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BLAKESLEY, William Augustus:
Lawyer; born in Franklin, Pa., on Feb. 24, 1866; son of Col. Archibald Blakesley and Susan Drum Blakesley; his father is a prominent lawyer of Pittsburg and his mother was a daughter of the late Hon. Jacob Mechling of Butler, Pa; on both sides he is descended from pioneer families of Western Pennsylvania. His education was received in the schools of Allegheny, the Western University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan, of which latter institution he was a member of the class of isst. In the spring of 1SS7 he left college and engaged actively in journalistic work; for a brief period he was a member of the editorial staff of the Pittsburg Com- mercial Gazette, but in the fall of 1887 left that paper and became court repor- ter for the Pittsburg Press; he remained with that paper until his admission to the bar on June 12, 1891; he studied law under the tutorship of his father, and pursued his studies while performing his reportorial duties. From the date of his admission to the bar his career has been a busy and an unusually successful one; he was appointed Deputy District Attorney of Allegheny County in 1895. and held that position during the latter part of Mr. Burleigh's administration and the first year of Mr. Haymaker's in- cumbency; he resigned in the fall of 1897 and entered actively upon the general practice of his profession: he has been connected with many important cases,
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both civil and criminal, and his extensive practice and success both as a case tryer and counselor have given him a high standing and much prominence at the bar. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
BLAKSLEE, A. P .:
President First National Bank of Or- wigsburg. Address, Orwigsburg, Schuyl- kill County, Pa.
BLATT, H. S .:
President of Elwood City National Bank. Address, Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pa.
BLEAKLEY, O. D .:
President of Franklin Trust Company. Address, Franklin, Venango County, Pa.
BLAND, H. Willis:
Jurist; born in Blandon, Berks County, Pa., in 1846; descendant of the first set- tlers of that district; ed; cated in the Birdsboro public schools till the age of fifteen, when he enlisted in the volunteer army service and fought throughout the Civil War, taking part in the principal battles in Virginia and making an excel- lent record as a soldier. He was only nineteen at the end of his four years of war experience, and then, having to make his way in the world, he became a clerk in the Phoenix Iron Company, at . Phoenixville, Pa .; the taste for mechanics here acquired induced him to become a iMachinist, at which occupation he worked in Philadelphia for some time, mean- while studying in the evenings at a poly- technic school and spending much of the night over his books; as a result of in- cessant work and study he broke down physically, and, obliged to give up hard manual labor, he began the study of law under J. H. Jacobs at Reading, Pa. As a lawyer he quickly acquired an excel- lent practice, at first in the criminal courts, and afterward in the civil courts, winning a wide reputation as an advocate of unusual eloquence and marked ability. In 1891 he was appointed by Governor Pattison Judge of the Berks County Or- phans' Court. to which position he was elected in 1902. Address, Reading, Pa.
BLASS, Tasker Howard:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania, Cadet Military Academy, Sept. 1. 1871; Second Lieutenant First Artillery, June 16, 1875; First Lieutenant, July 1, 1830;
Captain, Dec. 20, 1892; Major Commis- sary Subsistence, April 30, 1898; Lieuten- ant Colonel Chief Commissary Subsistence of Volunteers, May 9, 189S; honorably dis- charged June 13, 1899; Brigadier General of Volunteers, April 26, 1901; honorably discharged from Volunteers, June 20, 1901; Brigadier General United States Army, July 21, 1902. Address, 22 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C.
BLISS, Ward R .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Delaware County; born at Lewisburg, Union County, Pa., Dec. 15, 1855; was educated at Lewisburg (now Bucknell) University, graduating in 1874; taught school one year; was ad- mitted to the Delaware County bar in 1878, and has practiced law since that time. In 1881 began the publication of The Weekly Reporter, the official legal paper of the county, which he has since edited; from 1882 to 1893 he owned and edited the Delaware County Republican, the oldest newspaper in the county; has published a "Digest of the Special Laws Relating to Delaware County," and eight volumes of "Delaware County Reports." Member of the House of Representatives sessions of 1889, 1891. 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899 and 1901, and re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Chester, Pa.
BLOOMINGDALE, Charles, Jr. (nom de plume "Karl") :
Journalist, author; born March 16, 1868, in Philadelphia; son of Charles Bloom- ingdale and Caroline Cadette (Elfelt) Bloomingdale; was educated in private, public and High schools, University of Pennsylvania, class of 1887. He wrote and produced "The Sighing Dutchman"; with Philadelphia Press four years. de- partment known as "Up the Street and Down Again"; edited Footlights and Stageland. Author of "Mr., Miss and Mrs.," now in fourth edition ( Lippincott), and "A Failure," published in 1904 ( Lippincott) ; dramatic writer for twelve years, chief work being on Philadelphia Bulletin. Married in 1898 Katherine Fleck of Philadelphia. Ottice address, Welsbach Company, Broad and Arch Sts .; home address, 210 S. Eleventh St., Phila- delphia.
BLOUGH. H. K .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lancaster County; born in South Hanover Township, Dau-
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phin County, Pa., Dec. 29, 1844: was edu- cated in the public schools and Palmyra Academy; in early life was engaged as a miller, and later began the study of medicine under Dr. D. C. Keller of Union Deposit, Pa .; in 1870 he began the prac- tice of medicine in Bachmansville, where he remained three years, then removed to Elizabethtown, and is still engaged there in the practice of his profession. He assisted in organizing the Elizabeth- town Exchange Bank and is a director of same; is also President of the Elizabeth- town Water Company; served as School Director five terms; has always been a stanch Republican; was a member of the House of Representatives, session of 1891; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- dress, Elizabethtown, Pa.
BLUM, Isaac:
Merchant and railway financier; born in Strasburg, France, March 5, 1849; came to America after the Civil War and entered the dry goods business in Wheel- ing, W. Va., as Isaac Blum & Brother. He removed to Philadelphia about 1876, and there soon after began the business of manufacturing ladies' cloaks and suits, which grew into an extensive business; impaired health compelled him to retire in 1892, two of his brothers continuing the business under the firm name of Blum Brothers; on regaining his health he be- came interested in the Hestonville Rail- "way Company, then in a depressed con- dition; he formed a syndicate which pur- chased a controlling interest in its stock,, and which succeeded in quickly restor- ing the lost prosperity of the road; when it became necessary to change the motive power to electricity, he financed the pro- ject, raising $1,250,000 within forty-eight hours by an issue of gold bonds and pre- ferred stock. He was elected President of the road in 1895, and was also made President of the Fairmount Park and Haddington Railway Company; he was one of the organizers of and is a Director of the Market Street National Bank. Mr. Blum is President of the Blum Com- pany, importers, 565-7 Broadway, New York; he has also been tendered and has accepted the Presidency of the new Bank of Commerce which he is now organizing. Address, 1913 Wallace St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BLUM, Ralph:
Manufacturer; born in Quatzenheim. France, Aug. 19, 1861; came to America
in 1867; resided in Wheeling, W. Va., un- til 1877, when he moved to Philadelphia; was graduated from high school of that city, and later became a member of the firm of Blum Brothers; was appointed by Governor Stone as Commissioner of Char- ities and Correction for State of Penn- sylvania; re-appointed by Gov. Penny- packer; sent by United States Depart- ment of Agriculture to Paris Exposition in 1900, as special Commissioner to re- port on exhibits of agricultural schools, and to visit such schools in Europe for the benefit of the Department. In the same year was appointed by Governor Stone as Commissioner to represent State of Pennsylvania at Paris Exposition. Has served as President, Vice President and Director of the National Farm School, Doylestown, Pa .; Director Coplay Cement Company, Coplay, Pa .; is also Secretary and Treasurer Blum Brothers, Inc., Phil- adelphia. Is a public spirited citizen, deeply interested in many charitable in- stitutions, and strongly identified with the Republican party. Author of political satire, "Bryan's Sinking Ship." 1896. Now resides with his family at his country villa, "Shifra," at Ogontz, Montgomery County, Pa.
BLUMLE, Francis Xavier:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Cameron County; born in Zeughouse, Wurtemburg, Ger- many, Sept. 9, 1848; was educated in the parish schools at Eglingen; also attended the School of Agriculture and Forestry at that place. In 1868 he emigrated to America: in 1876 located in Emporium, Cameron County, Pa., where he still re- sides; in 1992 was elected County Treas- urer: served as President of the Agricul- tural Society of Cameron County for three years, and of the Board of School Directors for one term; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1900 and re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- dress. Emporium, Pa.
BLYE. Harry Ciny:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- shipman, United States Navy, Nov. 17, 1562; Second Assistant Engineer (Mas- teri, March 23. 1864; First Assistant En- gineer (Lientenant), Jan. 1, 1868; Passed Assistant Engineer (Lieutenant), Fcb. 21. 1\74; retired (Lieutenant), Oct. 28. 1574; elected Sept. 6, 1505. Address, care
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of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest. nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BOAS, Howard L .:
Secretary of Monticello Brick Works; born in Reading, Pa., April 29, 1864; was educated in the public schools of his na- tive city and at the Northwestern Col- lege, Naperville, Ill. He entered into business pursuits early in life, and inci- dentally embarked in politics; was elected to Select Council to represent the Seventh Ward, the heaviest taxpaying ward in Reading, in 1896; re-elected in 1900 and 1904; for the past two years has been President of Select Council; served as Vice President of Reading Sesqui-Cer- tennial celebration in 1898. He is Secre- tary of the Monticello Brick Works, the largest brick concern in the United States, capitalized at $2,500,000; Secretary of the Reading Hardwood Company, em- ploying 1,800 hands, and shipping its pro- ducts to all parts of the world; Director of the Keystone Hardware Company, and also of the Consolidated Hardware Com- pany. Married Kate M. Harbster, daugh- ter of Matthan Harbster, in February, 1884. Address, Reading, Pa.
BODGES, Jesse T .:
Chief Engineer and Superintendent of Fairmount Park; born in West Phila- delphia June 27, 1858; educated in private schools in West Philadelphia; studied engineering with Joseph Johnston, City Surveyor; later Mr. Bodges became As- sistant Engineer to Mr. Thayer, who was tlen Superintendent of Fairmount Park, and his active service in connection with ยท park work has covered a period of twen- ty years. Republican in politics. Ad- dress, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
BODINE, Samuel Taylor:
Capitalist; born Aug. 23, 1554, in Phila- delphia. he is to-day one of the most ill- fluential citizens in his native city; son of Samuel Tucker Bodine and Louisa Wylie Millikin; was educated at the German- town Academy and at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1873 with the degree of B. A., and having the additional honor of having the University confer upon him three years later the degree of M. A. In June, 1873, he became shipping clerk for the Royersford Iron Foundry Company of Royersford, Pa., and held this position until January, 1875; from this time until July 1, 1876, he was ship- ping clerk for the Cohensey Glass Com- 3
pany of Bridgeton, N. J .; he then left to accept a responsible position with Peter Wright Sons, where he remained until June 1, 1582; upon organization, in June, 1882, of the United Gas Improvement Company, he was elected Secretary and Treasurer; on Dec. 1, ISSS, he was pro- moted to the position of General Mana- ger of this company, and on Feb. 26, 1892, he was still further advanced, this time to the position of Second Vice President. He has held aloof from political affilia- tions of any nature; is connected with many corporations, being a Director and Second Vice President of the Welsbach Light Company and Welsbach Commer- cial Company, a Trustee of the Penn- sylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company, a Director of the Charleston, S. C., Min- ing and Manufacturing Company, a Di- rector of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, and a Trustee of the estate of William G. War- den. He is a member of prominent clubs and social organizations throughout the country, a few of which are the Phi Kap- pa Sigma, his college fraternity; the Rit- tenhouse and University of Philadelphia, University of New York, Germantown Cricket Club, Merion Cricket Club and Essex County Club of Manchester, Mass. On Nov. 15, 1883, he was married to Miss Eleanor Gray Warden. Address, 222 Rit- tenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa.
BOGGS, George C .:
President Trust National Bank of Finleyville. Address, Finleyville, Wash- ington County, Pa.
BOGGS, R. H .:
President of Dollar Saving Fund and Trust Company and Allegheny Safe De- posit Company. Address, Allegheny, Pa.
BOHANNAN. Daniel:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Second Pennsylvania In- fantry, May 9, 1861; mustered out July 26, 1861; private Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, Aug. 15. 1861; Corporal, Aug. 28, 1861; Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1864; First Ser- geant, Aug. 1. 1864; discharged for pro- motion, Dec. 25, 1864; Second Lieutenant Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, Dec. 25, 1864; First Lieutenant, March 25, 1865; honorably mustered out, Aug. 30. 1865; elected Oct. 20, 1897. Address, 124 South Sheridan Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
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BOHANNAN, Thomas:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861; First Lieutenant, Sept. 18, 1862; honorably mus- tered out July 17, 1865; elected Feb. 5, 1890. Address, Nineteenth, corner Mt. Vernon St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BOICE, James Y .:
Clergyman; born in Ireland in 1847; was educated in Pittsburg High School, Duff's College, Prof. Haydon's Academy and Westminster College; studied theology in United Presbyterian Theological Semin- ary, Allegheny, Pa., and Reformed Pres- byterian. Theological Seminary, Philadel- hia; ordained, Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1868; one of the editor's Reformed Presbyterian Advocate for seventeen years; elected Pro- fessor of Greek in Theological Seminary of Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1890. He was pastor of Second Reformed Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia for seventeen years; pastor of the First Re- formed Presbyterian Church, Philadel, phia, since 1894. In 1872 he married Mat- tie, daughter of the late John McFee; he received from Richmond and Cedarville Colleges the Doctorate. Address, 2213 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BOK, Edward William:
Editor; born in Helder, Holland, Oct. 9, 1863; brought to America at six years of age and educated in the public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y .; worked as sten- ograper for the Western Union Telegraph Company; at nineteen founded and edited the Brooklyn Magazine, which was suc- cessful when he sold it a year later. He became a friend of Rev Henry Ward Beecher and obtained from him a series of weekly newspaper letters, which be- came the foundation of the Bok Syndi- cate Press, which employed over eighty prominent authors of America and Eu- rope; he was employed as stenographer and manager in two large publishing houses, that of Henry Holt & Co., 1884- 1885. and of the Scribners, 18>5-1SSS. In 1889 he removed to Philadelphia, where he became the editor of the highly popu- lar Ladies' Home Journal, of which he At a later date he became Vice President of the Curtis Publishing Company. On Oct. 22, 1896, he married Mary L. Curtis. daughter of Cyrus Curtis, the founder of The Ladies' Home Journal. Ile, when quite young, began the collection of auto-
graph letters and documents of famous men, his collection growing to number 25,000 and becoming one of the finest pri- vate collections in the United States. Au- thor of "The Beecher Memorial," "The Young Man in Business," "Successward," and "Before He is Twenty." Residence, The Grange, Merion, Pa .; office, 425 Arch St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
BOLARD, Jacob:
State Senator from Crawford County; born June 5, 1837, and raised on a farm in Spring Township, Crawford County, Pa .; in 1862 he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regi- ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and the following year was promoted to Hospital Steward; in 1865 was again promoted to Captain of Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volun- teers, in which rank he served until the close of the war. In 1874 he was com- missioned by Governor Hartranft Captain on the staff of the Fifteenth Regiment, National Guard, and was re-appointed in 1879 by Governor Hoyt; in 1890 he served on the Pennsylvania Road Com- mission, being appointed by Governor Beaver. He served as President of the Crawford County Agricultural Society for eight successive years; is now engaged in the manufacture of leather and raising of cattle and fine carriage horses; is Presi- dent of the First National Bank at Cam- bridge Springs, where he resides; served as member of the House of Representa- tives, session of 1895: was elected to the Senate in November, 1902. Address, Cam- bridge Springs, Pa.
BOLL, Charles S .:
President Commercial Bank of Harris- burg. Address, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa.
BOLLER, Alfred Pancoast:
Civil engineer; born Feb. 23, 1840, at Philadelphia; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1858, where he received degree of A. M .; also in 1861 from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute as civil engineer. From 1862 to 1885 was engineer with railroad and other corporations; for a number of years has been contractor for bridge constructing; was engineer of double track bridge over the Hudson at Albany; also over the Thames River, New London, Conn., and Contral bridge ind viaduct over Hudson River. New York; also the four-track Duluth-Superior. He is consulting en-
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gineer in Department of Parks and Pub- lic Works in New York; also extension of Wabash lines into Pittsburg. Author of Wabash lines into Pittsburg. Address, 1 Nassau St., New York.
BOLLING, Robert Hagerdorn, M. D .:
Born at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., June 20, 1867; was educated at pri- vate schools in the neighborhood, and at Bremen Seminary, and finally graduated from the Classical Institute of Philadel- phia; entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1889; was graduated in May, 1889; en- tered St. Luke's Hospital, South Bethle- hem, Pa., as resident physician; from there to Germantown Hospital, Philadel- phia; after finishing his service, entered practice at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, June, 1892. Married Julia Campbell Rus- sell, daughter of Commodore A. M. Rus- sell, United States Navy, in 1893; has since resided at Chestnut Hill, being in active prac iee. Member of the Philadel- phia Cricket Club and Southern Club of Philadelphia. Address, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.
BOLTON, J. Gray:
Presbyterian minister; born in County Derry, Ireland, Mareh 17, 1849; son of Samuel and Mary Gray Bolton; for ten generations the Boltons have lived in the Townland of Lismoyle; he is de- scended from the Boltons of England, the Gra'ss of Scotland, and Irish for many generations; he arrived in Philadelphia in 1'66; was educated at Lafayette Col- lege and Union Theological Seminary; re- ceived degrees of A. M. and D. D. from his Alma Mater; married S. Josephine Townsend of Philadelphia Jan. 11, 18S3. He is Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F. and A. M .; life mem- ber of Pennsylvania Historical Society; Presbyterian Historieal Society; member of the Transatlantic Society of America, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and the Scotch-Irish Society; twice appointed to defend the action of the Synod of Penn- sylvania in the General Assembly; is a Director in a trust company in Philadel- phia. Address, 2109 Pine St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
BOLTON, William Jordan:
United States Store-keeper: son of James and Mary Ann Bolton; born
October, 1833, at Norristown, Pa .; was educated at Norristown public
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schools, also Tremont Seminary; became a machinist and engineer; married Emma Rupert Feb. 28, 1868, at Frankford, Pa., (who is now deceased). At Norristown, Pa., he was Burgess and Councilman; also Sheriff of Montgomery County; he served in the uniformed Militia of Penn- sylvania from 1855 to 1861; from 1861 to 1865 was Major, Captain, and Colonel in the Pennsylvania Volunteer In- fantry. In 1865 he was brevet Brigadier General of United States Volunteers; from 1868 to 1878 he was Captain, Colonel and Major General in the National Guard of Pennsylvania; 1861 to 1875 served in the Civil War in the Department of Annapolis, Md .; Northeastern Virginia, North Car- olina, in the Army of Virginia, also in the Army of Potomac; from 1864 to 1865 he served in the Department of Virginia, Army of Ohio, the Military Division of the Mississippi, Sherman's Expeditionary Army, Military Division of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, and Army of the Potomac; he also served in the Mid- dle Military Division of the District of Alexandria, Va. He fought in twenty- three battles, ending at Appomattox Court House; also twenty-five skirmishes. He is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Antictam Battle Command- ery of Pennsylvania, Union Veteran Le- gion of Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Motgomery County, Pa. He is a Re- publican in politics. Address, 6630 Wood- land Avc., Philadelphia, Pa.
BOMBAUGH, Charles Carrol:
Physician; born in Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 10. 1828; received a preparatory education at Captain Alden Partridge's Military School and entered Harvard University, from which he was graduated in 1850; after studying at Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia for three years, received the degree of M. D. He was a practitioner until the beginning of the Civil War, when he entered the Union Army as Surgeon and served from August, 1861, to May, 1865; at the close of the war he beeame medical examiner for various life insurance companies. He established the Baltimore Underwriter in July, 1865, of which he was editor and proprictor for thirty-three years, retiring from active service in 1898. He is the author of several works, among them being "Strategems and Conspiracies to defrand Life Insurance Companies": mem- her of the American Medical Association. Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Mary-
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land; has been Vice President of the Am- erican Academy of Medicine, Secretary of the Baltimore Academy of Medicine, Presi- dent of the Harvard Club of Maryland, and is prominently identified with the University Club, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the American Revolution, etc. Address 836 Park Ave., Baltimore, Md.
BONAR, James:
Merchant; born April 3, 1864, in Dun- fermline, Scotland; was educated in Eng- land; married Fannie Young Harrison, March 7, 1889. Connected with Carnegie Steel Company for fourteen years; then commenced business under the name of Pittsburg Gage Company, and organized the firm of James Bonar & Co., which was changed to James Bonar & Co. Inc., two years ago. Address, Frick Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
BOND, S. C .:
Banker: born in Jefferson County, Pa., July 7, 1863; educated in home institutions and Eastonn Business College. Organized First National Bank of Brockwayville July, 1900, and was made President of same in January, 1903; he is principally engaged in the lumbering business; is a Republican in politics. Address, Brock- wayville, Pa.
BONNAFFON, Edward Walters:
Paymaster United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; As- L'stant Paymaster, Nov. 7, 1896: Passed Assistant Paymaster, March 15, 1898; Paymaster, Aug. 27, 1901; receiving ship Vermont, 1896; Yosemite, 1897-1900; As- sistant General Storekeeper, Navy Yard, League Island, 1900-1902; Assistant Gen- eral Storekeeper, Navy Yard, New York, May 12, 1902; Asiatic Station, Aug. 31, 1903; General Storekeeper, Naval Station, Cavite, P. I. Address, Cavite, P. I.
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