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CARTER, John Joyce:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: private Thirty-third New York Infantry, May 13, 1861; Regimental Com- missary Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861; dis- charged to accept promotion, May 20, 1862; Second Lieutenant Thirty-third New York Infantry, May 21, 1862; honor- ably mustered out. June 2, 1863; Captain First New York Cavalry, Oct. 10, 1863; honorably mustercd out, July 20, 1$65. Awarded the "Medal of Honor" under resolution of Congress, "for while in com- mand of a detached company, seeing his regiment thrown into confusion by a charge of the enemy, without orders made a countercharge upon the attacking column and checked the assault; pene- trated within the enemy's lines at night and obtained valuable information, at the battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862"; elected Feb. S, 1893. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CARTER, Martin J .:
United States Consul: is forty-five years of age; born at Minersville, Pa .. and educated in the public schools of that State: has had seventeen years' commercial experience; appointed Consul at St. Johns. Sept. 1. 1897: retired July 8. 1898; reappointed July 9. 1828; retired March 4, 1\99: reappointed March 4, 1899: appointed consul at Yarmouth, N. S., March 8, 1901. Address, Yar- mouth. N. S.
CASE. David Brainard:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania: Colonel Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, May 10, 169\; honorably mustered out, Nov. 16,
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1898: Major Twenty-ninth United States Volunteer Infantry, July 5, 1899; honor- bly mustered out, May 25, 1901; Captain Commissary of Subsistence United States Army, Feb. 2. 1901. Address, Subsist- ence Department, Manila, P. I.
CASANOVA, J. N .:
Coal mine manager; born in Cardenas, Cuba. May 23, 1838, of a prominent Cu- ban family; was sent to a school in New York at ten years of age; afterward stud- ied at West Chester, Pa., and in the Polytechnic College of Troy, N. Y., where he took a course in civil engineering, graduating in 1859. He was subsequently appointed United States Consul at Guay- aquil, Ecuador, which post he filled ac- ceptably for two years. and afterward travelled extensively in Europe; purchas- ing large interests in coal lands near Philipsburg, Pa., he made that place his home in 1872, intesting largely in town lots. His only political office was as Burgess of Phillipsburg in 1878, though he was frequently a delegate to Demo- cratic State conventions, and was a del- egate to the National Convention at Cin- cinnati in 1880, which nominated Gen- eral Hancock for the Presidency. He became actively engaged in business in- terests, being for fifteen years General Mannager of the Derby Coal Company; he served also as President of the Elec- tric Light, Gas Power and Heating com- panies of Philipsburg and the water com- pany, and was connected with the man- agement of the Water, Light and Power Company of Ironton, Col. In 1898 he offered his services to the Government, and would have gone to Cuba on the staff of General Davis. but his services Were not required. He went to Cuba in the fall of 1898, and since then re- mains there, having established the Havana Post, the only daily American paper in Cuba. On the death of his wife in 1897 he retired from business. Ad- dress, Philipsburg, Pa.
CASS. Joseph K .:
President of the First National Bank of Tyrone. Address, Tyrone, Pa.
CASSATT, Edward Buchanan:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; son of A. J. Cassatt, President of the Penn- sylvania Railroad: Cadet Military Acad- emy. June 15, 1589; Second Lieutenant
Ninth Cavalry, June 12, 1893; transferred to Fourth Cavalry, Aug. 5, 1893; Captain Assistant Adjutant General Volunteers, May 12. 1898; honorably discharged from Volunteer service, May 12, 1899; First Lieutenant Fourth Cavalry, March 2, 1899; Major Twenty-seventh United States Volunteer Infantry, July 5, 1899; honorably mustered out of Volunteers, April 1. 1901; Captain Thirteenth Cav- alry, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I.
CASSATT, Mary (Miss) :
Artist; sister of A. J. Cassatt, President of Pennsylvania Railroad; born at Pitts- burg, Pa. In 1875 she went to Europe to study art; afterward studied in Spain some years; later returned to Paris; many of her paintings were exhibited in the Im- pressionists' Expositions, Paris. In 1898 she returned to America for a brief rest and exhibited portraits and paintings at Durand-Ruel's. Address, Rue de Marignau, Paris, France.
CASSATT, Alexander Johnston:
President of Pennsylvania Railroad; born Dec. 8, 1839, at Pittsburg; was edu- cated at the University of Darmstadt and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; married Lois Buchanan, niece of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States. From 1859 to 1861 was en- gaged in locating railways in Georgia; afterward, in 1861, entered service of Pennsylvania Railroad as rodman; was Assistant Engineer of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad in 1863, also Resi- dent Engineer of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad in 1864. In 1867 he was Superintendent of Motive Power and Ma- chinery of the Pennsylvania Railroad, also General Superintendent of Pennsyl- vania system in 1870; from 1871 to 1874 was Gereral Manager of Lines east of Pittsburg, also Third Vice President from 1874 to 1880, and First Vice President from 1880 to 1SS2: Sept. 30, 1882, he re- signed the Vice Presidentship, and was elected Director. Sept. 12, 1883, and was elected President of the road in 1899. Is owner of Chesterbrook Stock Farm. For many years he has resided in Philadelphia during the winter, al- ways removing to his magnificent coun- try seat. "Cheswold." at Bryan Mawr. in the spring: his stock farm. the well- known Chesterbrook Stud, is famous as having bred and trained some of the finest animals in the country; he has
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been one of the Governors of the Mon- mouth Park and the Coney Island 1899. In 1891 he was elected First Vice President of the Inter-Continental Rail- way Commission; is a director of numer- ous financial, trust and insurance com- panies. He was the founder of the "community of interest" policy of the Eastern railroads. Apart from his skill- ful work in expanding the Pennsylvania system, his greatest achievement is the planning and starting the construction of the greatest of railway tunnels under the Hudson, Manhattan Island and the East River, and he modern railway terminal station in New York City. Is owner of Chesterbrook Stock Farm. For many years he has resided in Philadelphia dur- ing the winter, always removing to his magnificent country seat, "Cheswold," at Bryn Mawr, in the spring; his stock farm, the well known Chesterbrook Stud, is famous as having bred and trained some of the finest animals in the country; he has been one of the Governors of the
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Monmouth Park and the Coney Island Jockey Clubs. He is a yachtsman and President of the Merion Cricket Club. His family is very prominent socially. Address, 202 South Rittenhouse Sq .; sum- mer home. Bar Harbor; office, Broad St. Station, Philadelphia.
CASSEL, Henry Burd:
Congressman; Republican, of Marietta; was born in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pa., Oct., 13, 1855, and after passing through the public schools of Marietta finished his education at the Columbia Classical Institute; has been a stanch Re- publican, and became interested in poli- tics at an early age. His first public of- fice was as a .member of the County - Committee in 1SS1; he became Chairman of the County Committee in 1893; was sent as a delegate to the National Republican Convention held in St. Louis in 1896, and in 189S was nominated and elected to the lower house of the State Legislature, where his father had served fifty-nine years before, and was re-elected in 1900; served as member of the important Com- mittees of the Judiciary General, Ways and Means, and Public Buildings. As a business man he is the proprietor of the firm of A. N. Cassel & Son, wholesale and retail lumber dealers; is also asso- clated as director or stockholder in a number of other companies: was elected Nov. 5. 1901, to the Fifty-seventh Con- gress to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Hon. Marriott Brosius. and re- elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Ad- dress, Marietta, Pa.
CASSELS, John:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Twelfth Pennsylvania In- fantry, April 25, 1861; mustered out, Aug. 5, 1861; First Lieutenant Eleventh Penn- sylvania Cavalry, Nov. 8, 1861; Captain, April 16, 1862; Major, Oct. 28, 1864; re- signed and honorably discharged, April 1, 1865; Captain Ninth United States Cav- alry, July 28, 1866; declined, Oct. 10, 1866; brevetted Lieutenant Colonel United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, "for faithful, meritorious, and untiring ser- Vices as Provost Marshal of the Depart- ment of Virginia and North Carolina; elected May 6, 1868; Council of the Com- mandery, May 7, 1890-1892; Junior Vice Commander of the Commandery, May 4, 1898-1899. Address, Washington, D. C.
CASTLE, Homer L:
Lawyer; born July 20. 1859. at Clyde, Ohio; son of A. B. and Mary (Clark) Castle; was graduated from the Univer- sity of Michigan with the class of 1879, and from the Law Department thereof in 1SS1; was admitted to practice in the courts of Michigan on graduation there. In the fall of 1881 was admitted to prac- tice in the Supreme Court of Ohio. June 30, 1883, was admitted to the Allegheny County bar. He is prominent in the ranks of the Prohibitionists. Address. 410 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa.
CASTNER. Lewis M .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lycoming County; was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Dec. 25, 1852; was educated in the public schools of that State; removed to Williamsport, Pa., in 1$$2. and engaged in the manufacture of looking-glass and oval picture frames. which business he still follows; served eight years as a member of the Common Council of Williamsport, and was President of Coun- cil three years; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1898 and 1900: re- elected in November, 1902. Address, Williamsport, Pa.
CATANACH, James S .:
Special agent of the Hartford Fire In- surance Company in the Middle Depart- ment; born in Philadelphia; entered the
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fire insurance business in February,
1866, with W. D. Sherrerd, with whom he remained until July 1, 1876, on which date he became the Secretary of
Manayunk Insurance Company; be- came Eastern Special Agent of the Firemen's Fund and Union of San Fran- cisco in 1880, and Middle Department Special Agent of the Hartford Fire In- surance Company in February, 1881; was a member of Executive Committee of Middle Department Association, and also its Chairman, for a number of years; was elected President of the Association for the year 1897. He was one of the original members of the Association and prominent in its organization in 1883. Mr. Catanach writes for the insurance papers and is an authority on the work- ing of the co-insurance clause of the fire insurance policy. Address, 414 Wal- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CATHCART, William:
Baptist clergyman; born in London- derry County, Ireland, Nov. 8, 1825; edu- cated at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and Horton, (now Rawdon, College), Yorkshire, England; for twenty- seven years has been minister of the Second Baptist Church of Philadelphia; in 1873 he received the degree of D. D. from Lewisburg, now Bucknell, Univer- sity. Author: "The Baptists and the American Revolution," "The Ancient British and Irish Churches," "The Life ind Labors of St. Patrick," "The Papal System," "The Baptist Encyclopaedia." President of the American Baptist His- torical Society for eight years. Address, Hoyt, Pa.
CATTELL, Edward James:
("Francis H. Hardy,") author; born in Philadelphia, Dec. S. 1856; son of Elijah G. and Catharine (Hardy) Cattell; edu- cated in private schools in United States, England, and Germany; traveled in Europe and the East; during ten years' residence abroad was a frequent contributor on economic. geographical, and political topics, to London Times, Fortnightly Review, and Cornhill Maga- zine; 1891-1893, Assistant Editor of St. Stephen's Review, London; since 1901 Editor Foreign
Commercial Guide. Author (1897), "The Mills of God"; (1900), "To the Healing of the Sea," "The World's Manufactures of Cotton," ( Phila. Com. Museum). Residence. 1534 Mt. Vernon St .: address, Philadelphia Commercial Museum, Philadelphia.
CATTELL, Henry Ware:
Physician; medical editor; born in Harrisburg, Oct. 7, 1862; son of Rev. W. C. Cattell, D. D., LL. D. (President of Lafayette College from 1863 to 1SS3), and of Elizabeth McKeen Cattell; gradu- ated from Lafayette College, 1SS3; from Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. 1887; editor of Interna- tional Medical Magazine, 1894 to 1897; In- ternational Clinics, 1900 to 1903; Trans- lator of "Ziegler's Special Pathology"; Author of "Post-Mortem Pathology"; Demonstrator of Morbid Anatomy, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 1892 to 1897; Senior Coroner's Physician of Philadel- phia, 1896; Director of the Ayer Clinical Laboratory, 1899 to 1901, and Pathologist to the Presbyterian Hospital, Philadel- phia Hospital, etc. Has traveled much abroad and has written many articles for the medical press. Address, 3709 Spruce St., Philadelphia.
CATTELL, James McKeen:
Professor of Psychology, Columbia Uni- versity; born May 25, 1860, at Easton, Pa .; graduated from the Lafayette College in 1880, and received the degree of A. M. in 1883; also degree of Ph. D. at Leipsig University in 1886; for two years was a student at Göttingen, Leipsig, Paris and Geneva; also Fellow of Johns Hopkins University from 1882 to 1883; was student and Assistant at the University Leipsig for three years, and Lecturer at the University of Cambridge for one year; from 1888 to 1891 was Professor of Psychology at the University of Penn- sylvania; Professor of Experimental Psy- chology at Columbia since 1891. Men- ber of. the National Academy of Sciences; also member of the American Psycho- logical Association, "and was President in 1895; Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Vice Presi- dent in 1898; Fellow and President of the New York Academy of Sciences; also member of the American Philosophical Society, London Aristotelian Society, London Neurol. Society, American Physiol. Society, American Society of Natural- ists (President); editor of Science and The Popular Science Monthly. Address, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y.
CAUFFMAN. Frank Guernsey:
Musician; born in Philadelphia, March S, 1850; educated in Friends' Central lligh School. Philadelphia; married,
January, 1879, to Sara Byerly Hart;
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member of Strakosch Italian Opera Com- pany during the 70's; composer: Sa- lammbo," for orchestra; cantata, "Life," for solo, chorus and orchestra; Vorspiel "Alciphron," for orchestra; Scenes from Alciphron, for solo and orchestra; Whit- man's "Death Carol," for baritone and orchestra; rhapsodie for string orchestra; also chamber music, part songs, songs, and church music. Address, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa. .
CAVEN, Joseph L .:
President of the Real Estate Title, Insurance & Trust Company of Phila- delphia. Address, 609 Mutual Life Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
CAVENAUGH, Harry Gibbons:
Major United States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Delaware; Corporal and Sergeant, First Delaware Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861, to July 25, 1864; First Lieutenant, First Delaware Vet- eran Infantry, July 26, 1864; Captain, Dec. 26, 1864; honorably mustered out,
July 12, 1865; Second Lieutenant, Thirty-seventh Infantry, July 23, 1866; transferred to Fifth Infantry, May 19, 1869; assigned to Thirteenth Infantry, March 31. 1870; First Lieutenant, Sept. 4, 1871; Captain, Aug. 16. 1884; Major, Sept. 17, 1898; retired, Sept. 16, 1899. Address. 161 West Penn St., German- town, Pa.
CHALLENGER. Thomas Holdich:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant, Fourth Delaware Infantry, Aug. 23, 1862; Cap- tain, Sept. 28, 1864: honorably discharged, May 15, 1865; elected, May 1, 1889. Ad- dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CHALFANT, George N .:
Lawyer; son of the Rev. George Wilson and Sarah E. (Moore) Chalfant; born Aug. 6, 1864, at Martin's Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio; was graduated from the Martin's Ferry High School with the class of 1880. and from : 1880 attended Layfayette College. from which he was graduated in 1984; was admitted to the Allegheny County bar in December of 1888; is a Republican; member of the University Club, Pittsburg. Address, 123 Meadow St., Pittsburg, Pa.
CHAMBERLAIN, Daniel Henry:
Member of the Pennsylvania . Com- inandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant, Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, Jan. 25, 1864; First Lieutenant, March 15, 1864; honor- ably mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865; elected, Oct. 20, 1886. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
CHAMBERLIN, Thomas:
Fire insurance; born near Lewisburg, Union County, Pa., March 18, 1838; son of John and Elizabeth Hayes Chamber- lin, and grandson of Col. William Chamberlin (officer of the Revolution); was educated at Bucknell University, A. B., 1858; Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, 1859 to 1861; returned home in 1861; in 1862 participated in the en- gagements of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill and Newmarket Cross Roads, in which last engagement he was wounded; in
Libby Prison from July 13th to 18th; took part in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam as Acting Major of Fifth Pennsylvania Reserve, 1862-1863; served as Commandant of Georgetown, D. C .; shared in the battles of Chancellors- ville and Gettysburg; severely wounded in latter; promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, 1864; retired on certificate of disability, on account of wounds; settled in Phila- delphia in 1874, and ever since engaged in fire insurance; member of Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Military Order of Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, &c. Married. Oct. 25, 1870, to Frances English, of Georgetown, D. C. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
CHAMBERS. Isaiah Mench:
Clergyman; son of William W. and Elva Caroline (Mench) Chambers; born May 22. 1865, at Mifflinburg, Pa .; in 1989 graduated from Lafayette College: re- ceived degree of A. M. in 1892; after- ward graduated from the Union Theo- logical Seminary, New York. Married Annie W. Weaver, June 1. 1892, at Easton, Pa .; in 1892 was ordained to Presbyterian Ministry. While at college he took charge of a small chapel at East Stroudsburg. Pa .; since 1902 has been Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Merchantville. He is a member of the Presbyterian Ministers' Association of Philadelphia and member of Masonic Fra- ternity; also author of "At the Beautiful
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Gate" (poems); "Reuben, the Builder," published in 1900; "Harold Payson," in 1901; "The Modern Devil"; "On the Sunny Side"; "Somebody Forgets," written in 1903. Address, Merchantville, N. J.
CHAMPAIGN, William Ellis:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Tioga County; was born in Cedar Run. Lycoming County, Pa., Jan. 3, 1861; was educated in the common schools; appointed Postmaster at Gaines, Tioga County, Pa., under President Harrison; elected Sheriff in 1894 and Delegate to State Convention in 1896; his early occupation was lumber- ing, but for the past fifteen years has been engaged in the life insurance busi- ness; was elected to the House of Repre- · sentatives in 1900; re-elected in Novem- ber, 1902. Address, Gaines, Pa. .
CHANCE, Henry Martyn:
Mining engineer; born January 1S, 1856, at Philadelphia; in 1874 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as civil and mining engineer; afterward gradu- ated from Jefferson Medical College in 1SS1. Married Lillie E. Mickley April 20, 1SS2; from 1874 to 1SS4 was Assistant Geologist at the Pennsylvania Geologi- cal Survey; also Geologist in charge of exploration of coal fields in North Caro- lina in 18S4; from 1885 to 1SS6 was man- ager of iron mines in Pennsylvania; also assistant manager of tunnel work from 1886 to 1887; general consulting practice as mining expert since 1St; member of American Institute of Mining Engineers, American Philosophical Society, Engin- eers' Club of Philadelphia; also author of several geological reports. technical papers, etc. Address, S19 Drexel Build- ing, Philadelphia.
CHANNELL, Leon S .:
Lawyer; born May 23, 1868 in Canton Township. Bradford County, Pa .; was graduated from the Canton High School in 1890, after teaching two terms in the public schools of Sullivan and Bradford Counties; read law with his brother, S. F. Channell, in Wellsboro, Pa .; was admitted to the Tioga County bar in June, 1894. He formed a partnership with D. H. Griffin in the Spring of 1895 for the practice of law in Mansfield, Pa .; is a Republican; has been Borough Clerk; is Secretary of the Mansfield Building & Loan Association and a Trustee of the Mansfield State Normal School. Address, Mansfield, Pa.
CHAPIN, John Bassett:
Physician; born Dec. 4, 1829, son of Wm. and Elizabeth H. (Bassett) Chapin; was graduated from Williams' College in 1850; Jefferson Medical College, 1853. Married, March 1S, 185S, Harriett E. Preston; resident physician New York Hospital, and interne 1852-1854; Assistant Physician Utica State Hospital, 1854 to 1858; Resi- dent Physician Brigham Hall, Canan- daigua, N. Y., 1859 to 1869; Commissioner to plan and build Willard State Hospital, and Medical Superintendent of same, 1869 to 1884; Physician-in-Chief, Pennsyl- vania Hospital for the Insane, Phila- delphia, 1884, and still in service; mem- ber Phi Beta Kappa, Williams; LL. D. Jefferson Medical College; honorary member Medico Psycholological Asso- ciation, Great Britain; honorary member Society Mental Medicine, Belgium; Presi- dent American Medical Psychological As- sociation, 18S9. Author: "Compendium of Insanity." Address, 4401 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CHAPIN, Samuel Farnum:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon. Thirtieth Pennsylvania In- fantry (First Reserve) Dec. 17, 1861; dis- charged to accept promotion, Sept. 15, 1862; Major and Surgeon, 139th Pennsyl- vania Infantry, Sept. 12, 1862; honorably mustered out. June 21, 1865; elected, Feb. 5. 1890. Address. care of Recorder of Loyal Legion 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
CHAPMAN, Henry Cadwalader:
Physician; born May 17, 1845, at Phila- delphia; in 1863 was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, also Medical Department of same University, in 1867; for three years studied in Europe; since 1870 has been in practice in Philadelphia; has lectured on Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania; at the Jefferson Medical College in 1St7 be- came Lecturer on Physiology of the Ner- vous System; is Physician and Curator at the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences; also author of "Evolution of Life"; "His- tory of the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood"; "Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology.' Address, 2047 Walnut St., Philadelphia.
CHASE, Aaron Augustus:
Lawyer; born March 28, 1839, in Ben- ton Township, Lackawanna County, Pa .;
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was educated at Madison Academy, Waverly, Pa .; Democrat; was in the United States military service 1863; ed- itor and proprietor of the Daily Times, Scranton, Pa., 1872 to 1885, when he re- sumed practice of law; during labor troubles, 1877, was twice imprisoned for denouncing the killing of three men as murder, alleging they were shot for the purpose of breaking up the strike. Ad- dress, Scranton, Pa.
CHASE, George Howland:
Chemist and Metallurgist; born in Union Springs, Cayuga County, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1866; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania 1885; post 'graduate, taking second degree, 1886. Address, 6020 Greene St., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.
CHAUNCEY, Charles:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant and Ad- jutant, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, Nov. 3, 1861; Captain, April 1, 1862; re- signed and honorably discharged, Sept. 6, 1864; elected, Feb. 7, 1900. Address, 251 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
de CHAVANNE, Countess Loveau:
Author, journalist; née Ouirda Benson; born June 19, 1861, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; daughter of Capt. Henry John Benson of United States Navy; was educated at Convent of the Sacred Heart, Paris. France; married in 1886 to Alexandre Jean Loveau, Count de Chavanne (died in 1892). Decorated in France, 1887, for works of philanthropy, by La Société Fraternelle des Veuves et Orphelines des Officers en. Retraite Décoré de la - Legion d'Honneur, by the Mayor of Neuilly. Came to United States in 1896; nursed sick soldiers at Camp Merritt during Spanish-American War. Author "Ouirda, or American Gold Regilding the Coronets of Europe." Residence, 406 South Forty- fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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