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McCARTNEY, James S .:
Journalist; born in Philadelphia May 23. 1851; received his preparatory edu- cation in the public schools, and was graduated from the Central High School. Philadelphia, with the degrees of A. B .. .A. M. Began business life with Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company; held several positions in treasury department; was one of the incorporators of the Philadel- phia Record, and for some years its Treasurer; was the administrator of the estate of the late William M. Singerly, and successfully managed the property
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through much litigation, involving many millions of dollars, placing the Record on a sound financial basis, and saving large sums to its creditors. Treasurer and General Manager of Journalists' Home Fund, International League Press Clubs. Member of the Clover, Fellowship, and Pen and Pencil Clubs. Address, 917 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MeCASKEY, Edward William
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1882; Second Lieutenant Twenty-first Infantry July 1, 1886; First Lieutenant Fourth Infantry Sept. 17, 1892; transferred to Twenty-first Infantry Dec. 27, 1892; Captain March 2, 1599. Address, Fort Snelling, Minn.
MeCASKEY, William Spencer:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in Lancaster County, Pa .. Oct. 2, 1843; son of William and Margaret Pier- sol McCaskey. Married to Eleanor Gar- rison, Detroit, Mich., Nov. 20, 1867; edu- cated in public schools. Responded to President Lincoln's first call for volun- teers April, 1861; private Lancaster Fenc- ibles, Company F. First Pennsylvania Volunteers, April 20, 1861, to July 26, 1861; served in General Patterson's Army in Western Virginia; First Sergeant, Sec- ond and First Lieutenant and Captain. Company B, Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, from Sept. 5, 1861, to July 12. 1865; engaged in all cam- paigns and battles of Army of Ohio, 1862; Army of Cumberland from 1963 to the surrender of General Johnston's Army in North Carolina, 1865; in battles of Chap- lain Hills, Ky., 1862; Stone River, Tenn., 1863; Tullahoma Dam and Hoover's Gap, Tenn .: Chickamauga, Ga., 1863: siege of Chattanooga; re-enlisted in Veteran Vol- unteers, Sherman's Army, battles up to and including capture of Atlanta; march to the sea and north through the Caro- linas; grand review. Washington, May or June, 1565; mustered out at Philadelphia July. 1865. Second and First Lieutenant Thirteenth U. S. Infantry. Feb. 23. 1866: transferred to Twenty-second Infantry; Regimental Adjutant, Regimental Quar- termaster; transferred to Twentieth In- fantry, July, 1869; Regimental Quarter- master, Captain. Sept. 5, 1×71; Major Twentieth Infantry, May 31. 1895: Lieu- tenant Colonel. Aug. 30, 1998; Colonel, Jan. 29, 1900: Brigadier General, Jan. 24. 1904. Served in the Dakotas and Min-
nesota from 1866 to 1877; in Texas and Missouri to 1885; in Montana to 1894; Department of Missouri to 1898; April 19, 1898, en route to Cuba; in Cuban cam- paign and battles of El Caney and San- tiago, July 1 to July 17; surrender of Spanish Army; commanded regiment; re- organized it on return to Fort Leaven- worth. En route to Philippine Islands; sailed from San Francisco Jan. 26. 1899; returned to San Francisco March 13, 1902; in action and campaigns of Gauda- loupe and Pasig; in Batangas, etc .; com- manding Fort Sheridan, Ill, March, 1902, to November 20, 1903; embarked for sec- ond tour of service in Philippine Islands, Dec. 1. 1903. Member of the Pennsylva- nia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Societies: Army of Cumberland, Grand Army of Republic, Santiago de Cuba, of the Philippine Isl- ands, and the Carabao. Commanding First Brigade and Post of Manila, P. I., March 6, 1904. Address, Manila, P. I.
MCCAULEY, Charles Adam Hoke:
Colonel United States Army; born in Maryland: appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy July 1. 1866: Sec- ond Lieutenant Third Artillery June 15, 1870: transferred to Third Cavalry Oct. 7, 1878; First Lieutenant May 5, 1879; Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, Feb. 1S. 1881: Major, Quartermaster, Aug. S, 1894; Lieutenant Colonel, Department of Quartermaster General. July 13, 1899; Colonel, Assistant Quartermaster Gener- al. Feb. 24, 1903. Address, Jeffersonville, Ind.
MCCAULEY. C. H .:
Lawyer; born in Elk County, Pa., in July, 1850. His early life was one of hard work on a farm and in the lumber mills: he had a common school education and afterward entered Bucknell University at Lewisburg, Pa. He began his career by teaching school at the age of seventeen, and entered upon the study of law a year later; he was admitted to the bar of Elk County in 1872, and later to that of the State Supreme Court and the United States Circuit Court. In 1875 he was elected District Attorney of Elk County on the Democratic ticket. When Ridg- way. in 1881, was incorporated as a bor- ough, he became a member of its Council. and for three years was President of that body: he was re-elected in 18'S and served as President for three years more, but the demands of his large practice caused him
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then to withdraw from this duty. He is solicitor for the Buffalo. Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad Company, district sol- icitor for the Pennsylvania and the Erie Railroads, and is an acknowledged expert in railroad and corporation law. In 1993 he organized the Penn, the Elk and the Union Tanning Companies, and was prominent in the organization of the United States Leather Company; more re- cently he organized the Jefferson and Clearfield Coal and Iron Company; this is one of the largest bituminous compa- nies in the State, and the tanning com- panies named represent seventy separate tanneries. Address, Ridgway, Pa.
MCCAULEY, Levi Gheen:
State official; born near Whetford, Chester County, Pa .. Sept. 2, 1837; edu- cated in Luzerne County public schools and a number of private schools; became a mechanical engineer, working at the Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkesbarre, Pa., and later at Montgomery, Ala. When the Civil War broke out he returned home and joined a battalion raised in Susque- hanna County by his father; he subse- quently became a private in a Wilkes- barre Company, which joined the Seventh Regiment of Pennsylvania Reserves; in this he was successively promoted till he reached the brevet rank of Major on No- vember 7, 1865; he served through the war, was for a time a prisoner of war in Libby Prison, and lost his right arm in tle service. In 1869 he was elected by the Republican Party Register of Wills for Chester County, serving for three years. He was Chairman of the County Executive Committee of the party in 1886- 1889, a delegate to the State Convention in 1886, 1890 and 1894, and was elected to the important office of Auditor General in 1897 by a large majority. He was ap- pointed in 1891 Trustee of Westchester State Normal School, in 1535 a member of the Valley Forge Commission, and in 1897 of the Soldiers' Orphans' School Com- mission. Address, Westchester, Pa.
MeCAUSLAND. W. C .:
Treasurer of the Carnegie Steel Com- . pany; born in Pittsburg; educated in public schools of Allegheny; was em- ployed first as messenger boy by Brad- street's Mercantile Agency, then cost clerk and purchasing agent for Bailey, Farrel & Company, remaining there eight years. In 1987 he became assistant book- keeper for the H. C. Frick Coke Company,
and three months later was made cashier, a position be held until 1890, when he ac- cepted , a similar position with Carnegie, Phipps & Co., Limited. On the merger of the two Carnegie interests Mr. Mc- Causland became cashier of the big com- pany; in 1900 he became Assistant Treas- urer of this company, and when the United States Steel Corporation was formed he was chosen Treasurer and a Director of the concern. He is also Treasurer of Union Steel Company and Clairton Steel Company, and a Director of the Carnegie Land Company and var- ious other subsidiary corporations. He is also a Director and member of the Exec- utive and Finance Committees of the Pittsburg Life & Trust Company. For two years he was President of the Apollo Musical club; member of the Haydn Quartet, tenor in one of the large local churches, and much interested in music generally. Address, the Carnegie Build- ing, Pittsburg, Pa.
MeCLELLAN, George:
Physician; born in Philadelphia; was graduated from University of Pennsyl- vania. Married Miss Harriet Hare. Member of University, Colonial Dames of America. Address. S. E. corner Broad and Spruce Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
MeCLAIN, Frank B .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lancaster County: born in the city of Lancaster, Pa., April 14, 1864, and has lived there ever since; attended the public schools and was graduated from the Lancaster city High Schools, June. 1881; engaged in the live stock business February, ISSI. and has followed same to this time; was a mem- ber of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1895, 1897, 1899 and 1901; re- elected in November, 1902. Address, Lan- caster, Pa.
MeCLEAN, William:
Jurist; born in Gettysburg. Pa., in 1533; was graduated in Washington and Jef- ferson College in 1851: subsequently en- tered the law school of Harvard Univer- sity and in 1854 was admitted to practice before the bar of Adams County, Pa. A Democrat in polities, he was a member of Constitutional Convention of 1873. and the following year his eminence as a lawyer won him the nomination of his party for the Judgeship. The Republi- can candidato was Judge David Wills,
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who then held the office by oppointment. Mr. McLean was the first Judge elected solely by the voters of Adams County. which was made a separate judicial dis- trict in 1874. Judge McClean won the credit of being one of the strong Com- mon Plcas Judges of the State, and he was re-clected in 18S4. He has since re- turned to the practice of law, in associ- ation with his son, W. A. McClean. Ad- dress, Gettysburg, Pa.
MeCLEARY, James Thompson:
Educator; born in Ingersoll, Ont., Feb. 5, 1853; educated at the High School and McGill University, Montreal. He taught school in Wisconsin, and was School Su- perintendent of Pierce County, Wis., un- til he resigned in 18$1 to become Profes- sor of History and Civies in the State Normal School at Mankato; was Presi- dent of Minnesota Educational Associa- tion, 1891. Member of Congress from the Second Minnesota District. 1893-1905. Re- publican in politics. Author of "Studies in Civics," 1888; "Manual of Civics," 1894. Married, 1884, Mary Edith Taylor. Address, Mankato, Minn.
MCCLELLAN, William Jefferson:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from York County; born in Warrenton Township, York County, Pa., Sept. 13, 1849; educated in the public schools of his native township. When twelve years old was compelled to earn a livelihood and was employed at vari- ous occupations; at seventeen years of age he was apprenticed to cabinet and carriage making, which he has followed for the past thirty-six years; has served as Inspector of Election, School Director and Township Treasurer number of terms; was elected to the House of Rep- resentatives in November, 1902. Address. Rossville, Pa.
MCCLELLAND, James Henderson:
Surgeon; born in Pittsburg, May 20. 1845; was graduated from Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, 1867; located permanently in Pittsburg, and has for many years served on the staff of the Homeopathie Medical and Surgical Col- lege; organized and was for several years President and Demonstrator of the Ana- tomical Society of Allegheny County; be- came Professor of Surgery in Hahnemann College, Philadelphia, 1876; delivered a course on operative surgery before the
Boston University School of Medicine, 1878. Member of State Board of Health since 1885; wrote article on "Diseases of the Kidneys" in the "System of Medi- cine," edited by Dr. Henry Arndt ( Phila- delphia, 1886); President of American In- stitute of Homeopathy, 1893-1894; Honor- ary President of International Homeo- pathic Medical Congress, Paris, 1900. Address, Fifth and Wilkins Ave., Pitts- burg, Pa.
MeCLENAHAN, David A .:
Educator; born in Fairview, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1853; was graduated from Muskin- gum College, Ohio (A. M., 1879; D. D .. 1888); Xenia Theological Seminary, 1581. Married, July 24, 1881, Louella M. Stew- art. Ordained to ministry of United Pres- byterian Church. 1881; pastor Avondale. Ohio, 1SS1-1882; West Forty-fourth Street United Presbyterian Church, New York, 1SS2-1884; Professor in Allegheny Theo- logical Seminary; lecturer at Chautau- qua and other assemblies on Biblical and Semi-Biblical topics. Member Evan- gelical Alliance. Washington, 1900; Re- publican in politics. Address, Allegheny City, Pa.
MeCLINTOCK, Andrew HI .:
Lawyyer; born in Wilkesbarre, Pa .. Dec. 12, 1852; was graduated from Prince- ton University in 1872; admitted to the bar in 1876. He is a Director in a num- ber of local charities and also in a num- ber of financial institutions and corpora- tions. Married, Dec. 1, 1880, Eleanor, daughter of the late Col. Charles F. Welles of Bradford County. Representing large corporate interests, his life has been spent in active practice of his pro- fession. He was of counsel for operators before the Anthracite Coal Strike Com- mission. Address, 34 South River St., Wilkesbarre, Pa.
MCCLOSKEY, Prof. Ira N .:
Superintendent of the public schools of Clinton County; born in Colebrook, Clin - ton County, Dec. 5, 1852. When six years of age his father removed to Beech Creek; after passing through the graded schools of Beech Creek Borough he at- tended select schools and took special normal training. After serving thirty years in school work (which included twenty years of high school supervision) he was elected to the office of County Su-
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perintendent, which office he now holds. Address, Lock Haven, Pa.
McCLOSKEY, Manns:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, June 15, 1894; Second Lieutenant in Fifth Artillery, April 26, 1898; First Lieutenant Seventh Artillery, Aug. 15, 1900; Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901; Captain, Sept. 23, 1901. Address, Fort Worden, Wash.
McCLUNG, Samnel A .:
Jurist; born in Plum Township. Alle- gheny County, Pa., March 2, 1843; son of Rev. Samuel M. McClung; was grad- uated in 1863 from Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College, and began the study of law under John M. Kirkpatrick and John Mellon. obtaining admittance to the Allegheny County bar in 1868. His learning and ability as a lawyer brought him in May. 1891, the Governor's appointment as a Judge of the No. 3 Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, and in November of the same year he was elected to this position for the ten year term; he was again elected to the bench in 1901, and is now serving his second term. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
MeCLURE, A. K .:
Editor; born January 9, 1Sz8, at Centre, Perry County, Pa: educated in common schools. Late Superintendent of Public Printing; State
Representative three times; State Senator one term from Franklin District and one term from Philadelphia; Assistant Adjutant General United States Army, rank of Major; Prothonotary Supreme Court. Married Matilda S. Gray, 1852; Cora M. Gratz, 1879. Admitted to bar in 1855; editor Juniata Sentinel, Chambersburg Reposi- tory, and for twenty-six years chief edi- tor of the Philadelphia Times. Inde- pendent in politics. Address, 1828 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MeCLURE, George MeCully:
Lieutenant United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; en- tered the Navy Sept. 29, 1859. as Acting Midshipman; promoted to Midshipman. July 16. 1862; Ensign, Oct. 1, 1863; Mas- ter, May 10, 1866; Lieutenant. Feb. 21. 1868; special duty, Erie. Pa .. 1865: Juni- . ata, 1566; Shamokin. 1868; retired, Nov. 9, 1568. Address, Poland, Ohio.
MeCLURE, Harold M .:
Jurist; born in Lewisburg, Pa., Aug. 8, 1859; most of his youthful life was spent in Northumberland, where he attended public school, afterward entering Buck- nell University, where he was graduated in 1877. While at the university he was ardent in athletic sports and became such an adept as a ball player that after his graduation tempting offers were made him to join professional base ball teams: he joined the Athletic Club of Philadel- phia and played with it in all parts of the United States, being regarded as one of the best catchers and most accurate throwers in the country, and possessed of a coolness that was not disturbed in the most exciting games. His purpose in this occupation was to gain the means to study law, which he entered upon at Sunbury, Pa., being admitted to the bar in 1981; he at once began practice, show- ing excellence in his profession from the first, and winning such recognition for ability that he was elected President Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Dis- triet in 1891; he was re-elected in 1901 by a large majority. Address, Lewis- burg. Pa.
McCLURG. John:
President of the Cosmopolitan National Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg. Allegheny County, Pa.
MeCLURG, Walter Audubon:
Medical Inspector United States Navy: born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; commissioned Assistant Surgeon Feb. 3, 1874; Naval Hospital, Philadelphia. June 12 to Nov. 18, 1874 United States flagship Pensacola, North Pacific Station. Nov. 18. 1874. to Feb. 16. 1875; Tuscarora. Feb. 16. 1875, to Sept. 11. 1876: U. S. S. Plymouth, North Atlantic Station, Jan. 26. 1877, to July 7. 1877; store-ship New Hampshire, Port Royal, S. C., Dec. 10. 1877. to Jan. 6, 1879; Naval Hospital. Washington. Jan. 6. 1ST9. to Dec. 2. 1879; U. S. S. Tennessee, North Atlantic Station. Dec. 2, 1879. to Dec. 2, 1982; Na- val Academy, Annapolis, Dec. 7, 152. to May, 1983: practice-ship Dale, May to Sept. 1, 1883; Naval Academy. Sopt. 1. 1883. to Oct. 7, 1884; Naval Hospital. Philadelphia. Oct. 7. 1884, to Jan. 6. 1\$6; Tallapoosa, South Atlantic Station, Jan. 6. 1886, to March 7, 1889; Bureau of Medi- eine and Surgery, June 1. 1989, to June. 1593. Promoted to Passed Assistant Sur- geon, Nov. 2, 1877; to Surgeon, Jan. 25,
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1889; Concord, Asiatic Station, June, 1893, to 1896; member of Medical Exam- ining Board, July, 1596, to March 22, 1898; special recruiting duty, March 22, 1898, to June, 159S; receiving-ship Rich- mond, June 1. 1895, to Sept. 10, 1898; Board of Medical Examiners, Washing- ton, Sept. 10, 1898, to Nov. 1, 1899; U. S. S. Indiana, Nov. 10, 1839, to Dec. 28, 1900; U. S. training-ship Consteila- tion, Jan. 3, 1901, to 1903. Promoted Medical Inspector, Nov. 19, 1900; Bureau of Medicine and Surgery since Decem- ber, 1903. Address, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
MCCLUSKEY, Sylvester W .:
Architect; born August, 1840, in Cam- bria County, Pa .: enlisted July 6. 1861, in the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volun- teers; transferred Oct. 1, 1861, to Knap's Pennsylvania Battery; mustered out June 14, 1865, as Lieutenant. Married Miss McConnell. 1868. Was builder and con- tractor fifteen years in Pittsburg; ap- pointed by Governor Pattison on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Commis- sion, and to the Executive Committee of same by Governor Hastings. Address. 1&S Forty-seventh St., Pittsburg, Pa.
MeCOACH, William:
President of the Tradesmen's Trust Company. Address, 2201- South St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
MCCOLLUM. A. H .:
President of the Farmers' National Bank of Montrose. Address, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa.
McCOMB, Augustus C .:
Real estate agent; born in Armstrong County, Dec. 6, 1849; in 1851 his parents moved to Corsiea, Jefferson County, and there he attended the public schools; he also attended the Gladerun Academy, in Armstrong County, and the Haysville Academy, Ohio, returning to Corsica Academy to complete his education. For ten years he taught in the public schools and later read law and was admitted to practice in Clarion County in 1879; for some time he practiced his profession in connection with the real estate business. In 1893 he moved to Pittsburg and en- gaged in the real estate business. Ad- dress. 326 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
MeCOMB. Robert Brice:
Lawyer; born in Mercer County, Aug. 15. 1820, on a farm near Mereer; studied
law with D. B. Kurtz and admitted to the bar in March, 1853; same year was elected to the lower house of the Penn- sylvanis Legislature; he was Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. and re-elected in 1854 -and 1855. In 1862 he was appointed on a commission to revise the revenue laws of the State, and in 1862 appointed Colonel of the Four- teenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, and in 1863 Colonel of the Fifty-fifth Regiment and ordered to Parkersburg, W. Va. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in January, 1863. Address, Mercer, Pa.
MeCONAGHY, John G .:
Lawyer; born in Lawrence County, Pa., July 24, 1847; he worked on his father's farm during boyhood. going to school in the winters, and later attended the Edin- burgh State Normal School. After grad- uating he taught school about seven years, and then became assistant to the clerk of the court and Prothonotary of the county. This led him to the study of the law, and he was admitted to the bar at Newcastle in 1872; after spending two years in the office of his preceptor, he began practice for himself, continuing till 1881, when he formed the legal firm of MeConaghy & Winternitz. He spent 1885 and 1886 in the West, and on his return the firm of Winternitz, MeCona- ghy & Brown was formed, Mr. Brown be- ing subsequently Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. McConaghy has had a large general practice, including num- erous criminal cases, in which line of practice he has been very successful. He was elected District Attorney in 1578. and for six years was attorney for the Board of County Commissioners. He was Democratic nominee for Congress in 1896, but failed of election. Address, New- castle, Pa.
MeCONKEY, Edwin K .:
State Senator from York County; born in Wrightsville, York County. Pa., Dec. 11, 1864; educated in the public schools and the York Collegiate Institute; later he became associated with MeConkey Brothers at Wrightsville. In 199 he en- tered the service of the Pullman Com- pany, and by rapid promotion soon he- came Assistant Superintendent of the Philadelphia district; in 1898 he Was elected Assistant Secretary of the Far- mers' Fire Insurance Company of York. and in 1900 was promoted to the position
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of Secretary and Treasurer; he is a Direc- tor of the York National Bank, York Wa- ter Company, and President of the La- fayette Club. He was elected to the Senate in November, 1902, being the first Republican ever elected to the Senate from York County. Address, York, Pa. f
McCONNELL, Alexander D .:
Jurist; born in Westmoreland County, Pa., March 10, 1850; while quite young he taught school, was afterward educated in Washington and Jefferson College, and again taught school, being principal of the Greensburg High School, 1875-1876. He was very efficient and popular in this position, but gave it up to study law, and was admitted to the bar in 1877; hav- ing little inclination for trials in court, he devoted himself largely to office busi- ness, preparing papers and working out difficult questions in legal practice, in which he won such a reputation for his knowledge of the law and ripe judgment, that in 1895, when an additional Law Judge was needed in the county, he was the choice of members of all parties, and was appointed by Governor Hastings in response to a numerously signed peti- tion; he has shown on the bench the same industry, knowledge and judgment which . he displayed as a lawyer. He has been a close student of literature and science as well as of law, and in 1902 Westminster College honored his attain- ments with the degree of LL.D. Address, Greensburg, Pa.
McCONNELL, Joseph D .:
President of the Ashland National Bank. Address, Ashland. Schuylkill County, Pa.
McCONNELL, Malcolm:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lawrence County; born in Wilmington Township, Mercer County, Pa., Dec. 13, 1850. After com- pleting a course in the New Castle schools, he learned the millwright trade, which occupation he abandoned to en- gage in the study of law; was admitted to the several courts of Lawrence Coun- ty. Dec. 14, 1874, and at once began the practice of his profession; served as pros- ecuting attorney of the county from 1SS3 to 1885; for a time he was a member of the New Castle Common Council. He was elected to the House of Representa- tives in 1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Address, New Castle, Pa.
McCONNELL, William C .:
Merchant; born in Halifax, Pa., April 4, 1860; educated in Franklin and Mar- shall College; in 1882 he became a part- ner in the firm of Kulp, McWilliams & Co., Shamokin, dealers in lumber, brick and ice; after the dissolution of the firm in 1886 he continued its lumber business. He became concerned also in many other business enterprises, becoming President of the Roaring Creek, the Anthracite, the Bear Gap, and the Shamokin Water Com- panies: he also became a Director in the electric light companies of Shamokin, the Shamokin Banking Company, and the Lewisburg and Buffalo Valley Railroad Company. He was made aide-de-camp with the rank of Lieutenant on the staff of Governor Hastings in 1896. Member of the Union League of Philadelphia and of the Masonic Order. Address, Shamokin, · Pa.
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