Pennsylvania State Officer Biographies
John Trunkey
The Hon. John Trunkey, elected Judge of the Supreme Court, to succeed Judge Sterrett, is a native of Mercer county, Pa., having been born there 1828. He studied law with Samuel Griffith, in the town of Mercer, was admitted to the bar and speedily became one of the foremost lawyers in that section of the State. He was elected Judge of the judicial district composed of Venango and Mercer counties in 1866 by a heavy majority, although it is usually Republican by about two-thousand votes. Judge Trunkey has displayed great ability on the bench, having the reputation of being one of the very best Common Pleas Judges in the State.
The Indiana Democrat (Indiana, Pennsylvania) November 15 1877, Transcribed by Nancy Piper
Amos C. Noyes
Colonel Amos C. Noyes, just elected state Treasurer, to succeed Henry Rawle, was born in New Hampshire in 1818. He removed to Emporium, Cameron county where he still resides. He was chosen to the Legislature on the Democratic ticket in 1869 and re-elected in the following year. His course in the body was marked by the plain honest principles upon which he conducts his private business and was acceptable in the highest degree to his constituents. At the Democratic Convention at Erie, in September 1875, he was a leading candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, and the large vote which he then obtained unmistakably indicated his popularity with the Democrats of the State. Colonel Noyes is at present a member of the Board of Public Charities.
The Indiana Democrat (Indiana, Pennsylvania) November 15 1877, Transcribed by Nancy Piper
William P. Schell
Hon. William P. Schell, elected Auditor General to succeed Justus F. Temple, was born at Schellsburg, Bedford county, in 1832, and engaged in the practice of the law. He served in the lower house of the Legislature in 1852-3, having been chosen Speaker in the second year of his service, at the age of 31. He was elected to the Senate in 1857 from the strong Republican district of Somerset, Bedford and Fulton counties and came within one vote of being nominated for Auditor General in 1862, when Slenker was nominate and elected. Mr. Schell was in 1872 nominated for Governor by the Labor party, but declined in favor of Mr. Buckalew, the regular Democratic candidate. The Auditor General elect is at present a member of the Pennsylvania House, having been elected in 1876.
The Indiana Democrat (Indiana, Pennsylvania) November 15 1877, Transcribed by Nancy Piper
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