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GAZZAM, Joseph ML .:
Lawyer: born in Pittsburg Dec. 2. 1542: son of Dr. Edward Despard Gaz- zam and Elizabeth Antoinette de Ber- thoffe, daughter of Constantine Antoin de Beelen de Berthoffe and grand-daugh- ter of Baron Frederick Eugene Francois de Beelen de Berthoffe, Austrian Minister to the United States from 1793 to 1757. When fourteen years old he entered the Western University of Pennsylvania; in 1861 entered the law office of David Reed. in Pittsburg: 1964 admitted to practice at the Allegheny County bar; 1867 to the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; 1869 to the Circuit and District Courts of the United States; and 1870 to the Supreme Court of the United States; 1871 became a Director for Pennsylvania in the United States Law Association; 1872 associated with Hon. Alex. G. Cochran, under firm name of Gazzam & Cochran; in politics a Republican; 1869 elected to the Com- mon Council, and in 1876 a State Sena- tor. In 1879 he moved to Philadelphia, and is now practicing law with William S. Wallace and Edward Fell Lukens, un- der the firm name of Gazzam, Wallace & Lukens. Member of Pennsylvania Club, Union League and Young Republicans. He was a Commissioner from . Pennsyl- vania at the Charleston Exposition in 1902, and member of the Pennsylvania Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition now being held at St. Louis; he is President of Rees Welsh Law and Digest Publishing Company, Philadelphia, and of the Kramer Web Manufacturing Company; Vice President of the Ames- Bonner Brush Company of Toledo, Ohio; Dents Run Coal Company, Pennsylvania; Chairman of the Board of Peale, Pea- cock & Carr, Incorporated, and of the Delaware Company. He was one of the oraganizers of the Quaker City National Bank, Philadelphia, and one of the pro- jectors of the Beach Creek Railroad, and the city of Gazzam is named for him. Life member of the Pennsylvania Histori- cal Society; member of the City Club of New York, Fairmount Park Association. Franklin Institute, Horticultural Associa- tion of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania For- estry Association, Lawyers' Club, Acad- einy of Fine Arts. Zoological Society. American Academy of Political and Social Science. Genealogical Society of Pennsyl- vanin, Archaeology and Palaeontology Society of the University of Pennsylvania. National Arts Club of New York, and American Association for Advancement of Science. In 1893 married Miss Nellie M. Andrews of New Orleans. Address. 265 South Nineteenth St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
GEARHART, B. R .:
President of the First National Bank of Danville. Address, Danville, Montour County, Pa.
GEARING, Henry C .:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy: born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Louisiana: Naval Academy June 12. 1572: was graduated June 20. 1876: Ensign
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Nov. 25, 1877; Lieutenant (junior grade) Dec. 11, 1SS3; Pensacola 1876-1877; Tus- carora 1877-1878; Marion 1579-1SS2; Naval Academy 1883-1886; Essex 1956-1887; Mo- nicacy 1857-18$9; Naval Academy 1989; Lieutenant Feb. 28, 1890; Newark July, 1893-1896; Naval Academy August, 1896; Yumuri 1898; Culgoa April 18, 1898, to 1901; promoted to Lieutenant Commander March 3, 1889; Naval Acadamy July 1, 1901, to 1903; Baltimore, as executive officer, since May 6, 1903. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
GEHM, Arthur:
Consular Agent; born in Pennsylvania; appointed Consular Agent at Frontera, Mexico, Oct. 9, 1901. Address, Frontera, Mexico.
GI'IST. Adam:
President of the Farmers' National Bank of Ephrata. Address, Ephrata,
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GEIST, John C .:
Prothonotary, Register and Recorder of Forest County; son of Conrad and Susan Rice Geist; born in Jefferson County Jan. 31, 1819; attended the public school in Ringgold, Pa .. until eighteen years of age. In 1869 he engaged in lumbering on the Clarion River; continued to follow this business till the fall of 1886, when he ac- cepted a position as bookkeeper for the Crawford Lumber Company at Pigeon, Forest County; engaged with the Penn Tanning Company as bookkeeper at Brookston in 1996, and continued in that work till his election as Prothonotary, Register and Recorder of Forest County in 1902. In January, 1903, removed to Tionesta; was married in 1874 to Miss Lizzie Davonspike of Clarion County, who died in 1883; in 1889 he was again mar- ried to Miss Mary R. Glenn of Corsica, Pa .; is the father of three sons: Philip H. by his former marriage, John Glenn and Willis Edward by his second. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
GEIST. J. M. W .:
Journalist; Editor of the New Era, Lancaster, Pa., and the oldest editor in continuous service in the State; born in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Dec. 14. 1524. of German-Scotch descent; edu- cated in local schools; engaged in news- paper work, entering a printing office. From 1848 to 1952 did editorial work on Lippard's Quaker City, the Evening Ar-
sus, Sunday Globe and Sunday Mercury (being one of the publishers of the latter). Disposing of his interest in the Mercury in 1852 he returned to Lancaster to take editorial charge of the Saturday Evening Express, and in 1856, with the late John H. Pearsol, founded the daily edition of the Express, which he conducted success- fully until isti. when he founded the New Era and the New Era Printing House, of which he is still at the head. Author of "Parochial History of the Church"; In- dependent Republican in politics. Mar- ried in 1550 Miss Elizabeth M. Markley, only daughter of George B. Markley of Lancaster. Address, Lancaster, Pa.
GELBACH, Chris .:
President of the Mars National Bank. Address, Mars, Butler County, Pa.
GELBACH. J. A .:
President of the First National Bank of Ellwood City. Address, Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pa.
GENTH. Frederick A., Jr .:
Chemist; born in Philadelphia Feb. 12, 1855; son of Dr. F. A. and Minna P. Genth; was graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1876; M. S. 1STS; Assist- ant in Chemistry, second Geological Sur- vey of Pennsylvania, 1877-1880; Instructor 18$1-1883, and Assistant Professor of Chemistry 1SS3-1888 inclusive, at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania; since then in general practice as analytical and expert chemist; was officially connected as chem- ist to the D. and F. Commission with the Department of Agriculture of Pennsyl- vania 1897-1903; and also acted as chemist to State Pharmaceutical Examining Board of Pennsylvania. Member of American Philosophical Society. Fellow of A. A. A. S .. member of American Chemical Soci- ety, Society of Chemical Industry, Lon- don: Société Chimique, Paris; Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, etc. Address, 222 Walnut St .. Philadel- phia: home, 65 East Greenwood Ave., Lansdowne, Pa.
GENTRY, Alan F .:
Surgeon; author; born in Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 3, 1866; son of Thomas G. and Mary S. Gentry; educated in the public schools and Central High School of Phil- delphia; elected Assistant Curator of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, under Professor Angelo Heilprin in 1983. serving two years; was graduated in
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medicine from the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1888; appointed resident physi- cian of Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, Pa., in 1SSS, remaining one year; assisted Dr. John Dixon, the eminent surgeon of Pitts- burg, from 1889 to 1893, assuming at his death upon the latter date the sole charge of an extensive surgical practice; called to the chair of Surgery in the Mercy Hospital in 1893; removed to Phil- adelphia in 1899; his specailties are zool- ogy and abdominal surgery. Author of "New Species of Corvidae-Cyanocoras Heilprini." 1884; "Revision of Genus Phrynosoma," 1885; "Value of Alcohol as a Food in the Treatment of Continued Fevers," 1SS9; "Three Cases of Cerebral Abscess with Operations," 1991; "Surgery of the Gall Bladder with Points in its Operative Technique," 1893. Residence. 5039 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia.
GENTRY, Thomas G .:
Educator; author; born near Holmes- burg, Philadelphia. Pa .. Feb. 28, 1843; son of Alfred and Caroline Gentry; his great-grandfather, William Gentry, was a soldier of the Revolution; two of his remote ancestors took part in Bacon's Rebellion (1676) by order of the King of England; educated in the public schools and Central High School of Philadelphia to 1839; began teaching in 1861; married Mary Shoemaker, Lewisburg, Pa .. Dec. 27. 1$64; elected Principal of U. S. Grant School in 1884; received the degree of D. Sc. from the Chicago Academy of Sci- ences in 1SSS. His special studies are botany, zoology, philology and horology. Member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science. Davenport Academy of Sciences, Canadian Entomological Soci- ety. Franklin Literary Society of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Author of "Life Histories of Birds of Eastern Pennsyl- vania" (two vols.), 1876-1877, out of print; "The House Sparrow at Home and Abroad," 1878; "Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States." 1882; "Family Names from the Irish, Anglo-Saxon, An- glo-Norman and Scotch." 1892: "Pigeon River and Other Poems," 1992: "Life and Immortality, or Soul in Plants and Ani- mals," 1897; "Intelligence in Plants and Animals," 1900. Contributor on biological subjects to scientific journals. Address, 5039 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia.
GEORGE, Walter h .:
Banker; born in South Bend, Pa .; edu- cated in public schools. Married Edna
Leydic of Indiana, Pa .. Oct. 22, 1902. Began business seventeen years ago as a clerk in bookstore; twelve years ago entered business with his brother in Apollo, Pa .; three years ago. with others, organized the First National Bank of Apollo, of which he has been President ever since. Democrat in politics. Ad- dres, Apollo, Pa.
GERBER, Edwin R .:
President Reading Board of Public Works; born Nov. 30, 1856, in Reading. Pa .; educated in the public schools; learned the printing trade, subsequently took up stenography, and taught night classes for several years in the Inter- State Commercial College of Reading; was one of the founders of the Reading Even- ing Telegram, and has retained his con- nection with that paper ever since: elect- ed Secretary Reading Board of Trade in January, 1899; appointed in 1900 Special Enumerator of the United States Census to obtain statistics of manufactures of the city of Reading; elected by City Council a member of the Board of Public Works as a Democrat, and is now Presi- dent of that body. Address, Reading, Pa.
GERHARD, Albert P .:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia in 1877; educated in private schools; class of 1899, University of Pennsylvania; from the Law Department, 1902; admitted to the Philadelphia bar, June, 1902; son of John Sergeant Gerhard; grandson of Benjamin Gerhard, who died in 1844; great-grand- son of John Sergeant, who died in 1852. all members of the Philadelphia bar. On his mother's side, a grandson of Dr. William Pepper. Address, Overbrook, Pa.
GERHARD, George Smith:
Physician; born in Philadelphia in 1847; educated in private schools; class of 1865, University of Pennsylvania; was gradu- ated from the Medical Department, 1869; President of Pennsylvania Hospital; on the staff of Presbyterian Hospital and Orthopedic Hospital; Physician-in-Chief of the Bryn Mawr Hospital; son of Ben- jamin Gerhard, and grandson of John Sergeant. both distinguished members of the Philadelphia bar. Address. Ardmore. Pa.
GERHARD, John Sergeant:
Lawyer: born in Philadelphia in 1845; educated at private schools; was graduat- ed from University of Pennsylvania in
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class of 1865; from the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1857; admitted to the Philadelphia bar Nov. 16, 1867; son of Benjamin Gerhard, a dis- tinguished member of the Philadelphia bar, who died in 1864, and a grandson of the Hon. John Sergeant, also a member of the Philadelphia bar. Married Maria Pepper, a daughter of Dr. William Pep- per. Address, Overbrook, Pa.
GERHART, C. S .:
President of the Farmers' National Bank of Lebanon. Address, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pa.
GERBART, Emanuel Vogel:
Clergyman; born June 13, 1817, at Freeburg, Snyder County, Pa .; in 1838 was graduated from Marshall College. Mercersburg, Pa .; he received degree of D. D. from Jefferson College and that of LL. D. from Franklin and Marshall Col- lege; in August, 1842, he was ordained to the ministry; from 1855 1851 to was President of Heidelberg College, Tif- fin, Ohio: also Professor in the Theo- logical Seminary; from 1555 to 1866 Pres- ident of Franklin and Marshall College. In 1868 of the Reformed Church Semin- ary, Lancaster. Pa; was Professor of Sys- tematic and Practical Theology. Author of "Philosophy and Logic," "Monograph of the Reformed Church." published in 1863; "Institutes of the Christian Re- ligion" (two vols.), 1891; "Junior Heidel- berg Catechism," and others. Address, Lancaster, Pa.
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GERRISH, David Fornham: .
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion. Acting First Assistant Engineer (Master) United States Navy Nov. 25, 1863; resigned and honorably discharged Aug. 25, 1865. Elected May 3, 1893. Ad- dress. care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GERRY. James:
President of the Shrewsbury Savings Institution. Address, Shrewsbury, Yori: County, Pa.
GERWIG, Edgar Charles:
Lawyer; born Sept. 13, 1870, at Minerva. Stark County, Ohio: son of Charles W. and Henrietta (Taylor) Gerwig; educated at the Allegheny public schools and the Allegheny High School; was graduated from the National Law School at Wash-
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ington, D. C., after a three years' course in 1895; admitted to the Allegheny Coun- ty bar Dec. 18, 1897. Preceptor, Hon. William A .. Stone; was Secretary to the Governor of Pennsylvania, Hon. William A. Stone, from 1899 to-January, 1903. In polities a Republican. Address, Marshall Ave., Allegheny, Pa.
GERSON, Felix N .:
Author and journalist; born in Phila- delphia Oct. 18, 1862. Married Emily Goldsmith Jan. 28, 1892; was educated at the public schools and Boys' Central High School, after which he spent some time in the study of civil engineering; in the employ of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, finally became De- partment Chief Clerk. In 1890 managing editor of the Chicago Israelite; returned to Philadelphia in 1891, and has since that time been manager of the Jewish Ex- ponent; also a member of the staff of the Public Ledger for some years past. Author of "Some Verses," including "Phantasy," "Romance." His sonnet on the death of Queen Victoria was received with favor in England. Address, 1627 Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GESSLER, Charles W .:
Physician; born in Philadelphia Sept. 12, 1845, of Swiss Ancestry, his parents being Charles Martin and Elizabeth (Van Gunten) Gessler. He was educated in the public schools and under private tu- tors, and studied medicine in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1867. For a short time he was an as- sistant in the University Dispensary, but since graduating has been engaged in private practice, building up a large and successful business. He is actively in- terested in archeology and the fine arts. and is a member of the Archeological Department of the University, the Uni- versity Alumni Association, the Philadel- phia Art Club, the Sons of Delaware, and the Masonic Order. Address, 1332 S. Fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GEST. John B .:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia. Nov. 4, 1823; was educated in the University of Pennsylvania; studied law and was ad- mitted to practice at the Philadelphia bar in 1817. When the Law School was es- tablished Mr. Gest, though then in active practice. attended Professor Sharswood's lectures and received the degree of L.L. D. in 1852. He took a very active
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part in organizing the alumni of the Uni- versity and was for some years Presi- dent of the Society, and almost continu- ally one of its members: became a Trus- tee of the University in 1857. After a long period of legal practice, he was made Vice President of the Fidelity In- surance, Trust, and Safe Deposit. Com . pany in 1873 and was elected its Presi- dent in 1890. He has been identified with important public institutions, having been President of the Union Benevolent Asso- ciation. Trustee of the Presbyterian Hos- pital. Director of the Mortgage Trust Company, and a member of the Council of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Address, City Avenue, corner of North Fifty-seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GETZ, David H .:
Lawyer; born in Lancaster County, Pa., Cuiober, 1814; was educated in the public schools and Lewisburg University; studied law in the office of Hon. C. S Wolfe, and was admitted to the bar of Union County in 1875. Since that date he has been act- ively and successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. In his early years he had some stirring war experi- ence, enlisting in 1863 in the Fifty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and serving in the Army of the Potomac for the remaining two years of the war; was elected District Attorney for Union Coun- ty on the Republican ticket in 1979, and at a later date was appointed to the same office to fill a vacancy. and in 1892 was re-eleced for another three years' term. He is Secretary of the Republican County Committee, a thirty-second degree Mason, and a Knight Templar. Address, Lewis- burg, Pa.
GETZ, James K .:
Ex-Mayor; born Jan. 19. 1SIS, in Albany Township, Berks County. Pa .; removed with his parents to the city of Reading in 1851; was educated in the public schools and in the Philadelphia Classical Academy; became interested with his father in the wholesale grocery business. and succeeded to that business, which he conducted until 1871, when he became in- terested in the Reading Steam Marble Works: is Manager of the Reading Shale Brick Works, and interested in other manufacturing enterprises; was elected to the Common Council as a Democrat in the strongly Republican Fifth Ward, and became President of that body. . \t
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the February election in 1885 he was: chosen Mayor and served the term of three years, since which time he has not been active in politics. Address. Read- ing, Pa.
GEYELIN, H. Launeet:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, July 15. 1857; he was educated at University of Pennsylvania -- A. B. 1877, LL. B. and A. M. 1879; President of Athletic Associa- tion since 1894; Treasurer and Solicitor Lincoln Institution and the Educational Home; Trustee Drexel Institute, President Law Academy of Philadelphia, Secretary Radnor Hunt, Township Commissioner, Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pa. Married Alice R. Rawle, April 24, 1884. Address, Ville Nova, Pa.
GEYER, Charles:
President of the Provident Trust Com- pany. Address, Allegheny, Allegheny County, Pa.
GREEN, Edward Hickman:
Rear Admiral United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania, Entered Naval Academy Sept. 24, 1862; graduated. 1867; flagship Delaware. Asiatic Squadron, 1867-1870. Promoted to Ensign Dec. 1S, 1868; to Master, March 21, 1870; signal duty, Washington, D. C., 1871; Lieuten- ant, March 21. 1871; ironclad Mahopac- and receiving ship New Hampshire. 1872; storeship Supply, April 1. 1872; flagship Lancaster. 1872-1875; receiving ship Po- tomac and training ship Constitution, 1575-1876; Alliance, European Station, 1877-1879: League Island, 1850; Torpedo Station. 1SS1; flagship Tennessee. 1SS2- 1SS3; Naval Academy, 1SS3-1887; Constel- lation, practice cruise, 1884; Yantic, as executive, 1$$7-1890; Inspector of Steel, Pittsburg. Pa., October, 1$90, to May, 1501: charge Branch Hydrographie Office, Philadelphia. May, 1891, to April, 1893; Lieutenant Commander. Oct. 2. 1891; Navy Yard. League Island. April, 1893. to Octo- ber. 1821; executive of Minantonomah, October to December, and of Minneapolis, December. 1894-1596: Hydrographie Oflice, Jan. 5, 1897-189S; Commander, March 2S, 1998; Frolic. June to September. 1SOS; Hydrographie Office, Sept. 27. 1998, to June 18, 1899; commanding Marietta. June 20. 1899 (Asiatic Station), to April 29, 1901; commanding Petrel. May 4, 1901, to September 7. 1901: Captain, June 11, 1902; Light-house Inspector, Eleventh District,
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Feb. 12, 1902. Retired, Dec. 1, 1902. Ad- dress, care Navy Department, Washing- ton, D. C.
GIBB, Joseph Scribner:
Physician; born in Philadelphia Feb. 11, 1859; educated in the public schools, Eastburn Academy, and the Medical De- partment of the University of Pennsyl- vania, graduating in 1SS0. After a year's post-graduate service in the Philadelphia Hospital, he began a general practice, but since 1896 has devoted himself ex- clusively to diseases of the ear, nose and throat. From 1882 to 1832 he was out- door physician to the Philadelphia De- partment of Charities and Correction, and Surgeon to the Police Department, and from 1S$1 to 1884 was in charge of the throat, nose and ear department of the Northern Dispensary. Since 1893 he Has been surgeon in charge of the ear, nose and throat department of the Epis- copal Hospital, and since 1897 has been Professor of Diseases of the Throat and Nose in the Philadelphia Polyclinic. He is a Fellow of the College of Physicians, and a member of various medical asso - ciations, of the Union League, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He married Jessie Hassell in 1882 and has had three children. Address, 1901 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GIBBS, George:
Author, illustrator; born in New Or- leans. La .. March 8, 1ST0; son of late Medical Inspector Benjamin F. Gibbs, United States Navy. Author "In Search of Mademoiselle," "The Love of Mon- . sieur," "American Sea Fights," "Pike and Cutlass," etc. Entered United States Naval Academy 1SS6; resigned, 1SSS, to study art; student at Art Students' League and Corcoran Gallery, Washing- ton. D. C., until 1$93; began book a'nd magazine illustration. Moved to Phila- delphia, 1898, to work for the Curtis Pub- lishing Company. Address, Rosemont, Pennsylvania.
GIBBS, William W .:
Gas corporation manager; born in Hope, Warren County, N. J .. March 8, 1846. He became a store boy at fourteen and served as clerk in a country store till twenty-three years of age, when he was made a partner in the concern. Two years later, in 1971, his partner died, and he closed out the business. Mr. Gibbs 9
1 then went to New York and began the retail dry goods business and in 1873 organized a firm of wholesale grocers. In 1575 he withdrew from this line of trade almost penniless. Becoming ac- quainted with Ferdinand King, who had invented a process for making gas from petroleum. he formed a partnership with him, styled the National Petroleum Gas Company of New York. The ability and energy of Mr. Gibbs soon obtained a con- tract to build a small gas works for this company, and the gas, proving satisfac- tory, he pushed the business so actively that within seven years he had built more than a hundred works, in all parts of the country. The large quantity of petroleum used in his operations brought him into close connection with the offi- cials of the Standard Oil Company and in 1852, as a result of his endeavors, the United Gas Improvement Company was organized in Philadelphia, with Mr. Gibbs as its general manager. Under his con- trol this company became highly success- ful. and is now one of the most prominent gas corporations of the country, making all the gas used in Philadelphia. Mr. Gibbs has long been connected with rail- road interests, especially with the Phila- delphia. Reading & New England Rail- road Company, and the completion of the great Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge is a monument to his energy. He has been largely interested in Pennsylvania Heat, Light & Power Company, the Electric Storage Company. and the Wellsbach Light Company, and in 1897 he organized the Marsden Company. for the purpose of manufacturing celluloid from the pith of corn-stalks. Address, 1733 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GIBBONS. William Futhey:
Pastor of the Dunmore Presbyterian Church; born Dec. 31, 1859, at Lenape, Chester County, Pa .; educated in the public schools, private tutors, West Ches- ter State Normal School, Bucknell Uni- versity and Princeton Theological Sem- inary. Married, May 22, 1890, Margaret Monaghan; Prohibitionist in politics: served as private secretary to President David J. Hill of Bucknell University: Sabbath School Missionary to the Preshy- terian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work in Minnesota; organized Stella Presbyterian Church at Forty Fort. Luzerne County, Pa .; pastor of Dunmore Presbyterian Church since 1826.
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Author of "Those Black Diamond Men," "Toilers in the Dark," "The Hun, a So- cial Study," etc., and papers on social questions. Address, Dunmore, Pa.
GIBSON, John Arthur:
Supertendent " Public Schools, Butler Borough, Pa .; born in Meadville, Pa., May 9, 1869; his ancestors were among the early settlers of Meadville; was gradu- ated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., in 1891; elected Principal of the Bur .. ler High School the same year. In 1895 was made Superintendent of the Butler Borough public schools. Address, Butler. Pa.
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