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The Lackawanna Lumber Company, based in Scranton, purchased large tracts of land and built a sawmill at Mina, west of Coudersport, in 1887.
The road was changed to standard gauge in 1889, and was later extended to Ulysses and to Sweden Valley.
In 1890, it was "wilderness," no people lived there and still officially part of Eulalia Township.
Dubois came to Coudersport in 1890 as Supervisor and Principal of the Coudersport High School.
She is a member of Alligewi Chapter of the D.A.R., of Eulalia Chapter of O.E.S., of New Century Club and of Christ Episcopal Church. (3) Eloise (Benson) Cole, of Batavia, New York, born may 9, 1891, a graduate of mechanics Institute.
He has been a member of the Potter County Bar since December 3, 1891, and he is a director of the Empire Gas and Fuel Company and of the C&PA Railroad Company.
EMIL J. KNECHTEL, JR., was born July 22, 1892, in Coudersport, the son of Emil J. and Mary Knechtel.
LAWRENCE BUCK, farmer specializing in dairying and potato growing, was born September 16, 1893, in Ulysses, the son of C.E. and Charlotte (Cushing) Buck.
By using a series of switchbacks the railroad was constructed across the hills and valleys to Galeton in 1893.
He was appointed appraiser of McKean County in 1893.
ROSELL H. LEETE, a progressive farmer in Eulalia Township, Potter County, was born January 16, 1894, in Bingham Township, the son of N.J. and Thera (Howe) Leete, a pioneer family of Potter County.
The New York and Pennsylvania R.R. began at Genesee and ran to Oswayo in 1894.
To the east of Coudersport (the county seat) is the Coudersport Ice Mine (discovered 1894), a cave in Ice Mountain that forms icicles in the spring and summer but not in the winter.
She married, February 28, 1895, Ralph C. Edgcomb of Galeton, the son of J. Osgood and Saphronia (Conable) Edgcomb.
Coudersport Lodge of perfection was established July 17, 1896, and the first meeting was held December 8, 1896.
HOWARD R. SMITH, watchmaker in Coudersport, was born April 14, 1897, in Coudersport, the son of Ellsworth W. and Hattie (Van Buren) Smith.
Burt married, May 22, 1897, Arthur S. Burt, an attorney of Ulysses.
He was graduated from Mansfield State Teachers College in 1897.
On August 15, 1898, he was employed by the First National Bank in Coudersport, becoming assistant cashier.
He came to Genesee in October of 1898 as bookkeeper for A.H. Borden and as secretary of the Diamond Oil & Gas Company.
She is a member of the Episcopal Church and is a Past Worthy Mtron of Galeton Chapter Number 53, O.E.S. She married, first, December 20, 1898, Albert Stambaugh of Galeton.
NORMAN CHAPMAN, merchant in Genesee, was born August 14, 1899, on the Chapman farm near Genesee.
He was a past master of Sharon Lodge Number 598 F.&A.M. and a Past Worthy Patron of Eureka Chapter Number 52 O.E.S. He married, first, in 1900, Winnie Marchisi of Bolivar, New York.
He married, September 27, 1900, Marion Thompson of Coudersport, the daughter of M.S. and Cora (Mann) Thompson.
Bayless built a plant that would employ two hundred men in the valley above Austin and began operation in 1901.
He has two children, Robert and Katharine. (4) Willis G., of Coudersport, born August 25, 1902.
The longest lasting of these was the Gray Chemical Company located at Roulette from 1902 until after World War n.
He graduated from Mansfield State Teachers College in 1902 and taught in the Pennsylvania public schools for three years.
The sawmill was operated until 1903 and sold to the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company the next year.
A glass plant opened in Roulette in 1903 and two plants, a window glass factory and the Webb Tile Company, were located at Coudersport, all of which were short-lived.
Several dams were built (1903–38) to make the river navigable from Pittsburgh to East Brady.
In 1903, he purchased the Brookland, Pennsylvania, Farms where he has done extensive farming.
He married, first, Bessie Warner, February 11, 1904.
S. JOSEPH ROSENBLOOM, partner of Rosenblooms ready-to-wear store in Coudersport, was born June 13, 1904, in Austin, the son of Frank A. and Golda Rosenbloom.
Later, when the First National Bank of Galeton was organized in 1904, Mr.
He studied law in his father's law office in Coudersport and was admitted to the Bar on May 10, 1905.
WALTER PIERRE WELLS, attorney of Couderpsort, was born May 10, 1905, the son of John Walter and Eloise (Stebbins) Wells. (See par.
GILBERT LEE WENZEL, owner and manager of Wenzel Electric Appliance Store in Galeton, was born October 4, 1905, in Port Allegany, the son of Charles C. and Dorothy C. Wenzel.
He has two children, William David, Jr., and Ardis June. (2) Margaret E. (Allen) Osani, of Valley Stream, New York, born August 5, 1906, a graduate of Mansfield State Teachers College.
ROBERT HENRY KAZMIERSKI, physician and surgeon of Coudersport, was born July 27, 1906, at Pittsburgh.
ROBERT S. McLAUGHLIN, funeral director in Shinglehouse, was born December 2, 1906, at Olean, New York, son of Leon C. and Hazel (Sliger) McLaughlin.
On March 3, 1907, she married Almon R. Grabe who was in the furniture and undertaking business for many years.
He has one daughter, Patricia. (6) Milton James, Jr., of Coudersport, born November 13, 1907.
She has three children, David Duane, Marcia Rae and Carol Ann. (3) Duane Hughes, of Galeton, born February 3, 1909, a graduate of East Stroudsburg Business College.
Palmer had one of the largest independent glass factories in the world, but it was not long before financial difficulties surfaced; bankruptcy proceedings were initiated in 1909.
Construction of the dam in 1909 brought prosperity and the population grew to almost three thousand.
In 1909, he went to Coudersport as clerk in the Post Office.
Langworthy came to Shinglehouse in 1909 where he established the Langworthy Insurance Agency and Real Estate.
By the 1910 Census Galeton Borough had 4,027 people, the only borough in the county to ever count more than four thousand residents.
He married, first, July 2, 1911, Esther Hendrickson, daughter of Charles and Mary (Cady) Hendrickson.
She is a member of Park Methodist Church, and is a charter member of Allegewi Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, in which she has been an officer since that chapter's organization in 1912.
He sold this bank in 1912 and organized and became cashier of the Guaranty State Bank in Okmulgee.
They have one son, Robert Lewis. (3) Margaret Rathbun, born May 4, 1913.
A. DONALD BARTOO, principal of Genesee Township School, was born May 30, 1913, at Harrison Valley, the son of Clarence W. and Ruby (Miles) Bartoo.
He interned at Jefferson Medical College Hospital and started practicing in Shinglehouse in 1913.
WILBUR A. WAGNER, hardware merchant of Ulysses, was born in Ulysses on May 8, 1915, the son of Orlo E. and Lida (Empson) Wagner.
Smith was graduated from Coudersport High School and became a watchmaker in 1915.
CLAIR W. STATHAM, merchant and Justice of the Peace in Harrison Valley, Pennsylvania, was born December 16, 1916, the son of Ida (Smith) Statham and the late Carl Statham.
Cane bought the old Opera House on Main Street in 1916.
She has one son, William Harvey Biesel, born March 2, 1917, a graduate of Peddie School and the School of Journalism at Syracuse University.
He married, December 31, 1918, Doris Heymann of Galeton, a graduate of Mansfield State Teachers College.
Seed potatoes have been grown in the county since 1920, when Lewis S. Erway produced “The Erway Certified Seed Potato.” In addition, farmers grow potatoes for the regular market, as well as for making potato chips.
He is also Chief Ripper of the Rip and Tearum Lodge Number 23 of the Order of Red Republicans, organized in 1920.
He married, April 27, 1921, Dorothea McConeghy, of Coudersport, daughter of James and Alma (Hertig) McConeghy.
He married, December 23, 1925, Naomi Ruth Weimer, of Roulette, the daughter of Major and Virginia (Rossman) Weimer.
In 1925, his brother, Nelson J. became a partner in the business which is now known as the Devling Brothers, Inc.
They have one son, Arthur F., born June 7, 1926.
129). He graduated from Coudersport High School and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1926.
Pearsall married, January 30, 1927, Sarah Woodard, of Shinglehouse, daughter of Doctor James A. and Winnie (Marchisi) Woodard.
Moody has been active in Boy Scout work since 1927, first as a Boy Scout and later as a Scout Master.
He came to Genesee in 1928.
He was graduated from Harrison Valley High School, after which he held various positions, including farming, until 1928 when he started his dairy farm where he has been located since that date.
81). They have one daughter, Patricia, born February 21, 1929, in Williamsport.
She is a member of the Methodist church, of the Women's Club and of W.S.C.S. They have one son, John Crandall Mahaley, born October 31, 1929.
Smaller facilities at Roulette and Shinglehouse closed near the turn of the century, while most of the others closed operations before 1930.
Mark R. graduated from Mansfield State Teachers College in 1930 and attended the University of Rochester.
He married, first, Margaret Russell in 1930.
They have one son, Henry W., born September 27, 1931, who is a cadet at the Valley Forge Military Academy.
Reynolds has been a banker in Genesee since he was twenty years of age and has been president of the First National Bank since 1932.
He returned to Germania in 1932, where he has remained since that date.
He married, October 28, 1933, Gertrude Card, of Roulette, daughter of Dorman L. and Mary (Carey) Card.
On November 29, 1933, he married Mildred Nelson of Coudersport, daughter of A.T. and Viola Nelson. (See par.
He retired in 1933, since which time he has made his home in Galeton.
He married March 5, 1934, Rena Stone of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of the late Lewis B. and Lena C. Stone, former residents of Austin.
Coudersport, Pa.: Potter County Historical Society, 1934.
In 1935 he formed the partnership of Chapman-Burrous.
He first became affiliated with the Soil Erosion Service and has been with the Soil Conservation Service in West Virginia and Pennsylvania since 1935.
In 1935, he sold the stock of consolidated Water Company to Robert Hall Craig of Harrisburg, and his associates.
He continued in the jewelry and optometry business until 1935, at which time he began devoting his entire time to the practice of optometry.
They have one son, William H., Jr., born September 5, 1936, a student in Genesee.
On November 7, 1936, he married Wilda L. Haupt, daughter of Wallace H. and Mabel (Shick) Haupt of Coudersport.
He has been a farmer specializing in potato growing since 1937.
She received an invitation 1938 to represent the Women's Committee of the Pennsylvania Constitution Commemoration Committee to honor the Constitution of the United States and to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its ratification in Philadelphia.
They have one son, William Parker, born January 30, 1940.
She has been production chairman of the American Red Cross in Galeton since 1940.
He came to Ulysses in 1941 where he has been pastor of the Methodist Church since that date.
The flood caused several million dollars in damage and destruction and the town never really recovered, although the paper mill remained until 1942 when another flood caused considerable damage.
They have one son, Ralph Orlo, born January 1, 1943.
He remained there for twenty-five years, returning to the First Presbyterian Church in Coudersport on September 1, 1944.
He became a partner in Daily and Palmatier Garage in 1945.
He, with S. Lynn Lush, Michael J. Crosetto and Carl W. Smith, comprised a committee which negotiated with the Lenox Furnace Company, Inc., when its plant was moved to Galeton in 1945.
On May 2, 1946, he came to Genesee.
On July 1, 1946, he opened a new business, McLaughlin's Home for Funerals, in Shinglehouse.
On July 1, 1946, he became secretary-treasurer of the National Farm Loan Ass'n of Coudersport which comprises five counties, Cameron, Elk, McKean, Tioga and Potter.
VanDeBoe intends to make his home in Coudersport upon his retirement in 1950.
After almost one hundred years, the confusion of two names was removed when in 1968, Lewisville Borough became Ulysses Borough [Reference: Potter County Historical Society's Quarterly Bulletin, No.
123, January, 1997]. My relatives always said they were from Ulysses but they graduated from Lewisville High School.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinellas County Sheriff's Office | 1912 | $61.0M | 1,097 | - |
| Harford County Sheriff's Office | - | $12.0M | 234 | - |
| Anne Arundel County Department of Health | 1930 | $25.0M | 350 | - |
| Spalding County | - | $60.0M | 750 | - |
| Glynn County | - | - | 240 | - |
| Sullivan County | - | $720,000 | 30 | - |
| Albemarle County | - | $1.4M | 125 | 12 |
| Charlotte County Sheriff's Office | 1921 | $21.4M | 360 | - |
| Scott County, Iowa | 1837 | $1.8M | 125 | 6 |
| Fort Bend County | 1838 | $19.0M | 1,177 | 110 |
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