Lawyer; born in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pa., June 15, 1839. After preparing in the public schools, and West Chester Academy, he entered Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, from which he was graduated in 1859. He taught in the Mount Joy Academy and the Paradise Academy (both institutions being in Lancaster County) for two years, and then enlisted in the Civil War, commanding Company B, 178th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Upon his return from the army he read law in the office of Hon. John Banks, and was admitted to practice Aug. 9, 1864. He was the Republican nominee for Judge in Berks County in 1879. Address, Reading, Pa. (p. 818)
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