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BAKER, George Fales, B. S., M. D .:
Physician: born in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 14, 1563, being the only son of the late Alfred G. and Henrietta R. F. Baker of that city; he received his preparatory education at the Classical Institute of Rev. Dr. Faires and attended the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania for eight years, from which he received his degrees. He is a
member of the Society of Mayflower De- scendants, Sons of the Revolution, Society of the War of 1812, Colonial Society, and of the Military Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. After practicing his profession for some years, he devoted some time to travel. He is a director in a number of financial institutions, inter- esting himself also in charitable and re- ligious works as manager and trustee; he is a Republican in politics, and for a num- ber of years has been President of the American Academy of Music. On Dec. 31, 1900, he married Lillie Ingham, youngest daughter of the late William Walker of Pittsburg, Pa. The country home of Dr. Baker is "Old Oaks," Rose- mont, Pennsylvania.
BAKER, Gerdon E .:
Principal of Union High School, Fish- ing Creek, Pa .; was born in Stull, Wyo- ming County, Pa., Dec. 5, 1879; was graduated from the Bloomsburg State Normal School, 1901; Principal of Orange Borough Schools, 1902-1903; Supervising Principal of Fishing Creek Township Schools during the fiscal year. Present address, Fishing Creek, Pa.
BAKER, J. Thompson:
President of Union National Bank of Lewisburg. Address, Lewisburg, Union County, Pa.
BAKER, Lewis C .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Warren County; was born in Freedom, Cattaraugus Coun- ty, New York, March 31, 1813; his parents removed to Columbus, Warren County, Pa., in 1837, where he has since resided; was raised on a farm; educated in the public schools; is now engaged in mer- cantile business; served as a member of Council and Burgess of Columnbus Bor- ough, and during four sessions of the Legislature served as an officer of the House of Representatives; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1900, and re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- dress, Columbus, Pa.
BAKEWELL, James K .:
Lawyer; was born May 31, 1857, at Pittsburg, Pa .; son of William and Jane HI. (Campbell) Bakewell; educated at the Williston Seminary; was graduated from the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia with the class of 1579; studied law with George
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Harding in Philadelphia and William Bakewell in Pittsburg; admitted to the Allegheny County bar Dec. 24, 1879; is a patent attorney; is a Republican in politics. Address Frick Building, Fitts- burg, Pa.
BALCH, Edwin Swift:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Pa .; son of Thomas and Emily Swift Baich; early education Europe; was graduated from Harvard in 1878; studied law in office of William Henry Rawle; admitted to Phila- delphia bar in 1882; exhibited landscapes in Philadelphia Academy Exhibitions of 1887-1891, and at Philadelphia Art Club; published "Glacières or Freezing Cav- erns," 1900; "Antarctica," 1302; also many papers about mountain climbing, notes of travel, ice, caves, polar explora- tion, early man, etc .; is Corresponding Member Society Ant. Alzate, Mexico; Wyoming Historical and Geological Soci- ety, Wilkes-Barre; Fellow American As- sociation Advancement of Science, Royal Geographical Society; member Franklin Institute, American Philosophical Society, American Geographical Society, Appala- chian Mountain Club, Philadelphia Club, Society of Colonial Wars, etc. Address, 1412 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BALCH George Beall:
Rear Admiral United States Navy; member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Midshipman United States Navy Dec. 30, 1837; Passed Midshipman June 29, 1843; Lieutenant Aug. 16, 1850; Com- mander July 16. 1862; Captain July 25, 1866; Commodore Aug. 13. 1872; Rear Admiral June 5, 1STS; retired Jan. 3, 1883; Address, 323 East North Ave., Baltimore, Md.
BALDWIN, L. B .:
Surgeon United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; As- sistant Surgeon May 1, 1875; Passed As- sistant Surgeon May 6. 1$79; Naval Hos- pital, Norfolk, Va .. 1875: Lehigh, 1876; Palos, Asiatic Station. 1877-1878; Naval Hospital, New York, 1579; United States Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C., 1879- 1880: United States Naval Academy, An- napolis, Md., practice ships Mayflower and Standish, 18$1; flagship Pensacola. Pacific Station, 18$1-18$4: receiving ship Wa- bash, Boston, Mass., 18$4; United States Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., 1SS5; United States Naval Hospital, Mare Isl-
and, Cal .. 1885 and 1886; Ranger, North Pacific Survey, 1868-1869; Michigan, on the lakes, 1890, to December, 1893; pro- moted to Surgeon, Sept. 22, 1891. United States Navy Yard and Hospital, Pensa- cola, Fla., December, 1893, to April. 1895; Montgomery, 1895; Cincinnati, 1895-1896; Newark, 1895; Puritan, 1897, to March 17, 1898; May 4, 1898, to Jan. 20, 1899, United States Naval Rendezvous, New York, also Interior Coast Defense System; April 14 to July 7, 1899, United States Naval Sta- tion, Key West Fla .; May 18, 1899, rank Lieutenant Commander from March 3. 1899; July 24, 1899, United States Naval Hospital, New York, for treatment; Sept. 12, 1899, Retiring Board, Washington, D. C .; Sept. 18, 1899, retired from active service and placed on the retired list. Address, 910 Fourth Ave., Louisville, Ky.
BALDWIN, Richard Jacobs:
Born in Chester County, Pa., March 1, 1853; educated in the public schools of his native county; later at Kennett Square Academy and Maplewood Insti- tute, Concordville, Delaware County, Pa. Married Sarah Worrall Temple, of Eng- lish ancestry, in 1873. During Harrison's Administration he was Postmaster at Chadd's Ford, Pa .; in 1894 he was elected to the Legislature of Pennsylvania and re- elected in 1896 and 1898; in January, 1902, filled the office of Recorder of Deeds for Delaware County, Pa., at Media; Republi- can in politics; is a descendant in the twenty-third generation of King John of England; majority of his ancestors emigrated from England in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Home address. Chadd's Ford, Pa.
BALDWIN, William Herbert:
Major United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania Cadet Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1873 (62); Auditional Second Lieutenant Fifth Cav- alry, June 15, 1877; Second Lieutenant, Seventh Cavalry, Sept. 30, 1877: Regi- mental Quartermaster April 9, 18SO, to Nov. 30, 1881: First Lieutenant of Cav- alry, Ninth Cavalry, Dec. 12, 1890, at- tacued to Seventh United States Cavalry; transferred to the Seventh Cavalry Feb. 9, 1892; at Fort Myer, Va., April 7, 1892, to Oct. 2. 1894: Quartermaster at post Aug. 11. 1892. to Sept. 30. 1894: Fort Sam Houston, Tex .. Oct. 5. 1894, to Oct. 4. 1895; Fort Grant. Ariz., Oct. 7, 1895, to Nov. 14, 1896; Quartermaster, Seventh Cavalry, Dec. 1, 1895, to Oct. 19, 1896; Captain.
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Staff, Commissary of Subsistence, Oct. 14, 1896; Assistant to Purchasing Commis- sary, Chicago, Ill., Nov. 19, 1596, to Jan. 17, 1897; Purchasing and Depot Commis- sary, San Francisco. Cal .. Feb. 1, 1897; served during the Spanish-American War as Purchasing and Depot Commis- sary, and in charge of outfitting all ships with commissary supplies for all the va- rious Philippine expeditions and all mili- tary camps in the vicinity of San Fran- cisco; Lieutenant Colonel and Clrief Com- missary of Subsistence, United States Volunteers, May 9, 1898; Major, Staff, Commissary of Subsistence, Sept. 9, 1898; Colonel and Commissary of Subsistence, by assignment, July 22, 1898, to March 2, 1899; honorably discharged from Volun- teer service, March 7. 1899. Address, Manila, P. I.
BALDY, John Montgomery:
Physician; born June 16, 1860, in Dan- ville, Pa .; in 1SS4 was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania; was Professor of Gynechology at the Philadel- phia Polyclinic; also Surgeon to Gynician Hospital, and Gynechologist at Pennsyl- vania Hospital, Consulting Surgeon to Frederick Douglass Hospital. He is au- thor of "American Text Book of Gyne- cology." Address, 1831 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BALDY, William J .:
President of Danville National Bank. Address, Danville, Montour County, Pa.
BALL, David I .:
Lawyer; born in Farmington, Warren County, Pa., June 13, 1844; educated in the public schools; in July, 1862, enlisted for the war, serving in the Independent Pennsylvania Infantry and the Inde- pendent Pennsylvania Artillery; was dis- charged June 12, 1865, the day before his twenty-first birthday; he then fin- ished his education in the Jamestown schools and taught for several terms, followed by the study of law under Hon. William D. Brown at Warren; was ad- mitted to the bar in 1875. He formed a partnership with his preceptor, under the firm name of Brown & Ball, and when Judge Brown went on the bench became partner of Hon. C. C. Thompson, after- ward Speaker of the Assembly. In his professional career Mr. Ball gained high standing in real estate law and took a prominent part in very numerous cases. A Republican in politics, he served as
Treasurer of Warren County in 1871 and 1872; was elected for successive terms to the Warren Board of Education, and for years after 1896 was President of the Board. He was strongly recommended in 1897 for Judge of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth, and in 1898 for President Judge of the Thirty-seventh Judicial District. Address, Warren, Pa.
BALL, Harrison:
President of Union National Bank of Mahanoy City. Address, Mahanoy City, Pa.
BALL, John V .:
President of First National Bank of Carnegie, Pa. Address, Carnegie, Pa.
BALL, M. A .:
Physician; born in Warren, Pa., Feb. 14, 1868; educated in Warren, Pa., and Buf- falo, N. Y., public schools; was graduated in 1889 from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; studied in Berlin and Paris one year; Resident Physician of German Hospital, Philadelphia, 1890-1891; Resi- dent Physician and Chief of Penitentiary for eastern part of State at Philadelphia or Cherry Hill. Author: "Essentials of Bacteriology." Removed to Warren, Pa., in 1898, where he is now practicing spe- ciality of eye and ear. President Warren Board of Health; is a Socialist. Address, Warren, Pa.
BALTHASER, Francis W .:
Member of Legislature; born Feb. 24, 1866, in Upper Bern Township, Berks County, near Shartlesville; educated at Bernville High School: teacher in public schools at age of seventeen: was gradu- ated from Keystone State Normal School in 18$s; was delegate to Congressional Convention which nominated Hon. Henry D. Green for Congress, and made nom- inating speech; elected to the Legislature in 1902: member of Lutheran Church. Address, Fleetwood, Pa.
BANESS. Robert Coleman:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- panion Brevet Lieut. Col. Charles H. Banes; elected May 6. 1896; first class in succession Jan. 15. 1897. Address, 2021 Spring Garden St., Piriladelphia, Pa.
BANKS, John N .:
President of Farmers' Bank of Indiana. Address, Indiana, Indiana County, Pa.
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HAAAAMISTER, Reverend Amos:
Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church; born in Manchester, England, (ct. 3. 1859; son of Amos and Catherine Pearson Bannister; General Theological Seminary, New York City, 1882; ordained deacon 1882; assistant minister in All Saints' Church, New York City, N. Y., from 1882 to 1SS3; ordained priest 1883; married Elizabeth Rench Booth of Mary- land Nov. 30, 1885; Grand Chaplain of Wyoming A. F. and A. M .. 1884-1885; rector of St. Thomas' Church, Alamosa, from 1886 to 1892; rector of St. Mary's Church. Beaver Falls. Pa., from 1893 to the present time; Bishop Whitehead's Chaplain at the Lambeth Conference in London. England, 1897. Address, Beaver Falls, Pa.
BARBER, Edwin At Lee:
Curator and Secretary of the Pennsyl- vania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia; born in Baltimore, Md., 1651; educated at West Chester, Pa .; East Hampton. Mass., and Lafayette College. Easton, Pa .; was assistant naturalist and special correspondent of the New York Herald on the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Ter- ritories in 1874-1875; Superintendent of West Philadelphia Post Office; Chairman of the United States Civil Service Ex- amining Board, 1880-1885; received de- grees of A. M., 1880; Ph. D., 1893. In 150 was married to Nellie Louise, daugh- tor of Major William H. Parker of the United States Marine Corps; member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phil- adelphia, the American Philosophical So- ciety. the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, and the Chester County, Pa., Historical Society; Corre- sponding Member of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Virginia Historical Society; Socio Corresponsal de la Socie- dad Mexicana Historia Natural; Membre Correspondent Etranger de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris; mem- ber of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution and of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania. Author: "Pot- Porcelain of tery and
the United States" (1893) ; "Anglo-American Pottery" (1900); "American Glassware, Old and New" (1901): "Tulip . Ware of the Penn- sylvania German Potters" (1903); "Marks on American Pottery and Porcelain." Ad- dress. Pennsylvania Museum, Memorial Hall. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
BARBOUR, John B., Jr .:
Treasurer of the Pittsburg Stock Ex- change; born in Pittsburg April 16, 1862; attended the public schools of the city, and was graduated from the High School in 1880. After taking a course in stenog- raphy, he entered the office of a broker, where he remained until January, 1890, when he was made manager of a large brokerage firm; was one of the organizers of the Pittsburg Stock Exchange, being its first secretary and treasurer; he also served a term as Vice President, and is now serving his fourth term as treas- urer; he is a member of the Duquesne, Monongahela, Country and Americus Clubs; he is also a Knight Templar, a thirty-second degree Mason and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. In politics he is a Republican. Address, Times Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
BARCHFELD, Andrew Jackson, M.D .:
Born in Pittsburg, May 18, 1863; he is a son of Henry and Mary (Neuenhagen) Barchfeld. He was educated in the public schools of Pittsburg and prepared for high school by a private tutor. After graduating in 1881 he took up the study of medicine, and in 1884 graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia. He at once settled in Pittsburg, and has practiced there ever since. He is a member of the Allegheny County Medical Society and of the State and National Medical Associations. Is Presi- dent of the Board of Directors South Side Hospital, and a member of its staff. He was City Physician for a number of years. He is a Republican in politics and has served several terms in the City Council. He was also Chairman of the Republican City Convention for three different times and made an unsuccessful race for Con- gress in 1902. In May, 1885, he mar- ried Miss Anna Peiffer. Dr. Barchfeld has been recently nominated by the Re- publicans for Congress. Address, 106 Eighteenth St., Pittsburg, Pa.
BARCHUS, J. L .:
President of First National Bank of Salisbury. Address, Elk Lick, Somerset County, Pa.
BARCLAY, Charles James:
Rear Admiral United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Penn- sylvania Sept. 21, 1860; Naval Academy 1×60-1863; promoted to Ensign Oct. 1.
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1863; steam sloop
Wachusett, Brazil Squadron, 1863-1864;
steam sloop Kear- sarge, European Squadron, 1865-1866; Pro- moted to Master Nov. 10, 1866; steam frigate Susquehanna, special service, 1867; commissioned as Lieutenant Feb. 21, 1867; steam frigate Minnesota, special service, 1868; commissioned as Lieutenant Com- mander March 12, 1868; steamer Michi- gan, on the lakes, 1869; Pacific Fleet 1870- 1872; Torpedo Station, 1873; commanding Saugus (ironclad), North Atlantic Sta- tion, 1874; Dictator (ironclad), North At- lantic Station, 1875-1876; commanding On- ward, 1877-1879; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1880-18S1; promoted to Commander No- vember, 1881; commanding Alert, Asiatic Station, 1883-1886; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1887, to November, 1891; Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, November, 1891, to May, 1893; commanding training ship Ports- mouth, May, 1893; commanding Mohican, Nov. 30. 1893, to May, 1895; leave of ab- scence, May 24, 1896; Inspector Ordnance, Navy Yard, Boston, July 17, 1894; pro- moted to Captain Oct. 1. 1896; command- ing Raleigh Dec. 26, 1896; commmanding Amphitrite Jan. 6, 1897, to October, 1599; Captain Navy Yard, Boston, Jan. 5, 1901 to 1903; Rear Admiral Sept. 11, 1903; com- mandant Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash- ington, June 1, 1903, present station.
BARCLAY, John:
President of Barclay Trust Company of Greensburg. Address, Greensburg, Pa.
BARE, D. M .:
President of Roaring Spring Bank. Ad- dress Roaring Spring, Blair County, Pa.
BARKER, Augustine V .:
Jurist; born in Lovell. Me .. June 20, 1849; educated at Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated as A. B. in 1872, receiving the degree of A. M. from this college in 1875; adopting the law as his profession, he became a student in the office of Judge E. W. Evans at Chi- cago. afterward pursuing his studies at Ebensburg, Pa., where he was admitted to the bar of Cambria County in IN##; in 1875 he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and in 1876 before the United States Circuit and District Courts. He practiced with great success till 1890; was appointed by Governor Beaver to fill the vacancy caused by the death of R. L. Johnston. President Judge of Cambria County Court
of Common Pleas; he was elected to this office in 1891 for the term of ten years. Address, Ebensburg, Pa.
BARKER, Eben Francis:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Forty-fourth Massachu- setts Infantry Oct. S, 1862; Corporal Nov. 16. 1862; mustered out June 18, 1863; First Lieutenant Corps d'Afrique Oct. 31, 1863; First Lieutenant Third Infantry Corps d'Afrique Feb. 15, 1864 . (changed to Seventy-fifth United States Colored Troops April 4, 1864); Captain Feb, 23, 1865; honorably mustered out Nov. 25, 1865; elected Feb. 2, 1887. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BARKER, Ellen Blackmar:
Author (Ellen Blackmar Maxwell) ; daughter of John Simmons and Rebecca M. Blackmar; born in Springfield, Pa .; educated at Edinboro, Pa .; married the Rev. Allen Maxwell in 1879; he died in 1890 at Lucknow, India. Married Capt. Albert S. Barker, of the United States Navy, in 1894; has written a number of books. among which are: "The Bishop's Conversion," "Three Old Maids in Ha- waii." "The Way of Fire." Address, care Admiral A. S. Barker, Navy Department, Washington.
BAARKER, F. G .:
President of Beaver County Trust Company. Address, Beaver County, Pa.
BARKER, George Frederick:
Professor of Physics at University of Pennsylvania 1871-1900; now Emeritus Professor; born in Charlestown, Mass., July 14. 1935: was graduated from Shef- field Scientific School, Yale, Ph. B., in 1458; LI .. D. Allegheny College in 1858; married Mary M. Treadway August, 1861. at New Haven, Conn .; expert in Edison, Berliner and other patent suits; member National Academy of Science; honorary member of Royal Institute of Great Brit- ain. Address, 3909 Locust St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
BARKER, Jesse J .:
Actuary of the Penn Mutual Life In- surance Company of Philadelphia; born in Western Pennsylvania, coming from an old Revolutionary family, of which tion. Richard Butter and Gen. William O. Butler, of Mexican War fame, were mem-
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bers and kinsmen of his father. Mr. Barker was educated at the High School of Philadelphia and at Waynesburg Col- loge, Pa .; after graduating, he studied law and was admitted to the Philadelphia har, but, preferring mathematical pur- suits, he studied the science of life in- surance under Emerson W. Peet, then Actuary of the National Life Insurance Company, and others, and subsequently was employed for some years in the actuarial department of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance, and in January, 1880, was promoted to the headship of the department; charter member of the Ac- tuarial Society of America. Address, Lo- gan Station, Philadelphia, Pa.
BARKER, Wharton:
Presidential nomince in 1900 of Anti- Fusion Populists; born at Philadelphia May 1, 1846; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1866 and received degree of A. M. from the same University in 1869. In 1863 he was com- mander of a colored company,
and helped to enlist and organize the Third United States Colored Troops; be- came a member of the banking firm of Barker Brothers & Co .; in 1878 was ap- pointed financial agent of the United States of Russian Government and was intrusted with the building of four cruis- ers for its Navy. In 1879 Alexander II. of Russia made him Knight of St. Stan- islaus; was called to Russia to advise on the development of coal mines north of ti. Azof; in 1887 obtained from China valuable railroad and telegraph and telephone concessions; founded and es- tablished the Investment Company of Philadelphia, $4,000,000 capital; also the Finance Company of Pennsylvania, $5,- 000.000 capital; in 1869 founded the Penn Monthly, and in 1880 merged it with the American, a weekly paper which he still owns and edits. Until 1896 he was a prominent Republican; since then he has bren a Populist. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society and of the Academy of National Science; is a trus- tre of the University of Pennsylvania. Address, 119 South Fourth St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
BAARLOW, Eli:
President of Citizens' National Bank of Corry. Address, Corry, Erie County, Pa.
BARNARD, Daniel Paddock:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- "ry of the Military Order of the Loyal 2
Legion; First Lieutenant 139th New York Infantry Sept. 9, 1862; Captain Oct. 18, 1863; honorably mustered out June 19, 1865; brevetted Major United States Vol- unteers "for gallant and distinguished services during the recent operations re- sulting in the fall of Richmond, Va., and the surrender of the insurgent army under Gen. Robert E. Lee"; elected May 2, 1894. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
BARNES, T .:
President of Moshannon National Bank of Philipsburg. Address, Philipsburg, Center County, Pa.
BARNES, William Henry:
Railway official; son of Henry and Ma- rilla (Medon) Barnes; was born July 12, 1829, at Philadelphia; was educated at private schools; married Eva Hampton Oct. 27, 1857, at Allegheny City, Pa. From 1848 to 1856 he served on surveys and construction of the Western Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; from 1856 to 1863 he was Assistant Superintendent, Secretary and Comptroller of Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway; was in the service of the Union Railroad and Transportation Company and Empire
Transportation Company from 1863 to 1871; in 1871 he was Director and Treas- urer of the Pennsylvania Company. He was Receiver of the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company from 1884 to 1892, and then became President of the Company under its re-organization as the Allegheny Valley Railway Company; also President of the Western New York & Pennsyl- vania Railway Company since Jan. 14, 1901; he is Director of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvania Company, Pitts- burg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, and allied corporations. Ad- dress, 1727 Spruce St .; office, 256 Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa.
BARNETT, James Elder:
State Treasurer of Pennsylvania; born at Elders Ridge, Pa., on Aug. 1, 1856; in 1SS2 he was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College and began the practice of law; was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth by Gov. Frank Reeder, and served from July 1. 1895, until Oct. 19, 1897; in 1884 he enlisted in the National Guard of Pennsylvania and was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the Tenth Regiment in 1897; he volunteered with his regiment for the
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Spanish-American War and saw active service in the Philippines. Upon the ap- pointment of Col. A. L. Hawkins as commander of the District of Cavite, F. I., Lieut. Col Barnett was, on April 14, 1899, placed in command of the regiment and acted as regimental commander until the regiment was mustered out in San Fran- cisco, Aug. 22, 1899; he succeeded Colonel Hawkins, who became incapacitated by sickness, as commander of the District at Cavite. On Aug. 24, 1899, he was nominated by the Republican State Con- vention for State Treasurer, and elected at the general election the following Au- gust. Address, 427 Fifth Ave., Pitts- burg, Pa.
BARNITZ, Albert:
Major United States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Ohio Ser- geant Company G, Second Ohio Cavalry, Aug. 22, 1861; Second Lieutenant June 1, 1862; First Lieutenant Feb. 18, 1863; Cap . tain Feb. 26, 1863; Major March 20, 1865; honorably mustered out Sept. 11, 1865; Captain Seventh Cavalry July 28, 1866; retired Dec. 15, 1870; brevetted Major March 2, 1867 for gallant and meritorious service in action at Ashland Station, Va .; Lieutenant Colonel March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Sailors' Creek, Va .; Colonel Nov. 27, 1868, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of the Washita, Indian Terri- torry, Nov. 27, 1868, in which engage- ment he was severely wounded. Address, War Department, D. C.
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