A. McALPINE, D. D. S., Bradford, was born in Welland county, Ontario, Canada, a son of Volney and Lavinia (Chapman) McAlpine, who were also natives of Canada, and of Scotch and English descent. His father is a dentist, and is still in practice in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. McAlpine was reared in Ontario, and choosing dentistry as his profession took a course at the Dental College of Baltimore. Md., from which he graduated. He practiced at Oil City and Petrolia, Penn., and in 1879 located at Bradford, where he has met with success, and has built up a good practice. He was married in October, 18S1, to Luella, daughter of L. Mitchell, and they have four children: John, Ethel, Archie and Evelyn. Mrs. McAlpine is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics Dr. McAlpine is a Republican. He was second lieutenant of the Sixteenth Regiment, P. N. G., five years. He is president of the Bradford Bicycle Association.

GEORGE BYRON McCALMONT, attorney at law, Bradford, was born in Fort Madison, Iowa, September 4, 1845, a son of Robert and Parthena (Sage) McCalmont, natives of Venango county, Penn., and of Scotch and his descent, respectively. He was given a good education, graduating in 1864 from Westminster College, and then began the study of law in Venango county, Penn.; was admitted to the bar in 1869, and for five years practiced in Butler, Butler Co., Penn. He came to Bradford in 1878, and has here built up a good practice. For eight years he has served as city solicitor, and was admitted to the supreme court of the United States in 1885. He was a Democrat in politics until 1888, when he transferred his allegiance to the Republican party. He was sent to New York by the central committee in favor of protective tariff, and for two weeks was in New York City, and two months in the State. He was married March 26, 1886, to Miss Elizabeth M., daughter of John Redmond.

JOSEPH M. McCLURE, attorney at law, a member of the firm of Mullin & McClure, Bradford, was born in Perry county, Penn., December 28, 1838, the sixth of ten children of James and Rachel Oliver (Patterson) McClure, who were natives of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent, former of whom died in 1865. In his boyhood Joseph M. had but limited educational advantages, attending in the winter the district schools. He served an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade, and after mastering the main details served two 'years in the currier and roller department. Although his time was so much taken up, his thirst for knowledge induced him to study in all his spare moments, and when he was twenty years old he accepted a position to teach, and successfully taught the higher department of a graded school. The next year he entered Tuscarora Academy, where he prepared for college, and in the autumn of 1862 he was able to enter the freshman class at Yale College, where he graduated in 1866 in a class of ninety-six. He then took up the study of law at Mifflintown, Penn., completing his course in Chambersburg with the Hon, John Stewart, who is now president judge of Franklin county. He was admitted to the bar in Franklin county in 1867, and in 1868 moved to Harrisburg. In 1869 he was appointed assistant State librarian, and in the fall of 1869 was appointed deputy attorney -general of the State. In 1873 he went to Doylestown, Bucks county, where he edited and managed English and German weekly newspapers. In 1875 he again resumed the practice of his profession at Allentown, and in 1879 removed to Bradford. He was admitted to the supreme court in 1869, and also to the United States Court. In politics he is a Democrat. He takes an active interest in the cause of education, and has served as a member of the Bradford school board, of which for a time he was president. He was married in Philadelphia November 27, 1867, to Alice Hamersly, daughter of George W. Hamersly, and they have five children: :Mary L., Margaretta D., Robert, Kenneth and Donald. Mrs. McClure is a member of the Episcopal Church.

J. W. McCRAY, of the firm of McCray Brothers, oil producers, Bradford, was born in Crawford county, Penn., February 6, 1840, a son of J. F. and Margaret (Allen) McCray, the former of Scotch-Irish and the latter of Scotch descent. Mr. McCray started in business for himself, in 1865, at Titusville, Penn., and has since that time been interested in the production of petroleum, locating at Bradford in 1880. He has been in the main successful (although in one year he put down nine dry wells), and has been associated with his brother, T. E. McCray, since 1871. They are energetic, industrious men, recognized as being among the leading oil men of the vicinity. Mr. J. W. McCray was married in Clarion county, Penn., in 1879. to Miss Laura Boland, a native of Rockland township, Venango Co., Penn., and a daughter of Andrew and Mary Boland, and they have one child, Fenton A. In politics Mr. McCray is a Republican, and has served as a member of the council of Bradford. He is a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance. Mr. McCray's grandfather, James McCray, was a British soldier, but deserted, and came from Canada to the United States, where he afterward made his home. Mr. and Mrs. McCray are regular attendants of the Methodist Church, but are not members of that denomination.

T. E. McCREA, chief of police, Bradford, was born in Armstrong county, Penn., April 2, 1848, a son of Daniel and Sarah (Coyle) McCrea, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Irish descent. He was reared and educated in Butler county, Penn., remaining at home until twenty years of age, when he went to Petroleum Centre, and there worked at the oil wells. For two years he was superintendent for an oil company. In 1875 and 1876 he was constable and assessor and collector of taxes in Donegal township, Butler Co., Penn. In 1877 he removed to Bradford, and was here engaged in the oil business for some time, and still retains an interest in that industry. For two years he was in the employ of a gas company as inspector; for nine years haR been on the police force, and for two years has been chief of the department. Mr. McCrea was married at St. John's Church, Clearfield township, Butler Co., Penn., February 17, 1874, to Miss Margaret Duff, a native of Butler county, Penn., and of Irish descent, daughter of Dennis and Mary (Dagan) Duff, and they have three children: Harry, Rose and Albinas. Mr. McCrea and his family are members of the Catholic Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

D. F. H. McDOWELL, senior member of the firm of McDowell Brothers,
merchants, Bradford, was born in Mercer county, Penn., May 10, 1859, a son of W. D. and Sarah (Barnes) McDowell, who were both of Scotch descent.. He received his literary education in the common schools, and acquired his business knowledge in his father's store at Rouseville, Venango Co., Penn. ,In 1880 he came to Bradford and entered the employ of a wholesale grocery house. The following year he embarked in the retail grocery business on his own account, in which he retained his interest until 188f'1, although for two years during this period lie was in the employ of the McCalmont Oil Company. In the year named (1885) he bought a half interest in what is now the firm of McDowell Brothers, at present one of the leading grocery firms in the city of Bradford, his associate being C. J. C. McDowell. The firm deals in groceries, provisions, crockery, flour, feed. hay. corn. oats, etc., and supplies its customers with the best articles to be found in the trade. In politics Mr. McDowell is a Republican, and in religion a Presbyterian. He is still unmarried.

J. C. McKENNA, superintendent of the Bradford, Bordell & Kinzua and the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroads, at Bradford, was born in Shelby, Orleans Co., N. Y., April 23, 1858, a son of John and Adelaide a. (Wheeler) McKenna, former a native of Ireland, and latter of New York, of English descent. For six years Mr. McKenna was employed as a clerk in the freight office of the New York Central Railroad Company at Buffalo, and then for a year was clerk for the Buffalo & Southwestern Railroad. In 1880 he was appointed general freight agent for the Bradford, Bordell & Kinzua, and the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba lines, and in 1885 was elected to his present position. Mr. McKenna was married in Buffalo, April 23, 1884, to Miss Mary A. Seymour, daughter of John A. Seymour, and they have two children: David .Allen and John Wheeler. Mr. McKenna is a Republican-in politics. He is a member of the Royal .Arcanum and the Regents of Honor. He and his wife are members of the Catholic Church.

M. McMAHON. contractor, Bradford, was born in Rochester, N. Y., October 2.t, 1834, a son of Michael and Elizabeth (McCarty) McMahon, natives of Ireland. He learned the carriage maker's trade in his youth, and carried on that business fourteen years. In 1864 he enlisted in defense of the Union. was commissioned lieutenant and appointed recruiting officer. He recruited and organized the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth New York Volunteer Infantry, of which his brother was colonel until promoted to brigadier-general. After the war he and his brother came to Pennsylvania and worked in the oil fields near Pit Hole until 1876, when they began contracting for oil and gas lines. They also took the contracts of putting in water-works, and have been very successful from the start. In 1889 they completed the reservoir and water-works at Ridgway, the county seat of Elk county. In politics Mr. McMahon is a Democrat. and was the first assessor of Bradford, a position he held sixteen years, and is the present assessor of the county. He has filled all the chairs and is past commander of the C. M. B. A. He was married in Rochester, N. Y., to Miss Mary A. Sugru. Mr. and Mrs. McMahon are members of the Catholic Church, and Mrs. McMahon is a member of the Aid Society.

J. O. McMULLEN, one of the publishers of The Petroleu1n Age and one of the editors and publishers of the Daily Oil News. died at the age of thirty-seven years, January 31, 1888. A. R. Crum calls him one of the famous oil scants, and writing of him, says: "His conscientious accuracy was frequently noted during the time he lived in the shadows of the towering hemlocks of Cherry Grove, on Cooper Hill and at Balltown. When others telegraphed rumors and guesses, he staid up all night secretly to run the gauge pole in mystery tanks. When no important well was drilled in, his tireless energy was expended in mapping important locations, compiling statistics and getting geological records. He was not always first in the mad rush to the telegraph office. for he never telegraphed anything until he knew it to be right. The last field work he did illustrated the integrity that actuated him. A week before his death he started out to collect the data for the monthly report of operations. There were conflicting reports regarding the Pittsburgh Manufacturers' Gas Company's well at Cannonsburg, and to settle all doubts Mr. McMullen went to the well to get a gauge. He was sick then. Other fieldmen went out from Pittsburgh with him. When they reached the well, they were told it had just made a flow, and would probably not make another until the afternoon. They were told what the well was doing. This was good' hearsay,' evidence, and as the thermometer stood several degrees below zero, the other fieldmen went away satisfied with it. Not so with' Mac.' There had been false reports about the well and he must know the truth. For more ;than six hours he waited there, chilled to the very marrow. until the well flowed again and he had gauged the flow. Then he went back to Pittsburgh sick. But he did not give up. He must complete his oil report, and he did, though the pain he suffered was terrible. The data he brought home with him, and dictated to his loving wife from his death-bed, was as accurate and reliable as any ever gathered.

H. L. McMULLEN, oil producer, Bradford, was born in Ireland, December, 12, 1846, a Bon of James and Susan (Sands) McMullen. His parents came to the United States in 1848 and located at "Warren, Penn., where he was reared, and in his youth he learned the blacksmith's trade of his father. His father subsequently became one of the pioneers in the drilling of wells and the production of petroleum. H. L. McMullen was associated with his father at Oil Creek, and later in other oil fields until 1878, when he removed to Bradford. He is now in partnership with C. S. Whitney, and the firm of Whitney & McMullen do a large business. In addition to their oil interests. they established the Bradford Chemical Works in 1886, where they employ about thirty men. Mr. McMullen was married in February, 1869, to Miss Lucie M. Hall, of Worcester, Mass., daughter of Lowell Hall, and they have five children: Maud Alice. James Arthur, Clifton Adair, Hugh Theron and Edith. In politics Mr. McMullen is a Democrat. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum.

EDWARD McSWEENEY, member of the firm of McSweeney & Byles, attorneys at law, Bradford, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., February 24, 1~53, a son of John and Elizabeth (Quinn) McSweeney, the former a native of Ireland, the latter a native of Armstrong county, Penn., of Irish and German descent, and both now reside in Oil City, Penn. Of their family of six children the subject of these lines is the eldest. He was reared in Armstrong county and in Oil City, Penn., and, his father being a school-teacher, was given good educational advantages. He studied law in Butler, Penn., in the office of Kennedy & Marshall, and was admitted to the bar in 1875. In 1878 he came to McKean county, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession at Bradford. In 1881 he was elected district attorney by the largest majority that was ever given to any Democratic office holder in McKean county, the county being at that time reliably Republican, and served one term. The present partnership of McSweeney & Byles was formed in 1885, and the firm are transacting a successful law business. In the spring of 1889 Mr. McSweeney was elected mayor of Bradford for a term of two years, but the terms of all holding city offices were shortened by the passage of an act of the assembly, approved May 23, 1889, providing for a new election in the spring of 1890, under which a new set of officials were elected for a term of three years. Mr. McSweeney is a member of Bradford Tent No.4, K. O. T. M.  and also a member of the Knights and Ladies of Honor.

C. F. MADISON, foreman of A. Watson' s manufacturing establishment,
Bradford, wag born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., March 17, 1845, a son of Charles A. and Hannah (Winegar) Madison, natives of Washington county. N. Y. ~ of German and English descent, repectively. He was reared in his native county and in Warren county, Penn., and in 1860 went to the oil fields at Titusville, where he worked, as well as in Butler county. In 1879 he came to Bradford, and was employed at different oil wells until 1883, when he entered the employ of A. Watson.. Mr. Madison was married in Union City, Penn., in 18'/3 to Jennie Gross, a native of Erie county, Penn.. and daughter of David and Olive (Hulburt) Gross, and they have three children: Archie, Ernest and Ollie. Mr. and Mrs. Madison are members of the United Brethren Church; he is a member of the K. O. T. M., also of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and in politics is a Republican.

L. O. MADISON, of the firm of Madison & Blossom, grocers, Bradford, was born in Chautauqua county, N. Y.. March 22. 1848, a son of C. A. and Hannah A. (Winegar) Madison. Mrs. Hannah A. Madison died September 5, loSS7, and C. A. Madison January 14, 1890, both deaths occurring in Bradford. .When a boy L. O. Madison began working about the oil wells, and as soon as old enough began taking contracts for drilling wells, and has worked in all the principal oil fields in the United States. In 1885 he became established in the grocery business at Bradford, which he bas since continued. He was married in Venango county, Penn., May 21, 1872, to Miss Maggie E. Loveless. and they have two children: Clara Pearl and Florence Ethel. Mrs. Maggie E. Madison was born at Deerfield, Warren Co., Penn.. August 4, 1855, daughter. of Nathan A. and Mary A. Loveless. Nathan A. Loveless died in 1862, at Harrison's Landing, W. Va., while serving as sergeant of Company F, Seventy fourth New York Volunteers; his widow, Mary A. ("Walker) Loveless died December 7, 1885. Mrs. Madison is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In p01itics Mr. Madison is R Republican, and has served as a member of the common council of Bradford. He is a member of the K. O. T. )f., Knights of Pythias and the Knights and Ladies of Honor.

L. E. MALLORY. one of the representative oil producers of Bradford, was born in Cambridge, Erie Co., Penn., April 6, 1849, the eldest of six children born to Truman and Charlotte (Phelps) Mallory, who still live in Erie county, where the father is a prominent citizen. L. E. was reared on his father's farm, attending the district schools in his boyhood. "When fifteen years old he began.
working in the oil fields as driller, and was subsequently employed in different capacities until 1869. when he embarked in business for himself at Oil City. He afterward went to Titusville, and from there came, in 1876, to Bradford, where he has since been operating most of the time. He now owns an interest in about two hundred oil producing wells, a large number being in the Bradford oil fields. He has been an industrious man, always at work, and his success is the result of his energy and good management. He has, since his residence in Bradford. taken an interest in the prosperity of the town, and has always been ready to give of his means or of his time to the advancement of any enterprise of public benefit. He now owns a neat and substantial residence in the town, where he and his worthy wife dispense hospitality. with an open hand. Mr. Mallory was married January 1, 1873, to Miss Emma Crawford, daughter of Eben and Elizabeth (Wilson) Crawford, who are of Scotch descent. Mr. and Mrs. Mallory have two children: Lewis E. and Nellie. Mr. Mallory is a Republican in politics. He has taken the thirtysecond degree in Freemasonry, and is a deputy grand master of Bradford Council. Mrs. Mallory is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

LOUIS MARCK, oil producer, and lately owner and proprietor of the" Union Hotel," Bradford, is a native of Mulhouse, Alsace, France [ now Germany], born October 19,1849, a son of Francois L. and Eve (Eisenzimer) Marck. His father was in early life a cotton spinner, but during the French war was a soldier serving in Algiers, Africa; while there he studied surgery. and after leaving the army devoted his attention to his profession. He come to America in 1880, and is still a resident of Pennsylvania. Louis Marck is the eldest of a family of five children, was given good educational advantages. and after leaving college learned the trade of landscape gardener and florist, serving an apprenticeship of three years, and subsequently became chief gardener for one Albert Taschare, one of the senators of France. In 1870 he came to America. and settled first at Buffalo, N. Y. Being in a strange country and the winter being unusually severe, he was unable to obtain employment at his own trade; consequently he began working at the barber's trade, which he followed three years. He then took employment as a florist until 1878, when he removed to Bradford and engaged in the hotel business. He has met with success, also with misfortune, and recently has embarked in the oilproducing industry. Mr. Marck was married in January, 1872, to :Maria Stuller, a native of Bavaria, Germany, daughter of John Stuller, and they have had three children, but one of whom, Louis A., is living. They are members of the Catholic Church. In politics Mr. Marck is a Republican, and has served two years as a poormaster.

A. M. MAYER, senior member of the firm of A. Mayer & Co., wholesale dealers in wines, liquors, cigars, tobaccos, and wholesale agents of Bartholomay's Rochester lager beer, at Bradford, is a native of Germany, born January 23, 1836, second son of Gabriel and Elizabeth Mayer, both parents being dead, the mother having died in 1876 at the age of sixty five years, and the father, April 4, 1889, at the mature age of nearly ninety years; both died at Oil City, Penn. A. 1\1. Mayer landed in New York City in the year 1853 at the age of seventeen; he engaged in the dry goods trade, principally, until 1872, locating at Oil City; thence moved to Millerstown, Butler county, where he remained until the fall of 1878, when the above firm started in the above named business at Bradford, McKean Co., Penn., where, under his able management, the firm has attained the highest rank in the business community. Mr. Mayer has held various positions of honor in said city, such as member of the common council, director of the board of trade, and is now a member of the board of school control, also one of the executive board of the Bradford hospital. He also holds the position of president of the Hebrew Reform congregation. He was married in New York City April 10, 1871, to Miss Adelheit Rolland, daughter of Leopold and Babeth Rolland, the parents residing then in Germany, but both now dead. This union is blessed with a family of five daughters ranging from six to seventeen years of age namely, Ray, Belle, Flora, Estelle and Selma.

JOHN F. MELVIN (deceased) was a pioneer of McKean county, Penn., having come here from the State of New York about 1826. He was born in Chester, N. H., December 2, 1802, the second in a family of three children of John and Susanna (Richardson) Melvin. who were of Scotch Irish ancestry. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Melvin was a prominent man in the early days of the county, a pioneer merchant, and an extensive lumber dealer. He also was a large land owner, and in connection with his other work carried on farming. Probably no man did more to develop the country about Bradford than Mr. Melvin. He owned extensive landed interests, which, since his death, have developed into the extensive Bradford oil fields. Mr. Melvin was married July 12, 1828, to Lucretia Farr, who was born at Bellows Falls, Vt., October 11, 1810, a daughter of Isaac and Pantha (Clark) Farr, who were also of Scotch-Irish descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Melvin were born ten children, but four of whom are living: C. C.; Adaline E., wife of Judge Loyal Ward; Evaline A., wife of Hon. O. H. Foster, and Thomas J. One son, John S., was killed in the war of the Rebellion; a daughter, Mary L., was the wife of A. L. Smith, and died in Dunkirk, N. Y.; four children died in infancy. Mr. Melvin was a Democrat of the old school. He died in 1858. C. C. Melvin, oil producer, Bradford, is a native of Bradford, Penn., born April 15, 1833, and is the eldest son of John F. and Lucretia (Farr) Melvin, the former of whom was for many years a prominent citizen of McKean county, whose name is well known in business circles. C. C. Melvin was reared and educated in his native city, and has been closely identified with her business prosperity. In 1876 he became interested in the production of oil,
and has since been very successful in that line. He has taken an active part in promoting the development of Bradford, especially in the advancement of her educational and religious interests. He was married December 26. 1874, to Miss Lina Loomis, daughter of E. R. Loomis, and they have two children: Lucretia and Carroll. Mr. Melvin is a Democrat in his political views, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge and chapter.

THOMAS J. MELVIN, oil producer, Bradford, is a representative of one of the pioneer families of McKean county. He was born in Bradford town ship August 18, 1847, a son of John F. and Lucretia (Farr) Melvin. He was reared in Bradford, where he had good educational advantages, and later at tended Bryant & 'Stratton's Commercial College, at Buffalo. He then found employment as a clerk, which vocation he filled until 1869, when he embarked "in the mercantile business on his own account, continuing in that line until 1876, when he became interested in the oil business. Mr. Melvin was married September 28, 1869. to Miss Marion B. Parker, daughter of Nelson Parker, who are of Scotch-Irish and English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin have four children, all boys: John P., Charles C., Milton F. and Thomas J., Jr. In politics Mr. Melvin is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has taken the Knight Templar degree.

JOHN K. MERRIAM, a wellknown business man, and proprietor of meat market, Bradford, was born in Franklin county, N. Y., January 9, 1840, the second in a family of six children of John and Lurey (Keeler) Merriam, natives of Vermont, but now residents of New York. He was reared on his father's farm in Franklin county, attending school in his youth, and when a young man began teaching, a vocation he followed six years. In 1868 he moved to Pennsylvania, first locating at Shamburgh three years. then at Titusville, all the time in the market and oil business, and in 1877 settled in Bradford, where he opened a meat market, which is now one of the largest in the city. During the time of the oil boom in this section his sales in his market amounted to nearly $200,000 per year. In the oil trade he has also been successful. He was married in 1873 to Mrs. Mary (Harney) Reed, widow of Capt. Reed, who lost his life in the war of the Rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Merriam are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are active workers in all that pertains to either church or Sundayschool. In politics he is a Republican, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.

C. V. MERRICK, superintendent of the Bradford division of the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad, Bradford, was born in Canton, Bradford Co.. Penn., June 17, 1848, a son of J. Q. Merrick, and was reared in Potter county,' whither his parents had moved when he was a child. He attended the district schools, and by close application to his studies was able, when a young man, to obtain a teacher' 8 certificate, and thus earned the money to pay his expenses at the State normal school, from which he graduated in 1871. He then taught a year in the village of Knoxville, Penn., and in 1872 obtained a situation with the company he now represents at Addison, where he remained two years; in the meantime he learned telegraphy, and was promoted to night operator at a small station near Elmira, N. Y., and a year later was given the same position at Elmira, where he remained four and a half years. In the meantime he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was next promoted to assistant train dispatcher, and then to train dispatcher at Elmira. January 1, 1888, he was transferred to his present position. Mr. Merrick was married in 1878 to Miss Dell, daughter of T. V. Willow. In politics Mr. Merrick is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

JOHN MEYERS, wholesale and retail dealer in leather, and manufacturer of uppers for shoes, Bradford, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., January 16. 1842, a son of John and Anna Barbara (Miller) Meyers, natives of Bavaria, the father coming to America in 1835, and locating in Buffalo. John was reared on a farm, but in early life learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked until 1878, when he removed to Bradford, and soon after became established in his present business. Mr. Meyers was married in New York, in 1872, to Margaret Sproul, a native of that city and daughter of Andrew Sproul, who came from Scotland; they have two children: George and Ida. Mrs. Meyers is a member of the Methodist Church. In politics Mr. Meyers is a Republican. He is a member of the I. O. O, F., lodge and encampment.

C. G. MILLIGAN, of the firm of Stems & Milligan, wholesale produce and commission merchants, Bradford, was born in Maryland, Otsego Co., N. Y., December 23, 1849, a son of David and Rhoda (Strain) Milligan, natives of Massachusetts, of Scotch-Irish descent, who now reside in Georgia, where the father is engaged in farming. C. G. Milligan is the third in a family of four children. He was reared on a farm, but not liking agricultural pursuits, obtained a situation as clerk in a store, which he continued until 18tH, when the present firm of Sterns & Milligan was formed. In politics Mr. Milligan is a Republican.

GEORGE H. MILLS, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, Brad ford, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., June 11, 1857, a son of George and Mary (Lee) Mills. natives of England, who came to the United States in 1844, and settled at Buffalo. He was educated in the schools of his native city, and since sixteen years of age has been employed in a bank, commencing as a messenger boy, from which he has worked his way up to his present position. He came to Bradford in 1880, and was bookkeeper for the First National Bank one year, and in 1881 was appointed teller, and in 1886, assistant cashier. Mr. Mills was married September 22, 1886, to Miss Lena F. Bittles, a native of Newbury, Ohio, of English descent, daughter of C. H. and Flora E. Bittles. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have one son, George Charles. In politics the subject of these lines is a Republican; he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and of the Independent Order of Heptasophs. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

F. A. MOORE, farmer and oil producer, Bradford, was born in Erie county, N. Y., April 8, 1822, a son of Amos and Cynthia (Gardner) Moore, natives of Massachusetts, who moved to McKean county, Penn., in 1839, where the mother died in 1844, and the father in 1845. F. A. remained with his parents until after his father's death, and then succeeded him in the owner ship of the farm. He owns 236 acres of land on which are several oil wells, which have been the source of considerable revenue. In 1888 Mr. Moore built a handsome residence in Bradford, which is now his home. In addition to his other interests he has dealt extensively in lumber, and for ten years was manager for a coal company in Bradford and Lafayette. He was married in March, 1844, to Miss Edith, a native of Gates county, N. Y., and a daughter or Abraham and Dorothy (Vanderhoff) Vandine, the former born in New York, the latter in New Jersey, and both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have two children, Amos ]'. and Anna, former being a prominent merchant of Bradford, married to Amanda Potter, of Friendship, N. Y. They have two children, Charles and Lillian Maude. In politics Mr. Moore is a Republican.

J. L. MORRIS, farmer and oil producer. P. O. Custer City, is a son of William S. Morris, and a grandson of Simeon M. Morris, a native of New Eng land and a settler in Madison county, N. Y. Simeon M. Morris came to McKean county when a young man, and first located on a tract of land near Eldred. About 1812 he married Miss Louisa McCrea, second cousin of Jennie McCrea of Revolutionary fame, and about 1828 moved his family to Bradford town ship, where he purchased a farm at $1 per acre. He participated in the war of 1812, and his father was a Revolutionary soldier. He was a licensed exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His family consisted of four children: William S., deceased; Emeline. wife of Lyman Imus, of Bradford town ship; Dersy, deceased wife of David DeGolier, and Sarah, who died when young. William S. Morris was born near Ceres township, in McKean county, October 15, 1815, and obtained a good education for that early day. In 1843 he married Miss Eliza P., daughter of Jonathan Seaman, or Westfield, Tioga Co., Penn. He was a farmer and lumberman by occupation, and rafted lumber and shingles down the river. He started in life poor, but by hard labor and frugal habits met with fair success financially. He was identified with the Whig party, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in 185~; his widow still resides on the homestead. Six of their children are still living: Emma, wife of John A. Bell, of Bradford township; J. L.; Robert, of Stillwater, Mont.; Julia, wife of William Helenbrook, of Bradford town ship; Charles, of Bradford township; Adeline, wife of I. H. Burton, of Brad ford township. J. L. Morris was born on his present farm January 1, 1846. He received the advantages of a limited education, and remained with his parents until twentysix years of age. Since then he has been principally engaged in farming and lumbering, also in producing oil. In 1876 he married Miss Alice. daughter of John Helenbrook. of Olean, N. Y., and to them have been born five children: William. Minnie, George, Earl and Claud. Mr. Morris is an. active member of the Republican party, and has filled various township offices. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., Tununguant Lodge, No. 111, Bradford.
EUGENE MULLIN, attorney at law, Bradford, a member of the firm of Mullin & Mullin, is one of the most able criminal lawyers in the county of McKean. He is a native of the Empire State', born in Monroe county, a son of Timothy and Catherine (Wallace) Mullin, natives of Ireland, where they were married. Of their seven children, all save one daughter, were born in America. They came to the United States, and first located in Monroe county, N. Y.; then in 1846 moved to McKean county, Penn., and settled in Annin township, where they still live. Mr. Eugene Mullin was reared on a farm, receiving his early education in the schools at Turtle Point, in Annin town ship. His first occupation for his own account was teaching, but having chosen the profession of law, he entered the office of John C. Backus, at Smethport, and in 1876 was admitted to the bar at that place. He first opened an office at Port Allegany, but removed to Bradford, where he has since lived. He has met with marked success in criminal cases. He makes an able plea before a jury, stating the case with such clearness and force as to generally carry the jury with him. His arguments are convincing, and his own conviction of the justice of his client's claims makes him, for the time, oblivious of all else but the point at issue. Mr. Mullin was married in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 1864, to Mary C. Harding, a native of Canada, of Scotch descent, daughter of John Harding, and they have a family of five children: T. F. Mullin, John, Wallace, Edward and Francis. Mr. Mullin and his family are members of the Catholic Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

P. MULQUEEN, proprietor of the United states Hotel, Bradford, was born in Ireland in 1848, a son of Thomas and Jane (Hennessy) Mulqueen, also natives of Erin. In 1865 he came to America, learning and working at the boiler maker's trade at Titusville, Penn. He subsequently went to New York State and opened a hotel at Hornellsville, where he remained until 1875, when he came to McKean county and carried on a hotel at Tarport, six years, and in 1877 removed to Bradford, where he has since conducted the United States Hotel, and is, besides, the owner of thirteen producing oil wells. Mr. Mulqueen was married, November 18, 1873, to Miss Rose A. Biggins, and they have had nine children, two of whom are dead. Mr. Mulqueen and his family are members of the Catholic Church.

S. A. MUNDY, of the firm of W. S. Weed & Co., dealers in lumber, Brad ford, was born in Bradford county, Penn., May 3, 1858, a son of H. F. and Adelaide (Curtis) Mundy, former a native of Broome county, N. Y., and latter of Connecticut. He was reared and educated at Williamsport, and when eight teen years old entered the employ of an extensive lumber firm at Buffalo, N. Y., being their purchasing agent until 1884, when he became associated with the firm of W. S. Weed & Co., in Broome county, N. Y. Having large interests in McKean county, it became necessary to establish an office in Bradford, and in 1888 Mr. Mundy was appointed to represent the firm. They own 18, 000 acres of land in McKean county, and give employment to 400 men the year round. Mr. Mundy was married, in 1878, to Elizabeth, daughter of John F. Swartz, and they have two children: Willie A. and Bessie R Mrs. Mundy is a member of the German Reformed Church. In politics Mr. Mundy is a Republican.

FRANK H. MURDOCH, M. D., Bradford, is a native of Ontario, Canada, born March 5, 1846, a son of John A. and Jean (Hall) Murdoch, natives of Scotland. His father was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Scot. land, and came to Canada in the employ of the government, becoming ultimately superintendent of public instruction in Lanark county. He died in Canada in 1868. Frank H. Murdoch was reared in Canada, and for a time, after the usual commonschool training, attended the collegiate institute at Woodstock, Ontario, then taught school four years. In 1871 he entered the State University at Ann Arbor, Mich., and in 1873 graduated from the medical department of same, when he at once entered upon the practice of his profession at Parker City, Penn. In 1878 he removed to Bradford, where he has become established in a lucrative practice. In 1884 he took a postgraduate course at Post Graduate School, New York City, and then spent several months in Europe, visiting the London, Glasgow and Edinburgh hospitals. Dr. Murdoch is a member of the State, County and American Medical Associations, and is president of the county medical society. He is medical examiner for several insurance companies, and also for the Royal Arcanum; of which he is a member. In politics he is a supporter of the Republican party. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

JAMES MURTY, proprietor of the Capital restaurant, Bradford, was born in Union county, Penn., in 1853, a son of Owen and Harriet (Conrad) Murty, of German ancestry, former of whom died in Union county in 1878. Mr. Murty came to Bradford in 1878, and from that time until 1884 was employed as clerk in a restaurant; in the latter year he commenced business for himself, locating at No. 42 Main street, where he has met with good success. Mr. Murty was married in 1879 to Nellie Shields. and they have one child, Charles. Mr. Murty is a member of the A. O. U. W. His wife is a member of the Catholic Church.

W. O. NEELY, druggist, Bradford, was born November 2. 1858, in Columbiana county, Ohio, a son of Dr. William and Eliza (Black) Neely, the former of Irish and the latter of Scotch descent. Mr. Neely's father, who is a physician, now lives in Kansas. W. O. Neely, who was given a good education, graduated from the high school of Stark county, Ohio, in 1877, and in the regular classical course from Mount Union College, in 1880. He then began the study of medicine, and took one course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, and coming to Bradford in 1883, he here, in 1886, embarked in the drug business, and at the same time continued his medical studies. He keeps a full line of drugs, giving especial attention to filling physicians' prescriptions.

AUGUSTUS WILLIAM NEWELL was born at Newton, Mass., October 9, 1832, the eldest of the nine children of Artemus and Martha (McIntosh) Newell, former of whom died, in 1873, in Massachusetts, where he had spent his life. His ancestors in this country were among the first settlers of Massachusetts, coming from England in 1642. They have for generations been farmers, never having aspired to political distinction, but in an early day one was appointed magistrate under George III, and for five generations this office has been held by some member of the family. Both great-grandfathers of Mr. Newell were soldiers in the war of the Revolution. A. W. Newell at tended school at Brookline, Mass., until thirteen years of age, when he began to learn civil engineering, and from that time he has made his own way in the world. While studying his profession he clerked for two years in the office of his father (who was a magistrate), and while there acquired the habit of exactness. He had from a child a thirst for knowledge and decided literary tastes, and here be had some opportunity to gratify them. After leaving his father's office he was employed four years as clerk for different railroad companies, among others being the Boston & Maine, the Erie, and the Atlantic & Great Western. His uncle, Daniel Kingsbury, had bought the property of the United States Land Company, which embraced 200,000 acres of land in McKean and adjoining counties, and when he was twenty years old Mr. Newell gave the money he had saved to his uncle to invest in land in McKean county, and two years later took up his residence in Bradford. He was for thirtyfive years a civil engineer, and was in the employ of the Buffalo, Bradford & Pitts burgh Railroad Company, when the line was built through Bradford. His uncle, Daniel Kingsbury, already referred to, was president of and a large stock holder in this company. When the company went into bankruptcy, and stopped running their cars, he could not get his pay, and he finally conceived the idea of hiring an engine and running a train himself. Having obtained permission to do this, he hired a man, and together they mowed the track, with old fashioned scythes, from Bradford to Carrollton, a distance of twelve miles. He then hired an engine and commenced railroading. He was fireman, engineer, conductor and brakeman, doing all the work himself. He soon made enough to pay the company's indebtedness to him, and here was laid the foundation of his own fortune. The enterprise was also very beneficial to the prosperity of Bradford. What money he had accumulated he invested in lands, and thus began his extensive realestate business. Since Bradford has become the great oil town and railroad center, he has sold his land, which was laid out in town lots, at a great advance on the purchase price. He still owns 200 town lots, and fifty or sixty dwelling houses in the city, besides other valuable real estate. Mr. Newell was married February 17, 1861, to Anna M. Haynes, who died in 1864, leaving one child, Frederick Haynes Newell, who is now a promising young man in the employ of the United States Government as mining engineer. In 1877 Mr. Newell married Miss Phoebe Lewis, and they have three children: Lewis, Henry Foster and Augustus William. Mr. Newell, though not an aspirant for political honors, has served the public in various relations. His knowledge of engineering enabled him to render important services to the city in organizing a system of waterworks, and for eight years he has been a member of the board of water commissioners. He has also filled the office of school director, and was postmaster at Bradford under Lincoln's administration. He was a commissioner from the State of Pennsylvania, by appointment of Gov. Beaver, to the late International Exposition at Paris. He is a member of the American Association of Engineers, and accompanied its excursion to Europe in 1889, where the party was received under the auspices of the English and French engineers, and banqueted in Guildhall, Lon don, and on the Eiffel Tower, Paris. Upon his return home, the Pompelon Club, a permanent intellectual association of Bradford, afforded an opportunity for social welcome by giving a normal reception and banquet in his honor. Mr. Newell has been a member and director of the Bradford board of trade from the date of its organization, and scarcely any public enterprise of importance has been undertaken without his assistance. In measures for fostering the growth of the city his policy has, as in private lire, been generous, bat discriminating and quite independent of popular clamor. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was the first member initiated in the oldest lodge of Bradford, No. 334. For eleven years he has served as a trustee in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

L. W. OAKES, in the real estate business at Bradford, was born in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., May 5, 1848, a son of Nichols and Mary (Rich) Oakes, natives or Massachusetts, former of German and latter of English descent. His father settled in Western New York in 1824, residing there until his death in 1884, after a married life of sixty years. Of his family of ten children, eight grew to maturity. L. W. Oakes obtained a good education, attending Griffith Institute, Erie county, N. Y. His first occupation was that of school teacher, which he continued two years, when he began to learn the printer's trade at Little Valley, N. Y., and after completing his apprenticeship worked at same, either as compositor or editor, seven years. In 1876 he came to Brad ford in the employ of Ferrin & Weber, and assisted in establishing the Bradford Era. He subsequently went to Salamanca, N. Y., and acted as local editor of the Cattaraugus County Republican for one year, and then engaged in mercantile business until coming to Bradford. In 1879 Mr. Oakes was married at Jamestown, N. Y., to Miss Georgina C. Newell, a daughter of A. T. and Caroline (Rogers) Newell, early settlers of McKean county. Mr. and Mrs. Oakes have three children: Bertha Newell, Jessie Nelson and Ida Beatrice. In politics Mr. Oakes is a Republican. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum.

P. O'BRIEN, repairer of steamboilers etc., Bradford, is a native of Canada, born January 7, 1854, a son of Martin and Kate (Leary) O'Brien, former a native of Canada, of Irish parentage, latter a native of Ireland. The subject of these lines learned the trade of a machinist in Canada, although he never served an apprenticeship. Being a natural mechanic, he gradually acquired a knowledge of the business. In 1876 he came to the United States, and worked in repair shops until 1884, when he began business for himself in Bradford, and now has a good trade, making a specialty of repairing steamboilers. He is a selfmade man, and has by hard work and energy been successful in business. He is not allied to any church or any political party, but is an independent thinker on all subjects.

THOMAS OSBORNE, constable and tax collector, Bradford, was born in Newark, N.J., May 3, 1852, a son of John and Mary (Smith) Osborne, natives of Ireland, who came to this country in Hs41. Thomas learned the trade of lathing and plastering in his native city, and followed that occupation until 1880, when he became interested in the production of oil in the Bradford field. In 188l he was elected city assessor of Bradford, and in 1883 was elected constable and collector of State and county taxes, which position he holds to this day; in 1885 he was elected county auditor, and served McKean county in that position for three years. He is a prominent member of the Bradford fire department, and has been, from its organization, holding several offices in the department from time to time; he is now director and first assistant fore man or the Exempt Fireman's Association of Bradford. In politics he is a Democrat, and was chairman of the Democratic county committee during the years 1887 and 1888. In 1887 he was married to Miss Sophie H. Reilly, daughter of Patrick and Sophie Reilly, both now dead. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne have one child, Florence, three years old. They are members of the Catholic Church.