Keystone Academy 1889-1891

My great grandfather William Lucas Hankins attended Keystone Academy in Factoryville, Pennsylvania from 1889-1891. In our family collection of photographs, there are several photographs taken in Factoryville that appear to be classmates and instructors of W.L. Hankins.

I'm writing blog posts about the photographs that I can identify in hopes that members of their families will find them and see the photographs. If you are related to any of the men in the photos, please feel free to download them for your collection or to share on Ancestry or other genealogy sites.

Bodle, Isaac Franklin 1859 - 1952
Bower, Laman Leon 1870-1956
Britton, Albert J  1870-1939
Davis, David Charles 1865-1938
Davis, William Jeremy 1874-1952
Decker, Clarence Emerson  1874 - 1948
Everett, James B about 1872 - before 1928
Finn, Fred Delisle  1869-1928
Hankins, William Lucas  1872-1930
Hight, John Barckley 1865-1896
Pease, Herbert Moxley 1868-1940
Prevost, Clarence W 1866-1940
Smith, Judson S 1870-1940
Watson, Stephen Sidney 1868-1950
Wilmarth, Asa Day 1872-1933

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