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Poundstone, Alexander M

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, was born Feb. 26, 1835, in Fayette county, Pa. He served as a captain in the United States army during the civil war. For fourteen years he was prosecuting attorney of Buckhannon, W. Va.; and for two terms served as a member of the legislature of that state.

POWDERLY, TERENCE VINCENT, labor advocate, author, was born Jan. 22, 1849, in Carbondale, Pa. Since 1869 he has lived in Scranton, Pa. In 1879 he was elected general master-workman of the Knights of Labor; and has since been re-elected nearly a dozen times. In 1878 he was elected mayor of Scranton by the labor vote; and was several times reelected as a democrat to that office. He has been connected with several labor publications; and is the author of A History of the Origin and Principles of the Knights of Labor.