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SCOTT D. LONG has been engaged in the practice of his profession in New Castle continuously since 1869. He was born on a farm near New Castle February 27, 1847, and received his educational training in the public schools of this city and in the State Normal School. He read law in an office in New Castle and was admitted to the bar in May, 1869. He formed a partnership with Mr. S. W. Dana, which continued until 1907, and was recognized as one of the strongest law firms in this section of the State. Mr. Long is now practicing alone
and maintains offices at No. 36 North Hill street.
S. L. MCCRACKEN has been a resident of New Castle since 1881. He was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in 1856, and received his intellectual training in the school at Edinburg, and in Grove City Col- lege. He engaged in teaching for several years in Lawrence and Mercer Counties, then read law in the office of D. B. & E. F. Kurtz, of New Castle. After his admis- sion to the bar in September, 1883, he en- gaged in practice as a partner to J. Nor- man Martin, with whom he continued un- til 1886. He was in the fall of 1885 elected to the office of district attorney of Law- rence County, in which capacity he served one term. He is an active member of the Lawrence County Bar Association.
WILLIAM J. MOFFATT, whose law offices are in the Lawrence Savings and Trust Building, New Castle, was born in Hickory Township, Lawrence County, Pennsyl- vania, January 18, 1867, but was practical- ly reared in New Castle, where he attended the graded and high schools. He attended Wooster University for a time, then stud- ied law in the office of Dana & Long; he was admitted to the bar in March, 1894, and has been in active practice in New Cas- tle since. He was elected to a three-year term as City Controller in February, 1896, but in January, 1898, resigned that office to enter upon the duties of district attor- ney, having been elected as such on the Republican ticket in 1897. At the expira- tion of one term he resumed private prac- tice. He is a member and vice-president of the Lawrence County Bar Association.
WILLIAM WILBERT STEVENSON, a member of the bar of Lawrence County, with office in the Dean Building, at New Castle, was born in Scott Township, Lawrence County, July 25, 1867. His early education was ob- tained in the Old Fort schoolhouse, and supplemented by courses in Rose Point Academy, Slippery Rock State Normal School, and Grove City College. He began teaching in 1889, and continued that pro- fession a number of years. He read law
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under the preceptorship of H. K. Gregory, and in July, 1900, was admitted to the bar of the county. He has since been in active practice.
J. M. MARTIN, who has been in practice in New Castle for a period of forty-one years, was born in Lawrence County in 1843. He attended Witherspoon Institute at Butler and the State Normal School at Edinboro, after which he taught school one term. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Fifty-seventh Regiment, P. V. I., and during his service of three years was with the Army of the Potomac. He was taken prisoner at Fredericksburg, but was pa- roled after one month of imprisonment. In 1866 he entered the Ohio State and Union Law College, and was graduated in 1867, being admitted to the bar in September following. He has been in continuous prac- tice in New Castle since. Mr. Martin is a member of the Lawrence County Bar As- sociation.
CLYDE GIBSON, attorney-at-law of New Castle, was born in Wilmington Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; was graduated from Westminster College in 1902, and then attended lectures in the law department of the University of Pennsyl- vania one year. He continued his prepara- tion for his profession under the preceptor- ship of Judge Hazen, and was admitted to the bar on July 2, 1906. He has since prac- ticed in New Castle and has an office in the Lawrence Savings and Trust Building. He is a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association.
HON. WILLIAM M. BROWN, formerly lieu- tenant-governor of Pennsylvania, and for some years a prominent member of the State Senate, is a lawyer by training and engaged in practice during earlier years, but since his retirement from public life has given his time largely to electric rail- road contracting. He was born at Green- ville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in 1850. He read law under Judge John Mc- Michael, and after his admission to the bar in 1876, engaged in practice. He was elect -. ed to the State Senate in 1896, and in 1902
to the office of lieutenant-governor. Mr. Brown is a director of the Lawrence Sav- ings & Trust Company of New Castle.
EDWIN M. UNDERWOOD, attorney-at-law and referee in bankruptcy at New Castle, was born in the eastern part of the State of North Carolina, in 1868; he was educat- ed in the schools of his native State, and at Swarthmore College, of which he is a graduate. He was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania in 1893, and in Ohio in 1894. Since 1900 he has filled the office of referee in bankrutcy. Mr. Underwood is a mem- ber of the Lawrence County Bar Associa- tion.
JAMES A. CHAMBERS, who has been in practice at New Castle since 1903, is a member of the firm of Akens, Wilkison, Lockhart & Chambers. He was born in Lawrence County in 1877; was graduated from Westminster College in 1900, and then prepared himself for his profession in the office of Judge A. L. Hazen. He was admitted to the bar in 1903, and. for a few months retained his desk in the office of Judge Hazen, then accepted the office of secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, the duties of which he discharged in connec- tion with his practice for one year. He subsequently was associated with Mr. W. Moffatt for two years, at the end of which time he became a member of the firm of which he is now a member. He is a mem- ber of the Lawrence County Bar Associa- tion.
C. H. AKENS, senior member of the law firm of Akens, Wilkison, Lockhart & Chambers, was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in September, 1855; was graduated from the State Normal at Edin- burg in 1880; read law under B. A. Winter- nitz and John G. McConahy, and was ad- mitted to the bar on May 4, 1884. He en- gaged in practice at New Castle and con- tinued alone until April, 1907, when he formed his present connection. He is a member of the Lawrence County Bar As- sociation.
H. A. WILKISON, of the well known firm of Akens, Wilkison, Lockhart & Chambers,
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was born in Shenango Township, Law- being now member of the firm of Uber & rence County, Pennsylvania, in 1872. He attended Volant Academy and Slippery Rock State Normal School, and subse- quently entered upon the study of law in the office of his uncle, C. H. Akens. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1898, and has since engaged in practice.
ROBERT K. AIKEN, who has been in prac- tice at New Castle since 1891, was born at Portersville, Butler County, Pennsylvania. After graduation from Westminster Col- lege he read law in the office of Mr. D. S. Morris, and was admitted to the bar in 1891. He was elected district attorney in 1894, and served efficiently as such for three years. He was a member of the Select Council of New Castle from 1898 to 1902, and in 1906 was the candidate of his party for member of Congress. He is a member of the Lawrence County and Penn- sylvania State Bar Associations.
CHARLES E. MEHARD, with office at No. 9 in the Dean Block, has been in the practice of law in New Castle since December, 1893, at which time he was admitted to the bar. He was born in New Wilmington, Law- rence County, May 30, 1868; was graduat- ed from Westminster College, from which he received the degree of A. B. in 1889, and read law in New Castle. In January, 1901, he was elected district attorney and served as such three years.
JOHN P. LOCKHART, of the prominent law firm of Akens, Wilkison, Lockhart & Chambers, was born in Hickory Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, in 1877; he attended an academy at Alliance three years and Westminster College four years, graduating from the latter in 1899. He read law under the direction of Judge Hazen at New Castle, and was admitted to the bar on September 1, 1902. He prac- ticed alone until April, 1907, when the firm of which he is now a member was formed. He is a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association.
L. M. UBER was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County August 16, 1895, and has since engaged in practice at New Castle,
Mckinley. He was born in Mercer 'Coun- ty, Ohio, in 1870; was graduated from Grove City College, and then studied law in the office of Judge J. N. Martin. He prac- ticed alone until 1907, when he formed a partnership with Rufus Cole Mckinley and W. J. Uber. He is a director and stock- holder in the Standard Wire Company and the Union National Bank.
THOMAS F. DICKEY, a member of the firm of Gregory & Dickey, with offices in the Lawrence Savings and Trust Building, in New Castle, was born in this city, Novem- ber 6, 1877. He was graduated from the New Castle High School in 1897, and dur- ing the two years following attended the law department of the University of Penn- sylvania. He finished his studies with At- torney Gregory, and was admitted to the bar in January, 1902. He then formed a partnership with Harry K. Gregory, un- der the name and style of Gregory & Dickey. He is a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association.
CLYDE V. AILEY, of the Lawrence County bar, has been in practice in New Castle since December, 1901, at which time he was admitted to the bar. He was born in Big Beaver Township, Lawrence County, in 1874, and in 1899 was graduated from Grove City College. He read law in the office of Col. O. L. Jackson. He is a mem- ber of the Lawrence County Bar Associa- tion.
CHARLES G. MARTIN, whose entire profes- sional career thus far has been spent in New Castle, was born in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, in 1867. He attended Grove City College, and Ohio Northern University, from which he grad- uated in 1890, and then read law under At- torneys Winternitz and MeConahy. He was admitted to the bar in 1895, and is a mem- ber of the Lawrence County Bar Associa- tion.
SAMUEL P. EMERY, who has been in the practice of law in New Castle for nearly a score of years, was born in this city Sep- tember 30, 1864. He was graduated from
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Geneva College at Beaver Falls in 1887, then read law with the firm of Dana and Long. He was admitted to the bar in June, 1889, and has since been in active practice. He served one term of three years as dis- trict attorney, and has also served the city as a member of the council.
JAMES A. GARDNER, city attorney of New Castle, was born in Butler County, Penn- sylvania, just across the Lawrence County line. He enlisted July 21, 1861, as a pri- vate in Battery B., First Regiment of Ar- tillery, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, known as Cooper's Battery. He served with distinction until June 9, 1865, when he was mustered out with the rank of first lieutenant. Upon his return from the front, he engaged in mercantile business at Princeton, Pa., six years, and in the meantime served as justice of the peace. In 1874 he entered the study of law under Judge John McMichael and J. M. Martin at New Castle, and was admitted to the bar in 1876. He was elected city attorney in 1883, and was re-elected in 1884, 1885, in 1896, and at every succeeding election since the last date mentioned. He served eight years on the school board, and was president of that body four years.
DAVID S. MORRIS has been engaged in the practice of law since 1854, and has achieved success also in various branches of busi- ness. He was born at Meadville, Craw- ford County, Pennsylvania, in 1824; was graduated from Allegheny College in 1845, and was then variously engaged until he entered the legal profession. In 1847 he organized the Croton glass manufacturing business at New Castle, the first plant of the kind in the city.
JOSEPH WILLIAM HUMPHREY, of the Law- rence County bar, has been in practice in Ellwood City since 1896; he was born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1868. He was graduated from Grove City College in 1893, after which he was in- structor in the Butler High School one year. He then entered upon the study of law in the office of John Marshall at Butler, and in the spring of 1896 was admitted
to the bar in Butler and Lawrence Coun- ties. He located at Ellwood City in that year.
HON. ELMER I. PHILLIPS, president of the New Castle Dollar Bank, is a member of the bar of Lawrence County. He was born in this city in 1861, and in 1884 was grad- uated from the university at Butler, Ind. He returned to New Castle, and in 1885 was admitted to the bar; he practiced here for some ten years. In 1896 he was elect- ed to the State Senate from the district then made up of Lawrence and Butler Counties and served one term. He was for some years an official of the Norris Glass Company, and in 1897 became secretary and general sales agent of the American Glass Company ; in 1899 he became identi- fied with the American Window Glass Com- pany, in the same capacity. He is a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Law- rence Savings & Trust Company.
COL. ROBERT B. McCOMB, who died at Sandy Lake, Pa., September 22, 1907, in his eighty-seventh year, was a distin- guished member of the bar of Lawrence County, to which he was admitted in 1853. He was in that year elected to the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1855 and in 1856. In 1862 he went to the front as colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteer Infantry, and later was commissioned colonel of the Fifty-fifth Regiment. He was a personal friend of Governor Pollock, and served as a member of his staff.
HARRY KNIGHT GREGORY, M. A., of the law firm of Gregory & Dickey, New Castle, was born December 4, 1865, in Selimsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. He was edu- cated in the public schools and at Mission- ary Institute, Selimsgrove. He subse- quently obtained his M. A. degree from Muhlenburg College at Allentown, Pa. He then taught school in Selimsgrove and at Rouse's Point, N. Y. He read law in the office of A. C. Sampson & Son, of Selims- grove and completed his legal studies in the office of Charles P. Ulrich, of that place. He was admitted to the Snyder County
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bar in September, 1892, and to the bar of Lawrence County, upon the motion of D. B. Kurtz, in December, 1892. Mr. Gregory practiced his profession alone until Jan- uary, 1892, when he formed his present partnership with Thomas W. Dickey, which has proved a winning combination of legal talent. He is a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association, of which he has served as president.
ARCHIE W. GARDNER, county solicitor of Lawrence County, was born in Slippery Rock Township, of that county, August 6, 1861; he was educated in the public schools and at Grove City College, after which he read law with the firm of Martin & Gard- ner, being admitted to the bar November 10, 1890. He was city solicitor of New Castle one term, 1894-1896, and in 1902 was elected county solicitor, being now on his second term.
HON. W. S. REYNOLDS, who has served two terms in the Pennsylvania State Legis- lature and is at the present time Repub- lican nominee for that office, was born in Lawrence County, and received his educa- tional training in Grove City College. He was admitted to the bar on September 8, 1896.
JAMES W. RHODES, a native of Lawrence County, was admitted to the bar here on October 3, 1904.
WILLIAM J. UBER, of the firm of Uber & MeKinley, at New Castle, was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County on July 10, 1907.
BENJAMIN A. WINTERNITZ was born in New Castle, and after completing the pre- scribed course in the public schools at- tended a commercial college in Pittsburg. He read law with Hon. John McMichael, and was admitted to practice January 10, 1873.
CHESTER W. WALLACE was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County on December 19, 1892.
HON. GEORGE T. WEINGARTNER, one of the best representatives Lawrence County has ever had in the State Legislature, is a native of the county. He read law with
Robert K. Aiken and was admitted to the bar here March 15, 1899. He served two terms in the State Legislature, and was nominated for the State Senate by the Re- publican party in 1908.
ROBERT S. BRECKENRIDGE, deceased, who practiced before the courts of Lawrence County some years, was educated in the common schools of Shenango Township, Lawrence County, and in Beaver Academy. He was admitted to the bar on February 10, 1868.
FRANK A. BLACKSTONE, who was ad- mitted to the Lawrence bar on June 18, 1883, was a native of Mercer County, Penn- sylvania. He was graduated from West- minster College, and read law under the preceptorship of Oscar L. Jackson, of New Castle.
WILLIAM T. BURNS was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County June 18, 1883, and engaged in practice in New Castle for a time.
E. N. BAER, a member of the Lawrence County bar, was born in Edinburg, Law- rence County, and received his professional training in the law department of the Uni- versity of Michigan. He was admitted to the bar in 1885, and is a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association.
JOHN H. BITTNER, who was admitted to the bar of the county on June 8, 1897, was educated at Volant, receiving a common school and academic education.
J. SMITH DUSHANE, who is now retired from the practice of law, was a member of the One Hundredth Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, and was seriously wounded at James Island, S. C. After his admission to the bar of the county, he served one term as district attorney.
SAMUEL W. DANA, Nestor of the bar of Lawrence County and a man who has at- tained high distinction in the profession, was born in the state of Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University with the class of 1847, and read law with Hon. Samuel P. Johnston. of Warren. Pa. He was admitted to the bar on September
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5, 1853, and immediately after formed a partnership with Maj. James W. Johnston. The firm of Johnston & Dana continued until 1862, when the senior member of the firm was appointed paymaster in the United States Army. Mr. Dana then con- tinued alone until he became associated with Mr. Scott D. Long, under the firm name of Dana & Long, a firm which en- joyed an enviable prestige throughout this part of Pennsylvania. The partnership was dissolved in 1907, and Mr. Dana formed a partnership with his son, Richard Falls Dana.
RICHARD FALLS DANA, son of Samuel W. Dana, with whom he is associated in prac- tice, was born in the city of New Castle. After completing his common school edu- cation, he entered Harvard University, of which he is a graduate. With his father. he formed the firm of Dana & Dana in 1907.
J. ALVIN EWER, deceased, was born in what is now Lawrence County, and was graduated from Jefferson College with the class of 1854. He read law with Hon. John McMichael, and was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County on September 12, 1865.
SAMUEL PLUMMER EMERY, of the Law- rence bar, was born in Lawrence County, and received his education in Geneva Col- lege at Beaver Falls. He was admitted to the bar June 3, 1889, and served one term as district attorney of Lawrence County.
WALLACE H. FALLS, of New Castle, was born in Lawrence County, and received a preliminary education in the schools of this city. He attended Lafayette College, after which he took up the study of law under Hon. John McMichael. He was admitted to the bar on August 4, 1879.
ROBERT GILLILAND, a native of Lawrence County, was admitted to the bar and en- gaged in practice here several years prior to the Civil War.
A. W. GARDNER, a member of the Law- rence bar and a practitioner at New Castle, was born in Lawrence County.
H. WORTHINGTON GRIGSBY, who repre- sented Lawrence County one term in the State Legislature of Pennsylvania, died in Colorado. He was born in Lawrence Coun- ty, educated in the public schools and Beth- any College, in West Virginia. He was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County March 3, 1897.
LEECH A. GROVE, an attorney, located at Ellwood City, was admitted to the bar Jan- uary 2, 1900.
JUSTUS CLYDE GILFILLAN, an attorney of New Castle, is a native of Lawrence Coun- ty and was admitted to the bar February 25, 1907.
HON. AARON L. HAZEN, formerly judge of the Fifty-first Judicial District of Penn- sylvania, was born in Shenango Township, of what is now Lawrence County; he re- ceived his education in the district schools, the public schools of New Castle, Beaver Academy and Jefferson College, gradu- ating from that institution in 1861. He was admitted to the bar September 12, 1865. He was elected and served two terms as district attorney of Lawrence County, one term as city solicitor, and was president judge for ten years, having been elected to that office in 1884.
FRANK S. HILL, who is not now in prac- tice, was admitted to the bar of the county July 6, 1887. He is a native of Lawrence County.
FRANK L. A. HOOVER, a native of Law- rence County, was admitted to the bar on March 18, 1894.
WILLIAM C. HAUS, deceased, was a native of Lawrence County, and was admitted to practice June 15, 1874.
EDWIN F. G. HARPER, a native of Butler, Pa., was admitted to the Lawrence bar in 1897.
ROY WATSON HAZEN, of the law firm of Hazen & Jamison, at New Castle, was born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, but has spent most of his life thus far in Lawrence County. He is a graduate of Allegheny College at Meadville, and read law under Aaron L. Hazen. He was admitted to the bar July 10, 1907.
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ROY MILLS JAMISON, of the firm of Hazen & Jamison, was born in Lawrence County, Pensylvania, and was there admitted to the bar on July 10, 1907.
JAMES JOSEPH IGOE, a native of Law- rence County, received a common school education, then read law under D. B. Kurtz. He was admitted to practice on September 6, 1899.
OSCAR L. JACKSON, a lawyer of promi- nence at New Castle, was reared in what is now Lawrence County; he is a man of educational attainments, and has been a member of the Lawrence bar since Decem- ber, 1866.
DAVID JAMESON, cashier of the Citizens' National Bank of New Castle, was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County November 7, 1883, and engaged in practice for a time.
EDWARD T. KURTZ was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County in May, 1865, and for a number of years was in partnership with his brother, Davis B. Kurtz. He be- came one of the leading members of the bar here.
DAVIS B. KURTZ, for many years re- garded as Nestor of the Lawrence County bar and one of the most prominent men of the profession in this part of Pennsyl- vania, was admitted January 7, 1850, the first day court was held in Lawrence Coun- ty. He was identified on one side or the other in much of the important litigation in the courts here, in his day.
LEWIS TAYLOR KURTZ, deceased, was born in New Castle, and was a son of Davis B. Kurtz; he was educated in the public schools and the University of New York. He read law with his father, and after ad- mission to the bar, September 16, 1886, formed a partnership with him. They were associated in practice, and with a high degree of success, until the death of Lewis T. Kurtz, who was then in the prime of life.
DAVID M. KEAST, who was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County January 22, 1891, was born in Lawrence County.
THOMAS B. MORGAN, deceased, was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and
was engaged in practice in the courts of Lawrence County for many years.
GEORGE C. MORGAN, deceased, was a son of Thomas B. Morgan, and was admitted to practice in Lawrence County January 19, 1891. He was a native of New Castle.
JOHN LAW MORGAN, deceased, also a na- tive of New Castle and a son of Thomas B. Morgan, was admitted to the bar May 4, 1891.
HARVEY E. MARTIN was admitted to prac- tice in Lawrence County December 7, 1898.
HON. JOHN McMICHAEL, deceased, was elected to the bench in the Seventeenth Judicial District in 1884, and commis- sioned additional law judge. He served with characteristic ability until his death in April, 1892. Judge McMichael was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and was educated at Westminster College at New Wilmington. He read law with H. A. Richmond, of Meadville, and was admitted to the bar of Lawrence County December 18, 1861.
JOHN G. MCCONAHY, deceased, was a na- tive of Lawrence County, and was admit- ted to the bar on September 18, 1872.
MALCOLM MCCONNELL, deceased, who ranked among the foremost practitioners at the bar of Lawrence County, was reared in the county and educated in the common schools. He read law with his uncle, R. B. McComb, and was admitted to the bar December 14, 1874. He served one term as district attorney of Lawrence County, and represented his district two terms in the Pennsylvania Legislature.
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