Jerre Atherton, son of Jonathan A. and Ellen S. (Bennett) Atherton, was born in 1836 in what is now Wyoming, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. He was two years old when his parents removed to Hyde Park, where he received his education in the common schools. At the age of nineteen years (in 1855) he located in Susquehanna county, where he engaged in making fine carriages, calling to his aid the best mechanics of the day. In 1857 he removed to Montrose, and was there engaged in business until 1863. In the latter year, the turning point of the great Civil war,
he responded to the call of Governor Andrew G. Curtin for emergency troops to repel the rebel invasion, and served from June 16 until July 27, having previously performed military duty as a member of the Twenty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. In November, 1864, he
located in Scranton, and entered the employ of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, and his record in connection with that corporation was one of steady advancement, testifying at once to his ability and fidelity. After serving for some time as general coal inspector, in 1866 he was made superintendent of the Grassy Island mines at Oliphant, which he opened and operated for two years, and then became superintendent of the Leggett"s Creek mines. In 1882 he took a similar position in connection with the Marvine mines. In the same year he was placed in charge of the Manville mines, under the Delaware & Hudson and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western companies, and served in that capacity for ten years, relinquishing his post in 1892 to become assistant
outside superintendent of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company under Superintendent A. H. Vandling, and holding the position until the retirement of that gentleman, January 1, 1897. Mr. Atherton is an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church, and is a Republican in politics. At Montrose, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1857, Mr. Atherton married Miss Clara L. Bullard, daughter of Hezekiah and Matilda (Dean) Bullard. Her father was born in West North-
ampton, Massachusetts, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and became a pioneer settler in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, where he died at the age of eighty years ; his wife came from a representative New England family. Mrs. Atherton died August 12, 1871, leaving a son. Captain
Dolph B. Atherton. Mr. Atherton subsequently married, in Scranton, Mrs. Nellie M. (Frost) Blair, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and who was reared and educated in that city and in Springfield, same state. Her parents were Samuel and Dolly (Green) Frost.
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he responded to the call of Governor Andrew G. Curtin for emergency troops to repel the rebel invasion, and served from June 16 until July 27, having previously performed military duty as a member of the Twenty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. In November, 1864, he
located in Scranton, and entered the employ of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, and his record in connection with that corporation was one of steady advancement, testifying at once to his ability and fidelity. After serving for some time as general coal inspector, in 1866 he was made superintendent of the Grassy Island mines at Oliphant, which he opened and operated for two years, and then became superintendent of the Leggett"s Creek mines. In 1882 he took a similar position in connection with the Marvine mines. In the same year he was placed in charge of the Manville mines, under the Delaware & Hudson and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western companies, and served in that capacity for ten years, relinquishing his post in 1892 to become assistant
outside superintendent of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company under Superintendent A. H. Vandling, and holding the position until the retirement of that gentleman, January 1, 1897. Mr. Atherton is an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church, and is a Republican in politics. At Montrose, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1857, Mr. Atherton married Miss Clara L. Bullard, daughter of Hezekiah and Matilda (Dean) Bullard. Her father was born in West North-
ampton, Massachusetts, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and became a pioneer settler in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, where he died at the age of eighty years ; his wife came from a representative New England family. Mrs. Atherton died August 12, 1871, leaving a son. Captain
Dolph B. Atherton. Mr. Atherton subsequently married, in Scranton, Mrs. Nellie M. (Frost) Blair, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and who was reared and educated in that city and in Springfield, same state. Her parents were Samuel and Dolly (Green) Frost.
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Jerre Atherton, son of Jonathan A. and Ellen S. (Bennett) Atherton, was born in 1836 in what is now Wyoming, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. He was two years old when his parents removed to Hyde Park, where he received his education in the common schools. At the age of nineteen years (in 1855) he located in Susquehanna county, where he engaged in making fine carriages, calling to his aid the best mechanics of the day. In 1857 he removed to Montrose, and was there engaged in business until 1863. In the latter year, the turning point of the great Civil war,
he responded to the call of Governor Andrew G. Curtin for emergency troops to repel the rebel invasion, and served from June 16 until July 27, having previously performed military duty as a member of the Twenty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. In November, 1864, he
located in Scranton, and entered the employ of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, and his record in connection with that corporation was one of steady advancement, testifying at once to his ability and fidelity. After serving for some time as general coal inspector, in 1866 he was made superintendent of the Grassy Island mines at Oliphant, which he opened and operated for two years, and then became superintendent of the Leggett"s Creek mines. In 1882 he took a similar position in connection with the Marvine mines. In the same year he was placed in charge of the Manville mines, under the Delaware & Hudson and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western companies, and served in that capacity for ten years, relinquishing his post in 1892 to become assistant
outside superintendent of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company under Superintendent A. H. Vandling, and holding the position until the retirement of that gentleman, January 1, 1897. Mr. Atherton is an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church, and is a Republican in politics. At Montrose, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1857, Mr. Atherton married Miss Clara L. Bullard, daughter of Hezekiah and Matilda (Dean) Bullard. Her father was born in West North-
ampton, Massachusetts, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and became a pioneer settler in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, where he died at the age of eighty years ; his wife came from a representative New England family. Mrs. Atherton died August 12, 1871, leaving a son. Captain
Dolph B. Atherton. Mr. Atherton subsequently married, in Scranton, Mrs. Nellie M. (Frost) Blair, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and who was reared and educated in that city and in Springfield, same state. Her parents were Samuel and Dolly (Green) Frost.
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he responded to the call of Governor Andrew G. Curtin for emergency troops to repel the rebel invasion, and served from June 16 until July 27, having previously performed military duty as a member of the Twenty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. In November, 1864, he
located in Scranton, and entered the employ of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, and his record in connection with that corporation was one of steady advancement, testifying at once to his ability and fidelity. After serving for some time as general coal inspector, in 1866 he was made superintendent of the Grassy Island mines at Oliphant, which he opened and operated for two years, and then became superintendent of the Leggett"s Creek mines. In 1882 he took a similar position in connection with the Marvine mines. In the same year he was placed in charge of the Manville mines, under the Delaware & Hudson and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western companies, and served in that capacity for ten years, relinquishing his post in 1892 to become assistant
outside superintendent of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company under Superintendent A. H. Vandling, and holding the position until the retirement of that gentleman, January 1, 1897. Mr. Atherton is an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church, and is a Republican in politics. At Montrose, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1857, Mr. Atherton married Miss Clara L. Bullard, daughter of Hezekiah and Matilda (Dean) Bullard. Her father was born in West North-
ampton, Massachusetts, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and became a pioneer settler in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, where he died at the age of eighty years ; his wife came from a representative New England family. Mrs. Atherton died August 12, 1871, leaving a son. Captain
Dolph B. Atherton. Mr. Atherton subsequently married, in Scranton, Mrs. Nellie M. (Frost) Blair, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and who was reared and educated in that city and in Springfield, same state. Her parents were Samuel and Dolly (Green) Frost.
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