Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . d also the junior vice-commanderof the national commandery for two years, andis also a member of the Westmoreland Club, andthe Country Club, of Wilkes-Barre, the Wyo-ming Historical and Geological Society, andLodge No. 61, F. and A. M. In politics he is aDemocrat. In 1883 General Dougheity married Anna , daughter of M. Brown and Anna M.(Palmer) Posten, of Wilkes-Barre. They havetwo children, Helen and Marion. H. E. H. NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY holds aforemost place in the National Guard of Penn-sylvania
Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . d also the junior vice-commanderof the national commandery for two years, andis also a member of the Westmoreland Club, andthe Country Club, of Wilkes-Barre, the Wyo-ming Historical and Geological Society, andLodge No. 61, F. and A. M. In politics he is aDemocrat. In 1883 General Dougheity married Anna , daughter of M. Brown and Anna M.(Palmer) Posten, of Wilkes-Barre. They havetwo children, Helen and Marion. H. E. H. NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY holds aforemost place in the National Guard of Penn-sylvania, and has received cordial recognitionfrom the executive of the commonwealth for ex-cellent service in the maintenance of law andorder in times of unusual turbulence, and fromthe War Department of the LJnited States forthe part it took during- the Spanish-Americanwar. That it was not privileged to go abroadduring that conflict, detracts nothing from thecredit due for its exhibition of patriotism, and forthe fine soldierly spirit and ability which charac-terized both rank and NINTH REGIMENT ARMORY THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. 167 The Ninth Regiment is distinctively identifiedwith the Wyoming valley, and more immediatelywith the city of Wilkes-Barre. It had its incep-tion in that city, which has been its headquartersto the present time, and whose people cherish itwith deepseated sentiments of local pride. Thenucleus of the regiment was the old Wilkes-BarreFencibles, organized in 1878 through the effortof Henry Crandall and others. Under CaptainOscar J. Harvey the Fencibles gave such stimula-tion to military spirit in and about Wilkes-Barrethat in the following year another company wasformed in that city, with D. S. Bennett as cap-tain, and in that same month and year were alsoformed companies at Pleasant Valley and Nanti-coke. There were companies of prior existenceat Pittston, Towanda and Berwick, and all thesemade eight companies in the city and neighbor-hood of W
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