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DALAND, Judson:
Physician; born in New York City July 11, 1860; educated in the Philadelphia public schools and- the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduat- ing in 1882. Since his graduation he has re- mained connected with the teaching force of the university as Demonstrator of Clin- ical Medicine from 1882 to 1895. and since then as Instructor in the same subject. For four years after 1SS5 he was Lectur- er on Physical Diagnosis: in addition to his university work he has had an ex- tensive practice in Philadelphia, and since has been Professor of Diseases of the Chest and of Clinical Medicine-the latter since 1897-in the Philadelphia Polyclinic College. He is also visiting physician to the university, the Polyclinic, and the Philadelphia hospitals, and consulting physician to the Kensington Hospital for Women. At different times he has been engaged in duties in various other insti- tutions, and has officiated on numerous public occasions connected with his pro- fession; he was editor of the International Medical Magazine from 1891 to 1895, of the International Clinics from 1891 to 1899, associate editor of the Annual of Universal Medical Sciences, and a col- laborator of the Climatologist. He is a member of a large number of medical societies in Philadelphia and elsewhere in the United States, and an honorary mem- ber of the Moscow Therapeutic Society. the Rocky Mountain Interstate Medical Society, etc; he is also a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and of the Art University, Markham, Bachelors' Barge, Winter Harbor and Centaur Bi- cycle Clubs. Address, 317 South Eigh- teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DALE. Alexander H .:
Lumberman: grandson of the Hon. Al- exander Holeman, a judge of Venango County, and a representative of the same county in the State Legislature for more than a half century past; son of Judge Joseph Gates Dale and Nancy Holeman Dale: was born at Tionesta, May 11. 1961; educated in public schools and at Butch- hel College. Has been luniberman and oil producer for the past twenty years. Mom- ber of control of Tionesta for a number of years. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
DALE, James A .:
Business manager: born in Shippens- burg. Pa., March 9, 1545; educated in the
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public schools; in 1861 was appointed a clerk in the Mechanicsburg Post Office, but left it after a year to enlist in the Volunteer service, though only seventeen years old. He was discharged a few days after the battle of Antietim, and, returning home, entered a drug store in Mechanicsburg, where he remained for six years; he finally became a partner of Mr. Herring, his employer, but in 1868 removed to York, where he became the senior member of the drug firm of Dale & Hart; this 'he managed with success till 1\St; the firm is now known as Dale, Hart & Co., and is one of the largest of its kind in the State. Mr. Dale now gives little attention to the drug business, be- ing engaged in various other concerns; the first of these was the York Match Company, of which he was President for ten years, when it was sold out at a very large profit. He has been President of the York County National Bank, of the York City Market Company, of the York Hotel Company, and Vice President of the York Opera House Company. In 1896 Governor Hastings appointed him Fish Commissioner for Pennsylvania. Address, York, Pa.
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DAALE, Richard:
Lawyer; married Annie S. Williamson. Is President of the Pennsylvania branch of the Society of the Cincinnati. Address, 1215 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DALLAM, Samuel Field:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet at the United States. Military Academy from Sept. 1, 1892, to June 12, 1896, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Additional Second Lieutenant of Cavalry, June 12, 1896; Fort Riley. Kans., Sept. 30, 1896; Second Lieutenant of Cavalry Dec. 22, 1896; Fort Meade, S. D., Feb. 2, 1897; Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 9, 189S; First Lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry. December, 1900; Captain Oct. 29, 1902. Address, Fort Apache, Ariz.
DALLAS, George Mifflin:
Jurist; son of Trevanion B. Dallas; born Feb. 7, 1839, at Pittsburg, Pa .; received the degree of LL. D. from the Prince- ton University; admitted to the bar in 1859; is Professor of Law of Torts, Evi- dence and Practice in the Law Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania; was delegate to Constitutional Conven- tion which framed present Constitution of 6
1 Pennsylvania. Married Ellen Markoe Wharton Oct. 22, 1867. Since March 17, - -- 1 1892, has been United States Circuit Judge, Third Circuit. Address, 1514 Pine St., Philadelphia., Pa.
DALLY. George Washington:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Fifth New Jersey Infan- try Aug. 23, 1861; Corporal Aug. 1, 1862; discharged for promotion June 3, 1863; Second Lieutenant Fifth New Jersey In- fantry June 4, 1863; resigned and honor- ably discharged for disability Jan. 25, 1864; elected May 5, 1SS6. Address, 3730 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DALY. T. L .:
President of the Bank of Charleroi. Address, Charleroi, Pa.
DALY, T. M .:
President of Continental Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia. Address. 21 South Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DALZELL, John:
Congressman (Republican) of Pitts- burg; born in New York City April 19, 1845; moved to Pittsburg in 1847; received common school and collegiate education, graduating from Yale College in the class of 1865; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in February, 1867; has since prac- ticed his profession; never held any office until he was elected to the Fiftieth Con- gress; was elected to the Fifty-first, Fif- ty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-Fourth, Fif- ty-fifth. Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty- eighth Congress. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
DALZELL, William Sage:
Lawyer; son of John and Mary Louise (Duff) Dalzell; born Aug. 17, 1868. at Pittsburg. In 1891 was graduated from Yale: later studied law at Harvard; also studied in the office of George Tucker Bispham and in Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania; in 1893 was admitted to the Allegheny County, Pa .. bar; became partner in firm of Dalzell, Scott & Gordon in 1898. Married Mary Ruth Hough Oct. 4, 1893. Address. 56 St. Nicholas Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
DAMBACH, Edward:
President of the Citizens' Bank of Evans City. Address, Evans City, Pa.
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DAMPMAN, John B .:
Newspaper man and advertising spe- cialist; born in Chester County, Pa., 1851; admitted to bar of Reading, Pa., 1875; founder and for fifteen years editor and publisher of Reading Herald; for six years editorial writer and literary editor of Pittsburg Times; now engaged in the advertising business at Reading, Pa. Ad- dress, Baer Building, Reading, Pa.
DANA, Charles Edmund:
Professor of Art at University of Penn- sylvania; son of Brig. Gen. Edmund L. and Sarah Helen (Peters) Dana; born Jan. 18, 1843, at Wilkesbarre, Pa .; in 1865 was graduated as civil engineer from the Union College. He married Emilie H. Woodbury in 1870 at Wilkesbarre; for eight years was Assistant Engineer in the Pennsylvania Railroad; studied art in Paris under Luminais. Since 1993 has been Professor of Art at the University of Pennsylvania; member of the Ameri- can Philosophical Society, Wistar Asso- ciation, Archaeol. Society, University of Pennsylvania; Fellow Society of Arts. London; Numis. and Antiquarian Soci- ety of Philadelphia, Loyal Legion, Aztec Club, Military Order of Foreign Wars; Sons of the American Revolution, Foun- ders and Patriots, etc .; is President of the Philadelphia Water Color Club; Presi- dent Fellowship of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vice President Fairmount Park Art Association, Vice President National Arts Club of New York. Author of "Glimpses of English History." etc. Address, 2013 De Lancey Place, Philadelphia, Pa.
DANA, Stephen Winchester:
Clergyman; born in Canaan, Columbia County, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1840; educated in schools of Canaan and South Adams, Mass: was graduated from Williams Col- lege in 1861; appointed same year prin- cipal of Hinsdale Academy; in 1863-1866 studied in Union Theological Seminary, New York City; in November, 1866, was pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, Belvidere, N. J .; in 1868 was called to Walnut Street Presbyterian Church. Phil- adelphia, holding this position more than thirty-five years; Trustee of Lincoln I'ni- versity: Director of Union Theological Seminary; has been President. Vice Pres- ident and Chaplain of New England So- ciety of Pennsylvania; in 1560 received D. D. from Williams; published "Woman's Possibilities." 1999. married October, 1SES, Miss Rebecca Rodman Paul of Bel-
videre, N. J., who died 1877; married again at Williamsport, Pa .. July 12, 1883. to Miss Eleanor Howard Crocker. Ad- dress 3925 Walnut St., W. Philadelphia.
DANNER, Thomas D .:
State Senator from Northampton Coun- ty, Pa .; was born in Moore Township, Northhampton County, Sept. 5, 1851, and spent his early life on the farm; educated in the common schools, Weaverville Acad- emy and the State Normal School at Kutztown, Pa .; was graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1879; taught in the common schools of his native county for several terms; served as School Director in the Borough of Coplay, Lehigh County; was admitted to practice law in all the courts of the State of Michigan in 1879, and in the courts of his native county in 1890; is now engaged in the practice of his profession; elected Solicitor to the Board of In- spectors of the Northampton County Prison in November, 1892, and each suc- cessive year since, up to and including 1902; elected Solicitor of the city of Easton in 1898 for the term of two years, and re-elected in 1900; elected Chairman of the Democratic Committee of North- ampton County in 1900, and re-elected in 1901 and 1902; elected to the Senate in November, 1902. Address, Easton, Pa.
DARBY, Edwin Tyler:
Dentist; born in Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1845; studied dentistry in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, graduating in 1865, and entered upon the practice of his profession in Philadelphia, in which he has been notably successful. He was appointed in 1876 Professor of Operative Dentistry in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, retaining this position till 1878, at the same time study- ing medicine in the University of Pennsyl- vania. graduating in 1978; in the same year he was appointed Professor of Oper- ative Dentistry and Dental Histology in the Dental Department of the Univers- ity, a position which he still retains, and in which he has been a leading in- fluence in bringing this department up to its present high standing. He is a member of the National Dental Associa- tion, the Pennsylvania State Dental So- ciety, and the Academy of Stomatology; also of the Union League and the Uni- versity Club of Philadelphia. Office. 1513 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa .; residence, Landsdowne, Pa.
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DARLINGTON, Edward B .:
President of the National
Bank of Kennett Square. Address, Kennett Square, Pa.
DARLINGTON, Jesse:
President of the Charter National Bank of Media. Address, Media, Pa.
DARLINGTON, Joseph G .:
Merchant; born in Pittsburg, Pa .; his maternal ancestors were among the early settlers of the colonies coming to Am- erica in 1630, whose descendants fought bravely in defense of the colonies and the War of the Revolution. Educated at the friends' School on Walnut Street, above Sixth, Philadelphia; he then entered the silk importing house of Dale, Ross and Withers, at that time the leading silk merchants in the United States, in which he served for four years. At the close of his apprenticeship with Dale, Ross and Withers, he entered the drygoods house of John W. Thomas, at a small salary, where his early training and his fidelity to his duty won the appreciation and re- spect of his employer, which he eventual- ly showed by taking him into partnership. On Jan. 31. 1874, when Mr. Thomas rc- tired from business, Mr. Darlington con- tinued the same under the firm name of Joseph G. Darlington & Co. The busi- ness has grown to be very large, having an extensive estabilishment in Philadel- phia and offices in Paris, Lyons, and other cities in Europe. Mr. Darlington has been a Director, Secretary and Vice President of the Union League of Philadelphia, and for four consecutive years was the Presi- dent of that organization. He is a Di- rector of the Franklin National Bank, Trustee of the Penn Mutual Life In- surance Co., one of the Philadelphia Di- rectors of the American Surcty Com- pany of New York, a hereditary member of the Connecticut State Society of the Cincinnati, a member of the Saint Nicho- las Society of New York, and a member of many clubs and organizations in Phila- delphia. Address, Haverford, Pa.
DARRACH, Henry:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia July 17, 1$50; his father, Dr. William Darrach, was an cminent physician of Philadel- phia, and his remote American ancestor was William Bradford, who came to Pennsylvania with William Penn in 1682. and. on his mother's side. Capt. James Sands, who settled on Block Island in
1640. He studied law in the Law Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania; also reading law in the offices of Charles M. Wagner and Hon. F. Carroll Brew- ster; he was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1876, and in addition to his legal practice has been active in the insurance world, he having organized the Philadel- phia Fire Underwriters' Tariff Associa- tion and the Perpetual Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia; of the last named association he is President. Ad- dress, 4101 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DARRAGH, Robert W.
Lawyer; born at West Bridgewater, Pa., July 15, 1870, of old time Pennsylvania and New Jersey ancestry; lineal descend- ant of John Hart of New Jersey, signer of the Declaration of Independence; edu- cated in Beaver High School; was gradu- ated 1893 with degree of A. B. from Al- egheny College; member of Phi Beta Kap- pa; admitted to the bar in 1901; member of Beaver School Board; Treasurer and Trustee of Beaver College. Married in 1901 Jessie B., daughter of Gen. A. L. Hawkins. Republican in politics. Ad- dress, Beaver, Pa.
DAUGHERTY, Harry K .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Mercer County; was born in Pine Township, Mercer County, Pa., Dec. 28, PS68; was educated in public schools and Grove City College; was Principal of Commercial Department of Grove City College two years; studied law and was admitted to the bar of Mercer County June 11, 1895, and has since con- tinued in the practice of his profession; enlisted in Fifteenth Regiment, N. G. P., in 18Ss, and was appointed Sergeant Ma- jor of the Fifteenth Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers May 11, 1SOS: commis- sioned First Lieutenant of Company G of the same regiment Oct. 25, 1898; acted as Assistant Adjutant General on staff of Brigade Commander at Camp Haskell, Ga., and was mustered out Jan. 31. 1899, at Athens, Ga .; is a Director of the People's National Bank of Grove City, Mercer County, Pa., and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cottage State Hospital, located at Mercer. Pa .; elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1900, and re-elected in 1902. Address, Mercer, Pa.
DAUGHERTY, James Denny:
Lawyer and inventor; born in Kittan- ning, Pa., Oct. 17, 1855; educated in pub-
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lic schools, Elder's Ridge Academy, Pa., and Mount Union College, Ohio; studied law with G. S. Crosby and John Gilpin; admitted to Armstrong County bar in 1886; inventor of a typewriter and of im- provements in typewriters and adding and sewing machines. Republican in poli- tics. Member of Odd Fellows, Elks, Ar- canum and Heptasophs. Married Eliza- beth L. Field of Lincoln County, Canada; now practicing law and holds office of Referee in Bankruptcy. Address, Kittan- ning, Pa.
DAUGHERTY, S. D., M. A .:
Clergyman; born near Senicksburg, Pa., April 17, 1857, of German and Irish descent; educated in the public schools of West Mahoning, Sallsbury Academy, and Gettysburg College, grad- uating in 18SS, and Theological Seminary, graduating in 1891. He became pastor of the First English Lutheran Church (Sharpsburg), Pittsburg, June, 1891; in 1896 was called to Israel Church, Altoona, and in 1899 became pastor of the Im- manuel Lutheran Church of Norwood. Superintendent of Missions of the Phila- delphia Conference of
the Lutheran Church, General Synod. Address, 1424 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DAVENPORT, Stanley Woodward:
Lawyer; born July 21, 1861, at Ply- mouth, Pa .; in 1884 was graduated from Wesleyan University, Conn., with degree of A. M .. For three years was Register of Wills of Luzerne County. Pa .; also Secretary and Treasurer of Central Poor Districts, Luzerne County; he was a mem- ber of Congress. for the Twelfth Penn- sylvania District from 1899 to 1901. Ad- dress, Plymouth, Pa.
DAVID, Thomas Boylston Adams:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain and Assistant Quarter- master United States Volunteers July 17, 1862; resigned and honorably discharged Jan. 20. 1864; elected Feb. 6, 1895. Ad- dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DAVIDSON, J. N .:
President of the Second National Bank of Allegheny. Address, Allegheny, Pa.
DAVIDSON, John W .:
City official; born in County Down, Ireland, Sept. 20, 1841. The family came
to Philadelphia four years later, the fath- er engaging in the grocery business. Mr. Davidson was educated in the public schools, and afterward became an ap- prentice to the stone-cutting trade. A fondness for the sea, however, led him to ship in the merchant trade during the dull seasons, and in 1861 he enlisted in the Volunteer service, in which he served for three years as Corporal and Sergeant. After his discharge from the Army he en- tered the Naval transport service. In 1865 he engaged in business in Philadel- phia; in 1872 was appointed by Mayor Stokeley Lieutenant of the Germantown police station; resigned in 1879 to engage in business again, becoming a member of the firm of Thomas Mills & Brother, manufacturers of bakers' and confection- ers' supplies. He took an active interest in municipal politics, and in February, 1901. was elected Receiver of Taxes for the City of Philadelphia. Address, 4953 Rubi- cam St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DAVIES, William T .:
Lawyer; born at Glanmorganshire, Wales. Dec. 20, 1831, his father coming to America two years later and settling on a farm in Bradford County, Pa .; he was educated in the district schools and at Owego Academy, N. Y., and for sex- eral years taught school, being principal of the graded school at Towanda for four years after 1856. During this time he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861; he helped recruit a company for the war in 1862, of which he was First Lieutenant and afterward Captain; but in October, 1862, an attack of typhoid fever, with a relapse in 1863. which af- fected his hearing, led to his discharge for disability. On his return home he con- tinued his law practice, becoming asso- ciated with Hon. Ulysses Mercur (after- ward Justice of the Supreme Court) in 1869; he entered into other partnerships. but has practiced alone since 1890. An active Republican in politics, he was elected District Attorney in 1865, State Senator in 1876 and 1880, and Lieutenant Governor of the State in 18$6. For many years he was Chairman of the Republi- can County Committee. and was a dele- gate to the Republican National Con- vention of 1876. Address. Towanda, Pa.
DAVIS, A. J .:
Principal of Schools; born in Clarion County. Pa .. in 1847; attended common schools and academy Rimersburg, Pa .;
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when he was sixteen years of age he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War, Battery B. Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Naval Brigade, and served un- til the end of the war, taking part in a number of engagements; was graduat- ed from State Normal School at Edins- boro, Pa .; received the degree of M. S. from National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio; A. M. from Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., and honor- ary degree of LL. D .; Superintendent of Schools in Clarion County, Pa., for eight years; had charge of Indian Training School at Sitka, Alaska; fifteen years principal of the State Normal School at Clarion, Pa .; served for twenty-eight years in the National Guard of Pennsyl- vania; has five commissions as Captain and three as Major; was Captain of Com- pany D, Fifteenth Regiment. P. V. I., during Spanish war. Member of the Presbyterian Church and a Mason. Ad- dress, Clarion, Pa.
DAVIS, Byron C .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: private Seventy-first Pennsyl- vania Infantry May 21. 1861; Corporal Feb. 22. 1862; Sergeant May 1, 1862; First Sergeant Oct. 16, 1862; discharged for promotion March 1, 1863; Second Lieuten- ant Seventy-first Pennsylvania Infantry March 1, 1863; First Lieutenant Sept. 20, 1863; Captain Sept. 21, 1863; elected Feb. S, 1893. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
DAVIS, Charles:
County Engineer of Allegheny County; is a native of Bucks County, Pa .; attend- ed Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., and in 1861 enlisted as a private and served during the war; after being mus- tered out of service he entered the civil engineering profession, engaging in the construction of a railroad in Lawrence County, Pa. In this profession he has since been prominent, and in 1SS1 was made County Engineer of Allegheny County; is a member of the G. A. R., of the Loyal Legion, the Union Veteran Le- gion, the American Society of Civil En- gineers, and of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania; is Treas- urer of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburg. In 1897 received the de- free of A. M. from Washington and Jefferson College; was one of the five
Commissioners to the Vienna Exposition in 1873 under appointment of President Grant, known as the United States Ar- tisan Commission. Address, 912 Western Ave., Allegheny, Pa.
DAVIS, Charles Belmont:
Author; son of L. Clark and Rebecca Harding Davis; was born Jan. 24, 1866, at Philadelphia; was graduated from Le- high University; served during adminis- tration of President Cleveland as United States Consul at Florence, Italy. Ad- dress, Gilsey House, New York.
DAVIS, Charles L .:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in New Brighton. Beaver County, Pa .. Feb. 27, 1839; grandson of Capt. John Davis of the Continental Army; great- grandson of John Morton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; educated at Lawrenceville High School, N. J .; en- gaged as a Civil Engineer on railroads in Northwestern Pennsylvannia and Dela- ware prior to the Civil War; served as First Lieutenant in Signal Corps with First Army Corps at Fredericksburg. Va., and in pursuit of Gen. Jackson in Shen- andoah Valley, 1862; Chief Signal Officer, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, 1862; Captain Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers and Signal Corps, 1863. On a Board of Officers at New Orleans, La., 1863, for examination of officers for ap- pointment in Signal Corps; joined Army of the Potomac in October, 1863, and served as Chief Signal Officer of that army from January, 1865, until the close of the war; brevetted Major, U. S. V .. April, 1865; appointed Second and First Lieutenant, Tenth United States Infantry, 1866: brevetted Captain and Major, U. S. A., 1867; Captain, Tenth Infantry. 1873; Major. Eleventh Infantry, 1898; Lieuten- ant Colonel, Eleventh Infantry, 1899; Col- onel, Fifth Infantry, 1901; Brigadier Gen- eral, 1903; retired at his own request, after forty-one years' service. Feb. 10, 1903. From 1866 to 1893 served on Mexi- can and Indian frontiers; on college duty in North Carolina, 1893 to 1897;
with Governor of North Carolina organ- izing and discharging volunteers, 199S- 1899; Collector of Customs under the Military Government of Porto Rico, 1899- 1900: commanding Governors Island. New York Harbor, to April. 1901. when he was ordered to the Philippine Islands. where he served until December. 1902. with the Eleventh and Fifth United States In-
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fantry. Member of Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Order of Foreign Wars, Society of the War of 1$12, Sons of the Revolution, Order of the Cincinnati, life member of the Historical Society of Penn- sylvania. He married in 1SS0 Margaretta Stewart Bowers of Cooperstown, N. Y. Address, 23 Front St., Schenectady, N. Y.
DAVIS, F. W .:
President of the First National Bank of Bradford. Address, Bradford, Pa.
. DAVIS, G. Harry:
Jurist; born in Philadelphia, from an old family of that city. His maternal grandfather, Daniel Fitter, was at one time Sheriff of the county, and was the grandfather also of the Mayor Fitler. Mr. Davis obtained his education in the pub- lic schools, and afterward he read law in the offices of Charles Ingersoll and Will- iam Ernst, being admitted to practice at the time of the oil well excitement. which helped him to build up a profitable business. He practiced chiefly in the civil courts, he having little to do with crim- inal cases. A Colonel in the Civil War, he has long been active in Grand Army mat- ters. being a Past Commander of the George J. Meade Post No. 1, and Past Judge Advocate General of that body. He has long been interested in the Franklin Reformatory Home for Inebriates, and for ten years has been its President. An independent in politics, he was the anti- machine candidate for Register of Wills in 1900. In November, 1901, he was elect- ed to the bench of Common Pleas Court No. 5. Judge Davis has for years been a member of the Union League, the Penn- sylvania Historical Society, and other Philadelphia associations. Address, City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.
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