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SCHOMBLOM, O. F .:
President of the Bradford National Bank. Address, Bradford, MeKean Coun- ty, Pa.
SCHONOUR, John W .:
President of the Womelsdorf Union
Bank. Address, Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pa.
SCHOOLEY. David:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania: Captain Second Pennsylvania Artillery, Aug. 26,
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1862; Major, May 18, 1865; honorably mus- tered out, Jan 29, 1866; Captain Fortieth Infantry, July 28. 1866; transferred to Twenty-fifth Infantry, April 20, 1869; re- tired, April 1, 1SSS. Address, Luzerne, Pa.
SCHOONMAKER, James Martinuz:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Sergeant and Quartermaster Ger- geant Patterson's Cavalry Company, (changed to First Maryland Cavalry), Aug. 25, 1561; Sergeant Major, June 1, 1862; discharged for promotion, July 27, 1862; Second Lieutenant First Maryland Cavalry, July 27, 1$62; honorably mastered out, Aug. 4, 1862; Colonel Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Nov. 24, 1862; hon- orably mustered out, July $1, 1865. Awarded the medal of honor under reso- lution of Congress for most distnguished gallantry in action at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864, on which occasion, at a critical period of the battle, Colonel Schoonmaker gallantly led cavalry charge against the left wing of the ene- my's line of battle, which was protected by earthworks, drove the enemy out of his works, which were the last defences on his left, and captured many prisoners. Elected, Oct. 19, 1887; Council of the Commandery, May , 6, 1896-1898; Junior Vice Commander of the Commandery, May 2, 1900-1901. Address, care of Re- corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SCHOONMAKER, William Henry:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Colonel James M. Schoonmaker. Elected Feb. 6, 1895. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
SCHOONOVER. John:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private First New Jersey Infan- try, May 22, 1561; Corporal. Sept. 16. 1861; Regimental Commissary Sergeant, March 24, 1862; discharged to accept promotion, Aug. 2, 1862; First Lieutenant and Adju- tant Eleventh Pennsylvania Infantry, Aug. 20, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel. Aug. 22, 1863; honorably mustered out, June 6, 1865; brevetted Colonel United States Vol- unteers, March 13, 1865. for conspicuous gallantry. Elected, Feb. 3, 1892, Address, 302 W. State St., Trenton, N. J.
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SCHOONOVER, John Depue LaBarre:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet Colonel John Schoonover. Elected May 7, 1902, Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
SCHREINER, Herman:
Major (retired) U. S. Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cap- tain Volunteers Aug. 30, 1862; Brevet Major Volunteers March 13, 1865; for mer- ritorious service in his department during the war and Lieutenant Colonel Volun- teers May 15, 1866, for long and faithful and zealous service; honorably mustered out May 31, 1866; Second Lieutenant of Eleventh Infantry, Feb. 24, 1866; trans- ferred to Twentieth Infantry Sept. 21, 1866; First Lieutenant Nov. 1, 1866; as- signed to Ninth Cavalry Dec. 31, 1870; Captain Dec. 9, 1871; retired March 20, 1879. Address, 1775 Madison St. N. W., Washington, D. C.
SCHROEDER, Conrad:
President of the South Side Bank. Ad- dress, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa.
SCHROEDER, Daniel E .:
Lawyer; born in Reading, Pa., in 1842; son of John S. Schroeder, who was Sher- iff of Berks County from 1847 to 1850; educated in the public schools, graduating from the Reading High School in 1859. He read law in the office of his uncle, Jere- miah Hagenman, who was subsequently elected President Judge of Berks County; was admitted to the bar April 23, 1863, and has since been in active practice. Has always taken a deep interest in the Reading Fire Department; was Presi- dent of the Firemen's Union, and is now President of the Riverside Fire Company. He also served for a number of years in the Reading School Board. Is descended from Capt. John Soder, who served in the Revolutionary War, being a great- grandson. Address, Reading, Pa.
SCHROEDER. Edward Laucks:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry April 20, 1861; mustered out July 25, 1861; private Fifth Maryland In- fantry Oct. 22. 1861; Sergeant Major Oct. 22, 1861; discharged for promotion March 15, 1862; Second Lieutenant Fifth Mary-
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land Infantry March 16, 1862; First Lieu- tenant Dec. S. 1862; Captain Oct. 20, 1864; honorably discharged Jan. 28, 1865. Elect- ed Feb. 3, 1892. Address, care of Re- corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SCHOYER, Solomon, Jr .:
Lawyer; born Aug. 10, 1832, in Pitts- burg, Pa .; son of Solomon and Penelope (Codwise) Schoyer. In the year 1850 was graduated from Allegheny College, Mead- ville, Pa. Degree of Doctor of Laws June, 1903. Entered the law office of A. W. Loomis as student and clerk Jan. 1, 1857. Completed his course with him and was admitted to the Allegheny County bar Jan. 12, 1838. Was Solictor for the city of Allegheny for the years 1860, 1861. 1862, 1863, and 1864. Is now of the law firm of Schoyer & Hunter, 336 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
SCHULTZ, Albert L .:
Member American Society of Civil Engi- neers; head of the Operating Department of the American Bridge Company, for the Pittsburg district; son of C. J. Schultz, founder of the first steel bridge-building works started in this country; born in New Orleans in 1851, but later the family settled in Pittsburg; was graduated from the Pittsburg High School and then took a three years' course in civil engineering in the Royal Polytechnic Institute, Berlin, Germany. Upon his return to America became draughtsmon for the Iron City Bridge Company, Pittsburg. A short time after the Presidency of the Schultz Bridge Iron Company
was assumed by Mr. Schultz and when the American Bridge Company was formed the former Presi- dent was one of the first to merge his company into the present combination. He was for a time a construction engi- neer for the Pittsburg cable roads. Dur- ing his career as an engineer he designed and built many of Pittsburg's large bridges. Address
$17 North Highland Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
SCHULTZ, Frank D .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Erie County; born at Erie, Pa., Dec. 21, 1861; educated in the public schools of Erie and Canisius Col- lege, Buffalo, N. Y .; was clerk in father's store until his death, when he became as- sociated with his brothers in the busi- ness, in which he continued until 1899. when he became President of the Erie
Pepsin Gum and Candy Company, which position he still holds; was elected Park Commissioner of Erie in April, 1902. by Councils and was afterward elected Pres- ident of the Board; is President of the Mutual Building and Loan Association of Erie; also, Director of the Erie Trust Company; elected to the House of Rep- resentatives in November, 1902. Address, Erie, Pa.
SCHULTZE, Augustus:
Educator, theologian; born at Nowawes, Germany, Feb. 3, 1810: son of C. Louis and D. Frederica Schultze; was graduat- ed from the Moravian College, Niesky, 1858; Theological Seminary Gnadenfeld, Silesia, 1661 (D. D., Lafayette College; L. H. D., Columbian University); mar- ried, 1876, Addie E. Peter. Taught in French Academy at Lausanne, Switzer- land, 1861-1862; instructor of classics, Mo- ravian College. Niesky. 1862-1870: became professor, 1870, and since 1885 has been President of Moravian College and Theo- logical Seminary, Bethlehem. Pa. Mem- ber Governing Board of the Moravian Church in America, 1SS1-1893; editor Der Brüder Botschafter; compiled new liturgy and hymns, German Moravian Hymn Book; wrote English and German Cate- chisms, Moravian Church. Author of "History of the Widow's Society of Beth- lehem," 1SS0; "Aarlig Dagbog," 1sss; "Die Missionfelder der Erneuerten Brüder- kirche," 1590; "Grammar and Vocabulary of the Eskimo Language of Northwestern Alaska," 1894; "The Theology of Peter and Paul." 1896: "Guide to the Old Mio- ravian Cemetery at Bethlehem." 1998; "The Books of the Bible Analyzed," 1902. Address, Bethlehem, Pa.
SCHUYLER, William W .:
Jurist; born in Muncie, Pa., March 22, 1829; a descendant of the Schuylers who won fame in the Revolutionary War. He was educated at Columbus, Ohio, and in Lafayette College. at Easton, and after- ward studied in Williams College, where he graduated A. B., in 1513. After this he taught school for three years in South Carolina, reading law while there in the office of Major A. O. Spain. He then re- turned to Pennsylvania, where he con- tinued his law studies at Willamsport. and afterward at Easton, and in 1964 was admitted to the Northampton County bar. He began practice in partnership with John H. Vincent, but after two years practiced alone, his business grow-
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ing extensively. He served two terms as Distret Attorney, and in 1881 was elected a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was re-elected in 1891, and again in 1901, and became President Judge of the court. Lafayette College gave him the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1901. Ad- dress, Easton, Pa.
SCHWARTZ, George W .:
President of the Citizens' Bank. Ad- dress, Gettysburg. Adams County, Pa.
SCHWARTZ, John Loeser:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- cry of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of the deceased Com- panion Lieut. James E. Schwartz. Elect- ed Nov. 12, 1890. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
SCHWARTZ, Julius:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Nineteenth Pennsylvania Infantry April 27, 1861; mustered out Aug. 9, . 1$61. Private Second Pennsylvania Cavalry Jan. 1, 1862; First Sergeant Feb. 10, 1862; discharged for promotion Jan. 1, 1863; Second Lieutenant Second Pennsyl- vania Cavalry Jan. 1, 1863; First Lieu- tenant May 11, 1864; honorably mustered out Jan. 1, 1865. Elected May 2, 1SSS. Ad- dress, care of Recorder of the Loyal Le- gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SCHWATT, Isaac J .:
Educator; born in Kurland, Russia, June 18, 1867; son of Joachim Schwatt; graduate of the Mitau College (Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania). Married in Berlin, Germany, Rose Eichman; he is a member of the American Mathematical Society, Verein Deutscher Mathematiker, and of the Circolo Matematico di Paler- mo, Italy. Translated Durege's "Theory of Functions" from the German; "Ge- ometrical Treatment of Curves"; a series of "Five Text Books of Algebra" (with Prof. Fisher). Ass't Prof. of Mathematics. University of Philadelphia. Address 1226 South Fifty-eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SCOFIELD, Frederic R .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Clearfield County; born in Brady Township, that county, on Sept. 1S, 1856; educated in the common schools of the county; learned trade of harnessmaker, which he followed for a number of years; engaged in lumbering and the mercantile business until 1S$9,
when he was appointed Postmaster at Penfield, Clearfield County; then took up the study of law and was admitted to practice at the bar of Clearfield County, in December, 1894; is at present practicing law at DuBois, Pa .; was always a stanch Republican; elected to the House of Rep- resentatives in November, 1902. Address, DuBois, Pa.
SCOT, John A .:
Chief Engineer United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed Third Assistant Engineer, 1861; gunboat Owasco, West Gulf Squadron, 1861-1863; Promoted to Second Assistant Engineer, 1863; Ga- lena, West Gulf Squadron, 1863-1865; paricipated in the engagements with Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the capture of New Orleans, passage of Vicksburg, cap- ture of Galveston, passage and capture of Forts Morgan, Gaines and Powell, cap- ture of the ram Tennessee, and destruc- tion of the Gaines. Promoted to First Assistant Engineer, 1866; Tuscarora, Pa- cific Squadron, 1866-1868; Terror, iron clad, North Atlantic Station, 1870-1871; rendezvous, San Francisco, 1872-1875; Asia tic Station, 1875-1876; Hartford, South Atlantic Station, 1878-1880; Navy Yard, League Island, 1850-1882; Hartford, Pacific Station, 1883-1884; Lackawanna, Pacific Station, 1884-1885. Promoted to Chief Engineer, July 6, 1885: special duty, Pittsburg, 1886-1887; inspection duty, Phil- adelphia, 1887-1888; Alliance, South At- lantic Station. 1888-1889; special duty, 1889-1890, Navy Yard, League Island, Jan- mary, 1891, to October, 1832; Concord, North Atlantic Station, October, 1892- 1894; Baltimore, July, 1894; Charleston, January, 1895; member and Recorder En- gineers' Examining Board, June, 1896, to date of retirement, May, 1897. Address, Lahaska, Pa.
SCOTT. Charles Felton:
Electrical engineer: was born in Athens County, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1864; son of Will- iam H. Scott; was graduated from Ohio State University in 1885; took post-grad- uate course at Johns Hopkins. Married, Oct. 15, 1895, Emily Clark Welsh. Chief electrician Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; member of En- gineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, and its President in 1902: member of the American Institute of Electrical Engi- neers, and its President in 1902. Address. 6:42 Thomas St., Pittsburg, Pa.
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SCOTT, Charlotte Angas:
Educator, mathematician; born in Lin- coln, England. June 5, 1858; daughter of Rev. Caleb Scott and Eliza Ann Scott; completed course at Girton College, Cam- bridge, England; received the degree of B. Sc. from the London University, 1882: D. Sc., 1885; unmarried. Came to the United States in September, 1585, as head of the Department of Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College. Member of American Mathematical Society, London Mathemat . ical Society, Edinburgh Mathematical So- ciety, Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Deutsch Mathematical Vereinigung; hon- orary member Amsterdam Mathematical Society. Author of "An Introductory Ac- count of- Certain Modern Ideas and Meth- ods in Plain Analytical Geometry,' 1884. Edited American edition of "Arithmetic for Schools," by Rev. J. B. Lock, 1891. Contributor to mathematical and scientific journals. Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
SCOTT, Eben Greenough:
Author; born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 15, 1836; was graduated from Yale in 1858 with the degree of A. M. Author of "Interstate Law of Pennsylvania,". "De. velopment of Constitutional Liberty," "Reconstruction During the Civil War"; also articles and criticisms in Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
SCOTT, Harry MeMasters:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Allegheny County; born in Pittsburg Dec. 7. 1867: educated in common and private schools; learned the trade of repairing watches and jew- elry in the shop of his father, James Scott, at Braddock; he then taught in the common schools of Allegheny County for four terms, after which he served as reporter for Pittsburg newspapers; stud- ied law with Francis Smithson Bennett, Esq., and was admitted to the Allegheny County bar in December, 1891; served as Solicitor of Braddock from 1892 to 1894; was elected to the House of Representa- tives in November, 1900, and re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Braddock, Pa.
SCOTT, Henry W .:
Jurist: born in Bucks County. Pa., March 18, 1846. He was educated at Lafayette College. Easton, Pa., and studied law at Doylestown in the office of E. M. Lloyd. being admitted to the bar of Bucks County in May, 1StS. Im- 1
mediately afterward he was admitted to the Northampton County bar, and began practice at. Easton, His reputation as an able lawyer brought him the Demo- cratic nomination for Judge in 1894, and he was elected to the bench of the Com- mon Pleas Court for a term of ten years. Address, Easton, Pa.
SCOTT, Hutchinson:
Railroad official born
in Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 11, 1868; entered United States Revenue Cutter Service in May. 1890; re- ceived medal and thanks of Congress for gallantry at Cardenas, Cuba, May 11, 1898, on the steamer Hudson; resigned from service after close of Spanish War on July 1, 1901. Entered service of Penn- sylvania Railroad; now stationed in New York City as assistant in Lighterage and Water Transportation Department in that harbor. Address, care of Pennsylvania Railroad, 109 West St., New York City.
SCOTT. Jacob :
President of the Lock Haven Trust and Safe Deposit Company. Address, Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pa.
SCOTT. J. F .:
President of the First National Bank of Wilson. Address, Wilson, Allegheny County, Pa.
SCOTT, John Loughran:
Clergyman; born in Bovina. N. Y., 1946; son of Robert and Martha Scott: was graduated from Monmouth College in 1870, Newburgh Theological Seminary in 1872. Married. in 1882, Elizabeth L. Lau- rens. Ordained to Presbyterian ministry, 1872; pastor Matteawan Presbyterian Church, Fishkill, N. Y., 1872-1852; East Boston Presbyterian Church, 1SS2-1SSS; Superintendent of Presbyterian Missions in New England. 1888-1890; pastor Mc- Dowell Memorial Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, since 1890. Lecturer in com- mercial ethics, College of Commerce, Phil- adelphia, from 1898 to 1901. Associate editor of Presbyterian Journal. now West- ininster, Philadelphia, since 1998. Editor of the "Age of Fable," 1998; "Age of Chivalry," 1900. Author of "Memoir of Tennyson," 1901; "Memoir of Burns." 1904. Address. Twenty-first St. and Columbus Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
SCOTT. John M .:
State Senator from Philadelphia: born Sept. 19, 1858, in the city of Philadelphia;
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received a careful education; studied law and was admitted to practice in Phila- delphia on Nov. 12, 1881, since which time he has pursued his profession and has acquired considerable practice throughout the State; was elected a member of the Eighth Section School Board, serving two consecutive terms; was a member of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1887 and 1889; was not a candidate for re- nomination to the session of 1891; was re- elected a member of the House of Repre- sentatives for the session of 1893 from the district he represented in the sessions of 1887 and 1889; was again a member of the House of Representatives, sessions of 1895 and 1897; elected to the Senate in November, 1898, and re-elected in Novem- ber, 1892; elected President pro tempore of the Senate at the close of the session of 1901 and re-elected in January, 1903. Residence, 118 S. 18th St .; office, 625 Wal- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SCOTT, J. P .:
President of the People's National Bank of McDonald. Address, McDonald, Wash- ington County, Pa.
SCOTT. Robert Burns:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia; born in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pa., June 22, 1868; educated at the public schools and later was graduated from the Bloomsburg State Normal School; re- moved to Philadelphia in 18SS and en- gaged in the drug business; attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and was graduated therefrom in 1891, and later entered the Jefferson Medical Col- lege, from which he. was graduated in 1896; elected to the House of Representa- tives in November, 1902. Address, 1200 Poplar St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SCOTT., William :
Lawyer; was born in Huntingdon, May S. 1850. He read law in his father's office. Address, $17 Bidwell St .. Pittsburg, Pa.
SCOTT, W. A. F .:
Proprietor of Carbondale Commercial Institute; born in St. John, New Bruns- wick; stenographer with Carvell Bros. in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; connected with the Guardian and the Ex- aminer Publishing Company; came to the United States, and after working for a time in West Pittston, Pa., and New York City, settled in Carbondale, Pa.,
and became proprietor of the Carbondale Commercial Institute; was awarded the rnonographic Institute teachers' certifi- cate April 3, 1896. Address, Carbondale Commercial Institute, Carbondale, Pa.
SCOTT, Rev. W. Reese, S. T. B. Ph. D .:
Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Media (near Philadelphia), Pa .; the only son of William Reese Scott, M. D .; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 19, 1871; a di- rect descendant of the old Scott and Castor families of Philadelphia, and a counection of the well-known Crawford and Harrison families of the same place; was graduated with the degree of B. A. from the Central High School of Philadel- phia in June, 1888; was prepared by pri- vate tutor for the University of Pennsyl- vania, from which he was graduated. Department of Arts, June, 1892, with de- gree of B. A., and from the General The- ological Seminary, New York City, with the cum laude degree of S. T. B. In June, 1895, ordained Deacon by Bishop H. C. Potter, of New York, in St. Thomas's Church, New York City; was elected Curate of the Church of the Transfigura- tion (Little Church Around the Cor- ner), New York City, June, 1895; March, 1896, ordained priest by Bishop E. Talbot for Bishop H. C. Potter, of New York, in the Church of the Transfiguration. From 1896 to 1900 rector of St. Peter's Church, Hazleton, Pa. In 1897 received the honor- ary degree of Ph. D. from the Northern Il- linois College; 1900 curate Christ Church. Media, Pa .; since Jan. 1, 1901, rector. In November, 1896, married Mary Bring- hurst, daughter of J. F. Slifer and Re- becca Bringhurst, and granddaughter of Col. John H. Bringhurst, all of Philadel- phia. Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Society of the Sons of the Revolution. General Theological Sem- inary Alumni Society, Alumni Association of the University of Pennsylvania, etc. Author of articles in periodical and news- papers. Address, Media, Pa.
SCOTT. W. Pitts:
Lieutenant United States Navy; born in Easton. Pa .. June 28, 1$73; was graduated from Easton High School in 1$90, and en- tered United States Naval Academy; was graduated from Annapolis in 1834. As Naval Cadet served on U. S. S. Raleigh on the North Atlantic Station and on the U. S. S. Minneapolis on the European Sta- tion. Commissioned Ensign in 1896: served on the Yorktown on the Asiatic
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Station, 1896-1897, and on the flagship Olympia, 1597-1839; took part in the bat- tle of Manila Bay as Aide to the Com- mander-in-Chief. Commodore Geo. Dewey, and in the subsequent blockade and cap- ture of Manila. Aide to Admiral Dewey throughout the Spanish-American War, and until the hauling down of his fag in New York, 1893; was advanced by the President five numbers in grade for "emi- nent and conspicuous conduct in battle." Commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade) in 1889, and Lieutenant in 1901. Served on the flagship Kentucky on the North Atlantic Station, 1900, and on her pro- ceeded to Asiatic Station, where he served until 1903, When he returned to the United States on the Princeton. Served on the Missouri on the North Atlantic Station, 1903. On return to the United States on the Olympia after the Spanish-American War, was presented with a sword by the citizens of Easton. In 1900 was pre- sented with a medal of merit by the Sultan of Turkey. Address, Navy De- partment, Washington, D. C.
SCOTT, William Sanders:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Naval Academy, June 22, 1SS1, to June 14, 1882; Cadet Military Academy, June 15, 1SS4, to Jan. 16. 1555; Captain, Assist- ant Quartermaster Volunteers, July 16, 1898; honorably discharged June 30, 1901; Captain, Quartermaster. Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Cheyenne, Wyo.
SCOVEL, Charles Woodruff.
Lawyer; born Aug. 16, 1862. at Spring- field, Ohio; son of Rev. Sylvester Fithian Scovel. D. D., LL. D., and ,Caroline. (Woodruff) Scovel; was graduated from the Pittsburg Ceneral High School with the class of 1859 on the honor roll, and from the Western University of Penn- sylvania with the class of 1SS3 (A. B. and valedictory); A. M. from same in 1886. In 1SS3-1834 studied law at Colum- bia Law School, New York, and in 1SS4- 1885 studied at the University of Berlin, Germany; was admitted to the Allegheny County bar July 7. 1566. He was Secre- tary of the Allegheny County Bar Associ- ation from March, 1995, to October, 1897: then resigned and withdrew from general practice to make a specialty of insur- ance law. Became manager of the Provi- dent Savings Life Assurance Society of New York for Western Pennsylvania. This position he still holds. Was also
President of the Pittsburg Life Under- writers' Association. Address, 345 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
SCOWDEN, Joseph C .:
Manufacturer; born Oct. 11, 1857; son of Joseph and Mary Brown Scowden; is of Dutch descent, his ancestors having come from Holland prior to the Revolu- tionary War: educated at the public and High Schools of Meadville, Pa. Served seven years in the State Militia, being a member of the National Gaurd during the riots of 1877. In 1883 he entered upon his work as a manufacturer of carriages at Tionesta. and has become proprietor and sole owner of the largest establish- ment of its kind in the county. In 1886 he was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Siggins. of Tionesta, and to them have been born three daughters. Is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the Olive Lodge No. 557, F. and A. M. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
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