All Sorts of Pittsburgers, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, 1892
B. C. Christy Biography
HABITUES of the liquor license court have reason to be familiar with the heavily-bearded countenance of B. C. Christy, Esq., the war-horse of anti-license agitation. Mr. Christy has had a checkered history-the history of an individualism strong in native ability, courage and tenacity. He was born September 15, 1842, and received a good elementary and academic education.
At the beginning of the Civil War, he was a student at Mount Union College, and in 1862 he left that institution to bear arms for his country, enlisting for nine months service in Company C, 123d Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the battle of Chancellorsville, on May 3, 1863, he was severely wounded in the left groin.
On his return from the army he taught school in Forward township, and devoted his leisure hours to the study of law. In May, 1865, he was admitted to the bar. Mr. Christy rapidly rose into prominence, and in addition to acquiring a lucrative law practice became a figure of note in the field of politics. In 1873 he was elected to the Legislature, and he served in the sessions of '74, '75 and '76. He was acting Speaker during the famous all-night session of 1875, when the Herdic boom bill was the bone of contention. In recent years he has confined himself strictly to his legal practice, and he is today one of the most widely known and influential practitioners at the bar of Allegheny County.
Although representing the no-license element in the license court, Mr. Christy is not himself a crank on the subject of temperance. His connection with the W. C. T. U. and like organizations has been in a purely professional capacity. In private life he is a model of geniality and refined good-fellowship.
Source: All Sorts of Pittsburgers Sketched in Prose and Verse; Burgoyne, Arthur; Pittsburg, PA; The Leader; 1892.
Note: The correct spelling of Pittsburgh in 1892 was Pittsburg. The spelling Pittsburgh was officially restored in 1911.
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