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We are indebted to Robert W. Smith for an elaborate and exhaustive history of Armstrong county ; John F. Whitworth is the author of three text-books on the "Law of Tax Sales." "Corporation Practice" and "Taxation of Cor- porations," and is engaged in the preparation of another valuable work ; while J. D. Daugh- erty has dabbled some in newspaper work, but principally under a nom de plume.
EARLY COURTS
The history of the Armstrong county bar begins with the organization of the county for judicial purposes in 1805. The first court in the county was held in a log house on the site of the present Reynolds House, in Kittanning, in December of that year. The clerk's min- utes show that the following members were 1872; H. A. Barclay, 1872; Joseph Buffing- admitted to the bar at that court by Hon.
BAR ROSTER
The following is a list of the members of the bar and the dates of their admission : George Armstrong, 1805: William Ayers, 1805: Joseph Buffington, Sr., 1827; Ephraim Buffington, 1843; Jackson Boggs, 1848; Daniel Barclay, 1850; Cyrus Bogg, 1855; Wil- liam Blakeley, 1856; John O. Barrett, 1858; J. E. Brown, 1859; John P. Blair, 1867; Theodore Barrett, 1868: Charles G. Barclay,
ton, Jr., 1878; Orr Buffington, 1881 ; John A.
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Beatty, 1884; Larry S. Cantwell, 1847; John K. Calhoun, 1850; Graves S. Crosby, 1870; James P. Coulter, 1871 ; Joseph P. Calhoun, 1876; Alex. C. Crawford, 1877; Samuel M.
BIOGRAPHICAL
WILLIAM FREAME JOHNSTON, the third Governor of Pennsylvania under the constitu- moreland county, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1808.
Crosby, 1879; Austin Clark, 1880; John T. tion of 1838, was born at Greensburg, West- Colthiers, 1882; John Q. Cochran, 1888; Sam- uel B. Cochran, 1889; W. J. Christy, 1889; John T. Crawford, 1887 ; Joseph P. Culbertson, The subject of this sketch had a limited common school and academic education, but acquired a great fund of general information by reading and observation. He studied law under Major J. B. Alexander, and was ad- mitted to the bar in May, 1829, when in his twenty-first year. Shortly afterward he re- moved to Armstrong county, and here he en- gaged in practice, and soon rose to a commanding position. He was appointed by Attorney-Gen. Samuel Douglas, and subse- quently by Attorney-General Lewis, district attorney for Armstrong county, which office he held until the expiration of Governor Wolf's first term. For several years he repre- sented the county in the lower house of the Legislature, and in 1847 was elected a member of the Senate from the district composed of the counties of Armstrong, Indiana, Cambria and Clearfield. 1896; Earl F. Cochran, 1901; James Denny Daugherty, 1887; J. Alex. Fulton, 1848; John B. Finlay, 1857; J. G. D. Findley, 1868; Rush Faillerton, 1889; Jacob Freetley, 1851 ; Sam- uel Guthrie, 1805; Edward S. Golden, 1848; James C. Golden, 1852; John Gilpin, 1861 ; J. A. Getty, 1862; James B. Gates, 1871; Walter J. Guthrie, 1887 ; Horatio Lee Golden, 1885; Edward O. Golden, 1900; Daniel M. Ceist, 1897; Oliver W. Gilpin, 1901 ; Henry J. Hays, 1867; Thomas N. Hathaway, 1890; John M. Hunter, 1893; Joseph R. Henderson, 1875; Robert G. Heiner, 1875; Daniel B. Heiner, 1881 ; G. M. Hill, 1882; Edward Hill, 1887; Boyd S. Henry, 1895; Charles E. Har- rington, 1898; Harry A. Hileman, 1899; George G. Ingersoll, 1870; Robert B. Ivory, 1882; A. L. Ivory, 1888; Alex. Johnston, 1858; William Y. Johnston, 1877: Richard During the period in which he was in the Legislature a great financial crisis occurred, and the distress which ensued was extreme. At this crisis Mr. Johnston came forward with a proposition to issue relief notes, for the payment or funding of which the State pledged its faith. This he advocated with his usual energy and logical acuteness, and though a majority of the Legislature was po- litically opposed to him, it was adopted, and gave instant relief. In 1847 Mr. Johnston was elected president of the Senate. By a pro- vision of the constitution-Governor Shunk resigning on the 9th of July because of ill health, Speaker Johnston became governor. In 1848 he was the Whig nominee for the office, and was elected over Morris Long- streth, after a very sharp and remarkably close contest. Governor Johnston managed the financial affairs of the commonwealth during his administration in a very creditable manner. One work of lasting and high value which he accomplished was the publication of twenty-eight large volumes, known as the Co- lonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives, composed of important papers relating to the most interesting period of State history. Upon retiring from office, after failing to se- cure a reelection, Mr. Johnston returned to Kittanning, engaged in the practice of his pro- fession, and also entered upon an active busi- H. Johnston, 1877; Floy C. Jones, 1893; James Wesley King, 1886; Willard J. King, 1901 ; M. F. Leason, 1877; John H. Lawson, 1899: E. E. Lawson, 1901 ; Samuel Massey, 1805; Franklin Mechling, 1847; Thomas W. Martin, 1873; Robert S. Martin, 1879; Oscar S. Marshall, 1886; Samuel H. Morgan, 1892; Clarence O. Morris, 1901 ; J. A. Mccullough, 1849; Thomas G. Mccullough, 1871 ; James H. McCain, 1873; H. N. McIntyre, 1874; Reuben A. Mccullough, 1887; William A. McAdoo, 1901 ; Samuel H. McCain, 1902 ; Barclay Nulton, 1858; James B. Neale, 1862; D. L. Nulton, 1881 ; Grier C. Orr, 1862; Dar- win Phelps, 1836; Henry F. Phelps, 1858; Willis D. Patton, 1876; John H. Painter, 1888; John W. Rohrer. 1847; A. S. Robin- son, 1855; Ross Reynolds, 1877; Alex. Rey- nolds, 1877; John D. Reynolds, 1885; Cal- vin Rayburn, 1879: E. C. Ross, 1892; R. L. Ralston, 1893: William G. Reynolds, 1882; Robert W. Smith, 1848; John Smullin, 1863; H. N. Snyder, 1872; John M. Schundlin, 1874; James Stewart, 1842; Thomas T. Tor- ney, 1848; A. J. Truett, 1888; F. J. Van Geisen, 1889: Findley P. Wolfe, 1870; John P. Whitworth, 1878; James S. Whitworth, 1882; Gustavus A. Walker, 1903.
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ness life, at different periods being interested Clarion, Elk, Jefferson and Venango counties, in the manufacture of iron, boring for salt, holding it until 1851. He was appointed by President Fillmore, chief justice of Utah ter- ritory, in 1852, but declined. From 1855 to 1871 he held the office of judge of the Tenth district, after which age compelled his retire- ment. He died in Kittanning in 1872, and was interred in the cemetery on the hill above the town. A lifelike portrait in oil of Judge Buffington hangs over the desk in the court- house at Kittanning, where he so long ad- ministered justice. the production of oil from bituminous shales, and the refining of petroleum. He was promi- nent in organizing the Allegheny Valley Rail- road Company, and was its first president. Under his management the road was built from Pittsburgh to Kittanning. During the War of the Rebellion he took an active part in organizing troops, and superintended the construction of the defenses at Pittsburgh. He was appointed by President Andrew John- son collector of the port of Philadelphia, the duties of which office he discharged for sev- eral months, but through the hostility of a majority of the Senate to the President, he was rejected by that body, though ample testi- mony was given that the office was faithfully and impartially administered. He then prac- ticed law in Philadelphia, associating with himself Hon. George S. Seldon, of Meadville, and subsequently-some time in 1868-re- turned to Kittanning. In 1871 he removed to Pittsburgh, and he died there at the residence of Mrs. Samuel Bailey, October 25, 1872.
JAMES THOMPSON, who became chief jus- tice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, was for some years prior to his elevation to that office a resident of Kittanning. He was twenty-two when he came here in 1826 to work as a printer on the old Kittanning Gasette. Working three hours a day at his trade to sustain himself. he studied law dur- ing the remaining time, and was admitted to the bar at Kittanning in March, 1828. He practiced law there for a time, and finally moved to Franklin, Pa., from whence he was elected chief justice.
JOSEPHI BUFFINGTON, the elder, was born in Westchester. Pa., in 1803, where his father kept one of the old-time taverns. At the age of eigliteen he entered Western Uni- versity at Pittsburgh, and after graduation moved to Butler county, where he edited a weekly newspaper. He there studied law un- der Gen. William Ayers, was admitted to the bar of Butler county in 1826 and to the Su- preme Court bar in 1828. Soon thereafter he removed to Kittanning, where he gradually built up a large practice. In 1843 he was elected to Congress from the district composed of the counties of Armstrong, Butler, Clear- field and Indiana counties. In 1849 he was appointed by his old friend. Governor John- ston, to the position of president judge of the Eighteenth Judicial district, composed then of
JACKSON BOGGS was born in Plum town- ship, Allegheny county, in 1818. His early life was spent on the home farm, and he later taught school in Armstrong county in the simple log buildings of the time. He studied law in the office of the Hon. Darwin Phelps at Kittanning, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. During the earlier years of his practice he was appointed deputy surveyor general, and in 1874 was elected president judge of Arm- strong county, but did not serve out his term, dying very suddenly in 1879. He assisted in the erection of the township of Boggs, which was given his name by enthusiastic admirers.
JOHN V. PAINTER, a son of the loved pastor of the Presbyterian church at Kittanning, Rev. Joseph Painter, was born in Williamsport, Pa., May 25, 1829, and came to Kittanning in 1834. He graduated from Kittanning Academy and studied law in the office of Larry S. Cantwell. He was admitted to the bar in 1861 and ap- pointed deputy district attorney in 1862. He was appointed president judge of the Third Judicial district in 1874 and served for one year, but was defeated for election to that office in the following year. He died in 1905.
JAMES B. NEALE was born in Pittsburgh and during early life was engaged in mer- cantile pursuits. In 1858 he began the study of law in the office of Golden & Fulton, at Kittanning, and was admitted to practice in 1862. He was enrolled in 1861 in Capt. Cantwell's company of three months' men, as third lieutenant, but that office being abolished, he resigned. Later he served in the 22d Regi- ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, holding the position of quartermaster. In 1879 he was ap- pointed president judge to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Boggs, and was later elected to the full term of ten years. Thereafter until his death, he was in partner- ship in the practice of law with his nephew, Hon. John H. Painter.
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WILLIS D. PATTON was born in Allegheny, Pa .. Jan. 13, 1853, his mother being the daugh- ter of the famous Philip Mechling of Kittan- ning. At his father's death his mother re- moved to Kittanning, and he acquired his education in the local schools. He became clerk in the office of E. S. Golden, where he pursued his law studies, being admitted to the bar in 1876. He practiced law until 1899, when he was elected president judge, an office which he held until his death in 1913.
HORATIO N. LEE was born in Butler county in ISI1, and spent his youth on a farm. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1833, studied law in the office of Hon. John Bredin, at Butler, and was ad- mitted to practice in 1835. He then came to Kittanning and entered into partnership with Edward S. Golden, withdrawing in 1855 owing to ill health, and dying in the follow- ing year.
JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, the younger, was born in Kittanning in 1855, his mother being a descendant of the famous Gen. Robert Orr. He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1875, and entered upon the study of law in the office of Hon. James B. Neale. He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and en- tered partnership with his preceptor, Judge Neale. In 1892 he was appointed United States judge for the western district of Penn- sylvania by President Harrison, and is now acting as judge of the United States Court of Appeals.
JAMES H. MCCAIN was born in 1844 at Slate Lick, South Buffalo township, Arm- strong county. He acquired an education at the public schools and the Freeport Acad- emy, and graduated from the Philadelphia Law School. Read law in the office of Hon. E. S. Golden and was admitted to practice in 1873. Until the death of the Hon. John Gil- pin in 1883, they were in partnership at Kit- tanning, where Mr. McCain still practices.
AUSTIN CLARK was born in Kittanning in 1854, his father being at the time sheriff of Armstrong county. He attended Blairsville Academy and the Indiana Normal, studied law with the Hon. James B. Neale and was admitted to the bar in 1880. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he mustered a company and was commissioned captain by Governor Hastings. He saw service in Porto Rico, remaining in office until the end of the war. He practiced thereafter in Kittanning until his retirement.
ROSS REYNOLDS, one of the famous family of that name, was born in Kittanning in 1854. He was educated in the public schools and Lambeth College, and studied law in the office of Hon. E. S. Golden, being admitted to prac- tice in 1877. He practiced in Kittanning until his death.
LARRY S. CANTWELL was one of the earlier practitioners of Kittanning and Freeport, hav- ing spent most of his life in Armstrong county. In 1861 he organized a company of three months' men, but saw little service and resigned in the same year. He practiced law in Kittanning until his death, about 1863.
HARRY P. BOARTS, born in Kittanning township ; graduated from Grove City College ; studied law with ex-Judge Rayburn, and was admitted to Armstrong county bar in Decem- ber, 1903; practices at Kittanning ; served as mayor of Kittanning.
ORR BUFFINGTON, born April 29, 1858, at Kittanning, Pa., graduated Trinity College, Hartford, Conn .; studied law under Hon. James Neale and his elder brother, Joseph Buffington ; was admitted to the bar of Arm- strong county in 1881, and entered into part- nership with brother for practice. In 1903 became associated with Oliver W. Gilpin ; served as burgess and member of school board of Kittanning.
SAMUEL M. CROSBY, born May 6, 1833, in Allegheny (now Parks) township, Armstrong county, Pa. ; read law with his brother, Graves S. Crosby, and with Wilson Jenks at Clarion, Pa .; was admitted to bar in Clarion county, Pa., in 1873 and practiced there a short time ; was later admitted to Armstrong county bar, where he practiced until 1888, when he went to Omaha, Nebr., where he was admitted to the bar and entered upon practice, and was also admitted to practice in Utah; followed his profession at Omaha for fifteen years, and for four years served as municipal judge in that place: returned to home county, where he lived retired at Leechburg until his death, March II, 1914.
GRAVES S. CROSBY, born Jan. 29, 1843 ; was admitted to bar of Armstrong county and prac- ticed at Parkers Landing ; later located at Kit- tanning, where he practiced until his death, May 6, 1886. Was a drummer boy in the 139th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
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EDWIN L. DIVELY, born April 22, 1878, in law under Edward S. Golden, Judge W. Pat- Altoona, Pa .; read law with his father and ton, J. W. King, R. A. Mccullough and the graduated from the Dickinson law school, Hon. D. B. Heiner. Carlisle, Pa., in 1903, with the degree of LL. B .; practiced in Blair county, Pa., until CHARLES E. HARRINGTON, born in De- cember, 1873, at Parker City, Armstrong Co., M. F. Leason; was admitted to bar in June, 1908. 1909, when he came to Apollo, where he re- mained until recently; acted as attorney for Pa .; began study of law in June, 1906, with the borough ; in 1909 was admitted to practice in the Supreme court of Pennsylvania. Now in Altoona.
JOHN GILPIN, born Oct. 8, 1839, at Kittan- ning ; graduated Union College, Schenectady, N. Y .; studied law with Hon. Chapman Bid- dle, and graduated from law department of the University of Pennsylvania about 1859- 1860; in 1861 was admitted to bar at Phila- delphia, and in December of that year obtained admission to Armstrong county bar; served as member of the Constitutional convention, which met in November, 1874; in 1880 formed a partnership with J. H. McCain, with whom he associated until his death. Died Nov. 2, 1883.
OLIVER W. GILPIN, born Sept. 4, 1874, at Kittanning : took a full course at Harvard and received his degree of A. B. in 1897; studied law at University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1901 and same year was admitted to the bar at Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh and in Armstrong county ; in 1903 set- tled down to law practice ; became associated with Orr Buffington under firm name of Buf- fington & Gilpin ; was admitted to practice in the Federal court and State Supreme court ; has been vice president of Armstrong County Bar Association.
EDWARD S. GOLDEN, born in Indiana coun- ty, Pa. ; studied law, and was admitted to bar of Armstrong county in 1849; admitted to practice in all the courts; also practiced in Pittsburgh ; died Oct. 4, 1890.
HORATIO L. GOLDEN, born Oct. 13, 1860, in 1913.
at Kittanning ; in 1883 graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn .; studied law with his father, Hon. Edward S. Golden, and was admitted to Armstrong county bar in 1885.
HARRY C. GOLDEN, born at Kittanning, Jan. 9,1882; in 1903 graduated from Trinity Col- lege, of Hartford, Conn .; was admitted to Armstrong county bar in 1905, to practice in the Superior court of Pennsylvania in May, 1909, and in the United States court at Pitts- burgh, March 29, 1911; Mr. Golden studied
HARRY A. HEILMAN, born Sept. 25, 1875, in Kittanning, Pa .; attended University of Princeton, N. J., two years; graduated from law department of the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1899, and same year was admitted to bar of Armstrong county and to Philadel- phia bar; read law with George Stuart Pat- terson and John T. Crawford, and in 1899 began active practice; from 1905 to 1909 was associated with R. A. Mccullough.
ALFRED L. IVORY, born June 24, 1849, in Allegheny county, Pa .; in 1881 he began the study of law, and in 1888 was admitted to bar of Clarion county ; he had read law with Wilson & Jenks; practiced in Clarion county for five years, then went to New York City, returned to Pennsylvania, locating at Pitts- burgh, and in 1900 at Ford City ; in 1909 re- moved to Kittanning.
FLOY C. JONES, born Jan. 28, 1870, at New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Ohio; graduated from Washington and Jefferson College, Washing- ton, Pa., in 1889; read law with W. D. Patton, Esq., and was admitted to the bar Dec. II, 1893.
JAMES W. KING, born Sept. 29, 1859, in Burrell township, Armstrong Co., Pa .; at- tended Thiel College, Greenville, Mercer Co., Pa .; began the study of law in 1883, under the Hon. Edward S. Golden, and was admitted to the bar of Armstrong county in 1886. Elected president judge of Armstrong county
JEFFERSON R. LEASON, born Aug. 11, 1883, at Kittanning, Pa .; took a two-year course at Pennsylvania State College; read law with his father, and was admitted to the Armstrong county bar in 1907; in 1909 was elected dis- trict attorney for his county.
MIRVEN F. LEASON, born in Jefferson county, Pa .; educated at Princeton College, N. J .; was admitted to the bar of Armstrong county in 1879, having previously been ad-
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mitted to the Jefferson county bar; during 1881 and 1882 he was district attorney of Armstrong county ; he died May 29, 1909.
J. S. CALHOUN, born Feb. 8, 1854, in Wayne township; read law in Clarion county, where he was admitted to the bar; now practicing law in the State of Oklahoma. Practiced for a few years at Kittanning.
PHILIP SNYDER, born in Kittanning, July 28, 1887; graduated from the Pittsburgh School of Law; read law in the office of his father. H. N. Snyder; admitted to the bar in December, 1910; practices in Kittanning.
ROBERT L. RALSTON, born April 23, 1867, in Lawrence county ; graduated from Westmin- ster College, Lawrence, Pa .; read law in the office of James H. McCain; admitted to the bar in April, 1893 ; practices in Kittanning.
SAMUEL B. COCHRAN, born in 1861 in Boggs township; read law in the office of the late Hon. W. D. Patton, at Kittanning ; admitted to the bar in August, 1897; elected member of the Legislature four consecutive terms ; practices in Apollo.
EARL F. COCHRAN, born Aug. 16, 1876; graduated from the University of Michigan ; read law in the office of his uncle, Samuel B. Cochran, at Apollo; admitted to the bar in 1901 ; now employed in the audit depart- ment of the Westinghouse Co., East Pitts- burgh.
J. P. CULBERTSON, born March 16, 1867, in Mahoning township; studied at Valparaiso Law School and Edinboro Normal; read law in the office of H. L. Golden ; admitted to the bar in January, 1896; elected district attor- ney for two terms ; practices in Kittanning.
EDWARD E. LAWSON, born Dec. 3. 1871. in West Mahoning township, Indiana county ; graduated from Clarion State Normal, Clar- ion county; read law in the office of Ross Reynolds ; admitted to the bar in May, 1891 ; practices in Kittanning.
J. Q. COCHRAN, born July 6, 1849, in Boggs township; educated at Dayton Academy and University of Michigan ; read law in the of- fice of Charles McCandless, Butler, Pa. ; ad- mitted to the bar in December, 1888; practices in Apollo.
ALEXANDER M. COCHRAN, born Dec. 15, 1879, at Apollo; graduated from University of Michigan in 1904; read law in offices of S. B. and J. Q. Cochran at Apollo; is now prac- ticing civil engineering.
WILLIAM LOWRY PEART, born in Pine town- ship; graduated from Dayton Academy and Iowa State University ; read law in office of Hon. John Gilpin at Kittanning; admitted to the bar in 1879; practices in Kittanning.
BARCLAY NULTON, born Jan. 8, 1835, in Kittanning; worked in a brickyard in early life; studied at night and when sufficient had been earned to permit, studied law in the of- fice of Judge Joseph Buffington and Robert W. Smith, of Kittanning; admitted to the bar in December, r858; practiced almost entirely in Kittanning ; died May 11, 1912.
WILLIAM J. CHIRISTY, born in Cowanshan- nock township. Dec. 25, 1861 : attended Elder- ton Academy and Mount Union College, Ohio ; after his graduation taught in Elderton Academy ; studied law with Hon. Calvin Ray- burn and was at the same time principal of the Kittanning public schools ; admitted to the bar in March, 1893; practiced in Kittanning; was a partner till his death, in March, 1898, with James H. McCain.
RUSH FULLERTON, born Oct. 4. 1863, in North Buffalo township; attended Slate Lick Academy and taught school; read law under Hon. Calvin Rayburn; admitted to the bar in April, 1889; was twice elected district at- torney; died in Kittanning, where he had practiced. in August, 1909.
JOHN W. ROHRER, born March 7, 1887, at Kittanning, Pa .; graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1908; took a special course in the law department of the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, and was admitted to Armstrong county bar in December, 1910.
JOHN SCOTT SCHAEFFER, born Feb. 25, 1871, at Kittanning; graduated from Thiel Col- lege in 1892; in 1900 graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, and the same year was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, practicing there until 1907. when he came to Kittanning. having been admitted to the Armstrong county bar; in 1904 he was admitted to practice in all the courts; has the degrees of A. B., A. M. and LL. B.
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HARVEY N. SNYDER, born Sept. 29, 1846, admitted to Armstrong county bar in 1887; in Brady township, Butler Co., Pa .; attended same year began practice; in partnership with H. A. Heilman for four years, from 1904, and has since practiced alone. Witherspoon Institute, at Butler, Pa .; began the study of law under Col. John M. Thomp- son, and was admitted to the bar of Butler county in 1871. and to the Armstrong county bar about 1873: he began the practice of law in Butler county, and in 1886 moved to Kit- tanning : was elected district attorney in 1891, and reelected in 1904, serving two terms of three years each.
GUST.WUS ADOLPHUS WALKER, born at Sykesville. Jefferson Co., Pa., Dec. 14, 1879; for nearly three years attended the Wash- ington and Jefferson College ; studied law with ex-Judge Calvin Rayburn, and was admitted to Armstrong county bar in May, 1903.
JOHN F. WHITWORTH, born Feb. 12. 1854. at Apollo, Armstrong Co., Pa. ; took his pro- fessional course at the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the Armstrong county bar in 1878; until 1901 practiced at Kittanning, and has since been engaged at Harrisburg, having in that year accepted the position of corporation deputy secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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