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PAINE, Nathanlel Emmons, physician (retired) ; b. New Hartford, N. Y., July 14, 1853; S. llorace Marshfield Paine, M.D., and Charlotte (Mann) P .; ed. Albany (N. Y.) Boys Acad .; Prof. Lewis Collins' pvt. sch .; A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1874, A.M., 1877; M.D., Albany Med. Coll., 1875; student, med. elinics, Vienna, 1876-77; m. Harriet Banks Gould of Albany, N.Y., June 5, 1879 (d. 1905); m. (2d) Martha Lee Gilmor of N.Y. City, Feb. 14, 1907 (d. 1925) ; chil- dren-Mrs. Alice Paine Paul, Nathaniel Emmons, Jr., Mrs. Mary Paine Chamberlain. Asst. phys., Middletown State Hosp., N. Y., 1877-80; supt., West- borough State Hosp., 1885-92; propr., Newton Ner- vine and Newton Sanatorium, 1892-1910; prof. psychiatry, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1887-1925 (emeritus) ; consultant in psychiatry, Mass. Mem. and Newton' Hosps .; v.p. West Newton Sav. Bk .; tr. Mass. Homoe. Hosp., Boston, 1898-1926; tr., chmn. bd., Westborough State Hosp., 1915 -; men). Vol. Med. Res. Corps, 1918; fellow A.C.P .; mem. Am. Psychiatric Assn., Mass. Med. Soe., Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, Mass. Homoe. Med. Soc .; hon. mem., N.Y. State, Me., and Conn. Ilomoe. Med. Socs .; for- mer mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Founders & Patriots, Soe. Mayflower Descs., Fairbanks Fam- ily Assn., Wolcott Family Assn., Chapin Family Assn. Clubs: Brae Burn Country (formerly), Unl- Versity of Boston (formerly). Author: Members of American Medico-Psychological Association, 1916; Thomas Payne of Salem and his Descendants, 1928. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 1640 Wash- ington St., Newton (P.O., West Newton).
YPAINE, Robert Gordon, business man; b. Everett, May 15, 1895; s. Charles L. Paine and Mary I .. (Moore) P. ed. Brookline high sch .; A.B., Dart- mouth Coll., 1917; m. Elaine Wemple of Cranford, N.J., Jan. 9, 1918; children-Robert G., Jr., Bar- bara Anne, Richard Parmele. Ins. adjuster, 1919- 25; v.p. Commereial Investment Trust Corp., 1925- 28; with Nash N.R. Co., distributors of Nash automobiles, Boston, 1928-, v.p., 1928-37, pres., treas., dir., 1937 -; dir. Boston Anto Dealers Assn .; capt., then major I.A., U.S.A., 2 yrs., overseas 7 mos .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi. Christian Scientist. Republican. Ollice: 640 Com- monwealth Av., Boston. Ilome: 309 Boston Post Rd., Weston.
PAINE, Robert Treat, H, lawyer; b. New Bedford, Dec. 3, 1861; s. William Cushing Paine and Hannah Hathaway (Perry) P .; ed. llopkinson Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1882; m. Ruth Cabot of Brookline, May 28, 1890; children-Walter Cabot ( (1.),
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Richard Cushing, Mrs. Elizabeth Palne Metcalf, Mrs. Ruth Paine Cunningham. Mostly occupied In financial positions; practiced law only a few yrs .; dir. many companies, Gen. Elec. Co., 41 yrs .; now retired from active bus .; tr. Boston Art Mus. Clubs: Somerset, Harvard (Boston & N. Y.), Eastern Yacht (Commodore 2 yrs.), Essex Co., Univ. (N.Y.), Country (Brookline). Travel: Europe (many times). Desc. Robert Treat Paine, signer of Dec- laration of Independence. Office: 10 Post Office Sa., Boston. Home: 305 Heath St., Brookline. Summer res .: Manchester.
V PAINTER, Charles Fairbank, orthopedie surgeon; b. Grand Haven, Mich., May 19, 1869; s. Charles C. Painter and Martha (Gibson) P .; ed. Great Bar- rington high sch .; Williams Coll .; A.B., Johns Hopkins, 1891; M.D., Harvard Med. Schi., 1895; Il. Alice Angier of Newton, June 6, 1908; children- Whitfield, Eleanor. Interne, Children's and Mass. Gen. Hosps .; practiced orthopedie surgery, Boston, 1895 -; on staff, Carney, Robert B. Brigham (Bos- tou), Sturdy (Attleboro), Broekton, and Fairview (Gt. Barrington) Hosps .; dean, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1912-21, prof., orthopedic surg., 1912-21, prof. hist. med., 1925; tr. Boston Med. Lib .; ist lt., U.S.N., Chelsea Naval Hosp., 2 yrs., World War; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Orthopedic Assn. (pres., 1915), Am. Acad. Orthopedic Surgery. Author: many med. articles in journals. Travel: Europe. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 520 Common- wealth Av., Boston. Home: 20 Chapel St., Brook- line.
PALACHE, Charles, mineralogist; b. San Francisco, Calif., July 18, 1869; s. James Palache and Helen M. (Whitney) P .; ed. B.S., Univ. Callf., 1891, fel- low, 1892-94, Ph.D., 1894; m. Helen Harrington Markham of Cambridge, Aug. 15, 1899; children- Eliza Jeannette, Mary, Alice Ilelen. Instr. miner- alogy, Harvard, 1896-1901, asst. proť., 1902-10, prof., 1910 -; mem. Geol. Soe. Am. (pres. 1937), Nat. Acad. Sciences, Mineral Soc. Am. (pres. 1921) ; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S. Prot- estant. Ilome: 106 Appleton St., Cambridge.
PALFREY, Frauels Winslow, physician, edueator; b. Belmont, Mar. 27, 1877; s. John Carver Palfrey and Adelaide Eliza (Payson) P .; ed. Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge; A.B., Harvard, 1898; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1902; m. Lucy Hannah Daniel of Charlotte, C.H., Va., 1920; children- Francis Winslow, Jr., Virginia Hannah, George Gorham. Practiced med., Boston, 1902 -; clin. instr., Mass. Gen. and Boston City Ilosps .; past pres. sr. staff, now cons. phys., Boston City Hosp .; past see. faculty of med., now asst. prof. med., llarvard Med. Sch .; mem. Harvard Unit, B.E.F .. , 1916-17, major M.C., U.S.A., 1917-19, chief of med. service, Camp Greene, N.C., Gen. Hosp. #1 N.Y., West Point, N.Y .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston), Union Boat, Duxbury Yacht, Aesculapian. Author: The Art of Medical Treatment, 1924; The Specialties In General Prac- tice, 1927; The Facts of Modern Medicine, 1930; articles in med. jours. Travel: Poland, as mem. Typhus Research Commn. to Poland, League Red Cross Soc., 1920. All ancestors of pre-Revolu- tionary familes-Palfrey, Gorham, Gilbert, Win- slow, Howland, Germaine, Cazneau, Hammond. Unitarian. Republican. Ollice and home: 25 Lime St., Boston. Sunimer res .: Linden Lane, Duxbury. PALFREY, John Gorham, lawyer; b. Belmont, Oct. 2, 1875; s. John Carver Palfrey and Adelaide E. (T'ayson) P .; ed. Browne & Nichols Sch .; A. B., Harvard, 1896; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1899; m. Methyl Oakes of Auburn, Me., Oct. 3, 1905; chil- dren-Mrs. Margaret Palfrey Woodrow, Mrs. Eliza- V beth l'alfrey Fullerton, Mrs. Mianne P'alfrey Ilill, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, Joanna Oakes, John Gorham, Jr. Admitted to bar 1899; sec. to Justice Horace Gray, Supreme Ct. U.S., 1899-1900; asso. with Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter, 1900-04; mem. Boyden, Palfrey, Bradlee & Twombly, Boston, 1904- 16; mem. Warner, Stackpole, Stetson & Bradlee (formerly Warner, Stackpole & Bradlee), 1916 -; dir. Fiduciary Trust Co., Boston, Proprs. Boston l'ier or Long Wharf; counsel for N.E. Fuel Ad- ministrator, 1917-18; asst. dir., Marine & Doek
Industrial Relations Div., U.S. Shipping Bd., 1918- 19, mem. Amn., Mass., and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Somerset (Boston), Country ( Brookline), Harvard (N. Y.). Author: articles on legal questions in Har- vard Law Rev. and Mass. Law Quarterly. Office: 84 State St., Boston. Home: 108 Ivy St., Brookline. Summer res .: Sharon.
PALLADINO, Frederick, clergyman; b. Sala, Consi- lina, Italy, Feb. 22, 1877; s. Paseal and Antonia (Spinelli) Palladino; was brought to America, 1879; ed. New York pub. schs. and Bloomfield (N.J.). Collegiate Instit .; grad. Drew Theol. Sem., Madison, N.J., 1897, B.D., 1914; Ph.B., Taylor Univ., Upland, Ind., 1900; A.B., Univ. of Me., 1909; 1).D., Syracuse Univ., 1922; m. Annie E. White, of Lyndhurst, N.J., Nov. 8, 1898. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1897; pastor Washington, Me., 1898-99, Damariscotta, 1900-02, Caribou, 1903-07, 1st Ch., Bangor, 1908-11; supt. Bueksport Dist., East Me. Conf. (first Italian to be appointed to supervise English work in the U.S.), 1912-17; pastor Newton Upper Falls, Mass., 1918-23, 1st Ch., Boston, 1924-25, Baker Memorial Ch., Dorchester, since 1926; financial sec. East Me. Conf. Sem., 1909-11, directing a successful cam- paign to raise $40,000 for improvements and new building; elected by the Me. Conf. as lirst reserve del. to Gen. Conf. M.E. Ch., Minneapolis, 1912; elected chuinn. Delegation from Me. Conf. to Gen. Conf. at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 1918, and by that body was elected to represent the First Dist. cover- ing New England States and part of New York State on board of mgrs. of Nat. Board of Home Missions and Ch. Extension of the M.E. Ch .; trans- ferred to New England Conf. of M.E. Ch., 1918, and by that body elected reserve del. to Gen. Conf., Atlantic City, N.J., May 1932; founder and exec. Christian Brotherhood of America, 1938; tr. Middle- sex Univ. ( Waltham, Mass.), New England Coll. Osteopathy (Boston), Mason, Odd Fellow, K.P. Methodist Episcopalian. Independent Republican. Ilome: 50 Virginia St., Boston, Mass. Summer res .: Blodgett's Landing, Newburg, N.H.
PALMER, Auna Chipman, physician (retired) ; b. Boston, Apr. 26, 1857; d. Albion Chipman and Mary A. (Parker) C .; ed. Cambridge high sch .; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1888; m. George A. Palmer of Boston, June 6, 1895; 1 dau .- Gretchen A. Palmer. Practiced med. before marriage, not much after birth of dau .; work entirely for caneer edn. since 1922; first to introduce cancer edn. in Mass. State Fed. of Women's Clubs and Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; presented with Distinguished Serv- ice Medal by Am. Soc. for the Control of Cancer for ednl. work; mem. Eastern Star (matron, treas. l'or 27 yrs.). Clubs: Milton Woman's, Mattapanock Women's, Boston Eastern Star Women's. Author: several articles on cancer. Travel: extensive in IT.S., Mex., Alaska. Six ancestors on father's side came over on Mayflower; mother's family settled In Mass. about 1640. Episcopalian. Independ- cht. Home: 51 llouston Av., Milton.
PALMER, Bradley Webster, lawyer; b. Wilkes- . Barre, Pa., June 28, 1866; s. Henry Wilbur Palmer and Ellen (Webster) P .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1888, A.M., 1889; student Harvard Law Sch., 1888-89; unmarried. Began practice with Storey & Thorn- dike, Boston, 1891; adm. to lirmi, 1893, title now Palmer, Dodge, Barstow, Wilkins & Davis; counsel, United Fruit Co .; counsel Capital Issues Com., Washington, 1918; asst. counsel, U.S. allen property custodian, 1918; mem. staff Am. Commin. to Nego- tiate Peace, Paris, 1919; pvt. Co. D, 9th Regt., Pa. N.G., 1888-99; pvt. Battery A, Mass. Vol. Militia, 1895-99. Office: 53 State St. Home: 318 Beacon St .. Boston.
PALMER, Claude Albert, business executive; b. Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1877; s. Denison Albert l'almer and Ella May (Piekard) P .; ed. Syracuse (N.Y.) high seh .; Wells Commercial Coll .; adopted mem., Class 1886, Dartmouth Coll .; m. Grace Jane Smith of Syracuse, N.Y., Oct. 31, 1898; children- · Charles Albert, Mrs. Grace Palmer Mortensen, Wil- liam Theodore, Henry Hancock. Book-keeper Syra- cuse Stoneware Co., 1896-98; Res., Mgr., N.Y. Pot- tery Co., 1898-1903; asst. mgr. Robinson Clay Prod- ucts Co., N. Y., 1903-05; mgr. Phila., Pa., br., 1905-
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06; mgr. Eastern Clay Goods Co., Boston, 1906-25; pres., treas., dir., Palmer Clay Products Co., Bos- ton, 1925 -; dir., mem. Security Com., Metrop. Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn .; past selectman, Bedford; mod- erator 10 yrs .; mem. Arlington Pub. Safety Com., 4 minute speaker for U.S. Govt., during World War; mem. Masons, Mass. Hort. Soc., Lexington Minute Men (pres., comdr.), Lexington Allied Vets. Coun- cil (pres.), Sons Union Vets. Commd. Clubs: Bos- ton City, Appalachian Mt. Travel: W.I., Can. Author: History of Lexington Minute Men. Bap- tist. Republican. Office: 57 Braintree St., Boston. Home: 1099 Mass. Av., Lexington. Summer res .: Chichester, N.H.
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PALMER, Elizabeth Lucile, librarian; b. Greenville, O., May 12, 1899; d. Rev. Stephen G. Palmer and M. Elsie ( Miller) P .; ed. B.M.C. Durfee high sch., Fall River; S.B., Simmons Coll., 1921; unmarried. Reference lib., Adelbert Coll., Western Reserve Univ., 1921-23; llb., Middleborough, 1923-25; refer- ence lib., Pub. Lib., New Bedford, 1925-27; lib., Pub. Lib., Attleboro, 1928 -; mem., A.L.A., Attle- boro Mus. Art, Attleboro Round Table. Unitarian. Independent. Office: Public Library, Attleboro. Home: 15 B Mechanic St., Attleboro.
PALMER, Ezra W., teacher, practitioner of Chris- tian Science; b. Olathe, Kan., Dec. 22, 1869; s. Andrew Jackson Palmer and Sarah (Jones) P .; ed. Kan. rural schs .; Paola (Kan.) high sch .; A.B., Kan. State Univ., 1894; C.S.B., Mass. Metaphysical Coll., 1913; m. Artie M. Kelly of Burlington, Kan., June 12, 1898; children-Philip, Mrs. Herma-De Palner Jones, Mary Elizabeth. Teacher, rural schs., Kan., 2 yrs .; prin. schs., Gardner, Kan., 1893; teacher Latin and Eng., Winfield high sch., 1895; supt. schs., Colo. City, Colo., 1895-97, Cripple Creek Mining Dist., 1897-1901; sec., Commercial Club, Pueblo, Colo., 1902-10; mem. Chr. Sci. Com. on Pub- lication, Colo., 1903-07, 1911-16; Chr. Sci. lecturer (U.S., Can., Aus., N.Z., Honolulu), 1916-25; prac- titioner, teacher of Chr. Sci .; clk., Mother Ch., 1925 -; tr. Chr. Sci. Benevolent Sanatorium (Brook- line), Chr. Sci. Pleasant View Home (Concord, N.H.), 1926-30; mem. Kan. Soc. of Mass. (pres., 1925-26, 1928-29), Sigma Nu. Author: many ar- ticles on Chr. Sei. for Chr. Sci. periodicals of Mother Ch., of which many were translated into for. langs, esp. French, German, Scandinavian, also Danish, Norwegian, Swedish. Christian Sei- entist. Republican. Oflice: 107 Falmouth St., Boston. Home: Marshfield (Humarock P.O.).
PALMER, Gretchen Abigail, executive and financial secretary; b. Dorchester, Aug. 3, 1896; d. George Albert Palmer and Anna (Chipman) P .; ed. Milton high sch .; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1918. Chemist and bacteriologist, Morris Knowles, Inc., Pitts- burgh, Pa., 1918-22; sec., office mgr. for father (marine ins. appraiser), Boston, 1922-30; exec. and financial sec., sec. to headmistress, Thomas Sch., since 1931; life mem., M.I.T. Alumni Assn. and M.I.T. Women's Assn. (past pres. of latter); for- mer sce. Boston br., Am. Assn. Univ. Women. Travel: U.S .; Europe, 1927. Desc. six Mayflower Wm. Bradford, John Howland; mother known as "great-grandmother" (82) of Cancer Control Move- ment in Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs. Episcopalian. Address: The Thomas Sch., Rowayton, Conn. Ilome (during sch. yr.): 178 East Av., Norwalk, Conn. Permanent home: 51 Houston Av., Milton. PALMER, Henry Francis, manager of real estate; b. Bath, Me., May 2, 1872; s. Asa C. Palmer and Ann M. (Cushman) P .; ed. Bath (Me.) high sch., 1886-90; m. Lillian P. Richardson of Bath, Me., Aug. 7, 1893; children-Dorothy G. (Mrs. Richard R. Budar), Lilllan H. (Mrs. Philip B. Jameson). Employed as clk. In Bath Sav. Inst., asst. treas., treas., 1891-1912; bond salesman. 1912-22; mgr., Mass. Cities Realty Co., Boston, 1922 -; agt., N.E. Real Estate Trust; dir., pres., treas., clk. and ingr., Atlantle States Warehouse & Cold Storage Corp., Mass. Cities Realty Co. Methodist. Republican. Office: 10 High St., Boston. Home: 1284 Beacon St., Brookline.
PALMER, Henry Webster, lawyer; b. Wilkes Barre, Y'a., Nov. 15, 1879; s. Henry Wilbur Palmer and
Ellen ( Webster) P .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Har- vard, 1901; L.L .. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1904; m. Elsa Langborg of Stockholm, Swed., Aug. 19, 1907; chil- dren-Henry W. Palmer, Jr., Vincent. Asso. with Gaston, Snow and Saltonstall; partner, Stimson, Stockton, Livermore and Palmer; later partner in Peabody, Arnold, Batchelder and Enther; speclal- Izes In corp., banking, and probate law; dir. Chil- dren's Hosp., Infants Hosp., New Ocean House, Inc. (Swampscott); served on Zoning Bd. of Appeals, Milton; mem. Boston Bar Assn. Clubs: Harvard, Milton, Republican. Travel: occasional trips to Europe, Swed., Nor. Protestant. Republlean. Of- fice: 10 State St., Boston. Home: 59 Randolph Av., Milton.
PALMER, Henry Webster, Jr,, salesman; b. West Newton, Sept. 17, 1908; s. Henry Webster Palmer and Elsa (Langborg) P .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Brown Univ., 1932; m. Gwendolyn llart of Boston, Jan. 6, 1938; 1 dau .- Ifelen Hart; step-children- Charles Fargo, Bronson Fargo. With S. A. Conover Co., advertising, 2 yrs .; formed Peel, Denton, Palmer, Inc., adv. agency and stayed 5 yrs .; with Meloripe Fruit Co., 1938 -; very active with Mass. State Council of Young Men's Republican Clubs; mem. bd. dirs., Infants' Hosp., Boston; tr. Thomas Morgan Rotch Memorial for Infants Trust. Clubs: Milton, Alpha Delta Phi of N.Y. (Milton). Travel: Europe (13 times), Cent. and So. Am. (5 times), U.S. Episcopallan. Republican. Office: Meloripe Fruit Co., Long Wharf, Boston. Home: 8 Griggs Ter., Brookline. Summer res .: 48. Atlantic Rd., Swampscott.
PALMER, Mildred T. (MIss), master bookbinder; b. Cambridge, Feb. 11, 1890; d. Joseph B. Palmer and Helen C. (Woodbury) P .; ed. Buckingham Sch., Cambridge; Cambridge Latin sch ; studied bookbinding with Miss Elizabeth Trumbull, Bos- ton; Mr. F.C.D), Palmer, Boston; Messrs. Henri Noulhac, Emile Maylander, Paris. With bindery, 26 Lime St., Boston, 1922-30; men. Boston Soc. Arts and Crafts (master bookbinder), Book-in- Hand Guild, Boston. Travel: Calif .. Southern U.S., Can., Bermuda, Europe. Dese. William Brewster, Plymouth. Episcopalian. Republican. Address: 98 Raymond St., Cambridge.
VPALMER, Raymond Harold, transportation official; b. East Sumner, Me., Sept. 19, 1889; s. Frank Wil- liam Palmer and Sadie Dreser (Bonney) P .; ed. Sumner (Me.) pub. schs., Bates Bus. Coll., Port- land, Mc .; m. Ella E. Gilman of Roslindale, June 5, 1913; 1 son-Marold Gilman. In employ various transportation cos, 1908-25; auditor, N.E. Trans- portation Co., 1925-34, gen. mgr. and dir., 1931 -; gen. mgr. and dir., I R T Co., Inc .; v.p., g. mgr., Providence, Hartford, Norwich Lines, Inc., Berk- shire Motor Coach Lines, Inc., Victoria Coach Line, Ine .; auditor, Boston Terminal Co., Union Freight R.R. Co .; local auditor, N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. Co .; mem. Masons. Clubs: New Haven Railroad, Bap- tist Social Union (Boston). Baptist. Republican. Oflice: 532 South Station, Boston. Home: 81 Fletcher St., Roslindale.
arrivals through maternal grandfather, including / PALMER, Sarah Ellen, M.D., gynecologist; b. Exe-
ter, N.Il .; d. John Rufus Palmer and Sarah Ellen ( Dodge) P .; ed. Robinson Female Sem., Exeter, N.Il .; M.D., Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., Phila .; post. grad. studies in hosps. of Europe; unmarried. Practiced gynecol, surgery, Boston, 1897 -; for- merly surg. to Mass. Women's Hosp .; urologist to NE. Hosp .; formerly surg. chlef and phys. to Pope Dispensary; fellow A.C.S., 1914; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Copley Soc., Folk-Lore Soc., Am. Assn. Univ. Women. Clubs: Formerly Lyceum (London, Eng.), Professional Woman's. Travel: extensive in America and Europe. Home: The Abbotsford, 186 Commonwealth Av., Boston.
PALMER, WIIllam Lincoln, genealogist; b. Portland, Me., Sept. 19, 1868; s. Rev. James Monroe Palmer and Caroline Frances (Bacon) P .; ed. pub. schs. Cambridge and Boston; Mt. Hermon Sem., 1886- 87; Boston Unlv. Sch. Theol., 1888-89; grad., Gor- don Coll., 1890; studicd Northffeld 4 summers; m. Jennie C. Giesler of Princeton, Me., Apr. 14, 1892 (d. 1919); m. (2nd) Marlan W. Brackett of Bel- fast, Me., Feb. 2, 1927; children-Mrs. Carolyn
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Palmer Mayo, Mrs. Marlon Palmer Abbott, Wil- liam Lincoln, Jr. Clk., Colesworthy's Old Book Store, Boston, 1890; later publ., real estate broker, genealogist; did important work in geneal. re- search, incl. the celebrated Ella Wendel will case of New York; raised funds for Palmer Mem. Hosp., largest cancer hosp. in N.E., in memory of his first wife, who died of cancer (cost over $1,000,- 000); dir. the Geneal. Index, W P A project to Index names in geneal. column of Transcript dur- ing last 50 years, 1888 to 1938; index of over 1,500,- 000 names now in Boston Pub. Lib., 1,000,000 more to be added; mem. N.Y. Biol. & Geneal. Soc., N.IL. Hist. Soc., Me. Hist. Soc., NE. Ilist. & Geneal. Soc. (life), Mayflower Soc., S.A.R., S.C.W., Bos- tonian Soe. (life), Lincoln Group ( Boston), Bunker Hill Asso. of Boston (life), Nat. Geog. Soc. ( Wash - ington), Masons; etc. Club: Boston City. Author: Memorial of Franees Ilunt Palner, 1925; Verses of Franees Hunt Palmer, 1925; many articles in mags, and newspapers. Co-author: (with Dr. D. O. S. Lowell) Munsey-Ilopkins Genealogy, 1920. Connected on Palmer side with Daniel Webster; on grandmother Prescott's side with Gen. Prescott of Bunker Ilill fame; on Bacon side with asso- ciates of Willlam the Conqueror, Friar Bacon, Francis Bacon. Protestant. Republican. Office and Home: 146 Massachusetts Av., Boston.
Y PANCOAST, Morris Hall, artist; b. Salem, N.J., Apr. 27. 1877; s. Joseph Pancoast and Mary Jane (Barnes) P .; ed. Salem (N.l.) high sch .; student, art, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts under Thomas Anshutz; at Julien's, Paris, under Jean Paul Laurens; m. Minnie Leahy of Phila., Pa., Apr., 1912. News- paper artist and cartoonist, Phila. Inquirer, Pub- lic Ledger and North American, Phila., Pa .; il- lustrated books and mags .; prof. artist; came to Cape Ann, after World War; exhibited in most major art exhbns, in U.S .: represented in perma- nent collections of Pa. Aend. Fine Arts (Phila.), Reading (Pa.) Art Mus., Houston (Tex.) Art Mus., Williamsport (Pa.) Mun. Art Gallery, H. B. Speed Mem. Art Mus. (Louisville, Ky.), Milwaukee (Wis.) Art Mus. (drawings), many well known pvt. collections, won gold medal of fellowship, P;L. Acad. Fine Arts, 1920; mom. Artists' Fellowship (N.Y.). Club: Salmagundi (N.Y.). Travel: Eu- rope, spent several yrs. in Paris and London. Quaker. Office and home: 30 Beach St., Rockport.
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PAPAS, Prodromos Nicholas, physician; b. Angora, Asia Minor, Apr. 30, 1886: s. Nicholas Papas and Zoi (Gariboghlou) P .; ed. Greek high sch., Angora; A B., Anatolia Coll., 1907; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1914; m. Urania Andavall of N.Y. City, 1916; chil- dren-Valentine, Mary Lonise, John. Pvt. prac- tice of med., Boston, 1915 -; asst. urologist, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1921 -; urologist, Boston Dispensary, 1916 -; teaching asst., urology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1922 -; instr., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1918 -; mem. A.M.A .. Mass. Med. Soc .; N.E. and Am. Urol. Socs., N.E. Phys. Therapy & Niesserian Med. Soc. Au- thor: articles in med, journals on Prostatie Rc- seetion. Greek Orthodox, Republican. Office: 467 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 236 Buck- minster Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Cohasset.
PAPEN, George Willlam, surgeon; b. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1893; s. Theodore Frederick Papen and Margaret A. (Ayen) P .; ed. Boston English high sch., 1907-11; Tufts Coll., 1911-12, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1912-16; m. Helen Josephine LeMalstre of Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 20, 1920; children- George William, Jr., Franeis Crandon. House officer, Cambridge Tuberculosis Hosp., 1914-16; surg. interne, Boston City Hosp., 1916-17, surg., out-patient dept., 1919-27, junior visiting surg., 1927-31, asst. visiting surg. 1931 -; visiting surg., Whidden Mem, Hosp., Everett; prof. clin. surgery, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1937 -; med. referee, Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1921 -; served as capt. Med. Corps, U.S.A., with A.E.F., 1918-19, honored by Distinguished Service Citation; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Masons, Phi Theta Chl. Club: Charles River Country (Newton Centre). Republican. Office: 31 Milk St., Boston. Home: 99 Colbourne Creseent, Brookline.
V PARADISE, Thomas J., distiller; b. Quincy, Feb. 26, 1896; s. Etienne Paradise and Josephine (Rogers) P .; ed. West Quincy Gridley Bryant Sch., 1901-03; Willard Sch., 1904-10; m. Marguerite M. Davis of Quincy, Jan., 1916; children-Robert T., Deborah A., Thomas J. Asso. with Readville Distilleries, Inc., Readville, 1934-, pres., 1936 -. Office: 40. Sprague St., Readville. Home: 164 Reedsdale Rd., Milton.
PARK, Charles Edwards, clergyman ; b. Mahabalesh- war, India, Mar. 14, 1873; s. Charles Ware Park and Anna Maria (Ballantine) P .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; Derby (Conn.) high sch .; A.B., Yale, 1896; D.D., Meadville Theol. Seh., 1919; S.T.D., Harvard Div. Sch., 1932; m. Mary Eliot Turner of Geneva, Ill, Sept. 19, 1903; children- Marion, Richard, David, Edwards.
Ordained to Unitarian ministry, 1899; minister, 1st Unitarian Soc., Geneva, III., 1899-1900, 2d Parish and 3rd Rel. Soc., Hingham, 1900-06, 1st Ch., Boston, 1906 -; lecturer on homileties, Harvard Div. Sch., 1926-, mem. Bd. Prenchers, Harvard; sec. Frank- lin Foundation, Mass. Cong. Charitable Soc. Club: St. Botolph. Author: Jesus of Nazareth (Sunday sch. manual). Travel: Eng., 1908; Eng., Fr., Switz., 1928. Unitarian. Independent. Office: 64 Marlboro St., Boston. Ilonie: 347 Marlboro St., Boston. Summer res .: Peterborough, N.H.
PARK, Charles Francis, professor of . mechanism, school director; b. Boston, Apr. 11, 1869; s. Wil- liam Robert Park and Ann E. (Eldredge) P .; ed, Taunton high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1892; m. Maud W. White of Taunton, Oct. 31, 1894. Asst. in mech. engring., M.I.T., 1892-94, instr., 1894- 1900. asst. prof., 1900-06, asso. prof., 1906-12, prof., mechanism, dir. mech. labs., 1912-34, prof. emeritus, 1934 -; originator and dir. Lowell Inst. Sch., 1903 -; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, A.A.AS : mem. Am. Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Am. Soc. Univ. Profs., Am. Soc. M.E., Soc. Automo- tive Engrs. Clubs: Harvard (Taunton), Segregan- sett Country. Author: llistory of the Lowell Insti- tute School; papers. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 21 Prospect St., Taunton. Summer res. : Hyannisport.
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