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HOLLINSHEAD, Charles S .:
Insurance President; born in New Jer- sey, Jan. 10, 1850; educated in New Jer- sey and Philadelphia; entered as a boy the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, of which his father was for many years the Secretary. From this position he entered the Day & Hollins- head Agency, and was appointed fire manager of the Union Insurance Com- pany shortly after reaching his majority. He has since then been connected with that corporation. in whose service he showed an unusual ability in the business and capacity for work, establishing agencies in nearly every State of the Union. In 1888 the company decided to give up the branch of marine insurance and devote itself solely to fire insurance, and at the meeting of the Board of Di- rectors in January, 1889, Mr. Hollings- head was unanimously elected President
of the Company, a position which he still occupies. Address, Union Insurance Com- pany, Philadelphia, Pa.
HOLLOWAY, Edward Stratton:
Artist. writer; born in Ashland, N. Y .; son of Rev. Charles Hoover and Rebecca Holloway; received academic education at private schools: studied art at Penn- sylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phila- delphia. Married, April 23, 1884, Clara Augusta Githens; he is well known as a marine and landscape painter and decora- tive designer, particularly of book covers and decorations, book plates, etc .; also writer of fiction; has been since 1890 art adviser to J. B. Lippincott Company; contributor to literary periodicals. Mem- ber of the Colonial Society of Pennsyl- vania (ex-treasurer). Address, 250 North Twentieth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HOLMAN, Samuel:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Thirteenth New York In- fantry, Oct. 16, 1861; mustered out, May 13, 1863; medical cadet United States Army, March 8, 1864; discharged to ac- cept promotion, June 27, 1864; Acting Assistant Surgeon (Master) United States Navy, June 22, 1864; honorably discharged, Oct. 2, 1865; elected Feb. 6, 1895. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
HOLMES, Charles:
President of the Republic National Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
HOLMES, Richard Sill:
Clergyman Presbterian Church; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 6. 1842; was grad- uated from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1862: Auburn Theological Seminary, 1868; A. M., 1865; D. D., 1890; LL. D., 1900, Middlebury. Ordained to the minis- try Nov. 1, 1887; pastor, Warren, Pa .. and Shadyside Presbyterian
Church. Pittsburg. Member Chi Psi and Phi Beta Kappa: member and chaplain Penn- sylvania Society Sons American Revolu- tion. At present editor of The West- minster and President of the Holmes Press. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
HOLMES. William B .:
Merchant: born in Binghamton, N. Y., April 17. 1\37. of New England ancestry; educated at Binghamton High School and
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other institutions; is still a great student. Made a thorough study of the mercantile business, and started his business career in Honesdale in 1863. Director of the Wayne County Savings Bank; a leader in the Presbyterian church; has been con- nected with Sabbath school work as
teacher and Superintendent for many years. Address, Honesdale, Pa.
HOLT, George Raymond:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- shipman) United States Navy, Oct. 16, 1861; Second Assistant Engineer (Mas- ter), Aug. 3, 1863; resigned and honora- bly discharged, May 4, 1869; elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address, 478 North Fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HOMER, Arthur Patch:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Acting Ensign Arthur B. Homer; elected May 5, 1897. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
HOMSHER, John G .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lancaster County. born in East Lampeter Township, Lan- caster County, Pa., July 1, 1859; in 186; he removed with his parents to Stras- burg, Lancaster County, where he has since resided; educated in the public schools and at Millersville State Normal School. Taught in the public schools for a time; studied law and became a surveyor and conveyancer. He is pub- lisher of the Justice of Peace, a law jour- nal of Justices of the Peace and Alder- men; was a delegate to the Republican State Conventions in 1897 and 1898; was serving his sixteenth year as Justice of the Peace when he resigned at the time of his election to the House of Represen- tatives, in 1900; re-elected to the House in November, 1902. Address, Strasburg, Pa.
HOOD. Charles Crook:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in Somerset. Ohio. Aug. 2S, 1841; educated in public schools of Somerset. Served in Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry as private, Corporal and Ser-
geant, Aug. 20, 1861, to Feb. 3, 1864; First Lieutenant same, Feb. 3, 1864; Captain, Oct. 26, 1864; honorably mustered out of Volunteer service. July 20. 1865. Wound- ed in skirmish with Rodney's Cavalry, April, 1863, and at battle of Chicka- mauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Captain For- ty-first United States Infantry, July 28, 1866; Major Seventh Infantry, July 4, 1892; Lieutenant Colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Jan. 28, 1897; Colonel Sixteenth Infantry, May 5, 1899; Brigadier Gen- eral United States Army, Oct. 18, 1902; retired Nov. 25, 1902, after forty years service; served four years in Porto Rico and the Philippines. Address, 2115 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HOOD, Solomon Porter, D. D .:
Clergyman; born in Lancaster City, Pa., July 30, 1853; educated in common schools; was graduated from Lincoln Uni- versity in 1873, and for four years taught in Middletown Pa., being the first colored teacher of that town; he graduated in 1880 from Lincoln University Theological Seminary and became assistant pastor to Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, D. D .. New York city. He was the only negro representative that delivered an address at the great Pan-Presbyterian Council, held at the Academy of Music in Phila- delphia in 1880. In 1884 he established the Beaufort Normal and Industrial Academy, Beaufort, S. C., and was its principal until 18SS. when he entered the Methodist ministry; in 1889 he went to Hayti as attaché of the United States Legation; as such during the revolution under Legitime he was sent to the com- manding officer of the attacking army with a message of peace when Port au Prince was besieged, and saved the city from being bombarded. He is assistant to the editor of the Christian Recorder, the oldest negro journal in the country, and a contributor to magazines. He is now pastor at Frankford. Philadelphia. Address, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
HOOPES, Johiah:
Botanist; born in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 9. 1832; was educated in the public schools and Friends' Central High School, Philadelphia. Founder of the Maple Ave- nue Nurseries, in 1853, now Hoopes, Brother & Thomas. Member of Acad- emy of Natural Sciences. Philadel- phia, since 1866; was one of the founders and was President of the Horticultural
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Society of Pennsylvania, 1869-1879; Trus- tee of West Chester State Normal School for thirteen years. Author of "Book of Evergreens." 1868, and many botanical and horticultural papers. Address. West Chester, Pa.
HOOTON, Mott:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsyl- vania; First Sergeant, June 4, 1861; Sec- ond Lieutenant, June 11, 1861; Captain, Oct. 16, 1861; brevetted Major Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritor- ious services in the Wilderness campaign; honorably mustered out, June 13, 1Sb4; Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant Thirteenth Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866; trans- ferred to Thirty-first Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866; transferred to Twenty-second In- fantry. May 15, 1869: Captain, Aug. 5, 1872; Major Twenty-fifth Infantry, May 1, 1896; Lieutenant Colonel Fifth Infall- try, Oct. 4, 1898; Colonel Twenty-eighth Infantry, Feb. 2. 1901; Brigadier General. April 15, 1902; brevetted Major. Feb. 27, 1890, for gallant services in action against Indians at Spring Creek. Mont .. Oct. 15 and 16, 1876; retired, April 16, 1902. Aa- dress. South Bethlehem, Pa.
HOPKINS, Albert Cole:
Merchant and Congressman; born in Villenovia. N. Y .. Sept. 15, 1837: edu- cated in Forestville and at the West- field Academy and the Alfred Uni- versity. New York. graduating in 1856. Entering the mercantile business as an employe. he removed to Troy, Pa., in 1862. and engaged in business with G. D. Long, under the firm name of Long & Hopkins. In 1867 failing health in- duced him to remove to Lock Haven, Where he engaged in a small way in the lumbering business; his business rapidly increased until he has become one of the largest manufacturers of lumber in Penn- sylvania; the firm in which he is senior partner does a very extensive business in the woodland district of Clinton, Cam- bria, Clearfield and Jefferson Counties. He has also large interests in Michigan and Pacific coast lumber, and is largely engaged in the cattle trade in Kansas. In 1890 he was elected to Congress as Republican Representative of the Six- teenth Pennsylvania District, and was re- elected in 1822; he served four years on the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ad- dress, Lock Haven, Pa. .
HOPKINS, L. J .:
Merchant: son of Robert Jamieson and Margaret Thompson Hopkins; born in Indiana County. Pa., in 1855; reared
on his father's farm and educated in the public schools near his home. From is78 to 1880 he filled the posi- tion of salesman in a wholesale gro- cery nouse in Kansas City, Mo .; he then returned to Pennsylvania and entered the employ of Holeman & Hopkins, mer- chants, at Tionesta; in 1883 he became a partner in the firm; iu 1897 became sole owner of the large establishment. In addition to his mercantile business he has extensive interests in the production o oil in Venango County, Pa., and in West Virginia. In September, 1885, was mar- ried to Miss Marie Jackson of Tionesta. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
HOPKINS, William :
Captain United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed at large; First Lieutenant, July 1, 1899; Captain, March 3. 1903; special duty, North Atlantic Fleet, Dec. 28, 1903, to January, 1904; Na- val Station, Guantanamo, Cuba. since January, 1904. Address, Guantanamo, Cuba.
HOPPER, Frank P .:
Superintendent of Schools of Luzerne County, Pa .; born Oct. 30, 1858. in Ly- coming County, Pa .; his parents moved to Luzerne County, where he was edu- cated in the public schools. After teach- ing for a number of years he attended the Bloomsburg State Normal School. graduating in the class of 1SS4; he then followed teaching until 1899, when h was elected Superintendent of Luzerne County, and was re-elected in 1902. Ad- dress. Wilkesbarre. Pa.
HOPPER, Harry Shelmire:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia June 13, 1858; son of Professor Zephaniah Hop- per, a prominent educator. His ancest- ors were English and came to America in the seventeenth century. Married. Dec. 5, 18SS, Laura Annie Fetter, ot Philadelphia; was graduated from the Central High School of Philadelphia, A. B., 1875, and A. M. 1880; also from the Law School of the University of Penn- sylvania. LL. B., 1878; admitted to the bar in 1879 and has been in continuous practico in the State Courts and United States Courts: has given special atten- tion to corporation, mercantile, real es-
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tate, bankruptcy and trust estate law. Historian of the Associated Alumni of the Central High School of Philadelphia and Treasurer of the Society of the Alumni of the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania. Republican. Has made extensive genealogical and his- torical researches, and is a contributor to legal periodicals and to genealogical, historical and educational magazines. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
HORD, Arnold Harris:
Clergyman; born Oct. 13, 1867, in Woodford County, Ky .; son of Williani Taliaferro Hord, Medical Director United States Navy; was graduated from Col- umbian University, Washington, D. C., and the Philadelphia Divinity School; ordained deacon in the Protestant Epis- copal Church, May 24, 1891; priest, June 12, 1892: curate at Christ Church, Ger- mantown, Philadelphia, 1891-1892; senior curate at St. James's Church, Philadel- phia, 1892-1894; rector Emmanuel Church, Holmesburg, Philadelphia, 1894- 1901; rector of St. Michael's Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, since Jan. 1, 1901. He is one of the triers of the dio- cese of Pennsylvania, a Trustee of the Society for the Advancement of Christi- anity in Pennsylvania: member of the Virginia Historical Society. Companion of the first class by inheritance of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Chap- lain of the Society of the War of 1812 in Pennsylvania; member of the Society of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the Revolution. Author of the "Genealogy of the Hord Family" and "Thomas Hord, Gentleman." Married Annie Robb Firth, Oct. 1, 1903. Address, 244 High St., Germantown, Philadelphia.
HORN, David Wilbur:
Associate in Chemistry in Bryn Mawr College; born May 7, 1877, at Carlisle, Pa .; graduated from Dickinson College in 1897; degree of M. A. received from same in 1898; graduate student in chem- istry at Johns Hopkins University, 1897- 1900; University Scholar in Chemistry. 1899-1900; Ph. D. in chemistry June, 1900; Assistant in Analytical Chemistry in same institution, 1900-1901. Elected to faculty of Bryn Mawr College, 1901. Married. Sept. 22, 1903, Lois Anna Farnham. of Richmond, Ind. Member of Phi Kappa Psi. Phi Beta Kappa, German Chemical Society, and American Chemical Society. Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
HORNE. Durbin:
Merchant; head of the sales and ad- vertising departments of Jos. H. Horne Co., Pittsburg; son of the late Jos. Horne, founder of the great dry goods house of that name; attended the public school, then Newell Institute; in 1876 was graduated from Yale. Returning home, he accepted minor CƠ position in his
father's store. In 1882 he was admitted to the firm. His success is shown by the firm's present large business. Is also connected with different financial insti- tutions. Address, Fifth St. and Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
HORN, Edward Traill, D. D .:
Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Pa. since 1897; born at Easton, Pa., June 10, 1850. (Father, Melchior H.) Educated at the Allentown Acad- emy. Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, 1872-1876; pastor at Chestnut Hill, Phila- delphia; 1876-1897 pastor at Charleston, S. C. Author: "The Christian Year." 1876; "Outlines of Liturgics," 1890; "The Evangelical Pastor," 1887, "Commentary on Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians and Philemon." 1896. Translator of Loehe's Catechism; besides many articles in cyclopædias and reviews. Address, Reading, Pa.
HORNE. Samuel Belton:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Private Second Connecti- cut Infantry, April 22. 1861; mustered out Aug. 7, 1861. Private Eleventh Con- necticut Infantry. Oct. 10, 1861; Sergeant. Dec. 3, 1861; First Sergeant, Sept. 18, 1862; discharged for promotion Aug. 8. 1863. Second Lieutenant Eleventh Con- necticut Infantry, Aug. 9, 1863; First Lieutenant, April 9, 1864; Capt. Sept. 26. 1864; honorably mustered out Nov. 17. 1864. Awarded the medal of honor ull- der resolution of Congress "for, at Fort Harrison, Va., Sept. 29, 1864, this officer. then serving as a First Lieutenant of Eleventh Conecticut Volunteers, and act- ing as Aide-de-camp to General Ord. while carrying an important message on the field was wounded and his horse killed; but notwithstanding his severe wounds and suffering he continued on his way, delivered the order, and then joined his General, but had to be taken to the rear on account of injuries re- ceived. Elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address,
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care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HORNBERGER, H. O .:
President of the Hazle wood Bank. Au- dress, Pittsburg, Pa.
HORNER, William Macpherson :
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet Lieut. Col. Caleb W. Horner. Elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
HORTON, Samuel Miller:
Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; born in and appointed from Penn- sylvania. Assistant Surgeon Aug. 26, 1861; Major Surgeon June 26, 1876; Lieu- tenant Colonel, Deputy Surgeon General, Dec. 4, 1893; brevetted Captain and Ma- jor March 13, 1565. for faithful and meri- torious service during the war; retired June 6, 1894. Address, 93 Pelham St., Newport, R. I.
HORWITZ, Phineas Jonathan:
Medical Director United States Navy; member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Assistant Surgeon United States Navy Nov. S. 1547; Surgeon (Lieutenant Commander) April 19, 1861; Medical In- spector (Commander) March 3, 1871; Med- ical Director (Captain) Dec. 19, 1873; re- tired March 3, 1884. Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Commodore) July 11, 1865, to July 1, 1869. Elected Feb. 19, 1866. Senior Vice Commmander of the Commandery May 7. 1884-1885. Address, 1919 Walut St., Philadelphia.
HOSACK, George Mechlin:
Lawyer; born in Dayton, Armstrong County, Pa., Oet. 7. 1866, and is of Scotch-Irish ancestry; was educated in the public schools and graduated from the Connellsville High School in 1886. In 1887, entered the literary department of the University of Michigan, and devoted his time to special study of economies in the School of History and Political Science; entered the law department in 1889; graduated as Bachelor of Laws in 1891, and admitted to practice in the Circuit and Supreme Courts of Michigan. Returning to Fayette County, Pa., he read law with Hon. S. Leslie Mestrezat. now Justice of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania; 1892, admitted to the Fay- ette County bar. After practicing a. Uniontown for one year he removed to, Pittsburg, where he was admitted to the Allegheny County bar, to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the United States District and Circuit Courts. H served two years as Secretary of the Fayette County Republican Committee: was a member of the House of Repre- sentatives, sessions 1897, 1899 and 1901. During his time in the Legislature he was a member of the Committee on Corporations, and served as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. He devotes his attention principally to the practice of corporation law and has made a special study of the subject of corporation taxation. Member of Union, University, Americus and Tariff Clubs. and of Harrisburg Club. Is a Mason. being member of Crescent Lodge No. 576. F. and A. M .; Tanered Commandery No. 4S. Knights Templar, and of the Mystic Shrine. In 1893 married Della C. Clark. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Clark, of Connellsville; they have two children. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
HOSACK, John F .:
President of the Bridgeville Trust Company. Address, Bridgeville, Alle-
gheny County, Pa.
HOSKINS, William H .:
Veterinarian; born in Delaware Coun- ty, Pa., July 23, 1860; was graduated from the American Veterinary College in 1SS1; since then has been actively en- gaged in the practice of his profession. He served the American Veterinary Med- ical Association as Secretary, 1889-1893. and as President 1893-1896, and is ex- President of the Pennsylvania State Vet- erinary Medical Association, and the Keystone Veterinary Medical Associa- tion, and also of the Pennsylvania State Board of Veterinary Examiners, of which he is now Secretary. He is in- structor in Veterinary Jurisprudence. Ethics and business methods at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hoskins has been editor of the Journal of Com- parative Medicine and Veterinary Arch- ives since 1995. In the political field he has been vice-chairman of the Demo- eratie City Committee since 1998, and was Democratie candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia in 1899. Address, 3314
Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
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HOSKINSON, William P .:
President of the Citizens' National Bank of Waynesburg. Address, Waynes- burg, Green County, Pa.
HOTCHKISS, S. B .:
Physician; born May 25, 1840; Cussowa- go Township, Crawford County, Pa .; edu- cated in public schools of Edinboro, State Normal School, Allegheny College, Pa .; Bellevue Medical College, New York. Is a practicing physician; married Jane Em- ma Hatch, of Plumer, Venango County, Pa., Jan. 1, 1881. Has acted as trustee for the State in the interest of the East- ern State Normal School for many years, and was President of the Edinboro Say- ings Bank until his health failed. He also owned and operated large milling inter- ests and had a drugstore in his home vil- lage. A life long Republican. Address, Edinboro, Erie County, Pa.
HOTCHKIN, The Rev. Samuel Fitch:
Clergyman, author; born in Sauquoit, N. Y., April 2, 1883; son of the Rev. Dr. Beriah Bishop and Elizabeth Alice Hotchkin; graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. (A. M.) and General Theological Seminary, New York. Mar- ried 1869; first, Sarah Sully, daughter of John Neagle, artist; second, Helen Nich- olson, daughter of the Rev. Edmun and Helen Lispenard Roberts. Ordained 1860; rector of the Church of the Ascen- sion, Claymont, Del., and Calvary and Grace churches. Brandywine Hundred, Del .; rector of Trinity Church, Red Bank, and St. John's Chapel, Little Sil- ver, N. J .; now rector of the Church of St. Luke, the Beloved Physician, Bustle- ton, Philadelphia, and St. Andrews in the Fields Chapel, Somerton. Philadel- phia; also Registrar of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. Author of "Ancient and Modern Germantown," "Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill." 1>89; "Gazeteer of Penn- sylvania," 1887; "The York Road, Old and New," "The Chase and Bustleton." 1892: "Early Clergy of Pennsylvania and Delaware," 1890; "The Bristol Pike." 1893; "The Mornings of the Bible," 1993; "Dark Care Lightened," 1893; "The Un- seen Christ," 1836; "Rural Pennsylvania," 1897; "The Living Saviour," 1898; "A Splendid Inheritance," 1898; "Penn's Greene Country Towne," 1903. Address, Bustleton, Philadelphia, Pa.
HOTTENSTEIN, Edward, M. D .:
Born in Maxatawny Township. Berks County, Pa., Oct. 1, 1831; descended from
one of the oldest families in Pennsyl- vania, whose origin is traced back to A. D. 380, when Count Riedbold Von Hottenstein was a Frankish Knight in Germany. Dr. Hottenstein was educated in the township schools and then at- tended Freeland Seminary, Collegeville; commenced studying medicine in Har- leysville, Montgomery County, Pa., and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1853; practiced medicine at the old homestead in Mexatawny Town- ship until 1870, when he located in Kutz- town, Pa., where he has since practiced his profession. Dr. Holtenstein has served in the Borough Council of Kutz- town, and was President of the Board of School Directors for a number of years. He is a member of the Medical Society of Berks County and of the State Medical Society. He was married on Sept. 18, 1855, to Miss Sarah Ann Knabb, of Oley Township. Berks County, Pa., and the couple had nine children. Two of his sons became physicians. Dr. Hol- tenstein is a grandson of Dr. David Hol- tenstein, a pioneer physician of Berks County. Address, Kutztown, Pa.
HOUCK. Henry:
Deputy State Superintendent; was born in Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pa., March 6, 1836; educated in public and private. schools; studied Latin and Greek unde: the private tutorship of Rev. Charles A. Wedekin. D. D .; degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by Franklin ane Marshall College, and also the degree of Litt. D. by the Pennsylvania College: taught school in 1852, and has been in educational work ever since. In 1859 appointed Superintendent of Lebanon County; 1867 Hon. J. P. Wickersham, State Superintendent, offered Mr. Houck a position in the department, which he accepted; 1869 appointed Deputy State Superintendent, which position he has filled ever since; in 1$72 President of the State Teachers' Association; 1903, teachers and educators of the State pre- sented him with a purse of fifteen hun- dred dollars to be expended for a trip to the Holy Land, and places of interest in Europe, Asia and Africa. Address. Harrisburg, Pa.
HOUCK, John D .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Pike County; was born in Philadelphia, Sept. 28, 1812; ir 1847 he removed with his parents to
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Monroe County, and in 1855 he removed to Laanna, Pike County, Pa., where ho now resides; educated in the common schools and spent one term at the Wyo- for the Government; after the war he worked for his father in the lumber business and manufacturing tent poles for the Government; after the war he became associated with his father and brother in the manufacture of umbrella and parasol handles, also wooden toys and general merchandise, in which busi- ness he is still engaged; was Town Au. ditor and served as School Director for fifteen years; in 1891 was elected Asso- ciate Judge of Pike County, and re- elected in 1896; was a delegate to the State convention of 1898; elected to th. House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Laanna, Pa.
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