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PAYNE, Fred Rounsville:
Lieut .- commander, U. S. N .; b. in N. Y. Appt'd from N. Y., naval cadet, May 21, 18:8; ensign, July 1, 1894; lieut. (junior grade), Mar. 3, 1899: lieut., July 23, 1900: Cincinnati, 1894-95; Newark, 1895-96: Terror. 1896-97; St. Louis, 1898; Buffalo, 198; prize master _of "Twickenham," Spanish-Amn.
War. Commanded Panay, Arayat, Pam- panga and Leite, during Philippine revolu- tion ; Patrol, 1901; Navy Yard, N. Y., Oct., 1901; U. S. S. Detroit, 1902; U. S. S. Con- stellation. 1905-06: promoted lieut .- comd'r. July 1, 1906; on duty with Bureau of Nav- igation. Address : Bureau of Navigation, Washington, D. C.
PAYNE, Nathan Beers:
Mechanical eng'r: b. Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y., Oct. 28, 1872; s. Benjamin Nott and Esther Adelia (Rounsville ) Payne; ed. Corn- ing, N. Y., and Elmira, N. Y., grammar schools, Elmira Free Acad., Bryant Hall Private Sch., Elmira, N. Y .: unmarried. Identified with development of isolated eiec. tric light and power plants in America. Pres. Payne Eng'ring Co. Formerly treas. and councillor Nat. Metal Trades Ass'n; ex-chin'n of council Engine Builders Ass'n of U. S. Delegate from N. Y. State to Nat. Reciprocity Conv., Washington, 1902. Now associated with Manning, Maxwell & Moore. Visited Panama at time of Sec. Taft's trip. Dec., 1901; made special investigations of commercial conditions of Panama Canal for American manufacturers. -Appt'd by Gov. ernor Hughes as delegate from N. Y. Stato to Nat. Conv. for Extension of the Foreign Commerce of the U. S., held at Washington. Jan. 11-16, 1907. Republican. Junior mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Club: Engineers. Address: 85 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
PAYNE, Oliver Hazard:
Capitalist; b. Cleveland, O., 1922; s. U. S. Senator Henry B. and Mary ( Perry) Payne; grad. Yale, A.B., 1863; served in Ohio res't as officer in Civil War. Director Standard Oil Co., Am. Tobacco Co., Havana Tobacco Co., Chase Nat. Bank, N. Y. Loan and Iin- provement Co. (v .- p.), Tenn Coal. Iron & R. R. Co., Helena Mining Co., and mimer- ous other corp'ns. Clubs : Metropolitan, Knickerbocker. University. N. Y. Yacht. Residences: Thomasville. Ga., and $52 Fifth Av. Address: 32 Nassan St., N. Y. City.
PAYNE, Sereno Elisha:
Lawyer. member of Congress; b. Hamil- ton. N. Y., June 26. 1$13: s. late William Wallace Payne (farmer, mem. N. Y. legis- Inture. IS5, 1859) and Betsy (Sears) Payne: removed with family, to suburbs of Anburn.
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N. Y .; has since resided in or near Auburn; grad. Univ. of Rochester, 1864; LL.D., from both Rochester and Colgate Univs .; m. Au- burn, N. Y., 1873, Gertrude Knapp; one son, William K. (partner in his law firm). Ad- mitted to bar, 1866, and has since practised law at Auburn; now mem. law firm of Payne, Payne & Clark. City clerk of Au- burn, 1868-71; supervisor, 1871-72; dist. att'y of Cayuga Co., 1873-79; mem. B'd of Ed'n, 1879-82 (part of time pres. of b'd) ; elected to 4Sth Congress and reelected (with excep- tion of one term) biennially ever since. Appt'd mem. Am. and British Joint High Comm'n, Jan., 1899, by President Mckinley. Was mem. Com. on Ways and Means, and as one of the majority, helped frame the tariff measures popularly known as the Mc- Kinley Bill, and the Dingley Bill; since Jan., 1899, chi'n Com. on Ways and Means and leader of the House of Representatives. Author of Porto Rican Tariff Act., of the act in relation to reciprocal trade relations with Cuba, which passed the House, but failed in the Senate; framed present law regulating administration of the customs service, unanimously elected speaker pro tem. of the House of Representatives dur- ing temporary absence of Mr. Reed, April, 1898, and as such speaker signed numerous bills, including the one annexing Hawaii to the United States. Republican from early days of party; stumped Cayuga County for Abraham Lincoln, 1864, when 21 years old; on stump in every gubernatorial and presi- dential campaign since, under auspices of State and National campaign committees; mem. Nat. Republican Conventions 1596, 1900, 1904 and 1908. Address: 131
Genesee St.,
Auburn, N. Y.
PAYNE, William Knapp:
Lawyer; b. Auburn, N. Y., June 3, 1874; s. Sereno E .- and Gertrude (Knapp) Payne; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1895, N. Y. Law School, 1898; m. Auburn, N. Y., June 8, 1904, Frances McCutcheon Nye. Admitted to bar at Rochester, N. Y., July, 1908, and since that practising law at Auburn, N. Y. Mem. law firm of Payne, Payne & Clark. Clerk of the Com. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, U. S. House of Representatives, ,1895-97; clerk Com. on Ways and Means, U. S. House of Representatives since 1905. Republican. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: Vale (N. Y. City), City (Auburn) ; Owasco County. Address: "Mel- rose,"' Auburn, N. Y.
PAYSON, Francis L .:
Lient .- col. U. S. A .; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 19, 1863; s. Francis and Mary Farquhar (Dabney) Payson; ed. Harrow Sch., Eng- land, Harvard Univ .; m. Washington, May 16, 1896, Mary Isabelle, d. Senator William M. Stewart, of Nevada: one daughter, Fran- ces Alice, b. 1903. Capt., ass't q.m. l. S. Vols., 1899; major and paymaster. U. S. 1., 1900; lient .. col .. deputy paymaster gen- eral, April 1908.
Episcopalian. Mem. Sons of the Revolution, Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Recreation : Riding. Clubs: Union (N. Y. City), Metropolitan ( Washington, D. C.), Capitol City (Atlanta, Ga.), Army and Navy ( Manila, P. 1.). Address: War Dep't, Washington, D. C.
PEABODY, Charles Augustus:
Lawyer, pres. Mutual Life Ins. Co .; b. N. Y. City, April 11, 1549 s. Charles A. and Julia C. (Livingston) Peabody; grad. Colum- bia Coll., 1869; Columbia Law Sch., 1871; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 27, 1880, Charlotte A. Damon; children: two sons and one daugh- ter. Practised as lawyer in N. Y. City from 1871, and on Jan. 1, 1906, became pres. Mu- tual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. Mem. Assem- bly, 1876. Director Astor Trust Co., Gal- latin Nat. Bank, Nat. Bank of Commerce, Farmers Loan and Trust Co., Illinois Cen- tral R. R. Co., Union Pacific R. R. Co .; v .- p. and mem. B'd of Mg'rs Delaware & Hudson Co .; trustee Title Guarantee and Trust Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Metropoli- tan, University, Down Town, Union League, Tuxedo. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
PEABODY, Charles Jones:
Banker; b. Columbus, Ga., April 25, 1836; s. George H. and Elvira ( Canfield) Peabody ; ed. public school and Deer Hill Inst., Dan- bury, Conn. ; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. ", 1852, Helen A. Hoyt; children: Dudley Hoyt, b. Nov. 26, 1s55, Eva, b. Nov. 7, 1890. Capt. aide-de-camp, 3d Brigade Staff, N. G. N. Y. Partner Spencer, Trask & Co .: trustee Frank- lin Trust Co .; director Am. Beet Sugar Co .; treas., sec. and director Broadway Realty Co .; treas. and director Mexican Coal and Coke Co., Coahuila Coal R. R. Co .; director Mexican Lead Co., Montezuma Lead Co., Compania Metalurgica Mexicana, Mexican Northern R. R. Co. Democrat. Mein. Re- formed Dutch Ch. Mem. Albany Soc., N. Y. Trustee Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences, Long Island College Hosp. Clubs : Down Town, City, Hamilton, Crescent, Heights Casino. Residence: IES Willow St., Brook- lyn. Address: 51 William St., N. Y. City.
PEABODY, George Foster:
Retired banker and railroad financier; b. Columbus, Ga., July 27, 1852: s. George Henry and Elvira (Canfield) Peabody: ed. private schools in Columbus, Ga., and six months at Deerhill Inst., Danbury, Conn., 1:65-66; honorary \.M., Harvard, LL.D., Washington and Lee Univ., and Univ. of Ga .; unmarried. In dry goods business, N. Y. City, as clerk, 1:66-80, with two whole- sale firms; in banking business, 15-0- 1906, partner Spencer, Trask & Co .; director and v .. p. of many railroad and business cor- porations until retiring in 1905 and 19.6, such as St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R., Mexican National R. R. Co., Rio Grande. Western R. R., Edison Electric Iluminat- ing Co's (both N. Y. and Brooklyn). Gen- eral Electric Co. Traveled extensively in Canada, Mexico and all of U. S., excepting Alaska; also several trips to Europe. Com- mittee mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce: at one time mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Active in Democratie polities from les0; treas. Dem. Nat. Com., 1901: treas. Am. Free-Trade League, Isso; advocate of sin- gle tax on land values, Gov't ownership of railroads and public franchise corp'ns since 1595. Active in civil service reform ass'ns; v. . p. Am. Civic Ass'n. Life mem. Brook- lyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History, N. 1023
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Y. Active in Y. M. C. A. work in city and U. S .; trustee Internat. Com. Y. M. V. A .; also trustee Colo. Coll. Brooklyn Poly- technic Inst., Tuskegee and Hampton Insts., and of Univ. of Ga .; treas. Southern Ed'n B'd and General Ed'n B'd. Episcopalian; deputy from Diocese of Long Island to Ger- eral Convention of Episcopal Cn. Mem.
Southern Soc. Clubs: Century, Reform, Metropolitan, City, National
Arts, Dewn Town (N. Y. City ) ; Hamilton (Brooklyn) ; Cosmos ( Washington). Residence: Abenia, Lake George, N. Y., and 28 Monroe Place, Brooklyn. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
PEABODY, George Livingston:
Physician; b. N. Y. City, 1850; s. Charles Augustus and Julia Caroline (Livingston) Peabody; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1870, M.D., 1873; pathologist, N. Y. Hosp., 1837-S2; visiting physician to Bellevue Hosp., 158%; N. Y. Hosp., 1851; St. Luke's Hosp., 1894; consulting physician, Roosevelt Hosp., 1900; mem. of Acad. of Medicine, Ass'n of Am. Physicians, A. A. A. S., N. Y. Practitioners' Soc. Clubs: Century, University, City. Ad. dress: 57 W. 38th St., N. Y. City.
PEABODY, Royal C .:
Merchant; b. Columbus, Ga., Feb. 12, 1854; s. George H. and Elvira (Canfield) Peabody ; family moved to Brooklyn, 1805; ed. pub- lic school, m.
Brooklyn; Brooklyn, 1879, Georgia Sniffin; one son, Charles Samuel. Traveled through West for several years and returning, entered dry goods house of T. K. Horton & Co .; later went with firm of Wal- . bridge & Co., hardware; then commission house of White, Payson & Co. Interested in electrical industries with Electric Time Co., later with Brooklyn Edison Co., as sec., then as v .- p. Pres. and director N. J. Co .; director and chm'n Exec. Com. Charles E. Dustin Co. Mem. B'd of Advisers. Titie Guarantee and Trust Co .; pres. and director Am. Stoker Co .; director and chm'n Exec. Com. Textile Importing and Trading Co .; pres. and director Universal Fireproof Con- struction Co .; pres. and director Underford Gas Producer Co. Independent Democrat. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Southern Soc. Clubs: City, Hamilton, Down Town, Cres- cent Athletic. Residence: Wikiosco, Lake George, N. Y., and 25 Monroe Place, Brook- lyn. Address: 11 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PEABODY, Stephen:
Capitalist ; m. Miss Haven; children: Ste- phen, Jr., Priscilla. Emma, George. T .- p. and director Am. Coal Products Co., Con- solidated Rubber Tire Co., People's Gas Im- provement Co., Traction, Gas and Electric Finance Co .; pres. and director R'y Electric Power Co .; trustee Colonial Trust Co .; di- rector Am. Coke and Gas Construction Co, Buffalo Gas Co., Frontier Electric Lighting Co., Mckeesport Gas Improvement Co., Otto Coke and Chemical Co., Pittsburgh Gas and Coke Co., South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Co., Syracuse Lighting Co., Trenton Gas and Electric Co., United Coke and Gas Co. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Down Town, Met- ropolitan. N. Y. Yacht. Church, Automobile of America. Garden City Golf, Whist, Law. vers. Residence: 30 E ... 31th St. Address: 17 Battery Pl., N. Y. City.
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PEAKE, Albert D .:
Lawyer; b. Hamder, Delaware County, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1846; s. Ira and Celenda (Tif- fany) Peake; grad. Union Coll., Schenec. tady, N. Y., A.B., 1570 (2d in class, Latin Oration, Phi Beta Kappa, Clark Prize) ; Al- bany Law School, LL.B .; m. 1st, Walton, N. Y., Sept., 1874, Martha MeLaury; 2d, Walton, N. Y., April. lest, Margaret 1. Thomson; children : James McLaury. b.
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Dec. 26, 1876 (practising lawyer in Brook- lyn), Evelyn Martha, b. Dec. 6, 1850, (teach- ing voice culture, New York City), Charles Nelson, b. July 29, 1859, law student. Ad- mitted to bar, May, 1873; practising attorney in Delaware County, N. Y., since 1574. Has traveled on business and for recreation ex- tensively, in various sections of the U. S. Served one year as supervisor of Town. In politics a Republican. Has taken on active interest in educational matters; taugl.t two years, 1870-72, in Schenectady High School (preparatory Dep't of Union Coll.); served for 15 years as pres. Board of Ed'n. Walton Union High School. Pres. Walton Nov. elty Works (Inc. ), Mg'r Walton Agricultural Works. Methodist; lay delegate, repre- senting N. Y. Conference in the Gen. Con- ference M. E. Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1:96. Four years pres. Kingston Dist. Epworth League; 25 years sup't Walton M. E. Sab- bath School; many years trustee. Walton MI. E. Church; chm'n Church Building Com. when they erected finest M. E. Church in Delaware County and chim'n School Build. ing Com. when Walton erected the best equipped school building in Delaware County. Mem. Delaware County Bar Assin. Odd Fellow, in all degrees; Good Templar, in ail degrees; and county chief of Delaware County for many years; never used intoxi- cants nor tobacco in any form. Trustee William B. Ogden Memorial Library, Wal- ton. Recreations :- Walking, riding, driving. gardening, mountain-climbing. traveling. Address: Walton, Delaware County, N. Y. City office, 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PEARCE, Liston Houston:
Clergyman, editor; b. near Springfield, Ohio; ed. in schools of Fort Wayne, Ind., Prep. Dep't and College of Northwestern Univ., Ph.B., 1965, A.B., 1866, A.M., 1:03, Grant Univ., D.D., les"; serve as chapiain 102d Ill. Inf. in Civil War: in. Chicago, lil .. Oct. 15, 1ST, Jennie M. Wheeler (died March 5, 1SS6) ; children: Kittie, b. May 2, 1:09 ( died 1570), Etha Ette, Walter Chandler: m. 2d, Dec. 16, 189, Mrs. Katherine . Oler. Ordained in ministry of Methodist Episcopal Church: held several pastorates in Mich., Va., Md. and N. Y .: presiding elder of Geneva Dist., Central N. Y. Conference. 1997- 1903; editor Baltimore Methodist, 1904-0 .: editor Northern Christian Advocate, Syra- euse. N. Y., since April 11. 1005; editor of the Daily Christian Advocate. 190. Anthor of a book of travels in Europe. Palestine and the Orient, Ist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. ( Northwestern Univ. Chapter). Address : Syracuse, N. Y.
PEARCE, Richard Mills, Jr .:
Pathologist : Harvard Med. Sch .. M.D .. 150 .: graduate student Univ. of Leipzig. 1002. Resident pathologist, Boston City Hosp., 1:97-99; instr. pathology. Harvard Univ.,
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1899-1900, demonstrator and later ass't prof. pathology, Univ. of Pa., 1900-03; director Bender Hygienic Laboratory, Albany, N. Y., 1903-08; prof. pathology and bacteriology, Albany Med. Sch., 1903-C8; prof. pathology, N. Y. Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. from 1908. Director Bureau of Pathology and Bacteriology, N. Y. State Dep't of Health, 1903-0S. Contributor to med. jour- nals and proceedings on pathological and bacteriological subjects. Mem. Am. AAss'n Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Ass'n Am. Physicians, Coll. Physicians of Philadelphia, Soc. for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Deutsche Pathologische Gesellschaft. Ad- dress : 338 E. 26th St., N. Y. City.
PEARLSTIEN, Maurice Barrett:
Physician and surgeon; b. in Germany, July 8, 1876; s. Louis Pearlstien; ed. in Ger- many to 1887, in France to Iss9, N. Y. public school and high school to 1895, Eclectic Med. Coll. of N. Y., M.D., 1899; m. New York, 1902, Rebecca Shulman; one daughter, Henrietta Joan, b. 1902. Mem. Nat. Eclectic Medical Ass'n, N. Y. State Eclectic Med. Soc., Kings Co. Eclectic Med. Soc., N. Y. Specific Medi- cation Club; Brooklyn Therapeutic Soc. ; Ec- lectic Dispensary and Hosp. Soc. of Kings County. Lecturer in orinicial surgery and gynecology in the Eclectic Med. Coll. of the City of N. Y. and in the Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses, Brooklyn, N. Y. Pres. Alumni Ass'n Eclectic Med. Coll. of the City of N. Y., pres. Kings County Eclectic Med. Soc. Sec. and treas. Eclectic Dispen- sary and Hosp. Soc. of Kings County. Sec. Eclectic Hospital Realty Co .; see. and treas. The Applicator Company of Brooklyn. Re- publican. Mem. Royal Arcanum and Work- men's Circle. Address 309 Hewes St., Cor. Harrison Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PEARSALL, Edgar Lincoln:
Pres. New Idea Pattern Co .; b. Hemp- stead, L. I., Nov. 28, 1864: s. James and Hannah W. (Myers) Pearsall; ed. in N. J. public schools; m. N. Y. City, March 27, 1907, Mrs. F. H. DeMott. Director Tho Butterick Company, Lt'd, New Idea Pat- tern Co., and New Idea Publishing Co., all of N. Y. City. Was grand master I. O. O. F. of N. J., 1904-05. Residence : 250 W. Sth St., N. Y. City.
PEARSON, Henry Carr:
Educator; b. East Saugus, Mass., Aug. 23, 1871; s. George H. and Sara Lucasta (Dear- born) Pearson; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1892; m. Dartmouth, Mass., July 28, 1896, Lit- lian White Allen. Teacher secondary schools, 1892-98; principal Allegheny ( Pa. ) Prepara. tory Sch., 19 -1903: principal Horace Mann Elementary Sch.
since 1903. European travel, 1897. Author: Greek Prose Composi- tion; Latin Prose Composition: Essentials of Latin for Beginners, all Am. Book Co .; also contb'r to various magazines on edu- cational topics. Mem. Nat. Ed'n Ass'n, Soc. for Scientific Study of Ed'n, History Teachers' Ass'n, Eastern Manual Training Ass'n. Address: 501 W. 120th St., N. Y. City.
PEARSON, James John:
Consulting and advisory eng'r; b. Thorn- hall, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, ISIS; s. Rev. James and Frances ( Mitbourne) Pearson ; ed. Bishops Castle and York, England, 1967. 1. tralia as chancellor. gen. sec., carrying with
79, and under Lord (then Sir W. G.) Arm- strong, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England; grad- uated mech. eng'r, medallist in all physics, honors in mathematics, etc .; certificated chief eng'r and eng'r surveyor under British B'd of Trade. Technical and traveling cor- respondent for Textile Manufacturer, Chein- ical News, Mechanical World, and Sanitary Engineering, 1579-81; chief eng'r for Palmers Ship and Iron Co., Jarrow-on-Tyne, 1-81-84: manager afloat for Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., 1884-86, in charge of machinery construc- tion on Austrian torpedo cruisers Leopard and Panther, the figliting equipment of the Chilean cruisers Blanco Encalado and Al- mirante Cochrane, the steam trials of the Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan, the ma- chinery construction and at the Yokosuka Arsenal (Japan) of the Japanese cruisers Naniwa and Takachiho-Kan; consulting and? contracting eng'r, Yokohama, Japan, 1556-91, engaged in constructing and installing textile mills, ice plants, bridges, steam vessels, mint and arsenal equipment and general in- dustrial plant: gen. mg'r for Nassan Elec- trical Co., N. Y. City, 1891-95; since 1895 con- sulting and advisory eng'r on industrial and plant economies, the settlement and ad- justment of trade issues and supervising of work. Clubs: Engineers, National Arts. (N. Y. City) : Houvenkopt Country (Suffern, N. Y.). Residence: 144 Remsen St., Brook- lyn. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City. PEARSON, Raymond Allen:
Executive and educator; b. Evansville. Ind., April 9, 1873; s. Leonard and Lucy S. (Jones) Pearson : ed. private and public schools; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1894, M.S., 1899; holder of Horace Greeley schol- arship during college course: unmarried. In business, Philadelphia and Delaware. 1895; ass't chief Dairy Div., U. S. Dep't Agriculture, Washington. D. C., gen. mg'r, Walker-Gordon Laboratory Co .. 1890-1902: N. Y. City and Philadelphia, 1902-03: prof. Dairy Industry. Cornell Univ .. 1903-08: N. Y. State Commissioner of Agriculture since April, 1908. Author of numerous reports and bulletins published by U. S. Dep't of Agriculture. N. Y. State Coll. of Agri- culture and the N. Y. State Dep't of Agri- culture. Gold medal, Paris Exp'n, 1900, as collaborator. Baptist. Fellow A. A. A. S .: mem. State and Nat. Dairymen's Ass'ns. pres. Official Dairy Instructors' Ass'n. 1946- US, sec. Certified Milk Producers' Ass'n of America since 1907. Am. Breeder's Ass'n. Sigma Xi, S. A. R., Grange. Recreations: Walking, tennis. Clubs: Cosmos ( Washington. D. C.), University, Fort Orange, ( Albany ), Cosmopolitan. Alpha Zeta, and Gamma Alpha. (Cornell ) : Town and Gown, ( Ithaca). Ad- dress : Albany, N. Y.
PEART, William :
Salvation Army officer: b. Alston, Cumber- land, England: s. John and Tamar (Coates) Peart: lived most of life in Australia: ed. in State School, Victoria, Australia: passed through highest grade: in. Adelaide. S. V:s. tralia, Oet. 24, 1-sg. llettie Butcher: cil- dren : Florence Adelaide, b. 1.90, AArthur Johns, b. 1592, Herbert, h. 1591. Entered Sal- vation Army as cadet, Is5; gradually rose in ranks; occupied important offices in Ans.
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it second in command; had command provincial officer of two States; appt'd chief sec. for the whole of Australia, serving 1896- 1905; transferred to U. S., Aug., 1905, hold- ing rank of colonel, with position of chief secretary, carrying with it second in com- mand. During Australian career, visited the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland. V .- p. Industrial Homes Co., Reliance Trading Co .; v.p. and trustee The Salvation Army; v .. p. and treas. Incorporated Trustees of the Salvation Army, Pennsylvania ; v .- p. Salvation Army of Mass., incorporated. Ad- dress: 122 W. 14th St., N. Y. City.
PEASE, Ernest Mondell:
Educator; b. W. Union, Iowa, Dec. 24, 1559; s. Charles Franklin and Abigail (Fos- ter) Pease; grad. Univ. of Colo., 1852, A.M., IS$5, LL.D., 1902; fellow Johns Hopkins Univ., 1884-86; student Bonn, 1885, 1891; m. Ist, West Derby, Vt., 1886, Minnie Adams; 2d, Denver, Colo., 1898, Mary Ball Johnson; children: Alan Warren, b. 1887, Harold Adams, b. 1892, Margaret, b. 1899, Donald Addison, b. 1907. Instr. Latin, Smith Coll., 1886; prof. Latin, Bowdoin Coll., 1886-91; prof. Latin, Leland Stanford Jr., Univ., 1891-1902; resident Washington, D. C., 1902-05; pres. and business mg'r Am. Planograph Co., since 1904. Coeditor Students' Series of Latin Classics, 35 vols. ; author various treatises on Latin. Pres. Alpha MIf'g Co .; v .- p. Suffield Coal Co., Union Electric Co .; director Columbia Planograph Co., Lewis J. Ball Co., Justifying Typewriter Co. Independent in politics. Congregation- alist. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Philol. Ass'n, Archæol. Inst. of America; mem. Mn'g Com. of Am. Sch. of Classical Studies in Rome. Clubs: Graduates (N. Y. City) ; University ( Washington D. C.). Residence: Boston Post Road, Rye, N. Y. Address: 31 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
PEASE, Herbert D .:
Bacteriologist; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 25, 1870; s. Charles G. and Julia F. (Childs) Pease; ed. public and high schools of Boston; Upper Can. Coll., Toronto: grad. Univ. of To- ronto, M.B., 1893, Johns Hopkins Univ., gra- uate student, 1893-94, fellow in pathology, 1904-05; m. Somerville, Mass., Sept. 22, 1896, Amy Barnes; one son, Murray, b. 1904. Res- ident pathologist, Thomas Wilson Sanitar ium, Baltimore, 1894; 1st ass't bacteriologist, Dep't of Health, Philadelphia, 1895-98; bacte. riologist, N. Y. State Pathol. Laboratory, Buf- falo, 1898-1900; instr. in bacteriology, Sheffield Scientific Seh., Yale, 1901; dircetor Anti-Toxin and Hygienic Laboratories, N. Y. State Dep't Health since 1901. Mem. Am. Ass'n Pathologist and Bacteriologist, Soc. Am. Bacteriologists, Am. Public Health Ass'n (recorder of its Laboratory Section since 1901), Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Socs. Albany Co. and State of N. Y. Author of papers on the Prevention and Treatment of Diph- `theria, of Tetanus, and of Septic Infections: The Scope of the Public Health Laboratory; The Etiology of Malignant Tumors and other scientific subjects. Clubs: Albany Racquet. City (N. Y. City). Address: 55 S. Lake Av., Albany, N. Y.
PEASLEE, Edward Henry:
Banker; b. Hanover, N. H .: s. Edmund Randolph and Martha ( Kendrick) Peaslee; 1026
ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; grad. Yale, 1872; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1875; Coll. Phys. and Surg., Columbia Univ., 1875; m. N. Y. City, 1890, Florence Witherbee; one son, Ed- mund Witherbee, b. 1891. Was engaged in practice of medicine, but retired in 1891; pres. and director Fidelity Bank, N. Y. City : pres. and director Black, Starr & Frost, N. Y. City; trustee Fifth Av. Safe Deposit Co .; v .- p. and director Second National Bank, N. Y. City; director New England Mortgage Security Co., N. Y., Nat. Machine Co .; mem. N. Y. City B'd of Ed'n, 1857-90, 1896-98; trus- tee Univ. Settlement Ass'n of . N. Y. City. Clubs: Metropolitan, University, Century, Union, Down Town. Address: 17 N. Wash- ington Sq., N. Y. City.
PECK, Bayard Livingston:
Lawyer; b. Hudson, N. Y., 1869; s. Horace R. and Anna (Van Deusen) Peck; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1891, A.M., 1894; one year at Law School of N. Y. Univ .; m. Brooklyn, Nov. 2, 1907, Elizabeth Stuart Butler. Instructor in Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., 1891-93; clerk of Surrogate's Court of Columbia County, 1893- 96; in active practice of law in N. Y. City since 1896. Mem. Chi Psi fraternity, Phi Delta Phi Fraternity, Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Columbia County Ass'n in City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n. Trustee Hudson Fulton-Celebration Commission. Clubs : Un- iversity. Lawyers ( Brooklyn). Residence : 142 Willow Brooklyn. Address: 26 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
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