Sypher, Josiah R
journalist, lawyer, was born April 12, 1832, in Liverpool, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools; attended the Alfred academy; and in 1858 graduated from Union college. He was war correspondent of the New York Tribune, and for several years associate editor of that publication; was editor of the State Journal of Harrisburg, Pa.; and is now a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia. He is the author of History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps; School History of Pennsylvania; The Art of Teaching School; and School History of New Jersey.