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SHIELDS, James Maclean:
Lawyer; born April 15, 1859, in Pitts- burs; son of William and Susanna J. (Maclean) Shields; was educated in the public schools of the city, also had pri- vate tuition, and was graduated from the Pittsburg Central High School. Studied law, first with Robb & McClung, and completed his studies with William K. Jennings. Was admitted to the Alle- gheny County bar March 18, 1882. Ad- dress, 503 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
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SHIELDS, John:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant Fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry Nov. 1, 1861; Cap- tain, March 1, 1863; resigned and honor- ably discharged for disability March 9, 1864. Elected Oct. 17, 188S. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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SHIELDS, John Franklin:
Lawyer; born in Chester, Pa .; son of William and Sarah E. Shields; prepara- tory education Valparaiso, Ind .; was graduated from Pennsylvania State Col- lege (B. S.), 1892; post-graduate Depart- ment of Philosophy, University of Penn- sylvania, 1892-1893. Professor of Mathe- matics, Adelphi College, Brooklyn, 1893- 1897; Mathematical Department of the Pennsylvania State College, 1897-1898. Elected member of American Mathemati- cal Society, 1891. Graduate of law school of the University of Pennsylvania
(LL. B.); member of Philadelphia bar; member of the University Club, and Sharswood Law Club. Address, 166 Ma- plewood Ave., Germantown, Pa .; office, Penn Square Building.
SHIELDS, William S. P .:
Merchant and manufacturer; born near Coatesville, Pa., March 27, 1847, the brother of A. S. L. Shields, the famous lawyer. In 1863 he entered the Lobdell car works, Wilmington, Del. He after- ward began to deal in real estate in a small way and to conduct some minor building operations, and began the manu- facture of drain pipes and brick in 1872, adding to this stone tiles, in which he built up a large trade. In 1877, dispos- ing of his business, he began to manu- facture paraffin oil and wax with great success, and also to deal extensively in coal, lumber and building materials. In 1885 he bought the Avondale Paper Mill and Village, an extensive plant which he conducted for five years. He was also at this time largely concerned in building operations. In 1891 Mr. Shields organized the Philadelphia Paving and Construc- tion Company, which has become a great business corporation, and of which he is President. He is concerned also in other business operations, especially in land buying and selling, in which he deals very largely. In short, he is one of the most active and energetic business men in Philadelphia. Address, 4200 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SHILLITO, George, M. D .:
Physician; born in Beaver County, Pa., Nov. 2, 1840; he is a descendant of Thom- as Shillito, the noted Quaker philanthro- pist and missionary, and son of George and Elizabeth (Anderson) Shillito. He obtained his preliminary education in the public schools and Beaver Academy. After graduating from the academy he taught two years, and then, in 1861, be- gan the study of medicine. He attend- ed the University of Michigan, and re- ceived a degree from the Jefferson Medi- cal College. Philadelphia, being graduated therefrom in IS6S. He later went to Al- legheny City, where he has a large and lucrative practice; was married Sopt. 17. 1991. to Miss Kate J. Baum. Member of the United Presbyterian Church and is an active Republican, also a member of the Allegheny County Medical Society. Address, Harriett St., East End. Pitts- burg. Pa.
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SHIMMELL, L. S., M. S., Ph. D :
Teacher, editor and author; born at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pa., 1852; studied at Wadsworth (Ohio) Seminary, and graduated from the Millersville State Normal School in the normal and scien- tific courses, in 1875 and 1877; married, in 1878, Sarah Bare, of Bareville, Lan- caster County. In 1886. while Superin- tendant of the schools of Huntingdon, he established The School Gazette, which he has edited ever since. Instructor in the High School at Harrisburg since 1893; has written three text-books: "The Pennsyl- vania Citizen," "A History of Pennsyl- vania," and "Our State and Nation." Of the "Pennsylvania Citizen" 120,000 copies sold since 1895. In 1900 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Peda- gogy, Constitutional History, and Ameri- can History, with the degree of Ph. D His thesis. "Border Warfare in Penn- sylvania During the Revolution," has been extensively circulated. Address, Harrisburg, Pa.
SHUINDEL. R. Hathaway:
Bank cashier and city official; born in Selinsgrove, Pa., Sept. 29, 1850: educat .. ed at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove; studied the drug business in his father's store; became telegraph operator and agent. on the Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad; in 1872 became teller and cash- ier in the Snyder County Bank. In 1876 he was made bookkeeper of the First National Bank of York, Pa .. and since 1887 has been cashier of the City Bank of York. He is Treasurer of the Westing- house Electric Light Company and of several other corporations of the city and
county. Mr. Shindel has long been prominent in the public affairs of York. He was made a member of the Common Council under the first city charter, il 1887, and in 1869 was elected City Treas- urer of York. In this office he proved himself so efficient that he was re-elected in 1894. In 1596 he was sent as the dele- gate from York County to the Republican National Convention at St. Louis, and was chosen as the Presidential Elector from his district. He married in 1882 Elizabeth M. Schall. daughter of J. D. Schall. President of the First National Bank of York. Address, York, Pa.
SHIPLEY, Samuel R .:
Financier: born in Philadelphia, Jan. S. 1528. He was the son of Thomas Ship- ley, one of the founders of the American
Anti-Slavery Society, and President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. His mother. Lydia Richards, was a descend- ant of John Sharpless, one of the Quakers who came to Pennsylvania with William Penn in the ship Welcome. Mr. Shipley was educated in the Friends' School, Philadelphia, and also in the Westtown Friends' Boarding School, and immediate- ly after attaining his twenty-first year became a member of the firm of O. H. Churchman & Co., importers. In 1857 he entered the firm of Shipley, Hazard & Hutchinson, commission dealers, from which he retired after seven years of successful business. In 1865 he organ- ized the Provident Life and Trust Com- pany, formed to promote life insurance among the Friends, on the basis of the Friends' Provident Institution of Brad- ford, Eng. Of this active institution he has since then been President. Mr. Ship- ley has been twice married. The first wife, Anne Shinn, dying in 1SSS, he mar- ried Agnes G. Evans, in 1890. He has for many years been actively interested in charitable institutions, including the Preston Retreat, the House of Refuge. the Home Missionary Society, and others. In May, 1904, he was elected a Director of the United Gas Improvement Co. Ad- dress, 1307 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SHIPPEN, Edward:
Medical Director United States Navy; born in Mercer County, N. J., June 18, 1826; A. B. and A. M., Princeton; M. D., I'niversity of Pennsylvania; Fellow of the College of Physicians, Philadelphia: mem- ber of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania; President of Genealogical Socie- ty of Pennsylvania; Governor of the So- ciety of Colonial Wars of Pennsylvania; Companion of the Loyal Legion, etc .; was appointed from Pennsylvania Aug. 7. 1849; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon: attached to sloop Marion, East India Squadron, 1849-1552: receiving ship Ohio, Boston. 1852-1553; Fulton, Fishing Banks, Squadron, 1853; Hetzel. Const Survey. 1854: Dolphin, coast of Africa, 1855-1857: rendezvous, Philadelphia. 1857; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1858; steam- er Caledonia, Paraguay expedition. 1859; flagship Congress, Brazil Squadron, 1859- 1861. Commissioned as Surgeon, April 26, 1861: frigate Congress, North Atlan- tic Blockading Squadron, 1881-1992; in the Congress when attacked by the rebel ram Merrimac, at Newport News, and in- jured by shell; Recorder of Medical Ex-
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amining Board, Philadelphia, 1862; re- ceiving ship and special recruiting duty, New York, 1862-1864; frigate New Iron- sides, North Atlantic Squadron, 1864- 1865; at both battles of Fort Fisher, and at Bermuda Hundred; steam sloop Canan- daigua, European Squadron, 1866-1868; during which he made the Russian cruise, under Admiral
Farragut. Member of Naval Retiring Board, Philadelphia, 1868; Surgeon of the Naval Academy, Annap- olis, Md., 1869-1871; Fleet Surgeon, Euro- pean Station, 1871-1873; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1873; Naval Hospital, Phila- delphia, 1874-1879. Commissioned as Med- ical Director, 1876; President of the Naval Medical Examining Board, Philadelphia, 1880-18S1; President Board of Examiners, March, 1881-1883; Naval Hospital, Phila- delphia, 1883-1886; special duty, Phila- delphia, 1886-1888. Retired, 1SSS. Address, 2039 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SHIPPEN, Loyd Parker:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- panion Brevet Lieut. Col. Edward Ship- pen. Elected, May 1, 1901. Address, care of Recorder of the Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SITRAS, George, III .:
Congressman (Republican), lawyer; born in Allegheny City, Pa., Jan. 1, 1859; son of George Shiras, Jr., United States Supreme Court; preparatory edu- cation obtained at Phillips Academy, An- dover, Mass .; was graduated from Cornell, 1881. Yale Law School, 18$3; married. 1SS5, Frances P. White, of, Marquette, Mich. Admitted to Connecticut and Pennsylva- nia bars, 1853; associated in practice with his father until appointment of latter to Supreme bench; since then member of law firm of Shiras & Dickey, Pittsburg. Mem- ber of Pennsylvania Legislature, 1889-1890; candidate for Republican nomination for Congress in 1892, but defeated; elected, 1902, as an avowed Republican, by the Citizens' Party, composed of dissatisfied Republicans and Democrats; elected mem- bers of Congress for term 1903-1905. Res- idence. 621 Allegheny Avo., Allegheny, Pa .; address, 434 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa.
SHOBER, Samuel L., Jr .:
Member of the banking house of Cramp, Mitchell & Serrill. Philadelphia; was born Oct. 26, 1862 in Philadelphia; his ances-
tors were prominent in the political and social history of the city; educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H .: entered the class of 1885 University of Pennsyl- vania, taking a special course, and be- came connected with the engineering department of the Pennsylvania Rail- road in 1883; through successive promo- tions he was made Acting Principal As- sistant Engineer at Altoona, in charge of the Pennsylvania Railroad and branches east of Pittsburg and Erie; resigned in April, 1901, to accept a position with Brown Brothers & Co., of New York, Philadelphia and London. January, 1904, he entered the firm of Cramp, Mit- chell & Sherrill, Bankers, Philadelphia, Pa. Address, 314 Chestnut St., Philadel- phia.
SHOEMAKER, Benjamin H .:
Glass merchant; born in Shocmaker- town, Montgomery County, Pa., Dec. 27, 1827; a descendant of the early Quaker immigrants, his ancestors coming to Pennsylvania in 1686. Mr. Shoemaker sought Philadelphia in 1848, and became an apprentice to the drug business under his brother, Robert Shoemaker; four years later he became a partner in the concern, the firm name being Robert Shoemaker & Co .; in 1865 the firm dis- solved, Robert and his sons continuing in the drug business, while Benjamin established a plate and window glass business at 205 N. Fourth St., where a large business grew up and is still con- tinued. Aside from his business affairs, Benjamin Shoemaker is especially well known in connection with the Pennsylva- nia Hospital: in 1866 he became a man- ager of this institution, was secretary of its board for nineteen years, and in 1891 became its President. a position Which has long been considered a post of honor; in this duty he has worked intelli- gently to advance the interests of the institution. Mr. Shoemaker is a Director in a number of business concerns, and President of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company; for ten years he was Treasurer of the Society for Or- ganizing Charity, and President of the Germantown Horticultural Society, and is connected with several other organiza- tions. Address, 535 Church Lane, Phila- delphia, Pa.
SHOEMAKER. Charles Chalmers:
Author; born in West Newton, Pa., March 2, 1860; son of John and Isabelle
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Shoemaker; graduated from High School, Pittsburg; married 1893, Louise F. Super. Is a Manager and Treasurer of the Penn- sylvania Publishing Company, Philadel- phia; member of the American Publishers' Association, American Booksellers' Asso- ciation, Booksellers' League (New York), and the Browing Society. Member of the Athletic, Franklin Inn, and Writeabout (Philadelphia) Clubs. Author of "Young Folks' Dialogues," 1885; "Choice Humor," 1886; "Holiday Entertainments," 1886; "Choice Dialect," 1887; "Humorous Dia- logues," 1888; "One Hundred Choice Selec- tions," 1899. Address, 923 Arch St., Phil- adelphia.
SHOEMAKER, Henry Francis:
Banker and Railroad President; born in Schuylkill County, Pa., March 28, 1845; son of John W. and Mary (Brock) Shoe- maker; cducated at Genesee Seminary, Lima, N. Y. He married Blanche, a daughter of Hon. J. W. Quiggle, LL. D., of Philadelphia; served as First Lieu- tenant of the Twenty-seventh Pennsylva- nia Volunteers 1863. Became interested in mining anthracite coal in Pennsylvania, 1863; later in bituminous coal mining in West Virginia and . Ohio. Elected Secre- tary and Treasurer of the Central Railroad of Minnesota, 1878; President Mineral Range Railroad, 1SS7; Cincinnati, Dayton & Ironton Railroad, 1889; Dayton & Union Railroad, 1890; Chairman Executive Com- mittee, Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway, 1890; Vice President Indiana, De-
catur & Western Railway 1893; Cin- cinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railway 1902; Chairman Board of Directors Cin- cinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad 1899; Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway 1903. Director North American Trust Company. Van Norden Trust Company, Chatham National Bank, Century Realty Company, Van Norden Safe Deposit Company of New York, Westfield Trust Company, Southwestern Construction Company of New Jersey, Superior Coal Company of Ohio, and Trustee Good Samaritan Dispensary. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolu- tion, Lafayette Post Grand Army of the Republic. Pennsylvania Society in New York. Member of Metropolitan, Union League, Riding, Lawyers' Lotos, and New York Yacht Clubs. County seats, McElhat- tan, Pa .; Lititz. Pa .; Riverside, Conn. Office, 71 Broadway, New York. City residence, 26 West Fifty-third St., New York.
SHOEMAKER, I. L .:
President of the American Trust Com- pany. Address, Broad St. and Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
SHOEMAKER, John C .:
Lawyer; ex-Deputy Secretary of Penn- sylvania; born in Juniata County, Pa., April 7, 1857; prepared for college at Chambersburg Academy; entered Lafay- ette College and graduated with the class of 1877. He then engaged in the study of law under the tuition of J. M. Sharpe, at Chambersburg, and was there admitted to the bar in 1879. In 1881 he obtained ad- mission to the bar of Allegheny County, where he has since practiced. He was made Deputy Secretary of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania on Jan. 22, 1883, and served creditably in this position until February 1, 1887. Address, Pitts- burg, Pa.
SHOEMAKER, Rachel H .:
Principal, National School of Elocution and Oratory; born among the hills of Bucks County, Pa .; née Rachel Walter Hinkle, daugliter of Wm. Marshall Hin- kle, a grandson of Edward Marshall, the successful pedestrian of the famous In- dian Walk in Colonial days; educated at Millersville State Normal School, and In- structor there; later specialized in elocu- tion and public delivery. Married Jacob W. Shoemaker, of West Newton. West- moreland, Pa .; together they established the National School of Elocution and Oratory, located in Philadelphia. Au- thor of Advanced Elocution. Delsartian Pantomimes; also compilations of a num- ber of books of selections. Address, Tem- ple Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
SHOEMAKER, Thomas A .:
Railroad contractor; born in Ebensburg, Pa .. in 1861, and educated at St. Francis College, Loretto, Pa .; has been success- fully engaged in the construction of rail- roads for the last twenty-seven years. Was a member of the firm of F. H. Clem- ent & Co., of Philadelphia, until May 1. 1904, when he voluntarily withdrew and started into business for himself. Is Presi- dent of the Centre County Banking Com- pany, and largely interested in agricultu- ral pursuits. Was married. in 1896. to Au- gusta T. Crider, of Bellefonte, Pa. Ad- dress, Bellefonte, Pa.
SHOEMAKER, William Mercer:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal
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Legion; Second Lieutenant Ninth Penn- sylvania Cavalry, Nov. 14, 1861; First Lieutenant, April 4, 1862; resigned and honorably discharged, April 6, 1863. Elect- ed, Feb. 5. 1896. Address, 3239 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
SHOOK, James Purman:
Methodist Episcopal Clergyman; born at Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pa., Feb. 25, 1877. After attending Easton Academy, Easton, Pa., and teaching in the public schools, received degree of Bachelor of Arts at Boston University College of Liberal Arts, Boston, Mass., and of S. T. B. from the Theological School of the same University; in 1905 he joined the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was appointed pastor of Front Street Church, Philadelphia; was married July 30, 1903, to Judith S. Rowell, of Massachusetts. Present address, 1228 N. Hancock St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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SHORKLEY, George:
Major (retired) U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed from Pennsylvania; First Lieutenant Fifty-first Pennsylvania Infantry, Oct. 9, 1861; Captain, April 22, 1864; brevetted Major Volunteers, July 30, 1864, for gallant and distinguished ser- vice in the operations before Petersburg, Va .; Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers, March 25, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service at Fort Stedman, Va., and Colonel Volunteers, April 9, 1865, for long, faithful and valuable service; honorably mustered out July 27, 1865; Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866; Captain, Oct. 13, 1867; retired, Sept. 23, 185; brevetted Captain March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Antietam, Md., and Ma- jor, March 2, 1867, for gallant and meri- torious service in the engagement at Ft. Stedman, Va .; member of the Pennsylva- nia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, Lewisburg, Pa.
SHORROCK, J. Platt :
Silk Manufacturer; born Oct. 1, 1866: educated in Trinity College. Hartford; has been School Director and Town Council- man; organized and managed Slatington Textile Manufacturing Co., West Pitts- burg Silk Manufacturing Co., Home Silk Co .. Haverstraw, N. Y .; Grove City Silk Co .; Republican. Address, 410 Grove City. Pa.
SHORTLIDGE, Joseph:
Educator; born, Aug. 1, 1832, in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pa .; ancestors were of English and Scotch origin. Prepared for college at Jonathan Gause's Greenwood Dell Academy, situat- ed on the Brandywine, near Westchester, Pa., and at Fort Edward Collegiate Insti- tute. Fort Edward, N. Y .; entered, in 1859, the class of 1863 at Yale College; se- cured degree of Master of Arts in 1880; taught in public schools in Concord Town- ship, Delaware County, Pa., and Green- wood Dell Academy in same State; was principal of Putnam Academy on Lake Champlain, New York, and of Fairville In- stitute, Chester County, Pa. In 1862 he founded Maplewood Institute, at Concord- ville, Pa. In 1864 he became member of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia; in 1865, in addition to his dutics as a teacher, he entered the laboratory of C. R. Will- liams, Ph. D., Philadelphia, as a student and took a three years"' course in chemi- cal analysis. Married in 1865 Caroline Baily Gause, of Greenwwood Dell Acad- emy, by whom he had three children, Charles B. Shortlidge, M. D .; J. Chauncey Shortlidge, a Harvard A. B., and Marion E. Darlington. In 1893 married Isabel G. Shortlidge. In 1880 President of the Penn- sylvania State College. In 1863. when Gen. Lee invaded Pennsylvania and Pres- ident Lincoln called for 100,000 men for six months' service, he responded and was sworn in as a volunteer. Has served as School Director in Concord Township. In addition to his duties as principal of Ma- plewood Institute he has for seventeen years served as Justice of the Peace in Concordville, Pa., having been appointed by Gov. Beaver to fill an unexpired term in 1SS7; re-elected in 1904 for five years. Is a member of the Philadelphia Yale Alumni Association and of Bradbury Post, G. A. R. Address, Maplewood In- stitute, Concordville, Pa.
SHORTRIDGE, Nathan P .:
Merchant; born in Portsmouth, N. H . Nov. 28, 1829; he sought Philadelphia at fifteen, where he entered the counting house of David S. Brown & Co., a very large commission house, remaining there twelve years; he then went into the newly organized firm of George F. Peabody & Co., commission dealers in printed calt- coes; at the end of two years this firm was reorganized as Harris, Shortridge & Co., which in 1867 was succeeded by Short- ridge, Borden & Co. Having gained
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wealth and high standing in the mercan- tile community during his many years of business life, Mr. Shortridge retired in 1877. Aside from his business he was connected in other corporations, being a Director of the Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Co., the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., the Philadelphia National Bank, the American Steamship Co., and numerous other concerns, and President of the Phil- adelphia & Erie Railroad and the Trenton Delaware Bridge Co .; he took an active part in the organization of the Centennial Exposition, and was a member of the United States Board of Finance from 1873 until it ceased to exist in 1893; he is a Manager of the Merchants' Fund, a Man- ager of the Western Savings Fund So- ciety, and has served as Director and Vice President of the New England So- ciety of Pennsylvania. Address, Philadel- phia National Bank, Philadelphia, Pa .; residence, Wynnewood, Pa.
SHORTT, C. M .:
President of the Sugar Grove Savings Bank. Address, Sugargrove, Warren County, Pa.
SHOWALTER, Joseph B .:
Physician; Congressman (Republican ) ; born, Smithfield. Pa., Feb. 11, 1851; son of Levi and Elizabeth Showalter; educated in public schools and George's Creek Ac- ademy; married in 1879, Ella M. McKee. Taught school in Pennsylvania, West Vir- ginia. Indiana and Illinois: engaged in oil business with brothers in Butler County, Pa., and became extensively interested in petroleum production; studied at the Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, and was graduated from the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, Baltimore; practiced medicine several years at Chicora, Pa. Member Pennsylvania House of Represen- tatives, 18$6-18SS; State Senate, 18SS-1$92; and member of Congress from Twenty- fifth Pennsylvania District, 1897-1903; Re- publican in politics. Address, Butler, Pa.
SHRILL. D. F .:
President of the Hamilton Trust Com- rany of Philadelphia. Address, 3938 Mar- ket St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SHULL, James W .:
Jurist; born in Perry County, Pa., short- ly after the close of the Civil War; was educated there and road law at New Bloomfield. He was admitted to the Perry County bar in 1887 and quickly
gained a good practice, being a lawyer of excellent judgment and much skill in the preparation and trial of cases. In 1901 he was elected President Judge of the Forty-first Judicial District, including Perry and Juniata Counties. Address, New Bloomfield, Pa.
SHULL, Joseph H .:
Congressman (Democrat), of Strouds- burg; was born in Mount Bethel Town- ship, Northampton County, Pa., Aug. 17, 1848; prepared for college at Blair Presby- terian Academy, New Jersey, and took a special course at Lafayette and Bellevue Colleges and the University of New York -graduating in 1873; taught in the pub- lic schools of Easton, Pa .; for one year studied law in office of Gen. C. Bennett and was admitted to the bar in 1879, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession; was associate editor of the Monroe Democrat from 1SS1 to 1886; was elected to the State Senate from the Twenty-second District of Penn- sylvania and served from 1886 to 1891; elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress from Twenty-sixth District. Address, Strouds- burg, Pa.
SHUMAKER, James Madison:
Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings; born in Fairfield County, Ohio, July 8, 1851; his parents removed to Penn- syvania when he was a child and located in Lycoming County, where he received a common school education; in 1874 he re- moved to Cambria County and engaged in mercantile business; he has always been a stanch Republican, and in 1891 was elected Sheriff of Cambria County by 600 majority, although the county at that time was about 800 Democratic; in November, 1900. he was elected to the House of Representatives and served dur- ing the session of 1901; his home is in Johnstown, and he is actively identified with various enterprises there, being Pres- ident and General Manager of the Con- sumers' Ice Co., a Trustee of the Johns- town Savings Bank, and a Director of the Johnstown Trust Co .; he is also a Trus- tee of the Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital; he was appointed Superinten- dent of Public Grounds and Buildings by Governor Pennypacker on Jan. 21, 1903. Address, Johnstown, Pa.
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