Artillery Corps of Washington Greys, (USA), Dr. James Bentley Candy

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" JAMES BENTLEY CANDY was born in the city of Philadelphia, June 7, 1836. He began his education at the private school of Edwards & Parton, at the south-west corner of Penn Square and Market Street, and later attended the Morris public school and the high school, graduating from the latter in 1852. He inherited from his father a mechanical turn of mind and much of his leisure time as a boy was spent in the neighboring machine shop of Mr. Harrison. On leaving school he entered the employ of James E. Caldwell & Co. to learn the jewelry business, but later chose the calling of dentistry and took up his studies under the tutelage of John De- Haven White, M. D, D. D. S., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. Mr. Candy was a student at this college and was an assistant in the clinical department at the age of nineteen years. He graduated at the age of twenty-one, and practiced his profession in the villages of Yardley, Dolington, and Attleboro, now Langhorne, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He then entered the employ of his preceptor, and subsequently opened a dental laboratory at 108 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia. He was also in the employ of what is now the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company in the manufacture of artificial teeth, in sections; these were then entirely handmade, and were mounted upon gold or silver plates. .

At the outbreak of the civil war Dr. Candy, having been a member of the Artillery Corps of the Washington Greys for nearly five years, was well skilled in the manual of arms, and was called upon to spend several months in the drilling of squads of recruits for the front. He was lieutenant commanding, of Company B, Grey Reserves, Captain William H. Kern and" at one time gave an exhibition drill and company movements in Musical Fund Hall, and was subsequently" presented with a sword for his proficiency in the art of war. Returning to the practice of his profession, he located at 248 North Eleventh Street, where he practiced until April 1, 1863, when, owing to the illness of his wife he removed for her benefit to Attleboro (now Langhorne), Bucks County, where he has since resided, and has achieved distinction and success in his chosen profession. . .

Dr. Candy is a man of strong individuality. Has always been a close student, and is independent and fearless in the advocacy of what he believes to be right. In the matter of the incorporation of the village of Attleboro into a borough he was one of the most earnest advocates of the change, and took an active part in the establishment of grades and building and fence lines, though these measures met with strong opposition by some of the property owners of the borough. He has always been a strong advocate of the Democratic Party and its principles. In 1883 he was appointed a notary public, and filled that position with satisfaction to the public, until he was appointed by President Cleve-land, postmaster of Langhorne, which latter office he held until the change in the ad-ministration. He is a past master of Bristol Lodge, No. 25, F. and A. M.

On March 15, 1855, Doctor Candy was married to Jennie Moser, of Philadelphia, daughter of Henry and Catharine (Everett) Moser, and of English and German descent. Her grandfather, Henry Moser, was a soldier in the revolutionary war under General Anthony Wayne, and his brother, Burkhardt Moser, furnished financial and material aid for the prosecution of the war of independence. Dr. James B. and Jennie (Moser) Candy were the parents of six children; Kate Adele; Anna Bentley; Thomas Davy, James Bentley, Jr., Pierson Mitchell, and Laura Hudson. Kate Adele died in her fifth year of diphtheria. Anna Bentley married Wilmer Stevens Black (an account of whose ancestry appears in this work) and they .are the parents of two children: Edith Holbrook and Cyrille Kershaw. James Bentley Candy, Jr., married Harriet L. Headley, daughter of John Burton Headley, of Winchester Virginia, and they have one child, James Bentley (3), born September 22, 1904. Dr. Candy's sons have been established by him in the business of florists and landscape gardeners at Langhorne, in which they are successfully engaged and give employment to a number of hands. The Doctor is still hale and hearty, and gives promise of many years of usefulness."