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INTZING, GRAVENSTINE, Cashier of the First National Bank of Lock Haven, was born in Lock Haven, Clinton county, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 10th, 1845. Ilis father is I. C. Kintzing, a . prominent and influential citizen of this section of the State; his mother is Mary (Dunn) Kint- ving, whose family was one of the earliest to settle in the
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daily common schools of his native town, he acquired an ordinary, but useful and practical, education. When in his eighteenth year, he became actively engaged in business life, and since has met with far greater success and honor than usually falls to the lot of the majority of business men. Ilis first essay was made in the lumber trade, the main busi- ness of this region of Pennsylvania. Acquiring an interest in a remunerative mill, he undertook its entire charge and conduct ; attending to the whole of the manifold duties en- tailed in operating it, and also to the financial department of the establishment. In this capacity he continued to act for two years, when he sold out his share in the concern, and shortly after entered the First National Bank as an em- ployé. In March, 1866, he was appointed to the position of Teller, filling it for a period extending a short time over six years, llow satisfactorily, and with what ability, he performed his duties is amply testified to by his subsequent appointment to the Cashiership of the institution. This event occurred in October, 1872, a vacancy having been caused by the decease of his predecessor. He is probably the youngest bank cashier in the State ; and in the First Na- tional Bank of Lock Ilaven the cashier really holds the management and supervision, the President, occupied by other important interests, being unable to give much time or attention to the direction of its affairs; accordingly, upon the cashier necessarily devolves an important and onerons trust, and one requiring the constant exercise of great vigilance and careful discrimination. He is also a Director in the Lock Haven Shoe Company, a concern which does an extensive trade throughout the lumber re- gion, and particularly in Clinton county, In addition to this, he is an influential Director in the Great Island Bridge Company, an establishment possessing a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars. Although under thirty years of age, he is already one of the leading men in this section of western Pennsylvania ; occupies several responsible and prominent positions, and bids fair, by his remarkable energy, shrewdnessand enterprise, to take high rank among the wealthy, useful and eminent men of the State,
ONES, COLONEL, DAVID M., Register and Re- conder of Blair county, Pennsylvania, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, April 24th, 1838. Ifis family was one among the earlier settlers of the State, and of Welsh descent. After receiving an ordinary common-school education, he learned with his father the trade of potter. In 1860, he joined a corps of civil engineers, but at the outbreak of the war, in 1861, was among the first of the loyal men who en- listed in the service of the United States to crush the Re- bellion. Upon this occasion he served three months with the militia company of which he had been a member and a non commissioned officer (Company D, 3d Regiment).
He then assisted in raising and organizing a company of three years troops, and by them was elected First Lieuten- ant ; before receiving his commission, however, his captain became Lieutenant-Colonel of the regimental organization, and through this he received his commission as Captain of Company A, Hoth Pennsylvania Volunteers. After the completion of this company at Harrisburg, the troops were assigned to active service in Maryland, and, in June, 1862, joined the command of General Lander in West Virginia, participating in all his operations. After his death, they were placed under General Shields until after the battle of Winchester, March 23d, 1862. Subsequently, they were transferred to McDowell's Corps, and afterward participated in Pope's campaign, and with MeClellan in Maryland, and, finally, participated with the main army in its advance on Fredericksburg. IIc was wounded severely at the second Bull Run battle ; was taken prisoner at Chancellorsville, and confined for three weeks in Libby Prison. In 1862, he had been commissioned Major of his regiment, but the Colonel in command having been killed in battle, he in due course assumed command, and was finally appointed Lieutenant-Colonel. At Gettysburg he was wounded again, and lost a leg; by this he was rendered unable to take further part in active service, and, October 9th, 1863, was inustered out of the service on account of disability resulting from his wound. In 1864, he engaged in mercantile pur- suits in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, continuing to live thus until elected to his present position in the autumn of 1865. Re- linquishing business at this period, he entered upon the duties of his office, December Ist, 1865; in conclusion, we may adid that to this position he has been four times elected, a convincing proof that his record is fair and unspotted.
BILLMORE, GEORGE F., Lawyer and Journalist, was born in New Hampshire, in 1812. ITis ancestors were Scotch-Irish, and fought in the Revolutionary War. He was for some time a teacher in the State of New York, and came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1835. Ile was en- gaged to organize the first public school in Pittsburgh, un- der the then new common school law, and was soon after a teacher in the Western University, where he remained two years. He then read law for nearly three years, with the late Ilon. Walter Forward, and was employed as a writer in the office of Lowrie & Todd. Admitted to practice in IS41, he was soon in the enjoyment of a large business. Though almost disabled for active work for two months of each year by periodical catarrh, he had yet in twelve years become one of the most successful lawyers at the bar. The winter of 1853 he spent at Harrisburg as a member of the Legislature. At this time he became a proprietor and the editor of the Pittsburgh Post, and left it four years later with largely increased subscription lists. He was a candi-
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date for Judge in 1859, but not elected. When the war broke out, he was an earnest advocate for the cause of the Union, and has never been a party man since, nor sought any office. In 1865, he retired from his profession, bought a farm, and settled down to the long-coveted enjoyment of rural life. All his life he has been an enthusiastic student of the natural sciences; and on such subjects bis pen has not been quite idle, though his name has not appeared as a w.iter. Ile has a work almost finished on an interesting scientific subject, which those of his friends who have read portions of it strongly advise him to publish. Ile is a gentle- man of fine culture, and throughout his career has been esteemed as an upright and honorable man.
UCKINGHAM, THOMAS LEA, D.D.S., M.D., Dentist, was born March 9th, 1816, at Delaware, near Stanton, his parents being James Bucking- ham and Mary (Oliver) Buckingham, of English descent. Ile received his early education in. a common school near Brandywine Springs, and on leaving that assisted his father in the milling business, at which he remained until he was twenty years of age. Ile then followed the occupation of a farmer, and continued at that until 1843, in which year he removed to Wilming- ton, and began the study of dentistry in the office of Dr. A. C. Reynolds. In 1845, he left Wilmington and came to Philadelphia, where he entered into partnership with Dr. Lee, who had for many years been established on Walnut. street. This partnership ceased in 1846, since which date' he has continued to practice his profession alone. Ile was one of the founders of the old Philadelphia Dental College, in which he took the chair of Mechanical Dentistry. This college ceased to exist under its original constitution, and became merged into the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, which was established, in 1856, with an entirely new charter. In this latter college Dr. Buckingham at first held the same chair which he had previously held in the old college, but, in 1857, exchanged it for that of chemistry, which he still retains. Ile was Dean of the Faculty of the College from 1857 to 1859, and again from 1865 to 1871. Ile received his M. D. degree, in 1851, from the Philadel-> phia College of Medicine, and that of D. D. S., in 1853, from the Baltimore Dental College. Ile was one of the promoters of the Dental Times, and during its whole ex- istence contributed regularly to its columns. Ile also as- sisted in the establishment of the Pennsylvania Dental As- sociation, the oldest dental association, with but one excep- tion, in the United States. In IS60, he was the President of the American Dental Convention, and, in 1874, of the American Dental Association, which met that year at De- troit. Ile is one of the oldest established dentists in the city of Philadelphia.
ORDAN, THOMAS R., Engineer, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, February 12th, 1822. Ilis parents were Thomas R. Jordan and Mary Ann (Jobuston) Jordan ; both widely known and respected for their many estimable qualities. Ilis education was acquired in the schools of his na- tive place, and he early manifested great perseverance and shrewd foresight. In 1843, he entered the United States Navy as landsman ; but after remaining in that position for one year was discharged at the instance of his father. Returning to Lancaster subsequently, he worked at the trade of carpenter for a limited space of time, but found it an uncongenial employment at that point in his life. In 1 846, he entered the army of the United States, then de- parting for Mexico. After serving for a short time as pri- vate, he was appointed Sergeant in the 20 Pennsylvania Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Roberts, until the de- cease of that estimable officer, an event which occurred in Mexico; the regiment was afterward commanded by Colonel Gray. While acting in this capacity, he upon all occasions conducted himself with marked ability, and won many encomiums for his gallant, useful and meritorious . services. Ile was ultimately discharged on account of dis- ability arising from various causes, and returned to Penn- sylvania vid New Orleans. He then became engaged anew in the carpenter's trade; occupied himself in millwright work of iron and wood; and was employed as an assistant in the building of railroad bridges; and in the manufacture of turning-tables, etc: In the spring of 1857, he secured a position on a railroad as Private Engineer, fulfilling the 'duties attached to this place until the fall of 1860. In the ensuing' winter, he forsook this employment and became engaged in the hotel business, a venture which he has con- tinued to prosecute with great success down to the present time. Ile is a prominent and influential citizen of To- wanda, and noted for his solid business capacities, his skil- ful enterprise, and his undeviating integrity and uprightness. IIis qualifications for the business in which he is at present engaged are well known to a wide circle of travellers and resident men of wealth and business, with whom his cour- teous demeanor and attractive presence make him very popular.
EGLEY, MAJOR FELIX C., Coal Operator and Capitalist, was born in Butler, Butler county, Pennsylvania, February 28th, 1825. ITis father, Jobn Negley, participated actively in the War of 1812, and was noted for his gallant and meri- torious services; his mother, Elizabeth (Patter- son) Negley, was a daughter of General James Patterson, a prominent and influential citizen of Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania. Ilis grandfather took an active part in the memor- able movements and struggles of the Revolutionary con- fliet, and distinguished himself by his intrepid and tireless
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efforts in aiding to sustain the Patriot cause, to secure a | tion arises, Major Negley has always refused to allow him- separate and free Government. On the paternal side he is self to become embroiled in political agitations and partisan movements; solicited repeatedly to accept the candidature of various offices of trust, honor and emolument, he has al- ways met such solicitations with a dignified but resolute refusal. In the system of the common schools, however, he takes the warmest interest, and for more than nineteen years has been an esteemed and influential Director of the public schools. of Swiss descent, his ancestors having emigrated from Switzerland to America at a period contemporary with William Penn; while in their native country these progeni- tors were rendered extremely conspicuous through the zealous support which they gave to the great Reformation and the renowned theologian and divine, Dr. Ulrich Zwingle. The carly cducation of Felix C. Negley was ac- quired at Butler Academy, in the town and county of the same name; upon the termination of the usual course of studies, he abandoned school life, and became engaged in engineering and general surveying. This occupation he BERIIART, GILBERT L., Civil Engineer and Lawyer, was born at North Sewickly township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, June 15th, 1830. llis father, John Eberhart, was a prominent business man of the above-mentioned county, and well known as an upright and enterprising citizen. At the completion of the preparatory course of studies commenced in Mercer Academy, he entered Washi- ington College, Pennsylvania, and, in 1852, graduated from that institution. After graduating at Civil Engineer- ing, he was engaged on the Pittsburgh & Erie Railroad, and also in the city of Pittsburgh, until 1856. At this date, he was appointed County Superintendent of Mercer county, for one year; and subsequently filled the position of Principal of Public Schools, in Greenville, Pennsyl- vania, and, later, at Conneautville, Spring township, Craw- ford county, Pennsylvania, until April, 1361. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the service of his country, enlisting in Company DE known as the "Erie Regiment," for a term of three months; he was then enrolled in the Sth Pennsylvania Reserves, as Commissary Sergeant. In 1862, for efficient and meritorious service, he was promoted, on the field, to fill the position of Quarter- master of the Sth Reserves, and, prior to the receipt of his commission, was detailed as Commissary of Subsistence, on the staff of General Meade. During the progress of the rebellion, he continued to officiate in that department, and fulfilled the duties attached to his position with marked and acknowledged ability and integrity. At the fall of Richmond and the termination of the conflict, he was appointed by General Howard, as Superintendent of Edu- cation of the Freedmen's Bureau, for the State of Georgia, remaining in this office for about two years. Ile then returned to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where, upon the completion of a course of legal studies, he was admitted to practice in the courts of the above county, in June, IS72. Through his shrewdness, enterprise, and scholarly attainments, he has gradually acquired a considerable clientage. In politics, he is a warm advocate of the prin- ciples governing the Republican party, and is one of its most energetic and influential members; at the present time (August, 1874) he is a prominent candidate for the ! Assen bly on its ticket. pursued until the breaking out of the California gold ex- citement, of 1849, when, catching the general infection, he assisted in raising and organizing a company to search for gold in the new El Dorado. Being fully completed in numbers and outfit, this company left Pittsburgh in the spring of 1849, traversed the Plains, crossed the Rocky Mountains, and, in the following fall, arrived safely in California, without having been subjected to more than the usual amount of hardship and peril generally attending such a journey. IIere the associates placed themselves in a desirable location, and Felix C. Negley was soon actively engaged in mining for gold; possessing. shrewd adminis- trative ability, he was appointed to control and manage the business affairs of the company, and eventually succeeded in acquiring a considerable amount of the precious metal. At the expiration of two years, passed chiefly in mining and minor trading operations, he deemed it advisable to move eastward, and shortly after arrived in safety in Pittsburgh. Ilere he associated himself with a firm which was the first to embark in the enterprise of mining and shipping coal by railroad to the above-named city; that initiatory essay proving highly successful, various other capitalists con- nected themselves with it, and, within a remarkably short space of time, the business was developed into one of great magnitude and importance. Until the breaking out of the Rebellion, in 1861, he was constantly and busily occupied in mining and shipping coal ; but, at this date, actuated by a fearless and an ardent loyalty, and desirous to aid in sustaining the integrity of the Union, he determined to tender his services to the Government as a volunteer sol- dier. lle immediately contributed $50,000 from his pri- vate means to assist in suppressing the Rebellion ; and sub- sequently the major portion of this gift was employed in organizing and equipping a battalion of cavalry, with which, holding the rank of Major, he hurried to the scene of conflict. Thereafter, while arduously engaged for two years in the performance of perilous duties, he earned for him- self the reputation of an able and intrepid soldier. At the conclusion of the war, he returned to Pittsburgh and re- sumed his operations in mining and shipping coal, an occu- pation in which he is still extensively and importantly inte- rested. Although heedful when any leading or vital ques-
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",ARRISON, ABRAHAM, Manufacturer, was born in the year 1804, in Orange county, New York, near West Point. Ilis father had been for many years engaged as a navigator upon the Hudson river, and his early days were passed in the old homestead, his education being obtained in the common schools of his native county. IIe assisted his father until he attained his majority, when he decided upon learning a mechanical trade. IIe removed to Pittsburgh in 1826, and entered the foundry of his uncle, Lawrence Kingsland, of the firm of Kingsland, Lightner & Co. Here he remained for two years, industriously applying himself and succeeding in mastering the business of his choice in its every detail. Returning to his home upon the Hudson, he resumed his former life and continued thus employed for about five years, when, at the solicitation of his uncle, lie again removed to Pittsburgh and rejoined the firm of Kingsland, Lightner & Co., as manager. So valuable were his services that, in 1836, he was received into partnership with his former employers and the connection continued until 1839. Ile then, in association with II. L. Bollman, purchased the interest of the original owners, and continued the business under the firm of Bollman & Garrison until 1851, when a junior partner withdrew. In 1864, he bought the interest of II. L. Bollman, and has been the head of the establishment since, the present firm consisting of A. Gar- rison, J. Il. Ricketson and William Holmes. He has worked himself by energy, honesty and intelligent applica- tion to his proud position as head of one of the most ex- tensive industrial establishments in Pennsylvania, which, to his sagacity and prudent management for years back, owes its present high success. Ile is a most active and publie-spirited citizen, his high character and influence being fully recognized in the community in which he re- sides. Ile is the President of the Diamond Savings Bank, fills the same official post in the Pittsburgh and Mo- nongalcla Bridge Company, and has occupied many other positions of high honor and responsibility.
AUFFMAN, COLONEL, CHRISTIAN S., Iron Manufacturer, etc., was born in Manor township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, June 12th, 1826. Ile is of direct Swiss descent from both parents; his father, Andrew J. Kauffinan, was a farmer, well known and highly respected in the county. Ilis scholastic education he received entirely in the com- mon schools of his native township. At the age of ten years, he entered a country store as assistant, in which em- ployment he continued for three years, when, his health beginning to give evidence of failing, he' abandoned his situation and returned to his father's farm. Here he re- mained until he was sixteen years of age, aiding in the routine duties of home labor during summer and attending
the district common-school during the winter months. With increased knowledge and improved health he te turned to the commercial establishment he had quitted, for two years, when he engaged in the mercantile busines, upon his own account. Meeting with fair success, in 1849 he disposed of his business with the intention of emigrating to California. Sober second-thought resulted in his remain- ing in the East. In the spring of 1850, he resmined mer- cantile pursuits in Columbia until 1854. At this date, in connection with Hugh M. North and General B. A. Shacffer, he purchased a furnace and proceeded to the manufacture of iron. After some time, Mr. North retired from the firm, and, at the death of General Shaeffer, Mr. Kauffman pur- [ chased from the estate his interest, and thus became the sole proprietor of the works, which he has been success- fully operating ever since. Some time after obtaining sole control, he rebuilt and enlarged the establishment, render- fing it complete in every department, and introducing all the most approved appliances in order to enable him to pro- once the best qualities of iron. In 1856, he was elected to the State Legislature and served for one term with credit to himself and full satisfaction to his constituents. He is a member of the town council and has been connected with a large number of corporations and companies as an officer and director, and having always taken a lively interest in the building of railroads and other internal improvements, he has done much to develop and build up the section of country in which Columbia is situate. He was appointed aid to Governor Pollock, and thereby received the title of Colonel. A strong supporter of the United States Govern- ment during the late Civil War, he contributed many thou- sand dollars to aid in the preservation of the Union. Ile is an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and deeply interested in every movement for the advancement of re- ligion and morality. He was married, in 1852, to a daughter of the late Jacob Strickler, a prominent farmer and miller of West Hempfield township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
AIIM, EDWARD J., Merchant and Manufac- turer, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, August 24th, 1831. The family is of Swiss- German origin. Ilis great-grandfather, Right Rev. Michael Zahm, was a Bishop in the Moravian Church. At the time of the Reformation in Germany, there were two brothers of the family living : one remained with the Catholic and the other enlisted in the Protestant Church ; of the latter, Edward J. is a direct descendant. His father, Mathias Zahm, occupied various positions of public trust for nearly sixty years in Lancaster, and died August 25th, 1874, aged eighty-five years. The resolutions of the Lan- caster Bar and School Board bear high testimony to his worth and integrity. Edward J. is the youngest of five sons and four daughters. His education, acquired at the public
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schools of thirty years ago, was not particularly advanced, [ almost exclusively to his private practice, which is very though he enjoyed for one year the benefits of the instruc- tion in the Iligh School of Professor Kirkwood, since eminent as an astronomer. At the age of fourteen, he entered the watch and jewelry store of his brother, as an apprentice. Here he continued for eight and a half years, mastering all the delicate details of the art. In December, 1854, in connection with his brother, II. L. Zahm, he engaged in business on his own account under the firm.title of II. L. & E. J. Zahm, in Lancaster. Some years later, they purchased the property directly opposite their original location, known as the Hubley Corner, and re- fitting it handsomely, removed their establishment thereto. In March, 1870, he purchased his brother's interest, desig- nated the location Zahm's Corner, and has continued to enjoy uninterrupted prosperity. Through his intimate per- sonal relations with the late Rev. Henry Harbaugh, D. D., of the Reformed Church, he became actively attached to that denomination, and has filled several places of responsi- bility therein ; for many years he has been a prominent member of the Board of Trustees of its Theological Semi- nary, and was mainly instrumental in changing its location from Mercersburg to Lancaster. For a long time he has also been one of the Board of Trustees ef Franklin and Mar- shall College, located near his home. ITis zeal in the cause of Christian education and the interests of his denomina- tion has rendered him prominent in its Synads and widely known and respected in the church throughout the United States. He was of the first Board of Directors of the Lan- caster Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company, aiding largely in the organization of that important business in- terest ; was connected for one year, as a Director, with the Lancaster County Mining Company, and assisted in bring- ing into operation the means for the development of the rich mines controlled by this corporation. Recently, he accepted the Presidency of the Adams & Perry Watch Manufacturing. Company, the parties associated with him in the enterprise only engaging in the undertaking upon the condition of his assuming that position. He was married, April 5th, 1855, to Margaret, daughter of Jacob Kuhns, brickmaker, of Lancaster, and has three sons and four daughters.
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