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During the years of his active professional life and also during the years of his retirement, he was a prolific writer. Under the pen name "Max Adeler" he wrote a series of humorous papers which were later collected and published in book form under the title, "Out of the Hurly- Burly." This book was a pronounced success and had a large circulation both at home and abroad. Later he published "Elbow Room" and "Ran- dom Shots" with like success. Mr. Clark was also the author of several novels, including, "Captain Bluitt," "In Happy Hollow," "The Quaker- ess," and "By the Bend of the River," his last book was a collection of short stories. He was most widely known, however, as an editorial writer, especially on the subject of the protective tariff, of which he was an ardent advocate. During the campaign preceding the election of President Roosevelt, the "North American" requested Mr. Clark to write a series of forty articles on the tariff, which he did. These were so highly endorsed as a valuable addition to the literature of the tariff that after
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the election his friends had them collected in pamphlet form, and at a dinner given in Mr. Clark's honor, gave a copy to each guest present. In addition to his eminently successful work as editor, journalist and novel- ist, Mr. Clark was also widely known as a public speaker and he toured the country speaking in favor of reform politics. It is said of him that though he was the personification of solemnity, his humorous remarks and speeches were widely celebrated. Though as a boy his educational advantages were limited, by travel and by extensive reading, he attained a breadth of outlook and an intensiveness of mental power not reached by many having had the advantage of a university training.
Politically he gave his ardent support to the Republican party, but did not wish to hold political office. He served as a member of the school board of Conshohocken, his home, but when offered the nomination for Congress refused. He was a member of the Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia, of which he was one of the organizers, and which he served as secretary ; of the Franklin Inn Club of Philadelphia, the membership of which was composed of one hundred authors, and which he served as vice-president ; of the Art Club and of the Contemporary Club, both of Philadelphia. He was also a member of the Conshohocken Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, by virtue of his two terms of service, three months each, in the Civil War. He was sergeant of Company E. 33rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, and with that company took part in two campaigns. His religious affiliation was with the Protestant Epis- copal church of Conshohocken.
Mr. Clark married (first) Clara Lukens, of Conshohocken, who died June 6, 1895. He married (second) Elizabeth K. Clark, of Germantown, Pennsylvania, who survives him, a resident of Conshohocken. The chil- dren of the first marriage were: Mary Lukens, Arthur Wayne, Fred- eric L., Robert P., and Eleanor, who married George W. Emlen, of Ger- mantown, Pennsylvania.
EARLE THOMAS BEALE, D. D. S., was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1872, the son of the late Dr. Stephen T., Jr., and Isola Earle (Smith) Beale, of Philadelphia.
His early education was obtained in the public schools of his city, and after graduating therefrom he prepared for his life work in the profession of his choice, and in 1894 entered the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, receiving the degree of D. D. S. in 1897.
Immediately after his graduation, Dr. Beale associated himself in practice in Philadelphia with his father, Dr. Stephen T. Beale, Jr., and his brothers, Dr. Rupert G. Beale and Dr. Clifford D. Beale. He quickly became a skillful and conscientious operator. After two years of affilia- tions with his father and brothers he began practice for himself. In 1899 he removed his office to Souderton, Pennsylvania, where he con- tinues to conduct a successful and lucrative practice.
Dr. Beale comes from a line of prominent dentists and physicians of Mont-11
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Philadelphia. His grandfather, Stephen T. Beale, M. D., D. D. S., began the study of dentistry in 1837, and graduated in medicine from the Jeffer- son Medical College in 1847, and in 1853 the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery conferred the honorary degree of D. D. S. upon him. Two of his grandfather's brothers were practitioners of medicine, and one of them practiced dentistry in its early days, before the advent of dental colleges. The first college of dentistry established in Philadelphia, and the second one of its kind in history, was founded by his grand- father, Dr. Stephen T. Beale, M. D., and three other prominent graduates of medicine of their day.
Dr. Beale's father, Dr. Stephen T. Beale, Jr., was a successful prac- tioner of dentistry for thirty-five years. His father's brother, Dr. Alonzo P. Beale, was lecturer and demonstrator in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery for thirteen years, and was also an extensive writer for the "American System of Dentistry," published in 1887. Dr. Earle T. Beale's brother, Dr. Rupert G. Beale, followed his uncle as lecturer and demonstrator in the same institution, and continued there for thirteen years, when he resigned, owing to the failing health of his father, and to take up his large practice, which he continues in Philadelphia. Another brother, Dr. Clifford D. Beale, graduated from the same institution in 1896, and is in practice with his brother in Philadelphia. A nephew of Dr. Beale's, Dr. Donaldson Beale Cooper, the eighth in line and of the fourth generation in the family practicing dentistry, is a member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, department of dentistry.
The history of the Beale family in dentistry and medicine dates back eighty-five years, and includes one of the founders of the earliest colleges of dentistry in the history of the world, and others prominent in dental education. The family has been in active practice for a period of four generations and is the oldest one in continuous practice known in den- tistry.
Dr. Earle T. Beale has actively engaged in practice over a period of twenty-five years. During the quarter of a century which has past since he left his native city, he has kept abreast and ahead of his line in the dental profession, and all that is best in modern dentistry, both in equip- ment and practice, may be found in his well known office.
Dr. Beale is descended from Puritan and Quaker stock of the Colonial and Revolutionary days. On his paternal side he comes from Quaker ancestry, who settled in Philadelphia in 1682. He is descended from Andrew Griscom, of Yorkshire, England, one of the first purchasers of land from William Penn, and known in history as the builder of the first brick house in Philadelphia. Samuel Griscom, another ancestor, was a carpenter and a master builder, and assisted in the erection of Inde- pendence Hall, most of the woodwork in it being done by him.
His Revolutionary ancestors include Captain William Donaldson, brother of Arthur Donaldson, who in 1776 laid the Chevaux de Frize in the Delaware to prevent the British fleet from coming up the river to Philadelphia. Another ancestor, Corporal Mark McCord, was a soldier
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of the Revolution, who was wounded in the battle of Germantown, fur- loughed by General Washington at Trenton, and died, at Harrisburg, from his wounds. His great-great-grandaunt was Elizabeth Griscom Ross, known in history as "Betsey Ross," maker of the first American flag, adopted by Congress, June 14, 1777. His father, when a lad, enlisted in the emergency of 1863, during the Civil War, and was sworn into the United States service, in the Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers (Blue Reserves), and was under fire in numerous engagements as a corporal, his blouse sleeve being shot through at the Hagerstown skirmish.
On his maternal side Dr. Earle T. Beale is descended from Puritan stock. One of his earliest ancestors in this country was Richard Sanger, Puritan, of Norfolk, England, who settled in Hingham, New England, where he had land formally assigned him in 1636, and later became a large landholder. To him and his two sons was entrusted, during King Philip's War, the charge of guarding the mill at Watertown.
Dr. Beale also comes from a distinguished line of artists in England and America, one of whom, John Rubens Smith, was a widely known portrait painter and drawing master, who had many famous American artists for his pupils, and died in New York City in 1849. His great- great-grandfather was the celebrated mezzotint engraver, John Raphael Smith, of London, termed by Alfred Whitman in "Masters of Mezzotint," the "Great Apostle of Mezzotint." His mother was a second cousin of Lord Julian Pauncefote, British ambassador at Washington.
In September, 1906, Dr. Beale was married to Catharine K. Bergy, daughter of Michael B. and Catharine (Hackman) Bergy, of Souderton, Pennsylvania.
HENRY D. SAYLOR-HAROLD D. SAYLOR-This review deals with the careers of two of Pottstown's native sons, Henry D. Saylor, a veteran of the Montgomery county bar and of the United States Consular Service, and his son, Lieutenant Harold D. Saylor, a comparative new- comer at that bar, but a veteran of the World War, 1917-1918, in which he fought on French soil. Father and son are associated in practice in Pottstown, the life-long home of both. Lieutenant Saylor also practices in Philadelphia, where he has an office in the Morris building. The Saylor family is an ancient one in Montgomery county, and has long occupied a prominent place in county life.
Henry D. Saylor, son of Albert G. and Mary (Oberholtzer) Saylor, was born in Pottstown, October 22, 1857. He was educated in Potts- town schools and the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his degree from the law department of the university in 1881. He at once began the practice of law, forming a partnership with Jacob V. Gotwalts, which continued very profitably and satisfactorily for some years.
From 1897 until 1906 he was in the United States Consular Service. He was first stationed at Matanzas, Cuba, and was later transferred from the land of sunshine to the land of ice and snow, Dawson City, in the Yukon Territory, Canada. From Dawson, where he remained until 1903,
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Mr. Saylor was sent to Coburg, Germany, where he was Consul-General. Cape Town, Africa, was the last appointment, a promotion in rank, but Mr. Saylor declined to accept it. His resignation from the Consular Service followed, and he soon afterward returned to the United States and resumed law practice in Pottstown.
Henry D. Saylor continued alone in the practice of his profession until 1919, when he admitted his son, Harold D. Saylor, to a partnership, with offices in the Security building, Pottstown. Mr. Saylor has long practiced in the Federal and State courts, and during his career has been connected with many important cases. He was long borough solicitor and was later solicitor to the school district. He stands high among his contemporaries of the bar, and his career may be viewed with satisfaction.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Saylor early took an active part in local affairs and soon became known as one of the most effective workers and public speakers. In 1894 he was made the candidate of his party for State Senator, was elected and served his term with credit. His consular serv- ice followed and gave him wide experience, taking him well over the world during his nine years term.
In busines life Mr. Saylor is a director of the Security Company of Pottstown; secretary of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Potts- town ; and operates quite extensively in real estate, building and selling. He is a member of the Masonic Order ; a past exalted ruler of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, and a member of the County Bar Association.
Henry D. Saylor married Dora B. Gerhard, of Norristown, Pennsyl- vania, and they are the parents of two sons: Albert G., a Philadelphia real estate dealer; Harold D., of further mention; and a daughter, Dorothy, who married Henry R. Hallowell, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania.
Harold D. Saylor, son of Henry D. and Dora B. (Gerhard) Saylor, was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1892. After public school courses, he entered the Hill School, graduating in 1910, and then went to Yale University, there receiving his B. A. degree in the class of 1914. He prepared for the legal profession at the University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated from that institution LL. B., class of 1917.
When the United States declared war against Germany, he offered his services, enlisting in April. On May 10, 1917, he reported at Fort Niagara, New York, at the Officers' Training Camp. He was commis- sioned second lieutenant of Field Artillery, and was sent overseas on September 7, 1917. He attended the French Field Artillery School at Fontainebleau, and then became an instructor in gunnery of the 75 mm. gun, at the American First Corps Artillery School at Gondrecourt. In April, 1918, he became executive officer of Battery C, 7th Field Artillery, First Division, joining the battery on the Montdidier front.
During the capture of Cantigny, May 28-30, 1918, he was mustard gassed. He engaged in the second battle of the Marne, at Soissons, and in the St. Mihiel drive. For two months he served on the staff of Gen-
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eral C. P. Summerall, commander of the First Division. After service on the Verdun and Pont-à-Mousson fronts, he was ordered to the United States, arriving here on October 10, 1918.
Mr. Saylor was a member of the staff class at the War College in Washington, D. C., during November, 1918, graduating as Divisional Intelligence Officer. He was cited for bravery by General Summerall while on duty overseas.
Upon receiving honorable discharge, December 12, 1918, Lieutenant Saylor returned to Pottstown, and in 1919 began the practice of law in association with his father. During the year 1919-1920 he also served as instructor in "American Government" at the University of Pennsyl- vania. He is a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association, and of the Philadelphia Law Association.
Lieutenant Saylor maintains a law office in that city in the Morris building. His fraternities are Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta Psi, and Phi Delta Phi; his clubs are the Yale of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Cricket. He is a director of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity. He is a member of the American Legion, and of the Church of the Trans- figuration, Pottstown. He is at present serving as solicitor of the Potts- town School District.
ROBERT MEDFORD HALLOWELL-Some men like Robert Medford Hallowell, of Ambler, Pennsylvania, have the pluck to take responsibility on their shoulders, and the ability to take care of it, and, as a result, become trusted, notable leaders in business and kindred activi- ties of life. His parents were Thomas Ellwood and Regina (Downham) Hallowell, the former a lifelong farmer and stock trader, and a veteran of the Civil War. He volunteered in Company K, First Delaware Regi- ment, in 1861, and was wounded in recovering the regimental colors in the battle of Antietam. After three years of active service he reënlisted as a veteran volunteer, and was at the front until given his honorable dis- charge in 1865.
Robert Medford Hallowell was born at East New Market, Maryland, February 26, 1885, and was educated in the county and town schools. When only sixteen years of age, while living in Caroline county, Mary- land, his father gave him a driving horse, and with this for his whole capital he started to trading. His well known honesty and industry secured him some credit to further his work, and he soon had an interest in a saw mill, wheat thresher and hay press, which he later sold. With this capital, together with three mules, two horses, and their necessary harness, carriages and wagons gained through trading, he bought and worked a twenty-seven and three-quarter acre farm. Before he was twenty-one years of age he had paid off all his obligations, made a living, and was on the way to prosperity. But it took hard and long labor, for, in addition to his regular tasks, he hauled charcoal, and averaged sixteen working hours a day for a long period.
In 1907 he made his first visit to Philadelphia, and determined to settle
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in Pennsylvania. Returning to Maryland, he rented his farm and turned all his available assets into cash. The following year he sold the farm, and locating in North Wales, he secured a share in a fertilizer business, continuing thus engaged until 1913. During this time, as a side line, he had been dealing in automobiles and real estate on a small scale, and from 1913 to 1916 increased this line of business by operating a farm along with it. In the spring of 1916 he discontinued everything but his automobile interests, and on Bethlehem Pike, above Ambler, Pennsyl- vania, he purchased a seven-acre field, where he built a house and garage, and conducted business on an enlarged scale. It was a big under- taking financially, and viewed rather skeptically by many, but the loca- tion proved good, and the business prospered. Three years later fire wiped out his establishment, but he started again in a temporary frame building until he could put up a brick edifice. In 1920 he built a two- story fireproof garage at the corner of Bethlehem Pike and Butler avenue, Ambler, putting up the structural steel work (eighty-seven tons) him- self, with only the aid of unskilled help. For some time he carried on this business alone, but in 1921 sold his former garage, and in August of that year incorporated under the name of Robert M. Hallowell, Inc., with a capital of $125,000. He specializes in the sale of the Ford and Lincoln cars, conducts a modern and complete plant and equipment, and has the confidence of financiers and customers.
Mr. Hallowell has many interests aside from business; is a Repub- lican in politics; and is fraternally associated with Norristown Lodge, No. 714, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; North Penn Forest, No. 52, Tall Cedars of Lebanon ; Fort Washington Lodge, No. 308, Free and Accepted Masons; Fort Washington Chapter, No. 220, Royal Arch Masons ; Hutchinson Commandery, No. 32, Knights Templar ; Philadel- phia Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite ; Valley of Philadelphia, U. M. J., U. S. A .; and Lu Lu Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His clubs are the Lu Lu Country, Girard Craftsman's, and Keystone Automobile. He is religiously associated with the Society of Friends.
Mr. Hallowell married, at Quakertown, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1914, Ethel Knight Ball, daughter of Frank and Emma (Weldy) Ball, well known citizens of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Hallowell are the par- ents of five children : Emily Ball, born June 5, 1916; Robert Medford, Jr., born August 29, 1917; Richard Tesrean, born February 8, 1919; Thomas Ellwood, born November 30, 1920; and Franklin Ball, born August 11, 1922.
JOSEPH MAURICE HAYWOOD-As owner and editor of the Ambler "Gazette," Joseph Maurice Haywood is a well known business nian of Ambler, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, where for a number of years he has been associated with the weekly news publication of which he is now the owner.
Claudius Haywood, grandfather of Joseph Maurice Haywood, was a
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manufacturer of cutlery in Sheffield, England, who came to America in 1832 and settled in Lower Merion township, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania, where a portion of the property purchased by him is still in the possession of the Haywood family. He married and reared a family of children, among whom was Joseph Haywood, father of Joseph Maurice Haywood.
Joseph Haywood, who was born in 1837, received his education in the family of his father, who daily conducted school in his own house- hold. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, with which he was identified throughout his active life. He was also one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Ambler, of which he was a member of the board of directors and which he served as president almost to the time of his death, which occurred January 13, 1910. He married Caroline Hartzel, and they were the parents of six children: John Lincoln (deceased) ; Claudius William, of Lower Gwynedd township, Montgomery county, Pennsyl- vania ; Joseph Maurice, of Ambler ; Louisa M., of Ambler ; Caroline, wife of Frank C. Peterman, of Llanerch, Pennsylvania; and Mary M., who died in 1922, then wife of H. L. Hackett, of Philadelphia.
Joseph Maurice Haywood was born in Lower Gwynedd township, in that section which is now a part of the borough of Ambler, Pennsyl- vania. He attended school in his native district and then prepared for college in the Sunnyside Private School of Ambler, entering the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1893, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Upon the completion of his college career he began his active career in the employ of A. K. Thomas, publisher of the Ambler "Gazette." Four years later, in 1898, he purchased the Ambler "Gazette" and since that time has continued in business as editor and owner of that paper. It is a weekly paper, devoted to the publishing of the local news, and under Mr. Haywood's management has become important in that section of the county not only as a news sheet, but also as a medium through which public opinion is expressed. It also exercises considerable influence as a shaper of public opinion. Mr. Hay- wood since 1910 has been a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Ambler, in which position he succeeded his father. In 1919 he was made president of that body, which position he still holds. In addition to his business responsibilities Mr. Haywood has found time for civic service. He has served on the Board of Education of Ambler borough for some time and for several years has been a member of the Ambler Board of Health. He gives his support to the Republican party. Mr. Haywood has also for the past six years served as president of the Wissahickon Fire Company of Ambler. He is a member of the Plymouth Country Club, which he serves as one of its board of governors.
Joseph Maurice Haywood married on October 15, 1902, in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Bretz Godfrey, daughter of Samuel T. and Elizabeth (Bretz) Godfrey, of Ambler, who were long residents of Ger- mantown, Pennsylvania, but are now living with Mr. Haywood. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maurice Haywood are the parents of one son, Joseph, who was born August 15, 1913.
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JACOB C. SWARTLEY-One of the prominent men of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, who for years has been in close touch with the business and civic life of the city is Jacob C. Swartley. He assisted in organizing and later became president of the Lansdale Trust and Safe Deposit Com- pany, and is now (1922) in the real estate and insurance business. He has always been a leader in anything that was for the benefit of his community, a man whose personality and ability always won admiration. He was a farmer boy, a son of Jacob S. and Elizabeth (Cassel) Swart- ley. Mr. Swartley was a well known farmer, miller, and produce dealer of Montgomery county.
Jacob C. Swartley was born in Franconia township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1855. His education came from the public school of his district. When sixteen he left home and started as a clerk in a general merchandise store at Line Lexington, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. By 1876 he had acquired sufficient training to feel able to strike out for himself and engaged in a general store business of his own at Line Lexington, and was so occupied until 1893.
In 1887 he was one of the organizers of the Lansdale Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and was from its beginning one of its directors. This was a very important institution for that day, and supplied one of the great needs of Lansdale. From 1896 to 1906 Mr. Swartley was presi- dent of the company. In that year it was dissolved by voluntary liquida- tion and the Citizens' National Bank organized. He then turned his attention to the handling of real estate, and became one of the notable realtors of the city and county. He is also president of the Line Lexing- ton Mutual Fire and Storm Insurance Company of Bucks and Mont- gomery counties, and has served in that capacity since 1899.
Mr. Swartley is one of the Republican faith, but has not been greatly interested in politics. From 1896 to 1900 he was justice of the peace for the township of New Britain, Bucks county. He is a member of the Lansdale Board of Trade, and served in the Ordnance department during the World War. He fraternizes with the Masons, Shiloh Lodge, No. 558, Free and Accepted Masons; Philadelphia Consistory ; Lu Lu Tem- ple, Philadelphia, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and with his family is a communicant of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
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