The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-02
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| The golden wedding of Captain George
| w. Simpson and Louise Harris Simpson, Of
Nanticoke, was celebrated at that place
Saturday. The affair was attended by
twenty.one grandchildren, one great
| grandehild, four sons and four daughters
| number of whom live in this city.
Captain and Mrs. Simpson are 70 and 81
years of age respectively. Both were borr
in Mauch Chunk, where they were mar
| ried, and later removed to their present
place Of residence. OF the ten children
born to them eight are living and all are
married except John, who lives with hit
parents: the others are: William T., oi
Scranton: Harry, Of Peckville; George, ol
Nanticoke; Mrs. Emma Roberts, Of Wilkes.
Barre; Mrs. Mahalla Davenport and Mrs
Anna Detweiler, of Scranton: Mrs. Laura
Good. Of Sugar Notch. The great-grand-
child is Louise Armbrust, granddaughter
Of Chief of Police Simpson, OF this city.
Aside from the immediate descendants
the anniversary was attended by numer-
GUS relatives who contributed toward the
large family which enjoyed sumptuous
dinner at $50 o'clock and passed the day
in pleasant "reminiscences and impromptu
vocal and instrumental musical entertain
ment
Captain Simpson received his military
title in the Civil war, during which he
was confined for eighteen months in Libby
prison. Both he and Mrs. Simpson are in
excellent health and apparently have many
years Of happiness in prospect
$50
That nature has dealt kindly with the
Atherton family Of which Dolph B. Ather-
ton, secretary Of the board OF trade, is a
member, was illustrated yesterday when
four generations sat for their pictures in
the studio Of Q well-known photographer
Four living generations are not unusual,
but the Atherton case is peculiar and in
teresting from the fact that all are males
and each is father or son. no uncles
being included in the quartette. Another
striking feature Is that each has lived for
term OF years in Scranton and all but
one were born here.
Jonathan A. Atherton, as he appeared
with three of his descendants about MIN,
looked hale and hearty for man born
eighty. four years ago QS10 on a farm
where the West Side Of the present city is
located. During his boyhood what Is now
Scranton was known as Slocum Hollow.
on grassy knoll Of several hundred
acres, surrounded by Gordon of swamp
land, the whole nesting in an extensive for
est. He had been brought here from New
England when child and when in after
years he removed with his family to o
farm near Montrose, he sold his Scranton
land to. DR.. B. Fl. Throop for nominal
sum. the property was later discovered
to contain large deposits Of COAL
Jeremiah L., son Of Jonathan, was born
81 years ago on the West Side farm and
has since resided in the city, excepting his
residence on farm adjoining his fathers
near Montrose. He has been in the en-
ploy of the Delaware and Hudson Canal
company thirty-two years and is at pres
ent the assistant superintendent Of the
coal department.
Dolph B. Atherton was born sc years
ago on Susquehanna county farm adjoin-
ing the present homestead. He came to
Scranton with his father in 1865 and has
since resided here.
The last, but by no means the least i'm
portant, Atherton Of this sketch is r. Mel
son Atherton. the 1l-year-old son of
Dolph B. The little fellow was fully
alive to the sentiment attached to his i'm
portance as one OF the group. He was
in high glee in view Of the proposed sit
ting for the picture and displayed an af I.
fection for his great grandfather, which
was topchingly reciprocated by the old
man, the two proving the old adage that
blood is thicker than water"