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FRANK WHITESELL, attorney at law, Pittsburgh, was born in Allegheny City, Aug. 14, 1852, son of Jacob Whitesell, who became a resident of the borough of Sewickley in 1861, and died there on Feb. 2, 1885. Jacob Whitesell was for forty years a member of the Pittsburgh bar. George Whitesell, the grandfather of Frank, was a lineal descendant of Admiral Wurtz, of Germany; was a lifelong resident of Hampton township, in this county, where he died in 1883, aged ninety-five years.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of Allegheny and Sewickley and received an academical education in the Sewickley and Episcopal academies in Sewickley, Pa. He read law in the office of his father, and was admitted to the bar of Allegheny county Nov. 19, 1876. He commenced practice in Pittsburgh, immediately after his admission, in partnership with his father, first under the firm of Whitesell & Son, afterward, on the admission of his brother, W. W. Whitesell, as Whitesell & Sons, by which name the firm is now known. The practice of this firm has been quite successful. Mr. Whitesell is a democrat in politics, and a member of the Sewickley Presbyterian Church, where he resides. He is a member of Allegheny Commandery, No. 35, Knights Templar, and other prominent orders stationed in Allegheny City. His mother, Anna Margaret Whitesell (formerly Neill), is the daughter of the late Thomas Neill, Esq., and resides at the family homestead, in Sewickley, Pa. The Whitesell family are well known in Western Pennsylvania, and rank high in musical, literary and social circles.