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PECK, Charles Horton:
Botanist; b. Sand Lake, N. Y., Mar. 30, 1833; s. Joel B. and Pamelia (Horton) Peck; grad. State Normal Sch., Albany, N. Y., 1852; Union Coll., A.B .. 1859 (Nott prize scholar- ship, Phi Beta Kappa), A.M., 1862, hon- orary Sc.D., 1898; m. Sand Lake, April 10, Mary Sliter;
1861, Catherine chil-
Al- dren: Harry Sliter. b. 1862, Charles
bert, b. 1869.
Taught in boys' boarding sch. at Sand Lake, 3 years, and in private sch. for boys in Albany, + years; has had charge of the Bot. Dep't, N. Y. State Mu- seum, since 1867. Republican; Presbyterian. Mem. A. A. A. S., Albany Inst. and Hist. and Art Soc., Am. Bot. Soc., New England Bot. Club, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc. Address: Menands, Albany, N. Y.
PECK, Charles Luther:
Clergyman; h. Pitcher, Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 21, 1867; s. Andrew Emory and Lucy Ann (West) Peck; grad. Cortland State Normal Sch., Syracuse Univ., B.A., 1895: commencement honors as first grad. student: editor of the Normal News while in Cortland; class historian year in college; mn. Moravia, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1892. Emma Ardale Fulmer. Ordained deacon April 12, 1896: elder April 17, 1sos; pastor at S. Han- nibal, Oswego Co., N. Y., 1593-94: New Haven. Oswego Co., 1:25-97; Sandy Creek. Oswego Co .. 1995-1900; Gouverneur. St. Law- rence Co., 1901-04: Watertown, Jefferson Co., since 1905: pres. Northern N. Y. Conf .. Ep- worth League. 1904.06. Prohibitionist. Methodist. Mem. Brotherhood of St. Paul. Address : 507 Franklin St., Watertown, N. Y. PECK. Edward S .:
Lawyer: b. Oneida Co .; N. Y., May 16. 1×2; grad. Hamilton Coll., 1573. Engaged in
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general practice of law in N. Y. City. Mem. | Prescott; Twenty Years of the Republic; Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Delta Kappa Ep- silon fraternity. Clubs: Hardware. West Suetonius; Latin Pronunciation; Translator of Petronius. Side Republican. Residence: 201 W. 117th St. Address: 42 Broadway, N. Y. City. Trustee The Columbia Uni- versity Press. Democrat ; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Philol. Soc., Archæol. Inst. of PECK, Ezra Jones: America, Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters, Royal Soc. of Canada, Am. Dialect Soc., Deita Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Recreations : Riding, boating. Clubs: Century, Graduates. Faculty, Stamford Yacht Club. Address : 500 W. 121st St., N. Y. City.
Inspector Education Dep't N. Y. State; b. Seneca Castle, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1830; s. Enoch and Julitta Ann (Jones) Peck; grad. Colgate Univ., Williams Coll., A.B., 1851, A.M., 1834, Cornell Univ., post-grad. Latin and Greek Seminar. 1883, Hobart Coll., LL.D., 1898; m. Bloomington, Ill., March 31, 1856; Annie Lingan Bartlett; children: Alice Lingan, Cornelia Randolph, Eugenia Cald- well, Edith Leffingwell, George Mann, Annie Bartlett. Principal Phelps Union and Clas- sical School, 1860-61 and 1864-68; associate principal Canandaigua Acad., 1871-73; prin- cipal Homer Acad., 1873-84: principal Oswego Free Acad., 1885-1900; inspector of Iligh Schools Education Department, Univ. of State of N. Y. since 1901. Was comm'r schools Ontario Co., 1868-71 : 1st lieut. 8th N. Y. Vol. Cav.,
1861-62. Republi-
can ; Presbyterian. University Club, Al- bauy, N. Y. Synodical Comm'r Elmira Col- lege. Mem. Zeta Psi fraternity (Williams) ; Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar. Club : University. Ilome, Phelps, N. Y. Official address : Educational Department, Albany, N. Y.
PECK, Fayette H .:
Physician; b. Mexico, N. Y., April 8, 1856; s. De Witt C. and Mary L. (Barton) Peck; ed. Mexico Acad .; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1879: N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll., 1881; m. Mexico, N. Y., May 15. 1884, Gertrude R. Stone (died June 23, 1908) : children : Robert B., b. 1ss5. Charles S., b. 1892, Vincent S., b. 1894, Fayette II., Jr., b. 1900. Resident sur- geon, N. Y. State Emigrant Hosp., 1881-83; practising at Clinton, N. Y., 1883-95; at Utica, N. Y., since April, 1595; U. S. pension ex- aminer, 1890-94, and since 1900; visiting sur- geon, St. Luke's Hosp., Utica, since 1895; gynecologist, Utica Gen. Hosp., since 1903; pres. Med. Staff, Utica Gen. Hosp. ; ass't sur- geon, N. Y. Central Hudson River R. R., since 1904; chief surgeon, Utica & Mohawk Valley R'y Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Oneida Co. Med. Soc., Utica Med. Library Ass'n, Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Medico-Legal Soc. Clubs: Fort Schuyler, Yahnundasis Golf. Residence : 13 Plant St. Address: 196 Gene- see St., Utica, N. Y.
PECK, Harry Thurston:
Professor of Latin; editor; b. Stamford, Conn., Nov. 26, 1856; s. Harry and Harriet E. ( Thurston) Peck; ed. Columbia Univ., degrees A.B., 1981, A.M., Ph.D., L.H.D., LL. D .; also studied at Rome, Berlin and Paris; Prof. Latin Columbia Univ., from les1; also lecturer in Barnard Coll. (1993). Editor: International Encyclopedia: Masterpieces of the World's Literature: University Bulletin; New International Encyclopaglia; consulting editor International Year Book; Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature, Students' Series of Latin Classics, Commercial Ad- vertiser (N. Y.); etc. Editor of the Book- man, 1995-1907. Author: The Personal Equa. tion ; What is Good English ?; The Adven. tures of Mabel: Hilda and the Wishes; Greystone aud Porphyry; Life of W. 11.
PECK, Henry Allen:
Prof. astronomy; b. Mexico, N. Y., May 4, 1863; s. Henry Carter and Margaret Augusta (Allen) Peck; ed. . Mexico Acad., Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1885, A.M., ISSS. Univ. of Strassburg, Germany. Ph.D., 1896: m. Syracuse, N. Y., Dee. 22, 1898, Jesse Ran- kin Tyler. Taught in public schools, 189- 81; teacher of mathematics in Williamsport- Dickinson Sem., Williamsport, Pa., 19:5-87: instructor 1887, and now prof. astronomy. Syracuse Univ. Writer of astronomical and mathematical articles in technical journals. Mem. Astronomical and Astrophysical Soc. of America, Deutsche Astronomische Gesells- chaft. Republican. Methodist. Club: Uni- versity. Address: 307 Waverly Av., Syra- cuse, Y.
PECK, Isaac:
Clergyman ; b. Flushing, N. Y., Jan. 15, 185S; s. Isaac and Abby Phelps (Beers) Peck; ed. Flushing Inst .; grad. Yale Coll., B.A., 1879; Berkeley Divinity Sch., Middle- town, Conn., 1883; m. N. Y City, Oct. 2, 1590, Mary Constantia Smith Heyward; one son. Isaac Heyward, b. June 10, 1:93. Ordered deacon, 1883; ordained priest, 15$4; rector Christ Ch., Laredo, Texas, 1883-84: Trinity Ch., Tilton, N. H., 1884-86: Emmanuel Ch., Anacostia. D. C., 1986; All Saints' Ch .. Littleton, N. H., 1886-88: St. Paul's Cil., Kinderhook, N. Y .. 1558-92; Trinity Ch., Roslyn, L. I., 1992-1907. Descended fro:n distinguished Colonial and Revolutionary an- cestry, Deacon William Peck having been one of the founders of the New Haven Colony, and Nathan Beers, on maternal side, was an officer on staff of Gen. Wash- ington. Recreations: Rowing, walking. Ad- dress: 25 Lawrence Av., Flushing, N. Y. PECK, John Hudson:
Lawyer: b. Hudson, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1938: s. Hon. Darius Peck, for many years judge of Columbia Co., N. Y .: descendent of Wii- liam Peck, an original settler of New Haven, Conn .; grad. Hamilton Coll., .A.B., 1859. A.M., 1862. LL.D., 199; in. 15-3. Mercy P. Manor, of Milton, N. Y., a descendant of one of the original land prop'rs of Scituate. Mass. Admitted to bar at Albany, N. Y .. Dec., 1861: practising lawyer in firm of Peck & Behau, at Troy. N. Y .; has been counsel for numerous corporate interests and private trusts. Became a trustee of Troy Female Som., 1983: was pres. Rens. selaer Polytechnic Inst., Isss. 1900; mem. Co:1. stitutional Convention of State of N. Y., 1991; chum'n New Court House Comm'r. Rensselaer Co., 1-94.95: one of trustees for erection of the Hart Memorial Library, and mom. (original incorporator) Scenic and Historic Preservation Soc. of N. Y .; has for vears been trustee of Diocese of Albany. I Episcopalian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., 1027
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Chi Psi fraternity, Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Address : Troy, N. Y. PECK, William Emerson:
Export merchant; b. New Britain, Conn., June 30, 1858; s. Charles and Mary Folger (Davis) Peck; grad. Williston Sem., East Hampton, Mass., 1877; Yale Coll., 18si; n :. Liverpool, Eng., Jan. 30, 1554, Bertha Thomp- son Pierce; one daughter. Elena Mayhew. During 1831-S8, traveled extensively in South America, crossing the Andes 5 times; pres. William E. Peck & Co .; v .- p. Colonial Trad- ing Co .; director Hale Co., Bovec-Fritz Con. solidated Co. Independent Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce; trustee, United States Savings Bank of City of N. Y., Mt. Meigs Colored Inst., Ala .; has delivered many public addresses on export trade, and has contributed numerous articles on trade topics for various publi- cations and the public press. Mem. New England Soc., Sons of the Revolution. Rec- reations: Golf, Yachting. Clubs: Univer- sity, Yale, Down Town Ass'n, Nassau Coun- try; Sachem's Head Yacht, New Haven Yacht, Graduates, Maple Hill Golf of Conn., Fulton, Barnard, Luncheon, The Pilgrims (London). Address : 116 Broad St., N. Y. City.
PECKHAM, Rufus Wheeler:
Associate justice Supreme Court of the U. S .; b. Albany, Nov. 8, 1838; s. Hon. Wheeler Peckham (native of Albany County who has been dist. att'y of the county, justice of the Supreme Court of the State, and at the time of his death in the ship- wreck of the Ville de Havre, Nov. 22, 1873, was one of the judges Court of Appeals of N. Y. State), and of Isabella (Lacey) Peckham; ed. Albany Acad. and in Phila- delphia; studied law in the office of his father (then in partnership with Lyman Tremain, attorney-general of State, practis- ing law under firm name of Peckham & Tremain) in Albany: honorary LL.D. from Union Coll., 1894, Yale, 1596. and Columbia, 1901; m. 1866, Harriette M., d. D. II. Arnold (an old N. Y. merchant and pres. Mercantile Bank of N. Y. City). Ad- mitted to bar, Dec., 1$59. On clection of father to Supreme Bench, 1559, formed part- nership with the former partner of his father, under the firm name of Tremain & Peckham, which continued until death of Mr. Tremain, Dec., 1878: elected dist. att'y of Albany Co., 1868; later corporation counsel of Albany City, and in 19-3 was elected a justice of Supreme Court of N. Y. While serving as such was elected, Iss6, asso. judge of Court of Appeals of N. Y. State, and while occupying a seat on that bench was in Dec., 1:95, appointed by President Cleveland associate justice of Supreme Court of the U. S. Address: 1217 Connecti. out Av., Washington, D. C.
PECKHAM, Stephen Farnum:
Chemist ; b. Fruit Hill, North Providence, R. I., Mar. 26, 1-39; s. Charles and Hannah Lapham ( Farmin) Peckham: grad. Brown Univ. (hon. A. M.). 1-70; m. 1st, Providence, R. I., June 13, 1-65, Mary Chace Pock: chil- dren: Edward Hall, b. April 2, 1.66 (died Jan. 31, 1871), Herbert Edmund, b. July 21. 1871 (A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1991), Anna Hope, b. April 17, 1573, Mary Wythe, b. 102S
Mar. 27, 1575; m. 2d, Brooklyn, N. Y., Anz. 1, 1902, Hattie C. Wait Van Buren, A.B .. M.D. Engaged at petroleum refinery, Provi- dence, R. I., 1861-62; chemist. Calif. Peiro- lenm Co., 1865-66; Calif. Geol. Survey, 1-6 .: instr. in chemistry, Brown Univ., 1:08; prof. chemistry, Washington ( Pa.) Coll., 1860: Mr. State Coll., 1870-71; Buchtel Coli., Akron, O., 18.2; Univ. of Minn .. 1573-80; special agent U. S. Census on petroleum, 1881-85; with Union Oil Co., Calif., 1893-94: laboratory and expert work on bitumens, 1894-98; chemist comm'r of accounts, N. Y. City, 1898-1908: chemist Dep't of Finance, N. Y. City, 1905. Was at different periods chemist to State B'd of Health to Geol. Survey of
Minn. Served in Civil
War as Hosp. Steward, 7th Regt. R. I. V .; sec. to med. di- rector 9th Army Corps, and in charge chem. den't U. S. Army Laboratory. Unitarian.
Fellow A. A. A. S .; mem. N. Y. Lyceum of Natural History, Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Chemical Industry, Franklin Inst. ( Phila- delphia). Am. Philos. Soc., etc. Recrea- tions: Study of botany, mineralogy, gene- alogy, and early New England history. Ad- dress: 127 Franklin St., N. Y. City.
PECKHAM, William Clark:
Educator, lecturer, writer; b. S. Royal- ston, Mass., Aug. 13, 1541: s. Rev. Samuel Howland and Sarah (Clark) Peckham: ed. Groton Academy. Mass .; graduate Amherst College, A.B., 1867, A.M., 1870, Union Theo- logical Seminary, N. Y. City, 1871-72: m. Kingston, Mass., 1868, Katalena Whittier: one daughter, Mrs. I. P. Pashley. Principal Leicester Acad., Mass .. 1867-68; prof. mathe- matics and astronomy, Williston Sem .. Mass .. 1868-70; Adelphi Acad. and Coll., since 1$75; prof. physics. Adelphi Coll., since 1596. Editorial staff, Scientific American. since 1897.
Lecturer on Lignid Air and Radium through the country; lecturer B'd of Ed'n. N. Y. City, in Free Lectures for the People. Served in Co. HI, 23d Mass. Vols., in Civil War. Traveled around world, 1870-71. in Europe, 1882, 1892, 1900 and 1907: contb'r to magazines. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Physical Soc .; fellow A. 1. 1. S .: fellow Brooklyn Inst .: former pres. Dep't of Physics and Dep't of Photography, Brook- lyn Inst .; mem. U. S. Grant Post. G. A. R., N. Y. City. Address: 406 Classon Av., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
PECKHAM, William Gibbs:
Lawyer: b. Newport, R. I., Feb. 7, 1849: s. William G. and Mary H. (Perry) Peckham; grad. Harvard Coll., 1867; studied at Heidel- berg Univ., Germany. receiving specialist's certificate. Ist-69; studied law in office of Joseph Choate: grad. N. Y. Univ. Law Sch. ; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1570: m. Newport, R. I., 155. Laura Thurston; children: Mrs. Mary P. Tubby, b. 1577. Mrs. Laura E. War- ing, Ruth, Paul T., b. 1ss5. Was editor Harvard Collegian, and its snecessor, Har- vard Advocate, while at college: associated with George William Curtis and Carl Sehurz in managing independent part of Cleveland campaign in Ist; has been for a number of years mem. Com. on Modern History and Internat. Law at Harvard: represented North- ampton Bank in suits growing out of famous robbery, in which Sugood were stolen. bringing suits against brokers and others
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who had received stolen securities, and de- feuding suits against bank with unvarying success; employed in all large elevated rail- roads suits against Jay Gould, Russell Sage and August Belmont in N. Y., and against the elevated roads in Chicago: successively mem. firms Peckham & Tyler, Peckham, Warner & Perkins, Peckham, Warner & Strong, Peckham & Strong. Democrat. Epis- copalian. Mem. Bar Ass'ns of Union Co. and N. Y. City; lecturer on internat. law at Univ. of N. C .; mem. Municipal Art Soc., Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. Univ., Royal Arcanum. Clubs: National Arts, Players. Harvard, Law- yers. Address: 52 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PEDERSEN, Frederick Malling:
Physicist, educator; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 12, 1869: s. Joseph Silvey and Victoria (Cox) Pedersen; ed. private German school; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1589, M.S., 1593; Co- lumbia Univ., E.E., 1993; N. Y. Univ., D.Sc., 1905; m. Hulett's Landing, N. Y., 1896, Ger- trude Hoff Kitchell. Ass't elec. eng'r, Crocker-Wheeler Co., 1993-99; lecturer on electricity, Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1891- 95: tutor mathematics, Coll. City of N. Y., 1899-1903; instr. at same since 1903; served as private, 7th Reg't. N. G. N. Y., 1889-96. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Sigma Psi Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fratern- ity, Am. Math. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Acad. of Sciences, A. A. A. S. Author: The Influence of Molecular Constitution upon Internal Friction of Gases. 1906 (D. Van Nos- trand). Recreations: Boating, golfing, tennis. Country residence: Dannebrog Lodge, Hu- lett's Landing, N. Y. Address: 452 W. 141th St .; City College, 13Sthi St. and Amsterdam Av., N. Y. City.
PEDERSEN, Victor Cox:
Physician, surgeon: b. N. Y. City, Nov. 15. 1867; s. Joseph Silvey and Victoria ( Cox) Pedersen: grad. Trinity Coll., (Hartford), A.B., 1891, A.M., 1896, Columbia Univ., M.D., 1599: m. Gouverneur, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1900, Winnifred Laura Hartley. Spent summer of 1887 in Europe in general travel, and sam- mer of 1895 for study in Med. Seh. at Edin- burgh Univ .; purchasing agent Crocker- Wheeler Electric Co., Ampere. N. J., 1892-91. Genito-urinary surgeon to Out Patient Dep't, N. Y. Hosp., and the House of Relief; clini- cal ass't in surgery at N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch. and Hosp. Independent in politics; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State and Co. Med. Socs .. Am. Urological Ass'n, West Side Clin- ical Soc .. Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. Medico-surg. Soc., Soc. Alunni N. Y. Hosp., Clinical Soc. N. Y. Polyclinic. Phi Beta Kap- pa Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Ed- itor Medical Epitome Series (Lea Bros. & Co.). Address: 15 W. 9th St., N. Y. City. PEDRICK, William E .:
Operator of coal mines: b. in coal regions of Pa .; grandparents and progenitors early Colonists of Marblehead. Mass. ; early life at Cleveland, O., where attended school. Cav. alry officer in Civil War: services in Indian country, Western Territories and Statos. and in Tenn. and Va. armies; miner and shipper of coal in Ohio: removed to Western frontier, 15-1: associated with an Amsterdam corp'n owning Spanish Maxwell Jand grant in Colo. and N. Mox .: aided in its development in lumber and cattle industry, the extension of
railroads, opening coal mines, erection of coke ovens, and construction of irrigating canal systems; built irrigating canals in Colo. and Idaho; chm'n Exec. Com. on Irrigation, State of Colo .; for twenty years a student of coal measures of Rocky Mountains, a pioneer in discovery and location of anthracite coal in that region, together with that of the Pacific Coast. Pres. Western Anthracite Coal & Coke Co. and director in other corporations. Is devoting energy towards recouping his interests in the Rocky Mountain states, im- paired by the acts of the Administration in annulling the public land laws, crippling coal production and retarding the development of the great West with Forest Reserves where forests have never existed. Has made effec- tive appeal to Congressional Committees on Public Lands and Agriculture of the 50th and 60th Congresses with commensurate re- sult, which has contributed towards preven- tion of further encroachment by administra- tion. Has travel extensively recently through the region of country affected, and presented existing conditions through the press. for the benefit of voters. Residence: Tarrytown, N. Y. Address: 52 Broadway, N. Y. City. PEELE, Robert:
Mining eng'r and prof. mining: b. N. Y. City; s. Robert and Anne (Westervelt) Peele; grad. Sch. of Mines, Columbia Univ., E.M., 1883. Engaged in professional work in U. S .. Canada, Columbia, Dutch Guiana. Peru and Bolivia, 1883-92; occupied chiefly in ex- amining and reporting on mining properties, 1888-92; the last two years being spent in service of Peruvian Exploration Syndicate, Lt'd, London, a mining organization allied with the Peruvian corporation. 1892-1901: prof. mining since 1904, Sch. of Mines. Columbia Univ. Made trip around world in 1901. Mem. firm Olcott, Corning & Peele, consulting min- ing and metallurgical eng'rs, 1900-06. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mem. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London; Am. Inst. of Mining Eng'rs. Alumni Ass'n School of Science, Columbia Univ. Club: Century. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City. PEGRAM, George Herndon:
Civil engineer; b. Council Bluffs, Jowa, Dec. 29, 1555: s. Capt. Benjamin Rush and Mercy Adelaide (Robbins) Pegram; ed. Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo., C.E., IST", A.M., 1905; m. Barrie, Ont., Jessie Merrielees, d. Dugald Crawford, prominent St. Louis merchant. Engaged in civil ong'ring from graduation; on construction of Utah and Northern R'y in Idaho. ISTAS: principal ass't to C. Shaler, bridge eng'r, 17.0; chief eng'r Edge Moor Iron Works, Wil- mington, Del., ISSO-6: consulting eng'r. N.
Y. City. 140-50: consulting ene'r Missouri Pacifie R. R., 19-9-92; chief eng'r Union Pa- cific System, 1893.95, Manhattan Elevated R. R., 1858-1903: chief engineer Interborough Rapid Transit Co. since 1903 and also of Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co., since 1905. Designer Kansas City Elevated R. R. and St. Louis Union Station. Inventor and patentee of the "Pogram truss" for bridges; designed and built the combined highway and railway bridge at Ft. Smith, Ark., across the Arkansas River. Mem. Am. Shc. Civil Eng'rs. Clubs: Railroad. Fazi. neers, (N. Y. City ). Residence: Maplewood, .N. J. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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Lawyer; b. London, England ( Am. parents), Sept. 1, 1809: s. Orlando Almorand and Mary Mann ( Sandford) Pegram; ed. Holy Cem- munion Ch. Inst., Charleston. S. C., 1870-S5; grad. Hobart Coll., Genera, N. Y.,, A.B., (cum laude ), 1859, A.M., 1592; Metropolis Law Sch., N. Y. City, 1893-95; unmarried. Iastr. in classics, Trinity Sch., N. Y. City, and. others, until 1805; admitted to N. Y. State Bar, 1893; since, engaged in practice in N. Y. City. Independent Democrat; Episcopa- lian. Mem. Hobart Coll. Alumni Ass'n, Pni Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Psi Alumni Ass'ns, Southern Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Economic Club, Deutscher Liederkranz, chm'n pro tem. N. Y. State Torrens System Comm'n. Address: 4 Hanover St., N. Y. City. PEHL, J. Carl:
Illustrator: b. Aug. 21, 1872; s. Jobn P. and Marie (Wiehers) Pehl; ed. pub. schs. of Peoria, Ill .; entered lithographie business at the age of IS; after serving 5 years; entered Nat. Acad. of Design, N. Y. City, and later studied at Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sci- ences; m. Chicago, Ill., 1893, Frances B. Bar- nett; children: Howard B., b. 1899, Frances B., b. 1906. Designer of poster, magazine and book illustrations; inventor of type faces and printers' ornaments, notably of Stillson letter and the Twentieth Century ornaments, now in general use by printers; sec. and treas. J. Carl Pehl Co .. advertising and illus- trating service, 32 Waverly Place, N. T. Recreation: Music. ' Address : University Bld'g, Washington Sq., N. Y. City. PEIRCE, John:
Contractor: b. Frankfort, Me .; s. George A. and Louisa Tenny ( Pike) Pierce: ed. public schs. in Maine, Dummer Acad., Byfield, Mass., Harvard Law Sch. : m. Ist, 1577, Mary Helen Ward; 2d, 1894, Abby B. MacKnight; chil- dren: John Royden, b. 1879, Louisa T., b. ISS2, Mary Helen, b. 1885, Reginald C. M., b. 18-7, Gertrude, b. 1895. Pres. John Peirce Co .: di- rector William Bradley & Son, Inc., Empire City Marble Co., Mount Waldo Granite Works, Stony Creek Red Granite Co., Inter- boronghi Rapid Transit Co .. Interborough Con- struction Co., N. Y. & L. I. R. R. Co., Metro- politan Bank, etc. Congregationalist. Mem. Harvard Law Sch. Ass'n, Maine Soc. : trustee Dummer Acad. Recreations: Yachting, golf. Clubs: Metropolitan, Manhattan, N. Y. Yacht, Larchmont Yacht. Columbia Yacht, Lawyers. Residence: 11 E. 51st St. Address: 277 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
PEIXOTTO, Ernest Clifford:
Painter, writer, illustrator: b. San Fran- cisco, Oet. 15, 1869; s. Raphael and Myrtilla (Davis) Peixotto; ed. in San Francisco and at the Academic Julien (Paris) under Ben- juunin-Constant and Jules Lefebvre: m. New Orleans, Jan. 28, 1897, Mary G. Hutchinson. Illustrated for leading America magazines besides many important books such as Henry Cabot Lodge's Story of the Revolution. Theo- dore Roosevelt's Life of Cromwell. Steven- son's Letters, Edith Wharton's Italian Back- grounds, etc. Later traveled for years in Europe, writing and illustrating. especially for Scribner's Magazine, articles entitled Impressions of Dalmatia; Down the Sein in a Motor Boat: Rapallo, ete. Author: By Italian Scas (Scribner's, 1907). - Has ex-
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hibited in Paris Salon (honorable mon': . and in leading American exhibitions. ( .. , The Players, Salmagundi (N. Y. City ), E. hemian (San Francisco), American ( Pari. Address: 58 W. 57th St., N. Y. City, or Cred .: Lyonnais, Paris.
PELL, Alfred Duane:
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 28, 1-4: s. George W. and Mary (Bruen) Pell: grad. Columbia Univ., class of 1887; m. N. Y. Ci :;. June 23, 1897, Cornelia Livingston Crosby. Has made extensive journeys in U. S., (':n. and Europe; collector of porcelains, and has largest private collection of European speci- mens in America, and has contributed largely to the collections in the Met. Museum of A. Y. and museums in other cities. Republican. Episcopalian; rector Ch. of the Resurrection, N. Y. City. Mem. oratorical socs. of N. Y. and Brooklyn. Address: 929 Fifth Ar., N. Y. City.
PELL, Francis Livingston:
Architect; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 23, 1673; s. Walden and Melissa A. (Hyatt) Pell; grad. Columbia Univ., Dep't of Architecture, Ph.B., 1895; awarded McKim Traveling Scholarship in Architecture in 1899. and spent two years abroad; m. Calvary Church, N. Y. City, 1899, Ellen Van Buren Morris; children : Walden, Stuyvesant Morris, Fran- cis Livingston, Jr. Awarded medal of Honor by the Am. Inst. of Architects (N. Y. Chap- ter) for the Maryland Institute Building. Baltimore. Mem. firm of Pell and Corbett, architects. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity, Am. Inst. of Architects. Soc. of Columbia Univ. Architects. Clubs: St. Anthony, Columbia University. Resi- dence: 158 E. 63d St. Address: 122 E. 25th St., N. Y. City.
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