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Sergeant, June 30, 1863; discharged to accept promotion, June 27, 1864; Second Lieutenant Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, March 28, 1864; First Lieuten- ant, July 21, 1864; Captain, Dec. 3, 1$64; honorably mustered out, July 18, 1865. Elected, Feb. 12, 1901. Address, 1012 Tas- ker St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ROURKE, William J .:
City Solicitor of Reading, Pa .; born in Reading, Sept. 11. 1859; son of a mill- worker, John Rourke, of that town; was graduated from the Reading High School on June 24, 1876. He was employed for seven weeks in a drug store, and on May 8, 1877, began the study of law in the office of Peter D. Wanner, being admitted to the Berks County bar on Nov. 22, 1SS0. After a little over four years of successful practice he became the Democratic nom- inee for City Solicitor, and was elected Feb. 28, 1885; his ability in this position was rewarded by his unanimous re-elec- tion, without opposition, for four succes- sive additional terms of two years each, until June 4, 1895, when, the Republicans being in power, they elected a Republican City Solicitor; he was again elected in April, 1897, and re-elected, without oppo- sition, in April, 1899, and continued in office until May 12, 1902, one year be- yond his term, when the Republicans. be- ing again in power, elected a Republican City Solicitor, who remained in office until Feb. 16, 1904, when Mr. Rourke was again elected, without opposition, for the unexpired term of three years. From 1890 to 1893 he was assistant to W. O. Miller, District Attorney, during whose term he tried many important criminal cases. He has served as a delegate to various city, county and State party con- ventions. and has been conspicuously identified with all city and county cam- paigns. He married Miss Lizzie Yocom in 1SS4. Address, Reading, Pa.
ROWE. David Watson:
Soldier and jurist; born in Greencastle. Pa., Nov. 12. 1836; studied in the Green- castle schools and Marshall College, and after graduation read law with William McClellan of Chambersburg; admitted to the bar of Franklin County in 1957. When the Civil War began he enlisted as a private in the Second Pennsylvania In- fantry, starting for the front April 18. 1861: a week later he was made Sergeant Major of the regiment, afterward com- missioned Second Lieutenant, and served
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under General Pattison; after the expira- tion of his three months' term he re- cruited a company for the 126th Regiment and was made Lieutenant Colonel. His military life continued till May 2, 1863, when the regiment was mustered out, and he returned to practice in Chambers- burg. He was appointed Additional Law Judge by Governor Geary in 1868, and was selected in October of that year; in 1874 lie became President Judge of the Thirty-ninth District, and in ists was re- elected for a second ten years' term. Since then he has been chiefly engaged in legal practice. Address, Chambersburg, Pa.
ROWE, L. S .:
Professor of the University of Pennsyl- vania; born in McGregor, Iowa, Sept. 17, 1871; educated at the public schools of Philadelphia, and entered the University of Pennsylvania after graduating from the Philadelphia Central High School; after taking the bachelor's degree at the university he entered the law school, and upon graduation therefrom was admitted to the bar; then spent four years in Europe in the study of political science and comparative jurisprudence; in 1896 he was appointed instructor in public law at the University of Pennsylvania in 1898 was made assistant professor. In June, 1904, was advanced to a full Pro- fessorship of Political Science. In June, 1900, he was appointed by President Mckinley a member of the Commission to Revise and Compile the Laws of Porto Rico; he was appointed Chairman of the Insular Code Commission by Governor Allen. He resumed his duties as Assist- ant Professor of Political Science in Feb- ruary, 1902, which position he still holds; was elected President of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Author of "Factors of Efficiency in Gov- ernment"; "Report on Municipal Legis- lation in Pennsylvania to the Committee on Cities of the New York Constitutional Convention"; "The Anti-Semitic Move- ment in America"; "Le Gouvernement Municipal en Europe, d'apres un Livre Recent"; article on "Municipal Govern- ment and Institutions in Prussia": "Fac- tors of Efficiency in Government"; article on "Muniepal Government in the United States"; "American Political Ideas and Institutions in Their Relation to the Prob- lem of City Government" (New York Re- form Club), July. 1897; "Problems of Po- litical Seience"; "The Nature of the State"; "Goodnow 'Municipal Problems' "; 1
"Taxation in Glasgow and English Cit- ies": "The Municipality and the Gas Sup- ply"; 'Report of the Committee on Mu- nicipal Program"; "The Socialistic Mu- nicipalties of Northern France"; "Influ- ence of the War in Our Public Life"; "The Financial Relation of the Depart- ment of Education to the City Govern- ment"; "The Supreme Court and the In- suiar Cases"; "Political Parties in Porto Rico"; "The Political and Legal Aspects of Change of Sovereignty"; "Extension of American Influence in the West Indies"; "The Establishment of Civil Government in the Philippines"; "The Civil Service in Porto Rico"; "Report of the United States Commission to Revise the Laws of Porto Rico"; "Report of the Insular Code Com- mission." In May, 1904, published "The United States in Porto Rico." Address, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
ROWLAND, Arthur John:
Electrician and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Drexel Institute, Philadel- phia, Pa; born in Cincinnati, Feb. 19. 1567; son of Adoniram J. Rowland; edu- cated in private schools, Philadelphia; freshman year, University of Pennsyl- vania, and partial course in languages, Johns Hopkins, and course in electrical engineering, same college, 1893; organized course in electrical engineering. Drexel Institute. Married, May 16, 1895, Flora B. Dobler. Address, 4510 Osage Ave .. Philadelphia, Pa.
ROWLAND, Benjamin:
President of the Second National Bank of Philadelphia. Address, 4356 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
ROWLAND, John Cadwalader:
Stock and bond broker; born Fcb. 10, 1879, in Philadelphia; grandson of the late Hon. John Cadwalader. United States District Judge, and son of the Rev. Henry J. Rowland of Philadelphia; educated at the De Lancey School and University of Pennsylvania. He engaged in the paper trade a short time; then became a stock and bond broker. Member of the Repub- lican Party. Address. 1607 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ROWLAND, Jonathan :
Civil engineer: born in Holmesburg, Pa., March 28. 1556 educated in the public schools and the Polytechnic College, grad- uating in isit as a civil engineer. followed this profession in Pennsylvania
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and other States, and in 1SSO became a railroad contractor, building a division of the Norfolk & Western Railroad, also the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad. In 1885 he became connected with the extensive iron-work- ing plant of Morris, Tasker & Co., in which he has made an excellent record and risen through several grades to the post of Vice President and General Man- ager; his duties have obliged him to travel widely in Europe, where the firm has important interests; it was the first to introduce the overhead electric trolley system in England. Member of the Man- ufacturers' Club of Philadelphia and the Engineers' and Knickerbocker Athletic Clubs of New York, and the American Society of Naval Engineers. Address, 8037 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
ROWLAND, J. W .:
President of the First National Bank. Address, Emlenton, Venango County, Pa.
ROWEN, John Howard:
Lieutenant United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Na- val Cadet, May 20, 18S7; Assistant En- gineer, July 1, 1893; Passed Assistant Engineer, May 28, 1897; rank changed to Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1SS9; Lieutenant, September 25, 1899; Bennington, 1891; Navy Yard, New York, 1893; Marblehead. 1894; Newark, April, 1894, to 1898; Bancroft, 1898; Navy Yard, Mare Island, 1899; Helena, September, 1899, to 1903; Denver, since September, 1903. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
ROYDHOUSE, George W .:
President of the Northwestern National Bank of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Casualty Company, and the Bath Port- land Cement Company. Address, Girard and Ridge Aves., Philadelphia, Pa.
RUGH, Jacob Welty:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry (Eighth Reserve), Aug. 2, 1862; resigned and honorably dis- charged, May 16, 1863. Elected, Nov. 14, 1900. Address, care of Recorded of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RUMFORD, Lewis:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion
First Lieutenant Charles G. Rumford. Elected, May 7, 1902. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RUMNETTE, John:
President of the Metropolitan National Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
RUPP, William:
Educator; Professor Practical Theology, Theological Seminary Reformed Church in the United States; born at Lowhill, Pa., April 17, 1839; son of Solomon and Maria Rupp; was graduated from Franklin and Marshall College, 1862, and received de- grees of A. M. and D. D .; was graduated from Theological Seminary, Mercersburg, Pa., 1864. Married, Nov. 16, 1865, to Emma A. Hambright. Ordained to min- istry of Reformed Church in the United States, Feb. 6, 1865; served charges at St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa., 1865- 1866; Berlin, Somerset County, Pa., 1867- 1877; Manchester, Md., 1877-1888; Meyers- dale, Somerset County, Pa., 18SS-1893. Regular contributor to Mercersburg Re- view; assistant editor Reformed Church Quarterly Review; editor of Reformed Church Review. Address, 602 W. James St., Lancaster, Pa.
RUPPEL, Williant H .:
Lawyer; born at Frostburg, Md., May 13, 1849. He was taken as an infant to Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pa., and was there educated in public and normal schools. He subsequently followed the profession of a teacher for a number of years, but finally took up the profession of the law, studied in the office of Gen- eral Coffroth, and was admitted to the Somerset bar in 1872. He formed a part- nership with Mr. Coffroth which has since continued. Mr. Ruppel served as a delegate to the Democratic State Conven- tion that nominated Singerly for Gover- nor. In 1SS1 he was named for President Judge, but declined to enter the contest. His practice has been extensive and has covered every field of the profession, he having been the working member of the Address. firm, General Coffroth being largely absorbed in political matters. Somerset, Pa.
RUSCHENBERGER, Charles Wister:
Commander Naval Force of Pennsyl- vania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Septem- ber, 1847; was graduated from Boston
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Latin School, July, 1864; was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, June, 1869; European Squadron. Juniata and Franklin, 1869-1871. Promoted to Ensign, July, 1870, and Master, January, 1572; Asiatic Squadron, Lackawanna and Iroquois, 1872-1875; promoted to Lieuten- ant, April, 1875; Navy Yard, Philadel- phia, Pa., 1875-1876; European Squadron, Gettysburg, Trenton, and Marion, 1876- 1STS; North Atlantic Squadron, Marion, 1579; Navy Yard, League Island, Pa., 1SS0-1882; United States Torpedo School, Newport, R. I., 18$2; Pacific Squadron, Iroquois, 1SS2-1883; North Atlantic Squad- ron. Yantic and Vandalia, 1883-1884; Training Squadron, Jamestown and Sara- toga, 1SS4-1886; Navy Yard, League Is- land, Philadelphia, Pa .. 1887-1889; North Atlantic Squadron, Kearsarge (the orig- inal.) 1SS9-1892; Inspector of Ordnance, Midvale Steel Works. Philadelphia, Pa., 1892-1894; Navy Yard, League Island, Philadelphia, Pa., 1894-1895; Naval War College. Newport, R. I., 1895; resigned, July 1595. Elected Commander Naval Force of Pennsylvania, April, 1900. Mem- ber of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and of the Naval Order of the United States. Ad- dress, Strafford. Chester County, Pa.
RUSII, Richard:
Captain United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy, Sept. 23, 1863; was graduated, 1867; Min- nesota, special cruise, 1567-1868. Pro- moted to Ensign, 186S: Mohongo, Pacific Fleet, 1868-1870: promoted to Master, 1870; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1871; Coast Survey, 1571-1874; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1575-1876; . Vandalia, Eu- ropean Squadron, 1876-1878; Naval Acad- emy. 1879-1982; Juniata, Asiatic Station, 1852-1886; Bureau of Navigation, 1SS6- 1889; training-ship Portsmouth, 1889-1892. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, Sept. 27, 1521; Superintendent Naval War Records, Max, 1893, to April. 1897; com- manding Michigan, April 5. 1597; promoted to Commander, April. 1998; commanding Armeria. April, 1895: Navy Department, Oct. 20, 1598; retired as Captain, July 7, 1899. Address. 1831 Jefferson PL, N. W., Washington, D. C.
RUSH, William Rees:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Na- wil Academy. June 6, 1872; 1877-1879. flagship Monongahela, China Station: graduated, June 1, 1ST9; Constellation,
Irish Relief Cruise, 1SS0; Constitution, Flagship Training Squadron, 1880; Pas- saic, 1881. Promoted to Ensign, Feb. 15, 1SS1; Ranger, surveying duty west coast of Mexico and Central America, 1881- 1SS7; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Wash- ington, 1887; Bureau of Navigation, As- sistant to Hydrographer. 18Si-1SS9; Bos- ton, Squadron of Evolution, 1SS9-1890. Promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade), Feb. 11, 1889; Bennington, North Atlan- tic Station, 1891; Boston, Pacific Station, July, 1891, to December, 1893. Promoted to Lieutenant. Dec. 26, 1893; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1594; War College, 1894-1896; flagship Brooklyn, representative ship at Spithead, Queen's Jubilee, 1897; flagship Brooklyn, during Spanish-American War; commendatory mention in dispatches for the naval action of July 3, 1898, off Santiago de Cuba; Massachusetts, 1900. during coaling at sea and wireless signalling tests: staff of Naval War College, 1901. Promoted Lieu- tenant Commander, Feb. 11, 1901: Albany, since October, 1901. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
RUSH, William H .:
Surgeon United States Navy; appointed from Pennsylvania as Assistant Surgeon, Feb. 13, 1877; Passed Assistant Surgeon, April 28, 1SS1; Constellation, special ser- vice, 1877-1878; ironclads, James River 1878-1879; receiving-ship St. Louis. 1879- 1880: gunnery training-ship Minnesota, 1880-1SS4; special duty, 18$5-1SS8; school- ship Saratoga, 1SS9-1891; Yantic. South Atlantic Station. September, 1×91-1634. Promoted to Surgeon, November, 1824; Navy Yard, League Island, December. 1894: Dixie. April, 189S; steamer City of Pekin. May, 1898. Retired, Oct. 31, 1900. Address, Ardmore; Pa.
RUSHTON, R. H .:
President of the Fourth Street National Bank. Address, 131 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RUSKE, William:
President of the People's Trust Com- pany of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
RUSLING, James Wood:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet Brigadier General James F. Rusting. Elected Feb. 10, 1897. Address, 206 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
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RUSSELL, Benjamin R .:
Lieutenant Colonel United States Ma- rine Corps; born in Pennsylvania; ap- pointed from Pennsylvania. Commis- sioned as Second Lieutenant, Oct. 16, 1869; Marine Barracks, Washington, 1869- 1870; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, 1870- 1871; frigate Wabash, European Station, 1871-1872; Shenandoah, European Fleet, 1871-1873; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, 1874-1876. Commissioned as First Lieu-
tenant, 1876; receivng-ship Worcester, 1876-1877; Marine Barracks, Washington, 1877-1878; Adjutant of Marine Batallion during the labor riots of 1877; special duty at Paris Exposition, 1877-1878; command- ing marine guard, 1878; steamer Minne- sota, 1879; steamer Galena, North At- lantic Station, 1880-1853; Marine Bar- racks, Washington, 1SS3; Navy Yard, Washington, 1883-1885; Marine Barracks, League Island, 1SS5-1SS6; Galena, 1886; Richmond, 1886; Galena, 1SS6-1SS9; Marine Barracks, League Isand, 1SS9-1893: commissioned Captain, Feb. 2, 1891; New York, South Atlantic Station, 1893-1896; Marine Barracks, League Island, Sep- tember, 1896, to April, 1898, serving with Marine Battalion in Cuba, 1998; New York. Nov. 15, 1899; Marine Barracks, Washington, since Oct. 30. 1900. Com- missioned Major, March 3, 1899: Lieuten- ant Colonel. Jan. 31, 1900; retired, March 1, 1903. Address, Marine Barracks, Wash - ington, D. C.
RUSSELL, George:
President of the Belleville National Bank. Address, Belleville, Mifflin County, Pa.
RUSSELL, Henry J .:
President of the *Honesdale National Bank. Address, Honesdale, Wayne Coun- ty, Pa.
RUTAN, James S .:
Legislator and lawyer: born in Carroll County. Ohio, May 29, 1838; educated at Beaver Academy, Pa .. and Richmond Col- lege, Ohio. He studied law at Beaver under Richard P. Roberts and was ad- mitted to the Beaver County bar. In 1662 he was elected District Attorney of Beaver County, and again in 1865, and in 1875 was admitted to the Allegheny Coun- ty bar. In 1568 he was a Presidential Elector and bore the dispatches from the Electoral Board to Washington. He was elected to the Senate of Pennsylvania in 1869. and re-elected in 1572. serving six years, and in isso was again elected as a
representative of Allegheny County. He was Marshal of the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1882-1885. He served in the Civil War in the 101st Pennsylvania Regi- ment. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
RUTH, John W .:
President of the Scottdale Savings and Trust Company. Address, Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pa. RUTH, L. F .:
President of the Title and Trust Com- pany of West Pennsylvania. Address, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa.
RUTHERFORD, Matthew:
Minister of the Presbyterian Church; born in England, Dec. 22. 1858; came to this country in 1869; prepared for college in private and at the New Hagerstown Academy, New Hagerstown, Ohio; was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1884; from the Western Theo- logical Seminary in 1887. Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Monaca, Pa., 1887- 1888; Avalon Presbyterian Church in 1888- 1896; the Third Presbyterian Church of Washington, Pa., 1896. Instructor in New Testament in W. J. College 1900-1904. Married, June 29, 1SSS, Miss Helen L. Poe. Address, Washington, Pa.
RUTHERFORD, Robert. M .:
President of the Steelton National Bank and the Steelton Trust Company. Address, Steelton, Dauphin County, Pa.
RUTHERFORD, Samuel MePherson:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, June 16, 1SS8; Second Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry, June 11. 1892; transferred to Fourth Cavalry, Aug. 31, 1892; First Lieutenant, March 2. 1899; Captain, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Ri- ley, Kan.
RYAN. Marah Ellis:
Author; born in Butler County, Pa., Feb. 27, 1860: daughter of Patrick Gra- ham and Sidney Martin: wrote poems and stories under pen name Ellis Martin. Married, 1883. S. E. Ryan, comedian (now deceased). Was for five years on the stage: since 1890 has lived a retired life. Author of "In Love's Domain." 1889; "Told in the Hills." 1891; "Pagan of the Alleghanies." 1591; "Squaw Eloise." 1592; "A Flower of France," 1994; "Comrades." 1596; "The Bond-Woman," 1999; "That Girl Montana," 1901. Has dramatized
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"Told in the Hills." "The Bond-Woman," and "Galeed," a story included in "Love's Domain." Address, Fayette Springs, Fay- ette County, Pa.
RYAN, Patrick John:
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Philadel- phia; born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, Feb. 20, 1831. As a child he manifested a predilection for the priest- hood, and his school life in Dublin was followed by a course of theological study in Carlow College, where he graduated in 1852, winning first premiums in philosophy and theology and an appointment as Pre- fect of the Lay House; subsequent col- lege honors were the degrees of LL. D. by the Universities of New York and Pennsylvania. He was ordained a sub deacon in 1852, but immediately after- ward left Ireland for the United States, settling in St. Louis, where the Bishop appointed him Professor of Sacred Elo- quence in the Theological Seminary. In
1853 he was ordained to the priesthood and made assistant rector of the St. Louis Cathedral; in 1856 he was made rector, and in 1860 was put in charge of the parish of the Annunciation, where he built a fine church edifice and a parochial school. During the Civil War he was active in charitable labor, and served as Chaplain of the Gratiot Street Military Prison and Hospital. He became rector of St. John's Church in St. Louis after the war, and in 1866 attended the Second Plenary Council at Baltimore, where he preached a sermon that attracted wide attention. He also lectured in many places. his eloquence and learning draw- ing large audiences. He subsequently vis- ited Rome and was honored with the in- vitation to deliver the English course of Lenten sermons in that city. In 1868 he was appointed Vicar-General of the Arch- diocese of St. Louis, and in 1872 was con- secrated Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis, with the title of Bishop of Tricomia in Palestine. He visited Rome again in 1883, when he was appointed to the rank of Archbishop of Salamis, and in 1884 was appointed Archbishop of the Diocese of Philadelphia, a position which he still retains with the highest credit and with respect from all creeds. He deliver sev- eral addresses at the World's Columbian Exposition, and many of his lectures and sermons have been published and become very popular. Author of "What Catholics Do Not Believe" "The Causes of Mod- ern Religious Skepticism," etc. Address, 225 North Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
RYAN, Thomas William:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- sylvania. Naval Academy, June 13, 1873; Midshipman, June 4, 1880; Ensign (junior grade), March 3, 1883; Ensign, May 19, 1884; Lieutenant (junior grade), July 31, 1891; flagship Richmond, China Station, 1878-1880; training ship Saratoga, 18S1- 1883; Ranger, 1883-1886; Branch Hydro- graphic Office, New York, 1887; inspection of steel, new cruisers. 1887-1SSS; training- ship Jamestown, 1889-1891; coast survey steamer Endeavor, 1891-1892; in charge Branch Hydrographic Office, Savannah, November, 1892. to March, 1893; receiv- ing-ship Franklin, March, 1893, to Janu- ary, 1895; Castine, steamship Lancaster, January, 1895, to January, 1898. Promoted to Lieutenant, October, 1895; Navy Yard, New York, February, 1898, to May, 1898; steamship Peoria, May, 1898; Monocacy, Sept. 29, 1899; Brooklyn, Aug. 1, 1900, to 1902. Promoted to Lieutenant Command- er, Oct. 9, 1901; steamship Lancaster since Dec. 27. 1002. Address, Navy Yard, League Island, Pa.
RYAN, William C .:
Referee in bankruptcy, attorney at law; born at New Hope, Bucks County, Pa., June 15, 1860; attended the public school of his native town; studied law with Hugh B. Eastburn, at Doylestown, Pa., and was admitted to the Bucks County bar in 1SS4; 1887 to 1890 associated with Hon. Robert M. Yardley, in a law part- nership; 1891-1898 Deputy Receiver of the Keystone National Bank of Philadelphia, and 1894-189S of the Spring Garden Na- tional Bank of Philadelphia. Referee in bankruptcy for Bucks County since 182S. Engaged in active practice in Bucks and Philadelphia Counties; has also been ad- mitted to practice in the federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the Unit- ed States. Address, Doylestown, Pa.
RYAN, William J .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Allegheny County, was born in the Twelfth Ward, Pittsburg, Pa., May 11, 1866; was educated in the public schools of that city; learned the trade and worked at glass blowing for a number of years; was prominently iden- tified with the old Flint Glass Workers' Association, and is still a member of the Green Bottle Blowers of America; at present engaged in hotel business; has, since reaching his majority, always taken an active interest in polities, and for four-
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teen years has been a member of the Al- legheny County Democratic Committee; he was elected a member of the House of Representatives on the Democratic ticket in November, 1902. Address, 2417 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
RYON, George W .:
Bank President; born in Elkland, Tioga County, Pa., April 30, 1839. His ancestors on both sides were soldiers in the Revo- lutionary Army,
and his grandfather, John Ryon, was State Senator for eleven years. Judge of Tioga County, and Su- perintendent of the Pennsylvania Canal. Mr. Ryon was educated in Lawrenceville Academy, the Genesee Wesleyan Semin- ary, and a commercial college in Roches- ter, N. Y., and after graduating was em- ployed as a civil engineer on the Kenosha, Rockford & Rock Lsland Railroad, Illinois. In 1859 he began the study of law under his uncle, Judge James Ryon, and was admitted to the bar at Pottsville, Pa., in 1861. He located at Lawrenceville, and in 1869 at Shamokin, where he built up the large practice which he now enjoys. He has also been active in business; he was the first President of the Shamokin Bank- ing Company, which position he still fills; he is also Treasurer of the Shamokin Gaslight Company, Director in the Sha- mokin Manufacturing Company, and a stockholder in the City Water Company. He was a candidate for President Judge of Northumberland County in 1SS1, but was defeated by a very small adverse majority. He was appointed a Commis- sioner of Public Charities by Governor Pattison in 1531 and reappointed by Gov- ernor Hastings in- 1896. Address, Shamo- kin, Pa.
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