Representative from Washington county, was born sixty-two years ago in the village of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, of Scotch parentage. In the early days he lived and worked in a coal mining region. At the age of twenty-three he moved to Iowa and for forty years has been a successful farmer. Has accumulated a large amount of Iowa land and other property. Married Miss Mary Adelaide Pierson in 1876. They have five children. Elected representative in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. A republican in politics.

Representative from Washington county, was born sixty years ago in the village of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, of Scotch parentage. In the early days he lived and worked in a coal mining region. At the age of twenty-three he moved to Iowa and for forty years has been a successful farmer. Has accumulated a large amount of Iowa land and other property. Married Miss Mary Adelaide Pierson in 1576. They have five children. Elected representative in 1912. A republican in politics.