History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . and Mrs. Lewis, have a family of eightchildren living. (Sre Dirtctory). One daugh-ter, Maria Jane, ])orn Dec. 25, 1892, died •;0. LS94, and is buried in South Wales. Charles Mayer was a Civil Engineer, workingover twenty years for the D., L. & W. Coal he worked until liis death, March 11, He was instrumental iu getting a and an election board on this side of themountaiu, and one (jf the proniolers of the jiulj-lic road from the corner at the Continental tothe old blind m
History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . and Mrs. Lewis, have a family of eightchildren living. (Sre Dirtctory). One daugh-ter, Maria Jane, ])orn Dec. 25, 1892, died •;0. LS94, and is buried in South Wales. Charles Mayer was a Civil Engineer, workingover twenty years for the D., L. & W. Coal he worked until liis death, March 11, He was instrumental iu getting a and an election board on this side of themountaiu, and one (jf the proniolers of the jiulj-lic road from the corner at the Continental tothe old blind mans road in Ransom , in 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Mayers family consisted of fif-teen children, and all are living excepting four,namely: Julia and Julius (twins), born , 1882 and died al)out a week later. ^Nhuvand Charlie (twins), born Jan. 26, 1880 anddied a few days later. Eleven children arc liv-ing, the two oldest being born in Germauv,namely: (1) Anthony, born Sept. 5, 1878. In1896 he enUsted in the loth Regiment at thetime of the Sjianish-American War. lift- rc-. RKSilDENCE OF MRS. MARY MAYER MRS. MARIA MAYER Mrs. Mayer and her husband were among theearly settlers of Mount Dewey, this portion ofRansom township being a wilderness when theymoved here in 1889, and only five families wereliving here (John Moor, Frederick Biere, JohnJones, Adam Rach, and Geo. ?\yitzel). cleared the farm and erected the build-ings. Mrs. Mayer was born May 7, 1859 iuAustria. She is a daughter of Andrew and lo-se] )hine () Scheuster. Charles oNIayer, her husband, was born 1854 in Austria. They were married in theold country Oct. 29, 1877; came to this countryin May, 1882, to Pittsburg, and moved to Dur-yea the same year, and one year later to Scran-ton, where they lived until 1889, when theymoved to their present home. turned in 1898 and was married in June, thesame year, to Miss Emily James. He is a fore-man in,the National mines. (2) Victor, bornyii\y
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