. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. his own fortune but he was alsolargely self-educated. His school training waslimited, but he was a great reader and becamewell informed on a wide range of subjects, his re-markable memory enabling him to retain the bestout of much. A tendency to ever see the brightestside, and a natural love for his fellowmen, madehim a genial companion to young and old.
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. his own fortune but he was alsolargely self-educated. His school training waslimited, but he was a great reader and becamewell informed on a wide range of subjects, his re-markable memory enabling him to retain the bestout of much. A tendency to ever see the brightestside, and a natural love for his fellowmen, madehim a genial companion to young and old. Outof his abundance he gave liberally to the unfort-unate, and was an eager advocate of every enter-prise that would benefit either his town or the peo-ple. Politically he supported the Republican party,and during the Civil war, being unable to go him-self, sent a substitute without being himself early life he was a member of the I. O. O. F.,but later withdrew. At the time of his death hewas a member of the Masonic fraternity, and hewas laid to rest with all the rites and ceremoniesof that order. Though a member of no denomina-tion, he contributed to and attended the Presby-terian Church, and by his upright life and gentle.
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