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he was admitted to the bar, and sinc "'iat time he has been in con- tinuous practice. He is a mem. of the bar association, and practices in all the state and federal courts. His home is in the thirteenth ward of the city of Pittsburg, and for nine years he represented that ward as the member of the board of school directors. In politics Mr. Will is an uncompromising republican, and he takes an active interest in all political matters. He is a member of Hays post, No. 3, Grand Army of the Republic; the Royal Arcanum, the Knights of the Maccabees, and a life member of the National Fraternal Congress as past president; also a member of the Improved Order of Heptasophs, having served eight years as the head of the order in the capacity of supreme archon; also a member of the Americus club. His wife died Sept. 6, 1901, leaving no children. On Sept. 2, 1903, he was mar- ried to Sarah H. Brant.
A. J. KELLY, Jr., vice-president of the Commonwealth real estate and trust company, has been for many years prominent in Pittsburg business life. He was born on a farm in Washington county, Pa., in 1856, and lived there until his eighteenth year. He went to Jefferson academy, at Cannonsburg, in order to continue his education. Leaving school in 1877, Mr. Kelly went to Canton, Ohio, was employed for a while as clerk and later studied law in the offices of Lynch & Day. He returned to Pittsburg in 1879, and in ISSo became clerk in the United States pension agency. The following year he began his long career as a real estate man, in the office of W. A. Herron & Sons, remaining with this concern until 1902, when the business was merged into the Commonwealth real estate and trust company. He then became vice-president of the new concern. In politics Mr. Kelly is a republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
CARROLL P. DAVIS, of Pittsburg, Pa., a prominent attorney- at-law, with offices in the Park building, was born in that city, Feb. 1, 1868, son of Charles C. and Westanna (Preston) Davis. Mr. Davis acquired his classical education at the Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., and at Yale college, being graduated at the latter institution in 1891. Mr. Davis then read law in the office of D. T. Watson, a well-known attorney of Pittsburg, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1892. Since then he has practiced with much success, is a member of all courts and stands high among the attorneys of Allegheny county.
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WILLIAM SCOTT, the well-known marble-cutter of Bakerstown, bears a name that is highly honored in Allegheny county, both on account of his own merits and the distinguished services of his father during the Civil war. His grandfather, John Scott, who is men- tioned in another part of this work, was a native of Ireland who came to Alle- gheny county in 1822 and settled in West Deer township with his family. Included in the latter was an infant son named William, whose birth occurred in Ireland,
Dec. 22, 1821. He grew up on the farm, but afterwards engaged in merchandising, which was the principal occupation of his life, though he also did some farming. He affiliated with the demo- cratic party, served as justice of the peace and altogether became one of the most prominent and popular men in his community. When the Civil war began, he lost no time in offering his services to the government, and in August, 1861, became a member of Company B, 6Ist regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. He served without injury until the battle of Fair Oaks, fought in June, 1862, when he was killed in action. He had already been pro- moted for meritorious conduct and gave promise of a brilliant career in the army, had not his life been cut short by the fortunes of war. His surviving comrades honored him by giving his name to the local Grand Army post, established in his honor in West Deer township, and the Woman's Auxiliary of the G. A. R. at Tarentum is also called by his name. This gallant soldier, whose fame is so tenderly cherished at his old home, was married Nov. 20, 1845, to Mary J., daughter of Michael and Jane (Wilson) Carlisle. The latter couple were natives of Ireland, who emigrated to Allegheny county in 1817 and settled on a farm in West Deer township, where the father died July 10, 1850, and his widow March 12, 1862. They had six children, but Mrs. William Scott, who was born Aug. 12, 1821, is the only survivor of the family. This venerable lady, now in the eighty-third year of her age, resides at Bakerstown with her son, who is the subject of this sketch. Since sixteen years old, she has been a member of the Deer Creek United Presbyterian church, to which her parents also belonged. William Scott, son of the deceased veteran and the lady above described, was born in Bakerstown, Pa., Dec. 9, 1859, and consequently was still a mere
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lad when his father was killed in battle. He was reared on a farm, educated in the neighborhood schools and when nineteen years old went to Brownsdale to learn the trade of marble-cutting. After acquiring the necessary skill, he worked at this trade for a while in Allegheny county and in 1882 began business on his own account at Bakerstown, which he has since continued with success. Mr. Scott is a democrat in politics, has held the offices of assessor and constable and is now serving as justice of the peace. He is president of the Bakerstown creamery company, secretary of the Bakerstown mutual fire insurance company and secretary of the Bakerstown cemetery association. He is a member of Hampton lodge, No. 1004, I. O. O. F., and of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. On May 10, 1882, Mr. Scott was united in marriage with Miss Martha J. S., daughter of W. S. Marshall, elsewhere mentioned in this work. She is a native of West Deer township and was born Nov. 17, 1860. Leon Vernon, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott, was born April 13, 1883, was educated in the Bakerstown schools and the Actual business college, and is a young man of bright promise.
RALPH CARTER DAVIS, of Pittsburg, Pa., a well and favor- ably known young attorney, with offices in the Bakewell building, was born in Erie county, Pa., Sept. 22, 1881, son of Livingston L. and Anna (Carter) Davis, his father a native of Crawford county, his mother of Erie county, and both now residing at Homestead, Pa. Ralph C. Davis was educated in the graded and high schools of Homestead, read law in his father's office, and later attended the Pittsburg law school. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1902, immediately began the practice in Pittsburg, and at that time was the youngest attorney engaged in practice in Allegheny county. Mr. Davis is a young man of fine natural abilities, has been well grounded in the principles of law, and is making a decided success of his professional career.
JACOB W. KRAUS, of Pittsburg, Pa., one of the most suc- cessful of the younger members of the bar of that city, with offices in the Hampton law building, was born in Pittsburg, Oct. 9, 1874. son of Martin and Elizabeth (Engle) Kraus, both natives of Ger- many, who came to Pittsburg in childhood and have since resided in that city. His father has been in the real estate business at Mount Oliver for thirty-five years, has served as burgess of that borough and as a school director of the twenty-seventh ward, being
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one of the first to fill that position in that ward. Mr. Kraus was educated at the Duquesne college and the Pittsburg college, and was graduated from the latter institution in 1900 with the degree of bachelor of arts. He then matriculated at the Notre Dame uni- versity, Indiana, where he devoted his attention to law. On gradu- ation he returned to Pittsburg, was admitted to the bar on June 9, 1901, and has since met with much success in the practice of his pro- fession. Mr. Kraus is borough solicitor of Mount Oliver borough, and practices in all the courts. He is highly regarded by the attorneys of Pittsburg, and is fast winning a place of prominence at the bar. He possesses ability, integrity and energy, and with such endowments a successful career is assured.
WILLIAM A. GRISCOM, a resident of Avalon borough, son of John S. Gris- com, was born in Philadelphia, May 29, 1863; was educated in the Quaker schools, and graduated from the high school in 1881. At the age of eighteen years he accepted a position in the transportation department of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, and has served con- tinuously in this department for the last twenty-two years. Mr. Griscom was mar- ried, Oct. 20, 1887, to Bessie Taylor, of Sewickley, Pa., and to them have been born two sons: John Lloyd and Walter. His father, John S. Griscom, was born in Philadelphia. After finishing grade and high schools in that city, he became an engineer in the coast survey for the United States, and at the breaking out of the Civil war was on the coast of Mexico. At the call to arms he returned home and enlisted in the United States navy, being assigned to the gunboat "Mackinaw." At the time of his death, Dec. 25, 1864, he was acting as lieutenant in the defense of Fort Fisher. Mr. Griscom was a member of the Masonic order and of St. John's commandery, Philadelphia. William A. Griscom, the subject of this sketch, has . also a record in the annals of war. He enlisted as a private in Company E, 14th regiment, at the age of twenty-one, in which he served five years, going through the various non-commissioned offices. In 1888 he enlisted in Battery B, where he served three years. He then left the national guard till the breaking out of the Spanish war, when he became one of the chief promoters in the
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organization of Company K, 17th regiment, national guards of Pennsylvania. On the return of the old regiment from the Spanish war, Company K, which Mr. Griscom represents as captain, was made Company H, 14th regiment, national guards. In August, 1898, he was elected second lieutenant; in October of the same year, first lieutenant, and in February, 1899, he was elected captain, which position he now holds. Mr. Griscom saw service in the anthracite coal strike of 1902. This company was located for some time at Mahanoy City, Schuylkill county. In politics Mr. Griscom is a republican, and has always taken an active part in the politics of his county and district. Having been appointed justice of the peace for Avalon borough by Gov. Robert Pattison to fill an unexpired term, he was elected by the people for a term of five years. In February, 1903, he was elected to the highest position in Avalon borough, that of burgess. Mr Griscom's record from a business standpoint speaks for itself, having been in the employ of one company during his entire career. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian.
JOHN A. STALEY, broker of Pittsburg, was born in Sidney, Ohio, in 1861. He came to Pittsburg with his parents in 1866, and there received his education in school and under private tutors. When about seventeen or eigliteen years old, he began to read law in the office of Thomas M. Marshall, and spent four years in this manner, but never practiced, preferring to devote himself to mer- cantile pursuits. Mr. Staley was for a number of years engaged in the hotel business on Penn avenue, and then, in 1894, bought a café which he ran for five and a half years. In 1902 he became a member of the firm of J. B. Eisaman & Co., prominent stock brokers of Pittsburg. Mr. Staley is a member of no secret orders. He belongs to the Roman Catholic church. While not taking an active interest in party inatters, in political belief he is a democrat, with independent tendencies.
WILLIAM H. HARVEY, contractor of general painting and member of the Allegheny city common council from the fourth ward, is a native of Butler county, where he was born in 1872. His parents are John and Margaret Harvey, well-known residents of Butler county. Until he was seventeen years of age, William attended the common schools, thus securing a good, practical edu- cation. He then went to Allegheny city and learned the painting trade with Robert Jamison, serving an apprenticeship of five years.
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When he was about twenty-two years old he started in business for himself as a contractor, in which he still continues, his present offices being located at No. 605 Sandusky St. Politically, Mr. Harvey is an uncompromising republican, and is always ready to do battle for his political opinions. Still he is not offensive in pressing his views, and numbers among his personal friends many who are his political opponents. In February, 1903, he was elected to the common council, where he has been honored with appointment upon the grade crossing, public works and library committees. Mr. Harvey is a member of Allegheny lodge, No. 339, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, which is the only fraternal organization to claim his affiliation.
DANIEL BODEN, superintendent of the Mansfield coal and coke company, Carnegie, was born in Staffordshire, England, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Boden. Thomas Boden was interested in the coal business in England, but came to America for his health and did not engage actively in business. He and his wife were residents of Pittsburg and members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Boden died in 1864, when about seventy years old, and his wife died the next year at about the same age. Of the fifteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Boden, four survive: Eliza, now Mrs. Thomas Tramford, who lives in England; Samuel, for many years a resident of Scott township, Allegheny county, also now in England; Mary, who married George Green, of Allegheny county, and Daniel, the subject of this sketch. Daniel Boden attended the public and select schools, and after com- pleting his education went to work in the mines, and has been a miner ever since, with the exception of less than a year, which he spent as mail agent in the United States civil service. Mr. Boden has held his present responsible position for the past seventeen years, and is a man well acquainted with all the details of mining. The Mansfield coal and coke company is a prosperous concern which gets out about 1, 800 tons of coal a day. Mr. Boden has served as a member of the city council and held several other public positions, but does not now take so great an interest in politics as formerly. He has been for the past six years a member
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of the school board of Carnegie, is a trustee of the Carnegie library, and treasurer of the Miners' accidental association. He was mar- ried, in 1871, to Miss Sarah McVay, daughter of Timothy McVay, of Allegheny county, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Boden have had three children, all of whom died when young. Mr. Boden and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Boden is treasurer and one of the committee on publishing. He is a member of various secret organizations.
ADDISON MURRAY IMBRIE, of Pittsburg, Pa., a successful general practitioner of law, was born near New Galilee, Beaver Co., Pa., July 29, 1853, son of James M. and Clorinda (Jackson) Imbrie, the former dying on April 12, 1889, and his mother on April 18, 1899. Both parents were natives of Beaver county, where his father was engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years and was a prominent factor in the development of that sec- tion. The Imbrie family is of Scotch origin, and James Imbrie, the great-grandfather of Addison M., settled in Moon township (then Allegheny county, where his will is filed) in 1790, there died in March, 1803, and is buried in the old Service graveyard, near his home. His son, Rev. David Imbrie, was born in Philadelphia on Aug. 22, 1777, and studied divinity under Dr. John Anderson, of Moon township, and in 1803 was licensed to preach at the Seceder church. He married Jean, daughter of John and Annie (Atchison) Reed, who were both natives of Lancaster county, and settled in Washington county in 1777. David and Jean Imbrie had the following children: Ann Reed, born March 29, 1805, married Joseph Sharp, and died Sept. 11, 1881; Maria Smart, born Sept 1, 1807, married Dr. J. W. Calvin. and died in August, 1851; Jean, born July 1, 1809, and died unmarried in October, 1857; David Reed, born Jan. 24, 1812, and died Jan. 29, 1872; John Reed, born April 13, 1815, and died March 28, 1860, and with two of his sons is interred in the cemetery at Washington, Pa. ; James Milton, born March 9, 1816, and died April 12, 1889; Elmira Emily, born March 2, 1819, married John M. Buchanan, and died Oct. 15, 1895. David Imbrie died June 12, 1842, and his wife on March 18, 1825, and both are buried in the Seceders' graveyard, near Darlington. The mother of Addison M. Imbrie was a descendant of Samuel Jackson, who settled in Chester county. Pa., about 1729, and was prominently identified with that section of the state. Addison M. Imbrie acquired his educational training in the public and private schools, having attended the Darlington academy and the Mt.
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Pleasant academy, of Westmoreland county, and was graduated from Washington and Jefferson college in the class of 1876. He read law in the office of Samuel B. Wilson, of Beaver, Pa., and in April, 1878, registered as a student in the office of Thomas M. Marshall, a prominent attorney of Pittsburg. He was admitted to the bar in July, 1880, for the next ten years was associated in the practice with his former preceptor, Thomas M. Marshall, and since that time has maintained independent offices. He is a mem- ber of all courts, the Allegheny county and the Pennsylvania state bar associations, and enjoys a lucrative practice. Mr. Imbrie was married in Allegheny city, Pa., Oct. 2, 1884, to Hattie Silliman, and they have had two children: Addison M., Jr., who died in child- hood, and Boyd Vincent. Mr. Imbrie is a member of the Duquesne, Monongahela and Country clubs, of the Episcopal church and the Sons of the Revolution.
ROBERT PALMER, a resident of Haysville borough, was born in Man- chester, Allegheny county, and is a son of Alexander and Sarah Palmer. He received his education in the public schools of Allegheny city. Mr. Palmer, being of a very ambitious nature, began work at an early age, being employed by the firm of Ritchey & Feinkbine, known as Old Point saw-mill, of Allegheny city, when he was but fourteen years of age. Following his inclination toward mechan- ics, he next sought employment in the shops of the Fort Wayne railroad in January, 1878, and it was not long before his superior ability was recognized, and he was pro- moted to the position of fireman, Sept. 16, 1879. Mr. Palmer worked in this position five years, when a second promotion made him engineer. On Jan. 1, 1900, he was appointed to the respon- sible position of assistant road foreman of engines of the eastern division of the P., F. W. & C. railroad. Three years later he was again promoted, this time to the position of road foreman of engines on the T., W. V. & O. railroad, a position which requires great presence of mind and prompt action. Mr. Palmer was mar- ried, June 10, 1886, to Ada V. Ballard, of Emsworth, Pa., and to them have been born two children: Robert B. and Sarah Maria.
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GEORGE ELLIOTT PEEBLES, of Pittsburg, Pa., a rising young attorney, was born in Allegheny city, Pa., Nov. 26, 1877, son of William and Margaret J. (McKelvy) Peebles, both natives of Pittsburg, where his father has spent his entire life. His par- ents had three children, the others being William McKelvy and Jane McCully. George E. Peebles was educated in the rudi- mentary branches at the Liberty public school and the Shady Side academy, graduating from the latter institution in 1895. Subse- quently he matriculated at Princeton university and was graduated from that famous seat of learning in 1899. Mr. Peebles then studied law in the office of J. E. McKelvy, a prominent attorney of Pittsburg, later attending the Pittsburg law school, from which institution he was graduated in 1902. He was admitted to the bar on June 21, 1902, at once began the practice, and has since con- tinued quite successfully. Mr. Peebles is well endowed by nature and training for the arduous profession which he has espoused, and the future is bright with promise of a long and prosperous career at the bar.
HON. JOHN F. COX, a prominent member of the.Allegheny county bar, is a native of Mifflin township, Allegheny county, Pa. He is the son of William and Anna (Dellenbaugh) Cox, the former a native of Northamptonshire, England, and the latter of Switzerland. His paternal grandparents were Thomas and Catherine Cox and his maternal grand- parents were Christian and Anna Dellen- baugh. His father was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Hannah Ford, whom he married in England, in 1828. Soon after this marriage he emigrated to America and settled in Allegheny county. He located opposite what is now the borough of Homestead, where for many years he was engaged in the manufacture of salt. Later he removed to Mifflin township and engaged in farming. He retired from active business in 1878 and spent the remaining days of his life in Homestead, enjoying the fruits of his labors of earlier years. John F. Cox was born Oct. 6, 1852, on the farm in Mifflin township, where, until he was eighteen years of age, he assisted with the work of the farm and attended the common schools. He then entered Westminster college, at
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New Wilmington, Pa., and studied in that institution for three years, after which he went to Union college, located at Alliance, Ohio, and graduated from that college in 1876. He then taught in the schools of Camden and Homestead for three years, then read law with Maj. W. C. Moreland and John H. Kerr, of Pittsburg, and in 1880 he was admitted to the bar. He soon acquired a high standing at the bar, and his practice now extends to all the state and federal courts. In politics Mr. Cox is an enthusiastic repub- lican and is generally identified with all movements touching the welfare of that party. In 1884 he was elected to the state legis- lature and in 1886 he was re-elected. He has been borough solic- itor for Homestead, where he resides, for fifteen years.
JOSEPH JENNINGS KINTNER, of Pittsburg, Pa., a promi- nent practitioner of law, was born in Wyoming county, Pa., Sept. 4, 1870, son of Col. J. C. and Mary A. (Jennings) Kintner. His father was a prominent merchant of that section of the state and an important factor in its political affairs, having served on the staff of Gov. Henry M. Hoyt and also occupied the position of col- lector of internal revenue. His mother was a woman of fine character and urged upon her son the advantages to be derived from a full educational training, all of which sank deep into the mind of Mr. Kintner. His father died when Joseph J. was but fifteen years of age, and his mother died in 1889, just a few months after her son had entered college. Joseph J. Kintner received his primary education in the public schools, then prepared for a col- lege course at the Wyoming seminary, Kingston, Pa., and later entered the Pennsylvania state college. On the completion of the course at that institution, Mr. Kintner commenced the study of law in the office of W. H. Spender, completed his legal studies under Charles H. Smiley, and was admitted to the bar of Perry county in 1894. The following year Mr. Kintner removed to Clinton county, remained until the fall of 1898, and then located at Pittsburg, where he now enjoys a splendid practice. He was mar- ried to Florence Kindig, March 24, 1898, and they have three chil- dren: Elizabeth, born June 2, 1899; Joseph Richard, born Feb. 10, 1901, and Louise, born Sept. 28, 1902. Mr. Kintner has always taken an active part in politics, and when only twenty-two years of age was burgess of Bloomfield; he also served as deputy register and recorder and clerk of Perry county. At the time of his removal to Pittsburg he was the republican candidate for district attorney of Clinton county, but withdrew from the ticket to enter
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the larger field. Shortly after his removal to Allegheny county, he located in the borough of Aspinwall, has since taken an active interest in local affairs, and for a time was a member of the school board of that borough. Mr. Kintner is in great demand as a cam- paign speaker, and has been prominently identified with the repub- lican side of all political contests since 1892. Mr. Kintner is also closely associated with a number of business enterprises, being a director in the American insurance company, the Negley & Clark company, the Duquesne roach powder company and the Pennsyl- vania novelty company, and has valuable holdings of real estate.
ARTHUR JAMES KUHN, a promi- nent real estate man of Homestead and secretary of the Homestead realty com- pany, was born at Broad Fording, West- moreland Co., Pa., Feb. 2, 1853, son of Andrew James and Margaret (McGough) Kuhn, both natives of Pennsylvania. His paternal grandfather, George Kuhn, a native of Berks county, Pa., moved to Westmoreland county in early life and died there. He was a farmer. He mar- ried a Miss Topper. Andrew J. Kuhn, son of George Kuhn, was a merchant at Broad Fording, Westmoreland county. He also ran a line of boats on the canal, and had a line of transportation freight wagons between Pittsburg and Philadelphia, before the Pennsylvania rail- road was built. In 1852 he located in Latrobe, and when the Pennsylvania railroad was being built he furnished materials and supplies for the contractors. He died in Latrobe in 1857. He married Margaret McGough, daughter of Arthur McGough. Arthur McGough, a native of Wilmington, Del., was a pioneer farmer of Westmoreland county, where he died. Andrew J. Kuhn and wife had three children: George, Arthur J. and Jennie. Arthur J. Kuhn, the subject of this sketch, was reared in Latrobe, Pa., and educated at St. Vincent's college. In 1868 he started in to learn the drug business and was a druggist for almost twenty years, at first a member of the firm of Kuhn Bros., Latrobe, and later at Meyersdale, Pa., and Oakland, Md. In May, 1887, he located in Homestead, continuing in the drug business until 1892. Since that time he has been successfully engaged in the real estate and insurance business. In February, 1901, when several real
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