Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, Thu, Mar 13, 1890 PRESBYTERIAN PEWS: A large, interested and monied audience met at the First Presbyterian church last evening to secure pews prior to the opening of the handsome house of worship which will occur on Easter Sunday. A more determined lot of men and women it would be hard to find. Their object was to secure a good seat and when it is understood that the pews sold last evening will in all probability not change hands for half a century their eagerness to become the posssessors of good pews is readily excused. Mr I P HAND arose and opened the meeting by calling upon GEORGE BEDFORD to make some necessary explanations. Mr BEDFORD said that the prices put upon the pews were not larger, and in some instances not as large as, other churches, and that the price bid over and above the regular rental for the privilege of a choice would go toward reducing the debt. At the close, very few seats were left. The following is an accurate list of the buyers and the pew numbers: BUYER PEW # BUYER PEW # Judge WOODWARD 78 Dr GUTHRIE 18 Dr J A MURPHY 16 Ex-Gov HOYT 21 J C PHELPS 35 Col. DORRANCE 86 ISAAC THOMAS 84 Mrs R B RICKETTS 32 R J FLICK 83 A J DAVIS 30 J R WRIGHT 36 ROBERT AYRES 14 J R COOLBAUGH 88 Dr HOLLISTER 3 Capt T C PARKER 117 J W HOLLENBACK 62 C W BIXBY 61 J I LABAGH 54 THOMAS RIPPARD 54 H H HARVEY 79 Mrs H A FULLER 74 H W BLAKE 19 CALVIN PARSONS 31 ALEXANDER FARNHAM 33 N P H HAGUS 116 F C STURGES 114 Prof H C DAVIS 15 N P JORDAN 7 J V DARLING 81 Mrs G M REYNOLDS 23 J W RAEDER 53 RICHARD SHARPE 39 Col. STURDEVANT 55 T H ATHERTON 37 WILLIAM STODDART 77 W S MCLEAN 38 LEE STEARNS 119 E H CHASE 107 HENRY W DUNNING 9 Prof POTTER 50 Dr YOUNG 13 L J FOGEL 75 W B DOW 76 JOHN LANING 65 ISAAC P HAND 17 C P HUNT 59 ALEXANDER DICK 56 W M SHOEMAKER 63 ED. SHORTZ 57 M B HOUPT 58 Mrs J W HILLMAN 20 Mrs S B VAUGHN 29 W J HARVEY 27 SHELDON REYNOLDS 25 GEO H PARRISH 82 Misses ALEXANDER 80 GEORGE R BEDFORD 28 C F MURRAY 22 JAMES RUTTER 5 Dr DAVIS 8 W W BROWN 10 D SMITH 11 G W COLIAMER 12 N RUTTER 24 Mrs PFOUTS 36 Pastor 50 CHARLES EHRETT 41 J G MARTIN 42 Dr TAYLOR 43 S J TONKINS 44 W B MITCHELL 49 G W SNYDER 52 L M THOMAS 60 I A STEARNS 64 C E CAMP 66 JOHN STODDARD 67 A O LEMERIS 68 L B LANDMESSER 69 F L BUTLER 71 L G BROWN 72 W J RICHARDS 76 HARRY STODDARD 87 A M BRYDEN 89 ARNELD BERTIES 90 J BEESLER 93 MAY WEIR 94 LOUIS LANDMESSER 95 W W LANCE 96 ASHER MINER 97 C H GILLAM 98 E A HANCE 99 T H PHILLIPS 100 Mrs J L MINER 101 H E SPAYD 102 S L MOORE 103 LOUISE LAZARUS 104 A E WAIT 105 E L SCOTT 106 H W FRENCH 109 F A DUMOISE 110 Dr M WELLER 111 J S MILLER 112 LEE STEARNS 113 DAVID AYERS 115 Dr O F HARVEY 118 W L PARSONS 120 A W BETTERLY 121 G L PALMER 122 S H LYNCH 123 Dr URQUHART 124 C S BECK 134 Mrs BEHEE 135 J G TARBERG 147 R B HOWELL 148 HOMMEDIEU-HOWELL 156 D WALCOTT 170 MCCLINTOCKS 85 MCCLINTOCKS 34 E C FRANK 4 (Condensed: all names were included, only the prices and premiums paid were omitted)

.Does anyone have a breakdown of the social security death index' codes that are often found in the column that lists the last address lived. These codes can be found in these formats (and others): (072) (PE) Thank you, Pat Finnegan-Scala Researching: Horan, Gibbons, Malone, Casey - Pennsylvania Finnegan, Shea and Rahner - New Jersey/New York