Families of the Wyoming Valley, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from Families of the Wyoming Valley, Vol. 1: Biographical, Genealogical and Historical, Sketches of the Bench and Bar of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania In 1834 he established the Mountaineer at Conyngham, in this county. This paper was the avowed and energetic enemy of the monopoly of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. In it first appeared Mr. Gordon´s best efforts against the monopolizing tendency of that age. Although Mr. Gordon was a good student, and well versed in the law, he had little taste for the practice, but was fond of his mechanical skill. He has spent the greatest part of his life as a constructing engineer, and the specimens of his handiwork can be seen at Mauch Chunk, Blossburg, Pittston, and other places. In 1871 he located himself at Plymouth, where he now resides. His time has been chiefly devoted to journalizing. Among his published productions are "Old Memories of Wyoming and its Early Settlers." Mr. Gordon married September 22d, 1822, Hannah Wall, daughter of Coggshall Wall, of North Norwich, Chenango county, N. Y., a great-granddaughter of ex-Governor Coggshall, of Rhode Island, and cousin of Hon. Garrett D. Wall, ex-governor of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have had twelve children. Captain Harry M. Gordon and an invalid daughter are the only survivors. Hendrick Bradley Wright. Hendrick Bradley Wright was born at Plymouth, Luzerne county Pennsylvania, on the 24th day of April, 1808. His father, Joseph Wright, was of that family of Wrights whose ancestors came to America from England in 1681 with William Penn´s colony of Quaker emigrants. John Wright, one of the number, in a short time after the landing, commenced a residence in the eastern part of Burlington county, New Jersey, and was the first settler of Wrightstown, being the founder, in fact, of the village of that name. He held a commission of Justice of the Peace and Captain of the militia under the royal seal of Charles II., and at the same time was an ardent member and supporter of the Society of Friends. A diary kept by this pioneer is still in the possession of the family. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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