Appointed justice of the peace in 1912 to fill out the unexpired term of B J Kelly, and on 21 Nov 1913, elected to that office for a term of six years, five years must still pass before Patrick H Cawley will have completed the duties of justice of peace, which he has for two years discharged with competent ability. He is a native of Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, his birthplace Gouldsboro, the date of his birth 28 Feb 1869. He was reared in Pittston, Pennsylvania, and there attended school, afterwards becoming associated with F J Johnston of Scranton, painter and paper-hanger, a business in which Mr Cawley embarked independently in 1903, adding to his activities in this line a collection agency, which he still maintains. His responsibilities to himself in the care of his business and to Dunmore in the conscientious filling of his office are met on a fair footing, both receiving his undivided attention in their own proper time and place. He is a member of Scranton Lodge, No 123, BPOE, the Temperance Lodge, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Politically a Democrat, he is a member of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
Mr Cawley married Millie Corcoran, born in Olyphant, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, and has children: Julietta, born in Pittston; John, born in Olyphant; Edward and Regina, born in Olyphant; Mary, Harry, Willard, and Helen, all born in Dunmore.
Mr Cawley's office is at No 214 East Drinker street, Dunmore, while his residence is No 332 Blakely street.