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RYON. John W .:
Lawyer; born in Elkland, March 4, 1825; his father, John Ryon was a State Repre- sentative and Senator and Judge of Tioga County; George W. Ryon, whose sketch is above given, was his nephew. Mr. Ryon was educated at the Millville Acad- emy, New Jersey, and the Wellsboro Academy, Pennsylvania, and he subse- quently studied law and was admitted to the Tioga County bar in 1816. He settled at Lawrenceville, and there built up a large and profitable practice. Four years after his admission to the bar he was elected District Attorney of Tioga Coun- ty, and three years later was re-elected. In 1$63 he removed to Pottsville, where
he became one of the most successful at- torneys at the Schuylkill County bar. He was active during the war in organizing a company of the famous Bucktail Regi- ment and in passing the bill for the Penn- sylvania Reserve Corps, and Governor Curtin appointed him Paymaster, with the rank of Major. Mr. Ryon was elected to Congress in 1ST8, where he served one term very satisfactorily. In addition to his legal business he has been President of the Pennsylvania National Bank of Pottsville, a Director of the Pottsville Gas Company, and several other organiza- tions. He owns a large flouring mill at Elkland. Address, Pottsville, Pa.
RYON, Norman H .:
Lawyer; born in Tioga County, Pa., Dec. 1. 1830; studied at Genesee College, New York, and was graduated in 1560 at U'nion College, Schenectady, N. Y. He read law in offices at Wellsboro and Tio- ga, and was admitted to the Tioga County bar in 1863. In the following year he re- moved to Amboy, Ill., where he practiced till 1878, part of the time as. City Attor- ney and District Attorney; he served one term in the Legislature of Illinois, and in 1872 was a Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket. From 1878 to 1882 he practiced in Bloomington. Ill., then re- turned to Lawrenceville, Pa., and a few years later settled in Wellsboro, Tioga County. where he has since practiced. Address, Wellsboro, Pa.
RYON. Wallace P .:
Lawyer and Bank President: born in Elkland. Pa., July 1S, 1836. After ob- taining a liberal education he entered upon the study of law under his brother. Hon. Jolin W. Ryon, and was admitted to the bar of Tioga County in 1861. He practiced for a year at Tamaqua, then became associated with his brother at Pottsville, and in 1869 was made cashier of the Pennsylvania National Bank of that place. In 1873 he became President of the Merchants' Exchange Bank of Pottsville. He went to Philadelphia in 1879, where for three years he was en- gaged in the coal and iron business. In 1582 he returned to Lawrenceville, his early home, where he has since practiced. Address, Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pa.
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SACHSE, Julius Friedrich:
Journalist, author; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1842; son of J. H. Friedrich and Julianna D. W. Sachse; educated in gram- mar schools and old Lutheran Academy; received the degree of Litt. D., from Muhlenberg College; married, 1864, Emma C. Lange; he is a member of American Philosophical Society, Historical Society
of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania-German Society, and other societies. Author of "The German Pietists of Provincial Penn- sylvania," 1694-1708; "Pennsylvania: The German Influence in Its Settlement and Development; The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania," 170S-1743, a "Critical and Legendary History of the Ephrata Clois- ter and the Dunkers," 1743-1800; "Horoio- gium Achaz-Christophorus Schissler, Ar- tifex; Justice Falckner, Mystic and Schol- ar," 1903; and other scientific and his- torical books. Address. 442S Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SADLER, Wilbur F .:
Jurist; born in Adams County, Pa., Oct. 11, 1840; removed with his parents to Cumberland County in his childhood; re- ceived a good academical education; read law with Mr. Morrison, of Williamsport, finished his legal education in Carlisle, Pa .; admitted to Cumberland County bar in 1865. Mr. Sadler quickly gained a large practice and was elected District Attor- ney in 1871, as the nominee of the Repub- lican Party. In 1984 he was elected Presi- dent Judge of the district. On the expi- ration of his term, in 1594. he returned to legal practice, in which he is now engaged. Address, Carlisle, Pa.
SAADTLER, Samuel Philip:
Chemist; born at Pine Grove, Pa., July 18, 1547; son of the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Sadtler; was graduated from the Pennsyl- vania College, 1867; studied at Lehigh University. 1867-1868, and was graduated from Lawrence Scientific School. Harvard, S. B., 1870; Göttingen University, Ph. D., 1571; Pennsylvania College (LL. D., 1902) ; married, 1872, M. Julia Bridges. Profess- or of Natural Science, Pennsylvania Col- lege. 1871-1571. Professor of Chemistry. University of Pennsylvania. 1874-1891. and of the Philadephia College of Pharmacy since 1978. Secretary of the Ameri- can Philosophical Society. 1698-1902. Fel- low American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science. Member of Ameri- can Chemical Society, and chemical so- cieties of London, Berlin, etc. Was chemical editor American reprint Ency- clopædia Britannica, and of fifteenth and subsequent editions of the U. S. Dispensa- tory; member of Committee on Revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia. Au- thor of "Handbook of Chemical Experi- mentation for Lectures," 1877; "Handbook of Industrial Organic Chemistry," 1891. and of German and Russian translations; "Text-book of Pharmaceutical Chemis- try," 1895. Address, Tenth and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
SAGEBEER, Joseph Evans:
Clergyman; born in Allentown, Pa., 1861; son of Rev. Joseph Lybrand and Harriet Sagebeer; received his primary education at the Conshohocken High Schools, from which he was graduated in 1879; Lewisburg, Pa., Academy, 1SS1; Bucknell University, 1885; Crozer Theo- logical Seminary, 1SSS (Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1891); ordained to the Baptist ministry, .1SSS. Married, 1898, Catherine Grafflin Cook. Author of "The Bible in Court: The Method of Legal In- quiry Applied to the Study of the Scrip- tures," 1900; "A First Book in Christian Doctrine," 1903; contributor of articles on religious and theological subjects to re- views. Member of Phi Alpha, The Photo- Zetetics; lecturer Germantown Society of Psychology. Member of the Union League Club. Address, 48 East Upsal St., Ger- mantown, Philadelphia, Pa.
SAFFORD. Fred'k Hollister, Ph. D .:
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Mathematics; born at Lawrence. Mass., June 20, 1866; was graduated at Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology with the degree of S. B., 1SSS; Instructor in Mathe- matics, Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro. N. H., 1SSS-1893; entered graduate school, Harvard University, in 1893, receiving de- gree of A. M. in 1994, and of Ph. D. in 1897; Instructor in Mathematics, Har- vard University, 1895-1599. Assistant Professor of Mathematics University of Cincinnati, 1999-1901. Honorary Fellow in Mathematics. Clark University, 1901-1902. Address. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
SAILER. Joseph :
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal
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Legion; eldest son of Companion Lieut. John Sailer; Passed Assistant Surgeon United States Navy, July 15, 1898; hon- orably discharged Sept. 12, 1898. Elect- ed May 7, 1902. Address, 1927 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SAINT, S. J .:
President of the Citizens' Deposit and Trust Company. Address, Sharpsburg, Allegheny County, Pa.
SAJOUS, Charles E. de M .:
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Physician, medical author and laryn ... gologist; born at sea, near coast of France, Dec. 13, 1852; son of Count Charles E. and Marie Pierrette de Medici; educated by private tutors; was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1578; married, Jan. 30, 1884. Emma Chris- tine Bergner. Became clinical lecturer in Jefferson Medical College; dean and pro- fessor in Medico-Chirurgical College; Pro- fessor of Anatomy and Physiology, Wag- ner Institute of Science: Fellow College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and mem- ber of a large number of scientific bod . ies; officer of the Academy and Knight of the Legion of Honor of France; Knight of the Order of Leopold of Belgium, etc. Author of a "Curative Treatment of Hay Fever." 1884; "Diseases of the Nose and Throat," 18$5; editor of "Sajous's Annual and Analytical Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine," 1898-1900: "Sajous's Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences." 1SSS- 1896; "The Internal Secretions and the Principles of Medicine," 1903. Address, 2043 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SALMON, Rev. Edgar Pierson:
Clergyman Presbyterian Church; born of Scotch-Irish and Huguenot parentage, at Susquehanna, Pa., Aug. 17, 1853; was graduate of Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., 1878; Auburn Theological Semi- nary, 1ss1; pastor at Oaks Corners, N. Y., 1981; at Knowlesville, N. Y., 1884; at Campbell. N. Y., 1892; at Galeton, Pa., since 1899. Stated Clerk Niagara Pres- bytery. 1890; Commissioner of Auburn Theological Seminary. 1567-1892; repre- sentative in General Assembly at Sara- toga Springs, N. Y .. 1884 and 1892. at Minneapolis, Minn., 1599, and Los Angeles, Cal .. 1904. Permanent Clerk of Wells- borough Presbytery,
1902; reorganized Presbyterian Society at Galeton. 1899; built church and parsonage 1900-1901. Ad- dress, Galeton, Pa.
SALUS, Samuel W .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia; born in the Eleventh Ward of that city, Aug. 30, 1872; educated in the Philadelphia pub- lie schools, and was graduated from the Central High School in 1891; was also graduated from the University of Penn- sylvania in 1895, and admitted to the Philadelpha bar in July, 1895; subsequent- ly admitted to practice law in the Supe- rior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania; is now practicing law in Philadelphia; was elected to the Common Council in Febru- ary, 1591, and resigned from same after his election to the House of Representa- tives in November, 1902. At present As- sistant District Attorney of Philadelphia County. Residence, 614 South Eleventh St .; office address, 735-37-39 Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
SAMPSON, John Patterson:
Lawyer, clergyman, presiding elder, Harrisburg district, Philadelphia Confer- ence, A. M. E. Church, and President of the Board of Managers Frederick Doug- lass Memorial Hospital and Training School, Philadelphia; born in Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 13, 1837; is of mixed African and Scottish descent; educated in com- mon schools, Cambridgeport, Mass .; and was graduated from Comer's College, Bos- ton, 1856; received an appointment in the Treasury Department in Washington, and while in that position studied law and was graduated from the National Law University in 1868, and admitted to prac- tice in District Supreme Court; married, Philadelphia. Sept. 10. 1889, Mary A. Cole. Appointed by Commissioners of District of Columbia a Justice of District Court, 1876; resigned to enter ministry. Studied Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa. (D. D., Wilberforce Uni- versity, Ohio. 18SS). At beginning of the Civil War edited and published "The Colored Citizen, at Cincinnati;" appoint- ed. 1865, Assesor at Wilmington. N. C., and in 1866 clerk to Supt. Freedmen's schools there; took active part in recon- struction. Author of "Common Sense Physiology," "The Disappointed Bride," "Temperament and Phrenology of Mixed Races," "Jolly People," "Pastoral Theol- ogy." etc. Address, 631 Pine St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
SAMUEL, Frank:
Tron and steel merchant; born in Phila- delphia. Dec. 4, 1859; descended on his
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father's side from John Moss, a prominent colonial importer, and an his mother's from Jacob de Leon, a famous surgeon of the Revolution. He was educated at Fairies' School, Philadelphia, and after graduation, spent a year in New York, learning the banking business. Returning to Philadelphia, he became engaged with E. R. Wood. glass manufacturer, and in the founding of a glass factory in South Jersey. Mr. Samuel became event- ually Secretary of this, the Malaga and Millville Glass Company. He resigned in 1SSS to take the Vice Presidency of the North Branch Steel Company, the first concern to produce the modern steel rail. In 1894 he resigned to engage in business as iron merchant, representing one of the largest iron furnaces of the South, and shipping iron and steel to all parts of the world. His firm now largely exports steel rails, and conducts a steel mill at Danville. It also provides steel rails largely for American street railways. Mr. Samuel is a member of the Young Men's Democratic Association and the Reform Club of New York, and of the Rittenhouse, County, and various other clubs of Philadelphia. He belongs to the Gun Club, and is an enthusiastic out- door sportsman. Address, Twenty-second and Locust Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
SANDERS, Dallas:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 13, 1848; student at the University of West- ern Pennsylvania in Pittsburg for three years, studied law with Judge George M. Dallas, in Philadelphia; admitted to the bar on Jan. 16, 1869; editor of the Legal Intelligencer for several years; Assistant Distret Attorney of Philadelphia County, 1878-18$1. Member of Common Councils from 1882 to 1SS4, and Chairman of Sur- vey Committee; delegate to many Demo- cratie city and State Conventions; nation- al delegate, 1850; State Chairman, 1887. Appointed, practically for life, by the Judges of Philadelphia County, member of the board of City Trusts on March 6, 1893, which has charge of all bequests and charities of the City of Philadelphia, es- pecially Girard College and Wills Eye Hospital. Married Anita Watts, daugh- ter of Clarke Merchant. Is in the active practice of his profession. Address, 60 Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
SANDERS, Richard I .:
Mining engineer: born in Fort Dela- ware, Delaware River, in May, 1851,
where his father, Major John Sanders, Engineer Corps. Regular Army, was in charge of erection of Fort Delaware, edu- cated at the public schools in Philadel- phia and at the Polytechnical College, en- tered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad as engineer on construction work, then went on the State Geological Survey. Is now engaged in general geo- logical and mining engineering work. Member of the American Philosophical Society. Engineers' Club, Rittenhouse Club. Office, Drexel Building, Philadel- phia, Pa.
SANDS. Michael Francis:
Jurist; born in Scranton, Pa., May S, 1863; educated at the Scranton High School, and after his graduation took up the study of law in the office of W. H. Gearhart and was admitted to practice at the bar of Lackawanna County in 1884. A Democrat in politics, and active in the interests of his party, he served on the city and county committees for about fourteen years, was a delegate to State conventions, and from 1552 to 1585 was Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. He was nominated for the State Legisla- ture in 18SS and was duly elected, being returned again in 1892. In 1898 he was a candidate for Congress from the Eleventh District, but failed of election; in 1902 he was nominated for Judge of the Orphans' Court of Lackawanna County, and in No- vember was elected for the ten years' term. Address, Seranton, Pa.
SANDT. J. II .:
Professor; Superintendent in introduc- ing manual training at the Orphans' Home. Topton, Pa .; born at Plainfield, Northampton County, Pa .. Jan. 13. 173; educated at the public schools of that place, and Fairview Academy, Broad- headsville, Pa., and was graduated at the East Stroudsburg State Normal School in 1897; elected to principalship of the Gar- field building at Pen Argyl, Pa .. under Dr. W. A. Wetzel, where he taught for three years. While at Pen Argyl he also did the architectural drawing and de- signing for Fitzgerald. Speer. Buzzard & Co .. of that place. Since 1901 Director of Drawing and Manual Training at Vine- land, N. J., comprising a system of forty- one schools. Besides the academic and normal courses Mr. Sandt has taken spe- cial courses in drawing, elementiry and advanced woodworking at Teachers Col- lege, Columbia University, N. Y. While
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at Broadheadsville he met and afterward married Miss Katie A. Wagner, Address, Broadheadsville, Pa.
SANFORD, J. IL .:
President of the First National Bank. Address, Fredricktown, Washington Co .. Pa.
SARGENT, Leonard Rundlett:
Lieutenant United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Minnesota; Naval Cadet Sept. 6, 1893; Ensign July 1, 1899; Lieutenant (junior grade) July 1. 1902; Lieutenant October 11, 1903; on special duty Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. Dec. 28. 1903, to May, 190}; U. S. S. Denver since May, 1904. Ad- dress. Bureau of Navigation, Navy De- partment, Washington, D. C.
SARTAIN, Emily:
Engraver, etcher, portrait painter; prin- cipal Philadelphia School of Design for women since 1886; born in Philadelphia; daughter of John Sartain. who was an artist of international reputation; became engraver. under her father and during professional career studied at Philadel- phia Academy of Fine Arts, 1864 to 1870. in Italy, and under Luminais. Paris, 1871 to 1875; engraved and etched numer- ous prints and book illustrations; painter of portraits and genre pictures; exibited oil paintings at Paris Salon, 1875, 1SS3; received medal at Philadelphia Centennial Exibition in 1876; also Mary Smith prize, Pennsylvania Acadamy, 1981. 18$3, for best painting by woman; art editor Our Continent, 1951. 1853; member jury of awards. Art Department. Worlds Colum- bian Exposition, 1893; official delegate, from United States Government to Inter- national Congress on Instruction in Draw- ing, Paris, 1900, and Berne. 1904. Ad- dress, 1346 N. Broad St., Philadelphia.
SAUNDERS, Walter B .:
Publisher; born in Apalachicola. Fla .. Jan. 10. 1$59; son of William Trebell Saunders, D. D .; rector of the Episcopal Church at that place. His ancestors were among the earliest emigrants from Eng- land to Jamestown, Va. Settled for many generations in Willamsburg. Va. He moved to Philadelphia as a boy and was educated at the Protestant Episcopal Academy; afterward entered the book business, and in 1877 begon the publica- tion of medical works. He married in ISST, Frances Baugh, daughter of the late
Edwin Pugh Baugh. Address, Overbrook, Pa ..
SAVAGE, Robert Henry:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Seventy-second New York Infantry, May 15, 1861; First Sergeant June 21, 1861; discharged for promotion Jan. 16, 1863; Second Lieutenant Seventy- second New York Infantry Jan. 17, 1863; First Lieutenant Oct. 29, 1863; First Lieu- tenant and Adjutant Jan. 1, 1864; First Lieutenant March 3, 1864; honorably mus- tered out July 20, 1864. Elected Feb. 3. 1892. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
SAVIDGE, C. R .:
Jurist; born in Trevorton, Northum- berland County, Jan. 19, 1851; educated in the public schools, and began teaching when fourteen years of age, continuing in this work for four years. In 1870 he entered Princeton College and graduated in 1874, subsequently reading law with Hon. S. P. Wolverton, of Sunbury, and gaining admittance to the bar in 1877. He quickly showed himself an able and energetic lawyer, and in 1880 was elected by his party, the Democratic, to the of- fice of District Attorney. In 1891 he was elected Judge of the Eighth Judicial Dis- trict, embracing Northumberland County, and was re-elected in 1901. Judge Sav- idge was married in 1875 to Louise Es- sick, his children consisting of four sons and two daughters living, and one de- ceased. Address, Sunbury, Pa.
SAYERS, E. M .:
President of the Farmers and Drovers' National Bank. Address, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.
SAYLOR, John Seltzer:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: eldest son of Companion Bre- vet Major Benjamin Saylor, Elected Feb. 10. 1897. Address, care of the Recorder of the Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
SAYRE. Robert Heysham:
Civil engineer, railway manager: born in Columbia County, Pa .. Oct. 13, 1821: son of William H. Sayre: educated in the common schools, and afterward re- ceived private instruction from James Nowlin, mathematician. Entered, 1940,
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engineering eorps and engaged in en- largement of Morris Canal. N. J .; on re- pairs of Lehigh Canal, 1841-1843; on sur- veys and construction Back Track Rail- road between Mauch Chunk and Sum- mit Hill, 1841-1845; later built the Switch- back Railroad and inclined planes in Panther Creek Valley; engaged in the de- velopment of coal mines, etc .; later a long service with Lehigh Coal and Navi- gation Company; was elected chief engi- neer of the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad. serving from 1855 to 1882, and supervising extensions of system; President and Chief Engineer Southern Pennsylvania Railroad; Second Vice President Lehigh Valley Railroad, with oversight of traffic and engine de- partments and of extensions to Buffalo, and building branch roads. One of the pioneers in introduction of iron bridges, steel fire boxes, and the first to intro- duce the fish-bar track joint; began use of steel rails in 1864. One of promotors of Bethlehem Iron Company; Director, 1862; General Manager, 1886; Viee President, 1891. Member of the Board of Trustees Lehigh University; Chairman Executive Committee St. Luke's Hospital. Has in his residence a library, which contains 10.000 volumes. Address, South Bethle- hem, Pa.
SAYRES, Edward Stalker:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, July 30, 1850; son of Edward Smith Sayres (mer- chant of Philadelphia and honorary Con- sul for Brazil, Vice Consul of Sweden and Norway, Vice Consul of Denmark and Vice Consul of Portugal, and at the time of his death dean of the Consular Corps at Philadelphia). ITis mother was daughter of John Humes, of Philadelphia. He was educated at the old Quaker private school, Pine Street, above Front Street, at the private classical Academy of Eliphalet Roberts, and at the Friends' Central School, 15th and Race Streets. He read law with John Hill Martin, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar Dec. 27, 1873, to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and to the Court of Claims at Washington, D. C. His prac- tice is confined to the Orphans' Court, real estate conveyancing and mereantile law. Honorary member of Law Aeade- my of Philadelphia; member
of the Law Association of Philadelphia, His- torical Society of Pennsylvania; served in Company D, First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, in 1874;
during eoal riots of 1875, and labor riots of 1877, being with his eommand in the round house at Pittsburg; First Lieuten- ant of his company, 1879-1880; member of the Old Guard of D Company; Veteran Corps of the First Regiment of Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania; one of the founders in 1865, and Secretary of the Merion Cricket Club; an original member of the Civil Service Reform As- sociation of Pennsylvania. Trustee of the Northern Home for Friendless Chil- dren and Associated Institute for Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans: Secretary of the Board of Managers of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Director of the Merchants' Trust Company, a life mem- ber and one of the counselors of the Mereantile Beneficial Association; Counsel for the Delaware Insurance Com- pany of Philadelphia; Secretary of the Genealogieal Society of Pennsylvania; a member of the Geographical Society of Pennsylvania, and Secretary of the So- ciety of Colonial Wars in the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania; one of the found- ers, and sometime one of the Council of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania; a member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, and several times a delegate; a member of the Society of the War of 1812, and a delegate to General Society, and member of the Rit- tenhonse Club. For several years Treas- urer General of the National Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States. He married, in 1951, a daughter of the late S. Weir Lewis. (died in 1882); 1858, married a daughter of the late F. Mortimer Lewis, (sister of the late Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis). Ad- dress, 217 South Third St., Philadelphia.
SCANDRETT. Richard Brown:
Lawyer: born June 30, 1861: son of W. A. and Mary (Brown) Scandrett. His preliminary education was received in the public schools of Allegheny and the West- ern University of Pennsylvania. He was graduated from Washington and Jef- ferson College with the class of 1985, and admitted to the Allegheny County bar Dec. 22, 1$$$. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Civie Club of Allegheny County. Address, Edge- worth, Allegheny County, Pa.
SCHAEFFER, Charles E .:
Clergyman; born Dec 20. 1867. in Rich- mond Township, Berks County, Pa; edu- cated Kutztown Normal School, Franklin
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and Marshall College, 1889; Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pa .. 1592; ordamed to ministry, June 19, 1892; pastor Macun- gie charge, Lehigh County, 1892-1896; at Norristown, Pa., 1896-1893; pastor St. Mark's Reformed Church, Reading, since 1898. Married Carrie S. Leinbach, daugh- ter of E. A. Leinbach, Nov. 1, 1892. Dem- ocrat in politics. Address, Reading, Pa.
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