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The following persons, known to be attorneys learned in the law, appear on the record in the courts of Chester County at the dates given :
1726 .- Ralph Assbeton, Jobo Kiffsey, Peter Evans, Francis Sherrard, Joseph Growden, Jr.
1730 .- Alexander Keith (admitted February 23d).
1734 .- William Rawle.
1735 -John Ross (admitted August 27th), James Hamilton, Jobn Rob- inson, Thomas Hopkinson.
1736 .- Alexander Piercey (admitted December 1st), James Keating, Andrew Hamilton.
1738,-William Assheton (admitted November 28th).
1739 .- William Peters.
1740 .- John Webb.
1741 .- Trouch Francis, Edmund Acworth (February 23d), Neil Harris.
1742 .- Robert Hartshoroe, Richard Peters, John Mather, James Read (admitted September Ist).
1743 .- John Moland, Townsend Wbite.
1744 .- David Edwards.
1745 .- Benjamin Price.
1747 .- John Lawrence.
1748 .- Edward Shippen, Jr.
1749 .- Joseph Galloway, John Evans.
The foregoing list is doubtless far from being per- fect, but it is all that was found by Judge Fnthey and Gilbert Cope, and in my researches I have not discov- ered any names omitted by them.
In the early days of the province it was the custom for students-at-law to make application for admission by petition, and the following one, on file at West Chester, presented by John Ross, was generally the form used :
" To the Worshipful, the Justices of the County Court of Common Pleas at Chester :
"The humble Petition of John Ross. Gent. showetb :-
"That Your Petitr. has served as an apprentice to ao attorney at law in the province of Pennsylvania for the space of five years last past. Therefore Your petitr. prays to be admitted as an attorney of this Court. "JOHN Ross.
" CHESTER, Aug. 27th, 1735."
The following is a list of attorneys admitted pre- vious to July 4, 1776:
1 Colonial Records, vol. ii. p. 407.
2 Ib., p. 430.
Admitted.
David Finney. .February, 1752.
Thomas Otway
.May, 1753.
John Price. August, 1753. William Morris, Jr. August, 1753.
Benjamin Chew .. November, 1754.
Samuel Johnson February, 1755.
Thomas Mckean. David Henderson William Whitebred ..
August, 1755.
George Ross ..
John Armond.
. November. 1756.
John Morris ...
August, 1760.
Nicholas Waln
February, 1763.
James Tilghman
Hugh Hughs. February, 1764.
John Currie May, 1764.
Elisha Price .. May, 1764.
Lindsay Coates.
November, 1764.
Andrew Allen February, 1765.
Alexander Porter
May, 1765.
Nicholas Vandyke.
Alexander Wilcocks. May, 1765.
Joshua Yeates ..
Angust, 1765.
Stephen Porter.
August, 1765.
James Biddle. August, 1765.
James Allen .Angnat, 1765.
Henry Elwes. August, 1765,
James Loyre. November, 1765.
August, 1766.
Isaac Hunt
.Angust, 1766.
James Vandyke
August, 1766.
William Hicks
November, 1767.
James Wilson. November, 1767.
February, 1769.
Miers Fisher
August, 1769.
Daniel Clymer.
.Angust, 1769.
John Ruley. .August, 1769.
Stephen Watts November, 1769. Abel Evans. .May, 1770.
August, 1770.
James Lukens
.August, 1770.
Joseph Read.
.August, 1771.
George Noarth. August, 1771.
Jacob Bankson. .August, 1771.
Francis Johnson .. August, 1771.
Asheton Humphreys August, 1771.
Richard TilghDiao.
.February, 1772.
John Lawrence.
August, 1772.
Peter Zachary Lloyd
Angust, 1772.
Christian Hook
February, 1773.
William L Blair
May, 1773.
Phineas Bond.
May, 1773.
Jolin StedDian ...
August, 1773.
John McPherson
August, 1773.
William Lewis . November, 1773. .May, 1774.
Edward Tilghman.
.November, 1774.
Audrew Robson .... February, 1775
Joho Vannoat .. May, 1775.
William Prince Gibbs February, 1776.
Collinson Read .. May, 1776.
Admitted after July 4, 1776 :
John Morris August, 1777.
Andrew Robeson .. .August, 1777.
William Lewis. August, 1777.
William L. Blair., August, 1777.
John Kaley August, 1777.
George Ross .. August, 1778.
Jonathan D. Sergeant. Angust, 1778.
Jacob Rush
August, 1778.
Elisha Price.
August, 1778.
Alexander Wilcocke. August, 1778.
Gunning Bedford August, 1778.
John Pancost.
August, 1778.
Edward Bnrd.
February, 1779.
Francie Johnston.
.February, 1779.
Henry Osborne ..
August, 1779.
Jacob Bankson
August, 1779.
Jared Ingersoll
November, 1779.
William Bradford, Jr.
November, 1779.
Moses Levy, November, 1780.
Nicholas Vandyke ... February, 1791.
John Coxe, February. 1791.
William Moore Smith. Angust, 1781.
John Lawrence
August, 1781.
Nathaniel Potts. November, 1781.
Joseph Reed. February, 1782.
John F. Mitfin May, 1782.
Daniel Clymer August, 1782.
John Vioing.
August, 1782. John Wilkes Kitter. May, 1783.
Henry Hale Grabam ....
November, 1783.
William Bawle.
November, 1783. Samuel Sitgrave .. Feb. 24, 1784.
William Ewing November, 1784.
Peter Zachary Lloyd. May, 1785.
Jacob R. Howell. .May, 1785.
May, 1755.
November, 1755. November, 1756.
August, 1763.
May, 1765.
Richard Petera, Jr.
.August, 1765.
David Thomson
Jacob Rush ..
Thomas Good.
Gunning Bedford
May, 1779.
George Campbell,
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THE COURT, BENCH, AND BAR OF DELAWARE COUNTY.
Admitted.
Thomas Ross ..
May, 1785.
Joseph B. Mckean.
August, 1785.
Joho Todd.
November, 1785.
Robert Hodeon
May, 1786.
Charles Smith
May, 1786.
Jobn Yonog ...
May, 1786.
Benjamin Chew, Jr.
.August, 1786.
B. R. Morgan, Jr ...
.August, 1786.
Richard Wharton ..
August, 1786.
Thomas Memminger
August, 1786.
James Hanna.
Aug. 13, 1786.
David Smith
.February, 1787.
Jamea Wade,
February, 1787.
John Joseph Henry.
.Fabruary, 1787.
William Richardson Atlee
February, 1787.
William Montgomery ...
August, 1787.
Sampson Levy
August, 1787.
James Hopkins.
August, 1787.
Samuel Roberta.
.August, 1787.
Samuel Bayard.
November, 1787.
Matthias Baldwin.
November, 1787.
James A. Bayard ..
.November, 1787.
Thomas Armstrong.
February, 1788.
Peter S. Duponceau.
May, 1788.
Jasper Yeates ...
August, 1788.
Peter Hoofnagle.
.August, 1788.
William Graham.
November, 1788.
Joseph Thomas
Robert Porter.
May, 1789.
Anthony Morris ..
.May, 1789.
John Craig Welle
August, 1789.
John Cadwallader ..
.August, 1789.
Jobn Moore.
.August, 1789.
As heretofore stated, when the county of Delaware was erected, as a matter of course, there was no attor- ney of record. The difficulty was met by William Tilghman, who addressed the court, and finally in his own behalf moved his admission to the bar of Dela- ware County, which motion received the approval of the bench. The record, therefore, shows :
Admitted.
William Tilghman
Nov. 9, 1789.
William L. Blair (on Tilghman's motion) ..
1789.
Joseph Thomas.
1789.
Thomas Rosa ..
1789.
William Graham
1789.
William Graham, the only son of Judge Graham, was born in Chester in 1767, and, studying law, was admitted to the bar at the date given. During the Whiskey Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania, in 1794, at which time he was chief burgess of Chester, he commanded a troop of cavalry from Delaware County, and while in that command the exposure brought on a disease of the throat, which affected his voice at times so that he could not speak above a whisper. This vocal difficulty became permanent a few years afterwards, owing to the fact that in com- pany with several gentlemen, he went gunning to Chester Island, and became separated from his com- panions. When darkness came he could not be found, and his friends returned to Chester, determining at early dawn to resume their search for him. All that night he remained on the bar, and as he was short in stature, the tide rose until his head and shoulders were alone out of the water. When rescued next morning his voice was entirely gone, and be never again recovered it so as to be able to speak in public, and even in conversation he was often almost in- audible. He died Dec. 19, 1821.
Admitted.
Benjamin Morgan
Nov. 9,1789.
Anthony Morris,
-1789.
John Todd.
-1789.
Alexander Wilcox Feb.
9,1790.
William Bradford, Jr.
Feb.
9, 1790.
Jacob Bankson.
Feb.
9, 1790.
Elisha Prica.
Feb.
9, 1790.
Robert Porter ..
Feb.
9,1790.
Thomas B. Dick.
Feb.
9, 1790.
Thomas B. Dick was born near Marcus Hook, March 12, 1766, read law with Thomas Ross, Esq., and admitted to the bar of Delaware County at the date mentioned. In 1794 be removed to Eastern Pennsyl- vania, but returned to Chester in 1798, where he ac- quired a large practice, owing to his reputation as an able advocate. He was commissioned prothonotary, recorder, register, and clerk of the courts of Delaware County, Feb. 22, 1806, retaining that office until Jan. 2, 1809. On April 21, 1811, he was gunning in a row-boat on the Delaware, and a severe snow-storm coming on, he was drowned. How the accident oc- curred is not known, he being alone at the time. His body was not recovered until eight days thereafter.
Admitted.
Moses Lavy ......
Feb.
9, 1790.
William Rawle ...
Feb.
9, 1790.
Benjamin Morgan.
.Feb.
9, 1790.
Anthony Morris.
Feb.
9, 1790.
Sampson Levy
May May
11, 1790.
Matthias Baldwin
11, 1790.
Jonathan D. Sergeant
Nov.
9,1790.
George Campbell
Nov.
9, 1790.
John Thompson
Nov.
9,1790.
Nicholas Diehl
May
10, 1791.
Robert H. Duokin.
May
10, 1791.
John C. Willis.
May
10, 1791.
Isaac Talfall.
Aug. 10, 1791.
Seth Chapman ..
Nov.
7,1791.
Thomas Armstrong ..
.. Dec.
2, 1791.
Robert Frazer.
July 30. 1792.
Robert Frazer was, we are told by Dr. Smith, a resident of the upper part of the county, and he it was who drew the petition to the Legislature in 1820 for the removal of the county-seat from Chester to a more central location. Martin relates the following anecdote of Mr. Frazer : " A client, a well-known close-fisted old miller, called on him one day for some advice in reference to a difficulty about his mill- dam and water-power privileges. He found Mr. Frazer in his office, legs in comfortable position higher than his head, taking his ease and smoking. The miller, taking a seat, proceeded to relate his grievance at length, and then asked what he should do. Frazer, still leaning back and puffing his cigar, paid no attention to the question. At last the im- patient client burst out with 'D --- n it, Mr. Frazer ! Did you hear what I said ?' With a humorous twinkle of his eye, Frazer replied : 'Oh, yes; but do you expect a mill to run without water ?' " 1
Admitted.
John Ross.
.July 31, 1792.
Thomas W. Tallman ..
.Jan. 29, 1793,
Jobo D. Cox ..
April 30, 1793.
Joseph Hemphill.
.October, 1793.
Jobo Horo2
„Jan. 29, 1795.
Calab Pierce2,
Jao.' 29, 1795.
William Sergeant. April 27, 1795.
James Hunter. .October, 1795.
David Moore .. .Jan. 23, 1796.
William Martin
April, 1796.
1 History of Chester, p. 475.
2 Admission moved by Samuel Price, Esq., whose admission I do not find on record.
Joseph Hubley
Auguet, 1788.
John Hallowall
February, 1789.
May, 1789.
Charles Healty
May, 1789.
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HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
A sketch of Dr. Martin appears in the chapter on physicians of Delaware County, for in that calling- he was a member of both professions-he was most prominent.
Admitted.
William Richardson Atlee.
July 26, 1796.
Michael Kepple ...
.July 26, 1796.
Alex. James Dallas.
Nov. 1, 1796,
Bird Wilson ...
.April 7, 1797.
William Ewing
Oct. 30, 1797.
Wash, Lee Hannum
April, 1798.
Joseph Reed.
May 2, 1798.
Jonathan T. Haight
.Jau. 28, 1799.
Charles Chauncey
Jan. 28, 1799.
John Sergeant
.July 30, 1799.
John Taylor.
April,
1800.
William Hemphill
.July,
1800.
Nicholas G. Williamson
January, 1801.
Jona. W Condeyl
April,
1801.
Rich. Peters, Jrl
.April,
1801.
Richard Rush1
April,
1801.
John Ewing, Jr ...
July 29, 1801.
William Robinson, Jr.
.Jan. 25, 1802.
Isaac Darlington ...
Jan. 25, 1802.
Thomas Bradford.
July 29, 1803.
James Day Barnard.
.April 30, 1804.
Peter Arrell Brown
May 3, 1804.
Charles Fisher Frazer.
Oct. 30, 1804.
Charles Kisselman.
Oct. 30, 1804.
Richard Bache, Jr.
May 3, 1805.
Samuel Edwards.
April 30, 1806.
Samuel Edwards was born in Chester township March 12, 1785. He was a descendant of William Edwards, who, coming from Wales early in 1682, settled in Middletown. He read law with William Graham, and was admitted to the bar April 30, 1806. He was at that time a Federalist, and as such, with his party, was opposed to the second war with Great Britain. Hence we find him acting as chairman of the meeting of the young men of that political faith held in the court-house at Chester Aug. 22, 1812. But the war actually begun, he threw aside all fealty to party, and when Admiral Cockburn was threaten- ing the borders of Pennsylvania and had applied the torch to all the property he could not steal at the head of the Chesapeake, Samuel Edwards was one of the first to advocate arming the militia and marching against the invaders. In April, 1813, he and Thomas D. Anderson made application to the State for mus- kets to arm the Chester company of infantry, giving their personal bonds to the commonwealth for the arms, and that body marched to Elkton to resist the British forces at that place. In the fall of the year 1814 he was in active service as a private in the Mifflin Guards, commanded by Capt. Samuel Ander- son. This organization was a company of the First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Col. Clem- ent C. Biddle. Mr. Edwards acted as secretary of the company, and the orderly book, the greater part in his writing, is like copper-plate in beauty of chi- rography. While in the military service he was elected a member of the Legislature, and during the session of 1814-15 he represented Delaware County in that body, and was re-elected to the session of 1815-16. In 1819, Mr. Edwards, then a Democrat, was elected to the Sixteenth, and again in 1825 to the Nineteenth Congress, serving therein as a col- league of James Buchanan, towards whom he was
during the remainder of his life a warm personal friend. Although Mr. Edwards served no other term in Congress, yet during Jackson's and Van Buren's administration, it was charged throughout the coun- try that five persons-Samuel Edwards, George G. and Samuel M. Leiper, Levi Reynolds, and James Buchanan-were the powers behind the throne. In 1824, Mr. Edwards was one of the committee ap- pointed by Delaware County to receive Gen. Lafay- ette. In 1832 he was chief burgess of Chester, and from 1838 to 1842 was inspector of customs at that port. For many years he was a leader of the bar, and he and Benjamin Tilghman were counsel for John H. Craig, convicted of the murder of Squire Hunter, in 1818. Never was a case better tried on the part of the defense than this was. For many years he was a director of the Delaware County Bank and Delaware Mutual Insurance Company. He was also counsel for the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.
Mr. Edwards died at Chester Nov. 25, 1850, aged sixty-five years. A meeting of the bar was held on the 26th, at which Judge Chapman presided, and J. R. Morris acted as secretary. Associate Judge Leiper announced the death of Mr. Edwards, and an address was made by Judge Thomas S. Bell, then on the Supreme bench, who came to Chester that he might take part in the memorial services of his de- ceased friend. Speeches were also made by Hon. Edward Darlington and Hon. Joseph J. Lewis.
Admitted.
Joseph Barnes.
Oct. 23, 1806.
Benjamin Shober. Jan. 21, 1807.
John Edwards, Jr. Oct. 19, 1807.
He was the great-grandson of William Edwards, the Welsh settler at Middletown, and was born July 15, 1786, at the Black Horse Tavern, in that township, his father, Nathan Edwards, being then the landlord and owner of the inn. John Edwards studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Delaware County at the date stated. In 1811 he was deputy attorney- general for Delaware County, and in 1824 was one of the counsel for the defense in the trial of Wellington for murder of Bonsall. After that date he seems to have devoted his attention to the irou business at the rolling-mills, near Glen Mills, which he owned, and to politics, a pursuit in which he was unusually suc- cessful. In the fall of 1838 he was elected a member of Congress from the Fourth District, then compris- ing the counties of Delaware, Chester, and Lancaster, serving in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Con- gresses, for he was re-elected a second term. He died in October, 1845, aged fifty-nine years, and was buried at Middletown meeting-house.
Admitted.
Bayse Newcomb, Jr.
Oct. 19, 1807.
William H. Todd.
April 17, 1809.
Thomas R. Ross
April 17, 1809.
Ziba Pyle.
Samuel H. Jacobs .July 17, 1809.
Jan. 21, 1x11.
Jonathan Dunker. .July 24, 1811.
Edward Ingersoll. Jan. 20, 1812.
Randall Hutchinson, Jan. 20,1812.
Thomas D. Anderson Jan. 23, 1812.
1 Admission moved by Thomas B. Adams, Esq., whose admission I do not find on record.
Ban ar de
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THE COURT, BENCH, AND BAR OF DELAWARE COUNTY.
Thomas Dixon Anderson, the only son of Maj. William Anderson, was born in Virginia, in 1790, just previous to the removal of his father to Chester. He was admitted to the bar at the above date. When the British fleet under Admiral Cockburn had taken Frenchtown, in April, 1813, and destroyed it, the alarm was extreme in Southern Pennsylvania and Delaware. Mr. Anderson and Samuel Edwards, Esq., made immediate application to the State authorities for arms to equip an infantry company at Chester, and sixty muskets and equipments were forwarded to that place in compliance with this demand.
In the official rolls of the militia called into service in the fall of the year 1814, I do not find Thomas D. Anderson's name. Perhaps he had removed to Ten- nessee, of which State he was attorney-general. He was subsequently appointed United States consul at Tunis and Tripoli, where he continued a number of years. As he advanced in life his eyesight became so much impaired that he retired from public life and returned to Chester, residing in the old Anderson house at Fifth and Welsh Streets, where he died.
Admitted.
Clymer Rosa .. April 13, 1812.
Charles Harland.
April 13, 1812.
James Madison Porter.
July 26, 1813.
Michael W. Ash.
July 26, 1813.
Charles J. Cox.
July 26, 1813.
Charles Catlin
Jan. 17, 1814.
William Bowen ..
April 12, 1814.
William A. Dillingham.
.April 12, 1814.
Thomas F. Peasants.
April 12, 1814.
James Henderson July 28, 1814.
Jonathan Haoipden ... July 28, 1814.
Juho Kerlio.
July 28, 1814.
John Kerlin was prominent in politics and business in the county. He was the fourth president of the Bank of Delaware County. In 1824 he served four years in the State Senate from the Sixth District, then including Chester County, and in 1828 was re-elected to the same office for a like period. He died in Phil- adelphia, May 21, 1847, aged fifty-four years.
Admitted.
Robert H. Smith
Jan, 16, 1815.
Benjamin Chew.
.April 10, 1815.
lsaac D. Barnard ... ... Jao. 16, 1816.
Isaac D. Barnard was born in Aston township, March 22, 1791. When thirteen years old he was placed as a clerk in the prothonotary's office at Ches- ter, then held by Thomas B. Dick, and subsequently for two years was in the prothonotary's office at Phil- adelphia. In 1811 he began reading law with William Graham, and was admitted to the Delaware County bar at the date given, and on May 17th of the same year was admitted to the bar of Chester County. During the war with England he was commissioned captain of the Fourteenth United States Infantry, and took part in the battle at Fort George, where his signal bravery and ability earned for him promotion to the rank of major. He served faithfully in the campaign of the Northeastern border, and at the battle of Plattsburg, owing to the death and disability of his superior officers, the command of the corps de- volved on him. He also so distinguished himself at
the battle of Lyon's Creek that he was honorably mentioned in the official reports of the generals com- manding. At the close of the war the government desired Barnard to remain in the army permanently, but he declined, and located in West Chester, where he soon attained a large practice, and a year after his admission was appointed deputy attorney-general for Chester County. In 1820 he was elected from the district comprising Chester and Delaware Counties State senator, and in 1824 he was tendered the presi- dent judgeship of Lancaster and Dauphin Counties, which he declined. In 1826 he was appointed by Governor Shulze, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and the same year was elected by the Legislature sen- ator of the United States, a position he acceptably filled until 1831, when he resigned on account of fail- ing health. He died Feb. 18, 1834.
Archibald T. Dick.
.Jao. 16, 1816.
He was born Dec. 21, 1794, in all probability at Eaton, at which place his father, Thomas B. Dick, then resided. He studied law at Chester, and was called to the bar at the date stated. During the fall of 1814 he was one of the emergency men at Fort Du Pont. He had considerable practice for those days, was an active politician, and in 1834 was the Demo- cratic candidate for Congress. He died Aug. 13, 1837.
Admitted.
Samuel I. Withy. April 8, 1816.
Matthias Richards Sayres. .July 22, 1816.
Henry C. Byrne. Aug. 26, 1816.
Edward D. Cox. Oct.
22, 1816.
Thomas Kittera. Jan. 20, 1817.
Henry G. Freeman Jan. 20, 1817.
Matthew Morris. April 14, 1817.
Joho Keotzing Kaoe April 14, 1817.
James C. Biddle.
April 14, 1817.
Samuel Rush.
Oct. 19, 1818.
Charles Sidney Cox Oct. 19, 1818.
Jobn J. Richards
Jan. 19, 1819.
Joseph P. Norbarry July
16, 1819.
David Paul Brown July 16, 1819.
16, 1819.
John Dner. Ang.
18, 1819.
Arthur Middleton
Aug. 18,1819.
Richard C. Wood
Ang. 18, 1819.
William Williamaon.
Jan.
Edward Darlingtoo
April
William Martin
July 27, 1821.
Townsend Haines
Jao.
21, 1822.
Aquilla A. Brown ..
Jan. 21, 1822.
Juhu P. Owens
April 8, 1822.
John M. Reed.
June 19, 1822.
William S. Haines.
July 22, 1822.
Thomas S. Bell April 14, 1823.
Thomas F. Gordoo April 14, 1823.
Bond Valentine. April 14, 1823.
Edward Richarda. July 28, 1823.
Thomas A. Budd
28,1823. .July
Abraham Marshall, Jr. July 28, 1823.
Thomas Dunlap ...
Oct. 23, 1823.
Francis E. Brewster
Oct.
28, 1823.
Nathaniel Veroon
April 13, 1824.
William Kimber
April 11, 1825.
Joho P. Griffiths
April 13, 1825.
Daniel Buckwalter.
.Jan. 26, 1826.
Joho S. Newbold.
Jao. 26, 1826.
William Darlington ...
.July
24, 1826.
Henry H. Van Amrioge.
July
24, 1826.
Williaos T. Smith
July 24, 1826.
Lewis G. Pierce ...
Oct. 16, 1826.
Joho Cadwalader.
.JaQ.
16, 1827.
Joseph J. Lewis. April 9, 1827.
Joseph S. Cohen April 9, 1827.
John K. Zeilin. Aug. 10, 1827.
July 27, 1825.
Samuel Chew.
July 24, 1826.
Mordecai Taylor
July 16, 1819.
Nathan R. Potta ...
William Miluor, Jr. July
17, 1820. 17, 1821. 9, 1821.
Robert R. Beale .. Oct.
Admitted.
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HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
John K. Zeilin was born in Philadelphia in 1803. On attaining his majority he came to Chester and was appointed Oct. 25, 1824, deputy prothonotary and clerk of the courts under Henry Myers. While so employed he read law with Hon. Edward Darlington, and was admitted to practice at the time stated. A pleasing, ready speaker, he was prominent in politi- cal and military movements of the day. In 1830, Attorney-General Douglass appointed him deputy attorney-general for Delaware County, and he prose- cuted for the State until Dec. 20, 1832, when he was commissioned by Governor Wolf prothonotary, etc., for the county, retaining the office until Ang. 20, 1834, when John Hinkson superseded him. Under John Richards he was appointed deputy register of wills. In 1837-38 he was a member of the Legislature, and was re-elected to the session of 1839. In 1842, Judge Randall, of the United States District Court, ap- pointed Mr. Zeilin commissioner of bankruptcy in Delaware County. At the Whig Convention, Sept. 18, 1846, he received the nomination to Congress, it being understood that the term was to be conceded to Delaware County. The convention in Montgomery County had named John Freedley, and the confrères from the two counties had twice met withont adjust- ing the ticket, each county demanding the represen- tative. In the mean while the Democrats had nomi- nated Samuel M. Leiper, whose popularity was such that it was generally believed he would defeat Zeilin at the polls. This impression was so strong that at length Zeilin was induced to withdraw, yielding the nomination to Freedley, who was elected. Col. Zeilin was active in all military affairs in the county during his residence therein. On May 15, 1833, he was elected captain of the Pennsylvania Artillery, and colonel of the Forty-seventh Regiment on Aug. 3, 1835, a position he held until 1849. During the riots in Philadelphia in 1844 he had charge of the Dela- ware County militia companies on duty in that city, and at the outbreak of the Mexican war tendered the Delaware County military companies to the President, but the quota of Pennsylvania was full, hence the offer was not accepted. In 1852 he removed to Phila- delphia, where he died Aug. 6, 1876, in his seventy- third year.
Admitted.
Owen Stoever.
Oct. 15, 1816.
Davis H. Hoopes.
Oct. 16, 1816.
Frederick A. Reybold ..
Jan. 22, 1828.
John Wayne Ashmead ...
April 14, 1828.
John H. Bradley.
Oct. 20, 1828.
William C. Brown.
.Oct. 20, 1828.
David J. Desmond Jan. 22, 1859.
James A. Donath. April 15, 1829.
Levi Hollingsworth. April 15, 1829.
Robert E. Hannom ... July 27, 1829.
P. Frazer Smith
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