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JOHN B. S. GALPIN
506
Born Unadilla, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1877. Educat- ed Binghamton, N. Y. Married Agnes Lil- lian Shaw, July 16, 1902. Real Estate.
BERNARD J. CUMMINGS
507
Born Jessup, Aug. 11, 1865. Educated Com. mon Schools. Married Bridget Gallagher, July 19, 1893. Merchant. Worked in breaker al age of 10 years, sold first Sunday news- paper in Town of Jessup. Engineer at age or 18. School Controller for Boro. of Winton for 3 consecutive terms. Interested in Jes- sup Fire Dept. Dir. Peckville Nat. Bank.
ROBERT E. PRENDERGAST
508
Manufacturing Stationer, Lithographing, Printing and Binding.
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*PHILIP ROBINSON, JR.
509
Born Lauterecken, Rheinpfalz, Germany,
March 28, 1841 -* Sept. 20, 1879. Educated
Schools at Lauterecken. Married Wilhel- mina Schimpff, Oct. 12, 1862. Brewer. Mem. Schiller Lodge, No. 345, F. & A. M.
*PETER KRANTZ
510
Born Aetriein, Prussia, Aug. 17, 1837. Edu- cated Aetriem, Prussia. Married Gertrude
Hinseus, May 4, 1863. Brewer. Came to America at age of 15, settled near Hones- dale, Pa. 1873 went with the Stegmaier Brewing Co., as traveling salesman. Ten years later, with A. Hartung, purchased the Irving Cliff Brewery. In 1897 sold out his interest to the Cent. Penn'a Brewing Co., but was retained as Manager until time of death. Carbondale.
*ROBERT ROBINSON
511
Born Scranton, Pa., Dec. 18, 1869 -* Dec. 19, 1898. Educated Public Schools, Scranton. With M. Robinson, Brewing. Mem. Com- mon and Select Councils.
*EDMUND J. ROBINSON
512
Boru Scranton, Pa., March 17, 1868 -* June 12, 1904. Educated Public Schools, Scranton. City Controller, 1896-1899 and City Treas. 1899-July, 1902. With M. Robinson, Brewing.
* AUGUSTUS FROTHINGHAM
513
Born Johnstown, N. Y., July 30, 1825 -* Dec. 8, 1874. Educated Union Coll. Married Martha Hurley, at Carbondale, Oct. 3. 1849. Was a Civil Eng., an Architect and a Drug- gist. Assisted in laying out the D. & H. Gravity R. R. from Carbondale to Hones- dale; also the Washington R. R., later known as the Pa. Coal Co.'s gravity road, froin Pittston to Hawley. Was its first Pay- master and Auditor, residing at that time at Pittston. Owned and laid out W. Pitts- ton. He was a man of great energy.
ARTHUR FROTHINGHAM
514
Born W. Pittston, Pa. Educated N. Y. Is a Civil Eng. and Architect. Married Laura Fitz Randolph, of Hamilton, N. Y. Is Pres. of the Rocky Glen Water Co .; the Rocky Glen Park Co .; the Rocky Glen R. R. Co .; the Rocky Glen Co .; the Pocono Mt. Water Sup. Co .; the Tunkhannak Water Sup. Co .; the N. Y., Pocono and West. R. R. Co .; the Overland R. R. Co .; the Penn'a Powder Co .; the Pocono Mt. Land Co. The creator of North Park; the Designer, Builder and Owner of the "Frothingham," known as the handsomest theatre in this part of the state. Introduced the first typewriting machine in N. E. Penn'a. Built the first electric light plant in Pa .. Introduced the telephone to this community. Has handled millions of dollars worth of coal lands and city prop- erty. A leading spirit in some of our great- est enterprises. The conceivor and builder of Rocky Glen Park. A man of great energy and acknowledged ability, originality and creative power.
WILLIAM HENRY WHYTE
515
Born South Wales, Great Britain, Feb. 15, 1850. Educated Pittston, Pa. Married Clara L. Burgess, Nov. 12, 1889. Prop. Hotel Ter- race, Scranton, Pa.
VICTOR KOCH
515
Born Germany, Nov. 21, 1841. Educated Ger- many Public Schools. Married Caroline Trust, May 3. 1870. Prop. Scranton House since April 1, 1870. Dir. Fed. Granite Brick Co. Pres. Keyser Valley Land and Im- provement Co. Dir. Northern Pacific Brew- ing Co., in Astoria, Ore.
MAX RICE
517
Born Germany, April 2, 1845. Married Hen- riette Cohen, Oct. 25, 1876. Wholesale Gro- cer. Pres. Scranton Cold Storage & Ware- house Co. Pres. and Dir. different Building and Loan Associations.
WILLIAM H. PIERCE
518
Born Brooklyn, N. Y., 1851. Educated Pub- lic Schools. Married Carrie L. Edwards. Pres. and Gen. Man. The Pierce Co. In- terested in several home enterprises.
JOHN H. SHORT
519
Born Delaware, Jan. 20, 1867. Educated Delaware. Married Lida C. King, Nov. 12, 1889, Wholesale Fruits, Produce and Dairy Products.
GEORGE W. HORNBAKER
520
Born Madisonville, Lack'a Co., Pa., March 23, 1860. Educated Common Schools. Mar- ried Lulu B. Gardner, April 19, 1892. Gen. Mgr. Scranton Cold Storage and Ware -- house Co. Connected with the Scranton Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. as Man- ager and Dir. for the past eight years.
MAURICE M. BENNETT
521
Born Clinton Twp., Wayne Co., Pa., Oct. 12, 1857. Educated Public Schools. Married Lizzie Scott, Oct. 8, 1885. Treas. of The Pierce Co., Wholsale and Retail Produce Dealers.
HERBERT R. HIGHAM
522
Born Bramfield, Eng., March 9, 1872. Edu- cated England. Married Nora L. Sherwood, Sept. 12. 1900. Sec. The Pierce Co., Whole- sale and Retail Produce Dealers.
JOHN GROVER HUGHES
523
Born Scranton, Pa., March 19, 1870. Edu- cated Public School and Wyoming Semin- ary. Married Bertha C. Longshore, May 23, 1894. Vice-Pres. The Pierce Co.
DANIEL S. STONE
524
Born Auburn, Pa., Sept. 10, 1865. Educated Public Schools. Married Minnie Lang, Feb. 7, 1905. Manager The Pierce Co., Wholesale and Retail Produce.
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JOHN McCRINDLE
525
Born Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 17, 1860. Edu- cated Luzerne County, Pa. Married Mary E. McMillan, Dec. 10, 1885. Wholesale Flour and Produce Merchant, Swift Mc- Crindle & Co.
WALTER DAVIES
526
Born Swansea, South Wales, Oct. 14, 1870.
Educated Scranton. Married Ella May
Sander, Sept. 26, 1900. Manager Ira Ben-
nett Co., Wholesale Meats.
WILLIAM A. LYNOTT
527
Born Scranton, Pa., April 8, 1877. Educated Sisters School, Providence. Married Kath- aryn Moriarity, Sept. 27, 1905. P. F. Lynott & Bro., Wholesale Commission Merchants.
PATRICK F. LYNOTT
528
Born July 19, 1878. Educated Sisters School, Providence. P. F. Lynott & Bro., Whole- sale Commission Merchants.
CHARLES ARTHUR GODFREY
529
Born Stewarts Ville, N. J., April 20, 1865. Educated Stewarts Ville, N. J. Married Florence A. Phare, April 13, 1890. Vice-Pres. John T. Porter Co., Wholesale Grocers, since organization, March, 1903. Pres. Scranton Bicycle Club, Elected March 8, '06.
THOMAS PATRICK LOFTUS
530
Born Scranton, Pa., Dec. 6, 1869. Educated Public Schools. Treas. John T. Porter Co., Wholesale Grocers.
D. PHILIP WILLIAMS
531
Born Scranton, Pa., Oct. 10, 1868. Educated Public Schools. Married Ida Florence Hoff- man, Oct. 15, 1890. Sec. John T. Porter Co., Wholesale Grocers.
WILLIAM CONRAD
532 1
Born Pottsville, Pa., May 6, 1860. Educated Scranton Public Schools. Married Lydia
Bates, April 3, 1888. Prop. Enderly Dairy. Mem. Scranton Board of Trade.
*JOHN D. WILLIAMS
533
Born Saint Clair, Schuylkill Co., Pa., Aug. 2, 1854 -* Feb. 4, 1903. Educated Common Schools and Keystone Academy. Married Emilie Havens, Sept. 7, 1882. Confectionery, Ice Cream, Toys, Etc. Contractor and Builder. Firm J. D. Williams & Bro., Hav- ens & Williams. Dir. Wilson Lumber Co. Trustee Green Ridge Presby. Church.
EBENEZER WILLIAMS
534
Born Saint Clair, Schuylkill Co., Pa., April 13, 1852. Educated Common Schools. Mar- ried Sarah A. Roberts, June 5, 1874. Con- fectionery, Ice Cream, Toys, Etc. Bakery and Dining Room. Business Pres. J. D. Wil- liams & Bro. Co. Administrator and Trus- tee, Estate of John D. Williams.
ROBERT J. WILLIAMS
535
Born Clinton Twp., DeKalb Co., Ill., March 17, 1859. Educated Common Schools. Mar- ried Helen Potter, July 18, 1894. Confection- ery, Ice Cream, Toys, Bakery and Dining Room. Business Treas. J. D. Williams & Bro. Co. Adm. and Trus. Estate of John D. Williams.
WILLIAM C. WILLIAMS
536
Born Saint Clair, Schuylkill Co., Pa., Feb. 23, 1848. Educated Common School. Married Belle Campbell, June 11, 1874. Confection- ery, Ice Cream, Bakery and Dining Room. Sec. J. D. Williams & Bro. Co.
PATRICK JOSEPH HORAN
537
Born Rath Lacken, Ireland, 1844. Edu- cated Carbondale and Dunmore. Married Mary A. Garvey. Merchant. Pres. Fidel- ity Dep. and Dis. Bank of Dunmore, Pa. Dir. Lack'a Trust Co. Dir. Economy Light and Heat Co. Dir. Printing Co., Consumers Ice Co.
DAVID D. EVANS
538
Born Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Aug. 31, 1848. Educated Common Schools. Married Mar- garet Jones, Aug. 13, 1873. Merchant. Dir. Keystone Bank, West Side Board of Trade. Established in Business April, 1871, General Merchandise.
DAN POWELL
539
Born Blaina, Monmouthshire, South Wales, Jan. 10, 1853. Educated Blaina, Monmouth- shire. Married Sarah E. Space, Dec. 24, 1874. Store Manager. Sec. Fidelity Dep. and Dis. Bank of Scranton, Pa.
DAVID LEVI MORGAN
540
Born Plymouth, Pa., Feb. 27, 1871. Educated Public Schools. Married Mary A. Reiten- auer, Aug. 3, 1893. Vice-Pres. and Mgr. Wholesale Dept. of J. D. Williams & Bro. Co. Sec. and Treas. of Central Penn'a Jobbing Confectioners' Ass'n.
FRANCIS B. SILKMAN
541
Born Westchester, N. Y .. , 1836. Educated Kingston, Pa. Married Jane E. Fuller, 1863. Hardware and Stoves.
W. C. COWLES
542
Born Waverly, Lack'a Co., Pa., Nov. 21, 1853. Educated Waverly. Married Carrie E. Whaite, June 7, 1888. Hardware and Merchandise.
FRANK E. BRUNDAGE
543
Born Harford, Susq. Co., Pa., Jan. 23, 1863. Educated Public Schools and Keystone Ac- ademy. Married Jennie A. Wilcox, Dec. 25, 1886. Dept. Mgr. Grand Union Tea Co. Dir. in Keystone Land Co.
GEORGE M. MULLEY
544
Born Scranton, Pa., March 12, 1876. Edu- cated Keystone Academy. Married Harriet Stanton, Oct. 11, 1898. Merchant.
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WILLIAM WHITFIELD KIZER
545
Born Kizers, Pa., March 22, 1857. Educated District Schools. Married Mary Etta. Van Sickle, April 8, 1877. Kizer Mill and Ele- vator Co., Wholesale and Retail Grain.
JAMES RICHARD MEARS
546
Born Greenfield, Pa., April 22, 1851. Edu- cated Public Schools of Scranton. Married Mary Bryden Young, May 2, 1875. Dealer
in Horses and Mules.
GEORGE SCHEUER
547
Born Scranton, Pa., Oct. 31, 1855. Educated Public Schools and Wood's Business Col-
lege. Married Mary Louise Reidenbach,
Dec. 15, 1876. £ Manufacturer. President Penn'a Baking Co. Dir. South Side Bank.
GEORGE R. CLARK
548
Born Waverly, Pa., Sept. 7, 1854. Educated Madison Academy and Wyoming Seminary. Married Elizabeth G. Mumford, 1897. Flor- ist and Seedman.
BERNARD P. CONNOLLY
549
Born Trenton, Ontario, Can., Jan. 3, 1859. Educated Ont. Business College, Belleville, Ont. and Saint Michael's College, Toronto, Ont. Connolly & Wallace, Dry Goods Mer- chants.
HARVEY CLIFFORD WALLACE
550
Born Middletown, N. Y., May 25, 1866. Edu- cated Middletown, N.Y. Married Julia May Shively, April 18, 1894. Connolly & Wallace, Dry Goods Merchants.
JOHN G. McCONNELL
551
Born New York, Jan. 27, 1873.
McConnell & Co., Dry Goods.
GEORGE W. WATKINS
552
Born England, Jan. 6, 1864. Educated Eng- land. Carpets, Draperies and Interior Dec- orating. Mem. Board of Trade. Business Men's Ass'n, Peter Williamson Lodge. Masonic.
FREDERICK CROMWELL HAND.
553
Born Carbondale, Pa., June 26, 1876. Edu- cated Lawrenceville, N. J. Married Marion R. Keck, April 28, 1898. Gents' Furnishing. Pi Phi Fraternity and Masonic Order. A Mason.
LOUIS CONRAD
554
Born Pottsville, Pa., Nov. 5, 1861. Educated Public Schools. Married Elizabeth Morton, Oct. 26, 1887. Merchant. Mem. Board 01 Trade, Merchants Ass'n, Green Ridge Club, Liederkranz Singing Society, Masonic Fra- ternity, Elks, Cremation Society.
JOHN HENRY LADWIG
555
Born Minersville, Pa., June 21, 1868. Edu-
cated Public Schools. Married Louise Davis, Jan. 12, 1896. Merchant.
JOSEPH MARKS
556
Born Rome, Ga., May 26, 1875. Educated Nashville, Tenn., Public Schools. Merchant, The Crane Marks Co.
EUGENE SCHIMPFF
557
Born Germany. Jeweler. Watchmaker and Expert in Precious Gems. Sec. and Treas. Moscow Sand and Gravel Co. Dir. Maple- wood Lumber Co. Interested in Metal Min- ing, Etc.
LUTHAN B. MOSHER
558
Born Trumansburg, N. Y., June 8, 1863. Educated Trumansburg High School. Mar- ried Lois M. Bun, Feb. 3, 1899. Merchant Tailor.
JOSEPH A. MEARS
559
Born Lackawanna County, Aug. 1853. Merchant, Mears & Hagen. One of the Pio- neer Merchants of Scranton.
WILLIAM H. HAGEN
560
Born Scranton, Pa., Sept. 27, 1860. Educated Public Schools. Married Carrie Munson, Dec. 15, 1885. Mears & Hagen. Dry Goods Merchants.
PLINY EVES
561
Born Miliville, Pa., Dec. 29, 1868. Married May Dildine. Sales Agent Nat. Cash Reg- ister Co.
ALBERT F. WESTPFAHL
562
Born Scranton, Pa., Sept. 25, 1870. Educated Common Schools. Married Mary E. Shelp, April 15, 1896. Merchant. President South Side Board of Trade.
GEORGE PHILLIPS
563
Wholesale Jeweler, George Phillips & Co. GEORGE A. PROKOPOVITSH
564
Born Duplin, Ungarian, Sept. 7, 1866. Edu- cated Common Schools. Married Barbara Prokopovitsh, Aug. 27, 1889. Merchant and Undertaker. Vice-Pres. I. V. S. J. of Amer- ica. Treas. St. Stephens Soc., Olyphant, Pa. Organizer ot Hose Co. No. 2, Olyphant. Organizer of Holy Cross Church of Slavish Parish, 1887. First Organist of same church. Mem. Heptasophs, No. 237. Olyphant, Pa.
MATTHEW MacPHERSON
565
Boru Tirzah, Pa., Nov. 6, 1867. Educated Common Schools. Married Rose A. Hannan, June 18, 1889. Fire Ins. Postmaster, Dick- son City. Mem. Dickson City Real Estate Co. Mem. Board of Fire, Underwriters of Lack'a Co. Dickson City.
JOHN B. SHANNON
566
Born Carbondale, Pa., Feb. 28, 1865. Edu- cated Carbondale City Schools. Married Marietta Miller, Dec. 29, 1886.Real Estate
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and Ins. Treas. Reynshanhurst Water Co. Dir. Pioneer Dime Bank. Gen. Agt. Union Mutual Life Ins. Co. Carbondale.
JOHN JACOB REIGULUTH
567
Born Hancock, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1860. Educat- ed Waverly, N. Y. Married Ida J. Ellison, Aug. 22, 1883. Department Stores. Resided at Hancock until 12 years of age, then moved to Waverly, N. Y. 1885 went to Los Angeles, Cal. Was in business two years (Plumbing and Tinning). Then to Elmira, N. Y., in the Hot Air Furnace Business. Then moved to Carbondale and went in 5 and 10 Cent Business. Also opened a store in Middletown, N. Y., 1899. Carbondale, Pa.
MARCUS FRIEDER
568
Born Szina (Hungary), Jan. 7, 1860. Edu- cated Austria. Married Bertha Klein, Feb. 14, 1883. Mgr. Klots Throwing Co. Carbon- dale, Pa.
*JAMES J. LAWLER
569
Born County Mayo, Ireland, 1848 -* April 12, 1904. Married Ellen Galligar, Sept., 1871. Tax Collector of Winton Borough for 25 years. Mem. of the Temperance Soc. for 20 years. One of the oldest members of the Society, Jessup, Pa.
HENRY V. LAWLER
570
Born Jessup, Pa., Sept. 15, 1878. Educated Public Schools. Married Nellie Ryan, Feb. 24, 1902. Merchant. Tax Collector, Jessup, Pa. Owner of two Tonsorial Parlors. Mem. K. of C., Scranton, Pa .; Elks, No. 123; A. O. H., of Jessup: St. James T. A. B. Soc .: Red Men, of Jessup; Improved Order of Heptasophs, Peckville Conclave, No. 368. Jessup, Pa.
*JAMES JOSEPH RYAN
571
Born Scranton, Pa., March 16, 1880 -- "Oct. 15, 1905. Educated Public Schools. Mem. Firm of Ryan & Lawler, Shoe Dealers. Jes- sup, Pa.
JAMES W. O'BRIEN
572
Born Zanesville, O., Feb. 7, 1854. Educated Olyphant, Pa., Public School. Married Delia Burk, Nov. 21, 1883. Cigar Mfr. Bur- gess of Olyphant, Pa. Dir. Blakely Poor Dist. Pres. Priceburg Electric Light Co. Mem. Olyphant Conclave, No. 237, C. M. B. A. of Olyphant, Pa.
*DOUD MENDLESON
573
Born Germany, Dec. 24, 1850 -* Jan. 13, 1905. Educated New York city. Married Annie Shellie Silverman, Oct. 7, 1870, and May 26, 1884. Merchant. Trus. Wm. Walker Hose Co .; Bd. of Trade. Interested in H. H. C. & I. Co., Jermyn; Coal Co., N. C. Mayfield, Pa.
*CHARLES HAGAN
574
Born Derry, Ireland, Aug. 6, 1818 -* May 3, 1905. Educated Ireland. Married Mary Grady, 1848. Shoe Mfr. Est. Shoe Business
in New York and in Carbondale, 1839, in the Shoe Business and Leather and Find- ings. He had the first and largest establish- ment of this kind in this section. He in- vested largely in coal lands, took a prom- inent part in developing Forest City, and has often been referred to as the Father of Forest Citv. Founder First Nat. Bank, and Dir. until time of death. Carbondale, Pa.
CHARLES M. HAGAN
575
Born Carbondale, Pa., Jan. 26, 1858. Edu- cated Fordham College. Proprietor Forest City Stone Quarries. Clerked for his father when he was in Shoe Business. Owns Coal and Timber Lands and is carrying on a suc- cessful business in Forest City in the Stone Quarries at present. Carbondale, Pa.
WILLIAM EDGAR GILHOOL
576
Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 23, 1868. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Catherine Gerner. Mfr. of Wagons and Carriages.
LEON R. CLOVER
577
Born Taberg, Oneida, Co., N. Y., May 28, 1867. Educated Taberg, N. Y. Married Ella M. Graw, Jan. 1, 1890. Clover & Dean, Gro- cel's. Mem. Retail Merchants' Protective Association.
JOHN C. DEAN
578
Born Dalton, Lack'a Co., Pa., Feb. 14, 1870. Educated Keystone Academy. Clover & Dean, Grocers.
HARRY P MELLET
579
Born St. Clair, Penn'a, Aug., 1861. Edu- cated Shenandoah, Pa. Meats. Treas. Wilkes-Barre Beef Co. Treas. Carbondale Coal Mining Co.
FRED J. HUG
580
Born Germany, Sept. 5. 1870. Educated Germany. Married Martha Pilz, Dec. 11, 1894. Meat Business. Realty Owner.
GEORGE D. BROWN
581
Born Pharsalia, Chenango Co., N. Y. Mar- ried Lucy O.
Berry. Lumber and Mfr. Pres. Paragon Plaster and Supply Co. Eu- reka Specialty Printing Co. Real Estate.
EDWIN A. CLARK
582
Born Scranton, Pa .. July 2, 1855. Educated Scranton. Married Kate A. Tanner, June 13, 1877. Stone. President of the Nicholson Stone Co.
WALTER LINCOLN HENWOOD
583
Born Honesdale, Pa., Nov. 8, 1864. Educated Scranton, Merrill's Acad. Married Esther B. Pray, Jan. 8, 1905. Gen. Contractor, Firm of Sprague & Henwood, and Lathrop, Shea & Henwood Co. Mem. Scranton Board of Trade.
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ALFRED L. DERRY
584
Born Walsall, Eng., July 9, 1856. Married Harriet M. Rogers, Oct. 14, 1880. A. L. Derry & Co., Railway Equipment and Ma- chinery. Dir. in Globe Real Estate Co.
WILLIAM D. GOTSHALL
585
Born Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Oct. 13, 1847. Educated Sunbury. Married Eliza J. Willcox, Sept. 5, 1869. Contractor and Builder in Masonry. Supt. for the K. & D. Turnpike Co. shortly after its construction, or about 1889, until four years ago. Mem. Osage Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 712, for thirty years. With his family has spent several winters in Florida, where he is engaged in growing and shipping Oranges.
J. EUGENE GOTSHALL
586
Born Luzerne, Luzerne Co., Pa., - June 9, 1880. Educated Luzerne High School and Wilkes-Barre Business College. Graduated 1894. Retail Mgr. People's Coal Co. 1894- 1901, with Simpson & Watkins at Forty Fort Colliery as Bookkeeper and Assistant Out- side Foreman. Mgr. People's Coal Co., the largest Retail Coal Dept. in Pa., since 1901.
*ANTON WEINSCHENK
587
Born Wasseralfingen, Wurtemberg, Ger- many, July 7, 1829 -* Sept. 18, 1905. Educated Germany. Married Maria Chrisman, 1851. For 47 years Supt. of Iron and Coal Co. Foundry. Retired.
ARTHUR A. WEINSCHENK
588
Born Scranton, Pa., June 20, 1871. Educated Public Schools and University of Penn'a. Married Helene Barnes, June 20, 1897. Ar- chitect.
JOHN W. HOWARTH
589
Born Pittston, Pa., Nov. 29, 1853. Educated Carbondale Public Schools. Married Ina Price, July 9, 1882. Price
& Howarth, Lumber. Director Scranton Stove Works. Mem. Board of Trade.
*JOHN A. PRICE
590
Born Irvington, N. J., Jan. 12, 1842 -* Aug. 2, 1992. Educated Brown University. Married Kate E. Gaston, Oct. 23, 1867. Stove Mfr. Pres. Scranton Stove Works. Mem. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engineers, Soc. of Inventors, Inter. Geological Soc. Pres, Scranton Board of Trade. Vice-Pres. Nat. Board of Trade.
PATRICK MULHERIN
591
Born Ireland, Mayo Co., Feb. 14, 1851. Edu- cated Public Schools, Ireland; High Schools at Ballia, Mayo Co. Married Mary Dugan, June, 1872; Cassie T. Judge, Feb., 1882. Mul- herin & Judge Lumber Co .; Dunmore Lum- ber Co .; Maplewood Lumber Co .; Paupac Lumber Co .; Scranton and N. C. Lumber Co .; Taylor Coal Co .; Taylor Silk Co .; Taylor Worsted Co. Dir. Taylor Bank and Taylor Hospital.
*CONRAD SCHROEDER
592
Born Guntersblum, Germany, May 25, 1846 -¥Aug. 6, 1903. Educated Mayence, Ger- many. Married Caroline Feidler, May 4, 1869. Builder. Pres. Carlucci Stone Co. Dir. Lack'a Hospital. Scranton Lace Curtain Co. Lack'a Trust and Safe Dep. Co. Para- gon Plaster and Supply Co.
* DENISON KINGSBURY OAKLEY
593
Born Oakley, Susq. Co., Pa., June 18, 1824 -* Sept. 23, 1905. Educated Hartford Univ. Married Belle L. Trippe, Sept. 26, 1878. Con- tractor and Builder.
CLARENCE DENISON OAKLEY
594
Born Oakley, Susq. Co., Pa., Dec. 2, 1884. Educated Nyack, N. Y. Married Mae D. Palmer, June 11, 1903. Contractor and Builder.
JUDSON B. WOOLSEY
595
Born Scranton, Pa., June 25, 1862. Educated Scranton, Pa. Contractor and Builder.
SIMON MILTON SNOOK
596
Born Sandison, Sussex Co., N. J., May 29, 1869. Educated Flatbrook Valley, N. J. Married Hattie B. Coombe, Feb. 15, 1899. Luniber and Real Estate. Vice-Pres. Pansy Lumber Co., of Pansy, Ala. Active Mem. Board of Dir. German Building Association, No. 10, of Scranton, Pa.
BENJAMIN F. LAUDIG
597
Born Ringtown, Pa., May 15, 1864. Educat- ed Orangeville Seminary. Married Lizzie Rebecca Lessig, June 30, 1892. Mason Con- tractor. Sand and Stone Quarrying. Sec. Penn'a Lumberman's Ass'n, Inc. Editor and Publisher Penn'a Lumberman's "Trade Journal." Ex-Sec. Scranton Builders Ex- change.
HENRY J. GUNSTER
598
Born Scranton, Pa., Jan. 11, 1858. Educated Scranton and Newton, N. J. Married Mar- garet Cannon, April 16, 1898. Hardware, Plumbing, Heating, Meni. Board of Trade, Builders' Exchange, Master Plumbers' Ass'n.
BURTON EUGENE KINGSLEY
599
Born Blakely, Pa., Aug. 8, 1860. Educated Keystone Academy. Married Elizabeth Ed- wards, Oct. 19, 1884. Supt. and Contractor.
GEORGE A. WESCOTT
600
Born Susq. Co., Pa., Oct. 31, 1859. Educat- ed Common School. Married Bessie J. Craig, Oct. 12, 1904. Contracting.
*JAMES MADISON RHODES
601
Born Cherry Valley, Monroe Co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1831 -* May 8, 1903. Educated Cherry Val- ley, Monroe Co. Married Mary Ann Swartz, Jan. 1, 1854, at Peter Swartz's residence, Moscow, Pa., by Rev. J. S. David, Metho-
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dist Minister.
Lumberman, Farmer and
Brick Manfr. Pres. Scranton and North Carolina Land and Lumber Co., Makely- ville, Hyde .Co., N. C. Pres. Scranton Vit- rified Brick and Tile Manfg. Co. Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Roaring Brook Turnpike Co. Dir. Taylor Silk Worsted Manfg. Co., Tay- lor, Pa. Mem. Masonic Fraternity.
CHAUNCEY WICKHAM RHODES
602
Born Madison Twp., Luzerne Co., Pa., April 19, 1858. Educated Elmhurst Schools. Mar- ried Myra Josephine Clark, Sept. 10, 1891, at Jas. R. Clark's residence at Scranton, Pa., by Rev. M. D. Fuller, Methodist Minister. Brick Manfr. and Executor. Vice-Pres. Scranton Vitrified Brick and Tile Manfg. Co. Stockholder in Knickerbocker Coal Co., W. Va. Stockholder in Alto Copper Co., of Arizona. Mem. Masonic Fraternity with its higher Branches.
DUANE LEGRANGE POTTER
603
Born North Abington, Luzerne Co., Pa., Feb. 21, 1851. Educated Common Schools. Married Julia M. Finn, June 20, 1872; Sadie A. Miller, daughter of Rev. Wm. A. Miller, Oct. 15, 1894. Lumber. Worked on father's farm until May 15, 1871, then went into the lumper business in Pennsylvania and Ten- nessee. Stockholder in five Companies in Tennessee, which he promoted and organ- ized, the largest of which he is President, "The Potter Coal and Lumber Co."
DANIEL D. JONES
604
Born Plymouth, Pa., Sept. 18, 1844. Edu- cated Oid Notch School, Third Ward; Scranton Public Schools. Married Kathrine Struble, July 4, 1868. Funeral Director. Mem. Griffin Post, G. A. R., 139.
H. A. KAUFHOLD
605
Born St. Louis Co., Mo., July 4, 1856. Edu-
cated St. Louis Co., Mo. Married Mary Steinle, March 7, 1882. Contractor and Builder. Cabinet Maker. Mgr. and Treas. Nay Aug Lumber Co. Treas. of Traders' Coal Co.
W. SPENCER DeWITT
606
Born Brooklyn, Pa., July 16. 1861. Educated Public Schools. Married Mary E. Stonier, :
Sept. 17, 1884. Lumber Dealer and Real Estate.
GEORGE F. HOWER
607
Born Scranton, Nov. 26, 1865. Educated Scranton. Married Anna W. Earley, Dec. 28, 1902. Hower & Stender, Gen. Contract- ors and Lumber Dealers.
HERMAN F. STENDER
608
Born Germany, April 17, 1872. Educated Germany. Married Minnie Schafer, Sept. 23, 1896. Hower & Stender, Gen. Contract- ors and Lumber. German Building Asso- ciation, No. 10.
MATHIAS STIPP
609
Born Germany, Nov. 22,
1864. Educated
Public Schools, Germany. Married Ellen A. Marquart, March 10, 1887. Builder and Brick Manufacturer.
PETER STIPP
610
Born Germany, Sept. 30,
1858. Educated Germany. Married Magdalene Wehrung. Gen Contractor and Builder.
THOMAS PALMER
611
Born Loftus, England, Oct. 20, 1873. Edu- cated Loftus Academy, Loftus, Eng. Mar- ried Alpha E. Hoffman, Dec. 19, 1904. Sec. M. Stipp Construction Co., Scranton, Pa. Co., Vice-Pres. Gulf Yellow Pine Lumber Geneva, Ala.
CHARLES M. MAYNARD
612
Born Factoryville, Wyoming Co., Pa., Dec. 23, 1865. Educated Keystone Academy. Married Flora M. Mathewson, March 29, 1898. Mason Contractor. Pres. Leggitt's Creek Quarry and Land Co., Ltd. Dir. Providence Mill Co.
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