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"je 9 IBSON, JOIIN, Lawyer, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 17th, 1829. ITis education, which was thorough, was received at the York County Academy, in York, Pennsylvania. After leaving this institution he engaged in the study of law, was admitted to the bar of York county, Pennsylvania, September 30th, 1851, and has there been engaged in the practice of his profession ever since, enjoy- ing a high reputation as a citizen and a jurist, and an ex- cellent business connection extending to the adjoining counties. Ile was a Democratie Delegate to the Consti- tutional Convention of 1872-'73, and as a member of that body held a position on the Committees on Impeachment and Removal from Office, and on Declaration of Rights.
AVIS, THOMAS W., Collector of Internal Reve- nue for the Twenty-second District of Pennsyl- vania, was born in Pittsburgh, September Ist, 1834. Ilis parents were of Welsh extraction, and his father was formerly engaged in the manufacture of iron. He attended the public schools of Zinesville, Ohio, subsequently entering Bartlett's Commercial College at Cincinnati, from which institution he ultimately graduated in due course. Purposing to in- terest himself in the iron business, he served a regular apprenticeship in a rolling mill. He then became a elerk in the same business, and afterward, Financial Manager of the Lawrence Mills at Ironton, Ohio. Leaving that situation, he was engaged for three years in the manufac- ture of pig iron in Greenough county, Kentucky. At the
obnoxious to the inhabitants of that region, he was forced to leave, and returned to Pittsburgh. There he interested himself in the oil refining business, which he has since continued to prosecute with much success. In 1869, he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the Twenty-second District of Pennsylvania, by President Grant. In politics he has always firmly supported the Republican party, its principles and its measures. He was appointed Bank Assessor of Allegheny county, by Gover- nor Geary, in 1868, and fulfilled the duties attached to that position with undeviating rectitude and ability. In 1873, he projected and successfully established the I' Was, a Welsh weekly paper, one of but three newspapers pub- lished in the Welsh language in the United States. Ile is Secretary and Treasurer of the Printing Company having charge of the publication, and is a conservator sof Welsh interests in western Pennsylvania. The l' Wasg has met with the success which such an enterprise merited, and, at the present time, is cited as an authority above all others concerning Welsh affairs in this country.
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ES, CHIARLES MARTIER, M. D., Physician, was born in York, Pennsylvania, June 26th, 1827. Ilis father, Dr. Henry Nes, also a native of York, was member of Congress from this district for several years, although at that period it was Democratic, while he was a firm supporter of the Whig party; his mother was Elizabeth Weiser, of York county. Ile was primarily educated in York County Academy, whence he entered Columbia College, Wash- ington, District of Columbia, and received his M. D. diploma in 1845. Subsequently, he moved to York, where lie engaged in the practice of his profession, and, acquiring a wide connection, has since remained. He was appointed one of the Commissioners to Vienna. Several years since, while experimenting in ore, iron, and steel, he discovered, near York, Pennsylvania, the steel-making properties of large deposits of magnetic silicate of iron ore. Ile then, during three years, and in conjunction with other scientific and practical men, tested this ore, and, by using it in com- bination with pig and scrap iron, demonstrated its valuable steel-making properties. Naming it "Silicon Steel Ore," he secured large traets of land, and subsequently, the ore was tested thoroughly throughout the country, and in every form, from a delicate penknife blade to a railroad rail ; and it is elaimed that the results prove clearly that it makes a steel endowed with qualities surpassing those possessed by any other manufacture. This product he patented, and denominated Silicon Steel; at present the company or- ganized to develop this discovery is presided over by E. Gulick, of New York city: Hon. A. B. Cornell, IIon. Elisha P. Wheeler, and William Halsey, being Vice-Presi-
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dents. It is a joint stock company, incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, in 1872, with a capital of $6,000,000, in shares of $100 each.
MULL, JOIIN AUGUSTUS, Compiler of the Legislative Iland-Book, was born in Harrisburg, September Ist, 1832. Ilis father, John Smull, and mother, Harriet, daughter of the Rev. Philip R. Pauli, were descendants from German ances- tors. Ile received his education at the public schools of Harrisburg, and, declining an appointment as Midshipman, United States Navy, to please his family, from his fourteenth to his seventeenth year was apprenticed to the printing trade; but his elder brother, who filled the position of Page in the House of Representatives, dying, he was appointed to fill the vacancy, and rose from that post to Bill Clerk, then to Bill and Petition Clerk, and finally to Resident Clerk of the Ilouse, which office he now holds. He is the author of the Legislative Hand- Book, a most complete and valuable work. He is an active and public-spirited citizen, and is now President of the Iharrisburg Brick and Tile Company; one of the Board of Prison Inspectors; Vice-President of the Penn- sylvania State Agricultural Society; Manager of the Har- risburg Cemetery Association ; a principal Director of the Harrisburg Passenger Railroad, and its Secretary from organization. Ile is also a member of the Fort Ilunter Road Commission, and Director of the Harrisburg Land and Building Association, and Vice-President of the Masonic HIall Association.
IGIIAM, THOMAS JAMES, Lawyer, ete., was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, February 12th, isto, of Irish origin. . His parents dying during his early youth, he was raised and educated by his grandfather, and graduated from Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, in 1835. Commencing the study of law, he was admitted to the Pittsburgh bar in 1837. In connection with his practice he was deeply interested in scientific and literary pursuits, and delivered lectures on Geology, and on the Pioneers of Western Pennsylvania, which won him con- siderable reputation. Elected Representative in 1845, he for twelve years was a member of one of the Houses of the State Legislature, generally being upon the Ways and Means, Judiciary, and other important Committees. In 1864, by his personal exertions, the taxation of corpora- tions was substituted for that of real estate, for the main- tenance of the Government. His present appointment as Commissioner of Statistics of the State of Pennsylvania is a compliment to his superior ability and attainments, not a
political reward. His literary efforts have been chiefly devoted to matters connected with the early history of his native State, and he has now in contemplation the publi- cation of a Ilistory of Pennsylvania, from the time of its first settlement to the present day.
CALLISTER, HUGH NELSON, Lawyer, was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, June 28th, 1809. Ile received his education at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in the class of 1833; taking his degree in the law department in 1835. Admitted to the bar in November, 1835, he at once began practice. While at the bar a commission as President Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas was, on two occasions, tendered him, but was declined both times. He was elected a Republican Dele- gate at Large to the Constitutional Convention of 1872-'73, and was Chairman of the Committee on Suffrage, Election, and Representation, on which subjects he was a constant and earnest speaker on the floor of the Convention; he served also on the Committee on Railroads and Canals. Ile was some time Captain of Company F, 23d Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia; at the close of the war he was appointed by Governor Curtin one of the Commissioners to investigate and settle the claims of citizens of the border counties for losses sustained in the struggle. He was one of the projectors and a liberal supporter of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. Ile died, M: y 5th, 1873, in Phila- delphia, while attending the session of the Convention.
ATTON, WILLIAM W., Merchant, and Opera- tor in Real Estate, was born February 27th, IS36, in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. Hle is the son of Rev. Walter Patton and Sarah ( Ede) Patton. He received his education at the common schools, first, of Upper Merion, and afterwards of Camden, New Jersey. On attaining his majority he forthwith established himself in business as a dealer in paper hangings, in Germantown. After having successfully prosecuted this business for some time, he found opportunity for embarking in that of real estate, and still carries on both. In 1867, he purchased ten acres of land in the neighborhood of Germantown, and estab- lished a settlement there under the name of Pulaski Town. This was his first operation of the kind in Germantown, which he has since followed up by others equally success- ful. During the war he served with Captain Biddle's Independent Rifle Company, and was present at the battle of Antietam. lle was married, in 1859, to Annie E., daughter of Thomas Baird, a prominent lawyer of Pitts- burgh, and whose maternal grandfather was General Para- sette, of Lafayette's army.
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REEN, ARTHUR N., Lawyer and District Attor- ney of York county, Pennsylvania, was born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, December 12th, 1831. Ile is of Irish descent. ITis father, a farmer, afforded him the usual common-school education, and he completed his scholastic course at Dickin- son College. After leaving his Alma Mater he read law in the office of Judge Hepburn, of Carlisle, and was admitted to the bar of Cumberland county in April. 1853 At once starting practice he was more than usually suc- cessful, and remained actively employed in his profession, in Cumberland county, until June, 1858. Then he re- moved to York, Pennsylvania, where, his reputation hav- ing preceded him, he soon acquired a lucrative connection, to the demands of which he has devoted his entire atten- tion. Though he has never taken any part in politics, his reputation, well-sustained, as a jurist of profound acquire- ments, and the integrity of his character have made him a prominent man at the bar and in the community ; and, in October, 1872, he was elected District Attorney of York county, and has filled the office with great acceptance. Ile was married, on January 11th, 1854, to Fannie A., daughter of John Gray, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
ULLEN, RIGIIT REV. TOBIAS, D. D., Bishop of Erie, was born in Clundy, County Tyrone, Ireland, March 4th, 1818. ITis preparatory edu- cation was received at a classical school in County Donegal, and his theological instruction at Maynooth. Minor orders were conferred upon him by Archbishop Murray, of Dublin. Ile came to the United States with Bishop O'Conner, of Pittsburgh, in 1843; was by him ordained September 1st, 1844, and officiated at his first mass in St. Philomena's Church, Pitts- burgh, assisted by the Rev. J. N. Neuman, C. S. S. R., who was afterwards Bishop of Philadelphia. Ile was next assigned as Assistant to St. Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburgh ; and, in 1846, was transferred to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he remained until he was placed in charge of St. Peter's congregation of Allegheny City, in 1854. He was consecrated Bishop of Erie county, Angust 20, 1868.
MICHAEL, MORTON, Lawyer and Editor, was born in Burlington county, New Jersey, October 20th, 1807. He received his education, firstly, at the schools of his native place, and afterwards at the University of Pennsylvania. On leaving the University he studied for the bar, to which he was admitted in 1827. For many years sub- sequently he served as an Alderman, and, from 1843 to 1846, was High Sheriff. In 1866, he became the Mayor of
the City of Philadelphia, and discharged the duties of this important office until 1869. In 1873, he was appointed a Delegate at Large to the Fourth Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Hon. William M. Meredith, and as a member of the Convention served on the Committee on Revision and Ad- justments. IIe is the President of the Park Commission, and has been ever since its organization, and is also the pro- prietor and editor-in-chief of the North American and United States Gazette.
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EGLEY, GENERAL JAMES S., Soldier and Congressman, is of Swiss descent, and was born in East Liberty, December 22d, 1826. 1Tis family connections were pioneer settlers of the valley situated near the old French Fort Du- quesne, and were participants in the events con- nected with the Seven Years War. He was educated in the local common schools, and was also pursuing a col- legiate course preparatory to the adoption of a profession. When war was declared between Mexico and the United States, being in his nineteenth year, he enlisted in the Duquesne Grays as a volunteer ; his family invoked the aid of the law to detain him as a minor, but, persevering in his purpose, he left with his company and participated in the siege and capture of Vera Cruz, in the battles of Cerro Gordo, La Perote, and Las Vegas, and in the siege of Puebla, besides other engagements. While at Puebla, he received from the Secretary of War an order for his honorable discharge; this, however, he indignantly re- fused to accept, and remained on duty with his company until the termination of the conflict. Ile then returned to his home, and engaged in manufacturing pursuits, which he abandoned shortly after, and devoting his attention to agriculture and horticulture, soon became noted as one of the most skilful horticulturists in the country. Mean- while he occupied a portion of his time in organizing the militia of western Pennsylvania, and was chosen Major- General of the Eighteenth Division by an unanimous vote. About this time he foresaw the approaching Civil War, and urged the more efficient organization of the militia for national defence. In December, 1860, he made a formal offer of an organized Brigade to the Governor, and April 17th, 1861, was summoned to Harrisburg, where he received the authority upon which he speedily recruited and organized more troops than the Government would receive. With one Brigade of Infantry, he then joined the command of Major-General Robert Patterson, accompanying him into Maryland and Virginia, taking a prominent part in the various Councils of War. Subse- quently, he was placed in command of the Volunteer Camp at Harrisburg, and September Ist was ordered, with his force, to report to General Rosecranz for duty in northern Virginia, whence he joined General Sherman at
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lytical and synthetical experiments, its true composition and the best method of working it, which, together with many new compounds, were laid before the profession in a series of papers in the Dental Times. In 1862, the hono- rary degree of D. D. S. was conferred upon him, and he was elected to the chair of Mechanical Dentistry in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, to which has since been added the chair of Metallurgy, which he still holds. In 1871, he became Dean of the Faculty of the College. His written productions are not extensive, being confined chiefly to articles contributed to the Dental Journals and scientific papers, and a monogram called " Instructions in Vulcanite." He is, perhaps, the oldest established dentist in the city, certainly the first mechanical dentist in the United States, and as such and as the veteran of the dental of vital importance to the welfare of the Government forces. [ profession enjoys its respectful regard. He was married, in IS51, to Alice L., daughter of John Wright.
Louisville, Kentucky. IIe participated in the movement toward Nashville, and was signally successful in Eastern and Middle Tennessee, at Santa Fe, Rogersville, and Flor- ence, against Morgan's command at Shelbyville, and General Adams, at Sneeden's Cove, also in many other important actions. In the battle of Stone's River, he commanded the Eighth Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, and performed heroic and invaluable service throughout that memorable conflict, driving Breckenridge from his entrenchments, and ensuring final success to the Union arms; for distinguished services on this occasion, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General. In planning the Georgia campaign, his views were adopted; he was given the advance, and drove the enemy from Lookout Mountain, accomplishing, moreover, many other successful operations Ile participated prominently in the battle of Chickamauga, and, when Rosecranz left for Chattanooga, ably re-organ- ized the demoralized troops a: Rossville, thereby forming a needed reserve for Thomas, and enabling him to retire in good order. Since the close of the war he has occupied a prominent position in politics. He was elected to the Forty- first Congress from the Twenty-second District of Pennsyl- vania; re-elected to the Forty-second and Forty-third, and his devotion to his country and to Republican principles has just (September 1874) received recognition in a fourth nomi- nation by acclamation.
ILDMAN, ELIAS, M. D., D. D. S., Dentist, was born near Attleboro, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, July 8th, 1811, his parents being William Wild- man, whose ancestors came from England in 1690, and Elizabeth ( Miller) Wildman. Ile re- ceived his education primarily at a connnon school in Bucks county, and afterwards at a private academy at Wilmington, Delaware. When about twenty years of age, he commenced a course of medical studies at the Medical Department of Rutger's College in New York, and at the New York City Hospital. In 1832, he matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1834. Ile then practised medicine for a short time in Bucks county, after which (in 1835) he studied dentistry in Phila- delphia, under Drs. J. and W. Birkey ; began practice as a dentist in 1836, and has continued therein up to the present time (1874). During his long course of practice, he has experimented upon and brought to perfection a number of appliances more particularly connected with the depart- ment of mechanical demistry. Abont 1842, he succeeded which had previously been very difficult to manipulate, and also produced important improvements in porcelain teeth. On the introduction of hard rubber as a base for artificial dentures, and while the greatest diversity of opinion ex- isted as to its nature, he ascertained, by a series of ana. SI
JAZZAM, IION. EDWARD D., Physician, Law- yer, and Senator, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, May 7th, 1803. His father was a prominent English journalist in the reign of George III., who, offending that government by his advocacy of the claims of the American colo- nists, was forced to emigrate and finally settled in Pitts- burgh. The son received a thorough education at the best schools of his day, and graduated from the Western Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. He then studied law under the Ion. Richard Biddle, was admitted to the bar, and, for a time, engaged successfully in the practice of his profession, Ilis health failing, he relinquished the law and devoted himself to the science of medicine, reading with his brother, Dr. J. l'. Gazzam, and graduating from the Medical University of Pennsylvania ; and, entering upon the life of a physician, he pursued a long, honorable, and highly remunerative career. In social and political life he acquired prominence proportionate to his professional success ; attaining great in- fluence and holding many positions of public trust. Like his father, he was most liberal in his views; an original Free-soiler, he, in company with Salmon P. Chase and others, assembled at Buffalo, New York, in 1848, and there planted the seed which germinated into the Republican party. Ile was elected .State Senator in 1856, and was prominently mentioned, in 1859, as the candidate of the Republican party for Governor of the State, but withdrew from the contest. lle was married, in 1835, to Elizabeth Antoinette, daughter of Constantine Antoine Bulen, of Pitts-
in perfecting the substance known as red gum enamel, { burgh, the granddaughter of Rahm de Bulen de Berthoff,
who came to the United States about 1783, on a mission from Joseph II., of Austria, and who, locating in this eoun- try, resided in Pennsylvania until his death. He removed from Pittsburgh in 1866, and has since made his home in the city of New York.
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LACKMORE, JAMES, Mayor of Pittsburgh, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 2d, 1821. His grandfather was Colonel in the Revolutionary Army, and one of the first settlers in Maryland. James Blackmore received a very limited education, and, excepting a short course at the University in Pittsburgh, he is a self-taught man, le moved to Pittsburgh in 1832, and went to work for his father, who had charge of Brown's Pike, and shortly after entered the lumber business, which he carried on for seven- teen years. He theni embarked in the coal trade, and has continned therein from IS60 to the present time. lle early took a part in politics; is a staunch D-mocrat, and has been a candidate for several offices, On one occasion he was nominated for County Treasurer, and, during the war, ran for Sheriff. He was elected, in 1867, Mayor of Pittsburgh by 2896 majority, and was renominated during the Presi- dential campaign but was defeated. In IS71, he was re- elected Mayor of Pittsburgh, an office he now holds. In 1869, he was chosen President of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, but his official duties obliged him to resign. During the war he subscribed about $4000 to help his ward. Ile married, in 1844, Sarah Jane, daughter of Jacob Ewart. Starting in life a poor boy, he has worked his own way to position and fortune. He suffers from impaired health, but attends to the duties of his office conscientiously and ably. A thorough man of business, despatching matters with promptness and decision, he is yet courteous and easily accessible.
TOWE, HON. EDWIN HENRY, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Pittsburgh, was born in January, 1826, in Beaver, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, The Stowes were carly emigrants from the mother country to New Eng. land, and, on the maternal side, are lineally de- scended from John Hart, of New Jersey, one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. In ESOS, his father moved with his family to the Western Reserve of Ohio, and, during the War of 1812, while a boy, carried the United States Mail from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. Edwin was educated at Washington College, and, after completing the usual course of studies, graduated in 1845. In 1846, he removed to Pittsburgh and read law in the office of Hon. Moses Ilampton, then Congressman, and until lately a judge in one of the courts of that city. Admitted to the bar in IS49, he practised his profession until 1862, when he was elected a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, In 1872, he was re-elected without opposition, receiving the cordial endorse- ment of both parties. In politics, he was originally a Whig, but, since the organization of the Republican party, has steadfastly supported its principles. He is popular with all classes in Allegheny county, and is esteemed and respected for his invariable urbanity, his learning, and his
benevolent disposition ; while acting officially in the Crimi- nal Court, he has distinguished himself by his zealous efforts in endeavoring to encourage and reform those un- fortunates who, falling into evil courses, sorely need a help- ing hand to reinstate them in their own respect and in that of their fellow-creatures.
HITMAN, BENJAMIN, Journalist, was born in Middletown, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, January 28th, 1840. Ifis education was limited, and was acquired at the common schools of his native town, He early became an apprentice in the office of the Harrisburg Telegraph, and, having learned his trade, taught school in Middletown for a time, after which he was connected with newspapers in that place, Lancaster and Harrisburg. In 1861, he became Associate Editor of the Erie Observer, and, a year later, one of its owners. In April, 1864, he purchased his part- ner's interest, has since been sole proprietor of that paper, and has succeeded in raising it from the verge of bank- ruptey to an enviable prosperity. Democratic in politics, it is yet fair and liberal and has great influence. Ile has frequently been a member of State Committees and Con- ventions, but, though prominent in politics and frequently solicited, has ever declined to accept office, considering it inconsistent with the proper discharge of his editorial duties so to do.
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