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tions in the State. In the spring of 1891 he resigned, to enter the publishing business in New York city. Besides his educational work, he has written for educational papers and contributed to the stock of general literature. Dr. Putnam is truly a self-made man, having pushed his way to prominence through his own unaided efforts.
DR. REESE DAVIS,
Born at Warren, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, July 5, 1837. Received a common school education. Prepared for college at Owego Academy and Susque- hanna Collegiate Institute at Towanda, Pennsylvania. Attended Marietta College, Ohio, one year, and graduated at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1863. Attended the Medical Department of Michigan. University one year ; graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, in 1867. Located in 1867 in LeRaysville, Bradford county, Pennsylvania. Removed in 1867 to Scranton and practiced there two years (at Providence). Settled in Wilkes-Barre in 1871, where he has practiced his profession ever since. Is a member of the Luzerne County Medical Society, of which he has been Presi- dent. Is a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, of which he was President in 1887. Is a member of the Lehigh Valley Medical Society, and an honorary member of the Philadelphia Obstetrical Society. He is a son of David Davis and Elizabeth Davis, who were natives of Wales, and settled in Warren, Bradford county, in 1832. Married Maggie E. Williams, daughter of Philip Williams and Harriet Williams of the above place. Have four children-Maude, Walter, Harriet and Bessie.
DR. JOHN BARCLAY CRAWFORD
Was born in the town of Crawford, Orange county, New York, in 1827. His ancestors were among the pioneers of that region. His great-grandfather, James Crawford, was an officer in the Continental forces in the English and French War, and was with General Wolfe at the capture of Quebec. His grandfather, John Crawford, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and served through the entire period of the War. His father, John Barclay Crawford, was a soldier in the War of 1812. The subject of this sketch passed the early years of his life in the usual uneventful way of a farmer's boy. When about eight years of age, his father removed to Moreland, Tioga (now Schuyler) county, New York, a short distance from the present town of Watkins. For several years he attended the common school of the district in which he resided. He subse-
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quently was placed under the care of a private tutor, and afterward entered the Academy at Havana, where he remained until he began the study of medicine. He studied medicine with Dr. Wilcox of Elmira, and at the Medical Department of Columbia College, New York, and began the practice of medicine in 1850. In 1852 he married Sarah Hammond of Big Flats, New York, a descendant of one of the early settlers of Wyoming Valley. He resided at Wyoming until 1870, when he removed to Wilkes-Barre. Dr. Crawford entered the army in 1861. He was Medical Director at Camp Curtin ; was Surgeon in Charge of the Military Department of St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia, and was subse- quently appointed Surgeon of the Fifty-Second or Old Luzerne Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, then commanded by ex-Governor Henry M. Hoyt. He served in the field through the Chickahominy campaign and the siege of Charleston. In 1864 he resigned on account of sickness contracted in the mili- tary service, Dr. Crawford was one of the original members of the Luzerne County Medical Society. He is one of the oldest members of the Medical So- ciety of the State of Pennsylvania and of the American Medical Association. He served as one of the attending physicians of the Wilkes-Barre City Hospital from the time of its organization until 1890, when he resigned. He was then elected Consulting Physician of that Hospital, and still retains that position. In 1872 he was appointed Coroner of Luzerne county by Governor Geary. He now occupies the office of President of the Board of Examining Surgeons for Pensions of the Twelfth Congressional District of Pennsylvania.
F. M. NEWELL,
A member of one of the oldest families in the State, was born near Canton, Pennsylvania. In 1883 established the Waverly Manufacturing Company, which became the Newell Clothing Company, Waverly, New York. In 1890 the Newell Clothing Company of Wilkes-Barre absorbed the two first corpora- tions, with a capital stock of $20,000. T. L. Newell of Kingston, was its first President, and Lyddon Flick its first Vice-President. The capital stockhas been increased to $40,000, with Colonel G. Murray Reynolds as President.
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KINGSTON
A PART of Kingston is located upon a tract of land which was taken up by William Gallup, one of the original forty. This tract ran from the mountain to the river and was 434 feet in width. The old Kingston grave-yard and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western shops are upon this tract. A portion of this land is still retained by Mrs. Sophie Curtis, his granddaughter. Mr. Gallup was in the fort at Forty Fort with his family during the massacre, and assisted in breaking in the heads of the whisky barrels and emptying their contents in the river after the fight. One of Mr. Gallup's daughters married Israel Skeer, well known to the old residents of Kingston.
[The above sketch was compiled from a manuscript written by John Mulkey of West Pitts- ton, a descendant of William Gallup.]
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T HIS institution" was organized in 1844. The first Board of Trustees consisted of Rev. David Holmes, pastor of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Wilkes-Barre; Lord Butler, Sharp D. Lewis, citizens of Wilkes-Barre; Rev. Lucien S. Bennett, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Kingston; Rev. Silas Comfort, Presiding Elder; Thomas Myers and Madison F. Myers, citizens of Kingston. The first building was erected by Thomas Myers, at
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a cost of $4,700. Rev. Reuben Nelson, A. M., then of Gilbertsville, New York, was elected Principal, and Miss Ruth S. Ingalls, Pre- ceptress. The Seminary was formally opened for instruction Sep- tember 25, 1844, Rev. Dr. John P. Durbin, then President of Dick- inson College, delivering the dedicatory address.
The first building was destroyed by fire (cause unknown), starting between the hours of twelve and one o'clock on the morning of March 15, 1853. The institution was immediately rebuilt in the form of the three Main Halls-Swetland, Commercial and Union- of the present building.
In 1866 Centenary Hall was erected and in 1887 the Nelson Memorial Hall.
Rev. Reuben Nelson, the first Principal, held the position until 1872, with the exception of one year-1863, when it was held by Rev. Y. C. Smith, A. M., who had been for a number of years the senior professor of the Institution. In 1872 Dr. Nelson was elected to the Agency of the Methodist Book Concern in New York city, and Rev. David Copeland, A. M., then President of the Hillsborough Female College in Ohio, was elected to the Principalship. Dr. Copeland held this position until November, 1882, when he resigned on account of severe illness. He died the following December, and was succeeded in the Presidency of the Institution by Rev. L. L. Sprague, the present incumbent.
The College of Business was established in connection with the Seminary in 1863. Rev. W. S. Smyth, A. M., was the first Princi- pal. In 1868 he was followed by Rev. L. L. Sprague. In 1882 Prof. W. L. Dean, A. M., the present incumbent, was elected Principal.
The Seminary has always been favored with a good patronage. More than fifteen thousand young people have enjoyed its advan- tages as students. Some of these have reached very high prom- inence in political, professional, business and social life. It has been for more than forty years the leading educational institution in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and promises to be equally prominent . in the future.
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REV. L. L. SPRAGUE, A. M., D. D.
Born December 23, 1844, in the town of Beekman, Dutchess county, New York. Educated at Wyoming Seminary. Completed a college course by private study. Degree of A. M. conferred by Alleghany College and that of D. D. by the Wes- leyan University. Was Principal of LeRaysville Academy in 1865. In 1868 was elected Principal of Wyoming College of Business and in 1882 President of Wyoming Seminary. Joined the Wyoming Conference in 1874. Has been con- tinuously teaching since 1868.
WILLIS L. DEAN,
Born in Waverly, Pennsylvania, February, 1857. Educated at Madison Acad- emy and the Wyoming Seminary. Taught in Lowell's Commercial College, Binghamton, New York, from 1873 to 1875. Elected Professor of Penmanship in Wyoming Seminary and Commercial College in 1875, and when Dr. Sprague was elected President of the Seminary, in 1883, he was promoted to the Prin- cipalship of the Commercial College, which position he still holds.
HUGO V. STADLER
Was born in Constance, Germany. Educated at his native place and Berlin. Studied music under prominent masters and finished at Berlin. Taught music in that city. Came to the United States in 1867, and taught music in New York for three years. Came to Kingston in 1871 ; became Musical Director of the musical department of Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, and has filled that position successfully for twenty-one years. Under his direction the musical department of Wyoming Seminary has become one of the largest in this part of the State.
FRED. M. DAVENPORT
Was born August 27, 1866, in Salem, Massachusetts. Seventeen years ago he moved with his parents to New Milford, Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, and has since been a resident of this State. His course preparatory to admission to college was taken at Wyoming Seminary, from which institution he was graduated in 1885. The succeeding four years were spent in study at Wesleyan
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University, Middletown, Connecticut. Since 1889 he has been engaged as in- structor in Greek and Latin at Wyoming Seminary. In addition to his work as teacher, he does considerable lecturing and preaching, and is the Wyoming Conference Secretary of Epworth Leagues. The family to which he belongs is a branch of the old English Davenport stock, whence come likewise the Daven- ports of Plymouth.
RUFUS B. HOWLAND
Was born in Danby, Tompkins county, New York, September 15, 1851. He prepared for college at the Ithaca Academy and at Wyoming Seminary. Enter- ing Cornell University in 1869, he graduated in 1872 with the first class that took the full course at that institution. In 1873 he was elected to the Chair of Mathematics in Wyoming Seminary, which position he still holds. From 1877 to 1881 he also taught the Natural Sciences in the same institution. In 1887 he published a volume entitled "Elements of the Conic Sections."
E. J. WOLFE
Was born at Muhlenburg, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the public schools and at Huntington Mills Academy. He has held various positions in the public schools of the valley, including principalships at Plymouth, Beach Haven and Nanticoke, and is now in charge of the Teachers' Preparatory Department of Wyoming Seminary. In addition to his duties there, he edits the State depart- ment of the Popular Educator, a leading educational paper. He has published four annual issues of the Luzerne Institute, a paper circulating largely among the educators of the State; and the "Practical Speller," an advanced work in orthography. He is quite popular as a lecturer at local Institutes, and has established a very successful summer school for teachers at Wyoming Seminary.
JOHN H. RACE,
A native of Pennsylvania, was born March 10, 1862. Being the son of a Meth- odist minister, his early education was much interrupted by the periodical removals from place to place. When but a lad of fifteen he began earning his own livelihood, being engaged as a clerk in a general dry-goods and grocery store. Later he was employed as a clerk in the post-office at Tunkhannock, the county-seat of Wyoming. From this place he entered Wyoming Seminary. During his preparatory school years he supported himself by keeping the books of the institution. Graduating from the Seminary in 1886, he entered the Col-
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lege of New Jersey at Princeton. Took the full classical course, and graduated from College in June, 1890. In March of the same year he was admitted as a probationer to the New Jersey Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and appointed to Island Heights, New Jersey. During the summer of 1890 he was elected to the Department of Rhetoric in Wyoming Seminary.
CHARLES ORION THURSTON,
Born in Barre, Vermont, February 23, 1857. Graduated, with honor in chem- istry, from Dartmouth College in 1884. Principal Colebrook Academy, Cole- brook, New Hampshire, 1884. Principal Newport, New Hampshire, High School, 1885-6. Professor of Science and Mathematics Marston's University School for Boys, Baltimore, Maryland, 1887-8. Professor of Science Wyoming Seminary since 1889.
REV. MANLEY S. HARD, D. D., .
Is forty-eight years old. He was born in New York. Was graduated from Syracuse University and was President of the Alumni Association for two or three terms. He has been Pastor of Methodist Episcopal Churches in New York State as follows: First Church of Ilion; Centenary Church, Syracuse ; First Church, Ithaca; Presiding Elder of Elmira District ; Hedding Church, Elmira ; First Church, Canandaigua; Centenary Church, Binghamton, and now Presiding Elder of Wyoming District. He was a member of the General Conference in 1884 and 1888, and one of the Secretaries of both bodies. He is at present Secretary of the Wyoming Conference, and has been doing that kind of work for twenty years. He is also a Trustee of Syracuse University; Wyo- ming Conference Seminary, and a Manager of the New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble Minded Women. His present residence is Kingston, his first living in Pennsylvania.
CHARLES GRAHAM, SR.,
Born in the village of Crossford, Fifeshire (County of Fife), Scotland, April 15, 1834. Served an apprenticeship at the machinist trade there. Left Scotland for the United States, September, 1853. On landing found work at the Rogers Locomotive Works, Paterson, New Jersey. After remaining there a few months, left there and went to work for the Erie Railroad at Piermont on the Hudson ; remaining here only a short time; returning to the Rogers Locomotive Works ;
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leaving this Company again and hieing to the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern Railroad, starting to work for them in their Scranton Shops, January 4, 1855, under Watts Cooke, who had been appointed Master Mechanic only a few months previous, the Company at this time having eighteen locomotives and fifty miles of single track from Scranton to Great Bend. After working in the shops and acting as extra locomotive engineer for a short time, was appointed General Foreman until the fall of 1864, when he was appointed Master Mechanic of the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad. Under his administration various changes and improvements were made. In 1883, when the Buffalo Division of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad was started he was made Master Mechanic of this Division, in connection with his duties at Kingston. After getting the shops completed and everything established in his department, and owing to the increased duties falling on him, his health not permitting this, he was relieved from the Buffalo Division, but still remaining in charge at Kingston. June 1, 1886, he was appointed Master Mechanic of the Main Line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western system, with headquarters at Scran- ton. He has been in continuous service for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad since January, 1855, though not in active duty at present on account of ill health. He was a charter member of Kingston Masonic Lodge, No. 395, Free and Accepted Masons, also a member of the Master Mechanics" Association since its organization in 1868. He was succeeded at Kingston by his son, Charles Graham.
REV. F. VON KRUG,
Born in Darmstadt, Germany, 1850. Educated in the schools of the same city. Attended school one year at Heidelberg. Came to this country in 1869. Preached at Bloomingburg, Ohio, seven years. Came to Kingston in December, 1886, as pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
WILLIAM LOVELAND
Was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1821. He was the second son of Elijah and Mary Buckingham Loveland, whose families were among the Puritans who came to Connecticut about 1630. He received his education in the old Academy on Main street, Kingston, and at Dana's Academy in Wilkes- Barre. Mr. Loveland has always been a farmer. At his father's death he assumed control of the family homestead in Kingston. He has aided to develop and sustain the most important local interests. As a business man he has ever been active and prominent. He has been for years an officer and member of the:
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Presbyterian Church. Mr. Loveland identified himself with the Republican party at its organization and has been deeply interested in its progress to the present time, although never an active politician. In 1856 he married Lydia Hurlbut of Arkport, New York, a granddaughter of Christopher Hurlbut, a surveyor well known in the Wyoming Valley in the pioneer days and a native of Connecticut.
CHARLES GRAHAM, JR.,
Was born at Scranton, Pennsylvania. Son of Charles Graham, for many years Master Mechanic of Delaware, Lackawanna and Western shops at Kingston. Mr. Graham was educated at Wyoming Seminary and Lehigh University. Became Foreman of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western shops at Kingston in 1883; General Foreman in 1886; Master Mechanic in 1891. Mr. Graham began working at the trade of machinist in 1876, and at thirty years of age he became Master Mechanic. He is Past Master of Kingston Masonic Lodge.
FRANK HELM,
Son of Oliver Helm, was born in Kingston August 7, 1816. Educated in private schools in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the old Academy in Kingston, Pennsylvania. Moved to Wilkes-Barre in 1823, and removed to Kingston in 1831. Went in the cabinet business with his brother. In 1858 purchased the farm where he now resides.
JOHN D. HOYT,
Born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1819. Son of Ziba Hoyt and Nancy Hurlbut Hoyt. Brother of ex-Governor Henry M. Hoyt, Elizabeth (wife of Abram H. Reynolds), and Anne (wife of Rev. Charles Corss). Lived in Kingston all his life. For many years Trustee and Elder in the Presbyterian Church. Father of Anne Elizabeth (wife of George Shoemaker), Martha (wife of Dr. Frederic Corss), Abram G. Hoyt, Augusta Hoyt, Edward E. Hoyt, Esq., and Henry M. Hoyt, Jr., Esq.
ADAM CLARK LAYCOCK
Was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1826. Entered Wyo- ming Seminary the first year that institution was opened. Was a wheelright and followed other employment, and in 1866 moved to Shickshinny and assumed
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charge of the Salem Coal Company's store for five years. Moved to Kingston in 1876 and was employed in Edwards & Company's store. Traveled for Chapin & Pringle, marble firm. Deputy Warden of Luzerne County Prison for two years and elected Warden in 1887. Established with Mr. Chapin the firm of Laycock & Chapin, marble and granite business, in Kingston. Was a candidate before the Convention of Luzerne county for Sheriff. Mr. Laycock has taken an active part in Luzerne county politics.
ELLIOTT R. MORGAN
Was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. Educated at Sunbury and Danville, Pennsylvania. .
Assistant Postmaster at Danville for seven years. Became Secretary of the Kingston Coal Company in 1882. Has been a member of the Kingston Town Council, and officer in the Masonic Lodge and Knights Templar.
FREDERICK BARHAM MYRES
Was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, on the old Myres estate, part of which estate has been held by the family since the original grant by the government to Lourant Myres for services during the Revolution. His mother is a grand- daughter of Thomas Bennett. Mr. Myres was educated at the Wyoming Sem- inary and Barymore Seminary. Mr. Myres is a farmer.
HENRY KUNKLE, M. D.,
Was born at New Ringgold, Pennsylvania. Educated in the public schools and State Normal School at Kutztown, Pennsylvania ; graduated from Lafayette in 1887. Studied medicine with Dr. Wenger at Reading. Graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore in 1889. Practiced in Brook- lyn, New York. Removed to Kingston in 1889. Member of the Luzerne and Lehigh and State Medical Societies. Received the degree of A. M. from Lafayette College in 1890.
P. BUTLER REYNOLDS
Was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Son of C. W. Reynolds, well known in the valley in his day. His mother was a daughter of Pierce Butler, descend- ant of Zebulon Butler, commander at the Massacre. Mr. Reynolds was educated in the public schools of Wilkes-Barre and at Wyoming Seminary at Kingston.
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Was surveyor of Luzerne county from 1874 to 1875, and is well known as a Mining and Civil Engineer. At the present time is senior member of the insur- ance firm of Reynolds & Company of Wilkes-Barre.
ALANSON B. TYRRELL,
Born in Watertown, Connecticut, on June 8, 1833. Was educated in the , public schools of that place. Learned his trade as carpenter and joiner in Waterbury, Connecticut. Came to Wyoming, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, in 1855, and began building breakers in 1857 through the Anthracite coal field, and is the most extensive breaker builder in the United States. He moved to Kingston in the year 1874, where he now resides. Was married in the year 1855 to Miss Susah S. Marks of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, formerly of Waterbury, Connecticut. Has served his borough as Councilman and School Director. Has four children-Esther M., studying medicine at Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia; Jennie M. (Mrs. C. E. Roat), resident of Kingston; Fred. W., resident of Wilkes-Barre, an accountant and also in the grocery business in Kingston; B. Frank, resident of Kingston, an accountant and grocer in Kingston.
C. W. BOUGHTON
Was born in Newbury, Orange county, New York. Educated in the public schools. Came to Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1849, and established his present business of Carriage Making and Blacksmithing. Has served the Borough of Kingston as School Director, Assessor, Town Council, and other offices.
RALPH B. VAUGHN
Was born at Wyalusing, Pennsylvania. Educated in the public schools and at Wyoming Seminary. Telegraph Operator for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and at the present time Freight and Coal Agent for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad at Kingston.
CLINTON W. BOON
Was born in Huntington township, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1832. Educated in the public schools. Became a Carpenter and Builder. Moved to Arkansas. Enlisted as a private in September, 1861, and served four years, being promoted a Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant; in 1864
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was promoted Captain, and the last year of the War was commander of a bat- talion, and was mustered out of service September, 1865. Returned to Blooms- burg, Pennsylvania, and in 1875 moved to Kingston. In 1877 was elected Justice of the Peace of that town.
CALVIN DYMOND
Was born in Exeter township, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1837, and attended the township schools. Became a clerk in Exeter. Engaged in farming, and in 1868 opened with Mr. Lewis, at Kingston, Pennsylvania, the meat stand of Dymond & Lewis. Served four terms as Town Councilman and three years as Assessor. In 1887, with Mr. Lewis, built Dymond & Lewis Hall. He deals in and owns considerable real estate, and takes an active part in borough affairs.
JAMES D. EDWARDS
Was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 6, 1862. Moved to Plymouth and later to Kingston, Pennsylvania. Educated in the public schools of Plymouth. Entered the office of the Kingston Coal Company in 1879, and is now paymaster. Mr. Edwards lives in Edwardsdale. Has been School Director for four years, and takes an active part in local affairs.
HERMAN C. MILLER
Was born at Leipsig, Germany. Educated in the schools of that city. Came to this country in 1847, and has been in the Furniture and Undertaking busi- ness for forty years. Served in the War of the Rebellion over three years in the Fifty-Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (Colonel Hoyt's Regiment). He is Secretary and Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Volunteers' Association of the Fifty-Second Regiment, and has served as President of the Tri-County Funeral Directors' Association and Vice-President of the State Association, and as School Director and Town Councilman of Kingston borough.
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