Concluded from Page 2 dental discharge of his gun while deer hunting on the Alleghenies. Seth Yocum was & polished gentleman, bril- liant in conversation and of a literary turn of mind. He became very promi- nent in this section in the campaign of 1878, when, as a Greenback can- didate, he defeated the late ex-Governor A. G. Curtin for Congressman from this district. Several years after hisreturn from Washington he retired from the prac- tice of law and moved to Johnson City, Tean., where he superintended the operations of a large tannery, owned by his father-in-law, the wealthy John Horton, whose son is now vice presi- dent of the U. S. Leather Co. His health failed while living in Tennessee, and he moved thence to Passadena where he has led a retired life ever since, Deceased was about 60 years old and leaves a widow with flve children, three of whom are at home. Two sons, Charles and John, both being located in New York, where they are em- ployed by the U. S. Leather Co. HON. CHARLES HUSTON. Was of Scotch-Irish descent, his grand- father being one of the early emigrants to Pennsylvania. He was the eldest son of Thomas and Jane Huston, whose maiden name was Walker, and was born in Plumstead township, Bucks county, Jan. 16, 1771. A mere lad during the Revolution, many of its incidents were indelibly impressed upon his memory. He was educated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, where he graduated in 1789 with the honors of his class. During the year 1790 and 1791 he taught a select school at Carlisle meanwhile studying law with Thomas Duncan, Esq., with whom he was afterwards associated on the bench of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. In 1792-93 he was em- ployed by the trustees of the college as tutor of the languages. Among his pu- ple was the late Chicf Justice R. B. aney, of the Supreme Court of the United States. In his autobiography the chief justice says of him, “I need not speak of his character and capacity, for he afterwards became one of the first jurists of the country. He was an ac- complished Latin and Greek scholar, and happy in his mode of instruction, And when he saw that a boy was dis- posed to study, his manner to him was that of a companion and friend, aiding him in his difficulties. The whole school under his care was much attached to him,” In October, 1794, Gen. Washington came through Carlisle on his way to quell the Whiskey Insurrection. Mr. Huston joined the expedition, and his vivid description of its various incidents will long be remembered by the many who had the good fortune to number him among their acquaintances. In those days lawyers traveled the circuits on horseback, and there remains a description of Mr. Huston’s costume : slouched hat, drab three-caped overcoat, green flannel leggins tied around the legs with black tape, homespun dress coat. Thus attired, with boots and leg- gins covered with mud, for want of time to change his dress, he was compelled to enter the Supreme Court, sitting in Philadelphia, where to the astonishment of the bar he delivered one of the ablest arguments they ever listened to. In the spring of 1807 he removed to Bellefonte, attending faithfully to an enormous practice until his appointment by Governor Findlay to the presidency of the courts of this district. He was a powerful advocate before a jury, and the memory of the remarkable speech be made in the Barber and Kelly case in court at Bellefonte still lingers, a tradi- tionary witness for his forensic ability. Judge Huston presided over the Fourth District for eight years with dis- tinguished ability. Such was his influ- ence with the jury that in the course of those whole eight years he granted but two new trials. 1n 1826 he was appointed by Govern- or Shulze one of the justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the arduous and responsible duties of which he continued until the expiration of his commission in 1845. How ably he dis- charged these duties will be best learned from his numerous opinions in full thirty five volumes of reports. The last four years of his life were spent in the compilation of his work en- titled ‘An essay on the History and Na- ture of Original Titles to Land in the Province and State of Pennsylvania.” His wife, his only son, and two daught- ers he had followed to the grave, and these afflictions weaned his thoughts from this world and he looked for a bet- ter. He was a communicant in the Presbyterian church, and died as he had lived, a firm believer in the truths of Christianity. His death took place Nov, 10, 1849, in the eightieth year of his age. JUDGE JAMES BURNSIDE. Hon. James Burnside, was born in Bellefonte, Feb. 22, 1807. He was the eldest son of Hon. Thomae Burnside. In 1824, he was a student at the Belle- fonte academy, and in 1828, graduated with the highest honors at Dickinson College. His study of law was prose- cuted in his father’s office. He was ad- mitted in November, 1830, by the court over which his father presided, and at once commenced the practice of his profession under the same stern and impartial regime. In October, 1844, he was elected member of the Assembly, and re-elec- ted in 1845. While in this position he gave proof of great ability, His speech, Feb. 3, 1846, upon an amendment which he proposed to the State Consti- tution in favor of biennial sessions of the Legislature was a particularly able effort. He wae married June 2, 1846, to Rachel, daughter of Hon. Simon Cameron. When the Twenty-fifth Judicial Dis- trict was formed, Governor Bigler com: Andrew Gregg Curtin.—Born at Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1815; began the practice of law in 1837; a presidential elector 1n 1848 and 1852; sia in 1865; a liberal Republican in 1872; elected Governor in 1860 and 1864; Minister to Rus- member of constitutional convention 1872-3; defeated for Congress in 1878; elected to Con- gress as Democrat two times 1880 to 1887; died Sunday, Oct. 7th, 1894. missioned him its first judge, April 20, 1853, and in October he was elected without opposition to the same high position. He was eminently distin- guished upon the bench for his calm impartiality, yet off of it he wasa leni- ent citizen and indulgent friend. In his private relations he displayed many qualities of head and heart which en- deared him to his friends and the peo- ple. Had he lived higher honors were apparently in store for him, but with only half of bis years of usefulness expended he was called suddenly away. He was instantly killed by being thronw from a buggy, July 1, 1859, leaving a widow, since deceased, a daughter, and two sons, S. Cameron and Thomas. JUDGE JOHN H. ORVIS. Hon. John H. Orvis was of puritan descent ; his ancestors being among the emigrants in the second vessel that landed on the shores of New England. He was born in Sullivan township, Tioga county, Pa., February 24th, 1835. While yet a boy of twelve years, he came to reside in Howard, Centre county ; attended the common schools and at the early age of fifteen years (1850-1851) became a school teacher in Curtin township, and as such assisted in the organization of the ‘teachers institute of Centre county” (October 1, 1850) at Oak Hall. In 1851; he went to Baltimore where he learned the art of printing, From thence he went to Chester county where he worked at his trade and attended a term at the New London academy. Returning to Clio- ton county, he followed his trade of printing, also teaching school ; notably one term 1853-1854, at Rock Hill school house, in Harris township, Centre county. He read law under the tuition of N. L. Atwood, Ezq., at Lock Haven, and was admitted to the bar of Clinton county in February 1856. He practiced his profession at Lock Haven until in December 1862, he was admitted to the bar of Centre county and removed to Bellefonte, where he resided until his death. He was elec- ted a member of the Legislature in the fall of 1872 and re-elected in I873. In the Legislature none exceeded him in ability ; be was marked by great ac- tivity of intellect, and there has seldom been met with in any onea clearer comprehension of the subjects of legis- lation. He first began the practice of law in this county as a partner in the firm of Orvis & Alexander of which the late ex-State Senator Cyrus T. Alexander was the junior member. This partoer- ship lasted until he took his seat on the bench and after his retirement from the judiciary he took C. M. Bower, Esq., and his only son, Eliis L. Orvis, into the firm of Orvie, Bower, & Orvis, which since 1884, has flour- ished as one of the leading law firms of the State. The office of, additional law judge for the 25th District was created by the act of April 9th, 1874, and John H. Orvis was appointed thereto, while still a member of the Legislature, by Gov. John F. Hartrantt. This graceful act, as coming from a political opponent, was appreciated by the people of Cen- tre county, and Judge Orvis was elec- ted in November 1874, for the full term of ten years. Under the act of August Tth, 1883, he became president judge but, soon after resigned his posi- tion and resumed the practice of his profession. Judge Orvis, died at his home Monday morning, November 6th, 1893. JUDGE ADAM HOY, ESQ. Was born Sept. 6, 1827, in Spring township, Centre county. He is a grand- son of George Hoy, of Miles township, and eon of Albert and Magdala (Weck- erly) Hoy. His first schoolmaster was George Padget, a noted teacher for sixty years in Buffalo and Penn’s valleys. When but four years of age Mr. Hoy was sent to his school, then kept in the Swartz school house in Spring township, on the Eckenrode place. In 1851-52 he attended the’ Mifflinburg Academy, and from there went to Airy View, near Perryville, to the academy kept by David Wilson. In the fall of 1854 he entered the sophomore class in Pennsyl- vania College, Gettysburg, and gradu- ated in 1859. Mr. Hoy read law with the late Hon. H. N. McAllister, and was admitted April 27,1858. Upon the invitation of the late Judge J. T. Hale, Mr. Hoy oc- cupied a room in his law office, and be- came more or less associated with the judge in his extensive business up to the death of the latter, He was married Dec. 26, 1865, to Miss Louisa M., daughter of the late James D Har- ris. He was appointed President Judge of this district by Gov. Pattison in 1883, which position he held with great credit until January, 1885, when he was suc- ceeded by Judge Furst. During the war Judge Hoy acted with the Republicans, but shortly after its termination joined the Democrats, and up to the time of his death was an active and influential member of that organization. In 1893, and again in 1876, he was a candidate for the Senate, but failed to make the nomination. In 1884 he was the Democratic nominee for President Judge, but was defeated in consequence of local dissensions and po- litical complications in the Congression- al district. He borekis defeat manfully, and the faithful and earnest manner in which he fulfilled the duties of chairman of the Democratic county committee, to which he was elected the year following his defeat, proved how devoted he was to the principles he espoused and how true to the cause he advocated. He died August 23rd, 1887, of kidney trouble, leaving a widow with seven children. EX-JUDGE A. O. FURST, Hon. A. O. Furst, whose term of of- fice as President Judge of the district composed of Centre and Huntingdon counties expired last December and who is the sole survivor of the many illustri- ous men who have presided over the courts of this district, was born in Lamar township, Clinton county, in 1835. His early education was acquired in the schools of his native township, after which he entered Dickinson Semi- nary, Williamsport, from which institu- tion he graduated two years subsequent- ly with the honors of his class. In the fall of 1853 he entered the junior class of Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Five years later he commenced the study of the law in the office of Kline G. Furst, at Lock Haven and in September, 1860, was admitted to the bar of Clinton county. Soon afterward he located in Bellefonte and it was upon the motion made by the late Hon. H. N. McAllis- ter that be was admitted to practice law in the several courts of Centre county. He proved himself of ability and readi- ly acquired an extensive practice, at- taining a position in his profession among the leaders. In the summer of 1884 he was nominated for the judge- ship by the Republicans of this district and in November ot that year was elec- ted with the handsome majority of 600. He was commissioned Jan. 1st, 1885, and held the office until 1894 when after a bitter fight for a renomination he was defeated by Hon. John G. Love, and is now practicing at the Centre county courts, where he is one of the ablest at- torneys. JUDGE JOHN G. LOVE. Judge John G. Love, Hsq., was born in the village of Stormstown, Centre county, Dec. 18, 1843. His early edu- cation was that acquired at the public school about two and one-half miles from his home. In the fall of 1860 he went to Dickinson Seminary in Wil- liamsport. He attended several terms at this well-known institution. When the war broke out he enlisted and served nine months as a member of Twenty- he entered the law office ot E. Blanchard, in Bellefonte, and in the fall of 1866 began a course of law in the university at Albany, New York. He was a class mate of Governor McKinley and is to-day & warm personal friend of that illustrious gentleman. Mr. Love graduated from the law university in June, 1867, and was ad- mitted to the supreme court of New York state. In August of the same year he was admitted to the several courts of Centre county and ranks as one of the leading and most able law- yers practicing at this bar. Having de- feated Judge A. O. Furst for his party’s nomination for honors in the summer of 1894 he secured the endorsement of Huntingdon county, after a long con- test with Hon. John Lovell, of that county, and was elected in November over C. M. Bower, Esq., Democrat. His majority in the district was 1074. JOHN BLAIR LINN. John Blair Linn was born at Lewis- burg, Urion Ce., Pa, Oct. 15, 1831, and inherited his inclination to genealo- gy and local history from his father, James F. Linn, Esq., (deceased), whose memoranda and newspaper files were the sources from which much of what- ever is valuable in the ‘Annals of Buf- falo Valley” was derived. He was pre- pared for college at the Lewisburg Academy by John Robison, Esq., now of the Philadelphia bar, and entered Marshall College at Mercersburg, Pa., in May, 1846, where he graduated in 1848, with the Hon. Charles A. Mayer, later judge of Centre, Clinton and Clearfield counties, He read law in his father’s office at Lewisburg, and was admitted to the bar of Union county, Sept. 16, 185L. In 1852 and 1853 he practiced in Sulli. van county, Pa., where he was elected district attorney, but returned to Lewis- burg in 1854, where he practiced, law until hie removal to Centre county in April, 1871. April 10, 1873, he was second Pennsylvania Cavalry. In 1865 From 1789, his name is connected with the land ‘titles of Centre County. He married, June 15, 1790, Ann, daugher of Col. James Dunlop, and re- moved to Spring Creek in 1795, in which vear in connection with his father-in-law he laid out the town of Bellefonte. He was a State senator from Mifflin County, and the firet post- master at Bellefonte. After the erec- tion of the county he was senator from 1800-8. James Harris died Dec. 2, 1826, in the seventy-first year of bisage; his wife, April 8, 1844, aged seventy-seven, Of their children, were Jane, married Rev. James Lewis ; John Harris, M. D., late United States consul at Vien- na , Eliza G. married Dr. Daniel Dob- bins ; James Dunlop Harris, the cele: brated civil engineer ; William Har- rie, county treasurer at Howard, and Andrew Harris. . Mrs. Ann Harris, who survived her husband eighteen years, was a woman of more than ordinary mental powers, and had talents for philosophical in- vestigation, which she improved by study and converse with the able theologians of her day. Andrew Harris married Ann Bella Johnston, by whom he had one son, Dr. Lucian Harris ; all are deceased. SENATOR 8. T. SHUGERT. Hon. S. T. Shugert was born in Belle- fonte, Feb. 1809. During his early life he became active in county affairs and influential in the councils of his party. Under the administration of President Buchanan, he was made chief clerk in the Patent office and on the death of the (Commissioner of Patents, was appointed to fill that position, the duties of which he performed from 1859 to 1861. He was elected State Senator from the Centre, Blair, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry district in 1867 and HON. CYRUS T. ALEXANDER. Jobn Alexander and Margaret Glas- son Alexander, the ancestors of Mr. Al- exander, were originally from Glasgow, Scotland, whence they removed to the county of Armah, Ireland, and thence to America in 1836, settling in Notting- ham, on the banks of the Octorara. Their second son, James, born about the year 1726, married Rosey Reed, a daughter of Robert Reed, of Lurgan township, Cumberland (now Franklin) county, and settled in Kishacoquillas valley, being the pioneer settler of its western portion. Their son, "Robert Alexander, born in October, 1756, mar- ried April 8,1790, to Ehzabeth Mec- Clure, settled upon a part of his father’s place, and died there in 1843. In 1823 he was elected to the Legislature by the largest Democratic majority ever given in his district, yet he refused to be again a candidate. James Alexander (son of Robert) married Ann Lewis, Nov. 27, 1821, and their son, Cyrus T., was bora Sept. 10, 1836, in Mifflin county. He was educa- | ted at Dickinson Seminary, and graduat- ed in 1843. admitted to the bar of Centre county in August, 1859, and engaged in the ac- tive practice of the legal profession elev- en years as law partner of ‘Hon. J. H. Orvis, then for years was theSenior part- ner of the law firm of Alexander & Bow- er, of Bellefonte. During part of the years 1861 and 1862 Mr. Alexander was part owner of the Democratic WATCHMAN and edited its columns. In 1864-65, Mr. Alexander represented Centre county in the House of Dr contatives at Harris- burg, and in November, 1878, was elec- ted to the Senate for four years. As a Representative and Senator he served the people well and faithfully, carrying into these positions the same principles of honesty, integrity and up- rightness that guided every act of his life. As a citizen none could have been more popular or command to a greater extent the general confidence and esteem of the public, Senator Alexander died at Aiken, S. James Addams Beaver.—Born Oct. 21st, 1837, at Millerstown, ed- ucated at Pine Grove Mills academy and old Jefferson College at Cannons- burg; admitted to bar at Bellefonte 1859 ; mustered into the service 1861; served with distinction during entire war ; refused the Republican nomination for Governor in 1869 ; delegate to National convention in 1880 ; defeated for Governor in 1882 ; elected Governor in 1886 ; practicing law in Bellefonte. ==(., Friday morning, March 18, 1887. He had gone there with the hopeof recovering from a throat affection. SENATOR HENRY PETRIKIN. Senator Henry Petrikin, died at the Merchants’ Hotel in Phila. delphia, Nov. 8, 1849. He was the first white child born in Bellefonte, in the year 1793, a printer by profession, and for many years editor of the Belle- fonte Patriot. He was a mem- ber of the House in 1828-30, State Senator in 1826 for Judge Burnside’s unexpired term, and Senator 1831-35. He was Depu- ty Secretary of the Common- wealth from 1839-42 and from 1845-48. At the close of his life he was superintendent of the rail- road around the Inclined Plane. He was buried at Harrisburg, ac- cording to his own request. He Wasn't Working for the Lord: A good Methodist parsonjwho | had charge of the congregation in this placenot a very long time ago had occasion to call on a Logan street family of his little flock. It was Monday morning when he called and the mother ot thehouese was busy over the wash tub. She sent her eldest son “into the room” to enter- tain the parson until she could make her appearance more pre- sentable. The boy sidled into the presence of the awelinspiring minister who noticed his embar- rassment at once and to relieve it began the following conver: sation. “Well my young man, are you working for the Lord?” Imagine the shock when he re ceived the following reply : “No sir. I'm drivin’ bus for Brandon appointed by Hon. M. S. Quay Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth. Governor Hartranft in his annual message, Jan. 7, 1874, having recom. mended the publication of a second se- ries of Pennsylvania Archives, Mr. Linn and W. H. Egle, M. D., were appoint- en editors, and under Hon. M. S. Quay’s supervision twelve volumes were issued. In 1887, Mr. Linn pub- lished his **Annals of Buffalo Valley” (six hundred and twenty pages), a lo- cal work embracing the history of Un- ion county mainly. May 15, 1878, up- on the resignation of Col. Quay, Mr. Linn was commissioned by Governor Hartranft Secretary of the Common- wealth, and under his direction the vol- ume entitled ‘Duke of York's Laws, 1776-82, and Laws of the Province, 1682-1700,” was compiled and edited by Stoughton George, Benjamin M. Nead, Esq., and Hon. Thomas McCamant. To Hon. John Blair Linn the people of Centre and Clinton counties owe an ob- ligation which can never be paid. In his masterful compilation of the history of these counties be has rendered a ser- vice to posterity which will live longer in the minds of men than any shaft of marble or bronze that could ever be built to his memory. The true value of his work will never be fully apprecia- ted until it becomes more of history. then, as years roll on, the great work of This life will shine out in all its effect- iveness. ‘We acknowledge our indebtedness to his history for valuable assistance in the compilation of this work. SENATOR JAMES HARRIS. James Harris, Esq., was the son of John Harris, who emigrated from Donegal, Ireland, to Lancaster County in 1752. James was born on the Swatara in 1755, but his father remov- ed afterwards to the Juniata, and built a fine house on the site of Mifflintown, and laid out that town in 1790. Here with ample means and a good library his son James received his early train: ing. He adopted the occupation of a surveyor, and April 19, 1785, was ap- pointed deputy surveyor of Cumber- land County, and Nov. 19, 1789, was appointed for all of Mifflin County. In September, 1787, he laid out the road from Frankstown to the Conemaugh River. filled the position during the session of 1868. After along and expensive con- test the seat was awarded to John J. Robinson, of Juniata county. He was chosen as Representative in the Legis- lator during the sessions of still resides in Bellefonte, 1875-76. He | merchant of the place. where at the | has proven of so much value for colds, down at the Brockerhoff House.” —«Many of the citizens of Rains. : ville, Indiana, are never without a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the house,’ says Jacob Brown, the leading This Remedy advanced age of 86 he commands the croup and whooping cough in children respect and esteem of the entire com- munity. who know its worth that few mothers For sale are willing to be without it. by F. P. Green. Daniel Hartman Hastings.—Born near Salona, Feb. 26th, 1849 ; principal of Bellefonte schools in 1867; admitted to the bar in 1875 ; paymaster of 5th Reg. N. G. P. in 1877 ; Adjutant General un- der Beaver in 1886 ; candidate for Republican nomination for Gover- nor in 1890. Elected Governor in 1894. Home in Bellefonte. He studied law, and was >
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