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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
with Biographical Selections
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"A stoic of the woods, a man without a tear."
- Campbell's "Gertrude of Wyoming."
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H. C. Bradsby, Editor,
Chicago: S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers
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MRS. ANNA M. FOLK,
farmer, P. O. Pittston, was born in Germany, Aug. 7, 1839,
and is a daughter of John and Eva Terffessin, both
also natives of Germany. They emigrated to this
country in 1865, locating in West Pittston, where they both
died, the former in 1882, at the age of eighty years, the
latter in 1876, at the age of seventy-six years. There
were nine children born to them, five of whom grew to
maturity, and four of whom are now living. Mrs. A.
M. Folk is the fourth in order of birth. She was
reared and educated in Germany, and accompanied her parents
on their emigration to this country in 1865. In 1870
she married Jacob Myers, a farmer, which union was
blessed with nine children, six of whom are living:
Emma, Metta, Albert, Theodore, Bertha and Lydia.
After the death of Mr. Myers, she married on Feb. 5,
1892, or her second husband, John Folk. Her
beautiful and accomplished daughter, Emma, married
Prof. John German, a professor of music. Mrs.
Folk owns a farm of forty acres of surface land, devoted
to gardening; the coal was removed and belongs to the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company. Mr. Folk is a
hard-working, thrifty woman, hospitable and entertaining.
She has a beautiful home on a very desirable site, about one
and a half miles from Pittston postoffice.
Source: History of Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania, Published Chicago: S. B. Nelson & Co.
1893 - Page 904 |
Charles D. Foster |
CHARLES DORRANCE FOSTER
Source: History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,
Published Chicago: S. B. Nelson & Co. 1893 - Page 906 |
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