Prominent men : Scranton and vicinity, Wilkes-Barre and vicinity ...

Prominent Men of Scranton and Vicinity
REESE G. BROOKS
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Burn SfT-antoii, Pa., Dec. 2."), 1840. Educated
Scranton Public Schools. Married Mary
Ann Morgan. Ooal Opei-ator. Vice President
Dime Bank. West Side Bank and connected
with various other corporations.
THOMAS H. DAI^E
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Born Daleville. Lacka Co.. Pa., 1846. Educated
Wyoming Seminary. Married M.
Grace Rounds, 1870. Coal Operator. Elected
Cons'ress 1904. Dir. Traders National Bank.
Trusrtee Wyoming Seminary, President
Scranton Board of Trade 1S82-18S3. Dir. in
various cornm-ations.
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR
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Born Paterson, N. J., 1859. Married Nellie
G Barker, 1886. Coal Opr. and Merchant.
Pies. St. Clair Coal Co.; Goodwin Car Co.
Dir. Coal & Iron Nat. Bank. N. Y. Mem.
Chamber of Com., N. Y.; William H. Taylor
& Co., AUentown, Pa.; Scranton Sup. &
Mach. Co. ; Hazleton Mach. & Supply Co.
THOMAS HAMER WATKINS
Born Pittston, Pa., May 17, 1860. Educated
Wyoming Seminary. Married Elizabeth
Law, May 22, 1884. Coal Operator. Vice
President and Director Penn'a Coal & Coke
Co . Dir. Sprin? Brook Water Supply Co.,
Title Guaranty & Trust Co., Scranton Trust
Company. Beech Creek Co.il &. Coke Co..
Indiana Coal & Coke Co., North River Coal
and Wharf Co.. Scranton Lace Curtain Co.,
Farmers" Dairy Dispatch.
ARCHIBALD FALCONDER LAW
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Born Pittston, 1856. Self-educated. Mar. Eva
G. Brenton. 1878. V.-P. Temple Iron Co.
Pres. N. W. Coal Co.; Edgerton Coal Co.;
Mt. Pleasant Coal Co. ; Sterrick Creek ( 'oal
Co.; Babylon Coal Co.; Forty-Fort Coal Co.;
Cross Eng'r Co. ; Wyoming Elec. L. & P.
Co. Chairman Lack'a Coal Co., ltd. Dir. &
Treas. Mears Mining Co. Dir. Title Guaranty
& Trust Co.; Scj-anton Trust Co.;
Peckville Nat. Bank.
*JOHN A. MEARS
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Born Greenfield, Pa,, April 11, 1849—*]!Vi5.
Married E. V. Bainham, 1.876. Coal Operator.
Owner of Mears Bldg. President Alexander
Car Rei>lacer Co. President F'arview Park
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