Landis, John Wesley

John Wesley Landis was born on September 24, 1837 in Halifax, Pennsylvania. Landis did not enlist in the military after graduation. He was admitted to the bar in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and practiced as an attorney for a time until becoming the secretary of the Halifax insurance company. He died on March 18, 1879. (By Brandon Rothenberg)
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Class of 1860
    Full name
    John Wesley Landis
    Place of Birth
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    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    Education
    Dickinson (Carlisle College)
    Occupation
    Attorney or Judge

    John Wesley Landis (Dickinson Alumni Record)

    Reference
    *Landis, John Wesley---Born September 24, 1837, at Halifax, Pa.; A. B., 1860; admitted to the bar in Harrisburg, Pa., and practiced there for a time; removed to Halifax, Pa., where he became secretary of the Halifax insurance company; Phi Kappa Sigma; U. P. society. Died March 18, 1879.
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 190.
    How to Cite This Page: "Landis, John Wesley," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6057.