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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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1893
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PREFACE |
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CONTENTS
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PART I. |
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CHAPTER I. - LUZERNE COUNTY |
17 - 84 |
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As it Came from the Hands of God
- First Viewed by Civilized Eyes
- Festival of the Foliage
- The River and the Valley
- Mountains and Streams
- The Unknown
- Races of Men
- Indians
- Mammoth and Mastodon
- Glaciers
- Geological
- Coal Strata
- Fourteen Veins, Containing Ninety Feet of Coal
- The County's Drainage
- The Increase in Population
- Statistics of Present Population, etc. |
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CHAPTER II - 1762. |
34 - 67 |
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- The First Attempted Settlement
- First White Men to Visit this Section
- Character Developed under Adversity
- Old French War
- Massacre of Settlers
- John and Emanuel Hoover
- Noah Hopkins
- Capt. Lazarus Stewart
- Again This is a Silent Desert
- Next Attempt at Settlement 1769
- First Pennamite and Yankee War
- First Forty Settlers, List of
- Four Times the Settlers Driven Off
- Capt. Butler and Capt. Amos Ogden
- List of the First Two Hundred Connecticut Settlers
- Renewal of the Troubles Between Yankees and Pennamites
- Effort to Form a New State
- A House Divided Against Itself, etc.
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CHAPTER III. - HABITS AND
CUSTOMS |
67 - 90 |
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Those Who Came Peeping in the Wilderness
- Old Michael, or "Old Pickle"
- Oh Sister Phebe"
- The Ancient Dude
- Severe Religion
- A Preacher Tried for Drunkenness
- The Prophesies and Grotesqueries
- The Brush Hut and Log Cabin
- A Typical Woods |
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CHAPTER IV. - BATTLE OF
WYOMING |
90 - 123 |
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Westmoreland Town and Country, of
Connecticut
- The People Quick to War for Independence
- Reckless John Penn
- Plunket's Expedition
- The Two Companies Sent to Washington
- Steuben Jenkins' Historical Address
- Massacre of the Hardings
- The Fatal July 3, 1778
- They Surrender and are Then Plundered
- Conflicting Stories
- The British Accounts
- Pennites Called Tories and Many driven Out
- List of the Killed in the Battle
- Butler Escaped to the Mountains
- Denison Surrenders
- Some Ancient Stories of the Battle Investigated
- The Movement
- The Centennial Day of the Battle, etc. |
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CHAPER V. - HARTLEY'S AND
SULLIVAN'S EXPEDITIONS. |
123 - 134 |
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Following the Battle Washington Orders
Hartley and William Butler to Form an
Expedition
- Sullivan Reaches Wilkes-Barre and Ascends the River
- Extracts from Diaries in the Valley
- Battle with the Indians at Frenchtown Mountain
- King Nutimus |
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CHAPTER VI. - YANKEE AND
QUAKER |
134 - 168 |
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The Seventeen Townships
- Legal Aspects of the Subject
- Address of Gov. Hoyt
- Titles of Connecticut and Pennsylvania
- Puritan and Quaker
- Jurisdiction and Soil Considered
- A Long and Bitter Controversy
- Both Were Right, etc. |
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CHAPTER VII. - WAR |
168 - 199 |
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Whisky Insurrection
- Threatened French War
- Row with England
- War of 1812-15
- Mexican War
- Civil War, etc. |
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CHAPTER VIII. - SUGAR LOAF
MASSACRE |
199 - 209 |
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Destruction of Forts Rice, Bosley's Mills
and Fort Jenkins
- Capt. Klader's Company Ambushed
- Burial Party
- John Balliett
- The Walk Purchase
- Chief Nutimus
- Peter Hess Massacred, etc. |
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CHAPTER IX. - LUZERNE COUNTY
CREATED |
209 - 249 |
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Wichcraft
- Westmoreland Town Erected
- Interesting Items from the Records
- Townships Within the Town
- Prices Regulated by Law
- Punishment of Evil Doers
- Oldest Land Records
- County Created
- Courts and Lawyers
- Resident Attorneys
- Officials
- Centennial, etc. |
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CHAPTER X. - ROADS |
250 - 269 |
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Blazed Tracks
- Express
- Mails
- Turnpikes
- Stage Drivers
- George Root and Conrad Teter
- First Highway
- River Navigation
- Canals
- Rafting
- Railroads
- Ship Building
- Bridges
- Storms and Floods, etc. |
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CHAPTER XI. - COAL |
270 - 320 |
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Vast Deposits Once All Over the State
- First Shipped Down the River in 1807
- Parties Who First Mined and Transported It
- Jesse Fell
- canal Opened
- Nicho Allen and Philip Ginter
- Miner, Cist & Robinson Attempt to Mine and Ship Coal
- Railroads and Transportation Companies
- Value of Coal Lands
- Eastern Middle Coal Fields
- Coal Found
- Ario Pardee
- Eckley B. Coxe
- Superior Hard Coal
- George B. Markle
- Tunnels
- Accidents, etc. |
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CHAPTER XII. - |
321 - 373 |
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List of the Prominent Early Men Here
- Those Who Stood in the Front
- Hon. Charles Miner's List and Others Added, etc. |
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CHAPTER XIII. - SCHOOLS |
374 - 394 |
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Education Considered
- First Schools
- Free Schools
- Present Schools
- Educational Institutions, etc. |
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CHAPTER XIV. - THE PRESS |
397 - 417 |
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The First Printers
- Herald of the Times
- Gradual Growth of Printing
- Long List of Papers and Many Able Newspaper Men
- Papers now Published in the County, etc. |
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CHAPTER XV. - MEDICAL |
418 - 422 |
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Salivation Army
- Hot Water and Bleeding
- A Learned Profession
- Medical Societies
- First Physicians
- List of Registered Physicians
- County Medical Societies, etc. |
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CHAPTER XVI. - CHURCHES OF
THE COUNTY |
422 - 450 |
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First Arrivals of Churches, and
Organizations
- A Religious People Were the Pioneers
- Moravians, Puritans and Catholics in Their Order, etc. |
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CHAPTER XVII. - SOCIETIES AND
ASSOCIATIONS. |
451 - 463 |
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Anti-Masonic Politics
- Modern Popularity of Secret Societies
- Board of Trade
- Early Debating Societies
- Ninth Regiment
- Halls
- Library Associations, etc. |
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CHAPTER XVIII. - AGRICULTURE |
463 - 470 |
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In the Valley Originally it was only Farmers
- Time has Brought the Change
- Now it is only Collieries
- Fair Grounds and Associations
- The Beginning and End of the Story
- Some of the Early Manufacturing Industries, etc. |
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CHAPTER XIX. - CITY OF
WILKES-BARRE |
470 - 521 |
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The Proud Queen of the North Susquehanna
- Founded by John Durkee
- First Settlers
- First Improvements
- First House was Abbott's, Corner of Main and Northampton Streets
- Forts
- Reminiscences of the Early People and Buildings
- Banks, Factories and Industries
- City Improvements, etc. |
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CHAPTER XX. - HAZELTON |
522 - 531 |
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The New City in the County
- Its Founding and Growth
- Its Situation
- Official
- Early Settlers
- Drumheller, Davenport, Pardee and Others
- Its Industries and Institutions |
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CHAPTER XXI. - TOWNSHIPS AND
BOROUGHS |
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Ashley
Borough |
531-533 |
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Avoca Borough |
533-534 |
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Bear Creek
Township |
534 |
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Black Creek
Township |
534-537 |
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Buck Township |
537-538 |
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Butler
Township |
538-541 |
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Conyngham
Township |
541 |
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Dallas
Borough |
542 |
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Dallas
Township |
542-543 |
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Denison
Township |
543-544 |
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Dorrance
Township |
547-548 |
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Dorranceton
Borough |
548 |
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Edwardsville
Borough |
548 |
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Exeter
Borough |
549-550 |
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Exeter
Township |
550-552 |
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Fairmount
Township |
552-554 |
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Fairview
Township |
554-558 |
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Forty Fort
Borough |
558-559 |
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Foster
Township |
560-561 |
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Franklin
Township |
562-563 |
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Freeland
Borough |
563-566 |
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Hanover
Township |
566-580 |
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Hazle
Township |
580-582 |
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Hollenback
Township |
582-583 |
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Hughestown
Borough |
583 |
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Hunlock
Township |
583-584 |
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Huntington
Township |
584-588 |
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Jackson
Township |
588-589 |
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Jeddo Borough |
561 |
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Jenkins
Township |
589-590 |
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Kingston
Borough |
590-595 |
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Kingston
Township |
595-596 |
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Laflin
Borough |
596-597 |
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Lake Township |
597-598 |
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Laurel Run
Borough |
600 |
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Lehman
Township |
598-600 |
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Luzerne
Borough |
600-603 |
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Marcy
Township |
603-604 |
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Miner's Mills
Borough |
604-605 |
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Nanticoke
Borough |
605-608 |
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Nescopeck
Township |
608-612 |
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New Columbus
Borough |
587 |
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Newport
Township |
612-614 |
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Parsons
Borough |
614-615 |
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Pittston
Township |
615-618 |
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Pittston
Borough |
618-626 |
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Plains
Township |
626-631 |
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Plymouth
Borough |
631-634 |
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Plymouth
Township |
634-641 |
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Ross Township |
641-642 |
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Salem
Township |
642-647 |
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Shickshinny
Borough |
647-649 |
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Slocum
Township |
649-650 |
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Sugar Notch
Borough |
650 |
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Sugarloaf
Township |
650-657 |
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Union
Township |
657-658 |
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West Hazelton
Borough |
658 |
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West Pittston
Borough |
658-659 |
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White Haven
Borough |
659-663 |
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Wilkes-Barre
Township |
663-664 |
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Wright
Township |
664 |
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Wyoming
Borough |
665-666 |
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Yatesville
Borough |
666-667 |
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PART II.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES |
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Biographical Sketches in Alphabetical Order |
671-1489 |
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Biographical Sketches Addenda |
1490 |
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MISCELLANEOUS
PORTRAITS |
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Barton, A. A., M. D. |
535 |
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Beaumont, Eugene B., Col. |
125 |
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Butler, Edmund G. |
545 |
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Cake, J. L. |
609 |
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De Witt, A. McI. |
355 |
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Dills, John F. |
475 |
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Dodson, John |
105 |
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Dodson, S. H. |
165 |
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Dorrance, Charles, Col. |
25 |
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Farnham, Alexander |
435 |
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Foster, Charles D. |
75 |
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Gilligan, P. M. |
395 |
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Harding, Garrick M. |
195 |
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Harsch, Claude G. |
637 |
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Harvey, Jameson |
185 |
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Hibbs, W. I. |
583 |
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Keck, Morrison J., Col. |
645 |
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Kirkendall, W. P. |
525 |
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Kisner, Elliott P. |
465 |
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Kisner, William |
275 |
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Knapp, Charles P. |
265 |
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Kosek, John |
405 |
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Kulp, Geo. B. |
65 |
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Law, Jno. B. |
619 |
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Lee, Conrad |
573 |
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Lenahan, John T. |
235 |
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Lewis, G. Mortimer |
663 |
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Longshore, W. R. |
485 |
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McGahren, John |
365 |
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McGroarty, John S. |
325 |
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MacKnight, O. B. |
145 |
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Markle, G. B. |
445 |
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Markle, Jno. |
255 |
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Mitchell, G. W. |
495 |
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Neale, H. M. |
345 |
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Oliver, Paul A. |
205 |
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Osborne, Edwin S. |
295 |
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Pardee, A. |
35 |
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Parrish, Charles |
85 |
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Pettebone, Noah |
315 |
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Pettebone, Payne |
45 |
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Pettebone, Stephen H. |
245 |
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Pfouts, Benj'n F. |
155 |
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Quigley, T. F. |
627 |
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Reichard, Geo. N. |
375 |
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Reichard, J. |
175 |
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Reynolds, A. H. |
565 |
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Reynolds, John B. |
285 |
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Robinson, J. S. |
415 |
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Robinson, R. P. |
305 |
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Rockafellow, F. V. |
95 |
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Sandel, John H., M. D. |
455 |
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Search, Hendrick W. |
385 |
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Shoemaker, William S. |
225 |
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Shonk, Geo. W. |
215 |
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Shonk, John J. |
185 |
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Sprague, L. L. |
515 |
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Stark, John M. |
335 |
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Swetland, William |
55 |
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Trimmer, S. W., M. D. |
555 |
| Tripp, Isaac |
425 |
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Troutman, Geo. H. |
601 |
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Tyrrell, J. C. |
591 |
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Van Wickle, A. S. |
505 |
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Woodward, Stanley |
115 |
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Wyoming Monument, View of |
119 |
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Part I. Historical |
17 |
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Part II. Biographical |
671 |
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Index, Historical |
1491 |
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Index, Biographical |
1495 |
| Map
of Luzerne County |
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