Washington and Jefferson College - Pandora Yearbook (Washington, PA)

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if U ir' ' E 11. jj' lil 1 it A ju JITIIJJFV Eenrg mallarr, HHIQB., EEE. IQNRY XVALLACE was born near XVest Newton. l'a. in the year 1836. He was of Scotch-lrish extraction and inhe1'ited the traits of that virile race. His boyhood was passed 11pon his father's farm, and there was llll1JlZl1ltCKl in his youthful mind a genuine love for agricultural pursuits, and the life of the farm. that in later years lead to his career as an agricultural writer and editor. He pre- pared for College at Geneva Hall and entered tl1e junior class of jefferson College at Canonsburg, lla., in 1857, and was graduated in IRSQ. He stud- ied one year at the United l'resbyterian Theological School, at Allegheny. I-'a.. and two years in the United l'resbyterian Theological Seminary at Monmouth, lll., and was licensed to preach in 1862. After holding several pastorates, he was threatened, with tuberculosis, of which disease, within the space of thirteen years. he had lost his mother, four sisters and three brothers. and was compelled to retire from the ministry in 1877 and there- after devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. As a pastor and preacher, M r. Wfallace was eminently s11ccessful. He was fluent, forcible and clear. In l88l he began his .work as an agricultural writer, having bought an interest in the IV1'11tvrsvt C hronirlc, a county paper, which was subsequently combined with the rllarfisnfziciaz. In 1883 he became editor of the Hom1'stvc1a',, an agricultural paper long established in Des Moines. After thi1'teen years of laborious service. during which the H'onz1'sfc11d had acquired an enviable reputation, not only in lowa. but throughout the contiguous states. Mr. XVallace withdrew from its editorship, and in con- junction with his two sons established l'Val1acc's Farmer. The labors of Mr. XVallace have by no means been confided to tl1e editorial rooms. No one has been in more constant Cltllllilllfl as a speaker and lecturer in farmer's institutes and in meetings, associations and conventions having a legitimate connection with agriculture or lJCZ1l'lllg upon the farmer's interests, than he. lt is in his personal character that Mr. Wfallace is best appreciated by his friends. He is decided in his views, and energetic in carrying them into execution. At the same time he is liberal and tolerant. He is approachable. friendly a11d he is endowed with a liberal fllllfl of Scotch humor. He is a fast friend and a charming co1npanio11. Mr. Wallace's widely extended reputation as an authority upon agricul- tural subjects led to his appointment by President Roosevelt as a member of the Country Life Commission, to which he devoted his entire time for four months. He has written a series of books, the most popular of which are Uncle Henry's Letters to the liarm Hoy, and Clover Farming. 'Mr. NVallace was married in 1863 to Miss Nannie Cantwell of Kenyon. Ohio, with whom he lived happily for forty-live years. She died April 19, 1909. He has five children. th1'ee sons and two daughters. Two of his sons 2l.l'C associated with him i11 the conduct of the paper. The other is editor of the liariizw' at St. l'au.l, Minn. All the children a1'e married but one, the daughter who keeps his home. He has fourteen grandchildren. He carries the titles, l'h.D., conferred by Lenox College. and l.l..D., conferred upon him by NVashington and jefferson College. His has been an active and useful life full of honors and good works. 30

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Svamurl Igrnmnler Zlliaher, E. Sv. H JXMUICL ll. l lSlll'IR, now Chief lfngineer of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, was horn at Cherry lfork Adams County, Ohio, Oct. 22l1ll, 1846. lflis fathe1' was a p1'each- er of .1'1111a11 congregation of Scceders 3 and it is said that his grandfather had been forced to leave lingland hy one of the Georges, whose divine appointment the elder liisher denied. Un his mother's side his ances- try can be traced hack to the Covenanters of Scotland. XVhen the subject of this sketch was seven years of age he moved with his parents to a farm near X1Vashington, Pa., and here he was taught the three R's and linally some Latin grammar. He spent some time in Wfash- ington College as a l'rep, and having received a start in Latin, Greek and Mathematics he entered XYashington and Jefferson College. He completed the regular Scientific Cou1'se in three years and graduated with the class of 1868. The Masters Degree was granted him by his Alma Mater in I87l, and at the last Commencement Exercises he was made a Doctor of Science. ln the winter following his graduation he entered the Roger Locomo- tive and Machine X1Vorks at Paterson, N. bl., and from that time until the present day he has been connected with railroads. His early years were spent in repair shops in the vicinity of l ittsburg, but from 1873 till he received his present position in 1895, he was engaged in the construction of railroads. lirom 1885 to 1890 he was employed by the Milwaukee and Northern R. R. as Chief lingineer in extending their lines into northern XVisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan. In ISQZ-3 he was engaged in the construction of the Everett N Monte Cristo Ry. from Puget Sound to the heart of the Cascade Mountain Range in the State of XVashington. Mr. liisher as Chief Engineer of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail- way Co. is now located in St. Louis, Mo. He is engaged in bettering the property, reducing grades, double tracking, enlarging all facilities for trans- portation and trying to keep pace with the rapidly growing southwest. Mr. liisher married Miss Agnes Crooks at l'ittsburg in ISSI. Mrs. lfishcr until her death in IQOO, was Corresponding Secretary of the XMOIUZLIIIS lloard of Missions of the Southwest. She is survived hy two children-a boy and a girl. Mr. Fisher has been a member of the following Societies: lingineer's Society of XVestern llCl'lIlZl., Coriginal memberbg The XVestern Society of lingineers, Chicagog The lCngineer's Club of St. Louisg The American Society of Civil lingineers, New Yorkg The League of American XVheel- meng and The American Railway lingineering and Maintenance of XVay Association. His life is sketched in lliographies of Railroad Men, in Notable St. l.ouisians 1900, in lVho's NVho in America, and in Horringham's Amer- ican lliography 1901. He is a devout l'resbyterian and in several of the churches with which he has united in his pilgrimage he has been ruling elder, which position he now holds in the Second l'resbyterian Church of St. Louis. 32