HISTORY OF BLAIR COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Linda Russell Lewis **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. **************************************************************** History of Blair County, Pennsylvania. J. Simpson Africa. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts; Press of J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1883. Page 10 nine (1) in number, were sworn in and admitted to practice in the several courts of the county: Anderson, J. P. Johnston, Robert L. Banks, Thaddeus Jacobs, William J. Blair, Samuel S. King, Alexander Benedict, W. W. Kimmell, F. M. Blair, David Kemp, Joseph Banks, Ephraim Lowrie, J. R. Barkley, Samuel M. Lyon, William Brotherline, John Mann, Job Bell, J. M. Miles, John G. Canan, Moses Magehau, M. D. Cresswell, John McAllister, H. N. Coffey, T. J. Ogle, A. J. Cox, Joshua F. Orbison, William P. Cline, A. J. Russell, James M. Cremer, Theodore H. Russell, Samuel L. Dorris, William, Jr. Steward, William M. Duff, David Stewart, J. S. Fenton, John Scott, John, Jr. Hall, James T. Tate, Samuel H. Hoffus, David M. Williamson, John Heyer, Charles H. Wilson, A. P. Hasson, Michael Wharton, S. S. Hughes, Isaac On the following day, July 28th, George Taylor, Alexander Gwin, and John A. Blodget were admitted. In October, 1846, O. H. Brown, Thomas Montgomery, and Robert Wallace were admitted, and in December following Maj. William Williams. The admissions (3) from June, 1847, to June, 1882, alphabetically arranged, have been as follows, those whose names are printed with italics having been, or are now, residents of the county: [note: an asterisk (*) will represent italics] Albright, Charles Feb. 8, 1854 Atchison, M. W. April 30, 1860 Abrams, T. T. April 27, 1863 Alexander, M. * July 26, 1869 Ami_?, Edwin M. * Dec. 20, 1880 Alexander, William Scott * July 25, 1881 Barclay, Josiah E. March, 1818 Briscoe, Alexander March 1818 Belch, J. E. * May 5, 1853 Blair, John P. Dec. 22, 1854 Banks, Enoch April 24, 1855 Brown, Samuel T. Jan. 28, 1856 Bigler, Henry A. April 28, 1857 Boyers, W. R. Oct. 24, 1859 Bryan, Richard B. Dec. 3, 1863 Baldridge, H. M. * April 26, 1864 Beaver, James A. Oct. 31, 1865 Bailey, John M. Nov. 7, 1867 Blair, J. S. Aug. 2, 1860 Brumbaugh, David S. * April 24, 1871 Bentley, Benjamin S. Feb. 4, 1873 Bell, Martin, Jr. * April 29, 1873 Banks, Cecil R. * April 29, 1873 Braniff, John June 24, 1875 Brotherlin, J. Irvin * Jan. 6, 1876 Benson, J. April 26, 1876 Brophy, S. M. * July 25, 1877 Buckley, M. E. * April 29, 1878 Bigham, Joel L. Oct. 18, 1879 Bentley, R. S. March 29, 1881 Barker, A. V. Aug. 31, 1881 Beyer, William M. * March 20, 1882 Campbell, T. P. June, 1847 Corayn, A. K. June, 1847 Cessna, John December, 1847 Coffey, George A. * Clarke, William C. Nov. 1, 1854 Campbell, James D. Jan. 23, 1860 Clark, Asbury J. July 23, 1866 Cunningham, J. J. * May 5, 1868 Caldwell, D. April 29, 1872 (1) Of these, however, only twelve were residents of the county, and they all in Hollidaysburg, viz.: Messrs. Calvin, Cline, Bell, Kemp, Coffey, Brotherline, Lowrie, Thaddeus Banks, Cresswell, S. S. Blair, McMurtrie and Hoffus (2) Although it has been our aim to mention in the accompanying lists the names of all attorneys admitted to practice in the courts of the county since the county's organization, it is possible, owing to the peculiar manner in which the court records were kept in early years, that a few have escaped out scrutiny. Cessna, John December, 1847 Coffey, George A. * Clarke, William C. Nov. 1, 1854 Campbell, James D. Jan. 23, 1860 Clark, Asbury J. July 23, 1866 Cunningham, J. J. * May 5, 1868 Caldwell, D. April 29, 1872 Clark, Robert A. * April 29, 1873 Calein, Matthews * Dec. 16, 1873 Cheney, F. H. April 27, 1874 Cochrane, George R. July 28, 1875 Collier, Charles W. Oct. 12, 1880 Charlton, Paul Jan. 30, 1882 Durham, R. G. September, 1847 Dean, John * March 21, 1855 Dunmire, E. C. April 22, 1861 Direly, A. V. * May 1, 1873 Dobyne, George A. * Oct. 13, 1874 Doyle, John A. * Jan. 26, 1877 Evans, James G. Dec. 15, 1856 Everhart, J. B. July 1, 1858 Elder, Cyrus March 15, 1875 Fisher, Isaac 1847 Forward, Ross October 1848 Foster, Henry D. Feb. 7, 1854 Faulkner, Charles J. (of Va.) Jan. 27, 1856 Fisher, John H. Oct. 23, 1860 Frueauff, John F. * Oct. 23, 1860 Fulton, S. Alexander * Sep. 18, 1866 Flemming, D. June 22, 1868 Foley, Thomas Nov. 28, 1869 Flanagan, James G. * July 24, 1876 Golden, Ed. S. Feb. 3, 1858 Geary, Benjamin F. April 29, 1859 Greesey, Thomas H. * Jan. 29, 1874 Huling, D. W. June, 1847 Hutchison, Edward March 19, 1850 Hammond, Esington * Aug. 25, 1851 Hall, L. W. * Feb. 6, 1854 Hall, William M. * Oct. 30, 1854 Hewit, Benjamin L. * Oct. 31, 1856 Harris, George W. * April 22, 1861 Hamill, S. Royer July 23, 1861 Hammond, William A. * Oct. 23, 1866 Herr, H. H. * April 28, 1873 Hicks, J. D. * April 27, 1875 Heimling, H. F. * Sept. 1, 1875 Heyer, C.H.F. * July 22, 1878 Hughes, Walter M. * April 23, 1878 Hamilton, Lewis T. * Dec. 20, 1880 Hewit, Oliver H. * Dec. 21, 1880 Hammond, William S. * March 29, 1881 Hicks, William L. * March 20, 1882 Isenberg, Joseph G. Dec. 19, 1865 Irwin, G. A. May 1, 1878 Jordan, Francis June, 1847 Johnston, J. W. Sept. 1847 Jolly, M. H. * May 7, 1856 Jackel, Frederick * Jan. 27, 1869 Johnson, Robert * Sept. 1, 1874 Jackson, Thomas W. * Jan. 27, 1875 Kettle, William June 18, 1852 King, M. Edgar * June 29, 1863 Keatley, John H. * Jan. 28, 1861 Kopeline, A. April 28, 1873 Kyle, John M. * June 6, 1878 Kinkead, Alexander L. * July 22, 1878 Kerr, E. G. Aug. 26, 1878 Kuhn, Henry H. Jan. 30, 1882 Leet, Jonathan D. * Aug. 25, 1852 Landis, Augustus S. * April 28, 1857 Lovell, Kenzie A. July 26, 1865 Ly_inger, Samuel B. * April 27, 1868 Laisewring, J. S. * July 28, 1873 Lake, John G. Sept. 20, 1873 Lynn, Samuel Oct. 20, 1874 Love, John S. Oct. 15, 1874 Lingle, J. J. May 22, 1876 McCarmant, Thomas* Oct. 31, 1864 Mullen, Alexander C. Feb. 8, 1854 Mattern, John W. Aug. 3, 1857 Murray, Samuel T. * April 28, 1858 McDowell, Thomas C. * Milliken, James F. * July 30, 1868 Martin, James F. July 26, 1870 Marshall, Thomas M. May 9, 1872 Merriue, Nicholas P. * March 9, 1876 McLaughlin, D. April 27, 1874 Malburn (?), Robert J. * May 3, 1880 McNeil, Oliver R. * April 22, 1878 McLaughlin, James D. * April 24, 1882 Neff, Daniel J. * Nov. 1, 1854 Noon (?), P. S. Aug. 3, 1857 Neff, W. L. * Feb. 5, 1858 Noon, James C. May 5, 1858 Osborne, E. J. * Oct. 24, 1864 Oatman, George W. Feb. 4, 1867 Orbison, Robert A. Oct. 27, 1873 Orlady, George B. Jan. 27, 1875 Pershing, Cyrus L. June 17, 1851 Pettis, S. Newton April 27, 1863