Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . ns: mem-ber. of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre, and for over fifty years was one of itsruling elders. He was in early life a famoussinger, and from 1834 to 1864 was the leader ofthe choir of the First Presbyterian Church, com-ing to Wilkes-Barre, from his home in Parsons,to fulfill this task in all kinds of weather. Healso taught singing school at various times inthe valley. He took great interest in historicalmatters, and was an original member of the Wy-oming Historical and Geological Societv
Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . ns: mem-ber. of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre, and for over fifty years was one of itsruling elders. He was in early life a famoussinger, and from 1834 to 1864 was the leader ofthe choir of the First Presbyterian Church, com-ing to Wilkes-Barre, from his home in Parsons,to fulfill this task in all kinds of weather. Healso taught singing school at various times inthe valley. He took great interest in historicalmatters, and was an original member of the Wy-oming Historical and Geological Societv, vice-president 1870-95, president 1877-78, one of the projectors of the WyomingCommemorative Association, and succeededColonel Charles Dorrance as its president. Henever missed a meeting, and his fund of histori-cal information was most extensive. In poli-tics he was a Republican, and a Prohibitionistfor many years, a total abstainer from theuse of alcoholic beverages from early was prominent in the Sons of Temper-ance and the Good Templars, and frequently L.
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