Bufalino family. Some corrections. Tommaso Petto was the first boss. He was orginally with the Morello family while operating in Brooklyn. Killed in 1905, active in Pittston since 1903 since he was hiding from NYPD, had a cousin living in Pittston and had been visiting the area since 1898. Although two different organizations, they both merged with La Torre becoming boss in 1908. Volpe handed the reigns to John Sciandra sometime in the mid to late 1930s, information suggests that the Nicola Gruppuso murder never sat right with Volpe even though he ordered it. Russell Bufalino was acting boss for John Sciandra in the late 1940s, and three times for Barbara, 1952, 1956-1957 and 1959 before becoming boss. Bufalino was also a former associate of the Buffalo family. Edward Sciandra was pretty much Russell's righthand man, severing as acting boss numerous times starting in the mid 1970s. That murky early 1990s is because Sciandra and D'Elia were rivals, and by 1992 Sciandra was no longer acting and D'Elia became acting before taking over.
I dont think its fair to call Petto a boss. Just because he was active in Pittston doesn't mean he was a boss. I believe he couldve been, but unless informants believed he was boss, we can't list him so definitely. Also, he may have been in Lupo's family. There were other Lupo members from Petto's hometown.
