Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-05-17

g ! in the hip and promoted to the COM !
mand of his brigade. At Petersburg |
while rallying his forces he was struck
in the side with a piece of she'll and
thus received a severe wound. lie |
came north and remained until the
battle OF Ream's Station, on the Will
mington and Weldon Railroad, August
"a. 1864. iD which he lost a leg. The
loss of his limb necessitated his retire
ment from the service, and he returned
to his home in Bellefonte, and resumed
the practice Of law as member of the
firm of McAllister & Beaver In 1868
he married the daughter of his law pre-
ceptor and partner He is the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees of the
A Agricultural College at Bellefonte,
was a delegate to the Chicago Conven-
ton. and after divers defeat for
United States Senator last winter, was
brought forward as compromise can
didate, but was not accepted by the
Independents.
WILLIAM HENRY RAWLE, of
Philadelphia, candidate for Justice of
the Supreme Court, is a native of
Philadelphia, and is fifty-eight years
of age. He is a son of William Rawle,
of the firm of Sergeant IL Rawle, and
his grandfather was District Attorney
for Philadelphia under General Wash
ington. Mr.. Rawle is a graduate of
the University Of Pennsylvania, a man
of fine legal attainments, and the
author of work on real estate titles
which is a standard authority. He
married daughter of Judge Cad
wallader, who died He was subse-
quently married to his present wife, a
daughter of General Thomas Cadwal-
Iader He is the cousin of Henry
Rawle, of Erie, formerly State Treas
urer.
JOHN M. GREER, of Butler coun-
ty, candidate for Secretary of Internal
Affairs, was born in Jefferson
township, Butler county. Pa, August
8, 1874; obtained common school
and academic education read law and
was admitted to practice in Butler
county in 1861; is at present an at
tornev at law was District Attorney
of Butler county, 1869 to 1872 elected
Senator in November, 1876, for the
full term of four years and reelected
November, 1880.
WILLIAM T. DAVIES, of Brad
ford county, candidate for Lieutenant
Governor was born in Glanmorgand-
shire, Wales, December 20, 1881 edu-
Gated at Oswego Academy, New York /;
studied law, and is at present engaged
in the practice of that profession was
District Attorney of Bradford county,
1865 to 1868, Senator 1S7S-S0, and re-
elected to the Senate for term of four
years, from December 1880. He was
candidate for State Treasurer last
year, but was defeated by General
Baily, the present incumbent.
THOMAS M, MARSHALL,
The unexpected nomination of
Thomas NJ Marshall for Congressman
at-Large, brings again into merite d
prominence one of the oldest and bold
est figures in the Republican party of
Pennsylvania. Before he was of age
be began to fight the doctrines ofslave-
holders. He was one of the earliest,
active, most courageous of the old Lib
erty party, that handful of patriots
who first began the fight against sla-
very, more than twenty years before
the agitation made even strong
mark upon the politics of the country.
He was the early friend of William
Lloyd Garrison, Horace Greeley and
Thurlow Weed, and was with them in
all their plans for the abolition of sia-
very. He made free soil speeche 8
when it was dangerous, and was a
prominent figure at the birth of the
Republican party in this State, in
1855. Thomas Mercer Marshall was
born in Ireland, 1918. His father en-
igrated to this country when he was
only a year old, and settled in Butler
County, where he was prominent
farmer for many years. Here Mr..
Marshall passed all the early years of
his life. lie worked on the farm, and
went to school whenever he could,
until he was of age He had an older
brother, James Marshall, who was one
of the best known business men in
Western Pennsylvania, and was for
years one of the leading merchants of
Pittsburgh. Soon after he attained
his majority young Tom Marshall, as
he was known in early as well as later
life, moved to Pittsburgh and became a
clerk in his brothers. store. After
few years of mercantile life he began
the study of law with Judge Charles
Shaler, then one Of the most eminent
lawyers in Pennsylvania; IN 1916, he
was admitted to the bar and at once
began the practice of law. He was
successful from the start. In less than
year he took the leading position as
jury lawyer at the Pittsburg bar, then
one of the strongest in the State. His
address was winning and his oratorical
power very superior, he was open-hand-
ed and ree-hearted, so ever ready to
give his services to the needy that he
was soon known as the peoples lawyer.
His great power as sn advocate natur-
ally at first brought him large crimi
nal clientage, and his services were
sought far and wide 1t was not long
before he was regarded as one of the
first criminal lawyers in the State. His
legal fame did not however stop with
his work in the criminal courts, for he
has for many years enjoyed the dis
tinction of being a careful and success
full lawyer in the best branches of the
profession. He began his political life
even before he did his legal career. He
was for General Birney for president
in 1874, refusing to act with either the
Whig or Democratic parties on ac-
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