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MeCONWAY, William Lytle:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Lieuten- ant William McConway; elected May 6, 1896. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MeCOOK, Henry Christopher:
Clergyman, entomologist; born at New Lisbon. Ohio, July 3, 1837; was graduated from Jefferson College in 1859. subse- quently receiving the degrees of D. D. and Sc. D. from Lafayette College. He entered the army at the breaking out of the Civil War as a Lieutenant in the Forty-first Ohio Volunteers, and after- ward became Chaplain of the regiment; is Chaplain in Pennsylvania Commandery of the Loyal Legion and pastor Taber- nacle Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; prominent as an entomologist: President American Entomological Society: Vice President Academy Natural Sciences. Philadelphia; President American Presby- terian Historical Society. Author "Agri- cultural Ants of Texas," "Honey and Occi- dent Ants," "American Spiders and Their Spinning Work." "Tenants of an Old Farm," "Old Farm Fairies." "Women Friends of Jesus." "The Gospel in Na- ture," "Object and Outline Teachings," "Ecclesiastical Emblems," "The Latimers. a Scotch-Irish Historic Romance of the Western Insurrection." "Martial Graves of Our Fellow Heroes in Santiago de Cuba. a Record of the Spanish Ameri-
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can War." Married, Sept. 11,1861, Emma
C. Herber. Address, The Manse, Taber- nacle Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.
MeCOOK, Willis:
Attorney-at-law; born January, 1851, at Lisbon, Ohio; attended the Western Uni- Versity of Pennsylvania and was gradu .. ated from Yale in 1873. He studied law upon his return from college with Hamp- ton & Dazell; later attended Columbia Law School, and in 1875 he was admitted to the Allegheny County bar; he contin- ued with Hampton & Dazell as a corpora- tion lawyer. He has been attorney for H. C. Frick since 1878 and organized the H. C. Frick Coke Company in 1882; also attorney for the Pittsburg Steel Com- pany, Western Pennsylvania Exposition Society, United States Glass Company, and many banks and corporations. He
is a trustee for Mercy Hospital and St. Joseph's Protectory for boys, a Director of the Duquesne National Bank, and a Director of the Pittsburg Steel Company and its allied interests. Address, Frick Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
MeCORMICK, Arthur Burd:
Presbyterian clergyman; born in Mer- cer, Pa., Sept. 12. 1872; was graduated from Mercer High School. 1SSS; West- minster College in 1893; Western Theo . logical Seminary in 1897; was married 10 Mary E. Olsen at North Warren, Pa., Sept. 19. 1900; Republican in politics; was pastor of churches in North Clarendon and Irvine in 1897-1898; since then has been pastor of North Warren Presby- terian Church, Chaplain of Warren State Hospital for the Insane, and President. of the Warren County Sunday School Association. Address, Warren, Pa.
McCORMICK, J. S .:
Banker; born in Pittsburg, Pa; educat- ed in Pittsburg and Philadelphia. Presi- dent of the J. S. McCormick Company; Director Central Savings & Trust Com- pany. Republican in politics. Residence, 6205 Howe St., office, 2428-2436 Railroad St., Pittsburg, Pa.
MCCORMICK, Laurence:
Hotel man and a partner of George C. Boldlt in the Hotel Bellevue, the Strat- ford and the Bullit Building Restaurant; born at Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1863; educated in the public schools of the place. Moved to Philadel- phia in 1851, and has been associated
with Mr. Boldt ever since. Married, in 1895, to Miss Harriet Ames, of Chicago. Residence, 305 South Broad St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
MCCORMICK, Samuel M .:
Lawyer; born in Clinton County, Pa., July 16. 1846. He was educated in the Millerville State Normal School. and after graduation taught school in Lan- caster County for about six years, after- ward being made principal of the Lock Haven High School, where he taught for two years. While thus engaged he was diligently employed in reading law, and was admitted to the bar of Clinton Coun- ty in 1874. He is not a trial lawyer, an accident in youth disabling him from ap- pearing before the court except in rare cases, but he has an extensive office prac- practice, mainly in Orphans' Court cases. Mr. McCormick has been a wide traveler and has taken an active part in Repub- lican politics. For a number of years he has been Chairman of the County Com- mittee, was for several years Deputy Col- lector of Internal Revenue; is a Director of the Lock Haven Trust and Savings Deposit Company, and an officer in many other enterprises. He is a manager of the Lock Haven Hospital, clerk of the Lock Haven Council, a Trustee of the State Normal School, and is now active in the Odd Fellows Order. Address, Lock Ha- ven, Pa.
HOCORMICK. William:
Editor of the Reading Herald; born in Harrisburg, Pa., thirty-seven years ago: son of James McCormick, a prominent manufacturer; educated at Harrisburg Academy, and at Yale College. from which he was graduated in 1887; was as- signed the honor of class poet; entered the ranks of journalism, first serving on a Boston newspaper, and then in Phila- delphia and Bethlehem, Pa .: founded the Allentown Leader; then purchased a one- half interest in the Reading Herald and removed to Reading, Pa .; later acquired sole ownership of the Herald, of which he is now the editor and publisher; mem- ber of the Reading Press Club and Berk- shire Country Club; founder of the Boys' Friendly Club and Olivet Boys' Club of Reading. Address, Reading, Pa.
MCCORMICK. William Henry:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal
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Legion; Acting Ensign United States Navy Oct. 28, 1863; honorably discharged Nov. 16, 1865. Elected May 5, 1897. Ad- dress. care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MeCOY, Frank Ross:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet, Military Academy June 21, 1893; Addi- tional Second Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry June 11, 1897; Second Lieutenant Seventh Cavalry March 11, 1898; transferred to Tenth Cavalry May 4, 1898; First Lieu- tenant Feb. 2, 1901. Captain Aug. 16, 1903. Address, Manila, P. I.
MCCRACKIN, Alexander:
Commander United States Navy; born in Pennsylvani. Enlisted in the Volun- teer Navy in 1863, and served for one year in the Mississippi Squadron, on board of the Red Rover and General Price. Appointed a Midshipman from Iowa, July 27, 1866; was graduated from the Naval Academy, June 7, 1870, and was commissioned Ensign, July 13, 1871; Shenandoah and Brooklyn, European Sta- tion, 1870-1873. Commissioned Master, Sept. 25, 1873; Franklin. Juniata and Ma- hopac, North Atlantic Station, 1873-1874; Coast Survey vessels Silliman, 1874-1875, and Baton Rouge, 1875-1877; Hartford, South Atlantic Station, 1877-1879. Com- missioned Lieutenant, Jan. 13, 1879; Naval Academy, Department of Applied Mathe- matics, 1850-1882; practice cruises, Dale, 1881; Constellation, 1882-1883; Nantucket, 1884: attended lectures at Harvard Uni- versity, 1882-1885; and received degree of LL. B., June, 1885; Adams and Shenan- doalı, Pacific Station, 18S5-1886; Pinta. in Alaskan waters. 1886-1SSS; Naval Academy, Department of Applied Mathe- matics, 1888-1889; practice cruise. Con- stellation, 1889; Bureau of Ordnance, 1889- 1891: Miantonomah. North Atlantic Sta- tion, 1891-1892; Navigator of Marion, Asi- atic Station. 1892-1894; Naval Academy, Head of Department of Ordnance, 1894- 1897: commanded practice ship steamer Standish, with Engineer Cadets on board 1897; executive officer of the Marietta, 1897-1898: executive officer of the Ore- gon. Philippine Islands, 1899-1900. Ex- tract from the report on fitness by Capt. George F. F. Wilde. United States Navy: "Lieut. Comdr. MeCrackin com- manded battalion from ship (Oregon) that captured and occupied Vigan; duty performed in most successful and grati-
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fying manner." Receiving ship Indepen- dence, July to December, 1900. Com- missioned Commander, April 14, 1901; Ordnance Officer. Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., December, 1900, to 1903. Command- ing United States steamer Des Moines, since March 5, 1904. Address, care of Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
MeCRADY, James H .:
President of the Union National Bank of Braddock. Address, Braddock, Alle- ghany County, Pa.
MeCREA, James:
Railroad engineer and Manager; born in Philadelphia, May 1, 1848; entered rail- road service, June, 1865, as rodman and assistant engineer at Connellsville and Southern Pennsylvania Railroad until 1867; rodman on construction, Wilming- ton and Reading Railroad, 1867-1868; as- sistant engineer Allegheny Valley Rail- road, 1868-1871; with Pennsylvania Rail- road. 1871-1882: assistant engineer and di- vision Superintendent; Manager, General Manager and Fourth Vice President of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts- burg, 1882-1890; Second Vice President, 1880-1881; since then First Vice President. Also since Sept. 8, 1893. President Cin- cinnati and Muskegon Valley Railroad; since Jan. 15, 1896. President Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company; since Aug. 1, 1896, President Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway Company. Address, Union Station, Pittsburg, Pa.
McCREARY, David B .:
Lawyer; born in Millcreek Township, Erie County. Pa., on the 27th of Febru- ary, 1826; educated at common schools, Erie Academy and Washington College, Pennsylvania. Taught school in Erie and in Kentucky. Studied law and was admitted to practice at Erie Pa., Ang. 8, 1851; practiced law in the courts of Erie County, in the Supreme Court of Pern- sylvania, and in the United States Courts. Was Second and First Lieutenant in Com- pany B, in the Erie Regiment of three months volunteers at the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861. Was commis- sioned and mustered into service in September. 1862. during the war as Lieu- tenant Colonel of the 115th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served un- til the regiment was mustered out of service at the close of the war on May 31. 1845. Was commissioned as Colonel 1 of same regiment in Jaunirv, 1865, and
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brevetted as Colonel and Brigadier Gen- eral of Volunteers March 13, 1865, by the United States Government for "faithful and meritorious services" during the war. Was a prisoner of war at Libby Prison, at Macon, Georgia, Charleston and Co- lumbia, S. C., for nine months. Served in the First and Fourth Brigades First Division, Second Army Corps. Army of the Potomac, under Generals Mcclellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade and Grant. Was elected a member of the House of Rep- resentatives of Pennsylvania for the ses- sions of 1866 and 1867. Was appointed Adjutant General of Pennsylvania in 1867 by Gov. Geary with the rank of Briga- dier General. Was again elected a mem- ber of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania for the session of 1870; elected a member of the Senate of Penn- sylvania in 1888, and re-elected in 1892. Was Chairman of the Committee on Ju- diciary General in the sessions of 1891 and 1893 and Judiciary Special in the ses- sion of 1895. Was a member of the Penn- sylvania Commission to the Cotton States Exposition at Atlanta, Ga., in 1895. Was a State Trustee of Dixmont Hospital; of the State Normal School, Edinboro, Pa., for six years. Past Commander of Strong Vincent Post No. 67, Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Repub- lic and a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Commandery of Penn- Sylvania. Is a member of Park Pres- byterian Church, Erie, Pa. Married, Sept. 17, 1851, Annette Gunnison, at Erie, Pa. Has two children, a daughter, Sophy, married to Henry A. Clark, attorney at law, Erie, Pa .. and a son, Wirt McCreary, who is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, who served in the Spanish War at Cuba, and in the Philippines. Served with the Allies in China from the capture of Tien Tsin to Peking, and is now a Captain in the United States Marine Corps, on duty on the Isthmus between Colon and Pana- ma. Address, Erie, Pa.
MeCREARY, George Deardorff:
Member of Congress (Republican), of Philadelphia; born in York Springs Vil- lage, Adams County, Pa .. Sept. 28. 1846; his infancy and early youth were spent in the anthracite coal . regions at Tre- mont. Tamaqua, and Mauch Chunk, where his father. the late John B. MeCreary, one of the pioneer coal operators. was en- gaged in coal mining. In 1864, with lus parents, he removed to Philadelphia;
was educated in the common and private schools, and in the same year, 1864, en- tered the University of Pennsylvania, re- maining until his junior year, 1867, when he left to take a position in the Honey Brook Coal Company, of which his fath- er was President. He began his inde- pendent business career in 1870, when he became a member of the newly organized coal firm of Whitney, McCreary & Kein- merer, retiring from the firm in 1879 to take charge of his father's estate. In 1882 he became interested in municipal affairs of the city of Philadelphia, and was an original member of the Commit- tee of One Hundred, serving on the im- portant committees; was elected Treas- urer of the city and county of Phila- delphia in November, 1891; and during his term of office, from 1892 to 1895, re- organized the finances of the city, in- troducing and carrying out many needed measures. which have resulted in large financial gains to the city and safety in the transaction of its finances. He is an officer in and Director of a number of successful financial, mining, and business companies, and is also associated in church and philanthropic institutions. He was married June 18, 1878, to Kate R. Howell; has traveled extensively in this and foreign countries; was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address. Phila- delphia, Pa.
McCREATH, Andrew S .:
Analytical chemist, author; born at Ayr, Scotland, March 8, 1819; studied at Ayr Academy, Glasgow University, Uni- versity of Gottingen: Chemist with Penn- sylvania Steel Co., 1870-1875; Chemist of the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for ten years. Member of the American Philosophical Society. American Insti- tute of Mining Engineers, British Iron and Steel Institute; published three vol- umes of geological survey reports. Au- thor of "The Mineral Wealth of Virginia." "The New River-Cripple Creek Mineral Region" (S. W. Va.); "Resources of the Upper Cumberland Valley, Southeastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia." He married. 1875, Eliza Berghaus. Address, 223 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa.
MeCURDY, Elmer Ellsworth:
Attorney at law; a native of Lebanon County. having been born at Fontana. July 3, 1861. a son of Henry S. and Mary Jane (Mccullough) Mccurdy. The MeCurdy family is of Scotch-Irish de-
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scent, great-grandfather McCurdy hav- ing removed from Chester County, Pa., to Lebanon County, about the year 1821. Educated in the common schools, and in 1875, at a private school at Manheim, Lancaster County; 1576-1877, at Palatin- ate College, at Myerstown; then attend- ed High School at Annville; 18TS taught school in South Annville Township; 1882 and 1883, pursued studies at Lebanon Val- ley College; attended Lock Haven Normal School, 1883; 1884 he was graduated at the latter institution and same year was elected principal of the Hummelstown public schools, Dauphin County, until 1SST, when he entered the Millersville
State Normal School, graduating in Scientific Course ISSS;
Was elected Supervising Principal of Schools at Ever- ett, Bedford County, until 1893; studied law under Judge Ehrgood until March 22, 1895, when he was admitted to prac- tice; formed a partnership with Gen. J. P. S. Gobin, and continues in this pro- fessional relation. Served as District At- torney of Lebanon County from 1899 to 1902. Member of Washington Camp No. 254, P. O. S. of A., Lebanon Valley Com- mandery, No. 5, S. of A., and of the Mohegan Lodge, I. O. O. F .. No. 288. In August, 1884, married Alice S. Tittle, daughter of Amos C. Tittle. Address, First National Bank Building, Lebanon, Pa.
MCCURDY, Stewart LeRoy:
Physician; born in Bowenston, Ohio, July 15, 1859; received his primary edu- cation in the common schools of Denni- son, Ohio, which was followed by a special course; he was graduated from the Co- lumbus Medical College, 15$1, and from the Ohio Medical University, 1890, with a full course; New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 15$5 (A. M., Scio College, 1834): is now Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, and Trustee and Secretary of the Pittsburg Dental Dc- partment of the Western Universiy of Pennsylvania; surgeon of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, and Pennsylvania Railways; Orthopedic Sur- geon Presbyterian Hospital: Professor Orthopedie and Clinical Surgery, West Pennsylvania Medical College. Member of the American Medical Association. American Orthopalie Association, Ohio and Pennsylvania State Medieal Societies. International Medical Congress. Repub- lican in politics. Author of "Manual of Orthopedic Surgery," 1spy; "Oral Sur- 10
1 gery, a Text Book on General Medicine and Surgery as Applied to Dentistry," 1901. "The Wiring of Bone for Recent Ununited Fracture, with
Report of Cases," and has written many articles on orthopedic surgery in numerous med- ical journals. Address, Empire Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
MCCUTCHEN, John Fox:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dry of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Acting Third Assistant Engi- neer United States Navy May 13, 1861; Acting Second Assistant Engineer (Mid- shipman) Oct. 30. 1861; appointment re- voked Dec. 12, 1861; Acting First Assis- tant Engineer (Ensign) May 22, 1862; Acting Chief Engineer (Lieut .- Comman- der) Jan. 19, 1863; honorably discharged April 15, 1866; elected Oct. 19, 1887. Ad- dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MCCUTCHEON, John L .:
Lawyer; born May 28, 1857, in Alle- gheny City, Pa .; son of James and Re- becca (Lindsay) Mccutcheon. Educated at Newell Institute, Pittsburg; Bonn, Prussia, and Dresden, Saxony. Was in the class of 1SS1 at the Columbia Law School, New York, and admitted with it to the bar of the Supreme Court of New York. Admitted to the Allegheny Coun- ty bar Nov. 15, 1SS1. Republican in poli- tics. Member of the Union Club, Pitts- burg. Address, 450 Fourth Ave., Pitts- burg, Pa.
MeDALE, James:
President of the Kane Trust and Say- ings Company. Address, Kane, Mckean County, Pa.
MeDEVITT, Henry C .:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia. Sept. 21. 1836; educated at La Salle College, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Though he had excellent prospects in this direc- tion, an inclination for the law led him to give them up, and he entered the Law Department of the University of Pennsyl- vania, where he was graduated in 1889; he began practice at the Philadelphia bar in partnership with Eugene S. Paly, but the latter died within a year and Mr. McDevitt continued in practice alone; ho became in 1895 counsel for the Guaran- tors'. Company, an organization which issued insurance policies ag ist losses arising from suits for damages on ac-
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count of negligence toward employees or the general public; this gave him abun- dance of labor in the courts, and he be- came a skilled authority on the law of negligence; for two years he was one of the counsel for the Union Traction Com- pany; aside from his negligence cases, he has a large general practice, covering building association, Orphans' Court and contract suits. He is counsel for the National Bank and Trust Company and a Director of the Continental Titie and Trust Company. Address, Ardmore, Pa.
MeDONALD, Michael G .:
Legislator and lawyer; born in Howley, Wayne County, Pa., Sept. 26, 1858; his parents moved to Dunmore, Luzerne (now Lackawanna) County, in 1864, where he resided till 1893, when he made Scranton his place of residence. His law studies began in 18$1 in the office of Hon. Lemuel Ammerman, and he was admitted to practice in Lackawanna County in 1883; he secured admission to the Penn- sylvania Supreme and the United States Circuit Courts in 1386. An active advo- cate of the principles of the Democratic Party, he served under that party as School Director in 1SS4-1SS6, being Presi- dent of the board in the last two years; he was nominated and elected to the State Legislature in 1886, and was three times re-elected, serving eight years in all; during this period he was on several of the most important committees and succeeded in carrying through a number of bills of local and general importance. He has served on the County and State Committees of his party, was Auditor of the Scranton Poor District, 1883-1885, and for six years was Solicitor for the Borough of Dunmore. Address, Scranton, Pa.
McDONALD, Mitchell C .:
Pay Inspector United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania. March 3, 1879; Ranger, North Pacific, 1883-1885; Assistant Navy Pay Office. San Francisco, 1986-1887; As- sistant to Government Storekeeper, Naval Academy, 1887-1858; Naval Hospital, Yo- kohoma, ISS>-1991. Promoted to Passed Assistant Paymaster. May
29. 1882; Adams, Pacific Station, March, 1892-1894. Promoted to Paymaster, April, 1591, Navy Yard, Washington, December, 1894; U. S. S. Monongahela. May, 1895; Navy Yard. Washington. September, 1895-1896: Texas July; 1\96; General Storekeeper, Cavite,
P. I., November, 1899; since July, 1596, Naval Hospital, Yokahoma; Pay In- spector Sept. 9. 1902. Address, Yoko- hama, Japan.
MCDOUGALL, Walter Hugh:
Artist, author; born in Newark, N. J .. Feb. 10, 1858. Attended a military acad- emy for a time, but is largely self-edu- cated. Began his career in 1876 as an artist by the introduction of the system of illustrating news articles in the daily papers. and the drawing of cartoons. Author of "The Hidden City," 1886; "Number 11," 1890; "History of Christo- pher Columbus," 1892; "The Rambilicus and His Friends," 1892. Wrote "A Marvel- lous Journey," New York World, 1889. Address, The North American Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
MeDOWELL, Willis:
Lieutenant United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania Naval Cadet May 19, 1893. Ensign July 1, 1899. Lieutenant Jan. 1, 1904. Address, Wash- ington, D. C.
MeDOWELL, W. L., D. D .:
Clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church: born in Glen Riddle, Pa., Nov. 22, 1843; was graduated from Dickinson College, 1863; admitted to the Philadel- phia Conference in 1865; pastor, 1865-1897; Presiding Elder of Northwest District. 1897-1903. He was Statistical Secretary of the Philadelphia Conference, 1882-1897; was delegate to the General Conferences of 1892 and 1900, and first reserve dele- gate to those of 1SS-1896. At the Gen- eral Conference of 1900 he was elected the member of the Book Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church from the Fourth General Conference District. of which committee he is Secretary. He is a member of the Board of Church Ex- tension, and a number of other church boards; received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from his Alma Mater in 1890. Was married, in 1869, to Anna R. Sewell, of Dorchester County, Maryland. Now pastor of Columbia Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, to which he was appointed in 1903. Address. Co- lumbia Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
MOELDOWNEY. II. C .:
President of the Union Trust Company of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 1
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McELMELL, Jackson:
Chief Engineer United States Navy; born in Philadelphia, Pa .. June 4, 1834. Appointed a Third Assistant Engineer in the Navy, from Pennsylvania, Aug. 2, 1855; attached to Coast Survey steamer Hetzel, 1856; Niagara, Atlantic Cable Expedition, in 1857-185S. Promoted to Second Assistant Engineer, 1858; steamer Memphis, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1858-1859. Promoted to First Assistant Engineer, in 1860; attached to steam sloop Powhatan, West Gulf Squad- ron, 1860-1861; steam gunboat Octoraro, mortar flotilla, Wilmington, North Caro- lina, blockade; engagement at Vicksburg, June 28. 1862. Promoted to Chief En- gineer, Feb. 2, 1862; United States steam- er Richmond, West Gulf Squadron, 1863- 1865; battle of Mobile Bay. Aug. 5 1864; special duty, League Island, 1865-1868; United States steamer Plymouth, Euro- pean Station. 1869-1871; special duty, at Chester. Pa., 1872-1875; Powhatan, North Atlantic Squadron, from 1875 to 1878; special duty at League Island Navy Yard, 1879-1SS2; detached from League Island Navy Yard, 1879-1882; detached from League Island Navy Yard, and ordered to Tennessee. as Fleet Engineer of North Atlantic Squadron. Aug. 7. 1882; detached from Tennessee, Dec. 7, 18$2; ordered to Tennessee. again as Fleet Engineer, North Atlantic Squadron, Dec. 3, 1884; after which was transferred from the Tennes- see to the United States flagship Rich- mond. North Atlantic Station; detached from the Richmond, Dec. 5. 15$7; ordered to present duty as President of the Naval Examining Board in session at Philadel- phia. March 6. 1898. to date of retire- ment. June, 1896. Member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, 4956 Walton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
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