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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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ABRAM NESBITT, president of the Second
National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, was born in Plymouth
township, this county, Dec. 29, 1831, a son of James,
Jr., and Mary (Shupp) Nesbitt. The paternal
grandfather was Abram Nesbitt, son of James
Nesbitt, Sr., (who was by profession an attorney), both
natives of Connecticut, and pioneers of Plymouth. The
wife of James, Sr., was Phoebe Harrison.
They raised a large family of whom James, Jr., was
the eldest. He began life as a farmer in Plymouth,
later was a coal operator, and for some years he engaged in
mercantile business in Wilkes-Barre, where he died Oct. 9,
1840, in his fiftieth year. His wife was a daughter of
Philip and Catherine Shupp, and by her he had two
children, Mary (Mrs. Samuel Hoyt) and Abram.
Our subject was reared in Wilkes-Barre, educated at Deacon
Dana academy of Kingston since 1849. He began life as
a land surveyor, which vocation he followed fifteen years.
He was one of the organizers of the Second National Bank of
Wilkes-Barre, and since its organization in 1863 has been a
director; served as vice-president of the bank six years,
and has been its president since 1878. He has also
been an extensive dealer in real estate. On Sept. 2,
1862, Mr. Nesbitt married Sarah M., daughter
of Abram and Sarah (Myers) Goodwin, of Kingston, Pa.,
and has four children, George F., Abram G., Sadie and
Fred D. Mr. Nesbitt is a widely-known and
prominent citizen of Luzerne county, has held nearly all the
local offices of Kingston borough, and is now one of the
trustees of Wyoming Seminary. In politics he is a
Republican.
Source: History of Luzerne
Co., Pennsylvania, Publ. 1893 - Page 1213 |
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LEWIS E. NESBITT, manager of the mercantile
business of Wardwell & Co., at Ridgewood, Plains township,
was born in Plymouth, Jan. 23, 1868, and is a son of
Gardner and Bethira (Wolf) Nesbitt, natives of
Pennsylvania, and of Scotch and French origin, respectively.
Our subject is the youngest of five children, three of whom
are living; he was reared on the farm and educated in the
common schools and in Wilkes-Barre Business College, where
he graduated in 1887. As soon as he had completed his
education he secured a position as bookkeeper for his
present employers; he proved himself highly worthy of every
responsibility placed with him, and his employers expressed
their appreciation of his service by giving him complete
charge of their large store at Ridgewood. Mr.
Nesbitt was married Feb. 22, 1889, to
Elizabeth A., daughter of Thomas W. Lewis, of
Mill Creek; they have one child, Frederick E.
He is a member of the P. O. S. of A., and the I. O. R. M.;
in his political views he is a Republican, and in 1891 was
appointed assistant postmaster at Ridgewood.
Source: History of Luzerne
Co., Pennsylvania, Publ. 1893 - Page 1213 |
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