History of Huntingdon County Pennsylvania United States of America

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George Miles Chilcott, lawyer, was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., Jan. 2, 1828. In 1844 his parents settled in Jefferson county, Iowa, where he studied medicine and taught school until 1850. In 1853 he was elected sheriff, and in 1856 removed to Burt county, Neb., where he was elected to the territorial legislature on the Republican ticket. He removed to Colorado in 1859, was elected to its legislature in 1861-62, and was also a member of the constitutional convention. He was admitted to the bar in 1863 and appointed register of the United States land office for Colorado. In 1864 he was elected as a delegate to Congress by a state organization, but his election was not recognized. In 1866 he was regularly elected a delegate to the 40th Congress. During 1872 he was a member and president of the territorial council, was re-elected a member of that body in 1874, and was elected to a seat in the state legislature in 1878. On April 11, 1882, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States senate, caused by the appointment of Senator Henry M. Teller as secretary of the interior, and served one year. He died in St. Louis, Mo., March 6, 1891.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

William Wister McKean, naval officer, was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., Sept. 19, 1800; son of Judge Joseph Borden and Hannah (Miles) McKean, and grandson of Thomas and Mary (Borden) McKean. His grandfather was the signer. He entered the U. S. navy as a midshipman, Nov. 30, 1814, and was promoted lieutenant, Jan. 13, 1825. He commanded a schooner in Com. David D. Porter's squadron in 1823-24, and aided in suppressing piracy along the Cuban coast and among the West India islands. He was promoted commander, Sept. 18, 1841; captain, Sept. 14, 1855, and in 1860 conveyed the Japanese embassy to Japan. He was appointed to the command of the Western Gulf blockading squadron in 1861, and was retired Dec. 27, 1861. He was promoted commodore on the retired list July 16, 1862, and died near Binghamton, N.Y., April 22, 1865.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Samuel McKean, senator, was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., Sept. 19, 1790; son of James McKean, a native of Cecil county, Md., who removed to Huntingdon county, Pa., in 1783, and to Burlington, Bradford county, Pa., in 1791, where he was the first white settler. Samuel attended the public schools, studied law and represented Bradford and Tioga counties in the state legislature, 1815-19. He was a Democratic representative from the 19th Pennsylvania district, in the 18th, 19th and 20th congresses, 1823-29; and a member of the state senate in 1829, resigning in December, 1829, to accept the office of secretary of the commonwealth under Governor Shulze, and was U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, 1833-39. He died in Burlington, Pa., June 28, 1840.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Daniel Webster Fisher, educator, was born at Arch Spring. Huntingdon county, Pa., Jan. 17, 1838; son of Daniel and Martha (Middlesworth) Fisher; grandson of Michael Fisher, and a descendant of John Fisher, who came from Germany early in the 18th century; also on his mother's side, a descendant of a Revolutionary soldier, who fought at Trenton and Princeton. He was graduated from Jefferson college in 1857 and from the Allegheny theological seminary, Pa., in 1860. He was ordained by the presbytery of Huntingdon in April, 1860; was pastor at New Or leans, 1860-61; at Wheeling, W. Va., 1861-76, and at Madison, Ind., 1878-79. In 1879 he accepted the presidency of Hanover college, Ind. In 1889 he was appointed by President Harrison a member of the commission to examine the mint of the United States. He was married in 1860 to Amanda D. Kouns. He received the degree of D.D. from Muskingum college in 1874, and that of LL.D. from Wooster university in 1887. He contributed to periodical literature.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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