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Mr. Miller is a member of Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. M. He is a trustee and was the first president of the Harris- burg Beneficial Society. He represented the First ward for seven and a half years in the
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school board. He is a Democrat. The family attend the Vine Street Methodist Episcopal church.
SMITH, DANIEL M., lumber dealer, con- tractor and builder, was born in Fairview , York county, Pa., June 24, 1843, son of Michael and Catherine (Miller) Smith. The father wasa native of Perry and the mother of Cumberland county. They became residents of York county, where they died, the former in August, 1863, the latter in March, 1865. · The father was twice married, and by Iris first wife had four children, the only survivor of whom is Michael, residing in Perry county. Eight children were born to his second mar- riage, of whom the youngest is Daniel M., and the others living are Nancy, wife of . Henry Mosey, of New Cumberland, Pa .; George, of Mechanicsburg, Pa .; Mary Ann, wife of William Sheely, of Plymouth, Ohio, and David, residing in Fairview township, York county. Daniel M. was reared on the farm and received his education in the dis- trict schools. He learned the carpenter trade and in 1864 came to Harrisburg, where he worked at his trade for two years, and in 1866 engaged in business for himself. For thirty years he has conducted a suc- cessful trade in lumber and in contract- ing and building, which has placed him among the prominent and substantial busi- ness men of the city. He was married in Harrisburg, October, 1865, to Catherine S. Kane, of Hummelstown, Pa., to whom have been born two children : Bertha F., died Au- gust 31, 1882, and Henry M. Mr. Smith is a member of Fulton Council, No. 35, O. U. A. M., and Harmony Castle, No. 53, K. G. E. In his politics he is with the Democrats. He attends the Lutheran church. Mrs. Smith died October 23, 1893.
- CODER, JOHN G., builder, was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., July 6, 1843, son of Simon and Nancy (Couch) Coder, the former a native of Mifflin county, and the latter of Huntingdon county. The father was a carpenter by trade and one of the workmen employed on the construction of the State capital, in the carpenter work. John G. was reared in Huntingdon county and received his education in the public schools, and afterwards learned the carpenter trade with Henry Snare. In July, 1862, he enlisted in company I, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth regiment, Pennsylvania vol-
unteers, was made corporal and served nine months. Hle re-enlisted in May. 1864, as a sharpshooter, and served until March 25, 1865, when he joined the Twenty- first cavalry. During a part of the time of service he was acting orderly, was wounded March 25, and discharged July 1, 1865. After his discharge he completed his appren- ticeship at the carpenter trade. He was mar- ried, February 22, 1866, to Mary J. Smith, daughter of Elijah Smith of Huntingdon, for- merly of Lancaster county. In 1870 he moved to Watsonville, Northumberland county, and from there to Milton, where he engaged in contracting. In 1880 his accumulations of previous years of hard work were destroyed by fire, and he was left $500 in debt. He aided in rebuilding Mil- ton after the fire, and in 1883 came to Har- risburg and took large contracts. Among the many important pieces of work done by him may be named the Steelton Flouring Mill, two new wings of the State Lunatic Asylum, the entire plant of the Sparrow's Point Steel Works, in Maryland, the State building of Pennsylvania at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, in which he also put up their exhibit; the Iowa and Idaho State buildings at the same exhibition ; the fitting up of the New York State building, the Ex- ecutive building at State Lunatic Asylum, the Pennsylvania State building at the Atlanta Exposition, and the residence of Mr. McCor- mick, at Harrisburg. He wasalso the designer and builder of the Workingmen's Model House, which wasexhibited at the Columbian Exposition, and 4,000 copies of the plans of which were sold in Europe. Mr. Coder is a stockholder in the Sparrows Point, Md., Steel Company, and a member of Henry Wilson Post, G. A. R., Milton, Pa. He is a Repub- lican in politics. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
GROVE, GEORGE H., architect and builder, was born in Hummelstown, Dauphin county. Pa., May 24, 1848. He is a son of John Z. and Rebecca (Bowman) Grove, the former a native of Dauphin and the latter of Lan- caster county. John Z. Grove died April 10, 1891. He was a carpenter and builder, and spent his life in Hummelstown. The par- ents had twelve children, five of whom are living : George IL .; John O,, a carpenter of Hummelstown; Wells C., residing in Har- risburg in the employ of the Pennsylvania
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Railroad Company ; Jaines HI., of Harris- burg, also an employe on the Pennsylvania railroad, and Rebecca, wife of Alfred Sut- cliffe, of Hummelstown.
George II. Grove was educated in the schools of his native town. Ile learned car- pentery and was a builder and contractor in his native town for twenty-five years. In 1887 he was elected connty treasurer, and filled this responsible office for three years. In 1890 he organized the Harrisburg Casket and Manufacturing Company, of which he was superintendent for two years. In Feb- ruary, 1892, he formed a co-partnership with Mr. G. W. Strite, in the architectural busi- ness. He is now in business for himself, having dissolved partnership August 3, 1895. Mr. Grove was married in Hummels- town, September 14, 1871, to Caroline L. Balsbaugh, daughter of John and Katherine Balsbaugh, natives of Dauphin county and of German ancestry ; the former died May 10, 1882; the latter June 9, 1895, at the ad- vanced age of eighty-five years. Mrs. Grove was born in Derry township, Dauphin county, Pa .. August 11, 1854. They have no children. In political views Mr. Grove is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church.
-McKELVY, JACOB J., contractor and builder No. 1311 North Front street. Harrisburg, was born in New Buffalo, Perry county, Pa., Oc- tober 26, 1849. He is a son of Jacob and Rebecca (McElwee) McKelvy. When he was about three years of age his father died and his mother removed to Harrisburg. He was educated in the public schools of that city. He learned carpentry, which he has since followed, of J. A. Slentz. He afterwards be- came foreman for Mr. Slentz and about 1885 engaged in business for himself. He makes a specialty of stair work. Ile built the ad- dition to St. Genevieve's Academy, on Maclay street, the Mercy Home and many residences in the city. In 1864 he enlisted in company I, Seventy-seventh regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and served until the close of the war. He is a Republican and a member of S. G. Simmons's Post, No. 116, G. A. R. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Mary E. Mc- Elwee, daughter of David McElwee, of Perry county, Pa. They have two children : Jen- nie S. and James Alfred. Hle attends Mes- siah Lutheran church.
SMITH, JOHN C., architect, was born in the the city of Manchester, England, December 11, 1855. Here he was educated and reared to man's estate. Ilere he also studied archi- tecture. He resided here till 1885, when he left his native land and came to America. After several years' residence in New York City, Chicago, and other large cities of the United States, he located at Harrisburg in 1885, where for the past ten years he has successfully followed his profession. Ile was married at Pottsville, Pa., in 1885, to I !. Laura Jenkins. To them has been born one son, named Edward. Mr. Smith stands at the head of his profession in Harrisburg. This position he has won by the exertion of his native ability, and by the exercise of his skill attained by years of close study and practical application of the principles of his art. He has displayed marked originality in dealing with the ever-varying problems and requirements of architecture. He has not only kept up with the advancement of his art in this country, but has also contrib- uted his full share to its development and progress, as he has labored to emphasize and harmonize its three cardinal elements of beauty, utility and stability. He is not only an artist, he is also a business man, and is a good exponent of his art, which is the mosi important of all the arts, since it seeks to combine the beautiful and the useful in the most practical way for the highest ends. Ilis style is pure, chaste and symmetrical. and his methods of materializing his plans are direct, accurate and practical. His aim is always to secure the best results within the limits of estimates; to this end his compu- tations are accurate, his specifications are spe- cific and complete, and his supervision of contractors and builders is business-like and close in all details. He is devoted to his pro- fession and has been successful. He has de- signed the plans and superintended the erec- tion of some of the handsomest and most substantial public and private edifices of the city. His work as to both exterior appear- ance and interior finish is found to meet the demands of popular taste, and compel the favorable judgment of experts and critics. Hence as man and as architect he enjoys the highest confidence of his fellow-citizens.
MACQUEEN, JAMES M., architect, Harris- burg, Pa., was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 5, 1859. Ile is a son of James
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and Eustacia Agnes (Ballantine) Maequeen, the former born at East Linton, Hadding- tonshire, and the latter at East Calder, Scot- land. Mr. James Macqueen still survives a d resides in Edinburgh. Mrs. Macqueen died at Edinburgh in 1883.
He received his primary education in the Stockbridge free church school. He attended the Edinburgh School of Designs and the James Watt Institute (now the Watt Heriot College of Edinburgh). He then became a pupil of Alexander Rhind, a renowned seulp- tor, and with him learned that art, in which he was engaged for six years. He then be- gan a course of study in architecture with Jamcs G. Fairweather, architect, which he prosecuted diligently and successfully. Later he was engaged in the engineering depart- ment of the city of Edinburgh. In 1883 he left his native land, went to the city of St. John's, Newfoundland, and was employed at the English Cathedral during the crection of that edifice. In the latter part of 1884 he returned to Edinburgh, spendings six months in study and travel. In 1885 he went to the Bermudas to assist in the building of a large church edifice. In April, 1886, be came to New York and after a short stay there to Hummelstowu, Pa., where he was employed by the Hummelstown Brown Stone Company as draughtsman and superintendent of their stone-cutting department for two and a half years. He was afterwards manager for the Alderson: Brown Stone Company, Alderson, W. Va., and for a time held a similar posi- tion at Rondout, N. Y. In May, 1892, he removed to Harrisburg, Pa., and since that date has been que of the most prominent architects in the city. Among some of the important buildings of which he is the archi- tect may be mentioned the Hummelstown Reformed church ; St. Andrew's church, St. John's, Newfoundland ; the Berean Baptist church, Reading, Pa .; the Fourth Reformed church, corner Sixteenth and Market streets, Harrisburg ; a large factory at Bedford, Pa., and others.
James M. Macqueen was married in New York City, December 6, 1886, to Emma Ra- chel Martin, of St. John's, Newfoundland, daughter of the late J. P. and Elizabeth Holmes (Hudson) Martin. They have had four children : Emma Elizabeth Eustatia, born August 7, 1889; James Ronald, born April 9, 1892; Mary Virginia, born August 2, 1893; Margaret Elmira, born September 1,1895.
Mr. Macqueen is a member of the Lodge of Journeymen Masons, No. S, Edinburgh, Scotland, of which he is a mark master, also of Brownstone Castle, No. 456, K. G. E., of Hummelstown. He is secretary of Chapter 57, of the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip. He is a total abstainer. Hle was, while in Scotland, a member of the Queen's Edinburgh rifle volunteer brigade and took a. keen interest in rifle shooting, winning many valuable prizes. He was selected for the team representing his native city, for the last three years he was in Scotland, against teams representing the cities of Perth, Dun- dee and Glasgow, assisting to capture the valuable challenge trophy permanently for Edinburgh by winning it three times in suc- cession. Mr. and Mrs. Macqueen are mem- bers of the Reformed church.
-HAMILTON, THOMAS H., architeet, was born in Fairview township, York county, Pa., January 8, 1860, son of John S. and Eliza- beth (Feisinger) Hamilton, both natives of York county, still living and residents of Lower Allen township, Cumberland county, Pa. The father is a carpenter, but of late years has retired from active business. He has eight children, four of whom are living: Thomas H., Nulissa, wife of John Noel, re- siding in New Cumberland, Pa .; Cordelia, wife of Eli Thorley, of Steelton, Pa .; Daniel C., residing at Riverton, Pa., proprietor of lumber yard and planing mill. Mr. Ham- ilton has been justice of the peace for a number of years, and has served as store- keeper and gauger in the Internal Revenue Department. Thomas H. received his pri- mary education in the public schools of Fair- view township, and subsequently pursued the study of architect at Philadelphia. After fully preparing himself for the profession he returned to Harrisburg and began business for himself. Mr. Hamilton was married, at Steelton, May 5, 1884, to Mary A. Fiese. daughter of Josiah K. and Sarah Fiese, to whom have been born five children : Luther J., Frances C., John F., and two who died in infancy. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., of Harrisburg. In his po- litical views he is a Democrat. The family attend the Lutheran church.
STRITE, GEORGE W., architect, Harris- burg, Pa., was born in Lower Swatara town- ship, Dauphin county, Pa., December S, 1862. He is a son of Abraham and Eliza-
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beth (Seibert) Strite, both born in Dauphin county, Pa. Abraham Strite is a cooper, and he and his wife are old and respected residents of Dauphin county ; they now re- side in Lower Swatara township. Four of their seven children are living: Jacob, re- siding in Lower Swatara township; George W., of Harrisburg; Mary, wife of George Schriner, residing near Linglestown, Dau- phin county, Pa., and Elizabeth, at home. Mr. Abraham Strite's father is a prominent Odd Fellow, and has been a member of State Capital Lodge for thirty years. He is a Democrat. He and his wife attend the Lutheran church.
George W. Strite was reared to manhood and attended the public schools of his na- tive township. He was engaged in agricul- tural pursuits for about ten years. In 1880 he abandoned farming, learned carpentry, and made this his occupation for seven years. In 1887 he began the study of archi- tecture in Harrisburg, and has worked in this profession ever since. In February, 1892, he formed a partnership with George H. Grove, under the firm name of Grove & Strite. On the third day of August, 1895, he dissolved partnership and went into business for himself; lie is still occupied with architecture. George W. Strite was married in Harrisburg, December 27, 18SS, to Catherine D. Springer, daughter of Jacob and Delilah Springer, born in York county. They have one son, named Eugene P., born January 19, 1891. Mr. Strite is a member of State Capital Lodge, No. 70, I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Democrat. He attends the First Baptist church.
-STUCKER, GEORGE B., of the firm of Ward & Stucker, general contractors in street pav- ing, sewers, grading, etc., was born in Har- risburg, December 5, 1864, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Koppenhoffer) Stucker, the former born in Swatara, the latter in Washington township, Dauphin county. The father was born in 1821, son of Joseph Stucker, a native of Germany, who came to America and set- tled on the present site of Steelton, where he engaged in farming. The father was reared on the farm and educated in the schools of that time. In 1863 he came to Harrisburg and was elected alderman of the Second ward, in which office he served for twenty years. He was one of the donators of the ground on which Steelton was located and laid out. hi his political views he was a
Democrat. Ho died in 1884. His wife sur- vives him. Their children are: George B., Charles D., supply agent Harrisburg Chair Works; John A., city inspector; Robert, stenographer. George B. was reared in the city, and received his education in the pub- lic schools. In 1889 he formed a partner- ship with James F. Ward, under the firm name of Ward & Stucker, and engaged in contracting on city work, on pavements, sewers, and street grading, in which they have continued since that time. This firm were the leading contractors in the Muench street sewer in Harrisburg, and in the pav- ing and building the street. At the present time they are contractors for a large amount of similar work at Williamsport, Pa. In his political views Mr. Stucker is a Demo- crat.
LLOYD, CHARLES HOWARD, of the firm of Foose & Lloyd, architects, was born at Har- risburg, Pa., October 12, 1873. Ile is a son of Isaac and Anna (Mosser) Lloyd. Isaac Lloyd, his father, has been a teacher in the public schools of the city for forty years, and to-day ranks among the oldest and most efficient teachers in the city. To him and his wife have been born four children, three of whom are living: Ella, wife of George A. Hutman, Fannie E. and Charles Iloward. The parents attend the Fourth Street Church of God.
Charles Howard Lloyd has been a resi- dent of the city since his birth. Hereceived his education in the Harrisburg schools, and was graduated from the high school with the class of 1891. He then went to Boston and entered Cowles' Art School forthe purpose of prosecuting his studies in architecture. He received also a great part of his instruction from private teachers. He studied with Ball & Dabney, well-known architects of Boston. In 1894 he formed a partnership at Harrisburg with Mr. Foose, under the firm name of Foose & Lloyd. By skill, in- dustry and honorable dealing in their busi- ness they have met with substantial suc- cess. Foose & Lloyd have been the archi- tects of some very prominent public and pri- vate buildings, among which are the Web- ster school building, Thirteenth and Kitta- tinny streets, public library, annex to Tres- ler Orphans' Home, Loysville, Pa., a large laundry, bath house and store house, Loys- ville, Pa., the large "Simon Cameron " school building, Harrisburg, the Wicker-
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sham school building, Harrisburg, now in course of erection, and many others. Mr. Lloyd is unmarried. He attends the Epis- copal church.
-CAMERON, JAMES DONALD, eldest son of Simon Cameron and his wife Margaret Brua, was born May 14, 1833, in Middletown, Dau- phin county, Pa. He received the best edu- cational advantages in carly life, was pre- pared for college, entering Princeton, from which institution he graduated in 1852. Soon after this he engaged as clerk in the Middletown Bank, now the National Bank of Middletown, of which he subsequently be- came cashier and afterwards president, which latter position he still retains. Mr. Cameron was president of the Northern Central Rail- way Company from 1863 to 1864, when the Pennsylvania Railroad Company obtained the controlling interest in it, when he was succeeded by Col. Thomas A. Scott. As president of the Northern Central during eer- tain periods of the Civil war Mr. Cameron rendered great service to the national cause. The road, although several times cut by the Confederates, was a valuable means of com- munication between Pennsylvania and Wash- ington. Under Mr. Cameron's administra- tion after the war the Northern Central was extended to Elmira, N. Y., so as to reach from the great lakes to tide-water. Although tak- ing a prominent part in Pennsylvania poli- ties Mr. Cameron held no public office until 1876. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Chicago in 1868, and was also a prominent member of the Republican State Convention which met in Harrisburg in 1876, and by it was chosen chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation to the National Republican Convention at Cin- cinnati in June of that year. On the 22d of May, 1876, President Grant nominated him as Secretary of War, the Senate promptly confirming him. He remained in the Cabi- net during the balance of President Grant's term. The Legislature of 1877 elected him United States senator to fill the vacancy caused by his father's resignation. He was re-elected in 1879 for the term ending in 1885, he was again re-elected in 1885, and also in 1891; his term ends March 3, 1897. Mr. Cameron was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1880, and was that year chairman of the National Republi- can Committee, succeeding the late Senator Chandler. In the Fifty-second Congress Mr.
Cameron was chairman of the Senate com- mittee on naval affairs, serving also on the committee on military affairs, commitice on revolutionary claims and the select com- mittee of quadro-centennial and five civil- ized tribes of Indians. Mr. Cameron has been actively identified with various coal. iron, and manufacturing industries of Penn- sylvania and is widely known and esicemed as a public spirited citizen, of large and com- manding influence as well as conspicuous executive ability and usefulness.
DAVIES, NEWTON II., was born in Harris- burg, Pa., January 22, 1835, son of John and Mary B. (Hetzel) Davies, natives of Harrisburg. His paternal grandparents were natives of Wales. Newton II. Davies first attended the public schools of Harris- burg and his education was completed at Annapolis, Md., at the age of sixteen. He at once sought employment and was first en- gaged as a clerk in the stationezy store of a Mr. Pollock, with whom he remained for three years. He then entered the Dauphin Deposit Bank, of Harrisburg, as first clerk, afterwards he was promoted to the position of chief teller, which he held during the remainder of his life. He died May 5, 1895, aged sixty years. Mr. Davies was a Democrat.
On October 27, 1862, Newton H. Davies was married in Harrisburg, Pa., to Annie E., daughter of William and Jane Van Horn. Their children were: Mary, Emma, wife of Harry C. Elston, of Norristown, Pa., Frank II., who married Miss Martha Mil- lard, resides at Steelton, Pa., Annie V., Rahn V., Lorena S. and William V. H.
William Van Horn, the father of Mrs. . Davies, came from New Jersey. He was a blacksmith and was afterwards for a num- ber of years in the hardware business, with a Mr. Fisher. At the time of his death he had been for fifteen years in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was married to Miss Jane, daughter of James Hutton ; they had four children : Annie V., Mrs. Davies, Emma, wife of Colonel Jen- nings, deecased, William, married Miss Rosa Reiglitmyer, John S., died aged six years. Mrs. Van Horn died April 15, 1849, aged thirty-five years.
Mr. Van Horn was married a second time, in 1852, to Mrs. Caroline Gibbs, of Lancas- ter county. They had three children : Sally, Henry and Alfred, who died in infancy.
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Mr. Van Horn died October 1, 1859, aged forty-nine, and the second Mrs. Van Horn died on February 21, 1891, at the age of sixty-nine. He was a member of the Meth- odist church, and Mrs. Caroline Van Horn of the Lutheran church.
-- HEMLER, HAMILTON D., president of the Merchant's National Bank and of the Cen- tral Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Com- pany, was born in Adams county, Pa., in 1837, and was reared there, receiving his eduea- tion in the public schools. He was reared on the farm and engaged in the butchering business. After retiring from the farm he removed to Oxford, Adams eounty, where he engaged in the same business. He removed to Harrisburg'in 1866, where he eondueted the butchery business for four years, and then formed a partnership in 1871 with Louis Dellone, and embarked in the cattle trade, shipping cattle from the West to the Harrisburg market, and in the spring of the year shipping to Philadelphia. In 1887 he became one of the organizers of the bank, and has since served as the president of the same. In January, 1894, he organized the Trust and Safe Deposit Company, of which he has served as president from its inception. In his political views he is & Demoerat. Mr. Hemler was married in 1862 to Miss Mary J. Dellone, daughter of John Dellone, of East Berlin, Adams county, Pa. She died July 24, 1892. Their children are: Catherine, Alice, Jennie, in Ogden, Utah, in convent; Gertrude, married David E. Traey, of Harrisburg, native of Philadelphia ; Lo- retta, and Edith. The family are members of St. Patrick's Catholic church, of Ilarris- burg, and take an active interest in church work.
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