Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . -. Kingston. From the schoolroom he wentinto business pursuits, and almost since child-hood he has been compelled to make his own wayin life. He has always been fortunately asso-ciated in business relations. His earliest exper-ience was as partner with his brother, George,and Ephraim Troxell, lumber manufacturers anddealers in Wilkes-Barre. In the fall of 1874 hewas elected sheriff of Luzerne county—the suc-cessful Democratic candidate for that office—andserved from 1875 to 1878. his brother and formerpartner
Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . -. Kingston. From the schoolroom he wentinto business pursuits, and almost since child-hood he has been compelled to make his own wayin life. He has always been fortunately asso-ciated in business relations. His earliest exper-ience was as partner with his brother, George,and Ephraim Troxell, lumber manufacturers anddealers in Wilkes-Barre. In the fall of 1874 hewas elected sheriff of Luzerne county—the suc-cessful Democratic candidate for that office—andserved from 1875 to 1878. his brother and formerpartner, Ira, being- for a part of that term hisdeputv. He was the junior member of the firm. THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. 319 of Kirkendall Brothers, when he retired from thisconcern, wholesale flour and feed dealers inWilkes-Barre from 1883 to 1894. The KingstonLumber Company was organized in 1888 by JohnC. Van Loan, Thomas Lawless, John T. Phillipsand William Penn Kirkendall, and from thattime the business of this company has engagedmuch of his attention; indeed, of the originalcompany, he is now the only member connectedwith it. He has given his attention since 1894to the business of the lumber company and hisother personal concerns in Kingston and maintains his residence in Dallas, and boththere and in Wilkes-Barre has taken an interestin public affairs. While living in Wilkes-Barrehe was councilman three years, and later in Dal-las borough six years; was school director sev-eral terms; president of the Dallas AgriculturalSociety one year, and president of the LuzerneCounty Agricultural Society five years. Fortwelve years he held the office of prison comm
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