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DRESSER, Solomon R .:
Manufacturer; born Feb. 1, 1842, on a farm in Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Mich .; educated in common schools and Hillsdale College; in 1872 he moved to Pennsylvania to engage in the production of oil and gas; is the inventor, patente€ and manufacturer of pipe couplings and fittings for gas lines and wells. Elect- mense manufacturing plant at Bradford. Pa., employs hundreds of skilled work- men, receiving, besides best wages, ten per cent. of his earnings annually. Elect- ed to Congress in 1902. Republican. Twice married: Vesta E. Stimson, of Hillsdale, Mich. (died in 1SS3); Caroline Kirsch. of Lowell, Ohio. Address, Brad- ford, Pa.
DREXEL, Anthony J .:
Capitalist; born in Philadelphia; son of the late A. J. Drexel, banker. Married Margarita Armstrong. Member of Phila- delphia and many other prominent clubs. At present traveling in Europe. Address. care Drexel, Harjes & Co., Paris.
DREXEL, Geo. W. Childs:
Capitalist; born in Philadelphia in 186S: was educated in private schools and by tutors: son of the late A. J. Drexel, banker. Married, November 1, 1891. Mary S. Irick. Mr. Drexel succeeded Mr. George W. Childs as editor and publisher of the Public Ledger, retiring from that position When he sold the paper, in 1903. Address, southeast corner Locust and Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DREXEL, John R .:
Capitalist; born in Philadelphia. Mar- ried Alice G. Throth. Member Philadel- phia and various other clubs. Address, 036 Fifth Ave, New York, N. Y.
DRIPPS. William Augustus:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Third Assistant Engineer United States Navy Aug. 25, 1862; Second Assist- ant Engineer (Master) Feb. 20. 1864; re- signed and honorably discharged Jan. 29, 1867; elected Nov. 10, 1SSO. Address, 5011 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
DRISCOLL, Denis J .:
Lawyer; born at North Lawrence. N. Y., March 27. 1871; educated at Lawrence- ville, N. Y. Academy and Potsdam, N. Y., Normal School. Removed to Pennsyl- vania in 1890; engaged for seven years in educational work, being for four years Principal of St. Mary's High School. Studied law with Major H. A. Hall. of Ridgway; admitted to bar April 22, 1898; mustered into United States service, Six- teenth Regiment; Sixteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, May,
1898: served in Porto Rican campaign under General Miles; unanimously chosen Sec- ond Lieutenant of Company H, Sixteenth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsyl- vania. in 1899, and First Lieutenant in 1900; resigned commission and removed to St. Mary's to open law office in 1901. of Which borough he is now Chief Burgess. Member Democratic State Executive Com- mittee. 1901-1904. Democrat in politics. Married Miss Elizabeth Biglan June 19, 1900. Address, St. Mary's, Elk County, Pa.
DROWN, Thomas M .:
Chemist; born in Philadelphia March 19, 1842. and was graduated in the med- ical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1862. He subsequently studied in the School of Mines at Frei- burg and the University of Heidelberg. and became instructor in metallurgy at Harvard University, remaining there from 1869 to 1870. In 1874 he was made Pro- fessor of Analytical Chemistry at Lafay- ette College. holding this position till 1SS1, and in 1SS5 became Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. After two years' service in this institution he ac- cepted in 1895 the position of President of Lehigh University. He was one of the original members of the American Insti- tute of Mining Engineers, and was its Secretary 1871-1884. Address, Lehigh U'nt- versity, Bethlehem, Pa.
DRUM. Richard Coulter:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsyl-
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vania; private Company K, First Penn- sylvania Infantry, Dec. 16, 1846, to March 17, 1847; Second Lieutenant Infantry Feb. 18, 1847; Ninth Infantry April 9, 1847; transferred to Fourth Artillery March 8, 1848; First Lieutenant Sept. 16, 1850; bre- vetted Captain Assistant Adjutant Gen- eral March 16, 1861; Major Assistant Ad- jutant General Aug. 3, 1861; Lieutenant Colonel Asistant Adjutant General July 17, 1862; Colonel Assistant Adjutant Gen- eral, Feb. 22, 1869; Brigadier General Adjutant General June 15, 1SS0; brevetted First Lieutenant Sept. 13, 1847, for gal- lant and meritorious conduct in the bat- tle of Chapultepec, Mexico; Colonel Sept. 24, 1864, for meritorious and faithful ser- vice during the war, and Brigadier Gen- eral March 13, 1865, for faithful and mer- itorious service in the Adjutant General's department during the war; retired May 28, 1889. Address, Bethesda, Md.
DRURY, William:
State Senator from Luzerne County; was born in Bristol, Somersetshire, Eng- land, in 1844; was educated in the common schools; worked on a farm and at other work until seventeen years of age; then went to London and was employed in a large dry goods house; from there drifted back home again; emigrated from South Wales in 1871, and settled in Pittston, Pa., where he still resides. Soon after his ar- rival at Pittston he engaged in mining, and later on accepted a position as team- ster for a grocery store; became man- ager of a store, resigning in 1885 to start in business for himself, and to-day has one of the largest grocery stores in North- ern Pennsylvania; he early identified him- self with the Republican party, but never took an active part in politics until June, 1900, when he was nominated for State Senator and elected. Address, Pittston, Pa.
DRYSDALE, Thomas Murray:
Physician; born Aug. 14, 1831, at Phila- delphia; in 1852 was graduated from the Pennsylvania Medical College: in 1855 was Professor of Chemistry at Wagner Insti- tute of Science; lecturer on microscopy at the Franklin Institute in 1862. in 1861 Assistant Surgeon, and in 1$63 Surgeon in the First Pennsylvania Infantry; is a specialist in surgery and gynecology. Discovered and described the ovarian cell which exists in ovarian tumors. Corres- ponding Secretary of Pennsylvania State Medical Society, 1873-1574. Member of
American Medical Association, 1873; mem- ber British Medical Association, 18S7; one of the founders of American Gynecologi- cal Society. October, 1557; he married Mary L., daughter of Washington L. Atlee; at Medico-Chirurgical Hospital is Con- sulting Gynecologist, also Consulting Sur- geon at Girard College; Vice President of the Philadelphia County Medical Society in 1875, and its President in 1876. Mem- ber of the International Medical Congress, in 1876; also Vice President in 1SS1 of the Philadelphia Obstetric Society, and its President in 1887-18SS. In 1882 he was Vice President of the American Academy of Medicine; Fellow of the College of Phy- sicians, Philadelphia, in 1884. Author of various articles on medical subjects. Ad- dress, 1307 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DUANE, Russell:
Lawyer; was born June 15. 1866; was graduated from Harvard University with degree of A. B., 18SS; studied law at the law schools of Harvard University, Uni- versity of Virginia, and University of Pennsylvania; was graduated from Law School of University of Pennsylvania with degree of LL. B. in 1891. Has since been engaged in general legal practice in the city of Philadelphia; was junior counsel for the United States in the Behring Sea Arbitration in 1892. Member of Philadel- phia. University, Merion, Penn and Har- vard Clubs, also Society of Sons of the Revolution. and Society of War of 1512. Law offices, 1218-1220 Real Estate Trust Building: residence, 2028 DeLancey Place, Philadelphia, Pa.
DUBAR. Jules A. C .:
Lawyer; born June 23. 1864. in New York Chy: educated by private tutors; followed journalism for several years; read law with Sherman & Grumbine. Ti- tusville, Pa .; admitted to the bar of Craw- ford County in 1891; Controller of the city of Titusville. Pa., from 1893 to 1902. Democrat in politics; married Elizabeth Langenecker in Erie, Pa., in 1891. Ad- dress, Titusville, Pa.
DU BOIS, Barron Potter:
Paymaster in the United States Navy; member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Eldest son of deceased Compan- ion Medical Inspector Frank L. Du Bois. Assistant Paymaster (Ensign) United States Navy May 23, 1895; Passed Assist-
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ant Paymaster (Lieutenant Junior Grade) Nov. 1, 1897; Paymaster ( Lieutenant) July 10, 1900. Elected Nov. 6, 1895. Ad- dress, care of Navy Depaartment, Wash- ington, D. C.
DU BOIS, Patterson:
Editor, author, lecturer, educationist; born in Philadelphia; son of William Ew- ing Du Bois and Susanna Eckfeldt (Du Bois ; descendant of the noted Huguenot leader Louis Du Bois, of New Paltz, N Y .; Assistant in the Assay Department, United States Mint, 1865; Assistant As- sayer, 1881; managing editor, Sunday School Times, 1886-1900; literary editor Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, 1902. Joint author "Du Bois Reunion"; author, "Beckonings from Little Hands," "The Point of Contact in Teaching," "Chatwood," "The Natural Way," "Fire- side Child Study." Contributor to edu- cational and literary journals. Member American Philosophical Society, Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science, Society of Arts (London), Amer- ican Dialect Society. Pennsylvania Histor- ical Society, American Archeological and Numismatic Society, Sons of the Revolu- tion, etc. The Franklin Inn (authors' club of Philadelphia . Address, 401 South 40th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DUDLEY, Charles B .:
Chemist; born at Oxford, Chenango County, N. Y., July 14. 1842, of New England parentage. Enlisted 1862 as a private soldier in 114th New York Volun- teers, and continued until the war closed, being wounded at the battle of Opequan Creek, near Winchester, in the Shenan- doah Valley, on Sept. 19, 1864. Was graduated from Academic Departmont, Yale College, 1871, and Sheffield Scien- tific School. as Ph. D., in 1874. In 1875 became chemist of Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at Altoona; has published many papers on commercial products and ma- terials used by railroads; President of American Society for Testing Materials; member English, French and German Chemical Societies, Iron and Steel In- stitute of Great Britain, and Verein Deutscher Eisenhuttenleute; member So- ciety of Civil Engineers, Mining Engi- neers. Mechanical Engineers. Electrical Engineers, Union League of Philadelphia, Cosmos Club of Washington and Engi. neeis' Club of New York. Address, Al- toona, Pa.
DUDLEY, Pemberton :
Physician; born Oct. 17, 1837, at Torres- dale, Philadelphia; in 1861 was graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania; from 1868 to 1869 Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology at same College for one year; also Professor of Physiology and Microscopic Anatomy from 1876 to 1890. Since 1900 has been Professor of Institutes of Medicine and Hygiene at Hahnemann Medical College; also dean of the same college from 1896 to 1903; member of the American Institute of Homeopathy since 1869. From 1887 to 1894 General Secretary and Editor of its Annual Transactions, and in 1894 to 1896 its President; in 1893 Honorary Sec- retary of the World's Congress of Homeo- pathic Physicians, Chicago; editor of the Hahnemannian Monthly for eight years. From 1885 to 1898 member of the State Board of Health. Married Sara K. Hall Dec. 25, 1867. In 1899 received degree of LL. D. at Rutherford College, N. C. Ad- dress, 1405 North Sixteenth St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
DUER, Edward L .:
Physician; born in Orooswicks, N. J., Jan. 19, 1836; was graduated at Yale Col- lege in 1857; then studied in the Medical Department of the University of Penn- sylvania and graduated in
1860. He served for one year as resident physician in the Philadelphia Hospital, and in 1862 was appointed Obstetrician to that insti- tution, retaining that position till 1s80. He has served in the same capacity in the Philadelphia Polyclinic. the Maternity Hospital and the Preston Retreat, and as Gynecologist in the Presbyterian Hospi- tal, and also as Acting Assistant Sur- geon in the Army during the Civil War. He has been President of the Philadel- phia Obstetrical Society and Vice Presi- dent of the American Gynecological Soci- ety. and is a member of several medical societies. the Union League, and the Rit- tenhouse, Country and University Clubs. Address, 1616 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DUFF. A. W .:
President of the First National Bank of Wilkinsburg. Address, Station D. Pittsburg, Pa.
DUFF. Levi Bird:
Lawyer; was born near Saulsburg. Huntingdon County, Pa., Sept. 13, 1$37. of Pennsylvania parents. His father,
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Samuel Duff, was born at Perkiomen Bridge, Montgomery County, and his mother, Catherine Eckeberger. in Hunt- ingdon. He was educated at Eldersridge Academy and Allegheny College, gradu- ating from the latter in Junc. 1857. He studied law in Pittsburg and was admit- ted to.the bar in April, 1360. May 1, 1861,. he enlisted in Company A, Ninth Regi- ment, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, ard was mustered into the United States ser- vice at Washington July 26, 1861, as Corporal. The regiment was engaged at Dranesville, Dec. 20. 1861, and the Com- manding General (Ord) recommended a number of officers and privates "for re- ward for gallant conduct" in the engage- ment, among whom was Corporal Duff. Feb. 6, 1862, Mr. Duff was appointed Captain of Company D, 105th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. then in Heint- zelman's division of the Army of the Po- tomac, subsequently the First Division of the Third Army Corps. Captain Duff had command of his company during the siege of Yorktown and at the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines), where he was severely wounded in the right chest by a musket-ball which passed through his right lung. On re- covering from his wound he rejoined his regiment at Harison's Landing, Aug. 16, 1862. The division was ordered to join General Popc, and when General Jack- son captured Manassas Junction, Captain Duff with his company. was guarding the railroad at Catlett's Station. He joined General Hooker in the pursuit of Jack- son, and was engaged at Kettle Run Aug. 25, 1862. . He rejoined his own regiment and was engaged at Bull Run Aug. 29 and 30, and at Chantilly Sept. 1. where Gen- eral Kearney, commanding division, was killed. During the Antietam campaign the division lay in front of Washington, but joined the army on the march to the Rappahannock. Captain Duff commanded his company during this march and at the battle of Fredericksburg. Dec. 13, 1862. In March, 1863, he was appointed Acting Assistant Inspector General of the First Brigade, First Division, Third Corps. He served on the staff at Chancellorsville. and General Birney, commanding divi- sion, said he was "proud of the conduct displayed by Captain Duff on that feld of battle." May 4. 1863, he was pro- moted to Major of his regiment, and May 11 he was appointed Acting Assistant In- spector General of the Third Division. Third Corps; and June 26 appointed Act-
ing Assistant Inspector General of the First Division, Third Corps. He served on the staff at Gettysburg and in the campaign to the Rappahannock, including the affair at Manassas Gap, July 24, 1863. In November, 18$3, he was placed in command of the 110th Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, which he commanded in the Mine Run campaign and until-Dec. 21. April 9, 1864. he was appointed acting Assistant Inspector General of the First Division. Third Corps, then the Third Di- vision of the Second Corps. He served on the staff at the Wilderness, and was then, at his own request, returned to his regiment. He commanded his own regi- ment and the Sixty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, which was added to his own for field service, from May S until June 18, and was engaged at Po River, Spott- sylvania Court House, North Anna, Toto- potomy, Cold Harbor, and the first as- saults on Petersburg. June 18, in an as- sault on Petersburg, commonly called by the soldiers the "Hare House slaughter," he was wounded. with loss of his right leg. May 18. 1864, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment. Oct. 25, being disabled for field duty, he was. at his own request, discharged from the service. He returned to Pittsburg and resumed the practice of his profession. In 1865 he was elected District Attorney of Allegheny County, and held the office three years. Colonel Duff was married July 21, 1862, to Harriet H. Nixon, who died July 13. 1877. He was again married Jan. 16. 1882, to Agnes F. Kaufman. Two sons, children of the first wife, -- Samuel Eckeberger and Hezekiah Nixon .- are liv- ing. Member of Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, 518 Taylor Ave., Alle- gheny, Pa.
DUFF. Robert John:
Captain United States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Michigan; Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1879; Sec- ond Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry June 13. 1883; First Lieutenant Sixth Cavalry Feb. 24. 1891; transferred to Eighth Cavalry April 27. 1891: Captain Ficth Cavalry March 2. 1899; transferred to Eighth Cavalry May 3, 1822. Address. Fort Riley, Kan.
DUFFY, Joseph P .:
Doctor of Divinity; born in Philadel- phia May 29, 1860; was graduated from Girard College; entered the ministry of
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the Methodist Episcopal Church; supplied pulpits in Philadelphia. Was married to Miss Minnie M. Mulligan, daughter of Hugh Mulligan. of Philadelphia, March 14. 1\93. United with the Baptist denomni- nation in 1996; received degree of D. D. in 1697. Regarded as a specialist in re- lief work among the poor, and caring for destitute children. Address, 1432 Euclid Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
DUHRING, Louis A., M. D .:
Born Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 23. 1845; son of Henry and Caroline D .; was gradu- ated Medical Department University of Pennsylvania 1867; resident physician of Philadelphia Hospital fifteen months; in- augurated in 1870 a dispensary for skin diseases in Philadelphia, of which he was physician until 1880. after that consult- ing physician. In 1871 he became clinical lecturer. and in 1876 Professor of Skin Diseases in the University of Pennsyl- vania. Author: "Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin" (translated into French, Italian and Russian) ; "Atlas of Skin Diseases," an elaborate and costly work in color; "Cutaneous Medicine"; "Chapter on Skin Diseases" (with Dr. Stelwagon) in Pepper's System of Medi- cine; "Chapter on Skin Diseases" (with Dr. Hartzell) in Keating & Coe's Gynæ- cology. Honorary member of the London, Vienna and Italian Dermatological Socie- ties; corresponding member of the French and German Dermatological Societies; one of the founders of the American Der- matological Association ; corresponding member of the New York Dermatological Society. Address, 3322 Walnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
DULLES, Charles W .. M. D .:
Born at Madras, India, Nov. 29, 1850; educated at Philadelphia, Lawrenceville, N. J., University of Pennsylvania {degree of M. D., 1875), and Europe. He has oc- cupied a number of positions in connection with the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Uni- versity, Presbyterian and Rush Hospitals, and has been for ten years lecturer'on the History of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. He has published a num- ber of carefully prepared papers on frac- tures of the skull and hydrophobia, and historical subjects. Author: "Accidents and Emergencies." Member College of Physicians of Philadelphia. the Philadel- phia Academy of Surgery. the Academy .of Natural Science in Philadelphia, the
vice Reform League, the Municipal League of Philadelphia and the Society of American Authors. Married Mary Bateman Oct. 5. 1881. Address, 4101 Wal- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DULLES, John Welsh:
President of the Insurance Co. of Penn- sylvania; born Aug. 4, 1849, at Ma- dras, India; son of Rev. John W. Dulles, D. D., of Philadelphia, and Harriet Lath- rop Winslow, Presbyterian Missionaries at Madras; moved to Philadelphia with his parents in 1853; educated in public schools of Philadelphia and school at Hartzville, Penna. In 1885 he married Miss Elizabeth Lamar Russell. In 1889 he formed the Security Trust Company; 1894 formed the firm of Dulles & Critten- den; Corresponding Secretary of Phila- delphia Bible Society; President of the In- surance Company of the State of Penn- sylvania. Address, 136-8 South 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DUNBAR, Edward Livingston:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Forty-third Infantry Nov. 23, 1861; discharged to accept promotion Dec. 31, 1861; Second Lieutenant Forty- third Ohio Infantry Jan. 1, 1862; resigned and honorably discharged Nov. 1. 1862; elected Feb. 4, 1891. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DUNDOR, Adam B .:
Physician; born in North Heidelberg, Berks County, Pa., May 16, 1838; attend- ed the Fremont Academy in Chester County, and Freeland Seminary at Col- legeville, Pa .: was graduated from Frank- lin and Marshall College in 1862. and in medicine from the Long Island College Hospital in 1863, and from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1864; practiced his profession in Robesonia, Pa., for three years. and then located in Reading in 1867, where he continued in active practice until one year ago, when he retired. Was physician to the Berks County Almshouse and Hospital from 1870 to 1873, and physician to the County Prison 1873-1877. Elected a member of the Reading Board of Health in 1886, and served for a number of years as Presi- dent of that body. Address. Reading. Pa. Indian Rights Association, the Civil Ser-
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DUNDORE, John G .:
Teacher; born Nov. 5, 1866, Reading. Pa .; 1880 his parents moved to Bernville; educated in Bernville High School, Schuyl- kill Seminary, and Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg; received degree of A. B. 1893; principal of the Hughesville High School since 1894; Chairman Committee of I'er- manent Certificates of Lycoming County; held Chair of Geography and Theory of Teaching in the Lycoming County Nor- mal School since 1896. Address, Hughes- ville, Pa.
DUNHAM, Edwin M .:
Jurist; born in Windham, Bradford County, Pa., Aug. 31, 1844; educated in the public schools, and for four years studied in a private school. He afterward took up the study of law, under the tui- tion of Judge Ingham, Laporte, and was admitted to the bar of Sullivan County in 1866. An able lawyer, he was elected District Attorney in 1870, and was nomi- nated and elected to the Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1878, serving one term. In 1894 he was elected President Judge of Sullivan County, his term of office ex- piring in 1904. Address, Laporte, Pa.
DUNKELBERGER. Isaac Rothermel:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; First Sergeant, Company E, First Pennsylvania Infantry April 20, 1861, to May 13, 1861; Second Lieutenant April 26, 1861; First Cavalry Aug. 3, 1861; First Lieutenant Aug. 7, 1861; Captain June 9, 1863; bre- vetted Major June 11, 1864, for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Trevillian Station, Va., and Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service during the war; hon- orably mustered out Jan. 1, 1871; Captain retired March 21, 1901. Address, 1200 West 9th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
DUNMIRE, George Benson, M. D .:
Born May 2, 1837, in Oliver Township, Pa .; educated in public and private schools. While in Union Army. 1862, par- ticipated in battles of South Mount - ain, Antietam, and Chancellorsville; made Lieutenant 1863. Entered Jefferson Med- ical College, graduating March, 1865; ap- pointed Contract Surgeon and sent to Chambersburg's post Army Hospital until close of the rebellion; Assistant Surgeon in Hancock's Corps; District Physician
to Philadelphia Dispensary 1865-1871, passing through the cholera epidemic of 1866 with a fifty per cent. of recoveries. Married March 10, 1880, Lizzie Caldwell, of Manhattan, Kansas; April 27, 1885, Mary Melick, of Harrisburg, Pa. Mem- ber Philadelphia County Society, Medical Society of State of Pennsylvania, Ameri- can Medical Association, Obstetrical and Pathological Society, Medical Club, Ger- man Society, etc. Received degree of A. B. 1888 from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Summer Residence, Dunmire Corner, R. F. D., No. 1. Lewistown, Pa .; city ad- dress, 1618 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
DUNN, George W .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia; was born in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa., June 2, 1859; educated in the public schools; in 1875 entered the service of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- road as telegraph operator, serving that company until 1880, when he accepted a position with the Western Union Tele- graph Company in New York City; upon the organization of the Postal Telegraph Company by the late John W. Mackay in 1883. he accepted a position with that company in Philadelphia, where he has served as traffic chief for nearly twenty years; has always been an active worker in the Republican ranks, and for many years a member of the Board of Govern- ors of the West Philadelphia Republican Club; elected to the House of Representa- tives in November, 1902. Address, 9 South 44th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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