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MARLAND, Ernest Whitworth:
President of the Pittsburg Securities and Guarantee Company of Pittsburg. Pa .; born in Pittsburg, May 8, 1874; was graduated from Rugby College and the University of Michigan; read law and was admitted to the bar in Allegheny County in June, 1595. At the age of twenty-one years he was elected a Direc- tor and made general counsel of the Pittsburg Securities and Guarantee Com- pany in 1902: in 1903 he was elected Pres- ident of that institution; is an organizer and financier of corporations. Married in November, 1903, Mary Virginia Collins of Philadelphia. Republican in politics.
Address, The Buckingham, Craft Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
MARLIN, Harry, A .:
Capitalist: was born at Brookville, Pa., in 1856, and at an early age moved to Oil City with his parents, where they re- sided until 1873; after completing his education he went to work in a bank in Parker until 1879, when he went to Bradford, and was instrumental in form- ing the Bradford Bank, of which he was teller. For seven years he held the posi- tion of Vice President and Director of the Bradford Oil Exchange.
In 1881 he formed a partnership with A. J. Steven- son, operating a brokerage business, with offices in Bradford, Pittsburg and New York, being members of the Pittsburg Oil Exchange and the New York Consolidated Stock Exchange; in 1889 he severed this partnership and went into manufacturing business in Pittsburg until 1899, when he purchased a seat on the Pittsburg Stock Exchange; he has since conducted a bro- kerage business, making a specialty of local securities; in addition he handles the floor trade of Darr, Luke & Moore. He served for two years as a Director of the Pittsburg Stock Exchange and is prominent and respected in financial cir- cles. Address, 336 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
MARQUIS, M. S .:
President of the Home Trust Company of Newcastle. Address, Newcastle, Law- rence County, Pa.
MARR, William A .:
Jurist; born in Union County, Pa., July S, 1838; he subsequently became a resi- dent of Ashland, where he studied law and obtained admittance to the bar of Schuylkill County, and where for many years he conducted a successful practice in the county courts. alike in civil and criminal law. A man of varied experi- ence and recognized ability. he was elected a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1899, a position which he still fills with faithfulness and ability. Ad- dress, Ashland, Pa.
MARRON, John:
Lawyer: born Ang. 28. 1854. in Pitts- burg: son of James and Margaret (Mc- Cune) Marron: educated in the public and select schools of Pittsburg and Allegheny. and in the Pittsburg Central High School;
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he was admitted to the Allegheny Coun- ty bar Dec. 21, 1875. Address, Frick Building, Pittsburg, Pa.
MARSDEN, Mark W .:
Inventor; born in Bradford, England, July 7, 1852; he emigrated to the United States in 1865, seeking West Vir- ginia, in whose schools his education was completed. His first occupations were in the charcoal manufacture and iron smelt- ing, in which he soon decided that a knowledge of chemistry was essential to success; he began the study of this sci- ence at the age of twenty. and soon be- came proficient in it, his chemical studies leading him into the manufacture of paints and dyes, in which he proved very successful; his taste for research led him to the important discovery of methods of utilizing the apparently useless pith of the cornstalk, from which he produced a cellulose impervious to water, and serving as the best material known as a packing for the armor of war vessels, its expan- sive properties preventing the inflow of water if the armor was pierced by a shell; this has been used in several of the United States warships; he has also produced from the cornstalk fibre a food for feeding dairy cattle; this enterprise has assumed large proportions. and company has been formed capitalized at $50,000,000. He is General Manager of the Marsden Company, with works at Rock- ford, Ill., Owensboro. Ky., and Chester, Pa. Address. Chester, Pa.
MARSH, George E .:
President of the Farmers' Bank of Townville. Address, Townville, Crawford County, Pa.
MARSHALL, John:
Physician, chemist; born in Reading, Pa., Feb. , 1855; was graduated from the Ashland High School; took a full course at the Pennsylvania College. Get- tysburg, and was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1875, receiving prize of $100 for his thesis on a chemical subject; studied at the University of Göttingen, 1879; Tubingen. 1882, and Christiania, Norway; LL. D., Pennsylvania College, 1$99; Assistant Demonstrator of practical chemistry, 1878-1873; Demonstrator same, 1879-1SS9; Assistant Professor Chemistry. 1889-1897. Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology since 1997, medical department of the University of Pennsylvania; Dean
of faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 1889- 1897; Dean of the faculty of medicine, 1882-1902, University of Pennsylvania. Member of the American Chemical So- ciety, American Physiological Society, Fellow College Physicians, Philadelphia; Sigma Xi. Married, April 24, 1584, Mary W. Wormley. Member of the University Club. Author of "A Course for Systemat- ic Qualitative Testing" (with G. E. Ab- bot), 1579; "Chemical Analysis of the Urine" (with Edgar F. Smith). 1SS1; also translated "Medicus' Qualitative Analy- sis," 1892. Contributor to numerous Am- erican and German chemical journals. Address, 1718 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MARSHALL. Rody Patterson:
Lawyer; born Nov. 7, 1870, at Allegheny City, Pa., the son of Thomas M. and Mary M. (Patterson) Marshall. He was educated at the Pittsburg Academy and the University of Michigan, Law De- partment. He was admitted to the Al- legheny County bar Dec. 17, 1892. Re- publican in politics. Address. 508 Dia- mond St .. Pittsburg, Pa.
MARSHALL, Thomas M .:
Lawyer; born Jan. 23, 1860, in Pitts- burg, Pa .; son of T. M. and Mary M. (Patterson) Marshall. Educated at New- ell Institute. Pittsburg, and by private tutors. Took a special course of one year at the Law Department of the University of Harvard. Admitted to the Allegheny County bar. July 2. 18$1. Republican in politics. Address, 605 Neville St., Pitts- burg, Pa.
MARSHALL, W. A .:
Commander United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania. Appointed to the Naval Academy from the Ninth District. rep- resented by Thaddeus Stevens, in June. 1867: Midshipman, June, 1871; Ensign, July. 1872: Master. April, 1875: Lieutenant. April. 1882; Iroquois and Canandaigua. N. A. Station. 1871-1872; Hartford. China Station. 1872-1874; Tennessee, China Sta- tion. 1875-1878; training ship New Hamp- shire. 1879-1580; Vandalia, N. A. Station. 1850-1883: Branch Hydrographic Office. Boston, 1883-1856: Dolphin. cruising. 18St- 1\$9; Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I .. 1859-1893: Charleston, South Atlantic Sta- tion. 1893-1894; Detroit. China Station. 1\94-1996: Naval Academy.
1896-1997; Navy Yard. New York, los; Resolute. Dec. 15. 1998; New York. Dec. 15, 1898.
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Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, March 3. 1899; Kearsarge, Dec. 15, 1898, to 1903; promoted Commander Dec. 27, 1901. Commanding Vicksburg since April 22, 1903. Address, care Navy Depart- ment, Washington, D. C.
MARSHALL, W. H .:
President of the First National Bank of Wampum. Address, Wampum, Law- rence County, Pa.
MARTIN, AHen K .:
President of the Farmers' Bank of Hummelstown. Address, Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pa.
MARTIN, Amos I .:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet, Military Academy, June 15, 1889; Second Lieutenant First Infantry, June 12, 1893; First Lieutenant April 26, 1898; trans- ferred to Nineteenth Infantry Sept. 9, 1$99; Captain Feb. 2. 1901; assigned to Quartermaster's Department March 4, 1903. Address, Manila, P. I.
MARTIN. Chalmers:
Clergyman, educator, author; born at Ashland, Clay County, Ky., Sept. 7, 1≤39; was graduated from Princeton in 1579; with degree of A. M., 1SS2, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1§§2 with the degree of D. D., 1901; or- Gained Presbyterian minister April 17, 1883; Missionary Loas tribes, Northern Siam, 1883-1886; pastor of First l'res-
byterian Church. Moorestown, N. J., 1888-1891; First Presbyterian Church, Port Henry, N. Y., 1891-1892; Instruc- tor in Hebrew of Princeton Univer- sity and Elliott F. Shepard Instructor in Old Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary. 1892-1900; Students' Lecturer on Missions. Princeton Theological Sem- inary, 1894-1895, and 1900-1901. Married. Sept. 25. 1583, Lillian Allen. Author of "Apostolic and Modern Missions," 1895 Contributor to articles on Siam in the Cyclopedia of Missions, 1891; "Titles of the Psalms," in Presbyterian and Re- views, 1900; chapter on "Siam" in Chris- tendom, 1901 and 1902. Address, Pitts- burg, Pa.
MARTIN. David Herron:
Puldisher. Prohibitionist: born in Pitts- burg. Pa., March 28. 1649; educated in the public schools of Allegheny, Pa .; pub- lishor of temperance papers for many years, now publisher of The Educator;
was nominated for Congress on Prohibi- tion ticket; has been Burgess and a mem- ber of the Council of Bellevue, Pa., for ten years. Was candidate for Vice Pres- ident on the United Christian Party tick- et, 1900. Formerly Republican, but more recently a Prohibitionist; member Nat. Executive Committee, United Christian Party. Address, Bellevue, Pa.
MARTIN, Edward:
Physician; born in Philadelphia, 1860; was graduated from Swarthmore College, 1878; the University of Pennsylvania, 1883; Professor Clinical Surgery in Uni- versity of Pennsylvania; surgeon in Phil- adelphia, St. Agnes, and Howard Hos- pitals; Consulting Surgeon Bryn Mawr Hospital. Director Public Health and Charities, Philadelphia. Address, 1506 Lo- cust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MARTIN, Francis P .:
Lawyer; born of Irish ancestry, in Schuylkill County, Pa., March 18, 1856. In his early days he worked on a farm and picked slate in the coal breakers; then learned the trade of machinist; be- came a locomotive engineer, and worked at railroading till the strike of 1877, when he abandoned it. While a boy he had acquired a fair English education in the Tamaqua public schools. After leaving his work on the locomotive he began the study of law in the office of Major A. S. Howell, of Easton, and subsequently studied in the Georgetown University at Washington. where he was graduated in 18$3. and admitted to the bar. He was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court in 1686, and re- turning to Pennsylvania, was admitted to the bars of Crawford County and of the State Supreme Court in 18S7. He was assistant corporation clerk under Gov. Pattison, 1885-1887. In his legal business Mr. Martin has had much suc- cess. He is a Democrat in political faith, but never sought party honors, though in 1896 he was put forward by his friends as a candidate for the State Senate. Ad- dress, Johnstown, Pa.
MARTIN, John R .:
Pay Director United States Navy; born in Strasburg. Pa. Appointed Assistant Paymaster, from Ohio, June. 1878: Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. INTS; U. S. steamer Rio Bravo, on the Rio Grande. 1×79-1880: United States practice ship Dais. 1881; United States steamer Alert. Asiatic Station, 1881-1832; Navy Yard.
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New York, 1882-1883; temporarily in 1
charge of inspection of provisions and clothing, 1883; in charge of Storehouse at Rio de Janeiro, 1864; United States steam- er Alliance. North Atlantic and South Atlantic Stations. 1885-ISSS; detailed
as commissary ashore at Aspinwall,
in Colombian Revolution in summer of 1885; United States Flagship Gaiena, North Atlantic Station. 1888-1890. Pro- moted to Passed Assistant Paymaster, Janvary. 1552; Yorktown. Pacific Station,
October. 1891-1894. Promoted to Pay-
master, February. 1894; Puget Sound Naval Station. April, 1894-1895: settling accounts, January, 1895; Naval Station. Key West, May, 1895; Boston, November, 1895 to 1898; R. S. Richmond, 1899-1902; Pay Inspector June 13. 1902. Asiatic Sta- tion, Jan. 1, 1902, to January, 1904. Pro- moted to Pay Director April 13, 1904. General Storekeeper. Navy Yard, League Island, Pa., since April,. 1904. Address, 2029 Locust st., Philadelphia, Pa.
MARTIN, Jonathan Willis:
Jurist; born in Philadelphia, May 29, 1856, the descendant of a family of lead- ing importance in early New Jersey and Pennsylvania history. Adopting the pro- fession of the law, he studied in the of- fice of J. Sergeant Price and in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1879, He associated in business with his preceptor and entered into active prac- tice, being admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court in 1881. Before the Spanish-American War he was counsel for the Spanish Government, and also represented as counsel The Land Title and Trust Company, and the Arch, Race and Vine Street railways before their absorption by the Union Traction Company. After the death of his partner he became associated with Eli K. Price, son of the former, this firm continuing until Judge Martin's elevation to the bench in 1901, as President Judge of the No. 5 Court of Common Pleas. Judge Martin has been concerned in numerous cases of leading importance. For a num- ber of years he has been interested in military affairs, and is now Second Lieu- tenant of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, with which he served in Porto Rico during the Spanish-American War. He is a member of various mili- tary societies, is interested in several charitable associations, being Manager of the Blind Asylum. the Preston Retreat, and the Gynecean Hospital, and belongs to a number of scientific and other socie-
ties. He is President of the Markham Club and a member of the Philadelphia, Rittenhouse, Penn, and various other clubs. He married Elizabeth C. Price in 1886. Address, 2173 North Franklin St , Philadelphia, Pa.
MARTIN, Milton D .:
President of the Guardian Trust Con- pany of York. Address, York, Pa.
MARTIN, Samuel Albert:
Educator, author; born Cannonsburg, Pa., Nov. 1, 1853. Graduated from La- fayette College, 1877. Studied theology in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Princeton Seminary. Received degree of D. D. from Lafayette, 1892. Married Kate K. Por- ter, of Easton. February, 1881. Entered Presterian Ministry, 1$$1. Pastor of Christ Church, Lebanon, Pa .. 1891-1895; Professor of Homileties, Lincoln Univer- sity, 1885-1895; President of Wilson Col- lege, 1895-1903: Acting Professor of Hom- ieties. Princeton Seminary, 1902-1903; President of Pennsylvania College since 1903. Author of "The Man of Uz," and numerous magazine and review articles. Married May Augusta Ricker, December, 1900. Address. Chambersburg. Pa.
MARTIN, Sylvester Hopkins:
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- dery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; private Twenty-third Pennsyl- vania Infantry April 21. 1861; honorably discharged July 31, 1861; private Eighty- eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Sept, 16, 1961; Sergeant Oct. 5, 1\$1; First Sergeant July 1. 1861: discharged for promotion Nov. 10. 1862: Second Lieutenant Eighty- eighth Pennsylvania Infantry. Nov. 11. 1862; First Lieutenant Feb. 2, 1864; Cap- tain Jan. 30. 1865; resigned and honor- ably discharged June 9. 1865. Awarded the medal of honor under resolution of Congress "for most distinguished gal- lantry in action at the Weldon Railroad. Va .. Aug. 19. 1864." Elected Oct. 14, 1596. Address, 1917 South Hicks St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MARTIN. William:
President of the First National Bank of Canonsburg. Address, Canonsburg, Wash- ington County, Pa.
MARVIN, William 1 .:
President of the People's National Bank of Tarentum. Address, Tarentum. Alle- sheny County, Pa.
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MARX, J. H .:
Lawyer; born in Kutztown, Pa., in 1846. After attending the public schools of his native town, he studied law in the office of Hiram H. Schwartz, and was admitted to the bar Aug. 13, 1STS. He then opened a law office in Kutztown, and was elected a Justice of the Peace, and has been re- elected successively since. Has served in the School Board, and also is Borough So- licitor. Address, Reading, Pa.
MASON. Harriet L .:
Teacher; born Keene, N. H., Sept. 15, 1862; was graduated from the State Nor- mal School, Plymouth, N. H., 1882; in- structor Hampton, Va., 18$3 and at Bradford. Pa .. 1885. Professor of English Language and Literature in Drexel Insti- tute since 1901. Author of "Students' Reading and Questions in English Liter- ature," 1898; "Synonyms Discriminated," 1898, Drexel Institute .; "American Liter- ature; A Laboratory Method," 1901, Ad- dress, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia. Pa.
MASON, John:
Vice Consul of Portugal, at Philadel- phia; born March €, 1834, at San Juan, Porto Rico, American parentage, father and mother natives of Gloucester, Mass., his father, John, and uncle. Sidney Mason, having settled and established one of the first foreign commercial houses in the island of Porto Rico, in 1820. Lineal descendant of Capt. Hugh Mason, an carly settler of Watertown, Mass., 1634. Moved to Philadelphia in 1840, where his father established a business under the, firm name of Mason & Kirkland, after- ward John Mason & Co., whose extensive business relations with the West Indies, South America, Philippines and Java ranked them among the leading import- ers of their products in the United States. Educated and graduated at Thos. P. James's Academy and in 1852 entered as clerk the commercial honse of his father; went to Brazil as a representative of the firm in 1856, remaining until the latter part of 1857, from which period until 186! spent most of his time in the West In- dies, principally in Cuba and Porto Rico. Was admitted to the firm as junior part- ner in 1861. Was a member of the First Regiment. National Guard, during the Civil War and with the regiment when ordered to the support of the army at the battle of Antietam, September, 1562.
Married Mary Blight Hazlehurst, daugh- ter of John Hazlehurst. Was one of orig- inal Board of Directors of Philadelphia Commercial Exchange, a Director of the First National Bank, 1865. Member of the Union League since February, 1863. Appointed Vice Consul of Brazil, at Phil- adelphia, by the Emperor, Don Pedro II., in 1876 (which position he resigned in 189S.) and was also appointed at same time Vice Consul of Portugal by King Luis I., of Portugal, still retaining the position. He was the delegate of the As- sociacao Commercial, of Funchal, Ma- deira, to the International Commercial Congress in Philadelphia in 1899. Ad- dress, Vice Consul of Portugal, Phila- delphia, Pa.
MASON, Newton Eliphalet:
Commander United States Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy July 24, 1865; was graduated, 1869; Sa- bine, special cruise, 1869-1870; promoted to Ensign, 1870; torpedo instruction, 1871; Wabash, European Squadron, 1871-1872; promoted to Master, 1872; Manhattan (ironclad), North Atlantic Station, 1873; Kansas, same station. 1874-1875; com- missioned as Lieutenant, 1874: Catskill (ironclad), North Atlantic Station. 1875- 1876; Ossipee, same station. 1876-1877; receiving ship St. Louis, 1878-1850: Mon- ocacy, Asiatic Station, 1880-1883; Pensa- cola, Asiatic Station, 1SS3-1884; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1SS4-1885; Bureau of Ordnance, 1885-1859; Petrel, North Atlantic Station, 1859, to October. 1891; Miantonomah, North Atlantic Sta- tion, October, 1891, to November, 1822; Bureau of Ordnance, November, 1892, to June, 1893; Inspector of Ordnance, in charge of Naval Ordnance Proving Grounds. June. 1893, to 1896; commis- sioned as Lieutenant Commander, No- vember, 1896; Brooklyn, December, 1896. to February, 1899; Inspector of Ordnance, League Island Navy Yard, February, 1899. to October, 1899; Inspector of Ordnance. in charge of Naval Torpedo Station. Oc- tober. 1899, to 1902; promoted Command- er. November, 1899: commanding Cin- cinnati, 1902. to May, 1904; Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, Washing- ton, D. C., since June. 1904. Address, Navy Department, Washington. D. C.
MASON, Samuel C .:
Lawyer; born in Mercer County, March 1. 1\27. the son of a farmer; studied in
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the public schools and taught school for a number of years, after which he en- tered Allegheny College. In 1850 he en- tered upon the study of law under Hon. John Hoge, and was admitted to the bar of Mercer County in 1852. In 1867 he
- entered into partnership with Samuel Griffith, and continued associated with him till 1879, since which date he has practiced alone. In political life he be- came an carnest advocate of a national currency and an opponent of the national bank system, sustaining his views with such ability and energy that the people of Western Pennsylvania knew him as the "Father of the Greenback Party." His name was quoted for the Supreme Judgeship at the Greenback convention of 1577, but the demands of his large practice caused him to decline a nomina- tion. In 1878 he was nominated for Gov- ernor on the Greenback ticket. He has beld several political positions, such as District Attorney, etc., but of late has not been active politically. He has long been a trustee and manager in numerous enterprises, and is attorney for the Lake Shore and Pennsylvania Railroad. Ad- dress, Mercer, Pa.
MASON, Sidney:
" General Manager Wellsbach Light Com- pany; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 18, 1S67; son of John and Mary B. Hazlehurst Ma- son; on his paternal side lineal descend- ant of Capt. Hugh Mason, one of the ear- liest settlers (1634) of Watertown, Mass .; on his maternal side, from Isaac Hazle- hurst, Abraham Markoe and John Dun- lap. well known in the carly history of Philadelphia, the two latter being respec- tively the first and second Captains of the First Troop; educated in Philadelphia. Early in life he entered the manufactur- ing concern of Harrison Brothers & Co., where, after a clerkship of five years, he advanced to a position of responsibility; was with the Cramp Company for two years, and then entered in a minor posi- tion in the Welsbach Lighting Company, rapidly advancing through the various po- sitions to General Manager, and was elected President of the Company in 1901, which position he now holds. Married in 1897 to EHlen Orton Sherrerd, daughter of the late James H. Sherrerd. Vice- President of the Markliam Club and a member of the Union League of Phila- delphia, Lawyers' Club of New York, and Duquesne Club of Pittsburg. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
MASSEY, George Betton:
Physician; born in Massey, Kent Coun- ty, Md., Nov. 15, 1856; educated in Ga- lena, Md., and by private tutors at Tal- lahassee, Fla .; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1876; established a prac- tice in 1876, but since 1880 has made a specialty of electro-therapeutic practice; has advocated electro-therapeutics in gynecology and treatment of cancer in various medical conventions; was assist- ant physician of the State Hospital for Insane, Danville, Pa., 1876-1879; assistant physician Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, Philadelphia, 1879-1887; electro-therapeu- tist, same, 1881-1887; physician in the gynecological department of Howard Hos- pital, Philadelphia, 1887-1898; judge of awards International Electrical Exhibi- tion, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1884; former President and Fellow Amer- ican Electro-Therapeutic Association. Is member of American Medical Associa- tion, Philadelphia Neurological Associa- tion, Philadelphia County Medical Asso- ciation: original member of Philadelphia Medical Club. Married, 1885, Harriet Louise Stairs. Author of "Electricity in the Diseases of Women," 18SS; "Conser- vative Gynecology and Electro-therapeu- tics," 1898; is also the writer of numerous papers in medical transactions and jour- nals pertaining to electrotherapy. Ad- dress, Haverford, Pa.
MATHERS, J. H .:
President of the Bellwood Bank. Ad- dress. Bellwood, Blair County, Pa.
MATHEWS, Alfred:
Editor; born.in Painesville, Ohio. Sept. 11, 1852; educated in public schools and private study; began his career in jour- nalism or Cleveland Leader and was at various times engaged on many other papers. Afterward became connected with book publishing houses, and is a special writer and book reviewer for Eastern journals. Author of "Ohio and the Western Reserve," 1902; also many historical and other monographs, paniph- lets, magazine articles on historical, bio- logical, descriptive and critical subjects. Address. Philadelphia, Pa.
MATHEWS, Charles Henry:
Lawyer; son of Charles H. Mathews, M. D .. and Margaret Rodman Mathews; born in Doylestown. Bucks County, Pa .. April 21, 1844. On his father's side his
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ancestry came to this country from Llan- genych, South Wales, England, in 1710. and first settled in New Castle County. Del .; his ancestry on his mother's side were of the inhabitants of Christ Church Parish, Barbadoes, and subsequently re- moved to Newport, R. I .. about 1682. He received his early education at a classical school in his native placc, at- tended the High School at Lawrenceville, N. J., and was graduated from the Col- lege of New Jersey (now Princeton Uni- versity) in 1864. After pursuing his stud- ies in the law office of Gilbert Rodman Fox. Esq., in Norristown. Pa .. he was admitted to the bar of the Seventh Ju- dicial District of Pennsylvania in June, 1867. and to the bar of Philadelphia in November of the same year; has contin- ued the practice of his profession in Philadelphia since his admission to the bar. His present address is No. 717 Wal- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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