USA > Pennsylvania > Who's who in Pennsylvania; containing authentic biographies of Pennsylvanians who are leaders and representatives in various departments of worthy human achievement. First Edition. V.1, Pt.1 > Part 25
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72
COMBS, Gilbert Raynolds:
Musician; born in Philadelphia Jan. 5, 1863: was organist and choir master in several of Philadelphia's prominent churches; was formerly President of the
Sinfonia, the only National Musical Fra- ternity of the world, and is at present President of the Crotchet Club of Phila- delphia. Address, 1921 South Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
CONARD, Henry Shoemaker:
Botanist; son of Thomas P. and Rebecca S. (Baldwin) Conard; born in Philadelphio Sept. 12, 1874; educated at Friends' Se- lect School, Philadelphia; Westtown Friends' Boarding School, Chester Coun- ty, Pa .; Haverford College, where he received degrees of B. S., 1894, and A. M., 1895; Teacher of Science, Westtown School, 1895-1899; Harrison Fellow in Bi- ology, University of Pennsylvania, 1899- 1901; Ph. D., 1901; Senior Fellow in Botany, 1901-1903; Instructor in Botany, 1903-1904. Author in part of "Nym- pedia of American Horticulture"; also a monograph of the water-lilies published by the Carnegie Institution of Washing- ton. Birthright member of Society of Friends (Quakers). Married April 13, 1900, E. Laetitia Moon, Ph. D. (Chicago) ; A. B., A. M. (Smith). Student in Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris. Author of papers on "Religion of American Indians." Address, 4323 Sansom St., Philadelphia.
CONAWAY, John F .:
Soldier; born in the City of Philadelphia Sept. 27, 1840, and was graduated from the Central High School in that city in July, 1857; on Aug. 13, 1862. he enlisted as a private in the Fifteenth Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Cavalry, a regiment raised from various counties in the State, and composed almost entirely of well- educated young men; he was mustered into the service of the United States on Aug. 22, 1862, for three years, and on Oct. 30 of same year was appointed Corporal of Company E. On Jan. 21, 1865, he was made Sergeant Major of the regiment, and on March 13. 1865. was commissioned First Lieutenant of Com- pany B. having filled all the grades of non-commissioned officers to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers. On the same day that he was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company B he was appointed on the staff of Brevet Brig. Gen. William J. Palmer, with the rank of Acting Aide-de-Camp, and served in that capacity until June 21, 1865. when he was mustered out of service with his regiment at the close of the war at Nashville. Tenn .; since the close of the war Lieutenant Conaway has been ac-
138
WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA.
tively engaged in business in Philadel- phia. He is a member of the Loyal Le- gion and Grand Army of the Republic, and as Commander of Post No. 2. one of the largest in the State, gave great satisfaction for his efficiency. Address, 1913 North Twelfth St., Philadelphia.
CONNELL, William:
President of Connell Coal Mines; born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Sept. 10, 1824; moved with his parents to Luzerne County, Pa., when seventeen years old. and went to work as a boy in the mines, his family being poor; his alertness be- ing soon observed, he was taken into the office of the Wyoming Valley Coal Company, and there made such rapid progress that in 1856, after twelve years' service, he was given full charge of the mines of the company. In this position he remained for fourteen years. In 1870 the charter of the coal company expired, and Mr. Connell. in a master stroke of boldness and enterprise, secured the full control of the mines which he had so long managed. Since then he has be- come President of the Connell Coal Com- pany, the Third National Bank of Scran- ton, the Lackawanna Mills, and several other important organizations, and is a stockholder and Director in many other corporations. He was elected to Con- gress as a Representative of the Elev- enth Congressional District in 1896, and served in that body for three terms, end- ing in 1903. Address, Scranton, Pa.
CONNELL, William L .:
Mine operator; born in Minooka, near Scranton, Pa., Oct. 14, 1862; educated in the public schools: entered the furniture establishment of Hill & Keiser. Scran- ton, in 1$$1, and after some eight years' service became a member of the firm, which is now known as Hill & Connell. His energy soon carried him into other enterprises, and he gradually gained a controlling interest in various mining and manufacturing organizations. espe- cially the Enterprise Coal Company, one of the largest works of its kind in that region, of which he is Treasurer and General Manager: he is also President of the Holmes Metallic Packing Com- pany, of the Scranton Paint Company, and of the Hawley Electric Light and Power Company, and is connected with other business concerns, including a number of collieries. He was elected to the Common Council of Scranton in 1889
and 1891, but ill-health forced him to re- sign while President of that body; in 1892 he was elected Mayor of Scranton, holding that office till 1896. Address, Scranton, Pa.
CONNELLAN, John H .:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia July 27, 1849; educated in the public schools of Philadelphia and by private tutors; he read law in the office of James E. Gowen; admitted to the bar in 1870. Married Miss Alice Matlack in 1882. Is a Democrat in politics; elected title officer of The Equitable Trust Company of Phil- adelphia in 1890, which position he still holds. His home address is No. 5343 Wayne Ave., Germantown, Pa.
CONNET, Andrew Thompson:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Third New Jersey Infantry April 27, 1861; mustered out July 31, 1861; private Thirty-first New Jersey Infantry Sept. 3, 1862; First Ser- geant Sept. 17. 1862; discharged to ac- cept promotion Jan 1, 1863; Second Lieutenant Thirty-first . New Jersey In- fantry Jan 1, 1863; honorably mustered out June 24, 1863. Elected May 2, 1888. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- gion. 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
CONNIFF, Thaddeus M .:
Principal and School Superintendent; born in County Cavan, Ireland, Aug 9. 1854; moved to Pennsylvania in early boyhood; was educated in public schools and Normal School in New York; Mag- istrate of Plains. Pa., since 1879; was ap- pointed six successive terms by the Judges of the Courts as Prison Commis- sioner. and annually elected President of the Board from 1893 to 1899. Member of the bar of Luzerne County, and an occasional contributor to the periodicals. Democrat. Address, Plains, Pa.
CONRAD, Jacob, Jr .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Lieutenant Jacob Conrad. Elected Feb. 10. 1897. Address, SGS North 27th St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
CONVERSE, John H .:
Manufacturer; born Dec. 2. 1840. at Burlington. Vt .; educated at the Univer- sity of Vermont; in 1900 was Vice Mod-
2
139
WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA.
erator the General Assembly of the Pres- byterian Church of United States. Is in- terested in many charitable and religious concerns; Trustee Princeton Theological Seminary; since 1893 has been a member of the American Philosophical Society. He is a member of the firin Burnham, Williams & Co., proprietors of the Bald- win Locomotive Works, Philadelphia. Ad- dress, 500 North Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
1
CONWAY. Edwin Jennings:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private First United States Dragoons April 22, 1852; discharged April 22, 1867; private First United States Cavalry Nov. 28, 1859; discharged Dec. 4, 1862; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Eighteenth Missouri Infantry Dec. +, 1862; honorably mustered out April 7, 1863; Second Lieutenant Fourth United States Cavalry Feb. 19, 1863; First Lieu- tenant Sept. 7, 1864; Captain Aug. 17, 1867; retired Dec. 31, 1870; brevetted Captain United States Army April 2, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious ser- vices in the capture of Selma, Ala." Elected . May 4, 1892. Address, care of Recorder. of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
----
CONYNGHAM, John Nesbit:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- inandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; nephew of deceased Com- panion Brevet Lieut. Col. John B. Coyng- ham. Elected Feb. S, 1893. Address, dare of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
COOK, A. Wayne:
President of the Forest County Na- tional Bank of Tionesta. Address, Tion- esta, Pa.
COOK, D. S .:
President of the First National Bank of Wrightsville, Pa. Address, Wrights- ville, Pa.
COOK, Gustavus Wynne:
Artist and architect; son of R. Y. Cook; was an artist, architect and electrical en- gineer; is General Manager of the South Chester Tube Company. Chester. Pa. Member of the Boards of the Pennsylvania
Warehousing and Safe Deposit Co., South Chester Tube Company, and the Guaran- tee Trust and Safe Deposit Co. Address, Lansdowne, Pa.
COOK, Joel :
Editor; born March 20, 1842, at Philadel- phia; in 1859 graduated from the Central High School, B. A., at Philadelphia; in 1863 was admitted to the Philadelphia bar; afterward adopted journalism as a profession. From 1862 to 1863 was war correspondent with the Army of the Potomac; since 1865 has been on the editorial staff of the Public Ledger; also its financial editor since 1SS3. Since June. 1865. on staff of foreign corres- pondents of London Times; President of Philadelphia Board of Trade; also mem- ber of Board of Public Education and Chairman of its Committee on the Cen- tral High Schools; President of the Board of Port Wardens; member of the Board of Harbor Commissioners; American Philosophical Society. He is a member of the Union League Club; author of "A Holiday Tour in Europe"; An East- ern Tour at Home"; "England, Pictur- esque and Descriptive"; "America, Pic- turesque and Descriptive"; "A Visit to the States." Address, Board of Trade, Philadelphia, Pa.
COOK, Lawrence B .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Allegheny County; was born in Indiana County, Pa .. Sept. 27, 1870; when quite young he removed with his parents to Pittsburg; was edu- cated in the public and private schools, and while acquiring an education taught in the public and private schools of Al- legheny County; in 1890 he began the study of law; was admitted to the bar in December, 1892, since which time he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession; elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- dress. 920 Vickroy St., Pittsburg, Pa.
COOK, Lyman: .
Manufacturer; son of Charles A. and Phoebe Ford Cook; born at Whitney's Point. N. Y .. Feb. 4. 1848; was educated in local schools of native place. His maternal grandfather was a graduate of Yale College and afterward pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ithaca. N. Y .. for many years; in 1964, when but six- tren, enlisted in the First Veteran Cav-
140
WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA.
alry of New York and served one year in the Civil War; in 1.865 was attracted to the Pennsylvania oil fields by the excitement which then prevailed; was at Pithole one year when, through a spirit of adventure, he found his way into the wilds of Forest County; became inter- ested in the lumber industry, and, for almost forty years, he has manufactured and marketed lumber by water. Since 1893 he has had charge of the Govern- ment work of improvement' of Allegheny River, from Warren to Redbank. On Dec. 28, 1876, was married to Harriet M. Arner, of Nebraska, Pa. Mrs. Cook has been an active worker in the local and county work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for many years. Ad- dress, Nebraska, Pa.
COOK, Richard Y .:
President of Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co .; born Feb. 25. 1845, in Phila- ยท delphia, where his mother's family had been resident since 1682; on maternal side is the seventh generation from Dr.
. Thomas Wynne, surgeon of William Penn's colonizing expedition, who land- ed in Pennsylvania in 1682. Dr. Wynne was a Justice of the First Supreme Court of the Province, and President of . the first Provincial Senate; on paternal side descended from Thomas Cook, who emigrated to New England from Old England, landing in Massachusetts in 1638. Richard Y. Cook is President of the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co. of Philadelphia, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Warehousing and Safe De- posit Co., Chairman of the Finance Committees of the Tradesmen's National Bank and Market Street National Bank; member of the Board of Directors of the Finance Company of Pennsylvania; Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the George W. South Memorial Church of the Advocate; was Assignee of the Chestnut Street Trust and Saving Fund Co., and, in connection with G. H. Earle, Jr., for five years published the Phila- delphia Record, making $2.000.000 for creditors -- a venture which these two gentlemen undertook with money raised by themselves for the benefit of the creditors of the Chestnut Street Na- tional Bank and Chestnut Street Trast and Saving Fund Co. All creditors of the bank were paid in full, with interest. and others almost the entire amount of their claims. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
COOKE. George Henry:
Medical Director United States Navy; born in Philadelphia, Pa .; graduate of Central High School with degrees of B. and A. M. and of Philadelphia Medical College with M. D. Entered United States Navy as Assistant Sur- geon, 1862; served successively at vari- ous naval hospitals and navy yards and on ships; volunteered for duty on U. S. S. Tioga at Key West when epidemic of yellow fever appeared; Assistant Sur- geon, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1866: on the Resaca, assigned to Pacific Squadron, Bay of Panama, 1867, during virulent yellow fever epidemic; then de- tailed to Alaska to take part in ceremony incident to transfer of that territory to United States; on Vandalia, detailed to European Station, 1876, in 1877 receiving on Board Gen. and Mrs. Grant and suite, visiting principal ports and cities bor- dering the Mediterranean, including Jeru- salem and Constantinople; accompanied Gen. and Mrs. Grant on tour of the Nile on board the Khedive's steam yacht Zinnt-el-Bachreen; detailed aide to Gen. Grant while guest of King George at Athens, Greece; detailed to Pacific Sta- tion in 1885 on Lackawanna during epi- demic of yellow fever, he contracting the disease; was on Mohican. 1886, detailed to take United States Special Commis- sioner George H. Bates for negotiation of treaties with native rulers of South Pacific Islands and to explore Easter Island and from there bring ancient colos- sal monolithic images, stone crown. ta- bles, ctc .. now in National Museum. Fleet Surgeon, South Atlantic and South Pacific Stations, 1890-1891: cruiser Balti- more, Pacific Station. 1891-1893. during Chilian revolution and attacks on the liberty parties from the Balitimore in the city of Valparaiso; retired by age limit, 1898, but hy order of Secretary of Navy retained on duty in charge of United States Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, and as inember of Medical Examining Board during war with Spain; 1903. ordered to duty at United States Naval recruiting rendezvous. Philadelphia, his present sta- tion. Companion Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Residence, Ridley Park. Delaware County, Pa.
COOKE. Jay :
Financier and railroad promoter; born in Sandusky, Ohio, Ang. 10. 1821: son of Hon. Elentheros Cooke, a lawyer of that place and a member of Congress from
I4I
WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA.
1531 to 1833. Entering the banking house of E. W. Clark & Co., Philadelphia, in 1839, he soon became the confidential clerk of the firm, and eighteen months before he became of age was given power of attorney to sign all matters for the firm; he was admitted as a partner in 1542 and continued in the firm till 1858, when ' he retired for a time from the banking business to enter into that of negotiating railroad securities; the sale of the Pennsylvania State canals was negotiated by him. In 1861 he resumed the banking business, forming a firm known as Jay Cooke & Co., branches being afterward established in New York and Washington, and a branch in Lon- don known as Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., Mr. McCulloch, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, being a partner. While con- nected with E. W. Clark & Co. that firm had negotiated a large part of the gov- ernment loans to carry in the Mexican War, and the experience then gained prepared Mr. Cooke for the far greater work of negotiating the Civil War loans, into which he very actively entered; the need for raising money for this war was immense and the credit of the govern- ment at its opening very low; each suc- cessive Secretary of the Treasury-Chase, Fessenden and McCulloch-did his best to raise war funds by direct negotiation of the government securities, but each was compelled to call Mr. Cooke to his aid as the sole fiscal agent of the govern- ment, and his service in this contingency was of the utmost value to the govern- ment financiers: it is said that he nego- tiated in all two thousand million dollars of government loans at a very small rate of compensation. The greatest financial operation undertaken by the house of Jay Cooke & Co. after the war was the disposal of the securities of the North- ern Pacific Railroad Company, an enter- prise which proved too heavy during the financial panic of 1873, the house being forced to suspend; in subsequent years, however, the stocks and bonds of the road regained their value, the enterprise was completed, and the fortune of Mr. Cooke was restored. He is now a large owner of Western
lands. Address, office, 122 South Fourth St., Philadelphia; residence, Ogontz, Pa.
COOKE, Walter Howard:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, April 20, 1861; honorably mus-
tered out, July 31, 1861; Major Eleventh Pennsylvania (Militia) Infantry, Sept. 12. 1862; honorably mustered out, Sept. 25, 1862; private Independent Company Penn- sylvania Cavalry (attached to Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry), June 29, 1863: Sergeant-Major Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry during his term of service; hon- orbaly discharged, July 30, 1863. He was awarded medal of honor under resolu- tion of Congress "for having volunteered his services after his regiment had marched to the rear to be mustered out." on the eve of the battle of Bull Run, dur- ing which battle he served as Aide to Colonel Hunter, commanding Second Di- Vision; elected Feb. 5, 1890. Address. Norristown, Pa. .
COONS, Giles M .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Bradford County; born in Onondaga, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1839; when twelve years old he removed with his parents to Union. Pa .; educated in the public schools of Canton, Pa .. where he now resides; learned the milling trade and worked at it until the spring of 1861. when he entered the Army in the first call for three months' men. Re-enlisted Nov. 1 for three years, and served in the 106th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan- try, participating in many important
battles, including Yorktown, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettys- burg. Wilderness, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, besides many skirmishes and minor engagements, and was discharged at Battery 5. Appomattox, having been wounded twice and promoted three times; has always been a Republican, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln; has been in business in Canton since 1870 as a lumberman, manufacturer and builder: served eight years as Councilman; elected to the House of Representatives in No- vember, 1902. Address, Canton, Pa.
COOPER. A. F .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Indiana County: born in Clarion. Clarion County, Pa., April 18, 1855; removed with his parents to New Bethlehem when four years old. and attended the district school in that town until he was fifteen; then started to learn the milling trade with his father. and worked at it for ten years; in 1895 he moved to Homer City, Indiana County, Pa., and took charge of the Homer City Poultry Farm; in 18ss he began the
1.42
WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA.
manufacture of incubators and brooders in partnership with Mr. J. I. Nix, in which business he is still engaged; served as member of the Town Council and School Director; was elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- dress, Homer City, Pa.
COOPER, Allen Foster:
Congressman (Republican) of Union- town; born on a farm in Franklin Town- ship, Fayette, County, Pa., June 16, 1862; was educated in the public schools of his native township, in the State Normal schools at California and Lockhaven, Pa., and at Mount Union College, Ohio; was graduated from the State Normal School at California, Pa., in the class of 1882, and taught school for six years. Decid- ing upon the profession of the law, he entered the Law Department of the Uni- versity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and was graduated from that institution in the class of 1SS8; was admitted to the Circuit Court of Washtenaw County, Mich., and to the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan before his graduation from the law school; after completing his law course in University of Michigan, returned to Fayette County, Pa., and was admitted to the bar of that county Dec. 4, 18SS; on Jan. 1, 1SS9, he formed a law partnership at Uniontown, Pa., with his classmate. J. Q. Van Swearingen, which still exists; is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the Western District of Penn- sylvania, and of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated for Congress on Sept. 16. 1902, at Pitts- burg, as the first* Republican candidate for the new Twenty-third District of Pennsylvania, and was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress; this is the first time he ever sought or held any public office. He was married on March 26, 1890, to Miss Alice C. Lackey, of Fayette County, Pa .; since their marriage the . have resided in Uniontown, Pa. Ad- dress, Uniontown, Pa.
COOPER, Benjamin George:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain 177th Pennsylvania In- fantry. Nov. 17. 1862; honorably mustered out. Aug. 5. 1863; elected Feb. 6. 1895. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Lo- gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
COOPER. Charles Lawrence:
Brigadier General United States Army; member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Seventy-first New York (Militia) Infantry, - May 27, 1862; mus- tered out, Sept. 2, 1862; private Twenty- first New York (Militia) Infantry, June 27, 1863; mustered out, Aug. 6, 1863; Sec- ond Lieutenant 127th United States Col- ored Infantry, Sept. 7, 1864; First Lieu- tenant, March 5, 1865; honorably mus- tered out, Oct. 20. 1865; Second Lieuten- ant 39th United States Infantry, July 28, 1866; First Lieutenant, Oct. 5, 1867: trans- ferred to Tenth Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1871; Cap- tain, Sept. 5, 1883; Major Fifth Cav- alry, July 5, 1898; Lieutenant Colonel Fifteenth Cavalry, Feb. 17, 1901; Colonel Jan. 30, 1903; Brigadier General retired Aug. 17, 1903. Elected April 1, 1868. Ad- dress, Occidental Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.
COOPER, Philip Henry:
Rear Admiral United States Navy; member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Acting Midshipman United States Navy, Sept. 2S. 1860; Ensign, May 28, 1863; Master, Nov. 10. 1865; Lieutenant, Nov. 10, 1866; Lieutenant Commander, March 12, 1868; Commander, Nov. 1, 1879; Captain. April 11. 1894: Rear Admiral, Feb. 9, 1902; commanding Cruiser Squad- ron Asiatic Fleet since January. 1903; elected Feb. 5, 1868. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
COOPER. Samuel William:
Lawyer and author; born in Philadel- phia, Pa., March 5, 1860; educated at home with tutor; was graduated from Law School, University of Pennsylvania, 1881; admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1881, and in active practice since. Mem- her Art Club, the Lawyers' Club. Clover Club and Penn Club. He is the author of "Confession of a Society Man." 1887; "Three Days." 1SS ?; "Think and Thank," 1890; independent in politics; married. Dec. 28. 1893, Tomie Weldon of Jackson- ville, Fla. Residence, 309 South Twelfth St .: office, 1200 Betz Building, Philadel- phia, Pa.
COOPER, Thomas Valentine:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Deleware County; born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio,
143
WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Jan. 16, 1835; educated in the publie sehools; learned the art of printing; served in the three months' service as First Lieutenant, Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and three years as private in Company C, Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers; is at present and has been editor of the Delaware County American for forty-seven years, except the four years in which he served in the Army of the Union. He was a member of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1870 and 1872; member of the Senate from 1874 to 1889; elected President pro tem- pore of the Senate at the close of the Session of 1877, and re-elected for the ses- sion of 187S; Chairman of Republican State Committee, 1SS1 to 1SSS. Author of work entitled "American Politics"; ap- pointed collector of the Port of Philadel- phia in July, 1889. and served until March, 1894, when he resigned; elected to the House of Representatives in 1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Media, Pa.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.