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HENRY BUDD.
HE history of the Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania, beginning with the early part of the century, is practically centered in Philadelphia, for its most important chapters are those which relate to the legal conditions obtaining in the first city of the State. Prominent among the members of the Bar identified with its progress is Henry Budd, the subject of this biography.
HENRY BUDD was born, November 12, 1849, in Philadelphia, his father being Henry Budd and his mother Martha Berg. The Budd family traces its ancestry well back through colonial history, one of the early progenitors being a clergyman in the Church of England who turned Quaker and for this was persecuted until his death. Three of his sons, ardent for liberty, came to America and settled in Burlington County, New Jersey, prior to 1682. Thence the family gradually grafted itself on Pennsylvania soil, where one of the Budds became Sheriff of Philadelphia early in the Eighteenth Century. The elder Henry Budd, whose life may be found in "Winslow's Successful Merchants of Philadelphia," was founder of the Corn Exchange, which was afterward merged into the Commercial Exchange. His uncle, Charles Budd, was on the United States frigate "Chesapeake " at the time it was cap- tured by the "Shannon," and later in the War of 1812 com- manded the "Preble" at Lake Champlain. Henry Budd was educated at the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia, which is one of the oldest institutions in the city. Thence he went to the University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated in 1868, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He entered the office of Peter McCall, then one of the leaders of the Pennsylvania Bar, and a man of
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brilliant attainments. In 1871 he was admitted to practice in the Philadelphia courts, the same year receiving the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to his admission Mr. Budd had ripened his knowledge to a considerable extent by semi-amateur journalistic work. He was one of the editors of The University, a magazine from which developed the Penn Monthly. The Penn Club, of which Mr. Budd is a member, was practically the outcome of the publication. Mr. Budd has always taken a deep interest in University work, and was one of the founders of the University Club. He has been a member of the Central Committee of the Alumni of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, which is a highly important body, in the nature of the Board of Overseers, since its organization, in 1886. He frequently wrote for the law publications of this coun- try and England, being a contributor to the American Law Regis- ter, and, when, ten years ago, the magazine was about to undergo a change of administration, its editor for a year and a half. One of his principal works is "Leading Cases in the American Law of Real Property," frequently used as an authority. The work bears the names of the late Chief Justice Sharswood and Mr. Budd, but the share of the Chief Justice comprised only the approval of the plan and the examination of the manuscript of the first vol- ume. The great jurist died before the second volume was pre- pared. Mr. Budd also contributed to the Southern Law Review and the London Law Quarterly. But, probably, his most impor- tant work was done as an editor of the "Weekly Notes of Cases." In 1875 there was a general re-organization of the courts and an increase in their number, thus creating the danger of a conflict of practice amongst the courts. To avoid this it was thought by several then junior members of the Bar that the pub- lication of the cases, especially practice cases, in the courts of first instance, as they were decided each week, would be of great benefit to the profession. The original editor was Elias L. Boudi- not, who was succeeded by the present editor, A. A. Outerbridge. Mr. George Biddle reported the Supreme Court; the Hon. James T. Mitchell reported Common Pleas, No. 2; W. W. Wister, Jr.,
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reported Common Pleas, No. 1; Samuel W. Pennypacker, Common Pleas, No. 3; George Tucker Bispham, the Orphans' Court, and Mr. Budd, Common Pleas, No. 4.
Among Mr. Budd's important cases of later years have been the ecclesiastical one of the Rev. Charles Daniel, which, in the civil courts, he won; that of the stockholders of the Academy of Music, when the litigation arose concerning the right of members to transfer their shares of stock for the purpose of entitling the transferee to admission to the house while retaining the equitable title to the stock; and the Lasher vs. Stinson case, which decided that the agent of a foreign corporation not complying with the registration law of this State might be held personally liable for contracts. For some years he was Juris Consultus of the Medico- Chirurgical College.
Mr. Budd is a Trustee of Burlington College and of St. Mary's Hall, of the General Theological Seminary of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church in New York, and of the Young Man's Institute. Through it an extensive system of libraries and schools of instruction has developed. Mr. Budd is one of the censors of the Law Association, of Philadelphia, and for many years was on its Library Committee; is one of the local council of the American Bar Association and a member of the Committee on Commercial Law; has been a Director of the Academy of Music for many years; an officer of the Associate Society of the Red Cross, and about the time of the Johnstown Flood was actively engaged in its work. Politically, he is an independent but uncompromising Democrat. He has never sought office. Ten years before the Democratic organization raised the standard of tariff reform he was an exponent of free trade, during several campaigns lending it the powers of his sound logic and oratory. In 1880 he was one of the founders of the Young Men's Democratic Association, and was its temporary President, declining election to the perma- nent Presidency in favor of John Cadwalader.
Mr. Budd was married on November 20, 1888, to Miss Judith J. Dallett, daughter of Gillies Dallett, of Philadelphia.
A. P. BURCHFIELD.
T HE history of Western Pennsylvania during the past quarter of a century is an unchanging record of improvement from day to day and year to year, and as monuments to the enterprise of those who have practically made this improvement possible are a score or more of great business organizations, which, while flourishing in Pennsylvania through Pennsylvania capital and brains, are numbered among the greatest of their kind in the country. The Pittsburg Dry-Goods Company, which does a busi- ness of over five million dollars annually, is one of the best known concerns of the kind in the State, and its President, A. P. Burchfield, is one of the men to whom chief credit for this is due. Beginning life as a humble employé of a dry-goods house, he entered upon a career of prosperity, which, through his own indomitable energy and enterprise, has culminated in his advance- ment to a position of great importance in the commercial circles of the country.
A. P. BURCHFIELD was born at Allegheny City, January 20, 1844. His father was Robert C. Burchfield, whose family went to Allegheny City, from the middle part of the State, about 1790. His mother was Susan R. Burchfield, whose family were well known in Bedford County, whence they moved westward about 1825. The son was educated at the common schools of the Third Ward, Allegheny, where he received a foundation for his business career. At the age of twelve he entered the dry-goods establishment of William Semple, where he remained until 1858. He then entered the employ of Joseph Horne & Company, a well known and leading dry-goods firm of Pittsburg. He became
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thoroughly acquainted with all the details of that business, and so close was his attention to the duties of his position that his employers, recognizing his energy and enterprise, promoted him from one position to another until finally, on February 1, 1866, he became a member of the firm. From that time on he evinced an untiring interest in its welfare, and its continued prosperity is due, in a large measure, to his individual efforts. He has remained a member of the firm up to this time, Mr. Joseph Horne having charge of the retail department of the house and Mr. Burchfield of the wholesale. The latter has been merged into a corporation known throughout Western Pennsylvania, and, in fact, very favorably throughout a large portion of the country, as the Pittsburg Dry-Goods Company. Its corporation was effected in August, 1893, with Mr. Burchfield as President. He has held that office ever since the company's organization, and his thorough knowledge of the dry-goods business, his acquaintance with the trade at large, his splendid judgment and rare business qualities have made him an important factor in its advancements and con- stantly increasing success. Mr. Burchfield is Vice-President of the Western Pennsylvania Exposition Society, in the affairs of which organization he takes a great interest. As a leading business man of his city, and one who is fitted by great ability for important trusts, he has largely figured in the administration of the affairs of many of the city's leading commercial and financial institutions. He is a Director of the Mount Pleasant and Brad- ford Railroad, of the Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad companies, and he has invariably supported all measures tending to improve the value of the companies' system. Mr. Burchfield is a Director of the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce, and in that capacity has time and again evidenced his progressiveness and his interest in the advancement of his city's prosperity.
Mr. Burchfield has, among his other high honors, the proud distinction of being numbered among the most honorable of the defenders of the Union. He served during the war, and has been a member of the Grand Army of the Republic for many years. In the latter patriotic organization he has obtained high honors.
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In 1885 he was elected Senior Vice Department Commander, G. A. R., in the Department of Pennsylvania. His services to the organization, and his careful administration of such affairs con- nected with it, as came under his charge, led to a still higher promotion. In 1895 he was made Senior Vice Commander in Chief in the National G. A. R., and as such is known favorably to veterans of the Civil War throughout the entire United States. It is, however, in the business field that Mr. Burchfield is best known, for he combines all the qualities necessary to the attain- ment of success in his management of the affairs of the Pittsburg Dry-Goods Company. Under his direction it has reached a lead- ing place in the dry-goods world.
In October, 1865, Mr. Burchfield was married to Sarah J. McWhinney, daughter of Matthew McWhinney, a well known merchant of Pittsburg. They have four children living: Albert H., a member of the firm of Joseph Horne & Company; Mrs. George L. Craig; William H., and Mary P. Burchfield. Mr. Burchfield is a man of domestic habits, and spends most of his leisure time with his family. He takes great pride in the advancement of his firm, and it is his chief desire to see it attain a still greater position of prominence in the commercial world, which result he is fast bringing about through his splendid administration of its affairs.
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JAMES BUTTERWORTH.
U PON no plane of progress has Pennsylvania advanced more rapidly than through its manufacturing inter- ests, and many of the most prominent men of the State are those who control and conduct the vast enterprises of this nature which make Pennsyl- vania known throughout the world. For more than three quarters of a century the name of Butterworth has been a familiar one to those whose interests bring them into contact with manufactories, and as makers of machinery for textile fabrics, the present firm of H. W. Butterworth & Sons Company is a leader. James Butterworth, who is known not only through his connection with the affairs of his firm, but for his practical part in the develop- ment of Philadelphia's industrial and financial resources, ranks among the most prominent Pennsylvanians of the day.
JAMES BUTTERWORTH is a Philadelphian by birth and extrac- tion, and from the days of his father's business successes until the present time he has been known as one of those most inter- ested in his city's progress. He was born in the residential section of Philadelphia on September 4, 1840, his father being Henry W. Butterworth, a prominent business man, and his mother Emma Butterworth, both of them natives of this country. His grand- parents were English people of the highest type of character and family connections. When old enough to begin his education, the son, James, was sent to the public schools, and, when eleven years old, in 1851, he went to the Jefferson Boys' Grammar School. Four years later, in 1855, he entered the Central High School, graduating at the conclusion of a two years' course. His father was a well known manufacturer of machinery for textile I .- 10.
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fabrics, and he had built up a business which was widely recog- nized as of the highest importance to the commercial interests of the State. In 1864 James Butterworth entered his father's estab- lishment and remained associated with him for a number of years. The business had been founded by his grandfather in 1820, and his father succeeded to it in 1844. It is a matter of industrial note that the large business which is now transacted under the firm name of H. W. Butterworth & Sons Company has been in that family for nearly eighty years. This has been an important factor in developing it into the highest phase of perfection, and the fact that the products of the firm are recognized everywhere as possessing superior merit is due chiefly to the attention and care which three generations have given to the establishment and its operation.
For twenty-five years Mr. Butterworth was connected with his father in the manufacturing of machinery under the name of H. W. Butterworth & Son, the present company having been incorpo- rated in 1889. Mr. Butterworth's chief interests at present are found in the direction of its affairs. However, he is too thor- oughly energetic a business man not to extend his energies in other directions, and, as a consequence, he is identified with a number of prominent industrial and financial institutions of his city and State.
For a number of years Mr. Butterworth has been a Director in the Ninth National Bank, and he is known to insurance inter- ests as a Trustee of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and a Director of the Fire Association. Mr. Butterworth is also a Director in the Industrial Trust, Title and Savings Company, and is connected with several other important organizations of a similar nature. In clubdom Mr. Butterworth is a prominent figure. His concern in the manufacturing interests of this city led him to take an active part in the organization of the now famous Manufacturers' Club, and he was a charter member and has been a Director of the same for a number of years. For four years he was a Director of the Union League and is at present a member of the Advisory Real Estate Board of the same. Mr.
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Butterworth's activity as a Philadelphian and as a business man led to his appointment recently as a member of the commission to represent the city of Philadelphia at the exposition held in Nashville to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of Tennessee into the Union.
Ou November 6, 1862, Mr. Butterworth was married to Julia A. Gentry, and they have had four children: Harry W., Eliza- beth W., Albert W. and J. Warner Butterworth. Mr. Butter- worth continues to hold important connections with the commer- cial interests of Philadelphia and is still a prominent figure in its social life. He is continually increasing his knowledge of the possibilities of Pennsylvania's commerce, and, as a manufacturer, is thoroughly representative of the spirit of progress which marks the close of the Nineteenth Century.
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WILLIAM WILKINS CARR.
ILLIAM WILKINS CARR is a son of the late W Captain Overton Carr, United States Navy, and was born in Washington, D. C., on May 19, 1853. He received his early education in the public schools of Philadelphia, and attended the Locust Street Grammar School, at Twelfth and Locust streets, and after- wards, for three years, the Central High School. He then entered the Sophomore Class of 1873 of the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with distinction, being chosen as the most popular man of his class to receive the wooden spoon, and selected to deliver the class oration at the commencement exercises. He began the study of law in the office of George M. Dallas, and was admitted to the Bar in 1876, remaining for two years there- after in the office of his preceptor. Mr. Carr then passed a year in study and travel abroad, and returned to Philadelphia to begin the practice of his profession. The suit involving large interests brought by the banking house of Sulsbach Bros., of Frankfort-on-the- Main, against the estate of the late J. Edgar Thomson and others, was his first case. The attention of the public was afterwards directed to him by his defense, in 1885, of Oscar H. Weber, who was on trial for the murder of William H. Martin. For the first time in the history of the administration of criminal law, through Mr. Carr's efforts, a court passed upon the constitutional right of a prisoner to present the question of mental incapacity before being put on trial for his life. Mr. Carr has given many contri- butions to legal literature. He was engaged for several years in assisting in the publication of "Reed on the Statute of Frauds," and he is the author of a pamphlet on the "Legal Protection of 138
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the Water Supply of Philadelphia," which attracted favorable notice in that city and elsewhere. He has written a law text-book on "The Trial of Lunatics " and also a text-book upon the "Judi- cial Interpretation of the Tariff Acts," which is an arrangement and collection of all of the cases decided in the United States courts upon the various tariff laws passed by Congress since the forma- tion of the Federal Government. In 1888, at the request of the then United States District Attorney of Philadelphia, John R. Read, he was appointed an Assistant, and gave his undivided attention to the duties of that office. He was an Associate Coun- sel in the celebrated hat trimmings cases, and when defalcations occurred in the Spring Garden National Bank and the Keystone National Bank, was engaged in the trial and conviction of the per- sons who were criminally involved. Mr. Carr was appointed Post- master of Philadelphia in June, 1893, by President Cleveland, having been urged for this office by a large number of leading citizens. When he took charge of the post-office it was recovering from confusion by reason of a re-arrangement of the delivery service and the recent establishment of eight new sub-stations. Through his efforts the method of distribution for the sub-stations was improved by extending the distribution in transit and in distant cities. A re-organization of the delivery service was perfected, and to many of the sections of the city additional free delivery service was given. The introduction of the trolley mail service was an important feature of his administration. By this utilization of its extensive trolley system Philadelphia has the best and most rapid inter-station service in the Department. He started the movement to secure direct appropriations to the large post-offices without requiring permission of the Department to spend small sums of money, and, after August, 1894, with the approval of the Post- master-General, a portion of the appropriations was made directly to the larger offices. The change was found to be of great value. The improvement made in the foreign mails, at Postmaster Carr's suggestion, affected the outgoing and arriving foreign mnails for the entire country. At the end of the last century a practice had been started by which the outgoing and incoming foreign mails
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passed through the New York Post-Office, and a vessel arriving within any port or collection district of the United States could not make entry or break bulk until the letters on board had been delivered to the nearest post-office, and the master of the vessel had signed and sworn to a declaration to that effect. Foreign mails are now carried direct to and from Quarantine, New York Bay, to and from the Pennsylvania Railroad station at Jersey City, and many hours are thus saved. Mr. Carr has been an earnest and consistent Democrat, and has rendered party services in many directions. He has been a delegate to several city, county and State conventions, and was appointed one of the officers of the Democratic National Convention, held at Chicago in June, 1892, and the same year was elected Chairman of one of the nine State divisions of the district, including the counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware. The platform adopted by the Convention at Chicago, upon July 7, 1896, did not meet with his approval or support, and he publicly stated that he was not in accord nor sympathy with it. He was afterwards one of the movers of the Jeffersonian party to support the platform of the Convention held at Indianapolis upon September, 1, 1896, and was a member of the committee for organizing the city for the support of Palmer and Buckner. In June, 1893, Mr. Carr became a member of the law firm of Patterson & Carr, in which the other members are C. Stuart Patterson and George Stuart Patterson. Mr. Carr's term of office as Postmaster extended over four years and four months, and his successor was appointed and relieved him of his duties on October 1, 1897.
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JOHN BASSETT CHAPIN.
HE science of medicine has no more important nor humanitarian branch than that which deals with the care of the mentally afflicted. The Pennsyl- vania Hospital for the Insane, in its history and administration, is one of the most notable insti- tutions of its kind in the United States. As Physician-in-Chief and Superintendent, Dr. John Bassett Chapin, has been in charge for a dozen or more years, and it has continued to advance along the lines laid down by the managers and his immediate distin- guished predecessor. Dr. Chapin is widely recognized as an expert in the care of the insane, and his identification with this branch of medicine dates back many years.
JOHN BASSETT CHAPIN was born in New York, December 4, 1829. His father was William Chapin, a lineal descendant of Samuel Chapin, of Pilgrim stock, who settled in Springfield in 1642, and was one of the pioneers in that early Massachusetts city. His mother, Elizabeth Hun Bassett, was a descendant of Captain Francois Bassett, of Marennes, France, who settled in New York in 1685, and Thomas Hun, of Amersfort, Holland, who settled in Albany in 1656. William Chapin was well known in Philadelphia as the principal of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind for a period of forty years. One hundred and twenty- nine descendants of Samuel Chapin were enrolled in colonial and other wars of this country. They were people of a high order of intelligence and physical vigor, and Dr. Chapin's own useful career and present activity indicate the fact that he has inherited these qualities. His early education was received in the public schools of Philadelphia, principally the Northwest Grammar School, and
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afterwards at Williams College, Massachusetts. From thence he entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, graduating in 1853.
Dr. Chapin's first connection with the higher work of medicine was in 1850, when he was appointed on the staff of the New York Hospital. He served in clinics and as a Resident Physician until 1854, passing through the severe ship fever epidemic of those years. In 1854 he became an Assistant Physician of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Utica, New York, remaining there three years. In 1857 he went to St. Louis, Missouri, remain- ing there two years, during which time he was active in the project for organizing the Missouri State institutions for the edu- cation of the blind. He shortly after became associated with others in the establishment of a hospital for the insane in Can- andaigua, New York. He was appointed, in 1865, by Governor Fenton, one of the Commissioners to locate and build the Hos- pital for the Insane of New York State, at Willard, New York, being appointed Physician-in-Charge and Superintendent of the institution in 1869. He remained in the Willard State Hospital, in the capacity of Physician-in-Charge and Superintendent, until he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Hospital, on September I, 1884. This institution, generally recognized as one of the most admirable of its kind in the country, had been under the direct charge of Dr. Kirkbride for a number of years. The managers of the institution recognized the fact that a worthy successor to Dr. Kirkbride would be indeed hard to find, and it was the highest possible compliment to Dr. Chapin's skill and trustworthiness that they selected him for the post. He entered the service of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane in the capacity of Super- intendent and Physician-in-Chief, and such he has ever since remained.
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