Sypher, J. Hale
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 22, 1837, in Perry county, Pa. He received a liberal education, graduated from the Alfred university in 1859, and adopted the profession of law. In 1861 he enlisted as a private soldier in the first regiment Ohio Light artillery and served through the war.
He was promoted to first lieutenant, captain and colonel, and brevetted brigadier-general of the United States volunteers for faithful and meritorious services during the war. He served eight years as a representative in congress in the fortieth, forty-first, forty-second and forty-third congresses; and advocated amnesty, internal improvements and protection. He has a large practice in Washington, D. C.