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HOUCK, Thomas R .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House o Representatives from Berks County; was born in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, Pa., Nov. 21, 1870; educated in the common schools, and was graduated from the Keystone State Normal School. Kutztown, in 1893; taught in the public schools for eight years, and for three years was principal of high school; was instructor at Perkiomen Seminary during the spring term of 1897; raised on a farm and has always been identified with everything pertaining to the best inter- ests of the farmer and laboring man; is at present Secretary of the Colebrook- dale Branch Milk Shippers' Union; since he left the profession of teaching has been associated in the implement and buggy business at New Berlinville, under the firm name of Houck & Henry; has always been an active Democrat; elected to the House of Representatives in No- vember, 1902. Address, New Berlinville, Fa.
HOUGH, Alfred Lacey:
Colonel United States Army; member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Lo- gion. Sergeant Seventeenth Pennsyl. vania Infantry April 18, 1861; discharged for promotion June 29, 1861. Captain Nineteenth United States Infantry May 14, 1861; transferred to Twenty-eighth Infantry Sept. 21. 1866: unassigned March 31, 1869: assigned to Thirteenth Infantry April 16, 1870; Major Twenty-second In- fantry Feb. 18, 1574; Lieutenant Colonel Sixteenth Infantry Feb. 20, 1882; Colonel
Ninth Infantry Aug. 21, 1888; retired April 23, 1890. Brevetted Major United States Army Sept. 20, 1863, "for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga. Ga .; " Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865, "for faithful services in connection with the muster of troops;" Colonel March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." Elected Nov. 1, 1865; transferred to Com- mandery of New York Jan. 5, 1891; trans- ferred to Commandery of Pennsylvania May 2, 1894. Address, Princeton, N. J.
HOUGH, Robert H .:
Instructor in physics, University of Pennsylvania; born in Cincinnati, Nov. 24, 1869; graduate of Woodward High School of that city; degrees of A. B., B. S. and A. M. from University of Nash- ville, Tenn., 1892; graduate student Uni- versity of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania; instructor at University of Nashville, Vanderbilt University, Purdue University. Columbia University, and now at Pennsylvania. Address. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
HOUGHTON, Charles Woodman:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Ninety-first Pennsylvania In- fantry Nov. 4, 1861; discharged for pro- motion Sept. 11, 1862; Major and Sur- geon 124th Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 12. 1862; honorably mustered out May 17, 1863; Major and Surgeon 214th Penn- sylvania Infantry March 21, 1865; honor- ably mustered out March 21, 1866. Elect- ed May 3, 1882. Address, 1528 North 7th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HOUSTON, Edwin J., A. M .. Ph. D .:
Born at Alexandria, Va., July 9, 1844; received degrees A. M., Ph. D., at Prince- ton; Chief Electrician of the International Electrical Exhibition, 1884; member ( Harvard) of the Conference on Geog- raphy to Consider Methods of Teaching; a presiding officer of Chicago Interna- tional Electrical Congress of 1893; one of the inventors of the Thomson-Houston system of electric lighting: President of American Institute of Electrical Engi- neers; Professor of Physics in the Frank- lin Institute of Pennsylvania: Professor of Natural Philosophy and Physical Geography in the Central High School of Philadelphia; ex-Chairman of Library Committee of American Philosophical So-
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ciety and of Committee on Publication of Franklin Institute; President of the Athletic Club of the Schuylkill Navy; Vice President of Electrical Section 01 Franklin Institute and of Educational Club of Philadelphia; member of Board of Franklin Institute and of Kensington Hospital; ex-President of Midnight Mis- sion. Author of "Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases," "Elements of Physical Geography," "Outlines of Forestry," "Electricity and Magnetism,' "Electrical Measurements." "Electrical Transmission of Intelligence," "Elements of Natural Philosophy," "Elements o. Chemistry," "Easy Lessons in Natura. Philosophy," "Easy Lessons in Chemis- try," "Intermediate Lessons in Natural Phlosophy," "Electric Furnaces," "The Telephone," "Electricity One Hundred Years Ago and To-day" (in press),
"Primers of Electricity," "Primers of Forestry," and numerous scientific mono- graphs and some thirty or forty other books. Member of American Philosophical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Franklin Institute of Penn- sylvania Société Internationale des Elec- tricitens, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Appalachian Mountain Club, Electrical Club of New York, Edu- cational Club of Philadelphia. Honorary member American Electro-Therapeutica: Society. Pennsylvania Forestry Associa- tion. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
HOUSTON, Edwin Samuel:
Rear Admiral United States Navy; was born in Pennsylvania; appointed as Act- ing Midshipman at Naval Academy, April 18, 1862; was graduated 1865; Lacka- wanna, Pacific Fleet, 1866-1869; pro- moted to Ensign Dec. 1, 1866; promoted to Master March 12, 1868; Lieutenant March 29, 1869; Severn, flagship North Atlantic Fleet, 1869-1871; Lancaster, South Atlantic Station, 1872-1874; Naval Ren- dezvous, San Francisco, 1875-1876; nau- tical schoolship Jamestown 1876-1877: Hartford, South Atlantic Station. 1877- 1879; Navy Yard, Washington, 1879-1881; Lieutenant Commander March, 1SS1: Richmond, Asiatic Station, 1SS1-1884: Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1885-1886; Trenton
1886-1887: Lancaster, South Atlantic Sta- tion, 1887-1889; Minnesota. 18$9 to Octo- ber, 1891; promoted to Commander Sept. 27, 1891; commanding receiving ship Dale March, 1892-1891; commanding Machias. September, 1894-1896; Captain of Navy Yard. League Island, December, 1696, to
May, 1898. Promoted Captain March 3, 1899; commanding United States Gun- nery training ship Amphitrite from Oct. 2, 1899 to 1902. Retired June 2, 1902. Address, care Navy Department, Wash- ington, D. C.
HOUSTON. Howard H .:
Mayor of Chester, Pa .; was born at Christiana, Lancaster County, Pa., Feb. 16, 1861; educated at public schools in his native place, Hamberg-Seiter Acad- emy, Greensboro, N. C .; Chester Acad- emy and State Normal School, West Chester, Pa. In 18$1 entered office of Chester Rolling Mills and learned every branch of the industry. In 1892 formed a coportnership (iron, coal and coke bus- iness) with C. B. Houston & Co., of which he is now senior member. Ac- tively engaged in mining and operating coal deposits in West Virginia and Po- cahontas fields. He is Vice President of the Houston Coke and Coal Company, Director of Chester National Bank, Cam- bridge Trust Company, Chester Hospital. Chester Free Library, and is officially connected with several corporations in West Virginia. Republican in politics. In 1897 was elected to Council of old South Chester Borough: 1898-1903 Coun- cilman from Eleventh Ward. Since 1903 Mayor of Chester. Member of Penn Club and Springhaven Golf Club. Oct. 4, 1888, he married Nellie Matlack, of Negaune, Mich. Address, Chester, Pa.
HOUSTON, William Churchill:
Railway and Bank President: born in Philadelphia. Nov. 26, 1850; educated at the University of Pennsylvania, which he left without graduating to enter a wool commission house in Philadelphia in which his father was a special partner. He subsequently engaged in this business on his own account, and remained in it for several years, during which he be- came interested in Southern cotton man- ufacturing enterprises and in banks and railways. He gave up his business as a merchant about 1887 to devote himself entirely to these external interests. His business connections have included that of President of the Produce National Bank of Philadelphia, and of the Lynch- burg and Durham Railroad; Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Construction Com- pany. and various others, and he is now President of the Hope Mills Company of North Carolina and a Director of the International and Mortgage Bank of
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Mexico. He belongs to numerous clubs and societies, and is warmly interested in sports, especially cricket and golf. Ad- dress, 122 West Chester Ave., Philadel- phia, Pa.
HOUSTON, W. B .:
President of the First National Bank of Houston. Address, Houston, Wash- ington County, Pa.
HOVELL, Alfred D., M. D .:
Born September 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa .; educated under private instructors and in the public schools and Philadel- phia Central High School; entered the law office of Thos. J. Barger; followed law and conveyancing until 1867. He matriculated in medicine and graduated in 1870, and embarked in the drug and chemical business; became a student at the Pennsylvania School of Pharmacy, graduating in 1876. After several years in drug business, for a time associated with Dr. Geo. B. Armbuster; is now in the thirty-fourth year of his practice. Address, 1252 Sartin St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HOVEY, John Gorham:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant Thir- teenth Massachusets Infantry July 16, 1861; Captain Feb. 1, 1862; resigned and honorably discharged Jan. 7, 1864. Elect- ed Nov. 5, 1SS4. Address, Radnor, Pa.
HOWARD, Josiah:
President of C. B. Howard Company, manufacturers of lumber; born in Will- iamsport, Pa., Jan. 3, 1861; son of Charles B. and Lucetta Morris Howard. Mar- ried to Laura Ann Bisel June 17, 1886. Admitted to partnership in the lumber business with his father in 1SS7: elected Burgess of Emporium, Pa., in 1903. Member of Republican Party. Elected Vice President of the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association in 1903. Ad- dress, Emporium, Pa.
HOWE. William Thomas:
Secretary and Treasurer of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Pittsburg; was born in North Bloomfield. Ohio, May 29, 1854; son of William H. and Melvina (Flower) Howe; he comes of a famous New England family, many of whom dis- tinguished themselves in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. After
getting a fair education William T. Howe, when sixteen years of age, began to work in a hardware store in Corry. Pa. Three years later he entered the employ of the Oil Creek and Allegheny River Railroad as a messenger. In eight years he rose from a messengership to the post of Auditor and General Passen- ger Agent of the road, which was known as the Pittsburg, Titusville and Buffalo Railroad Company. In 1881 he began to work for the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Pittsburg as a bookkeeper. The following year he was made As- sistant Secretary and Treasurer, and in May, 1888, he was promoted to his pres- ent position. He was married May 11. 1886, to Ida E. Faber, of Pittsburg. In politics he is a Republican; he is a char- ter member of Nelson P. Reed Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics. He is also a member of the Presbyterian Church. Address, Bayard Street and Morewood Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
HOWELL, Franklin Davenport:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. First Lieutenant Seventeenth United States Infantry May 14, 1861: re- signed and honorably discharged April 27. 1863. Elected Aug. 29, 1866. Registrar of the Commandery May 5, 1880-1852. and May 2, 1883-18SS. Address, 1924 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HOWELL. Franklin Davenport, Jr .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion First Lieut. Frank D. Howell. Elected Feb. 10.
1897. Address, 1924 Chestnut St .. Philadelphia. Pa.
HOWELL, George:
Congressman (Democrat) of Scranton: born June 28, 1859, in the city of Seran- ton: his father. John Howell. was a soldier in the Civil War, and died in a hospital in 1864; his mother's maiden name was Ann Evans; father and mother were born in Wales. He received his education in the public schools, Penning- ton Seminary. Newton Collegiate Insti- tute, Lafayette College, and the Illinois State Normal University: after receiving his diploma from the Illinois State Nor- mal University he taught school fourteen years in Illinois, New Jersey, and Penn- sylvania, and served seven years as sul-
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perintendent of the public schools of the city of Scranton. In 1892 he married Miss Elizabeth G. Harris, and in the same year was admitted to the bar of Lackawanna County, and is now a member of the law firm of Balentine & Howell; was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Scranton, Pa.
HOWELL, Richard Lewis:
Member of the Pennsylvania Commend- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Compan - ion Capt. Richard S. Howell. Elected Nov. 10, 1SSO. First class in succession Oct. 11, 1893. Address, care of Record- er of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HOWER, David L .:
County Superintendent; born in An- thony Township, Lycoming County, Pa., Dec. 6, 1861; educated at the Lycoming County Normal School, at Muncy, Pa., where he was graduated in 1884. Taught school in the rural districts for a number of years (four terms at the Muncy Nor- mal School), and worked his own way through Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., graduating in 1892. In September, 1892, he moved to Honesdale, where he acted as assistant principal until 1896, when he was elected County Superintendent of Schools; has been twice re-elected to the Superintendency. He has instituted sev- eral educational features, among which are the organization of a County Direc- tors' Association, establishing seven town- ship high schools, conducted district in- stitutes, raised the standard of the teach- ers' profession, adopted a uniform course of study with uniform examinations twice. a year, issued common school diplomas to deserving pupils, and was instrumental in starting over one hundred rural school libraries with nearly 6,000 volumes. Mr. Hower is a member of the Presbyterian church, is an active worker in the Sab- bath school, and a member of the I. O. O. F., and a Royal Arch Mason. Address, Honesdale, Pa.
HOWER, Henry S .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lycoming County; born in Anthony Township, Lycoming County, Pa .; educated in the common schools: has been engaged in farming and the lumbering business nearly all his life: has always taken an active interest
in politics: was elected County Auditor in 1896; served on the Democratic State and County Committees; is a member of the Young Men's Democratic Club; elect- ed to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Linden, Pa.
HOY, John A. F .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Clarion County; born in New Bethlehem, Clarion County, Pa., Dec. 23, 1864; educated in public schools: worked in sawmills, planing mills. flour mills and at various other kinds of labor. and at the same time prepared to begin the study of law; admitted to practice in the courts of Clarion County in 1892 and in Supreme Court in 1594; has resided in Clarion borough since 18$3; was a member of the House of Representa- tives. sessions of 1897. 1899 and 1901; re- elected in
November, 1902. Address, Clarion, Pa.
HOYT, Wayland, A. M., D. D. LL. D .:
Clergyman; born in Cleveland, Ohio: son of Hon. J. L. Hoyt, LL. D., and Mary Ella Beebee; was graduated from Brown University 1860, receiving degree . of A. M., and from Rochester Theological Seminary 1863, receiving degree of D. D. and LL. D. from Ursinus College, Pa. Has been pastor of Baptist churches in Pittsfield, Mass .; Cincinnati, Ohio; Strong Place Church. Brooklyn: Memorial Church Philadelphia; First Baptist Church, Min- neapolis; at present of Epiphany Bap- tist Church, Philadelphia. Author of "Hints and Helps for the Christian Life." "Present Lessons From Distant Days,' "Gleams from Paul's Prison." "The Brook in the Way." "Light on Life's Highway." "At His Feet." "Along the Pilgrimage." "For Shine and Shade." etc .. contributing editor of the Christian Endeavor World. Trustee of the United Society of Chris- tian Endeavor. Has been one of the Chaplains of the University of Pennsyl- vania. Member of the Board of the Am- erican Baptist Publication Society and of the American Baptist Missionary Union Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
HUBBELL, Johnson:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Private Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry Sept. 15, 1862: honorably dis- charged for disability April 28. 1963. SPC- ond Lieutenant 203d Pennsylvania Infan-
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try Sept. 15, 1864; First Lieutenant April 1. 1865: honorably mustered out June 22, 1865. Elected May 7, 1890. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HUBER, Ivanhoe Stees:
Cashier of the Shamokin Banking Com- pany, Shamokin, Pa. Born in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa., Oct. 4, 1845; son of the late Major Levi and Margaret (Stackpole) Huber: educated in the public schools of Pine Grove and Pottsville, Pa .; Leaving the Pottsville High School, en- tered the law office of Hon. F. W. Hughes; 1864-1868 teller of the First Na- tional Bank of Mahanoy City, Pa .; after- ward Secretary, and later Superintendent of the Ringgold Coal & Iron Co .. at New Ringgold, Pa .; 1869-1871 Deputy Prothono- tary of Schuylkill County, Pa. Since 1871 cashier of the Shamokin Banking Com- pany; 1863 enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Emer- gency Men, and served during the cam- paign: 1881-1902 Treasurer of the Borough of Shamokin. School Director 1882, and President of Board 1883. Since 1SS3 Direc- tor and Treasurer of Building and Loan Association of Shamokin; Vice President of Y. M. C. A .; Treasurer of the Shamokin Bible Society; Treasurer, local Advisory Board of the Children's Home Society of Pennsylvania. Member of the Penn- sylvania Forestry Association; Church Club of the Diocese of Central Pennsyl- vania and Shamokin Fire Department. Democrat in politics. Married Sept. S, 1869, Mary Bloomfield Houston. daughter of the late John W. and Mary B. Houston, of Columbia, Pa. Address, 928 N. Washi- ington St., Shamokin, Pa.
HUBER, Sigmund V .:
Mechanical engineer: born in Lucerne. Switzerland, and after a good common school education he entered the Poly- technic school in Zurich, Switzerland. About twenty-four years ago Mr. Huber came to America, and for ten years there- after was chief engineer of the Reading Iron Works, at Reading, Pa. He then moved to Pittsburg. He is an expert and has had charge of the erection of a large number of blast furnaces, Bessemer and open hearth mills and other mechanical devises in this and other States. A pains- taking and well informed student of the mechanical craft. Address, 319 Third Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
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HUCKLE, Samuel:
Architect; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in the district of Frankford. Feb. 14. 185S. Studied at the Philadelphia High School, seventy-first class; afterward pursued his studies in architecture under Benjamin D. Price, an architect of prominence at that time in Philadelphia. Commenced the practice of architecture in 1883 in conjunction with Edward Hazleton. He
formed the present firm of Watson & Huckels in 1902. His professional work is shown in the Odd Fellows' Temple Build- ing, Philadelphia. Residence of Daniel Bough, Foederer House and many of the prominent churches, banks and other buildings of Philadelphia, and in 1902 he designed and supervised the remodeling of the Grand Central Station in New York city, American Express Building, etc. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Art Club of Phil- adelphia, Architectural League, N. Y., Philadelphia Chapter, American I. of Ar- chitects, Union League of Philadelphia, Transportation Club of New York, United Societies Club of London, England, the Alumni Association of Central High School, Manheim Club, etc. Mr. Huckels came of distinguished ancestry, his great- grandfather having served in the Colonial Army under General Washington. Mr. Huckels married in 1881 Emma Frances, daughter of James V. Kirk, a merchant of Philadelphia. Resides at Germantown, Philadelphia; office, 1211 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HUDSON, James Fairchild:
Editor Pittsburg Dispatch; born in Ob- erlin, Ohio, May 12, 1846; son of Prof. T. B. Hudson; graduated from Oberlin Col- lege Aug. 23. 1867; served a brief period in Civil War and was engaged in the battle at Fort Stevens July 11 and 12, 1864: after leaving college entered on newspaper work on Toledo Blade; later on Youngstown. Ohio, Register: 1874 on the Commercial-Gazette. Pittsburg, and since 1883 as editorial writer and editor on the Dispatch: married, Oct. 27. Ina Burt. Cleveland, Ohio. Author of "The Railways and the Republic," 1887: "A Silver Symposium," 1896. Address, Pitts- burg. Pa.
HUDSON. William A .:
Counselor and attorney at law: is a native of Virginia, having been born at Staunton, Aug. 20, 1:50. He is a di-
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rect descendant of Chief Justice Marshall. Before moving to Pittsburg. in 1391, he practiced law in Virginia for sixteen years. Was Judge of the Common Pieas Court in Virginia, and soon after retiring from the bench decided to try his for- tune in the wider field of Pittsburg. In Virginia he was what is known as a protection Democrat. but after moving to Pittsburg became a Republican. To the Republicans of Pennsylvania and West Virginia his conversion meant much. as he is an orator of great eloquence and his voice has been heard in the two States in many campaigns. Address. 5174 Wood- worth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
HUEY, Joseph Wistar:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Eldest son of Companion Brevet Brig. Gen. Pennock Huey. Elected Feb. 3, 1892. Address. care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
HUFF, George Franklin:
Republican Congressman, of Greens- burg; was born at Norristown, Pa., July 16, 1842; received his education in the public schools at Middletown and later at Altoona, where. after learning a trade in the car shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at an early age he entered the banking house of William M. Lloyd & Co. In 1867 he removed to Westmoreland County to engage in the banking business. He was married in 1871 to Henrietta. daughter of the late Judge Jeremiah M. Burrell, of Pennsyl- vania, afterward United States District Judge and Chief Justice of Kansas by the appointment of President Franklin Pierce: he was a member of the National Republican Convention in 1SS0, where he was one of the "300" who followed the lead of Roscoe Conkling in the ever- memorable effort to nominate Gen. U. 3. Grant for the Presidency. Mr. Huff is President of the Keystone Coal and Coke Company, one of the largest producers of gas and steam coal in the United States; is largely engaged in many other business industries in various parts of Pennsylvania, together with the banking business in Greensburg, in which he has been constantly engaged since his youth; is President of the Westmoreland Hos- pital Association. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate in 1984 and repre- sented the Thirty-ninth Senatorlat Dis- 1
trict four years; was elected to the Fifty- second Congress from the Twenty-first District, then composed of the counties of Westmoreland, Indiana. Armstrong. and Jefferson; was elected Congressman at Large from Pennsylvania to the Fifty- fourth Congress; was re-elected to-the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Greens- burg Pa.
HUGHES, Benjamin F .:
Editor and publisher of the Insurance Register, of Philadelphia; was born at Fowlerville. Pa., April 6, 1844; he was the son of a farmer, and received his education in the public schools, Susque- hanna University, and the Pennsylvania College. After leaving college he took up journalism, becoming editor of the Wyoming Valley Journal. He was ad- mitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1878. and since that time has been continu- ously engaged in the practice of law. He was a State Senator from 1983 to 1887, and Assistant Postmaster of Phila- delphia from 1889 to 1893. Address, 333 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
HUGHES, Richard Morris:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania. Entered Naval Academy Sept. 25, 1874; was grad- uated June 4, 1880; Constitution 1850; receiving ship Colorado 1981; promoted Ensign June 13, IS$2; Alliance 1852-1884: Coast Survey 1885; Blake 1886-1889; Portsmouth 1889 to June. 1892. Promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade), Aug. 4. 1882; charge Branch Hydrographic Office. Philadelphia. June, 1822, to May, 1895. Promoted to Lieutenant June, 1894; Con- cord, Olympia. Machias, May, 1895, to 1899; training ship and station, San Francisco. May 6. 1899. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander March 3. 1901: Philadelphia, 1901; Concord, since March. 1901. Address. care Navy Department, Wasshington, D. C.
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