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TERMS OF COURT
Terms of courts of Jefferson county in 1837 to October 3. 1898, were held in Brookville on the second Mondays of February, May, September and December.
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Terms of Court of the Fifty-fourth Judicial District as Ordered .October 3, 1898.
Court of Quarter Sessions: Regular terms of the court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace begin on the second Monday of January, April, August and November.
Court of Common Pleas: Regular term of court of Common Pleas begins on the third Monday of each term.
Argument Court : The first Monday of March, third Mondays of May, September and December.
"Judges, during their continuance in office, shall reside within the districts for which they shall be respectively elected."
"No judge of any court of this Common- wealth shall practice as attorney or counsellor in any court of justice in this Commonwealth or elsewhere, nor shall he hold or exercise the office of alderman or notary public." (Act of 1834.)
PRESIDENT JUDGES
NATHANIEL B. ELDRED, of McKean county, was appointed judge November 10, 1835. Judge Eldred resigned in 1839. He died Jan- uary 27, 1867.
ALEXANDER MCCALMONT, of Franklin, Venango county, was appointed judge May 31, 1839, and served until 1849. As an illustra- tion of the man, and his manner of holding court, I give an incident that occurred in Ridgway, Elk county, in 1844. while he was holding the pioneer court there. The pioneer court crier was Nathaniel Hyatt, of Kersey, and he, like everybody else in those days, was fond of attending court for the sake of visit- ing, seeing the judge, telling stories, and "smiling with his neighbors." Mr. Ilyatt was a large man, peculiar, and had a coarse voice. Judge Alexander McCalmont was a very easy- going, mild-mannered man. One day while the court was in session Mr. Ilyatt was busy telling a bevy of neighbors some stories in the court room and talking loudly. The Judge thought there was a little too much noise in court, and, to personally reprimand Mr. Hyatt, he commenced "a rapping, gently tapping, tap- ping," three times on the desk, addressing Mr. llyatt thus: "Crier, there is a little too much noise in court." Promptly Mr. Hyatt re- sponded by stamping his right foot violently on the floor, and in his loud, coarse voice ex- claimed, "Let there be silence in court. What the hell are you about ?"
JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, of Kittanning, Arm- strong county, was appointed judge June 1,
1849, to serve until the end of the next session of the State Senate. He was reappointed January 15, 1850, and served until 1851, when defeated in the election.
Under the amended Constitution of the State the president judge was made elective, for ten years, and the associates for five.
Eminent lawyers then attended all courts in the district. They rode in the stage or on horseback, wore green leggings, and carried their papers; books, etc., in large leather saddle- bags.
JOHN C. KNOX, of Tioga county, was elected in 1851, but resigned in 1853, when appointed to the Supreme bench of the State.
JOHN S. MCCALMONT was appointed by Governor Bigler in the spring of 1853, and was elected that fall. He lived in Venango county, and was the son of Judge Alexander McCalmont. He was a graduate of West Point Military Academy, and in 1861, at the breaking out of the Civil war, resigned the judgeship to accept the Colonelcy of the Tenth Pennsylvania Reserves.
GLENI W. SCOFIELD, of Warren county, was appointed by Governor Curtin, and served until January, 1862.
JAMES CAMPBELL, of Clarion, was elected in the fall of 1861 and served a full term of ten years.
WILLIAM P. JENKS, of Jefferson county, was elected in 1871, and also served a full term.
JAMES B. KNOX, of Clarion, was elected in 1881, but died in 1884.
WILLIAM L. CORBET, of Clarion, was ap- pointed by Governor Pattison, and served un- til January, 1886.
THEOPHILUS S. WILSON, of Clarion, was elected in the fall of 1885, and died in June, 1891.
W. W. BARR, of Clarion, was appointed by Governor Pattison, serving until January, 1892.
E. 11. CLARK, of Brookville, was elected in the fall of 1891, and served until 1895, when Jefferson county was made a separate judicial district. Judge Clark was born in Brookville July 22, 1839, and died Dec. 24, 1909.
JOHN W. REED was appointed judge, his commission being dated June 17, 1895. As Judge Clark was elected president judge of the Eighteenth Judicial district, and Clarion county became the Eighteenth when Jefferson was made a separate district, Judge Clark re- moved to Clarion, and Judge Reed went on the Jefferson county bench. He retired in 1915.
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CHARLES CORBET is now the presiding judge. He was sworn in January 6, 1916.
Of the sixteen men who have served as president judge of the courts of Jefferson county, but four were residents of the county when they went on the bench, Jenks, Clark, Reed and Corbet.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES
The associate judges appointed and elected in the county have been as follows: Ap- pointed-1830, John W. Jenks, Elijah Heath ; 1835, William Jack: 1837. Andrew Barnett ; 1841, James Winslow ; 1843, James L. Gillis, Levi G. Clover ; 1846, Thomas Hastings ; 1847. John W. Jenks; December, 1850, J. B. Evans ; 1851. Robert P. Barr. Elected-1851, Robert P. Barr, J. B. Evans ; 1855, James FI. Bell. ap- pointed, and elected at the ensuing election : 1856, Joseph Henderson was elected, but re- signed on account of receiving the nomination for prothonotary, and Samuel MI. Moore was appointed to take his place until next election ; 1860. James Torrance; 1861, John J. Y. Thompson. Judge Thompson resigned in May, 1865, and C. Fogle was appointed in his place. At the election in 1865 two associate judges were elected for a term of five years. Philip Taylor and James St. Clair; 1870, William Altman. Robert R. Means; 1875. James E. Mitchell, John B. Wilson; 1880. John Thompson, Stephen Oaks; 1885, Ilenry Truman, J. W. Foust.
The office of associate judge was abolished by the new Constitution, the incumbents of the office at the time of its enaction to continue in service until their terms expired.
STATE JUDICIARY
HON. ISAAC GRANTHAM GORDON, of Brook- ville, Jefferson county, was elected to the Supreme bench in 1873; term then fifteen years, which he served in full with great dis- tinction, his term expiring January 1, 1889. As a boy he learned the trade of machinist in Lewisburg. Pa., but on account of an accident he changed his mind and in 1841 he entered the law office of James F. Lynn, of Lewisburg. Pa. Completing his legal studies in two years. he was admitted in April, 1843, to practice law in the courts of Union county, Pa. As a boy his spare time was not spent in idleness, foolish or frivolous amusements, but breasting many discouragements and surmounting every obstacle he pursued the study of law, and having mastered it sufficiently, as he thought,
established himself in 1846 in Brookville, Jef- ferson county, to practice that profession. For a short time he formed a partnership with George R. Barrett, and in 1846 became asso- ciated with Elijah Heath, as Heath & Gordon. In 1847 Mr. Gordon married Mary C. Jenks, of Punxsutawney, Pa. In 1860 and 1861 he rep- resented the district composed of Jefferson, Clearfield, Elk and McKean in the State Leg- islature, being made chairman of the General Judiciary committee during the session of 1861. On January 16, 1860, he made his great speech on Personal Liberty. On account of his mental acnmen, activity and vigor his friends nicknamed him "Old Ironsides." In 1866 he was appointed by Governor Hartranft president judge of a new judicial district formed from the counties of Mercer and Venango, taken from the Eighteenth district, to serve until next election. Judge Gordon was fond of the arts and sciences and to study the stars unutterable he erected a conservatory near his residence where he spent most of his leisure time viewing the orbs with a telescope of his own making. In 1858 I taught him practical botany. and 1 sat at his deathbed Sep- tember 4, 1895. I greatly admired him in life and sincerely regretted him at death.
PIONEER COURT SESSIONS
December Session, 1830, Held in the Upper Rooms of the Old Jail
"Minutes of a Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held at Brookville, for the county of Jefferson, on Monday, the sixth day of December, 1830:
"Present the llonorable Thomas Burnside, President. and John W. Jenks and Elijah Heath, Esquires, Judges of said Court. High Sheriff of Jefferson County, Thomas McKee. Constables. Alfred Cory, Constable of Young township, and Hulet Smith, Constable of Rose township, sworn.
"The Court order and direct that a Grand Jury of twenty-four and a Traverse Jury of thirty-six be summoned returnable to next term."
The following named gentlemen were ad- mitted to practice law in the several courts of Jefferson County, and were all sworn and af- firmed, to wit: Thomas Blair, Thomas White, George W. Smith, J. W. Smith, John John- ston, William Banks, and Hugh Brady, Esq. On December 7th Robert E. Brown, Esq., was admitted and sworn as an attorney of the sev- eral courts of Jefferson county.
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James M. Brockway was appointed con- stable of Ridgway township and sworn in open court; Samuel Jones appointed constable of Pinecreek township and sworn in open court ; William Hopkins appointed constable of l'erry township for the present year and sworn in open court.
The following constables appeared and made their returns, to wit: Alfred Cory, constable of Young township, and Hulet Smith, con- stable of Rose township.
February Sessions, 1831
Grand jurors for February Sessions, 1831 -- Thomas McKee, Esq., high sheriff of Jefferson county, returns his precipe to him directed and the following named persons for grand jury at February sessions, 1831 :
No. Name and Township
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Andrew Barnett, Pinecreek
2 Jacob Shaffer, Ridgway
3 Aaron Fuller, Rose
4 Samuel Jordan, Perry
5 Joseph Sharp, Rose
= John Welsh, Rose
7 Andrew Bowers, Young
8 William Summerville, Rose
9 John Christy
10 Archibald Hadden
1 1 Christ. Heterick
1 2 John 11. Wise, Rose
13 John Millen, Perry
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Henry Walborn, Ridgway
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Darins Carrier, Rose
John MeGiffen, Rose
17 Jacob Shillery, Young
18 Clark Eggleston, Ridgway
19 joseph Bell, Perry
20 John Hughes, Rose
21 Jacob Hoover, Young
22 Robert K. Scott, Rose
23 William Love. Sr., Rose
24 Thompson Barr, Rose
The following constables appeared and made their returns at February sessions, 1831 : Samuel Jones, Pinecreek township; Alfred Cory. Young township: William Hopkins, Perry township ; Hulet Smith, Rose township; James Brockway, Ridgway township.
List of retailers of foreign merchandise in the township of Rose, returned at February sessions, 1831: William Douglass, Jared B. Evans, William Rodgers, Joseph Chambers, John Robinson, John Me Anulty, Sr., Andrew Vasbinder, John Eason, William Clark .*
"A list of retailers of foreign merchandise in the county of Jefferson, classified according to the act of Assembly in that case provided,
viz .: John W. Jenks, eighth class, Young township; William Douglass, eighth class, Rose township; Jared B. Evans, eighth class, Rose township; John Smith & Co., eighth class, Rose township; William Rodgers, eighth class, Rose township; Joseph Chambers, eighth class, Rose township; John Robinson, eighth class, Rose township.
"We, the undersigned Judges and Commis- sioners of Jefferson county, do certify the foregoing to be a correct list as returned by the several Constables, given under our hands the 9th day of February, 1831.
"JOHN W. JENKS, ELIJAH HEATH,
Judges. THOS. LUCAS, ROBERT ANDREWS, Commissioners of County."
ATTORNEYS
Lawyers or attorneys at law are officers, but they are neither elected or appointed. They have to pass an examination by a committee appointed by the court, and if said committee find the applicant well-learned in law and in good standing, he is admitted to practice, by taking the following oath :
You do swear (or affirm) that you will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Con- stitution of this Commonwealth, and that you will behave yourself in the office of attorney within this Court, according to the best of your learning and ability, and with all good fidelity, as well to the Court as to the client ; that you will use no falsehood. nor delay any person's cause for lucre or malice.
After taking the oath, the court crier says, "Sworn."
The early local or home lawyers were Hlugli Brady, Cephas J. Dunham, Benjamin Bar- tholomew. Caleb A. Alexander, L. B. Dun- ham, Richard Arthurs, Elijah Heath, D. B. Jenks, Thomas Lucas, D. S. Deering, S. B. Bishop, and Jesse G. Clark. Many very emi- nent lawyers from adjoining counties attended our courts regularly at this period. They usually came on horseback, and brought their papers, etc., in large leather saddlebags. Most of these foreign lawyers were very polite gen- themen, and very particular not to refuse a "drink.'
The pioneer law student in the county was Lewis B. Dunham. He was admitted to the bar of the county at the September term, 1835. It may be a matter of pride to recall the fact that Benjamin Bartholomew while living in Brookville had a son born who became dis-
* For later list, see Chapter on County Formation and Organization.
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tinguished as one of the great orators of the State, the Hon. Linn Bartholomew.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR, ยท
1830 TO 1916
A complete list of the names of the mem- bers of the Jefferson county bar as they have been recorded in the annals of the court in the order in which they were admitted is here given. Some of these attorneys were not resi- dents of this county, but were admitted to this bar, and practiced regularly in our courts.
December Term, 1830 .- Thomas Blair, of Kittanning; Thomas White, of Indiana ; George W. Smith, of Butler, practiced in this county for ten or fifteen years, was afterwards president judge of His district; J. W. Smith, of Clearfield; John Johnston, of Clearfield ; William Banks, of Indiana. practiced in this court for many years; Hugh Brady ; Robert E. Brown, of Kittanning.
February Term, 1831 .- Joseph Martin ; Wil- liam Watson, of Kittanning, Pa. ; Joseph Buf- fington, of Kittanning, practiced at this bar for many years ; was appointed president judge of this district, and afterwards served as member of Congress from this district.
September Term, 1831 .- Cephas J. Dun- ham, of Brookville: Ephraim Carpenter, of Indiana. came here for many years; Lewis WV. Smith, of Clearfield, came here occasion- ally; Benjamin Bartholomew, resided in Brookville a number of years. and represented the district in the Legislature in 1846 (he re- moved from Brookville to Warren, and then to Schuylkill county, where he was afterwards district attorney ; Hon. Linn Bartholomew, his son, was born in Brookville).
December Term, 1833 .- Michael Gallagher, of Kittanning : James McManus, of Bellefonte.
February Term. 1834 .- William F. John- ston, of. Kittanning, practiced regularly at this bar for many years; was afterwards governor of Pennsylvania.
May Term, 1834 .- C. A. Alexander ; James Burnside, of Bellefonte.
February Term, 1835 .- Michael Dan Mc- Geehan, of Ebensburg; Gen. William R Smith, from the eastern part of the State, was only here once ; removed to Dubuque, Iowa.
May Term, 1835 .- Hiram Bayne, of Mc- Kean county, practiced at this bar regularly for a number of years. He was engaged in the sale of lands, and was a member of the State Constitutional convention of 1837.
September Term, 1835 .- Lewis B. Dunham,
of Brookville, the pioneer man admitted on examination to the Jefferson county bar, and the pioneer law student in the county, prac- ticed here for a number of years, and then re- moved to the West-Maquoketa, Iowa (Mr. Dunham did not practice his profession after he left Brookville; he represented Iowa in the State Senate) ; Stewart Steele, of Blairsville.
December Term, 1835 .- Alexander McCal- mont, of Franklin, practiced for many years at this bar, and was president judge of the dis- triet ; James Ross Snowden, of Franklin, a prominent attorney and politician, came here occasionally ; Elijah Heath, of Brookville; David Barclay Jenks, of Brookville.
September Term, 1836 .- Richard Arthurs, of Brookville.
Spring Term, 1838 .- Jesse G. Clark.
September Term, 1839 .- John W. Howe, of Franklin, came here regularly for many years, was a prominent attorney, and was elected member of Congress from his district ; Thomas Struthers, of Warren, also came here reg- ularly for many years.
December Term, 1839 .-- William M. Stew- art, of Indiana.
December Term, 1840 .- Thomas Lucas, of Brookville.
September Term, 1842 .- J. W. McCabe, of Kittanning, came here a few times.
February Term, 1843 .- Carlton B. Curtis, of Warren, came here frequently, elected to the Legislature and Congress twice from the districts of which Jefferson county formed a part ; Andrew Mosgrove, of Kittanning, came here occasionally.
May Term, 1843 .- David S. Deering, of Brookville, read law, was admitted, and prac- ticed at this bar for several years. He after- wards resided in Iowa.
February Term, 1844 .- C. W. Leffingwell. May Term, 1844 .- Ephraim Buffington, of Kittanning.
September Term, 1844 .- Edward Shippen; of Meadville, J. S. McCalmont, of Franklin.
December Term, 1844 .- C. W. Carskaden and Edwin C. Wilson, both of Franklin.
May Term, 1845 .- John Potter.
September Term, 1845 .- W. P. Jenks, for ten years president judge of Jefferson and Clarion counties (see biography ).
December Term, 1845 .- Isaac G. Gordon, afterwards chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (sec biography ).
'February Term, 1846 .- W. L. Corbet, of Clarion, appointed judge of Jefferson and Clarion counties, serving one year.
May Term, 1847 .- John W. Mish, of Pitts-
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burgh, who came here but once, and George W. Zeigler, of Brookville, who practiced at this bar until 1869, when he removed to Selin's Grove, and subsequently to Sunbury, where he resided and practiced his profession ; MIr. Zeigler was a prominent attorney and poli- tician, being twice elected on the Democratic ticket to the Legislature from this district. Edward Hutchison, of Brookville, read law and was admitted here, but never practiced at this bar.
September Term, 1847 .- G. W. Andrews.
February Term, 1849 .- G. W. Smith, of Butler, came here regularly for a number of years ; Guthrie P'. Reed ; John C. Coxson, of Brookville: Titian J. Coffey, of Indiana, who practiced here for a number of years, was afterwards State senator, and appointed at- torney general of the United States, 1861-65.
May Term, 1849 .- James S. Meyers, of Franklin, Pa .. came here regularly to attend court for several years.
December Term, 1849. David Barclay, of Brookville, was for many years, one of the most prominent attorneys at the Brookville bar, being elected on the Whig ticket to Con- gress from this district in 1854.
May Term, 1851 .- Samuel Sherwell, of Kit- tanning ; S. Newton Pettis, of Meadville.
September Term, 1851. 1 .. D. Rodgers, C. 1 .. Lamberton, of Clarion ; Charles L. Lam- berton, a resident of Clarion, when admitted. afterwards removed to Brookville, where he resided for a few years, then returned to Clarion, and was elected to the State Senate from this district.
September Term, 1852 .- Larry S. Cantwell, of Kittanning. practiced occasionally at this bar: Gleni W. Scofield. of Warren; J. Alex- ander Fulton, of Kittanning, came here occa- sionally; James Boggs, of Clarion, came here occasionally.
December Term, 1852 .-- William W. Wise. of Brookville, who was killed in battle.
May Term, 1853. - James MeCahen and Martin R. Cooley.
September Term, 1853 .- W. W. Barr, Clarion, practiced here occasionally ; served a year as judge of Jefferson and Clarion coun- ties by appointment; Charles R. Barclay, of Punxsutawney, read law and was admitted here, but did not practice.
December. Term, 1853 .- Michael K. Boyer, of Brookville, was elected to the Legislature the same year he was admitted to the bar, and never returned to the county to practice.
February Term, 1854 .- James K. Kerr, of Franklin, practiced here occasionally ; Phineas
W. Jenks, of Punxsutawney; Andrew J. Boggs, of Kittanning, came here occasionally ; he was elected president judge of the Arm- strong district.
May Term, 1854 .- Albert Willis, of Ridg- way.
September Term, 1854 .- Reuben Mickle, of Ridgway, and Samuel J. Fryer.
February Term, 1855 .- A. L. Gordon; A. A. McKnight, the latter killed in battle (see biography).
May Term, 1855 .- Hon. Gaylord Church, of Meadville, was here but once; Bernard J. Reid, of Clarion, practiced regularly at this bar for many years; George Rodgers, of Brookville, never practiced.
September Term, 1855 .- William K. Mc- Kee, of Punxsutawney.
February Term, 1859 .- John Hastings, of Punxsutawney; George A. Jenks, of Brook- ville.
May Term, 1859 .- John Conrad read law with Hon. A. AV. Taylor, in Indiana, Pa., and 1. L. Heyer, Johnstown, Pa .; was examined and admitted to the bar in Ebensburg, and in the spring of 1859 located in Brookville ; Silas M. Clark, of Indiana, practiced here but sel- com ; William A. Todd (or Love), of Indiana, came here occasionally.
September Term, 1859 .- Charles Horton ; J. C. Chapin, of Ridgway, practiced here but seldom : Samuel Dodd, of Franklin, practiced at this bar occasionally.
February Term, 1860 .- Reuben C. Winslow, of Punxsutawney.
September Term, 1860 .- James Craig, of Clarion, came here occasionally.
February Term. 1861 .- E. A. Brooks came to Brookville and was admitted, and then re- moved to Forest county.
September Term, 1861 .- Charles E. Taylor. of Franklin, practiced here occasionally : Harry White, of Indiana ( see biography).
December Term, 1862 .- Alexander C. White, of Brookville, elected district attorney in 1867 and 1870 and member of Congress in 1884; Lewis A. Grunder, of Brookville.
February Term, 1864 .- Albert C. Thomp- son, of Brookville ( see biography).
May Term, 1865 .- Charles C. Andrews, of Brookville, read law here, but after being admitted moved away; J. B. Finlay, of Kit- tanning, was here but once.
May Term, 1866. J. W. Patrick, of Clarion, practiced at this bar occasionally ; W. E. Lathy. of Clarion, practiced at this bar occasionally ; T. S. Wilson, of Clarion, for eight years pres- ident judge of Jefferson and Clarion counties.
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September Term, 1866 .- R. M. Matson, of Brookville, practiced at this bar (see biog- raphy ).
December Term, 1866 .- E. H. Clark, of Brookville, elected president judge of Jefferson and Clarion counties, and upon creation of new Jefferson county district completed his term in Clarion county ; John McMurray, of Brookville, was elected a member of the Con- stitutional convention in 1873, from this dis- trict, and in 1875 was appointed a clerk in the auditor general's office, of Pennsylvania, where he remained four years; since 1878 he has been editor of the Brookville Democrat. In July, 1885, Major McMurray was ap- pointed chief of the division of lands and rail- roads, in the office of the Secretary of the Interior of the United States. Now editor of the Jeffersonian Democrat (see biography ).
September Term, 1867 .- William F. Stew- art, of Brookville, practiced at this bar until December, 1884, when lie went to Atlanta, Ga., where he was admitted to the bar; re- turned to Brookville and resumed his prac- tice in April, 1885.
February Term, 1868 .- H. Clay Campbell, of Punxsutawney, practiced in Punxsutawney until the fall of 1870, when he removed to Indiana, and from there went to Pittsburgh, where he practiced until 1879, when he re- turned to Punxsutawney and purchased the interest of John Hastings in the firm of Hast- ings & Brewer ; removed to Brookville in July, 1885. At present the oldest living member of the Jefferson county bar.
May Term, 1868 .- W. D. J. Marlin, of Brookville.
February Term, 1869 .- John H. Fulford.
May Term, 1871 .- Charles M. Brewer, of Punxsutawney ; John St. Clair, of Punxsu- tawney; December, Camden Mitchel and Marion M. Davis, of Reynoldsville.
May Term, 1872 .- Charles Corbet, of Brookville, elected district attorney in 1873. Pennsylvania railroad attorney. and now (1916) judge ( see biography).
May Term, 1873 .- John F. Craig, of New Bethlehem.
September Term, 1873 .- James T. Maffett, of Brookville, practiced here for a short time ; member of Congress.
1874 .- William M. Fairman, of Punxsu- tawney, elected district attorney in 1876 ( see biography ).
February Term, 1874 .- H. W. Walkinshaw, of Greensburg, located here after being ad- mitted.
Adjourned Term, June, 1874 .- Thomas T. Richey, admitted.
December Term, 1874 .- George W. Hood, of Indiana.
May Term, 1875. - John P. Dilts, of Punxsutawney, removed to the West after admitted; Henry W. Mundorff, of Punxsu- tawney ; A. J. Monks, of Punxsutawney ; John IV. Reed, of Clarion, afterwards Common I'leas judge in Jefferson county (see biog- raphy).
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