S/o Anson & Lydia (Crocker) Amsbry. H/o Mary (Mitchell) Amsbry.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES AT MONTROSE
After a long illness of complications, W. W. Amsbry, age 75, a former resident of this city and Plains, died at his home in Montrose, yesterday morning.
Mr. Amsbry, was very well known throughout Luzerne and Lackawanna Valleys and was especially well known in mining circles. He lived in Plains in the early days of anthracite mining and was interested in the Wyoming Valley Coal Co., which concern removed the coal from the Amsbry property through the Port Bowkley Colliery. He owned a large tract of land in the central part of Plains Township, owned half a century ago by the Merritt estate, and all of it was underlaid with thick veins of coal. Mr. Amsbry sold most of the surface rights years ago and in recent years the coal was mined by various operators and is now being removed by the John Conlon Coal Co.
He is survived by a wife, who is a sister of George W. Mitchell of Plains and James Mitchell of the west. One brother, Charles Amsbry, of Binghamton, and a niece, Miss Florence Amsbry, also of Binghamton, who spent a great deal of her time at her uncle's home when he resided in Plains are also among the survivors.
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, Tuesday, January 2, 1917, page 6.
W. W. AMSBRY BURIED.
The funeral of W. W. Amsbry, a former resident of this city and Plains, was held from the family home at Nanticoke yesterday. The remains were brought to this city on a special train and taken to Hollenback Cemetery where services were conducted in the cemetery chapel, and interment was in the family plot in Hollenback Cemetery. A large number of relatives and friends from Montrose accompanied the remains to this city.
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, Friday, January 5, 1917, page 12.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES AT MONTROSE
After a long illness of complications, W. W. Amsbry, age 75, a former resident of this city and Plains, died at his home in Montrose, yesterday morning.
Mr. Amsbry, was very well known throughout Luzerne and Lackawanna Valleys and was especially well known in mining circles. He lived in Plains in the early days of anthracite mining and was interested in the Wyoming Valley Coal Co., which concern removed the coal from the Amsbry property through the Port Bowkley Colliery. He owned a large tract of land in the central part of Plains Township, owned half a century ago by the Merritt estate, and all of it was underlaid with thick veins of coal. Mr. Amsbry sold most of the surface rights years ago and in recent years the coal was mined by various operators and is now being removed by the John Conlon Coal Co.
He is survived by a wife, who is a sister of George W. Mitchell of Plains and James Mitchell of the west. One brother, Charles Amsbry, of Binghamton, and a niece, Miss Florence Amsbry, also of Binghamton, who spent a great deal of her time at her uncle's home when he resided in Plains are also among the survivors.
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, Tuesday, January 2, 1917, page 6.
W. W. AMSBRY BURIED.
The funeral of W. W. Amsbry, a former resident of this city and Plains, was held from the family home at Nanticoke yesterday. The remains were brought to this city on a special train and taken to Hollenback Cemetery where services were conducted in the cemetery chapel, and interment was in the family plot in Hollenback Cemetery. A large number of relatives and friends from Montrose accompanied the remains to this city.
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, Friday, January 5, 1917, page 12.
S/o Anson & Lydia (Crocker) Amsbry. H/o Mary (Mitchell) Amsbry.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES AT MONTROSE
After a long illness of complications, W. W. Amsbry, age 75, a former resident of this city and Plains, died at his home in Montrose, yesterday morning.
Mr. Amsbry, was very well known throughout Luzerne and Lackawanna Valleys and was especially well known in mining circles. He lived in Plains in the early days of anthracite mining and was interested in the Wyoming Valley Coal Co., which concern removed the coal from the Amsbry property through the Port Bowkley Colliery. He owned a large tract of land in the central part of Plains Township, owned half a century ago by the Merritt estate, and all of it was underlaid with thick veins of coal. Mr. Amsbry sold most of the surface rights years ago and in recent years the coal was mined by various operators and is now being removed by the John Conlon Coal Co.
He is survived by a wife, who is a sister of George W. Mitchell of Plains and James Mitchell of the west. One brother, Charles Amsbry, of Binghamton, and a niece, Miss Florence Amsbry, also of Binghamton, who spent a great deal of her time at her uncle's home when he resided in Plains are also among the survivors.
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, Tuesday, January 2, 1917, page 6.
W. W. AMSBRY BURIED.
The funeral of W. W. Amsbry, a former resident of this city and Plains, was held from the family home at Nanticoke yesterday. The remains were brought to this city on a special train and taken to Hollenback Cemetery where services were conducted in the cemetery chapel, and interment was in the family plot in Hollenback Cemetery. A large number of relatives and friends from Montrose accompanied the remains to this city.
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, Friday, January 5, 1917, page 12.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES AT MONTROSE
After a long illness of complications, W. W. Amsbry, age 75, a former resident of this city and Plains, died at his home in Montrose, yesterday morning.
Mr. Amsbry, was very well known throughout Luzerne and Lackawanna Valleys and was especially well known in mining circles. He lived in Plains in the early days of anthracite mining and was interested in the Wyoming Valley Coal Co., which concern removed the coal from the Amsbry property through the Port Bowkley Colliery. He owned a large tract of land in the central part of Plains Township, owned half a century ago by the Merritt estate, and all of it was underlaid with thick veins of coal. Mr. Amsbry sold most of the surface rights years ago and in recent years the coal was mined by various operators and is now being removed by the John Conlon Coal Co.
He is survived by a wife, who is a sister of George W. Mitchell of Plains and James Mitchell of the west. One brother, Charles Amsbry, of Binghamton, and a niece, Miss Florence Amsbry, also of Binghamton, who spent a great deal of her time at her uncle's home when he resided in Plains are also among the survivors.
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, Tuesday, January 2, 1917, page 6.
W. W. AMSBRY BURIED.
The funeral of W. W. Amsbry, a former resident of this city and Plains, was held from the family home at Nanticoke yesterday. The remains were brought to this city on a special train and taken to Hollenback Cemetery where services were conducted in the cemetery chapel, and interment was in the family plot in Hollenback Cemetery. A large number of relatives and friends from Montrose accompanied the remains to this city.
Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, Friday, January 5, 1917, page 12.
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