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JOHN W. BIDDLE, eldest surviving son of William and Elizabeth Cresson (Gar- rett) Biddle, born in Philadelphia, August 2, 1835, is an active business man of Philadelphia, with offices at 119 South Fourth street, and summer residence at Media, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. He has been for many years a director and treasurer of Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company ; a manager of Pennsylvania Hospital; a director of Mortgage Trust Company of Pennsyl- vania; and was twenty years treasurer of Magdalen Society of Philadelphia. He married, May 5, 1861, Mary, born Iomo. 26, 1842; died 5mo. 25, 1874 ; daugh- ter of Edward C. Hewes, by his wife, Sarah S. Garrett, and they have issue :
William Biddle, Jr., b. May 28, 1863; m. Oct. 8, 1885, Caroline C. Scattergood, of West- chester, b. Aug. 19, 1862; issue :-
John W. Biddle, Jr., b. Oct. 5, 1887, d. April 18, 1905.
James G. Biddle, b. Oct. 13, 1868; m. Oct. II, 1894, Mary Hutton, b. Sept. 1I, 1869; issue :-
Elizabeth R. Biddle, b. March 22, 1897; Mary Hewes Biddle, b. Aug. 10, 1898; Dorothy Biddle, b. Jan. 25, 1900; Rebecca Hutton Biddle, b. June 8, 1901 ;
Addison Hutton Biddle, b. Dec. II, 1903; Ruth Biddle.
SAMUEL BIDDLE, son of William and Elizabeth Cresson (Garrett) Biddle, by his first wife, Katharine T. Harned, had issue :-
Elizabeth S. Biddle, b. June 25, 1866; m. Nov. 5, 1890, Samuel R. Carter, b. July 2, 1863; and they have issue :--
Katharine Harned Carter, b. Sept. 20, 1890;
Mary Harned Biddle, b. Aug. 7, 1872;
Helen Biddle, b. Sept. 23, 1874.
CLEMENT BIDDLE, second son of John and Sarah (Owen) Biddle, was born at the Biddle homestead, Market street between Second and Third streets, May 10, 1740. He engaged in the shipping and importing business with his father and brother Owen, which continued until the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, during the continuance of which nearly his whole time was given to the ser-
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vice of his country. He was one of the signers of the Non-importation Agreement of 1765. He was one of the organizers of the "Quaker Light Infantry", orig- inally formed to defend the Conestogo Indians from the Paxton boys, 1763-4, and served in the Jersey Campaign of 1776-7. July 8, 1776, he was appointed Deputy Quartermaster General of the Flying Camp, composed of the militia companies of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with the rank of Colonel. On October 15, 1776, Gen. Greene, then at Amboy, appointed Col. Biddle on his staff as aid-de-camp, and during November, 1776, he was stationed at Fort Lee on the Hudson, but returned to the Delaware in time to participate in the battle of Trenton, when he was deputed by Washington to receive the swords of the Hessian officers who had surrendered. He participated in the battles of Prince- ton, Germantown, Brandywine and Monmouth, and shared the sufferings of the camp at Valley Forge, where he was accompanied by his wife. He was appointed by Pres. Washington United States Marshal of Pennsylvania, and was Quartermaster General of Pennsylvania Militia for many years, officiating as such during the Whiskey Insurrection of 1794. He was appointed Prothono- tary of Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county, September 23, 1788, and served until made Judge of Common Pleas Court, 1791. He died, Phila- delphia, July 14, 1814. He married (first) at Arch Street Friends' Meeting, June 6, 1764, Mary Richardson, daughter of Francis, who died 1773. Their only child, Francis, died in infancy. He married (second), August 18, 1774, Rebekah, only daughter of Gideon Cornell, Lieutenant Governor and Chief Jus- tice of Rhode Island at the time of his death, 1765.
Issue of Clement and Rebekah (Cornell) Biddle :-
Francis R., b. May 20, 1775, d. June 16, 1775;
THOMAS, b. May 20, 1776, d. June 3, 1857, m. Christine Williams; of whom presently; George Washington, b. Feb. 21, 1779, d. at Macoa, China, Aug. 16, 1812;
Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1781, d. March 13, 1850, m. June 25, 1804, Gen. Thomas Cadwalader ; REBECKAH, b. Nov. 7, 1782, d. Sept. 2, 1870, m. Sept. 1, 1808, Prof. Nathaniel Chap- man, M. D., of whom later ;
CLEMENT CORNELL, b. Oct. 24, 1784, d. Aug. 21, 1855, m. March 10, 1814, Mary Searle Barclay, of whom later ;
Anne, b. Dec. 24, 1785, d. July 21, 1786;
Lydia H., b. May 12, 1787, d. March 5, 1826;
Sarah T., b. Oct. 21, 1789, d. Aug. 1I, 1805;
Anne Wilkinson, b. June 12, 1791, d. 1878; m. June 2, 1822, Thomas Dunlap ;
John Gideon, b. June 10, 1795, d. Aug. 30, 1826, m. May 22, 1820, Mary Biddle, dau. of Hon. Charles Biddle;
James Cornell, b. Dec. 29, 1796, d. Aug. 30, 1838, m. March 2, 1825, Sarah Cadwalader Kepple;
Edward Robert, b. Feb. 7, 1798.
THOMAS BIDDLE, A. M., eldest son of Clement and Rebekah (Cornell) Bid- dle, born in Philadelphia, June 4, 1776, entered University of Pennsylvania 1788, and graduated in the class of 1791. He was a broker and banker in Philadelphia ; a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania from 1837 to his death, June 3, 1857. He was an active member of American Philosophical Society. He married, February 12, 1806, Christine, daughter of Gen. Jonathan Williams, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1752, and was a nephew of Dr. Benjamin Franklin. In his youth he made several commercial voyages to the West Indies and Europe. In 1773 he went to England with important messages and com-
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munications. In 1777, as Commercial Agent of United States Government, he went to France, and remained there until 1785, returning to the United States with Franklin. He was for several years Judge of court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia ; was appointed February 16, 1801, Major of Artillery and on December 4, 1801, Inspector of Fortifications and Superintendent of West Point Military Academy ; July 8, 1802, Lieutenant-Colonel of Engineers; Feb- ruary 23, 1808, Colonel; July 31, 1812, General of New York Militia; elected to Congress from Philadelphia, 1814; Vice-President Philosophical Society, etc. He was author of "Memoir on the Use of the Thermometer in Navigation," 1799; "Elements of Fortification", 1801; "Koscuisko", and Movements for Horse Artillery," 1808.
Issue of Thomas and Christine (Williams) Biddle :-
Clement, b. Sept. 14, 1810, d. 1879;
THOMAS ALEXANDER, b. Aug. 22, 1814, d. Feb. 1, 1888; m. July 1, 1845, Julia Cox, of whom presently ;
HENRY JONATHAN, b. May 16, 1817, d. Richmond, Va., July 20, 1862; m. June I. 1854, Mary Deborah Baird; of whom later;
ALEXANDER, b. April 29, 1819, m. Oct. 1I, 1855, Julia Williams Rush, of whom later ;
JONATHAN WILLIAMS, b. Aug. 12, 1821, d Apr. 21, 1856; m. April 16, 1846, Emily S. Meigs, of whom later.
THOMAS ALEXANDER BIDDLE, second son of Thomas and Christine (Williams) Biddle, born in Philadelphia August 22, 1814; died, Philadelphia, February I, 1888; was a broker and founder of firm of Thomas A. Biddle Co. He married, July 1, 1845, Julia, daughter of John Cox, Esq., by his wife Martha, daughter of Gen. William Lyman of Massachusetts, U. S. Consul to London. John Cox, A. M., b. in Philadelphia, Jan. 24, 1788, d. there Feb. 6, 1864; son of James S. and Charlotte (Sitgreaves) Cox, Pres. Lehigh Coal & Nav. Co., Philadelphia, 1822-9 and 1841-4.
Issue of Thomas Alexander and Julia (Co.x) Biddle :-
-- John Cox, b. April 21, 1846, d. Jan. 29, 1865; Henry Williams, b. April 7, 1848;
Anna Sitgreaves, b. Jan. 31, 1850, m. 1872, Andrew, son of General Francis P. Blair; Alfred, b. Dec. 15, 1851, d. Dec. 21, 1884; William Lyman, b. Oct. 8, 1853; Francis, b. Oct. 31, 1855, d. Jan. 17, 1887; Julia, b. May 16, 1858, m. Nov. 18, 1880, Arthur, son of George W. and grandson of Col. Clement C. Biddle ;
Frances, b. 1862, d. inf.
HENRY JONATHAN BIDDLE, third son of Thomas and Christine (Williams) Biddle, born in Philadelphia, May 16, 1817, graduated from University of Penn- sylvania 1834. He was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Followed the business of a civil engineer, until breaking out of the Civil War, when he was commissioned, August 3, 1861, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania Reserves, serving on the staff of Gen. McCall. He was mortally wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Charles City, or New Market Cross Roads, June 30, 1862, and carried by the Confederates to Rich- mond, Virginia, where he died July 30, 1862. Gen. McCall, in his report of the
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action, says among other things ;- "Here fell the fearless Biddle, my Adjutant- General."
He married, June 1, 1854, Mary Deborah, daughter of Samuel Baird of Read- ing, Pennsylvania.
Issue of Henry Jonathan and Deborah (Baird) Biddle :--
Jonathan Williams Biddle, b. Aug. I, 1855; appointed Aug. 31, 1876, Second Lieutenant of Seventh Regiment, U. S. Cavalry; killed by the Indians at Snake River, Montana, Sept. 30, 1877;
Lydia McFunn Biddle, b. April 9, 1857; m. April 22, 1880, Moncure Robinson, Jr., of Philadelphia ;
Spencer Fullerton Baird Biddle, b. Jan. 12, 1859;
Christine Williams Biddle, b. Aug. 28, 1860;
Henry Jonathan Biddle, Jr., b. May 14, 1862.
ALEXANDER BIDDLE, fourth son of Thomas and Christine (Williams) Biddle, born in Philadelphia April 29, 1819, entered University of Pennsylvania 1834, graduated 1838. He was some years president of the Board of City Trusts and member of board of managers of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was an active mem- ber of America Philosophical Society, of Franklin Institute, Academy of Natural Sciences and of a number of other scientific institutions and societies. He was a member of Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution, and was a vet- eran of the Civil War, having served successively as Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel of the 121st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1862-4. He mar- ried, October 11, 1855, Julia Williams, daughter of Dr. Samuel Rush of Phila- delphia.
Issue of Alexander and Julia Williams (Rush) Biddle :-
Alexander Williams Biddle, M. D., b. July 4, 1856; graduated at Uni. of Pa., studied medicne and received degree of M. D. at Jefferson Medical College; served a time as Surgeon of First City Troop, and was a number of years connected with a number of institutions of his native city; now living retired at 265 South 22d street, Philadel- phia. He m. June 19, 1879, Anne, dau. of Hon. William McKennan, by his wife Paul- ine Gertrude de Fontiveaux, and they had issue :--
Pauline Biddle, b. Aug. 7, 1880; m. April 25, 1906, John Penn Brock, of Phila- adelphia ;
Christine Alexander Biddle, b. Oct. 20, 1883;
Julia Rush Biddle, b. Aug. 16, 1886; Isabel Biddle, b. Jan. 6, 1888;
Alexander Biddle, b. April 4, 1893.
Henry Rush Biddle, b. March 25, 1858, d. Jan. 2, 1877;
Julia Rush Biddle, b. July 25, 1859;
Louis Alexander Biddle, b. March 12, 1863;
Marianna Biddle, b. Nov. 8, 1866;
Lyndford Biddle, b. Aug. 26, 1871.
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JONATHAN WILLIAMS BIDDLE, youngest son of Thomas and Christine (Wil- liams) Biddle, born in Philadelphia August 12, 1821, died there April 21, 1856. He graduated at University of Pennsylvania 1830, studied law, was ad- mitted to the Philadelphia Bar, and practiced his profession in that city until his death. He married, April 16, 1846, Emily S., born in Philadelphia, 1824, daughter of Charles Dulcena Meigs, M. D., born in Georgia February 17, 1792, and located in Philadelphia in 1820, where he filled the position of Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, 1820-62. He was author of a num-
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ber of works on medical science, among them, "Midwifery", (1838) ; "Lectures on the Female", (1847) ; "Remarks on Spasmodic Cholera", (1848) ; "Obstertics", (1849) ; and "Diseases of Children", (1850). After the death of her husband, Mrs. Emily (Meigs) Biddle resided many years on Walnut street west of Twelfth, and later at 122 South Twenty-second street, but spent much of her time in European travel, probably one of the most extensive travellers in for- eign parts, of the women of Philadelphia. She died at her summer home, Len- nox, Massachusetts, November 22, 1905.
Issue of Dr. Jonathan Williams and Emily (Meigs) Biddle :-
Christine Williams Biddle, b. Feb. 14, 1847, d. 1901 ; m. Nov. 26, 1873, Richard McCall Cadwalader, Esq., of Philadelphia ;
Charles Meigs Biddle, b. Jan. 10, 1849, d. young ;
Williams Biddle, b. July 16, 1850, d. young ;
Mary Biddle, b. Dec. 7, 1851, d. young ;
Thomas Biddle, M. D., b. July 7, 1853, residing at 122 South 22d street ; graduated from Medical Dept. of Univ. of Pa. 1876, and began active practice of medicine in Philadel- phia. He is a Fellow of College of Physicians, Philadelphia; member of Executive Committee of St. Christopher Hospital for Children; chairman of Executive Com- mittee of Zoological Society of Philadelphia; member of Council of Academy of Nat- ural Sciences of Philadelphia, and prominently associated with a number of other scientific institutions of Philadelphia. He is an honorary member of First City Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, life-member of Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; member of Philadelphia and Rabbit Clubs of Philadelphia, and other social organizations. He is unm.
Emily Williams Biddle, b. March 15, 1855, unm.
REBECCA CORNELL BIDDLE, second daughter of Col. Clement, and Rebecca (Cornell) Biddle, born in Philadelphia, November 7, 1782, died September 2, 1870. She married, September 1, 1808, Prof. Nathaniel Chapman, M. D., born near Alexandria, Virginia, May 28, 1780, and died in Philadelphia July 1, 1853. His paternal ancestor came to Virginia with the first colonists of that Province, and was a relative of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Dr. Chapman finished his medical studies in London and Edinburgh, taking his degree at the University of Edinburgh. He began the practice of medicine in Philadelphia, 1804, and became one of the most eminent practitioners of medicine and surgery of his day. He was Professor of Materia Medica, University of Pennsylvania, 1813-1816, and of Practice Institutes and Clinical Medicine, 1816-50. He founded Medical Institute of Philadelphia, 1817, and lectured there during the summer months for twenty-five years. During the cholera epidemic of 1820, he had charge of the City Hospital, and he was many years lecturer on Clinical Medicine and Surgery at the City Almshouse. He was author of many valuable works on medical science, among them, "Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine", "Eruption Fevers", "Elements of Therapeutics and Ma- teria Medica", "Select Speeches and Critical and Illustrative Remarks" (1817), and was also a considerable contributor to the Portfolio, under nom de plume of "Falkland". He was also editor of Philadelphia Journal of Medical and Phy- sical Sciences, many years.
Issue of Dr. Nathaniel and Rebeckah Cornell (Biddle ) Chapman :-
Emily Chapman, b. Aug. 5, 1810, d. July 20, 1852, m. Nov. 1, 1833, John Montgomery Gordon, Esq., of Va .;
John Biddle Chapman, b. June 3, 1811, d. Feb. 28, 1845, m. Mary Randolph of Va .;
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GEORGE WILLIAM CHAPMAN, b. Dec. 10, 1816, d. Feb. 19, 1853; m. June 6, 1838, Emily Markoe, daughter of John Markoe. Entered U. S. N. as Midshipman, 1832; Passed Midshipman, 1838; Lieutenant, 1841 ; issue :-
Mary Randolph Chapman, b. May 22, 1839; m. Oct. 13, 1859, John Borland Thayer, Esq., of Phila .;
ELIZABETH CAMAC CHAPMAN, b. April 19, 1842, m. June 10, 1862, William Davis Winsor, of Boston, Mass .;
Henry Cadwalader Chapman, b. Aug. 17, 1845, m. Dec. 3, 1876, Hannah Megar- gee ;
REBECCA CHAPMAN, b. Dec. 2, 1848, m. May 30, 1872, James Davis Winsor of Boston, Mass .;
George Chapman, b. July 5, 1852, d. Aug. 1853.
Issue of William Davis and Elizabeth Camac (Chapman) Winsor :-
Emily Chapman Winsor, b. April 4, 1863; Louisa Brooks Winsor, b. Aug. 12, 1868.
Issue of James Davis and Rebecca (Chapman) Winsor :-
May Winsor, b. March 28, 1873; Henry Winsor, b. March 29, 1875;
James Davis Winsor, Jr., b. Sept. 6, 1876; Ellen Winsor, b. Nov. 30, 1878.
COLONEL CLEMENT CORNELL BIDDLE, fourth son of Col. Clement and Rebekah (Cornell) Biddle, born October 24, 1784, died August 21, 1855, entered U. S. N. as midshipman February 12, 1799, but resigned March 30, 1804. Returning to Philadelphia, he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised some years. Believing that a war with England would immediately result from the Chesapeake outrage, 1807, he entered the regular army of the United States as captain of a company in the Regiment of Light Dragoons, was commissioned May 3, 1808, but when the affair was amicably settled he sent in his resignation, dated September 30, 1809, and resumed the practice of his profession. When the war did break out, in 1812, he raised a company known as "State Fencibles", of which he was elected captain, and took them into the service. He was, however, soon commis- sioned Colonel of the First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the war. After the close of the war he devoted much time to study of political economy, and became an eminent authority on that subject. He married, March 10, 1814, Mary Searle, daughter of Hon. John Barclay of Phila- delphia, by his second wife Mary Searle.
Hon. John Barclay came from Ballyshannon, Ireland, to Philadelphia, 1767, died in Philadelphia August, 1816. He was Mayor of the city 1791.
Issue of Col. Clement Cornell and Mary Searle (Barclay) Biddle :-
Dr. John Barclay Biddle, b. Jan. 3, 1815. d. Jan. 19, 1879, m. Nov. 7. 1850, Caroline Phillips; Dean of Jefferson Medical College; professor of Materia Medica; visiting physician of Girard College and of Philadelphia County Prison and Deaf and Dumb Asylum ;
HON. GEORGE WASHINGTON BIDDLE, b. Jan. 1I, 1818, m. Maria McMurtrie, of Burling- ton, N. J., of whom presently ;
Col. Chapman Biddle, b. Jan. 22, 1822, d. Dec. 9, 1880; m. Aug. 14. 1849, Mary Living- ston, dau. of Capt. Walter Livingston Cochran of New York, and granddaughter of Dr. John Cochran of Chester Co., Pa., who m. Gertrude Schuyler of New York. Col. Biddle raised 12Ist Regiment, Pa. Vol., and in command of the brigade of which it formed a part, served during part of Civil War. His regiment was cut to pieces at battle of Gettysburg, and Col. Biddle wounded. He held high rank as a lawyer at
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Philadelphia Bar and served some years as counsel for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
GEORGE WASHINGTON BIDDLE, second son of Col. Clement C. and Mary Searle (Barclay) Biddle, born in Philadelphia January 1I, 1818, prominent member of Philadelphia Bar, was Chancellor of Law Association of Philadelphia, 1880-91. The University of Pennsylvania conferred upon him degree of LL.D., 1882.
He married Maria McMurtrie, daughter William McMurtrie, and had issue :-
George, b. Aug. 21, 1843, m. Mary Hosack, daughter of F. Kearney Rodgers of New York, and had issue :-
Electrode Kearney ; Constance Elizabeth ; Alice McMurtrie ; Maria Georgina.
Algernon Sydney, b. Oct. II, 1847, m. June 28, 1879, Frances Robinson; had issue :- Moncure, b. 1882; George Washington ;
Francis ; Sydney Geoffrey.
Arthur, b. Sept. 23, 1852, m. Nov. 18, 1880, Julia, dau. of Thomas Alexander and Julia (Cox) Biddle; and had issue :-
Edith Frances, b. Oct. 8, 1881 ; Julia Cox, b. Dec. 16, 1882, d. same day ;
Alfred Alexander, b. Dec. 19, 1885;
Julian Cornell, b. April 19th, 1890.
ANNE WILKINSON BIDDLE, daughter of Col. Clement and Rebeckah (Cornell) Biddle, born June 12, 1791, married June 2, 1822, Thomas Dunlap, of Philadel- phia, several years president of the Bank of the United States.
Issue of Thomas and Anne Wilkinson (Biddle) Dunlap :-
Sallie Biddle Dunlap, b. March 19, 1823;
Juliana Dunlap, b. Oct. 19, 1825; Lydia Biddle Dunlap, b. Sept. I, 1826, d. young ;
Mary d, young;
Rebeckah Biddle Dunlap, b. March 10, 1829;
NANNIE DUNLAP, b. Nov. 21, 1830, m. George Mecum Canarroe, Esq., of Phila .;
Thomas Dunlap, b. Aug. 25, 1832, m. July 10, 1856, Margaret A. Lewis, of New Haven, Conn.
NANNIE DUNLAP, daughter of Thomas Dunlap, Esq., of Philadelphia Bar, by his wife Anne Wilkinson, daughter of Col. Clement Biddle, born in Philadel- phia, November 21, 1830, married Feb. 4, 1868, George Mecum Conarroe, Esq., a most prominent and able member of Philadelphia Bar, born in Philadelphia, November 9, 1831, died at his summer residence near York Harbor, Maine, August 25, 1896.
From "Report of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the American Bar Asso- ciation" (1896), pp. 675-677, we quote the following Memorial of Mr. Conar- roe :-
"GEORGE M. CONARROE.
"The late George Mecum Conarroe, died from an attack of bronchial pneumonia on August 25, 1896, in the sixty-fifth year of his age, near York Harbor, Maine, where he possessed an extensive and beautiful place, high on the bold rocks of the coast overlooking
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the sea, in which, during his later years, after he had retired from active professional life, he took the greatest interest and delight.
"He was born in Philadelphia on November 9, 1831. He was the son of George W. Conarroe, an artist of prominence. He studied law in the office and under the guidance of Charles E. Lex, Esq., and was admitted to the Bar of Philadelphia on May 14, 1853. He was a most careful and accurate student and acquired that real knowledge of legal prin- ciples which is sure to bring success, and what is more, gain the recognition of one's pro- fessional brothers. He was pre-eminently learned in the law of real estate and of trusts. He was the legal mentor rather than the advocate. He acquired a large practice especially in the management of estates, and his experience was such that he would have made an admirable judge in a probate court. His mind was clear and logical and his use of the Eng- lish language exact, as shown in his able opinions which treat of many intricate and import- ant questions. His guidance to clients when in financial difficulties often saved, where in other hands there would have been failure, for in addition to his legal attainments he was, contrary to the opinion generally held of lawyers, an able business man, and managed the interests of others as well as his own, with much profit and advantage.
"In politics he had always been a Republican even before the war-times and never wavered in his allegiance to that party, believing in its principles and aims. He was one of the early members of the Union League of Philadelphia, and was an indefatigable worker for the cause of the Union.
"He was never a politician, preferring personally the life of a private citizen, but took the greatest interest in public affairs with which he was thoroughly conversant, and was 011 terms of intimacy with many public men of the day. His interest in the country's welfare continued unabated even when an invalid. He was most anxious for the election of Mr. McKinley, but did not live to see its accomplishment, dying in the midst of the campaign.
"His interest in everything American made him proud of our history. He was one of the early members of the Society of Sons of the Revolution being the descendant of an officer, and particularly gave his aid to those undertakings of the Society which tended to keep alive the memory of the Revolutionary times as giving the best lessons in patriotism. He was also one of its Board of Managers until his death.
In religion he was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church by conviction as well as by inheritance, and was what in old times would have been called a high churchman. He was very prominent in its affairs and was repeatedly a delegate to its conventions, where he was a leading figure, and it has been truly said that it will be hard to fill his place. He was learned in ecclesiastical law and was sought as an advisor by bishops and clergy. The position that he occupied in the church was evidenced by the large number of clergymen from various places who showed him the last mark of respect in their presence at his funeral, which took place at the Church of St. James the Less at Philadelphia, and where amidst its solemn rural beauty he now rests.
"His wife who survives him was Miss Nannie Dunlap, the youngest daughter of Thom- as Dunlap, Esq., a leading lawyer of Philadelphia of half a century ago. This union was one of those which are truly helpful, for they did all things together, mutually aiding one another and sharing their sorrows and joys. Mr Conarroe was won't to speak with feeling of the goodness and sweetness of his wife whose helpful sympathy he proudly acknowledged.
"In all that Mr. Conarroe undertook he was earnest and persevering-no labor and trou- ble was too great; and in anything that he believed should be done, he was markedly de- termined of purpose and would not be turned aside.
"He was one of the truest of friends. His friendship was not only that of sentiment, but he ever bore in mind what would be to the real advantage of those for whom he cared, and spared no effort to advance their hopes and ambitions. Many a friend owes his eleva- tion to a position of honor and reward or to success of some other kind to the aid which Mr. Conarroe has given him. He has left an example which all might well imitate, both in his private life and in adorning the profession of his choice.
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