Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....RHAWN, William H. 1856 - living in 1899
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  WILLIAM H. RHAWN, one of Columbia County's most prominent attorneys-at-law, was
  born in Catawissa, October 11, 1856, and is a son of Casper and Catherine
  (Kruck) Rhawn.
  
    The grandfather of our subject was Henry Rhawn, a native of Montgomery County,
  where he resided most of his life. He was the father of a family of children,
  one of whom was Casper, the father of our subject.
  
    Casper Rhawn was born at Halifax, Pa., in 1814, where he obtained his
  intellectual training and learned the trade of a tailor. In 1835 he removed to
  Catawissa, Pa., where he followed his trade until his death in 1882. He formed a
  matrimonial alliance with Catherine Kruck, a daughter of Jacob Kruck, a native
  and resident of Berks County. Mrs. Rhawn, who was born in 1818, survives her
  husband and is enjoying good health for one of her age. Their union was blessed
  by the birth of the following children: Susan (Koslenbauder); George B.;
  Stephen; Catherine (Haas); Jacob; William H.; and Jessie. Mr. Rhawn was a firm
  supporter of the Democratic party and always took an active interest in local
  affairs, serving as postmaster of Catawissa for many years.
  
      William H. Rhawn, a record of whose life is here given, received his
  education in the public schools of Catawissa and in Dickinson Seminary, after
  which he took up the study of law under the preceptorship of W. H. Abbott of
  Catawissa. He was admitted to the bar in May, 1879, and has since lived in
  Catawissa, where he maintains his office, but his largest practice is at the
  Columbia County Bar. He is an active and energetic business man and his great
  success can only be attributed to his own superior natural abilities and
  professional qualifications. He is a strong worker and when he enters upon a
  case it is with the firm determination of doing justice to his client and to
  himself. He is attorney for the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, the Catawissa
  Fiber Company, Ltd., and for the Catawissa First National Bank, of which he is a
  stockholder.
  
    In his political views Mr. Rhawn affiliates with the Democratic party and has
  frequently been spoken of as a senatorial candidate owing to his well-known
  executive ability and his popularity.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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