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MOHN, Jeremiah G .:
President Reading Board of Trade; born in Spring Township, Berks County, Pa., Nov. 1, 1839, the fifth son of Will- iam and Mary Mohn. His education was acquired in the district schools and in Adamstown and Churchtown, Pa. At the age of eighteen years he secured a clerk- ship in the general store of S. K. Mohn, in Mohnsville, where he served three years. He was subsequently a clerk in stores in Gouglersville, Reinholdsville, Adamstown and Reemstown. For four years he was general manager of a store in the list mentioned place. He then re- moved to Reading, and in 1871 formed a partnership with his brothers in the hat manufacturing business. The firm of J. G. Mohn & Bro. is still in this busi- ness. For five years Mr. Mohn was also interested in the Mohn Hat Company, of Mohnsville, and for ten years in a hat commission house in New York. He has been a Director of the Penn National Bank since its incorporation in 1883; is a Director of the Reading Fire Insurance Company; and a stockholder and officer in a number of other companies. He was elected President of the Reading Board of Trade in January, 1903. He also served a term of four years in Select Council, being elected as a Republican. He was a delegate to the First General Conference the
of United Evangelical Church in 1894, and delegate to the first East Penn- sylvania Conference of the same denomin- ation. He is now Treasurer of the Mis- sionary Society and also Treasurer of the Albrighit College of that denomination. For some years he has been a member of the Board of Managers of the Pennsyl- vania Chautauqua at Mt. Gretna, Pa. Address, Reading, Pa.
MOHN, Samuel K .:
Postmaster; born Nov. 21, 1824, on Mohn Hill, Berks County, Pa; educated in com- mon schools in Berks County, Pa. Post- master at Mohnville, Pa. Wool hat manu- facturer and interested in lumber and plan- ing mill and now retired; married to Su- sanna Spatz, Aug. 24, 1847. He was one of the first settlers in the village of Mohnville, Berks County, in 1846. Re- publican in politics. Address, Mohnville, Berks County, Pa.
MOHR, Charles:
Physician; born in Philadelphia, May 2, 1844; graduated from Hahnemann Medical College, 1875; Chief of staff of Hahnemann College dispensary, 1877-1SS2; senior visiting physician, Hahnemann Hospital, 1882-1901; lecturer on pharmacy. Hahnemann Medical College, 1879-1881; lecturer on hygiene for New Century Club of Philadelphia, 1882; Professor of Clinical Medicine and Physical Diagnosis, Hahnemann Medical College, 1882-1Sou, and Professor Materia Medica and Thera- peutics since 1885; Sec'y Homeopathic Medical Society, 1878-1884, and President 1894-1896; President Pharmacological So- ciety of the Hahnemann Medical College and General Director of Hahnemann Hos- pital. Married, Aug. 1, 1866, Eliza J. Hulfish. Member Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Fine Arts, Depart- ment of Archaeology at University of Pennsylvania, American Public Health Association, American Academy of Po- litical and Social Science, American In- stitute of Homeopathy. He has written many papers on medical subjects. Ad- dress, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa.
MOHR, W. Frank:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Berks County; born at Tuscarora, Pa., Jan. 21, 1861; learned the printing trade in the office of the Ma- hanny City Tribune; entered newspaper work, and for the past twelve years has been engaged as reporter for the Read- ing Eagle; served in two wars, having been a private in the Governor's Troop, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, of Har- risburg, during the Spanish-American war, and afterward a Second Lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Infantry, United States Volunteers, this being one of the twenty regiments raised by special act of Congress to suppress the insurrection in the Philippines; was elected to the House
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of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Reading, Pa.
MONRO, George N .:
Lawyer; born Nov. 1S. 1933, at Buck- inghamshire. England. In 1951 he was graduated from St. David's College, Car- nathen, South Wales; in August, 1854, he came to America and soon after en- tered the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, New York, where he was graduated in 185S. taking Greek prize. He was ordained to be deaconate and served in the Louisiana Diocese until 1560. He then moved to Pittsburg, taught school for a time, and in 1866 was admitted to the Allegheny County bar. Member of St. Peter's Epis- copal Church; also well known in Masonic circles, and member of the Church Club. Address, 422 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
MONTGOMERY, Edward Emmet:
Physician; born in Newark, Ohio, May 15, 1849; received early education in tlie public schools, and was graduated from Denison University in 1871, with the de- gree of LL. D., 1901; also from Jefferson Medical College in 1874. Was the Interne at Philadelphia Hospital. 1874-1875, and Professor of Obstetrics at the same in- stitution in 1STS-1894; Professor of Gyne- cology, Medico-Chirurgical College, 1SS6- 1891; Professor of Obstetrics and Gyne- cology, same. 1891-1892; Professor of Clin- * . ical Gynecology, Jefferson Medical Col- lege, 1892-1898; Professor of Gynecology. same, 1898; Gynecologist of St. Joseph's Hospital since 1590; President of Phila- delphia Medical Club; ex-President of Philadelphia Clinical Society. Philadel- phia Obstetric Society, American Asso- ciation of Obstetrical Gynecologists, Penn- sylvania State Medical Society, Alumni Association of Jefferson College; is a member of the College of Physicians. Am- erican Gynecological Society, American Medical Association. Assistant editor of Universal Medical Annual and Sajous's Annual and Analytical Cyclopidia of Practical Medicine. Contributor to Keat- ing & Coe's Practical Gynecology, Ameri- can Text Book of Gynecology. and vari- ous medical journals. Married, 1876, Hel- en M. Buckley. Is the author of "Prac- tical Gynecology," 1900. Address, 1703 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MONTGOMERY, Morton L .:
lawyer; born in Reading. Pa .. Nov. 10, 1846; son of John Leonard Montgomery; 17
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educated in the public schools, and then took up civil engineering as a professsion. After several years of practical work in the field in Berks and Schuylkill Coun- ties. he entered the office of Jacob S. Livingood, one of the oldest lawyers at the Reading bar, as a student at law. He also attended the law department of Harvard University for two terms. On Aug. 28. 1871, he was admitted to the Reading bar, where he has been in active practice ever since. Mr. Montgomery has given much attention to literary pur- suits, and is the author of a "Political Hand Book of Berks County, Pa," "His- tory of Berks County," "Berks County in the Revolution," "Sesqui-Centennial His- tory of Reading and Berks County," "His- tory of Conrad Weiser," and various pamphlets and newspaper articles. He was married in 1874 to Miss Florence Bush, a daughter of Dr. Andrew Bush. of East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pa. Address, Reading, Pa.
MONTGOMERY, Robert H .:
Accountant; born in Mahanoy City, Pa .. 1872; educated in public schools; moved to Philadelphia in 1SS7; studied law and was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia. County in 1900; served with Battery A, Philadelphia Light Artillery. in Porto Rico, during the Spanish-American War. Politically he is a Republican, and is a certified public accountant, member of the firm of Lybrand, Ross Brothers & Montgomery, and was active in securing the passage by the Pennsylvania Legis- lature of the present law recognizing that profession. Was one of the organizers and is Treasurer of the Federation of Societies of Public Accountants in the United States. Address, Germantown Cricket Club, Germantown, Pa.
MONTGOMERY, Robert Hugh:
Major United States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from army pri- vate. Corporal, Sergeant and First Ser- geant. Fifth Cavalry. Aug. 6. 1860. to Dec. 17. 1862: Second Lieutenant. Fifth Cavalry, Nov. 29. 1862; dismissed Nov. 19. 1$63; reinstated Feb. 16, 1\65; First Lieu- tenant April 25, 1865; Regimental Quar- termaster Aug. 3. 1565, to Dec. 31. 1866; Regimental Adjutant Dec. 31. 1866. to July 12, 1869; Captain Jan. 3, 1870: Major. Tenth Cavalry, March S. 1691: brovetted First Lieutenant June 9. 1863. for gal- lant and meritorious services in the bat- tle of Beverly Ford, Va .; Captain Aug. 1,
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1863, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Brandy Station, Va., and Major Feb. 27, 1890, for gallant services in action against Indians at Muchos Can- yons, Ariz., Sept. 25, 1872. and in a scout made by him through Tonto Basin, Arzi., during the months of November and De- cember, 1874; retired April 8, 1892. Ad- dress, 2021 Q St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
MONTGOMERY, Thomas H .:
President of The American Fire Insur- ance Company; born in Philadelphia Feb. 23, 1830, a younger son of the Rev. James Montgomery, D. D., graduate of Prince- ton College, 1805. His mother was Mary Harrison, daughter of Thomas H. White (University, 1795). Educated at Gram- mar School under Rev. Dr. Crawford, and school of Rev. Dr. Faircs, 31 C. At the age of seventeen he entered the drug house of Charles Ellis & Co., took a course at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and was graduated in 1851; after a few years entered the fire insur- ance business. In 1859, upon the organiz- ation of the Enterprise Insurance Com- pany, he became Assistant Secretary, Secretary and Vice President. From 1872 to 1879 resided in New York as General Agent of the National Board of Fire Underwriters; in 1880 he was elected Vice President of the American Fire Insur- ance Company, and President in April, 1882, in which duty he still continues. While with the Insurance Company of North America he was asked by the President, Mr. Charles Platt, '46 C., to write the history of this venerable in- stitution, and this was issued in 1885., He is a member of the New York His- torical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Chester County IHistorical Society, the Pennsylvania Societies of the Sons of the Revolution and of Colonial Wars, the Colonial Society of Pennslvania, etc. He married Anna, daughter of Sam- uel George Morton, M. D. (Pennsylvania and Edinburgh), the distinguished etlino- logist, and President of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Address, 308 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MONTGOMERY, Thomas Lynch:
Librarian; born in Germantown, Pa., March 4, 1862; son of Oswald Crathorne and Catherine Gertrude (Lynch); educat- ed in High School of Pottstown, Pa, and Episcopal Academy. receiving the degree of A. B. from the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1884. Married, in Philadelphia,
Oct. 16, 1889, Brinca Gilpin. Actuary and Librarian of Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1886; founder of Pennsylvania Library Club. 1890;
established first branch of Philadelphia Free Library, 1892; Trustec of Free Library of Philadelphia and Chairman of Library Committee since 1894; appointed by Governor Pen- nypacker, February, 1903, State Librarian of Pennsylvania. Republican in politics. Charter member of Keystone Library As- sociation; member of Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Academy of Natural Sciences, American Historical Association, Philobiblion Club, American Library As- sociation. life member of Spring Garden Institute Club; honorary member of Wyo- ming Historical and Geological Society, and Dauphin County Historical Society; organized Department of Public Records in connection with the State Library, 1903; Secretary of Pennsylvania Frce Li- brary Commission, Harrisburg. Resi- dence, 904 Clinton St., Philadelphia; office, Harrisburg, Pa.
MONTGOMERY, Thomas McBurney:
Conveyancer and real estate broker; born Nov. 26, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa .; edu- cated until twelve years of age in pri- vate schools and in the public schools, and was graduated in 1849 from the Cen- tral High School, Philadelphia. Devoted exclusively to profession of conveyancer and real estate law in the firm of Lukens & Montgomery, of fifty years standing. Married Anne Lloyd Borden on Jan. 23, 1867, daughter of Joseph L. Borden of Rumson, Monmouth County, N. J. He was an Old Line Whig and is now a Re- publican. Address, 1135 Shackamaxon St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MONTGOMERY. Thomas W .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Huntingdon County; born in West Township. Huntingdon County, Pa., on the farm bought in 1795 by his grandfather, and now owned by him; educated in the common schools of his native township; was elected Treasur- er of Huntingdon County in 1873. and in 1874 removed to Huntingdon, where he has since resided; served as Chairman of the Republican County Committee in 1$$2, and was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1595; has filled the office of Councilinan and Burgess of the borough of Huntingdon; elected to the House of Representatives in 1900; re- elected in November, 1902. Address. Huntingdon, Pa.
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MOODY, Colonel Samuel:
General Passenger Agent of the Penn- sylvania lines west of Pittsburg; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1853. He was en. gaged for a time as a merchant at Beav- er, Pa., and entered the railway service in 1885, as traveling passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines west, in Pittsburg. Two years later he was appointed Dis. triet Passenger Agent for the Pittsburg division. In March, 1893, he was appoint- er Assistant General Passenger Agent at Cincinnati for the same company, and was given this position at Pittsburg, on Jan. 1, 1825. April, 1904, his promotion to his present position was announced. Col. Moody is a man of military dis- tinetion, being Quartermaster General of the Pennsylvania National Guard with the ranking title of Colonel. Address, Beaver, Pa.
MOON, Reuben 0:
Member of Congress (Republican), of Philadelphia, is descended from one of the original company of the ship Welcome that sailed up the Delaware river in 1682 and settled on Penn's Manor, in Bucks County, Pa .; one of the family was a member of the first council called by the proprietor after his arrival, and John Moon, the paternal aneestor of Reuben O. Moon was one of the first Judges of the State of Pennsylvania, being appointed by king's commission. Mr. Moon studied at home with his father, Aaron L. Moon, one of the most suc- cessful teachers of New Jersey, and supplemented that
a collegiate course, graduating in 1574; taught school. and later was a professor in and then President of the National School of Ora- tory, Philadelphia; engaged in lecturing, and studied law, being admitted to prac- tiee in 1$$4; has participated in politieal campaigns since leaving college; was one of the founders and President of the Columbia CImb. Is a member also of the Lawyers' Club and of the Historical So- ciety of Pennsylvania. Married Mary A. Preedmore, of Barnegat, N. J., in 1876, and has two children; was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress Nov. 2. 1903. to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Robert H. Foerderer. Address, 1530 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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MOORE, Alonzo Ross:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Potter County; born in Belfast, Allegheny County, N. Y., April
20, 185S; removed with his parents to Ulysses, Potter County, Pa., in 1867, and has since resided in Potter County; reared on a farm; educated in the public schools; was elected Sheriff in 1892; was a member of the Republican State Central Commit- tee in 1896-1897; was admitted to the bar of Potter County in March, 1897. and has since been engaged in the practice of law at Coudersport; was appointed ref- eree in bankruptcy for Potter County, Western district of Pennsylvania, in May, 1899, and was appointed referee for Pot- ter and Cameron Counties in the Middle district of Pennsylvania in May, 1901; has always been a staneh Republican; elect- ed to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Coudersport, Pa.
MOORE, Charles Leonard:
Author; born in Philadelphia, March 16, 1854; son of Joseph and Marry E. Moore; educated in the publie schools of that eity; was appointed United States Consular Agent at San Antonio, Brazil. Author of "Atlas," 1881; "Poems, An- tique and Modern," 1SS3; "Book of Day Dreams." 1883; "Banquet of Palacios." 1889; "Odes," 1896; "Ghost of Rosalys," 1900. Address, 1501 Pine St., Philadelphia.
MOORE, Clarence Bloomfield:
Archæologist; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 14, 1852; received his preparatory educa- tion in the publie schools and was gradu- ated from Harvard in 1873. Early be- came interested in the subject of ar- chæology, and in pursuit of his investiga- tions traveled in nearly every part of Europe, in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Turkey; made journeys across the Andes and down the Amazon in 1876, and in 1878-1879 made a trip around the world; on his return made an extensive. tour of the United States and Canada; for the past twelve years has been ex- tensively engaged in exploring Indian mounds in South Carolina, Georgia, Flor- ida, and Alabama; Fellow of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science and is a member of many learned societies. Author "Certain
Sand Mounds of the St. John's River, Florida," 1894; "Certain Sand Mounds of Duval County, Florida," 1895; "Certain Aborig- inal Mounds of the Georgia Coast." 1897; 'Certain Aboriginal Mounds of the Coast of South Carchna (including mounds of Savannah and Altamaha rivers), 1898; "Certain Aboriginal Remains of the Ala- bama River," 1899; "Certain Antiquities
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of the Florida West Coast." 1900; "Cer- tain Aboriginal Remains of the North- west Florida Coast," 1902; and many minor papers published by Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Address, 1321 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MOORE, David W .:
Editor; born in Oil City, Pa., Sept. S, 1900; educated in Grove City, Pa., Col- lege. Married Miss Josephine Phillips of South Oil City, Pa. Is in the newspaper business and editor of the Grove City Herald, Grove City, Pa. Republican in politics. Address, Grove City, Pa.
MOORE, Dunlop:
Clergyman; born in Lurgan, County Ar- magh, Ireland, July 25, 1830, pursued a course of studies at Edinburgh and Bel- fast; was graduated in 1854, with degree of D. D .; he was a missionary of Irish Pres- byterian Church to Gujurat, India, 1855- 1867 and to the Jews in Vienna, 1869- 1874; in 1875 became pastor of the Pres- byterian Church, New Brighton, Pa., but for some years has been engaged in evangelical work and in contributing to religious weekly journals and quarterly reviews. Assisted
in translating the Bible into the Gujurati tongue and in the same language wrote treatises on Jain- ism and Mohammedanism. Edited The Guyandipaka in same language, while in India. He contributed to Schaff-Lange Commentary and to Schaff-Herzog Ency- clopædia. Married, 1870, Miss R. A. Luis, of Hamburg, Germany. Address, Pitts- burg, Pa.
MOORE, Edward Blackfan:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the, Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster 13Sth Pennsylvania Infan- try Aug. 26, 1862; discharged to accept promotion July 4, 1864. Captain and Commissary of Subsistence United States Volunteers May 28. 1864; honorably mus- tered out July 31, 1865. Brevetted Major United States Volunteers July 18, 1865, "for efficient and meritorious services." Elected May 2. 1SSS. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MOORE, Franklin J .:
Secretary of the General Accident In- surance Company of Philadelphia, and As- sistant United States Manager of the General Accident Assurance Corporation
of Perth, Scotland; was born at Morrow. Ohio, Dec. 11. 1$61. He obtained his edu- cation in the public schools, after leaving which he was for three years a stenog- rapher. Since 1SS5 he has been in the personal accident insurance business, be- coming in that year New York Agent for the New England Mutual Accident Association of Boston. In 1SS9 he became Superintendent of agencies, with head- quarters in Boston, and in 1896 Secretary and General Manager of the Company, until its business was reinsured with the General Accident Assurance Corporation in April, 1899, when he accepted his pres- ent position. He is also President of the International Association of Accident Un- derwriters, and President of the Moore Manufacturing Company. Address, 834 South 39th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MOORE, Harry:
President of the Hill Top German Say- ings Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
MOORE, James Miles:
Brigadier General United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. Private Company G, Nineteenth Pennsyl- vania Infantry, April 18 to Aug. S. 1861; Second Lieutenant Ninetieth Pennsylva- nia Infantry Feb. 21, 1862; First Lieu- tenant March 10, 1862; resigned ,April 7. 1863; Captain Assistant Quartermaster Volunteers March 11, 1863 to July 27 1864; Captain Assistant Quartermaster United States Army July 2, 1864; Major Quartermaster June 13, 1867; Lieutenant Colonel Depot Quartermaster July 2, 1SS3: Colonel Assistant Quartermaster General Jan. 14, 1895; retired Oct. 26, 1901; com- missioned Brigadier General, 1904; brevet Major March 13, 1865 for faithful and meritorious service during the war and Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 24, 1865. for faithful and meritorious service. Address. care Depot Quartermaster. Army Build- ing, New York, N. Y.
MOORE, James W .:
Physicist, Educator, Dean of the Par- dee School of Science; born in Easton. Pa .. June 14, 1841; was a graduate of the Easton High School, 1860; Lafayette Col- lege, 1864; A. M., 1867; M. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1869. Member of the faculty of Lafayette College since Jan. S. 1866; tutor. 1866-1868; Adjunet Profess- or 1868-1872; Professor of Mechanics and Experimental Philosophy since 1872. The Departments of Physics and Electrical
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Engineering were organized under his di- rection. He was a member of the Amer- ican Philosophical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, American Academy of Medicine, Pennsylvania State Medical So- ciety and on its Legislative Committee. Member of the Sons of the Revolution. Historian General of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1607-1657; member Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon, etc. Author of Electric-dynamic Phenom- ena, 1SSS; "Notes on a Course of Lectures on Light." 1SS9; "The Elements of Natu- ral Philosophy for the Use of Engineering Students," 1891; "The Elements of Natu- ral Philosophy for the Use of Junior stu- dents in College," 1S01; "Methods of In- vestigation and Record Book of Experi- ments in Physics," 1892; "Instruments and Methods of Physical Measurements," 1892; "Some Thoughts on the Necessary Preliminary Training for the Medical Profession," 1893, Number 17 Bulletin of the American Academy of Medicine; "Simple Harmonic Motion," 1894; "An Attempt to Analyze the Statistics of Diphtheria in Easton from 1SSS to 1894 inclusive," 1894, Lehigh Valley Medical Magazine; "Some Sanitary Questions"; Transactions of the Northampton County Medical Society, 1895; "Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Heat; Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Electricity," 1895; "Address on Hygiene," 1896; Tran- sactions of Pennsylvania State Medical Society; "American Ancestral Chart of a Branch of the Family of Rev. John Moore, of Newtown, L. I., which settled in Pennsylvania," 1897; . "Records of the Kingwood Monthly Meeting of Friends, Hunterdon County. New Jersey," 1900, "Rev. John Moore, of Newtown, L. I., and Some of His Descendants," etc. Ad- dress, Easton, Pa.
MOORE, John Percy:
Instructor; born at Williamsport, Pa., May 17, 1869, educated in public schools of Philadelphia; was graduated from the Central High School in 1886; learned elec - tric lighting business 1886-15SS; was graduated from University of Pennsylva- nia 1890; married Kathleen Carter, 1892; Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania, 1896; Assistant Instructor Zoology University of Pennsylvania 1890-1892; Instructor same 1892-1904; Scientific Assistant to United States Fish Commission. 1890-1901; instructor, of Zoology at Hahnemann Medical College 1596-1898; Instructor of
Marine Biological Laboratory, 1901-1904. Member and corresponding secretary of Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- delphia. Member of the Society of Am- erican Zoologists. Société Zoologique de France. Psi Upsilon and Sigma Xi fra- ternities, etc. Author of numerous zoo- logical papers in scientific journals, chiefly upon annelids and vertebrates and bio- logico-economic questions relating to fish- eries. Address, University of Pennsylva- nia, Philadelphia, Pa.
MOORE, John Philips:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Allegheny County: born in Pittsburg, Allegheny County, Pa., April 12, 1856; was educated in the public schools and is a graduate of Duff's Business College of Pittsburg; for the past twenty years has been Assistant Manager of the Knoxville Land Improve - ment Company; is Treasurer of the Knox- ville Incline Plane Company and Presi- dent of the Knoxville Light and Ice Com- pany; is Borough Treasurer, and was Jus- tice of the Peace of Knoxville for six- teen years; has held various other posi- tions of trust; in 1SSS was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. and was a delegate to the Republican State Convention in 1893; elected to the House of Representatives in 1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Knoxville, Tenn.
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