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In 1818 Butler was combined with Beaver and Allegheny counties to form the Fifth distriet, and at the November term of that year Hon. Samuel Roberts took his seat in Butler county as president judge. He con -. tinued to hold the courts in the county until
January term, 1821, about which time he died. He was born in Philadelphia, Sep- tember 8, 1763, and was admitted to the bar in that county, 1793, and soon afterwards moved to Sunbury.
William Wilkins, of the Allegheny county bar, having been appointed president judge of the Fifth distriet, to sueeeed Judge Rob- erts, took his seat as judge of the Butler courts at April term, 1821, and continued holding the eourts until ineluding April term, 1824.
Charles Shaler, of the Allegheny county bar, having been appointed president judge of the Fifth district, took his seat on the bench in Butler county on July 5, 1824, and continued to hold the Butler courts until June term, 1831.
The Seventeenth district having been formed of Beaver, Butler and Mereer eoun- ties in 1831, and John Bredin, of the Butler bar, having been appointed president judge, he first took his seat on the beneh in But- ler county at June term, 1831, and eontin- ued to hold the courts until his death, which occurred May 21, 1851.
Charles McCandless was born in Centre township, Butler county, on November 27, 1834. Ile finished his education at Wither- spoon institute in Butler, read law in the offiee with his uncle, C. C. Sullivan, and was admitted to the bar on June 14, 1858. He was a partner of Mr. Sullivan until 1860. He was elected to the State Senate in 1862 and served three years. In 1872 he was a delegate to the Republican national con- vention at Philadelphia, which nominated Grant and Wilson. He was appointed chief justice of New Mexico by President Hayes in 1878, but resigned the office in the same year. He died March 14, 1893.
Judge MeCandless built up a large prae- tice and held it until his death. He was handicapped by a limited and imperfect ed- ueation, but, like his uncle, C. C. Sullivan, before him, he was a man of great foree, He
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was diligent in the pursuit of his profession and a close student of his cases.
Hon. John Bredin was admitted to the bar of Butler county upon examination at Au- gust term, 1817, and at once took his posi- tion as a leader. He was a son of James Bredin, and was born in the town of Stran- orlar, county of Donegal, Ircland. His fam- ily removed to this country in 1802, and set- tled in Donegal township, Butler county. John's opportunity for an education was very limited. He studied for the profession in the office of General Ayres. Hc was ap- pointed to the bench by Governor Wolff in 1831, and was reappointed by Governor Por- ter in 1841. Prior to his death, he was prominently mentioned as a candidate for supreme judge in the Democratic party. Within two years after his admission to the bar, beginning in 1819, and continuing until his elevation to the bench in 1831, Jolın Bredin, in volume of business, took his place as undisputed leader of the bar. He also rode the circuit, including particularly Mer- cer and Venango countics. He had a wide reputation as a good lawyer in actions re- lating to real property.
John Bredin dealt very extensively in real cstate. At the time of his death he owned a large number of tracts of land, and he left a large estate for those days. Gen- erosity and benevolence have been said to have been distinguishing traits in his char- acter, and he gave liberally and to every enterprise that tended to promote the wel- fare of the county.
By act of April 30, 1832, special courts of Common Pleas were provided, and courts were held thereafter for trial of cases by Alexander Thompson in July, 1832, and April, 1833. That act was repealed by act of 27th of January, 1834, which revived special courts of Common Pleas under the act of 15th of March, 1816, and under this latter act Judge Shaler hield a special court in August, 1834, In November, 1840, May,
1841, May, 1843, August, 1843, and Novem- ber, 1843, special courts of Common Pleas were held by James Thompson, who, in May, 1839, was appointed president of a special district created to dispose of accu- mulated business.
Judge Daniel Agnew .- Upon the death of Judge Bredin, Governor Johnston appointed Danicl Agnew, of the Beaver bar, his suc- cessor, as president judge of the Seven- teenth district. At the next fall election, he was clected for a term of ten years, to expire in 1861. At the next election, in 1861, he was re-elected by the unanimous vote of ' all parties as a tribute to his high moral character and his great ability. In 1863 he was elected to the supreme bench and in due time became its chief justice. He dicd during the present year (1902), upwards of ninety years of age, at Beaver.
The history of Judge Agnew belongs to the bar of Beaver county. It is sufficient to say here that appcals in Butler county were rarely taken from his decisions. The records of the Supreme Court during his term of office in the Common Pleas show but fourteen appeals from Butler county, of which ten were affirmed and four reversed, and at that time it was not customary to re- port all cases appcaled, the cases not re- ported being usually affirmances. The bar of Butler county appreciated Judge Agnew's high moral purpose, his unbiased judgment, his great learning and his ability, and all judges in the county, since his time, are measured by the high standard established by him.
Lawrence L. McGriffin .- Upon the resig- nation of Judge Agnew, Lawrence L. Mc- Griffin, of the Lawrence county bar, was ap- pointed his successor by Governor Curtin. IIc was elected in 1864 for the term of ten years. His history belongs to that of the Lawrence county bar. During his term, his health began to fail, and the increasing busi- ness of the county and district became more
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than he could do, and arrears began to ac- cumulate. He was a man of great affability, especially to the younger members of the profession. He retired with the universal respect of the bar.
In 1874 an additional law judge was pro- vided for the district, and Charles MeC'and- less, of the Butler bar, received the appoint- ment, his term to expire January 1, 1875. At the fall election of 1874, Ebenezer Me- Junkin and James Bredin were elected judges-McGuffin and McCandless retiring.
The list of attorneys not at present prac- ticing at the bar, with the dates of their ad- mission, in addition to those already given. is as follows :
George Armstrong, May, 1804; James Al- lison, February 11, 1805; William Ayres, June 5, 1809; Jno. B. Alexander, March 26, 1812; James Alexander, March. 26, 1836: Jonathan Ayres, June 11, 1838; Daniel Ag- new, April 4, 1835; Isaac Ash, March 28, 1859 ; S. S. Avery, June 11, 1873; M. C. Ache- son, 1879; Henry M. Brackenridge, Febru- ary 15, 1815; Thos. Blair, May 11, 1818: Alexander Brackenridge, May 12, 1818; Rob- ert Burke, October 10, 1822; John Banks, Oc- tober 6, 1824; Richard B. Barker, January 24, 1824; Joseph Buffington, July 4, 1826; Charles S. Bradford, September 11, 1832: Edward M. Bredin, October 2, 1839; Jacob K. Boyd, December 7, 1839; Oren Baldwin, March 25, 1845; John Boreland, October 28, 1845; William Boyd, December 15, 1846; James M. Bredin, May 20, 1851; Archibald Blakeley, November 10, 1852; James Bredin, June 14, 1853; William Blakeley, March 24, 1856; Amzi Brewster, March 28, 1859; George A. Black, September 25, 1865; Sam- uel M. Boyd, January 12, 1869; William II. Black, June 14, 1869: A. W. Barry, March 13, 1872: George II. Bemmus, October 21. 1872; M. C. Benediet, January 6, 1875; New- ton Black, October 5, 1876: James F. Brit- tain, February 12, 1877; J. H. Bowman, April 18, 1878; J, A, Beatty, September 1,
1884; David C. Cunningham, May, 1804; Charles Cecil, June 7, 1808; JJames S. Craft, April 20, 1819; T. S. Cunningham, October 6, 1824; William B. Clark, July 2, 1827; Ne- ville B. Craig, October 1, 1827; James P. Campbell, December 10, 1844; Geo. R. Coch- ran, September 27, 1866: W. G. Crawford, January 12, 1874: Joseph II. Cunningham, June, 1874; William R. Con, October 20. 1875; Ezra Crossman, January 3, 1878; A. M. Cunningham, June 4, 1878; Win. M. Cor- nelins, October 13, 1879; W. II. Colbert, Oe- tober 25, 1879: Paul Cummings, June 13. 1888; James Dunlap, February 11, 1805; Joseph Douglas, February 11, 1805: Samuel Douglas, November 16, 1811 ; B. Dallas, July, 1825; Charles Darragh, September 12, 1832; James Donnelly, December 10, 1845; Thomas Donnelly, June 19. 1847; Joseph T. Donley, April 29, 1874; John Dalzell, 1879; James M. Denny, March 2, 1880; Benj. R. Evans, April 4, 1825; Evan Reese Evans, July 6, 1830: John T. Edmundson, July 19, 1871; Frank M. Eastman, April 14, 1873; E. R. Eckley, September, 1878; Samuel Foster, November 11, 1805; Walter Forward, February 16, 1814; W. W. Fetterman, April 5, 1824; Sam- nel Gormley, June, 1825; Michael Gallagher. May 18, 1829; N. P. Fetterman, June 13. 1831; Samuel Foltz, September 1, 1852; Eu- gene Ferrero, September 25, 1855; Francis Fielding, September 28, 1863; William A. Forquer, Jime 19, 1874; Lewis L. Fleeger ; John Gilmore, February 13, 1804; John B. Gibson, August, 1804; James Gilleland, March 8, 1808; James A. Graham, March 6, 1809 ; Samuel Glass, May 14, 1816; John Gal- braith, November 10, 1818; John L. Gans. October, 1825; Samuel A. Gilmore, January 8, 1828; Alfred Gihnore, March 15, 1836: John Graham, September 12, 1844; Charles B. Gillespie, September 15, 1846; John P. Gilchrist, November 15, 1853; Walter L. Graham, September 25, 1855; Hugh C. Gra- ham, March 25, 1861: Richard Gailey, Jan- nary 11, 1869; J. K. Graham, June 13, 1870;
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Robert G. Graham, May 5, 1880; David Hays, February 11, 1805; Samuel Harrison, March 8, 1808; John H. Hopkins, October 10, 1822; John Henderson, July, 1825; V. B. Horton, April 7, 1831; Wm. Haslett, December 11, 1837; E. D. Henry, March 12, 1844; Moses Hampton, December 15, 1846; Aaron L. Ha- zen, January 10, 1871; Geo. D. Hamor, June 6, 1876; Stephen H. Huselton, April 10, 1886; Chas. H. Hardiman, June 13, 1888; David Irwine, June 3, 1807; Chas. H. Israel, Octo- ber 2, 1826; Samuel P. Irvine, June 14, 1858; Robert B. Ivory, September 20,1882; Alexan- der Johnston, June 7, 1808; J. Jack, June 8, 1840; A. C. Johnston, March '9, 1874; David H. Jack, June 1, 1880; Eben Smith Kelly, No- vember 9, 1818; James W. Kirker, September 22, 1856; D. J. Kyle, December 21, 1878; A. W. Kelly, May 21, 1892; Henry W. Lewis, April 5, 1824; Webster H. Lowrie, July 6, 1830; Matthew S. Lowrie, September 11, 1832; H. N. Lee, December 9, 1834; William S. Lane, September 12, 1843; James T. Lane, November 15, 1853; Thomas E. J. Lyon, March 24, 1862; L. G. Linn, January 5, 1875; L. J. Levis, June 6, 1876; T. H. Lyon, July 15, 1882; M. F. Leason, May 5, 1884; Robert Moore, May, 1804: Magnus M. Mur- ray, May 15, 1810; A. S. T. Mountain, Octo- ber 7, 1824; Christian Mechling, April 7, 1829; Harper Mitchell, November 9, 1841; Franklin Mechling, May 12, 1847; J. H. Mitchell, March 22, 1858; Joseph Mitchell, June 21, 1870; John M. Miller, 1872; R. L. Maxwell, January 14, 1874; M. N. Miles, June 17, 1874; Wallace Martin, September 14, 1874; Lewis H. Mitchell, January 4, 1875; Ehram B. Mitchell, October 20, 1875; J. O. Marshall, May 5, 1876; Eugene G. Mil- ler, October 3, 1876; Leslie Q. Maxwell, March 11, 1878; William II. Martin, Septem- ber 20, 1882: S. M. Meals, June 8, 1892; Henry N. Marshall, September 5, 1888; J. Norman Martin, May 6, 1892; John McDon- ald, September 26, 1810; Wilson McCandless, September 12, 1832: William B. McClure,
June 13, 1833; D. Mclaughlin, January 11. 1838; Alexander T. MeNair, December 10, 1838; Francis McBride, April 7, 1842; Law- rence L. McGuffin, December 15, 1842; John McElvain, September 15, 1846; Arcus Mc- Dermitt, September 30, 1850; Wm. B. Mc- Nair, March 24, 1856; Robert M. McLure. June 9,1856; Aaron M. McCandless, April 23. 1867; Michael B. McBride, March 13, 1871; Austin J. McCafferty, June, 1872; J. S. Mc- Kay, September 3, 1873; Edward McSwee- ney, November 4, 1875; Joseph A. McDon- ald, January 3, 1878; Charles A. McPherrin, March 5, 1883; Charles C. McCandless, Sep- tember 1, 1890; John Noble Nesbit, June 12, 1844; John Purviance, August, 1804; Henry Purviance, August 9, 1814; Ephriam Pent- land, April 3, 1827; Samuel A. Purviance. October 2, 1827 ; John N. Purviance, June 13. 1832; J. P. Pearson, March 10, 1834; Parker C. Purviance, January 10, 1835 ; James Potts, June 11, 1850; Jno. Purviance, Jr., Septem- ber 27, 1858; S. H. Piersol, June 14, 1869: W. S. Purviance, 1872; Lewis K. Purviance. September 6, 1875: B. L. Pollock, June 11. 1877; Francis S. Purviance, March 19, 1878 : J. F. Peffer, June 4, 1883; Isaiah H. Painter. September. 1891; John S. Rhey, September 13, 1842; John S. Ray, September 15, 1846: A. J. Rebstock, March 27, 1860; Elliott Robb, October 27, 1870; George L. Rankin. June 19, 1876; John M. Roth, November 4. 1875; James W. Reed, September 8, 1884; John M. Russell, April 10, 1886: Wm. A. Ralston, June 1, 1892: Charles Shaler, Au- gust 30, 1819; George Smith, July, 1825: Daniel Stanard. January 8, 1828; Edward Simpson, January 8, 1828: Thomas Struth- ers, July 8, 1828: Geo. W. Smith. April 7. 1829; James R. Snowden, June 13, 1831; Chas. C. Sullivan, October 10, 1831; William H. Scott, June 11, 1828 : James Stewart, Sep- tember 14, 1841: William M. Stewart, Sep- tember 13, 1842; Joseph Slicher, June 12, 1844; John McPherrin Sullivan, December, 1845 : Moses Sullivan. June 14, 1869 ; Charles
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A. Sullivan, Mareh 15, 1870; Harvey N. Sny- der, June 10, 1870; O. E. Shannon, October 20, 1873; James H. Smith, September 10, 1875; Geo. Shiras, 1879; E. R. Shanor, May 31, 1880; Samuel B. Snyder, April 24, 1882; J. S. Snyder, March, 1886; Henry Stauffer, March, 1887; J. V. Sloan, JJune, 1888 ; James Thompson, April 9, 1828; William Timblin, September 14, 1841; P. D. P. Taylor, Sep- tember 9, 1845; Wm. D. Tassey, December 11, 1845; Wm.G. Thompson, November 15, 1853; Henry D. Timblin, April 23, 1867; John II. Thompson, April 20, 1877; O. D. Thompson, May 31, 1880; Horace J. Thomas, June 6, 1892; Joseph Weigley, June 8, 1808; John Woods, May 14, 1805; James Wills, Febru- ary, 1811; George Watson, April 1, 1822; David O. Walker, January 7, 1828; Matthew S. Wiley, September 14, 1843; E. C. Wilson, September 14, 1846: J. H. White, 1872; Leon- idas Walker, May 27, 1878; D. T. Watson, 1879; William II. Walsh, September 6, 1879; William J. Welsh, April 11, 1883; John P. Wilson, December 2, 1889; Huston Q. Walker, May 25, 1891: Zill J. Wilson, De- cember, 1891; Watson J. Young, November 19, 1866; Jaeob Ziegler, April 18, 1836; Geo. W. Ziegler, 1839.
But few of this long list of attorneys set- tled in Butler as resident lawyers. A por- tion of the list is made up of attorneys of neighboring bars attending court upon some particular business. Others, especially in the earlier days, came and were admitted for the purpose of practicing at the Butler bar in connection with their home business, and did for some years after their admis- sion continue to include Butler in their cir- cuit, as Butler lawyers did their counties in return. Included in this list we find such distinguished lawyers. in addition to those already named, as Henry L. Brackenridge, afterwards judge of the United States Dis- trict Court for the Western District of Penn- sylvania; Walter Forward, member of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses, and
secretary of the treasury from 1841 to 1843; W. W. Fetterman; Walter II. Lowrie, after- wards judge of the District Court of Alle- gheny county, then a justice of the Supreme court, and, in his turn, Chief Justice; Wil- son McCandless, afterwards judge of the United States District Court for the Western Distriet of Pennsylvania; William B. Mc- Clure, afterwards judge of the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny county; Charles Shaler, to preside later in the Butler courts. as well as in those of Allegheny county, all of the Allegheny eounty bar: Robert Moore: N. P. Fetterman (who, in his later years. practiced in Pittsburgh), and Daniel Agnew, of the Beaver county bar; Thomas Blair, of the Kittanning bar; John Banks, of the In- diana bar; J. P. Pearson, of the Mereer bar.
Others there are in the list who were pe- culiarly associated with Butler eounty and the Butler county bar in their earlier years, but who sought other fields of labor where they achieved fame, judicial or political. The following are some of the names thus included :
James Dunlap practieed during the years 1805-06 and transacted a large business, after which he moved to Natchez, Miss., where he served a long term as United States district judge, and where he died.
Hon. Joseph Buffington, having been edu- cated at the Western university at Pitts- burgh, came to Butler and edited a news- paper, and, with Samuel A. Purviance, engaged in keeping a small grocery. He then read law in the office of General Ayres. Upon his admission he opened a law offiee in Butler, where he remained about a year and then removed to Armstrong eounty. The records show, however, that for a number of years he returned to take part in the trial of cases in the Butler courts. He was elected to Congress in 1842 and in 1844, Butler county being in his distriet. He was then elected to the bench in the Armstrong county district, upon which he presided with
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great ability until, in 1871, he resigned, owing to failing health. He was an uncle of Hon. Joseph Buffington, now United States district judge for the Western Dis- triet of Pennsylvania.
John Galbraith, whose family came to Butler county and settled in Centre town- ship in 1796. John studied for the profes- sion in the office of General Ayres, and after his admission he practiced in Butler for some five years. At the same time he estab- lished the first newspaper published in But- ler. He then removed to Franklin, in Ve- nango county, was elected to the Legislature for four terms, and was elected to Congress in 1832 and 1834. In 1837 he removed to Erie and was again elected to Congress .. In 1851 he was elected president judge of the Eric county district, a position he held until his death, June 15, 1860.
Ebenezer McJunkin was born in Centre township, Butler county, on March 28, 1819. He graduated at Jefferson college, Canons- burg, Pa., in 1841. He read for the profes- sion in the office of C. C. Sullivan, and upon his admission to the bar formed a partner- ship with his preceptor on September 12, 1843, which continued for about four years, and in 1849 he was appointed deputy attor- ney general, when he began practice upon his own account. In 1857-58 he was in part- nership with James Bredin, his brother-in- law, he having married the eldest daughter of Judge John Bredin. In 1860 he was a delegate to the national Republican conven- tion at Chicago, which nominated Lincoln and Hamlin, and in 1864 he was a member of the electoral college and cast his vote for Lincoln and Johnson. He was elected to Congress in 1870, and re-elected in 1872. In 1874 he was an independent Republican candidate for judge, and was elected, re- signing his seat in Congress to accept the office. He drew lots with his colleague, James Bredin, for the president judgeship, which he won,
As a lawyer, Judge McJunkin took a com- laanding position at the bar. He had great influence with juries. As an orator he has never been surpassed, scarcely equaled, at the Butler bar. He has always been a man of the very strictest integrity, and his syn- pathy and purse have always been at the command of the needy. His open hand has prevented an accumulation by him of riches. As a judge he was studions, laborious and patient. He served with great ability and marked success. When he and his col- league went upon the bench, the arrears were large, delays often amounting to a de- nial of justice, but soon, though the busi- ness of the district was then large, by un- usual efforts they disposed of the arrcars. so that speedy trials might be had.
James Thompson was born in 1805, in Middlesex township, Butler county. In 1818 he was a "printer's devil" in a newspaper office in Butler. In 1825 or 1826, still work- ing at the trade, he became a law student in the office of John Gilmore. He finished his law studies at Kittanning under Thomas Blair. In 1831 Mr. Thompson appears to have been engaged to a slight extent as an attorney in the Butler courts. From 1840 to 1843 he held special courts in Butler county. In 1844 he was elected to Congress. and in 1857, while residing in Erie. was elected a justice of the Supreme Court. in due time becoming chief justice.
James Potts was born in Butler and was commissioned president judge of Cambria county. He died at Oil City. Pa., in 1891.
Arcus McDermitt was born in Butler county and read law in the office of C. C. Sullivan. Having been admitted to the bar. he removed to Mercer county and was elected president judge of the Mercer county district in 1874.
William G. Thompson, a brother of John M. Thompson, of the present bar, was born in Brady township, Butler county. He read law in the office of William Timblin, and
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upon his admission to the bar he removed to Linn county, Iowa, where he still re- sides. During the Civil war he was major of an Iowa regiment. He was elected from Iowa to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eightlı Congresses. He was subsequently elected judge and still serves in that capacity.
John H. Mitchell read for the profession in the office of Purviance & Thompson. Being admitted, he formed a partnership with John M. Thompson and practiced in the Butler courts until 1860 with marked success, at which time he removed to Port- land, Ore. In June, 1862, he was elected to the Oregon State Senate and was chairman of the judiciary committee during his term. In 1864 he was elected lieutenant governor of the state. In 1866 he was elected profes- sor of medical jurisprudence of the Wil- amette university at Salem, Ore., by the faculty, which position he filled four years, delivering some fifty lectures on that sub- ject at each session. In 1869 he was admit- ted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1872 he was elected to the United States Senate from Oregon, and is now serving his fourth term in that body. As a lawyer he is no less distinguished than as a legislator. He has had a large practice upon the Pacific coast and in the. Supreme Court of the United States. His fame as a lawyer is not local, but national.
Other lawyers who have not only been admitted, but have practiced at the Butler bar, and who have died or removed, are the following :
James M. Bredin, who removed to Frank- lin and died there. Archibald Blakeley, born in Forward township, Butler county, read law in the office of George W. Smith, was elected district attorney, was colonel of the Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volun- teers during the Civil war, practiced in Franklin from 1864 to 1868, then removed to Pittsburglı, where he still is actively en- gaged in the practice ; George A. Black, who
read law in the office of John N. Purviance, after serving three years in the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves, of famous memory during the Civil war, removed to Kansas City, Mo., where he remained for some years, bnt about 1872 returned and practiced in Butler until his death; William A. Black, younger brother of George A., also a mem- ber of the same regiment, and serving three years therein, who, after practicing a few years, died, preceding his brother to the grave; Newton Black, a cousin of the pre- ceding, member of the One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil war, who read law in the office of Charles MeCandless and John M. Greer, who lately died; Evan Rees Evans, who, after being admitted, opened an office and remained in Butler until 1835, having a large practice; Frank M. Eastman, a one-armed soldier of the Civil war, for many years court stenographer as well as practicing at- torney, who removed to Virginia, and is still living there; William A. Farquer, born in Butler county, March 9, 1845, who read law in the office of John M. Thompson, was elected to the office of district attorney in 1877, and acquired a large practice, and who died in April, 1902 ;. Walter L. Graham, born in Butler, October 25, 1831, graduated at Jefferson college in 1854, read law in the office of Samuel A. Purviance and C. C. Sul- livan, was a delegate to the national Repub- lican convention at Chicago in 1860, which nominated Lincoln and Hamlin, and prac- ticed law in Butler until his death in 1901: James W. Kirker, born in Middle Lancaster, Butler county, September 20, 1832, elected district attorney, during the Civil war pro- vost marshal for the district composed of Allegheny and Butler counties, after the war removed to Allegheny county, where he practiced, having a large clientage, until his death, August 10, 1893; Matthew S. Low- rie, a son of United States Senator Walter Lowrie, who followed the profession in But-
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