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PARSONS, Ernst Mey, architect; b. Lynn, Nov. 18, 1879; s. Edward P. Parsons and Marcia E. ( Wood- bury) P .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch., Boston; S. B., Harvard, 1903; m. Louise Hopkins of Brook- line, May 21, 1921. Architect, 1905 -; mem., Somes & Parsons, 1905-19, Parsons & Wait, 1920 -; dir. Alliance Realty Corp .; tr. Aspinwall Hill Assos .; dir. of production, N.E. Div., Am. Red Cross, dur- ing World War; mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Bos- ton Soc. Architects. Clubs: Country (Brookline), Union, Harvard St. Botolph (Boston). Travel: considerable. Woodbury family in U.S., 1630 -. Republican. Office: 234 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 172 Beacon St., Boston.
YPARSONS, Jordan Burton, corporation official; b. Everson, Pa., Apr. 4, 1887; s. John James Parsons and Alice (Jordan) P .; ed. pub. and pvt. schs .;
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m. Edith Van Name of Staten Island, N.Y., June 30, 1910; ehildren-Marjorie Aileen (wife of Dr. Francis D. Wilder), Edith Eleanor, Jordan Bur- ton, Charles Van Name. Sec. to Frederic II. Reed, financier, 1907-09, James Gilbert White, 1909-12, sec. at different times to William Iloward Taft, Gen. Leonard Wood, Francis Burton Harrison (former gov. gen. Philippines), Emilio Aguinaldo (Filipino revolutionary leader), 1912-16; pres. Mayhew Steel Products, Inc., Conway Tool Co. Mayhew-Maydole Corp .; v.p. Mayhew Lumber Co .; dir. David Maydole Tool Corp. Clubs: Mass. Rod and Gun, Greenfield Country. Travel: Europe, So. America, West Indies. Desc. Sir Johns Hopkins. Baptist. Republican. Ilome: 40 Church St., Shel- burne Falls.
VPARSONS, Kitty, author; b. Stratford, Conn .; d. llenry Chapman Parsons and Catherine Davis (Leavitt) P .; ed. St. Mary's Sch., Garden City, N.Y., 1908; spl. student, Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1913-15; Sargent Dramatic Sch., 1911-12, Pratt Inst., 1910-11; Boston Univ., 1923; m. Richard H. Recchia (sculptor) of Boston, June 30, 1927; step- children-Anita Felieia (d.). Richard Edmund. Mem. ed. staff, Every Child's Mag., 1922-27; mem. Author's League of Am. Author: Do you Know Them, 1922; Stories of People Worth While, 1924; Dogtown Common, 1936; articles in mags. and newspapers. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: Roekport.
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UPARSONS, Leavitt C., publisher, lecturer; b. Strat- ford, Conn., Dec. 16, 1887; s. Ilenry Chapman Par- sons and Catherine Davis (Leavitt) P .; cd. Staten Island Acad., 1903-06; B.S., Harvard, 1910; m. Margaret Stevens of Boston, Sept. 1919 (d.); 1 dau. -Margaret. Investment banking, N. Y. City, 1910- 11, Boston, 1912-27; instr., Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1913-19; pub., N.E. Poultryman, 1927, the Apothecary, 1933; lecturer on corp. finance, Mass. Inst. Tech., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., Babson Inst .; pres. N.E. Poultryman Pub. Co .; treas. The Apothecary Pub. Co .; pres, and treas. Eastern Periodicals, Inc .; served in 26th Div., U.S.A., A.E.I .; instr. gen. staff seh., U.S. Army War Coll., 1918-19; . mem. War Plans Div., U.S. Army Gen, Staff,. 1919; retlred as col,; reed. com- mendatory letter from Gen. Pershing; mem. Northeastern Poultry Producers Council (sec. Nat. legislative com.), N.E. Fresh Egg Inst. (mar- keting counsel). Am. Marketing Soc., Kappa Sigma, Alpha Kappa Psi (hon. mem.). Clubs: Norfolk Hunt (Dover), Essex County. Author: articles in econ. and financial jours .; lecturer. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 4 Park St., Boston. Home: Medfield.
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PARSONS, Starr, lawyer; b. Lynnfield, Sept. 4, 1869 ;. s. Eben Parsons and Mary A. (Dodge) P .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1891; m. Min- nie C. Bickford of Lynn, June 26, 1894; 1 son- Eben. Admitted Mass. bar, 1893; practleed law, Lynn, 1893 -; mem. Parsons & Wadleigh; city sollcitor, 1897-1907; men. Lynn Chamber of Com- merce (past pres.), Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Col- onial Golf & Country, Rotary. Desc. Cornet Joseph Parsons; 7 ancestors In Revolution. Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: 14 Central Av., Lynn. Home: Conant Rd., Marblehead.
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PARSONS, William Lewis, lawyer; b. New Portland, Me., Nov. 11, 1881; s. Albert S. Parsons and Rhoda F. (Abbott) P .; ed. Lewiston (Me.) high sch .; A.B., Bates Coll., 1905; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1907; m. Rae Bryant of Pittsfield, Me., Oct. 14, 1908 (d. 1916); m. (2nd) Helen Sutherland of Winchester, Mar. 23, 1918; 1 dau .- Dorothy Eva. Practiecd law, Boston, 1907 -; asso. with law dept., B.&A.R.R., 1908-16, asst. counsel, 1916 -. Admit- ted to Mass. bar, 1907, to bar of U.S. Supreme Ct., 1919, dir. 1921 -; pres. 1933 -; dir. Winchester Trust Co., 1921, pres. 1933; pres., Bates Coll. Alumni Assn., 1937-39; member Board Overseers Bates Coll., 1939 -; selectinan, Winchester, 1920- 21, mem. Planning Bd., 1924- (chmn., 1925 -- ); mem. Middlesex Bar Assn., Phi Delta Phi, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Beta Kappa. Travel: Europe, 1932. Desc. Sergt. Josiah Parsons, soldier at Bunker Hill. Congregationalist. Republican. Of-
fiee: 344 South Station, Boston. Home: 6 Bruce Rd., Winchester.
PARTRIDGE, George F., teacher (retired); b. Bel- lingham, Aug. 26, 1863; s. Asa Partridge and Jem- ima A. (Falrbanks) P .; ed. West Medway and Woonsocket (R.I.) high schs .; A.B., Harvard, 1885; student later, Bridgewater Normal Sch .; m. Elenora R. Clare, June 29, 1897; children- Richard C., Martha, John F. Teacher langs. and math., high schs., 1886-93, Jamaica Plain high sch., 1893-1927; worked in library, Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1927-35; did considerable work In genealogy; pvt. teaching of math., recently of Greek; mem. Mass. S.A.R. (registrar, 1932-). Author: Ilistory of Bellingham, Mass., 1719-1919. Travel: Europe, 1898, 1908, 1925. Congregational- ist. Liberal Republican or Socialist. Home: 99 Lexington Av., Cambridge.
PARTRIDGE, Rlchard W., life insurance general agent; b. Ilingham, July 12, 1901; s. Frank T. Par- tridge and Edith (Stevens) P .; ed. Noble & Green- ough Sch .. Boston, Brown Univ., 1924; m. Barbara Lane of Ilingham, Oct. 18, 1924; ehildren-Bar- bara, Richard W. Jr. Gen. agt., N.E. Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1936 -; mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Brown (Boston), Hingham Yacht. Of Mayflower desc. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 150 Con- gress St., Boston. Home: 104 Summer St., Hing- hanı.
PATCH, Claude Eldred, Industrial engineer; b. Wo- burn, Mar. 10, 1878; s. Edgar Leonard Patch and Matilda Smith (Ferguson) P .; ed. Stoneham high sch .; S.B. (naval architecture), M.I.T., 1902; m. Nellle Iva Kcene of Stoneham, June 14, 1905; ehil- dren-Eldred Keene, Austin Addams. Worked In ship-bldg. yards, Newport News and Fore River, 1900-06, at Charlestown Navy Yard, 1907-14; with Aberthaw Construction Co., 1914-18, 1919-23; Mor- ton C. Tuttle Co., 1923-, treas., 1933 -; lecturer on travel; mem. sch. com., Stoneham, 1 term; Vet., Sp .- Am. War, with service in Cuba and Puerto Rico; head, Requisition Br., Emergency Fleet Corp., 1918-19; mein. United Sp .- Am. War Vets; Vet. Assn. 6th Mass. Regt., U.S.V., Y.M.C.A. Mass. and R.I. (mem., State Exec. Com.). Author: many articles in papers and In rel. and tech. publica- tions. Travel: extensive, Scot. In North to Puerto Rico, Damascus in fast to Kouai, T.H. Baptist. Republican (progressive). Office: Morton C. Tut- the Co., 862 Park Sq., Bldg., Boston. Home: 26 Lincoln St., Stoneham. Summer res .: Friendship, Ne.
PATCH, Helen Elizabeth, professor of Romance languages and literatures; b. Bangor, Me., Dee. 24, 1891; d. Willis Young Patch and Frances (Fos- ter) P .; ed. Bangor (Me.) high seh .; A.B., Mt. llolyoke Coll., 1914; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1921; Univ. Me .; Université de Paris, 1919-20, 1929-30; unmarried. Teacher, seminaries and schs., 1914- 21; asst. prof. Romance langs. and lits., Mt. Hol- yoke Coll, 1921-28, asso. prof., 1928-33, prof., 1933-, chmn. dept., 1935 -; Univ. Me., summer ses- sions, 1935, 1937; dean of junior year In France, Del. Univ., 1931-32; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Amn. Assn. Univ. Profs., Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Am. Assn. Teachers Freneh, etc. Author: Dramatic Criticism of Théophile Gautier, 1921; various ar- ticles. Travel: Europe (many times for travel and study). Dir. desc. Col. Paul Dudley Sargent. Twice com. of choice of French boursières for U.S.A. (in France); decorated by French Govt. (Officier d'Académie). Congregationalist. Ofliee: Mt. Holyoke College, South Iladley. Ilome: Diek- inson House, South Hadley, Sunimer res .: Bangor, Me.
V PATCH, Isaac, banker; b. Gloucester, Jnly 4, 1875; s. Isaae Patch and llarriet W. (Lyle) P .; ed. grad. Gloucester high sch., 1893; A.B. Amherst Coll., 1897; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1900; m. Helen M. Andrew of La Porte, Ind., Dec. 27, 1901; ehildren- Helen A. (Mrs. Robert T. Gray), Paula P. (Mrs. Henry H. Newell), Jean M., Isaae, Jr. Praetlced law, 1900-14; alderman, City of Gloucester, 1909- 10. mayor, 1911-12; served with Y.M.C.A. abroad Oct. 1918-May 1919; pres. Gloucester Safe Deposit & Trust Co., 1929-, dir. 1906 -; v.p. and dir.
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Gloucester Coal & Lumber Co .; tr. Addison Gilbert Hosp., Trinity Congl. Ch .; treas. Gloucester Y.M.C.A. Club: University (Boston ) Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Oflice: 191 Main St., Gloucester. Homc: 31 Eastern Point Rd., Glouces- ter.
PATCHI, James Alfred; professor, chemical engineer; b. Stoneham, Apr. 20, 1876; s. Edgar Leonard Patch and Matilda Smith (Ferguson) P .; ed. Stoneham high sch .; S.B. (chem. engring.), M.I.T., 1900; m. Caroline Macduff Mackie (dau. of Scot. missionary ) of Beirut, Syria, Mar. 4, 1905 (d. 1936) ; children-Ralph Douglas, Margaret Matilda, Ilelen Elizabeth, Dorothy (d.), Mary Beryl; m. (2nd) Harriet Osborn Bates of Carlisle, 1937. Instr. phys. and analytical chem., Am. Unlv. of Beirut (then called Syrian Protestant Coll.), Beirut, Syria, 1900-02, lecturer in chem., 1902-03, prof. chem. and dir. dept. chem., 1903-20, resigning to return to U.S .; while in Beirut was cons. chem., Beirut Waterworks, Beirut Tramways (Societe Anonyme des Tramways de Beyrouth), and Le- banon Govt .; chem. & engr. to cominn. of Inter- nat. Bd. Health sent into Arabia to locate a quar- antine sta. on the Hajjaz R.R., which paralleled the Damascus-Meeca Moslem pilgrim route, 1908; designed and superintended constrn. of West Hall, social center bldg., and sewage and sewage dis- posal systems of Univ. campus; ellicicney engr., Aberthaw Constru. Co., 1920-21; production mgr., E. L. Patch Co., infg. pharmacists, 1921-34, re- search engr., 1934 -; granted U.S., Can, and New- foundland patents on equipment used in cod liver oil production and U.S. patent on fish liver oil con- centrate process; v.p. and dir., E. L. Patch Co .; corporator, Stoneham Five Cents Sav. Bk .; mem. corp., Mass. Coll. Pharmacy; tr. N.E. Bapt. Hosp., Newton Theol. Instn., Royal Ambasador's Boys' Camp; pres. Mass. Bapt. Conv., 1938-39; mem. Stoneham sch. com., 14 yrs., chmn. 8 yrs .; pres. Beirut Chap. Am. Red Cross, and dir. Am. Civilian Relief in Mt. Lebanon, Syria, during World War; mem. Boston Druggist Assn., Mass. Civic League, Boston Baptist Social Union, Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Mass. Hort. Soc., Delta Upsilon, Near East Coll. Assn., Nat. Council Northern Bapt. Men (v.p.). Chub: Boston City. Author: articles on Arts and crafts of the Bible in Internat. Stand- ard Bible Eneys. Travel: Europe, Asia Minor, Mesopatamia, Arabia, Egypt. Baptist (mem. Stoneham Baptist Ch.). Republican. Office: 38 Montvale Av., Stoncham. Home: Carlisle.
PATCH, Ralph Reginald, business man; b. Stone- ham, May 9, 1882; s. Edgar Leonard Patch and Matilda Smith ( Ferguson) P .; ed. Stoncham high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1906; m. Christine Vaughn Johonnott of Stoneham, Sept. 4, 1907; children- Charlotte, Edgar L., Alma F. San, engr., E. L. Patch Co., 1906-24, pres. treas. 1924 -; tr. Mass. Coll. Pharmacy, Charlestown Five Cents Sav. Bk., Student Loan Fund; dir. loic for Aged, Stone- ham; chinn. Bd. Pub. Works, 3 yrs., Planning Bd., 10 yrs., Moderator, 9 yrs., sch. com., 2 yrs., Stone- ham.); served on Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives during World War, chin., Stoneham Fuel Bd., Lt. Col., O.R.C .; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Am. Pharm. Mfrs. Assu. (pres. 1926), Am. Drug Mfrs. Assn. (v.p., 1927); Boston Drug- gists Assn. (pres., 1936-37). Clubs: University ( Boston), Bear Hill Golf, Unleorn Country. Bap- tist. Republican. Offlec: 38 Montvale Av., Stone- ham. Home: 25 Congress St., Stoneham.
PATON, Andrew Harris, certified publie accountant, public ollicial; b. Danvers, Jan. 14, 1882; s. Andrew Houston Paton and Ella Augusta (Brown) P .; ed. Danvers high sch. 1896-1900; Salem Commercial Sch. 1903; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1922; m. Mary Torrey Currier of Amesbury, June 22, 1908 (d.); children-Andrew Currler, Philip Ilarris; m. (2nd) Margreta May Sherwood of Melrose, Nov. 6, 1930; 1 dau .- Ella Margreta. Employed successively as teacher, bookkeeper, office mgr,, editor, 1903-20; certilied pub. accountant in Mass., 1920 -; ad- initted to Mass. bar, 1917; engaged in gen. prae- tice of law, Boston, 1918 -; second dep. state treas. of Mass., 1926 -; mem. Masons, Red Men, Mass. Soc. Certified Pub. Accountants. Club: Ap-
palachian Mt. Ollice: 227 State House, Boston. Home: 79 Boardman Av., Melrose.
PATRICK, Loomis, lawyer; b. Newton, May 4, 1907; s. Henry B. Patrick and Annie B. (Vermilye) P ; ed. Newton high sch., 1923; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1927; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1930. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1930; in gen, practice of law, Boston, 1930 -; dir. West Newton Coop. Bk., All Newton Music Sch., Inc., various pvt. bus, corps .; treas. Newton Rep. City Com .; mem. Amherst Alumni Assn. ( Boston, sec. 1936-39, pres. 1939-), Am. and Middlesex Bar Assns., Bar Assn. City Boston, Harvard Law Sch. Assn., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Tuesday (Newton, sec. 1939-), Men's (W. Newton, see. 1934-35). Congregationalist. Re-
publican. Office: 84 State St., Boston. llome: 64 Putnam St., West Newton.
PATPER, Elizabeth Greenleaf, architect; b. Quincy, June 7, 1893; d. William Greenleaf Appleton Pattee and Laura (Saltonstall) P .; ed. Woodward Inst., Quincy, 1905-09; St. Agnes Sch., Albany, N. Y., 1910-12; B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1916. Teacher archtl. design and allied subjects, Lowthorpe Sch. of Landscape Architecture, Groton, 1916-33; draftsman, Howe & Manning, 1918-19, Stone & Webster, 1919-20; in private practice of landscape architecture and architecture, 1921-, with a partner under partnership name of Pattee & Peters; mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Am. Soc. Land- scape Architects. Episcopallan. llome: 23 W. Cedar St., Boston.
YPATPEN, William N., civil engineer; b. Cherryfield, Me., Mar. 13, 1869; s. Francis Warren Patten and Martha Nickels (Campbell) P .; ed. Cherryfield (Me.) Acad .; B.C.E., Univ. Me., 1891, C.E., 1897; m. Medora F. Durgin of Salem, June 25, 1904. Field engr., draftsman, 1891-98; with Stone & Webster Engring. Corp., 1899-, dir., 1920 -; tr. Salem Five Cents Sav. Bk., Boston Wesleyan Assn., Wesley M.E. Ch. of Salem, Asbury Grove Assn .; on con- struction work for Stone & Webster Engring. Corp. during World War; mem. Am. and Boston Socs. C.E. Club: Boston City. Methodist. Re- publiean. Office: 49 Federal St., Boston. Home: 52 Buffum St., Saleni.
PATTERSON, Gertrude Hough, portrait artist; b. Norwich, Conn., Feb. 7, 1883; d. Dwight Hinckley Hough and Grace Irene ( Trask) H .; ed. Norwich (Conn.) Acad .; spl. student, Mt. lholyoke Coll .; Yale Sch. Fine Arts, Phila. Acad. Fine Arts, Eric l'ape Sch. (Boston); m. Arthur II. Patterson oť Norwich, Conn., Apr. 20, 19H1; children-Cornelia Ilough, Ruth Cleveland, William Bradford. Teacher, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 11/ yrs .; Sea Pines Sch., Cape Cod; painter of portraits in oils and pastels; mem. West Hartford Art League, All- cestors in American Revolution; desc. on father's side, Gov. William Bradford, Major John Mason, Rev. John Fitch. Christian Scientist. Studio and home: 528 Fern St., West Hartford, Conn.
VPATTERSON, Ivan Crosby, investment banker; b. Yarmouth, N.S., Can., Mar. 5, 1889; s. Charles E. Patterson and Ida M. (Gardiner) P .; came to U.S., 1908, naturalized citizen, 1930; ed. pub. schs. in Nova Scotia; m. Mary C. Cotter of Fort Coving- ton, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1916; 1 dau .- Ruth M. Em-
ployed in newspaper bus. as reporter, salesman of advertising, editorial work; founded Publishers Promotional Service, 1915, sec. 1915-24; engaged in investment banking in development of Boston type investment trusts, as mem, firm in manage- inent and sales dept .; v.p. Incorporated Investors, 1927 -; pres. The Parker Corp. 1927 -. Clubs: City, Exchange, Weston Country. Ollice: One Court St., Boston. Home: 25 Vincent Rd., Welles- ley.
PATTERSON, Margaret Jordan, landscape artist; b. Soerabaija, Island of Java; d. Alfred Patterson and Sarah Frances (Jordan) P .; ed. pvt. schs .; Boston pub. sehs .; Pratt Inst .; studied art under Arthur W. Dow and Charles H. Woodbury, also Castellucho (Paris) and Angalada. Exhibited oil, pastel, water color paintings and color prints, Art Inst. Chicago, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, also in Boston, Providence, N.Y. City., Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and many other clties of U.S. and Europe,
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including Paris, Rome International, Swedish International, etc. Teacher of art, Dana Hall and Pine Manor, Wellesley, 1910 -; internationally known as bloek printer; represented by prints In Metrop, Mus. (N.Y.), Cleveland, Oakland (Calif.), R.I. Sch. of Design, Springfield, Smith Coll., Smithsonian Instn., Victoria and Albert (London), Genoa (Italy), etc., also by water color in Boston Mus. Fine Arts; hon. mention, Panama Pacific Exhbn .; mem. Boston Water Color Soc., Guild Boston Artists, North Shore Art Assn. (Gloucester), Okla. Block Print Soc., Calif. Print Makers. Clubs: Providence Water Color, Phila- delphia Water Color, Boston Art, Copley Soc. Episcopalian. Democrat. llome: Trinity Court, Boston.
PAXTON, Elizabeth Okle, artist, painter; b. Provi- dence, R.I .; d. Howard Okie, M.D., and Elizabeth Coolidge (Vaughan) O .; ed. pvt. tutors; Cowles Art Sch., Boston; in. William McGregor Paxton. Studied art with Joseph DeCamp, Ernest 1. Major, William M. Paxton; works exhibited in Boston Mus. Fine Arts. Pa. Acad. Fine Art, Nat. Acad. Design (N.Y.), Toledo Mus. Art, Detroit Mus. Art, other museums and large annual art exhbns., also Contemporary Art Show, N.Y. World Fair; mem. Guild Boston Artists, Rockport Art Assn. Bus. add .: 162 Newbury St., Boston. Home: 19 Montvale Rd., Newton Centre.
PAXTON, Walter Allen, life insurance executive; b. Lakeland, Fla., Oct. 29, 1899; s. Charles Clinton Paxton and Madeline (Thomas) P .; ed. Bradens Sch., Cornwall, N.Y .; West Point; m. Isabel Rus- sell of N.Y. City June, 1924; children-Patricia, Walter Allen, Jr., Paris. With Paine, Webber & Co., 1919-24; Eastman, Dillon & Co., 1924-28; Chase Securities Corp., 1929-32; Bankers Trust Co., 1932- 34; treas. Berkshire Life Ins. Co., 1934 -; dir. Berkshire Life Ins. Co., City Sav. Bk., Berkshire Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Community Fund Assn. ; lt. Air Service, U.S.A., World War. Clubs: Pittsfield Country, Polo & Riding. Episcopalian. Office: 7 North St., Pittsfield, llome: 1250 West St., Pitts- field.
PAXTON, William MeGregor, N.A., artist; b. Balti- more, Md., June 22, 1869; s. James Paxton and Rose ( Daugherty) P .; ed. in art, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. Elizabeth Vaughan Okie of Boston, Jan. 3, 1899. Began painting under Dennis Bunker al Cowles Art Sch .; painted portrait of President Cleveland and of many prominent persons; rep- resented in permanent collections of Metrop. Mus. of Art, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Boston Mus. Fine Arts, Corcoran Gallery Art, Cincinnati Mus. Art, Detroit Mus. Art, Wadsworth Athenaenm (Ilart- V ford, Conn.), Butler Inst. (Youngstown, Ohio), N.A., 1928; mem. Guild of Boston Artists. Clubs: St. Botolph (Boston), Nat. Arts, Salmagundi (N.Y.), Art (Phila.). Studio: Riverway Studios, The Riverway, Boston. Home: 19 Montvale ltd., Newton Centre.
PAYNE, Elizabeth Hilton, assistant to director of art museum; b. Saginaw, Mich .; d. Frank H. Payne and Sarah (Le Roy) P .; ed. Saginaw (Mich.) East Side high sch .; A.B., Univ. Mich .; Columbia Univ .; M.A., Univ. Chicago, unmarried. Asst. to dir., Smith Coll. Art Mus., 1931 -; mem. N.E. Assn. Museums, College Art Assu., D.A.R., Am. Assn. Univ. Women (sec. Conn. Valley Br.). . Author: articles in bulletin of Smith Coll. Art Mus. and in Art Seet., Springfield Republican. Ancestors arrived on ship "Fortune", helped Settle Ames- bury and Salisbury. Presbyterian. Republican. Office: Smith College Museum of Art, Northamp- ton. flome: Morris House, Northampton.
PAYNE, Frederick Huff, business executive; b. Greenfield, Nov. 10, 1876; s. Samuel Brewer Payne and Eva Caroline (Huff) P .; ed. Greenfield pub. schs .; in. Mary Blake of Parsons, Kan., Nov. 8, 1900; children-Frederick Blake, Groverman Blake, Mrs. Carolyn Payne Barnes. Book-keeper teller, ist Nat. Bk., Greenfield, 1892-1906; bank examiner, Mass., 1906-09; pres. Mechanics Trust Co., Boston, 1910; v.p., Federal Trust Co., 1911; treas., then v.p. and gen. mgr., pres. chmn. of bd., Greenfield Tap & Die Corp., 1912 -; partner,
Tucker, Anthony & Co., brokers, Boston and N.Y., 1919-24; Asst. Sec. War, 1930-33; tr. Franklin Sav. Instn., Greenfield; dir. Am. Mut. Liability Ins. Co., Boston, Certain-teed Products Corp .; col. Ordnance, O.R.C., Dist. Procurement officer, asst. dist. chief, Bridgeport Dist. Ordnanee Office, mem., Bridgeport Dist. Claims Bd., during World War; v.p. Ariny Ordnance Assn .; Asst. Dist. Chief, Hartford Dist. Ordnance. Clubs: Greenfield; Uni- versity (Boston); Metropolitan, Recess (N. Y.). Unitarian. Republican. Office: Greenfield Tap & Die Corp., Greenfield. Home: 21 Congress St., Greenfield.
PAYSON, Samnel Cushing, (retired); b. Watertown, Apr. 20, 1875; s. Gilbert Russell Payson and Al- thea (Train) P .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch., Boston; m. Elsie Lincoln, Apr. 18, 1899; children -William Lincoln, Edith Cushing (Mrs. William A. Gardiner), Samuel Russell. Clubs: Union ( Boston), Country ( Brookline), Eastern Yacht, Republican of Mass. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 48 Beech Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: 13 Cliff St., Marblehead.
PAYSON, William Lincoln, lawyer; b. Brookline, June 3, 1901; s. Samuel Cushing Payson and Elsie (Lincoln) P .; ed. Country Day Seh .; S.B., Harvard, 1923; II. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1926; m. Frederica Watson of Plymouth, Mar. 3, 1928; children- Erica, William L., Jr., Russell. Practiced law, Boston, 1926 -; mem. Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster; v.p. Family Welfare Soe., Cambridge; sec. Boston Port & Seamen's Aid Soe .; mem. Bos- ton Bar Assu. Clubs: Union, City Club Corpora- tion, St. Botolph. Episcopalian. Republican. Of- fiee: 53 State St., Boston. lIome: 173 Coolidge Hill, Cambridge. Summer res. : Carver Rd., Plymouth. PEABODY, Dean, J.r., professor; b. Reading, July 3, 1888; s. Dean Peabody and Sarah M. (Pearson ) P .; ed. Reading high sch .; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1910; m. Marjorie Roberts of Reading, 1916; (2nd) Florence E. Palner of Brookline, 1921; children -Elizabeth, Ruth, Constance, Dean, III. Inst., asst. prof., Inst. Tech., asso. prof. of structural design in civil engring., 1917 --; exchange instr. at Worcester Poly. Inst .; at M.I.T. with R.O.T.C. and Navy Aviators Ground Sch. during the World War, mem, Am. and Boston Socs. C.I., Am. Con- crete Inst., Soe. Promotion Engring. Edn. Clubs: Am. Alpine, Appalachian Mt. Author: Design of Reinforced Concrete Structure. Travel: Led Mountaineering trips to Europe, Calif., Colo., Can. Rockies, and Wyo. Protestant. Republican. Of- fice: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Ilome: 362 Clyde St., Brookline.
PEABODY, Eudicott, headmaster; b. Salem; May 30, 1857; s. S. Iendicott Peabody and Marianne (Lee) P .; ed. Cheltenham Coll., Eng., 1876; LI.B., Trin- ity Coll., Cambridge, Eng., 1880, LL. M., 1884; B.D., Ipisc. Theol. Sch., Cambridge; hon. A.M., Yale, 1902, LL.D., 1938; S.T.D., Harvard Univ., 1904; LL.D., N.Y. Univ., 1922; 1,.11.D., Univ. State N.Y., 1935; LT.D., Ilarvard, 1939; m. Fannie Peabody of Danvers, June 18, 1885; children- Malcolm Endi- cott, Mrs. Helen Peabody Sedgwick, Mrs. Rose Pea- body Parsons, Elizabeth Rogers, Margery, Mrs. Dorothy Peabody Davidson. Priest, P.E. Ch., 1885; headmaster, Groton Sch., Groton, 1884 -. Office: Groton School, Groton. Home: Groton.
PEABODY, George R., manufacturer; b. Fitchburg, Aug. 17, 1876; s. John Q. Peabody and Sarah Ap- pleton (Skinner) P .; ed. Fitchburg high sch .; m. Stella T. Conant of So. Orrington, Me., Dec. 25, 1900; 1 dau .- Marjorie G. In banking bus., 1892- 1900; with Louis Dejonge Co., paper ifrs., Fitch- burg, Mass., 1900 -; now pres., dir., tr. Fitch- burg Sav. Bk., Burbank Hosp. Clubs: Fay, Oak llill Country (Fitchburg), Middlesex, Mass. Rep. (Boston). Protestant. Republican. Office: Oak Hill Rd., Fitchburg. Home: 71 Charles St., Fitch- burg. Summer res .: So. Orrington, Me.
PEABODY, William Rodman, lawyer; b. Boston, Mar. 3, 1874; s. Francis Greenwood Peabody and Cora (Weld) P .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1895; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1898; in. Katharine Peabody of Boston Oct. 8, 1908; children-Gertrude, Anne Put- nam, Katharine, Cora Weld, Admitted to Mass.
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