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FRANK CARLUCCI
613
Born Italy, April 7, 1862. Educated Italy. Married Lorrisa Cerini. Stone Contractor.
EDMUND A. BARTL
614
Born Austria, Nov. 16, 1857. Educated Ger- many and America. Married Bertha Otto, May 9, 1889. Civil and Mining Engineer. Vice Pres. Carlucci Stone So.
JOHN FRANCIS LANGAN
615
Born Honesdale, Wayne Co., Pa., Nov. 4, 1856. Educated Common Schools. Married Barbara A. Langan, Sept. 9, 1880. Stone Dealer and Contractor.
*PATRICK HOBAN
616
Born Kilfian, Ireland, 1813 -* Hawley, Pa., Aug. 26, 1867. Educated Common Schools, Ireland. Married Bridget Agnes Hennigan, Jan. 2, 1852. Railroad Contractor. Built Section of Pennsylvania Coal Co. R. R. near Dunmore and Hawley.
PETER F. HOWLEY
617
Born Scranton, Pa. Educated Scranton Public Schools. Mem. of Firm of P. F. & M. T. Howley, Plumbing, Heating and Sheet Metal Works. Scranton Builders' Ex-
change. Knights of Columbus.
MICHAEL T. HOWLEY
618
Born Scranton, Pa. Educated Scranton Public Schools. Mem. of Firm of P. F. & M. T. Howley, Plumbing, Heating and Sheet Metal Works. Scranton Builders' Exchange. Lodge of Elks. Knights of Columbus.
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PETER F. REILLY
619
Born Dunmore, Pa., Oct. 3, 1866. Educated Dunmore, Pa. Married Bridget E. Quinn, Sept. 17, 1890. Treas. Dunmore Coal Co. Tax Col. Dunmore Borough.
GEORGE HERBERT CRAVEN
620
Born Glasgow, Scotland, April 11, 1859. Edu- cated Massachusetts. Married Alice Spreck- ley, May 26, 1881. Secretary and General Mgr. of the Scranton Yarn Finishing Co.
*JOHN KELLY
621
Born Ireland, 1824 -* April 22, 1905. Educated Ireland. Married Ellen Downey, 1851. Brick- maker. Hotel Keeper.
JOHN SCISM
622
Born Dutchess Co., N. Y., Aug. 19, 1829.
Educated Dutchess Co., N. Y. Married
Cordelia McFarlin, June 5, 1851. Diamond Drill Contractor.
DANIEL WEBSTER SCISM
623
Born Hyde Park, Aug. 28, 1861. Educated Scranton High School. Married Mary Louise Mulford, Aug. 26, 1897. Prospector .. Dia- niond Drilling.
WILLIAM MATTHEW STURGES
624
Born Scranton, Pa., July 30, 1861. Educated Harford Soldiers' Orphan School. Married Alice Chapman Wilson, March 8,, 1887. Dia- mond Drills with Expert Diamond Bit Set- ting.
SIDNEY S. STONE
625 Born Hawley, Pa., May 29, 1875. Educated Hawley, Pa. Married Pearl M. Sammnon, Dec. 25, 1897. Chief Train Dispatcher, Lack'a R. R. Co.
DANIEL M. JONES
626
Born Pittston, Pa., April 12, 1860. Educated International Correspondence Schools. Mar- ried Margaret E. Davis, Nov. 24, 1883. Mine Foreman.
SEWARD BUTTON
627
Born England, Oct. 5, 1875. Educated Eng- land. Married Charlotte A. Johns, July 3, 1894. Foreman Hillside Coal & Iron Co. Mem. Acacia Lodge, No. 579, F. & A. M .; Pittston Royal Arch Chapter, No. 242, R. A. M .; Wyoming Valley Com., No. 57, K. T .; Ireni Tem., W .- Parre, Pa. Jermyn, Pa.
WILLIAM YOUNG MOFFAT
628
Born Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Feb. 25, 1863. Educated, Dunmore, Pa. Married
Grace Palmer, Sept. 14, 1887. Mgr. Scranton Machine Works. Formerly Foreman Erie R. R. Co. Machine Shops.
JOHN L. SCHROEDER
629
Born Germany, March 13, 1844. Educated Germany. Married Annie Maria Christ, Jan., 1868. Builder and Contractor.
WILLIAM EVANS
630
Born Aberavon, South Wales, April 14, 1840. Educated Aberavon, South Wales. Mar- ried Elizabeth Key, Aug. 14, 1864. Car- penter and Builder.
JOSEPH W. SLOCUM
631
Born Scranton, Pa., July 23, 1833. Edu- cated Public Schools. Married Hannah M. Collins, Feb. 21, 1856. Lumber and Farm- ing. Ex-Deputy U. S. Marshal for 12 years. Mem. City Council for two terms.
ADAM THOMPSON
632
Born Newton Twp., Lack'a Co., Feb. 15, 1822. Educated Common School. Married Lydia Rosenkrans, Oct. 17, 1846. Contractor and Builder.
WILLIAM A. HARVEY
633
Born Scranton, Pa., March 28, 1874. Edu- cated Penn'a State College. Married Rosa- lind E. Reilly. March 5, 1901. Elec. Eng. and Contractor. Mem. Scranton Engineers Club, Builders' Exchange, Temple Club, Irem Temple, Mystic Shrine; Keystone Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons; Union Lodge, F. & A. M., 291.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER HUTTON
634
Born Glasgow, Scotland, June 12, 1876. Edu- cated Glasgow and Scranton. Married Edith M. Martin, June 3, 1902. Electrical Contractor.
FRANK H. EISELE
635
Born Paola, Kan .. Jan. 18. 1869. Educated Univ. of Tenn. Electrician and Electrical Contractor. Pres. Hutton Electrical Co.
FERDINAND MUCKLEY
636
Born Verden, Hanover, Germany, Nov. 22, 1870. Educated Royal Seminary, Verden. Married Wilhelmina Albrecht, Aug. 12, 1897. Broker and Promoter. Universal Aether Telegraph Co. F. Korff & Co., Cocoa and Chocolate Manfrs. Gloor & Strubi, Em- broidery Manfrs.
FRANK J. DICKERT
637
Born Germany, Nov. 27, 1858. Married Wil- helmina Oswald, June 13, 1882. Grocer. Vice-Pres. New Schiller B. & L. Ass'n and South Side Bank. Dir. Lack'a Dairy Co., Scranton Poor Dist. Treas. P. R. C. Ins. Ass'n.
LUDWIG A. LANGE
638
Born Scranton, Pa., May 19, 1869. Educated Wesleyan Univ., Scranton High School. Married Nettie Nye, Aug. 30, 1900. Sec. New Schiller B. & I .. Ass'n. Treas. Lack'a Dairv Co.
HERMAN HAGEN
639
Born Baden, Germany, Feb. 2, 1852. Edu- cated, Baden. Married Sophia Frey, Nov.
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23, 1876. Gardner and Real Estate. Dir. New Schiller B. & L. Ass'n; Germania B. & L. Ass'n .. Treas. Baden Sick Benevolent Soc. Political, Republican.
GEORGE FRANKLIN KELLOW
640
Born Honesdale, Pa., July 16, 1849. Edu- cated Common School. Married Elizabeth Weinschenk, Dec. 31, 1872. Alderman Four- teenth Ward.
GEORGE WAHL
641
Born Aber-Floersheim, near Worms, Ger- many, April 9, 1848. Married Catherine E. Dimler, Nov. 17, 1878. Mgr. and Treas. Scranton Sonnabend Journal Printing Co. Dist. Agt. Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN LENTES
642
Born Kirn a Nahe Rheinpressen, Germany, Aug. 7, 1856. Educated Kirn a Nahe Strags- burg (Elsap). Married Caroline Hampel, June 4, 1881. Gen. Ins. Alderman 11th Ward.
AUGUST WAHLERS
643
Born Germany, Jan. 1, 1847. Educated Ger- many. Married Susanna M. Hostombe, Feb. 4, 1869. Gen. Ins. Agt. Treas. Borough of Dunmore. Dir. New Schiller B. & L. Ass'n of Scranton, Dir. German Bldg. Ass'n. Organist Evan. Luth. Church of Scranton for 25 years.
FRANK FUHR
644
Born Germany, Sept. 5.
1847. Educated Germany. Married Lizzie Becker. May 16, 1878; Mary Epp, April 22, 1896. Cigar Box Manfr. Elected to Dunmore Boro. Council 1886 for three years; appointed by the Court for two months as Chief Burgess. Elected Chief Burgess of Dunmore, 1903, for term of three years. Dunmore, Pa.
GEORGE W. BEEMER
645
Superintendent Hillside Home.
JAMES MOIR
646
Born Aberdeen, Scotland, 1840. Educated Parish Schools. Married Frances L. Flint, 1865. Merchant Tailor. Mayor of Scranton, 1899 to 1901. City Councilman ten years and Chairman three years. Capt. Co. C, 13th Regt., N. G. P., ten years. Active Mason, Peter Williamson Lodge, F. & A. M., and Keystone Consistory, A. A. S. R., and Mys- tic Shrine; Active Mem. I. O. O. F. for 35 years.
*CHARLES JOSEPH GILLESPIE
647
Born Scranton, Pa., July 21, 1864 -* July 9, 1906. Educated School of the Lack'a, Scranton, Pa. Married Margaret Keefer. Sec. Scranton Poor District.
JOHN B. GILLESPIE
648
Born Carbondale, Pa., Nov. 4, 1844. Alder- mian Second Ward. Dir. Scranton Poor
Dist., April, 1874, to Nov. 25, 1883; reappoint- ed June 13, 1892. to March, 1893. Mem. Com- mon Council, 1870, from Second Ward.
MYRON KASSON
649
Born Springville, Pa., 1848. Educated Wy-
oming Seminary, Cornell Univ. Married
Alice Dale, 1883. Farmer. Police Magis-
trate First Dist., Scranton. Alderman 9th
Ward, Scranton. Pres. Montrose Electric Light, Heat and Power Co.
Prothonotary, Susq. Co., 1880-1887.
DAVID W. POWELL
650
Born Saint Clair, Pa., Aug. 18, 1845. Edu-
cated Saint Clair, Pa. Married Martha J. Davis, Sept. 23, 1872. Ass't Postmaster.
Sec. and Treas. Scranton and Pottsville Coal Land Co., also of the Ronaldson Coal Co.
MARCUS K. BISHOP
651
Born Hawley, Wayne Co., Pa., Aug. 19, 1839. Educated Wyoming Seminary. Mar- ried Janette Thomson, Jan. 19, 1866. Post- master Dunmore, Lack'a Co., Pa. Supt. Coal Breaker for Penn'a Coal Co. fourteen years, after which was clerk for same com- pany for sixteen years. Enlisted April 22, 1861, in Co. D, 15th Regt., Penn'a Inf. First Sergeant of the Company three nionths. Reinlisted in the Ninth Penn'a Cav. for three years, served until end of war.
JOHN T. HOWE
652
Born Catawissa, Pa., Sept. 30, 1837. Edu- cated Catawissa. Alderman. Mem. of Coun- cil. Jury Com. Dir. Memorial Ass'n, and Hall and Cemetery Ass'n.
THOMAS H. PHILLIPS
653
Born Scranton, Pa., June 25, 1853. Educated Scranton Public Schools. Married Mary A. Thomas, July 21, 1881. Supt. Bureau of Parks.
PATRICK F. CALPIN
654
Born Scranton, Pa., March 25, 1872. Edu- cated Public Schools and Wood's Business College. Married Jennie Clark, Jan. 22, 1902. Contractor and Builder. Worked about the mines until 1890, when he became an ap- prentice at the carpenter trade. In 1894, he engaged in his present business, contracting and building. Was elected to the Common Council of Scranton in 1898, and re-elected, without opposition, in 1900 and 1902. Served as its Pres. in 1900-'01. Was elected to the Senate of Pa. from Lack'a Co. in 1902, and served in the sessions of 1903-'05-'06. Received Dem. nomination for Sheriff, Lack'a Co. at time this copy is handed to printers, July, 1906. .
J. GEORGE HUFNAGEL
655
Born New York City. Educated New York City. Married Augusta Hufnagel, Nov. 24. 1891. Dir. Citizens' Bank, Olyphant, Pa. Pres. Columbia Bottling Co .; Imperial Birch Beer Co. Mem. B. P. O. E., Scranton; American Telegraphers, New York City. Pres. Board of Council, 1900 to 1905, Dick-
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son City Boro. Started in life as messenger boy and advanced to Manager of West. Union Telegraph Co., at New York; Con- nected with the Market Districts. Organ- ized Dickson Brewing Co., 1893. Sold to Cent. Penn'a Brew. Co., 1897. Dickson City.
DANIEL HOLLAND
656
Born Old Forge, Pa., Aug. 14, 1871. Edu- cated Old Forge, Pa. Married Catherine Barrett, Oct., 1898. Justice of the Peace.
Prominent in Politics. Elected to office of Justice of the Peace in 1902 and has held the office ever since. Mem. of Red Men's Lodge, 410.
JOSEPH A. DOLPHIN
657
Born Archbald, Pa., March 18, 1856. Edu- cated Common Schools. Married Mary A. Garvey, Feb., 1902. Justice of the Peace. First public office in 1874 as Auditor of Old Blakely Twp. Elected Auditor of Boro. of Olyphant, 1876, and Councilman of the Boro., Sec. of Boro. and Board of Health. County Auditor, 1890-1893. Justice of Peace, 1901, to present time. Sec. of Fraternal Or- der of Eagles, Aerie 671. At the formation of Lack'a Co., 1878. Clerk in the Commis- sioners' Office. Olyphant, Pa.
SIMON P. FAUSOLD
658
Born April 30, 1840, in Rockefeller Twp., Northumberland Co. (near Sunbury), Pa. Educated in the Common Schools, with an Academic course. Married Ella C. Deihm, Dec. 24, 1894. Taught in public schools,, 1858- 1865. Dep. Rec. of Deeds, Register of Wills and Clerk Orphans' Court of Northuniber- land Co., 1865-1868. Dep. Prothonotary Court of Common Pleas. Dep. Clerk Court of Quarter Sessions and Over and Terminer for Northumberland Co., Jan., 1879 to 1891. Elected in Nov., 1890, to the aforesaid offices and served for the term of three years. In April, 1894, came to Scranton, Pa., as Dep. Coll. of Inter. Rev., 12th Coll. Dist. of Penn'a. Present incumbent.
HENRY T. KOEHLER
659
Born Erie, Penn'a, Dec. 18, 1861. Educated Common Schools. Married Clara Rebecca Hughes, Dec. 8, 1904. Dep. Reg. of Wills and Ass't Clerk of Orphans' Court.
PATRICK F. CONNOR
660
Born Carbondale, Pa. Educated Public Schools. Married Anna, Hannon, July 26, 1399. Treas. of Lack'a Co. Treas. of Car- bondale City, 1896-1904.
THOMAS A. BECK
661
Born Moscow, Lack'a Co., Pa., April 9, 1877. Educated Public Schools. Married May A. Fisher, Sept. 9, 1899. Dep. Prothonotary of Lack'a Co.
GWILYM JONES
662
Born South Wales, Jan. 11, 1869. Educated Common Schools. Married Mary J. Davis, Aug. 9, 1893. Pres. and Mgr. Anthracite Beer Co. Pres. Maplewood Lumber Co., Paupac Lumber Co. City Assessor.
WILBURT C. WILLIAMS
663
Born Scranton, Pa., Sept. 9, 1872. Educated Princeton University. Married Lydia E. Turner, June 14, 1906. City Treasurer.
EDWARD EISELE
664
Born Scranton, Pa., July 11, 1875. Educated Scranton, Pa. City Controller.
FRANK B. REESE
665
Born Scranton, Pa., July 19, 1873. Educated Public Schools. Mayor's Secretary, 1904-1905.
MARK K. EDGAR
666
Born Espey, Columbia Co., Pa., Nov. 21, 1872. Educated Public Schools and Wyoming Seminary. Married Adda Bone, Nov. 6, 1901. Newspaper Man. Dir. Public Safety, 1903- 1906. Sec. to Mayor, 1900-1903.
LONA B. DAY
667
Born Salem, Wayne Co., Pa., Dec. 22, 1870. Educated Public Schools. Married Bertha Early, March 2, 1901. Supt. of Police, Scranton, Pa. Mem. Nat. Guard of Penn'a 9 years. Sergt. 13th Regt., P. V. I., Spanish- American War, May, 1898-Feb. 1899. Ap- pointed Patrolman Bureau of Police April 20, 1894. Served as Lieut. in Third Precinct and as City Detective. Promoted to Supt. of Police Dec. 28, 1901.
HENRY F. FERBER
668
Born Pittston, Pa .. April 1, 1853. Educated Public Schools. Married Mary E. Jones, Aug. 7, 1877. Supt. of Bureau of Fire. Mem. Scranton Fire Dept. since 1866. Chief of the Dept. for 12 years. Mem. Union Lodge, 291, F. & A. M.
H. WILLARD STORM
669
23. Born Scranton, July 1866. Educated High School. Married Jessie M. Fisher, Aug. 1, 1891. Ass't Supt. Bureau of Fire. Appointed First Ass't Supt. Bureau of Fire, April 1, 1905. Connected with the Scranton Fire Dept. since Dec. 5, 1884. Mem. Union Lodge, 291.
JOHN BUTTERMAN
670
Born Fischbach, Germany. Feb. 15, 1840. Educated Scranton, Pa. Married Eleanor O'Donnell, Aug. 4, 1861. Alderman 10th Ward. THOMAS B. JACKSON
671
Born Kennett Square, March 10, 1848. Edu- cated West Nottinghanı Academy. Married Mary Elizabeth Sqeuer, 1881. Alderman 13th Ward.
JAMES F. NOONE
672
Born Ireland, Sept. 23, 1858. Educated Pub- lic Schools. Alderman 18th Ward. TIMOTHY JONES
673
Born Scranton, Pa., April 22, 1860. Educated Scranton, Pa. Alderman 5th Ward, Scran- ton, Pa.
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*EDWARD FIDLER
674
Born England, Nov. 1, 1863 -* 1905. Educated Common Schools of Derby. Married Kath- erine J. Davis, Aug. 19, 1891. Alderman 1st Ward. Ins. Agt. Police Mag. 3d Precinct.
HIRAM N. KELLY, M. D.
675
Born Tunkhannock, Feb. 15, 1831. Educated Wyom. Sem., Kingston, Pa. Graduated Jeff. Med. Col., 1857. Married Lydia J. Stephens, Oct. 4, 1864. Physician and Sur- geon. Practicing medicine 45 years. Mem. Wyoming Co. Medical Soc. Served on Wy- oming Co. Pension Examining Board. Meni. G. A. R. Ass't Surgeon 1st. Penn'a Vol. Cav. Number of terms of School Board and Board of Health. Nicholson, Pa:
MANNING DeWITT KELLY
676
Born Nicholson, Aug. 10, 1873. Educated Nicholson High School, School of Lack'a, Scranton. Married Harriet A. Boyle, Sept. 14, 1892. Station Agt. D., I .. & W. R. R. Co. Mem. of Masonic Orders-Blue Lodge, No. 138, Nicholson: Roval Arch Chapter, Fac- toryville; Melita Com; Keystone Consist- ory, Scranton; Irem Temple, Wilkes-Barre, Nicholson, Pa.
EDMOND J. DONNEGAN, D. D. S. 677
Born Scranton, Pa. Educated Scranton Higli School, University of Pennsylvania. Dental Surgeon. Charter Mcm. Luzerne and Lack'a Dental Soc. Mem. Nat. Dental Ass'n of the U. S .; Susq. Dental Ass'n of Penn'a, and the Penn'a State Dental Soc. Alumni Societies of the Univ. of Penn'a.
EDSON M. GREEN, D. D. S.
678
Born Factoryville, Pa., Feb. 28, 1868. Edu- cated Keystone Academy and Univ. of Penn'a. Married Emaline Killam, April 28, 1898. Dentist. Susq. Dental Ass'n. Luzerne and Lack'a Dental Associations.
*JEREMIAH L. FORDHAM, D. D. S.
679
Born South Hampton, L. I., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1831 -* June 28, 1901. Educated Amherst Col- lege and Phil'a Dental College. Married Sarah . Culver Isaacs. Nov., 24, 1867; Ade- laide Pratt, Junc 5, 1875. Dentist. Penn'a State Dental Soc. Susq. Dental Soc. Lack'a and Luzerne Co. Dental Soc.
WALTER H. FORDHAM, D. D. S. 680
Born Scranton, Nov. 16, 1877. Educated Wyoming Seminary and Univ. of Penn'a. Dentist. Inter. Dental Soc. Penn'a State Dental Soc. Susq. Dental Soc. Lack'a and Luzerne Co. Dental Soc. The Scranton Club.
ARCHIBALD D. PRESTON, D. D. S.
681
Born South Hadley, Mass., Jan. 30, 1873. Educated Phil'a Dental College. Married Mattie B. Hards, Sept. 28, 1898. Dentist. Penn'a State Dental Ass'n. Susq. Dental Ass'n. Luzerne and Lack'a Dental Soc.
FRANK W. BEAVERS
682
Born Scranton, Pa., April 27, 1870. Edu- cated Scranton Public Schools. Married Gertrude C. Williams, Feb. 26, 1902. Drug- gist.
GEORGE SANFORD PECK, D. D. S.
683
Born Binghamton, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1881. Edu- cated Buffalo, N. Y., and Phil'a, Pa. Mar- ried Marguerite H. Sollers, Feb. 8, 1905. Dentist. Xi Phi Phi Fraternity. Alumni Soc. of Phil'a Dental Coll. Olyphant, Pa.
T. EDMUND COPPINGER
684
Born New York City, July 24, 1872. Educat- ed New York Public Schools. Married Elizabeth Reddington, Oct. 12, 1904. Gradu- ate Nurse of New York City Hospital. Prop. of
Coppinger Private Sanitarium and Trained Nurses' Registry.
*HORACE HOLLISTER, M. D.
$85
Born Salem, Wayne Co., Pa., Nov. 30, 1822- *Scranton, Pa., Dec. 29, 1893. Graduated Med. Dept. Univ. of N. Y, 1846. Married Mary E. Goff, Nov. 2, 1817. Physician and Surgeon. Author, Writer, Historian. Col- lector of Indian Relics. Author History of Lack'a Co. and Revised Editions.
*BENJAMIN THROOP, M. D.
686
Born Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1811 -* June 26, 1897. Educated Oxford Acad- emy. Married Harriett Fuller Mckinney, 1842. Pioneer. Physician and Surgeon. Graduated Fairfield Med. Col., 1852. Came to Scranton, 1840. Built the first house in Scranton. Largely interested in coal lands. Surgeon 8th Reginient, War of Rebellion, 1861-1865. Surgcon D., L. & W. R. R. for many years. Interested and owner of coal lands.
*HARPER B. LACKEY, M. D.
687
Born Providence, Pa., 1943 -* Sept. 30, 1902. Educated Bellevuc Med. Col., N. Y. Mar- ried Gertrude Hollister, 1872. Physician. Visiting Physician to Hillside Home and Insane Asylum for eight years.
THOMAS B. RODHAM, M. D.
688
Born Durham, Eng., April 23, 1868. Edu- cated Keystone Academy, Medico-Chir. Col- lege, Phil'a, Pa. Married Georgie Lackey, July 19, 1897. Physician.
*A. P. GARDNER, M. D.
689
Born Warren, Orange Co., N. Y., May 12, 1816 -* Dec. 1, 1899. Educated N. Y. Schools, Crosby Street Med. Col., N. Y. City. Mar- ried Elizabeth Good, 1844; Mary Augusta Tremper, 1855. Physician and Surgeon. Pionecr. Jan. 1, 1841, commenced practice aș a regular physician in Carbondale, where he remained for 14 years. In 1855 he opened an office in Scranton, where he had a large practice. Dec. 27, 1855 he organized the Honieopathic Med. Soc.
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*CHARLES AUG. STEVENS, M. D. 690
Born Harpersfield, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1818 -* Jan. 17. 1881. Educated Homer Acad., Geneoa Med. Coll. Married Emily Matilda Dunning, June 22. 1842. Homeopathic Physician. First Pres. S. P. C. A., of Scranton. Taxpayers' Ass'n of Scranton.
ISAIAH F. EVERHART, M. D.
691
Born Berks Co., Pa., Jan. 22, 1840. Edu- cated Franklin and Marshall Col. and Univ. of Pa. Married Annie V. Ubil, Jan. 2, 1871. Physician and Surgeon. Surgeon of the 8th Pa. Cav. Vols., War of the Rebellion. Sur- geon 9th P. N. G., during the coal strike, 1871-1872. Traveled extensively over the
world. Meni. Scranton first Board of Health.
Pres. Everhart Coal Co., Everhart Brass Works. Dir. Scranton Forging Co. For 40 years Collector of Specimens of Nat- ural History, specially confined within the State, and has endowed and building in course of construction a general museum to which he will give his entire collection.
ANDREW P. NILES, M. D.
692
Born White Creek, Washington Co., N. Y., Jan. 3, 1832. Educated Phil'a Col. of Med. Married Margaret A. Dorr, Aug. 30, 1852. Physician and Surgeon. Carbondale, Pa.
LUDWIG WEHLAU, M. D.
693 Physician and Surgeon.
DANIEL W. MEARS, M. D. 694
Born Numindia, Columbia Co., Pa., Nov. 29, 1858. Educated Bloomsburg Normal School, Jefferson Med. Col. and Univ. Vienna. Physician. Mem. Staff State Hospital, West Side Hospital,
Taylor Hospital. Mem. Amer. Med. Ass'n, Inter. Med. Cong., State Med. Soc., County Med. Soc., Scranton Club, Country Club, Bicycle Club, Univ. Club, N. Y. C .; Phil'a Club. Dir. Diamond Water Co., Hazleton, Pa.
CHARLES E. THOMSON, M. D
695
Born Zephur, Ont., Oct., 1859. Educated Toronto, Ontario and Bellevue Med. Col. Married S. A. Donnelly, Sept. 12, 1895. Supt. Scranton Private Hospital. Supt. and Prop. Binghamton Private Hospital. Sec. Scranton Clinical and Pathological Soc. Mem. Coun- ty, State and National Medical Societies.
LEWIS FREY, M. D.
696
Physician and Surgeon.
SAMUEL P. LONGSTREET, M. D.
697
Born Hamlinton, Wayne Co., Pa., March 2, 1862. Educated New York Univ. Married Christina E. Evans, June 25, 1891. Physi- cian and Surgeon. Ex-Coroner Lack'a Co., Pa. Lack'a Co. Med. Soc. Ex-Pres. and Founder of Anatomical Soc.
CLARENCE LESLIE FREY, M. D.
698
Borıl Glen Rock, York Co., Pa., Nov. 7, 1851. Educated Jefferson Med. Col., Phil'a,
and Vienna. Physician. Mem. Lack'a Co. Med. Ass'n. Oculist and Aurist to State Hospital and Penn'a Oral School.
WILLIAM G. FULTON, M. D.
699
Physician and Surgeon.
HERBERT D. GARDNER, M. D. 700
Physician and Surgeon.
CHARLES H. FISHER, M. D.
701
Born Owego, N. Y., June 12, 1837. Educated Univ. of Nashville, Tenn .; Bellevue Med. Col., N. Y .: Geneva Med. Col., N. Y. Mar- ried Mary J. Miner, May 12, 1869. Physician and Surgeon, Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose. Ex-Surgeon 96th Regt., U. S. C. T. Mem. Lack'a Co. Med. Soc. Mem. Staff West Side Hospital. Pres. Animal Rescue League of Lack'a Co. Oldest practicing physician in City of Scranton.
JOHN L. WENTZ, M. D.
702
Born Ackley, Luzerne Co., Pa., Oct. 31, 1858. Educated Amherst Col. and Univ. of Pa. Married Ada Stecker, Jan., 1892. Physician and Surgeon. Mem. State and Co. Med. Societies. Treas. and Gen. Mgr. Lindsey, Punxsutawney, Pomeroy and Middleport Water Cos. Treas. and Gen. Mgr. United Gas, Electric Light and Fuel Co. Vice- Pres. Tuilerie Water Co. Pres. American and European Insurance Co.
P. FRANCIS GUNSTER, M. D.
703
Born Lockweiler, Germany, Feb. 1, 1848. Educated Public Schools, Scranton, Pa., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale College, New Haven; Univ. Berlin, Prussia; Belle- vue Hospital Med. Col., N. Y .; Post Gradu- ate of School and Hospital. Married Mar- garet S. Landmesser, Sept. 25, 1878. Physi- cian and Surgeon. Ex-Pres. Lack'a Co. Med. Soc .; Pres. Physicians' Club, Scranton; Sec. and Treas. Scranton Anatomical Soc. Mcm. Pa. Med. Soc .: Clinical and Pathological Soc., Scranton, Pa.
GILBERT D. MURRAY, M. D.
704
Born Woodstock, Ont., Dec. 24, 1865. Edu- cated Collegiate Institute, High School. Married Katharine Winton, Sept. 2, 1897. Physician. Oculist and Aurist, D., L. & W. R. R. Opthalmologist Moses Taylor Hos- pital. Fellow of American Larynogolical, Rhinological and Otological Soc. Mem. Lack'a Co., Penn'a State Med. Soc's.
JAMES LENOX REA, M. D.
705 Born Loysville, Perry Co.,, Pa., Jan. 24, 1855. Educated Jefferson Med. Col. Married Ora Mary Deatrick, May 16, 1893. Physician. State Hospital. Oral School. Surgeon for D. & H. R. R. Lack'a Co. Med. Soc. Penn'a State and America Medical Ass'n.
LOWELL MASON GATES, M. D.
706 Born Scott, Wayne Co., Pa., March 26, 1852. Educated Hillsdale Col. & Univ. of Mich. Married Helen Dunn, Nov. 30, 1880. Physi-
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cian and Surgeon. Mem. Scranton Medical Club, Clinical Pathological Society, Lack'a Co., Penn'a State and Amer. Med. Ass'n. Surgeon Lack'a Hospital, 1880-1900. Ex-Pres. Lack'a Co. Med. Soc.
JAMES B. GARVEY, M. D. 707
Born Carbondale, Pa., Nov. 5, 1843. Educat- ed St. Mary's, N. Y. Married Mary A. Col- lins, Aug. 31, 1881. Physician.
ARTHUR H. BERNSTEIN, M. D.
708
Born Hawley, Pa., Feb. 22, 1863. Educated High School, Corning; Jeff. Med. Col., Phil'a, Pa. Married Luciel Robinson, Oct. 9, 1895. Physician and Surgeon. Surgeon for the Erie R. R. Dir. Fidelity Dep. and Dis. Bank, Dunmore, Pa.
JOHN W. COOLIDGE, M. D.
709
Born Wellsborough, Pa. Educated Univ. of Mich. Physician and Surgeon. Mem. Amer. Ins. of Homeopathy, State Homeo. Med. Soc., Surgeon-in-Chief Hahnemann Hospital for many years.
JOHN LYMAN PECK, M. D.
710
Born Felton, Del., Oct. 5, 1869. Educated Lafayette College, 1893. Hahnemann Med. Col., Philadelphia, 1897. Married Helen San- derson Hand, Feb. 5, 1903. Physician and Surgeon. Surgeon Hahnemann Hospital. Pres. Interstate Hom. Med. Soc. Mem. Amer. Ins. of Homeopathy, Pa .; State Homeopathy Medical Society.
FREDERICK D. BREWSTER, M. D.
711
Born Montrose, Pa., Oct. 8, 1850. Educated Public Schools, Mansfield S. N. S., N. Y. Homeo. Med. Col. Married M. Emma Wil- son, June 8, 1881. Physician and Surgeon. Mem. Medical Staff Hahnemann Hospital.
WILLIAM A. McDOWELL, M. D.
712
Born Glen Riddle, Delaware Co., Pa., April 22, 1873. Educated Media Academy and Hahnemann Col., Philadelphia. Married Florence May Doud, April 28, 1900. Physi- cian and Surgeon. Mem. Staff of Hahne- mann Hospital.
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