History of Scranton, (Lackawanna County) Pennsylvania United States of America

Daniel Ward Connolly, representative, was born in Cohocton, N.Y., April 24, 1847; son of John and Ann Adelia (Allyn) Connolly; grandson of Deacon David and ??? (Tyler) Allyn, and a descendant of Robert Allyn of Allyn's Point, Conn. He removed to Scranton, Pa., in 1849 and was admitted to the bar in 1870. He was elected president judge of Lackawanna county in 1878 but was not seated, as the courts decided that no vacancy existed. He was the defeated candidate for election to the 47th congress, was elected as a Democrat to the 48th congress in 1882, and was again defeated for the 49th. In May, 1885, he was appointed by President Cleveland postmaster of Scranton. He was married to Alma Price. He died at Scranton, Pa., Dec. 4, 1894.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Luther Wesley Peck, clergyman, was born in Kingston, Pa., June 14, 1825; son of the Rev. George and Mary (Myers) Peck. He attended the Wesleyan university, 1841-42, was graduated from the University of the City of New York, A.B., 1845, A.M. 1849; studied theology, and joined the New York conference on trial in 1845. He was stationed at Brooklyn, Durham, Rhinebeck, Newburg, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Middleton and smaller places, 1845-66, and in the Wyoming conference where he was presiding elder of the Honesdale district, 1875-79. He was married, Jan. 18, 1848, to Sarah Maria, daughter of Dr. Ransom H. Gibbons of Dormansville, N.Y. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by the University of the City of New York in 1878. His pastorate covered a period of forty-five years and he retired in 1891. He was an extensive contributor to the National Magazine, Quarterly Review, and Ladies' Repository; edited "A View from Campbell's Ledge in Wyoming," by his father, and is the author of: The Golden Age (1858); The Burial of Lincoln, a poem in Jesse T. Peck's "History of the Great Republic," and The Flight of the Humming Birds, a poem (1895). He died at Scranton, Pa., March 31, 1900.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Willis Luther Moore, meteorologist, was born in Scranton, Pa., Jan. 18, 1856; son of Luther T. and Lucy E. (Babcock) Moore. His parents removed to Binghamton, N.Y., and in 1864 he joined his father, who was a civilian officer in the constructive corps of the army stationed at City Point, Va., and he sold newspapers to the soldiers in the field. He attended the public schools of Binghamton; became a compositor and reporter of the Binghamton Republican, and later a reporter on the Burlington, Iowa, Hawkeye. He was married in 1886 to Mary Lozier. He entered the U.S. signal corps in 1876, and in 1894, as a result of an open competitive examination, he was appointed professor of meteorology and was assigned to the charge of the U.S. weather station at Chicago. In 1895 he was promoted chief of the U.S. weather bureau. He was elected a member of the Washington Academy of Science, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the board of managers of the National Geographic society. He is the author of Moore's Meteorological Almanac and Weather Guide (1901), and of many contributions on meteorological topics to scientific publications.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Edward Stewart Moffat, engineer, was born in Oxford, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1844; son of James Clement and Ellen (Stewart) Moffat. He was matriculated at the College of New Jersey in the class of 1863, but left college in September, 1861, to enlist in the 9th New Jersey volunteers and was promoted 2d lieutenant, May 16, 1862, and on March 3, 1863, was appointed to the signal corps. He was brevetted first lieutenant and captain, and was mustered out Aug. 11, 1865. He received his degrees, A.B., 1863, A.M., 1866, with his class, and was graduated at the Columbia School of Mines, New York city, E.M., 1868, first in his class and gold medalist. He was adjunct professor of mining and metallurgy at Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., 1868-70. Through the friendship of Alexander Pardee he was put into railroad work, and served as superintendent of the Port Cram iron works at Dover, N.J., 1870-76; of the Secaucus iron works, at Secaucus, N.J., 1876-78, and of the Muskenetcong iron works at Stunhope, N.J., 1878-82. He was superintendent of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal company at Scranton, Pa., 1882-87; general manager of the company, 1887-92, and president and general manager, 1892-98. He was a member of, and held offices in, the American Institute of Mining Engineers, to whose transactions he contributed scientific papers. He was married, Oct. 16, 1872, to Anna Robeson, daughter of Prof. W. McCartney, of Easton, Pa., and had sons, Edward Stuart Moffat and Douglas Maxwell Moffat. He died at Scranton, Pa., Aug. 4, 1893.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Scranton, (Lackawanna County) Pennsylvania

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