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VORIS AUTEN, a successful and prominent attorney-at-law of Mount Carmel, is a

son of William Maxwell and Sarah (Allison) Auten, and was born July 8, 1856, in

Chillisquaque township, Northumberland County. The paternal grandfather of our

subject was a native of Northumberland County, in which he resided during his

lifetime, and was a miller and millwright by occupation. The father of our

subject was also a millwright and was born in Northumberland County July 7,

1814. He was active in local politics as a Democrat and held several offices,

including justice of the peace and school director. He was also an active member

of the Methodist Episcopal Church until his death in January, 1891. The maternal

grandfather of Mr. Auten, James Allison, was one of the pioneers of

Northumberland County.



  The subject of this review, Voris Auten, was reared in the township in which

he was born. He was educated in the common schools and in the Lewisburg Academy

and University, pursuing part of the scientific course in the latter

institution. For several terms he taught in the common schools of his native

township and for six years in the schools of Sunbury. While teaching to earn his

livelihood our subject also took up the study of law under the guidance of Frank

A. Marr, an attorney of Sunbury. He was unusually successful in mastering the

intricacies of legal lore and was admitted to the bar of Northumberland County

in September, 1881. In June, 1883, he removed to Mount Carmel, opened an office

and soon began to acquire the practice which has grown constantly until it has

become large and lucrative.



  In politics Mr. Auten is an active and enthusiastic Democrat. He was elected

district attorney of the county in the fall of 1889, and so satisfactorily did

he fulfill the duties of the office that he was re-elected to a second term in

1892. He is president of the First National Bank of Mount Carmel, also a

director of the Mount Carmel Water Company. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.,

and also of the F. & A. M.



  On June 9, 1887, Mr. Auten was united in marriage with Jennie Renn, daughter

of Dr. George M. Renn of Sunbury. To them has been born one child, Agnes Renn,

July 11, 1893.







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  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)









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