Biography

06/27/1823 - 10/23/1894

WADDELL, Thomas, Jr., a member from Luzerne County; born, June 27, 1823 in Edinburgh, Scotland; coal miner; gold miner; coal operator; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1874 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1875 term; proprietor, The Mill Hollow Mine; proprietor, Bennett Colliery; proprietor, Thomas Waddell Colliery; died, October 23, 1894 in West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Pittston Cemetery, West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.