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FENNO, Darwin G .:
Editor of the Patriot. Harrisburg; born in Lake County, Ill .. May 27. 1847; was . educated at Lawrence University; aiways had a strong literary bent and early be- came a contributor to newspapers and magazines. On staff of the Philadelphia Times 1876-1902, when the paper had passed into entirely new hands; shortly afterward accepted the position of editor- in-chief of The Patriot. Address, Har- risburg, Pa.
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FENTON, Theodore Cornell;
Lieutenant United States Navy; was born in and appointed from Newtown, Pa .; Cadet Engineer Oct. 1, 18$1: En- sign July 1. 18$7; LL. B. Columbian Uni- versity, 1892: LL. M. 1893. and M. E. 1900; Lieutenant (junior grade), Jan. 5, 1896; Lieutenant Dec. 25, 1898; Assistant to Bureau Ordnance July 9, 1898, to 1901; commanding Preble Oct. 25, 1901. Ad- dress, Washington, D. C.
FERGUSON, Henry Thornburg:
Captain United States Army; born in Wisconsin; appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet Military Academy July 1. 1886; Second Lieutenant Seventh Infantry June 12. 1890; transferred to Twenty- Third Infantry June 11, 1891. Served garrison duty at Fort Logan, Colo., Oct. 10 to Dec. 3, 1890; in the field in South Dakota, in the campaign against Sioux Indians, to Feb. 10. 1891; at Fort Logan. Colo., to July 7. 1891: garrison duty at Fort McIntosh, Tex .. July 19 to Decom- ber, 1891; in the field, suppressing border disturbances along the Rio Grande, Do- cember. 1891, to March. 1892: at Leon Springs, Tex .. to June, 1892; at Fort Sam Houston, Tex .. to January, 1893; on re- cruiting service at Fort Worth, Tex., 10 Oct. 11, 1893; on leave to January, 1894; garrison duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to June, 1994; at Fort McIntosh. Tex., to Feb. 15. 1597; First Lieutenant of Infantry, Thirteenth Infantry. Feb. 15, 1897; on leave to May 13. 1597; garrison - duty at Fort Porter, N. Y .. to April !', 1898; with regiment at Tampa, Flat .. to June 14. 1898: in the campaign against Santiago, and in Cuba, to Angust. 18.8. being engaged in the battle of San Juan July 1-3, and in the siege of Santiago July 17, 1895: with regiment at Camp 1
Wikoff, N. Y., to September, 1898; at Fort Porter, N. Y., to April, 1899; Cap- tain of Eighteenth Infantry Nov. 15, 1899; transfered to Thirteenth Infantry March 30, 1900. Address, Fort McDowell, Cal.
FERGUSON, J. A .:
President of Coraopolis National Bank. Address, Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pa.
FERGUSON, Joseph C .:
Jurist; born in Philadelphia Sept. 22, 1840, the son of a noted cotton and woolen manufacturer. Educated in the public schools, he subsequently studied law in the office of Stephen Benton, and was admitted to the bar in 1861. As a lawyer he proved able and successful and won the reputation of one of the bright- est young men at the bar. In municipal affairs he served as school director and as a member of the Board of Public Edu- cation. He was appointed a Judge of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia. May 6. 1887, and elected to the same office in the fall of that year. On the expira- tion of his ten years' term, in 1897, he was re-elected for a second term, his candidacy being sustained by both the Republican and Democratic parties. Ad- dress, 1423 North Broad St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
FERGUSON, JJ. Scott:
Lawyer; born in Pittsburg Jan. 24. 1842; was educated in the Grammar and High Schools of Pittsburg and later at the Allegheny City College. On leaving school he began to study law and was admitted to the bar April 9. 1863. He is a charter member of the Allegheny County Bar Association. He has given close and studious attention to the pub- lic school system of the city and has acted in the capacity of a school director for several terms. Address, Frick Build- ing, Pittsburg, Pa.
FERGUSON, Nathaniel:
Banker and capitalist of Reading. Pa .; born at Robesonia, Pa., June 5, 1868; son of Nathaniel and Amanda (née Daven- port ) Ferguson, the elder Ferguson hav- ing for many years been part owner of the Robesonia Furnaces; was educated at the public schools, at the Carroll In- stitute, Reading, Pa .. and Pierce Busi- ness College, Philadelphia: President Keystone Wagon Works, President Blue Mountain Manufacturing Company; Vice-
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President First National Bank of Read- ing; Vice President Montello Brick Com- pany, of Reading; Director Reading Pub- lic Library; Director Berks County Agri- cultural Society; Director Pennsylvania Trust Company, and Director Oleyville Railroad. By his personal influence, he raised a large sum of money for estab- lishing a free public library in the city of Reading; also by his personal efforts increased the capital stock of the First National Bank to the extent of $375,000. making the present capital $500.000. the largest of any banking establishment in the city; organized the Keystone Wagon Works, which does a general business, shipping wagons to all parts of the world. Married Anna Rodman Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richmond L. Jones, June 19, 1895. Republican in poli- tics. Address, Reading, Pa.
FERGUSON, P. J .:
President of the First National Bank of Shenandoah. Address, Shenandoah. Schuylkill County, Pa.
FERGUSON, William Alexander:
Methodist Episcopal divine; born in Philadelphia, July 22, 1864; was educated in Pennington Seminary, graduating in 1888, and entered the art department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1892. but left two years later to enter the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. While still in college he had done much Church work, and was ad- mitted to the Philadelphia Annual Con- ference in 1889. His first pastorate was in the Simpson Memorial Church. in which he increased the membership and built a new church at'a cost of $18.000. He then went to the Fourth Street Church in Reading, and in 1891 was called to the Siloam Church in West Philadelphia, where he built a chapel at the cost of $13,000. In 1897 he was transferred to the Scott Church in Philadelphia, in which he had a successful pastorate. He is now stationed in Eden Church. Lehigh Ave. and Lawrence St. Mr. Fer- guson received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the American University at Harriman, Tonn, in 1901. Address, 2523 North Fifth St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
FERREE. Barr:
Author and editor; born Philadelphia: son of Samuel Patterson Ferree and An-
nie Appleton (Drown) Ferree; writer and lecturer on art and patriotic subjects; honorary and corresponding member of the Royal Institute of British Architects ( London) ; corresponding - member Acad- émie d'Aix-en-provence; corresponding member Société Archéologique du Midi de la France, Toulouse; corresponding member of the American Institute of Architects; Past President Department of Architecture of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. Y .; Secretary of National Sculpture Society, New York, 1595-1898; founder and editor of Shakespeariana. Philadelphia and New York, 1885-1892; architectural editor of the Engineering Magazine, New York. 1892-1894; founder and Secretary from the beginning of the Pennsylvania Soci- ety and editor of its Year Book; member of the Architectural League of New York. Has contributed many articles to the leading magazines, chiefly on art sub- jects, including the Century, Scribner's Magazine, the Cosmopolitan, the Archi- tectural Record, the Westminster Review (London). the Builder (London). Stone, Education, American Antiquarian, the Nation, the Critic. the Yale Review. the Inland Architect, the American Architect. Architecture and Building, Scientific Am- erican, Building Monthly, etc .; interested in popular movements in art and in pa- triotic effort; graduate in architecture of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1884. Address, 7 Warren St., New York.
FERRIS, George S .:
Jurist; born in Pittston, Luzerne Coun- ty, Pa., April 28, 1849; was educated at Columbia College. Washington, D. C., and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa .. where he graduated in 1869. In 1870- 1871 he served as a clerk in the Treas- ury Department at Washington, at the same time studying in the Columbia Col- lege Law School. where he was gradu- ated in 1871 and admitted to practice be- fore the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Returning to Pittston, he was admitted to the county bar in 1972. and began a practice which became large and lucrative, especially in the Civil and Orphans' Courts. He gained much prom- inence for his services in defence of the Sheriff and his deputies, on trial for fir- ing into the mob during the labor troubles, the trial resulting in their ae- quittal. Mr. Ferris has made himself
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well known as an effective political speaker for the Republican Party. He has served as School Director and as pre- siding officer of county conventions and in 1898-1899 was County Solicitor. In
1900 he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Luzerne County for a term of ten years. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
FERRY, Bernard J .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Luzerne Courty, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1856; emigrated to the United States in 1867, and located at Jeansville, Carbon County, Pa .; was educated in the com- mon schools; worked in the mines until 1884, when he removed to Hazleton, and engaged in business; in 1894 was elected to Select Council and served eight years; was a member of the Board of Revision of Taxes for two years, also of the Min- ers' Examining Board two years; elected to the House of Representatives in No- vember, 1902. Address, Hazleton, Pa.
FETTEROLF, Abraham D .:
State official; born near Collegeville, Pa., June 4, 1850; educated at Freeland Seminary; became a public school teach- er at the age of sixteen, continuing to teach for several years. In 1871 he be- came a lumber inspector in Philadelphia, and in 1875 engaged in the flower and feed business. From 1SS8 to 1890 he was in the firm of the Roberts Machine Com- pany at Collegeville. His official duties began in 1882, as Justice of the Peace of Upper Providence, Montgomery County: in 18$5 he became transcribing clerk in the House of Representatives: in 1986 Speaker's desk; in 1$59 journal clerk; and in 1893 resident clerk. He was elected Chief Clerk of the House in 1895, and Resident Clerk in 1897. He was nomi- nated for Register of Wills of Montgom- ery County in 1×90, but failed to be elect- ed; was appointed Deputy Clerk in the Courts of the County in 1891. In 1892 he was elected Chairman of the Republican Committee of Montgomery County, which he resigned the next year to become Sec- retary of the State Committee. Mr. Fet- terolf is Secretary of the Perkiomen Val- ley Mutual Insurance Company, a Direct- or of the Times Publishing Company of Norristown, of the Keystone Telegraph and Telephone Company, and has held other business positions. Address, Col- legeville, Pa.
FETTEROLE, Adam H .:
President of Girard College; born at Perkiomen, Montgomery County, Pa .. Nov. 24, 1841; son of Gideon and Eliza- beth Fetterolf, and descended from a long line of Swiss and Dutch ancestry. In 1855 his father removed to Collegeville, where he was educated at the Freeland Sminary. By alternately teaching and studying he made himself master of mathematics, Latin and Greek, and at the age of twenty was appointed Pro- fessor of Mathematics in Freeland Sem- inary. and subsequently became principal of the school; later associated with Rev. Dr. Wells in the ownership and man- agement of Andalusia College. in Bucks County, Pa., continuing until 1SS0, when he was elected to the chair of Vice President of Girard College, becoming President in 1882, upon the death of President William H. Allen. His first wife was Annie, daughter of George Her- gesheimer, of Germantown. In 1883 he married Laura M., daughter of William D. Mangam, of New York. Address, Girard College, Philadelphia, Pa.
FETTERS, Arthur Halderman:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion Captain Levi Fetters; elected Oct. 20, 1897; First class in succession May 24. 1899. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
FETZER, D. A .:
President of Curwensville Bank. Ad- dress, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pa.
FIELD, Benjamin Rush:
Physician and author; born Nov. 3. 1861. at Easton, Pa .; son of Dr. C. C. and Susannah ( Freeman) Field: great-grand- father, grandfather and father were phy- sicians and surgeons; educated at public schools of Easton, Pa., Lafayette Col- lege and Medical Department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Has practiced medicine in his native city since 1\$3. In 1856-1887 Official Physician of North- ampton County Prison; for ten years physician for the Coroner. In 1990 founded the Easton Medical Society. Democrat. 1890-1893 member and Presi- dent of City Council; 1893-1996. 1899-1902 Mayor of Easton; during the Spanish- American War he assisted in organizing Company IS of the Eleventh Regiment of
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Pennsylvania; commissioned as Captain 1898, and afterward Major of Second Bat- talion. He commands the First Battal- ion, Thirteenth Regiment, with Com- panies at Scranton, Easton, Honesdale and Montrose. Author of "Medical Thoughts of Shakespeare." 1SS4: "Shakes- peare and Byron on Man. Woman and Love," 1587; "Medico-Shakespearian Fan- aticism," 18SS; "An Argument Refuting the Claim that Shakespeare Possessed Knowledge of the Circulation of the Blood Prior to Harvey's Discovery," London Lancet, 1SSS; "Fielding's Uncon- scious Use of Shakespeare." 1892. In 1859, under auspices of New York Shakes- peare Society, cdited Volume V. ("Romeo and Juliet") of "The Bankside Shakes- peare." Contributor to "Shakespeariana." Since 1987 Librarian of Shakespeare So- ciety of New York. Member Board of Trustees Easton Free Public Library; Finance Committee of Organized Chari- ties of Easton; Executive Committee of Municipal League of Easton; Easton Medical Society: Military Service Institu- tion of United States; Chi Phi Fraternity ( Rho Chapter of Lafayette and Nu Chap- ter of the University of Pennsylvania) : Pennsylvania German Society: Sons of the American Revolution: Country Club of Northampton County: Pomfret Club of Easton. Married. April 9, 1902, in New York City, to Miss Nan Edna Rounsavell, daughter of John Davis and Mary A. (de Hart) Rounsavell, of Washington, New Jersey. Address, Easton, Pa.
FIELD, John:
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Merchant; born in County Derry, Ire- land. in 1834: came to America in 1848; landing in Philadelphia: his father hav- ing died on the voyage, he became an office boy in the business house of Amos Young, and showed there such diligence, intelligence and good nature that he he- came a general favorite, and rose through various positions until he was made a partner in the firm, which became the well-known mercantile house of Young. Smith, Field & Co .; it grew to he one of the largest in the dry goods line in the country. and had branches in a number of American cities, and also a banking and buying department in Chemnitz. Sax- ony. He became well known as an ar- dent reformer through his earnest labors in connection with the Committee of One Hundred. serving as Chairman of the Campaign Committee of Reform organi- zation; it was largely due to his labors
that the reform tickets succeeded in the elections of 1881 and 1$$2, and he served on the committee to investigate the Alms- house frauds, which led to the arrest of Major Phipps, the superintendent. When John Wanamaker was made Postmaster General he strongly urged Mr. Field to become Postmaster of Philadelphia. be- ing seconded in this by Thomas Dolan and other citizens of prominence. He declined at first. but afterward accepted and was appointed Postmaster in 1889; under his efficient administration the business of the office was greatly im- proved. He is connected with several financial, charitable and other institu- tions of Philadelphia. Address, 1220 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FIELD. Robert Patterson:
Civil engineer; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 19, 1$50; descendant of Robert Pat- terson, at one time Vice Provost of the University of Pennsylvania and for sev- eral years President of the American Phi- losophical Society. He entered the Arts Department of the University of Penn- sylvania in 1868 and graduated in 1872, following with a post-graduate course in mining and civil engineering. In 1875 he became assistant engincer in the Cam- bria Iron Works, at Johnstown, Pa .. re- maining there till 1830, when he engaged in the service of the Lehigh Railroad Company. In 1881 he opened an office as consulting engincer in Philadelphia, and fourteen years later became actuary of the Security Trust and Life Insurance Company, holding this position till 1900; he was actuary of the Presbyterian Min- isters' Fund from 1884 to 1894. Member of the American Philosophical Society and the Actuarial Society of America. He married May P. Trumbull in 1878, and has two children, a son and a daughter. Ad- dress 218 South Forty-second St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
FIELD. Thomas Y .:
Colonel United States Marine Corps; born in'and appointed from Pennsyl- vania; commissioned as Second Lieuten- ant. March 3, 1847: with the army in Mexico during the war; brevetted First Lieutenant for gallant and meritorious conduct; frigate Raritan, Pacific Squad- ron. 1850-1853; Marine Barracks, Philadel- phia. 1854-1855. Promoted to First Lieu- tenant. Oct. 15. 1554; sloop Constellation. Mediterranean Squadron, 1551-1533; Ma- rine Barracks, Charlestown, Mass., 1856-
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1857; sloop St. Mary's, Pacific Squadron, 1858-1859; steam sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1861; Captain, May 30. 1\61; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1862-1863; Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1564; Major, June 10, 1864: Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., 1865: Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1866-1867: Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1868- 1869; Recruiting Rendezvous. Philadel- phia, 1870-1874; Marine Barracks, Ports- mouth. N. H., 1875-1878; Lieutenant Colo- nel. Nov. 1, 1876; Marine Barracks,
League Island. Pa .. 1878-1879; Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, 1879; Colonel, April 18, 1880; Marine Barracks. Portsmouth, N. H., 1880-1881; Marine Barracks, League Island, Pa., 18S1-1886: Marine Barracks, Norfolk, Va., 1886-18$8; Marine Barracks, League Island, Pa., 1889; retired, Aug. 17, 1889. Address, 137 Wayne Ave., Wayne, Delaware County, Pa.
FIELD, William S. M .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia; born in that city, Oct. 2, 1862; educated in the Philadelphia Quaker schools, Lauderbach Academy and Jefferson Medical College; is engaged in the practice of medicine and has been connected with the Board of Health for the past fifteen years; elected to the House of Representatives in November. 1902. Residence, 411 South Ninth St .; office address. 501 South Eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FILBERT, Ludwig S .:
President Vulcanite Paving Company; born March 12, 1825, in Bucks County. Pa .; received a college education. anl in 1848 was graduated from Pennsylvania Medical College. Philadelphia. For eigh- teen years he practiced medicine, and from 1858 to 1861 was physician for the port of Philadelphia: in 1\70 retired from medical practice. He established the Vulcanite Paving Company in 1871 and has since been its President. Ad- dress, 1733 Spring Garden St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
FILBERT, R. Y .:
President of the Fox Chase Bank. Ad- dress Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pa.
FILLER, Mervin Grant:
Professor of Latin Language and Lit- erature in Dickinson College; barn at Foiling Springs, Pa .. Det. A. IST8; eu-
cated in schools of native town; was graduated from Dickinson College, 1893; degree of A. M., 1895; graduate student in University of Chicago; instructor in classics in Dickinson Preparatory School, 1893; June, 1899, clected Professor of Latin Language and Literature in Dick- inson College. Address, Dickinson Col- lege, Carlisle, Pa.
FINK. William 1 .:
Architect; born in Reading, Pa., Dec. 20, 1845; educated in the public schools; learned the building trade with his father, John Fink; took up the business of. architect, succeeding his father, who for many years was the only architect in Reading. He has erected thirty-six churches in all parts of Pennsylvania; also prepared the plans for school houses all over the country; supervised the erec- tion of a number of public halls and other buildings of prominence in Eastern Penn- sylvania; was elected to Common Coun- cil as a Republican from the Fourth Ward, and served in that body nine years. Married Mary Hemmig, now deceased. Address, Reading, Pa.
FINLETTE, Thomas K .:
Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
FINLETTER, Thomas Dickson;
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 1862; son of Thomas K. Finletter. Presi- dent Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was educated in the Episcopal Acad- emy of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1882 as Bachelor of Arts, and afterward entering the Law School; he took the bar exam- inations without graduating, and was ad- mitted to practice in the Philadelphia courts. He was appointed in February, 1884. Assistant City Solicitor under Wil- liam N. West and Charles F. Warwick. the latter afterward Mayor of Philadel- phia: after holding this position till De- comber, 1887, he became Assistant Dis- triet Attorney under George S. Graham. with whom he remained till 1828, when P. FF. Rothermel, Jr., succeeded Mr. Graham as District Attorney. Mr. Rothermel made Mr. Finletter his first assistant, which position he held till the close of the term, in December. 1901. Ile is a men- ber of the Union League, the University Club, and the Young Republican Club.
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He married in 1891 Helen M. Grill. and bas one son. Address. 905 South Forty- eighth. St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FINLEY. Walter Lowry:
Major United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, July 1. 1875; Second Lieutenant Cavalry, June 13, 1879; First Lieutenant, Oct. 25. 15$3: Regimental Ad- jutant. Feb. 1. 1SS9; Captain, April 22. 1591; Major Eleventh Cavalry. Feb. 28, 1901: assigned to Adjutant General's De- partment Dec. 8, 1902. Address, San An- tonio, Tex.
FIRTH. Franklin Jones:
President of the Erie and Western Transportation Company; he was born in Philadelphia Oct. 1. 1s12; is the son of Thomas Thompson Firth, who was a di- rect descendant of the Firths. Thomp- sons and Hedges of Salem, N. J .. and of Thomas Lloyd. the associate and friend of William Penn and the first Governor of Pennsylvania. Married. Oct. 1. 1867. Annie, daughter of Samuel H. Lloyd, Williamsport, Pa: educated in Philadel- phia. graduating as a civil engineer from the Polytechnic College: was employed as a civil engineer in construction of rail- roads of the Pennsylvania system and in charge of building railroad shops at Renova and Sunbury: assistant to Joseph D. Potts. General Superintendent Phila- delphia and Erie Railroad; Auditor and subsequently Vice President of the Em- pire Transportation Co .: President since 1881 of the Erie and Western Transporta- tion Company. Member of Board of Wil- liam M. Lloyd Company, Germantown Trust Company. Germantown Dispen- sary and Hospital, Germantown Acad- emy. Lake Carriers' Association, and the Boards and Executive Committees of the Pennsylvania. the Maryland. and the Cambria Steel Companies; Chairman of City Organization's Filtration Committee. the result of whose educational work is seen in the greatest filtration plant in the world. supplying Philadelphia with clean and wholesome water. Address, Germantown, Philadelphia.
FISH, Frank :
Presbyterian minister: born in Allegheny, Pa .. April S. 1862; was graduated from Western University of Pennsylvania in 1883. and from Western Theological Sem- inary, Allegheny. Pa .. in 1986. Since 1SS6 has been pastor of Presbyterian Church
of Claysville, Pa. In 1895 married Miss Elizabeth Nichol Calder, daughter of Dr. George Calder of Claysville, Address, Claysville, Pa.
FISHER, Ellicott:
Iron merchant; born at "Wakefield," Germantown, Philadelphia, May 3, 1840. His forefathers came over with William Penn in 1682, in the good ship Welcome; educated in the schools at Germantown, and Germantown Academy. Entering as a clerk in the office of the Duncannon Iron Works. Perry County, Pa., in 1858, he has been connected with them ever since, and is now a Director. Since 1881 has been an iron merchant, his firm becoming Ellicott Fisher Company, Limited. Member Union League. Germantown Cricket Club, Delta Phi Fraternity, Colonial Society of Penn- sylvania. Historical Society of Penn- sylvania, Masons, Loyal Legion, New England Society and Director of Sixth National Bank, Duncannon Iron Com- pany, Hardware Merchants' Manufactur- ers' Association. Residence, "Wakefield." Germantown, Pa
FISHER. Gordon:
Lawyer: born Nov. 2, 1873. at Swiss- vale, Allegheny County, Pa .; son of Sam- uel Jackson and Annie (Shreve) Fisher; educated in the Swissvale public schools; was graduated from the Shady Side Academy. Pittsburg, Pa., in 1821; also from Princeton in class of 1895. and from the New York Law School in 1597. Ad- mitted to the Allegheny County bar Dec. 18, 1897. Address, Swissvale. Pa.
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