BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES

—OF—

Members of the House of Delegates.

ALLEGANY COUNTY—Five Members.
JAMES CAMPBELL.

James Campbell, Republican, of the House of Dele-
gates, was born in Glascow, Scotland, in 1842. In 1851,
he accompanied his parents to this country and settled
at Vale Summit, in Allegany county. In 1857, the family
removed to Franklin Mines, and in 1861 Mr. Campbell
enlisted in the Union army, where he served three years.
After the war he settled at Newburg,WestVirginia. He
came back to Allegany county shortly afterward and has
resided at Barton ever since. Under President Harri-
son's administration, Mr. Campbell served four years as
inspector of coal and wood at Washington, D. C. Since
the close of the Harrison administration, Mr. Campbell
has been engaged in keeping a drug store at Barton. He
was a member of committee on organization, on printing,
on public hygiene, on engrossed bills, chairman of the
committee on railroads and canals, of the last House.

JOHN B. ROBINETTE.

John B. Robinette is a prosperous farmer of near
Flintstone, Allegany county, and is a member of the large
family of Robinettes so numerous in that section of
Maryland. Mr. Robinette is a middle-aged man, a con-
scientious citizen, and one of the best farmers in his
native county.

CHARLES H. BRANDLER.

Charles H. Brandler is the son of Judge J. M. N.
Brandler, of the Orphan's Court, of Allegany. He was
an apt pupil in the public schools of his native city. After
completing a business course in Allegany County Acad-
emy he attended the Columbus Business College, at
Columbus, 0., of which institution he is a graduate. He
at once returned to Cumberland, entering the coal busi-
ness with his father.