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FURLONG, John W .:
Captain United States Army; born in New Jersey; appointed from Pennsylva- nia. Cadet at the United States Military Academy, from June 16, 1867 to June 12, 1891, when he was graduated and promot- ed in the army to Second Lieutenant of Cavalry, First Cavalry, June 12. 1891. Served with regiment in Montana, Ariz- ona, and Kansas, to December, 1897: First Lieutenant of Cavalry. Sixth Caval- ry, Dec. 11, 1897. Joined regiment in the field at Chickamauga, Ga., May 1. 1993: on recruiting duty for regiment, May 3 to June 8, 1998; rejoined regiment at Tampa, Fla., July 1. 1996; at Tampa. Fla .. and Montauk, N. Y .. to October. 1898; recruiting duty (general service)
at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 17, 1898. Regi- mental Commissary, Nov. 4, 1899. Cap- tain. Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Meade, South Dakota.
FURMAN, Horace S .:
Practicing physician; born in Philadel- phia, Nov. 15, 1863; was graduated from Hahnemann Medical College. Philadel- phia, 1885, after a short business educa- tion between time of graduation from Boys' Central High School of Phila- delphia. Married in 1890 to Margaret F. Smith of Philadelphia. Republican in politics. Has been connected at various times with the Children's Homeopathic and St. Luke's Hospital of Philadelphia. Member of the Philadelphia County, State and American Institute of Homeopathy. Address, 1705 Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FURNESS, Frank:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion: Second Lieutenant Sixth Pennsyl- vania Cavalry Oct. 14, 1861; First Lieu- tenant May 18, 1862; Captain Jan. 11, 1864: honorably mustered out Oct. 3, 1564. Awarded the "Medal of Honor" under resolution of Congress, "for most dis- tinguished gallantry in action at Trevilian Station, Va., June 12, 1864. On this oc- casion, a detachment occupying an ex- posed and isolated outpost having ex- pended its ammunition, Capt. Furness. carrying a box of ammunition on his head. ran to the outpost across an open space that was swept by a fierce fire from the enemy. This ammunition, together with that carried by another officer who had responded to Capt. Furness's call for volunteers, enabled the detachment to hold its position until nightfall. thus say- ing the main line from severe loss." Elected May 1. 1589. Address. 711 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FURNESS. Horace Howard:
Shakespearean scholar; born in Phila- delphia. Nov. 2, 1833; was graduated from Harvard University in 1854; received de- gree of Ph. D. from University of Halle and LL. D. from Harvard. 1901: studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859: editor of (Variorum editions) "Mac- beth." "King Lear." "Hamlet." "Mer- chant of Venice." "The Tempest." "The Winter's Tale" "Romeo and Juliet." etc .; is famous as a Shakespearean schol- ar. Address, Wallingford, Pa.
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FURNESS, William Henry:
Physician; born Aug. 18, 1866 in Wall- ingford, Pa. In 1888 graduated from Har- vard, and in 1891 received degree of M. D. at the University of Pennsylvania. Mem- ber of American Philosophical Society, So- ciété de Géographie. Author of: "Home Life of Borneo Head Hunters; Its Festi- val and Folklore"; also many monographs to American Philosophical Society. Ad- dress. Wallingford, Pa.
FURST, Austin O .:
Jurist; born near Salona, Centre Coun- ty, Pa., in 1834; educated in the Salona Academy and Dickinson Seminary, where he graduated in 1854. He subsequently entered Dickinson College at Carlisle, but illness obliged him to leave it, and he afterward studied law in his brother's of- fice at Lock Haven, Pa., being admitted to the Clinton County bar in 1860, and that of Centre County in 1861. His wide knowledge of the law and fine powers as an advocate brought him into broad rec- ognition, and in 1884 he was elected to the bench as President Judge of the For- ty-ninth Judicial District, serving a ten- year term. At the expiration of his term in 1895 he returned to his legal practice in Bellefonte, John D. Dorris becoming his associate in Huntingdon, under the firm name of Furst & Dorris, and his son in Philadelphia, under the name of A. O. & W. S. Furst. Address. Bellefonte, Pa.
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FURTH, Emanuel:
Lawyer; born in Reading, Pa., Sept. 26. 1857, of German-Jewish descent; was graduated from the Central High School of Philadelphia, in 1874. and then stud- fed law in the University of Pennsylvania. graduating in 1878. Mr. Furth has since been engaged in legal practice in Phila- delphia, and has also been active in po- litical affairs. A Democrat in politics. he was elected to the Legislature of Penn- sylvania in 1851, and re-elected in 1SS3. While Chairman of the Committee of Municipal Corporations he assisted in framing the Bullit bill. under which the Government of the city of Philadelphia is now administered. He has been a mem- ber of various conventions of his party. and in 1896 was a delegate to the Indian- apolis Convention of Gold Democrats, Which nominated Palmer and Buckner. He was a member of the State Militia from 1979 to 1955, being for three years on the staff of General Snowdon. He 1
has been Secretary of the Lawyers' Club, of Philadelphia, since 1890. He was re- nominated for the Legislature in 1889, but declined to run. He has recently pub- lished a book of travel entitled "The Tourist-Outward and Homeward Bound." Address, 1707 Jefferson St., Philadelphia.
FUTRELL, William H .:
Lawyer; born near Jackson, N. C., June 17, 1863; son of Harrison and Lydia E. Futrell. His ancestors, on his mother's side, were well known Pennsylvanians. Graduated from Haverford College in 1887 in the Department of Arts. Married El- len Hammond, of High Point, N. C .; ad- mitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1890. Junior Counsel for the Citizens' Municipal Association in 1595, when they exposed many municipal frauds before the Sena- torial Investigating Committee. Member: Young Republican Club of Philadelphia, and Public Education Association. Law offices, Commercial Union Bldg., 420 Wal- nut St .; residence, Haverford, Pa.
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GABLE, Morgan Edwards:
Managing editor of the Pittsburg (Pa.) Times: was born in Strasburg, Lancaster County. April 18, 1862. At the age of nine years was employed as a slate picker in the anthracite coal region; later began a four years' apprenticeship on a Tamaqua, Pa., newspaper. His first reg- ular employment in newspaper work was in 1881, when he became a reporter in the coal regions of East Pennsylvania. When nineteen years of age was made managing editor of the Reading (Pa.) Herald. After serving in Reading six years he became the telegraph editor of the Pittsburg Gazette, and later the city editor. In 1889 he resigned the lat- ter post and became the special corre- spondent for twenty-one of the leading newspapers of the United States. In De- cember, 1891, he became city editor of the Pittsburg Times. and in May. 1892. was promoted to the managing editor- ship, Address, Pittsburg Times, Pitts- burg, Pa.
GABRIEL, James B .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Berks County; was born Sept. 15, 1857, in Reading. Berks County, Pa .; educated in the public
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schools; is a machinist by occupation; served one term in Common Council; elect- ed to House of Representatives in No- vember, 1902. Address, Reading, Pa.
GADDIS, Albert:
President of the Citizens' Title and Trust Company of Uniontown. Address, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa.
GAILEY, D. S .:
President of the First National Bank of New Kensington. Address, New Kensing- ton, Westmoreland County, Pa.
GALBRAITH, William Watts:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1873; Second Lieutenant Fifth Artillery June 15, 1877; F.st Lieutenant Sept. 23, 1685; retired with rank of Captain March 2, 1899. Ad- dress, Mooredale, Cumberland County, Pa.
GALBREATH, James MeG .:
Jurist; born in Butler County, Pa., Sept. 27, 1852; educated in Princeton College, where he graduated in isso, afterward studying law. He was admitted to the bar of Butler County March 6, 1SS2, and practiced with great success until 1902, part of the time being a partner of James B. McJunkin ;; in 1902 Mr. Galbreath was nominated for County Judge, and was elected Nov. 4, 1902, taking his seat on the bench Jan. 5, 1903. His only other public office has been that of School Di- rector, which he held for six years. He is a member of the Princeton Club of West - ern Pennsylvania, and joined the Ameri- can Whig Society when in college. Ad- dress, Butler, Pa ..
GALLAGHER, William:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia; was born in that city June 22. 1855; attended public school until fifteen years old: was employed in the harness business for seven years and in the United States Mint for five years; was Inspector of the Board of Health for five years; elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, 141 North 9th St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
GALLOWAY, John:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Seventeenth Pennsylvania Inf intry April 25, 1561: mustered out Aug.
1, 1861; private Eighth Pennsylvania Cav- alry Aug. 27, 1801; Regimental Commis- sary Sergeant Jan. 1, 1863; discharged to accept promotion June 30. 1865; First Lientenant and Regimental Commissary July 1, 1865; honorably mustered out July 24, 1865. Awarded the "Medal of Honor" under resolution of Congress "for, at the battle of Farmville, Va., April 7. 1865. his regiment being surprised and nearly overwhelmed, he dashed forward under a heavy fire, reached the right of the regiment, where the danger was greatest, rallied the men, and prevented a disaster that was imminent." Elected May 2, 1900. Address, 519 Tasker St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GALLOWAY, John:
Oil operator; was born in the County of Durham, east of Toronto, Canada, June 4, 1838, and was educated in the Normal School of Canada. His father was John Galloway, born in Scotland, and his mother, Mary Wilson, of Irish descent. For nineteen years he lived in and around his native home, and then he went out into the world in search of fortune. At the age of twenty-three years he found himself in the oil regions of Pennsyl- vania. This was in 1861, in the height of the oil activity. He started wells in Butler, Clarion, Bradford and Alle- gheny Counties; was an individual ope- rator, although he had shares in many companies, and became associated with several persons. His operations soon took a broader field and he sought oil, and found it. in West Virginia, Ohio and Indiann. also in the Southwest. Mr. Galloway gave his personal attention to all his numerous ventures and was almost uniformly suc- cessful. For many years resided in Jamestown, N. Y., but within the last few years moved to Pittsburg, where he lives with his family. He married Miss Sarah Calhoun, of Michigan, and had one daughter. who died in Pittsburg in 1897, aged twenty-seven years, and one son. F. J. Galloway, who is in his father's office. Address. Maitland Building, Pitts- burg, Pa.
GALLAAP. M. J .:
President of the Mt. Jurett Bank. Ad- dress, Mt. Jurett, KeKean County, Pa.
GALT. John S .:
President of the First National Bank of Honeybrook, Pa. Address, Honeybrook, Chester County, Pa.
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GANDY, George S .:
Capitalist; born in Tuckahoe, Cape May County, N. J., Oct. 20, 1851; his parents were Lewis and Jane A. Gandy. At the age of nine he was taken to Philadelphia; he was sent to the public schools, and at the age of fifteen was graduated from Madison Boys' Grammar School. His first occupation was in the saw works of Henry Disston & Sons, where he started as an office boy; he remained with the firm over eleven years. being promoted from one position to another; he was ambitious and identified himself with the firm of Bowers, Cooper & Gandy; this firm successfully erected 163 buildings in the northern section of the city; he very successfully branched out on his own ac- count, and put up a number of structures in that part of Philadelphia, and also the People's Theatre and Textile Hall, in Kensington. He also became connected with some of the leading corporations in Philadelphia. When the Frankford and Southwark Passenger Railway Company was entering into one of the first pro- gressive stages, he became interested in it in an official capacity; when the Elec- tric Traction Company was incorporated, he was one of the leading men concerned in it; after the Omnibus Company Gen- eral was organized in Philadelphia, he took a large part in the conduct of the venture. When
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the Fairmount Park Transportation Company was organized. he was elected President. Address, 570 Bullitt Building, Philadelphia. Pa.
GARDINER, Edward Carey:
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Publisher; member of the Philadelphia firm of Henry Carey Baird & Co., estab- lished by Matthew Carey in 1785; was born in Philadelphia in 1878: educated in France. Italy and Switzerland. Address, $10 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GARDINER, F. G .:
President of the Allegheny Valley Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pa.
GARDNER, Kirtland C .:
Engineer; is contracting engineer for the United Engineering and Foundry Company; is a native of Cleveland, and received his education in the Case School of Applied Science, graduating from the Mechanical Engineering Department; was first employed in the great engineer- ing institution of Wellman-Seaver-Mor-
gan in Cleveland. At Youngstown, Ohio. was next connected with the Loyd-Booth Company, and when that company was merged with the United Engineering and Foundry Company, became contract- ing engineer for the latter concern. Mr. Gardner has had charge of the sales de- partment. Member of the Engineer's So- ciety of Westeran Pennsylvania. Ad- dress, 681S McPherson St., Pittsburg, Pa.
GARLAND, John W .:
President of the Industrial National Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pa.
GARLAND, M. M .:
Surveyor of the Port of Pittsburg, and for many years President of the Amalga- mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers; was born on the South Side of Pittsburg in 1856; attended the public schools until he was nine years old; worked on a farm; drove canal boat horses on the Juniata Canal. When four- teen he was a pull boy in the mills at Altoona, Pa .; became a heater and worked at his trade until he was elected As- sistant President of the Amalgamated Association in 1890. In 1898 accepted the office of Surveyor of Pittsburg from President Mckinley; stanch Republican in politics; reappointed Surveyor by President Roosevelt. In 1892 was made President of the Amalgamated Associa- tion; has figured in the adjustment of the Homestead strike and in the Ist fight with the United States Steel Cor- poration; has been a delegate to many of the conventions of the American Federa - tion of Labor, and was a member of its International Executive Board from 1893 to 1898. Address, Edgewood, Pa.
GARMAN, W. A .:
President of the First National Bank of Berlin. Address, Berlin, Somerset County, Pa.
GARNER, Alfred Buckwalter:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Schuylkill County. Pa .; was born in Ashland, Schulykill County, March 4, 1873; was edneated in the public schools; served three years' apprenticeship as a machinist and two years as a civil and mining engineer: passed the preliminary examination for admission to Schuylkill County bar on June 19, 1895, and after three years' study of the law under Judge William A. Marr,
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of Ashland, was admitted to practice, at which profession he is still engaged; has held various local offices; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1900; re- elected in November, 1902. Address, Ash- land, Pa.
GARNER, James Wilford, Ph. D .:
Instructor in Political Science, Univers- ity of Pennsylvania; born in Pike Coun- ty, Miss .. 1871; was graduated at State Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1892; taught school in Mississippi, 1392- 1896; graduate student University of Chi- cago, 1896-1898; Ph. M. ibid 1900; In- structor Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Ill., 1898-1900; fellow in Columbia University, New York, 1900-1902: Ph. D. ibid 1902; Lecturer in History ibid 1902- 1902 Author of "Reconstruction in Mis- sissippi." 1901; also various articles in scientific periodicals. Member of several learned societies. Address, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
GARRETT, John Biddle:
Railroad official; was born Dec. 30. 1836, at Philadelphia; in 1854 he was graduated from Haverford College. From 1854 to 1874 he was a merchant and manufacturer; in 1874 he engaged with the Lehigh Valley Railroad; afterward in 1887, he became Third Vice President, and later, in 1898. Second Vice President; also Vice President the following year; from 1579 to 1887 Treasurer. Vice Presi- dent and President of the Girard Trust Company. In 1895 was Chairman of the First Mohonk International Arbitration Convention; minister in the Society of Friends. Address. Rosemont, Pa.
GARRETT, Joseph Wilson:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 29. 1961; Corporal March 1. 1862; Sergeant Dec. 1, 1862; Sergeant Major July 14. 1864; discharged for pro- motion Nov. 10, 1864; Second Lieutenant Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry Nov. 11. 1861; Captain March 4, 1865; honor- ably mustered out July 1. 1865: elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address, 1240 Girard Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
GARRETT, Philip C .:
Philanthropist; son of T. C. and Frances Carney; born 18.21 a.t Philadelphia: in 1851 was graduated from Haverford: from 1854 to ISTS he manufactured tex-
tile fabrics: was Chairman of the Re- form Committee of One Hundred from 1881 to 1883 at Philadelphia. In 1883 was nominated for Governor of Pennsylvania by the Independent Republicans. Men- ber of the Board of Public Charities of Pennsylvania, and its President; also President of the State Lunacy Commis- sion of Pennsylvania. He was appointed on Board of Indian Commissioners by President Harrison; in 1SS5 was appointed by Secretary Hoke Smith as Special Com- missioner to Senecas; was President, in 1885, of the National Conference of Char- ities and Corrections; also President of the Mohonk National Indian Conference in 1898; in 1900 was appointed by Gov- ernor Roosevelt Chairman of the Com- mission on New York Indians. Republi- can in politics. Address, 308 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GARRISON, Samuel:
President of the Mortgage Banking Company. Address, Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pa.
GARVEY, Eugene A .:
Bishop: son of Michael and Catherine (Boylan) Garvey; born Oct. S. 1845, at Carbondale. Pa .; received early educa- tion at Dunmore. Pa., and later attended Scranton High School and St. Charles' College at Ellicott City, Md .; was gradul- ated from St. Charles' Seminary. Phila- delphia. In 1870 was assistant pastor at Hawley, Pa., and pastor in 1871 at Athens, Pa. From 1871 to 1999 was pas- tor at Williamsport, Pa .. and at Pittston, Pa .. from 1899 to 1901. Since 1901 has been Roman Catholic Bishop of Altoona, Pa.
GARVIN, Madison A .:
Member of the House of Representa- tives: born in Amherst County, Va., March 9. 1858; educated in the public schools there; assisted his father on the farm until 1878, when he took up the vocation of railroading; in 15St he moved to Pennsylvania and located in Gettys- burg. Adams County, Pa .. and entered the services of the G. and H. Railway. He served six years in the Borough Council of Gettysburg: was elected to the House of Representatives in Pennsylvania in November. 1900: was appointed a member of the following committees: Appropria- tion. Railroad. Publie Grounds and Build- ings, and Military: was appointed by the Governor to represent the State of Penn-
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sylvania at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition at Charles- ton, S. C., in 1901; was also appointed a member of the Gettysburg Battlefield Me- morial Commission to erect a $150,000 building or memorial to the memory of the fallen heroes who participated in the battle at that place, July 1. 2, 3, 1863. Founded the first daily paper (the Prog- ress) in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., in October, 1902. Address, Gettysburg, Pa.
GAST, Frederick Augustus:
Theological professor; born Oct. 17, 1835, at Lancaster, Pa .; in 1856 was graduated from Franklin and Marshall College. At the Waynesburg College, in 1877, he received degree of D. D .; was ordained in 1859 to the ministry of the Reformed Church in the United States; also German Reformed; he was in charge of two pastorates, and during the Civil War was Chaplain of the Firty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. From 1$71 to 1873 he was Tutor in Theology at the Seminary at Lancaster; since 1873 he has been Professor of Hebrew and Old Tes- tament Theology at the Theological Sem- inary, Lancaster, Pa. Address, Lancas- ter, Pa.
GASTON. G. G .:
Lumber manufacturer; son of W. G. and Frances Naramore Gaston; was born in East Fallow Township, Crawford County. April 21, 1859; educated in the local schools of his native county. For eighteen years has followed his work as a lumberman. In 1591 he was married to Miss Mattie M. Ramsey of Utica, Pa., and the following year. located in Tiones- ta, where his business relations have been of. excellent repute. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
GASTON. Joseph A .:
Major United States Army, First Cav- alry; born in Honeybrook, Chester Coun- ty, Pa., Sept. 2, 1856; his father was Dr. Joseph Gaston of Honeybrook. Pa .; is of Scotch-Irish descent. Went to the United States Military Academy, West Point, N. X .. in 1877; was graduated in 18$1: was commissioned Second Lieutenant. Eighth Cavalry, June. 1881: First Lieutenant. Eighth Cavalry, April, 1886; Captain, Eighth Cavalry, January. 1895, and Ma- jor. First Cavalry, February. 1903: served in Texas, New Mexico, Montana, North and South Dakota, until the Spanish War: during this time he took part in the
Apache War, 1885-1886, and the Sioux War, 1890-1891; was Adjutant of his regiment from March, 1891, to September, 1893. During the Spanish War he went to Cuba with his regiment carly in 1899, and returned with it to the United States in 1902. His promotion to the First Cavalry took him back to Fort Clark, Tex., one of the first Army posts he ever served at. Address, Fort Clark, Tex.
GATES, Manley Fitch:
Surgeon United States Navy; born in and appointed from New York Assistant Surgeon March 27, 1889; Passed Assistant Surgeon 1892; Surgeon June 7, 1900; Navy Yard, League Island. 1889; Naval Hos- pital, Portsmouth, 1892; Recorder. Medical Examining Board, 1893; Minneapolis 1894; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1898; Atlanta, 1900 to 1903; Naval Hospital. Naval Home, Philadelphia, since Oct. 6. 1903. Address, Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa.
GAULT, J. A .:
President of the Farmers' National Bank of Kittanning. Address, Kittan- ning, Armstrong County, Pa. .
GAUSE, Harian:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain Fourth Delaware In- fantry Sept. 5, 1862; honorably mustered out June 3, 1865; brevetted Major United States Volunteers July 6, 1864, "for gal- lant service during the present war"; Lieutenant Colonel April 1, 1565, "for gal- lant and meritorious services at the bat- tles of White Oak Road and Fair Oaks. Va.": elected Feb. 6. 1895. Address. care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1335 Chest- nut St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
GAUT. C. W .:
President of the Citizens' National Bank of Irwin. Address, Irwin. West- moreland County, Pa.
GAWTHROP. Alfred:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: private First Delaware Infantry April 26. 1861; mustered out Aug. 7. 1561; First Lieutenant First Delaware Infan- try Sept. 11. 1861: honorably discharged Sept. 16, 1862: Sergeant Second Battery Delaware (Militia) Light Artillery July 1. 1463; mustored out Aug. 21, 1863; Captain Seventh Delaware (Militia) Infantry July
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11, 1864; honorably mustered out Aug. 12, 1864; elected Feb. 3. 1592. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GAYLEY, James:
Manufacturer; born in West Notting- ham. Cecil County, Md .; his early educa- tion was received at the academy of his native town, from which he was gradu- ated to enter Lafayette College; at the latter institution he received the tech- nical education which. with the practical training he secured subsequently. enabled him to take the high rank which he now holds. On the completion of his college course, in 1876, he became chemist to the Crane Iron Company, at Catasauqua, Where he remained for three years, re- signing to accept a similar post with the Missouri Furnace Company at St. Louis; on the disposal of the company's leased plants, Mr. Gayley returned east to become Furnace Superintendent for the E. & G. Brooks Iron Company at Birdsboro. In the fall of 1885 he ac- cepted an invitation to become Furnace Superintendent of the Edgar Thomson plant; in 1895 he was transferred to the general offices in Pittsburg to assist the late Henry M. Curry in the increasing business of the ore department; upon Mr. Curry's retirement Mr. Gayley suc- ceeded to the management of the de- partment, becoming also a member of the' Board of Managers of the Carnegie Steel Company. Mr. Gayley is a Director in the Carnegie Company and its subsidi- ary companies and in the control of the important department under his manage- ment he has displayed great capacity for handling large transactions, the ore de- partment providing and assembling all the raw material required by the Carnegie Steel Company, aggregating many million tons annually. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
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