Northumberland-Berks-Franklin County PA Archives Biographies.....Faust, William B. 1853 - living in 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 7, 2005, 7:27 pm Author: Biographical Publishing Co. WILLIAM B. FAUST, an attorney-at-law, who has built up a very lucrative practice in his chosen profession at Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa., was born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., August 5, 1853. He is a son of Samuel and Margaretta (Miller) Faust. The father of our subject was a hatter by trade. When the subject of this sketch was ten years old his father moved to Philadelphia, and in August, 1863, removed to Sunbury, Northumberland County, where he died in January, 1888. William B. Faust received his primary education in public and private schools. He entered Mercersburg College, Franklin County, in 1869, remaining there until 1873. successfully completing a preparatory course. In 1873 Mr. Faust entered the Franklin & Marshall College at Lancaster, Pa., where he remained for a year. In 1875 he began the study of law, the profession he had determined to adopt, reading under the direction of A. N. Brice, a well-known attorney of Sunbury, Pa., and he was admitted to the bar of the county June 8, 1877. He remained with Mr. Brice until September, 1878, when he removed to Mount Carmel, which place he has since made his home. Mr. Faust is a member of the F. & A. M., and is also an active Odd Fellow. In politics he is a Republican and was a delegate to the National Convention of his party in 1896 which nominated William McKinley as its candidate for president. So closely has our subject devoted his energies to his profession he has never been a seeker after office, although he has been energetic in behalf of those who have sought public honors. Personally Mr. Faust is a most genial companion, a very energetic man in every movement which is calculated to benefit either his profession or the borough in which he resides. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb