Newspaper man and advertising specialist; born in Chester County, Pa., 1851; admitted to bar of Reading, Pa., 1875; founder and for fifteen years editor and publisher of Reading Herald; for six years editorial writer and literary editor of Pittsburg Times; now engaged in the advertising business at Reading, Pa. Address, Baer Building, Reading, Pa. (p. 162)
Lawyer; born in Allentown, Pa., in 1825; son of Charles Davis; moved to Reading with his father, and read law in the latter's office; then attended lectures at a law institute in Philadelphia, and was admitted to the Reading bar on Jan. 4, 1847. He served in the Mexican War as a private in the Third Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, and was subsequently a Lieutenant in the Eleventh United States Infantry. During the Civil War he was Lieutenant Colonel of the 167th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and, upon the death of the commander of the regiment, Col. Charles Knoderer, killed in battle, succeeded to the colonelcy. Colonel Davis returned to Reading at the close of the war, and entered upon the practice of his profession; in 1867 he was elected State Senator and served two terms; he went to Marshall, Tex., in 1874, to serve as Solicitor of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, then in course of construction; after holding this office six years, he returned to Reading, where he now resides, retired from active business. Address, Reading, Pa. (p. 166)
Lawyer; born March 11, 1832, at Reading, Pa.; son of Elijah and Mary W. (Porter) Dechert; was graduated at Yale in 1880; taught school near Pottstown, Pa.; admitted to Philadelphia bar in 1854 and has since practiced in Philadelphia; in 1862-1863 was First Lieutenant in Twenty-fifth and Fortieth Pennsylvania Regiments. Married at Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1857, Esther S. Taylor. President of Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust Company of Philadelphia and of State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania. Member of State Bar Association; Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, F. & A. M.; Grand Army Republic; Sons of Revolution, Naval Order; also University, Art, Lawyers, Penn. United Service and Belmont Clubs. Has three children: Henry T., a member of Philadelphia bar and Colonel commanding Second Regiment, N. G. P.; Edward P., a journalist in Boston, and Bertha M., wife of Charles H. Gale of Cleveland, Ohio; and three grand children, Robert, Esther and Margaret. Residence, 3930 Walnut St.; office, 1201 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. (p. 171)
Lawyer; born in Lebanon, Pa., July 18, 1848; son of William M. Derr, Esq.; educated in the public schools of his native town, and then entered the law office of his father to prepare to engage in the same profession; he attended the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and upon his return to Lebanon was admitted to practice in the several courts of Lebanon County. In 1872 he removed to the city of Reading, where he has since been in active practice; he has for a number of years occupied a prominent place at the Berks County bar, and has been Solicitor in Reading for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company ever since the construction of that company's Schuylkill Valley Division. Address, Reading, Pa. (p. 174)
Clergyman; born March 9, 1869, at Zion Hill, Bucks County, Pa.; educated in public schools at Zion Hill and Quakertown, Pa.; preparatory school to Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.; Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa.; Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States, Lancaster, Pa.; was graduated from Quakertown High School, June 25, 1886; Franklin and Marshall College, June 21, 1894; Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States, May 13, 1897. Public school teacher, Richland Township, Bucks County, Pa., 1886-1890; teacher, Franklin and Marshall Academy, 1894-1897; teacher, Allentown College for Women, Allentown, Pa., 1899-1903; pastor Solomon's Reformed Church, Macungie, Pa., June 12, 1897, to Oct. 31, 1902; pastor St. Stephen's Reformed Church, Reading, Pa., since Nov. 1, 1902; President Lehigh Classis, Eastern Synod, Reformed Church in the United States, May 14, 1900, to May 20, 1901. Married Rebecca Bettiger of Trumbauersville, Pa., June 8, 1897; ordained to the Christian ministry, June 12, 1897; installed as pastor of Solomon's Reformed Church, Macungie, Pa., June 12, 1897; installed as pastor St. Stephen's Reformed Church, Reading, Pa., Nov. 23, 1902. Author of "Two Hundred Questions on Ancient History" and "Two Hundred Questions on United States History," both published in 1896; degree of A.M. conferred by Franklin and Marshall College, June 14, 1900. Republican in politics. Address, 765 North Eleventh St., Reading, Pa. (p. 177)
Clergyman; born in Cornwall, England. July 11, 1878; educated East Stroudsburg Normal School and Schuylkill Seminary Building, Pa.; licensed to preach by the East Stroudsburg, Pa., Conference of the Evangelical Association in 1900; served appointments at Fredericksburg, Lock Haven, Philadelphia and Reading; Prohibitionist in politics. Address, 1750 Cotton St., Reading, Pa. (p. 183)
Physician; born in North Heidelberg, Berks County, Pa., May 16, 1838; attended the Fremont Academy in Chester County, and Freeland Seminary at Collegeville, Pa.; was graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1862, and in medicine from the Long Island College Hospital in 1863, and from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1864; practiced his profession in Robesonia, Pa., for three years, and then located in Reading in 1867, where he continued in active practice until one year ago, when he retired. Was physician to the Berks County Almshouse and Hospital from 1870 to 1873, and physician to the County Prison 1873-1877. Elected a member of the Reading Board of Health in 1886, and served for a number of years as President of that body. Address, Reading, Pa. (p. 193)
Teacher; born Nov. 5, 1866, Reading, Pa.; 1880 his parents moved to Bernville; educated in Bernville High School, Schuylkill Seminary, and Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg; received degree of A.B. 1893; principal of the Hughesville High School since 1894; Chairman Committee of Permanent Certificates of Lycoming County; held Chair of Geography and Theory of Teaching in the Lycoming County Normal School since 1896. Address, Hughesville, Pa. (p. 194)
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