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McFadden, Thomas B.

THOMAS B. McFADDEN, alderman of the Sixth Ward, Allentown, is the son of Thomas and Mary (Green) McFadden, and was born at Fullerton, Pa., June 29, 1876. In his early youth he removed with his parents to Allentown, where he was educated in the public schools and in the American Business College, taking a course in bookkeeping. He then entered teh employ of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, continuing with that concern for a period of seven years, after which he worked four years for Sweeney & Co., at Philadelphia. Returninig to Allentown, he was engaged in the grocery business on his own account for two years, but later from 1904 to 1912, worked as a grocery clerk in the store of Joseph Schwentzer. Mr. McFadden served two terms (1906-07 and 1910-11) in the lower branch of city councils, and was responsible for some important legislation, including the first ordinance providing for the inspection of meat markets and slaughter houses. In the fall of 1911 he was elected alderman of the Sixth Ward and took office, December 4th of that year, to fill the unexpired term of Patrick McCloskey, deceased. Mr. McFadden is a Democrat in politics and an enterprising citizen, as well as an intelligent and broad-minded justice of th epeace. He is the sincere and ardent friend of the poor and needy, and virtually has charge of the work of the charitable organizations in his section of the community. In 1896 he married Catherine Gillespie, of Allentown.