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of Wallingford. He, with his brother Robert, has by purchase acquired much real estate in the city of Chester, which." in 1644, was granted to his immediate an- cestor Joran Keen, by the Swedish Gov- ernment. Married, Dec. 3, 1879, Ella, daughter of the late Hon. John Larkin, Jr., distinguished as the first Mayor of the city of Chester, Pa. Address, Ches- ter, Pa.
WETHERILL, Robert:
Engine builder and capitalist; born in Lower Merion, Montgomery County, Pa., Sept. 4, 1847; was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia and Upland Nor- mal School; served an apprenticeship of four years with Miller & Allen, machin- ists and foundrymen. at Chester, Pa., acquiring practical knowledge of the busi- ness in all its details, and in charge of draughting department; in 1871 he erect- ed a small foundry and engine building plant in Chester, Pa., and the following year formed a partnership with his bro- ther, Richard Wetherill, in the business, the firm name being Robert Wetherill & Co., which firm has exclusive control of the noted Berry safety boilers. In 1886 was elected President and Manager of the Standard Steel Casting Company, at Thurlow, Pa., and continued in that capa- city until 1892, when the plant was pur- chased by the American Steel Casting Co .; is a Director of the Cambridge Trust Co., and member of the Union League of Philadelphia. Mr. Wetherill is a direct descendant of Joran Keen, to whom in 1644 the Swedish Crown patented the ter- ritory upon which is located part of the present city of Chester; Feb. 27. 1879, he married Mary Bullock, daughter of Wil- liam C. Gray, Colonel of the 119th Penn- sylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Address, Chester, Pa.
WETZEL, John H .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Centre County; was born in Cedarville, Stephenson County. Ill., May 14, 1856; removed with his parents to Bellefonte, Pa., in 1859; was educated in the public schools, Bellefonte Academy, Penn Hall Academy, Franklin and Marshall College, College of Northern Illinois and the Law Department of the University of Iowa; located in Nelson. Neb., in 1886, and remained there until 1893, when he returned to Bellefonte. Pa .. where he has since been engaged in sur- veying and engineering; is at present City
Engineer of Bellefonte and Engineer for Centre County; was a member of the House of Representatives session of 1599; re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Bellefonte, Pa.
WETZEL, John W .:
President of the Merchants' National Bank. Address, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.
WEYGANDT, Cornelius:
Teacher and writer; born in German- town, Phila., Dec. 13, 1871; his father, Cornelius N., is President of the Western National Bank, and on the side of his mother, Lucy Elmaker (Thomas) Wey- gandt, he is descended from Isaac Thomas, one of the first iron masters of the Schuylkill Valley; was educated in the Germantown Academy and the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1891, and taking his Ph. D. ten years later in 1901. In 1892 he became a member of the city staff of the Philadelphia Record, and in 1893 was made associate editor of the Evening Telegraph, being engaged in dra- matic and literary criticism, etc., until 1897. when he was appointed Instructor of English in the University of Pennsylva- nia; this position he still occupies. He is a frequent contributor to the magazines. Address, Wissahickon, near Westview Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
WEYL, Walter Edward:
Economist, author; born in Philadelphia March 11, 1873; son of Nathan and Emilie Weyl; graduated from the Central High School, 1890, University of Pennsylvania, Ph. B., 1892, Ph. D., 1897; post-graduate work in political economy, Universities of Pennsylvania, Halle, Berlin and Paris; conducted investigations for the United States Department of Labor in Europe. 1898. and in Mexico in 1901; statistical expert on Internal Commerce for United States Treasury Bureau of Statistics; held senior fellowship, University Pennsylvania, 1897-1899; is a member of the American Economists' Association, American Academy of Political and Social Science, also member of the Cosmos Club. of Washington, the Faculty Club of Philadelphia, and the American Club of the City of Mexico. Author of "The Passenger Traffic of Railways," 1901, also bulletins of the United States Department of Labor on Railway Labor in Europe. 1899; Labor Conditions in Mexico. 1902. Address, 1611 North Fifteenth St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
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WHALLON. Waher L .:
Presbyterian minister; born Sept. 23, 1878, at Vincennes, Ind. ; son of Rev. E. P. Whallon, Ph. D., D. D., of Cincinnati, Ohio, editor of Herald and Presbyter; prepared for college in Cincinnati High Schools; was graduated from Hanover College in 1899; was Commandant and Instructor in Bunker Hill Military Acade- my, Illinois, 1899-1900: studied theology in McCormick Seminary, Chicago, and Princeton, N. J., graduating from latter institution May, 1903. At Present is pas- tor of the Broad Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Altoona, Pa. Address, Al- toona. Pa.
WHARTON, Anne Hollingsworth:
Author; born in Southampton Furnace, Cumberland County, Pa., Dec. 15, 1845; daughter of Charles and Mary McLana- han Wharton; was educated in the pri- vate school of Mrs. Gertrude C. Cary, Philadelphia. Has been writing since an early period in her life, principally cn Colonial and Revolutionary subjects; she has also written many children's stories and articles for leading magazines and newspapers. She was Historian of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America; was a judge at the American Colonial exhibit, World's Columbian Ex- position; honorary member of the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania since 1878; member of the New Century Club of Philadelphia: Vice President of the Browning Society of Philadelphia and of the Pennsylvania Andubon Society. Au- thor of "St. Bartholomew's Eve," 1866; "Virgilia," 1869; "The Wharton Family," 1880; "Through Colonial Doorways," 1893; "Colonial Days and Dames." 1894; "A Last Century Maid," 1995; "Life of Mar- tha Washington," 1897; "Heirlooms in Miniature." 1897; "Salons, Colonial and Republican," 1900: "Social Life in the Early Republic." 1902. Address, 711 Pine St., Philadelphia.
WHARTON, Henry Redwood:
Physician: born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 23. 1853: son of Charles Wharton; educated in the public and High Schools of Philadelphia, and graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1876; was Professor of Clinical Surgery of the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania; surgeon of the Presbyterian and Children's Hospitals; Fellow of the American Surgical Associa- tion. Author of "Textbook on Minor 1
Surgery and Bandaging": joint author, "The Practice of Surgery." Address, 1725 Spruce St., Philadelphia.
WHEATON, Frank W .:
Lawyer; born in Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1855; educated in the public schools of Binghamton; graduated at Yale University in 1877; studied law with E. P. & J. V. Darling; admitted to the bar in 1879; in 1884 was elected to City Council; in 1892 became head of the firm of Wheaton. Darling & Woodward; in 1901 was appointed additional Law Judge of Luzerne County. Member of West- moreland Club. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
WHEELAN, James Nicholas:
Brigadier General U. S. Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from New York; First Sergeant First Artillery New York mustered rifles, July 18, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Dec. 7, 1861; Captain, Feb. 7, 1862; Major, Aug. 13, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel, Aug. 17, 1865; brevetted Colonel Volunteers. March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious service during the war; honorably mustered out Nov. 29, 1865; Second Lieutenant Second Cavalry Feb. 23, 1866; First Lieutenant, July 28. 1866; Captain, Dec. 15, 1873; Major, Eighth Cavalry, March 7, 1893; Lieutenant Colo- nel Seventh Cavalry, June 9, 1899; Colonel Twelfth Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901: brevetted Major Feb. 27, 1890, for gallant and meri- torious service in action against Indians on the Rosebud Mountains May 7, 1877; retired, Dec. 6. 1901. Address, Union League Club, New York City.
WHEELER. Nelson P .:
Lumber merchant: was born Nov. 4, 1841. in Portville. Cattaraugus County, N. Y .; educated in public schools and the Academies of Olean and Deposit, N. Y .; came to Pennsylvania in 1865. where he became the active partner in the firm of Wheeler & Dusenbury, carrying on ex- tensive lumbering operations. Is Presi- dent of the Hickory Valley Railroad; Ro- publican and a member of the State Leg- islature 187-1879. In 1877 married Rach- acl A. Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Per- manent address, Endeavor, Forest Coun- ty, Pa.
WHEELER, Rachel A. S. (MIrs. N. P.):
President of the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society of Clarion Presbytery; daughter of Capt. Alexander and Rachael McClain Smith; born at Smith's Landing,
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Ohio, Jan. 4, 1832; educated at the Ohio Female College, Cincinnati, graduating with first honors. After leaving college, contributed poems, articles of travel and fiction to various magazines and daily and weekly papers; for a time was a cor- respondent on the Cincinnati Times; in company with her sister, Isabel, who has a national reputation as one of the best miniature artists in America, spent a few seasons in Washington, D. C. On June 12, 1877, she became the wife of Hon. N. P. Wheeler, of Forest County; is a mem- ber of the National Kindergarten Asso- ciation and connected with the County work of the Women's Christian Temper- ance Union. Address, Endeaver, Pa.
WHEELOCK, Capt. D. F. A .:
Civil engineer; member of the Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers; born July 23, 1855; graduate of Cumberland Insti- tute; Republican; thirty-second degree Mason. Odd Fellow and Elk. Served twenty-one years as county surveyor of Warren County, nine years as city engi- neer of Warren; practices general and railroad engineering. Served as Captain of I Company, Sixteenth Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteers, during the Spanish- American War; member of the National Guard of Pennsylvania since 18$2 and is the ranking line officer of the Sixteenth Regiment and ten in order of lineal rank in the National Guard of Pennsylvania. Address, Warren, Pa.
WHELEN, Henry:
Banker; Midshipman, Sept. 23, 1862; graduated from the United States Naval Academy June, 1866; Ensign, March 12, 1868; Master, March 26. 1869; Lieutenant, March 21, 1870; resigned June 2, 1873. Married Miss Laura Baker; member of Rittenhouse, Radnor Hunt, and Country Clubs, and Sons of the Revolution. Ad-' dress. 1709 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
WHIPPLE, Herbert Sidney:
Captain United States Army: born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Wisconsin; Cadet Military Academy. July 1. 1SS1; Second Lieutenant Tenth Cavalry, June 14, 1855; First Lieutenant Ninth Cavalry, March 27, 1892; transferred to Seventh Cavalry April 12, 1892; Lieutenant Colonel Second Kentucky Infantry, May 17, 1898; honorably mustered out of Volunteers, Oct. 31, 1899; Captain Third Cavalry, July 10, 1900; assigned to Pay Depart- ment April 23, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I.
WHITAKER, Herbert C .:
Professor of Mathematics Central Man- ual Training School, Philadelphia; born at Cape May, N. J., Oct. 31, 1862; his ancestors were among the first English settlers in New Jersey; studied law, 1875, and graduated at the University of Penn- sylvania in 1886 with degrees of B. S. and M. E .; also received, in 1896, the degree of Ph. D .; worked at mechanical engi- neering with the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1886-1887; since 1SSS has taught mathe- mathics. Member of Camden Astrono- mical Society; Secretary of Pennsylvania Whist Club; inventor of a new form of number by means of which the otherwise impossible roots of irrational algebraic equations may be found; has written many magazine articles on whist, econo- mics, astronomy and pure mathematics; author of a textbook on trigonometry. Address, 776 North Twenty-sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
WHITAKER, Ozi William:
Bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church; born in New Salem, Mass., in 1830. He began his active life as a school teacher at the age of sixteen, and con- tinued this every winter for ten years, at the end of which time he graduated from Middlebury College, Vt. He then became principal of North Brookfield High School. in Massachusetts, and in 1860 entered the General Theological Seminary, in New York city. He was admitted to deacons' orders at Boston in 1863, by Bishop Eastburn, and to priests' orders soon after by the same Bishop. His first posi- tion as a rector was in St. John's parish. Gold Hill, Nevada. In 1865 he returned east to St. Paul's Church, Englewood. N. J., but in the year 1867 he returned to Nevada. In 1868 he was elected Mis- sionary Bishop of Nevada and Arizona, remaining there until 1886, when he was called to Pennsylvania to assist Bishop Stevens. He began his Episcopal work on Oct. 29, 1886, at St. Barnabas's Church, Kensington . In 1887, on the death of Bish- op Stevens, he succeeded him as Bishop of Pennsylvania. a post of ecclesiastical labor which he has since very efficiently filled. Address, the Church House, 12th and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
WHITE, Alexander C .:
Lawyer and ex-Congressman; born in Armstrong County, Pa., about 1st0, re- moved in 1940 to Punxsutawney, Jeffer- son County, and in 1961 enlisted in the Eighth Pennsylvania three months' regi-
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ment. After completing his service, he engaged in the study of the law, and was admitted to the Jefferson County bar in December, 1862. His ability as a lawyer rapidly won him practice, and in 1867 he was elected District Attorney for the county. In 1868 he removed to Brook- ville, and in 1870 was elected for a sec- ond term. His prominence in the politi- cal field brought him in 1884 the nomina- tion for Congress, and he was elected to the House as representative of the Twen- ty-fifth District, comprised of Armstrong. Indiana, Jefferson, Clarion, and Forest Counties. On the completion of his term he resumed his law practice, and is now associated with his son, John M. White, as White & Son. Address, Brookville, Pa.
WHITE. G. F .:
President of the Lansdowne and Darby Savings Fund and Trust Company. Ad- dress, Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pa.
WHITE, Harry:
Jurist; born in Indiana, Pa., in 1832, the son of Judge Thomas White, under whom he read law on the completion of his preliminary education. He was ad- mitted to the bar of Indiana County in 1853. After a period of profitable prac- tice he entered the army in 1861, as Major of the Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Regi- ment, with which he went through the war, being a prisoner from June 15, 1863, to Sept. 29, 1861. The rose to the rank of Colonel, and on March 2, 1865, was bre- vetted Brigadier General. After the war he was elected to the State Senate, of which he continued a member till 1874, and in 1572 served in the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convertion; subsequently he represented his district for two terms in Congress. In 15St he was elected Pres- idont Judge of Indiana County, and was re-elected in 1994, his second term to expire in 1905. Address, Indiana, Pa.
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WHITE. J. Brinton:
Agent of Coxe Bros. & Co. coal ope- rators. Address. the Marlton, 3 West Eighth St., New York, N. Y.
WHITE. James William:
Physician, surgeon; born in Philadel- phia, Nov. 2, 1550; son of Dr. James Will- liam White; early education obtained in Philadelphia public schools and Quaker schools: was graduated from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, M. D .. 1871, also
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Ph. D .; married. Milford, Conn., on June 22, 1858, Letitia Brown. On staff of Professor Louis Agassiz, during Hass- ler Expedition to West Indies, Straits of Magellan, both coasts of South Ameri- ca, Galapagos Islands, etc., 1871-1872; resident physician Philadelphia Hospital, 1872; surgeon to Eastern State Peniten- tiary, 1874-1876; surgeon to First Troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1878-18SS; has been teacher and writer in surgery during whole professional life; was first Professor of Genito-Urinary Surgery, then Professor of Clinical Surgery; now John Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery, all in University of Pennsylvania; surgeon to University Hospital; Consulting Surgeon Philadelphia Hospital. Member of the American Surgical Association, Ameri- can Genito-Urinary Association, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, joint trans- lator and editor Cornil on Syphilis (Simes and White), 1875. Joint author of "Am- erican Text-Book of Surgery" (Keen and White), 1896; "Genito-Urinary Surgery" (White and Martin), 1897. Has written numerous articles on medical and surgi- cal subjects in medical journals. Ad- dress, 1810 South Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa.
WHITE. J. Harvey:
Lawyer; born March S, 1839, in Adams County, Pa .; son of Andrew and Joanna (Ross) White; was graduated from Yale with the class of 1861. He read law at Gettysburg, Pa., with R. G. MeCreary, and was admitted to the bar in Adams County, Feb. 20, 1864; removed to Pitts- burg. Pa., in 1867. He was admitted to practice in the several courts of Allegheny County, April 27. 1867. Address, Bake- well Building. Pittsburg, Pa.
WHITE. Patrick J .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lackawanna Coun- ty; born in Ireland. March, 1831; was edu- cated in the classical and scientific schools of his native land; emigrated to this country when seventeen years of age; has devoted most of his time to teaching, having taught in Carbondale, Hazleton, Minooka, Dunmore, Olyphant. Dickson City and Archbald: was Justice of the Peace and Supervising Principal of the public schools of Archbald for fifteen years; served as clerk for the Bloomsburg Railroad Company, also clerk and pay- master for a contracting firm; was em-
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ployed as a traveling salesman when he was elected to the House of Representa- tives in November, 1902. Address, Arch- bald, Pa.
WHITE, Samuel P .:
State Senator from Beaver County; born in New Brighton, Beaver County, Pa., September, 1817; educated in the common schools and is a graduate of Eastman's Business College, Poughkeep- sie, N. Y .; occupation, contractor and manufacturer; served in the three months' emergency State troops in 1863, when fifteen years of age; was member of the Republican County Committee in 18$4, and Chairman of same in 1885. Member of State Committee in 18SS; treasurer of County Committee in 18$9; delegate to State Convention in 1900; nominee of Beaver County for State Senator in 1886, 1890, 1894 and 1902, the county making no nomination in 189S. the nomination by agreement going to the other county in the district; was elected to the Senate in 1894, serving for four years: re-clected in November, 1902. Address, New Brighton, Pa.
WHITE, William Prescott:
Minister, journalist: was born in Honey Brook, Pa., March 22, 1840. Educated at Pennsylvania State Normal School, Mil- lersville, Pa .: Amherst College (1967) ; Am- herst, Mass .; Princeton Theological Sem- inary (1870), Princeton, N. J .; D. D. Washington College (1892). Married, first, at Philadelphia, March, 1871, to Mary Recd: second, at Washington, Pa., Aug- ust, 1884, to Annie Mckean. Licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Doncgal at Strasburg, Pa., April. 1869; ordained to the Ministry by the Presbytery of Lack- awanna at Plymouth, Pa., Nov., 1870. Pas- tor of the Presbyterian Church at Plym- outh, 1870-1883; of Mount Airy Presbyte- rian Church of Philadelphia, 1883-1892. Financial Secretary of Lincoln University since February, 1892; joint proprietor and editor of the Presbyterian Journal, Phila- delphia, 1894-1903. Associate editor since that time; Vice President of the Synodi- cal Home Mission and Sustentation Com- mittee of the Synod of Pennsylvania since 1870; Cominissioner to General As- sembly of the Presbyterian Church at St. Louis in 1871, at Buffalo in 1881, and at Portland, Oregon, in 1592; Moderator of the Presbytery of Lackawanna and of the Presbytery of Philadelphia North; Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Lack-
awanna; correspondent of the Presbyte- rian, 1870-1894. Author of "Presbyterian Year Book" 1887-18SS-1889; and (Allen, Lane & Scott, Philadelphia) "The Pres- byterian Churches of Philadelphia." Ad- dress, Oak Lane, Philadelphia; office, 1328 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
WHITE, William Wilmot:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy; born in Canada; appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet Engineer, Sept. 13, 1877; Assistant Engineer, July 1, 1883; Passed Assistant Engineer, Nov. 10, 1893; rank changed to Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Bureau Steam Engineering, Oct. 28, 1899; Mayflower, June 15, 1900; Cincin- nati, Dec. 1, 1901, to January, 1904. Pro- moted Lieutenant Commander, March 21, 1903. Assistant to head of Department of Steam Engineering, Navy Yard, Nor- folk, Va., since April, 1904. Address, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.
WHITESIDES, John Garrett:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant in Troop A, National Guard of Pennsylvania; eldest son of Companion Brevet Major Edward G. Whitesides. Elected Feb. 6, 1895. Ad- dress, 921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
WHITFIELD, J. Edward:
Analytical chemist; born in Albany, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1859; son of Robert P. Whitfield; he received his education in the schools of Albany, N. Y. Received the degree of Ph. D .; he then took a four years' course at the Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute, but did not graduate. Held chair of chemistry and physics in Na- tional College of Pharmacy. Married. in 1885, Florence P. Morton. With United States Geological Survey, 1880-18SS: since then of firm of Booth, Garrett & Blair, analytical chemists and engineers, Phila- delphia. Has published many articles on topics of his profession. Address, 406 Lo- cust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
WHITHAM, Jay Manuel:
Mechanical engineer; born in Warren, Ill., Aug. 24. 1855; son of John and Caro- line A. Whitham; was graduated in ma- rine engineering and naval architecture. 1881, and also in 1883 from the United States Naval Academy (A. M., St. John's College. Annapolis, Md .; C. E., and M. E., Arkansas Industrial University) ; married. 1883. Rebekah Emmet Dashiell; remained in the Engineer Corps of the Navy till
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1886; has been consulting engineer in steam and hydraulics in Philadelphia since 1891. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Society of Naval Engineers, New England Water Works Association. Author of "Steam Engine Design," 1839; "Constructive Steam Engineering." 1891. Contributor of engineering papers to tech- nical journals and proceedings. Address, 607 Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
WHITMAN, Benaiah Longley:
Pastor Baptist Church; born at Tor- brook, Nova Scotia, Nov. 21, 1862. At - tended the public schools of Nova Scotia till age of sixteen; graduated from Wor- cester Academy, Massachusetts, in 1883; Brown University, 1887; Newton Theolog- ical Institution, 1890. Pastor of the Free Street Baptist Church, Portland, Me., 1890-1902; President Colhy University, 1892-1905; President Columbian University, 1895-1900. Pastor Fifth Baptist Church Philadelphia, 1900. Literary output con- sists of sermons, addresses, chiefly edu- cational. and various handbooks for teaching purposes: "Elements of Sociol- ogy," "Elements of Ethics," "Elements of Political Science," "Outlines of Politi- cal History." Address, 800 Corinthian Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
WHITMER, Robert F .:
Railroad and lumber company president; born at Hartleton, Union County, Pa., Jan. 25, 1864; educated in the Pennsylva- nia State College and Lafayette College, from which institution he graduated in 1885. His father, William Whitmer, had long been distinguished for business ener- gy and ability, and the son, under his care, soon became familiar with the de- tails of the lumber trade, and gained prominence in the business interests of western Pennsylvania. The death of his father in 1596 loft open to him a num- ber of important positions, and he suc- ceeded to the Presidency of the Dry Fork Railroad, a road built by him through a wild mountain region of West Virginia, the Condon Lane Lumber Company, the William Whitmer & Sons Lumber Com- pany, and the William Whitmer & Sons Company, of Sunbury. He is also Vice President of the Buffalo Lumber Com- pany, of West Virginia. He is a mem- ber of the Union League of Philadelphia. Address, Sunbury, Pa.
WHITNEY, George I .:
Broker; of the brokerage firm of Whit- ney & Stephenson of Pittsburg; born in that city Nov, 24, 1847; attended the pub- Jic schools, and completed his education at the Western Pennsylvania University, graduating in 1868. In 1871 opened a brokerage office. In 1884 Mr. Whitney became a member of the New York Stock Exchange and has been a member of the Pittsburg Stock Exchange since its organ- ization. In 1886 he organized the Hos- tetter-Connellsville Coke Company; one of the organizers of the St. Clair Banking Company, now the Fifth National Bank, and is at present a Director of the Cen- tral District & Printing Telegraph Co. Since 1882 has been prominently identified with the street railway interests. Ad- dress, 45 Breckenridge Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
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