Background
Luther, Edwin Cornelius was born on November 30, 1878 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Roland Cornelius and Theresa (Yuengling) Luther.
Luther, Edwin Cornelius was born on November 30, 1878 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Roland Cornelius and Theresa (Yuengling) Luther.
Graduate Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1898. Civil Engineer, Princeton, 1902, Engineer of Mines, Columbia, 1904.
Mining engineer with Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, 1904-1908, with Estate of Philisophy West. Sheafer, 1908-1916. Consulting practice, anthracite and bituminous coal mining, since 1916, also agent for large coal estates. President and treasurer Peerless Coal & Coke Company.
President Powhatan Coal & Coke Company, Pottsville Community Hotel Company, Safe Deposit Bank, Pottsville.
Vice president Pottsville Water Company Trustee Pottsville Public Library.
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Married Anna A. Henning, April. Children: Roland Cornelius, Edwin Cornelius, John (deceased), Isabel Therese.