Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . Ys/jfw . .//?;//. g^f&fchvjy-^ //. ? y/,-/7, ;?? -;-?? ? / //-jy^Jtf-sjs. THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. 247 dry goods store. He had little capital, but withtrue western push and enterprise he determinedbv honesty and hard work to make the venturesucessful. The late Lewis C. Paine was his firstcustomer. Continuing until the fall of 1861 andbeing desirous of extending the business, he as-sociated with himself D. H. Frantz, and movedinto the store on the site now occupied by JonasLongs sons.

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Genealogical and family history of the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, Pennsylvania . Ys/jfw . .//?;//. g^f&fchvjy-^ //. ? y/,-/7, ;?? -;-?? ? / //-jy^Jtf-sjs. THE WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA VALLEYS. 247 dry goods store. He had little capital, but withtrue western push and enterprise he determinedbv honesty and hard work to make the venturesucessful. The late Lewis C. Paine was his firstcustomer. Continuing until the fall of 1861 andbeing desirous of extending the business, he as-sociated with himself D. H. Frantz, and movedinto the store on the site now occupied by JonasLongs sons. The war being now on, prices ad-vanced, and the business proved a grand success,theirs becoming the leading dry goods 1S68 Mr. Frantz retired, and Air. Cool-baugh continued until 1872, when he sold out toa Air. Bosler. Mr. Coolbaugh together with thelate William W. Bennett established the wellknown shoe house. Other interests occupyinghis attention, he sold his interest in the shoe bus-iness in 1880 to Christian Walter, and in 1872entered the firm of Miller, Bertels & Coolbaugh,real

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