. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. has four children, Oscar, a resident of Bingham-ton, N. Y.; Jacob, a physician at Factoryville,Penn.; Milton, and (7) Abel, born in1845, resides in Hamilton township, Monroecounty. John B. Storm was born in Hamilton town-ship Monroe county, in 1838, and as he was rearedupon a farm his early educational opportunitieswere but meager. He was not th
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. has four children, Oscar, a resident of Bingham-ton, N. Y.; Jacob, a physician at Factoryville,Penn.; Milton, and (7) Abel, born in1845, resides in Hamilton township, Monroecounty. John B. Storm was born in Hamilton town-ship Monroe county, in 1838, and as he was rearedupon a farm his early educational opportunitieswere but meager. He was not the kind of youthto succumb to adverse circumstances, and by hardwork and close economy he managed to make hisway through Dickinson College, graduating in-1861. On leaving that institution he began thestudy of law with Hon. S. S. Dreher, and in 1863he was admitted to practice. .Previous to this hehad served a short time as county superintendentof schools, having been appointed to fill a vacancy,and he displayed so much ability in this positionthat in 1863 he was elected for the term of threeyears. In 1866 he was again elected, serving a fullterm, and in 1870 and 1872 he was elected to Con-o-ress on the Democratic ticket. After four years. Jrh^&t /d, j&7$::?&x>, COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 25 of service, in which he won the approbation of hisconstituents by his faithful discharge of duty hereturned to the practice of his profession, in whichhe met with marked success. As a public speakerhe is notably effective, and has won special praisein his successful management of trial-cases. Int882he Was nominated by his party as a candidatetor the XL) liJth Congress, several distinguishedcompetitors being vanquished in the conventionand he again served two terms, taking an influentialpart in the work of the House. While his coursewas eminently conservative, and his manner lessaggressive than that of some ambitious politiciansm Congress, his voice, whenever it was raised uponany qu
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