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Born in Geneva, N. Y .. Feb. 2, 1848; prepared for college at the Unionville, N. Y., Academy and by private instruc- tion; was graduated from Amherst Col- lege, Amherst, Mass., in 1870 (Grove-ora- tor of his class), and from Union Theo- logical Seminary, New York City, in 1873. Ordained to the Gospel ministry and in- stalled first pastor of Memorial Presby- terian Church in Wilkesbarre, Pa., May, 1874; pastor of the Honesdale. Pa., Pres- byterian Church. May, 1\$4; elected Com- missioner to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United State four times; received degree of D. D. from Lafayette College. Easton. Pa., June, 1902; appointed Chaplain of the Thirteenth Regiment, Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, by Governor William A. Stone. 1899, with the rank of Captain. Married Eliza J. Watson of New York City in 1873, who died in 1902. Married, June, 1904, Emma Chase Ward, of Honesdale, Pa. Address, Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa.
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SWITZER, John Singleton:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, June 16, 1887; Second Lieutenant Fourth Infantry. June 12, 1891; First Lieutenant, April 26. 1898; Captain, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I.
SWOPE, John A .:
Physician; ex-Congressman; born in Gettysburg, Pa., Dec. 25. 1827, of Penn- sylvania German descent. He prepared for college in the Gettysburg Gymnasium, and attended Mount St. Mary's College, Pennsylvania College and Princeton Col- lege. graduating from the latter in 1847. He then entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and after graduating entered upon practice in Gettysburg. After 1863 he abandoned medi- cine to engage in other pursuits, and in 1879 succeeded his father as President of the Gettysbur National Bank, a position which he still retains, though at present residing in Washington, D. C., where he is Vice President of the Washington Loan and Trust Company. He represented the Nineteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses. He is a member
of the Olio Society of Princeton, and has been Vice President of the Board of Trus- tees of Pennsylvania College and Presi- dent of several local organizations. Ad- dress, Washington, D. C.
SWOPE, Samuel MeCurdy:
Jurist; born in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa .; educated in the common schools and Pennsylvania College. He adopted the law as his profession, and ob- tained admission to the bar of Adams County in 1876; his practice at the bar soon grew lucrative, and his ability was so marked he was twice elected District Attorney of the county. Although a Re- publican and his district strongly Demi- cratie, he was elected the second time without opposition. In 1894 he was nom- inated and elected President Judge of the Fifty-first Judicial District, embracing Adams and Fulton Counties, his term ex- piring in January, 1905. He is a fluent and forcible speaker and so popular as a Judge that his re-election in 1904 is high- ly probable. Address, Gettysburg, Pa.
SWORD, James Brade:
Artist; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 11, 1839; son of John D. and Mary Sword; was graduated from Central High School, 1856; has devoted his attention to art. Married, 1869, Matilda Wagner Shuster. President Philadelphia Society of Artists and Artists' Fund Society; Vice Presi- dent Art Club of Philadelphia. Address. 1412 Bouvier St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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TAGGART, Grantham Isreals
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Captain and Commissary of Sub- sistence United States Volunteers, Aug. 3, 1861; resigned and honorably dis- charged, Ang. S. 1864; Lieutenant Colonel and Commissary of Subsistence United States Volunteers thy assignment), Jan. 1, 1863, to Aug. 16. 1863. Elected Nov. 2. 1881. Address, 25 East Bay St., Savan- nah, Ga.
TAGGART, Joseph:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion : Second Lieutenant Thirtieth Pennsylvania Infantry (First Reserve),
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July 26, 1861; First Lieutenant, Oct. S, 1862; honorably mustered out, June 13. 1864; brevetted Captain United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865. for gallant and meritorious services in the Wilder- ness campaign. Address, care of Recor- der of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
TALBOT, Ethelbert:
Clergyman; born in Fayette. Mo., Oct. 9, 1848; son of John A. and Alice Talbot; Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Central Pennsylvania since 1897; was graduated from Dartmouth College. 1870; D. D., 1888; General Theological Seminary, 1873; S. T. D., 1887; LL. D., University of Mis- souri, 1887. Ordained deacon, June 29, 1873; ordained priest, Nov. 4, 1873; rector St. James, Macon Mo., 1573-1887; conse- crated, May 27, 1SST. Missionary Bishop of Wyoming and Idaho; transferred to See of Central Pennsylvania, September, 1897. Address, South Bethlehem, Pa.
TATEM, J. Fithian:
Lawyer; born at Haddonfield, N. J., Aug. 20. 1869; was graduated from Uni- versity of Pennsylvania ( Wharton School of Finance and Economy), 1889; received degree of LL. B. from Harvard Univer- sity, 1894. Admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney in 1893, and as a counsellor in 1897; admitted to Philadel- phia bar in 1894. Served in United States Navy as Ensign during Spanish-American War. Married, Sept. 10, 1896, Minnie Antoinette Moore of Haddonfield, N. J. He practices law in Philadelphia County; also in New Jersey. Philadelphia office, Stephen Girard Building; Camden office, Security Trust Building; residence, Had- donfield, N. J.
TATNALL, Henry:
President of the Franklin National Bank of Philadelphia: born in Wilming- ton, Del., April 30, 1855; son of William Tatnall, who for many years held the position of President of the New Castle Mutual Insurance Company, and whose ancestors have been prominent in all business and financial matters of Wil- mington, since 1731; the early Tatnalls came from Leicestershire. England, in 1725. and settled near Derby, Pa .; it is a matter of especial pride to Mr. Tatnall that his great grandfather was an inti- mate friend of George Washington and an ardent supporter and advocate of La- fayette. He was educated at the place
of his birth, in which locality he also found his first occupation, that of a clerk; his business life has been confined to that of banking; he became connected, in a clerical position, with the Girard Trust Company of Philadelphia in 1879; he was made Treasurer of the Company in 1881, and Vice President in 1885; he necessarily acquired in this position an intimate acquaintance with the business men of Philadelphia; he continued with the Gir- ard Trust Company until 1900, when he resigned to take the Presidency of and organize the Franklin National Bank, which position he now holds. Besides the Presidency of the bank referred to, he also holds the position of Director of the Girard Trust Company, the Diamond State Steel Company, the Mortgage Trust Company of Pennsylvania and the Guar- antee Company of North America; he is also Trustee and Treasurer of Bryn Mawr College. Member of the Union League Club of Philadelphia. the Sons of Dela- ware and the Merion Cricket Club; he is also Treasurer of the Society for Or- ganizing Charity, member of the Com- mittee of Management of the West Phila- delphia Branch of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association, and Treasurer of the Philadelphia Fountain Society. He mar- ried Miss Lola DeH. Robinson, daughter of R. Emmett Robinson. a prominent banker of Wilmington. Del., Oct. 13, 1881, and they have three children. Residence. Bryn Mawr; office, Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
TAYLOR, Barnard Cook:
Educator, clergyman: Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, Crozer Theo- logical Seminary, since 1883; born in Holmdel, N. J., 1850; son of James C. and Sarah Taylor; graduated from Brown University, 1874; Crozer Theological Sem- inary, 1877: D. D., Richmond College. 1889. Married. 1877. Miss M. R. Parmelee. Instructor of Hebrew. 1877-1SS0; Asso- ciate Professor of Biblical Interpretation. 1880-1883. Author of "Outline Analysis of the Books of the Bible," 1892; "Historical Books of Old Testament," 1895. Address, Chester, Pa.
TAYLOR, B. J .:
President of the Farmers' National Bank of Bucks County. Address, Bristol, Bucks County.
TAYLOR. Charles Fremont, M. D .:
Born in Attien, Ind .. July 3. 1856: stud- ied and taught in public schools; was
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graduated from Central College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, Indianapolis, Ind .. 1880; practiced in Indiana, 1880-1883; since 1883 editor and publisher of The Medical World, Philadelphia, Pa He is also known as advanced thinker and writer upon sociologie and economic themes, and editor and publisher of the Equity Series, dealing with current economic questions. Address, 1520 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
TAYLOR, Charles Langhorne:
Lawyer; son of the late Charles W. Taylor and Sarah (Paxson) Taylor; born March 27, 1874, in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pa., at the historic Tre- vose homestead, the home of the Taylor family for several generations, and the residence in Colonial times of Lawrence Growden and Joseph Galloway, the an- cestors of the Taylor family; prepared for, college by private tutor and at Abing- ton Friends' School, Jenkintown, Pa .; graduated B. S. from the College Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania in 1897; was graduated LL. B. from Har- vard Law School, 1900; LL. B. from University of Pennsylvania Law School. 1901; was admitted to the Philadelphia bar, 1901; has practiced his profession in Philadelphia since that time. In 1901 he was one of the organizers of the Bucks County Country Club, near his summer home at Langhorne, Pa., and became one of its charter members, and a mem- ber of the Board of Governors; also member of the Harvard Club of Philadel- phia and of the Bucks County Historical Society; Republican. Home adress, Oak- ford, Bucks County, Pa .; . city address, 1001 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
TAYLOR, David M .:
President of the Farmers' National Bank of Oxford. Address, Oxford, Ches- ter County, Pa.
TAYLOR, E. B .:
Civil engineer; born near Riverton, N. J., Feb. 6, 1850; received preparatory edu- cation at Westtown boarding school; re- ceived the degree of A. B. from Haverford College in 1869, B. C. from the Polytech- nie College of Pennsylvania in 1890, and M. C. E. from the same institution in 1872. He entered the services of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company in 1870 as clerk and rodman, and has been successively Supervisor, Assistant Engineer, Superin-
tendent, Line Superintendent, General Superintendent of Transportation, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and President of several sub- sidiary lines. Is President of the Board of Water Commissioners, Sewickley, Pa. Married, Oct. 21, 1872, Mary A. Satter- thwaite. Republican in politics. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
TAYLOR, Emily Drayton:
Artist, miniature painter; born in Phila- delphia, 1860; daughter of Henry E. Dray- ton; educated by private teacher and spent several years abroad in the study of painting, under Cécile Ferrier, and afterward at the Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; member of the Fel- lowship Academy Fine Arts; received the gold medal, London, 1900, at Earl's Court. Some of her most important productions are miniatures of President and Mrs. Mc- Kinley, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Mrs. Eu- gene Hale, Emmons Blaine, Mrs. Cyrus McCormick. George Hamilton, son of John McLure Hamilton; Mr. John A. Morris, Mr. Henry Howard Houston, and Mr. Frank Thomson. In 1898 assisted Miss Anne Hollingsworth Wharton with "Heir- looms in Miniature" and wrote part of the work; married in 1879 Dr. J. Madison Taylor. Residence, 1504 Pine St .; studio. 1710 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
TAYLOR, Frank:
President of the First National Bank of Stoystown, Somerset County, Pa.
TAYLOR, Frank I .:
Second Vice President of the Westing- house Electric and Manufacturing Com- pany; born in Cincinnati on Nov. 20. 1885; educated at Haverford College and Har- vard University, graduating from the Int- ter in 1876. He then learned the starch trade, and was for a time a professional starch maker; from 1880 to 1882 was Su- perintendent of the Fox Starch Manu- facturing Company, and in 1882 assisted in the organization of the Manly-Cooper Manufacturing Company, now Belmont Iron Company, of Philadelphia; of this company till 1887, Treasurer, then Presi- dent till 1888. when the works were burned; in 1890 was manager of the Phil- adelphia office of the Yale & Towne Man- ufacturing Company; in 1890 became sales manager of the Westinghouse Company: in 1900 became Fourth Vice President and in 1902 secured his present position. dress, Westinghouse Building. Pittsburg.
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TAYLOR, Henry Genet:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Eighth New Jersey Infantry Sept. 14, 1861; resigned and honorably discharged March 15, 1864. Elected Feb. 1, 1SSS. Address, 3861 Poplar St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
TAYLOR, James Franklin:
Jurist; born in Washington County, Pa., Jan. 15, 1854; was educated in the public schools and in Washington and Jefferson College to the end of the junior year, when he took up the study of law in the office of Boyd Crumrine, and in 1879 was admitted to the Washington County bar. After a period of successful private practice he was elected District Attorney of the county in 1884, and per- formed his duties so satisfactorily that he was re-elected in 1887. In 1895 he was appointed additional Law Judge in the county courts, and in November of that year was elected to the bench for the ten- year term. Address, Washington, Pa.
TAYLOR, John C .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Huntington County; born near Fostoria, Blair County, Pa., April 24, 1833; educated in the public schools and at Milnwood Academy, Shade Gap, Huntington County; for several years worked on farms and at saw mills during the summer and taught school in the winter; for the last fifteen years has been engaged in the mercantile business, farming and milling; was elected to the House of Representatives in 1900; re- elected in November, 1902. Address, Shade Gap, Pa.
TAYLOR, John Madison:
Physician; born in Lancaster County, Pa., July 4, 1855; eldest son of Major William Johnson and Mary (Bearden) Taylor, descendant of William Taylor, who emigrated from England to Virginia in 1634; educated at Rugby Academy, Philadelphia, and Princeton College, N. J .; in 1878 secured the degree of M. D. at the University of Pennsylvania; resident physician 1878-1879 and assistant physi- cian 1850 of Children's Hospital; chief of the Children's Clinic in the University of Pennsylvania 1979-1883; assistant physi- cian Orthopedie Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases 1882-1902; 1884-1901 neurologist to Howard Hospital; 1885-1901
Professor of Diseases of Children at the Philadelphia Polyclinic College for Medi- cal Graduates; in 1900 appointed pediatric to the Philadelphia Hospital; 1882-1896 personal assistant to Dr. S. Weir Mit- chell; in 1891, private physician to Joseph Pulitzer of New York and to James G. Blaine summers of 1891 and 1892. In his professional capacity he accompanied many prominent men on hunting expedi- tions, and is an ardent sportsman. Since 1879 he has practiced his profession in Philadelphia, the summer months at Bar Harbor, Me .; President of University of Pennsylvania Medical Alumni Association 1900-1901; member of the Council of Phila- delphia College of Physicians 1894-1900. Member of Philadelphia Fencing and Sparring, University, Philadelphia Sketch. Philadelphia Country, and Princeton Clubs. He has illustrated fifteen or twen- ty medical books; author of many essays on medical topics; with Dr. William H. Wells, joint author of "Manual of Dis- eases of Children" (1898 and 1901), now translated into Italian; was married at Philadelphia, Oct. 15. 1879, to Emily Hey- ward, daughter of Henry E. and Mary (Brady) Drayton, of Philadelphia, and has three children. Address, 1504 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
TAYLOR, J. P .: -
President of the First National Bank. Address, Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pa.
TAYLOR, John T .:
Real estate dealer; born at Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pa., Aug. 15, 1858; son of Rev. W. G. Taylor and Charlotte T. Taylor; has resided at Monaca, Pa., since 1866; attended public schools. Elder's Ridge, and Jefferson Academy, Cannons- burg, Pa. Since 1886 has been engaged in the real estate business: in 1891, with others, organized the Citizens' National Bank of Monaca, and is now its Presi- dent; is a Director of the First National Bank of Beaver, Pa .: was one of the in- corporators of the Beaver Valley Water Company, and is now Treasurer and General Manager; was elected to the House of Representatives, session 1903. and served on many important commit- tees in that body. Present address. Monaca, Pa .; 1213 Seventh Ave., Beaver Falls, Pa.
TAYLOR, John Yentman:
Medical Director United States Navy and member of the Pennsylvania Com-
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mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Assistant Surgeon United States Navy, Sept. 26, 1853; Surgeon (Lieutenant Commander), Aug. 1, 1861; Medical Inspector (Commander) June 29, 1872; Medical Director (Captain) April 2, 1879; retired (Captain) Jan. 21, 1891. Elected Jan. 2, 1867. Address, 1727 Q St. N. W., Washington, D. C.
TAYLOR, Justus V .:
President of the First National Bank of Wyalusing. Address, Wyalusing, Bed- ford County, Pa.
TAYLOR, Mahlon G .:
President of the Neversink Bank of Reading. Address, Reading, Berks Coun- ty, Pa.
TAYLOR, Samuel A .:
President of the Homewood People's Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
TAYLOR, William H .:
President of the Red Lion First Nation- al Bank. Address, Redlion, York County, Pa.
TAYLOR. Robert Darious:
Engineer United States Navy and mem- ber of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Midshipman) United States Navy April 21, 1863; Sec- ond Assistant Engineer (Master) July 25, 1866; First Assistant Engineer (Lieuten- ant) Jan. 31, 1873; Passed Assistant En- gineer (Lieutenant) Feb. 24, 1874; retired. (Lieutenant) April 23, 1892. Elected, Feb. 5, 1890. Address, 3116 Haverford Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
TAYMAN, Charles Edgar:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy July 1. 1880, to Jan. 10, 1$$1; private, Corporal, and Sergeant Company K, First Infantry, Oct. 22, 1SS+, to March 22, 1888; Second Lieutenant Twenty-fourth Infantry, Feb. 6. 188S; First Lieutenant Tenth Infantry, April 30. 1895; transferred to Twenty-fourth Infantry May 16, 1895: Captain Assistant Quartermaster Volunteers Nov. 26. 1898; honorably discharged from Volunteers June S. 1899; Captain First Infantry. March 2. 1899. Address; Fort Wayne, Mich.
TELLER, Benjamin Franklin:
Real estate dealer; born in Philadelphia. July 22, 1853; was graduated from the 1
Central High School, and entered the conveyancing office of W. F. Snyder. with whom he remained for five years. Mean- while he attended the lectures on real es- tate of E. Spencer Miller, at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and lost no oppor- tunity to gain a thorough acquaintance with the business. He engaged in busi- ness in 1876, and soon after associated himself with Mayor Salzberger, then a rising young lawyer, now Judge in the Common Pleas Court No. 2. Their busi- ness increased so rapidly that a law office was opened in 1884, Joseph R. Tel- ler being taken into the firm, which as- sumed the title of Benjamin F. Teller & Brother. The business has since grown to be a very large one, representing in its transactions millions of dollars annually. Mr. Teller has been President of the Jew- ish Exponent Publishing Co. since 1877, Secretary of the Jewish Foster Home, Treasurer of the Mercantile Club and of the Jewish Maternity Association, etc. Address, 1727 Spring Garden St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
TEMPLE, Henry Willson:
Clergyman, educator; born in Belle Centre, Ohio. March 31. 1864; son of John B. and Martha (Jameson) Temple; was graduated from Geneva College, 18S3, and Allegheny Theological Seminary. 1887; pastoral charges, Baxter. Pa .. 1887-1890; Leechburg, Pa .. 1890-1891; First United Presbyterian Church, Washington. Pa., since 1891; married, 1892, Lucy Parr, of. Leechburg, Pa .; adjunct Professor of Political Science in Washington and Jefferson College since 1898; editorial Writer for the Presbyterian Banner, Pitts- burg, 1898-1900; associate editor of the United Presbyterian, Pittsburg. since 1903; Chaplain of the Tenth Regiment. National Guard of Pennsylvania, since 1902. Ad- dress. Washington. Pa.
TENER, John K .:
President of the First National Bank of Charleroi. Address, Charleroi, Wash- ington County, Pa.
TENNIS, Edgar A .:
Railroad constructor; born in Thomp- sontown. Juniata County. Pa .. Oct. 23, 1856. He was educated in the public and normal schools, and was several years President of the Delaware Literary So- ciety of his native locality. He engaged in railroad contracting at the age of eighteen, his first contraet, with the
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company, being successfully performed. Since then he has been very active in railroad construc- tion work for the Pennsylvania, the Read- ing, the Lehigh Valley, the South Penn, and many other railroads and several pas- senger railways. He was also for ten years engaged in the grain, coal and humber trade, as senior partner of E. A. Tennis & Brother. He has been President of the Tennis Construction Company, Vice President of the Philadelphia and Bristol Passenger Railway Company, and has held similar offices in several other con- panies. He has long been very prominent in the Masonic Order, being a member of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Ad- dress, Thompsontown, Pa.
TERRY, Henry C .:
Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, March 17, 1846, a lineal descendant of William Brad- ford, a Mayflower pilgrim, and for many years Governor of Plymouth Colony. He was educated in Woodbury, N. J., where his parents lived during his youth. He carly showed much ability as a debater and elocutionist, and such marked dra- matic powers that the noted tragedian, Edwin Forrest, advised him to adopt the stage as a profession. He chose the law instead, and in 1863 began his studies in the office of F. C. Brewster, afterward Judge and Attorney General of Pennsyl- Vania. Admitted to the bar in 1867, he became an assistant to the late Judge Lynd. then City Solicitor, and in 1869, started in business for himself. Since then Mr. Terry has been very active and unusually successful in legal practice, es- pecially in corporation law and the hand- ling of damage cases against railroad companies. He is solicitor for many coal companies, corporations, and business houses. He is a member of the bar of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. He is Treasurer of the Lawyers' Club and one of its Governors since organization, a member of the Union League, the Law Association, the Grand Lodge of Masons, and various clubs and societies. Address, Hale Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
TEVIS, Alfred C .:
United States Consul; born in Philadel- phia, Pa., Jan. 27, 1872. and was educated at the Penn Charter School of Philadel- phia, and at Haverford College, Pennsyl- vania: appointed vier and Deputy Consul at Sheffield, England, May 18, 1901; re- signed June, 1902; appointed Consular
Agent at Carrara, Italy, Nov. 17, 1903. Address, Carrara, Italy.
THACKARA, A. Montgomery:
United States Consul; born in Phila- delphia, 1848. After a common and High School education entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, in 1865; was graduated in 1869. After seven- teen and one-half years' service ashore and in the European, Asiatic, Pacific and home fleets, resigned in 1882 to engage in a manufacturing business in Philadelphia. Remained in civil life until 1897, when he was appointed by President Mckinley as Consul of the United States at Havre. In 1399 received the thanks of the Navy and State Departments for special services rendered during the war between the United States and Spain. Address,
Havre, France.
THAW, Mrs. Mary C .:
Philanthropist; born at Appleby Manor, Pa .; daughter of Josiah Copley, journal- ist; married William Thaw, prominently identified with railroad and steamship lines. Mr. Thaw was a liberal patron of art, science and education in general, and Mrs. Thaw has founded in his memory fellowships for scientific research in Har- vard and Princeton Universities. Ad- dress, Lyndhurst, Pittsburg, Pa.
THAYER, HI. S .:
President of the Elk County National Bank. Address, Ridgway, Elk County, Pa,
THAYFR. John B., Jr .:
Fifth Vice President of Pennsylvania Railroad Company; born April 21, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa .; educated at University of Pennsylvania; entored railway service 18$1 as clerk in Auditor's office, Empire Fast Freight Line, since which he has been consecutively clerk of freight de- partment, chief clerk. general freight department, division freight agent, North- ern Central Railway and Baltimore & Potomac Railroad at Baltimore, Md .; Assistant and General Freight Agent in charge of through traffic, and General Freight Agent in charge of both through and local traffic, and since June, 1903, Fifth Vice President. Address, care of Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Phila- delphia, Pa.
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