The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-03
CAREY FAMILY REUNION.
Two Hundred of the Family Gather
at Fernbrook PARK.

Fernbrook park. that pretty picnic
ground on the trolley road near Dallas,
was the scene yesterday of reunion
of the Carey family. There were some
200 representatives presyn and the day
was delightfully."- passed In listening to
genealogical addresses, and in dane
ing, fcasting and in a good social time
generally. There was good attend
anCe on the part of the children and
they romped and swung and ate to their
hearts content.
The following officers we're elected
for the ensuing year
Presidential. ID. Carey, Scranton.
Treasurer-John De Quick. PittstoR.
Secretary-C. Ii. Derby, West Pitts
ton.
Executive committee--Alrs. A. G.
Smith, Wilkes-Barre; Charles Will
Jams, Plains; William II. Derby, Dun
more.
The assemblage gathered on the
pavilion platform and listened to inter-
esting addresses by the family his
torians, as follows
Mrs. Isaac Jones, of Jermyn. read
about the family of Barnabas Carey.
Mrs. Andrew G. Smith, of Wilkes
Barre, read a paper on Eleazer Carey,
the first of the Careys to arrive in WyO-
ming valley He came here from Con-
necticut with the first settlers in 1863.
| bringing with him his five sons, John,
Nathan, Samuel, Benjamin and Com
| fort, who are the progenitors of numer-
Gus Careys in LuZerne and adjacent
| counties.
John Carey Williams. of Plains. read
n paper on Samuel Carey, who was
captured by the Indians in the battle
| of Wyoming in 1913 and carried into
captivity.
| c. II. Derby, of West Pittston, read
extracts from a history of the Carey
family of America, brought down To
1870 by DR.. Carey. of Cincinnati.
| Following are the names of as many
in attendance as could be obtained:
John Carey Williams, Plains; Charles
| NJ. Williams. Plains; Bateman y.
| Carey, Columbus: Lehman Carey, Jer-
myn Francis Il. Carey, Jermyn; Mrs.
John De Quick Pittston; Mrs. Louisa
Carey Mclaughlin, Jermyn; Harrison
| Carey, Wilkes Barre; Mr.. and Mrs.
| John II. Derby, Wilkes Barre; Mr.. and
| Mrs. Eugene Sampson, Maplewood;
| Mrs. Isabel Van Sickle. Georgetown,
| Wayne county; John Carey, Tunk-
| hammock: Mr.. and Mrs. Judson stark,
West Pittston; William Carey, Tunk-
| hammock: Mrs. James Kennedy, Scran-
| ton; Mrs. Richard Parry and son,
Spring Brook; Mrs. A. 5. McLaugh-
| lin, Jermyn: Miss Ida Carey, Har-
ford: Mrs. Elizabeth Sayre. Freytown
Mrs. Zelda snyder, Jermyn; Miss Myr-
tie Snyder, Jermyn: Edmund Hurlbut
| Kingston; William G. Carey, Taylor
Mrs. Reese Llewellyn, West Pittston
Miss Lottie Carey. Scott: Mr.. and
Mrs. George Knapp, Priceburg; Mr.
and Mrs. Scott Carey. Old Forge; Ida
Carey. old Forge; Thomas Carey, Old
Forge: owen Carey, Scranton; oil
YER Wilcox, Scranton; Mr. and Mrs
Alfred f.. Carey, Wilkes Barre; Archie
Carey, Wilkes Barre: Thomas Engle
Dunmore; Mrs. Stella Williamson
Gracedale: Mrs. s. NJ. Moor, Wilkes.
Barre: Mr.. and Mrs. d. V. Thomas
and two sons. Wilkes Barre; Mrs. Mar
tina j. Carey, Jermyn; Mr.. and Mrs
Elias Carey, Gracedale; Miss Mabe
Carey. Avoca: Mrs. r. a. Warner
Scranton; Mrs. Annie Carey Savige
Brooklyn, Pa; Miss Cora Savige
Brooklyn. Pa; Mrs. +. d. Payne
Hopbottom; Miss Bertha Makely
Scranton; Frank w. Carey, Moosic
| Mrs. William c. Carey, Old Forge; a
A. Carey. Avoca; George +. Carey
Avoca; Mrs. Levi Welsh, Parsons
John b. Carey, Old Forge; John Me
Cluskey, Plainsvile: Mr.. and Mrs
James Carey, Scranton; Mrs. J. L
| Warren. White Haven.
Some members of the family spel
the name Carey, others spell it Cary
Fridays Wilkes Barre Record.