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Pleura: Anesthesia and Anæesthetics. Home: 336 Hamilton, Bohemia. Home: 3047 W. 19th St. Of- S. Hoyne Av. Office: 108 N. State St.
PATTON, Normand Smith, architect; July 10, 1852-Mar. 16, 1915. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)
PATTON, Walter I., electric appliances; b. Cam- bridge City, Ind., Oct. 30, 1870; s. William A. and Jennie P. (Patton) Patton; ed. pub. schs., Indian- apolis; Hanover Coll., Madison, Ind .; m. Ethel L. Sullivan, of Osborn, O., Sept. 15, 1903; 3 children: Helen Louise, Ethel Virginia, Marjorie Dorothy. Bookkeeper Northern Ind. Hosp. for Insane, 1889- 93; with G. H. Hammond & Co., packers, 1894-1900; with Audit Co. of New York, 1900-4; has been identified with the Automatic Electric Co., mfrs. automatic electric appliances, since 1904, now sec .; dir., sec. and treas. Automatic Enumerator Co., Am. Talking Film Corpn .; dir. and auditor Auto- matic Home Telephone Co., Pontiac, Ill .; auditor South Bend (Ind.) Home Telephone Co., Home Telephone Co., Champaign County, Ill. Mem. 111. Mfrs.' Assn., Elec. Credit Assn. of Chicago, Chicago Assn. Credit Men. Republican. Presbyterian. Rec- reations: hunting, fishing. Home: 6136 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1001 W. Van Buren St.
PAULING, Edward G., mortgage loans; b. Chi- cago, July 21, 1859; s. of Henry F. and Sophia D. (Meyer) Pauling; ed. pub. schs, and business coll .; m. Chicago, Ang. 14, 1900, Marie F. Seeman; chil- dren: Helen M., Janet. Was with a real estate firm for 15 yrs., first as employe and then as mem, of firm; has been in the mortgage loan business for himself since 1890. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Lutheran. Vice pres. Forward Movement. Mem. Royal Ar- canum (ex-Regent of North Western Council). Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Recreations: golf, swimming. Home: 1248 Astor St. Office: 5 N. LaSalle St.
PAULLIN, George Washington, mfr. of furs; b. Phila., Pa., July 17, 1864; s. Charles and Maria Ann (Smith) Paullin: descended on paternal side from Quaker ancestry, on maternal side from Holland- Dutch ancestry; grad. pub, schs., Phila., 1880; Chi- cago Coll. of Law, 1892; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1893; m. Mary Hamilton Garwood, of Jersey City, N.J., Feb. 2, 1886; children: Frances Anne (Mrs. Raymond Pruitt), Laura Virginia, Louise Eliza- beth, Employed on Medical Journal, Phila., 1880; learned fur business with Edward S. Mawson & Sons, Phila .; came to Chicago, 1885; employed by Charles Gossage & Co., in fur dept .; buyer and mgr. of fur dept. James H. Walker & Co., 1886-93; after- ward with John T. Shayne & Co .; in business on own account as mfr. of furs and fur garments since 1889. Mem. Cook Co. Rep. Central Com. 14 yrs .; elected mem, Rep. State Central Com., 1910 and 1916. Elected trustee Sanitary Dist., Chicago, 1905, for 3 yrs., reelected, 1908, and 1914 for full term of 6 yrs. Dir. Evanston Pub. Library 10 yrs. Episcopalian. Clubs: Evanston, Hamilton, Union League. Recreation: collector of Americana, Home: 1908 Sheridan Rd. Office: Michigan Boul. Bldg.
PAUSE, Paul Ernest, advertising signs; b. Ber- lin, Germany, July 1, 1855; s. Gottlieb and Chris- tina (Helfer) Pause; ed. pub, schs., Gymnastic Teachers' Sem., Berlin; was teacher there for 6 yrs .; m. Chicago, Jan. 16, 1891, Anna Schultz; 5 children: Paul, Herman, Amelia, Clara, Robert. Learned trade of lithographer and followed it in Germany; came to U.S., 1881; worked as lithographer at St. Louis, 1881-2, and for a short time after coming from St. Louis to Chicago, 1882; in 1883 established business as a mfr. of advertising signs, and is now pres. of P. Pause & Co. Socialist. Club: Germania. Rec- reation: motoring. Home: 828 Wilson Av. Office: 404 W. Erie St.
PAVLICEK, Charles Borromeo, lawyer; b. Bo- hemia, Austria, Sept. 11, 1863; s. Joseph and Marie Pavlicek; came to Chicago in childhood; S.B., North- ern 111. Normal Sch., Dixon, 1888. A.B., 1889; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1891; m. Hattie M. Kellogg, of Buckingham, 111., Jan. 30, 1892; 1 son, Charles B., Jr. In gen. practice; dir. Lawndale State Bank. Mem. Bd. West Chicago Park Commrs., 1897-1901, atty. for the bd., 1910-13. Supreme Gov. Am. Broth- erhood U.S.A. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), Clubs:
fice: 74 W. Washington St.
PAYNE, see also Pain, also Paine.
PAYNE, Edgar Alwin, artist; b. Washburn, Mo., Mar. 1, 1882; s. John H. and N. Ellen (Reed) Payne; ed. Art Inst. Chicago; m. Elsie Phillipa Palmer, of San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1912; 1 daughter, Evelyn Phillipa. Has exhibited in many annual exhbns .; San Francisco Expn., 1915. Represented in Neb. Art Assn., Lincoln; Soc. Allied Art, Peoria, Ill .; John Herron Art Inst., Indianapolis; Chicago Mu- nicipal Collection; mural decorations, American Theatre, Chicago; Hendricks County (Ill.) Court House; etc. Mem. Alumni Assn. Art Inst. Chicago, Chicago Soc. Artists, Cal. Art Club (Los Angeles), Internationale Union Artes et des Lettres (Paris). Club: Palette and Chisel. Recreation: summer in California. Home and Studio: 4 E. Ohio St.
PAYNE, John Barton, lawyer; b. Pruntytown, Va., Jan. 26, 1855; s. Dr. Amos and Elizabeth Bar- ton (Smith) Payne; ed. pvt. schs., Orleans, Fau- quier Co., Va., 1860-70; m. Washington, Jennie Byrd, d. late Thomas B. Bryan, May 1, 1913. Ad- mitted to bar, 1876; practiced at Kingwood, Pres- ton Co., W. Va., 1877-82; chmn. Dem. Com., Pres- ton Co., 1877-82; spl. judge Circuit Ct., Tucker Co., W. Va., 1880; mayor of Kingwood, 1882; practiced law at Chicago, 1883-93; judge Superior Ct., Cook Co., III., 1893-8 (resigned) ; now sr. mem. firm Win- ston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw. Dir. Central Trust Co. of Ill. Pres. Bd. South Park Commrs., Chicago; mem. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Apptd. gen. counsel of Emergency Fleet Corpn., Oct., 1917. Democrat. Pres. Chicago Law Inst., 1889. Clubs: Metropolitan, Chevy Chase (Washington); Chi- cago, Law, Chicago Golf, Caxton, Forty, Mid-Day, Wayfarers (Chicago); Bibliophile (Boston) ; Fau- quier (Warrenton, Va.). Home: Elmhurst, Ill. Of- fice: First National Bank Bldg., Chicago.
PAYNE, Philip, anthor. Removed to Minneapo- lis, Minn. (See Who's Who in America.)
PAYNE, William Morton, literary critic; b. New- buryport, Mass., Feb. 14, 1858; s. Henry Morton and Emma Merrill (Tilton) Payne; has lived in Chicago since 1868; ed. pub. schs., Newburyport, and Chicago, after that self ed .; (LL.D., Univ. of Wis., 1903); unmarried. Asst. librarian Chicago Pub. Library, 1874-6; teacher in Chicago high schs. since 1876. Lit. editor Chicago Morning News, 1884-8, Chicago Evening Journal, 1888-92; asso. editor The Dial, 1892-1915. Chmn. com. on Philol. Congress, Chicago, 1893; pres. Chicago French Club, 1887-90; sec., treas. 20th Century Club since 1889; pres. Chicago Lit. Club, 1911-12. Lecturer English lit., Univ. of Wis., 1900, Univ. of Kan., 1904, Univ. of Chicago, 1904. Mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters; hon. mem. Phi Beta Kappa North- western Univ., 1903. Author, editor or translator of a number of vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 1933 Indiana Av.
PAYNE, William Theodore, lawyer; b. Lansing- burg, Rensselaer Co., N.Y., Ang. 2, 1860; s. Freder- ick Augustus and Sarah (Cassidy) Payne; descend- ed from Stephen Payne, who settled in Mass., 1638; ed. common schs .; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1892; m. Matilda Schols, of Chicago, Dec. 22, 1883; 3 children: William Theodore, Jr., Frederick Charles, Sarah Louise. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1892, and since practiced at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Delta Phi, Ill. Soc. S.A.R. Pres. Oak Park Democratic Club, 1905-12. Episcopalian; pres. Men's Club of Grace Ch., Oak Park. Recreations: collecting books, chiefly rare and first editions of Am. authors, and works relating to Chicago and Ill. history. Home: 115 S. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Ashland Blk., Chicago.
PAYSON, George Shipman, lawyer; b. Chicago, June 21, 1862; s. George and Margaret A. (Cod- man) Payson; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1883; legal studies at Union Coll. of Law, Chicago; m. Chicago, Jan. 3, 1889, Josephine Ryer- son; children: Ellen Larned, Randolph. With Ad- ams & Westlake Co., 1883-4, in law offices of Isham, Lincoln & Beale, 1884-6, Dent & Black, 1886-7; mem, law firm Banning & Banning, 1887-93; gen. counsel and treas. Western R.R. Assn., since 1893. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Saddle and
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Cycle, Yale, University; University, Grolier (New dren: Stewart B., Mary Ann. Identified with the York). Recreations: automobiling, motor-boating, jewelry business of his father, C. D. Peacock (es- tennis. Home: 1254 N. State St. Office: Peoples Gas Building.
PEABODY, Augustus Stephen, investment bank- er; b. Chicago, Dec. 3, 1873; s. late Francis Bolles and Harriet Cutter (Ten Broeck) Peabody; de- scendant of Francis Peabody, of Ipswich and Tops- field, Mass., 1635; ed. Harvard and Univ. schs., Chi- cago; Hill Sch., Pottstown, Pa .; A.B., Yale, 1895; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1897; m. Grace Van Alstyne, of Evanston, 111., 1906. Upon graduation in law, entered Peabody, Houghteling & Co., invest- ment bankers, in which firm is now a partner. Dir. Citizens' Assn. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Chicago, University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. Recreations: ath- letics, books. Home: 936 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.
PEABODY, Emily Clough, author; b. Merrimac, Mass., July 18, 1869; d. George F. and Mary Annie (Stickney) Clough; ed. Merrimac ( Mass.) High Sch .; Ph. B., Boston Univ., 1891; m. Rev. Harry E. Peabody, of Princeton, Me., Ang. 16, 1894; children: Stephen. Leonard, Phillips, Miriam. Dir. Woman's Bd. of Missions of the Interior, Chicago. Mem. of Delta Delta Delta. Author: Lives Worth Living, 1915. Home: 3740 Ellis Av.
PEABODY, Francis Stuyvesant, capitalist; b. at Chicago, July 24, 1859; s. late Francis Bolles and Harriet Cutter (Ten Broeck) Peabody; Ph. B., Yale, 1881. Entered the coal trade immediately after graduation in 1881, building up the Peabody Coal Co., of which is pres .; also pres. Fayette County Coal Co .; dir. Consumers Co., Chicago Utilities Co .; chmn. coal production com. Council of Nat. Defense. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Ath- letic, Iroquois, Caxton, Chicago Yacht, Edgewater Golf, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Home: 417 Barry Av.
PEABODY, Harry Ernest, clergyman; b. Prince- ton, Me., Apr., 1865; s. Leonard and Mary (Todd) Peabody; grad. Phillips Acad., Exeter, N.H., 1883; A.B., Harvard, 1887; B.D., Yale Div. Sch., 1891; (D.D., Grinnell Coll., Ia., 1916) ; m. Emily S. Clongh, of Cambridge, Mass., Ang. 16, 1894; 4 children: Stephen, Leonard, Phillips, Miriam. Ordained Congl. ministry, 1891; pastor First Ch., Trinidad, Colo., 1891-6; asst., Ch. of the Redeemer, New Ha- ven, Conn., 1896-9; pastor Windsor Av. Ch., Hart- ford, Conn., 1899-1910, South Ch., Chicago, since 1910. Chaplain, Governor's Horse Guards, Hart- ford, Conn., 1909-10. Dir. Congl. Edn. Soc., Chicago City Missionary Soc. Club: University. Recrea- tions: tennis, golf. Home: 3740 Ellis Av.
PEABODY, Stuyvesant, coal; s. Francis Stuyve- sant Peabody; grad. Yale Univ., 1911; m. Anita Healy. Vice pres. Peabody Coal Co., Bond County Coal Co .; dir. Consumers Co. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Chicago, University, Chicago Ath- letic, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Golf. Home: Hins- dale, Ill. Office: 1615, 332 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.
PEACHE, Alfred, clergyman; b. Chicago, Apr. 17, 1876; s. Alfred and Rebecca Maria Peache; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; Garrett Bibl. Inst., Evanston, Ill .; m. Delight R. Foskett, of Chicago, Aug. 17, 1897; 1 daughter, Elizabeth Delight. Ordained M.E. minis- try, 1909; successively pastor Chandler Ch., St. mers Automobile Co., Detroit, as factory account- Paul's Ch., Calumet Heights Ch., 49th Av. Ch., and Berry Memorial Ch. (all of Chicago), Berry Me- morial Ch. since 1915. Home: 2247 Giddings St. ant and paymaster. 2 yrs., with the Cadillac Co. 1% yr .; with the Studebaker Corpn. 7 yrs. as claim agt., spl. rep., and dist. mgr., 1910-13; mgr. Stude- baker Corpn. of America since Nov., 1913. Pres. Chicago Sales Mgrs.' Assn., 1916-17. Republican. Mason (Englewood Commandery, Oriental Consist- ory, Medinah Temple). Clubs: Chicago Automobile; Detroit Athletic. Recreation: motor touring. Home: 1350 Rosedale Av. Office: 2036 Michigan Boul.
PEACOCK, Charles Daniel, jeweler; Aug. 10, 1871-Jan. 22, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)
PEACOCK, Robert Elijah, jeweler; b. Chicago, Apr. 8. 1876; s. of Charles Daniel (died Feb., 1903) and Mary (Smith) Peacock; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1900: m. Chicago, Oct. 28, 1902, Josephine McLane: 2 children: Dorothy and Charles D., Ill, Since 1896 has been connected with the jewelry house of C. D. Peacock (inc. 1902), of which is now pres. Mem. Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Midlothian Country. Recreation: hunting. Home: 5552 Ev- erett Av. Office: State and Adams Sts.
tablished, 1837), during entire business career, be- coming sec., treas, and dir. upon incorporation of the company, 1902. Mason. Clubs: Midlothian, Chi- cago Athletic, South Shore Country, Exmoor Coun- try. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Home: 5312 Hyde Park Boul. Office: Cor. State and Adams Sts.
PEAKE, Frederick, lawyer; b. at Rockford, Ill., Dec. 4, 1856; s. Loami and Mary Ann ( Padelford) Peake; ed. pub, and high schs., and business coll., Rockford; grad. East Rockford High Sch., 1875; studied law in office of Lathrop, Marshall & Tag- gert, Rockford, 1879, 80, and under Judge C. Beck- with, Chicago, 1883-6; m. Mary Frances Burbank, of Chicago, Dec. 28, 1886; 1 son, Frederick Bur- bank. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1886, and since prac- ticed at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Metho- dist. Odd Fellow. Home: 544 S. East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 155 N. Clark St., Chicago.
PEAKS, George Henry, lawyer; h. at Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 11, 1872; s. George Franklin and Mary (Sherburne) Peaks; ed. pub. schs., of Muskegon; Gates Coll., Neb .; m. Alice Spies, of Menominee, Mich., Mar. 15, 1899. Came to Chicago, Apr., 1890; admitted to bar, 1893; mem. firm of Gann & Peaks, established, 1898. Mem. Am., Chicago and Ill. State bar assns. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic. Mid-Day, Law, Evanston, Glen View Golf. Home: 709 Foster St., Evanston, III. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
PEARCE, see also Pearse, Peirce, Pierce.
PEARCE, William Cliff, Sunday school worker; b. Hutsonville, Crawford Co., Ill., May 4, 1864; s. Zadock A. and Eliza J. Pearce; M.A., Union Chris- tian Coll., Merom, Ind., 1887; m. Martha Trimble, of Robinson, Ill., Sept. 3, 1889. Engaged in Sunday sch. orgn. work, since 1889; field worker, Ill. State S.S. Assn., 1891-1900; gen. sec. Cook Co. S.S. Assn., 1900-3; teacher training supt., 1903-8, supt. adult dept., 1908-11, asso. gen. sec., 1911-14, ednl, supt., since 1915, Internat. S.S. Assn. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Ch. Home: 324 Normal Parkway. Of- fice: 1416 Mallers Bldg.
PEARCE, William Greene, vice president Am. Brake Shoe & Foundry Co., New York. (See vol. 1911.)
PEARLMAN, Victor Simpson, designer of light- ing fixtures and bronzes; b. Chicago, May 5, 1883; s. Harris and Sarah (Share) Pearlman; ed. pub. schs. and Art Inst. of Chicago; m. Pauline Malkan, of Chicago, Jan. 12, 1909; 1 son, Malkan Alfred. Began as designer of lighting fixtures and archi- tectural bronzes, 1900; pres. V. S. Pearlman & Co., since 1908. Jewish religion. Club: Hampden, Cove- nant, Square and Circle. Recreations: music, art, motoring. Home: 5122 Sheridan Rd. Office: 75 E. Adams St.
PEARSALL, Arthur H., manager of Studebaker Corpn. of America; h. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 11, 1883; s. William A. and Angeline A. (Quigeley ) Pearsall ; ed, grammar schs. and Central High Sch., Detroit; Mich. Agrl. Coll., 1904-5; m. Angeline A. Mead, of Detroit, June 3, 1907; 2 children: Edwin A., How- ard W. Has been identified with automobile busi- ness and allied lines since 1907 ; was with the Chal-
PEARSE, see also Pearce, Peirce, Pierce.
PEARSE, Langdon, engineer; h. Boston, Nov. 12. 1877, s. John Barnard and Mary Langdon (Wil- liams) Pearse; A.B., Harvard, 1899; B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1901, M.S., 1902; m. Eleanor Howard Dean, of Weston, Mass., June 1, 1910. With Charles River Dam Commn., Boston, 1902; commn. on ad- ditional water supply, New York, 1903: Augusta Water Dist .; also at Cleveland, O., and Jersey City,
PEACOCK, Walter Clarence, jeweler; b. Chicago, Feb. 8, 1878; s. late Charles Daniel and Mary Ann (Smith) Peacock; ed. University Sch., Chicago; m. Gertrude Blair, of Chicago, Jan. 22, 1902; 2 chil- N.J., 1904; engr. for Columbus, O., 1904-7; engr.
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Peoples Water Co., Oakland, Cal., 1907-8; div. engr. and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Clubs: Chi- Sanitary Dist, of Chicago, since 1909; also consult- cago Athletic, Indian Hill Country. Recreations: ing hydraulic and sanitary engr. Mem. Am. Soc. golf, hunting, fishing. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Of- C.E., Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Pub. Health Assn., fice: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago. N.E. Water Works Assn., Boston Soc. C.E., Am. Chem. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, etc. Clubs: Univer- sity, Quadrangle, City. Contbr. various articles and papers on water and sewage purification, etc. Home: 5435 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 910 S. Michl- gan Av.
PEARSON, see also Pierson.
PEARSON, Eugens Henry, timber lands; b. Chi- cago, June 13, 1854; s. James Henry and Sarah Elizabeth (Wetherell) Pearson; ed. pub. schs., Chi- cago, and Kimball Union Acad., Meriden, N.H .; m. M. Edla Brewer, of Saginaw, Mich., 1878; 1 daugh- ter, Mrs. David J. Molloy, Jr. Operated a sawmill and salt works at Saginaw, Mich., and a sawmill in the Upper Peninsula of Mich .; engaged in bank- Ing, 1892-8; dealing in timber lands since 1898. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, South Shore Coun- try, Midlothian. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
PEARSON, Haynie Robert, lawyer; b. Spring- field, Ill., June 22, 1866; s. Gen. Robert N. (brig .- gen. U.S.V.) and Mary E. (Tuthill) Pearson; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; Middlebury (Vt.) Coll .; Univ. of Mich. Law School; m. Chicago, Sept. 14, 1892, Blanche B., d. James M. Arnold; children: Beatrice, Robert Swift, Caroline Arnold, James M. A. Ad- mitted to bar, 1889; mem. firm of Page & Pearson, 1890-2; atty. for Sanitary Dist. of Chicago, 1892-3; asst. state's atty. of Cook Co., 1893-1900, since in pvt. practice. Nem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Mich. Alumni Assn., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Mem. Loyal Legion and Soc. Army of the Tenn., by Inheritance; Past Commander Gen. Phil Sheridan Camp Sons of Vets. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Pres. of Men's Club of St. Martin's Ch. Home: 631 N. Central Av. Office: 38 S. Dearborn Street.
PEARSONS, Daniel Kimball, philanthropist ; Apr. 14, 1820-Apr. 27, 1912. (See Who's Who in Amer- ica, 1912-13.)
PEARSONS, Harry Putnam, lawyer; b. Evans- ton, 111., Jan. 15, 1873; s. Henry A. and Catherine J. (West) Pearsons; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1895, LL.B., 1898; m. Frances, d. Rollin A. Keyes, of Kenilworth, III., Feb. 8, 1900; 1 daughter, Frances. Atty. for the Pearsons-Taft Land Credit Co., 1898- 1905; now mem. law firm of Thoman, Harnwell & Pearsons. Alderman 7th Ward, Evanston, 1909-11; mayor of Evanston, 1915-17, 1917-19. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Beta Theta Pi, Delta Chi. Club: Univer- sity. Home: 1816 Chicago Av., Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
PEASE, Arthur Burr, lawyer; Feb. 25, 1866-Apr. 7, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)
PEASE, Edward H., treasurer W. D. Allen Mfg. Co .; b. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 8, 1859; s. Henry and Anna Elizabeth (Church) Pease; ed. pub. schs., Hartford; m. Josephine Wyckoff, of N.Y. City, May 29, 1901. Engaged in dry goods commn. business, Hartford, Conn., 1879-86; removed to Chicago, 1886, and became identified with the W. D. Allen Mfg. Co., gen. mill supplies, of which is now treas. and dir. Republican. Episcopalian, Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Recreation: motoring. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 566-570 W. Lake St., Chicago.
PEASE, Frank Beardsley, lawyer; Sept. 13, 1864- June 26, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
PEASE, James, politician; July 12, 1851-Apr. 11, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)
PEASE, Leonora (Miss), teacher; b. Taylorville, Ill .; ed. high sch., Lincoln, Neb., and Denver Univ. Mem. Polit. Equality League, Socialist Women's League, Ill. Woman's Press. Assn., Teachers' Fed- eration. Club: Woman's City. Author: The Child You Used to Be, 1909; Four-and-Twenty Dollies, 1914. Home: 731 Irving Park Boul.
PEATTIE, Elia Wilkinson (Mrs. Robert B. Peat- tie), author; b. Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 15, 1862; d. of Frederick and Amanda (Cahill) Wilkinson; re- moved to Chicago in early girlhood; m. Robert Burns Peattie, journalist, Chicago, May 10, 1883. Wrote short stories; reporter on Chicago dailles until 1888; then became editorial writer Omaha World-Herald; afterward in Chicago; lit. critic Chicago Tribune, since 1901. Mem. Soc. Colonial Dames, Brothers of the Book, Political Equality League. Clubs: Fortnightly, Little Room, Every Day, The Cordon. Author: With Scrip and Staff, 1891; A Mountain Woman, 1896: Pippins and Cheese, 1897; The Shape of Fear, 1898; Ickery Ann, 1899; The Beleaguered Forest, 1901; How Jaques Came Into the Forest of Arden, 1901; Castle, Knight and Troubadour, 1903; The Edge of Things, 1904; Edda and the Oak, 1911; Azalea, 1912; Annie Laurle and Azalea, 1913; The Precipice, 1914; Azalea's Sil- ver Web, 1915; Lotta Embury's Career, 1915. Ad- dress: 7660 South Shore Drive.
PEATTIE, Robert (Burns), newspaper man; b. in Wis., Oct. 5, 1857; s. John and Elizabeth (Cul- ross) Peattie; came to Chicago in childhood; ed. pub. schs .; m. Elia A. Wilkinson, May 10, 1883; 4 children: Edward Graeme, Barbara, Roderick, Donald Culross. Began newspaper work on city staff Chicago Times, 1880; on staff of Chicago Daily Herald, 1883-4, and with Chicago Daily News as dramatic editor and in other work, 1884- 87; mng. editor World-Herald, Omaha, 1888-96; now editorial writer for Chicago Tribune. Home: 7660 South Shore Drive.
PEBBLES, Henry Reed, lawyer; b. at Horicon, Wis., Sept. 25, 1863; s. Alonzo Warren and Eliza- beth Jane ( Reed) Pebbles; ed. Oak Park (Il1.) grammar and high schools, grad., 1881; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1885; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1885, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Osborne Bros. & Burgett, 1889-92, later Crocker & Pebbles, and Fyffe & Pebbles; prac- ticed alone since 1896; atty. for Town of Cicero, 1894-6. Dir. Oak Park Pub. Library, 1902-6. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Hamilton. Resi- dence; Park Hotel, Oak Park, Ill. Office: Tribune Bldg., Chicago.
PECIVAL, Joseph Perina, M.D .; b. at Chicago, Aug. 5, 1864; s. Anton and Barbora (Karasek) Pecival; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; M.D., Creighton Coll., Omaha, Neb., 1895; post-grad. studies Post- Grad. Med. School, Chicago; m. Mary Kriz, of Omaha, Feb. 2, 1894; 5 children: Ethel, Helen, Irma, Alice, Grace. Practiced medicine at Prague, Neb., 1895-1903, Wilson, Kan., 1903-6, Omaha, 1906-8; specialist in nervous and mental diseases since 1907; supt. Norfolk (Neb.) State Hosp. for Insane, 1909-11; apptd. gen. supt. Dunning (Ill.) Instn. for the Insane and Tubercular since Feb. 6, 1911; now prof. psychiatry, Jenner Med. Coll. Supreme med. advisor Bohemian Western Fra- ternal Assn. Mason, Modern Woodman. Address: 3758 W. 26th St.
PECK, Clarence I., real estate owner; 1841-July 11, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)
PECK, David B., vice pres. Bowman Dairy Co .; h. Millerstown, Pa., July 28, 1878; s. Comfort E. (M.D.) and Katherine G. (Bowman) Peck; ed. grammar and high schs., Chicago; B.S., Northwest- ern Univ., 1903, M.D., 1905; m. Janet C. Cameron, of Toronto, Can., Apr. 10, 1911; children: David Cameron, Edson Ruther. Began with Bowman Dairy Co., 1905; vice pres. since death of father, Sept., 1915. · Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Edge- water Golf. Recreations: motoring, outdoor diver- sions. Home: 1015 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 158 W. Ontario St., Chicago.
PEASE, Warren, lawyer; b. Berlin, Ill., Jan. 24, 1864; s. Calvin A. and Mary F. (Tincher) Pease; PECK, Ferdinand Wythe, capitallst; b. Chicago, July 15, 1848; s. of Philip F. W. and Mary Kent (Wythe) Peck; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1868; LL.B., I'nion College of Law, Chicago. 1869; m. Tilla privately ed .; m. Christine Templeton, of Chicago, June 2. 1892; children: Warren, Jr., Agnes, Beatrice and Florence (twins). Admitted to Ill. bar, 1886, and since practiced at Chicago. Mem. Ill. State C. Spalding, of Chicago, Nov. 17, 1870; 6 chil-
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dren. Admitted to bar, 1869; pres. Chicago Audi- torium Assn., 1886-1900; 1st vice pres. Columbian Expn., 1893 (chmn. finance com.); pres. Chicago Athenæum 15 yrs .; vice pres. Chicago Bd. Edn., 4 yrs .; a founder, Ill. Humane Soc .; U.S. commr .- gen. Paris Expn., 1900; trustee Univ. of Chicago, 1890-1900. Clubs: Chicago, Union League (pres. 1893), Chicago Athletic, Calumet (pres. 1906-7), South Shore Country. Home: 1826 Michigan Boul. Office: 817 Monadnock Blk.
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