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proposal of Ricketts for membership in that organization. Hancock wrote: "Col- onel Ricketts is well known to me, and served under my command during the war, in the Second Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. He was a gallant and dis- tinguished officer of irreproachable record, and as such I can recommend him for membership in the Military Order of the Loyal Legion." After the war Hancock and others urged him to join the regular service, where an appropriate place could have been easily secured for him, but he declined all these offers and returned to private life. Colonel Ricketts was a Han- cock delegate to the Cincinnati Conven- tion, where the Democracy named the great General for the Presidency. In 1886 his nomination as Lieutenant Governor was one of the few instances on record in which the nomination sought the man. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
RICKETTS, William Reynolds:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Col. R. Bruce Ricketts. Elected May 3, 1893. Ad- dress, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
RIDDLE, Matthew Brown:
Educator; clergyman; Professor of New Testament Exegesis, Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny; born in Pittsburg, Oct. 17, 1836; son of Rev. David H. Rid- dle; was graduated from Jefferson Col- lege. Pa., 1852, A. M., same (D. D., Frank- lin and Marshall. and Princeton; LL. D., Western University of Pennsylvania); was graduated from New Brunswick Theolog- ical Seminary. 1859. Adjunct Professor of Greek, Jefferson College. 1857-1858; pas- tor of Dutch Reformed Church eight years; Chaplain Army of Potomac, 1861; Professor of New Testament Exegesis, Hartford Theological Seminary, Conn., 1871-18$7; member of American Commis- sion New Testament Revision and one of the editors of Standard Edition, Re- vised Version. Member of Assembly's
Commission for Revising Proof Texts of Westminster Standards. Contributed to Sunday School Series over twenty-five years. Editor of "Romans," "Galatians." "Ephesians" and "Colossians," in Lange's Commentary. 1869-1870; "Notes on the In- ternational Sunday School Lessons" (New Testament portions). 1977 to 151 inclu- sive: portions of the "International llus- trated Commentary," "The International
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Revision Commentary," "Meyer's Com- mentary on the New Testament," "Har- mony of the Four Gospels in Greek"' (by Dr. Edward Robinson), 1885; "Harmony of the Four Gospels in English," 1886; "An Outline Harmony of the Gospels," 1895; also four volumes, seven and sight, "Ante-Nicene Fathers," six and ten "Ni- cene and Post-Nicene Fathers." 1866; contributor to encyclopædias, text books, reviews, magazines; many articles on New Testament; also addresses, historical and biographical articles, etc. One of the three surviving American revisers (New Testament) who edited the Standard Am- erican Revised Version, 1901. Member of Loyal Legion and Grand Army of the Re- public. Married, 1862, Anna MI Walther, of Heidelberg, Germany. Address, Alle- gheny, Pa.
RIDER, Joseph H .:
President of the Elizabethtown Ex- change Bank. Address, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pa.
RIDGWAY, Barzillai:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant Fourth New Jersey Infantry, Aug. 13, 1861; Captain, Jan. 9, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel, Jan. 8, 1863; resigned and honorably discharged, April 27, 1863. Elected May 6, 1891. Ad- dress. Old York Road and Summit St., Jenkintown, Pa.
RIDGWAY, Jacob E .:
President of the Quaker City National Bank. Address, 721 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
RIDINGTON, William R .:
Clergyman; born in Cornwall, England, June 5, 1865, and brought to Montgomery County. Pa .. during infancy; was gradu- ated from Pennington Seminary, N. J., and Princeton University, receiving de- grees of A. B. and later A. M .; also from Boston University, School of Theology, receiving degree of S. T. B .; took post- graduate work in boston University, also Pennsylvania University, studying chiefly philosophy. In 1895 Mr. Ridington en- tered the ministry of the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Address. 2516 N. Twenty-fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
REIBEL, John H .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia; born
Jar. 7, 1815, in the old district of North- eran Liberties; received a public school education; business at present is a cigar manufacturer; enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on June 3, 1861. and was honorably discharged on Dec. 12. 1865; was a member of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1887, 1859, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899 and 1901; re- elected in November. 1902, Address, 623 Girard Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
RIESER. Adam B .:
Lawyer; born Oct. 22, 1854, in Bern Township, Berks County, Pa., now the village of West Leesport, of Swiss an- cestry; only son of Jacob Rieser, a prom- inent farmer; educated at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster. Pa., from which he was graduated in 1SS0; studied law in the city of Reading and was admit- ted to the bar Nov. 13, 1SS2; was District Attorney from 1896 to 1899. prior to which he had been Solicitor for the Directors of the Poor. Active in politics as a Demo- crat, and was elected President of the Americus Club. Married Sallie E. Lein- bach, daughter of Rev. Dr. Aaron S. Lein- bach, Dec. 14, 1882. Address, Reading, Pa.
RIESMAN, David:
Physician; born March 25, 1867, at Stadt-Lengsfeld, Saxe-Weimar, Germany; educated at the Ducal Gymnasium of Meiningen; emigrated to America in 1SS1; was graduated from the High School at Portsmouth, Ohio, in 18$6, and from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1892. Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Philadelphia. Polyclinic and School for Graduates in Medicine, Associate in Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, and visiting physician to the Philadelphia and Jewish Hospitals. Edi- tor, with Dr. Hektoen, of Chicago, of the "American Textbook of Pathology"; mem- ber of American Association for Advance- ment of Science, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, American Medical Associa- tion, and University Club of Philadelphia. Address, 1624 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RIGHTER, Thomas M .:
President of the Mt. Carmel Banking Company. Address, Mt. Carmel, North- umberland County, Pa.
RILEY, Francis Marion:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Twelfth New Jersey In-
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fantry, Aug. 22, 1862; Sergeant, Sept. 4, 1862; Regimental Sergeant Major, March 10, 1864; discharged to accept promotion, April 25, 1864; First Lieutenant Twelfth New Jersey Infantry, April 25, 1864; Cap- tain, Jan. 30, 1865; honorably mustered out June 4, 1865. Elected Feb. 9, 189S. Ad- dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RILEY, Harry I .:
Lawyer; born July 20, 1856, in Sharps- burg. Allegheny County, Pa .; son of Isaac and Eliza (Groom) Riley; educated in the public schools and at Newell Institute, Pittsburg, and at the University of Woos- ter, Ohio. Studied law at Wellsville, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar of the Su- preme Court of Ohio, at Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1882; removed to Pittsburg, and was admitted to the Allegheny County bar Jan. 10. 1855. Republican in politics. Ad- dress, Millvale, P'a.
RINEK, Thomas:
President of the Northampton National Bank. Address. Easton, Northampton County, Pa.
RING, William:
President of the Manayunk Penny Sav- ings Bank. Address. 4138 Main St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
RINGER, J. H .:
President of the First National Bank. Address, Jeanette, Westmoreland Coun- ty, Pa.
RIPP, Samuel:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia; born in that city Dec. 16, 1$62; at the age of fourteen entered upon a business career; at the present time is manager of a hotel; has always been a stanch Republi- can of the Eleventh Ward and an active worker and member of the Executive Committee of that ward; was also a mem- ber of the Eleventh Sectional School Board for three years, which position he resigned subsequent to election to the House of Representatives in November, 1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- dress, 116 Green St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RIPPLE, Ezra II .:
Soldier and official; born in Mauch Chunk. Pa., Feb. 11. 1842. His military career began in 1962 as a private in the
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1863 he entered the Thirtieth Emergency Regiment, and he became a member of the Fifty-second Pennsylvania in March, 1864. As such he was taken prisoner, and was kept in the miltary prisons at Andersonville and Florence from July 3, 1864, to March 1, 1865. Some years after the war his military spirit led him into the National Guard. He was made Cap- tain of the Scranton City Guard in 15i7, Major of the Thirteenth Regiment in 1878, Lieutenant Colonel in 1853, and Colonel in 1888, serving till 1896, when Governor Hastings appointed him Commissary General. After the war he had returned to school for a business education, and in 1869 entered a firm of crockery dealers, which he left in 1873 to become a mem- ber of the coal firm of William Connell & Co., with which he is still connected. Republican in politics, he was elected Treasurer of Lackawanna County in 1879, and Mayor of Scranton in 1886, and in 1897 was appointed Postmaster of Scran- ton. He is a Director in the Scranton Axle Works and the Tribune Publishing Company. Address, Scranton, Pa.
RISLEY, John Norman, M. D .:
Born in Philadelphia in 1876; was grad- uated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1999; served as private in First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, during Spanish-Amercan War and expedition to Porto Rico; com- missioned First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon in National Guard, in June, 1902. and assigned to duty with Third Regi- ment. Married, in November, 1903. Mary Estella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hol- bert, of St. Paul, Minn. Clinical assist- ant Polyclinic Hospital; assistant surgeon Will's Eye Hospital. Member of Phil- adelphia County Medical Society, Phila- delphia Neurological Society, Medieal Club of Philadelphia, Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club, Lima Fox Hunting Club and Spring Haven Country Club. Address, 1824 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RISLEY, Samuel Doty:
Professor of Ophthalmology and mana- ger University Hospital: born in Cincin- nati, Ohio. Jan. 17. 1845; descended from a very old English family whose name was originally written Wriothesley.
It was corrupted in this country to Wrisley and Risley. Educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, and later at Daven- port, Jowa. Served throughout the civil War with the Twentieth Regiment of
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Iowa Volunteers. After two years ir Iowa State University. studied medicine one year in office of Dr. Lucina French at Davenport; was graduated with degree of M. D. from the University of Fennsyl- vania in 1570; received degree of Ph. D. from Wagner's Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, and of A. M. in 1883 trom University of Iowa. In 1871 appointed Clinical Assistant at the Wills' Eye Hos- pital; 1872-1890 Chief of the Eye Clinic at the hospital of the University of Penn- sylvania. Alumni Manager of the Univer . sity Hospital since 1896. Surgeon at Wills' Eye Hospital, Ohpthalmic Surgeon to the Training School for the Feeble Minded at Vineland, N. J., and Ophthalmologist on the Medical Board of the Pennsylvania Training School for the Feeble Minded unt .. elected to the Board of Managers in 1897; Professor of Diseases of the Eye at the Philadelphia Polyclinic and Fellow of the College of Physicians. Member of the International Ophthalmic Congress at Edinburgh in 1894 and at Utrecht in 1899. Member of American Ophthalmological Society, American Otological Society, Cli- matological Society, American Academy of Medicine (President in 1900), American Medical Association. Active in religious and philanthropic work, his interest in the Young Men's Christian Association having been continuous for many years. Member of Art Club, Union League and University Club of Philadelphia. He was married in 1870 to Emma D. Thompson. Contributor to the literature of his special branch of medical science. Address, Union League Club, Philadelphia, Pa.
RITCHEY, T. F .:
Attorney at law; son of Thomas Rit- chey and Mary Calhoun Ritchey, daugh- ter of the late Judge John Calhoun, of Armstrong County: born July 18, 1843, in Armstrong County; reaered on his father's farm and received a thorough foundation for an education in the public school near his home; taught school and subsequently attended the Glade Run Academy and the Edinboro State Normal School. After thirteen years' experience as a teacher in the common schools and academies, he studied law in the office of Hon. George A. Jenks, of Brookville; was graduated from the Law Department of the Uni- versity of Michigan in 1874. The same year was admitted to practice in Clarion County. In 1980 removed to Tionesta, where he is engaged in the practice of Inw. Was married Aug. 16. 1976, to Miss Rebecca Calvin, of Brookville; to them
were born three children. Mr. Ritchey has been School Director and Burgess of Tionesta Borough a number of terms; has been Secretary of the Board of Health since its organization in 1893; is President of the Tionesta Gas Company; was one of the leading promoters of the Tionesta water works; is a Director of the Forest County National Bank, a Past Master in Masonry, and an active worker in the I. O. O. F. He was a Presidential Elector in 1900, representing his district in the Democratic convention. Address, Tiones- ta, Pa.
RITER, Thomas B .:
President of the Ohio Valley Bank of Allegheny. Address, Allegheny, Pa.
RITTER, Henry Snyder:
Lieutenant United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Naval Cadet, May 25, 1886; Ensign, July 1, 1892; Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1899; Lieutenant, June 4, 1899; retired, Aug. 22, 1900. Address, Reading, Pa.
RITTER, Milford N .:
Publisher; born Sept. 19, 1854, in the city of Reading; eldest son of William S. Ritter, whom he succeeded as manager of the Reading Adler, the oldest German newspaper in the United States (estab- lished 1796), upon the death of his father; was also publisher of the Reading Even- ing Telegram until the paper was dis- posed of July 15, 1902, to a new com- pany; is now the publisher also of the Reading Weekly News; educated in the public schools and graduated from the Reading High School, June 27, 1872. as class chronicler. Besides engaging in the newspaper business, has been interested in other enterprises; was one of the or- ganizers of the Berks County Trust Com- pany, of which he is a Director; is Presi- dent of the West Reading Building Asso- ciation and Treasurer of the Berks County Agricultural Society for the past fourteen years, having succeeded his father. Was Chairman of the Democratic County Com- mittee several terms. Member of the Reading Press Club. Address, Reading. Pa.
RITTS, Elias:
President of the St. Petersburgh Sav- ings Bank. Address, St. Petersburgh, Clarion County, Pa.
ROACH, John B .:
Shipbuilder; born in New York City Pec. 7, 1539; son of the famous shipbuilder, John Roach; educated in the Ashland Col-
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legiate Institute, Greene County, N. Y. Mr. Roach began his business life in a Wholesale coffee establishment, but later entered his father's office, leaving it for a time on account of feeble health to take charge of a large farm owned by his fath- er. The elder Roach conducted an ex- tensive shipbuilding business, and had de- veloped an immense trade in the Etna Iron Works. He purchased the Morgan Iron Works in 1567, and took in his son as partner, the firm name being John Roach & Son. A very large shipbuilding busi- ness grew up under the new firm, over one thousand hands being employed. In 1871, when a large ship yard was pur- chased at Chester, Pa., the son, John B., was placed in charge of this, which was run under the title of the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works. Here, at times, more than two thousand hands were employed, and a great ship- building plant was developed under Mr. Roach's supervision. Many large iron Vessels were built for the Pacific Mail, the Mallory and various other steamship com- panies, and in 1SS3 the firm contracted to build the cruisers Chicago, Boston, At- lanta and Dolphin, the pioneer ships of the new American Navy. A hostile Naval Board refused to accept the Dolphin in 1885, on the plea that the contract was not binding, the result being the ruin of John Roach's business and his death. The company was now reorganized, John B. Roach becoming President of the Dela- ware River Works, and Vice President of the Morgan Iron Company, and the busi- ness has grown to be very prosperous, many large vessels having been built. Address, Chester, Pa.
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ROACH, Walter William, M. D .:
Born at Seranton, Pa., June 3, 1866; educated in the Philadelphia public schools and at the University of Pennsyl- vania; was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the Central High School in 1884, and received the Master of Arts degree five years afterward; was graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1890. Married Emilie W. Chlinger in 1$32. En- gaged in the practice of medicine in Phil- adelphia; medical examiner for life in- surance; active in educational and civic affairs. Address, 2005 Columbia Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
ROBB. John S., Jr .:
Lawyer; born Feb. 4. 1560. at Mans- field, Allegheny County, Pa .; the son of
John S. and Mary A. (Hemingray) Robb; educated at the Western University of Pennsylvania; admitted to the Allegheny County bar March 24, 1SSS. He is now and has been for some time Assistant or Deputy District Attorney for the county, assisting the District Attorney in the trial of cases in the criminal courts. Re- publican in politics. Address, Carnegie.Pa. Pa.
ROBBINS, Edward Everett:
Lawyer and financier; born at Greens- burg, Pa., in September, 1861; was grad- uated from Washington and Jefferson Col- lege in 1881 with the degree of A. M .; was graduated from Law Department of Columbia University in 1888. Married. 1899, Luella Moore. Admitted to bar, 18SS; State Senator. Pennsylvania, 1SSS- 1894; member of Congress, 1899-1901. Re- publican in politics. Served in the Span- ish-American War. Solicitor Baltimore and Ohio, Ligonier Valley Railroad Com- pany; in active general law practice; also engaged in banking and eoal business; President Garrett Coal Company and Pitts- burg and Baltimore Trust Company; Di- rector Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Greensburg, Pa .; Wilmerding National Bank, Wilmerding, Pa .; Citizens' National Bank, Mt. Pleasant, Pa., and stockholder in other banks, Tribune Printing Com- pany, etc. President of the Order of Americus, and member of the Republican. Americus and Duquesne Clubs. Address, Greensburg, Pa.
ROBBINS, Francis L .:
Capitalist; born in Ripon, Wis., Sept. 3, 1855; educated at Academy of Penn Yan. N. Y. Delegate-at-large from Pennsyl- vania to Republican National Convention, 1901. Married Helen Gill, May 18. 1582. President of Pittsburg Coal Company and Monongahela River Consolidated Coal Company. Republican in politics, Ad- dress, 232 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
ROBERTS. Algernon Brooke:
State Senator from Montgomery County; he was born at Pencoyd Farm, Montsom- ery County, Aug. 12, 1875; educated at the Episcopal Academy. Philadelphia, and Princeton University, graduating from the latter in 1996; studied law at the U'ni- versity of Pennsylvania Law School; was graduated therefrom and admitted to the bar in 1999; elected Commissioner of Lower Merion Township and Presidential Elector-at-large in 1900; was appointed
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Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania March 18, 1901; was elected President of the Board of Commissioners of Lower Merion Township in 1902; elected to the Senate in November, 1902. Address, Bala, Pa.
ROBERTS, George Washington:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion Capt. Charles W. Roberts. Elected May 6, 1891. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
ROBERTS, John Bingham:
Surgeon; born in Philadelphia Feb. 29, 1852; son of Caleb Cresson and Helen S. Roberts; was graduated from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, 1871, receiving the degree of A. M. in 1883, and M. D. in 18SS; graduated M. D. from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1874. Presi- dent of Philadelphia County Medical So- ciety, Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania; Vice President of American Surgical Association; Professor of Sur- gery. Woman's Medical College of Penn- sylvaria, and in Phliadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine. Contributor to medical papers and to sci- entific societies. Author of "Paracentesis of
Pericardium," 1880; "Compend of Anatomy." 1881; "Surgery of Human Brain," 1885; "Treatise on Modern Sur- gery," 1$$5; "Modern Medicine and Hom- eopathy." 1895; "Fractures of Radius." '1897; "Modern Treatment of Fractures," 1899; "Deformities of the Face," 1900. Address, 313 South Seventeenth St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.
ROBERTS, Matthew Fife:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Miltiary Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion First Lieut. and Asst. Surg. Jacob Rob- erts. Elected Feb. 4, 1891. Address, care of Atlantic Refining Company, Philadel- phia, Pa.
ROBERTS, Percival, Jr .:
President American Bridge Company; born in July, 1857, in Philadelphia; was graduated as A. B. from Haverford Col- lege, 1876, and served on the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania during the sum- mer of 1876. He entered the Pencoyd Iron Works as clerk. November. 1876, and while acting in that capacity took the
post-graduate course in metallurgy and chemistry at the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1877. He acted as manager for A. & P. Roberts & Co., and upon forma- tion of the A. & P. Roberts Company became Vice President, and later Presi- dent, of that company. When the Ameri- can Bridge Company was formed last year he was elected President. He is President of the A. & P. Roberts Com- pany; President of the Pencoyd & Phila- delphia Railroad Company; President of the Continuous Metal Refining Company; a Director of the Philadelphia National Bank; a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, of the Aemrican In- stitute of Mining Engineers, and of the American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers. Address, 717 Arcade Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
ROBERTS, Peter:
Clergyman, author; born in Dowlais, South Wales, Aug. 26, 1859; he is a gradu- ate of the Brccon Memorial College, class of 1883, and of the Divinity School, Yale, 1886; received degree of Ph. D. from Yale in 1901. Married in New York, April, 1901, Rachel Evans. Entered Congrega- tionalist ministry; now pastor Mahanoy City, Pa. Member of Senatus Academi- cus. London, England. Author of "An- thracite Coal Industry," 1902; "Anthracite Coal Communities," 1904. Address, Ma- hanoy City, Pa.
ROBERTS, S. Raymond:
Ex-Treasurer of Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- phia; born in Philadelphia Aug. 30, 1845; educated at Central High School, Friends' Central School, Philadelphia, and the Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania; he was elected a member of the Acad- cmy of Natural Sciences of Phila- delphia in 1866, and was for sixteen years Treasurer of its Conchological Section. His principal scientific work was the prep- aration of the "Monograph of the Family Cypræidæ," published in the "Manual of Conchology." Address, Glen Ridge. N. J.
ROBERTS, Thomas Albright:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant Fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry. Oct. 30, 1861; re- signed and honorably discharged for dis- ability, Feb. 6. 1862. Elected Oct. 19. 1887. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
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ROBERTS, Thomas Paschall:
Engineer; born in Carlisle, Pa., April 21, 1843; son of W. Milnor and Annie Rob- erts; educated at Dickinson College, Pa. Married, June 8, 1870, Juliet E. Christy. Engaged, 1863-1865, under his father on Dom Pedro Railroad in Brazil; later on Northern Pacific Railroad. Baltimore and Cumberland Valley, and other railroads. Executed surveys for railroad. Pittsburg to Harrisburg, Pa., near Maryland State line; for many years identified with river improvement. Later Chief Engineer of Monongahela Navigation Company. Ex- ecuted surveys for ship canal to connect Ohio River with Lake Erie. Vice Presi- dent of Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburg. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Academy of Sci- ence and Art, Pittsburg; Past President of Engineers' Sociey of Western Pennsyl- vania, now in United States Engineer Service, locks and dams, Monongahela River. Author of "Memoir of the Late Chief Justice Gibson of Pennsylvania," 1890. Address, 361 N. Craig St., Pitts- burg, Pa.
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