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NEWCOMB, Edward C .:
Judge of Court of Common Pleas. Ad- dress, Scranton, Pa.
NEWELL. David L .:
President of the Frist National Bank of Youngwood. Address, Youngwood, Westmoreland County, Pa.
NEWELL, T. L .:
Banker; born in 1857, a native of Penn- sylvania; received his early training in Virginia; educated in the common schools and at Dickinson Seminary. For the last twenty-five years General Manager of the large interests of Edwards & Co .. anthracite coal miners and merchants; organized Deposit and Savings Bank, of which he is President; a Trustee of Wy- oming Seminary; connected with various commercial, financial, social and religious organizations. Married, in 1582, daughter of the late Hon. Daniel Edwards, of Kingston. Address, Kingston, Pa.
NEWGARDEN, George J .:
Captain (Assistant Surgeon) United States Army; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 25, 1864; educated in the public schools of Philadelphia; was graduated from the Boys' Central High School in June, 1880, with degree of 1. B .. and degree of A. M .. June, 1885; was graduat- ed from Jefferson Medical College, Phila- delphia. April 1889, with degree of M. D. Interne to Philadelphia Hospital (Blockley) in 1890: Medical Examiner in Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C .. 1890- 1891. Married, in 1891, Margaret Wool- ever. daughter of the late Hon. Adam Woolever, of Allentown, Pa. Assistant demonstrator of operative surgery in Jef- ferson Medical College, and medical clin- ical assistant at Jefferson Medical College
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Hospital, 1891. Commissioned First Lieu- tenant (Assistant Surgeon), United States Army, November, 1892; promoted to Cap- tain (Assistant Surgeon), November, 1997. Served during the Spanish-American War as Surgeon to the Third United States Cavalry throughout the entire campaign in Cuba; established the "Bloody Ford" dressing station on San Juan River, Cuba, near Santiago, on July 1, 1898. Military service at Fort Sheridan, Ill .; Fort Wayne, Mich .; Fort Yates, N. D .; the Cuban campaign, Fort Adams, R. I .; Fort McHenry, Md .; Fort Mason, Cal., and Fort Harrison, Mont., successively. Address, Manila, P. I.
NEWTON, Richard Heber:
Presbyter of the Protestant Episcopal Church; son of Richard Newton. D. D., and Lydia (Gretorex) Newton, of Fhila- delphia; born Oct. 31, 1840; educated in the Gregory School, Protestant Episco- pal School, Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania, 1861; Protestant Episcopal Divinity hScool, 1863; received degree of D. D. from Union University, N. Y .; as. sistant minister of St. Paul's and Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, 1862-1864; minister in charge of Trinity Church, Sharon Springs, New York, 1864-1866; rector of St. Paul's, Philadelphia, 1866- 1869; All Soul's Church, New York, 1869- 1902; select preacher to Leland Stanford, Jr., University. California, 1902-1903. Au- thor of "The Children's Church." "The Morals of Trade," "Womanhood." "Stud- ies of Jesus." "The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible." "The Book of the Beginnings." "Philistinism," "Church and Creed," "Social Studies and Christian Science." Contributor to the American Supplement to the "Encyclopedia Brit- tanica." Princeton Review, North Ameri- can Review, The Forum, The Arena. Mind, etc. President of the Internation- al Metaphysical League, Vice President of the Congress of Religion, Director of the New York State Conference of Religion; member of the General Committee of the Protestant Episcopal Church Congress. etc. Address, The Kirkwood. Camden, S. C.
NICELY, William H .:
President of the Farmer's' National Bank of Watsontown. Address. Watson- town, Northumberland County, Pa.
NICHOLS, Henry:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Allegheny County;
born in Pittsburg, Pa., where he has always resided, Aug. 31, 1853; educated in the public schools: served as a mem- ber cf Common Councils in 1894 and 1895; elected to the House of Repre- sentatives in November, 1902. Address, 354 Cedar St., Pittsburg, Pa ..
NICHOLS, H. M .: President of the Citizens' Banking Company. Address, Oil City, Venango County, Pa.
NICHOLS, Henry Sargent Prentiss:
Lawyer; son of Joseph Darwin Nichols and Emily Darrah; born in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa .; educated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1879, from which he received the degree of A. B. Member of Phi Beta Kappa, University Club, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Presbyterian Historical Society, Presby- terian Board of Relief for Disabled Min- isters, etc., Law Association of Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania State Bar Associa- tion and American Bar Association, and is a Trustee of the Presbyterian Hos- pital. Address, the Real Estate Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
NICHOLS, R. L .:
President of the First National Bank of Coudersport. Address, Coudersport, Potter County, Pa.
NICHOLSON, John Page:
Soldier, editor; born in Philadelphia July 4, 1842; son of James B. and Ade- Jaide B. Nicholson; received the degree of A. M. from Marietta College in 1>S2. Private Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania In- fantry, July 3, 1861; Sergeant, July 20, 1561; Regimental Commissary Sergeant, Aug. 2, 1861; discharged for promotion. July 21, 1862; First Lieutenant Twenty- eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, July 21. 1862; First Lieutenant and Quartermas- ter, Sept. 19, 1862; honorably mustered out, Sept. 1, 1865; brevetted Captain United States Volunteers, March 13, 1\65. "for faithful and meritorious services"; Cap- tain, March 13, 1865. "for faithful and meritorious services during the war": Major, March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services in the Savannah and Carolina campaigns"; Lieutenant Col- onel, March 13, 1\65, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." Served in and with Army of West Vir- ginia. Banks's Corps: Armies of Vir- ginia, the Potomae, the Cumberland and
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Georgia from Bolivar, Va., 1861. to Sher- man's march to the sea and through the Carolinas, to the final surrender of the Confederate forces. Member of Histor- ical Societies of Pennsylvania. Maine, Virginia, Maryland and Tennessee and the Ohio Historical and Archeological So- ciety. Recorder in Chief of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion since 1879; Recorder of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania since 1879; Chairman of United States Gettysburg National Park Commission; Secretary of Pennsylvania Gettysburg Commission: Valley Forge Commission, Hanover Pennsylvania Mon- ument Commission; Trustee of Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Erie, Pa., and Penn- sylvania Military Academy, Chester, Pa .; member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, Military Service Institution of the United States, and United Service Club. Translator and editor of "The History of the Civil War in America" (by the Comte de Paris), 4 vols; editor and compiler of "Pennsylvania at Gettysburg," 2 vols. (State publication). Address, 1124 N. Forty-first St., Philadelphia, Pa.
NICHOLSON, Samuel T .:
Reformer, and candidate of the Union Reform Party for the Vice Presidency; born in Halifax County, N. C., Feb. 2, 1852. He was graduated from Horner School in North Carolina, and took a classical and literary course at the Uni- versity of Virginia; studied law at the University, but never engaged in prac- tice. Engaged for a time in agricultural pursuits, and afterward in the insurance business; became interested in reform work; published the Eclectic, a journal devoted to good government and good citizenship; removed to Washington; or- ganized the National Good Government League. of which he became Secretary. Address, 320 Meyran St., Pittsburg, Pa.
NICHOLSON. William R .:
President of the Land Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia. Address, Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
NICKERSON. C. W .:
President of the Sunbury Trust and Safe Deposit Company. Address, Sun- bury. Northumberland County, Pa.
NICODEMUS, Edwin Arthur:
Physician and surgeon: horn at Mar- tinsburg, Pa., May 9, 1870; son of Fred-
erick L. and Rebecca Nicodemus; educat- ed in the public schools until sixteen years old, when he entered the Millers- ville State Normal School. Taught in the public schools of Lancaster County for several years, then entered the drug business, receiving theoretical training at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1892-1893: was graduated in medicine from Jefferson Medical College in 1898. He was in charge of the drug department of the University of Pennsylvania Hos- pital at the outbreak of the Spanish- American War. Entered the United States service as private in Governor's Troop, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, April 28, 1898; unanimously elected Sec- ond Lieutenant May 3, 1898. In July was appointed Adjutant of Squadron, Penn- sylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and served as such under Major C. S. W. Jones in Porto Rico and until the muster-out of Pennsylvania troops. On the return voy- age from Porto Rico, during the tem- porary sickness of Major Jones, he had command of the troops on board the transport Mississippi. Has been actively connected with the National Guard of Pennsylvania since 1891. Commissioned Assistant Surgeon, with rank of First Lieutenant, August, 1901, and assigned for duty with his old command. Married, 1903, to Helen A. Seibert. Has been ac- tive in quelling industrial disturbances in the State since 1892 in coal and iron fields, and a worker in local Republican politics. Address, 1605 Derry St., Har- risburg, Pa.
NICOLLS, William Jasper:
Civil and mining engineer: born in Philadelphia April 23, 1854; son of Jas- per William and Ellen Nicolls; received his education at the Hill School in Potts- town. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Member of the Art. Authors' (Philadelphia). Engi- neers' (New York) Clubs. Author of "Nicolls' Railway Builder." "Story of American Coal." 1898; "Coal Catechism." 1900;
"Greystone" (novel).
1901; "A
Dreamer in Paris." 1904. Married Clara V. Lyon, of Bellefonte. Residence, 101S S. Forty-ninth St. Address, Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
NIELDS. Benjamin :
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: First Lieutenant First Delaware Infantry, May 6, 161; honorably mus-
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tered out, Aug. 7. 1861; First Lieutenant, First Battery, Delaware Light Artillery, July 27, 1862; Captain, Aug. 15, 1862; honorably mustered out, June 23. 1865; brevetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel, United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, "for conspicuous gallantry at Cane River Crossing. La., April 23, 1864." Elected May 6, 1891. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
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NIEMANN, H. II .:
President of the Fifth Avenue Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
NIEMEYER. Adolph:
President of the Saving Institution of Williamsport. Address, Williamsport, Ly- coming County, Pa.
NILES, Jerome B .:
Lawyer; born in Niles Valley, Tiog County, Pa., Sept. 25, 1834. He worked on his father's farm as a boy, received an academic education. and taught dis- friet school at Wellsboro for several terms. He then studied law in the office of Hon. H. W. Sherwood, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1861. During the following year he acted as message clerk in the Pennsylvania House of Representa- tives and Moreantile Appraiser for Tioga County, and in the same year was elect- ed District Attorney. He was re-elected in 1835. and also served again as mes- sage clerk in the House. His private praetiee began as a partner with Hon. S. F. Wilson, of Wellsboro, and in 1868 he was elected to the State Legislature. He was a member of the Constitutional Con- vention of 1872, and was author of the provision for the formation of new eoun- ties. He was returned to the Legislature in 1880 and 1882, and in 1883 was elected Auditor General of Pennsylvania. In 1890 he was a prominent candidate for Con- gress, and in 1590 and 1892 was re-elect- ed to the Legislature. During this fre- quent periods of publie serviee Mr. Niles conducted a large law business in Tioga County. Address, Wellsboro, Pa.
NILES. Nathan Eric:
Commander United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Acad- emy. July 28, 1864; was graduated in 1568; Nipsic, North Atlantic Fleet, 1869- 1870; promoted to Ensign. 1969; to Mas- tor, 1570; Pacifle Station in Saranac, Re- saca and St. Mary's, from December, 1870,
to May, 1873; St. Mary's went out of commission in May or June, 1873, at Norfolk, Va., after a passage around Cape Horn from San Francisco; Manhat- tan, 1873; Ossipee, North Atlantic Sta- tion, 1874-1875; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, 1874; Torpedo Station, 1875; Ma- rion, European Station, 1875-1878; ord- nance duty, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1879-1882; Iroquois, Pacific Station, 1852- 1885; Hydrographic Offiee, 1885-1SSS; At- lanta, European Station, about four months; ship was attached to Admiral Walker's Squadron of Evolution; electric light duty, Norfolk, 1891-1895; detached from Norfolk Navy Yard, Aug. 31, 1895 executive of Lancaster, ordnance, Sept. 3. 1895, to Dec. 31, 1897; duty in Bureau of Equipment, Jan. 3, 1898; commanded the Piseataqua in June, 1898: joined Havana blockade in July. 1898; detached from Piseataqua, Sept. 28, 1$98; Equip- ment Officer, Norfolk Navy Yard, Oet. 1, 1898 to 1900; promoted to Commander, March 25, 1899; commanded Nashville, July 9, 1900, to 1903; Naval Home, Phila- delphia, since 1903. Address, Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa.
NILL, Thomas Jefferson:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Seeond Lieutenant 126th Penn- sylvania Infantry, Aug. 10, 1862; First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Aug. 15, 1862; honorably mustered out, May 20, 1863. Elected Jan. 5, 1881. Address, eare of Reeorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
NISBET, Verner:
Physician; born in Waxhaw, S. C., 1876; son of Dr. John Newton Nisbet; educated at Davis High School and South Carolina College; Ph. G., Maryland Col- lege of Pharmacy, 1895; M. D., Medieal Department University of Pennsylvania, 1901. Resident physician University Hos- pital, 1901-1903. Passed Pennsylvania Board of Medieal Examiners June, 1903. Member Philadelphia Pathologieal Socie- ty. Address, 317 South 18th Street, Phila- delphia, Pa.
NISSLEY, Jacob W .:
President of the First National Bank of Mt. Joy. Address, Mt. Joy, Lancas- ter County, Pa.
NISSLEY. John J .:
President of the Hummelstown Na- tional Bank. Address, Hummelstown, Pa.
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NISSLY, Samuel:
President of the Lincoln National Bank. . Address, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Pa.
MTZSCHE, George E .:
Lawyer; born at Nazareth, Pa., June 3, 1874; descendant of early Moravian stock; educated at public and private schools of Nazareth and Philadelphia; was graduated from the Law Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania in 1898, receiving the degree of LL. B .; admitted to the bar in 1898. Bursar and Registrar of the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1898-1903; incorporator of the Philadelphia Rescue Home, 1899; Director and counsel of Philadelphia Rescue Home, 1898 -; founder and editor of "Old Penn" and . University Chronicle," official graduate weeklies of the University of Pennsylvania; editor of "Law School Memorial Volume." "Uni- versity of Pennsylvania Guide." Author of numerous articles, reports and educa- tional statistics. Address, Houston Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.
NOBLE, Charles P .:
Physician; born in Federalsburg, Md .. Nov. 15, 1863; studied at Iowa Agricul- tural College; was graduated from the University of Maryland, M. D., in 1SS4. Began practice in Philadelphia, 1SS4; con- nected with Philadelphia Lying-in Char- ity, 18S4-1889; since 1SS9 surgeon-in-chief of the Kensington Hospital for Women; sp cialist in diseases of women. Address, 1509 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
NOBLIT, George W .:
Sheriff of Forest County; born at Port- land, Elk County. May 8, 1860; when & child he removed with his parents to Brockwayville, Jefferson County; attend- ed the public schools till seventeen years of age; at that time entered his father's shop, taking a four years' apprenticeship as a blacksmith; at the end of this time he went West, but soon returned to Pennsylvania. In 188? he wa's married to Miss Della Gilson of Barnes, Pa. Short- ly after he removed to Pigeon, Forest County, where he established himself in business. Was elected repeatedly to nearly all important offices of trust in his township, and served as Postmaster for some time. In 1902 he was elected Sheriff of Forest County, after which he removed to Tionesta. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
NOEL, York :
Commander United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy from Cumberland County, Pa., Sept. 20. 1870; was graduated May 30, 1874; served on North Atlantic Station on board flag- ships Colorado, Worcester and Hartford, from 1874 to 1876. Commissioned En- sign, July 17, 1876; Alliance, European Station. 1877; Minnesota and Fortune, 1878-1879; Norfolk Navy Yard, June to Oct. 1, 1879; on flagship Shenandoah, South Atlantic Station, from 1879 to 1882. Commissioned Master, Oct. 28, 1881; served on Miantonomah, special cruise, from 1S82 to 1SS3; title changed from Master to Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 18S3; Colorado, New York, 1883; North Atlantic Station, on board Galena and Swatara, 1883-1886; during which time was on duty ashore with Naval Bri- gade when it occupied the Isthmus of Panama during the revolution of 1SS5; Vermont, New York, from 1886 to 1889. Commissioned Lieutenant, Jan. 2, 18SS; on board Despatch, 1SS9 to 1891; League Island Navy Yard, 1891 to 1892; Monon- gahela, 1892-1894; Newark, 1894-1895;
Chicago, 1895; Navy Yard, New York, 1896; Naval Academy, August, 1896, to March, 1898; Marblehead, 1898 to 1899. Commissioned Lieutenant Commander, March 3, 1899; Iowa, 1899 to 1903; Asiatic Station since November, 1903. Address, Naval Station, Cavite, P. I.
NONES, Henry Beauchamp:
Chief Engineer United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; Third Assistant Engineer, Sept. 23, 1853; resigned and honorably discharged, Aug. 19,1856; Sec- ond Assistant Engineer (Master), May 28, 1861; First Assistant Engineer (En- sign), July 1, 1861; Chief Engineer (Lieu- tenant Commander), Dec. 14, 1861; Chief Engineer (Commander), Dec. 1, 1SS5; re- tired (Commander), May 15, 1892. Mem- ber of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; elected Jan. 2, 1867. Council of the Commandery, May 6, 18$3-1SS6. Ad- dress, 1107 Franklin St., Wilmington, Del.
NONES, Robert Hodgson:
Dentist; born Wilmington, Del., Jan. 28, 1864; son of Dr. S. S. and Harriet A. Nones; educated at Northwest Grammar School, Philadelphia: graduated from Philadelphia Dental School, 1885. Mem- ber Academy Stomatology, the Pennsyl- vania State Dental Society, the National
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Dental Association, and is dean of the Dental Department and Professor of Prosthetic Dentistry, Crown and Bridge Work, Dental Metallurgy and Clinical Dentistry of the Medico-Chirurgical Col- lege: dental surgeon to Philadelphia Hos- pital. President State Dental Society; member American Medical Society. Mem- ber of Board of Education, Past Master of Melita Lodge 295, F. and A. M .; Psi Omega dental fraternity. Address, 170S Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
NORRIS, George W .:
Physician; born in Philadelphia, 1875; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, 1895; medicine, 1599. Res- ident physician at the Pennsylvania Hos- pital. 1900-1902; medical examiner for the Free Hospital for Consumptives at White Haven, Pa., for the Mutual Life In- surance Company of New York; the Secur- ity Life and Annuity Company of Ameri- ca; dispensary physician at the Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, and at the Henry Phipps Institute for the Study, Treat- ment and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Member of the Paediatric Society of Phil- adelphia, the Pathological Society of Phil- adelphia and the American Medical As- sociation. Author of "Contribution to the Study of Iluman Blood Pressure," "Pneumonia," "Tetanus," and other medl- cal articles. Address, 1530 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
NORRIS, Isaac:
- Physician; born in Philadelphia, June 12, 1834; son of Isaac Norris; was gradu- ated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1852, receiving the degrees of A. M. and M. D. 1855. Acting Assistant Surgeon United States Army, 1862-1865; Profes- sor of Chemistry, Central High School, Philadelphia, 1866-1876; physician Phila- delphia Dispensary, 1865-1867; Secretary Franklin Institute, 1878-1881. Fellow of College of Physicians, Philadelphia; Sec- retary of same, May 6, 1885; member Academy of Natural Sciences, American Philosophical Society, and Franklin Insti- tute Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Address, Fair Hill, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
NORRIS, John:
Newspaper manager; born Sept. 2, 1856, in Philadelphia. His father's death at the battle of Gettysburg in 1863 quali- fied him for admission to Girard Col- lege (April. 1\60), from which he was graduated in 1872. He became a re- 1S
porter on Philadelphia Press, Sept. 16. 1872; Philadelphia Times, 1875; city ed- itor of Philadelphia Record, May 1, 1877; business manager New York World. Feb. 8, 1892; business manager New York Times, Sept. 17. 1900. Address, Times Building, New York, N. Y.
NORRIS, John A .:
Commander United States Navy; born near Meadville, Crawford County, Pa .. Dec. 2, 1847; entered the Naval Acad- emy in September, 1865; was graduated in June, 1869; served on various ships and stations until 1873. when he became connected with an expedition sent out by the Navy Department for the as- tronomical determination of latitudes and longitudes in the West Indies; he was employed upon this work in various parts of the world until 1855, when he was ordered to the South Pacific Station. Upon returning to the United States in 1SSS he was again ordered upon as- tronomical work, after which he made a cruise of three years on the Asiatic Sta- tion: this was followed by a tour of duty at the Naval Academy as instructor in the Navigation Department. He was promoted to Ensign in 1870; to Master in 1873; to Lieutenant in 1876. In 1897 he was made Lieutenant Commander and was ordered as executive officer to the U. S. S. Boston on the Asiatic Station; in this capacity he served in all the oper- ations in Manila Bay during the war with Spain in 1898; shortly after the outbreak of hostilities with the insurgent Filipinos he was transferred to the U. S. S. Charleston, which vessel was wrecked upon an uncharted reef in November. 1899. Returning to the United States in 1900, he was promoted to Commander, and ordered to the Naval Academy; in 1901 he was advanced by Congress five numbers in grade for services in the battle of Manila Bay. Shortly after he was placed in charge of an expedition to determine the astronomical position of points in the Philippines. Upon the com- pletion of the field work of this expedi- tion he was ordered to the Bureau of Equipment. Navy Department. Address, Bureau of Equipment. Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
NORTH, Calvin B .:
Bank officer; born in McAllisterville. Juniata County. Pa .. March 28, 1921; edu- eated in public and private schools; spent five years in a country store and one
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year in a wholesale drygoods store in Philadelphia; then, till 1885, was engaged in mereantile business with his father in his native place. In 1857, after a year's travel in the West, Mr. North was ap- pointed elerk in the Department of the Interior at Washington, remaining till 1861. February, 1862, he was made teller in the Mifflin County Bank, Lewistown, Pa., and in March, 1864, became cashier of the First National Bank of Selingsgrove, Pa. In this position he has won wide rep- utation as an efficient financier, and the bank has prospered abundantly under his careful supervision. Address, Sellings- grove, Pa.
NORTH, HI. M .:
Lawyer; born in Juniata County, Pa., July 7, 1826; read law under G. S. Doty, of Mifflintown, and Joseph Casey, of New Berlin, Pa., and was admitted to the Lan- caster County bar in 1849. He opened an office in Columbia, where he has sinee been actively engaged in the practice of the law, doing an excellent business. A Democrat in political opinion, he was earnest in party service, and was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1854. In 1860 he was a delegate to both the Demoeratie National Conventions of that year at Baltimore and at Charleston, and in 1864 made a strong but unsuccessful run against Hon. Thaddeus Stephens for Congress. In 1872 he ran against A. H. Smith for the same post of honor. Mr. North has been solieitor for the Reading Railroad Company sinee 1863 and for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company since 1869, and is President of the First Na- tional Bank of Columbia. He received a large vote for the party nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 1874 and for Gov- ernor in 1875, and was nominated for President Judge of Lancaster County in 1891. This place was offered him by the Governor in 1892, but was declined. He is President of the Lancaster Bar Associa- tion, and in 1887 was honored with the degree of LL. D. from Franklin and Mar- shall College. Address, Columbia, Pa.
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