Phineas Waller | |
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| Born | January 31, 1774 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
| Died | June 3, 1859 (aged 85) Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | farmer and distiller; later landowner and postmaster |
Phineas Waller (January 31, 1774 – June 3, 1859) was an American landowner and the father of David Jewett Waller Sr.[1] In the first part of the 1800s, he worked as a farmer and distiller, but in 1823, he moved to his father's farm in Oaquago, New York. While in New York, he created the failed village of Wallersville and attempted to build a bridge across the Susquehanna River. In 1836, he returned to Pennsylvania and purchased a number of tracts of land.