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Born:
- W. Louis Schlesinger. Among the most capable of the younger attorneys of Erie is W. Louis Schlesinger, a veteran of the World War. He was born at McKeesport, Pa., Oct. 2, 1893, and is a son of Jacob and Lena (Zimmerman) Schlesinger.
Jacob Schlesinger is a native of Austria Hungary, as is also his wife. He was born in 1863 and she in 1865. They have resided in this country for over 40 years and now live retired at McKeesport, Pa. To Mr. and Mrs. Schlesinger were born the following children: (1) W. Louis, the subject of this sketch; (2) Sadie Helen, married Julius Degner, lives in Elizabeth, N. J., and they have two children: Sidney, born April 1, 1908; and Dorothy Helen, born in March, 1914; (3) Belle, born in October, 1897, married David Krause, a World War veteran, and they have a son, Arthur Selwyn Krause, born in January, 1924; (4) Samuel Alexander, born in October, 1901, a student at the University of Pittsburgh; and (5) Florence B., born in October, 1908.
W. Louis Schlesinger attended the public and high schools of McKeesport, from which he was graduated in 1910. The following year was spent at the College of the University of Pittsburgh, and in 1911 Mr. Schlesinger entered the law school of the University of Pittsburgh, from!! which he received his LL.B. degree in 1914. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Oct. 12, 1914, and to the Allegheny County Bar on the same date. Until January, 1916, Mr. Schlesinger was associated in practice with H. Fred Mercer, Esq., in Pittsburgh, and he has since been located in Erie, with offices in the Marine Bank Building. In January, 1916, he was admitted to the Erie County bar and the Superior and Federal Courts of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Schlesinger enlisted in the army during the World War in August, 1918, and was sent to Camp Holt, Gettysburg, Pa. He was later transferred to Erie and served with the District Appeal Draft Board until Dec. 29, 1918, when he was sent to Camp Dix, N. J. He was honorably discharged Jan. 9, 1919. Before entering the World War Mr. Schlesinger was secretary of the Jewish Welfare Board of Erie, an organization with activities during the war similar to those of the Y. M. C. A. and K. of C.
Mr. Schlesinger is a member of the West Eighth Street Temple and belongs to the Erie Lodge of B'nai B'rith of which he is past president and a delegate to the Grand Lodge at Erie in 1922. He also belongs to the Men's Club of the West Eighth Street Temple of which he is a member of the board of directors, and he is identified with the Y. M. C. A., Erie County Bar Association, University Club, Erie Elks lodge, Commercial Law League of America, Glenwood Park Golf Association, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association. He is also a member of the American Legion, Post No. 11, Roger Israel,
From:
History of Erie County, Pennsylvania
By: John Elmer Reed
Historical Publishing Company
Topeka-Indianapolis
1925
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