From the Susquehanna County Independent, Montrose, Pennsylvania in February
of 1901:

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East Rush - A. B. Linaberry went with a load of lumber to Montrose for
C. E. Roberts last Tuesday, and on account of the blizzard didn't get home
until Friday, then had to return by the way of Rush as the lake roads were
piled full.

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From a newspaper local to Montrose, Pennsylvania in December of 1909:

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Also, Alfred Grow, instead of taking his trip to California as reported,
changed his mind and took him a wife.  He was married to Mrs. Sarah
C. Linaberry, of Auburn 4 Corners, at Binghamton, Nov. 24, by Rev. Sweet.
They arrived at Montrose Friday, Nov. 25, on the afternoon train.  In spite
of snow banks and bad roads they continued their wedding trip over the
hills in an automobile, amid showers of rice and well decorated with flags
and old shoes, under the power of the famous Ford, to her daughter's,
Mrs. C.E. Roberts.

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From "Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania",
J. H. Beers & Co., 1900, pages 545 and 546:

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  ALFORD B. LINABERRY, one of the most active, prominent and enterprising
citizens of Rush township, Susquehanna county, with whose agriculture
interests he is closely identified, was born in Warren county, N. J.,
February 15, 1841, a son of Joseph D. and Mary C. (Gardner) Linaberry, also
natives of Warren county, the former born September 9, 1811, the latter June
8, 1812.  They were married April 27, 1833, and continued to make their
home in the county of their nativity until coming to Susquehanna county,
Penn., in 1851, locating on the farm in Auburn township where their son
William B. now resides.  There the mother died May 23, 1853, and was buried
in Jersey Hill cemetery.  In connection with farming and dairying, the
father conducted a hotel in Auburn Four Corners for three years, from 1878
to 1881, and in 1886 came to Rush township, where he passed away in April,
1891; his remains were interred in Jersey Hill cemetery, Auburn township.
By his first marriage he had ten children, as follows:  Emma E., born January
31, 1834, lives with her brother William B. in Auburn township; John L.,
born April 4, 1836, died in that township at the age of fifty-eight years;
William B., born December 16, 1837, was formerly engaged in the gristmill
business for thirteen years, but now owns and operates a farm of 165 acres
in Auburn township; Alford B., our subject, is next in the order of birth;
Theodore C., born February 4, 1844, is a retired farmer of Auburn township;
Alson Marshall, born September 22, 1846, is a farmer of Rush township; Mary
C., born May 12, 1848, is the wife of Baltus Titman, a grocer in Wilkes
Barre, Penn.; Josephus, born May 2, 1850, is a farmer of Auburn township;
Letitia, born September 11, 1852, married Marvin Bennett, of Auburn township,
and died in 1898.  On August 28, 1858, the father married for his second
wife Mrs. Mary (Hay) Hibbard, who died in 1865, leaving three children:
Merilda born October 9, 1859, is the wife of John Bennett, a grocer and
restaurant man of Wilkes Barre, Philip B., born March 6, 1862, is a farmer
of Dimock township, Susquehanna county; and Evaline, born January 10, 1864,
is the wife of Miner Manning, of Rush township.  The paternal grandparents
of our subject, John and Elisabeth (Kishpaugh) Linaberry, spent their entire
lives engaged in farming in Warren county, N. J.  The maternal grandparents,
David and Mary Gardner, were natives of Connecticut, of which State they
were lifelong residents.  They were also agriculturists.
  Alford B. Linaberry was a lad of ten years when he came with his parents to
Susquehanna county.  With the exception of one year spent in Oakland county,
Mich., when twenty-one years of age, he remained on the home farm until his
marriage, on November 2, 1867, at the home of the bride in Auburn township,
to Miss Sarah C. L. Lott.  They have become the parents of three children,
namely:  Preston, born November 10, 1868, married Agnes Lehman, and lives
in Rush township; they have one child, Clark E., born January 30, 1892.
Lelia, born December 25, 1870, is the wife of Augustus Crissman, a farmer
of Auburn township, and has two children, Beatrice A., born January
16, 1896; and Myron H., born May 7, 1897.  Lovina, born December 25,
1872, is the wife of Charles Roberts, a farmer of Bridgewater township,
Susquehanna county.  Mrs. Linaberry was born in Auburn township, May
22, 1844, a daughter of John W. and Lovina (Hallock) Lott, the former
also a native of Auburn township, the latter of Dutchess county, N. Y.
The father, who was born May 5, 1818, is now living retired on the old
homestead in Auburn township, honored and respected by all who know him.
The mother died April 19, 1888, aged sixty-four years, and was laid to rest
in Jersey Hill cemetery.  Their children were Leander L., who also lived
on the old homestead, but is now county treasurer and resides at Montrose;
Sarah C. L., wife of our subject; Adelbert, who died September 16, 1879,
aged thirty-one years; Emma, born October 19, 1853, who died in infancy;
George, born July 8, 1863, who is now a farmer of Broome county, N. Y.;
and Alford, born July 2, 1868, a farmer and paper-hanger of Broome county.
Mrs. Linaberry's paternal grandparents, Abraham and Sarah L. (Heverly) Lott,
were natives of Connecticut, and in 1826 became residents of Auburn township,
Susquehanna Co., Penn., where the former engaged in business as a farmer
and speculator.  The maternal grandparents, Peter and Lovina Hallock, were
natives of Dutchess county, N. Y., and early settlers of Luzerne county,
Penn., where the former carried on operations as a farmer and hotel man.
  After his marriage Mr. Linaberry located upon his present fine farm in
Rush township, and he has since successfully engaged in its cultivation and
improvement, making it one of the most desirable places of the community.
In politics he is a Democrat, and for three years he has most creditably
served as school director.  He is also a director of the East Rush Creamery,
and is recognized as one of the more reliable and conscientious business
men of the township.  For the past twenty years he has been an earnest and
consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in East Rush, of which
he has been steward and trustee the entire time.  Both he and his wife
are highly esteemed and respected by their neighbors and many friends,
and enjoy the confidence and regard of all who know them.

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From the Susquehanna County Independent, Montrose, Pennsylvania in November
of 1901:

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  Auburn Twp. - On a farm adjoining his present home, John W. Lott was born
on May 5, 1818.  He died on Nov. 10, 1901.  John married Lovinia Halleck,
March 18, 1840.  He then settled in the woods and commenced making his home
and cleared up the farm adjoining the place where he lived.  He is the last
of the old settlers that commenced to clear away the forest and make the
beautiful farms on the main road leading from the State road to Meshoppen,
a distance of 12 miles.  After the death of his first wife he married 2nd
Martha Orr on Nov. 10, 1890, who lovingly cared for him in his declining
years.  Six children were born to John and Lovinia and four survive, along
with two brothers, Milton and Charles, two sisters, 21 grand children.
The funeral was held at Jersey Hill with six grandsons as pallbearers:
John, Edward, Ziba, Bliss and Bruce Lott and Preston Linabury.

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