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TUTTLE. David Kitchell:
Chemist; born at Whippany, N. J .. Sept. 19. 1835; son of Silas and Lorania Tuttle. He obtained his education in the New York University. Lawrence Scientific School. and at Harvard University, receiv- ing the degree of B. S. from the latter institution in 1855; he also received the degree of Ph. D. from Georgia Augusta University, and Göttingen, Germany, 1957. Married Ellen White Humes of Abingdon, He was Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia, 1857- 1861: in private business as technical chemist, 1561-1856; melter and refiner,
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Carson City Mint, 18$6-1SS8; Philadel- phia Mint, since 188S. Member American Philosophical Society, Franklin Institute, American Chemical Society, American Academy Political and Social Science. Author of "Qualitative Analysis"; con- tributor to technical journals and re- ports. Address, 403 South Fortieth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
TWEEDALE, John :
Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; private Company B and Company I, Fif- teenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Aug. 22, 1862, to Feb. 28, 1865; Major Assistant Chief Record and Pension Office, March 2, 1899; awarded medal of honor, Nov. 16, 1887, for gallantry in action at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1562, and Jan. 1, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel, 1904. Address, Military Secretary's Department, Wash- ington, D. C.
TWELLS, John S .:
United States Commercial Agent. Na- tive of Philadelphia; descended from a family identified with the history of . that city from the time of its founder, William Penn; of pure British ancestry and American patriotism; was graduated from Princeton College in the class of 1855. Read law in the office of Hon. John M. Read, late Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court of Pennsylvania. Married Julia Helen, second daughter of Hon. Henry W. Watts. for some time United States Minister at the Court of Austria -- Hungary. Appointed by President Har- rison United States Consul at Naples, Italy. and is still in the consular service. Address, Carlsbad, Austria.
TYLER, Charles Witcombe:
Clergyman of Presbyterian Church; born in England, Sept. 2, 1863; received common school education in Ohio; took degree of B. S. at Nashotah Seminary and Ph. D. at Northern Illinois Colloge. He was made a deacon by Bishop Knicker- backer of Indiana and advanced to the priesthood by Bishop Pierce of Arkan- sas; missionery in Oklahoma Territory, 1890-1894; rector Grace Church, Clinton, Iowa, 1894-1900; rector Trinity Church, New Castle, Pa., since 1900. Address, New Castle, Pa.
TYSON. Canby S .:
President of the National Bank of Ger- mantown. Address. 5500 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
TYSON, James:
Physician; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1841. He obtained his education in private schools and in Haverford College. from which institution he was graduated in 1860, receiving the degree of A. M. in 1864; he was also graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1863. Married, Dec. 5. 1865, Frances Bosdevex. He was formerly Pro- fessor of Pathology and Morbid Anatomy and dean of medical faculty; more recent- ly has been Professor Practice of Medi- cine, University of Pennsylvania. Au- thor of "The Cell Doctrine, Its Present State"; "Introduction to Normal Histol- ogy"; "Practical Examination of Urine"; "Physical Diagnosis, Text Book of Prac- tice of Medicine"; also numerous papers on medical subjects. Edited Medical Times, 1871-1872. Address, 1506 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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ULKE. Titus:
Mining engineer and metallurgist; born in Washington, D. C., Oct. 17. 1866; son of Professor Henry and Veronica Ulke; he attended the public schools and the High School of Washington from 1873 to 1884, the Columbian University, 1884-1SS5, and the Royal Academy of Mines, Frei- burg, Saxony, 1SS5-1SS9, graduating as a metallurgical engineer in 1889. He visit- ed many mines and works in Europe, 1889- 1890; assayer of United States Smelting Company and chief chemist electrolytic copper-refining works of Anaconda Mining Company, 1891-1893; metallurgist Depart- ment of Mines and Mining, World's Co- lumbian Exposition, 1893; later with Gug- genheim Refining Works at Perth Am- boy, N. J .; triangulator for United States Geological Survey, 1897; Assistant In- spector of Ordnance, United States Army, 1898-1900; later metallurgical engineer of Lake Superior Power Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Member of American In- stitute of Mining Engineers, American Electro-Chemical Society, corresponding member Anglo-American Club, Freiberg. Author of "Modern Electrolytic Copper Refining," 1903; also a German edition of the same, Halle. Contributor to tech- nical journals. Address, Johnsonburg, Elk County, Pa.
ULMER, Albert Franklin, Jr .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal
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Legion; eldest son of Companion Acting Ensign Albert F. Ulmer. Elected Oct. 20, 1897. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
ULRICH, A. Stanley:
Lawyer; born at Annville, Pa., March 31, 1836; son of Adam and Rebecca Ul- rich; educated in his native place; Penn- sylvania College. 1857-1859, and Yale Col- lege, graduating on June 26, 1861; studied law under Hon. N. A. Starkey, Deep River. Conn .; admitted to the bar at Middletown, Conn., February, 1562, and at Lebanon, Pa .. April. 1862. He was for some time a member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia (now Mt. Airy) and fre- quently a dekgate to the General Coun- cil. He served for many years as School Director of Lebanon, and is Chairman of the Finance and Examining Committees of the High School. Author of "The War and Its Inmediate Results." "College Reminiscences," "An Incidental Narra- tive," "Afloat and Ashore, or Two Hours in the Waters of Long Island Sound," "A Romance of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Militia after Antietam," "Vain Aspira- tions for Genius." "The Spectre of Hang- ing Rock, or a Union Spy," "The Causes of National Tribulations," "The Wander- ing Johnny, or the Twenty-sixth Pennsyl- vania (Emergency) Militia
on Their Muscle," etc. Poems: "A Vision," "Lives There a Man." "Just Before the Bat- tle," "The Battle Slain," "The Union Freeman's Song," "American National Song." "Sunrise of the Waves," "Home- side Pleasures," etc. In the Civil War was a private in Company A, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, in 1862. and Company E, Twenty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania, in 1863, having been dis- abled in the battle of Gettysburg; dis- charged July 30, 1563. Address, Lebanon, Pa.
ULRICH. William Baggs:
Physician: born in Philadelphia May 4, 1829: educated in the public schools of Chester, Pa., and at Gause's Academy, Unionville. Chester County, Pa. While a junior clerk in a drug store in Philadel- phia he attended lectures at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and matriculated at. Philadelphia College of Medicine, gradu- ating therefrom in 1850. That year he accepted charge of a large drug store at Natchez. Miss., but in 1551 began the practice of his profession in Concordia
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Parish, Louisiana, with distinguished suc- cess. In 1865 took a special post-gradu- ate course at the New Orleans School of Medicine, graduating in 1866. In 1872 he was appointed surgeon of the Pennsyl- vania Military College, official surgeon of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal- timore Railroad Company, and is now one of the staff of the Chester Hospital. He was one of the earliest advocates of the admission of women to the ranks of the learned professions. and after forty years' struggle he was present when Dr. Jen- kins, a woman delegate from Illinois, was admitted to the American Medical Soci- cty. For twenty years he was a School Director in Louisiana, and for more than ten years served on the Board of Educa- tion of the city of Chester. Member of the Delaware County Medical Society, the American Medical Society, the Pennsyl- vania State Medical Society, of which he is the President, and is a Trustee of the Third Presbyterian Church. In . 1902 he delivered an address on "Dr. Elwood Har- vey" before the Delaware County His- torical Society; has made many addresses before medical societies, and has contrib- uted numerous articles to medical jour- nals. On May 4, 1854, he married Eliza L., daughter of David F. Miller, of Louisi - ana. Address, Chester, Pa.
ULRICH. William H .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Dauphin County; born in Lower Swatara Township, Dau- phin County. Pa., Jun 7, 1814, educated in the common schools and at Middletown Academy; taught school for nine years; followed civil engineering for nearly twen- ty years; served as County Surveyor for six years, and as Prothonotary for six years; is now cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Hummelstown, one of the Prison Inspectors of Dauphin County, and Pres- ident of the Board of Trustees of Leb- anon Valley College at Annville: was elected to the House of Representatives in 1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- dress, Hummelstown, Pa.
UMBEL, Robert Emeroy:
Jurist; born in Henry Clay Township over thirty-six years ago. The Umbels came originally from Wales and settled in New Jersey in 1770, and later in Pean- sylvania: educated at the public schools. George's Creek Academy, Smithfield. Pt: Western Pennsylvania Institute, Mount Pleasant, Pa., graduating ISS5. In 1ss5
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law student in the office of Boyle & Mes- trezat; 18S7 admitted to the bar; in 1889 the Borough Council of Connellsville elected him Solicitor, and in August of the same year he formed the firm of Boyd & Umbel; is a member of the bar of Unit- ed States Circuit and District Courts, and in 1894 admitted to practice in the Su- preme Court of the United States. Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District since 1900. Democrat. Married Frances Greir White, daughter of Dr. T. H. White, of Connellsville, Pa., Nov. 29, 1899. They have one daughter. Past Master of Fay- ette Lodge No. 228, F. and A. M .; Past High Priest of Union Chapter No. 165, R. A. M .; Eminent Commander of Uniontown Commandery No. 49, K. T .; thrice Potent Grand Master of Uniontown Lodge of Perfection, A. A. S. R .; member Pennsyl- vania Council P. of J., sixteenth degree; Pgh. Chapter Rose Croix eighteenth de- gree and of Pennsylvania Consistory, thir- ty-second degree, and of Syria Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Address, Union- town, Pa.
UNGER, Frederic William:
Journalist, author; born in Philadelphia Jan. 25, 1575; son of John Frederick and Lydia Louise Unger; educated at East- burn Academy, Philadelphia. 1884-1892; studied for the minstry, but later en- tered the Law Department of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, but before finishing his course decided to enter journalism. He was active in political life in Phila- delphia as a Republican for several years. He visited the Klondike in 1898, traveling extensively through the interior of Alas- ka; went to South Africa in 1899. At- tached to Lord Roberts's headquarters' staff as correspondent for London Times. and afterward to President Kruger's staff representing London Express. Present at many sieges and battles, and was compli- mented on field of action by British au- thorities for services rendered wounded under fire: carried field marshal's official dispatch announcing capture of Bloem- fontein through enemy's lines to Kimber- ly. Lectured and wrote on Anglo-Boer War, 1901. Republican nominee for Legis- lature from Berks County, Pa., 1902 Member of Philadelphia Browning Soci- ety, and of the Franklin Inn Club. Author of "With 'Babs' and Kruger," 1901; also stories, character sketches and articles in magazines and newspapers. Address. 1006 Mt. Vernon St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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VAIL, Lewis D .:
Lawyer; born in Stroudsburg, Pa., March 17, 1832; he is of English Quaker ancestry, one of his ancestors, having come to Philadelphia in the year before Willam Penn, and lived for a time in a cave dug in the river bank; his father, Dr. Charles Vail, practiced medicine for many years at Stroudsburg; his mother was of a Huguenot family, which settled in Pennsylvania above the Water Gap before William Penn's arrival; his ances- tor. Colonel Jacob Stroud, fought in the Colonial and Revolutionary wars, and was the founder of Stroudsburg. Mr. Vail was educated at Lafayette and Princeton Colleges, graduating from the latter in 1851; he taught school for sev- eral years. being principal of the Strouds- burg Academy, 1852-1856. He went to Philadelphia in 1856, became a law stu- dent in the office of R. C. McMurtrie, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. Since then he has steadily and successfully practiced in that city. He was a member of the Democratic Party till 1SS4. since which date he has adhered to the Prohibi- tion Party. He is regarded as an author- ity on the interpretation of the liquor laws, and has been the attorney of the Law and Order Society since its forma- tion. He married a daughter of the Hon. George M. Stroud, and has a family of seven sons and two daughters. Address, The Gladstone, Philadelphia, Pa.
VALENTINE, Milton:
Clergyman, teacher, author; born at Uniontown, Md., Jan. 1, 1$25; son of Ja- coh and Rebecca Valentine: was gradu- ated from Pennsylvania College, Gettys- burg, 1850; D. D .. 1866; LL. D., Witten- berg College, Ohio, 18S6. Married, De- cember 18. 1855, Margaret G. Galt. Or- dained Lutheran minister, October. 1952; preached at Winchester, Va., 1852-1853; Greensburg, Pa., 1853-1854; principal of Emaus Institute. Middletown, Pa., 1854- 1859; pastor St. Matthew's Church. Read- ing, Pa., 1859-1866: Professor Ecclesiasti- cal History, Lutheran Theological Sem- inary, 1866-1868; President Pennsylvania College, 1868-1SS4. Joint editor Lutheran Quarterly, 1873-1876, 1880-1885, and since 1898. From 1991 to 1903 Professor of Systematic Theology and Chairman of the Faculty of the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg; since 1902 Emeritus Pro- fessor. Author of "Natural Theology, or
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Rational Theism," 1885; "Theoretical Eth- ics," 1897; "Christian Truth and Life," 1895; also numerous pamphlets and con- tributions to reviews and other journals. Address, Gettysburg, Pa.
VAUGHN, Frank M .:
President of the First National Bank of Meshoppen. Address, Meshoppen, Wy- oming County, Pa.
VAN CLEEF, Augustus:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Acting Assistant Surgeon United States Army, July 15, 1862; resigned, April 18, 1864; First Lieutenant and As- sistant Surgeon United States Volunteers, April 1S, 1864; resigned and honorably discharged, April 6. 1865. Elected Feb. 8, 1893. Address, 1529 Sanderson Ave., Scranton, Pa.
VANDERGRIFT, Jacob Jay :
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Oil trade operator; born in Pittsburg in 1827; his business career began at the age of fifteen in the steamboat service, and he was a Captain before the age of twenty-five. The method of towing barges which has since been used in the western river traffic was introduced by him. When the war broke out Captain Vandergrift was steamboating on the Ohio River, and was the owner of the famous Red Fox, which the Government chartered and which was sunk near Cairo. In 1863 he removed to Oil City to oversee his oil-shipping business, and here became a partner of Daniel Bushnell in oil. pro- duction. He subsequently had other part- ners, and was the leading promoter of the Anchor Oil Company and President of the Forest and Washington Oil Company. As the senior member of the firm of Van- dergrift & Forman. The marvelous ad- vance in the modes of transporting oil was mainly due to him. During the ex- istence of the United Pipe Lines he was their President, and also of the United Division of the National Transit after the consolidation in 1881. The Oil City Trust Company, one of the largest banking in- stitutions in Pennsylvania, was founded by him. On his removal to Pittsburg in 1851 he founded the Keystone Bank and the Pittsburg Trust Company, and was elected President of both; he also took an active part in organizing the Seaboard Bank of New York, the Argyle Savings Bank of Petrolia, and the Oil Exchange of
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Pittsburg, which he has provided with spacious quarters in the massive Van- dergrift Building. The town of Vander- grift is a monument to his enterprise. Ad- dress, Pittsburg, Pa.
VANDERGRIFT, Samuel H .:
Real estate dealer; born in Oil City, June 30, 1868; son of the late Captain J. J. Vandergrift; was early employed in the office of the Pennsylvania Tube Works, of which his father was one of the founders; later he entered the office of his father and assisted in the man- agement of their large real estate and oil properties, becoming Superintendent of the Vandergrift and Conestoga buildings. He is executor and trustee of his father's estate and is prominently identified with many of Pittsburg's large financial insti- tutions. In 18SS he married Alice B. Mercer of Newark, N. J. Member of the Duquesne, Union, Pittsburg and Edge- wood Clubs of Pittsburg, and the New York Yacht Club, the Thousand Island Yacht Club, the Nittany Rod and Gun Club, and the Revels Island Club of Vir- ginia. Address, 512 Shady Ave., Pitts- burg, Pa.
VANDERSAAL, S. W .:
President of the Fourth National Bank of Pittsburg; born in Lancaster County, Pa .. sixty years ago. Besides the com- mon schools, he attended the State Nor- mal School at Millersville, Pa .. an acad- emy at Parkersburg, Pa., and Crittenden's Business College. Philadelphia, Pa. He enlisted during the Civil War, but for some reason never got out on active duty. He went to Oil Creek in 1868, and in 1883 moved to Pittsburg. He took charge of the Graffton Blast Furnaces for the late firm of Graff. Bennett & Co. until 18SS, when they retired from business; then became associated with the late Judge Bailey in the settlement of their affairs. After this he again became interested in the oil and gas business, acting as Secre- tary and Treasurer and General Manager of the West Penn Gas Company; Vice President and General Manager of the Fayette Gas Fuel Company of Uniontown, Pa., and Treasurer and General Manager of the Apollo Oil and Gas Company. In June, 1903, he was elected President of the Fourth National Bank of Pittsburg; is interested in a number of banks and trust companies. Married in 12 to Louisa Mccloskey of Clarion, Pa .: they have one child, a daughter. Member of
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the Union Club. Republican in politics. Address, Farmers' Bank Building, Pitts- burg, Pa.
VAN DEUSEN, Edwin Hicks, M. D .:
Born March 12, 1860, at Troy, N. Y ..; descendant of the van Deusens and Burg- hardts in the Great Barrington country and the van Ordens of Dutchess County, N. Y., and Dr. Robert Hicks. an English physician. At the age of nine years he went with his parents to the Philadel- phia suburb of Tioga; he was graduated
from the Philadelphia Central High School, June, 1877, and from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania (Medical Depart- menti, 1850, with post-graduate courses in the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia and the University of Vi- enna, Austria. He served for four years in the Throat, Nose and Ear Department of Hahnemann Hospital; attending physician to the Rosine Home, Philadelphia, for ten years; he is now consulting obstetric- ian for that institution as well as for St. Luke's Homeopathic Hospital, Philadel- phia. In 1882 he married Adelaide P .. daughter of John J. Smith of Memphis, Tenn., and Adelaide Parmalee of Phila- delphia; their children, Edwin P., Robert H., and Frederick, are all living with their parents in Tioga, Philadelphia. Address, 2032 Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa.
VAN ETTEN. J. Hixson :
Attorney at law; born Oct. 13, 1843, in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pa., on lands owned by ancestors since prior to War of the Revolution. He was pre- pared for college under William Rankin at Mendham, N. J .; was graduated from Williams College, Mass., in 1866. He read law with Hon. William Davis at Stroudsburg, Pa., and admitted to the bar in May, 1869; removed to Pike for prac- tice of the profession in 1870. Member of Republican County Committee for several years; also Chairman; several times del- egate to Republican State conventions; was School Director in Milford for seven years. He established Pike County Press, Nov. 1, 1895, and has since been its editor and publisher. Married, Oct. 7, 1874, to Adelaide J. Kanouse, daughter of Rev. Peter Kanouse of Sussex, N. J. Address, Milford, Pike County, N. J.
VAN HORN. A. H .:
President of the Wilkesbarre Deposit and Savings Bank. Address, Wilkesbarre. Luzerne County, Pa.
VAN HORN, W. D .:
President of the First National Bank of Wellsborough. Address, Wellsbor- ough, Tioga County, Pa.
VAN NESS, John:
Presbyterian clergyman; born in John- sonburg, Warren County, N. J., Nov. 9, 1866, of Dutch ancestry; was graduated from Blair Presbyterian Academy, 1SSS. Princeton College, 1892. and Princeton Theological Seminary, 1895. Taught pub- lic school two years, and was for one year under-master in the Lawrenceville School for Boys. Ordained to the minis- try by Presbytery of Washington City, July 3. 1895, and installed as pastor of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., serving seven years, until he accepted the call as pastor of the Holmesburg Presbyterian Church in the city of Philadelphia in September, 1902. where he is still located. Married, Feb. 1, 1899, to Claudia M. Dorland of Wash- ington, D. C. Received degree of M. A. from Princeton College in 1895. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
VAN REED, Wellington:
Merchant; born in Spring Township, Berks County, Pa., near the village of Sinking Spring; educated in the public schools, and graduated from the Reading Scientific Academy; entered the Reading Adler newspaper office, where he was bookkeeper and clerk for seven years; he then went into the merchant tailoring business, in which he is still engaged. He was one of the organizers of the Reading and Southwestern Street Rail- way Company in 1890, and a Director for a number of years; one of the incorpor- ators of the Schuylkill Valley Bank, in which he is a Director; Secretary of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Sink- ing Spring for many years: Director of the Berks County Agricultural and Hor- ticultural Society and Chairman of the Committee on Grounds; has represented the society at the Pennsylvania State College annual meeting and commence- ment exercises for the past fifteen years: Director and Vice President of the Au- burn Shale Brick Company: Director in a number of building associations; mem- ber of the Reading School Board nearly thirty years and Chairman for twenty- five years of the Committee on Building and Repairs, which will have in charge in 1901 the erection of the new Boys' High School, to cost $350.000. Married
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Catharine Kessler, daughter of Charles Kessler, who was one of the proprietors of the Reading Adler when Mr. Van Reed was connected with the newspaper as clerk. Democrat in politics and Ward Chairman for a long period. Address, Reading, Pa.
VAN TASSEL, A. R .:
President of the Union Banking and Trust Company. Address, Dubois, Clear- feld County, Pa.
VAN VALZAH, David Dougall:
Colonel United States Army; born in Illinois; appointed from Pennsylvania; First Lieutenant Twelfth Infantry, May 14, 1861; Captain, Aug. 10, 1864; trans- ferred to Thirtieth Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866; assigned to Twenty-fifth Infantry, Dec. 31, 1870; Major Twentieth Infantry, Oct. 19, 1856; Lieutenant Colonel Twenty- fourth Infantry, Oct. 14, 1891; Colonel Eighteenth Infantry, May 23, 1896; bre- vetted Captain. Aug. 1, 1864, for gallant services in the battle of the Wilderness and during the campaign before Rich- mond, Va .; retired, June 20, 1899. Ad- dress, Lewistown Pa.
VARE, George A .:
State Senator from Philadelphia; born in the District of Southwark. Philadelphia, Feb. 7, 1859; was educated in the public schools of that city; is a contractor on public and private work. He was a del- egate to the State conventions of 1889, 1×31, 1893, 1895, 1897 and 1899. Member from First Legislative District in the House of Representatives, 1891. 1993 and 1.95; was elected to the Senate in Novem- ber, 1596, and re-elected November, 1900. Address, 2133 South Fourth St .. Philadel- phia, Pa.
VASBINDER, Curtis R .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Jefferson County; born in Rose Township, Jefferson County, Pa., Dec. 3 1856; educated in the common schools of the township and attended Corsica Academy two terms; assisted his mother on the farm while securing his education. In 1880 he engaged in farm- ing and the lumbering business, and is now extensively engaged in the manu- facture of lumber in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He has always been a Republican. but never before held any office; elected to the House of Represen- tatives in November, 1902. Address, Brookville, Pa.
VASTINE, J. H .:
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