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ROLAND, Cornelius F .:
President of the New Holland National Bank. Address, New Holland, Lancaster County, Pa.
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ROLFE, John Carew:
Professor of Latin Language and Lit- erature, University of Pennsylvania; born in Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 15, 1859; pre- pared for college in the public schools of Cambridge, Mass .: graduated from Har- vard College in 1881; from Cornell Uni- versity in 1884 with the degree of A. M., and Ph. D. in 1885; studied at the Ameri- can School of Classical Studies in Athens, and University of Munich; was instructor at Cornell and at Harvard, and Assistant Professor and Professor of Latin in the University of Michigan; is a member of the Executive Committee of the American School at Rome: has edited various text books and contributed to philological peri- odicals in this country and abroad; is a son of William J. Rolfe, the Shakespear- ean scholar. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
ROMBERGER, J. A .:
President of the First National Bank. Address, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pa.
ROMMEL, Charles Edward:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- sylvania; Naval Cadet, Oct. 1, 1878; As- sistant Engineer, July 1, 1884; Passed As- sistant Engineer, Sept. 12. 1894; rank changed to Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Bureau of Steam Engineering, Dec. 5, 1899, to 1902; Lieutenant Commander, Aug. 10, 1903; U. S. S. Kentucky, June 28, 1902, to January. 1904; U. S. S. Wis- consin since January, 1904. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
RONDTHALER, Howard Edward:
Resident Professor Moravian College and Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa .; born June 17. 1871, in Brooklyn, N. Y .: son of Bishop Edward Rondthaler; re- ceived degrees of Ph. B., University of North Carolina. 1893, and B. D., Moravian Seminary, 1896. Pastor Winston-Salem, N. C .; lecturer; editor Wachovia Mora- vian. Married, 1898, Katharine G. Bor- ing, Philadelphia. Member of Gimghouls and E. A. E. Address, Bethlehem, Pa.
ROOKS, Charles Alexander:
Editor; born in Pittsburg, Aug. 11, 1861; son of Alexander W. and Harriett L. Rook: entered the Pittsburg Dispatch office September. 1880. upon death of his father. Alexander W. Rook (who was for many years the senior member of the firm of Rook & O'Neill. publishers and owners of the Pittsburg Dispatch), as collector, 1
advertising clerk, circulation bookkeeper and cashier: 18SS was elected Secretary, 1896 Treasurer and Business Manager, 1902 President and editor in chief. Address, The Pittsburg Dispatch, Pittsburg, Pa.
ROONEY, William R. A .:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Na- val Academy, Sept. 28, 1870; graduated, June 1, 1874; promoted Ensign, July 17, 1875; Master, June 11, 1881; Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1883; Lieutenant, June 30, 1887; Colorado, North Atlantic Station, 1874; Worcester, North Atlantic Station, 1874; Hartford, North Atlantic Station, 1875-1876; Passaic, 1877-1879; Pensacola, Pacific Station, 1880; Wachu- sett, Pacific Station, 1SS1-1884; training- ship New Hampshire, 1884-1886; Naval War College, 1887; Swatara, South Atlan- tic Station, 1888-1890; Inspector of Steel, June, 1891; Atlanta, April, 1894; Mon- terey. May, 1894; Oregon, to 1897; receiv- ing-ship Richmond, September, 1897-1898; April, 1898, New Orleans, to 1899; duty with Isla de Cuba, December, 1899. Pro- moted to Lieutenant Commander, March 3, 1899; Yorkktkown; Feb. 15, 1901; re- tired, March 26, 1901. Address, Holli- daysburg, Pa.
ROOP. Hervin Ulysses:
Educator; has been President of Leb- anon Valley College since 1897; born in Highspre, Pa., Nov. 16, 1868; son of Henry J. and Justina M. Roop; educated at Steelton High School; was graduated from Lebanon Valley College, 1892; from Wooster University. 1895, with the de- grees of A. M. and Ph. D .; from Clark University, Cornell, and University of Pennsylvania. Married, Aug. 26. 1897, E. May Kephart. He taught in the public schools, State Normal School and Rit- tenhouse Academy, Philadelphia. For two years was State Superintendent Nor- mal Department of Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association, and organ- ized the training work for Sabbath school teachers throughout the State. Contrib- utor to educational and religous journals. Member Lebanon County Historical So- ciety and American Academy Political and Social Science. Address, Annville, Pa.
ROOP. Joseph Howard:
Banker; was born at Germantown, Pa., Aug. 10, 1849; educated at the public schools in his native place, and was grad- uated from the Central High School. Philadelphia. In 1870 he was a clerk in
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the Delaware County National Bank at Chester, Pa., and is now President; Pres- ident of the Chester Gas Company; one of the Executors of the J. Lewis Conger estate and one of the Trustees of the J. Lewis Conger Home for Incurables and the J. Lewis Conger Homeopathic Hospi- tal, located at Chester. Jan. 6, 1880, he married Lydia North Peirsol. Address, Germantown, Pa.
ROOSEVELT, George Washington:
Soldier and Consul; born in Chester, Delaware County, Pa., Feb. 14, 1843; son of James S. Roosevelt of New York and Esther Vickery Roosevelt of Salem, N. J. He is of the eighth generation, Duteh, French and Huguenot strains are min- gled in his ancestry; a direct descendant of Claes Martenze Van Roosevelt of Rose- field and Guelderland, Holland, who emi- grated to New Amsterdam (New York) some time about 1651. He was educated in the publie schools of his native town and the Upland Academy, Pennsylvania; enlisted in the Union Army, April 16, 1861. as Corporal in Company K, Twenty- sixth Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteers; promoted to Sergeant. Color Sergeant and First Sergeant; brevetted Captain for meritorious conduet at the battle of Get- tysburg, Pa .; was awarded a Congres- sional medal of honor for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Bull Run, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa .; was se- verely wounded through the hips and lost left leg at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1862. When President Lin- coln made second call for three months volunteers he returned to Chester and raised a company for 100 days; was elected Captain of the company; joined regiment of three months infantry then forming in Philadelphia, but on aecount of his severe wounds was unable to go to the front again. Appointed United States Consul at Auckland, New Zealand, March 28. 1578; Consul to St. Helena (South Atlantic Ocean), April 30, 1879; Consul at Matanzas, Cuba, Sept. 1, 1880; Consul to Bordeaux, France, May 23, 18$1; Consul at Brussels, Belgium, June 14, 18$9. where he is now stationed. Ad- dress, Brussels, Belgium.
RORER, Sarrah Tyson:
Editor, author, teacher; born at Rich- boro, Pa., Oct. 18, 1849; daughter of Charles Tyson and Elizabeth Rorer; was graduated from East Aurora, N. Y .. Academy. Married. Philadelphia. Feb- ruary, 1871, W. Albert Rorer. Principal
Philadelphia School Domestic Science; Di- reetor State Fair Domestie Science Sehool, Springfield, Ill .; leeturer on Food in Health and Disease; author and edi- tor for many years; editor and partial owner Table Talk, 1886-1892; Household News, 1893-1897; Ladies' Home Journal, since 1897; Direetor Pennsylvania Chau- tauqua School of Domestic Seienee. Au- thor of "Mrs. Rorer's New Cook Book"; "Mrs. Rorer's Philadelphia Cook Book"; "Canning and Preserving"; "Home Candy Making"; "Salads"; "Bread Making"; "Made Overs";
"Sandwiches"; "Hot Weather Dishes, Twenty Quiek Soups"; "How to Use a Chafing Dish"; "Good ways in Cooking"; "Dainties"; "Colonial Cookery"; "Good Cooking"; "A Book on Diet and Cookery." Residence, Colonnade Hotel; address, 1715 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
ROSE, Henry J .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Susquehanna Coun- ty; born at Silver Lake, Susquehanna County, Pa., on the farm where he now resides. Dec. 11, 1853; educated in the public schools. He went to West Vir- ginia and engaged in business there; later he returned to his farm in Silver Lake and devoted his energes to farming and eattle breeding. Elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- dress, Silver Lake, Pa.
ROSE, Thomas Ellwood:
Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; private Company I, Twelfth Pennsylvania Infan- try, April 25 to Aug. 5, 1861; Captain Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, Oct. 28, 1861: Colonel, Feb. 1, 1863; bre- vetted Brigadier General Volunteers, July 22. 1865. for gallant and meritorious ser- vices; honorably mustered out, Dec. 6, 1865; Captain Eleventh Infantry. July 28, 1866; assigned to Sixteenth Infantry, Feb. 15, 1870; Major Eighteenth Infantry, April 2. 1892; retired. March 12. 1891; brevetted Major, March 2, 1867, for gal- lant and meritorious services in the battle of Liberty Gap, Tenn., and Lieutenant Colonel, March 2. 1867, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Chickamauga. Ga .; Lieutenant Colonel. 1904. Address, 2427 W. North Ave., Bal- timore. Md.
ROSE, W. Horace:
Lawyer and soldier; born at Johnstown Pa., Nov. 17. 1838; educated in the public
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schools and at an academy in Indiana County; he worked in a tannery and a machine shop; learned the moulders trade and afterward the trade of carpen- tering, and worked as a carpenter in Iowa. In 1858 he returned to Johnstown and began to read law in the office of John P. Linton. He was admitted to the Cambria County bar in 1860, built his own office, and practiced in it till the great flood of ISS9, in which he was se- verely injured. The Civil War began shortly after Mr. Rose entered upon prac- tice, and he was appointed by the Gov- ernor Judge Advocate of the Third Bri- gade of State Militia, ranking as Major; he was Lieutenant in a local company which offered its services on April 30. but was not accepted; three months later he enlisted in the Fifty-fourth Regiment, was elected Second Lieutenant, and in January, 1862, was made Adjutant of General Campbell's brigade. In January, 1864, he took part in General Hunter's raid in the Shenandoah Valley. After the expiration of his term of enlistment he resumed practice at Johnstown, when he became one of the leaders of the bar. He was elected Burgess in 1869, and a member of the Pennsylvania House in 1870; in 1873 and 1876 he was elected Dis- trict Attorney, and in 1889 became the first Mayor of the city of Johnstown. Address, Johnstown, Pa.
ROSENBAUM, Oscar Herman:
Lawyer; son of Leopold and Sabine (Dreschfeld) Rosenbaum; born Sept. 14, 1868, at San Francisco, Cal .; was educat- ed at the public schools of that city and Pittsburg. Pa .; was graduated from the Pittsburg High School in 1887 and also at- tended school at Stuttgart, Germany. He was two years at the law school of the University of Virginia and was admitted to the Allegheny County bar Dec. 13, 1890. Address, 440 Diamond St., Pitts- buis. Pa.
ROSENTHAL, Albert:
Artist; born in Philadelphia. Jan. 30, 1863; son of Max Rosenthal; studied art under his father and at the Pennsylvania Academy; he went abroad and studied in Munich and in Paris under Gérôme, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Has been painting portraits since 1993: widely known as etcher of portraits of famous Americans, Address, 1530 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ROSENGARTEN, J. G .:
Born in Philadelphia, July 14. 1835; educated at Academy and University of Pennsylvania. President of Free Library, Philadelphia; Vice President House of Refuge, Philadelphia; Trustee University of Pennsylvania; President of the Society of the Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania. Served in the Army of the Potomac; First Lieutenant 121st Penn- sylvania Volunteers; Captain and Assist- ant Acting Adjutant General on the staff of Major General John F Reynolds, at Gettysburg, Pa. Republican in politics. Address, 1704 Walnut St., Philadelphia.
ROSENTHAL, Max:
Artist; born in Poland, Nov. 23, 1833; studied lithography, drawing and paint- ing in Paris, 1847-1849. He came to America in 1849 and located in Philadel- phia, where he made chromo-lithograph plates for the first book fully illustrated by the process in the United States. He did extensive work as an illustrator and has produced many etchings and mezzo- tints of portraits and other art works. Address, 132 North 18th St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
ROSENTHAL, Wilhelm:
Journalist; born at Nordhausen, foot of the Hartz Mountains, in Prussia, Nov. 20, 1823; educated in his native town and was graduated in 1840; then entered a publishing house, and after five years connection with it started in the publi- cation business for himself. In December. 1846, he emigrated to America in a sailing vessel, landing at New York in May. 1847. After a short sojourn there he removed to Philadelphia, where he estab- lished a book store; in 1818 he organized a German Workingmen's Association, of which he was President five years. In 1848 he commenced his career as an editor in this country, becoming the ed- itor of a paper just started, which was named the Free Press; this he edited suo- cessfully until 1855; it was Democratic in politics. Then he established the Woch- enblatt. a German weekly, and, when it was merged with the New World, he edited the latter paper until July, 1860. and also was assistant editor of the Phil- adelphia Democrat, published by the same firm. In 1860 he moved to Reading to become the editor of the Reading Ad- ler, the oldest German weekly newspaper in the United States; in 186t he estab- lished the Banner von Berks (weekly),
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and in 1867, Die Biene, a Sunday edition of that paper. In 1868 he commenced the publication of a German daily. the Reading Post, and in 1569 he established a fourth paper, a fraternal journal with the title of Die Deutche Eiche; these four papers he continues to publish. He has been prominent in building association affairs in Reading for a number of years, and is also a member of the Reading Press Club, in which organization he is known as "The Nestor of the Reading Press." Address, Reading, Pa.
ROSS. Albert:
Captain United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy. July 23, 1863; graduated, 1$67; Minnesota, 1867-1868. Promoted to Ensign, 1868; Powhatan. Pacific Flect, 1868-1869; pro- moted to Master, 1870; retired. 1871; Wa- chusett, 1873; Ossipee. 1874; restored to active list, 1874. Commissioned as Lieu- tenant, 1871; Worcester, flagship, North Atlantic Station, 1874-1875; special duty, Annapolis, 1876; Passaic, North Atlantic Station, 1876-1877; commanding Wyan- dotte, Washington, 1877-1878; Ports- mouth, special service. 1873-1882; Navy Yard, Washington, 1562-1863; Miantono- mah, 1883; torpedo instruction. Newport, R. I., 1883; Naval Academy. 1SS3-1886; Alert, Pacific Station, 1SS7-1SS3; torpedo instruction, Newport, R. I., 1989; Pensa- cola, 1889. to May, 1890; training-ship Jamestown. May, 1590, to December, 1892. Commissioned Lieutenant Comman- der, Dec. 5. 1800: Naval Academy, Decem- ber, 1892, to 1898. Commissioned as Com- mander, August, 1897; commanding Al- liance, January, 1998, to December. 1899. Commissioned Captain April 11, 1902; Lighthouse Inspector, Fifth District, Jan- uary, 1900, to 1903; Inspector of Naval Colliers on Atlantic coast since December, 1903. Address, Post Office Building, Bal- timore, Md.
ROSS, David H .:
Lawyer; born in Herkimer County. N. Y., on Feb. 19, 1856; son of John and Janet McNichol Ross; educated in the public schools and Conshohocken High School, and has retained his residence in Conshohocken ever since; read law with Hon. Clement B. Penrose, and admitted to the bar of Philadelphia and Montgom- ery County in 1870. In 1891, in partner- ship with B. F. Richardson and J. P. McNichol, he went innto the asphalt busi- ness and formed what was afterward the Richardson & Ross Asphalt Company,
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which company controlled large conces- sions for asphalt on the Island of Trini- dad, and secured large contracts for asphalt paving in Philadelphia and other large cities. in 1888 he married Ella E., daughter of Francis H. Lubbe of Con- shohocken. Address, Conshohocken, Pa.
ROSS. F. C .:
Civil engineer; born in Pennsylvania; civil engineer graduate of the University of West Virginia of the class of 1891; was employed by Wilkins & Davison in Pitts- burg, where he remained four years, dur- ing which time he had charge of the con- struction of the new waterworks at Steu- benville, Ohio; was next engaged for three years as engineer for the Vande- grift Land and Improvement Company and the Apollo Iron and Steel Company. For two years was engineer for the Ap- pollo Gas Company. Office for Consulting and Civil Engineering practice. Member American Society Civil Engineers (M. Am. Soc. C. E.) and Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania. Address, Farmers' Bank Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
ROSS, George H .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Luzerne County; was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., Aug. 13, 1862; educated in the public schools; when quite young was employed in the coal breakers; later received ten years' practical experience in general mechanics, embracing boiler and bridge making, blacksmithing and engineering. In 1886 he removed to Luzerne, Pa., and engaged in the drug business, and in 1894 became the initial member of the firm of Ross & Company, druggists, at that place; was elected to the Town Council in 18SS, and served as President of that body in 1989; was afterward elected Assessor: has served as delegate to several State and county conventions. Was elected to the House of Representatives In November, 1902. Address, Luzerne, Pa.
ROSS. John W. ("John Rosslyn") :
Author, dentist; born near Manchester, England, in 1852: privately educated. He came to America in 1878; naturalized: was graduated from Pennsylvania College, D. D. S .; practiced as an artist in Phila- delphia till 1892, and since that time den- tistry with special reference to ortlio- dontia. Contributor of short stories, etc .. to various publications. Author of "Joe's Place" (illustrations), 1902. Address. 200 W. Chelton Ave .. Germantown, Philadel- phia, Pa.
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ROTH, Henry Warren:
Clergyman Lutheran Church; born Pros- pect, Pa., April 5, 1838; was graduated from Pennsylvania College, 1861; studied at Western Theological Seminary, Alle- gheny, Pa., 1861-1864; A. M., Pennsylvania College; D. D., Westminster College, Pa., 1876. Married, June, 1876, Elizabeth T. Houston. Ordained to the Lutheran min- istry, 1861; pastor Grace Church, Pitts- burg, 1861-1870; Secretary General Council Lutheran Church, 1866-1870; President
Pittsburg Synod, 1871-1573; President Thiel College, Greenville, Pa., 1870-1887; pastor Wicker Park Lutheran Church, Chicago, 1887-1899; Professor Practical Theology, Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1891-1896; Director and Treas- urer Institution Protestant Deaconnesses, 1901. Address, Greenville, Pa.
ROTH, Jacob:
President of the First National Bank of Sutersville. Member of the firms of Jo- seph Roth & Son, and Roth, Schnitzer & Co .. foreign bankers and steamship agents. Address, Mckeesport, Pa.
ROTH, Jeremiah:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lehigh County; born in Lower Saucon Township, North- ampton County, Pa., May 20, 1833; was educated in the public schools; taught school three years. Was elected Justice of the Peace in 1864; was a member of Allentown's Council in 1874; has been President of the Lehigh County Agricul- tural Society since 1584; has been a Di- rector of the Second National Bank of Allentown since 1$21; owns and conducts the Allentown Stock Farm, extensively breeding registered Jersey cattle and heavy draught horses; is owner and pro- prietor of the Allentown Bazaar; has been President of the National Live Stock Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association since 1899, and is a member of the Exec- utive Committee of the Mt. Gretna Agri- cultural, Mechanical and Industrial Ex- position. He was a member of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1887, 1891, . 1899 and 1901; re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Allentown, Pa.
ROTHERMEL, A. C., A. M .:
Born at Moselem. Berks County, Pa., Jan. 6. 1864; educated at public schools, and Keystone State Normal School in 1ss0; in 1886 was graduated from the Keystone State Normal School; was prin- cipal of the Pleasant Valley Academy at Gilbert's, Pa., in 1856-1\87; entered the 21
sophomore class at Franklin and Mar- shall College in September, 1Ssss, and was graduated in 1891; then elected Pro- fessor of Natural Sciences in the Key- stone State Normal School; Vice Presi- dent, 1895, and principal since 1899. Ad- dress, Kutztown, Pa.
ROTHERMEL, John H .:
Lawyer; born in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa., March 7, 1850; edu- cated in the district schools, at the Read- ing Scientific Academy and the Keystone State Normal School; read law in Read- ing in the office of Albert G. Green, Esq., and was admitted to the bar, Aug. 20, 1$$1; has taken a prominent part in poli- tics as a Democrat, and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Ad- ditional Law Judge against the incum- bent, Judge G. A. Endlich; Director of the Reading and Southwestern Street Railway Company for several years, and solicitor of the company. Address, Read- ing, Pa.
ROTHERMEL, Peter F. Jr .:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1850; son of the renowned painter of the same name, the producer of the cele- brated "Battle of Gettysburg" and other famous paintings. Mr. Rothermel was educated both in Philadelphia and abroad, his father's art studies taking him to several countries of Europe. He was graduated in 1867 from the Central High School and studied law under James T. Mitchell since then a Justice of the Penn- sylvania Supreme Court. Mr. Rothermel's career at the bar was very successful. and he became in time the counsel for many of the largest business houses and corporations; among the former is that of John Wanamaker, which he has repre- sented in the courts for many years. In 1884 his name was strongly urged for the office of City Solicitor, but he withdrew in favor of Charles F. Warwick: he sub- sequently declined proffers of candidacy for office until 1898, when he was nomi- nated and elected to the office of District Attorney, a responsible position, which he filled with a very meritorious indepen- dence of party demands. Address, 2013 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ROTHERMEL, Wilson H .:
Physician; born in Maidencreek Town- ship, Berks County, Pa., May 4, 1566; educated in public schools of Berks Coun- tv, Palatinate College. Myerstown, Pa., and Jefferson Medical College of Philadel- phia, Pa .; public school teacher eight
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years and Coroner of Berks County, Pa., three years. Married Alice T. Schmehl of Blandon, Pa., Dec. 25, 1893. Democrat in politics. Address, Reading, Pa.
ROTHROCK, Joseph Trimble:
Commissioner of Forestry; born April 9, 1839, at McVeytown, Mifflin County, Pa .; son of Dr. Abraham and Phebe B. Rothrock; educated at Academia. Juniata County, and at Freeland Semi- nary (now Ursinus College), Montgom- ery County, Pa .; was graduated with degree of B. S. at Harvard Univer- sity, 1864; received degree of M. D. from University of Pennsylvania, 1868. En-
listed. Aug. 7, 1862, as private in Company D, 131st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infan- try, for nine months; was severely woun- ed in thigh at battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1863; commissioned Captain of Company E, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving for six months; in 1865- 1866 was exploring in British Columbia. Married Martha E. May on May 27, 1869. Practiced medicine in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 1870-1873, when he was made surgeon to the Wheeler Exploring Expedition, United States Engineers, operating west of the One hundredth ineridian, serving until 1875, in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and California. In 1876 he established a camp for physical culture for boys; was elected to the Chair of Botany in the University of Pennsylvania, 1877. In 1896 he was made General Secretary of the Pennsylvania Forestry Association, which position he still holds; was made Com- missioner of Forestry, Department of Agriculture, 1897, and the head of a di- vision in the new department. In 1901 was made head of State Department of Forestry. Resigned position on June 1, 1904. He has served under four success- ive Governors as Commissioner of For- estry; has established a consumptive camp on South Mountain, in Franklin County. He is a writer on scientific sub- jects. Republican in politics. Address. 428 North Church St., West Chester, Pa.
ROTT, Louis:
President of the First National Bank. Address, Homestead, Allegheny County, Pa.
ROURKE, Patrick Francis:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: private Twenty-eighth Pennsyl- vania Infantry, June 16. 1861; Corporal, July 4, 1861; Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861; First 1
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