NORTH,  H.   M.I

Lawyer;  born  in  Juniata  County,  Pa.,
July  7,  1826;  read  law  under  G.  S.  Doty,
of  Mifflintown,  and  Joseph  Casey,  of  New
Berlin,  Pa.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Lan-
caster County  bar  in  1849.  He  opened  an
office  in  Columbia,  where  he  has  since
been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of
the  law,  doing  an  excellent  business.  A
Democrat  in  political  opinion,  he  was
earnest  In  party  service,  and  was  elected
to  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  in  1854.
In  1860  he  was  a  delegate  to  both  the
Democratic  National  Conventions  of  that
year  at  Baltimore  and  at  Charleston,  and
in  1864  made  a  strong  but  unsuccessful
run  against  Hon.  Thaddeus  Stephens  for
Congress.  In  1872  he  ran  against  A.  H.
Smith  for  the  same  post  of  honor.  Mr.
North  has  been  solicitor  for  the  Reading
Railroad  Company  since  1863  and  for  the
Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  since
1869,  and  is  President  of  the  First  Na-
tional Bank  of  Columbia.  He  received  a
large  vote  for  the  party  nomination  for
Lieutenant  Governor  in  1874  and  for  Gov-
ernor in  1875,  and  was  nominated  for
President  Judge  of  Lancaster  County  in
1891.  This  place  was  offered  him  by  the
Governor  In  1892,  but  was  declined.  He  is
President  of  the  Lancaster  Bar  Associa-
tion, and  in  1887  was  honored  with  the
degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Franklin  and  Mar-
shall College.    Address,  Columbia,  Pa.
NORTH,   IVllllam    F.i

Treasurer  of  The  Real  Estate  Trust
Company  of  Philadelphia;  bom  in  Phila-
delphia, Pa.,  in  1844;  received  an  academ-
ic education;  entered  Treasurer's  office  of
the  Lehigh  Coal  and  Navigation  Company,
1865;  entered  the  Philadelphia  Stock  Ex-
change. 1870;  elected  Treasurer  of  The
Real  Estate  Trust  Company  of  Philadel-


phia in  1885.    Member  of  the
Society  Sons  of  the  Revolution.
