When I was back in Taylor 10 years ago, my cousin had the books for Forest HOme Cemetary. Don't know if he still has them, you could try. Don't have an email. His address is Norman Weisenfluh, 120 S. Ridge St., Taylor, Pa. 18517 Joan in Calif. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dororthy Terry" <giraffe@frontiernet.net> To: <palackaw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:46 AM Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] Forest Home Cemetery Taylor > Hello Sue, I also wish I knew who to contact about a burial in Forest home > Cemetery in Taylor. I have Thomas family buried there. I noticed you have > Thomas folks in your family and if you would like, I would like to hear > from > you. Dorothy Terry giraffe@frontiernet.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SBDyson" <sbdyson@yahoo.com> > To: <palackaw@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 6:35 PM > Subject: [PALACKAW] Forest Home Cemetery Taylor > > >> Would anyone know who to contact about a burial in this cemetery? >> I have a death certificate and obituary for Gomer Dyson, died June 13, >> 1967 and buried in Forest Home Cemetery. I have visited the cemetery >> several time and can not find where he is buried. >> I am also looking for his parent David Dyson and Mary Ann Williams dates >> unknown for them. >> Sue >> >> >> Susan Bennett-Dyson >> Family Genealogist looking for Stevens, Thomas, Wilcox, Millard, Grow, >> Benning, Warner, Gleason, Howard, Bell, Gillespie, Bailey, Dyson, Howell, >> Swingle. >> >> --------------------------------- >> Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! >> TV. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In a message dated 8/25/2007 10:22:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, fredsherw@comcast.net writes: The following is from "The Lakeland Local" no longer published. THE EARLY DAYS OF JERMYN GIBSONBURG BOROUGH Hello Cousin Fred, Thanks for putting the Article about the 'Molly Maguire's' on the Lackawanna website. It makes very interesting reading. Nice to see you on-line again. Carl Smith ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hello Sue, I also wish I knew who to contact about a burial in Forest home Cemetery in Taylor. I have Thomas family buried there. I noticed you have Thomas folks in your family and if you would like, I would like to hear from you. Dorothy Terry giraffe@frontiernet.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "SBDyson" <sbdyson@yahoo.com> To: <palackaw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: [PALACKAW] Forest Home Cemetery Taylor > Would anyone know who to contact about a burial in this cemetery? > I have a death certificate and obituary for Gomer Dyson, died June 13, > 1967 and buried in Forest Home Cemetery. I have visited the cemetery > several time and can not find where he is buried. > I am also looking for his parent David Dyson and Mary Ann Williams dates > unknown for them. > Sue > > > Susan Bennett-Dyson > Family Genealogist looking for Stevens, Thomas, Wilcox, Millard, Grow, > Benning, Warner, Gleason, Howard, Bell, Gillespie, Bailey, Dyson, Howell, > Swingle. > > --------------------------------- > Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! > TV. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

The recent loss of some coal miners here got much world wide publicity. For you younger people who have never lived through that time period, I would suggest that you read some interesting information on the following web site. Pennsylvania Coal Mine History There are a number of other sites with it. Bill Fehlinger-New Jersey ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

The Black Hand was an extortion racket run by Sicilian and Italian gangsters in many cities in the US (including Scranton) during the period of 1890-1920. They would send threatening notes to well-to-do people and merchants which depicted a black hand or dagger and would extort money under threat of death or destruction of property. Tomasso Petto and Santo Caressi are early crime bosses in the Scranton area who began the practice of Black Hand extortion during this time period. (Petto had fled from NYC after being wanted for a murder there). This group was much later than the Molly Maguires and no relation to that group. Pam Packer Duignan Harrisburg (Williams, Reynolds, Davis, Lyons, Hughes, Jones families) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

In a message dated 8/25/2007 1:21:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time, CZcatlover@aol.com writes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires_ Thanks for this link. I printed it out and will keep it with my history section of my family tree. I had an uncle who worked in the mines all his life and my husband had Welch relatives that worked in the mines. I don't know of any connection, but it is the era of all this activity. Ruth ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Does anyone have any information on "The Black Hand" in the Scranton area or can anyone recommend any reading material on it? My mother's family told many stories about the impact of this group on their early life and I've often wondered about the actual events of that time period. This would be in the 1920-1940 time period. thanks, jho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard M. Reese" <oneinfo@ptd.net> To: <palackaw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] Molly McGuires in Scranton > If you want more information about the dates, I'd suggest the Schylkill > county USGenWeb page. However, the activities of the Molly's predates > your > grandfather by two decades, so I'd really doubt that he "remembered" them. > More than likely his recollection was that of the activities of "The Black > Hand" of the era 1900 - 1912. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shirley Harlow" <slh50@msn.com> > To: <PALACKAW@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:13 PM > Subject: [PALACKAW] Molly McGuires in Scranton > > > : My grandfather was a coal miner in Scranton, who started as a breaker > boy > in > : about 1898 and worked until the mines closed during the Depression. He > was > : of German descent (BOYER, ERBACH, SHELLHAMMER) and mentioned once that > he > : remembered the Molly McGuires and their activities. > : > : Shirley in Ohio, but from NJ > : > : > : > : ------------------------------- > : To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > : > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My ggmother was reportedly (I haven't proved it yet, but pretty much all my gmother's relatives heard the same story now for three generations) the sister or niece (I've heard both) of the Thomas Donahue, who owned the bar where Rhea's murder was planned. I've read some of the original trial transcripts, and don't really remember much about Scranton -- the whole "siege" as it was called so often, seemed to stop in Ashland in 1877. If you look at the list of those who were named as conspirators, you'll see that the bulk of them are in Schuylkill County. As Joe said, people all seem to want to be connected to the Mollies. It's like the Easter Rising - in Ireland they say that 30 men walked into the Post Office and 27,000 men left it for America. There's some interesting reading at _http://www.geecoders.com/MollyMaguires/_ (http://www.geecoders.com/MollyMaguires/) that's generally pro-Molly The Alexander Campbell story is here _http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/molly_maguires/index .html_ (http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/molly_maguires/index.html) An overall history that's pretty good is at _http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmolly.htm_ (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmolly.htm) This is the list of people who were supposed Mollies _http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacolumb/molly.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacolumb/molly.htm) Sharon McLaughlin Gowen (no, not that Gowen) searching Gilligan, Dodson, Donaghue, Sorensen, Golden in Luzerne, Lackawanna and Schuylkill Counties 1850-1895. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I do believe there was an even earlier movie on the Molly Maguires that John Wayne starred in, made before Sean Connery's. It was a black & white, probably back in the early 60's. --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!

Would anyone know who to contact about a burial in this cemetery? I have a death certificate and obituary for Gomer Dyson, died June 13, 1967 and buried in Forest Home Cemetery. I have visited the cemetery several time and can not find where he is buried. I am also looking for his parent David Dyson and Mary Ann Williams dates unknown for them. Sue Susan Bennett-Dyson Family Genealogist looking for Stevens, Thomas, Wilcox, Millard, Grow, Benning, Warner, Gleason, Howard, Bell, Gillespie, Bailey, Dyson, Howell, Swingle. --------------------------------- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV.

Terri, Fred Sherwood's e-mail citing an article which appeared in a Lackawanna County newspaper proves the mindset of the populace at that time. It made great newspaper sales if a tie could be made to the Mollies. It is no different today...when citizens blame criminal activity on a unpopular group. I, too, have seen news articles in Lackawanna county newspapers of that era in which blame was directed toward the Mollies. Yes, Wikkipedia does have some interesting information about the Mollies. bear in mind, the powerful robber barons, won..and let's us not forget.. It is always the winners who write the history. Our genealogical society receives, about one a month, search request from descendent's who wish to prove their ancestor was the victim of the Mollies. They wish to prove family tradition. It would, of course, make an interesting anecdote for their family history. We have yet been able to determine any Mollie involvement in these mystery's. Sadly, many times we do find evidence the man left his family and the area to begin a new life in another area. The Mollies became akin to the boogie man in many situations---unable to disprove, but seemingly true enough to satisfy. Joe Bryer . Terri Pointon wrote: > Joe, I don't know anything about the Molly Maguires so I did a little reading on Wikipedia. While I admit there may be more reliable sources, there is a lot of info there, including many sources for further reading. I was especially intrigued by the statement that: > "While crimes in the U.S. that were attributed to the Mollies — murders, brutal assaults, robberies, arson, and sabotage — were undoubtedly committed, the evidence that a group calling itself the Molly Maguires was responsible for these coalfield crimes rests largely upon the allegations of one powerful industrialist, and the testimony of one Pinkerton detective." > > I'm curious... If indeed, the Maguires never showed up in Lackawanna County, why do you think they stayed out of our northern area? > > Terri Boni Pointon > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:26:34 -0400 > From: J Bryer > Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] Molly McGuires in Scranton > To: palackaw@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <46CFA16A.7060300@grsnp.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I've never heard of the Molly Maguires conducting any activity in the > northern Anthracite coal fields. > They were limited to the Southern coal fields. > You may wish to exclude Lackawanna and Luzerne counties during your > search of the Mollies. > I invite any one who has knowledge of the Mollies in the northern > anthracite fields to comment. > Enjoy > Joe Bryer > www.grsnp.org/ > > > > *************************************** > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

If you want more information about the dates, I'd suggest the Schylkill county USGenWeb page. However, the activities of the Molly's predates your grandfather by two decades, so I'd really doubt that he "remembered" them. More than likely his recollection was that of the activities of "The Black Hand" of the era 1900 - 1912. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Harlow" <slh50@msn.com> To: <PALACKAW@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:13 PM Subject: [PALACKAW] Molly McGuires in Scranton : My grandfather was a coal miner in Scranton, who started as a breaker boy in : about 1898 and worked until the mines closed during the Depression. He was : of German descent (BOYER, ERBACH, SHELLHAMMER) and mentioned once that he : remembered the Molly McGuires and their activities. : : Shirley in Ohio, but from NJ : : : : ------------------------------- : To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message :

The following is from "The Lakeland Local" no longer published. THE EARLY DAYS OF JERMYN GIBSONBURG BOROUGH A MOLLY MAGUIRE OUTRAGE. On the morning of the 29th of July, 1874, during the "Molly Maguire" reign of terror, Mine Foreman A. L. Green was set upon by three strangers, who fired nine pistol shots, bringing him to the ground wounded in three places, but not fatally. William B. Swick and his son, Robert Pierce and Charles McCracken, who were at the Jermyn mill, about fifty yards away, chased off the assailants, killed one and wounded another in the foot. The corpse being given to the physicians for dissection, persons from Dunmore claimed it as the body of one O'Malia. This and other clues brought about the arrest of the wounded assassin, and under the name of Sharkey he was convicted of an attempt at manslaughter, and sent to the Penitentiary for six years and eight months. So bold was this band of murderers, and so subservient were some of the local judiciary, that a warrant was actually obtained from a Scranton justice of the peace for the arrest of Robert Pierce for the murder of O'Malia, and a g! ang of men visited Jermyn to take him; but he had been secreted by hie friends, who followed the agents of the outlaws with such pertinacity and so strong a front that they abandoned the search; after which, to avoid further complications, a formal complaint was made, Mr. Pierce taken to Wilkes-Barre, and at the first session of the court discharged with a compliment for his courage and success.

here is an article on the Maguires _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Maguires) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

The movie was called "The Molly McGuires." It came out around 1970 and starred Richard Harris and Sean Connery. (I guess they liked to have Connery play Irishmen (The Untouchables was another case) because they figured the audience couldn't tell the difference between and Irish brogue and a Scottish burr.) Those with interest in the topic might want to read "Making Sense of the Molly McGuires" by Kevin Kenny. The book takes sort of a middle ground, suggesting that they were neither the vast terrorist conspiracy suggested by some nor the romantic martyrs suggested by others. It also looks at the deeper issue of the conditions in the mines at the time. The book might strike some as dry and academic (with 39 pages of appendices and bibliography) but I thought it was pretty interesting and reasonably well written. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

The1970 film "The Molly Maguires" starring Sean Connery, which was shot on location in Ashley, Luzerne County, Pa, where the film set still stands as a museum http://www.eckleyminers.org/ John- Rochester NY -----Original Message----- From: palackaw-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:palackaw-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of WMFHLNGR@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 10:30 AM To: palackaw@rootsweb.com Subject: [PALACKAW] Molly Maguires. Quite a few years ago there was a very interesting movie about the activities of the "Molly Maguires" I don't remember its name and it could have been shot in Hazelton I am sure a good movies outlet could provide the name. Bill Fehlinger-New Jersey ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Quite a few years ago there was a very interesting movie about the activities of the "Molly Maguires" I don't remember its name and it could have been shot in Hazelton I am sure a good movies outlet could provide the name. Bill Fehlinger-New Jersey ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Joe, I don't know anything about the Molly Maguires so I did a little reading on Wikipedia. While I admit there may be more reliable sources, there is a lot of info there, including many sources for further reading. I was especially intrigued by the statement that: "While crimes in the U.S. that were attributed to the Mollies — murders, brutal assaults, robberies, arson, and sabotage — were undoubtedly committed, the evidence that a group calling itself the Molly Maguires was responsible for these coalfield crimes rests largely upon the allegations of one powerful industrialist, and the testimony of one Pinkerton detective." I'm curious... If indeed, the Maguires never showed up in Lackawanna County, why do you think they stayed out of our northern area? Terri Boni Pointon ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:26:34 -0400 From: J Bryer Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] Molly McGuires in Scranton To: palackaw@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <46CFA16A.7060300@grsnp.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I've never heard of the Molly Maguires conducting any activity in the northern Anthracite coal fields. They were limited to the Southern coal fields. You may wish to exclude Lackawanna and Luzerne counties during your search of the Mollies. I invite any one who has knowledge of the Mollies in the northern anthracite fields to comment. Enjoy Joe Bryer www.grsnp.org/ *************************************** --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.

Greetings all, Some time back a fellow researcher was trying to trace the MAGHRAN line. I have lost contact with that individual. Looking to get in touch with her. Hope all is well Regards Walt ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I've never heard of the Molly Maguires conducting any activity in the northern Anthracite coal fields. They were limited to the Southern coal fields. You may wish to exclude Lackawanna and Luzerne counties during your search of the Mollies. I invite any one who has knowledge of the Mollies in the northern anthracite fields to comment. Enjoy Joe Bryer www.grsnp.org/ Michael G. Walsh wrote: Shirley and others: My grandfather Michael McAndrew(whom I never met) was a breaker boss in Throop, arriving about 1903. According to family lore, his job was to supervise the breaker boys. He later was promoted to breaker boss. Which mine, I don't know. The Mollies were active throughout the region. Among those convicted and hanged was another McAndrew. How he was related to my grandfather - and me - I don't know. It was a fascinating era. Mike Walsh Muskegon, Michigan 231-726-1400 --- Shirley Harlow <slh50@msn.com> wrote: My grandfather was a coal miner in Scranton, who started as a breaker boy in about 1898 and worked until the mines closed during the Depression. He was of German descent (BOYER, ERBACH, SHELLHAMMER) and mentioned once that he remembered the Molly McGuires and their activities. Shirley in Ohio, but from NJ