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WILSON K. MOHR, a successful attorney of Allentown, was born August 19, 1863, in the city where he now lives. In the schools of this place he gained the rudiments of his education, and the knowledge there acquired was afterward supplemented by a course of study at Muhlenberg College, from which institution he was graduated in 1885 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Three years later the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by the college. While a member of the Senior class he began the study of law, which he conducted in the office of Hon. Edward Harvey. In 1887 he was admitted to the Bar, and has since followed the profession successfully.

In 1890 Mr. Mohr opened an office at Macungie, Lehigh County, but soon returned to Allentown, where he has since resided. In addition to general legal practice he has carried on a large insurance business, representing six companies. In 1889 he accepted the position of lecturer on Commercial Law, Political Economy and Civil Government in the American Business College of Allentown, and he has since served in that capacity. He is also a frequent contributor to journals and local newspapers. At the present time he is a member of the Board of Managers of the Alumni Association of Muhlenberg College.

In politics a Democrat, Mr. Mohr takes an active interest in the welfare of his party, and is in demand as a stump speaker during state and national campaigns. However, he accords to others the same liberty of thought and action which he claims for himself, and is by no means bigoted or narrow-minded. In the Lehigh Agricultural Association he has served as Corresponding Secretary and member of the Executive Committee. He has been clerk of the American Trotting Association, and in different courses has served as starter. Socially he affiliates with Vienna Lodge No. 847, I. O. O. F., which he represents in the Grand Lodge. In the latter organization he was appointed Chairman of the Transportation Committee, having charge of railroad and hotel accommodations for the conventions of the order. A member of the Knights of Pythias, he is Past Chancellor Commander of Lodge No. 257. He belongs to Red Hawk Tribe, I. O. R. M., of which he has been First Prophet; for two years he was Deputy Great Sachem for the Twenty-first District Improved Order of Red Men, and is also a member of the Great Council of Pennsylvania. His religious connections are with Zion’s Reformed Church of Allentown.