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William B. Rodgers was born July 1, 1844, in Allegheny City, Pa. Son of Rev. James Rodgers, D. D., and Eliza (Livingston) Rod- gers. Educated in private schools and the Western university of Pennsylvania and was graduated from the Allegheny City college, Allegheny, Pa. Registered Jannary 9, 1861. Admitted January 6, 1864, on motion of John M. Kirkpatrick. Preceptors, John M. Kirkpatrick and John Mellon. Was solieitor for the City of Allegheny from January, 1870, until April, 1888. Was commissioned by John F. Hartrauft, governor of Pennsyl- vania, member of a commission to prepare a code for the government of the cities of the commonwealth, on which commission he served, making an exhaustive report, ahead of the times, and therefore not adopted by the legislature, but which, nevertheless, has
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been the groundwork of nearly all municipal legislation since. Mr. Rodgers is now soliei- tor for the eity of Pittsburgh.
Hon. John Moffitt Kennedy, son of Dr. John and Mary (Diekey) Kennedy, was born Sep- tember 19, 1833, at Oxford, Chester county, Pa. Was graduated from Jefferson college, Pennsylvania, with the class of 1855. Read law at Booneville, Mo., with Judge George W. Miller and William Douglass, George W. Miller being then a circuit judge of the state. Admitted to the bar at Booneville, Cooper county, Mo., July 4, 1863. Removed to Pitts- burgh and admitted to the Allegheny eounty bar February 27, 1864, on motion of Alex- ander II. Miller. Was commissioned presi- dent judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 3 of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1891, by the governor of the eom- monwealth, to serve until the first Monday of January, 1892, thus becoming the first president judge of that court at its organiza- tion, June 2, 1891, when he was qualified and took his seat. In November, 1891, he was eleeted to a full term of ten years from the first Monday of January, 1892, and, being commissioned and qualified, he served the full term. He was re-elected in 1901, eon- missioned and qualified for another term of ten years from the first Monday of January, 1902, which he is now serving.
Hon. Charles Sylvester Fetterman, son of Nathaniel Plumer and Anna M. (Dillon) Fet- terman, was born May 19, 1840, in Beaver, Pa. The family removed to Allegheny eoun- ty in 1849. Was educated in the sehools and academies of the country and city. Regis- tered March 10, 1862. Admitted March 26, 1864, on motion of John M. Kirkpatrick. Preceptor, his father. He was appointed a judge in the Court of Common Pleas No. 1 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James P. Sterrett. IIe served from Mareh, 1877, to the first Monday of January, 1878, and then resumed practice. Died August 17, 1900. Buried in the Chartiers eemetery.
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Judge Fetterman was quiet and undemon- strative, but a good, strong, safe lawyer, hav- ing many of the characteristics of his distin- guished father, N. P. Fetterman, of our bar. Ile was a nephew of W. W. Fetterman and cousin of G. L. B. and W. B. Fetterman also of our bar. His short term on the bench demonstrated his especial fitness for judicial work, but the voice of the people or the voiee of the politicians declared him off.
Ulysses L. B. Pollock was registered Feb- rnary 25, 1861, and admitted March 26, 1864. Preceptors, R. Biddle Roberts and John Mel- lon.
Samuel D. Rothermel was registered No- vember 1, 1862, and admitted July 23, 1864, on motion of Marcus W. Acheson. Preeep- tors, N. P. and G. L. B. Fetterman.
John Caldwell McCoombs was born Mareh 9, 1838, at Wheeling, W. Va. Son of James and Mary (Caldwell) MeCoombs. Was graduated from Jefferson college, Pennsyl- vania, with the class of 1858. Registered April 1, 1862. Admitted July 23, 1864, on motion of Thomas M. Marshall. Preceptor, Kennedy Marshall. Was solieitor of Alle- gheny City from 1867 to 1871.
Junius Brutus Flack was born November 29, 1835, at Fayette City, Fayette county, Pa. Son of John and Catharine (Fell) Flaek. Educated at Allegheny college, Meadville, Pa. Registered January 8, 1861. Admitted September 20, 1864, on motion of J. H. Bald- win. Preceptor. George S. Selden. Was deputy district attorney of Allegheny eoun- ty, Pennsylvania, under District Attorney Levi Bird Duff, in 1866 and 1867; then was elected assistant district attorney for Alle- gheny county in 1868 for three years and re- elected for another term in 1871, which terms he served.
James Knox Polk Duff was born Septem- ber 10, 1844, in Chartiers township, Alle- gheny county, Pa. Son of Samuel Duff, one of the pioneer settlers of the township. His preparatory education was obtained in
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the schools of the county and at Bethel acad- emy under Dr. George Marshall and his edu- cation was completed at Mount Union col- lege, Ohio. Registered September 15, 1862. Admitted September 24, 1864, on motion of. Marcus W. Acheson. Preceptor, George Shiras, Jr. After admission he practiced six months in Louisville, Ky., and then re- turned to Pittsburgh. Died February 24, 1902.
Abram C. Patterson was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Son of William and Isabella (Coleman) Patterson. While taking a regular collegiate course at Washington college, Pennsylvania, the war of the Re- bellion came upon the country, when he left college, volunteered and served in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteer Infantry. Registered April 1, 1862. Admitted January 4, 1865. Preceptor, Thomas Ewing.
Malcolm Hay was born March 1, 1842, in Philadelphia. Educated in preparatory de- partment of University of Pennsylvania and other sehools and academies. In his seven- teenth year he emigrated to Missouri and en- gaged in commercial pursuits; three years later returned to Trenton, N. J., and read law with Chief Justice Mereer Beasley. Ad- mitted to New Jersey bar in February, 1865. Removed to Pittsburgh and was admitted to the Allegheny county bar February 20, 1865, on motion of David W. Bell. Was a inember of the convention that framed the eonstitu- tion of 1874. Was first assistant postmaster general of the United States from March 20, 1885, to July 3, 1885. Died October 20, 1885, at his residence in Allegheny City and was buried in Homewood cemetery, Pittsburgh.
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James P. Brown was born May 7, 1841, at Pittsburgh, Pa. Son of John and Rebecca (Plummer) Brown. Was graduated from Yale with the class of 1862 and from Har- vard Law school with the class of 1864. Ad- mitted February 21, 1865. Preceptor, Rob- ert B. Carnahan.
James Evans, son of Oliver and Mary A. (Sampson) Evans, was born November 24, 1840, in Mckeesport, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Was graduated from Jeffer- son college with the class of 1861. Registered October 17, 1862. Admitted March 7, 1865, on motion of his preceptor, James I. Kuhn. In 1902 he was elected a commissioner of the county for three years from the first Monday of January, 1903.
Thomas Baird Graham was admitted March 25, 1865, on motion of Till Burgwin.
Thomas McKee Bayne, son of Andrew and Mary A. (Mathews) Bayne, was born June 14, 1836, in Allegheny City, Pa. Was edu- cated in the public sehools and at Westmin- ster college. Registered January 11, 1862. Admitted April 17, 1865. Preceptors, Thomas M. Marshall and A. M. Brown. Was elected district attorney for Allegheny county in 1871. Was elected from the Allegheny dis- trict to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty- seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses. Served in the war of the Rebellion in the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- teer Infantry. Died soon after his last term in Congress at his Washington residence. He was a good lawyer, an exeellent district at- torney, a strong man with the people and an active and efficient member of Congress.
John Sioussat Lambie, son of William and Aimee (Sioussat) Lambie, was born in Pitts- burgh November 1, 1843. Was graduated from the academical department of the Pitts- burgh High school with the class of 1863. Admitted April 17, 1865. Perceptors, Thomas M. Marshall and A. M. Brown. Mr. Lambie has been for twenty-seven consecu- tive years and is still a member of Pitts- burgh select council. He served in Company F of the One Hundred and Ninety-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the war of the Rebellion.
Edward Campbell, son of Dr. Hugh and Rachel Brown (Lyon) Campbell, was born
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July 24, 1838, in Uniontown, Fayette county, Pa. Studied law at Uniontown with Nath- aniel Ewing and was admitted to the Fay- ette county bar September 5, 1859. Admit- ted to the Allegheny county bar May 24, 1865, on motion of James Veech. Was com- missioned president judge of the Fourteenth judicial district, composed of the counties of Fayette and Greene, in May, 1873, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel A. Gilmore, and served nutil December of the same year, when he was succeeded by A. E. Wilson. Served in the war of the Re- bellion in the Eighty-fifth regiment of Penn- sylvania infantry.
James K. Kerr came to the bar in Venango county ; removed to Pittsburgh and was ad- mitted to the Allegheny county bar June 9, 1865, on motion of John M. Kirkpatrick. Served in the war of the Rebellion in the Fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. Died at his home in Pittsburgh February 25, 1876.
John J. Redick was admitted August 12, 1865, on motion of Marcus W. Acheson.
Alexander Brown Riggs was registered September 1, 1863, and admitted September 16, 1865, on motion of his preceptor, James Veech.
David Henry Veech was born March 15. 1837, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Son of James and Martha (Ewing) Veech. Was educated at Jefferson college, Pennsylvania ; studied law with his father at Uniontown, Pa., and was admitted to the bar there March 7, 1859. Served in the war of the Rebellion in the Eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Vounteer In- fantry (reserve corps), in the Fifth Regiment of artillery of the United States army, and as commissary of subsistence in the army of the United States with the rank of captain and chiefly on duty with the First brigade, Third division, Sixth army corps. Admit- ted to the Allegheny county bar September 16, 1865, on motion of George P. Hamilton, and practiced with his father until his death.
Died in Pittsburgh May 2, 1874. 'Buried at New Haven, Fayette county, Pa.
Laurie J. Blakeley was admitted Septem- ber 21, 1865, on motion of Thomas M. Mar- shall.
John W. Milligan was registered Septem- ber 7. 1863, and admitted October 6, 1865, on motion of his preceptor, John H. Hamp- ton.
Henry L. Mccullough was registered May 13, 1861, and admitted November 4, 1865. on motion of his preceptor, Robert Woods. Died at his home in Allegheny May 3. 1881.
William P. Jenks came to the bar in Jef- ferson county. Pennsylvania. He was a mem- ber of the state house of representatives in 1867-68 and president judge of the Eight- eenth judicial district, composed of the coun- ties of Clarion, Jefferson and Forest, from the first Monday of December, 1871, to the first Monday of December, 1881. Admitted to the Allegheny county bar November 6, 1865, on motion of Benjamin F. Lucas.
James W. Kirker was born September 20, 1832, in Conoquenessing (now Lancaster) township, Butler county, Pennsylvania. Son of William and Rosanna (Scott) Kirker. Educated in the public schools, at the Con- oquenessing academy. Zelienople, and at Allegheny college, Meadville, Pa. Studied law at Butler, Pa., with George W. Smith . and Lewis Z. Mitchell and was admitted to the Butler county bar September 22, 1856. Was elected district attorney for the county of Butler in 1859 for a term of three years. On April 18, 1863, he was commissioned by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, provost marshal for the Twenty-third Congressional district of Pennsylvania. with the rank of captain of cavalry. Served as provost marshal from the date of his ap- pointment, with headquarters in Allegheny City. until October 1, 1865, at which date, in consequence of the close of the war of the Rebellion, he was mustered out. He was ad- mitted to the Allegheny county bar Novem-
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ber 17, 1865, on motion of Marcus W. Aehe- son, and resumed the practice of law in Pittsburgh. Died at his residenee in Belle- vue Angust 10, 1893.
D. W. Elder was born August 22, 1825, in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. Son of Robert and Elizabeth (Reed) Elder. Edu- cated in the publie schools and at Elders Ridge academy, Indiana county, Pa. Regis- tered December 15, 1861. Admitted Novem- ber 18, 1865, on motion of Samuel A. Pur- viance. Preceptor, Nathaniel Nelson. Died November 24, 1894.
William Reardon, born January 28, 1844, at County Cork, Ireland. Son of Martin and Mary (Connell) Reardon. Arrived in Pitts- burgh in 1855. Registered November 1, 1862. Admitted December 8, 1865, on motion of Marcus W. Acheson. Preceptor, John Mel- lon.
John W. Taylor was registered September 15, 1863, and admitted December 9, 1865. Preceptor, E. P. Jones.
Frank W. Kennedy was registered April 18, 1860, and admitted December 9, 1865, on motion of David W. Bell, Esq. Preceptors, David W. and Algernon S. Bell.
J. P. Clark was admitted December 23, 1865, on motion of W. S. Purviance.
Josiah Cohen was born November 29, 1841, at Falmouth, England. Son of Henry and Rose (Moses) Cohen. His education was commenced under private tutors and he was graduated from the Institute of Jewish Learning, London, England. Registered April 14, 1863. Admitted January 2, 1866, on motion of his preceptor, Hon. John M. Kirkpatrick. He was commissioned a judge of the Orphans' Court of Allegheny eounty by the governor in December, 1901, was qualified and took his seat January 14, 1902, and served until the first Monday of Janu- ary, 1903.
Samuel D. Schmucker was admitted Jan- ury 6, 1866, on motion of Mareus W. Ache- son.
James P. Johnston, registered January 2, 1866, nune pro tune, was admitted January 2, 1866, on motion of his preceptor, Thomas M. Marshall.
Joseph Hays was born January 9, 1832, in Washington county, Pa. He was the son of Alexander and Ann V. (Stevenson) Hays. Ile was graduated from Washington eollege, Pa., with the class of 1857. He studied law at Washington with William Montgomery and Robert M. Gibson. He was admitted to the Washington county bar December 21, 1865, and removed to Pittsburgh. IIe was admitted to the Allegheny county bar Jan- nary 13, 1866. He was a member of the State House of. Representatives from December 1, 1874, to December 1, 1876.
George Harper Quaill was born February 23, 1855, in Ross township, Allegheny county, Pa., and was the son of David R. and Sarah J. (Shafer) Quaill. He was graduated from the Pennsylvania normal school at Millers- ville, Laneaster county, Pa. He read law with Noah W. Shafer, Esq., of Pittsburgh. He registered January 16, 1876, and was admitted January 23, 1866, on motion of Josiah Cohen.
William P. Miller was born July 25, 1844, at Huntingdon, Pa., the son of Benjamin E. and Keziah H. (Peebles) Miller. He eom- pleted his education at Jefferson eollege in 1862. Ile registered September 10, 1862, and was admitted February 6, 1866, on motion of Thomas M. Marshall. Ifis preceptors were Thomas M. Marshall and A. M. Brown. He died several years ago, the date of his death being unknown.
Butler Case Christy was born September 15, 1842, in Westmoreland county, Pa. He was the son of James and Mary J. (Case) Christy, and was edueated at the publie schools, the academy at Elizabeth, Allegheny county, Pa., and at Mount Union college. Ohio. Ile registered October 1, 1863, and was admitted March 3, 1866. His preceptor was Cicero Hasbrouck. He served in the war
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of the Rebellion in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- teer Infantry. He also was a member of the State House of Representatives from Alle- gheny county in 1874, 1875 and 1876.
Henry H. McCormick was born September 4, 1840, at Stewartsville, Westmoreland coun- ty, Pa. IIe was the son of John and Esther (Sonash) McCormick, and was educated at the common schools, Irwin academy and New Derry normal school. He was admitted Mareh 3, 1866. Was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1873 and 1874. He was speaker of the House in 1874, and was commissioned June 29, 1876, attorney for the United States for the Western dis- trict of Pennsylvania and served until July 5, 1880, when his successor was commis- sioned. Ile died in Pittsburgh July 19, 1885.
Samuel P. Fulton was born at Hunker's Station, Westmoreland county, Pa., Decem- ber 23, 1838. He was educated at Washing- ton and Jefferson eollege. He studied law at Greensburg with Edgar Cowan and was ad- mitted to the Westmoreland county bar. He removed to Pittsburgh and was admitted to . the Allegheny county bar March 16, 1866, on motion of J. S. Striekler. He died in Kansas City, Mo., January 2, 1882. He served in the war of the Rebellion in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
George Nugent Monro was born November 18, 1833, in Buckinghamshire, England, and was the son of Henry Loftus and Sallie (Eney) Monro. He was graduated from St. David's college, Carmarthen, South Wales, in 1851. He landed in America August 18, 1854. He was graduated from the general theological seminary of the Protestant Epis- copal church, New York, with the class of 1858, taking the Greek prize, and was then ordained to the deaconate of that chureh. He served in the diocese of Louisiana under Bishop Leonidas J. Polk until 1860, when he obtained letters dismissory. Ile removed to
Pittsburgh, and on October 1, 1860, regis- tered as law student at Pittsburgh with Sam- uel A. Purviance, Titian J. Coffey and Na- thaniel Nelson. He was admitted April 4, 1866, on motion of John H. Bailey.
William Asa Shinn was registered Febru- ary 17, 1864, and was admitted April 4, 1866, on motion of Andrew W. Loomis. His pre- ceptor was William M. Shinn.
William G. Duff was the son of Samuel A. and Isabella (Lawson) Duff, and was born at Chartiers, Allegheny county, Pa., July 1, 1839. Ile was graduated from Jefferson college with the class of 1863, and was regis- tered March 22, 1866. He was admitted April 5, 1866, on motion of his preceptor, Walter HI. Lowrie. He retired from praetiee and went into business.
Robert S. Morrison was born in October, 1843. in Allegheny City, Pa., and was the son of John and Hannah A. (Davis) Morrison. He was educated in the schools of Allegheny City and at Amherst college. He was regis- tered August 15, 1865, and was admitted April 9, 1866, on motion of his preceptor, E. Bradford Todd. He removed to Georgetown, Colo., in 1870, where he is now in practice. He is the author of "Morrison's Mining Digest," in small edition, and afterwards in twelve volumes. He was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives in 1886 and 1887.
Adolph Hughes Bocking, son of Adolphe and Jeanette Marie (Bruckner) Bocking, was born August 3, 1829. at Verviers, Belgium. Hle was educated at Dusseldorf, Rhenish Prussia. He emigrated to America, arriving July 3, 1849. He was graduated from the law department of Cincinnati college, Cin- cinnati, Ohio, with the class of 1857, having read law there with the firm of Myron II. Tilden, Maskel E. Curwen and Nelson B. Rairden. He was admitted to the Ohio bar at Cincinnati, April 15, 1857. He removed to Pittsburgh in 1865. He was admitted to the Allegheny county bar April 14, 1866, on
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motion of George R. Cochran. Ile served in the Mississippi squadron (naval) during the war of the Rebellion.
Alexander G. Cochran was the son of John T. Cochran, and was born March 20, 1845, in Allegheny City. Ile was educated in the schools of his native city and at Phillips academy, Massachusetts. Leaving sehool in 1861. he studied law with his father in New York until 1864, when he entered the law school of Columbia college, and was admitted to the New York bar in April, 1866. He immediately removed to Pittsburgh and was admitted to the Allegheny county bar April 21, 1866, on motion of Thomas M. Marshall. He was elected to Congress in the Allegheny district in 1874 and served two years. He was one of the counsel representing Samuel J. Tilden before the electoral commission appointed to determine whether Samuel J. Tilden or Rutherford B. Hayes had been elected president of the United States in the national contest of 1876. He removed to St. Louis in the spring of 1879, and is now the general solicitor of the Missouri, Pacific Rail- way company.
William B. Clarke came to the bar in Beaver county, having been admitted there May 2, 1827. He removed to Pittsburgh and was admitted to the Allegheny county bar May 9, 1866, on motion of Samuel A. Pur- viance. He died at his home in Pittsburgh, September 2, 1885, aged seventy-two years and five months. IIe was buried in Allegheny cemetery, Pittsburgh.
William Carr was registered March 12, 1864, and was admitted May 9, 1866, on mo- tion of Thomas M. Marshall.
George Harvey Christy was born January 22, 1837, at Kinsman, Trumbull county, Ohio, the son of John and Hannah (Andrews) Christy. He was graduated from the college of the Western Reserve at Hudson, Ohio, with the class of 1859. He commenced the study of law May 19, 1863, at Pittsburgh with Edwin H. Stowe, and after that gentle-
man's election to the bench his studies were pursued under James Veech. He was ad- mitted May 12, 1866, on motion of John H. Hampton. Hle served in the war of the Re- bellion in Knapp's Battallion of Artillery (one hundred-day men), and in the Twenty- second Regiment United States colored troops in the Army of the James.
William Lusk Chalfant acquired his legal training and education in the office of Ham- ilton & Acheson, then leaders of the bar of Western Pennsylvania. Mr. George P. Ham- ilton has long since died, but M. W. Acheson survives, and is now the distinguished judge of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The professional career of Mr. Chalfant embraced nearly thirty years of active practice, and in the performance of its duties he gained the respect of the bench and of his seniors at the bar, and the esteem and confidence of all with whom he was brought into contact. His sense of honor, his fidelity to his personal and professional obligations, his charming per- sonality and courteous manner endeared him to his friends. His professional career was a successful one and his practice was of a superior class. He was recognized as a well- read and well-prepared lawyer, and was often selected by the beneh as master and referee in important and difficult cases. He died in the prime of his life, well beloved, mich honored, and greatly lamented.
Mr. Chalfant was born at Turtle Creek, Allegheny county, Pa., on August 3, 1843, the son of an old and highly esteemed family. He was one of six brothers. all of whom bore distinguished parts in the political, financial and manufacturing interests of the state. His early training was in the country schools of his township : his preparation for college was at Wilkinsburg academy, and his college course was completed at Jefferson college, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in the class of 1863. His law studies were pursued in the law office of Hamilton & Ache-
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son; his admission to the bar occurred in May, 1866, and he died in the fifty-second year of his age, on April 20, 1895, at his resi- dence in Shady Side, Center avenue, Pitts- burgh. Ilis funeral serviees were held at the Church of the Aseension, Pittsburgh, of which he was one of the incorporating mem- bers, and of the vestry of which he was a member at the time of his death. His body now reposes in Highwood cemetery, in Alle- gheny City. Mr. Chalfant was married November 5, 1874, to Elizabeth Ashley Pirtle, daughter of Hon. Henry Pirtle, ehaneellor of the equity courts in Louisville, Ky. Of this marriage there were born John W. Chalfant, Jr., surviving, who chose his father's pro- fession; Lewis Rodgers Chalfant, who died in his infancy, and a daughter, Ashley Pirtle Chalfant, who died a few weeks after the death of her father, in the twelfth year of her age. (Sol Sehoyer, Jr.)
John Gilfillan Bryant, son of Archibald and Rachel (Gilfillan) Bryant, was born October 9, 1843, at Library, Allegheny eoun- ty, Pa. He was educated from the Pittsburgh Central High School with the elass of 1861. Ile registered July 6, 1863, and was admitted July 7, 1866, on the motion of George Shiras, Jr. His preceptor was Thomas Ewing. He served in the war of the Rebellion in the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth and One Hundred and Ninety-third Regiments of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and in the Fifth Maine battery.
William Bernice Cook, son of Jamieson and Jane (Vanee) Cook, was born in Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, in 1836. He was graduated from Jefferson college with the class of 1860. Registered in January, 1860. Admitted July 7, 1866, on motion of George Shiras, Jr. Preceptor, John H. Hamp- ton. His death was announeed to the courts December 10, 1870, by Alfred L. Pearson. In the war of the Rebellion he served in the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers.
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