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MAGEE, George Whitten:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Venango County; born at Plain Grove, Lawrence County, Pa., in 1864; at fifteen years of age en- tered Grove City College, from which he was graduated in the classical course when twenty years old, having taught in the public schools five winters during this time; he then began the study of medicine and was graduated from the Western Pennsylvania Medical College in 1883, since which time he has been en- gaged in the practice of his profession. being associated with Dr. J. A. Ritchey, at Oil City; has been a member of the Oil City School Board for the past twelve years, and is now serving his third term as President of the Board; has always been a Republican and taken an active part in politics; was elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Oil City, Pa.
MAGEE, William Addison, Jr .:
State Senator from Allegheny County; born in Pittsburg, Pa .. May 4, 1873: edu- cated in the common schools and the Pittsburg High School; admitted to the bar of Allegheny County, June, 1895; in 1897 was appointed one of the Assistant District Attorneys for Allegheny County: resigned the following year and was elected to represent the Twenty-third Ward of Pittsburg in the Common Coun- cil: was re-elected in 1900 and was serv- ing in that capacity when elected to the Senate on April 16. 1901, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his uncle, Hon. Christopher Lyman Magee. Address, 518 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
MAGER. W. C .:
Banker: born in Lawrence County, Pa .; educated at Hopedale, Ohio. He was formerly Vice President of the H. C. Frick Coke Company, now President of Pickards-Magee Coke Company, and Vice President of Industrial National Bank.
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In politics he is a Republican. Perma- nent address. 1210 Frick Building, Pitts- burg, Pa.
MAGILL, Edward Hicks:
Educator; born in Solebury. Bucks County, Pa .. Sept. 24. 1\25; was graduat- ed from Brown University in 1952; re- ceived the degree of LL. D. from Haver- ford College. Principal of the classical department, High School.
Providence. R. I., 1852-1559; sub-master of Boston Public Latin School. 1559-1567: traveled abroad from 1967 to 1549: principal of the preparatory department of Swarth- more College. 1869-1570: President of Swarthmore, 1670-15\9; engaged in foreign study and travel. 1589-1\90: Professor of French, 1590-1902: now emeritus Professor and Lecturer on French Literature in Swarthmore. He is author of "French Grammar," "Intermediate French Read- er," "French Prose and Poetry." "Reading French Grammar." "Modern French
Series." Married, first. Sarah W. Beans. in 1$52: second. Sarah Elizabeth Gardi- ner, in 1902. Address, Swarthmore, Dela- ware Co., Pa.
MAGILL, Louis J .:
Major United States Marine Corps; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania Second Lieutenant July 1. 1535: First Lieutenant June 13. 1998: Captain March 3. 1899; Major June 18. 1903. First Lieu- tenant and Captain by brevet for good judgment and gallantry in battle at Guantanamo. Cuba, June 13. 1995; As- sistant Adjutant and Inspector. Address. Marine Headquarters, Washington. D. C.
MAGINNISS. Thomas Hobbs:
Lieutenant Colonel National Guard of Pennsylvania, retired: born in Tyrone, Ireland. March 26. 1vis; son of Rev. Chas. Maginniss. A. M. (T. C. D.), and Char- lotte A. M. (Hobbs): educated at classi- cal and military academies. Ireland. Married at Philadelphia in 1568 Sarah Thompson. His paternal grandfather. Sir John Maginniss. M. D., Knt .. was an eminent surgeon. sometime Mayor of Londonderry and physician to George IV. in Ireland. His internal grand- father was a Waterloo officer, Capt. Thomas Hobbs. 92nd Highlanders, of Bar- naboy House, whose five sons and six grandsons had served with distinction as officers in the British Army. He was preparing for a commission in the Brit- ish Army when he came to America, and
at sixteen enlisted in the United States Army: served with the Army of the Potomac until the close of the Rebel- lion, and in 1565 was transferred to the Pacific coast, where he served at many posts in the new territories and among the Indians; later served in the South and East. In 1579 he resigned from the army. and for twenty years was connect- ed with the U. S. Quartermaster's De- partment. Schuylkill Arsenal. at Phila- delphia. When the Spanish-American War commenced he was ordered to New York City to superintend the manufac- ture of uniforms and equipment, and in four months had turned over equipment for over 300.000 men. At the close of the war he resigned from the Government service. and is at present Secretary of the Pocahontas Collieries Company of Virginia. with headquarters in Philadel- phia. He was in command of the Third Regiment. N. G. P .. and made a record at the time of the Homestead riots by mustering his regiment in five hours and transporting them to the scene of disturbance. He is a member of Post 1, G. A. R .; Past Commander of Post 46. and a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, F. and M. Address, 3:11 Spruce St., Philadelphia. Pa.
MAGOFFIN. B .:
President of the Farmers and Me- chanics' National Bank of Mercer. Ad- dress. Mercer. Mercer County,, Pa.
MAGRUDER, David Lynn:
Colonel . United States Army: member of the Pennsylvania Commandory of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion: First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Unit- ed States Army Feb. 1. 1:50; Captain and Assistant Surgeon Feb. 1. 1\35; Major and Surgeon April 16. 1902: Lieutenant Colonel and Surgeon June 30. 10 2: Col- onel and Surgeon July 26. 1983; retired April 23. 169. Brevetted Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army March 13. 195. "for faithful and meritorious services during the war." Elected Feb. 4. 15 5: Council of the Commandery May 1. 1995-1 97. Address. 4042 Walnut St .. Philadelphia.
MAGRUDER, David Lynn, Jr .:
Member of the Pennsylvania Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Col. David L. Magrifler. Elected May 6. 1\91. Address. 4042 Walnut St., Phila- delphia.
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MAGUIRE, Edward:
Superintendent of Schools of Beaver Falls, Pa .; born at Seward, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1859; educated in the district school. the Cobleskill (N. Y.) Union Free School and Cornell University, where he was graduated in 1884: was a graduate stu- dent at Cornell University from 1893 to 1895, and one of the assistant librari- ans. He taught school at Seward, N. Y .; was principal at Laurens. N. Y., and Rushford, N. Y .; then Superintendent at Angelica, N. Y .; at Beaver Falls, Pa .. since June. 1902. He was married at Lockport, N. Y., July 24, 1889, to Melva E. Balliett of that place. Republican in politics. Address, 909 Eighth Ave., Bea- ver Falls, Pa.
MAHON, Thaddeus Maclay:
Congressman (Republican) of Cham- bersburg; born at Greenvillage, Franklin County. Pa., in 1840; received a common school and academic education; enlisted as a private in Company A, 126th Penn- sylvania Volunteers. in August, 1862. After term of service in this regiment re-enlisted as a veterna in January, 1864, in Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry: served until September. 1865: participated in most of the engagements with Army of the Potomac, Fifth Corps: was seri- ously wounded at Boydton Plank Road, Virginia, on Nov. 4. 1864; read law and was admitted to practice in 1871; has been actively engaged in his profession in Southern Pennsylvania ever since his admission to the bar; was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1870 and 1871: served as Chairman of General Ju- diciary Committee. He is President of Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Rail- road. President of St. Thomas Bank, a member of the commission having charge of the soldiers' orphan schools of Penn- sylvania. He was a candidate for Con- gress in the Eighteenth District in 1876, but was defeated by Hon. W. S. Stenger (who received the support of the Green- backers) by the small majority of 49: has always been a Republican and has always taken an active part in State and National politics: was elected to the Fif- ty-third. Fifty-fourth Fifty-fifth, Fifty- sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Chambersburg, Pa.
MAIZE, William Reynolds:
Captain United States Army: born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; pri-
vate, Nineteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, April 18. to Aug. 9, 1861; Second Lieu- tenant, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania In- fantry. Oct. 14, 1861; First Lieutenant Sept. 1, 1863; honorably mustered out Nov. 4. 1864; Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry, April 23, 1866; First Lieuten- ant Jan. 22, 1867; assigned to Twentieth Infantry, April 2. 1870; Captain May 6. 1882; brevetted Captain March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, Tenn .; retired Feb. 24, 1891. Adress, 2468 First St., San Diego, Cal.
MAKTEN, G. Hudson, M. D .:
Born July 16, 1855, in Goshen, Orange County, N. Y .; educated at Yale College and Jefferson Medical College. Married Nancy Baker Dyer Dec. 20, 1900. Re- publican in politics. President of the American Academy of Medicine, 1900, and of the Section on Laryngology and Otol- ogy of the American Medical Association, 1902; Professor of Defects of Speech in the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine. Member of the American Laryngological Association, and American Laryngological. Rhinolog- ical and Otological Society, College of Physicians. Philadelphia : Philadelphia
County Medical Society, Delaware Coun- ty Medical Society, and the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science. Author of numerous monographs on medical subjects. Present address. 252 South Sixteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MALLERY. John Conrad:
Major United States Army; born in Philadelphia: graduated from Williams College; appointed by President Lincoln to fill a vacancy in an Alabama Congres- sional district. during the war of the Re- bellion; graduated from the United States Military Academy in Corps of Engineers. U. S. A., Cadet Military Academy Sept. 16. 1863; Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant Engineers June 17. 1867; Cap- tain March 31. ISSO: Major Dec. 14, 1891; retired Jan. 26. 1895. Address, Newport, R. I.
MALLETT, Frank James:
Clergyman. author: Rector St. John's Episcopal Church. Sharon, Pa .; born at Lynn. England. Jan. 17. 1858: educated at Boys' British School in his native city: engaged in business for some years, then entered the ministry, coming to the United States in ISS4; entered Indiana
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Conference, but later became a candidate for Holy Orders in Protestant Episcopal Church; made deacon in ISSS, priest in 1889; for some time in charge of St. Paul's Church. New Albany. Ind .; St. Paul's. Marquette, Mich .: St. Paul's, Be- Yoit, Wis., and at Laramie, Wyo., where he was first Dean of the Cathedral in that city; is well known as a "missioner" and lyceum lecturer. Author of "Wit and Humor of the Parson." 1900; he is also editorial. feature-article writer and literary critic of the Pacific Churchman. etc .; writer of short stories for Boys' World of Chicago. Received the degrec of Ph. D. from Northern Illinois College in 1901. Elected Associate of Victoria Institute. or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, in 1902; also member of the Anthological Society. Address, Sha- ron, Pa.
MALONEY, Martin :
Gas company manager; born at Bal- langarry, Ireland. Nov. 11. 1848. He be- gan work when very young, learning the gasfitting. plumbing and stove business. Coming to the United States and settling at Scranton. Pa., he pushed forward suc- cessfully until he became the owner of the Hyde Park Gas Company and the Maloney Manufacturing and Gas Com- pany. He became connected also with several other enterprises, including the Globe Gas Light Company. the Elkins Manufacturing and Gas Company, and the United Gas Improvement Company. The most important of his company posi- tions is that of President of the Pennsyl- vania Heat. Light and Power Company, whose affairs he manages with a ripe business judgment and a thorough knowl- edge of its technical requirements. He is at present concerned in a number of manufacturing, electric light, water and gas companies, and has a wide reputation as a promoter of industrial enterprises. Address, 220 W. Logan Square, Phila- delphia, Pa.
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MALONE, Robert:
President of the First National Bank of Etna. Address, Etna, Allegheny Coun- ty, Pa.
MALSBERGER, G. N .:
President of the Security Company. Address, Pottstown, Pa.
MANHELY, John:
Iron dealer; born in Ireland in 1936, where he was educated and became a
teacher. On his emigration to America he engaged in the same vocation, teaching a public school in Berks County, Pa. In October. 1859, he entered the estab- lishment of Seifert, McManus & Co., iron dealers of Philadelphia, with whom he remained for the following eighteen years. He engaged in business on his own account in May, 1877, establishing himself in lower Arch Street, where he became concerned in the sale of wrought iron pipe, boiler tubes, valves, and mal- ieable iron fittings. His business grew till it became enormous in extent, he be- ing compelled to establish a second cen- tre of operations in Pittsburg, while his sales extended to all parts of the coun- try. His business has grown entirely on its merits, and he has never employed a traveling salesman. Mr. Maneely has devoted himself strictly to his business, his only office being that of Vice Presi- dent of the Iron and Steel Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Co. Address, 309 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MANGER, David B .:
Justice; born in Douglass Township, Berks County, Pa., Aug. 12, 1822; edu- cated in the township schools; taught in the public schools and then conducted for seven years the Douglassville Acad- emy. Subsequently he followed survey- ing and conveyancing. and in 1850 was elected a Justice of the Peace. wluch office he still holds. having been re- elected from time to time: he is now one of the oldest Justices in Pennsyl- vania 'in point of continuous service. He has been an officer of numerous local corporations and was a member of the School Board of Douglass Township for a long period; has been Secretary of the Douglassville and Yellow House Turn- pike Company since its organization in 1867; was Secretary and Treasurer of the Douglassville Bridge Company for seventeen years, and one of the mana- gers of the Perkiomen and Reading Turnpike Company; was elected a Direc- tor of the Boyertown Mutual Fire In- surance Company in January, 1866, and still holds that office. He was one of the organizers of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry (Grangers) in Pennsylvania, and in September, 1873. was elected the first State Master: in January, 1\75, he was re-elected at the annual meeting of subordinate Granges, held in Wil- liamsport. Pa, but upon the expiration of this term declined a re-election;
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while State Master he represented the Pennsylvania State Grange at meetings of the National Grange held as follows: St. Louis, Mo., January, 1874; Charles- ton, S. C., January, 1875; Louisville, Ky., November, 1875, and Chicago, Novem- ber, 1876, Address, Reading, Pa.
MANN. William Abram:
Major United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy, Aug. 1. 1871; Second Lieutenant Seventeenth Infantry. June 16, 1875; First Lieutenant, May 19, 1SS1; Adjutant, Jan. 30. 1SS5, to Jan. 30, 1SS9; Captain. Jan. 1, 1896; Major Fourteenth Infantry, July 1, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I.
MANOWN. W. J .:
President of the First National Bank of Belle Vernon. Address, Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pa.
MANSFIELD, Ira F .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Beaver County; born in Poland, Ohio, June 27. 1842; learned the iron moulding trade in Pitts- burg: in 1862 he enlisted in 105th Ohio regiment; promoted Second Lieutenant to date from battle of Perryville, Ky., First Lieutenant at Chickamauga, Ga., and Captain and Acting Quartermaster at Lookout Mountain; took part in Sher- man's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Washington. He is owner and operator of cannel coal mines; has made extensive collection of fossil plants and the native flowers and orchids. He is President of Greersburg Academy and Vice President of Beaver College; also President of the Shenango and Bea- ver Valley Railway, and Director in Wa- bash lines; member of the House of Rep- resentatives, sessions of 1581, 1893. 1895. 1897. and re-elected in November, 1902. Address, Beaver, Pa.
MANTON. Benjamin Dyer:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Acting Volunteer Lieutenant United States Navy. Oct. 21. 1861: re- signed and honorably discharged, Sept. 10. 1863: elected Oct. 20, 1897. Address. Colona, Uruguay.
MANWARING, A. H .:
Electrical engineer of the Philadelphia Electric Company: born at Mexico, Os- wego County, N. Y., Aug. S. 1859; moved
to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1874; educated in the public schools and in Bryant & Strat- ton's Business College. First employed by the Brush Electric Company of Cleve- land, Ohio, August, 1550. manufacturing carbons for arc lamps; later was trans- ferred to the lamp department, assem- bling are lamps; in November, 1580, was assigned to take charge of the construc- tion and erection of electrical plants for the Eastern agency at Philadelphia, Pa. Among the plants installed are the fol- lowing: Jackson & Sharp's Car Works, Wilmington, Del .: Wm. Sellers Company, Philadelphia, Pa .; Delaware & Lacka- wanna Iron and Coal Company, Scranton, Pa .; Reading Coal and Iron Company, Reading, Pa .; Blain Car Works, Hunting- don, Pa. In August, 1881, he took charge of the installation and remodelling of electric light plants for the Thomson- Houston Company of Philadelphia. Among the plants installed or remodelled are the following: Caverns of Luray, Virginia; Midvale Steel Works,
Steelton, Pa .; Pencoje Iron Works, Philadelphia, Pa., Girard Hotel. Philadelphia, Pa. In 1882 he accepted a position with the Brush Electric Light Company of Philadelphia, taking charge of the commercial wiring; appointed Assistant Superintendent in 1884, General Superintendent of Elec- trical Department in 1890, and engineer for the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1899. Address, Tenth and Sansom Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
MARCH, Alden:
Editor; born in Easton, Pa., Sept. 29. 1869; son of Francis Andrew March. LL. D., L. H. D., and Mildred Stone ( Con- way) March; educated in the public schools of Easton and Lafayette College, 1890: taught Greek at Keswick School, Cobham, Va., 1890-1591; since then con- nected with the Philadelphia Press in various capacities; Sunday editor since 1897. Author of "The Conquest of the Philippines and Our Other Island Pos- sessions" (Winston & Co. 1899), and four college plays produced from 188% to 1891. Address, The Press, Philadelphia, Pa.
MAARCH. Franklin:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Chester County; born at Lawrenceville, Chester County. Pa., July 14. 1537: was educated at Wash- ington Hall. Freeland Seminary (now U'r- sinus College), Pughton Academy and Millersville State Normal School, and was
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graduated from the latter institution in 1857. He followedthe profession of teach- ing for a short time and in 1 59. after having been employed in the office of the collector of the Sehuylkill Navigation Company. began the study of law at the State and Normal Law School, at Pough- keepsie. N. Y .. where he remained one year: he finished his course of study in the office of A. B. Longaker. at Norris- town. and in 1360 was admitted to the Montgomery County bar, and practiced his profession mmany years: was elected Burgess of Norristown in 1962. In 1867 he removed to Lawrenceville; has for a number of years practiced law at the bar of Chester County: was elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Parkerford. Pa.
MARCH, Peyton Conway:
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Captain United States Army: born at Easton. Pa .. Dee. 27. 1564; was gradu- ated from Easton High School, 1SS0: hon- orary graduate Lafayette College. 18S4; A. M., Lafayette College, 1587; graduate of West Point Military Academy. 1SSS: gradute of Artillery School, Fort Monroe. 189S. Married Josephine Cuningham at Hampton, Va .. July 4. 1991; Second Lieu- tenant Third Artillery, 18SS; First Lieu- tenant Fifth Artillery, 1894; Captain Ar- tillery Corps. 1901. Organized and com- manded Astor Battery during Spanish War: Major and Lieutenant Colonel Thirty-third Infantry. United States Vol- unteers. Philippine insurrection: com- manded American forees in battle at Tilad Pass. Luzon. where insurgent General Gregorio del Pilar was killed, Dee. 2. 1899; during same expedition General Venancio Conception, Chief of Staff to Aguinaldo, surrendered to Major March. and Aguin- aldo's wife with her escort were captured. Member of the first General Staff of the Army since Aug. 15. 1903. Nominated by the President March 20, 1903. for the following brevets: Captain United States Army, action near Manila, Aug. 13. 1998: Lieutenant Colonel United States Volun- teers, aetions at Porac. Sept. 28. and San Jaeinto. Luzon, Nov. 11, 1 99; and Colonel United States Volunteers, for action at Tilad Pass. Dec. 2. and Cayan, Dec. 5. 1899. Military Attaché. Address. U. S. Legation. Tokyo, Japan.
MARCUS, .:
President of the Union Surety and Guaranty Company. Address. 1423 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MARKELL, F. E .:
President the Citizens' National Bank of Connellsville. Address, Connells- ville, Fayette County, Pa.
MARKLE, 1 .:
President of the Markle Banking and Trust Company. Address. Hazleton, Lu- zerne County, Pa.
MARKLE, John:
Coal operator: born in Hazleton. Pa .. Dee. 15, 1858; was graduated from La- fayette College. taking the mining en- gineering course. 1850. Married in New York, April 22, 1884. May E. Robinson. Was appointed. November, 1880, General Superintendent of the mines of G. B. Markle & Co .. and upon his father's re- tirement sueeeeded him and has been for some years one of the largest of the in- dependent companies in the anthracite eoal field. President and chief engineer of the Jeddo Tunnel Company; was one of the Committee of One Hundred. known as "eaptains of industry," invited to meet Prince Henry of Prussia on the oeca- sion of his visit to this country; repre- sented the independent operators in the negotiations with President Roosevelt, and in the inquiry by the President's commission in connection with the an- thracite coal strike of 1902. November, 1699, elected President of the Sprague Electrie Company. New York City, sold to the General Electrie Company in 1901. Director of the Highland Coal Com- pany. East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company. Rockhill Iron and Coal Com-
1 pany. Shade Gap Railroad Company, Wilkesbarre & Hazleton Railroad Com- pany and Hazle Hall Association. Trus- tee of J. Hood Wright Memorial Hos- pital, New York City; Trustee of State Hospital of the Middle Coal Field of Pennsylvania. located at Hazleton, and Trustee of Lafayette College. Easton, Pa. Address. Jeddo, Pa.
MARKLEY. Alfred Collins:
Colonel United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania: private in Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry (State Militia). Sept. 1, to 15. 1842: Cor- poral Fifty-second Pennsylvania Infantry (State Militia), July 9. to Sept. 1, 1863. Both in service of the United States. Ser- geant Co. K. 197th Pennsylvania Infantry, July 11 to Sept. 5. 151; Second Lieuten- ant 127th United States Colored Infantry.
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Sept. 9. 1861; First Lieutenant, March 5, 1865; honorably mustered out. Oct. 20, 1865; Second Lieutenant Forty-first Infan- try. July 28, 1865: Adjutant. Dec. 25, 1866, to June 14, 1867; First Lieutenant, March 31, 1868; transferred to Twenty- fourth Infantry, Nov. 11, 1863; Captain, March 20, 1879; Major Eleventh Infantry, April 26, 1895; transferred to Twenty- fourth Infantry, Aug. €, 1898; Lieutenant Colonel Twenty-second Infantry, June 9, 1900; transferred to Twenty-fourth infan- try, Aug. 7, 1900; Colonel Thirteenth In- fantry, Oct. 5, 1901. Colonel Markley served with much distinction in the Span- ish-American War; his services in Cuba winning the approval of his official su- periors and the admiration of the serv- ice at large. Address, Fort MeDowell, Cal. 1
MARKS, William F., M. D .:
Born April 6. 1846, in Leesport, Berks County, Pa .; adopted at the age of four years by Jacob Rieser. a farmer, his mother and two sisters and a brother having been drowned in a freshet in the Schuylkill River in the spring of 1850; his father lost his life in the Civil War. Dr. Marks was educated in the public schools, and attended the Freeland Sem- inary at Collegeville and the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown, Pa .; he . taught school for three years, and then commenced the study of medicine; was graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, March 3, 1869; commenced the practice of his pro- fession in Leesport, but removed in Janu- ary, 1871 to Reading, Pa., where he is still in active practice. He has been a member of the Reading Board of Health for a number of years, and is a member of the Hahnemann Medical Society of Reading. Address, Reading, Pa.
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