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MOORE, R. H .:
President of the Deposit National Bank of Dubois. Address, Dubois, Clearfield County Pa.
MOORE, Ziba T .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia; born Aug. 11, 1865; educated at the Rugby Academy, West Chester State Normal School, and was graduated from the Uni- Versity of Pennsylvania Law School; was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in June 1857. and then entered upon the active practice of law; was elected School Di- rector of the Fifteenth section school board, serving from 1891 to 1895; elected to the House of Representatives in No- vember, 1896, and served until the end of the session. when he resigned to ac- copt the position of Assistant District Attorney of Philadelphia under George S. Graham, which position he held until the end of Mr. Graham's term, when he re- tired from the office, and has since de-
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voted his entire time and attention to the practice of his profession; is a mem- ber of the Union League of Philadelphia; . elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Residence, 412 West Price St., Germantown; office 507 Crozer Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
MOORHEAD, John, Jr .:
President of the Moorhead Bros. & Co., iron mills, Sharpsburg, Pa .; is one of Pittsburg's most prominent manufac- turers and club men and Director Ex- change Bank, Monongahela Water Co., Standard Underground Cable Co., E'na & Vesuvius Coal Co., etc. He was born in Pittsburg and prepared for college at the Western University, and Phillips Academy. Andover, Mass. Tr. 1880 he graduated from Yale University and was admitted into the partnership of Moor- head Bros. & Co. His energy and ability at once placed him in complete charge of the management of the company. Mr. Moorhead was married April 7, 1881, to Annie D, Alston of Chicago. They have two sons and two daughters. Mr. Moor- head has been active and is connected in various capacities with many of the city's large business concerns. He has been for years a guarantor of the Pittsburg Or- chestra and a member of the Union, Pittsburg, Duquesne, Allegheny Country, and Duquesne Kennel Clubs of Pittsburg; the University, Yale and Brook Clubs, New York, and of the Essex Country Club, Manchester. Mass. And a member of the Academy of Science and Art and Art Society. Address, 928 Ridge Ave., Al- legheny, Pa.
MOORHEAD, William Jefferson:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant Seventeenth United States Infantry, May 14, 1861; Cap- tain June 27, 1862; resigned and honor- ably discharged July 21, 1865; brevetted Major United States Army July 6. 1864, "for gallant services during the war, es- pecially at the battles of Fredericksburg, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa." Elected Oct. 20, 15$6. Address care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
MORAN, Peter:
Painter, etcher, illustrator; born in Bol- ton. Lancashire, England, March 4, 1842; he was graduated from the Harrison Grammar School, Philadelphia, in 1857.
Married, July 7, 1867, Emily Kelley, Dub- lin. Ireland. Mrs. Moran is also a paint- er and etcher of some repute. Mr. Moran studied with his brothers, Thomas and Edward Moran, in England, 1863. He is a member of the Art Club of Philadelphia and President of Society of Etchers. His paintings are principally of landscapes and animal subjects. Address, 1322 Jer- fersen St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MORDECAI, Alfred :
Brigadier General United States Army; retired; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from District of Columbia; Cadet Mili- tary Academy July 1, 1857; brevet Second Lieutenant June 24, 1861; Second Lieuten- ant Aug. 3, 1861; transferred to ordnance Oct. 23, 1861; First Lieutenant March 3, 1863; Captain June 1, 1863; Major June 23, 1874; Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 4, 1882; Colonel Jan. 31, 1891; brevetted Major Sept. 7, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Fort Wagner, S. C., and Lieutenant Colonel March 13. 1865, for distinguished services in the field and faithful and meritorious services in the Ordnance Department during the war. Address, Tlie Westover, Washing- ton, D. C.
MORE, Wilson F .:
Pastor Reformed Church; born near Bethlehem. Pa., March 2, 1858; educated in the public schools and Lehigh Univer- sity, graduating in 1883; received the de- gree of A. M. from his Alma Mater; studied theology in the Seminary of the Reformed Church at Lancaster, Pa .. grad- uting in 1886; ordained and installed as pastor of Salem Reformed Church, Cata- sauqua. Pa., in 1886, which position he resigned June 12, 1901, to become Super- intendent of Bethany Orphans' Home: Womelsdorf, Pa. Editor of the consis- tory department of the Reformed Church Messenger since 1893, and Professor of German in the Allentown College for Women since November, 1599. Trans- lated a number of hymns into German. among them being "Lead. Kindly Light" and "Abide with Me. Fast Falls the Eventide." Married Matilda Applegate June 26. 1SS3. Democrat in politics. Ad- dress. Womelsdorf, Pa.
MOREHOUSE, George Read:
Physician: born in Mt. Holly, N. J .. March 25, 1829; received his preparatory education in private schools, and was graduated from Princeton in ISIS (Ph. D.,
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1892); Jefferson Medical College, 1851, and from the University of Pennsylvania, medical department, 1875; acting assist- ant surgeon in charge of special hospital for nervous diseases in Philadelphia, 1862- 1865. Married, in 1887, Mary Ogden. Wrote "Researches on the Anatomy and Physiology of Respiration in Chelonia," and papers on surgical subjects in collabo- ration with Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. Is a member of the principal medical, phil- osophical and scientific societies of Phila- delphia. Address, 2033 Walnut St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
MORELAND. A. M .:
President of the Moreland Trust Com- pany of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
MORGAN, A. S. M .:
President of the Pennsylvania National Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
MORGAN, George:
Journalist; born in Concord, Del., Oct. 10, 1854; educated in the Concord, Del., schools, 1860-1870, and Laurel Academy, Laurel, Del., 1871; was graduated from the Delaware College," Newark, Del., in 1875. with the degree of A. M. Has been engaged in journalism since 1875, having been on editorial staffs of the Philadelphia Times, Philadelphia Press and Philadel- phia Record. Author of "John Littlejohn, o. J." 1895 (first in point of time of the latter-day Revolutionary novels). Wrote "Battlefield Letters" (newspaper letters), in D. Parish. Jr., collection, New York Historical Society: "Bronze Button Heroes," Lippincott's Magazine, 1899. Address, 917 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
MORGAN, Joseph:
Mechanical Engineer: member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Mili- tary Order of the Loyal Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Midshipman), United States Navy. Nov. 16, 1561; received de- gree of A. M., class of 1862, from Central High School, of Philadelphia. Second Assistant Enginer (Ensign) Aug. 25, 1863; resigned Jan. 5, 1866. Elected May 4, 1892. Address, 408 Franklin St., Johns- town, Pa.
MORGAN, Randal:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia Oct. 1S, 1853; studied at the Germantown Acad- emy. and was graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1873. He then
took up the study of law in the office of Morgan & Lewis, and was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia in 1877. In his practice he has attended specially to cor- poration law, and in 1882 was appointed general counsel for the United Gas Im- provement Company. This position he still holds, and has been Third Vice Pres- ident of that company since 1892. He was elected a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania in 1897, and is a mem- ber of the Rittenhouse, Manufacturers' and University Clubs of Philadelphia, and of the Lotus and University Clubs of New York. Address, Chestnut Hill, Phil- adelphia, Pa.
MORGAN, Thomas Hunt:
Scientist; born at Lexington, Ky., Sept. 25, 1866; son of Charles H. Morgan; was graduated from the State College of Ken- tucky with the degree of B. S. (Ph. D., Johns Hopkins); Professor of Biology at Bryn Mawr College. Author of "The Development of the Frog's Egg," 1897; "Regeneration," 1901; also monographs and papers on biological and embryolog- ical subjects. Address, Bryn Mawr. Pa.
MORRELL, Edward De Veaux:
Lawyer; born in Newport, R. I., Aug. 7, 1862: was graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, receiving the de- grees of B. A. in 1885, and A. M. and LL. B. in 1897. Admitted to bar. 1SS7; was member of Select Council of Philadel- phia. 1891-1894; entered National Guard of Pennsylvania as Colonel of the Third Regiment; became Inspector General and later Brigadier General, commanding the First Brigade. Elected to Fifty-sixth Congress from the Fifth Congressional District in 1900, to fill vacancy. Member of the present Congress. Republican in politics. Married, 1SS9, Louise Bouvier Drexel. Address, 329 S. Broad St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
MORRIS, Alexander G .:
Miner and manufacturer; born at Free- port, Pa., Nov. 5, 1834; studied the car- penters' trade, and in his eighteenth year began business for himself as a con- tractor and builder. In this he was very successful, he and from carpentry branched out into the oil, coal and lime- stone trade, being one of the pioneers in this field in Venango County. Ilis in- terest in coal led him to West Virginia, in which State he became largely inter- ested in several mining properties. He
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is more closely concerned, however, with limestone interests, and is also propri- etor of a large machine shop and foundry at Tyrone, Pa. In addition he is Presi- dent of the Blair County Banking Com- pany. For several years he was a mem- ber of the Council of Tyrone, and in 1896 was appointed manager of the Pennsyl- vania Industrial Reformatory at Hunt- ingdon. Address, Tyrone, Pa.
MORRIS, Charles:
Author and literary editor; born in Chester, Pa., Oct. 1, 1833; educated in public and private schools; taught one term in public schools and about two years in a school of language in Philadel- phia, 1858-1860. He was engaged as Su- perintendent in a carriage-bolt manu- factory, 1860-1878; since then has been de- voted to literary productions. His works include: "A Manual of Classical Litera- ture"; "The Aryan Race"; "Civilization, an Historical Review of its Elements" (Scott, Foresman & Co., Chicago); "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round
Table" (modernized from Malory's "Morte D'Arthur"); "Tales from the Dramatists" (4 vols.); "Historical Tales" (11 vols.); "The War With Spain"; "Our Nation's Navy"; "Our Island Empire"; "Primary, Elementary and Advanced School Histories of the United States"; "Students' History of the World" (J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia); "Man ar/! His Ancestor" (The Macmillan Com- pany, New York); "Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Cen- tury"; "Life of Queen Victoria"; "Life of William McKinley"; "The Volcano's Deadly Work"; "New Century History of the United States"; "Our Naval He- roes"; "The World's Famous Orators"; "Lives of the Presidents," etc., (John O. Winston Company, Philadelphia); "The Handy Dictionary of Biography" (Henry C. Coates & Co., Philadelphia). He is the editor of "Half Hours with the Best American Authors" and other works in the same series (18 vols., J. B. Lippin- cott Company); "Makers of Philadel- phia": "Makers of New York" (L. R. Hamersly & Co.); "The Encyclopedic Dic- tionary" (Philadelphia edition); "The Imperial Reference Library" (Syndicate Publishing Company): "The Twentieth Century Cyclopedia of Useful Informa- tion" (I. C. Winston Company). In ad- dition Mr. Morris has written much in prose and verse for magazines and news- papers, works of juvenile fiction, papers
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on scientific subjects, etc. For two years he edited the New Science Review. He has been a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia since 1869 and of its council since 1883, and has contributed frequently to its "Proceed- ings." He is a member of the Contem- porary Club and the Geographical -So- ciety of Philadelphia, the London Society for Psychical Research and Vice President of its Philadelphia section. Address, 2223 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MORRIS, Effingham B .:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia Aug. 23, 1856; he is a son of Israel W. Morris, and a descendant of Samuel Morris, Cap- tain of the First City Troop, Philadelphia Cavalry, in the Revolution, and of An- thony Morris, second Mayor of Philadel- phia, and a Justice of the First Supreme Court of the colony. Mr. Morris was graduated from the University of Penn- sylvania in 1875. He was admitted to the bar in 1878, and engaged in estate and corporation practice. For a number of years he was general attorney for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and counsel for the Girard Trust Company.
He served one term in the Common Coun- cil of Philadelphia, as the candidate of the "Committee of One Hundred," a re- form organization. He declined a re- nomination, but in 1883 was elected a Trustee of the Gas Works, then a nest of political jobbery. He did much toward reforming its methods. Mr. Morris was one of the receivers of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, and is a Direc- tor of the Fourth Street National Bank, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and many of its allied lines, of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, and other corporations. In 1887 he was elected President of the Girard Trust Com- pany. He was chairman of both the Pennsylvania and Cambria Steel Com- panies. He is personal Trustee of several large estates; member of the Philadelphia I'nion League, Rittenhouse. the Univer- sity. and several other clubs. He married, in 1879. Ellen Douglas Burroughs. Ad- dress, Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa., and Ardmore, Pa.
MORRIS. Galloway C .:
Manufacturer: born in Philadelphia in 1537: son of Caspar Morris, M. D .; edu- cated at the Academy of Protestant Epis-
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copal Church; entered the employ of Chas. E. Smith & Co. at the Fairmount Iron Works. leaving there in 1855 to go to the Cambria Iron Works, at Johnstown, un- der the firm of Wood, Morrell & Co. En- gaged in coal business in 1857. in Phila- delphia, and continued until 1872. In the employ of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company until 1875. when he became a member of the firm of Mar- tin Nixon & Co., paper manufacturers, at Manyunk. In 1877 went to Europe. and has since then led a retired life, with the exception of eight years, when he was Commissioner of the Seaboard Steam Coal Association. During the war served with the regiment known as Gray Reserves. After the war took active part in the reorganization of the National Guard of Pennsylvania and in connection with the First Regiment, National Guard of Penn- sylvania; on staff of Brigadier Generals Hofmann, Wagner and Thayer, and Aide on staff of Governor H. M. Hoyt. Heid at different times office under city govern- ment as a member of Board of Port War- dens. Trustee of City Ice Boats, and in Board of Charities and Correction; mem- ber of Board of Managers of Pennsyl- vania Institution for Instruction of Blind; Preston Retreat; Gerinantown Hospital, and other philanthropic work. Spends most of the time at his summer cottage, Like George. N. Y. Residence, 128 So. Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MORRIS, Harrison Smith:
Managing Director Pennsylvania Acad- emy of the Fine Arts; editor Lippincott's Magazine since January, 1899; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1856; son of George W. and Catharine Harris) Morris; edu- cated in the public schools. Married, June 2, 1896, Anna Wharton. Author of "A Duet in Lyrics," poems (with J. A. Hen- ry), 1583; "Tales from Ten Poets," 1893; "Madonna and Other Poems," 1894; edit- ed "In the Yule Log Glow," 1992: "Where Meadows Meet the Sea." 1592; also wrote a continuation and completion of Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. 1893, etc. Resi- dence. Milestown; office, Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
MORRIS, James Cheston:
Physician; born in Philadelphia May 28 1831; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1551. receiving the de- grees of A. M. and M. D. in 1:54. Has made a specialty of uterine and nervous
diseases, and his practice in Philadelphia is very extensive; holds important hos- pital appointments; Contract Surgeon, United States Army, October, 1862, to All- gust, 18€3; examiner and lecturer in Uni- versity of Pennsylvania,, 1855-1863. Has invented and patented several devices. Curator of Philosophical Society, 1889- 1901; Director of Biological and Micro- scopical section of Academy of Natural Sciences, 1897-1904; Translated Lehmann's "Chemical Physiology." 1856. Author of "Milk Supply of Large Cities; Water Supply of Philadelphia," and many articles in medical magazine on sanitary, biological, medical and literary subjects. Twice married, first, 1834, Hannah A. Tyson; second, Mary E. Johnson. Ad- dress, 1514 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MORRIS, John Rogers:
Soldier; employee United States Sub- Treasury, Philadelphia, Pa .; born in New London. Conn., April 20. 1843; son of Capt. Wm. H. Morris and Emma Rogers Morris. Private, Company E, Second Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, from May 7, 1861, to Aug. 7, 1861; ordinary seaman on U. S. Revenue Cutter James Campbell from Sept. 18, 1861, to Feb. 3, 1862; enlisted in the Fourteenth United States Infantry May 7, 1862; promoted Quartermaster Sergeant, Second Battal- ion, Fourteenth United States Infantry, from date of enlistment; honorably dis- charged for promotion Sept. 5, 1564; Cap- tain, Company I, Thirty-first United States Colored Infantry, Sept. 27, 1864; honorably discharged and musterd out Nov. 7. 1865. Served continuously with Army of the Potomac and Army of the James: was present at battle of first Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861; also at surrender at Appomattox, April 9. 1865. After the surrender went to Texas with General Sheridan's army of observation, serving on the frontier until finally mus- tered out; was voted a medal of honor by the Legislature of Connecticut for enlisting under the first call of Presi- dent Lincoln for troops for the de- fense of Washington. Married June 17, 1868, Elizabeth M. Miner at Lyme, Conn. After close of Civil War settled in Phil- adelphia, engaging in wholesale drug business until 1898. In 1902 was appointed to a position in United States Sub-Treas- ury at Philadelphia. Member of Pennsyl- vania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Pennsylvania Soci-
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ety Sons of the Revolution, and the Ma- sonic fraternity. Address, 1928 Judson Place, Philadelphia, Pa.
MORRIS, Lawrence Johnson:
Cashier of Lawrence Johnson & Co .. foreign merchants and bankers, Phila- delphia, Pa .; born September 27, 1870, at "Fernbank," in Birmingham Township, Chester Co., Pa .; son of J. Chestou Morris, M. D., of Philadelphia; graduate of Wm. Penn Charter School, Phiia- delphia, 1885; received degree of A. B. from Haverford College, 1859; formeriy president of Wade-Gilpin Co., (ncw Charles Gilpin) builders and contractors, Philadelphia. Address, 1514 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MORRIS, Meredith D .:
Principal of the Bradford High School; was born at Kennon, Belmont Co., Ohio, June 15, 1871; in 1SS6-158S attended Flush- ing, Ohio, High School. began teaching at Egypt, Ohio, in 1SS9, transferred to Flushing, Ohio. District No. 1, until 1891. when he entered Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio; graduated from the Nor- mal department in 1893; continued class- ical course, and graduated in 1895 with the degree of A. B .; he took military work in Infantry, Artillery and Military Signaling; was Sergeant, Second Lieuten- ant, First Lieutenant of Infantry and Captain of the Artillery; entered Harvard University in 1895, graduated with the degree of A. B., 1896, with special men- tion in history; principal of high school, South Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Mass., September, 1996-1895; principal Martin's Ferry, Ohio, High School, September, 1899-1903. In 1901- received degree cf Master of Arts pro merito from Mt. Union College; member Union Lodge 334 F. and A. M. and Tuna Lodge 441 I. O. O. F. Address, Bradford, Pa.
MORRIS, Thomas Gilbert:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, from Philadelphia; was born in Frederictor. New Brunswick. Canada, September 11, 1867; moved to Philadelphia in May, 1876, and was edu- cated in the public schools of that city; entered the employ of the George W. Blabon Oil Cloth Works, where he he- came proficient in the art of printing and decorating; resigned his position with them to enter the bureau of water as in- spector; has been actively engaged in polities since attaining his majority;
elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, 1614 N. 27th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MORRISON, D. W .:
Principal of Tionesta High School; son of Robert C. and Esther Hill Morrison; was born at Belleview, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1865; at the age of five re- moved with his parents to Clarion County; was educated in the public schools. Clark's Commercial College and the Clarion State Normal School, gradu- ating in 1894. Since graduating has been principal of the Strattonville, Glen Hazel public schools and of the Westport. North Clarendon, and Tionesta High Schools; was married April 15, 1891, to Miss Kate E. Ion, of Clarion County. Address, Tio- nesta, Pa.
MORRISON, Thomas:
General Superintendent of the Edgar Thomas steel plant of the Carnegie Steel Company; was born in Scotland, Decem- ber 5, 1861, and received a common school education; his spare time he de- voted to drawing and on leaving school was apprenticed to learn the trade of a machinest and engineer; in 18$6 he came to America; his first position he obtained in the Homestead works of Andrew Car- negie: he was soon advanced to a fore- manship and later became assistant mas- ter mechanic. His next promotion found him in charge of the armor plate depart- ment; in 1891 he was made superintendent of the Duquesne steel works, and in 1825 assumed his present position; he has been one of the loyal young partners of An- drew Carnegie. Address, North High- land Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
MORRISON, Thomas A .:
Judge of the Superior Court of Penn- sylvania; was born in Pleasantville, Venango County. Pennsylvania. May 4. 1840; his paternal grandparents came from the north of Ireland, and his father, William Morrison, was born in Centre Co .. Pa., in 1804; his mother was Eliza- beth McMaster, of Scottish descent; re- ceived common school and Academic edu- cation at Pleasantville: courses at Penn- sylvania State Normal School of Edin- boro, Pa .. and Poughkeepsie. New York: at one time he taught school. In July, 1982, he enlisted as a private in Company A. 121st Pennsylvania Volunteers, and lost his left arm and received a severe wound in the left knee at Fredericksburg. Va.,
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December 13, 1862; he spent the winter of 1862-63 in Armory Square Hospital, at Washington, D. C .: was discharged in April, 1863, and in 1864-65 filled the office of Justice of the Peace at Pleasant- ville, Venango County, Pa .; Treasurer of Venango County in 1868 and 1869; 1870 was Deputy Internal Revenue Col- lector at Oil City, Pa .; On March 31, 1870, married Helen S. Gardner, at War- saw, New York. Read law and was ad- mitted to the bar in Venango County; practiced his profession at Pleasantville. Pa., until 1879, when he removed to Smethport, and in active practice there until September, 1887, when he was ap- pointed by Governor Beaver Judge of the 48th Judicial District; in November of the same year elected to the same judicial office for a term of ten years from Jan- uary, 1SSS; in 1897 was re-elected for another term of ten years; during his second term Mckean County was made a separate judicial district, and on Sep- tember 10, 1901, he was commissioned President Judge of the 48th District; served on the bench until December, 1902, When he was appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania by Gov- ernor Stone, to fill vacancy caused by the retirement of Judge John I. Mitchell; on December 30. 1902, he was commissioned a Judge of the Superior Court until the first Monday of January, 1901; was nomi- nated by the Republican party of Penn- sylvania for a ten-year term on the bench of the Superior Court, and in November. 1903, was elected and commissioned by the Governor to serve term of ten years from January, 1904; he has now been on the bench of the two courts nearly seven- teen years. Address, Smethport, Mckean Co., Pa.
MORRISON, Thomas Maxwell, A. M .:
Presbyterian minister; was born Nov. 21, 1867, Fredericksburg, Va .; graduated at Lafayette College 18SS, and Princeton Theological Seminary 1892; was ordained by Presbytery of Chester 1592; was assist- ant pastor of Mutchmore Memorial Church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1822-93; Pastor First Presbyterian Church Shenandoah, Pa., 1893-98; First Presbyterian Church of Mahanoy City, Pa., 199S-1904; member of Pennsylvania Synod in 1898, and Pres- byterian General Assembly in 1900; was President of Schuylkill County Sabbath School Association, 1>98-1902; has been Secretary of Trustees of Mahanoy City Public Library since 1998; permanent
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