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A. M. Jeffords

Birth
Death
24 Aug 1887
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Death of A.M. Jeffords

Shortly after 10 o'clock Wendesday, Aug. 24, A.M. Jeffords died at his residence, 273 South Franklin Street, after a long illness, aged 73 years. He was well known throughout the whole county and had many friends in this city. He was at one time proprietor of a store in Wyoming and subsequently conducted the Luzerne House at West Pittston, and the hostelry now known as Steele's Hotel at Wyoming. He was twice married. His first wife was a daughter of James Jenkins and a sister of Hon. Steuben Jenkins. After her death, he married the widow of Daniel Lazarus, by whom he is survived. He had resided in this city for a number of years and until incapacitated by his malady was engaged in various commercial enterprises. The funeral was held from his late residence on Friday at 2 pm. with interment at Forty Fort Cemetery.

Source: The Historical Record, Volume 1--September 1886 to August 1887.

Note: Mr. Jeffords' grave is not listed among those destroyed in the floods of 1972
Death of A.M. Jeffords

Shortly after 10 o'clock Wendesday, Aug. 24, A.M. Jeffords died at his residence, 273 South Franklin Street, after a long illness, aged 73 years. He was well known throughout the whole county and had many friends in this city. He was at one time proprietor of a store in Wyoming and subsequently conducted the Luzerne House at West Pittston, and the hostelry now known as Steele's Hotel at Wyoming. He was twice married. His first wife was a daughter of James Jenkins and a sister of Hon. Steuben Jenkins. After her death, he married the widow of Daniel Lazarus, by whom he is survived. He had resided in this city for a number of years and until incapacitated by his malady was engaged in various commercial enterprises. The funeral was held from his late residence on Friday at 2 pm. with interment at Forty Fort Cemetery.

Source: The Historical Record, Volume 1--September 1886 to August 1887.

Note: Mr. Jeffords' grave is not listed among those destroyed in the floods of 1972

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