Lackawanna Township Election Results 1897

In Lackawanna Township, Frank Toole, Republican, and P.J. Quinn, Democrat, were elected supervisors, and John J. Coyne, Democrat, tax collector. The vote in full follows:

East District:

Justice of the Peace, J.T. Sutcliff 4, M.W. Loftus 8

School director: Charles Snyder 5, William Thomas 5, Thomas F. Coyne 8, Patrick Higgins 1, Patrick Foley 1

Treasurer: J.S. Davis 5, Thomas Lydon 19

Supervisor: W.H. Fern 12, Frank Toole 2, Patrick J. Quinn 7, George Janes 18

Tax collector: S.J. Hinds 2, John J. Coyne 16, .P. Judge 2

Auditor: David Davis 5, Charles Gallagher 4, James Mangan 9, Patrick Duggan 8

Township clerk: T.D. Marchall 5, Henry Casey 10

Judge of election: Daniel J. Evans 9, John Hildebrand 8

Inspector of election: William J. Williams 6, Joseph Durkin19

Assessor of voters: David R. Marks 5, John McManus 13

South District:

School director: Thomas F. Coyne 218, Patrick Higgins 69, Patrick Foley 27, William Thomas 62, Charles S. Snyder 3

Treasurer: Thomas Lydon 205, J.S. Davis 26, Thomas Farrell 29

Supervisor: Patrick Quinn 239, George Janes 25, Frank Toole 189, William H. Fern 18, Patrick Lydon 6

Tax collector: John J. Coyne 214, M.P.Judge 101, S.J.Hinds 2

Auditor: James Mangan 109, Patrick Duggan 133, Charles Gallagher 152, David Davis 13, James Mangan 25

Township clerk: Henry Casey 174, T.D. Marshcall 17

Judge of election: Patrick McDonnell 108

Inspector of election: John Joyce 156, John Cusick 45, Albert Morgan 8

Assessor of voters: John T. Holleran 65, John Walsh 101

Southwest District:

Justice of the peace: J.H. Sutcliffe 41, M.W. Loftus 128

School director: Charles S. Snyder 27, William Thomas 56, Thomas F. Coyne 47, Patrick Higgins 20, Patrick Foley 84

Treasurer: J.S. Davis 79, Thomas Lydon 86, Thomas Farrell 11

Supervisor: W.H. Fern 25, Frank Toole 121, Patrick J. Quinn 191, George Janes 43, Patrick Lydon 18

Tax collector: S. J. Hings 18, John J. Coyne 128, M.P. Judge 74

Auditor: David Davis 31, Charles Gallagher 69, James Mangan 123, Patrick Duggan 78

Township clerk: T.D. Marscall 46, Henry Casey 139

Judge of election: Michael Flynn 50, William Martin 160

Inspector of election: G.A. Anderson 63, William Kirlin 129

Assessor of voters: James E. Jones 63, Patrick Connolly 117

West District:

Tax collector: John J. Coyne 94, S.J. Hinds 153, M.P. Judge 98

Supervisor: P.J. Quinn 139, Frank Toole 154, George Janes 119, William Fern 169

School director: T.F. Coyne 107, Charles S. Snyder 179, William Thomas 124, Patrick Higgins 47, Patric Foley 106

Township clerk: Henry Casey 118, Thomas Maschall 171

Auditor: James Mangan 104, Patrick Duggan 128, Charles Gallager 103

Treasurer: Thomas Lydon 94, Isaac Davis 194

Justice of the peace: M.W. Loftus 124, J.H. Sutcliffe 225

My great grandfather, Thomas Lydon, was elected the treasurer of Lackawanna Township in 1897. He was killed in a roof fall in the Lawrence Shaft in Taylor in December of that same year.

Contributed by Mary Lydon Simonsen