Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....SULT, Alonzo J. 1845 - living in 1899
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  ALONZO J. SULT is the well-known proprietor of the Berwick Steam Laundry at No.
  318 East Front street, Berwick, one of the most successful in Central
  Pennsylvania. He has not only a large patronage in Berwick, but an established
  reputation in the principal cities in this section of the state, having a good
  custom in Scranton, Wilkesbarre, Catawissa, Pittston, Northumberland, and many
  smaller villages. He is a son of Daniel and Catherine (Geddes) Sult, and was
  born in Berwick, April 4, 1845.
  
    He is a grandson of Peter Sult, who was born in Northampton County, where he
  followed the trade of a cooper until 1823 when he moved to Berwick, Columbia
  County. There he followed his trade until his death and was a very prosperous
  man. He served in the borough council and was supervisor for a number of terms.
  He was united in. marriage to Magdalena Kester, and they reared the following
  children: James; Stephen, of Lockport, N. Y.; Julia, wife of John Switzer; Mary,
  wife of David Wagoner; Daniel; Charles of Peoria, Ill.; Sarah, wife of C. A.
  Becker; Eliza, who married James Hover; and William, a resident of Peoria, Ill.
  Mr. Sult died at the age of seventy-four years, and his worthy wife was
  sixty-nine years of age when she closed her eyes in final sleep.
  
    Daniel Sult, father of our subject, was born in Northampton County, Pa., and
  came to Berwick with his father when young. He was employed as a mechanic by The
  Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company, after which he was track manager for the
  D., L. & W. R. R. from Kingston to Northumberland. He then worked at the
  carpenter's trade until 1863, when he was employed in the pattern shop of The
  Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company, continuing until his death, at the age
  of seventy-four years. He was united in marriage to Catherine Geddes, a daughter
  of Thomas Geddes, and they were the happy parents of four children: Sarah, who
  married a Mr. Reichard; Adelia E., deceased; Alonzo J., the subject of this
  personal history; and Jessie P., deceased.
  
    Alonzo J. Sult received his intellectual training in the public schools of
  Berwick, after which he learned the trade of a stationary engineer. He was then
  in the employ of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company for thirty years
  after which, on January 1, 1893, he became proprietor of the steam laundry which
  he has-since conducted. The laundry occupies a two-story building, 35 by 43
  feet, and is supplied with the latest-improved machinery which enables him to do
  first-class work in every respect. The plant is heated throughout by steam, and
  lighted by gas and electric lights. By his courteous and straightforward manner
  of dealing with every one, Mr. Sult has worked up a good patronage which will
  compare favorably with any in this section of the state. He employs only skilled
  workmen and the work turned out is always satisfactory to his customers. He has
  a comfortable home on the same lot with the laundry, which he has remodeled and
  supplied with all modern conveniences.
  
    Mr. Sult was united in matrimonial bonds to Nancy J. Boyles, a daughter of
  James Boyles of Berwick, and they are the happy parents of six children, namely:
  Walter M., bookkeeper for the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. at Wilkesbarre, Pa., who
  married Elizabeth Campbell, and they have one daughter, Margaret; Daniel,
  assistant to his father, who married Ella Brown, by whom he had one son, Alonzo;
  Lloyd F., a bookkeeper and stenographer for the P. & R. R. R. at Wilkesbarre,
  who wedded Elizabeth Stifnagle; William B., a laundryman, who married Ida
  Berkheimer; Robert E. P., who is a student; and Margaret, the first born, who
  died at the age of two years. On July 2, 1862, Mr. Sult enlisted in Company H,
  84th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., but was discharged October 3, of the same year, owing
  to an attack of typhoid fever. He again enlisted with Company B, 194th Reg., Pa.
  Vol. Inf., and received his discharge November 5, 1864. February 7, 1865, he
  re-enlisted in Company A, 74th Reg., Pa. Vol. Inf., and served until the close
  of the war, receiving his discharge August 29, 1865. In political views, he
  classes himself as an Independent. Socially he is a member of the P. O. S. of
  A., and the Knights of the Golden Eagle of which he is past chief.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
  
  
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