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EDMANDS, John:
Librarian; born in Framingham, Mass., Feb. 1, 1820; son of Jonathan and Lucy (Nourse) Edmands. In 1811 he entered Phillips Andover Academy, and gradu- ated with the class in 1843; was gradu- ated from Yale College in 1847. and from the Yale Theological Seminary in 1851; in the Library of the "Society of Brothers in Unity," at Yale College 1$15; from 1850 to 1856, assistant in the Yale College Library; Chief Librarian of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia from 1856 to 1902, when he was made Librarian Emeritus. Prepared a catalogue of Mer- cantile Library of Philadelphia, 1870, in a volume of 700 double-column pages: edited Quarterly Bulletin of the Mercantile Li- brary for twenty years; prepared and printed in the Bulletin a "List of Histo- rical Novels" and "Bibliographies "Dies Irae" and of the "Junius Letters." Member American Library Association. Pennsylvania Library Club. Married Abi- gail J. Lloyd. of Brooklyn, Aug. 1. 1554, and Ellen Elizabeth Metcalf, of Boston. Mass .. June 17. 1889. and Clara Augusta Roberts, of Philadelphia, Aug. 23. 1593. Residence. 1825 Mt. Vernon St .; office, 16 South Tenth St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
EDMISTON, Robert Scott:
State Senator from Bradford County; was born in Milan. Pa., April 24. 1841: worked during the day and studied dili- gently evenings and acquired a thorough business education; in Sept .. 1861, enlist- ed in Company H, Pennsylvania Volun- teers, for three years or during the war: with his regiment he took part in the battles of the Army of the Potomac; was badly wounded in the head at Fredericks- burg, Va .. Dec. 13, 1862, and for bravery displayed (when his regiment was resist -
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ing a charge, after he was wounded), he was promoted to Lieutenant; has been in- terested in the improvement of stock and has made agriculture a special study; served as a member of the House of Rep- resentatives, sessions of 1897 and 1899; was elected to the Senate, November, 1900, after one of the severest political contests against great odds ever fought to a successful conclusion in Pennsyl- vania. Address, Milan, Pa.
EDMUNDS, Albert Joseph:
Librarian and Pali student; born Nov. 21, 1857, at Tottenham, Middlesex, Eng- land; educated at private school in Pen- zance, and Quaker School at Croydon; Flounders Institute, Yorkshire, 1876-1877; matriculator at London University in 1ST7; came to the United States in 1885 and settled at Philadelphia, 1SS6; Library Assistant Haverford College, 1SS7-1889; classified Philadeluhia Library, 1SS9-1S90; cataloguer for Historical Society of Penn- sylvania .since 1891. Independent in poli- tics. Author of Catalogues of Sunder- land Library, 1834, and of Chestnut Hill Library, Philadelphia, 1891. "Songs of Asia Sung in America" (1896); Poems in Lon- don Agnostic Annual (1881); Cornhill Magazine (1SS3); New York Library Jour- nal (1892); Philadelphia Conservator (since 1900); "Hymns of the Faith (Dham- mapada)." second edition, 1904; "Bud- dhist and Christian Gospels" (1902); and "Buddhist .Bibliography" (1903); "A Bud- dhist Genesis" (1904). Address, 3231 San- som St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
EDMUNDS, Henry Reeves:
Lawyer; has been a United States Commissioner since April 4, 18$3: born in Philadelphia Jan. 17, 1840. His father was Franklin D. Edmunds, who was born at Cape May, N. J., in 1814, and died in 1859; his mother was Ann Mar- shall Stanger, who was born in Mar- shallville. N. J., Feb. 11, 1815, and died March 18, 1897. He received his early education in the
Philadelphia public schools. graduating from the High School in July, 1856. After studying law he was admitted to the bar Jan. 13, 1861; at that time he made a special study of marine law; for twenty-five years he represented the Vessel Owners' and Cap- tains' Associations as counsel. During this period he won a special number of notable cases for his clients, and became the accepted authority on those points of
law dealing with marine legislation and controversy; he is now counsel for many of the leading steamship lines and ma- rine insurance companies of the country. He is married, and has four children, two sons and two daughters. Commis- sioner Edmunds is a Director of the American Dredging Company, is inter- ested in many organizations of a char- itable nature. and is President of the Board of Education of Philadelphia. Ad- dress, Philadelphia, Pa.
EDWARDS, Albert Joseph:
Assistant District Attorney of Alleghe- ny; born June 16, 1858, at Brady's Bend. Pa .; the son of Rev. Henry and Hannah (Miles) Edwards; was educated in the public schools; admitted to the Allegheny County bar June 14, 1890. Assistant Dis- trict Attorney of Allegheny since 1895. is a Republican. Address, 426 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa.
EDWARDS, Frank G .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Bucks County; was born in .Bristol, Bucks County, Pa., Feb. 1, 1858, where he now resides; edu- cated in the public schols; was a mem- ber of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1899 and 1901; re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Bristol, Pa.
EDWARDS, Henry M .:
Turist; born in Wales Feb. 12. 1844: came to the United States with his pa- rents in 1864, settling at Scranton, Pa .. after receiving his education in South Wales and at London University, where he graduated in 1863. He studied law under Hon. F. W. Gunster and was ad- mitted to the bar of Lackawanna County in 1871. In 1870 he formed a partnership with Judge W. D. Ward, which existed for five years. An able lawyer, and act- ive in the work of the Republican Party. he was elected District Attorney and re- elected in 1888. This was followed by his election as additional Law Judge for a term of ten years, and in 1901 he be- came President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Lackawanna County. In addition to his legal and judicial du- ties, Judge Edwards has done work in the field of journalism, he being engaged for a year and a half on the New York Tribune in 1865 and after, and for four years later in publishing a Welsh paper in Scranton. Address, Scranton. Pa.
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EDWARDS, John R .:
Commander United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1, 1871; was grad- uated from the Naval Academy, 1874; then ordered to Wachusetts, North At- . lantic Squadron; commissioned Assistant Engineer, Feb. 26, 1875, attached to the flagship Worcester; served on board the flagship Pensacola, Pacific Station, from March, 1876, to July, 1879: member of the Naval Engineering Experimental
Board, of which ex-Engineer-in-Chief B. F. Isherwood was President, from Oc- tober. 1879, to November, 1SS0: commis- sioned Passed Assistant Engineer Sept. 11, 1881: attached to the Despatch from March, 1881, to 1SS4; served on the Mon- ocacy, Palos and Marion, Asiatic Station, from 1SS4 to 1887; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Caro- lina, from 18SS to 1891. While detailed for duty at the University of South Carolina was graduated from the Law School of that institution and was ad- mitted to practice before the Supreme Court of that State. Attached to the Petrel, Asiatic Station, from July, 1891, to October, 1891; promoted to Chief En- gineer, November, 1895; detailed for duty at the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, from May, 1895, to September, 1897; Chief Engineer of the Lancaster, Puritan, Cincinnati and Texas. from November, 1897, to November, 1900. Commissioned Lieutenant Commander March 3, 1899; attached to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, since November, 1900: commissioned Commander Sept. 23, 1903. Address. 1812 Belmont Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C.
EDWARDS, Robert A., D. D .:
Was ordained deacon in 1865, by Bishop Stevens, and priest the following year by Bishop Alfred Lee. He is a graduate of the Philadelphia Divinity School, and re- ceived degree of Doctor of Divinity from Jefferson College. Pa. He has had four charges in the Diocese of Pennsylvania: Grace Church. Mt. Airy, Holy Trinity Me- morial, St. Matthias and Holy Innocents' Tacony. He served as Chaplain of First Regiment National Guard of Pennsyl- vania for nine years. Officiated for sex- eral summers as Chaplain at Carlsbad and other places in Europe. Address. Hoffnagle, near Frankford Ave., Harris- burg, Pa.
EGBERT, Seneca;
Professor of hygiene; born Feb. 17, 1863. in Petroleum Centre, Pa .; received pre- paratory education at Franklin, Pa., and Phillips Academy. Andover, Mass. In 1884 graduated from Princeton, and in 1SS7 received degree of A. M .; also degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1SSS at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. From 1890 to 1891 at the University of Pennsylvania was lecturer on hygiene: from 1893 to present time, Professor of Hygiene, and from 189S to present time Dean of the Department of Medicine in the Medico- Clinurgical College of Philadelphia: from 1896 to 1899 Professor of Anatomy, Physi- ology and Hygiene in Temple College, Philadelphia. Member of Philadelphia County Medical Society; Pennsylvania State Medical Society; American Medical Association; American Public Health As- sociation; American Society of Tropical Medicine, and Princeton Club. Author of "A Manual of Hygiene and Sanitation" (3 editions). Address, 4814 Springfield Ave .. Philadelphia, Pa.
EGE, John. M. D .:
Born Feb. 13, 1854, in Dettingen, Ger- many; educated at Germany and Hahne- mann College of Philadelphia; Medical Doctor in 1883; Berlin Bacteriologic 18S9; married Miss Lenn Wonnberger in 1883. Address, 142 N. 8th St. Reading, Pa.
EGGERS, Charles S .:
President of the Monessen Savings and Trust Company. Address. Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
EHRENFELD, Charles Lewis:
Clergyman and educator; born in Kish- acoquillas Valley, Mifflin County, Pa., June 15. 1$32; son of Augustus Clemens Ehrenfeld. M. D .; educated in his home and at Wittenberg College, Ohio; was graduated from college in 1856, in The- ology, 1860. Married Oct. 3. 1860. to Miss Hlene M. Hatch, descendant of Asa Hatch, Revolutionary soldier, Massachu- setts; was pastor from 1860 to 1571, at Al- toona. Shippensburg, and Hollidaysburg, Pa. Principal of Pennsylvania Southwest- ern State Normal School 1871 to 1877. Fi- nancial Secretary of Department of Pub- lis Instruction, 1877 to 1878. State Libra- rian of Pennsylvania 1878 to 1852. Re- signed Librarianship to accept chairs suc- cessively of Latin and English, and of English and Logic, 1882 to 1592, in his
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Alma Mater. Editor of "New and Old," a literary and theological monthly. De- grees A. B., A. M., Ph. D. from his Alma Mater. Formerly member of American Philological Association, Dauphin County, and Virginia Historical Societies. Whig and Anti-Slavery antecedents. Republican in politics. Address, State Normal School, California, Pa.
EHRENFELD. Frederick:
Educator; born in Washington County, Pa., Jan. 8, 1872; son of Charles Lewis Ehrenfeld and Helen Margaret Hatch (Ehrenfeld); educated in public schools of Harrisburg, Pa., and Springfield, Ohio. A. B. Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio. 1893; taught in the York, Pa., Col- legiate Institute, 1893 to 1894; in private school in Altoona, Pa., 1594 to 1895; ma- triculated in the Graduate Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1895, pursuing advanced work in geology, min- eralogy and chemistry; published a thesis upon the triassic formation of York Coun- ty, Pa. In 189S received the degree of Ph. D. from the University of Pennsyl- vania. Independent Republican in poii- ties. Member of Phi Kappa Psi College fraternity; the Honorary Scientific Socie- ty of Sigma Xi; the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science. Has delivered lectures before the public schools of Philadelphia on various geo- logical subjects. Since 1597 on the staff of University of Pennsylvania, Depart- ment of Geology and Mineralogy. Per- manent address. College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
EHRENFELD, Michael J .:
Builder: born in Lilly Station, Cambria County, Pa., Oct. 20, 1856. Ile is of Ger- man descent. At an early age was ap- prenticed to a barber, and at the age of eighteen had a shop of his own, which he subsequently conducted for over twenty years; he then entered the real estate business. Married in April, 1876, to Miss Laura V. Moon. Member of the Metho- dist Protestant Church and is a Republi- can in politics. Address, 1922 Forbes St., Pittsburg, Pa.
EHRENFELD, N. T .:
President of the Indiana County De- posit Bank. Address, Indiana, Indiana County, Pa.
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EHRGOOD, Allen W .:
Judge of Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania. Address, Lebanon, Pa.
ENST. Irwin J .:
Notary and insurance; born Nov. 19, 1860, Oley Township, Berks County. Pa .; educated in the common schools and the Scientific Academy of Reading, Berks County, Pa. He was Secretary of the Republican County Committee for four years; Justice of the Peace at Boyers- town, Notary Public; Secretary and Di- rector of four local corporations (Indus- trials); in printing and stationery busi- ness, real estate, insurance, and settling estates, etc. Delegate to numerous coun- ty and State conventions; Republican in politics. Address, Boyertown, Berks County, Pa.
EILENBERGER, P. M .:
President of Stroudsburg National Bank. Address, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa.
EISENBISE, Henry Augustus Muhlen- berg:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: Sergeant Twenty-fifth Infantry April 16, 1861; discharged to accept pro- motion May 28, 1861; Second Lieutenant Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry May 28. 1861; honorably mustered out July 29. 1861; First Lieutenant Forty-sixth Penn- sylvania Infantry Sept. 2, 1861; Captain Sept. 27, 1$61; resigned and discharged Feb. 11, 1863; Captain Thirty-sixth Penn- sylvania (Militia) Infantry June 29, 1803; mustered out Aug. 11, 1863; private Fif- ty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 1S. 1863; Sergeant July 1, 1864; First Sergeant May 1, 1865; discharged to accept pro- motion July 10, 1865; Second Lieutenant Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry July 2, 1865; honorably mustered out Aug. 30. 1865. Elected May 2, 1900. Address, $16 Edgemont Ave., Chester, Pa.
EISMAN. M. H .:
President of the First National Bank of Susquehanna. Address, Susquehanna, Pa.
EISNER, Moritz:
Mineral water dealer; born in Vienna, Austria, in 1850, where he became an ap- prentice in a drug store. He came to America when nineteen years of age. making Philadelphia his home, and en-
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gaging there in two wholesale drug hous- es in succession. In 1580 he purchased the business of his employers, Oramer & Small, and began business on his own account. While thus employed, he be- came the regular correspondent of sev- eral German pharmaceutical journals. In 1873 he had paid a visit to his native city, and there acted as correspondent for the Philadelphia Democrat during the
Vienna World's Exposition. He also wrote for the New York Tribune, in con- nection with Bayard Taylor and G. V. Smalley. After his return home he was connected with the Philadelphia Demo- crat for a year or more. He then re- turned to the house of Oramer & Small, which he afterward purchased, as above stated. His next enterprise was in the importation of German mineral waters to the United States, and, in partnership with Joseph Mendelson, the importation of the celebrated Malt Extract of Johann Hoff. The demand for this article grew so great that it became necessary to build a large establishment in the United States to supply it. The firm of Eisner & Mendelson removed its headquarters to New York in 1887, where it became the American representative of the most fa- mous mineral waters of Europe and also dealt in those of America. Mr. Eisner was for many years a Director of the Philadelphia Maennerchor and the Ger- man Club. Address, 613 West End Ave., New York city.
ELDER, Francis H .:
Physician; born in Blairsville, Pa., Aug. 9, 1859; educated in the public schools and Academy of Blairsville, and in 1873 moved with his parents to Philadelphia. where he spent two years in the High School, then entered upon the study of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as Doctor of Medicine In 1881. In the following year he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. For a year after graduation he practiced as Assistant Physician at the Philadelphia Hospital, and subsequently became As- sistant to Prof. James C. Wilson in the Jefferson Medical College. A year later he was appointed chief of the Gynæcic Clin- ic at the Philadelphia Polyclinic. which position he retained for five years, re- signing in 1889 to take charge of the de- partment of Diseases of Women in the Southwest Dispensary of Philadelphia. He left this position in 1824. since which he has confined himself to private prac-
tice. He is a member of the Philadelphia Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Archeological Soci- ety of the University of Pennsylvania. Address, 1519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ELFRETHI, Jacob R .: -
Builder; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 22. 1837; educated at the Friends' School in that city; his ancestors came over with William Penn in 1682; largely interested in real estate; 1870 purchased a place near Darby in Delaware County, Pa. Served as School Director in that Dis- trict, and Secretary of the Board; is a prominent member of the Lansdowne Friends Meeting; built a number of fine residences in that town. Address, Lans- downe, Pa.
ELKIN, John P .:
Lawyer and legislator; born in Indiana County, Pa., in 1860; educated in the In- diana State Normal School; taught in the public schools of the county. In 1882 he entered the law department of the Uni- versity of Michigan, graduating in 18$4. and being admitted to the bar of Indiana County in 1885. Mr. Elkin's legal practice has been active and successful, though broken into by legislative duty for the State, he being elected a member of the House of Representatives in 1S84, before his admission to the bar, and re-elected in 1886. While in the House he was chairman of a number of committees and has served as chairman of the State Com- mittee of his party, and delegate to sev- eral Republican State Conventions. He was appointed in 1895 Deputy Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, and in 1899 was appointed At- torney General of the State. He was a prominent candidate for Governor in 1902. but, though popular with the people. he was defeated in the State Convention, when Mr. Pennypacker became Governor. Mr. Elkin retired from the office of At- torney General and devoted himself act- ively to legal practice in Indiana Coun- ty, in whose concerns he has taken an active interest. having been President of its school board for the past nine years. a trustee of the Indiana State Normal School, and active in the development of its coal fields. He is President of the Farmers' Bank of Indiana. one of the leading financial institutions of the coun- ty. In March. 1901, on the declination of Gov. Pennypacker to be a candidate for
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the vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Mr. Elkin was unanimously nominated for that exalted judicial position. Address, Indiana, Pa.
ELLENBERGER, C. W .:
President of the First National Bank of Dayton. Address, Dayton, Armstrong County, Pa.
ELLIOT, Joseph Pond:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain Twenty-second Pennsyl- vania Infantry April 23, 1861; honorably mustered out Aug. 7, 1861; First Lieuten- ant and Quartermaster Seventy-first Pennsylvania Infantry Jan. 7, 1862; hon- orably mustered out July 2, 1864. Elected Jan. 14, 1880. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
ELLIOT, Joseph S .:
President of the National Deposit Bank of Brownsville. Address, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa.
ELLIOT, Mortimer F .:
Lawyer; born in Tioga County, Pa., Sept. 24, 1840; educated in the law under Hon. James Lowry and Hon. Stephen S. Wilson, of Wellsboro, being admitted to the bar in 1862. He made excellent practice in his profession, and was the candidate of the Democratic party for President Judge in 1871. Though defeat- ed he ran far ahead of his ticket. He was elected to the Constitutional Con- vention of 1872, and took an important part in its deliberations. In 1882 he was elected Congressman-at-large and served in the National Legislature with distinc- tion. He was nominated again for Con- gress in 1890, but failed of an election. Shortly afterward he was appointed At- torney for the Standard Oil Company, dividing his time between Oil City and New York. His long and varied experi- ence at the bar and wide knowledge of the law has given him a high standing in his profession. Address, 26 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
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ELLIOTT, William G .:
Manufacturer; born in Williamsport. Pa., July 19, 1840 educated in Dickinson Seminary and the Philadelphia Central High School. After a season engaged in farming, he became clerk in a store at 1
Williamsport, and afterward in one at
Canton, Mo. He was working in his father's farm when the Civil War began, and at once enlisted as a private in the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, with which he was present at the battle of Falling Waters. At the, expiration of his term of enlistment he returned home and engaged in mercantile business, which he carried on with success for five years. He was still more successful in Oil City, and on his return to Williamsport en- gaged in real estate transactions, erect- ing in 1870 the Academy of Music, which for twenty years was the city's principal playhouse, Mr. Elliott himself conduct- ing it. It has since been remodelled into an attractive office structure. From 1872 to 1879 Mr. Elliott was express agent for the Philadelphia and . Reading Railroad Company, and then began a new industry, the manufacture of asphaltum paint. His establishment has grown into the National Paint Works, one of the chief industrial enterprises of Williamsport, the product having a sale throughout the American continent. He was elected Mayor of Will- iamsport in 1893, many important pub- lic works being established during his term, including the building of a fine city hall. Address, Williamsport, Pa.
ELLIS, Rudulph :
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private First Troop Philadel- phia City Cavalry May 13, 1861; mustered out Aug. 17, 1861; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry Nov. 20, 1862; Captain April 11, 1864: hon- orably mustered out Dec. 27. 1864; elected Nov. 4, 1868. Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
ELLIS, William Struthers:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: eldest son of Companion Captain Rudulph Ellis; elected May 1, 1895. Ad- dress, Radnor, Pa.
ELLISON, Eugene L .:
Vice President of the Insurance Com- pany of North America; born in Dela- ware in 1845; educated in the public schools and Academy at Newark, Del. Previous to his connection with his pres- ent company was clerk in mercantile and banking houses, general agent of the Enterprise Insurance Company of Phila- delphia, and assistant manager of the Philadelphia Clearing House. Address, 4100 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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ELLWOOD, John Kelley:
Educator; born June. 1858, at West- moreland County, Pa. In 1883 was grad- uated from Heidelburg University, Tiffin, Ohio, with degree of A. B .; later studied law and medicine; since 1SS3 has been principal of schools; in 1891 was a mem- ber of the Pennsylvania House; is Vice President of the Pittsburg Teachers' In- stitute. Author of: "Table Books and Text Problems (with solutions) in Ma- thematics"; also joint author of Colaw & Ellwood Series, etc. In 1901 wrote a Manual of School Arithmetic, also School Algebra, in 1903. Address, 5622 Wilkins Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
ELMER, Walter Gray, M. D .:
Born Oct. 3, 1872, at Trenton. N. J .; was graduated from Princeton College in 1894, with degree of B. Sc., from medical department of University of Pennsylvania in
1897, from Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia in 1899. After some months in Switzerland and London returned to Philadelphia and commenced the practice of medicine. Is at present one of the assistants in clinical medicine in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania; Assistant Sur- geon to the Presbyterian Hospital; Lec- turer on Anatomy and Physiology in the Presbyterian and University Hospitals; Physician to the Church Home for Chil- dren; Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and a member of the Philadelphia Pathologicel Society. Ad- dress, 3904.Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ELSON, Henry William:
Historian and lecturer; was born in Muskingum County, near Zanesville, Ohio, March 29- 1857; is the son of Jacob Elson and Clara (Swingle) Elson ; educated in the country schools and Thiel College, Greenville, Pa., graduating in 1SS6; Theological course in Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia; pastor 1889-1893 at Kittanning, Pa .; 1893-1895 in Philadel- phia; took a special course in history and literature at University of Pennsylvania. Resigned the ministry 1895: became lec- turer in University Extension Society of Philadelphia. Author: "History of the United States"; "Side Lights on Amer- ican History"; "Story of a Great Gen- eral-Grant"; "Story of a Noble Woman -- Miss Frances Willard"; "Story of a Wonderful Hunter-Boone"; "Story of 'Old Hickory' ": "Story of Grover Cleve- land"; "The Great Republic in Its Youth"; "Between the Two Wars"; "Civil
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