Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Luzerne County, PA Events Date Type 07/31/1867 S.S. Kresge, the architect of the KMart retailing chain, is born in Pennsylvania. Personal People Birthplace of Bulkeley, Jonathan E. Butler, George Griffin Denison, George Bowman Denison, Henry Mandeville Lee, Washington Wright, Joseph Payson Burial Place of Bulkeley, Jonathan E. Woodward, George Washington Wright, Hendrick Bradley Documents Date Title 07/10/1863 John Keagy Stayman to Edgar Hastings, July 1863 Images Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1861, artist's impression