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CLAY, Cecil:
Soldier; son of Joseph Ashmead and Cornelia (Fletcher) Clay; born Feb. 13, 1842, in Philadelphia; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1859, where he received the degree of A. M .; married Annie Wood Kester, June 8, 1865, at
Philadelphia. In February, *1862, he was Captain of the Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers; also Major on Sept. 30, 1864; Lieutenant Colonel Nov. ₩19, 1864; Colonel Nov. 20, 1864; brevetted Colonel and Brigadier General of the United States Volunteers. He was mus- tered out Jan. 24, 1866; received a Con- gressional medal of honor for dis- tinguished bravery at the storming of Fort Harrison, Va. On Sept. 29, 1864, he lost his right arm and was badly wounded in the left hand. From 1870 to 1879 was President of St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Co .; since 1883 has been Chief Clerk of United States Department of Justice. From 1887 to 1897 was Colonel of the Second District of Columbia National Guard; contributes frequently to Forest and Stream; also. a member of the Board Reform School. District of Columbia; Military Order Loyal Legion, Medal of Honor Legion, National Geological Society, Pennsylvania History Society, Churchmen's League, District of Columbia. Address, 1513 S St., N. W .; office. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
CLAWSON, Lucien:
President of the Westmoreland Na- tional Bank of Greensburg. Address, Greensburg, Pa.
CLEAVER. Henry T .:
Commander United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1. 1871: Second As- sistant, Jan. 23, 1874; Passed Assistant,
May 19, 1879; Benicia, North Pacific Station, 1873 to 1874; Trenton, European Station, 1877 to 1879; Despatch, special service, 1881 to 1883; Trenton, Asiatic Station, 1SS3 to 1886; Michigan (North- west lakes), 1SS7 to 1SSS; Palos, Asiatic Station, 1888 to 1891; Navy Yard, New York, 1892 to 1893; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1893 to 1894; waiting orders, May, 1894; ordered to the Alert, June, 1895 to 1898. Promoted to Chief Engineer, February, 1896; United States steamship Benning- ton, May, 189S; Yorktown, Nov. 17, 189S, to 1900; promoted to Lieutenant Com- mander, March 3, 1899; Monterey, Nov. 17. 1900, to 1902. Inspection duty (Bu- reau of Steam Engineering April 1, 1902, to 1904.) Commander, Oct. 11, 1903. In- spector of Machinery at works of New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. Address, Camden, N. J.
CLEAVER, Israel. M. D .:
Physician; born in Berks County, Pa., Nov. 26, 1842; educated in the public schools of Reading, Pa., and graduated from the Boys' High School in the class of 1859, as valedictorian, this being the fourth graduating class of the institu- tion; taught school for three years, meanwhile commencing the study of medicine; became a Medical Cadet in the United States Army in Philadelphia in 1862; was graduated as a Doctor of Med- icine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1863; enlisted in the army and was assigned to a Marine Brigade on the Mississippi River as an Assistant Sur- geon in 1863, remaining .in the brigade two years, or until the conclusion of the war; practiced medicine in Pennsylvania in Clearfield and Centre Counties six years, and then in the fall of 1871 located in the city of Reading, where he has since practiced his profession. Member of the Reading Board of Health, 1874 to 1879: is at present Medical Inspector for Berks County of the State Board of Health in the case of contagious dis- eases. Was a member of the United States Board of Pension Examiners: is a member of the Reading Medical Asso- ciation, the Medical Society of the Coun- ty of Berks. the State Medical Society, and of the Grand Army of the Republic. Address, Reading, Pa.
CLEAVER, Wilbur Moore:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion
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First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Israel Clever; elected, May 4, 1898. Ad- dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CLEBORNE. Christopher James:
Medical Director United States Navy; born in Scotland, Dec. 16, 1838; a gradu- ate of the University of Pennsylvania, March 15, 1860: elected a member of Academy of Natural Sciences, July 31, 1860; appointed from Pennsylvania, May 9, 1861, as an Assistant Surgeon, with rank of Master. and attached to sloop- of-war Jamestown, North Atlantic Squadron, from May, 1861, to January, 1862: participated in the destruction of the Alvarado, under batteries at Fernan- dina. Aug. 5, 1861: ordered to sloop-of- war Dale, South Atlantic Squadron, ex- pedition to Stono River: engagements on South Edisto, and service with Forty- fifth Pennsylvania Regiment at Otter Island, S. C., 1862; ordered to gunboat Aroostook, West Gulf Squadron, 1863: operations off Mobile, 1863. Commis- sioned Surgeon, with rank of Lieutenant Commander. Nov. 24, 1863; at Naval Ren- dezvous. Philadelphia, 1864; ordered to United States ship Ticonderoga, South Atlantic Squadron, and coast of Brazil, 1864-1865; present at both battles of Fort Fisher, December, 1864 (where the Ticon- deroga, soon after going into action, lost, by the bursting of her Parrot gun, twenty-one kiled and wounded); present at bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher, Jan. 15, 1865; ordered as Judge Ad- vocate of Naval Retiring Board, Phila- delphia, 1865; attached to flagship Rhode Island, West India Squadron, 1866; and in charge of Bienville during epidemic of yellow fever, 1866; Judge Advocate of Naval Retiring Board, 1$67; elected mem- ber of Conchological Society of Philadel- phia, March 7, 1867; on sloop-of-war Saratoga, 1868-1869; flagship Powhatan, 1870: member of Naval Medical Examin- ing Board, 1870: ordered to Naval Sta- tion, League Island. 1871; elected mem- ber of Pennsylvania Historical Society, Sept. 23, 1872; attached to sloop-of-war Juniata, Plymouth, Brooklyn and Con- gress, European Squadron, 1872-1874; ordered to Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1875-1878; delegate to American Medi- cal Association. 1876. Commissioned as Medical Inspector, with rank of Com- mander. Jan. 6, 1878; on special duty from Portsmouth from November, 1878, to April, 1879; ordered to flagship Ten-
nessee as Fleet Surgeon of North Atlan-
tic Fleet, 1879-1881; attached to Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1881-1884; elected member of Historical Society of Virginia, 1883; member of Medical Examining Board, Philadelphia, 18$4-1887; appointed one of the Vice Presidents of the Inter- national Medical Congress, June 4, 1886; Chairman of the Medical Committee of the Constitutional Centennial, 1887; organized Volunteer Medical Corps of the Centennial, September, 1887. Commis- sioned Medical Director, with the rank of Captain, September, 1887; elected President of Volunteer Medical Associa- tion of Philadelphia, 1887; Director of Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., January, 1888, to April, 1891; Director of Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., April. 1891, to August. 1894; Director of Naval Hospital, Norfolk, from August, 1894, to 1899. Retired, with rank of Rear Admiral, Nov. 10, 1899. Address, 49 East 14th St., At- lanta, Ga.
CLEEMANN, Richard Alsop. M. D .:
Born, Feb. 22, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa; was educated at private schools in Phila- delphia and University of Pennsylvania; was graduated with degree of B. A. in 1859 and A. M. 1862; received the degree of M. D., 1862; was Acting Assistant Surgeon United States Army, 1862 to 1864 and has since been practicing general medicine in Philadelphia; visiting phy- sician to St. Mary's Hospital, Philadel- phia, 1872 to 1879; was a member of the Board of Health of Philadelphia, 1879 to 1887; a Director of Charities and Correc- tion, Philadelphia, 1887 to 1892; Presi- dent of the State Quarantine Board of Pennsylvania since 1893; has written re- ports on Epidemics and on Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadel- phia, and has contributed papers to vari- ous medical journals. Address, 2135 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CLEMENS, Joseph :
Chaplain United States Army; born in England; appointed from Pennsylvania; Chaplain, Feb. 2. 1901; assigned to Fif- teenth Infantry, July 26, 1901. Address, Monterey, Cal.
CLEMENT. Samuel M .:
Ex-Sheriff of Philadelphia: born in Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 1838; was educated in the public schools; entered business life in 1859 as a cigar manufacturer. during which occupation he became inter-
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ested in public affairs; began his political career in minor places; was a Director and President of the Ninth Ward School Board, and in 1885 was elected Police Magistrate by nearly 20,000 majority; was re-elected in 1890; was appointed Com- mitting Police Magistrate at the City Hall by Mayor Fitler, and in 1892 by Mayor Stuart; was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis in 1892; in 1893 he was nominated by the Republican County Convention for Sheriff of Philadelphia, and was elected by a majority of 52.769 votes; under his direction the Sheriff's office was removed from the old quarters in Independence Hall to the new City Hall. Sheriff Clement was Chairman of the Republican Campaign Committee in 1895, 1896 and 1897; in 1897 he formed the law, real estate and insurance firm of Samuel M. Clement & Sons, in which he is now occupied. He is a member of the Union League, and has long been active in the Masonic order. Address, 23 North Juniper St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CLEPPER. Fagar Ellis:
Architect; born in Kittanning, Pa., Dec. 18, 1871; was educated in the common and high scools of Kittanning, and as archi- tect under private tutors; moved to Ap- ollo, Pa., in 1889 employed by Apollo .Building Company, and in 1894 by Nicola Building Company of Pittsburg, Pa. Mar- ried, June 22, 1899. Martha A. Barr, of Apollo, Pa .; designed South Sharon High School building, Miller & Mason office building, Lewis Opera House. Sharpsville City Hall, South Sharon City building, Sharon Club building, United Presbyterian and. Catholic Churches, and Jewish Synagogue, South Sharon, Pa .; Joseph Schmidt's Hotel, South Sharon, Pa .; McDowell Bank building, Sharpsville, Pa., and many buildings in Shenango and Beaver Valleys. Now designing the Sharon City Building and the Mercer County Trust Company's building, Mer- cer, Pa .; member of firm of Haller & Clep- per, Ambridge. Pa. Address, 31016 East State St., Sharon, Pa.
CLINTON, George W .:
United States Consular Agent; born at Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 15, 1861; was grad- uated from the High School of that city in 1879; has been a resident of Cumber- land, British Columbia, for nineteen years; appointed Consular Agent at Union, British Columbia, Feb. S, 1892; ap- 1
pointed Consular Agent at Cumberland. British Calumbia, Nov. 10, 1898. Address, Cumberland, B. C.
CLOTHIER, Isaac II .:
Merchant; born in Philadelphia Nov. 5, 1837; was educated in Friends' Schools; in 1864 maried to Mary C. Jackson, daughter of William Jackson; active in the management of the firm of Straw- bridge & Clothier 1868 to 1895, when he retired from business; Director in the Girard Trust Company, the Keystone Watch Case Company, the Seaboard Steel Casting Company, and the Stand- ard Roller-Bearing Company; said to be the largest non-resident owner of New York real estate; Republican; member of the Society of Friends; Manager of Swarthmore College; Merchants' Fund, The School of Industrial Art, Trustee of the Williamson School and of the Free Library of Philadelphia, etc. His tastes are distinctly literary; is a writer of force and clearness. Received degree of A. M., conferred by Swarthmore College, June, 1903. Address, Eighth and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
CLUBB, Henry Stephen:
Minister; Bible Christian Church; born June 21, 1827, at Colchester, England; edited Vegetarian Messenger, Manchester. England. 1850 to 1852; moved to United States in 1853; published "History and Results of the Main Law in 1856"; Clarion, Grand Haven, Mich., 1857 to 1862. Commissioned by Abraham Lin- coln, 1862, as Assistant Quartermaster, with rank of Captain; wounded at second battle of Corinth, Oct. 3, 1862; served under Grant during siege of Vicksburg as Master of River Transportation; Acting Quartermaster of the Seventeenth Army Corps in 1865; served under Sheridan at San Antonio. Tex., 1865-1866; pubhshed Grand Haven Herald, 1870 to 1872; twice elected Alderman of Grand Haven, Mich .: Senator of Michigan, 1873-1874: called to Bible Christian Church, Philadelphia, 1876, where he still remains; President of Vegetarian Society of America; edited Food. Home and Garden ten years, which in 1900 consolidated with the Vegetarian Magazine. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
CLYDE. Thomas Edward:
Banker; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 17. 1860; was educated in the Public and High School of Chester, Pa .; entered, as private, Company A, Eleventh Regiment,
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Pennsylvania National Guard; appointed Adjutant of Sixth Infantry 1890; Major, 1893, and Lieutenant Colonel 1SSS, serving as such during Spanish American War; in 1878, entered as a clerk banking house of Samuel A. Dyer; becoming Teller and Assistant Cashier 1886: Teller of Chester National Bank, 1892; Cashier First Na ... tional Bank,' Chester, Pa .; Manager of Chester Clearing House Association; Treasurer of Penn Club and Economic League; member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution; Spanish American War Veterans. Mar- ried. Oct. 7, 1590, Jane Smedley Hinkson. Address, Chester, Pa.
CLYMER, Robert S .:
Jurist; born in Philadelphia. Aug. 23, 1855; a descendant of George Clymer, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence; educated in the Philadelphia public schools and graduating from the High - School, Mr. Clymer engaged in commercial business, which he followed for a number of years. During this time he was desirous of studying law, and after much reading in this direction he was registered as a law student and gained admission to the bar in 1882; hav- ing removed to Gloucester County, N. J., he was elected Clerk of the City of Woodbury, in 1877, for four years, and served as Chosen Freeholder for one year; was subsequently made City Solicitor of Woodbury, and in this position won a high reputation for legal ability. His practice grew large, both in Gloucester County and in Philadelphia, in which city one of his most important cases involved the constitutionality of the city ordinance which taxed non-residents. The ordinance was declared unconstitutional. In 1891 Mr. Clymer was appointed President Law Judge of Gloucester County, holding this position until 1897. No case decided by him was ever reversed by a higher court. Address. 916 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
COATES, Florence Exrle:
Author; daughter of George H. and El- len Frances (Von Leer) Earle. born in Philadelphia; educated at private schools in New England and at Convent of the Sacred Heart, Paris; also studied at Brus- sels. Married Edward H. Coates. Since 1895 has been President of Browning So- ciety, Philadelphia. Author of poems pub- lished in 1898. Address. Willing Terrace, Germanytown, Pa. 5
COATES, Edward Horner:
President of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; born in November, 1846; was graduated from Haverford College in 1860. From 1883 to 1890 was Chair- man of the Committee on Instruction at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; in 1553 was Chairman of the Muybridge Commission for Investigation of Animal Locomotion at the University of Penn- sylvania. Since 1890 he has been Presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Address, Willing Terrace, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.
COATES, George Morrison, M. D .:
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia. March 24. 1874; son of Joseph Horner Coates and grandson of G. M. Coates: preparatory education at Haverford Gran- mar School. Received the degree of A. B. in 1894 and M. D. in 1897, from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the United States Navy on April 24, 1898, and served during the Spanish War on the United States Battleship Richmond at League Island and on the United States Steamship New Orleans on the Cuban and Porto Rican coasts, taking part in numerous bombardments. Was honorably discharged on Oct. S, 1898. Served as resident phy- sician in St. Christopher Hospital for Children. Philadelphia, and in the Penn- sylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, till 1901. and since then has been engaged in the practice of medicine. Commissioned First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Na- tional Guard of Pennsylvania on June 25, 1900. and Major and Surgeon Jan. 12, 1903; attached to the Second Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania; at pres- ent holds the following appointments: Clinical Assistant in the Laboratory and Instructor in Atology, Philadelphia Poly- clinic and College for Graduates in Medi- cine; visiting physician to the Philadel- phia Orphan Asylum; Surgeon to the Dispensary of the Children's Hospital. Philadelphia; Laryngologist to the Penn- sylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Is a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and a mem- ber of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, Philadelphia Pathological Soci- ety, Pennsylvania State Medical Society. the American Medical Association and the H. C. Wood Medical Society: Veteran Companion of the Military Order of For- eign Wars: life member of the Philadel- phia Zoological Society; member of the
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National Guard Association of Philadel- phia, the Medical Club, Markham Club and University Barge Club of Philadel- phia. Address, 334 South 19th St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
COATES, Henry T .:
Publisher; born in Philadelphia Sept. 29, 1843; graduated at Haverford College in 1862. In 1868 he entered into the pub- lishing business in Philadelphia as a member of the firm of Porter & Coates; subsequently changed, on the withdrawal of Mr. Porter, to Henry T. Coates & Co. In 1874 he married Miss Estelle B. Loyd. For years the establishment of the firm was one of the leading retail bookstores of Philadelphia. but in 1903 the retail de- partment was given up and the house now confines itself to publishing. He edited the "Fireside Encyclopedia of Poetry," 1878, and "Children's Book of Poetry," 1879, and wrote "Short History of the American Trotting and Pacing Horse," 1901. He is a member of the Union League, Academy of Natural Sciences, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, etc., and Treasurer of the Philadelphia Zoologi- cal Society. Residence, Berwyn, Pa .; of- fice, 919 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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COATES, William M .:
President of the United Security Life Insurance and Trust Company of Penn- sylvania. Address, 1717 Spruce St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
COBURN, James P .:
President of the First National Bank of Bellefonte. Address, Bellefonte, Pa. 1
COCHRAN. Archibald A .:
Lawyer; born at Chester. Pa .. Nov. 21, 1865; educated at Gilbert's Academy and in the public schools in his native city; he read law in the office of O. B. Dickin- son, Esq .; was admitted to the bar of Delaware County May 2, 1887; entered into partnership with his preceptor in the practice of their profession, the same continuing until Jan. 1. 1890, when it was dissolved: Mr. Cochran's legal acquire- ments and business tact speedily won recognition. and he rapidly commanded a constantly growing and remunerative practice. In 1994 he was elected by the Councils City Solicitor, and so acceptably did he fill the duties of the office that he was re-elected in 1896, 1898. 1900 and 1902. the latter time for a period of three
years. At the annual State Conventions of Officials of Cities of the Third Class Mr. Cochran has always been accorded a place on the Committee on Legislation. As a member of this Committee he has drafted many of the Acts of Assembly relating to third-class cities. He is a member of the Young Men's Republican Club of Chester, the Penn Club, the Alpha Boat Club, and the Springhaven Golf Club. He is President of the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church. On May 31, 1893, he married Jennie, daughter of E. T. Robb, of Ches- ter, Pa.
COCHRAN, C. B., M. A .:
Born in Albion, Mich., 1854; graduate of the Ann Arbor High School, Classical Course, 1872; entered University of Mich- igan 1872. was graduated 1877, and en- tered Medical Department 1878; in 1879 appointed Assistant to Professor of Sur- gery. Fellow of the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science; member of the Franklin Institute and the Society of Chemical Industry. Mar- ried to Sara B. Marshall. of Chester County, Pa., in 1885; appointed Micro- scopist and Hygienist to Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture in 1884; Chem- ist of Philadelphia Milk Exchange in 1885; Chemist to Dairy and Food Commission of Pennsylvania in 1895. Address, West Chester, Pa.
COCHRAN, J. Henry :
State Senator from Lycoming County; was born in New Brunswick. Jan. 15, 1845; parents removed to Calais, Me., shortly thereafter, where he resided until the age of eighteen. when he removd to Pennsylvania; received a common school education; has always been engaged in the business of lumbering, and, in more recent years, has been engaged in bank- ing and is interested in other industrial enterprises; served as a member of the Senate sessions of 1895, 1897. 1899 and 1901; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- dress, 201 North Front St., Harrisburg, Pa.
COCHRAN. Rev. Joseph W., D. D .:
Pastor of Northminster Presbyterian Church; born 1867 in Peoria, Ill .: gradu- ated Minneapolis High School 1885; grad- uated Macalester College. St. Paul. 1959: graduated McCormick Theological Semi- nary, Chicago, 1893. Pastor Christ Pres-
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byterian Church, Madison, Wis., 1893-1898. Entered present pastorate May 1, 1898. Degree from Macalester College. Address, 35th and Baring Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
COCHRAN, M. M .:
President of the First National Bank of Dawson. Address, Dawson, Pa.
COCHRAN, Thomas Baumgardner:
Editor; born Aug. 21, 1845, in York. Pa., in 1861 was graduated from Lancaster High School; afterward learned printing. From 1864 to 1872 was reporter for Leg- islative Record, Harrisburg; also Journal Clerk at Pennsylvania Senate from 1872 to 1876; from 1877 to 1889 was Chief Clerk of the Senate; was admitted to Lancaster bar in 1873; in 1872 was Common Coun- cilman, also School Director from 1877 to 1889; was a member of Republican County and State Committees, and the Chairman of former; since 1889 has been editor and part owner of the Lancaster Examiner. He married Anna M. Pearsol April S. 1875. Address, 316 North Lime St., Lancaster, Pa.
COCHRANE, Henry Clayt
Colonel United States Marine Corps; born in Chester. Pa., 1842; son of James Cochrane and Sarah J. Gillespie; edu- cated in the best schools of that section and Philadelphia: one of the first to volunteer his services in the Civil War; examined and passed for a Lieutenney in the Marine Corps, but being under re- quired age served in the Volunteer Navy under Admirals Goldsborough, Dupont and Farragut, until 1863, when he was ap- pointed Lieutenant; in, battle of Port Royal, S. C., on 19th birthday; during fol- lowing forty years served at the Naval Academy, War College, every Navy Yard on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts: also in Alaska, Honolulu, Mexico. Central and South America, the West Indies, Europe, Afriea, China and the Philippines. Spent fifteen years at sea, cruising in ships from the old sailing vessel Jamestown to the modern flagship Philadelphia. Helped to suppress labor riots (1977) and arson and pillage abroad, in Alexandria, Egypt, after the bombardment of that city by the English in 1882, also on the Isthmus of Panama in 1885, Present at the coro- nation of Czar Alexander III. in Moscow, and decorated with the Cross of the Le- gion of Honor by President Carnot of France, for services at the Universal Ex-
position of 1889, where he commanded a detachment of United States Marines. During the war with Spain he was Major of the famous Marine Battalion that held the heights of Guantanamo, Cuba, and detailed as Governor of- City of Manzan- illo; sent to China in 1900 when the For- eign Legations were besieged in Pekin, in which remarkable campaign his regiment lost a Captain and over thirty men; ordered to Manila and organized and commanded First Brigade of Marines: ap- pointed Military Governor of Peninsula of Cavite. Married Elizabeth F., daugh- ter of the late Captain Edward P. Lull, United States Navy, in 1887, then Com- mandant of the Navy Yard at Pensacola. Companion of Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion, Grand Army of the Republic, Mili- tary Order of Foreign Wars, Military Or- der of the Dragon, and other societies. Permanent address, Chester, Pa.
CODY, Charles Paxton:
Architect: was born near London, Can- ada, in 1854; named Paxton after Lord Paxton. the designer of the Crystal Pal- ace; educated at the Canadian Literary Institute. Woodstock, Canada, and en- tered the building trade; while following this and other pursuits he studied archi- tecture. Married at Cleveland, Ohio, to Ella E. Ede, in 1882. Entered the pro- fession of architecture at Erie, Pa., in 1892, and in Mareh, 1903, was elected an Associate of the American Institute of Architects. Address, Erie, Pa.
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