Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 5Richard Bishop Sutton, son of Alfred and Ann (bishop) Sutton, was born May 27, 1830, in Pittsburgh, and was educated in private schools and under private tutors. He early entered the arena of business, departing in this one respect from the traditions of his family, and Pittsburgh had reason to congratulate herself that he did so, for his executive ability and his capacity for judging the motives and merits of men rendered him a power and a power for good in the world of affairs. For many years he was connected with the Adams Express Com pany.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.