M. OKELL


348


Born Philadelphia, Aug. 29, 1874. Educated Scranton. Married Blanch Shaffer, Sept. 16, 1903. Lawyer. Scranton Jobbing Company.


*CHARLES EUGENE OLVER


349


Born Beech Lake, Pa., Sept. 13, 1865-^July 22, 1905. Educated Ann Arbor. Mich. Married Nettie M. Fern, April 29, 1896. Lawyer.


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JOHN FRANCIS MURPHY


350


Born Scranton, Pa., Dec. 16, 1869. Educated Scranton High School. Married Mary A. Kelly, June 28, 1998. Attorney-at-Law.


WILLIAM EDWIN WATT


351


Born Carbondale, July 26, 1871. Educated Carbondale High School, Wyoming Seminary, Wesleyan University, University of Michi- gan. Married Carolyn Innis, Nov. 14, 1895. Attorney-at-Law.


JOHN M. GUNSTER


352


Born Scranton, Pa., March 6, 1876. Educated School of the Lackawanna, Scranton, Pa., and Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y. Mar- ried Anne Jeanette Thomas, Sept. 26, 1904. Lawyer.


*NATHAN PENDLETON WILCOX


353


Born Nunda, N. Y., May 16, 1832-"April 25, 1904. . Educated Nunda Literary Institute. Married Celestine Birge, Oct. 6, 1856. Mer- chant and Surveyor. Nicholson, Pa.


*HENRY PENDLETON WILCOX


354


Born Olean. N. Y., Dec. 28, 1860 -* Jan. 20, 1899. Educated Keystone Academy. Married Rosamond A. Avery, July 24, 1886. Merchant. Registered Pharmacist. Nicholson, Pa.


JOHN HENRY KEMP


355


Born Johnstown, Pa., June 22, 1867. Edu- cated Kingston, Pa. Married Grace Shelly, 1898. Photographer. Made over five hundred photographs for "Prominent Men of Scranton and Vicinity."


MOSES SHIELDS, JR.


356


Born South Wales, April 24, 1853. Educated Parochial School, Wales; Tallmadge Acad- emy, Tallmadge, O. Married Sarah Amelia Smith, Feb. 14, 1877. Blue Stone Dealer. Treas. and Gen. Mgr. Moses Shields Stone Co. Dir. Nicholson Light, Heat & Power Co. Pres. and Dir. Water Co. V .- Pres. and Dir. Lack'a Dairy Co. Member of State Leg- isiature 1905-1906 for Wyoming ;County. Nicholson, Pa.


THOMAS JEFFERSON FOSTER


357


Born Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 1, 1843. Educated Pottsville, Pa. President and General Man- ager International Textbook Co. Director Traders' National Bank, Title Guarantee and Surety Co. Trustee Second Presbyterian Church. Member Scranton Club, Country Club.


MADISON F. LARKIN


358


Born Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1855. Educat- ed Chickering Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. Married Harriet E. Harrington, Feb. 14, 1889. Controller International Textbook Co. Sec. Official Board Elm Park M. E. Church. Treas. I. C. S. Ass'n.


ELMER H. LAWALL


359


Born Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 7, 1861. Educated Lehigh University. Married Caroline Johns, June 14, 1888. Consulting Mining Engineer. Treas. International Correspondence Schools, Scranton. Secretary Diamond Land & Im- provement Co. Pres. Altica Gas, Water and Electric Light Co. Vice Pres. Sterling Min- ing & Milling Co. Treas. Town Topics Gold Mining Co. Consulting Engineer American Exploration Co.


RUFUS JAMES FOSTER


360


Born Minersville, Pa., Oct. 10, 1856. Educated Public and Private Schools, Ashland, Pa. Married Jennie Bennett Taylor, Sept. 9, 1884. Consulting Mining Engineer. V .- Pres. In- terational Textbook Co. Dir. Town Topics Gold Mining Co .; Amer. Exploitation Co. Mem. Scranton Bd. of Trade; Amer. Insti- tute Mining Engineers Ass'n; Amer. Soc. Mechl. Engineers; Engineers Club of Scran- ton; Franklin Institute of Philadelphia; Scranton Club; Country Club; New Eng- land Soc. of N. E. Pa .; Pa. Soc. Sons of the Revolution.


JOHN TORRINGTON WATKINS


361


Born Merthyr Tydfil, S. Wales, 1862. Edu- cated Public Schools, Taylor, Pa .; Royal Academy of Music, London. Married Mar- garet Lloyd, May, 1884. Teacher of Singing. Choral Conductor. Conductor of St. Peter's Cathedral Choir; The Penn Ave. Baptist Church Choir; Scranton Oratorio Society, First Prize Winners at Brooklyn, N. Y., 1902 (First Prize, $5,000). Winners at St. Louis World's Fair, 1904. Conductor Catholic Chor- al Club; Elm Park M. E. Sunday School; Junger Maennerchor.


EZRA E. SOUTHWORTH


362


Born Lawsville Centre, Pa., 1849. Educated Montrose Academy, Stuttgart, and Berlin, Germany. Musician. The Southworth Stu- dios of Music. Director of Music at Key- stone Academy. Charter Member and Ex- President of Pennsylvania State Music Teachers' Association. Member of Music Teachers' National Ass'n.


ALBERT H. WELLS 363


Principal Scranton High School.


ALFRED COLBURN ARNOLD


364


Born Portsmouth, R. I., March 23, 1863. Edu- cated Harvard College. Married Margaret Pratt, Dec. 18, 1890. Schoolmaster. Principal School of Lackawanna.


JOHN JESSE CLARK, M. E.


363


Born Corning, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1866. Educated Corning Public Schools, Lehigh University. Married Mary F. Watcrfield, Aug. 29, 1901. Mechanical Engineer. Manager Textbook Department of International Textbook Co. Dean International Correspondence Schools. Member American Association for Advance- ment of Science. Mason, 32d degree, A. A. O. N. M. S.


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JOHN D. JONES


366


Born Wales, April 6, 1860. Educated Public Schools. Married Erma B. Bethune, Feb. 6th, 1899. Assistant Manager International Correspondence Schools.


*JAMES HARRINGTON


367


Born Herkimer County, N. Y., Oct. 17. 1810- *Feb. 5, 1905. Married Emeline Harriet Chase, Nov. 1, 1832. Carpenter and Builder. Furniture Business in Scranton. Retired in 1865.


DAVID CHASE HARRINGTON


368


Born Lexington (now Jewett), Green Co., N. Y., Dec. 8, 1834. Educated Common and Se- lect Schools in Jewett. Married Ann Jan- nette Keminerer, Sept. 11, 1856. Lawyer, admitted May 7, 1860. Counsel for Interna- tional Textbook Co, International Corres- pondence Schools, Scranton, Pa. Proprietor.


EDWARD LAMAZE


369


Born Fraize (Vosges), France, March 9, 1865. Educated University of France. Married Jeanne Allaire, Aug. 22, 1888. Dean, School of Language, International Correspondence Schools.


JAMES T. BEARD


370


Born Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1855. Edu- cated Adelphi Academy and Columbia Uni- versity. Married Amelia Elizabeth Lawson, May 9, 1887. Civil and Mining Engineer; Mining Expert; Principal School of Mines International Correspondence Schools. Asso- ciate Editor Mines and Minerals. Member of the Institution of Mining Engineers, Eng- land; Scranton Engineers' Club.


ERNEST K. RODEN


371


Born Sweden, July 11, 1866. Educated, Grad- uate Government College of Nautical Science, Sweden. Married Emma Ahlberg, Dec. 15, 1897. Naval Expert. Writer on Nautical Technique. Author of standing works on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. Prin- cipal School of Navigation, International Correspondence Schools. Member U. S. Naval Institute. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. National Geographic Society. Roy- al Meterological Soc. U. S. Navy League. Scranton Engineers' Club.


CHARLES J. HAYES


372


Born San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 14, 1869. Edu- cated Cooper Union Acad. of Design. Mar- ried Eleanor Schneider. Illustrator. Chief of the Illustrating Dept. International Text- book Co. Mem. Green Ridge Masonic Lodge. Mem. Scranton Consistory.


HENRY JAMES CARR


373


Born Pembroke, N. H., Aug. 16, 1849. Edu- cated Grammar and High Schools, Manches- ter, N. H., and Grand Rapids, Mich., and Law Course at University of Mich. Married D. Edith Wallbridge, May, 1886. Librarian Scranton Public Library since 1891. Fellow of the American Library Institute. Mem.


Amer. Library Ass'n; Keystone State Li- brary Ass'n; New York State Library Ass'n; Pennsylvania Library Club.


GEORGE SELWYN KIMBALL


374


Born East Hampden, Maine, June 20, 1846. Educated Hampden Academy. Married Flora A. Humphrey, June 1, 1869. Writer and Author. Author Piney Home, Jay Gould Harmon, A Modern Joseph. "Piney Home" and "Jay Gould Harmon" out and on sale. "A Modern Joseph" in preparation. Carbon- dale.


GEORGE RAUGHT.


375


Born Newport, Township, Luzerne Co., Pa., Aug. 16, 1827 -* Jan. 17, 1904, at Dunmore, Pa.


JOHN WILLARD RAUGHT


376


Born Dunmore, Pa., Sept. 9, 1857. Landscape Painter.


ALLAN K. LAWRENCE


377


Born Bethany, Pa., Aug. 23, 1864. Educated Public Schools. Married Louise Manning, Feb. 8, 1889. Musician. Director of Orches- tra Lyceum Theatre, Star Theatre and Ac- ademy of Music. Conductor of Lawrence's Band and Orchestra.


ROBERT J. BAUER


378


Born Nazareth, Pa., 1857. Educated New York. Married Mary Leyshore, 1879. Direc- tor of Music.


CHARLES HENRY DOERSAM


379


Born Scranton, Pa., Sept. 29, 1879. Educated Scranton, Pa., and New York. Musician. Conductor Scranton Symphony Orchestra. Organist-Director First Presbyterian Church.


PATRICK W. COSTELLO


380


Born Minooka, Pa., March 11, 1866. Educated Public Schools. Married Mary A. Mahon, Sept. 25, 1890. Engrossing and Designing. County Auditor Lackawanna County, 1897- 1902. City Controller of Scranton, 1902-1905. Registration Commissioner, 1906-1909.


TRACY M. SYMONDS


381


Born Oxford, N. Y., June 9, 1855. Educated Oxford Academy. Married May E. Mudge, Sept. 30, 1886. Principal, Secretary, Treas- urer of the Anthracite Business College. Ex- Cashier of North Scranton Bank.


CHARLES R. H. JACKSON


382


Born Baltimore, Md., Feb. 7, 1866. Educated Baltimore, Md. Married Mary Master. Di- rector of Physical Training, Y. M. C. A. Graduate of the Baltimore Central Plivsical Dept. and a pupil of Dr. Sargent's Physical Training Course at Harvard Univ .; former prop. and instructor of the Balt. Private Ath- letic Club two years; Instructor New Castle Athletic Club, New Castle, Del., one year; Physical Dir. and Athletic Coach at Friends Select School, Wil., Del., two years; Physical


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Dir. Wilmington Y. M. C. A., three years; Physical Dir. Wilkes-Barre Y. M. C. A., five years; Physical Dir. Scranton Y. M. C. A., four years, which position he now occupies.


BURT R. HALL


383


Born Carbondale, Pa., Dec. 17, 1869. Educated Carbondale, Pa. Married Sarah R. Barritt, April 9, 1900. Instructor International Cor- respondence Schools.


D. WALT. WAGNER


384


Born Liverpool, Pa., May 7, 1868. Educated Liverpool, Pa. Married Elizabeth Holman, Feb. 22, 1893. Accountant. President Book- keepers Club. Cigar Business.


JAMES H. FULLER


385


Born Lenox, Susquehanna County, Pa , Jan. 1, 1869. Educated Wyoming Seminary and Wesleyan University. Married Vertie K. Dix, June 15, 1905. Principal No. 36 School.


TIMOTHY E. BOLAND


386


Born Dunmore, Pa., Nov. 3, 1857. Educated Dunmore, Pa. Teacher.


WILLIAM L. ROGERS


387


Born Harford, Susq. Co., Pa., April 8, 1863. Educated Mansfield State Normal and Key- stone Academy. Married Alice E. Farrar, Aug. 26, 1891. Principal Public School No. 23.


PATRICK A. BARRETT


388


Born Scranton, Pa., March 10, 1859. Educated Parochial Schools. Married Isabella E. Mur- ray, June 13, 1883. Scranton Editor Elmira Telegram. Owner of Scranton Times from 1885 to 1891. Member of Knights of Columbus.


JOSEPH AUGUSTINE SCRANTON


389


Born Madison, Conn., July 26, 1838. Educated Phillips Academy, Mass .; Yale College. Mar- ried Ada E. Meylert. Editor and Publisher Scranton Republican. Member 47-19-51-53-54 Congress. Was Postmaster at Scranton and County Treasurer.


EDWARD J. LYNETT


390


Born Dunmore, Pa., July 15, 1857. Educated Public Schools and Millersville State Normal School. Married Nellie A. Ruddy, 1896. Edi- tor and Publisher, Scranton Times. Dir Dime Deposit and Discount Bank, Paragon Plaster Co., American School of Art and Photography.


ROBERT MEYLERT SCRANTON


391


Born Scranton, Pa., June 11, 1865. Educated New England. Married Helen Sperry, of Hartford, Conn., Nov. 19, 1889. Mem. Joseph A. Scranton & Son. Pres. Suburban Rep. Club. Meni. Country Club; Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre; Dobson Club, Bing- hamton; Calumet Club, N. Y. Gov. Scran- ton Press Club. Mem. Green Ridge Club.


STANISLAUS A. DANGEL


392


Born Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 13, 1872. Edu- cated Warsaw. Married Maria Kryger, July 26, 1896. Journalist. Publisher of the Polish Weekly "Straz," The Weekly "Gugard." Member of the Executive Committee of 1905- 1906 International League of Press Clubs.


ELLINGHAM TRACY SWEET


393


Editor The Scranton Tribune. Born Pike Township, Bradford county, Pa. Educated in Public Schools at Montrose. Editor and Author. Married Fannie Hunter Foster, of Albany, N. Y.


JAMES WILSON GOULD


394


Born Centermoreland, Pa., Sept. 15, 1859. Educated Susquehanna Collegiate Institute. Married Mary Elizabeth Dodge, July 21, 1904. Journalist. Editor Scranton Republican.


OLIVER FRANCIS LEEDS


395


Born Lancaster, Nov. 12, 1860 Educated Mount Jay Soldiers' Orphans' School. Busi- ness Manager The Tribune Publishing Co. Treas. Scranton Press Club. Captain Co. 1, 2nd Regiment, Dept. Penn'a, S. V. R.


EDWIN FITZGERALD FERRIS


396


Born West Pittston, Pa., May 17, 1878. Edu- cated Harvy Hillman Academy, Princeton University and New York Law School. Mar- ried M. E. Cornelia Galpin, Nov. 29. 1904. Journalist. Lawyer. Assistant to the Presi- dent Scranton Truth Publishing Company.


W. SCOTT COLLINS


397


Born Peebles, Scotland, Jan. 13, 1858. Edu- cated Free Church School, Peebles. Married Catherine Ann Kes, May 6, 1886. Architect. Principal The School of Architecture. Inter- national Correspondence Schools. Record- ing-Chief Scranton Caledonian Club.


THOMAS N. THOMSON


398


Prin. of School of Plumbing, Heating and Ventilation, Inter. Corr. Schools. Sanitary Eng. Prin. Is a scholar of Heriot-Watt Coll .. Edinburgh. He was Ass't Lecturer in Plumbing and Sanitation, and Chief Ins. in Bldg. Construction and Drawing in the Ins. of Science and Technology, Edinburgh; reg- istered as a Science Teacher by the Science and Art Dept., London, Eng. Holds the full Technological Certificate of the City of Lon- don for Sanitary Plumbing; worked as Jour- neyman and Foreman for Sanitary Engi- neers in this Country and Europe, and man- aged a large shop on L. I. With I. C. S. since May 1, 1894.


CHARLES RUTHVEN FULLER


399


Born Wyoming, Pa., Oct. 2, 1849. Educated Public Schools. Married Katherine R. Scran- ton, Feb. 8, 1899. Chief Clerk International Salt Company. President Scranton Bicycle Club.


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Prominent Men of Scranton and Vicinity


GEORGE W. SMITHING


400


Born Scranton, Pa., June 7, 1867. Educated Public Schools. Superintendent Job Depart- ment, Scranton Tribune. Secretary Scranton Press Club.


CHESTER PAULTON WILSON


401


Born Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 8, 1871. Edu- cated Cornell University. Married Alice Rose Anderson, Feb. 20, 1901. Superin- tendent Lackawanna Wyoming Valley R. R. Company. Asso. Member of American Society Mechanical Engineers. Asso. Mem- ber of American Institute Electrical Engi- ncers.




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