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Insurance official; born in New Castle. Del .. April 3, 1842; moved to Philadelphia in 1860; established the Equitable Life As- surance Society in Pennsylvania in 1866. representing it now; was President of the Philadelphia Association of Life Under- writers: also President of National Asso- ciation of Life Underwriters; Past Grand
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High Priest and Past Grand Commander in the -Masonic bodies: was instrumental in organizing the Sons of Delaware in Philadelphia, and was its first President; an ex-President of the Presbyterian So- cial Union; member of the Union League. Merion Cricket Club and other clubs. Address, Drexel Building, Philadelphia.
REIBER, Aaron Eli:
Lawyer; born in Butler, Pa., April 19, 1863; educated at the Witherspoon Insti- tute, Washington and Jefferson College, and Princeton College, graduating in 1882. He then read law under the preceptorship of T. C. Campbell, and was admitted to the bar of Butler County in 1SS5. A
Democrat in political opinion, he was the party candidate for District Attorney in 18$9. and was elected and served one term. He has since been engaged in practice, and has taken an active part in the public affairs of Butler, being a Director of the Young Men's Christian Association, the Butler Hospital, and the Butler Street Passenger Railway, and President of the Guarantee Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Butler. Address, Butler, Pa.
REICHARD. George Nicholas:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain of the Eighth Pennsyl- vania Infantry. April 23. 1861; honorably mustered out July 29. 1861. Captain 143d Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 27,
1862; Lieutenant Colonel June S. 1865; honor- ably mustered out June 12, 1865. Elected Oct. 14, 1896. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
REICHERT, Edward Tyson ;
Educator, and Professor of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania. since 1SS5; born in Philadelphia, Feb. 5, 1855: educat- ed in the Philadelphia public and private schools and in universities of Pennsyl- vania, Berlin, Leipzig and Geneva; was graduated with the degree of M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania; mar- ried, June 7. 1883. Marion C. Welsh. Member of many medical and scientific societies of the United States and Europe: contributor of many medical and other scientific articles. Address. $112 St. Mar- tin's Lane, Philadelphia, Pa.
REICHHELM. Edward Paul:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion: private Third Missouri Infantry, Sept. 5, 1861; Sergeant Major Nov. 6. 1862; discharged to accept promotion July 28. 1863. Second Lieutenant Fifty-first United States Colored Infantry July 24. 1863; First Lieutenant Dec. 23, 1863; First Lieutenant and Adjutant March 28, 1864; Captain Sept. 18, 1865; honorably mus- tered out June 16, 1866. Elected Oct. 14, 1896. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
REICK, Robert A .:
Attorney at law; born in Gordon, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Aug. 9th, 1877; educated at Dickinson Sem- inary, Williamsport, Pa .; read law with Hon. W. A. Marr, Aditional Law Judge of Schuylkill County Courts; admitted to practice Jan. 2, 1899. Married Mrytle Bauchman, of Frackville, Pa .. Nov. 26. 1903. Secretary of the Democratic County Committee of Schuylkill County 1900; So- licitor for the Boroughs of Frackville and Gordon. Address, Frackville, Pa.
REID, Alfred P .:
Lawyer; born in Chester County, Pa., Sept. 3. 1842; educated in Parkersburg and West Chester Academies, and was graduated from Lafayette College in 1861. Adopting the legal profession, he studied under Hon. J. S. Futhey at West Chester and was admitted to practice in 1886; since then he has been actively en- gaged in the law and has enjoyed a large and profitable practice, ranking among the foremost trial lawyers of the State. He has been counsel in many important cases. Mr. Reid was a member of the Militia during the invasion of the State in 1863. He is concerned in various busi- ness affairs, being President of the First National Bank and the Dime Savings Bank and of the Pennsylvania Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and a Director in the Chester County Trust Company; Trustee of the Westchester State Nor- mal School. He has been counsel for the Standard Oil Company, the Western I'nion Telegraph Company, and the Phil- adelphin and West Chester Trolley Com- pany. Address, Westchester, Pa.
REID, Ambrose Burnside:
Lawyer; born Feb. 3, 1857. at Clarion, Pa .: son of Bernard J. and Letitia M. F. ( Farran) Reid. Educated in common and parochial schools and at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Admitted to the Clarion County bar Feb. 3, 1STS, and
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practiced in Clarion until 1890, then at Fair Haven, Washington, one year. Re- moved to Pittsburg and was admitted to the Allegheny County bar. Dec. 9, 1889. Address, 518 Graham St., Pittsburg, Pa.
REID, Bernard J .:
Lawyer; born at Youngstown. West- moreland, County, Pa., in 1923 His per- iod of education was followed by service as a teacher, which he began at an early age. He opened a school in Clarion in 1842, but soon relinquished it to establish the Iron County Democrat. which was consolidated with the Republican in 1844; retired soon after from this business. Hfe became County Surveyor. went to St. Louis in 1847, and to California in 1849. His experience in the gold fields was fol - lowed by his return to Clarion in 1852. where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853. In 1857 he formed a partnership with his preceptor, Thomas Sutton, which lasted till 1860. The next year he raised a company and went into the army; returning in August, 1862, he raised another company in July, 1863, for Six months' service, and was elected Major of his regiment. At the end of his army service he resumed practice. remov- ing to Titusville in 1871. later to Erie, and returning to Clarion in 1877, where he has since practiced. Mr. Reid is a lawyer of marked powers, and his experience as a surveyor has made him especially capable in land boundary disputes. Address, Clarion, Pa.
REID. E. H .:
President of the Broadway National Bank. Address, Scottdale, Westmore- land County, Pa.
REID, Robert I .:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy: born in and appointed from Penn- sylvania. Cadet Engineer. Oct. 1, 1872; Assistant Engineer. July 1, 1878: Passed Assistant Engineer, June 13, 1SSS; Ranger. Asiatic Station. 1877-1679; Adams Pacific Station, 1880-1882; coaling steamship Mc- Arthur, 1882-1856; Michigan, Northwest Lakes, 1889-1890; duty in connection with service. the Newark. Nov. 1890-1\91; Newark. spe- cial 1891-1893: Miantonomah. North Atlantic Station, 1893. to 1894; U. S. steamer Michigan. April, 1895; United States steamer Castine. December, 1896. to May. 1995. Promoted to Chief Engin- eer. December. 1897; Massachusetts. Dec. 8, 1896, to 1893; Navy Yard, New York,
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Nov. 15, 1.899, to 1901. Promoted to Lieu- tenant Commander, Dce. 12, 1899. Re- tired. Dec. 17, 1901. Address, Somerville, N. J.
REIFF, AHen G .:
President of the Union National Bank. Address, Sonderten, Montgomery Coun- ty, Pa.
REILLY, Edw. D .:
Lawyer; son of John Reilly, railroad and bridge contractor. Attended the pub- lic schools and graduated at the High Schools of Lancaster in 1SS5; was gradu- ated at Mount St. Mary's College in 1SSS. Read law with John A. Coyle, at Lan- caster, Pa .; admitted to the bar 1892. Democrat in politics. Nominated for Congress in 1896, but was not elected. Married, Dec. 29. 1897, to Katherine E. Keating, daughter of Mr. Anthony F. Keating of Pittsburg, Pa. Elected to Common Council from the Second Ward of the city, a strongly Republican Ward; to the School Board in 1897, now serving a third term in that body, and is Chair- man of the Judiciary Committee. Great- ly interested in Catholic Benevolent So- cieties in the city. Now practicing law in partnership with his brother. Richard M Reilly. Residence, 21S East Orange St .; offices, 411 Woolworth Building, Lancaster, Pa.
REILLY, James B .:
Lawyer and legislator; born in Schuyl- kill County, Pa., Aug. 12, 1845. his father being a prominent railroad and civil en- gineer, who, in addition to building va- rious railroads, had much to do with lay- ing out Atlantic City and other South Jersey seaside resorts. Choosing the law as his profession. Mr. Reilly was admitted to the bar of Schuylkill County, in 1869, and subsequently to those of the State Supreme Court and the United States Circuit and Distriet Courts. An earnest and active Democrat in political affilia- tion, he soon became well known as a party worker, and in 1871 was elected District Attorney of his county. At the end of his term, in 1874, he was nominat- ed for Congress, and cleeted for this and the succeeding terin. He retired in 1978, to devote himself to his profession, but in 1$$1 and 1$$2 was run by his party for Judge and again in 1864 for Congress. Defeated on these occasions, he was elected to Congress in iss8, and again in 1$90, and 1592, but was defeated in 1594.
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In March, 1896, President Cleveland ap- pointed him United States Marshal for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania. Mr. Reilly is warmly interested in charit- able institutions, and has served as a Trustee of the Anthracite State Hospital. Address, Pottsvile, Pa.
REILLY, John C .:
President of the Washington National Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
REILLY, John E .:
Soldier; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 31, 1843; educated at Livingston grammar school; joined the army on Sept. 2, 1861, as private in the Sixty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry; advanced to Cor- poral Dec. 1, 1861 and was honorably dis- charged for. disability from wounds re- ceived in battle, Nov. 7, 1862. Recovering from his wounds he again entered the service and on July 9. 1863, was made First Lieutenant Third Battalion, Penn- sylvania Infantry, Jan. 29, 1864; First Lieutenant of One Hundred and Eighty- seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Infan- try, and Captain Sept. 21, 1864, serv- ing in that capacity until honorably mus- tered out of the United States service. Aug. 3, 1865. He participated in the cam- paigns and engagements of the Army of the Potomac in 1861; wounded in front of Petersburg, 1864; temporarily assigned to the staff of Gen. Griffin and was Act- ing Judge Advocate First Division of the Fifth Army Corps. At the capture of the Weldon Rail Road, in 1864, he was promoted to Captain. After returning to Philadelphia from the army he en- gaged in mercantile business; for a num- ber of years represented the Philadelphia Distributing Company. In 1890 he com- piled a "Brief History of the Services of the Sixty-ninth Regiment Pennsylva- nia Infantry." Member of Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of
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Past Commander Survivors of the Philadelphia Brigade; for nearly thirty years he was an active member and President of the G. W. Hyde Loan Building Association. He was mar- ried in 1570. Address, Germantown, Phila- delphia, Pa.
REINHOLD, Edwin L .:
Born April 1. 1847, Lancaster. Pa., Re- corder of Deeds, Lancaster County. 199 to 1889; delegate to National Republican Association 1884; member State Commit-
tee ten years. Married Isabel H. Becker, May 23, 1871. President of Pennsylvania Construction Co., Pennsylvania Electric Co., Pennsylvania Monument Association. Republican. Adress, Marietta, Lancaster, County, Pa.
REINOEHL, Adam Cyrus:
Lawyer; born in Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 15, 1840. In 1856 his parents settled in Lancaster, Pa. Entering Franklin and Marshall College at Lancaster, he gradu- ated in 1861, delivering the valedictory oration, the highest honor of the class. After teaching school for two months and twenty-three days in Ephrata Township, he enlisted in the Seventy-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Keystone Zou- aves. Entering the service as a private in Company D, he took part in all the campaigns and battles of the regiment. The Seventy-sixth was ordered to Port Royal. South Carolina, in the fall of 1861, and was actively engaged in the sieges and engagements in the Depart- ment of the South. In April, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Tybee Island. and was present at the siege and cap- ture of Fort Pulaski. Mr. Reinoehl served as private of Company D in the campaign against Charleston on James Island, June, 1862, and in the battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina, Oct. 22, 1862. On the 10th of December, 1862, he was promoted to regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, and January 24, 1863, he was promoted to Sergeant Major. The Seventy-sixth was in Strong's brigade, which charged and captured the rebel batteries on Morris Island. South Carolina. July 10. On the morning of July 11, 1863, the Seventy- sixth Pennsylvania, with four companies of the Seventh Connecticut and Ninth Maine, charged Fort Wagner, and were repulsed. The Seventy-sixth lost one hundred and eighty-seven killed. wounded. and missing. Sergeant Maj. Reinoehl was shot through the left arm with a Minnie ball, and was permanently dis- abled. Returning to his regiment after a furlough, he remained in the service, and re-enlisted April, 1864, for three years, and while on veteran furlough, having been recommended for promotion by Col. Strawbridge, received from the hands of Gov. A. G. Curtin, at Harrisburg, a commission as First Lieutenant of Com- pany B, April 27, 1864. He commanded the company during the campaign of the Tenth Corps, in the Army of the Jamo. and Army of the Potomac, at Cold Har-
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bor, at the explosion of the mine, and in the siege of Petersburg. On the 4th of August, 1864, he was promoted to Ad- jutant. On the 27th of October, in a charge on the rebel works at Darbytown Road, Va., the outer defences of Rich- mond, he was severely wounded in the left thigh by a ball from a shrapnel shell, and was removed to his home at Lancaster. Disabled for months, he re- signed, and was honorably discharged Feb. 6, 1865. March 13, 1865, he was bre. vetted Captain "for gallant and meri- torious service in the assault on Fert Wagner, S. C.," and was brevetted Major "for gallant and meritorious service in the attack on the enemy's works on Dar- bytown Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1864." In 1866 he was admitted to the bar of Lan- caster County. In 186S he was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature, and subse- quently re-elected, 1870-1871, serving three terms. In 1872 appointed Deputy Secre- tary of the Commonwealth by Gov. J. W. Geary, and was continued by Gov. John F. Hartranft, until he resigned. in 1873, to resume the practice of his profession. On retiring he was tendered letters highly complimentary of his services by Gov. Hartranft and Hon. M. S. Quay, Secre- tary of the Commonwealth. In 1889 he was appointed a member of the Soldiers' Orphans' Commission of the State of Pennsylvania by the department comman- der of the Grand Army of the Republic. In 1889 Major Reinoehl was elected Dis- trict Attorney of the County of Lancaster, his term expiring Jan. 1, 1893. He mar- ried Miss Lucy Davis, Nov. 24, 1870. They have four children, -Walter Allan, Mary Acheson, Gertrude Laughlin, and Albert Riegel. He is an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Ad- dress, Lancaster, Pa.
REINOEHL, Walter Allan:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Eldest son of Brevet Major Adam C. Reinoehl. Elected Oct. 20, 1892. First Class in Succession Dec. 14, 1900. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
REISH, James K .:
President of the Farmers' Bank of Mit- flinburg. Adress. Mitlimburg, Union County, Pa.
REITER, George Cook:
Captain United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed as Acting Mid- shipman at Naval Academy, Sept. 20, 1851; was graduated 1865; schoolship Sa- bine, 1865-1866; Lackawanna (second rate), North Pacific Squadron, 1866-1868. Promoted to Ensign, Dec. 1, 1866; pro- moted to Master, March 12, 1868; pro- moted Lieutenant, March 26, 1869; Ply- mouth, European Fleet, 1869-1872; Narra- gansett, surveying service in the Pacific, 1872-1875; Lehigh, North Atlantic Station, 1875-1876; equipment duty, Norfolk, Va., 1876-1877; Tuscarora, Pacific Station, 1877- 1ST8; Lighthouse Inspector, 1879-1883; pro- moted to Lieutenant Commander, No- vember, 1880; Nipsic, South Atlantic Sta- tion, 1883-1SS6; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1886- 1SS9; commanding Ranger, North Pacific Station. 1889-1890. Promoted Commander, July 31, 1890; commanding Thetis, May, 1891, to July, 1893; Lighthouse Inspector, July, 1893-1896; commanding Detroit, June 1896 to 1897; ordered to Thirteenth Light- house District, December, 1897-1898; com- manded United States Steamship Venezu- ela, 1898. Promoted Captain March 3, 1899; commanding Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 1899, to February, 1900; commanding Wis- consin from Feb. 4. 1901, to 1903. MIem- ber Lighthouse Board, Department of Commerce and Labor, since Aug. 27, 1903. Address, Department of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C.
REMINGTON, Joseph Price:
Author, editor, dean and professor; born in Philadelphia, March 26, 1547: son of Isaac and Lydia H. Remington; married Elizabeth B. Collins, June 3. 1874; edu- cated in private schools and Central High School of Philadelphia; was graduated from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1866; elected Professor of Theory and Practice of Pharmacy in 'this College, 1874; Director of the Pharmaceutical La- boratory, 1877; clected Dean, 1$93; phar- maceutical editor of the United States Dispensatory since 1879; author Reming- ton's Practice of Pharmacy since 1896: First Vice Chairman Committee of Re- vision of United States Pharmacopoeia 1580-1901; Chairman since 1901; Ex-Presi- dent American Pharmaceutical Associa- tion, Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation, and First President of the In- ternational Pharmaceutical Congress. 1893. Received degrees of Ph.G., 1806; Ph.M., 18SS: Ph.D., 1899; and the titles F. C. S., 1886; F. R. M. S., 1887; F. L. S ..
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1887. Appointed to represent the United States at the Eighth International Phar- maccutical Congress at Brussels, 1896; delegate to Pan-American Medical Con- gress, 1893; also to the second Congress, Mexico, 1896. Honorary member of Col- lege of Pharmacy of the City of New York, Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Pharmaceutische Gesellschaft zu St. Petersburg, Instituto Medico Nacion- al, Mexico; Societe de Pharmacie d'An- vers. Societe Royale de Pharmacie de Bruxelles. Life member and member of eighteen scientific and literary societies. Address, 1832 Pine St., Philadelphia.
REMMEL, Valentine:
Glass blower; born in Pittsburg, Pa., March 10, 1853: son of Conrad Remmel; educated in common schools of Pittsburg. Went to work at glass blowing when eleven years old. At age of eighteen took an active part in organizing Knights of Labor; at all times active in the trades union movement; delegate to the first convention (1881 ) held by the Federation of Trades, now known as American Fed- eration of Labor. In 1895 entered the So- cialist movement; has been candidate for Mayor of Pittsburg, for Congress, for Superior Court; candidate for Vice Presi- dent on the Socialist Labor Party ticket, 1900. Married, June 3, 1889, Jennie Har- lan. Address, 75 Arlington Ave., Pitts- burg, Pa.
REMPPIS, Milton F .:
Manufacturer; born at Birkach, Ger- many, April 24, 1864; educated in the pub- lic schools, graduating from the High School at Plieningen at the age of four- teen years; was graduated from the Com- mercial College in Stuttgart in 1881; en- tered into commercial pursuits until the spring of 1883, when he sailed from Havre, France, for America, landing at Phila- delphia. After an experience of some months in various mercantile establish- ments he returned to Germany to learn the iron business, with the view of locat- ing in Reading. Pa., as an iron manufac- turer: returned to America in 1SS5, and in November of that year started in the iron business in Reading. The present firm is William F. Remppis & Co., en- gaged in bridge structural work, the manufacture of ornamental work for banks, school houses, etc., fire escapes and general art work in iron. For several years was President and manager of the Reading Standard Manufacturing Com-
pany, manufacturers of bicycles; is Presi- dent of the Reading Turner-Verein and connected with numerous German organ- izations. Married March 5, 1891, Mary A. Leinbach. In politics is a Republican, and was elected to Council in a strongly Democratic ward. Address, Reading, Pa.
RENN. U. S. G .:
Clergyman; born March 18, 1864. in Hol- lowing Run, Northumberland County, Pa., he was educated at Lebanon Valley Col- lege. Annville, Pa., and Union Biblical Seminary, Dayton, Ohio; taught public school six years; a minister in the United Brethren Church in Christ in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference seventeen years. Married Lillie L. Light. Nov. 24, 1887. at Annville, Pa. Prohibitionist. Address, 138 Elm St., Reading, Pa.
RENNERT, Hugo Albert:
Professor Romance Philology, Univer- sity of Pennsylvania; born in Philadel- phia, May 6, 1858; received the degrees of B.Sc., LL.B., and M. A., from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and Ph. D. from the University of Freiburg i. B. Author of "The Spanish Pastoral Romances"; Lope de Vega's Comedia "Sin Secreto no ay Amor"; "Der Spanische Cancionero des Brit. Mus."; "Comedias of Miguel Sanchez cl Divino"; "Unpublished Poems of Fernan Percz de Guzman"; "Poesies Inédites de Gongora"; "Lieder des Juan Rodriguez del Padron"; Guillen de Castro's Comedia "Ingratitud por Amor." "Macias, O Na- morado"; "The Life of Lope de Vega," 1904. Address, 440S Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
REPPERT. Edmond Homer:
Jurist; born in Fayette County, Pa., Oct. 28, 1855. His higher education was ob- tained in Bucknell College, Lewisburg, Pa., and his legal study was under the preceptorship of Judge Nathaniel Ewing. of Uniontown. his date of admission to the bar being 1883. Hc practiced law in the Fayette County courts with much success till 1898. when he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas Court of the county. In 1899 he succeeded Judge Mes- trezal as President Judge. Address, Union- town, Pa.
REPPLIER, Agnes:
Author; born at Philadelphia, April 1, 1855: educated at Sacred Heart Convent, Torresdale. Pa .; received the degree of Litt. D. from the University of Pennsyl-
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vania, 1902; has attained prominence as an essayist and has spent . much time in Europe; Roman Catholic in religion. Au- thor of "Books and Men," 1SSS; "Points of View," 1891; "Essays in Miniature." 1892; "Essays in Idleness," 1893; "In the Dozy Hours," 1894; "Varia." 1897; "Phi !- adelphia-The Place and the People; The Fireside Sphinx," 1901; compiler of "A Book of Famous Verse." Address, 1900 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
REX, JJohn H.
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Montgomery Coun- ty; born on a farm in Whitpain Town- ship, Montgomery County, Pa., Sept. 18, 1870; educated at Shady Grove Township school and at Sunnyside school, Ambler, Pa .; prepared for college at William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, and took a two years' course in the college depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, and entered the law school in the class of 1893; later took up the study of law at Norristown, in the office of Charles Hun- sicker, and at his death with Hon. Henry R. Brown; was admitted to Montgomery County bar in June. 1896, and has been engaged in active practice in Norristown ever since; was a member of the borough Council of Norristown at the time of his election to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Harrisburg, Pa.
REX. Walter Edwin:
Lawyer; ex-Register of Wills; born at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. April 10, 1847, a descendant of Dr. John Jacob Shutz. one of the original settlers of German- town. He was graduated from the Cen- tral High School of Philadelphia in 1864, and afterward engaged in mercantile pur- suits to gain a knowledge of business methods for use in his proposed law prac- tice; his law studies followed in the of- fice of Frank Wolfe and at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated In 1875. He had been admitted to the bar in the previous October, and at once en- gaged in practice, which he still contin- ues in the Philadelphia courts. His pub- lic service includes membership in the Common Council of Philadelphia from February, 1879, to January, 1852, he serv- ing as Chairman of the Survey Cominit- tee and a member of the Committees on Finance and Water Supply: he was elect- ed Register of Wills for Philadelphia In 1882 and served till isso. He is a mem-
ber of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania, the Union League, the Penn Club and the Philadelphia Cricket Club. He has made a study of intricate questions of law, and in 18SS read an interesting paper on "Will Contests" before the Phil- adelphia Medico-Legal Society. Address, 313 South Seventeenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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