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FRANK G. PAULSON, eldest son of Charles H. and Elizabeth D. (Gormly ) Paul- son, is a native born son of Pittsburgh, where his entire life has been spent since his school days. He was born April 28, 1850. His early education was obtained in the city schools, after which he entered the Pennsylvania Military College at Chester, Pennsylvania, being graduated from that famous school in 1868 with the degree of civil engineer. He returned to Pittsburgh and for four years was employed in the store of his father, fitting himself for the business, of which later he was to become the head. His mercantile life was then interrupted for a term of four years, two of which he spent with the engineering department of the Pennsylvania railroad, and two with the city engineer corps of Pitts- burgh. He then returned to the store, and a little later took over the business of his father. Later the business was incorporated under the name of Paulson Brothers Company, Frank G. Paulson, president. They are hatters and manu- facturing furriers, employing about forty men in the latter department. It is a well conducted and popular establishment, doing a strictly retail business in hats and furs. Mr. Paulson is first vice-president of the Knox Hat Company of New York. It might be of interest to add that since 1840, the Knox hats have been sold in Pittsburgh by the Paulsons, father and son.
Mr. Paulson was the first trustee elected by the Alumni, to the board of trus- tees of Pennsylvania Military College. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the common council of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, where he resides. He is an elder of the Sewickley Presbyterian Church, and a member of two social organizations, the Edgeworth and Allegheny clubs, both of Sewickley, and of the Union Club, Pittsburgh. Fraternally he affiliates with Franklin Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Pittsburgh. He is a veteran of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and past vice-commander of the Eighteenth Regiment Veteran Corps. He is actively interested in the work of the patriotic orders ,and is state secretary of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, of which order Dr. Robert B. Mowry, brother of his grandmother, Matilda, was an early member of record, Major Isaac Craig being the first. "Blood will tell", but Mr. Paulson has not held the office alone through the patriotism of his ances- tors, but through an intense personal enthusiasm concerning historical and genea- logical matters.
Mr. Paulson married, April 12, 1892, Kate Conway, daughter of Reuben Con- way and Emma (Riley) Macon, of Orange Court House, Virginia, and a des- cendant of one of Virginia's famous families, the Madisons. Mrs. Paulson's
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great-grandmother was Sarah, sister of President James Madison. The children of Frank G. and Kate Conway (Macon) Paulson are: Charles Henry, born January 6, 1893; and Daniel McKee, born September 13, 1895.
KATE CONWAY (MACON) PAULSON entered the Colonial Dames of Virginia through Gideon Macon, who was a member of the House of Burgesses and secre- tary to Sir William Berkeley. His daughter Frances is said to have been the wife of Colonel John Dandridge and the mother of Martha (Dandridge-Custis) Wash- ington. (See "Bruton Church History, Williamsburg. Virginia," R. A. Good- win, author). She entered the Daughters of the American Revolution through James Madison Sr., father of the president who was chairman of the Committee of Public Safety in 1775. (See "Rise, Life and Times of Madison"). Also through Thomas Barbour, who was a colonel of the line in the War of the Revo- lution and was present at the surrender at Yorktown. The second sister of President Madison, (whose name was Sarah), married Thomas Macon. Their second son, issue of the marriage, was James Madison Macon, who was born at President Madison's historic home, Montpelier, Orange county, Virginia. He married Lucetta Newman, a granddaughter of Colonel Thomas Barbour. Colonel Thomas Barbour was the father of two of Virginia's most famous men, viz : One James Barbour, twice governor of Virginia, United States senator and sec- retary of war in the administration of the younger Adams, also minister to the court of St. James under the same administration. The other, Philip Pendleton Barbour, was president of the convention of 1829 and 1830, speaker of the house of representatives and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (see history of the St. Marks Parish-Barbour & Madison's Genealogy). She is also related to Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina, who was speaker of the House of Representatives and in congress uninterruptedly from 1791 to 1828. He was also a close friend of John Randolph, of Roanoke. Randolph-Macon College was named for them. He was educated at Princeton.
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REED BOLEN COYLE
REED BOLEN COYLE is a lineal descendant of the Revolutionary soldier and Indian fighter, Manassah Coyle, descent being traced in a direct line through four generations, Mr. Coyle being a great-grandson of the Patriot soldier.
MANASSAH COYLE was born in Ireland, October, 1756, died in Lackawanna township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, June 26, 1834. He came to this coun- try in early life. About the middle of October, 1777, he enlisted in the service under Colonel Chambers in Captain Samuel Patton's company. He was then a resident of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. The company marched to Lit- tle York, to Lancaster, to White Marsh Hills, where they joined the army un- der General Washington, General Patton commanding the militia. At this time Manassah Coyle served two months, his own term, and then two months as a substitute for David Huston, after which he returned to Lancaster, receiving his discharge from Captain Patton. His next term of service began in Septem- ber, 1779, when he joined Captain William Huston's company in Cumberland county, now Franklin, as a substitute for Joseph Kyle. He marched to Lan- caster, Pennsylvania, and was in service two months when he was discharged by Captain Huston. He then removed his residence west of the mountains, where during the first week of June, 1781, he joined Captain William Perry in Westmoreland county as an Indian scout. He was with Captain Perry two months when he volunteered in Captain Robert Orr's company to go down the Ohio under Colonel Lochery in General Clark's expedition against the Indians. They were attacked by the Indians, August 24, 1781, and Coyle was taken cap- tive. He was taken to an island in the St. Lawrence river where he was held a prisoner until June 1, 1782, when he made his escape but was soon recaptured. In October, 1782, he again escaped, this time getting away safely from his cap- tors. But home and safety were far away; Coyle, with five companions, after traveling twelve hundred miles through the wilderness reached his home in Westmoreland county late in December, 1782. (See Pennsylvania Archives, sec- ond series, vol. 14, page 684, also Captain Samuel Patton's Company, second series, vol. 15, pages 577-578).
Manassah Coyle married, at Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania, September 29, 1785, Isabella Ewing, born January 15, 1764, died in Lackawanna township, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, October 12, 1847. They had issue :
JAMES COYLE, son of Manassah and Isabella (Ewing) Coyle, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, July 20, 1786, died in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1829. He married, November 20, 1810, Susanna Dougherty, born in county Donegal, Ireland, about 1784, came to America when twelve years of age and died at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1859. They had issue :
ROBERT JOSEPH COYLE, son of James and Susanna (Dougherty) Coyle, was born in Allegheny township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1821,
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died at Pittsburgh, April 3, 1901. He married, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 10, 1850, Harriet Weldin Speer, born in West Deer township, Alle- gheny county, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1829, died Louisville, Kentucky, No- vember 24, 1899. Children: I. Edwin A., born in Pittsburgh, married Elizabeth McPherson; six children: Florence; Edwin, deceased; Mabel, deceased; Au- gusta, Walter H., Elizabeth. 2. William L., born Pittsburgh, married Emma Kerns; two sons living, one daughter deceased; Dickson, William L. 3. Emma, born Pittsburgh, married Frank Armstrong; one daughter, Harriet. 4. Mar- garet, born Pittsburgh, married R. W. Scott; three children : Nellie, Luella, Wal- ter. 5. Robert J., born Pittsburgh, married Elizabeth Dauler; two children : Robert D., Elliot. 6. Reed Bolen. 7. Harriet W., born in Pittsburgh, married Dr. Albert C. Speer; four children: Helene, Elizabeth, Alberta, Jesse.
REED BOLEN COYLE, son of Robert Joseph and Harriet Weldin (Speer) Coyle, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1867. He married Ar- minta Logan; five children : William L., Ruth Elizabeth, Reed B. Jr., Sarah Jane, John, deceased.
ADIN LOUIS SAILOR
ADIN LOUIS SAILOR, for many years prominently identified with the business world of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and other cities, was entitled to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution through his descent from several ances- tors. His wife, also, is of Revolutionary descent.
MATHIAS SAILOR, his paternal Revolutionary ancestor, was born in Switzer- land, 1739, died in Cumberland Valley, September 21, 1826. He enlisted in Cap- tain Perry's company, one of the first of the Pennsylvania companies in the Pro- vincial service, and served five years against the Indians and French, being with Wolfe at the capture of Quebec. He was captain of the First Company, First Battalion, Cumberland county militia, commanded by General Shoufler and Col- onel Ephraim Blaine. He was assessed for nine acres of land in Pennsboro township, Cumberland county. He married Margaret Meyer.
CAPTAIN JOHN SAILOR, son of Captain Mathias and Margaret (Meyer) Sailor, was born in Pennsboro township, Cumberland county; October 10, 1760, died in October, 1828. He married Susan, daughter of George and Anna Margaret (Wunderleigh) Smith. The former was born in Chester county, 1754, died in Carlisle, 1792; he served as a private in Captain Fisher's company, Cumberland county militia, 1780; he was the son of George Smith, who served in the Revolu- tionary war with his four sons-John, George, Daniel and David. Anna Margaret (Wunderleigh) Smith was born 1763, died 1844; she was the daughter of John or Johanas Wunderleigh or Wunderlich, born in Germany, 1733, died at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1818; he was a private in Captain Samuel Cochran's company, Tenth Battalion, Lancaster county militia, April 16, 1781.
GEORGE SAILOR, son of Captain John and Susan (Smith) Sailor, married Catharine, daughter of Jacob Wise, who served as a private in Captain Thomas Craig's company, Second Battalion, Pennsylvania, commanded by Colonel Arthur St. Clair. He enlisted January 13, 1776; was commissioned by Thomas Mifflin, August 28, 1793, ensign of the Fourth Company, Fourth Regiment, Cumberland Brigade of the State Militia of Pennsylvania.
GEORGE SAILOR, son of Ensign George and Catharine (Wise) Sailor, married Sophia, daughter of John and Susana (Smith) Otto. John Otto served during the War of 1812, and his company guarded the prisoners taken during the Perry victory and transported them to Flatbush, New York, a proceeding which was attended with great difficulty, as the snow was unusually deep that winter, and the cold intense. Two of his brothers lost their lives during this war.
ADIN LOUIS SAILOR, son of George and Sophia (Otto) Sailor, was born at Boiling Springs, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1850, died January 13, 1910. He was a resident of Swissvale for a period of twenty-four years, served as a councilman in Swissvale borough and was one of the organizers of the National Bank of Swissvale. He also assisted in organizing the Union National Bank of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and was in active business in Pitts- burgh for forty years. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr.
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Sailor married Anna Wilson (see Wilson line). Children: Robert F., born March 27, 1880, continued to conduct his father's business after his death, a member of the Episcopal Church, married Isabel Murphy, and has a son, Wil- liam Von Bonhorst, born December 10, 1902; George R .; Adin Louis Jr .; Helen; Anne; Christine.
(The Wilson Line)
Charles Wilson married Mary Weems.
Captain Charles Wilson, son of Charles and Mary (Weems) Wilson, served as a quartermaster, volunteer corps, Revolutionary army, as shown by the rec- ords in the pension office at Washington, District of Columbia. He entered the service at the Flying Camp, about July, 1776, from York county, Pennsylvania, and became attached to the regiment of Colonel Richard McAllister. At the time of the British assault on Fort Washington, November 16, 1776, he was one of the garrison engaged in the defence and was included in the surrender. He was held as prisoner on parole by the British in New York City and on Long Island, at least twenty-one months. He married Esther Smith.
James Wilson, son of Captain Charles and Esther (Smith) Wilson, married Martha Cresswell.
Matthew Cresswell Wilson, son of James and Martha (Cresswell) Wilson, married Christian Campbell.
Anna Wilson, daughter of Matthew Cresswell and Christian (Campbell) Wil- son, married Adin Louis Sailor (see Sailor).
CHARLES WOOD FRIEND
CHARLES WOOD FRIEND traces his ancestry through seven generations back to early Colonial days when his maternal ancestors, the McClellans, settled in this country. He is of the fifth generation from Captain Joseph McClellan, the Rev- olutionary officer from whom his membership in the "Sons" is gained.
The families in the United States bearing the name of Mcclellan, Mclellan, Maclellan and McClelland, doubtless all spring from one original stock in the southwestern part of Scotland. During the religious war, about 1646, many of the families of the name removed from Scotland to Ireland. The name is neither Irish nor English, and the time in which the migration was accomplished was probably at the time known in Ireland as the "Ulster Plantation". These set- tlements were made near Belfast and Dungannon in the north of Ireland. Both from Scotland and Ireland numerous families removed to America about 1760- 70, settling in Nova Scotia, the New England states, New York, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, thence the name has been widely dispersed over the south and west. Theologically the family is biased toward Calvinism. Politically they were largely Federalist, Whig and Republican. In Scotland they were loyal to the King, in Ireland they wore the "Orange".
The immediate ancestor of the Chester county, Pennsylvania, McClellans was "Laird" McClellan, of Bannagachen, Ireland, who in 1685 was banished to Amer- ica on account of the part he had taken in the wars. Three of his children came with him and settled in the New Jersey neighborhood and there lived until 1689, when receiving news of a favorable change in affairs at home, he resolved to return. On the voyage he was taken prisoner by the French, but finally arrived at home on the last day of October, 1691. The children remained in America and from them this branch of the family spring.
The first of the family of record was Joseph McClellan and his wife, Elizabeth (Ewing) McClellan. Captain Joseph McClellan is buried in the Octoraro ceme- tery. The following inscription is copied from his tombstone: "An approved officer of the Revolution, an estimable and highly esteemed citizen and a sincere Christian. In life respected and venerated; in death lamented". "In com- memoration of his many virtues and public services this stone is erected by those who delight to cherish his memory".
James McClellan, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Ewing) McClellan, mar- ried Martha Caldwell and had issue. They are both buried at Old Octoraro Cemetery near Parkesburg, Pennsylvania.
Captain Joseph McClellan, son of James and Martha (Caldwell) Mcclellan, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1747, died October 14, 1834. He enlisted at the outbreak of the war and served until June 13, 1781. He was appointed lieutenant of a company of musketeers, July 15, 1776, under the com- mand of Captain Abraham Marshall. He was promoted to captain in a battalion commanded by Colonel Samuel Atlee. He was transferred to the Pennsylvania Line, Ninth Regiment, and March 22, 1781, to the Second Regiment, Penn-
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sylvania Line, where he served until June 13, 1781, when he resigned from a sense of filial duty, his parents being old and infirm. He was in the battles of Long Island, Brandywine and Monmouth. General Anthony Wayne endorsed a high testimonial to his merit on the back of Captain Mcclellan's commission. Captain McClellan married Keziah Parke, born January 24, 1767, died July 31, 1842 ; she is buried at Octoraro. Children: I. Anne, born August 15, 178. died August 19, 1860; buried at Oaklands cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania ; married William Hemphill. 2. Martha, born February 7, 1789, died March 14, 1814; married, 1810, Isaac Rogers. 3. Elizabeth, born 1794, died in 1799. 4. Joseph Parke, see forward.
Joseph Parke McClellan, son of Captain Joseph and Keziah (Parke) McClel- lan, was born March 19, 1796, died February 26, 1861. He was sheriff of Ches- ter county, Pennsylvania, and a burgess of West Chester. He was a farmer and in the forties became the owner of the historic Green Tree Hotel in West Ches- ter. He was president of the Bank of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1814-16, and again 1817-19. This is now the National Bank of Chester County. He was a member of Octoraro Presbyterian Church. He married (first) Sarah Whelan and had issue; married (second) Mary Ellis Miller.
James Downing McClellan, son of Joseph Parke and Sarah (Whelan) Mc- Clellan, married Elizabeth Litzenberg. Children: John; Sarah Keziah, married James David Ruth; Christian L .; Joseph Parke; Mary; Martha Anne, see for- ward; Henry; Ella; Anne Hemphill, married Harry Friend; Elizabeth Litz- enberg, married John W. Betz; Joseph; Mary and Ella, died in early childhood.
Martha Anne McClellan, daughter of James Downing and Elizabeth (Litzen- berg) McClellan, was born December 4, 1847. She married James Wood Friend, one of the prominent business men of Pittsburgh. He is president of the Clinton Iron and Steel Company, vice-president of the Pressed Steel Car Company, vice- president of the German National Bank of Allegheny, and has many other important business connections. He is a prominent clubman, a Republican, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Children: I. Theodore W., treasurer of the Clinton Iron and Steel Company; married Lillian McClure and has a son, Thomas W. 2. Rebekah (Mrs. Hay Walker) has a son, John Walker; Mr. Walker is vice-president of the Harrison Walker Refractories Company. 3. Elizabeth McClellan, married William H. Parke, secretary of the Logan, Gregg Hardware Company. 4. Charles Wood, see forward.
CHARLES WOOD FRIEND, son of James Wood and Martha Anne (McClellan ) Friend, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1871. He received his early education in the public schools of Pittsburgh, after which he entered the Western University of Pennsylvania, from which institution he was graduated in 1894 with the degree of Ph.B. and Ph.M. His business life has been entirely in the iron and steel line, and he is now (1911) vice-president of the Clinton Iron and Steel Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a director of the Second National Bank, and interested in other business enterprises not men- tioned. He holds membership in the Pittsburgh Social, Political and Business clubs, is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a Republican. Mr. Friend is unmarried.
STEPHEN COLLINS MCCANDLESS
STEPHEN COLLINS MCCANDLESS descends from a long line of Colonial and Revolutionary ancestors, both paternal and maternal. His membership in the "Sons" is gained through the services of his great-great-grandfather, Rev. Elihu Spencer, D. D., a most distinguished patriot and eminent divine of that period, and a brother of General Joseph Spencer of the Continental army. Rev. Elihu Spencer married Joanna Eaton, of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, who was a descend- ant of Thomas Eaton, the founder of Eatontown, Monmouth county, New Jer- sey, and of the New Jersey family of that name. Thomas Eaton married, December 12, 1684, Mrs. Jerusha Wing (the widow of Joseph Wing, of Yar- mouth, in the Plymouth colony) at the home of John Dillingham, by the Quaker form of marriage. She was the daughter of Rev. Thomas and Jane ( Paine) Mayhew, and the granddaughter of Colonial Governor Thomas Mayhew, of Martha's Vineyard, of which he was proprietor and governor for life. Together with his son, Rev. Thomas Mayhew, Governor Mayhew exerted a powerful and beneficial influence over the Indians, and in other respects was a wise and valua- ble ruler. Rev. Elihu Spencer, D. D., born in East Haddam, Connecticut, Feb- ruary 12, 1721, died in Trenton, New Jersey, December 27, 1784. Besides his eminence as a minister he was a missionary to the Indians of the famous Six Nations, and the maker of a vocabulary of the Indian language of great value. In October, 1753, the Synod of his church directed "that his pulpit be supplied all the time he shall be absent at the request of his excellency Governor Belcher," probably, as his biographer says, "to attend with the New Jersey Commission the Congress at Albany, New York, in the summer of 1754, to which seven of the provinces sent delegates to treat with the Indians". In 1758 he was appointed chaplain in the expedition against Canada. Coming down to Revolutionary times we find "On petition in behalf of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, December 26, 1775," he was sent to that province to unite the people there, in the same cause of Independence. On October 20, 1777, he was appointed a chap- lain in the Continental army. During the occupancy of Trenton by the Hes- sians, Rev. Spencer's house was burned, together with his valuable library. This was done on account of his activity in the patriot cause. Another Revolu- tionary ancestor was Colonel Stephen Lowrey, who married Sarah Spencer, a daughter of Rev. Elihu Spencer. By generation the descent of Mr. McCandless is as follows:
Eliakim Wardell, who was high sheriff of Monmouth county, New Jersey, under commission dated May 31, 1683. His wife was Lydia Perkins, and had issue, Joseph and Sarah.
Joseph, son of Sheriff Eliakim and Lydia (Perkins) Wardell, married Sarah and had issue.
Joanna, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Wardell, married John Eaton and had issue.
Joanna Eaton (the descendant of Governor Thomas Mayhew), daughter of
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John and Joanna (Wardell) Eaton, married Rev. Elihu Spencer (the Revolu- tionary ancestor ), of Trenton, New Jersey, and had issue.
Sarah Spencer, daughter of Rev. Elihu and Joanna (Eaton) Spencer, mar- ried Colonel Stephen Lowrey, of Trenton, New Jersey, afterward of Queen Anne county, Maryland. Colonel Lowrey was commissioner of issues in the Commis- sary-general's department of the Continental army. Colonel Lowrey, born in Ireland, 1747, died in Pittsburgh, December 29, 1821. He had issue.
Sarah Lowrey, daughter of Colonel Stephen and Sarah (Spencer) Lowrey, married Thomas Collins, one of the earliest lawyers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and they were the grandparents of Mr. McCandless.
Sarah North Collins, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Lowrey) Collins, was born April 16, 1813, in Pittsburgh, died March 30, 1903. On December 4, 1834, she married Hon. Wilson McCandless, a son of William McCandless, who was an early merchant of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a man of influence, and closely identified with the business interests of Pittsburgh and with the public affairs of Allegheny county. He was a director of the bank of Pittsburgh from the date of its organization. He was sheriff of Allegheny county, 1804-1807, and pro- thonotary from 1822 to 1833 inclusive. The wife of William McCandless was Mary Elliott, and their issue was ten sons and daughters. Hon. Wilson McCand- less, LL.D., was born in Pittsburgh, June 19, 1810, died June 30, 1882. His early education was obtained in the schools of his native city, while his classical studies were pursued at the Western University of Pennsylvania, of which institution he was a graduate. He prepared for the law under the instruction of the Hon. George Selden, of Pittsburgh. He was admitted to the Allegheny county bar June 15, 1831, on attaining his majority. He at once entered upon the vigorous practice of his profession. He formed a partnership with the Hon. W. W. Fetterman, a connection that existed for several years. He afterward took as a law partner his brother-in-law, Hon. William B. McClure. He practiced law for twenty- seven years, gaining high distinction as a counsellor and advocate. The high "standing he had earned in his profession caused President Buchanan on February 3, 1859, to appoint him to the high office of judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Western Pennsylvania. He entered upon the duties of his office February 22, 1859. He made a fine record on the bench, but so closely did he confine himself and so conscientiously did he discharge the duties of his office, that after seventeen years service his health became impaired and he felt that he should resign. The remainder of his days he passed at his home on the banks of the Allegheny, four miles from the Point. Here he died June 30, 1882. He was greatly mourned and regretted by a host of friends and acquaintances. Judge McCandless was an orator of high rank with a clear musical voice, and was often chosen by his fellow citizens to represent them on great public occasions. Thus, when ex-president John Quincy Adams visited Pittsburgh, Judge McCandless delivered the address of welcome. His eulogy of General Jackson was delivered before an immense audience on the Common in Allegheny in 1847. He was the orator at the reinterment in the Allegheny Cemetery in 1848 of the remains of Commodore Barney and Lieutenant Parker, whose lives were given to their country and add lustre to United States naval his- tory. He was active in politics, and prominent in the Democratic councils of his State, and the acknowledged champion in Western Pennsylvania. He was thrice
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