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>From History of Luzerne County, Pa., by H.C. Bradsby, 1893
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INDEX

MOYER, William S.
MOYER, Wilson
MOYLAN, Michael M.
MOYLES, James
MUGFORD, Charles
MULHOLAND, J.M.
MULLIGAN, Daniel
MULLIGAN, Eugene W.
MURDOCK, Robert, M.D.
MURPHY, Edward A.
MURPHY, Michael
MURPHY, Michael
MURRAY, Charles Francis
MURRAY, James P.
MURRAY, John
MURRAY, Peter
MYERS, F.B.
MYERS, James
MYERS, John G.
MYERS, Josiah J., M.D.
MYERS, Reuben
MYERS, Wickham
NANKIVELL, Sampson
NATTRASS, Thomas
NATTRASS, Thomas C.
NAUGLE, Chauncy L.
NAUGLE, George P.
NEAGLEY, James K.
NEALE, Henry Marion
NEEDHAM, Frank
NEELY, Ira J.
NEILSON, William
NELSON, Rueben, Rev.
NELSON, Thomas
NEMETH, Joe
NESBITT, Abram
NESBITT, Lewis E.
NEWHART, L. Lincoln
NEWTON, John
NEYHART, Milton
NICELY, J.F.
NICHOLAS, Robert H.
NICHOLS, Emmett De Vine
NICHOLS, Francis Marion
NICHOLSON, J. Milton
NIMMO, J.W.
NIMMO, Matthew D.
NOBLE, Alexander
NOLAN, Michael
NOLAN, Michael
NOOT, John F.
NULTON, D.W.
NULTON, Isaac L.



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WILLIAM S. MOYER, Ashley, brakeman on the Central Railroad of New Jersey
was born in Vermont, October 19, 1864, and is a son of Solomon and Sarah
(Thomas) Moyer, natives of Vermont.  He has one sister, older than himself
(Mrs. Samuel Moyer, Freeland, Pa.).  His father was killed in the battle of
the Wilderness, and his mother then married Stephen Shellhammer, by whom
she had six children, five of whom are living.  The mother now lives with
Mrs. Samuel Moyer.  The family located in Butler township, this county, in
June 1865.  Our subject was educated in the Harford Orphan School,
Susquehanna county, Pa., and then worked about the mines for five years.
He worked with lumber for some time, and in 1886 became a brakeman on the
Fort Wayne Railroad.  In 1890 he moved to Ashley.  Mr. Moyer was married,
October 14, 1890, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Charles F. and Emma (Taylor)
Miller, of Stroudsburg, Pa., and by her has one child, Sarah E.  Our
subject is a member of the S.M.A.A., and of the R.R.T.A.  In his political
views he is a Republican.
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WILSON MOYER, farmer, P.O. Hobbie, was born July 23, 1852, in Dorrance
township, this county, where he was reared and educated.  He is a son of
Daniel and Priscilla (Rimer) Moyer, the former of whom was born in Lehigh
county, Janurary 29, 1820, the latter in Hanover township, same county,
April 3, 1833.  Daniel Moyer is a son of John Moyer, who was a native of
Germany, and who emigrated to this country when a young man, locating in
Lehigh county, where he remained a number of years.  He finally removed to
Dorrance township, this county, where he passed the remainder of his days.
He was a man of sound judgment and pure morals, with a keen perception of
what is right, and possessed of a stong will do perform it.  He died at the
comparatively early age of forty-two years.  His son Daniel began active
business life as a laborer, and by a perseverance in well-doing, and a
spirit of zealous and endless energy, he succeeded in acquiring fifty-six
acres of land which he in time brought under cultivation.  He and his wife
are now enjoying the wane of life in a manner that only those of a pure and
clear conscience can.  They reared a family of eleven children, six of whom
are living, Wilson being the eldest.  Our subject spent his early life by
working out as a laborer.  He, too, is of an economical turn, a hard
worked, sober and upright, qualities which go far in the promotion of a
man's success and happiness in this life.  Buying himself a farm in 1882,
he has since improved it considerably, proving a practical farmer, and
keeping well abreast of the times.  On September 16, 1876, Mr. Moyer
married Miss Mary F., daughter of P.H. and Catherine Good, and to this
union were born seven children, four of whom are living:  Lloyd E., Clara
E., Laura A. and Dora A.  Mrs. Mary F. Moyer was born in Hollenback
township, this county, April 3, 1859.  Mr. Moyer has held several township
offices, and has proven himself a worthy citizen in various respects.  He
is a member of the P.O.S. of A.  Politically he is a Democrat.  He and his
wife are members of the Reformed Church at Dorrance.

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MICHAEL M. MOYLAN, merchant, Port Blanchard, was born at that place
September 26, 1856, a son of Patrick and Julia (Morris) Moylan, natives of
County Galway, Ireland.  The father, one of the two survivors of eight
children born to John and Honora (Loughrey) Moylan, was born in 1815, came
to America in 1847, and seven years later moved to Port Blanchard, where he
engaged in the real estate and mercantile business.  He was married
February 7, 1854, to Julia, daughter of Peter and Monica (Donahue) Morris,
natives of County Galway, Ireland, and they had seven children, four of
whom are living, viz:  Michael M; Dr. John J., of Germantown, Pa.; Dr.
Peter F., of Philadelphia, Pa., and Mary A. (Mrs. Joseph J. McCormick, of
Philadelphia).  Our subject was educated in the public schools, and at an
early age began working in his father's store, of which he bacame
proprietor in 1888.  Mr. Moylan was married October 26, 1887, to Miss Mary,
daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Noon) O'Brien, natives of County Mayo,
Ireland.  To this union have been born three children, viz.:  Julia, Joseph
and Mary.  The family are members of the Catholic Church, and in politics
Mr. Moylan is a Democrat.

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JAMES MOYLES, justice of the peace, Laurel Run, P.O. Wilkes-Barre, was born
in County Mayo, Ireland, December 22, 1833, and is a son of James and
Catherine (Rutledge) Moyles.  He was reared in his native country, where he
resided until he was thirty years of age. In 1863 he came to America, and
located in Wilkes-Barre.  He has been employed about the mines ever since,
and has resided in Wilkes-Barre township and Laurel Run borough since 1868.
 He was married March 31, 1861, to Ann, daughter of John and Bridget (Hope)
Higgins, of County Mayo, Ireland, and they have four children living:
Catherine (Mrs. Barney Biehl), Mary, Frank A., and William I.  Mr. Moyles
and family are members of the Catholic Church.  He is a member of Emerald
Society, No. 33, Wilkes-Barre.  In politics he is a Democrat, and is now
serving his third term as justice of the peace of Laurel Run borough; has
been chief burgess since 1887.

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CHARLES MUGFORD, pumpman in the Pine Ridge Mine, Miners Mills, was born in
Cornwall, England, August 18, 1861, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Hooper) Mugford, of Miners Mills, also natives of Cornwall.  His paternal
grandparents were Charles and Elizabeth (Truan) Mugford, and his maternal
grandparents were William and Catherine (Trevthan) Hooper, all natives of
Cornwall.  In his father's family there were children as follows:  Charles,
the subject of this memoir; William, a pumpman at Miners Mills; Mary E.,
married to William Brain, of Laflin (they have two children, Samuel H. and
Elizabeth G.).  The family came to America in 1868, locating first at
Parsons, Pa., and in 1872 removed to Miners Mills.  Our subject received a
common-school education in England, and began working about the mines in
America at an early age; he has been engaged in picking slate, oiling
breakers, as docking-boss, firing, teaming outside, working in the
carpenter shop, and then to his present position, all at the same breaker.
In 1885 he built his present residence, and removed therein the following
year.  Mr. Mugford was married, May 14, 1886, to Mary P., daughter of John
P. and Mary (Lawrence) Evans, natives of South Wales, and they have three
children, viz:  Samuel C., John H. and Richard L.  Our subject and wife
attend the Primitive Methodist Church, of which Mrs. Mugford is a member;
he is a member of the Sons of St. George, and a Republican in his political
views.

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J.M. MULHOLAND, M.D., Pittston.  This gentleman, who stands in the front
rank of the practicing physicians and surgeons of Luzerne county, was born
in Mercer county, Pa., September 28, 1850, a son of Dr. I.M. and Margaret
(Praul) Mulholand, the former a native of Ireland the latter of Mercer
county, Pa.  The father was a physician, and a graduate of one of the old
schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, and now resides in Toledo, Ohio, where he is a
specialist of some notoriety in chronic diseases.  The family consisted of
four children, viz:  J.M.; Charles W., a merchant in Toledo, Ohio; Frank, a
salesman in Toledo; and Lillie (wife of James L. Outzenhiser, wholesale
merchant of Greenville, Pa.).  Our subject received his English education
in the public schools of Vassar, Tuscola and Saginaw, Mich., and at Flint
College, Flint, Mich.  He then read medicine with his father, and entered
the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating from that
institution May 12, 1865.  He located at Mechanicsville, Pa., practicing
his profession there for two years, next formed a partnership with Dr.
Woodwerdg, of Tunkhannock, and remained with him until 1881, when he
removed to Pittston, where he has since practiced his profession, at No. 4
Broad street. Dr. Mulholand is enjoying a large and lucrative practice, and
has been eminently successful.  He is a hard student, thoroughly versed in
all modern methods of treating disease, and a surgeon of pronounced
ability.  May 12, 1873, our subject married Miss Mary Porter, daughter of
Alexander Porter, a native of Scotland, and this union has been blessed
with two children:  I. Porter and J. Mortimer.  Dr. Mulholand is a member
of Valley Lodge No. 499 F. & A.M., of Pittston Chapter No. 242, and of
Wyoming Valley Commandery No. 557, and also of the Eclectic Medical
Association of Pennsylvania, being a surgeon of the Association.  He is a
member of the Eclectic Association of the United States, and secretary of
the credential committee.  Politically he is a stanch Republican.

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DANIEL MULLIGAN, brakeman, P.O. Oliver's Mills, was born in Carbon county,
Pa., October 8, 1862, and is a son of Daniel and Rose (McCoal) Mulligan.
The parents were natives of Ireland, and for some years resided in Carbon
county, Pa., whence, about 1871, they removed to Laurel Run borough,
Luzerne county, where the father worked as a miner until his death, which
occurred October 19, 1891.  The mother died in 1879.  Their children were
Patrick, Daniel, Edward, Neil, Charles, Hugh and Mary Ann.  Our subject was
reared in Laurel Run borough from eight years of age, and received a
limited education in the public schools.  At nine years of age he worked in
the breaker as a slate picker, being employed about the mines until 1884,
since which time he has been a brakeman on the Central Railroad of New
Jersey (now Reading System).  Mr. Mulligan was married January 22, 1885, to
Bridget, daughter of John and Hollern Shannon, of Wilkes-Barre township.
They have three children:  Rose, Mary and Charles.  Mr. Mulligan is a
member of the Catholic Church; he has served as school director of Laurel
Run borough three years (1887, 1888 and 1889), and tax collector two years
(1890 and 1891); he is a member of the St. Aloysius Society and Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; in politics, he is a Democrat.

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EUGENE W. MULLIGAN, cashier of the Second National Bank, Wilkes-Barre, was
born in Reading, Pa., October 28, 1852, a son of James and Caroline
(VanHorn) Mulligan, natives of Paterson, N.J., and Reading, Pa.,
respectively, and is of Irish and Holland Dutch descent.  His father was a
master mechanic and superintendent of machinery, Philadelphia & Reading
Canal.  Our subject was reared in his native city, and educated in the
public schools where he was graduated in 1874.  He then served three years
as clerk for the Philadelphia & Reading Express Company.  In 1877 he
located in Wilkes-Barre, and entered the employ of the Second National Bank
as exchange clerk, was three years deposit ledger keeper, three years
general ledger keeper, and in 1883 was prmoted to cashier, in which
capacity he has since served.  On June 5, 1888, he was married to Alice H.,
daughter of Michael W. and Ellen (Mulligan) Morris, of Pittston, Pa., and
they have two children, Eleanor M. and James.  Mr. Mulligan is a member of
the Westmoreland Club, of Wilkes-Barre, and in politics is a Democrat.

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ROBERT MURDOCH, M.D., was born in Kilmarnock, Ayshire, Scotland, July 9,
1847, and is a son of Alexander and Jeannette (Roger) Murdoch, who came to
America in 1850, and settled in Ulster, Bradford, Co., Pa., where the
father engaged in farming and stock dealing, he still residing there.  Our
subject was reared in Bradford county from three years of age; received an
academical education at Susquehanna Collegiate Institution, Towanda, Pa.;
in 1869 began the study of medicine with Dr. D.S. Pratt, of Towanda, and
was graduated from Hahnemann Homoeopathic Medical College, Philadelphia, in
the spring of 1872.  He immediately began the practice of his profession in
Ulster township, where he remained one year, when he removed to Burlington,
Bradford county, remaining there until 1887, in which year he came to
Wilkes-Barre, where he has already succeeded in bulding up a lucrative
practice.  Dr. Murdoch married, November 29, 1873, Ophelia, daughter of
Moses and Wealthy (Vought) Watkins, of Sheshequin, Bradford Co., Pa., and
has four children:  Ella, Lena, Marguerite and Robert.  The Doctor is a
member of the M.E. Church, the Homoeopathic Medical Society of Northern
Pennsylvania and Homoeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania.  In politics
he is a Republican.

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EDWARD A. MURPHY, restaurant proprietor, Freeland, was born March 9, 1864,
at Jeansville, this county, and is a son of Patrick and Bridget (Turney)
Murphy, natives of County Cavan, Ireland.  Barney Murphy, grandfather of
our subject, came to America in 1848, and located at Jeansville, this
county, and his son Patrick, who was the oldest of the family, came one
year later; in 1850 they sent for the other members of the family.  Barney
Murphy died at Jeansville in 1890.  He was a man of iron will and always
accomplished his purpose at any cost, regardless of circumstances.  When he
went to New York to meet his family there was but one train that left
Hazleton for New York, and that was a coal train.  The morning that he
intended to go he missed the train; he accordingly set out on foot and
walked to New York that day.  Patrick, the father of our subject,now
resides in Hazleton.  In his family there are six children, viz.:  Mary,
married to Philip Ferry, Hazleton; James, a boiler-maker in Wilkes-Barre;
Edward A.; Barney, a machinist in Wilkes-Barre; Annie and Andrew.  Our
subject was educated in the common schools of Luzerne county, and at a very
early age began working around the mines, being employed in various
capacities until he was eighteen years of age, when he went to work at the
machinist's trade at Jeansville.  After serving his apprenticeship of four
years, he worked as a journeyman there three years.  He then went to
Drifton, where he remained a short time, when he went to Sioux City, Iowa,
in which place he entered the employ of the Omaha, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad Company, as machinist.  He remained there about one year, then
went to Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he remained a short time, and returning to
Wilkes-Barre entered the employ of the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company,
where he worked at his trade part of the time, being also engaged in
running a locomotive for the company.  On October 8, 1889, he came to
Freeland and purchased his restaurant from Charles Dushek, which he has
ever since conducted.  In February, 1892, he purchased one of the best
livery stables in Hazleton, where he is now doing a good business also.
Mr. Murphy is a member of the Catholic Church, and his political views are
Republican.

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MICHAEL MURPHY, proprietor of retaurant No. 79 Hillside street,
Wilkes-Barre, was born in the Province of Leinster, Ireland, January 6,
1848, and is a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Farnan) Murphy.  The father
died in Ireland the year our subject was born, leaving a widow and five
children, as follows:  Charles (killed at the battle of Fredericksburg,
December, 1862), William, Bridget (Mrs. John Plunkett), Elizabeth (Mrs. M.
Brennan) and Michael.  The mother and family, with the exception of
Michael, came to America in 1848, and located in Wilkes-Barre.  Our subject
was reared in Ireland until May, 1862, when he came to America and June 3,
of same year, located in Wilkes-Barre, where he has since resided.  He was
employed in the mines until 1887, when he embarked in the restaurant
business, in which he has since successfully continued.  In 1873 he married
Katherine, daughter of John and Katherine Mundy, of Plains, this county,
and is the father of six children:  Charles A., John (deceased), William,
Helen, Joseph and Rose Elizabeth.  Mr. Murphy is a member of the Catholic
Church; in politics he is a Democrat, and served one term as alderman of
the Sixth Ward of Wilkes-Barre.

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MICHAEL MURPHY, farmer, P.O. Pittston, was born in County Clare, Ireland,
February 18, 1821, a son of Michael and Hannah (McMahon) Murphy, both
natives of Ireland, where they died.  They were hard working, honest
people, strict members of the Roman Catholic Church, bringing up their
children in the way they should go.  They had six in number, Michael being
the fourth, and the only one that survived.  He emigrated to the United
States in 1851, locating in Pittston township, where he has remained ever
since.  He followed mining forty-two years, and was, to use his own words,
"forty-two years under ground."  He has had long experience in coal mining,
and still feels as young as a man in middle life.  On May 6, 1865, he
removed to his present place, a farm of fifty acres, all untilled, but
which, by hard labor and a perseverance undaunted, he succeeded in bringing
under fence and plough.  He has suitable buildings, and everything to make
home complete and comfortable.  Mr. Murphy is a hard-working and honest man
of sound business principles, and, like his ancestors, a member of the
Roman Catholic Church.  On May 18, 1851, he married, in Ireland, Miss Mary,
daughter of Michael and Bridget Mulcahey, and there were ten children born
to them, eight of whom are living:  Mary, Catherine (a Sister of Charity),
Ellen, Anna, Bridget, James, Lizzie and Jennie.  Of these Mary married
Michael McCandrew, and James married Miss Anna Langa.  One son, Michael,
together with his wife and five children, was lost in the Johnstown
disaster.  Politically, Mr. Murphy is independent, but leans toward the
Democratic party.

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CHARLES FRANCIS MURRAY, was born at Athens, Bradford, Co., Pa., November 5,
1851.  Through his father he is of Scottish ancestry, while his mother was
of English origin.  The branch of the Murray family from which he descended
came to Connecticut in the latter half of the eighteenth century, and of
the number Abner and Noah Murray came afterward to Pennsylvania.  Noah
Murray was prominent in the Wyoming Valley.  He was appointed a justice of
the quarter sessions November 23, 1788, and commissioned a justice of the
peace for Luzerne county a year later.  He had been a clergyman in the
Baptist Church, and afterward embraced the doctrine of Universalism, which
owes so much to the Rev. John Murray, who was a relative, and is regarded
as practically the father of the Universalist Church in this country.  Noah
Murray was afterward called to the pastorate of the then only congregation
of that faith in Philadelphia, where he achieved much distinction.  He was
noted for his remarkably persuasive powers.  It is related of him that upon
one occasion he was waited upon by two ministers of other denominations,
who thought to win him from what they looked upon as his dangerous
heresies.  "Mother", he said to his wife, "put a pitcher of water and a
loaf of bread in the room with us, turn the key, and we will stay 'till we
all come out, of one faith."  And so they did, but the one faith was the
Universalist faith, for he had converted those who come to convert him.
Abner Murray, his brother, was a prosperous farmer at Athens.  His son,
Edward Abner, the father of Charles Francis, followed the same vocation.
The mother was Marianne Page.  Her parents, Thomas and Anna West Page, came
from England in 1831 in the ship "Marion," which was two months and eleven
days out from Liverpool before reaching this country.  The voyage was made
with great privation.  The stock of provisions ran short, so that the
allowance of those aboard was barely sufficient to sustain life.  One of
Mr. Murray's most precious mementos is a copy of a diary kept by Mrs. Page,
in which the interesting incidents are recorded faithfully, and in the
spirit of a devout woman who never lost faith in the successful ending of
the perilous journey and its hardships.
Charles Francis Murray was educated at the Athens Academy.  In 1869 the
firm of Voorhis & Page was established in Wilkes-Barre, for the sale of
fine furniture.  F.N. Page, of the firm, was the maternal uncle of Charles
Francis, who was seventeen years old at the time he came to Wilkes-Barre,
to represent his uncle.  This he continued to do until 1876, when he was
admitted into the firm, which now was changed to Voorhis, Page & Co.  In
1877 Mr. Murray bought his uncle's interest, and the firm name was changed
to Voorhis & Murray.  In March, 1890, G.H. Voorhis died, since which time
the business has been conducted by Mr. Murray and his late partner's son,
Burton Voorhis, but still under the old firm name.  The house is the
oldest, and unquestionably the leading one, in the furniture business in
this section of the State, and has the proud record of never having missed
a payment since its doors were first opened.  Mr. Murray married in
October, 1878, Ella Antoinette Mandeville, a Southern lady from Athens,
Georgia.  Mr. and Mrs. Murray have three children:  Eleanor Welles, Charles
Edward and Marion Page Murray.  They attend the services of the
Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Murray is a Republican in politics, but has never
held or sought office.  He is one of the substantial and respected business
men in an advanced and prospering business community.

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JAMES P. MURRAY, of the firm of Jones & Murray, general hardware dealers,
Plymouth, was born in Staffordshire, England, May 4, 1865, and is a son of
Michael and Julia (Jennings) Murray, natives of County Mayo, Ireland.  They
came to America in 1870, settling at Plymouth, Pa., where the family have
since lived, and where the children were educated and reared.  The subject
of this sketch is the eldest of three children and is unmarried; Mary come
next, and is married to Mr. Kraig, of Plymouth; John is the youngest, and
is married, also living at Plymouth.  After receiving his early education
in the public schools of Luzerne county, James P. was employed by Schwartz
Bros., wholesale liquor dealers, remaining with them eight years, and on
January 1, 1890, he and his partner William L. Jones succeeded to the
business of Lindsay & Company, in which they are now doing a large trade.
Mr. Murray has always been a follower of the Democratic party, and is
identified with Company J, Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania National Guards.  He
is also a member of Fire Company No. 1, of Plymouth.  In religious matters
he is identified with the Catholic Church.

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JOHN MURRAY, hotel proprietor, Parsons, was born in County Mayo, Ireland,
January 12, 1851, a son of Martin and Sarah (Carcerian) Murray, natives of
Ireland.  He is the youngest of eight children, was educated in Ireland,
and at the age of twenty came to America, locating at Wilkes-Barre.
Engaging at once in mining, he followed this vocation for fifteen years, at
the end of which time he engaged in the hotel business and met with
success.  In 1888, he then came to Parsons, continuing the hotel business,
and now commands an extensive patronage.  Mr. Murray was married, March 22,
1877, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Patrick and Ellen (Kelly) McCormick,
natives of County Mayo, Ireland.  Of this union were born seven children,
viz,:  Mary, Sarah, Peter, John, Michael, Annie and Kate (deceased).  Mr.
Murray and his family are members of the Catholic Church; he is a Democrat.


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PETER MURRAY, farmer, Georgetown, P.O. Wilkes-Barre, was born in County
Mayo, Ireland, a son of Patrick and Bridget (O'Malley) Murray.  He was
reared in Ireland.  In 1864 he came to America, stopped two years at
Honesdale, Pa., and, in 1866, removed to Wilkes-Barre township, where he
has since resided.  For many years he was employed in the mines, and since
1884 has been engaged in farming.  His wife was Ann, daughter of Martin and
Ann (Callahan) Kearney, of County Mayo, Ireland, and by her he had eight
children:  Mary, Maggie (Mrs. Andrew DeLong), Patrick, Bridget, Kate,
Peter, Anna and Agnes.  Mr. Murray is a member of the Catholic Church, and
in politics is a Democrat.

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F.B. MYERS, farmer and gardener, Kinston, was born in that town in 1845,
and is a son of Madison F. and Harriet (Myers) Myers, natives of
Pennsylvania and of German origin.  The Myers family played a very active
part in the history of the Wyoming Valley, being among the early settlers
of this county, and connected with the early settlement and development of
this locality.  They were at the battle of Wyoming, and among the few who
found refuge within the walls of Forty Fort.  The subject of our sketch was
educated at Cazenovia, N.Y., and Wyoming Seminary, and has since devoted
his attention chiefly to the pursuit of agriculture, being the possessor of
some of the finest farming lands in the Valley.  Mr. Myers was married in
1869, to Miss Naomi, daughter of James and Mary Ann (Barber) Mott, of
Luzerne county, and the fruits of this happy union are six children, viz.:
Frederick M., May M., Hattie, Philip, Laura and Jessie.  Mr Myers and his
family are members of the M.E. Church; politically he is an advocate of the
Prohibition party.

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JAMES MYERS, farmer, P.O. Lake, was born in Unionville, Orange Co., N.Y.,
April 10, 1814, a son of Martin and Jane (Davis) Myers, both natives of
Orange county, N.Y.  Martin was a son of a Revolutionary soldier who
commanded a company in that struggle; his name is not now obtainable, but
he is known to have been a man of undaunted courage.  Martin was a soldier
in the war of 1812.  He moved to this county about 1829, locating near
Harvey's Lake, in Lehman township, on a farm of 160 acres.  He was a very
industrious farmer who, by his skill and judgment made mother earth to
yield sometimes sixtyfold, sometimes one hundredfold.  He was a moral man
in his social relations, and a leading spirit in the Democratic party.  He
had been honored with several town offices which he discharged with credit
to himself and satisfaction of his fellow citizens.  He died at the age of
sixty-seven years.  His children numbered ten, all of whom grew to
maturity, and of them two are now (1891) living:  Jasper T. and James.  The
subject of this memoir came to the county with his father when he was
fifteen years of age, and has remained on the same place ever since, always
confining himself to agricultural pursuits.  At the age of twenty-one he
began business for himself, at the same time helping his father to make a
home for the other children.  At the age of forty-one, September 20, 1855,
he married Miss Sabra D., daughter of George and Electe Gallup, and there
were born to them three children, one of whom is living:  Electe Jane, born
July 4, 1856, and married to Harmon Ide.  Mrs. Myers was born in
Connecticut, May 18, 1819.  Mr.  Myers is a retired farmer, but in his
younger days was a practical man as well as an active farmer.  He is now
comfortably situated on that beautiful sheet of water, Harvey's Lake.
Politically, he is a Democrat.  (Since the above was written we are in
receipt of information of Mr. Myers' decease - ED.)

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JOHN G. MYERS, farmer and teacher, P.O. Briggsville, was born in Albany,
Bradford Co., Pa., August 31, 1853, a son of Peter and Ellen (Mosier)
Myers.  His paternal grandfather, Daniel Myers, formerly of New Jersey,
died in Mifflin township, Columbia Co., Pa., and is buried there.  His wife
was Susanna Payne, and their children were Lavina (Mrs.Jacob Kishbauch),
George, John P. and Peter (the father of our subject).  The latter, a
native of Mifflin township, was reared in Bradford county, Pa., and in 1868
moved to Nescopeck township, where he still resides.  His first wife was
Ellen Mosier, by whom he had eight children who grew to maturity:  Daniel
P., John G., Lizzie (Mrs. Lewis Greising), Mary, Caroline (Mrs. William
Campbell), Josiah J. and Sophia (twins) and Norman.  His second wife was
Mrs. Mary (O'Neill) Treaner, by whom he has three children living:  Robert
L., William J. and Philip.  His third wife was Mrs. Elizabeth (Kisbauch)
Creasy.  Our subject was reared in Bradford and Luzerne counties and
educated in the common schools and in Wyoming Seminary, the State Normal
School, Bloomsburg, New Columbus and Orangeville Academies, and the
Northern Indiana State Normal School at Valparaiso, Ind.  At twenty-one
years of age he began teaching, continuing in that for nineteen years, and
since 1888 has also been engaged in farming.  In 1886 Mr. Myers married
Sarah A., daughter of John W. and Margaret (Raber) Seely, of Nescopeck.
They have one son, Clyde Blaine.  Our subject is a member of the M.E.
Church; in politics he is a Republican, and has served as school director
one term, and assessor.

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JOSIAH J. MYERS, M.D., Nescopeck, was born at New Albany, Bradford Co.,
Pa., March 22, 1860, a son of Peter and Ellen (Mosier) Myers.  His paternal
grandfather, Daniel Myers, a native of Pennsylvania, died in Mifflin
township, Columbia Co., Pa.  His maternal grandfather, Peter Mosier, a
native of Holland, was among the pioneers of Sullivan county, Pa., and at
one time owned the land where Dushore now stands.  Peter Myers was a native
of Mifflin, Pa., and has been a resident of Nescopeck since 1868.  He was
thrice married, and is the father of fourteen children, ten of whom
survive.  His first wife was Ellen Mosier, by whom there are seven children
living:  Daniel P., John G., Elizabeth (Mrs. Lewis Greising), Mary S.,
Caroline E. (Mrs. William Campbell), Josiah J. and Norman H.; his second
wife was Mrs. Mary (O'Neill) Trainor, by whom he has three children living,
Peter L., William J. and Philip R; his third wife was Mrs. Elizabeth
(Kisbaugh) Creasy.  Our subject was reared in Nescopeck from eight years of
age, and was educated at New Columbus and Orangevile Academy.  In 1884 he
began the study of medicine and was graduated from the College of
Physicians, Baltimore, in 1886, and passed regular examination at the
Medico-Chirugical College, Philadelphia, same year, and the State
Pharmaceutical Examining Board, January 11, 1888.  April 1, 1886, he
located at Nescopeck village, where he has built up a lucrative practice.
August 28, 1886, he married Anna E., daughter of John W. and Margaret
(Raber) Seely, of Nescopeck township.  The Doctor is a member of the M.E.
Church and K. of M.; in politics he is a Republican.

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REUBEN MYERS, farmer, P.O. Slocum, was born in Newport township, April 20,
1836, a son of Philip J. and Margaret E. (Brodt) Myers, both natives of
Northampton county, the former born in 1805, the latter in 1808.  They
removed to this county about 1830, locating in Newport township, on a farm
of fifty acres, to which he added 315 more, thus showing himself to be a
man of superior business qualities; he was also a man of some education and
natural abilities.  He held several prominent offices in the townshp, that
of justice of the peace for twenty-five years.  He was a Democrat, and took
quite an active part in politics.  At one time he was a member of the
Lutheran Church, but finally joined the Evangelical, in which faith he
died, June 3, 1884, aged seventy-nine years, at which time he had about 125
acres cleared.  His wife died December 9, 1885, aged eighty-one years.
Their family consisted of sixteen chldren, each of the parents having had a
chld by former marriages, making fourteen by their last marriage.  Nine of
these grew to maturity, eight of them now living, Reuben being the eighth
in the family.  Our subject was reared and educated in Newport (now Slocum)
townshp, has always been a resident of the county, and has followed
agricultural pursuits.  He was married in 1863 to Miss Mary A. Hoch, who
was born in Slocum township in 1833, daughter of Philip and Margaret Hoch.
To this union six children were born, four of whom are yet living:  Lyman
P., Margaret E., Anna A. and Elizabeth A.  Mr. Myers lived on and worked
his father's farm till 1884, and in 1887 he removed to his present
residence, a farm of eighty-five acres, forty-five of which are improved.
He is a man of intelligence, and a practical farmer.  Politically he is a
Democrat, and has been honored with all the important offices of the
township.  He and his wife are members of the Evangelical Church.

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WICKHAM MYERS, milk dealer, Pittston, was born in Orange county, N.Y.,
December 2, 1838, and is a son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Myers, natives of
the same place, and of German descent.  Our subject received his education
in the common schools, and when old enough assisted his father on the farm,
in which work he continued until early in 1860, when he removed to Kinston,
this county.  In 1861 he settled on his homestead, where he had about
eighty acres of land.  Mr. Myers was united in marriage January 1, 1865,
with Kate, daughter of Emily Prutzman, native of Pennsylvania, and their
uninon has been blessed with the following issue:  Henry, born October 13,
1865; William W., born October 13, 1867; Emma Elizabeth, born June 18,
1870, and Edward, born March 20, 1879.  The family are members of the M.E.
Church, and in his political preferences Mr. Myers is a Republican.

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SAMPSON NANKIVELL, practical miner and contractor, Plains, was born in
Tavistock, Devonshire, England, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Warne)
Nankivell.  The father, who was a miner, reared a family of five children,
two of whom are living in America, and of whom our subject is the fourth.
He came to America in 1866, and located at Five Points, where he remained
four months, firing; he then went to Mt. Carmel, where he was engaged in
mining two months; and then went to Michigan, where he worked in the mines
two and a half years.  He then moved to Idaho, via New York, Aspinwall and
San Francisco, and remained there a year and eight months, after which he
sailed for England and brought thence his family to Plains, where he has
since been engaged in mining and contracting.  Mr. Nankivell was married,
March 25, 1861, to Miss Mary, daughter of William and Mary (Foot) Bath, and
by her he has had four children, three of whom are living, viz.:  Luke,
Thomas and Lizzie.  Mrs. Mary Bath died March 26, 1875, and Mr. Nankivell
married for his second wife, Mrs. Jane Coleman, sister of his first wife,
and widow of John Coleman; to this union have been born four children, two
of whom are living, viz.:  Mary J. and William.  Our subject is a member of
the F. & A.M., and the Sons of St. George; in politics he is a Republican.
He has made a success of his business, sometimes employing fifteen or
twenty men; and with an experience of twenty years in a somewhat dangerous
business, he has had no serious injury to his men or himself.

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THOMAS NATTRASS, mail carrier, Yatesville, was born in the county of
Durham, England, October 12, 1820, and is a son of George and Mary (Weller)
Nattrass, natives of the same place.  They reared a family of five
children, of whom our subject is third in order of birth.  He received his
education in England and worked there in the mines until 1847; after coming
to the United States, he first located in Schuylkill county, Pa., and in
1849 removed thence and took up his residence in his present location,
where he was employed as a miner by the Pennsylvania Coal Company until his
retirement, in 1887.  Mr. Nattrass was united in wedlock, September 20,
1845, with Margaret, daughter of John and Margaret Wilson, natives of
Durham, England, and their union has been blessed with one son - Thomas C.,
born September 1, 1855, who is employed at the Laflin Powder Mills in the
capacity of superintendent.  Our subject is a member of the M.E. Church,
and in politics is a Republican.  He is one of the original incorporators
of the borough, and has held the offices of chief burgess, tax collector,
member of council and justice of the peace.

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THOMAS C. NATTRASS, superintendent of the Laflin Powder Mills, Laflin, was
born in Yatesville, September 1, 1855, and is a son of Thomas and Margaret
(Wilson) Nattrass, natives of the county of Durham, England.  The family
consisted of four children, of whom our subject is the youngest, and the
only survivor.  He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of
twelve years began working in a breaker, his employment about the mines
lasting in all nine years, including four years as engineer.  He then
entered the employ of the Laflin Powder Company in the capacity of
engineer, continuing as such for seven years when he was given charge of
the machinery and carpenter work, a position he held for five years, and in
1890 he was promoted to his present position.  The mills, which have a
capacity of 336 kegs a day, are owned by the Laflin Powder Company, H.D.
Laflin of Saugerties, N.Y., being president.  Mr. Nattrass was married
December 25, 1875, to Mary E., daughter of Alfred and Mary (Siddons) Day,
natives of Yorkshire, England, and very early settlers in Yatesville,
Pennsylvania.  Our subject and wife have five childen, viz.:  Mary J., Ida
B., T. Wesley, Alfred J. and Ella J. (twins).  Mr. Nattrass is a member of
the I.O.O.F., a Republican in politics, and is at present treasurer of the
borough council and school board.

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CHAUNCY L. NAUGLE, proprietor of livery and sale stables, Gaylord avenue,
Plymouth, was born in Pittston December 2, 1859.  He is a son of Minor and
Mary (Evans) Naugle, the former born in Northumberland county, Pa., the
latter a native of England.  Minor Naugle was a soldier in the Civil war,
and fought faithfully in defense of his flag; he is, by occupation, a
tiller of the soil.  His family consists of ten children, all of whom are
living, Chauncy L. being the second in the family.  He was reared and
educated in Plymouth, and is now engaged in the useful and lucrative
business of express, baggage, freight and general delivery.  A history of
Plymouth would be incomplete without a mention of C.L. Naugle and his
establishment.  He is an enterprising and progressive business man.  His
livery, boarding and sale stables are the largest in town; the stables are
kept in the best possible condition, and everything about the place bears
the mark of careful attention and good management.  His horses are of
exellent stock, his vehicles can not be surpassed.  Although Mr. Naugle is
a comparatively young man, it is to his energy and enterprise alone that
his business success is attributable, his entire trade, the largest of its
kind in the Valley, having been built up in the last seven years.  Mr.
Naugle married, June 18, 1891, Lizzie, the accomplished daughter of James
Eley, the well-known and popular proprietor of the "Eley House."  Mr.
Naugle is a Mason in good standing, and in religion is a member of the
Presbyterian Church.  Politically, he is a Republican.

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GEORGE P. NAUGLE, mason and farmer, P.O. Nescopeck, was born in Nescopeck
September 12, 1827, a son of Philip and Rosanna (Driesbach) Naugle.  His
paternal grandfather was a pioneer of Nescopeck, a mason and farmer.  His
father, Philip, was also a mason and farmer, and settled on the farm now
owned by our subject, in 1827.  He cleared and improved most of this place,
where he died.  His wife was a daughter of Yost Driesbach, a pioneer of
Nescopeck, and by her he had seven children who grew to maturity:  Lavina
(Mrs. Joel Walp), Polly (Mrs. Daniel Hasler), Theodore, George P., John,
Christianna (Mrs. Jesse Andrews) and Alfred.  Our subject was reared on the
old homestead, where he has always resided, and learned the mason's trade,
which he followed forty-two years, and since 1864 has carried on farming in
connection with same.  He served nine months in the Civil war, being a
member of Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth P.V., and was honorably
discharged at the expiration of service.  He married, December 26, 1854,
Sarah A., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hess) Bittenbender, of Conyngham
township, and has seven children:  John, Mary (Mrs. Samuel Sluser), Milton,
Joseph, William, Emily J. and Sarah R.  Mr. Naugle is a member of the
Lutheran Church and in politics is a Democrat.

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JAMES K. NEAGLEY, druggist, Wilkes-Barre, was born at Danville, Pa.,
December 30, 1857, and is a son of Daniel C. and Mary J. (Mitchell)
Neagley.    His paternal grandfather, Daniel C. Neagley, Sr., was of German
parentage, and a native of Lykens Valley, Dauphin Co., Pa., as was also the
father of subject, who was reared there until eighteen years of age, when
he went to Harrisburg to learn the photographing business.  After serving
his apprenticeship he embarked in the business for himself in 1855, in
Danville, at which he continued until the breaking out of the Civil war,
when he was one of the first to volunteer for his country's service, and
served throughout the entire war.  At the close of the struggle he returned
to Danville, and engaged in the clothing business; in 1868 he came to
Plymouth, where he engaged in the same business up to 1888, when he retired
and removed to Harrisburg where he still resides.  His wife was a daughter
of James K. and Martha (Breckenridge) Mitchell, and by her he had four
children, viz.:  James K., Maggie (Mrs. R.J. Stoll), Florence Virginia
(Mrs. D.C. McCauley), and George E.  Her mother was a niece of the late
J.C. Breckenridge, who was Vice-President when Buchanan was President; he
was nominated for President by the Southern Democrats in 1860; stood second
in the number of electoral votes when Lincoln was first elected President;
sent to the United States Senate from Kentucky in 1861, but withdrew to
join the Southern Confederacy; was brigadier-general in the Confederate
army, and was appointed Confederate Secretary of War in 1865.  Our subject
was reared in Plymouth, this county, from seven years of age, and received
a public-school education.  He served an apprenticeship at the drug
business, at which he served in the capacity of clerk from 1872 until 1885,
when he embarked in the business for himself at Moosic, Pa.  In 1887 he was
burned out, and in 1888 again established himself in business on North
Washington street, Wilkes-Barre.  In the same year he sold out, and in 1891
bought out one of the oldest drug stands in Wilkes-Barre.  On August
18,1880, Mr. Neagley married Sarah Frances, daughter of George and Matilda
(Alkins) Derby, of Wilkes-Barre, and has five children:  Derby Boston, Lee
Breckenridge, Guy Mitchell, Earl Culbertson and Daniel C.  Mr. Neagley is a
member of the Masonic Fraternity; in politics he is a Republican.

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HENRY MARION NEALE, physician and surgeon, Upper Lehigh.  This popular
gentleman, who stands in the front rank of the medical profession of
Luzerne county, is a New Englander by birth.  He was born at New Haven,
Conn., July 27, 1856, and is a son of Martin and Martha (Hitchcock) Neale,
the former of whom is a native of County Antrim, Ireland, and immigrated to
this country with his parents when he was a child.  The father followed
railroading for a long time, in the capacity of consturction master, in the
employ of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company.  A few years
ago he was injured in a wreck at New London, Conn., and since then has
lived a retired life at Southington, same State, where he now resides, at
the age of seventy-two.  The Doctor's mother is a native of Plymouth,
Conn., and is connected with the oldest New England families.  She is a
distant relative of Gen. Marion.  Our subject was educated in the common
schools, Lewis Academy, at Southington, Conn., and Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, graduating at the latter in the class of 1880.  He
then spent one year in practice at the Blockley Hospital, Philadelphia,
after which he received the appointment of physician and surgeon of the
famous steamer, "Indiana," of the American Line, plying between Liverpool
and Philadelphia.  After following a sea-faring life one year, he came to
Upper Lehigh as assistant to Dr. T.J. Mays, whom he met on one of his
voyages, and became acquainted with.  In 1884, when he was at Upper Lehigh
one year, Dr. Mays removed from that place and Dr. Neale succeeded him in
his practice.  Our subject was united in marriage March 5, 1885, with Miss
Adda Leisenring, of Upper Lehigh, and they have three children:  Mahlon
Kemmerer, Joseph Hawley and Gertrude Leisenring.  Dr. Neale is a member of
the Luzerne Medical Society, and the Liverpool Medical Association.

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FRANK NEEDHAM, deputy register of Wills, Hazleton, was born in Hazleton,
December 24, 1866, a son of Michael and Winifred (Redington) Needham,
navtives of County Mayo, Ireland.  His father came to America about 1842,
locating at Beaver Meadows, Carbon Co., Pa., soon afterward removing to
Hazleton, where for thirty years he was engaged in mining, and since 1872
he has been in the real estate business.  Our subject, his only child, was
reared in his native city, educated in public schools and the Normal school
at Bloomsburg, Pa.  He served an apprenticeship of four years at the
tinner's and plumber's trades, which he afterward followed two years.  In
1886 he began teaching in the public schools of Hazle township, a vocation
he followed up to January 1, 1891, when he was appointed to his present
position, and sine 1888 he has been a student of law with P.V. Weaver, Esq.
 In religious belief he is a member of the Catholic Church, in politics he
is a Democrat.

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IRA J. NEELY, farmer, P.O. Silkworth, was born in Plymouth township,
September 26, 1844, a son of Thomas E. and Barbara (Anderson) Neely, the
former born in Orange county, N.Y.; the latter in Dallas, this county.
Thomas Neely removed to this county with his father about 1830, when a
young man.  His father, whose name has not been learned, located in Dallas,
where he purchased 100 acres of farming land upon which there was very
little improvement, and where he passed the rest of his days, devoting
himself to the advancement of agricultural pursuits.  In time he sold the
homestead and purchased a farm of 225 acres in Plymouth township, now the
property of George L. Hutchins.  Mr. Neely was a close Bible student, a
thoughful man, and an excellent neighbor.  Politically, he was a Democrat.
He died in April, 1891, aged seventy-four years.  Their family numbered
thirteen children, Mrs. Neely having been twice married, and having eight
by Mr. Neely and five by her previous marriage with Mr. Hutchins.  Eight of
these children are now living.  Our subject, the sixth by his mother's
marriage with Mr. Neely, was reared and educated in Plymouth township, and
in early life worked at shoemaking, a trade he has not followed for a
number of years.  In 1862 he entered the army of the Potomac, becoming a
member of Company I, One Hundred and Forty-third P.V.I., for the term of
three years, and participated in all the principal battles of the last
years of the war.

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WILLIAM NEILSON, outside foreman No. 1 Colliery, Jeansville.  This popular
young foreman was born at Egypt, N.C., November 1, 1857, and is the second
in the family of six children of James and Isabel (McDougal) Neilson,
natives of Scotland.  The family came to Jeansville in 1848, where the
children were reared and educated.  Our subject began working about the
mines when quite young, and did all kinds of general work.  At one time he
engaged in farming in the State of Virginia, remaining there two years, at
the end of which time he returned to Jeansville and here engaged in firing,
one year; then proceeded to Black Ridge, where he ran a pair of hoisting
engines for one year, after which he went to the Lehigh Valley shops at
Hazleton, where he worked two years, and then returned to Jeansville and
ran a pair of hoisting engines for about four years, when he was given his
present position, which he has occupied since December 1886.  He has under
his charge about one hundred and ten men.  Mr. Neilson is unmarried.  He is
a member of the P.O.S. of A. and Knights of the Golden Eagle, and in
politics votes the Republican ticket.

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REV. REUBEN NELSON, D.D.  It is he who finds a new truth, or an invention,
that is promotive of the good of mankind, that is the child of a bright and
glorious immortality.  The day, when born kings and bloody conquerors were
the greatest of men, passed away with the time of barbarism; men's lives
now are great or mean as are the results of those lives.  In this view it
is doubly pleasant to speak of the life and work of the gentleman whose
name stands at the opening of this article.  He was the founder and for
thirty years the principal of the Wyoming Seminary of Kinston, an eminent
divine of the Methodist Episcopal Church; also general agent and senior
publisher of the Methodist Book Concern, of New York.  He was born at
Andes, Delaware Co., N.Y., December 13, 1818.  At the age of fiteen he
joined the church, and from that moment his whole life was devoted to the
interests of his beloved church.  Dr. Nelson thus became a national man,
indeed a world's man, known to the home children of God, as well as to the
distant heathen, who through his tireless energies felt the sweetness and
sunshine of God's love and holy word.  When barely seventeen years old he
was licensed as exhorter, and commenced to hold prayer meetings and give
exhortations.  Such were his efforts here, that the next year he was
licensed to preach the Gospel.  Rarely has one so young been thus
commissioned, but this youth was crowned with the type of soul and energy,
love of his fellow man and devotion to holy duty, that his selection was
eminently wise and proper.  He traveled and labored, faced the storms, the
cold and heat, and trusted God, and was ever improving each passing moment
in advancing his education; he had to make personal amends for the want of
early opportunities in the schoolroom.  This self-made man, and
self-educated, became a great educator, and founded a high order of
institution of learning.  When in the zenith of his success he was still a
diligent student, and was, his whole life.  At the age of twenty-two
(1840), he accepted the chair of acting principal of the Otsego Academy,
Cooperstown, New York.  In August of the same year he was admitted on trial
into the Oneida Annual Conference, and appointed the third minister in
charge of the Otsego Circuit.  In 1841 he was appointed third preacher on
the Westford Circuit.  These clerical duties were fully performed without
interfering with his work as principal of the academy.  In 1842 he was
admitted to full membership in the Conference, and he was ordained of the
order of deacon at the same time he was made principal of the Ortsego
Academy.  A painful and partial paralysis of the vocal organs soon after
compelled him to resign, as he could not speak loud; the affliction existed
and grew until 1843, when his name was placed by the Conference in the list
of superannuated preachers, and for a period his clerical labors ceased.
He could not remain idle, so part of the time he taught Latin and Greek,
preparing young men for college, communicating in whispers.  In 1844 the
Oneida Conference founded at Kingston, Pa., the Wyoming Seminary, and Dr.
Reuben Nelson was made principal.  Here he found congenial work, and for
twenty-eight years it went on unremittingly.  No educational institution
was ever conducted to better success, and he made it the chief center of
education in the famed Wyoming Valley.  It was pronounced by Bishop Harris
to be "one of the best institutions of its grade in the land," and this is
Dr. Nelson's imperishable monument.  In 1862, 1863, and 1864, Dr. Nelson
was president elder of the Wyoming District; filling the office again in
1868-69, and then did double duty rather than sever his hold of the affairs
of the seminary.  He was a member of the Oneida Conference until 1852, when
it was divided, and he was transferred to the Wyoming Conference.  In 1858
he became secretary of the Wyoming Conference, and by reelection continued
in this office until 1870, when he declined, owing to physical disability.
In 1860 he was a delegate to the General Conference at Buffalo, and each
year, from that until his death, was sent as a delegate to each Conference.
 In the General Conference of 1876 he was chosen chairman of the committee
on Episcopacy, where he presided with dignity and eminence.  In 1872 he was
the general choice of the Conference as agent of the Methodist Book
Concern, in the City of New York, as well as treasurer of the Missionary
Society.  The finances of the country were greatly out of gear, yet Dr.
Nelson steered his bark betwixt Seylla and Charybdis most successfully.  So
well had he done that he was reelected to both offices in 1876.  Overmuch
labor of body and mind brought on a typhoid-malarial attack, and the strong
man of God was prostrated.  The best medical aid and widest sympathy of
friends were of little avail now, and he laid down his offices and burdens
forever.  Funeral services were held at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
Church, New York, Saturday, February 22, 1876.  After the ceremonies the
remains were brought to Wilkes-Barre, to the home of his son-in-law, Mr.
George S. Bennett, and thence taken to Kinston.  No man has received a more
universal recognition of his worth and the public respect.  Places of
business were closed; the Seminary Chapel and church heavily draped, and
the flag was at half mast.  The good man, and great, was gone forever, and
the whole population testified unto his life among them.  In 1841 Dr.
Nelson and Jane Scott Eddy were united in marriage.  She was the daughter
of Col. Asa Eddy, of Milford, New York.  Their only chld living is Mrs.
George S. Bennett, of Wilkes-Barre.

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THOMAS NELSON, farmer, P.O. Lehman Centre, was born in Yorkshire, England,
June 10, 1853.  He is a son of James and Elizabeth (Allen) Nelson, both of
whom were born in England.  James was a farmer in his native country, but
thought he could better his condition by coming to a larger, though younger
nation.  He came to this country in 1858, locating at Lehman Centre, where
he remained three years.  He then moved to Dallas, where he remained about
five years; while there he enlisted in the army for the term of three
years, as a member of Company H, Fifty-second P.V.I., under Gen. Gillmore,
who presented him a medal for meritorius action at the battle of Morris
Island.  At this place Mr. Nelson lost his hearing by the explosion of a
shell in close proximity to his head.  After this accident he received a
position in the commissary department, where he remained until his
honorable discharge, which he received at Salisbury, in July, 1865, at the
expiration of his time and the close of the war.  After his return from the
army he moved to Jackson township, where he purchased a farm of 100 acres,
which he improved by beautifying the grounds, clearing the land, and
building a substantial dwelling and commodious barns.  He has, also, a
never-failing spring of pure water, on the stream of which he has placed a
hydraulic ram, which conveys the water to his house.  Mr. Nelson is a
general farmer, but has now retired from active life, his son, Thomas, who
is the only surviving member of a family of three, now managing the place.
Thomas was reared and educated in Lahman and Dallas townships, and has
worked on the farm.  In April, 1884, he married Miss Myra, daughter of
Isaac and Eliza Ferguson.  This union resulted in the birth of four
children:  Corey J., Edna P., Ethel M., and Stanley F.  Mr. Nelson is a
Republican, and has held the office of supervisor, etc.  He is a member of
the Grange.

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JOE NEMETH, of the firm of Martin & Nemeth, general merchants and foreign
exchange brokers, Hazleton, was born in November, 1861, at Garaduna,
Hungaria.  He was educated in his native land, and at the age of nineteen
came to America, landing in New York in January, 1881.  He immediately
proceeded to Hazleton and engaged in picking slate, which occupation he
followed about one year, when he engaged as clerk for Simon Miller, in
whose employ he remained five years.  At this time he and Mr. Martin formed
a partnership, where they have since continued to do business; besides
their general mercantile trade they also are engaged in foreign exchange.
Upon his arrival in the United States, Mr. Nemeth's wealth amounted to
thirty-four cents.  He is now worth about seven thousand dollars, which
property he has accumulated in five years.  Mr. Nemeth was united in
marriage in 1889, with Miss Helen Deutsch of his native town.  They have
two children, viz.:  John, Jr., and Ida.  This gentleman is a member of the
National Slavonic Society, and in politics is very liberal, although in
national issues he is a firm Democrat.

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ABRAM NESBITT, president of the Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, was
born in Plymouth township, this county, December 29, 1831, a son of James,
Jr., and Mary (Shupp) Nesbitt.  The paternal grandfather was Abram Nesbitt,
son of James Nesbitt, Sr. (who was by profession an attorney), both natives
of Connecticut, and pioneers of Plymouth.  The wife of James, Sr., was
Phoebe Harrison.  They raised a large family of whom James, Jr., was the
eldest.  He began life as a farmer in Plymouth, later was a coal operator,
and for some years he engaged in mercantile business in Wilkes-Barre, where
he died October 9, 1840, in his fiftieth year.  His wife was a daughter of
Philip and Catherine Shupp, and by her he had two children, Mary (Mrs.
Samuel Hoyt) and Abram.  Our subject was reared at Wyoming Seminary
(Kingston).  He has been a resident of Kingston since 1849.  He began life
as a land surveyor, which vocation he followed fifteen years.  He was one
of the organizers of the Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, and since
its organization in 1863 has been a director; served as vice-president of
the bank six years, and has been it president since 1878.  He has also been
an extensive dealer in real estate.  On September 2, 1862, Mr. Nesbitt
married Sarah M., daughter of Abram and Sarah (Myers) Goodwin, of Kingston,
Pa., and has four children, George F., Abram G., Sadie and Fred D.  Mr.
Nesbitt is a widely-known and prominent citizen of Luzerne county, has held
nearly all the local offices of Kingston borough, and is now one of the
trustees of Wyoming Seminary.  In politics he is a Republican.

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LEWIS E. NESBITT, manager of the mercantile business of Wardwell & Co., at
Ridgewood, Plains township, was born in Plymouth, January 23, 1868, and is
a son of Gardner and Bethira (Wolf) Nesbitt, natives of Pennsylvania, and
of Scotch and French origin, respectively.  Our subject is the youngest of
five children, three of whom are living; he was reared on the farm and
educated in the common schools and in Wilkes-Barre Business College, where
he graduated in 1887.  As soon as he had completed his education he secured
a position as bookkeeper for his present employers; he proved himself
highly worthy of every responsibility placed upon him, and his employers
expressed their appreciation of his service by giving him complete charge
of their large store at Ridgewood.  Mr. Nesbitt was married February 22,
1889, to Elizabeth A., daughter of Thomas W. Lewis, of Mill Creek; they
have one child, Frederick E.  He is a member of the P.O.S. of A., and the
I.O.R.M.; in his political views he is a Republican, and in 1891 was
appointed assistant postmaster at Ridgewood.

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L. LINCOLN NEWHART, Ashley, was born in Northampton county, Pa., July 27,
1861, a son of John W. and Elizabeth (Shafer) Newhart, natives of
Pennsylvania, and of German origin.  His father, who was a farmer,
merchant, and coal and lumber dealer, reared a family of eleven children,
seven of whom are living, of whom our subject is the seventh.  He was
educated in the public school, and commenced life tending lock on the
canal, and later working in the school slate factory at Slatington, Pa.,
where he remained three years.  He was then successively engaged as clerk
in the railroad station at Ashley, two years; operator and clerk at
Nantiocke, one year, and operator at Plymouth, a few months.  He then
returned to Ashley, and engaged as clerk and bookkeeper for William Fehr,
and at the death of his employer, August 13, 1890, he was appointed
attorney for the William Fehr Estate.  On September 1, 1892, he became
successor to the William Fehr Estate, purchased all the personal stock,
right and title of the same, and is now doing business under the firm name
of L.L. Newhart.  Mr. Newhart was married October 4, 1883, to Mary R.,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Reed) Fehr, of Ashley, and they have two
children, viz.:  William E. and Fred L.  Mr. Newhart and his wife are
members of the Lutheran and Evangelical Churches, respectively.  He is a
Republican in his political views, and has held the offices of auditor and
councilman in Ashley borough.

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JOHN NEWTON, Hazleton, is a native of London, England, and is a son of
Morris and Kate (Cantor) Newton.  He was educated at Highbury College,
London, where he also studied medicine, and received his diploma, in 1862.
He remained in the locality of London until 1865, when he came to America
and located in New York, where, within three months after his arrival in
the country, he was appointed inspector of distilleries.  This position he
held about a year and a half, when he was appointed street inspector under
William Tweed.  Three years later Mr. Newton engaged in the installment
business, being the first to introduce the installment plan in America.  He
was engaged in the installment business twelve or thirteen years, during a
large part of which time he was engaged in the organization and management
of secret societies, being at one time deputy grand president of the Sons
of St. George, of Luzerne county.  In behalf of the A.O.F. of A., he raised
$500 for the benefit of the sufferes at Plymouth, during the plauge at that
place; in 1890 he was elected grand secretary of the A.O.F. of A. for the
State of Pennsylvania, at Wilkes-Barre, which office he still holds, having
eighty-five courts with a total membership of 9,000 under his immediate
jurisdiction.  Mr. Newton comes from a family of inventors.  He is a
relative of Jacob A. Cantor, a leading statesman and Democratic politician
of New York; of the celebrated Arthur Newton, who determined,
geometrically, the locality of the lost Atlantic cable; while his father,
Morris Newton, is the only successful patentee of the process of converting
culm into bricquets, and he is now living a retired life in London.  But a
short time ago, he received from Trinidad Lake, material that is used in
the manufacture of pavement the world over, and he has lately sold his
right to the Trinidad Company.  John Newton, our subject, is the eldest in
a family of seven children, viz.:  Lewis, furniture dealer, Wilkes-Barre;
Anna (Mrs. M.J. Levy, Wilkes-Barre); Fred, an extensive tanner in
Leicestershire, England; Edward, employed in the Civil Service, London;
David, dyer and china decorator, Trenton, N.J.; Emily and John.  Mr. Newton
has been twice married; first time in England, in 1862, to Miss Elizabeth,
daughter of John Nelson, proprietor of the renowned "Victoria Hotel, "
London, England.  They had three children:  Joseph, David and Morris.  The
mother of this family dying in 1868, Mr. Newton was afterward married to
Miss Metta Brunges, and by this union there are six children:  Harry,
Hattie, Flora Scrantonia, John Wilkes-Barre, Lewis and Isadore.  Mr. Newton
is a member of the Lutheran Church; in his political views he is not
hampered by prejudice or bound by any party ties.

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MILTON NEYHART, miller, Huntsville, was born June 29, 1854, and was reared
and educated in Eaton township, Wyoming county.  He is the son of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Rymer) Neyhart, the former a native of Germany, the latter
born in Wilkes-Barre.  Joseph is the son of John Neyhart, who came to this
country about 1822, locating in Northampton county, this State.  His
children numbered four sons and four daughters.  His son, Joseph Neyhart,
left Northampton county for Monroe county, where he worked at the cooper's
trade.  In about 1838 he came to Wilkes-Barre, where he was employed as a
miller.  Here he married, and reared a family of seven children, all of
whom are living.  He died in 1882, at the age of sixty-seven years.  Milton
Neyhart is the fourth of the family in order of birth.  He applied himself
to the miller's trade from his boyhood, and has followed same on the banks
of Bowman's creek, up to the present time.  In 1867 he came to this county,
locating in Huntsville, where he worked at his trade.  July 20, 1881, he
was married to Miss Ella M., daughter of William H. and Matilda Ide, of
Lehman.  By this union there were born to them two children:  Leona M. and
Benjamin R.  In 1890 he bought the mill property of C.M. Case, which he has
renovated and fitted up with the latest improvements for milling, including
roller process, for rye and buckwheat.  He also makes a specialty of "chop
feed."  His mill is situated on a living stream with seventeen feet fall.
Mr. Neyhart is a young man of push and enterprise, who can not fail to make
his mark in his line of business.  He has been elected to the town office
of school director. He is a member of the P.O.S. of A., and he and his wife
are consistent members of the M.E. Church.

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J.F. NICELY, carpenter for the West End Coal Company, Shickshinny, was born
in Salem township, this county, May 30, 1832, and is a son of John R. and
Polly (Stuckey) Nicely, natives of Northampton and Luzerne counties, Pa.,
respectively.  The father, who was a carpenter by trade, and also a farmer,
died on what is known as the "Nicely farm," in Conyngham township.  His
children were Ann Eliza (Mrs. George W. Search), Alphonse C. (deceased),
Martha, John F., and Mary (latter being deceased).  Our subject was reared
in what in now Conyngham township, educated in the common schools, and
learned the carpenter's trade with his father, which, in connection with
boat-building, he has followed since seventeen years of age.  He has been
twice married, first time to Emily M., daughter of Elisha Lowe, of Centre
county, Pa., and by this union there are two children living:  Florence L.
(Mrs. James Bird) and Mary.  Mr. Nicely's second wife was Catherine H.
Oldknow, of Shickshinny.  Our subject is a member of the F. & A.M. and
I.O.O.F.; in politics he is a Republican.  He has resided in Shickshinny
since 1858.

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ROBERT H. NICHOLAS, train dispatcher and ticket agent for the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, Fairview township, P.O. Mountain Top, was born in
Wurtsboro, Sullivan Co., N.Y., March 20, 1846, and is a son of Robert and
Lydia A. (Perry) Nicholas, the former a native of Cornwall, England, the
latter of New York, a descendant of old Connecticut settlers.  The subject
of this sketch, who is the fourth in a family of ten children, came to this
county in October, 1846, with his parents.  He received an academic
education and, in 1868, when at the age of twenty-two years, accepted a
position as train dispatcher and ticket agent at Penobscot station,
Fairview (then Wright) township, for the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
which position he still holds, being recognized as one of the company's
most trusty men.  Mr. Nicholas was united in marriage January 12, 1874,
with Catherine, daughter of A. Williamson, of York, Ontario, Canada, which
union was blessed with two children.  Mrs. Nicholas departed this life
January 12, 1887, and Mr. Nicholas married, for his second wife, May 29,
1889, Elizabeth D. Bell, of Ashley, which union has been made happy by the
birth of one child.  Mr. Nicholas is a Republican in politics, and at one
time attended an election in Wright township when but one Republican vote
was cast.

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EMMETT DE VINE NICHOLS, a prominent attorney at law of Wilkes-Barre, was
born July 8, 1855, in Ulster, Bradford Co., Pa., son of George W. and
Elizabeth B. (Hemingway) Nichols, the former being of New Albany, and the
latter of Rome, Pa.  After acquiring such education as the public schools
of his native town afforded, he attended a select school at Sheshequin,
Pa., and was, for a portion of a year at Wyoming Seminary.  With this
preparation he taught school successfully at various places until 1877,
when he came to Wilkes-Barre, and entered the law office of Kidder &
Nichols, the junior member of the firm being his brother, F.M. Nichols,
afterward mayor of Wilkes-Barre.  He was admitted to the bar September 16,
1879.  Mr. Nichols is the recognized head of the political temperance
movement in Luzerne county.  When but fifteen years old he presided over a
Good Templars' Lodge.  He has held many high offices in this Order, and
conducted many public temperance meetings.  He organized the Prohibition
party in Luzerne county, and has always been at the head of its county
committee.  He has been a candidate for presidential elector on the
Prohibition ticket, and for congressman, besides municipal and other
offices.  He published a number of pamphlets on the subject of temperance
and prohibition, has made countless speeches in behalf of the temperance
cause, and is nearly always retained to plead for those who remonstate
against the granting of licenses.  Mr. Nichols married, June 25, 1879, Emma
J. Koons, a daughter of John G. Koons, of Ashley.  The Koons family have
for many years been prominently identified with the people and affairs of
the Conyngham and Sugar Loaf Valleys, a rich farming region in the lower
end of Luzerne county.  John G. Koons was born there.  Mr. and Mrs. Nichols
have four children, all daughters.

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FRANCIS MARION NICHOLS, attorney at law, Wilkes-Barre, was born in
Smithfield, Bradford Co., Pa., May 28, 1851, and is a son of George W. and
Elizabeth (Hemingway) Nichols.  His great-grandfather, Stephen Nichols,
settled in Albany townshp, Bradford Co., Pa., in 1819. He was a
basket-maker by trade, and his wares had the reputation of being the best
that could be manufactured.  His wife was Margaret Potter, a native of
England, and a daughter of Robert Potter, a Revolutionary soldier.  George
W. Nichols, father of our subject, was a native of Albany, and a millwright
and carpenter by trade.  Our subject remained at home until sixteen years
of age.  In early life he taught school at Athens and Ulster townships,
also taught mathematics in Macauley's Business College, at Lawrence, Kans.,
and finished his education at the State University of Kansas, at Lawrence.
While in that town he read law with Barker & Summerfield, and finished his
law studies with W.A. & B.M. Peck, of Towanda, Pa.; was admitted to the bar
of Bradford county in the spring of 1873, and to the Luzerne county bar
October 28, 1873.  In 1879 he was appointed district attorney of Luzerne
county, to fill a vacancy, and the same year was a candidate for the
nomination for the same office in the Republican County Convention, but was
defeated by a small vote.  In 1880 he was appointed, by Attorney-General
Palmer, a special assistant for Luzerne county.  In 1881 he was chairman of
the Luzerne County Independents, who refused to support the nominee of the
Republican State Convention for State treasurer.  In 1882 he was the
Republican nominee for district attorney, but was defeated.  On February 1,
1874, Mr. Nichols married Mary Corker, of Norwich, N.Y., by whom he had
four children:  Florence E., Lyman E., Lester W. and Leona M.  His second
wife was Almina Wilson, of Clifford, Susquehanna Co., Pa., and by this
marriage he has one child, Francis M.

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J. MILTON NICHOLSON, ticket agent for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad, Kingston, was born August 29, 1828, at Salem, Wayne Co., Pa., and
educated in his native village.  He is a son of Zenas and Nancy (Goodrich)
Nicholson, natives of Connecticut and of New England parentage.  He
commenced life for himself as a teacher in Wayne county, Pa., where he
remained until 1860, in which year he removed to Hop Bottom, Pa., where he
was employed as agent for the D.L. & W.R.R. Co., four years.  He then
removed to Great Bend, where he was ticket agent for the same company, and
telegraph operator for both that and the Erie Railroad Companies.  In 1865
he removed to Kingston, where he was employed as train dispatcher for the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, which position he held sixteen
years, and in 1881 accepted his present postion.  While at Hop Bottom, he
was commissioned postmaster of that place by President Lincoln, and held
that position from April 10, 1861, to April 10, 1865.  Mr. Nicholson was
married, June 20, 1854, to Sarah Elizabeth Potter, of Salem, Wayne Co.,
Pa., and they have one daughter, Lizzie Amelia, who resides with her
parents.  He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church; in his
political views he is a Republican.

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J.W. NIMMO, merchant tailor, Pittston.  This gentleman, who is one of the
leading merhcants of Pittston, was born in Scotland, May 15, 1843, and is a
son of Thomas and Rose (McDougall) Nimmo.  The father is a retired
gentleman residing in Edinburgh, Scotland, the city of his nativity.  The
mother was born at Greenock, Scotland, and died when our subject was a
small boy.  The family consisted of the following children:  James, a civil
engineer, Edinburgh; Alexander (deceased); J.W.; Annie (Mrs. James
McDonnell, Glasgow, Scotland).  Mr. Nimmo was reared in Edinburgh and
Greenock, and educated in the public schools of the latter place.  When
young he came to the United States and followed the business of cutter, and
after working in Chicago and New York several years came to Pittston, and
secured a position as cutter for Henry Cohen, remaining with him four
years.  He then opened a merchant-tailoring establishment for himself in
Pittston, a business that has continued up to the present time.  In the
fall of 1876 Mr. Nimmo married E. Louise Jones, daughter of Daniel Jones, a
prominent farmer of Exeter township, and at present has the following
children:  Anna; Wallace; James J.; Arthur; George.  He is a member of the
West Side Presbyterian Church; of the Free Masons, in which he has taken
thirty-two degrees; of the order of I.O.O.F., and has filled the offices of
the various lodges, and of O.R.M. of Plainsville, Pa.; a charter member of
the Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, K.of P.  He is an ex-chief of the
Pittston Caledonian Club, and one of the most active members of that
organization, and is president of the Merchant Tailors' Exchange of
Pittston.  Mr. Nimmo is the leading merchant tailor of Pittston, and at his
place at No. 28 North Main street, is found a fine and complete stock of
clothes, woolens, suiting and a fine line of select furnishing goods.
Politically, Mr. Nimmo is a stanch Republican, an earnest worker for his
party's interest, but no place seeker.  He has been a citizen of Pittston
for twenty years, and during that time has done as much to advance the
city's interest as any man here; he has always been among the first to
advocate improvements, and spared neither money nor trouble to bring them
about.  As a business man he has been eminently successful, and at the
present time has the largest and best trade in his line in the city, all
due to the fact that he is a superior cutter, and always employs the best
workmen that money will secure.  Mr. Nimmo has a host of friends, and
occupies an enviable position in the city of his adoption.

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MATTHEW D. NIMMO, engineer in the Wyoming Colliery, Plains, was born in
Auchinairn, Lanarkshire, Scotland, February 13, 1855, and is a son of
Matthew and Mary (Stuart) Nimmo.  His father, who was a mine engineer,
reared a family of ten children, three of whom are living, viz.:  Mary,
married to Robert Aitkin, a potter in Glasgow, Scotland; Margaret, widow of
Walter Milburn (she lives in Glasgow); and Matthew D.  Our subject began
working with his father at the age of eighteen, and has always followed
engineering; he came to America in 1881, worked in Miners Mills one year,
and has since held his present position; he built his present residence and
removed therein in 1884.  Mr. Nimmo was married, January 10, 1880, to Miss
Sarah, daughter of John and Jeannette (Nimmo) McLuskie, natives of his
native town; her father, who was a miner, reared a family of nine children,
six of whom are living, viz.:  John, a miner in Plainsville; James, a miner
in Providence; Alexander, a miner in Plains; Jennette, wife of Robert Love,
a miner in Plains; Peter, a tailor by trade, who came to America in 1885,
and has a store and tailor shop near the residence of his brother-in-law,
with whom he lives; and Sarah, the wife of our subject.  Mr. Nimmo is a
member of the I.O.O.F., the F. & A.M., and the Caledonian Club; politically
he is a Republican.

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ALEXANDER NOBLE, engineer at the Avondale Colliery, Plymouth.  Among the
many steady-handed, cool-headed engineers none, perhaps, is more
trustworthy than he whose name opens this sketch, and who has been handling
the enormous hoisting engines at the Avondale Colliery for twenty-three
years.  Mr. Noble was born at Glasgow, Scotland, February 15, 1834, and is
the fourth in the family of six children of James and Ann (Scobie) Noble,
also natives of Scotland.  Our subject was reared and educated at the place
of his birth, and at the early age of ten years was given charge of a
stationary engine, he being taught the trade by his father who was a
skilled machinist and engineer.  This business our subject followed in
Scotland until 1864, when he came to America and located in Lackawanna
county, Pa., near Scranton, where he was employed as hoisting engineer for
the Delaware & Hudson No. 3.  He continued at this until 1869, when he
moved to Plymouth, and has since been engaged at the Avondale.  While at
this colliery he designed a dial signal, numbered like the face of a clock,
and having a hand which, when the signal is given, will indicate, by the
figure the hand stops at, just what is desired.  Mr. Noble has been twice
married:  First, in 1850, to Margaret, daughter of Alexander Ross, a native
of Glasgow, Scotland, and eight children were born to this union, namely:
James (deceased); Agnes, wife of Mansfield Roberts, of Plymouth, Pa.;
Margaret, wife of William Collins, of Bernice, Pa.; Jeanette, wife of
William Nelson; Alexander, Jr., engineer at the Avondale; James, Mary,
David and Andrew.  The mother of these children died in 1880, and Mr. Noble
was married April 19, 1881, to Mrs. Harriet Young, widow of Fletcher Young,
and daughter of William and Elizabeth (Wynn) Pointon, natives of Shiffnal,
England.  Mr. Noble is a Republican, and is a member of the I.O.O.F.  The
family attend the Presbyterian Church.

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MICHAEL NOLAN (deceased) was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, September
4, 1841, and was a son of James and Ann (Corrigan) Nolan, natives of the
same place.  When only six months old he came to this country with an aunt,
who settled in Orange county, N.Y., where our subject was educated in the
common schools, and followed the work of a general laborer until 1870, when
he came to this county, and went to work in the mines; here he was hurt,
and died August 12, 1871, aged thirty years.  Mr. Nolan was united in
marriage April 12, 1860, with Ellen, daughter of James and Ellen (Cahallen)
Howe, natives of County Tipperary, Ireland, and the fruit of their union
was one son, James M., born February 7, 1861, now employed by the
Pennsylvania Coal Company as a miner; he is a prominent member of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians.  The family are connected with the Catholic
Church.

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MICHAEL NOLAN, proprietor of "Nolan's Hotel," Inkerman, Jenkins township,
was born in Scranton in 1856, and is a son of Peter and Catherine (Gannon)
Nolan, natives of County Mayo, Ireland.  The father, who was a laborer in
the mines and is still living in Inkerman, reared a family of nine
children, three of whom are living, viz.:  Maria (Mrs. John Gill, of
Parsons, Pa.), Michael H. and Martin.  Our subject received a common-school
education, and at an early age began working about the mines, which
occupation he followed till 1878, when he engaged in his present business.
He built his present place of business, with residence attached, in 1885.
Mr. Nolan was married February 10, 1887, to Miss Mary, daughter of Peter
and Winneford (Henahan) Durkin, of Inkerman, natives of County Mayo,
Ireland.  Mr. and Mrs. Nolan have three children, viz.:  Peter, Frank and
George.  Our subject and family are members of the Catholic Church; he is a
member of the Emeralds, and is a Democrat in his political views.

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JOHN F. NOOT, greengrocer, Wilkes-Barre, was born at sea, April 28, 1851,
and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Lewis) Noot, natives of
Glamorganshire, Wales.  The parents came to America in 1851, and settled in
Nanticoke, this county, where the father was a miner and mine boss for many
years.  His children were five in number:  John F., Martha (Mrs. Henry J.
Manhart), James, Mary (Mrs. Augustus Snyder) and Lizzie (Mrs. William
Kline).  Our subject began life in the mines at Nanticoke when but eight
years of age, receiving 25 cents per day.  After working three months
without receiving any pay, he was invited to the office on the Fourth of
July, and was given 50 cents, which was afterward deducted from his wages.
He worked in the mines eleven years, and then served an apprenticeship of
three years at the carpenter's trade, which occupation he followed fourteen
years.  After this Mr. Noot engaged in the green-grocery business at
Wilkes-Barre - three years wholesale and for the past five years wholesale
and retail.  On January 10, 1871, he married Mary A., daughter of Samuel
and Catherine (Brown) Kidney, of Stroudsburg, Pa.; they have two children
living:  James and Lillie.  Mr. Noot is a member of the Presbyterian
Church; also of the I.O.O.F. and Encampment, and of the P.O.S. of A., and
O.U.A.M.  Politically he is a Republican.

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D.W. NULTON, farmer, P.O. Dallas, was born, April 26, 1848, reared and
educated in Dallas, son of Elisha and Susanna (Williamson) Nulton, both of
whom were born in New Jersey.  Elisha was a son of Jacob, who, with his
family, moved to this county about 1827, locating in Franklin township,
where he afterward resided until his death.  He had a family of eleven
children, six of whom were born in New Jersey; he was one of the old
pioneers of Franklin township, and a farmer of some experience and note in
his day.  Elisha, his son, removed after his marriage to Dallas, on a farm
of ninety-three acres, very little of which was cleared, and upon which a
log-house was the only dwelling.  He, however, caused the forest to yield
up its treasures of golden grain; and the rude log-cabin gave way in time
for a more pretentious house.  He was a thrifty, sober, economical and
industrious man.  He and his wife were consistent members of the M.E.
Church, and politically, he was a Democrat.  Mr. Nulton died in 1870 at the
age of fifty-seven.  He had eleven children, ten of whom grew to maturity
and are now living.  D.W. is the fifth of the family, and always confined
himself to agricultural pursuits; at the age of twenty-seven he began life
for himself as a farmer, and about the same time he was married, in 1874,
to Miss Martha, daughter of William and Elizabeth Randall.  By this union
there were several daughters, two of whom are living, Susie and Nellie.
Mrs. Martha (Randall) Nulton was born in Dallas, May 31, 1853.  In 1881 Mr.
Nulton moved back onto his father's farm, the place on which he was born.
He is an industrious and honest man, an upright citizen and a good
neighbor.  Politically he is a Democrat, and has been honored with several
offices in the town, which he filled with credit to himself and his
fellow-citizens.

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ISAAC L. NULTON, general farmer, P.O. Orange, was born, April 14, 1857,
reared and educated in Franklin township.  He is a son of John and Esther
(Goble) Nulton, the former born in Franklin township in 1823, the latter in
Vernon, Wyoming county.  John was a son of Jacob Nulton, whose father was a
native of Germany and emigrated to this country.  Some of his sons located
in New Jersey, others in New York.  Jacob located in New York State, and in
1818 removed to Franklin township, where he purchased 140 acres of land now
owned by John Goldsmith and F. Nulton.  During his life-time he made all
the necessary improvements for the completion of a comfortable home.  He
was a hard-working man, of good principles, and a member of the M.E.
church.  He lived to be a good old age, and reared a family of nine
children, all of whom are now deceased.  John Nulton began life on the
place now occupied by his son Isaac L.; he removed to this farm in 1848,
which consists of sixty-nine acres, and was at that time unimproved.  He
was a hard-working and honest man, who, by forethought and a close eye to
business, succeeded in building for himself and posterity a good name,
which is better than riches.  He was a practical farmer in every sense of
the word.  He was a consistent member of the M.E. Church for a number of
years.  Mr. Nulton died June 14, 1884, at the age of sixty-two years.  His
family consisted of ten children, six of whom are now living:  Mary E.,
Chauncy G., Isaac L., Benjamin F., Emma J. and Francis J.  Isaac L. is the
third member of the family and has always confined himself to agricultural
pursuits on the farm on which he was born, and on which he now lives.
December 18, 1879, he was married to Miss Emma, daughter of of John Hass.
To this union came one child, Floyd, born April 26, 1881.  For his second
wife he married, on April 21, 1889, Miss Ida, the refined and accomplished
daughter of John F. and Sarah M. Miner.  Mrs. Ida (Miner) Nulton was born
at Eaton, Wyoming county, January 11, 1869, and is a member of the M.E.
Church.  Mr. Nulton in a Republican.

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PETER A. O'BOYLE, attorney at law, Pittston and Wilkes-Barre, and assistant
district attorney of Luzerne county, was born in County Mayo, Ireland,
October 10, 1861, a son of Patrick and Bridget (Haggerty) O'Boyle, who came
to America in 1864, settling in Pittston, where the father for some years
was employed as a miner.  Their children were nine in number, of whom six
survive:  James, Peter A., Bridget (Mrs. Michael Barrett), Anne, Edward and
Joseph.  Our subject was reared in Pittston, and educated in the public
schools.  He studied law with Alex. Farnham, of Wilkes-Barre; was admitted
to the bar of Luzerne county in 1885, where he has since been in the active
practice of his profession; was admitted to practice in the supreme court
of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, in 1891, and January 1, 1892, was
appointed assistant district attorney of Luzerne county for a term of three
years.  Mr. O'Boyle married, October 11, 1888, Rosalie T., daughter of
Dennis and Maria A. (Burke) Walsh, of New York, formerly of Dublin,
Ireland, and he has one daughter, Rosalie G.  Our subject is a member of
the Catholic Church, and in politics is a Democrat.

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