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GUTHRIE, George Wilkins:
Lawyer; son of John B. Guthrie; born Sept. 5, 1848, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1866 was graduated from Western University of Pennsylvania with degree of A. M .. af- terward was graduated from Columbian Law Department. in 1869: later in the same year he was admitted to the bar. In the reform campaign in 1596 he was candidate of Citizens' Municipal League. for Mayor of Pittsburg, also a member of the Committee of National Municipal League on Municipal Program (published report 1896). In 1576 was associate Coun- sel for Tilden Electors before Florida Re- turning Board: also Assistant Secretary in isst to the Democratic National Con- Vention, at Chicago. In 1902 was Demo- cratie candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. the State Convention nominating him unanimously. He is one
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of the Board of Managers of the Chil- dren's Hospital, Pittsburg. Address, 434 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa.
GWINNER, Frederick:
President of the Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny. Address. Allegheny. Allegheny County, Pa.
GWYN, James:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain Twenty-third Pennsyl- vania Infantry April 21, 1St1; honorably mustered out July 31, 1st1; Captain Twenty-third Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 13, 1861; resigned and honorably dis- charged July 15, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel 118th Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 16, 1862; Colonel Dec. 5, 1863; honorably mustered out June 1. 1865. Brevetted Brigadier General United States Volunteers Sept. 30. 1864; "for gallant and distinguished services in the battle of Poplar Spring Church, near Petersburg, Va."; Major General April 1. 1865. "for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Five Forks, Va." Elected Oct. 4, 1865. Ad- dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, . 1335 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GWINNER, John F .:
President of the First National Bank of Easton. Address, Easton, Northampton County, Pa.
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President of the Tremont National Bank. Address, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pa.
HACKENBURG, William B .:
Merchant and silk manufacturer; born in Philadelphia June 2, 1537; educated in public schools of the city and in private academy of Rev. Dr. Max Lilianthal, New York: has been forty years in the manufacture of sewing and machine silks. In 1555 was Secretary of the United He- brew Relief Society; in 1865 was one of the organizers of the Jewish Hospital and Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites. of Philadelphia, and now is its President. One of the founders of the Society of United Hebrew Charities. Federation of Jewish Charities, Hebrew Charity Ball Associa- tion and a member of all the Jewish and
many non-Jewish charities; was one of the original members and a director of Young Men's Hebrew Association, Cen- tral Board for Organizing Charity, Phil- adelphia, and Hebrew Education Society. Finished in 1879 the only authentic census of the Jews made in this country, now found in most libraries here and in Eu- rope; on Board of Inspectors of County Prisons; is a Mason; since 1891 a Trustee of Baron Maurice De Hirsch $2.400.000 trust for relief of Russian and Roumanian Jews, and Vice President of one of its colonies in South Jersey. Married Ade- line Schoneman Sept. 14, 1864. Republi- can in politics. Address, 612 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HACKETT, Horatio Balch:
State Senator from Philadelphia; born in Lower Penn's Neck, Salem County, N. J .. Jan. 8. 1844; his family moved to Philadelphia when he was three months old; on July 25, 1861. he enlisted in Com- pany B, Eighty-first Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, and shortly afterward was transferred to Company C; served in the Peninsular campaign under General MeClellan as a private; in 1863 he re- enlisted and became a veteran when nine- teen years old; participated in the hat- tles in front of Petersburg; was promoted to Orderly Sergeant and was recommend- ed to Governor Curtin for promotion for gallantry, receiving in a short time com- missions as Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, and then Captain. He rose from a drummer boy at seventeen years to a Captain of veterans in a regiment which stands on the records as second of all Pennsylvania commands, and No. 7 of the entire Union Army in number of battles and severity of losses. After the war he served as brakeman two years and fireman three years on the Reading Railroad; was appointed letter carrier; subsequently he was night inspector in the Custom House; was Clerk in the Rog- ister of Wills' Office for several years and served as State Appraiser under General Kinsey: in 1SS7 he was elected Magis- trate, and was re-elected in 1892 and 1898: is a charter member of Post 51. G. A. R .: a member of the Military Or- der of the Loyal Legion, a Knight Tem- plar. and is a member of various other secret orders and political clubs: has been a member of the Republican Ward. City and State Committees for the past thirty years and Treasurer of the Republi-
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can City Campaign Committee for four years; was alternate delegate to the Minneapolis and Chicago Republican Con- ventions that nominated Harrison for President. and was a delegate to the St. Louis Convention that nominated Major Mckinley; was elected Register of Wills of Philadelphia County in 1898 for a term of three years; elected to the Senate in November, 1902. Address, 2217 East Cumberland St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HACKETT, William:
President of the Easton National Bank. Address, Easton, Northampton County, Pa.
HAGENMAN, Jeremiah :
Jurist; born in Phoenixville, Pa., in 1820 engaged in carly life at the Phoenix Iron Works; he broke his arm by a fall from a tree, amputation becoming necessary. This unfitting him for mechanical labor, he taught school for a period, at the same time studying law and soon gaining ad- mission to the Berks County bar; here he built up a large practice, and in 1850 was elected District Attorney; in 1853 he was re-elected, but declined to run again in 1556 on account of the demands of his private practice. As an active Democrat he was delegate to various State and National conventions, being looked upon as the head of the county organization. When the office of addi- tional Law Judge was created he was regarded as the most suitable for the position, was nominated in the conven- tion by a large majority, and was duly elected. When Judge Woodward was ele- vated to the Supreme Court in 1874, Judge Hagenman succeeded him as Pre- siding Judge, and was elected to this position in 1879. Failing to obtain the nomination in 18$9, he resumed his pri- vate practice in partnership with his son. He was also at this time made President of the Keystone National Bank. Ad- dress. Reading, Pa.
HAGENMAN, John William:
Lieutenant United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy July 21. 1863; was graduated in 1567; Sus- quehanna. North Atlantic Station, 1867- 1865: promoted to Ensign 1868: Ports- month. South Atlantic Fleet. 1869-1871: promoted to Master 1970; commissioned as Lieutenant 1871: Coast Survey 15,2- 1875; Marion. European Fleet. 1-76-1878:
Marion 1878; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, League Island, 1879-1880; nautical school ship St. Mary's 1880-1883; Marion 1885- 1SS8: retired May 3, 1889. Address, 103 South Fifth St., Reading, Pa.
HAGERTY, Rev. Andrew Neely:
Clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Pa .; born in Independence Town- ship, Washington County, Pa., of Scotch- Irish parents; prepared for college at West Alexander Academy, Pa., and Wa- terford Academy, Pa., teaching the higher mathematics in the last mentioned insti- tution; entered Lafayette College 1877. and was graduated with degree of A. B. 1881; was graduated from Allegheny U. P. Theological Seminary 1884; licensed by Presbytery of Chartiers April 8, 1SS4; began ministry that year at Hanover Junction, Daviess County, Ill .; pastor of the U. P. Church of Olathe, Kan. In July, 1887, was sent to Castroville, Cal., as missionary to begin the first Protestant church of the town; pastor of the Sec- ond U. P. Church of Kansas City, Mo .. from 1888 to 1891; now pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, Pa .. which is one of the historic Presbyterian landmarks of Pennsylvania. Married on Dec. 7, 1876, Miss Sarah J. Smith, daugh- ter of William Smith of Washington Coun- ty, Pa .; has been three times Commis- sioner to the General Assembly; was one of the first members of the Council of the Presbyterian Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip. A member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Address, Carlisle, Pa.
HAGY, J. Lawrence:
Electrical and mechanical engineer: as- sociate patent expert; tutor; Assistant Chief Draftsman of the Electric Storage Battery Company, Philadelphia; born at Boyertown. Berks County, Pa., Oct. 30. 1876; son of James Keely and Clara Hagy: educated in the public schools of Phila- delphin. and prepared for college at the Philadelphia Central Manual Training High School. Receiving a scholarship from the University of Pennsylvania, en- tered the Electrical and Mechanical En- gineering Department in 1895; was grad- nated in 1999, receiving the degree of B. S. Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Engineers' Club of Philadelphia. the Tutors' Association of the University of Pennsylvania. Ad- dress. Allegheny Ave, and Nineteenth St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
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HAIGHT, John J .:
Postmaster of Cooper Tract. Pa .; eldest son of Albert W. and Isabelle Haight; born in Richmond Township, Crawford County, June 3. 1838; educated in the public and private schools; when a boy he worked on his father's farm, and subsequently taught school and clerked in a store. In 1860 he began drilling for oil by contract. and continued to do so till he enlisted as a private in Com- pany B, 111th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; promoted First Sergeant soon after joining his company; advanced to Second Lieutenant Jan. 15. 1$63; to First Lieutenant Feb. 10, 1863; to Captain June 24, 1865. When First Lieutenant served as Assistant Inspector General of General Kane's brigade, Brigadier General Geary's Division, Twelfth Army Corps. At dif- ferent times he received appointments of trust and honor, especially in the battle of Gettysburg under Colonel Cobham and the campaign through Georgia; was wounded at the battle of Waukatchie, Tenn., Oct. 29, 1863, and at Grear's Farm. near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 21, 1864; was mustered out with his com- prny July 19, 1865. Soon after he re- su med his work as an oil operator, and has now become one of the most exten- sive oil operators in Forest County, Pa., owning at present, in the Cooper field. the Reno, Reed and Brenneman, Patter- son, and the Melvin. Walker, Shannon & Co.'s leases individually, besides the leaseholds of the greater parts of Lots 3192 and 4791, and a part of 4823. in com- pany with A. Wayne Cook. Mr. Haight served four years as Justice of the Peace at Pleasantville, Pa., and as School Di- rector and Road Commissioner for many years in Howe Township, Forest County; was elected to the Legislature of Penn- sylvania in 1892; while a representative of Forest County served on a number of important committees; is serving second term as Postmaster of Cooper Tract. On Aug. 1S, 1872, he was married to Miss Adaline Merrick of Pleasantville, Pa. Address, Cooper Tract, Pa.
HAINS, John Power:
Captain United States Army: born in Pennsylvania; appointed at large; Cadet Military Academy June 14. 1585; addi- tional Second Lieutenant First Artillery, June 12. 1889: Second Lieutenant Third Artillery, Dec. 16, 15$9; First Lientenant First Artillery, June 17, 197; transferred 10
to Third Artillery July 24, 1897; Artillery Corps Feb. 2, 1901; Captain, Feb. 28, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I.
HAINS, Peter Conover:"
Brigadier General United States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from New Jersey. Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1857; Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, Second Artillery, June 24, 1861; transferred to Engineers March 3, 1863; Captain July 18. 1863; Major Sept. 22. 1870; Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 16, 1866; Colonel Aug. 13, 1895; Brigadier General Volunteers May 27, 189S; honorably dis- charged from Volunteers Nov. 30, 1898; Brigadier General United States Army April 21, 1903; brevetted Captain May 27, 1862. for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Hanover Court House. Va .; Major July 4, 1863, for gallant and meritorious service during the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., and Lieutenant Colonel March 13. 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war. Member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Ad- dress, Isthmian Canal Commission, Cor- coran Building, Washington, D. C.
HARES, Harry:
Doctor and lawyer; born at Harpersfield, Delaware County, N. Y., June 10. 1824. Choosing medicine for his profession, he entered Castleton's Medical College in Vermont, graduating in 1846, and start- ing business as a physician at Davenport Centre. N. Y., where he practiced with success for three years. His wife dying a few months after marriage, the be- reaved husband spent the following year in New York, devoting himself to school and hospital work. He then removed to the village of Nanticoke. Luzerne County, Pa., where he practiced for three years. After a visit to Europe in 1855, where he studied medicine for a year in London and Paris, he married again and prac- ticed as a physician till 1857, when he began the study of law, a profession in which his father and brother had ac- quired a reputation. He was admitted to the Inzerne County bar in 1860 and en- tered diligently upon his new line of prac- tice. In 1864 he was elected a member of the State Legislature on the Demo- cratic ticket and served for two terms He drafted the bill for the extension of the Lehigh Valley Railroad from Wilkes- barre to Waverley, N. Y .. and also one for the collection of debts, both of which
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passed, and secured each year an appro- priation of $2,500 for the Home for Friend- less Children. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
HALDEMAN, Horace L .:
Manufacturer; born at the Haldeman homestead, Locust Grove, Conoy Town- ship, Lancaster County, Pa., Sept. 16, 1547. First Lieutenant Twentieth Penn- sylvania Cavalry, 1863; Captain, 1865; mustered out by reason of termination of the war, 1865; Acting Assistant Adjutant General on the staffs of Major General George Cadwalader, Major General D. N. Couch, and Brigadier General O. S. Ferry; connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad in New York and New England. 1867-1872; engaged in the manufacture of pig iron at Chickies, Lancaster County, Pa., 1872-1895; now actively interested in coal and iron industries in Virginia and West Virginia; bank and railroad Di- rector. At present Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence, National Guard, Pennsyl- vania; member Military Order Loyal Le- gion; Grand Army of the Republic, serv- ing as Post Commander and Aide-de- Camp on the staff of the Commander- in-Chief, United States Cavalry Associa- tion, Sons of the Revolution, Pennsyl- vania Historical Society, The Genealog- ical Society of Pennsylvania. Pennsylva- nia German Society, Lancaster County Historical Society, American Institute of Mining Engineers, Franklin Institute, and Pennsylvania Forestry Association. He is a son of Cyrus S. Haldeman, Brevet Major, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General United States Volunteers. 1862 to 1866. and descended from Jacob Halde- man, who served in the War of the Revo- lution, a German-Swiss, whose parents came to America in 1727. and who was a relative of Gen. Sir Frederick Haldi- mand, K. B., at one time Governor Gen- eral of Canada; and of Elizabeth Steman Breneman, a descendant of Melchior Breneman, a German-Swiss, who settled in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1709. Mar- ried Emma Louisa Jones. Residence, Chickies, Lancaster County. Pa.
HALE, Williams Bayard:
Clergyman, editor; born April 6, 1869. at Richmond, Ind .; was graduated from the following colleges: Boston Univer- sity, Harvard University, Episcopal Theo- olgical Seminary, Cambridge; Trinity Col- lege, Hartford. Conn .; St. Stephen's Col-
lege, Annandale, N. Y., and St. Johns Annapolis, Md., where he took his degree of A. M .; also degree of LL. D., and de- gree of S. T. D., at Hobart. In 1893 he was ordained deacon of St. Johns; also priest in 1894. From 1892 to 1899, was rector of the Church of Our Savior, Mid- dleborough, Mass. In 1899 was rector of St. Mary's, Ardmore (Phila.); was man- aging editor in 1900 of the Cosmopolitan Magazine; also in 1901 editor of the Cur- rent Literature; was special correspond- ent in 1902 for the New York World, and editor of the Philadelphia Public . Ledger in 1903 and 1904; has written various books, among which are: "The Making of the American Constitution"; "The Eternal Teacher," published in 1895 by the Oxford University Press; "The New Obedience"; "A Plea for Social Submis- sion to Christ," 1898; "Phillips Brooks. a Memorial." Address, Public Ledger,
Philadelphia.
HALL, Albert P .:
President of the Farmers' National Bank of Westchester. Address, West- chester, Chester County, Pa.
HALL, Amos H .:
Tank manufacturer; born in Norwich, Conn., July 21, 1845; educated in the Nor- wich Free Academy, leaving school in 1857 to go to work. He went to Phila- delphia in 1859. when fourteen years of age. and in 1863 became an apprentice to a paper maker. His first venture in business on his own account was in 186s. when he organized the firm of Fisher & Hall, to manufacture cedar tanks and vats. In 1875 the firm name was changed to that of the Amos H. Hall Cedar Vat and Tank Factory. The business greatly prospered until the firm became the larg- est and most complete of its kind in the United States. Mr. Hall is an active member of the Odd Fellows and Masonie Orders, having been Grand Master of the former in 1896-1597, while he is one of the few men who have received the thirty-third Masonic degree. Address, 1522 Gratz St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HALL. Francis M .:
Pastor of Presbyterian Church at Con- neautville, Pa .; born in Washington, Pa .. Dec. 23, 1864; graduated from Washing- ton and Jefferson College in 1998; entered Western Theological Seminary at Alle- gheny, Pa., same year, and graduated
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1891. Married Charlotte S. Hayes, of Washington, Pa., Feb. 9, 1892: was for three successive years President of Craw- ford County Union of Young People's So- cieties of Christian Endeavor, and unani- mously elected to the same position for a fourth year. At present Chairman of Presbyterial Committee on. Young People's Societies. Was Moderator of Erie Presbytery in 1900. Address, Con- neautville, Pa.
HALL, George W .:
Merchant and legislator; born in Phila- delphia May 18, 1829; educated in a pri- vate school; entered a wholesale hard- ware house at fourteen and remained there four years; then entered a whole- sale dry-goods house and on reaching his majority received the appointment of as- sistant coiner in the United States Mint, in which his father had been employed for many years. After some years in this service he entered the mercantile busi- ness in 1857 as a member of the house of Brown, Kunkel & Co .. dealing in woolen goods. In 1861 it became known as Kun- kel, Hall & Co. In 1969 Mr. Hall re- ti ed from mercantile life, and in that year was elected to the Common Council of Philadelphia, of which he was six years a member. In 1 75 he was elected to the House of Representatives and served his city for five terms. For three sessions he was Chairman of the Com- mittee on Appropriations. Mr. Hall,
while not engaged in business, became a very active man, being a Director in many financial institutions and a large holder of real estate. He became active also as a manager or Director of a num- ber of charitable institutions; is a promi- nent member of the Union League and a leader in the Masonic Order, being a manager of the Art Association and a Commissioner of the Sinking Fund of the Masonic Temple. Address, 1131 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HALL, Harry:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy: born in and appointed from Penn- sylvania. Cadet Engineer, Sept. 14. 1876: graduated June 10. 1\\0; Assistant En- gineer, June 10. 1882: Passed Assistant Engineer, Dec. 14, 1892; rank changed to Lieutenant, March 3. 1999: Atlanta, Sept. 25. 1900; Lieutenant Commander Septem- bor 17. 1900, Bureau of Steam Engineer- ing. Nov. 10, 1903; Inspector of Machinery at Bath Iron Works. Address, Bath, Me.
HALL, Harry Alyan:
Lawyer and author; born in Karthaus. Pa., Oet. 7, 1861; educated at Dickinson Seminary, University at - Lewisburg, St. Gregory College and Yale University; holds the degrees of A. B. and LL. B .; was admitted to the bar in June. 1881. Elected a member of the Pennsylvania Senate in 1890; appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania in 1893; reappointed in 1897 and resigned same year. Mustered into the United States service for the Span- ish-American War May 10, 1898, as Cap- tain of Company H. Sixteenth Pennsyl- vania Infantry. United States Volunteers; served as Judge Advocate General of the First Corps on the staff of Gen. Wilson: was promoted Major of his regiment for distinguished gallantry on the field at the battle of Coamo, Porto Rico. Aug. 9, 1903, and by general orders of Lieu- tenant General Miles was sent to Wash- ington to present the Spanish flags cap- tured in that action to President McKin- ley. He is Vice Commander-in-Chief of the National Association of Spanish- American War Veterans. Past Comman- der of the Pennsylvania Commandery, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish- American War and Registrar-in-Chief of the National Commandery; was delegate to Democratie Conventions of 188! and 1\88, and delegate-at-large in 1992; he is general counsel for the Austro-Hun- garian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy in the United States. Was married June 10. 1886, to Currin, daughter of the late Col. R. C. McNairy of Nashville, Ten- nnessee; has been general counsel for several railroads, and makes a specialty of railroad. corporation and international law; during his term as United States Attorney was chosen by the Inter-State Commerce Commission to try the test cases under that act. He is an author. linguist and traveller. Business address. the Frick Building, Pittsburg; residence. Ridgway, Pa.
HALL. James Knox Polk:
State Senator from Elk County; born at Milesburg, Centre County, Pa., Sept. 30. 1844; educated at Pitisburg; was ad- mitted to the bar in November, 1866; elected District Attorney of Elk County in 1867; re-elected in 1970 and 1873: re- tired from practice in 1983, and has since devoted himself to his coal, lumber, rail- road and banking interests; was elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, and re-
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elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress; was elected to the Senate in November, 1902. Address, Ridgway, Pa.
HALL, Peter Penn Gaskell:
Major United States Army; member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Second Lieutenant Twenty-sixth Penn- sylvania Infantry May 31, 1561; First Lieutenant Aug. 25, 1861; resigned and honorably discharged Feb. 16, 1863. Ma- jor and Additional Paymaster United States Volunteers Nov. 6. 1863; honorably mustered out Nov. 15, 1865. Major and Paymaster United States Army Jan. 17, 1867; retired July 2, 1891. Elected Dec. 1, 1869. Address, Philadelphia Club, Phila- delphia, Pa.
HALL, Reynold T .:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- sylvania. Assistant Engineer, April 22, 1850; Passed Assistant Engineer, Jan. 9, 1899; Chief Engineer, Feb. 7, 1898; rank changed to Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Lieutenant Commander, Jan. 11, 1900; Navy Yard, New York, Oct. 25, 1899; Olympia since Jan. 25, 1902. Address, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
HALL, Robert Calvin:
Stock broker; born at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1865. Parents born and bred in New York City; paternal grandfather was for many years a large shipping merch- ant and maternal grandfather a lawyer there. Real estate owner; interested in telephones, electric light and street rail- ways, Pittsburg. Married Frances Pear- son Clapp, daughter of Captain John M. Clapp, of Washington, D. C., Aug. 7, 1897. Republican and Independent. En- tered active mercantile business with his father after graduation from Titusville High School, 1882. and for five years thereafter. For ten years succeeding in employ of Standard Oil Company. Ad- dress, 345 Fourth Ave, Pittsburg, Pa.
HALL. Robert William:
Head of the Department of Biology. Lehigh University; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 17, 1872; educated in Euro- pean schools and old Hopkins Grammar School, of New Haven. Conn .: entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Uni- versity in 1892, and graduated in 1995. having been elected a member of the
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