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

Prominent Men of Wilkes-Barre and Vicinity
PERCY BOWMAN INGHAM
1139
Born W.-Barre. Pa., Juno .', 1SS3. Kducated
Andover Coll. and Cornell I'niv. Architect.
^\ as emplo\-ed in the oincc of the late Mr.
Albert H. Kii)p. Architect.
WrLLIAM VERNET INGHAM
1140
Born W.-Barre, Pa., Auer. L', ISTti. Educated
Public Schools and Harry Hillman Acad.
Married Martha Hutchins, April 30, 1903.
Civil Eng. Employed as a.«s't to late Wm.
Vernet Ingrhnm for 12 years.
H. W. SAUMS
1141
Bern NanticoliO, Pa.. Dec. 20, 1854. Educated
Public Schools:. Married Mary J. Thomas.
Nov. 2S, 1S7.". Supt. for North Am. Coal Co.
GEORGE H. HAINES
1142
Paymaster I^ehigh Vallej- Coal Company.
PATRICK MICHAEL BOYLE
1143
Born County Donegal, Ireland, Feb. IS, 1S49.
Educated Mln. and Mech. School, Drifton,
Pa. Married Bridget Moore, Jan. 2, 1S72.
Mine Insi)ecter .sth Anthracite Dist. Kingston,
Pa.
HARRY EASTON RISSINGER
1144
Born Minersville, Pa., Feb. 18, 186G. Educated
Scranton, Pa. Married Chlora Lee.
Nov. 17, 1S9S. Independent Coal Producer.
Pres. and Mgr. "Old Plymouth Coal Co."
WILLIAM B. BERTELS
1145
Born Quakertown, Pa.. March in. 1834. Educated
Wyo. Sem. Married Susan A. Edwards,
Dec. 24. 1857. Stoves and Hardware.
Tinware Mfg-. Pres. W. B. Bertels & Son
Co. Elder in Free INleth. Church.
CHARLES E. BERTELS
114G
Born White Haven. Euz. Co., Pa., Julv 2,
ISGG. Educated W.-Baire Pub. School.
Married Alice Sistv, May 10, 1888. Tinware
Mfg-. Gen. Mgr., Sec. and Treas. of W. B.
Bertels & Son Co.
BALTZER HELFRICH
1147
Born Leiman, Germany, Oct., 1826. Married
Dorothy Miller, Feb. 8, 1853. Retired Merchant.
W.-Barre, Pa.
ANTHONY C. HELFRICH
1148
Born Germany, June 24. 1830. Educated Germany.
Married l''redrica Deisen. April 5.
1859. Mereliant. Retired. Cnuncilman ISsTO
to 1874.
B. W. WILDE
1149
Born Nenr Pott.sville. Pa., Dec. 22, 18.54. Educated
Public' Schools. Married Isabel Mac-
Donald. Sei't. 20, 1882. Store Mgr. Sr. Mem.
of Firm ..f Wilde & Co., Knitting Mill. Mgr.
A. Pardee & Co.. Gen'l Store. Elder 1st
Presby. Church, and Supt. Saljbath School.
Pres. Elector, 18S(i. Postmaster Hazleton,
1690-1894. Hazleton.
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JOHN WALTER WILDE
1150
Born Hazleton, Pa., Feb. M, 1886. Educated
^^'est Point ^lilitary Acad. Appointed (I'adet
West Point Military Acad, from 11th Cong.
Dist. 1903 and entered June 15. Hazleton.
FRANK J. MARGWARTH
1151
Born Port Carbon. Pa., March 11, 1864. Educated
Port Carbon Public Schools. Married
Florence Dale Walters, Sept. 6, 1902. Merchant.
(Marg-wartt Bros.)
CHAS. KEHOE
1152
Born Red Bank, Pa., May 14. 1S60. Educated
Pottsville. Married Alice Grow, Nov.
24, 1881. Contractor. Hazleton, Pa.
JAMES E. RODERICK
1153
Born Wales, Jan. 20, 1842. Educated British
Schools. Chief Dcpt. of Mines, State of Pa.
Pres. and Trus. Hazleton State Hospital.
Dir. Hazleton Nat. Bank. Hazleton, Pa.
JONATHAN R. DAVIS
1154
Born Danville. I'a., July 22, 1864. Educated
Wyo. Sem. Married Mary Armenia Cogswell.
Oct. 10, 1894. Wholesale Grocer. Sheriff
Luz. Co., ];io5-'ot;-'(i'i.
HIRAM P. KUNTZ
1155
Born Kunt's Ford. Northampton Co., Pa.,
March 2, 18.58. Educated Muhlenberg- Coll.,
Allentown, Pa. Married Ida L,awall, Nov.
25, 1885. Rec. of Luz. Co., 1905-'06- 07. Bookkeeper
and Paymaster for Pardee Sons Co.,
Harwood Mines, Luz. Co., Pa., to 1896. In
1*96 elected Register of \\ ills and Clerk of
Orphans' Ct., l897-'98- 99, Luz. Co. Hazleton.
JAMES DONALD GEIST, A. B., A. M.
11 56
Born Pitman, Sel'.uyikiU Co., Pa., Jan. 21,
isro. Educated L.af. Coll. Married Mary
Caskey, July 6, 18:i9. I'rin. Hazleton High
School. Hazleton, I".^.
* THOMAS S. BEAGLE
1157
Born Phifa. Pa.. Sept. 25. 1825—*July 9, 1903.
Educated Phila Public Schools. Married
Hannah A. Shafer, V\b. 4, 1847. Hanie Mfr.
Freeland.
HENRY S. BEAGLE
J15S
Born Phil'a, Pa., Sept. 17, 18.51. Educated
Phil'a Public School. Married Ella E.
Schock, Aug. 22, 1880. Ha me Mfr. Henry
S. Beagle and George Wise, Mfr. of "The
1. 1870. Harness Mfr.
Menry S. Beagle and George Wise. Mfr. of
"The Celebrated Beagh; Mine Hames."
Jeddo.