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No. 352, Knights of Pythias, of which he held the office of financial secretary for two years; member of the Duquesne lodge, No. 64, uniform rank, Knights of Pythias, in which he served as lieutenant for two years and as captain for three years; Eclipse lodge, No. 892, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Foresters of America, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. While engaged in the business of contracting, Mr. Leader built the main sewer for Duquesne, did the first street paving, built the retaining wall for the Pennsylvania railroad along Duquesne avenue, between Grant street and Oliver station, and erected many of the principal buildings of the borough. Mr. Leader's political affiliations are with the republican party, and he takes great interest in the public affairs of his section of the country.
HAROLD A. MILLER, M. D., of Pittsburg, Pa., a successful general practitioner of medicine, was born in Alliance, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1873, son of Addison Miller, now a resident of Pennsyl- vania, and of his wife, K. H. (Thompson) Miller. He is a member of the Allegheny county, the Pennsylvania state, the Fort Pitt and the West Pennsylvania medical societies, the Pittsburg pathological society, the medical staff of the West Pennsylvania hospital, and is the medical director of the Pittsburg life and trust company.
DR. ROBERT W. McCLELLAND, a prominent homeopathic physician, residing in the city of Pittsburg, Pa., was born in that city, June 22, 1857. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, his father a native of Ireland, coming to this country in 1816, and settling in Pittsburg. He was an architect and contractor, and was the designer and builder of some of the finest buildings erected in the city of Pittsburg during the active period of his chosen life-work. He was also postmaster of Pittsburg from 1867 to 1871. Dr. McClelland, after attending the public schools of his native city, spent two years at Lafayette college, preparatory to the study of medicine, followed by a course of study at Cornell university, from which institution he graduated in 1882 with the degree of bachelor of science. He further pursued the study of medicine at the Hahnemann medical college, of Philadelphia, from which he was graduated with honors in 1884. After graduation he went abroad from time to time to secure the advantage of special work in for- eign hospitals, a part of this work being a special course in orthopedics under Professor Wolff, of Berlin, and later a clinical course under Dr. Lorenz, of Vienna. Returning to Pittsburg, he
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began the practice of general medicine and surgery, in connection with his two brothers, Drs. J. H. and J. B. McClelland, with whom he is still associated. He is a member of the orthopedic staff in the Homoeopathic hospital of Pittsburg, and is the lecturer on anatomy and physiology to the training school for nurses, which is carried on in connection with the hospital; is a member of the Allegheny county homoeopathic medical society, the Pennsylvania state medical society, the American institute of homoeopathy, the East End doctors' club, the University club, the Pittsburg golf club, and was the first president of the Cornell club of western Pennsylvania. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, being a mem- ber of Franklin lodge, No. 221, and the Pennsylvania consistory, A. and A. Scottish Rite. He is also a member of the Third Pres- byterian church of the city of Pittsburg. In politics lie is a repub- lican, and while taking no active part in political work, has been at all times interested in matters of public welfare. His brother, Dr. James H. McClelland, with whom he is associated, is well known over the country as a leading surgeon. After graduation in 1867 from the Hahnemann medical college, of Philadelphia, Dr. J. H. established himself in general practice in Pittsburg, where he is now associated with his two brothers. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Pittsburg homoeopathic hospital, a member of the surgical staff of the same institution, and was actively inter- ested -in the erection of the buildings now occupied by the hospital. He was instrumental in founding the first training school for nurses in this city. He has been successively president of the following organizations: the Allegheny county hoinœopathic medical society, the Pennsylvania state homoeopathic medical society, the American institute of homeopathy, which office he held in 1892, and the East End doctors' club. He is ex-vice-president of the Association of health authorities, of which the governor of the state is president; a member of the Pennsylvania state board of health, the Sanitary commission of Allegheny county, the American public health asso- ciation, the Pittsburg golf club, the University club, and was vice- president of the Hospital Staff association of western Pennsylvania. From 1876 to 1878 he was professor of surgery in the Hahnemann medical college, of Philadelphia, and subsequently lectured on operative surgery in the Boston university school of medicine. In conclusion, it may be said that the firm of the Drs. McClelland is highly respected, and has always occupied a prominent position in the community.
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WILLIAM ALVAH STEWART, M. D., of Pittsburg, Pa., was born in Tioga county, Pa., June 14, 1862. Dr. Stewart was educated in the high schools of western New York, then entered the State normal school of Geneseo, N. Y., and graduated from that institution in 1885. The six years following his graduation were devoted to teaching. In 1891 he matriculated at the New York homeopathic medical college and hospital, from which insti- tution he graduated in 1894. After serving two years as interne in Flower hospital, he went to Washington, D. C., where he engaged in practice until 1901. Since that time he has been located in Pittsburg. His specialty is 'gynecology and general surgery. He is a member of the surgical staff of the department of gynecology of the Pittsburg homoeopathic hospital. Dr. Stewart is a member of the Allegheny county and Pennsylvania state medical societies, the American institute of homoeopathy, the New York state homeopathic medical society, and the Homoeopathic medical society of Washington, D. C. He is also a member of the Duquesne club and the East End doctors' club. He is a fourteenth- degree Mason and a Mystic Shriner.
LEWIS E. DAVIS, M. D., of Pittsburg, Pa., a leading phy- sician, was born on Davis island, Allegheny county, Oct. 6, 1855, son of James and Nancy (Burns) Davis, his father having been a gardener and fruit-grower and died in 1896. His mother was born in West End, Pittsburg. Her father came from Scotland and her mother from Wales. Dr. Davis' paternal grandfather was a native of Wales, came to the United States in 1796 and after living at different places settled on an island which he named "Davis" after himself, and where Mr. Davis' father, two sisters and three brothers were born. The paternal grandmother of Dr. Davis was also from Wales and was a descendant of Lord Llewellyn, a noted man of that country. Dr. Davis was educated in the elementary branches in the public schools of Robinson township, received special courses from Dr. John D. Davis, of Marshall township, with whom he read medicine for five years, entered Jefferson medical college and was graduated from that famous institution in 1881. He began the practice of his profession under his former preceptor, Dr. Davis, where he remained for one year and then went to Wisconsin. After practicing in the Badger state for some time, he went to Pittsburg and practiced in the twenty-third ward until 1899, when he removed to his present location, No. 317 South Craig St. Dr. Davis enjoys a large general practice but devotes the
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greater part of his time to the rectum. He attended special post- graduate courses at the Post-Graduate college, of New York city, in 1899 and 1901-02, giving his attention to diseases of the rectum and to surgery. He is on the medical staff of Passavant hospital, examiner for the Royal Arcanum and was surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad for five years. He is a member of the Allegheny county, the Pennsylvania state and the American medical associa- tions and is also a member of the Knight Templar Masons, the republican party and the Christian church of Alder street. He was married, in 1887, to Sarah D., daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Berry) Figley, of Pittsburg, and they have four children: Marion Elizabeth, Lewis Elwood, Clark Bane and John Duff.
ROBERT W. CLARK, M. D., of Pittsburg, Pa., a successful general practitioner of medicine, was born near Lancaster, in Lancaster county, Pa., Aug. 2, 1848, son of Alexander Scott and Isabelle Jane (Neeper) Clark, his father having been a prosperous farmer and his ancestors on both sides having come to America prior to the Revolutionary war. His paternal great-grandfather, Thomas Clark, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and when three years of age accompanied his parents to America, settling in Lancaster county, Pa., where the family have since lived, the original farm being now in the hands of his descendants. Dr. Clark was educated in the public schools and at the academy of Lancaster and then spent one year at the University of Pennsylvania, one year at the University of Michigan, and then returned to the University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated from the medical department in 1871. For the next year he was resident physician of the Philadelphia hospital, then went to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where he practiced for one and a half years. He next removed to Dunbar, Fayette Co., Pa., and for seventeen years met with much success in the practice of his profession in that city. For the next eight years Dr. Clark was engaged in the practice at Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa., and in 1898 came to Pitts- burg and now has a splendid standing among the physicians of that city. He is medical examiner for the Penn mutual life and other insurance companies and is a member of the Allegheny county and Pennsylvania state medical associations, member and ex-president of the Fayette county medical society, and was surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad from 1875 to 1887. He is prominently identified with the Masons, being a Knight Templar and Shriner, and is an ardent member of the republican party. Dr. Clark was
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married, in 1886, to Ella, daughter of J. J. and Roseanna (Ankeny) Schell, her father being president of the banks at Somerset and Berlin, Pa., and a prominent figure in the financial world. Her ancestors are among the earliest settlers of Somerset county, founded the town of Somerset and are still prominent in its affairs. Dr. and Mrs. Clark have two children: Robert W., Jr., and Eleanor Schell, students of the schools of Pittsburg and vicinity.
LEWIS W. WILSON, real estate and insurance agent at No. 3741 Boquet St., Pittsburg, was born May 15, 1847, son of William and Eliza (Harris) Wilson. William Wilson was a native of Fayette county, Pa., and son of Frederick Wilson. Lewis W. Wilson was educated in the schools of Fayette county, and when twenty-one years old began dealing in real estate. When a young man, he was also interested in manufacturing in Fayette county, but moved to Mckeesport in the early seventies, and later to Pitts- burg, where he is still in business. When East Pittsburg became a place of importance, he opened an office on Cable avenue, near Braddock avenue, where he conducts a flourishing business in insurance and real estate. Mr. Wilson is agent for the New York life insurance company, and writes for several fire insurance com- panies. On Jan. 22, 1872, Mr. Wilson married Melinda, daughter of Henry and Jane (Campbell) Schnatterly, old settlers of Fayette county. Of the children born of this union, Pleassie is the wife of W. G. Roden, a jeweler in Pittsburg; Emma is married to H. H. Howard, and lives in Pittsburg, and William Wood is manager of the Bell telephone exchange at Charleroi. Mr. Wilson and family are members of the Uniontown Baptist church.
DR. GEORGE C. JOHNSTON, a prominent Pittsburg physician and X-ray specialist, was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, April 3, 1869. He is the son of George N. and Emma (Coffin) Johnston. His father is a well-known Presbyterian minister, holding the degree of doctor of divinity, and is now the pastor of the Presbyterian church at Shields, Allegheny Co., Pa., but his mother died in 1899. Dr. Johnston received his early education in the public schools of Steubenville, Ohio. After a three years' course in the Washing- ton and Jefferson college, at Washington, Pa., he took a special course in chemistry in the Western University of Pennsylvania preparatory to the study of medicine, and graduated from the Western Pennsylvania college of medicine in 1896. Immediately after his graduation he began the general practice of medicine in
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the city of Pittsburg and continued in that line until 1900, since which time he has been devoting his time and attention to X-ray work. He holds the position of radiographer to the St. John's and Children's hospitals in the city of Pittsburg and is professor of electro-physics in the Western Pennsylvania medical college. He is a member of the medical societies of Allegheny county and the state of Pennsylvania, the American medical association, the American society of electro-therapeutics, the Western Pennsylvania medical society, the alumni association of the Western Pennsyl- vania college, Alpha chapter of the Phi Beta Pi, and an honorary member of the Tri-State medical society. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding his membership in Pittsburg lodge, No. 484. Dr. Johnston is a contributor to the Pennsylvania State Medical Journal, American Medicine, Advanced Therapeutics, and various other medical and scientific journals, and is regarded as an authority upon all questions touching his specialty. He was married, in 1898, to Miss Ida B. Davis, of Pittsburg, a daughter of Gustavus C. and Lottie (Caskey) Davis, whose ancestors were among the early settlers of the country. They have one little daughter, Dorothy Davis Johnston. Dr. Johnston and his wife are both members of the First Presbyterian church of Pittsburg. In con- nection with a sketch of Dr. Johnston, it is worthy of remark that his maternal ancestors were among the pilgrims who came over on the "Mayflower" in the winter of 1620.
EDWARD R. GREGG, M. D., of Pittsburg, Pa., a prominent physician and surgeon, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1870, son of R. R. and Hattie (Williams) Gregg, his father having been a prominent physician of Buffalo until his death in 1886, and his mother is now residing in Pittsburg. Dr. Gregg was educated in the public schools of his native city, graduated at the Buffalo high school in 1889 and then entered Hahnemann medical college at Philadelphia, were he was graduated in 1892. Later he attended a post-graduate course at the Philadelphia polyclinic and was surgeon to the Hahnemann medical college dispensary during that year. Then he went to Pittsburg as house surgeon of the Homoeopathic hospital and served for two years in that capacity. The next year was devoted to taking special courses in Berlin, and Dr. Gregg returned to Pittsburg in 1895 to resume general practice. He was appointed staff surgeon in the Homoeopathic hospital, which position he now holds in connection with the secretaryship of the medical board of that institution. He is a member of the Allegheny county
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and the Pennsylvania state homeopathic medical societies, the American institute of homeopathy, the surgical and gynecological department of the foregoing, honorary member of the Dunham medical society, of Chicago; member of the East End doctors' club and surgeon for the Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad and Pittsburg railway company. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Arctic Brotherhood of Alaska. In December, 1897, he started for Alaska with two companions, sailing around South America and experiencing a shipwreck on the coast of Patagonia. Then they sailed around Cape Horn to Seattle, where one of the party remained, Dr. Gregg going to Alaska, where he spent two years, and one year in Rampart city, where he was surgeon of the town hospital. Next he went to Nome, and there was municipal and United States health officer, and surgeon to the city hospital. He remained at Nome until November, 1900, when he returned to Pittsburg and resumed his practice of general surgery and gyne- cology. While in Nome he took an active part in the organization of a civil government and helped to form a well-ordered city out of chaos. Dr. Gregg's ancestors came to America from Scotland early in the eighteenth century and his great-great-grandfather, Capt. James Gregg, was a militia officer in the patriot army during the struggle of the colonies to wrest independence from the mother country.
J. C. DUNN, M. D., of Pittsburg, Pa., a prominent physician and dermatologist, was born in Pictou county, Nova Scotia, in December, 1847, son of William and Catherine C. (McIntosh) Dunn, both natives of Nova Scotia and descendants from Scotch ancestry. His father was a millwright and farmer, and was a soldier of Great Britain who came to America during the Revolu- tionary war and later settled in Nova Scotia. Dr. Dunn was edu- cated in the scientific and classical courses of the public schools of his native town and at the Pictou academy. He taught school in Nova Scotia for three years and was principal of the schools at Stellartown when he withdrew from that avocation. He entered the Jefferson medical college at Philadelphia, was graduated in 1871 and immediately began a general practice in Pittsburg. Dr. Dunn continued as a general practitioner until 1886, when he confined his practice to dermatology, and since has achieved unusual success in that specialty. He was physician and surgeon to the St. Francis hospital for several years, is dermatologist and physician to West Pennsylvania hospital, dermatologist to St. Francis hos-
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pital, consulting obstetrician at Rheineman hospital, consulting dermatologist at Pittsburg free dispensary, in charge of the dermatological work at the West Pennsylvania college dispensary, professor of clinical dermatology, materia medica and therapeutics at the Western Pennsylvania medical college. Dr. Dunn is a member and ex-president of the Allegheny county medical society, mem- ber of the Pennsylvania state and the American medical associa- tions, the Pittsburg academy of medicine, the American association of obstetricians and gynecologists, ex-member of the American public health association, honorary member and ex-president of the West Pennsylvania hospital staff, and also a member of the Austin Flint medical society of East End, Pittsburg. Dr. Dunn is identified with a number of the prominent fraternal orders, holding membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Royal Arcanum, the Protected Home Circle and the Odd Fellows. He was a member and president of the board of health of Pittsburg for several years and is a member of the republican party. Dr. Dunn is a member of the Fourth Presbyterian church of Pittsburg, has been a member of its sessions for thirty years, was superintend- ent of the Sabbath-school and delegate to the general assembly which met at Washington, D. C. He was married, in 1872, to Juliette Thalia, daughter of Edward G. and Wilhelmina DuBarry, who died June 22, 1903, after a protracted illness. Her father was born in Philadelphia and was a machinist and her mother was a native of Germany, who came to America in early life, settled at Economy, Allegheny county, and subsequently removed to Pitts- burg. Dr. and Mrs. Dunn are the parents of six children, two of whom are living, viz .: John Sidney, a student at Westminster college, and George DuBarry, a student at East Liberty academy. Dr. Dunn has made an unqualified success of his career and stands high as a physician and as a man.
GEORGE HOGG, contractor and builder, who resides at No. 514 Fourth St., Braddock, is a progressive Scotchman who was born in Carnoustie, May 7, 1851, son of George and Isabel (Matthenson) Hogg. He was educated in Dundee, Scotland, and learned the stone-masons' trade, and served for many years with Brown & Sons, extensive contractors of that place. Mr. Hogg was married, Dec. 31, 1873, to Jessie, daughter of William and Agnes (Eadie) Latto, of St. Andrews, Scotland, and resided in Dundee until 1880, when he came to America and located in Braddock. He has secured an extensive patronage as a lumber dealer, con-
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tractor and builder during his long residence in that city. Most of the schoolhouses in Braddock and nearby boroughs were erected by Mr. Hogg, as were many other public buildings. He also built the Westinghouse electrical works at East Pittsburg, which are the largest of their kind in the world, with a ground space 1, 000 by 430 feet. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hogg are: William M., mentioned below; Georgiana, who died in infancy; David M., in the class of 1903, Western university; Agnes, at home; Isabelle, in the class of 1904, Braddock high school; George, Jr., a student at Shady Side academy; Charles and Jessie, attending the Brad- dock schools. Mr. Hogg is a member of Braddock Field lodge, No. 510, F. and A. M. ; Shiloh chapter, No. 257, R. A. M .; Tancred commandery, No. 48, Knights Templars; Pennsylvania consistory, .of the Scottish Rite; Syria temple, A. A. O. N. of M. S. ; Brad- dock Field lodge, No. 529, I. O. O. F., and B. P. O. Elks of Pitts- burg. He is also a member of the Monongahela club, of Pittsburg, and is generally recognized as one of the most prominent and pro- gressive citizens of Braddock. William M. Hogg, son of George Hogg, was born in Dundee, Scotland, May 19, 1875. He came to America with his parents in 1880, and received a grammar-school education in the Braddock schools. He then learned the brick-lay- ing trade with his father, and worked at the trade four years. He has since been employed in the counting-room and other depart- ments, and on Jan. 1, 1902, became a partner in the firm of the George Hogg company. He belongs to the same lodges as his father, except that he is a member of the Wilkinsburg Elks, No. 577, and is also a member of several other secret societies. He was married, Jan. 1, 1898, to Amelia Jane, daughter of Frank and Lucy Bridges, who were formerly residents of Johnstown. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hogg have two children: Lucile, born Nov. 23, 1898, and Wallace Bruce, born Jan. 1, 1901.
PROF. W. E. EICKEMEYER, principal of the Bethlehem German Lutheran Evangelical school, in the eastern district of the Ohio synod, thirty-first ward of Pittsburg, was born Oct. 25, 1881, in Bornholm, Ontario, Canada. He is a son of Henry and Emma Eickemeyer, natives of Canada and of German descent. To them were born eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest. Professor Eickemeyer was educated in the Lutheran parish schools of Marysville, Ohio, and in the Woodville seminary, where he took a course in languages. He devoted many hours a day to the study of music, in which he became proficient both as a
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teacher and as a chorister, and is at present the organist and chorister in the Lutheran church in Allentown, as well as a teacher of music in the city. His parents live at Marysville, Ohio, where his father is one of the leading merchants and manufacturers of that town. Mr. Eickemeyer came to Pittsburg in September, 1901, and assumed the position of principal in the parochial school. He is recognized as an accomplished young man, a thorough teacher, and has already done much for his church, his school and the community.
HENRY B. NAYLOR, son of Harry and Annie M. (Baldwin) Naylor, was born in Pittsburg, April 19, 1864. His father was born in Manchester, England, in March, 1836, and came to America in 1859, locating in Pittsburg, where he engaged in the oil-refining business. Later he removed to Oil City, where he died March 15, 1903. The mother, Annie M. Baldwin, was born in Boston, Mass., in 1840, and went with her parents to Pittsburg. Mr. Naylor received his education in the public schools of Oil City, and later prepared himself for his remarkably successful business career through the correspondence school of the Scranton engineer- ing college. Mr. Naylor's first work was that of machinist, a trade he had learned in Oil City and followed for twelve years, the learning and mastering of the trade in Oil City occupying three years. - He then was with the Westinghouse company, of Pitts- burg, three years, and four years with the McIntosh-Hemphill com- pany, of Pittsburg. Later he became superintendent of the Second National bank building, and in 1900 he became superintendent of all the property of Henry Phipps, the millionaire capitalist and philanthropist, in Pittsburg and Allegheny. Mr. Naylor has charge of all buildings, erection of new ones, rents and contracts, hiring, and the like. He is now erecting for Mr. Phipps the thirteen-story Bessemer building, on the corner of Sixth street and Duquesne way, and the Phipps power house, Pittsburg. Mr. Naylor was president of the board of school control for the first ward, Allegheny, where he has resided since 1898. He was the prime mover in the establish- ment, by the first ward board in 1900, of the Allegheny training school, of which Mr. Hoyt is principal. This is one of the finest schools of its kind in the state connected with the public schools, and Mr. Naylor has given it much attention and has shown the greatest interest in its success, not only in its establishment, but in all its work since. In 1902 Mr. Phipps erected a fine two-story brick building, known as the Phipps gymnasium and playground,
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