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Prominent Men of Scranton and Vicinity and Ins. Troas. Reynshanhurst Water Co. Dir. Pionoer Dime Bank. Gen. Agt. Union Mutual I>ife Ins. Co. Carbondale. JOHN JACOB REIGULUTH 5tr7 Born Hancock, N. Y., Sept. fi. 1800. Educated "Waverly, N. Y. Married Ida J. Elli.son, Aug. 22. 1883. Department Stores. Resided at Hancock until 12 years of ag'e. then moved to Waverly, N. Y. 1885 went to Los Angele.s, Cal. Was in business two years (Plumbiiip- 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.. 1S99. Carbondale, Pa. MARCUS FRIEDER 568 Born Szina (Hungary), Jan. 7, 18R0. Educated Austria. Married Bertha Klein, Feb. 14, 188.S. Mgr. Klots Throwing Co. Carbondale, Pa. *JAMES J. LAWLER 569 Born Countv Mavo, Ireland. 1848—*ApriI 12, 190!. 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 Bo'-n 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. 121; A. O. H., of Jessup; St. James T. A. B. Soc: Red Men, of .Tessup; Improved Order of Heptasopiis. Peckville Conclave. No. ^68. Jessup, Pa. *JAMES JOSEPH RYAN 571 Born Scranton, Pa., March 16, ISSO'-'Oct. 15, 1905. Educated Public Schools. Mem. Firm of Ryan & Lawier, Shoe Dealers. Jessup, Pa. JAMES W. O'BRIEN 572 Born Zanesville, O., Feb. 7, 1854. Educated Olvphant, Pa., Public School. Married Delia Burk, Nov. 21, 1SS3. Cigar Mfr. Burgess of Olyphant, Pa. Dir. Blakely Poor Dist. Pres. Priceburg Electiic Light Co. Mem. Olyphant Conclave, No. 237, C. M. B. A. of Olyphant, Pa. *DOUD MENDLESON Born Germany. Dec. 24. IS.'iO— *Jan. 13. 1905. Educated New York citv. Married Annie Sheilie Silverman, Oct. 7. 1870, and Mav 26, 1884. Merchant. Trus. Wm. Walkei- Hose Co.; Bd. of Trade. Interested In H. H. C. & I. Co., Jermyn; Coal Co., N. C. Mavlleld. Pa. *CHARLES HAGAN Born Derry. Ireland. Aug. 6, 1818-*Mav 3, 1905. Educitcd Ireland. Married iviarv Grady. 1848. Shoe Mfr. Est. Shoe Business in New York and in Carliondale, 1839, in the Shoe Business and l^eather and Findings. He had the first and largest estaljlishment of this kind in this section. He invested largely in coal lands, took a prominent pai't in developing Forest City, and has often been referred to as the Father of Forest Citv. Foimder First Nat. Bank, and Dir. until time of death. Carbondale, Pa. CHARLES M. HAGAN 575 Born Carbondale, Pa., Jan. 26, IS'uS. Educated Fordham College. Proprietor Forest City Stone Quarries. Clerked for his father when he was in Shoe Busitu-ss. Owns Coal and Timlier Lands and is carrying on .a successful business in Forest City in the Stone Quarries at prestnt. Carbondale. Pa. WILLIAM EDGAR GILHOOL 576 Born Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 23, 1868. Educated 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. Grocers. 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.. 1801. Educated Shenandoah, Pa. Meats. Treas. Wilkes-Barre Beef Co. Treas. Carbondale Cool Mining Co. FRED J. HUG 580 Born Germany, Sept. .">. 1870. Educated Germany. Married Martha Pilz, Dec. 11, 1894. Meat Business. Realty Owner. GEORGE D. BROWN 581 Born Pharsalia, Chenango Co., N. Y. Marlied lAicy O. Berry. Lumber and Mfr. Pres. Paragon Plaster and Supply Co. Eureka 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 KENWOOD 5.83 Born Honesdale, Pa., Nov. S. 1864. Educated Scranton, Merrill's Acad. Married Esther 1!. Pra> . Jan. 8, 1905. Gen. C(.ntractor, Firm of Sprague iSc Henwood, and Lathrop, Sh
Prominent Men of Scranton and Vicinity ALFRED L. DERBY 584 Boin Walsall, Ens., Harriet M. Rogers, July Oct. 9, 1856. 14, 1880. Married A. L. Derry & Co , chinery. Dir. Railway Equipment and Ma- in Glolie Real Estate Co. WILLIAM D. GOTSHALL 585 Born Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Oct. 13, 1847. Educated Sunbury. Married Kliza J. Willccx, 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. Osag-e J.odg:e, I. O. O. P., No. 712, for thii-ty years. With his family has spent several winters in Florida, where he is engaged in growing and shipjiing Oranges. J. EUGENE GOTSHALL 583 Born Ijuzerne, Luzerne Co., Pa., June 9, ISSO. Educated Luzerne High School and Wilkes-B.vrrc Business College. Graduated 1894. Retail Mgr. People's Coal Co. 1894- 1901, with Simpson & Watkins at Forty Fort Colliery as Bookkeeper and Assistant Outside Foreman. Mgr. People's Coal Co., the largest Retail Coal Dept. in Pa., since 1901. *ANTON WEINSCHENK 587 Born VVasseralflngen, Wurteniberg, Germany, July 7, 1829—*Sept. 18, 1905. Educated Germany. Married Maria Chrisman, 18.51. For 47 years Supt. of Iron and Coal Co. Foundrj-. Retired. ARTHUR A. WEINSCHENK 588 Born Scranton, Pa., June 20, 1871. Educated Public Schools and T^niversity of Penn'a. Married Helene Barnes, June 20, 1397. Architect. JOHN W. HOWARTH 589 Born Pittston, Pa., Nov. 29, 18.53. Educated Carbondale Public Schools. Married Ina Price, .luly 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, 1S92. Educated Brown T'niversity. 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, 18.51. Educated Public Schools, Ireland; High Schools at Ballia, Mavo Co. Married Mary Dugan. June, 1872; Cassie T. Judge. Feb., 1882. Mulherin iS: Jud.ge I.,umber Co.; Dunmore Lumber Co.; Maplewood Lumber Co.; Paupae 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, Germany. 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. Paragon 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. Contractor and Builder. CLARENCE DENISON OAKLEY 594 Boin Onkley. 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 Scianton, Pa. Contractor and Builder. SIMON MILTON SNOOK 596 Born Sandison, Sussex Co., N. J., May 29, 1869. Educated Flatbrook Valley, N. J. Married Hat tie B. Coornbe, Feb. 15, 1899. I..umber and Real Estate. Vice-Pres. Pansy liumber Co., of Pansy, Ala. Active Mem. Board of Dir. German Building Association, No. 10, of Scranton, Pa. BENJAMIN E. LAUDIG 597 . Born Ringtown, Pa., May 1.5, 18&4. Educated Orangeville Seminary. Married Lizzie Rebecca Lessig, June 30, 1892. Mason Contractor. Sand and Stone Quarrying. Sec. Penn'a Lumberman's Ass'n, Inc. Editor and Publisher Penn'a I/umberman's "Trade " Journal. Ex-Sec. Scranton Builders Exchange. HENRY J. GUNSTER 598 Born Scranton, Pa., .Jan. 11, 1S5S. Educated Scranton and Newton, N. J. Married Margaret Cannon, April 16, 1898. Hardware, Plumbing, Heating, Mem. Board of Trade, Builders' Exchange. Master Plumbers' Ass'n. BURTON EUGENE KINGSLEY 599 Born Blakely, Pa., .A.ug. 8, 1860. Educated Keystone Academy. Married Elizabeth Edwards, Oct. 19, 1884. Supt. and Contractor. GEOHGE A. WESCOTT 600 Born Susq. Co.. Pa., Oct. 31, 1859. Educated Common School. Married Bessie J. Craig, Oct. 12, 190!. Contracting. *JAMES MADISON RHODES COl Born Cherry Valkv, Monroe Co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1S31—*May 8, 1903. Educated Cherry Valley, Monroe Co. Married Mary Ann Swartz, .Ian. 1, 1854, at Peter Swartz's residence, Moscow, Pa., by Rev. J. S. David, Metho-
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