Geddes, James
manufacturer, jurist, congressman, was born July 22, 1763, in Carlisle, Pa. He was elected a magistrate in 1804, and in 1821 was in the state legislature. In 1809 he was an associate county justice; and in 1812 judge of the common pleas. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1813 to 1815. In 1822 he was appointed chief engineer of the Ohio canal; and in 1827 assisted in locating the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, as well as the Pennsylvania canal. He died Aug. 19, 1838, in Onondaga county, N. Y.