Phineas Waller

Phineas Waller
BornJanuary 31, 1774
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 3, 1859(1859-06-03) (aged 85)
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
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.

  1. ^ John W. Jordan (1911), Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania, pp. 758–759, ISBN 9780806352398