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EVANS, James:
President of the Commercial Trust Com- pany of Mckeesport. Address, Mckees- port. Allegheny County, Pa.
EVANS, John M .:
Jurist; born at Bronson, Mich .. Dec. 3, 1853; was graduated from the Tecumseh High School, at Tecumseh. Mich. He re- moved to Pittsburg in 1871, registered there as a law student in 1876; studied in the office of James Grier and was admit- ted to the Allegheny County bar in 1ST8. After twenty years of private practice. he was appointed by the Governor Judge of Common Pleas Court No. 3, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. W. O. Porter, commissioned to the Su- perior Court. In the November election of 1895 he was elected to the Judgeship
for the ten years' term, beginning the first Monday in January, 1899. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
EVANS, Joseph Sprags:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Chaplain 124th Pennsylvania In- fantry Sept. 13, 1862; resigned and honor- ably discharged for disability Jan 9, 1863. Elected May. 2, 1SSS. Chaplain of the Commandery May 6, 1891-1592. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
EVANS, Joseph Spragg, Jr .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Chap- lain Joseph S. Evans. Elected May 6, 1896. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion. 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
EVANS, William :
Physician; born near Glen Mills. Dela- ware County, Pa., Aug. 9, 1861. After an early education in the Westtown Friends' boarding school, he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsyl- vania, graduating in 1885. For the four years that followed he was assistant phy- sician in the Friends' Asylum for the In- sane, at Frankford, Pa. He began his private practice in West Philadelphia in 1889 and is still engaged in it, while act- ing as physician to the Shelter for Col- ored Orphans, the Western Home for Poor Children, and the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons. He is a member of the Philadelphia County Medi- cal Society and the Philadelphia Neuro- logical Society. He married Hannah N. Wildman, of Selma. Ohio, in 1901. Ad- dress, 4009 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
EVERHART, Isiah Fawkes:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry Jime 12, 1863; Major and Surgeon Feb. 9, 1865; transferred to Sixteenth Penn- sylvania Cavalry July 24, 1865; honorably mustered out Aug. 11. 1865. Elected Nov. 6, 1895. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
EWING. Nathaniel:
Jurist: born in Uniontown. Pa., June 17, 14s. a son of Judge John K. and a
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grandson of Judge Nathaniel Ewing of Fayette County. He was graduated from Princeton College in 1860; read law with his father and Judge A. A. Wilson, and was admitted to the bar of Fayette County in 1871. After a period of ac- tive practice, he succeeded to the hon .. orable position which had been held by his father and grandfather. being eiect- President Judge of Fayette County in 1894. In 1898 he resigned from the bench and returned to practice at the bar, in which he has since been busily occupied. In 1903 he was elected President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Address, Uniontown, Pa.
EYERMAN, John:
Author, geologist and chemist; born Jan. 15, 1867, at Easton, Pa .; educated by private tutors; later at Lafayette College and Harvard and Princeton Uni- versities; sometime lecturer and in- structor of Determinative Mineralogy at Lafayette College, and associate editor of the American Geologist and Journal of Amalaytical Chemistry; Fellow of the Zoological Society, London; the Geolog- ical Society of America, the American Geographical Society,
the New York Academy of Sciences. and the American Association. Life member of the British Association, member of the London Ge- ologists' Association, the Academy of
Natural Sciences. the National Geo- graphic Society, the Pennsylvania His-
torical Society, the Colonial Society, the Society of the Sons of the Revolu- tion, Secretary to the Society of Colonial Wars. New Jersey. Author of the "Min- eralogy of Pennsylvania." "A Course in Determinative Mineralogy," "The Old Graveyards of Northampton." "Gene- alogical Studies," "The Ancestors of Marguerite and John Eyerman," "Some Letters and Documents." "The Genus Temuseyou, "Contributions to Miner- alogy," and numerous articles on min- eralogy. geology and palaeontology in scientific journals. Address, Oakhurst, Easton, Pa.
EYRE, Wilson :
Architect; born Florence, Italy. Oct. 30, 1858; son of Wilson and Louisa (Lear) Eyre; educated in Italy until 1869; New- port, R. I., 1869-1872; Lenoxville, Canada, 1872-1874; and 1875. Woburn. to prepare for the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology 186; with James R. Sims, archi- tect, 1876-1881; since then in independent
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practice. Has built many buildings in Philadelphia and New York. also for Newcomb Memorial College, New Or- leans, La .; The Detroit Club, Detroit: Farren Hospital, Montague City, Mass .; etc. Member of the American Institute of Architects and Social Science Associ- ation. Clubs; Philadelphia, Art. T Square. Residence, 315 South Sixteenth St., Phila- delphia; office, 929 Chestnut St .. Philadel- phia, and 35 West Twenty-first St., New York.
EYRE, Lincoln L .:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia July 24, 1857, the son of William Eyre, formerly a prominent member of the Philadelphia bar. His grandfather, Manuel Eyre, was senior member of the lrage shipbuilding firm of Eyre & Massey, and a Director in the Bank of the United States. On his mother's side he is a great-grandson of Col. Tobias Lear, private secretary to General Washington. Mr. Eyre was a student at Harvard for two years, after which he studied law at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and was admit- ted to the bar in 1879. He has been engaged in many important civil and criminal cases, and for some years was counsel for the Philadelphia County Med- ical Society in its prosecution of those practicing without a diploma: he assisted in the formation of the Trust. Safe De- posit and Surety Company, and has been solicitor for that corporation. He repre- sents other large and important inter- ests. He is a fluent orator, and has lec- tured frequently on social and political subjects; there is no more earnest and influential speaker. For a number of years he was an active and prominent advocate of muncipal reform. but of re- cent years he has become a strong sup- porter of the Republican party local or- ganization. He is a member of the Union League, Art Club. Country Club, and a number of other Philadelphia societies. Address. Haverford, Pa.
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FAGAN. Charles A .:
Lawyer; born in Pittsburg, in 1859: edu- cated at St. Mary's parochial school, at the Pittsburg Catholic College and at Ewalt College. In 1887 was admitted to the bar and served for a time as Assist - ant District Attorney. He is associated in the practice of law with Senator W. A. Magee, as Fagan & Magee. Mr. Fagan
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serves as Director in various corporations. among them being the German National Bank, the Post Publishing Co., the Iron
City Sanitary Manufacturing Co., the Zelienople Extension Co., the Forbes Land Co., the Fetterman Land Co., the Duquesne Fire Proofing Co., and the East End Savings and Trust Co. Mem- ber of the Duquesne, the Union, Mo- nongahela, Country. and the Highland Golf Clubs; also President of the Board of Directors of the Charity Hospital. Address, 518 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
FAHR, Charles:
President of the New First National Bank of Meadville. Address, Meadville, Crawford County, Pa.
FAIRCHILD, Samuel Edwards, Jr .:
Civil and mining engineer, born in Philadelphia, April 18, 1572; son of Samuel E. and Eleanor R. Fairchild; married Oct. 19, 1899, to Lavinia Eyre Barnett, daughter of George and Lavinia Eyre Barnett; educated in Philadelphia public schools and University of Pennsylvania. Independent Republican. Specialty: Coal fields geology, and coal mining develop- ment; also lead, zinc and iron. Address, 133 South Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FAIRES, Benjamin Mckinley:
Bank Vice President; born in Philadel- phia, April 27, 1855; son of John W. Faires, D. D., principal of the Classical Institute, and Elizabeth Mckinley; after receiving an academic training in his father's school, he entered the college de- partment of the University of Pennsyl- vania, but left at the end of the Fresh- man year to take a position in the Bank of North America. He remained in this institution from 1877 to 1886, and then en- tered the Fourth Street National Bank, with which he has since been connected, being appointed Assistant Cashier in 1896 and Second Vice President in 1901. He is a Director of the Orpheus Club, the Bank Clerks' Beneficial Association. a Trustee in the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, and a member of the Union League, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Presbyterian Historical Society, Merion Cricket Club, and several other clubs. Address, 245 S. Thirteenth St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
FAIRLAMB, George Ashbridge:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le-
gion; Captain 14Sth Pennsylvania Infan- try Aug. 22, 1862; Major Sept. 7, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 15, 1863; honor- ably discharged for disability Feb. 24, 1865. Elected Oct., 11, 1865. Address, 1717 N. Seventeenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FALKNER, Roland P .:
Statistician; born in Bridgeport, Conn., April 14, 1866; entered the University of Pennsylvania as a student in 1883 and graduated Ph. B. in 1885. The succeeding three years were spent by him in the Universities of Halle, Berlin and Leipzig. he receiving the degree of Ph. D. at Halle. after special research in the science of statistics. On his return to the United States in 1888 he was appointed Instructor in Accounting and Statistics in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and in 1891 was made Associate Professor of Statistics. In 1891 he was Secretary to the Sub-Com- mittee of the Senate Committee on Fi- nance, appointed to investigate the effect of the McKinley tariff on the rate of wages and the cost of living. He was also Secretary to the American delegation to the International Monetary Conference in 1892, Secretary of the American Socie- ty of Political and Social Science from 1891 to 1896, and its Vice President and Acting President from 1896 to 1898. He was associate editor from 1890 to 1896, and editor from 1896 to 1900, of the "Annals of the American Academy of Political Science." and has published nu- merous essays on statistics of crime, prices, wages, etc. He is also the author of a translation of Meitzen's "History of the Theory and Technique of Statistics." and is a member of the International Sta- tistical Institute and other associations. Since 1900 he has been Chief of the Division of Document Library of Con- gress, Washington, D. C. Address, Con- gressional Library, Washington, D. C.
FALLON, Christopher:
Lawyer: born in New Orleans. La., Oct. 7, 1855, and moved to Philadelphia in 1863: nephew of the late Christopher and John Fallon, who for many years repre- sented the Queen of Spain in this coun- try; educated at Seton Hall College. South Orange. N. J., from whence he was grad- nated in 1874; studied law with the late Joli B. Colahan; admitted to the bar in 1\77. In 1965 he moved to Wayne. Au- thor: "Law of Conveyancing in Pennsyl- vania." He is solicitor for the Wayne Title and Trust Company, of Wayne, Pa.
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Before moving to Wayne Mr. Fallon lived at "Rnnymede," Lansdowne, built about the time there was political trouble in Spain and Queen Christina made prepara- tions to come to this country. On this account it was supposed to have been built for the Queen, and has ever since been, known as the Queen of Spain's home. In 1882 he married Amy H. Lewis, daughter of Richard B. Lewis. Address, 1411 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FANNING, Adelbert C .:
Jurist; born in Springfield Township, Bradford County. Pa., July 25, 1851; son of David G. and Antis (Canedy) Fanning: educated in common schools and State Normal School at Mansfield: was gradu- ated in 1872; entered law office of Hon. Delos Rockwell, of Troy; was graduated from law department of Michigan Uni- Versity at Ann Arbor, 1874, as LL. D., fin- ishing studies in office of H. W. Patrick, of Towanda; 1874 admitted to the bar; 1875 settled at Troy, where he has since actively practiced. In 1881 to 1883, served as District Attorney; 1899. appointed to fill vacancy on Common Pleas, caused by death of Judge Peck, and was elected in fall of 1900 for term of ten years. begin- ning January, 1901. A Trustee of State Normal School at Mansfield; active mem- ber of Masonic Fraternity. Married Jen- nie E. Loomis, of Troy, Pa. Address, Troy, Pa.
FARLEY, Joseph Pearson :
Brigadier General United States Army; member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion; Cadet United States Military Acad- emy July 1, 1857; Brevet Second Lieuten- ant Second United States Artillery June 24, 1861; Second Lieutenant June 24. 1861; transferred to Ordnance Department Oct. 24. 1861; First Lieutenant March 3, 1863; Captain April 6, 1866: Major March 25. 1876; Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 28. 1SS9; Colonel July 7. 1898; retired as Brigadier General Feb. 17, 1903; brevetted Captain United States Army March 13, 1565, "for meritorious services in the Ordnance De- partment during the war." Elected Oct. 20. 1897. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
FARNHAM. Alexander:
Lawyer; born in Carbondale, Pa .. Jan. 12. 1834. He was educated in academies at Wanesly and Kingston, and, deciding
to enter the legal profession. he entered the National Law School at Ballston Spa, N. Y. Graduating there, he pur- sued his studies in the office of Fuller & Harding, and was admited to the bar of Luzerne County in 1855. His practice grew till it became large and profitable, and now includes an extensive clientage. A Republican in political faith, Mr. Farn- ham became a candidate for the office of District Attorney in 1870, but was de- feated. Trying again in 1873, he was elected, and discharged the duties of the office in a highly satisfactory manner. He was a delegate to the Republican Na- tional Convention of 1880, where he be- came distinguished as an ardent leader of the Blaine forces. Address, Wilkes- barre, Pa.
FARNSWORTH. Charles S .:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet at Military Academy July 1, 1883; Second Lieutenant Twenty-fifth Infantry, June 12, 1857; served at Fort Shaw, Mont., to Sept. 12. 1831, and Fort Buford, N. D., Sept. 13, 1$91 to Oct. 15, 1893, and at Grand Forks, N. D., (college duty), Oct. 16, 1893; First Lieutenant of Infantry, Seventh Infantry, July 31, 1894 to Sept. 25, 1897; served at Fort Logan, Colo .. Sept. 25, 1897, to April 20, 1898; at Chick- amauga Park, Ga., April 20 to May 12, 1898; Tampa, Fla., May 13, to June 6, 189S: Santiago de Cuba, June 7 to Aug. 21, 1898; Montauk Point, N. Y., Aug. 21 to Sept. 27, 1898: Knoxville, Tenn .. Sept. 27, to Oct. 19. 1828; Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 20 to Dec. 17, 1898; Havana, Cuba, Dee. 18. 1898 to ---: (Post Quartermaster, 1889 to Sept. 30. 1893.) (In charge of general prisoners, October, 1897, to April 20, 1598.) Acting Quartermaster to Second and Fourth Brigade of Infantry, April 26 to May 26. 1898; Acting Quartermaster, Sec- ond Division, Fifth Army Corps. May 27 to Sept 27, 1896: Aide on Major General Adna R. Chaffee's staff. Captain of Sev- enth Infantry, March 2, 1599. Address, Manila, P. I.
FARQUHAR. Arthur B .:
Manufacturer; politieal economist: born in Sandy Spring. Md .. Sept. 28. 1838; ed- ucated at local schools and Hallowell's School for boys, Alexandria, Va .: LL. D. Kenyon College. 1902; removed to York, Pa., to learn machinist trade in 1\56; since 18\9 President of A. B. Farquhar Company, Ltd. Married Elizabeth Jessop
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of Baltimore, Md., 1860; has held various official positions and is known throughout the country as an able writer. Inde- pendent in politics. Address, York, Pa.
FARQUHAR, Fergus G:
Lawyer; born at Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 21, 1845; son of George W. Farquhar, a ., noted attorney of Schuylkill County in the years from 1S28 to 1846. After a period of public school tuition, he entered in 1860 the University of Virginia, but being obliged to leave there on the outbreak of the Civil War, he sought the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where he took a full course of study, graduat- ing from its law department in 1865. He subsequently read law in the office of Hon. F. W. Hughes, and was admitted to the Schuylkill County bar in 1866. Since that date he has steadily practiced in the county courts, his practice em- bracing every branch of law in the coun- ty, State, and United States Courts, and involving many cases of importance, his success in which has won him a wide rep- utation for ability and versatility. He is counsellor for the Tax Payers' Associa- tion of Schuylkill County. Address, Potts- ville, Pa.
FARQUHAR, Norman V. Heldreich:
Rear Admiral United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania, April 11, 1840; was graduated from Naval Academy, 1859; squadron, coast of Africa. for the sup- pression of slave trade, 1859 to 1561. As Midshipman, on board San Jacinto, Sara- toga, and Constellation. Acting Master, on board Mystic and Sumter; while still Midshipman, brought to United States a captured slaver, the Triton, with a crew of ten men, and no other officer. Com- missioned as Lieutenant Aug. 31, 1861; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, from 1864 to 1865; present at both attacks on Fort Fisher. Commissioned as Lieuten- ant Commander Aug. 5, 1965; Naval Academy, 1866 to 1868; commissioned as Commander, Dec. 12, 1872; Naval Acad- emy. 1872 to 1878. Commandant of Cadets Naval Academy. Commissioned as Cap- tain. March 4, 1886: commanded Trenton, Pacific Station. 1886 to 1589, when the ship was wrecked in the memorable hur- ricane at Apia, Samoa; Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks. Navy Department, March 6, 1890, to March, 1594; command- ant Navy Yard. League Island. March 7, 1894, to June. 1896: President Examining Board. Dec. 14, 1896, to June, 1997; Com-
mandant Norfolk Yard, June 1, 1897, to September, 1899. Promoted to Commo- dore, July 21, 1897; commissioned Rear Admiral, March 3, 1899; commanding North Atlantic Station, October. 1:29, to May, 1901; Chairman Lighthouse Board. May, 1901, to 1902. Retired April 11. 1902. Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion. Address, 1918 N. St. N. W., Wash- ington, D. C.
FARR, William W .:
Physician; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 1865; educated at the Germantown Acad- emy, the Biological School and the Med- ical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating M. D. in 1887. Spending four months as resident physi- cian in the Children's Hospital, two years in the Episcopal Hospital, and fifteen months in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, he went abroad and stud- ied in Berlin and Vienna. On his re- turn he engaged in the general practice of medicine, but in 1827 again went to Vienna for post-graduate work in laryn- gology and otology. He was surgeon to the Out-patient Department of the Epis- copal Hospital, 1893 to 1898, visiting phy- sician to the Church Home for Children during the same period, and assistant physician to the Laryngological Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania in 1898. He is a Fellow of the College of Phy- sicians, a member of several medical so- cieties. of the University Club, and vis- iting physician to the Leamy Home. Ad- dress, 7432 Boyer St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FARRELLY, Stephen:
American News Company manager; born in Ireland in 1843. His father emigrated to America during the political troubles of 1848, and in 1960 the son entered the service of Dexter & Brother. news agents. in New York, anl afterward prominent members of the American News Com- pany, founded in 1864. Leaving this em- ployment at this time. Mr. Farrelly went South, and there undertook the manage- ment of the book firm of John W. Coop- er & Co .. of Savannah, Ga., then in a desperate state as a result of the war. By his strenuous exertions he made com- promises with the creditors of the house. and. in partnership with the firm, man- aged for several years its business with great success. Selling out his interest in 1869, he returned to New York and es- tablished the National News Company.
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This, after a few years of prosperous business, became merged in the Ameri- can News Company, of which Mr. Far- relly was made a Director. In 1878 he went to Philadelphia as manager of the Central News Company, a branch house of the American News Company. The business of this company was handled by him with much efficiency, he in- augurating the wagon delivery system and also the method of short credits and quick collections. It now occupies a handsome building on South Washing- ton Square and does a thriving business. Mr. Farrelly is a Director of the City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company, the Beneficial Saving Fund Society, and the St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, and is a member of various clubs and associa- tions. Some years ago he gave up his connection with the Central News Com- pany and is now in the New York house of the American News Company. Ad- dress, 39 Chambers St., New York.
FASSETT, John B .:
President of the Citizens' National Bank. Address, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pa.
FATINGER, Owen F .:
President of the National Bank of Cat- asauqua. Address, Catasauqua. Lehigh County, Pa.
FAUNCE, John Egner:
Lawyer and legislator; born in Millers- burg, Pa .. Oct. 26, 1540; educated at Dick- inson College, Williamsport, where he was a student at the time of the inva- sion of Pennsylvania in 1863, and left his books to take part in the State's de- fence. After graduating, he entered upon the study of law in the office of Hon. Charles Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, and the University Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1865. He soon built up a large and profitable practice. An ar- dent Democrat, he became active in party affairs, and as early as 1868 was sent as a delegate to a National Convention. He was elected a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1874. in which he re- mained for fourteen years. In these ses- sions he was the minority candidate for Speaker of the House, and in 1883 was elected to this high legislative position. During his membership he aided in mneh important legislation. securing the pass- age of laws bearing upon the prevention of cruelty to children and the abduction
of girls under sixteen years of age. In 1890 he was strongly supported as a candidate for the nomination for Lieuten- ant Governor. In addition to his legal duties, Mr. Faunce is interested in sev- eral corporations, including the Clearfield. Conemaugh and Western Railway Com- pany. Address, 516 Girard Building, Phil- adelphia, Pa.
FAUST, David:
President of the Union National Bank of Philadelphia. Address, Third and Arch Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
FEIT, George J .:
District Attorney of Indiana County; born in Indiana County, Pa., 1872; was educated in public schools and State Nor- mal School at Indiana, graduating in 1890, and in post-graduate course in 1891; teacher in public schools at Johnstown, Pa., and at Indiana. 1592-1894; entered law office of Jack & Taylor, 1894; admit- ted to practice in Indiana County, 1896; admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1902; County Auditor, 1896-1899; enlisted company F. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1898; Sergeant, 1898. Republican. Formed law partnership with Elder Peelor. 1900; elect- ed District Attorney, 1901. Address, In- diana, Pa.
FELL, David Newlin:
Jurist; born Nov. 4. 1840, at Bucking- ham, Pa .; was graduated from Pennsyl- vania State Normal School. He studied law in Philadelphia and was admitted to the bar: practiced law at Philadelphia. From 1876 to 1894 was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Philadelphia. Since 1894, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Address, 1534 North Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FELL. Ulysses M .:
President of the First National Bank of Towanda. Address, Towanda, Brad- ford County, Pa.
FELTUS, Roswell Graves:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: Sergeant Second Ohio Infantry April 17. 1861; discharged for disability July 5, 1861: Second Lieutenant Fortieth Pennsylvania Infantry (changed to 75th) Ang. 20, 1861; First Lieutenant Dec. 1. 1861: First Lieutenant and Adjutant May 1. 1862; Captain March 1, 1863; honorably
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mustered out Sept. 1, 1865. Elected Nov. 7, 1883. Address, Hotel Stenton, Phila- delphia, Pa.
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