Bios:  LANGHAM, Jonathan N.,  Indiana Co, PA


SUBJECT: LANGHAM, Jonathan N.
SUBMITTER: E.K. Warner
EMAIL: wgene@twd.net
DATE: Oct 25, 1998
SURNAMES: BARR, CAMERON
From:
Prof. J.T. Stewart's "Indiana County Pennsylvania, Her People Past
and Present" Pub. 1913

JONATHAN NICHOLAS LANGHAM, the subject of this sketch, was born Aug. 4,
1861, in Grant township, Indiana Co., Pa., one of a family of twelve children,
nine sons and three daughters, and is the son of Jonathan and Eliza (Barr)
Langham.
The lineage of the Langham family in the mother country, England, is a
long one, as it can be traced back several centuries. Representatives of
this family came to America in the early days, and settled in eastern Pennsylvania.
Joseph Langham, grandfather of Jonathan N. Langham, was born in Pennsylvania
about the year 1789, and died in Indiana county in August, 1864. Jonathan
Langham, the father, was born in Bedford county, Pa., Aug. 28, 1824, and
lived in Indiana county from the time he was ten years old. He was a lifelong
farmer, and was also engaged in the lumber business to a considerable extent.
He was a deacon in the East Mahoning Baptist Church for more than fifty
years. He died May 27, 1899. He married Eliza Barr, a native of Indiana
county, whose parents were of Scotch-Irish descent. She was born March
3, 1825, and died March 29, 1901] . She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian
Church at Taylorsville for more than fifty years. Her father, Robert Barr,
was born in 1796, and died in 1871. Jonathan Nicholas Langham grew to man-
hood on his father's farm, meantime beginning his education in the local
public schools. Later he was a pupil at the Purchase Line academy, and
then entered the State normal school at Indiana, Pa., from which institution
he was graduated in 1882. After leaving school he followed the teacher's
profession for a number of years. He studied law in the office of John
N. Banks, of Indiana, and was admitted to the bar Dec. 6, 1888. At present
he is the senior member of the law firm of Langham, Elkin and Creps. In
1892 he was appointed postmaster at Indiana, by President Harrison. He
served six years as assistant United States attorney for the Western District
of Pennsylvania, was selected as special examiner for the Department of
Justice by Attorney General Philander A. Knox, and served five years as
chief clerk and corporation clerk in the auditor general's department of
the State of Pennsylvania, having in charge the taxation of the Corporations
of the State. He is a Republican in politics, and was elected to the Sixty-first,
Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses from the Twenty-seventh Congressional
district of Pennsylvania, comprising the counties of Indiana, Jefferson,
Armstrong and Clarion, serving on the Invalid Pension committee and the
committee on Territories. In 1891 he married Clara Cameron, daughter of
John G. and Jane Cameron. He has two daughters, Louise and Elizabeth.

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