MERRITTy  Tl&os.  P.t

Manufacturer;  born  in  Mount  Holly,
N.  J.,  Sept.  29,  1844;  educated  in  private
schools  in  New  Jersey,  and  at  Bucknell
University,  Lewisburg,  Pa.;  Mayor  of  the
City  of  Reading  from  1890  to  1893;  mem-
ber of  the  Board  of  Health  for  a  number
of  years  and  of  the  Board  of  Park  Com-
missioners; member  on  the  part  of  Penn-
sylvania of  the  World's  Pair  Columbian
Exposition;  Trustee  of  the  State  Asylum
for  Chronic  Insane  at  Wernersville,  Pa.;
President  of  the  Reading  Board  of  Trade
for  several  years  and  of  the  Reading
Benevolent  Society;  engaged  in  manu-
facturing lumber  at  Willlamsport;  was
formerly  in  the  wholesale  lumber  busi-
ness in  Norristown,  and  is  at  present  in
the  same  business  in  Reading.  Pa.;
married  Emma  P.  Rambo.  Nov.  30,  1871.
In  politics  he  is  a  Cleveland  Democrat.
Address,  Reading,  Pa.
MBRRYMAN,  H.  S.t

President  of  the  People's  National  Bank
of  Delta.    Address,  Delta,  York  County,  Pa.
MBSTRBZAT,   Stephen  Ijealiet

Jurist;  born  in  Mapletown,  Greene
County,   Pa.,   Feb.    19,   1848;   son   of  Jean


Louis  GulUaume  and  Mary  Ann
zat;  graduated  from  Waynesburg  Collage.
1869,  and  from  the  Waaliington  and  Lw
University  (Virginia)  law  department.  ISP.
(LL.  D.,  Waynesburg  Collegre);
on  Aug.  1.  1888,  to  Eliza  YTillson
District  Attorney  Fayette  County.
1878  to  1881;  Judge  Courts  of  Fourteesth
Judicial  District  of  Pennsylvania,  Croa
Jan.  1,  1894,  until  Aug.  5,  1899;  dect«d
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pem-
sylvania  for  a  term  of  twenty-one  years,
commencing  Jan.  1,  1900;  Democrat  la
politics.     Address,  Uniontown,


MEYBRSy  James  A.t

President    of    the    C<^umbia
Bank.       Address,     Columbia,
County,  Pa.
MBYBRS,  Robert  C.  V.i

Author;  born  in  Philadelphia  In  ISoS.
His  ancestors  were  old  Phlladelphiana.
