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the Eskimos rather than leave men in the Arctic without chance for medical aid; first man to live thus with the North Greenland Eskimos. Member of staff eye department, Medico-Chirurgical and Samaritan Hospitals. Member of Arctic Club. New York, and Philadelphia Geo- graphical Society. Address, 3147 Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DEEGAN, Thomas F .:
Contractor; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 1866; educated in the public schools; at the age of thirteen he started to work his way up in the world, beginning at the foot of the ladder, and succeeding so well that, at the age of twenty-five, he had entire charge of the construction of the Third Avenue Cable Road in New York, which required the services of two thousand men; he became a railroad con- tractor in 1893, and has built the follow- ing street railways: Lombard and South Streets; West End Road, in West Phila- delphia, comprising Spruce, Locust, Thir- ty-third. Thirty-fifth, Baring, Fortieth, and Forty-first Streets and Elm Avenue; Passyunk double-track road from Front and Market Streets to Point Breeze: part of the Tenth and Eleventh Streets Road, and part of the Fifth and Sixth Streets Road. He did the special car barn work for the Hestonville Road, at Forty-third Street and Lancaster Avenue, without in- terfering with the running of the road; he also built and equipped complete the Bucks County Railroad in 1897. and finan- ciered the road, also; in connection with the Lombard and Tenth Streets lines, it may be stated that this road was com- pleted in the quickest time on record for a road of its length. viz., fourteen miles of road in sixteen working days; he was instrumental in the promotion of the American Railways Company, which is capitalized at $25.000.000; he is one of the incorporators of the People's Light and Power Company of Wilmington. Del., which has a capital of $2.000,000, and at the present time is forming, with the aid of other capitalists, the largest granite corporation ever organized. having ac- quired the largest granite deposits in the world, at Port Deposit. Md., situated on a mountain 400 feet high. and extending over an area of 221 acres. Address, 313 Arcade Building. Philadelphia, Pa.
DEEMER, Elias:
Congressman (Republican) of Williams- port, Lycoming County: born in Bucks County, Pa., Jan. 3, 1538; was educated
in the common schools; engaged in the mercantile business in his native county, and later in Philadelphia, until the war broke out. In July, 1861. enlisted as a private in Company E, 104th Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, and served in the Pen- insula campaign until the middle of May following, when he was discharged for disabilities resulting from injuries re- ceived while in the line of duty. He is a member of Reno Post, G. A. R. In the spring of 1866 he moved to Willamsport, where he has continuously resided; was President of the Common Council, 1SSS- 1890; is engaged in the manufacture of lumber, employing between 500 and 700 men in his different operations; became President of the Willamsport National Bank in 1894, and has been its President ever since. He is not a politician and has never held public office, but has al- ways taken an interest in party affairs; was elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, and re-elected to the Fifty-eighth Con- gress. Address, Williamsport, Pa.
DE HAVEN, Holstein:
Real estate agent; born in Philadel- phia, July 21, 1843; educated in the public schools, graduating from the High School in 1862. Deciding to engage in conveyanc- ing, he entered the office of Cash & Red- ner. and afterward that of Louis H. Red- ner, where he became a thorough master of the business; in 1866 he became asso- ciated in the management of the Norris Hill estate, a tract of over 500 acres in the northern part of the city, at the same time carrying on business as a real estate broker and conveyancing, in which line of business he soon became a leader; he is still engaged in the management of the Norris estate and that known as Straw- berry Hill, and is concerned with other large estates and with prominent oper- ative builders; he has been a notary pub- lic since 1869 and a member of the Con- veyancers' Association since 1871. He is a director in the Real Estate Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia and of the United Firemen's Insurance Com- pany, and is a life member of the Union League; in 1895 Governor' Hastings ap- pointed him one of the Commissioners of the Valley Forge Park, and he was made Secretary of the Commission. Ad- dress, 2037 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DE LAND, Clyde O .:
Anthor, artist; born at Union City, Pa., Dec. 27, 1672; educated at Rochester
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(N. Y.) High School; eclectic course at University of Rochester; was graduated in 1898 from Drexel Institute, Philadel - phia; the most important part of his art training was received from Howard Fyle. the illustrator; in Rochester he was prom- inent as a concert pianist and music teacher; was art editor of Sotheron's Magazine, Philadelphia, in 1896, and since 1897 his work has appeared in the leading magazines. Author of "The First Amer- ican Flag" (189S) and "Wassailing" (1899). Among his pictures are: "The Raising of the First American Flag" (189S), "The Constellation and the In- surgente" (1899), and "Lee's Farewell After Appomattox" (1903); many of the recent novels have been illustrated with his drawings, one of the latest being Charles Major's "A Forest Hearth." Mem- ber of Alpha Zeta Fraternity, Delta Up- silon Fraternity, and Franklin Inn Club (authors and artists), Philadelphia. Ad- dress, 4429 Osage Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
DELANEY, J. C .:
Factory Inspector; born in Ireland, April 22, 1848; came to America when five years old; when eight years old com- menced picking slate at mines near Scran- ton, Pa .; two years later he drove mules on the Delaware and Hudson Canal; at twelve he ground bark in a tannery; in the spring of 1862 he enlisted as a pri- vate in Company 1, 107th Pennsylvania Volunteers. and for meritorious services was . several times promoted. being in command of his company at the close of the rebellion; was captured at Bull Run, Gettysburg and Yellow Tavern, but. each time made his escape; for conspic- uous gallantry at Dabney's Mill he was awarded a Congressional medal. After the war he attended Kingston Academy one term; worked with the Lehigh Valley Engineer Corps from 1866 until the road was completed. For his distinguished services President Johnson in 1867 ap- pointed him a Second Lieutenant in the Thirty-second United States Infantry, but for family reasons he declined the honor. In recognition of political services ren- dered he was in 1873 appointed messen- ger in the Executive Department by Gov- ernor Hartranft, where he remained until 1879, when he was made Senate Libra- rian, in which capaciay he served until 1890, resigning then to accept the posi- tion of Receiver of Public Moneys at Oklahoma, serving until his resignation was accepted by President Cleveland in
the fall of 1893, when he at once returned to Pennsylvania; was commissioned Su- perintendent of Public Grounds and Build- ings by Governor Hastings, March 28, 1895, and served until April 24, 1899; he was appointed Factory Inspector by Gov- ernor Pennypacker, Feb. 3, 1903. Ad- dress, 500 No. Third St., Harrisburg, Pa.
DE LANEY, Matthew A .:
First Lieutenant and Assistant Sur- geon United States Army; born in South Canaan. Wayne County, Pa., March 6. 1874; educated in public schools; graduate of Pennsylvania Normal Institute, 1896; Medical Department, University of Penn- sylvania, June, 1898; special course grad- nate of University of Pennsylvania, same year; graduate of Ashhurst Surgical So- ciety. 18?S: appointed resident physician. Chester Hospital, Chester, Pa., and St. Agnes' Hospital, Philadelphia, 1998; As- sistant Surgeon, National Soldiers' Home, Old Point Comfort, Va., same year; twice promoted. Commended by Inspector General for service in yellow fever epi- demic, same place, 1899; certificate from Medical Council of Pennsylvania, 1893; commissioned First Lieutenant and As- sistant Surgeon United States Army, June 29, 1901; on duty at Fort Monroe, Va .. until Nov. 1, 1901; Army Medical School. Washington, D. C., until April, 1902; grad- uate of this school. Assigned to duty, Philippine Islands, April. 1902; in com- mand Military Cholera Hospital, Manila. P. I. Address, Manila, P. I.
DENNISON, David T .:
President of the First National Bank of Falls Creek. Address, Falls Creek, Pa.
DENNISSON, Samuel G .:
President of the Saving Fund Society of Germantown. Address, 5458 Main St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DENNISTON, John Thaw:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Corporal Twelfth Pennsylvania Infantry. April 25, 1861; mustered out. Aug. 5, 1861; private 155th Pennsylvania Infantry, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged for promotion, Sept. 2. 1862; Second Lieuten- ant 155th Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 2. 1862; Second Lieutenant, Dec. 29, 1862: resigned and honorably discharged. Dec. 31. 1864; elected Jan. 2. 1868. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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DEMMING, Henry Clay:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Independent Company Pennsylvania Infantry, May 26, 1862; mus- tered out, May 28, 1862; private 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, July 22, 1862; mustered out, May S. 1863; recruit, July 11, 1864; discharged for promotion, July 21, 1864; First Lieutenant 192d Pennsyl- vania Infantry, July 21, 1864; First Lieu- tenant and Regimental Quartermaster
194th Pennsylvania Infantry, July 24, 1864; honorably mustered out, Nov. 5,
1864; Second Lieutenant (Provisional) Pennsylvania Volunteers, Feb. 17, 1865; First Lieutenant Seventy-seventh Penn- sylvania Infantry, March 7, 1865; honor- ably mustered out, Feb. 21. 1$66; elected Oct. 20, 1586. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
DEMMING. George:
Lawyer; born Feb. 17, 1$70, in Harris- burg, Pa .; son of Col. Henry C. Demming of that place; was graduated from Harris- burg High School, 1$87; also from Penn- sylvania State College in 1890. Followed civil engineering for two years; studied law in Philadelphia with Thomas Leam- ing, Esq., and at University of Pennsyl- vania; admitted to Philadelphia bar in 1895; admitted to United States Supreme Court bar in 1903; engaged in the prac- tice of law in Philadelphia. Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Loyal Legion. Address. 1112 Land Title Building. Philadelphia, and Harrisburg Club, Harrisburg, Pa.
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DENTLER, Clarence Eugene:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, July 1. 1SS0; Second Lieutenant Sixth Infantry. June 15, 1884; First Lieutenant Twentieth Infantry. April 27, 1891; transferred to Eleventh In- fantry, July 20, 1891; Captain Infantry, Sept. 21, 1898; assigned to Fifth Infantry, Jan. 1, 1890; transferred to Eleventh In- fantry, April 6, 1899. Address, Headquar- ters, Department of California. San Fran- cisco, Cal.
DERICKSON, Mrs. J. H .:
Temperance advocate and lecturer: born at Buffalo Furnace in 1552: daugh- ter of Major Newlon and Mrs. E. Markle Newlon; her father, an iron man of con-
siderable means, gave his children every advantage for improvement; she was ed- ucated at Meadville; in 1873 became the wife of Joseph H. Derickson of Meadville, a grandson of the late Judge Derickson of Crawford County. Shortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Derickson moved to Tionesta, where he had extensive in- terests in the manufacture of lumber. She was the prime instigator of the tem- perance movement in Forest County; was the first local President of the Tionesta Women's Christian Temperance Union, and served for many years; was first County President of the Women's Chris- tian Temperance Union, and has served as a county officer since its organization; has represented her county and State in different State and National conven- tions. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
DERR, Cyrus G .:
Lawyer; born in Lebanon, Pa., July 18, 1848; son of William M. Derr, Esq .; edu- cated in the public schools of his native town, and then entered the law office of his father to prepare to engage in the same profession; he attended the Law Department of the University of Penn- sylvania in Philadelphia, and upon his return to Lebanon was admitted to prac- tice in the several courts of Lebanon County. In 1872 he removed to the city of Reading, where he has since been in active practice; he has for a number of years occupied a prominent place at the Berks County bar, and has been Solicitor in Reading for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ever since the construction of that company's Scuylkill Valley Division. Address, Reading, Pa.
de SCHWEINITZ, G. E .:
Physician; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 26. 1858; educated at Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa., and University of Penn- sylvania; Ophthalmic Surgeon, Philadel- phia Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases; Professor of Ophthalmology, Jefferson Medical College, 1892-1902; re- signed; Professor of Ophthalmology, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 1902 to present time; was graduated in medicine, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 18$1; Professor of Ophthalmology. Philadelphia Polyclinic, 1891; Professor of Ophthalmology, Jeffer- son Medical College, 1892; resigned, 1902; Professor of Ophthalmology. University of Peunsylvania, 1902. Republican in poli- tics. Address, 1705 Walnut St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
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de SCHWEINITZ, Paul;
Clergyman of Moravian Church; born in Salem, N. C .; first member of the de Schweinitz family, whose genealogy is complete back to 1350; came to Bethle- hem, Pa., from Germany in 1770; edu- cated in Moravian Parochial School in Bethlehem, Pa .; Nazareth Hall, Naza- reth, Pa .; Moravian College and Theo- logical Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa., and University of Halle, Germany; ordained Deacon of the Moravian Church, 1885. and Presbyter, 1SS8. On Jan. 27, 1887, he married Miss Mary C. Daniel of Beth- lehem, Pa. Served as pastor of the Mo- ravian Church in Northfield, Minn., 1886- 1890; in Nazareth, Pa., 1890-1898; Secre- tary and Treasurer of Executive Board of the Moravian Church in America, Northern Province; Treasurer of Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen; Treasurer of the Moravian Col- lege and Theological Seminary; advis- ory member of the Boards of Trustees of Nazareth Hall. Linden Hall, and Beth- lehem Seminary for Young Ladies: Presi- dent of Moravian Aid Society; member of the Executive Committee of the Moravian Historical Society; charter member and Vice President of the Pennsylvania Ger- man Society; Secretary of Missions for the Moravian Church in America. Ad- dress, 20 Church St., Bethlehem, Pa.
DESHONG, Alfred Odenheimer:
Capitalist; born at Chester, Pa., Sept. 30, 1837; educated in schools of the bor- ough; served during the Gettysburg cam- paign and was honorably discharged Aug. 4, 1863. In 1865 he and his brother, John O. Deshong, Jr., entered into partnership in the management of the noted Deshong quarries in Ridley Township. He is an art critic and collector. Address, Chester, Pa.
DETAR, C. Y., M. D .:
Physician; son of David and Sarah J. Hollis Detar; born at Fryburg. Clarion County, Sept. 12, 1570; educated at the Edinboro State Normal School; followed teaching a short time and entered the study of medicine. Graduated at the Western University, Pittsburg, in March, 1592. Began the practice of medicine at Leeper the following April. After prac- ticing two and one-half years there. re- moved to Kellettville, Forest County. where he has resided ever since, and has built up a large practice. Was married in February, 1835, to Miss Minerva M.
Mahle, of Frybing; has two sons: Reed L., and Russell W. Is a member of Olive Lodge. No. 557, F. and A. M. Address, Keiletville. Pa.
DETRE. Cyrus S .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Eighty-eighth Pennsyl- vania Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861; Sergeant, Oct. 13. 1861: First Sergeant, Nov. 11, 1562; discharged for promotion. Dec. 14, 1862; First Lieutenant and Adjutant
Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, Dec. 14. 1862; honorably mustered out, Dec. 2, 1864; elected May 5, 1886. Ad- dress, 1820 Wallace St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DEVEREUX, Alfred:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant United States Marine Corps. Aug. 30, 1861; retired "for disability incurred in the line of duty," March 31, 1864; elected May 4. 1SS7. Ad- dress, 210S Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DEVEREAUX, Robert:
President of the First National Bank of Cresson. Address, Cresson, Pa.
DEVELIN, Jas. Aylward:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, May 6, 1860; prepared for college at Rugby Acad- emy, Philadelphia; graduated at Wesleyan University, class of 1883; graduated from University of Pennsylvania. Law Department, and admitted to the Phila- delphia bar in 1$$6; admitted to United States Supreme Court in 1892; practicing law since admission to bar. President of the Mortgage Trust Company of Penn- Sylvania since 1896; married, in 1893, Mary Alice, daughter of Charles Scott. Ad- dress. 400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DEWALT, Arthur G .:
State Senator from Lehigh County; born Oct. 11, 1854. at Bath, Northampton County, Pa .; was graduated from the Keystone State Normal School at Kutz- town, Pa., in 1870: taught school for one term in Lehigh County; in 1871 he en- tered the sophomore class at Lafayette College, and was graduated with honor in 1874: was instructor of classies in Oley Academy one term: served one year in the Pennsylvania Railroad office at Phil- adelphia. In April. 1576. he began the study of law with Hon John D. Styles; was admitted to the bar of Lehigh Coun-
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ty in October, 1877, and has sinee been engaged in the practice of his profession; elected District Attorney of Lehigh Coun- ty in 1880; admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1883, and to all the courts of Philadelphia in 1888; was Ad- jutant General of the Fourth Regiment. National Guard of Pennsylvania, for nine years; was delegate to a number of State Demoeratie eonventions; elected to the Senate in November, 1902. Address, Al- lentown, Pa.
DE WITT, Calvin :
Brigadier General United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Captain Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Infan- try, Oct. 24, 1861; resigned, Jan. 18, 1863; received degree of A. B. in 1860, A. M. in 1863, from Princeton University, and M. D. in 1865 from Jefferson Medical Col- lege; Assistant Surgeon, May 14, 1867; Major Surgeon, July 21, 1885; Lieutenant Colonel Department of Surgeon General, Dec. 15. 1898; Colonel Assistant Surgeon General, May 7, 1901; retired with rank of Brigadier General, Aug. 10, 1903. Ad- dress, 1707 Twenty-first St., N. W. Wash- ington, D. C.
DE WITT, Clinton:
Lawyer; born in Northern New Jersey, May 6, 1842; his parents removed to a farm in Luzerne County, Pa., in 1844, and to South Eaton, Wyoming County, in 1856; he was educated in the public sehoois of Towanda; he began the study of law while in Wyoming Seminary, and com- pleted it after a journey West, during which he taught school in Oregon; he was admitted to the Wyoming County bar in 1870, but later * removed to Towanda, where he entered into several suceessive partnerships, but subsequently praeticed alone; as a lawyer his practice has been extensive and suceessful. Politically he took part with the Greenback party early in life, and was its delegate-at-large for Congress in 1876, speaking in forty-six eounties during the campaign; he was nominated for Congress by his party in 1878 and defeated the Democratic eandi- date in his district by 7,000 votes. In 1893 Governor Pattison appointed him on the eommittee to take action against the coal trust, then in process of organiza- tion. Address, Towanda, Pa.
DIBLE, Rev. James C .:
Clergyman; born near Murraysville, Westmoreland County, Pa., 1865; his par-
ents were of Seotch and Irish descent. the grandfather on the father's side be- ing one of the first settlers in the State: educated at Laird Institute and Wash- ington and Jefferson College, September. 1886; graduated, 1890; same year entered the Western Theological Seminary. eom- pleting his eourse in 1893: first pastorate in New Bethlehem and Leatherwood Persbyterian Churches. Clarion County, Pa. In 1893 he married Miss Bertha Gra- ham Haymaker; he was then called to his present field, Bakerstown, Pa. Ad- dress, Bakerstown, Pa.
DICK, Evans R .:
Banker and railroad President; born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1858; edueated in the University of Pennsylvania, leaving in his senior year to engage in the banking business as a member of the firm of Dick Brothers & Company of Philadelphia and New York. He has also engaged aetively in railroad business, and is President of the Brookville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and Viee President of the Ohio River and Charleston Railroad and the Cineinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad. He is a member of the Ritten- house and University Clubs, the Phila- delphia Country Club. and the Union League. Address, 200 North Ameriean Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
DICK, Samuel B .:
Capitalist: born in Meadville, Pa., on Oct. 26, 1836. of Scotch-Irish par- entage; he was the third son of Gen. John Dick, a member of Congress and one of the first Associate Judges of Craw- ford County, Pa .; he attended the dis- trict schools and Allegheny College, at Meadville, until he went into the banking business with his father. At the com- mencement of the Civil War he organized the Meadville Volunteers; participated in battle of Drainsville, Va., 1861, and was wounded; 1862, in the seven days' fight before Riehmond and the Second Bull Run; also South Mountain and Antietam; 1863, was Colonel of the Fifty-sixth Penn- sylvania, and marched with them into Western Virginia. He was engaged in the oil business in its infancy; was elected to Congress in 1878. A Mason as far back as 1857, he has filled every grade of offi- cial position up to Grand Master of the State; reorganized bankrupt Shenango and Allegheny and West Pennsylvania and Shenango connecting railroads, and
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extended the line finally to the Carnegie Steal Works, near Pittsburg; since his retirement from the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, he is largely in- torested in the Colorado and Northwest- ern Railroad, and is President of the Company; President Pennsylvania Min- ing and Milling Company of Colorado; President Clinton Mining Company of Colorado; President Meadville Malleable Iron Works, Phoenix Iron Works, and Meadville Gas Company. Address, Mead- Ville, Pa.
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DICKERMAN, Charles Heber:
Congressman (Democratic), of Milton. Northumberland County, Pa .; was born in Harford, Susquehanna County, Pa., Feb. 3, 1843: educated in the public schools of his native village and at Harford University; taught school several years; read law in the office of Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, Binghamton, N. Y., but before qualifying for admission to the bar became book- keeper for a large coal company. Some years later he engaged in the coal com- mission business at Bethlehem, Pa .; soon after was made General Manager of the Chapman Slate Company, Chapman Quar- ries. Pa .; in 1880 he removed to Milton, and was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the car-building firm of Murray, Dou- gal & Co., Ltd., of that place; served many years as Director of the Second National Bank of Mauch Chunk, Lehigh Valley National Bank of Bethlehem, the Sunbury Trust and Safe Deposit Com- many of Sunbury, and the First National Bank of Milton. Pa .; was elected Presi- dent of the last-named bank, January, 1897. and still occupies that position. Married Joy I. Carter, March 10, 1869, at Beaver Meadow, Pa .; was for three years Democratic Chairman of Northum- berland County, and a delegate to the National Democratic Convention of 1892; was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Milton, Pa.
DICKERT, Thomas W., A. M .:
Clergyman; born March 9, 1869, at Zion Hill. Bucks County. Pa .: educated in public schools at Zion Hill and Quaker- town. Pa .; preparatory school to Lehigli University. Bethlehem, Pa .: Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa .; Theo- logical Seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States, Lancaster. Pa .: was graduated from Quakertown High
School. June 25, 1SS6; Franklin and Mar- shall College, June 21, 1894; Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States, May 13, 1597. Public school teacher, Richland Township, Bucks County, Pa., 1SS6-1890; teacher, Franklin and Marshall Academy, 1894-1897; teacher. Allentown College for Women, Allentown, Pa., 1899-1903; pastor Solomon's Reformed Church, Macungie, Pa., June 12, 1837, to Oct. 31, 1902; pastor St. Stephen's Re- formed Church, Reading, Pa., since Nov. 1, 1902; President Lehigh Classis, East- ern Synod, Reformed Church in the United States, May 14, 1900, to May 20. 1901. Married Rebecca Bettiger of Trum- bauersville. Pa., June 8, 1897; ordained to the Christian ministry, June 12, 1897; installed as pastor of Solomon's Re- formed Church. Macungie, Pa., June 12. 1897; installed as pastor St. Stephen's Reformed Church, Reading, Pa., Nov. 23. 1902. Author of "Two Hundred Questions on Ancient History" and "Two Hundred Questions on United States History," both published in 1896; degree of A. M. con- ferred by Franklin and Marshall College, June 14, 1900. Republican in politics. Address, 765 North Eleventh St., Read- ing, Pa.
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