Husband Augustus S. Landis 1 2 3
Born: 4 Jun 1834 - Pennington, Mercer Co, NJ 4
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Father: Dr. Joseph A. Landis, M.D. (1805-1886) 4 5
Mother: Maria Letitia Holcombe ( -1891) 4
Marriage: 23 Nov 1865 4
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Wife Eleanor Porter 1 3
Born: 5 Jun 1843 4
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Father: John Porter (1797-1881) 1 6 7
Mother: Maria Bucher (1801-1892) 1 6 7
Children
1 F Maria Porter Landis 8
Born: 18 Aug 1866 - Hollidaysburg, Blair Co, PA 8
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Spouse: Samuel Porcher ( - ) 8
Marr: 15 Oct 1891 8
2 F Letitia Holcombe Landis 8
Born: 9 Sep 1870 - Hollidaysburg, Blair Co, PA 8
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3 F Helen Montgomery Landis 8
Born: 31 Oct 1878 - Hollidaysburg, Blair Co, PA 8
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General Notes: Husband - Augustus S. Landis
Hollidaysburg, Blair Co, PA
He graduated at Washington-Jefferson College in 1853, read law with the Hon. Samuel Calvin, and was admitted to the Blair County bar April 28, 1857. He held numerous local offices, and was elected to the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1873-4 in which he took an active part. On the 31st of December, 1892, was appointed by Governor Robert E. Pattison, President Judge of the Twenty-fourth Judicial District.
He came to Hollidaysburg with his father's family when only three years of age, was reared and received a common school and academic education in this city. In 1851 he entered the sophomore class at Jefferson college, Cannonsburg, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1853. Upon his return home from college he was appointed principal of the Hollidaysburg academy, but resigned in the following year to begin reading law with the Hon. Samuel Calvin, one of the pioneer jurists of Hollidaysburg. At the April term, 1857, Mr. Landis was admitted to the bar, and the following summer opened a law office in Hollidaysburg. Incident to his law practice he was for some years associated editorially with the Hollidaysburg Standard, during which he rendered valuable services to that journal with his trenchant and versatile pen. His writing was generally commended for its force and vigor, while his keen insight and sound judgment enabled him to lead public opinion and exert great influence.
In the spring of 1860, at the solicitation of friends, Mr. Landis became a candidate for the office of treasurer and solicitor of Hollidaysburg, and was elected at the ensuing election. He was annually reelected for many years. In 1868 he became a member of the Hollidaysburg school board, and by reelection remained connected with it for over twenty years. In October, 1872, he was elected a delegate from the Twenty-first Senatorial district to the constitutional convention which sat in Philadelphia the following year, and framed a new constitution for Pennsylvania. The district was composed of the counties of Blair, Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton. In the work of the convention Mr. Landis took an active and important part. In 1884 he was a delegate from this district to the National democratic convention at Cincinnati that nominated General W. S. Hancock to the presidency of the United States. On the death of Judge Clark, of the supreme bench, the bar of Blair and the adjoining counties urged Governor Pattison to appoint Mr. Landis to the vacant seat, but the appointment was given to C. H. Heydrick, of Venango County. Among other important services rendered to his party, Mr. Landis has several times represented Blair County in State democratic conventions.
He was one of the original projectors of the enterprise which resulted in giving Hollidaysburg a new water supply. From the inception of the plan to the final completion of the water works he devoted his energies with untiring zeal to promoting its progress, and its success was considered as very largely due to his efforts. He was for many years prominently identified with various leading enterprises, notably the Hollidaysburg and Gap Iron Works Company, the Hollidaysburg Gas Company, and the Hollidaysburg & Bedford Plank Road Company.
In January, 1864, Mr. Landis became a member of the First Presbyterian church of Hollidaysburg, and was chosen a ruling elder in January, 1868. In October, 1869, he was elected superintendent of the Sabbath school connected with this church, and continued in that position till 1888, when he resigned.