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PIERSON, Charles Wheeler:
Lawyer; b. Florida, N. Y., 1864; s. George Wilson and Sarah ( Wheeler) Pierson; grad. Yale Univ., 1856; m. Cincinnati, O., 1903, Elizabeth G. Groesbeck. Instr. in N. Y. practice. Yale Law Sch. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Chibs: University, Yale, Law- yers, Richmond County. Country Residence : 55 E. 65th St., N. Y. City. Address: 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PIERSON, Frederick T .:
Lawyer: b. Fayetteville, N. Y., May 23, 1873; s. Frederick T. and Caroline (Gardner) Pierson; ed. Syracuse public schools, Phillips Andover Acad., Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1996, A.B., LL.B., 159>. Admitted to bar, 198; mem. law firm of Pierson & Robertson. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Citizens, Century, Onondaga Golf, Country, University. Address : Onondaga County Savings Bank Bld'g, Syra- cuse, N. Y.
PIERSON, Israel Coriell:
Actuary and editor: b. Westfield, N. J., Ang. 22, 1843: grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., 1865, A.M., 1:68, Ph.D., 1-90. Began insurance experience in actuarial dep't of Equitable Assurance Soc., later becoming actuary of Washington Life Ins. Co. until 1905: since then practising as consulting actuary in N. Y. City. Also associate editor of The American Underwriter. Corresponding mem. Inst. of Actuaries of France and Belgian Ass'n of Actuaries: associate Inst. of Actu. aries of Great Britain: charter mem. Actu- arial Soc. of America (se. 1>>9-99, pres. 1903-05) : pres. Internat, Congress of Actu- aries, N. Y. City. 1903. Residence : Plain- field. N. J. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PIERSON, John Frederick:
Merchant. Union general: b. N. Y. City. Feb. 25. 1:39; s. Henry L. and Helen Maria Pierson: seventh in descent from Abraham Pierson, first pres. of Yale Coll. and founder
of Brantford, Conn .; ed. in private schools; m. Providence. R. I., Dec. 16, 1:69, S. Augusta Rhodes: children: J. Fred Jr., Marguerite, James R., Adelaide C. Entered 7th Reg't N. G. N. Y., 1:57, as private in Co. K, and afterward on staff of Brig .- Gen. William Hall, N. G. N. Y .; commissioned capt. Co. H, Ist Reg't N. Y. Vol. Inf., May 27, 1861, and attached to Army of the Potomac; promoted major July 29, 1861, lieut .- col. Sept. 10, 1561, col. Oct. 9, 1562; brevetted brig. gen. U. S. V., March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war. Wounded at Glen- dale, where his horse was killed; shot
through chest at Chancellorsville; taken prisoner at Bristol Station and confined & Libby Prison. Engaged in business as mer- chant in N. Y. City from 1866; now head of firm of Pierson & Co., iron and steel; pres. Ramapo Foundry and Wheel Works, and of A. & N. Realty Co .: director New Amster., dom Casualty Co. Republican. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union, N. Y. Yacht, Tuxedo, Army and Navy. Residence: 20 W. 52d St. Address: 29 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PIFFARD, Henry Granger:
Physician, b. Piffard. N. Y .. Sept. 10. 1942; s. David and Ann Matilda ( Haight) Piffard; ed. Marlborough Churchills Sch., Sing Sing, and N. Y. Univ., A.B., 1862, M.D., 1864, A.M., 1865, LL.D., 1999: in. N. Y. City, June 17, 1868, Helen Hart Strong: children: Henry Haight ( deceased), b. 1569, Helen Oakes (widow), b. 1872. Charles H. P., b. 18,4, Mrs. Susan F. Ives (deceased), b. 18,7. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City from 1864. Emeritus prof. dermatology, N. Y. Univ. : consulting surgeon, City Hosp .; fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Author of several treatises on diseases of the skin and kindred topics. Address: 256 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
PILCHER, James Evelyn:
Military surgeon: b. Adrian, Mich., Mar. 18, 1:57; s. Elijah Hohnes Pilcher: grad. Univ. of Mich .. A.B., 1579. L. I. Coll. Hosp., M.D., 1-$0: A.M., Ph. D., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., in Isst: L.H.D., Allegheny Coll., 1902. Mn'g editor Annals of Anatomy and Surgery, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 198083; entered med. dep't U. S. A., as ass't surgeon, 15-3, and passing through grades of lieut. and capt. in the regular service and major and brigade sur- geon in volunteer service, was retired for disability incurred in the line of duty in 1900. During this period in active service in the field against the Sioux. Crow and Cheyenne Indians and against Mexican in- surrectos: anthor of the first system of drill for the U. S. Army Hospital Corps, published in the U. S., and his work on First Aid in Illness and Injury ( first edition issned in 1892) has ever since maintained its position as the principal text-book for instruction of hospital corps. In Imi, appt'd ass't see. AAss'n Military Surgeons of U. S., becoming see. and editor in 197, which position, with am interval of two years, he has ever since Ireld. Established Journal of the Association of Military Surgeons of the U. S. as a quarterly in 19ol, as a monthly in 1902, and with title changed to The Military Surgeon in 1907. Was surgeon of one of the first regiments of the army to be ordered South at the opening of the Spanish-Am. War, 1013
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and served in that capacity at Mobile and at Tampa, going thence to Jacksonville as chief surgeon of forces under Major-General Lawton, and later exee. and med. supply officer 7th Army Corps, under Major-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, until fall of 1999, when was detached and placed in command of Army Medical Supply Depot, established at Savan- nah, Ga .; so continuing until failing health required him to relinquish active service. Has occupied the chairs of military surgery in the Ohio Med. Univ., Starling Med. Coll. and Creighton Med. Coll .; also was prof. sociology and political economy in Dickinson Coll., and prof. med. jurisprudence, Dickinson School of Law. Directed the cataloguing of the libraries of the Military Service Inst'n, 1se9, and of the State of Pa., 199. In 1968, elected Major-General and Director General, Nat. Vol. Emergency Service. Mem. Military Service Inst'n of U. S., S. A. R .; corr. mem. Société de Médecine Militaire Fran- çaise; active Mason and Elk; pres. Am. Medical Editors' Association, 1906-07; Cuin- berland Valley Medical Association, and fel- low or mem. of numerous . scientific bodies. Besides book First Aid in Illness and In- jury, is author of Life and Labors of Elijah H. Pilcher: Columbus Book of Military Sur- geons; The Seal and Arms of Pennsylvania, and The Surgeon-Generals of the U. S. Army, and actual editor fourth series of Pennsylvania Archives, in addition to be- ing the author of many articles in the medi- cal and general press. Residence : Richmond, Va. Address: Army and Navy Club, N. Y. City.
PILCHER, Lewis F .:
Architect, prof. of art: b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 1, 1871; s. Lewis S. Pilcher, M.D .; ed. Polytechnic Inst., Brooklyn, Wesleyan Univ., School of Mines, Columbia Univ .. N. Y. City, Ph.B. (mem. Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi). Prof. Art Vassar Coll .; associate Am. Inst. Architects. Mem. architectural firm Pilcher & Tachau, N. Y. City, Architect for Troop C Armory, Brook- lyn; Louisiana Free Publie Library, Terminal Dormitory, Vassar Coll. Author: Phases of Florentine Art; Essay on Movement. Art writer for International Encyclopaedia; American writer in architecture for Alge- meines Lexikon, Beldenden Künster, Leipzie. Mem. Sons of Revolution. Companion Order of Loyal Legion, T-Square Club, Philadelphia, etc. Leeturer in architecture, Univ. of Pa., Univ. Extension Soc., N. Y. Free Lecture Dep't and Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. Address : 109 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
PILCHER, Lewis Stephen:
Surgeon; b. Adrian, Mich., July 28, 1815; s. Elijah H. and Phebe M. ( Fisk ) Pilcher : ed. Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1962, A.M., 1:63. M.D., 1-66. LL.D., 1900:' also received LL.D. from Dickinson Coll., 1000; m. Brooklyn. N. Y., June 22, 1570, Martha S. Phillips; chil- dren: Lewis F., b. IST. Sarah F., b. 1-73. Paul M., b. 1576, James T .. b. 19-0, Martha E., b. Is6. Med. officer in U. S. Naval service. 1 6749: in general practice as physician and surgeon in Brooklyn, 1-72.92: since 1-92 has restricted practice to surgery. Surgeon to Methodist Episcopal (Seney) Hosp., Brook- lyn, 1>-7-1907, and to German Hosp., Brook- lyn, 1900-1908. Consuhing surgeon to the German. the Norwegian, the Jewish aud
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St. John's Hosps. Editor of The Annals of Surgery since 18:5. Author: The Treat- ment of Wounds; collaboration in many sys- tems of surgery. Mem. Am. Surg. Ass'n, N. Y. Surg Soc., Brooklyn Surg. Soc., So- ciété International de Chirurgie, Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Kings County Med. Soc. : as. sociate fellow Coll. of Physicians of Phil:, delphia; mem. Zeta Psi fraternity. Has country place at Lake Hopatcong, N. J. Address: 386 Grand Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. PILGRIM, Charles W .:
Physician; b. Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y., Mar. 27, 1855; s. Roe C. and Frances Wilkes Pilgrim: ed. Monroe Inst., N. Y .: also lar_e- ly by private tutors and at N. Y. Univ. M.D., 1se1; also studied in Europe; in. Utica. N. Y., 1889, Florence . M. Middleton; one daughter: Florence, b. 1894. House physicialy Bellevue Hosp., 1881-82; ass't physician Utics State Hosp., 1991-89; with intermission of two years in Europe; for nearly entire time at Univ. of Munich and Univ. of Vienna, and was resident physician Frauenklinik. Munich, Bavaria, 1885; med. sup't Willard State Hosp., 1859-93; Hudson River State Hosp., Poughkeepsie, 1893-1906; appt'd April 1906, pres. State Comm'n in Lunacy, by Gov. Higgins, but resigned May 1, 1907, and re- turned to position of snp't of Hudson River State Hosp. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. V.p. Poughkeepsie Trust Co .; also director in several corporations. Episcopalian : vestry- man Christ Ch., Poughkeepsie: fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine; sec. Am. Medico-Psychol. Ass'n; mem. State Med. Soc., Dutchess Co. Med. Soc., Bellevue Alumni Ass'n. Club : Lotos (N. Y. City). Address: Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
PILLOT, Peter Stuyvesant:
Banker and broker: b. N. Y. City, Nov. 11, 1870; s. Aristode P. and Rosalie Stuyvesant Pillot; ed. U. S. Naval Acad .; m. Ist. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 12, 159s, Dorothy S. Prewitt : 2d, Washington, D. C., May 7, 1903, Gertrude HI. Grossmann, First lieut., 12th Reg't, N. Y. Vols., in Spanish-Am. War; late capt., 12th Reg't. N. G. N. Y. Mem. Mil. Order Foreign Wars, Mil. and Naval Order Spanish- Am. War, Soc. Colonial Wars, St. Nicholas Soe. Chibs: Union, Tuxedo. Racquet and Tennis, Knickerbocker, Y. Yacht, Y. City) : Metropolitan (Washington). Res- idence: 116 E. 56th St. Address : 43 Ex- change Place, N. Y. City.
PINCHOT, Gifford:
Forester and chief of Forest Service. U. S. Dep't of Agr .; b. Simsbury, Conn., Au _. 11. 1565; s. James Wallace and Mary J. ( Eno) Pinchot grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1.54: Yale, 1901, M.A., Princeton, 1904: studied forestry at l'Ecole des Eaux et Forêts, Nancy, France, and in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; unmarried. Began first systematic forest work in U. S. at Biltmore, N. C., Jan .. 1-92. Mom. Nat. Forest Comm'n of 1595-96. Introduced practi- val forestry in the Adirondack Mountains in 19: mem. Committee on Organization of Gov't Scientific Work, appt'd by President Roosevelt, Mar. 13. 1903: of Comm'n on the Public Lands, appt'd by President Roose- velt, Ort. 22. 1903; of Com. on Department Methods, appt'd by President Roosevelt. June 2, 1905, Inland Waterways Coun'r, ap-
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PIRAZZINI
Marie Adelaide, Marjorie Wheaton, Anne
Alexandra, Emily 8th Inf., served
Cozzens. As 2d lieut.,
through Sioux campaign, 1:90-91; at Pine Ridge Agency, S. Dak .; transferred to 2d Inf., 1991; prof. mil. science and tactics, Gordon Inst., 1892-96; pro- moted Ist lieut., 15th Inf., July, 1:96; served with reg't in New Mexico and Arizona until Spanish-Am. War; appt'd capt. and commis- sary of subsistence of Volunteers, May 12, 1896; assigned to 2d Brigade, 1st Div. 1st Corps, Chickamauga, Ga .; served in Porto Rico with Brooke's Expedition; deputy com- missary at Guayama, and, later at Playa de Ponce, until Jan. 29, 1899; ass't to chief commissary Dep't of the East, N. Y. City, until promoted and retired as cap't. of Int., July 21, 1899. Lost right arm while serving at Ft. Bayard, N. Mex., Feb. 7, 1807. Gen. mg'r Seamless Metal Ware Co., until consoli- dation with Am. Can Co .; sup't Final Dispo- sition, Dep't of Street Cleaning, N. Y. City; 2d deputy police commissioner, under Mayor Low; during incumbency, after inspecting London system, installed present Traffic Reg- ulations and Rules of the Road, installed Block System and introduced mounted police to regulate trafic in City of New York. Gen. mg'r and treas. Mobile Co. of America; gen. sup't Am. Railway Traffic Co .; gen. freight agent, South Brooklyn R'y Co. Epis- copalian. Associate Am. Soc. Civil Engin- eers; mem. Ass'n of Graduates of U. S. Mil. Acad. Mem. Sons of Revolution. Clubs : Hamilton, Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn, N. Y.); University, Traffic (N. Y. City). Ad. dress : 7522 2d Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PIPER, James:
Secretary; b. Winthrop, Mass., Mar. 27, 186; s. Joseph L. and Martha J. (Nichols) Piper; ed. at Winthrop and Boston, in com. inon schools; m. Somerville, Mass., June 15, 1896, Eula M. Brett; children: Kenneth B., b. 1899, Arthur H., b. 1903, Private sec.
to
various officers Thomson-Houston Elec.
Co. (afterwards Gen. Elec. Co.), 1992.96; sec. to comptroller, Mexican Central R'y Co., Lt'd, 1896-1902; elected June 30, 1902; sec. and director to that corp'n, which posi- tion still holds. Also director and sec. Mexican Nat. Construction Co., director and sec. Mexican-Am. Steamship Co. Mem. St. Mark's M. E. Ch., Brooklyn. Address: Care Mexican Central R'y Co., 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
PIRAZZINI, Agide:
Theological professor, clergyman: b. Cotig- nola, Italy, Feb. 22, 1875; s. John B. and Maria ( Emiliani) Pirazzini: grad. Umberto I Gymnasium and Lyceum, Rome, Italy, Brown Univ., Providence, R. I., A.B., M.A .: grad. Internat. Y. M. C. A. Training School, Springfield, Mass .. B.D. Temple Univ., Phila - delphia, and D.D., same: m. Rome, Italy, Sept .. 1900, Esther Coletti: children : Mabelle E., Lillian G., Edward Hodge. Was ass't sec., Y. M. C. A .. Paris, France; gen. sec. Y. M. C. A., Rome, Italy: pastor and founder First Italian M. E. Church, Provi- dence. R. I., and of First Italian Presby'n Ch .. Philadelphia: prof. Romance languages in Temple Univ .. Philadelphia; now director Italian Dep't nud prof. Hebrew exegesis in
Capt., U. S. A .; retired; b. Fort Wads- worth, Staten Island, N. Y., Mar. 1, 1565; s. Capt. James W. (U. S. A.) and Sarah B. (Ross) Piper; grad. U. S. Mil. Acad., in class of 1>>0 (29th in class) : assigned as 2d lieut., Sth Inf. ; m. Highland Falls, N. Y., June 24, 1.30, Mario S. Cozzens; children: | Bible Teachers' Training School. Presby-
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pt'd by President Roosevelt, March 13, 1907, of Nat. Conservation Comm'n, appt'd by President Roosevelt, June 8, 1908, and of Comm'n on Country Life, appt'd by Presi- dent Roosevelt, August 10, 1908. At request of the President and sec. of war, visited Philippine Islands, in 1902 to investigate the forests and forest work there. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Am. Foresters; Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. for Test- ing Materials, Am. Inst. of Mining Eng'rs, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Washington Soc. En- g'rs, A. A. A. S., Washington Acad. Sciences, Am. Museum Natural History, Nat. Acad. De- sign, etc. Clubs: Century, University, Yale (N. Y. City) ; Cosmos, University, Metro- politan ( Washington ), Graduates (New Ha- ven). Address : 1615 Rhode Island Av., Wash- ington, D. C.
PINCOFFS, Adolph L .:
Lawyer; b. Rotterdam, Holland, July 3, 1852; s. Lewis and Esther (Raphael) Pin- coffs; ed. in public school and by private tutors, Univ. of Leyden, Holland, J.U.D., summa cum laude, 1874; Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1882; m. Chicago, 1887, Adèle M. Delmarle: children: Sophie, Adèle, Eugenie, Marie. Practised law in Holland from 1874- 79; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1884; was for many years partner of Judge Noah Davis; makes specialty of trade-mark law. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreations: Bi- cycling, fishing. Clubs: Netherland. Ad- dress: 558 W. 149th St., N. Y. City.
PINE, John B .:
Lawyer; b. Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 2, 1857; s. George W. and Martha A. Pine; grad. Co- lumbia Coll., A.B., 1877. Admitted to bar, 1880, and engaged in practice. Trustee Co- lumbia Univ. since 1991; mg'r St. Luke's Hosp. since 1895. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Psi Upsilon fraternity, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. City Art Comm'n, Com. on Character appt'd by N. Y. Supreme Court. Clubs: Century, Uni- versity, Down Town, Columbia University. Address : 63 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PINN, James Luther:
Clergyman; b. Washington, D. C., May 12, 1877; s. James and Lucy J. (Lucas) Pinn; grad. Washington High Sch., 1994; post-grad. course, 1894-95; grad. Washington Normal Sch., 1896; attended Teachers' Coll. and Theological Sem., Howard Univ., grad. 1902; m. Washington, D. C., June 16, 1897, Celia V. Gaskins; one son, James R. C., b. 1599. Ass't principal Manassas (Va.) Industrial Sch., during school year 1896-97; now pastor Bethany Bapt. Ch., Syracuse, N. Y., in which settled Nov., 1902. Taught one year in pub- lic schools, Washington, D. C .; was ordained to the ministry at Washington, Feb. 4, 1901. Active mem. and officer in Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. Sec. Onondaga Co. Baptist Ass'n. Address: 608 E. Washington St., Syraense, N. Y.
PIPER, Alexander Ross:
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terian. Club : Brown University Alumni. Address: 1690 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
PIRKNER, Ernest H. F .:
Physician, surgeon, obstetrician; b. Loe- bau, Saxony, Germany, Feb. 28, 1571; in Hermann and Anna (Hilliger) Pirkner: ed. in Germany, grad. from Gymnasium as B. A. et S., taking a 6 years' course of study at Leipzig. Berlin and Greifswald Univs., in philosophy and medicine, being a mem. of the Seminary of Oriental Languages in Ber. lin; receiving his M.D. from German Univ., 1895; licensed and registered as medical practitioner in States of N. Y. and N. J .: m. in Germany, 1996, Hanna Tobias; chil- dren: Herbert Rudolph, b. 1997, Atala Elea- nor, b. 19.0. Founder of the "Maternity Aid"' an institution to provide women of moderate means with competent medical as- sistance and professional nurses after they have become members with the prospect for having offspring. Since 1904 leading the campaign for social reform, against the evil of Voluntary Sterility among women (gen- erally known as race suicide), delivering a Thanksgiving message in 1907 to the entire medical profession for suppression of the existing evil. Served in German Ariny, 1993; promoted junior surgeon of the Reserves; passed Regents' Examination State of N. Y., 1897, voted for the first. time in 1907, in State of N. Y. Sup't Dr. Moore's Private Sanitarium for Women. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n. Address: 33 W. 97th St., N. Y. City.
PISEK, Godfrey Roger:
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 20, 1573; s. Anthony and Barbara (Musil) Pisek; grad. N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1894; N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll .. M.D., 187; m. Lake Hopatcong, N. J., 1900, Rosalie Scranton Paul; children: Barbara Vincent, b. 19/2. Frederica Paul. b. 19.4. Republican. Presbyterian. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine; Am. Med. Ass'n. N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Northwestern Med. and Surgical Soc., Soc. of Alumni N. Y. Post-Graduate Medi- cal School, Post-Graduate Clinical Soc., Slavic Alliance, Psi Upsilon fraternity
and Alpha Kappa Kappa. Ad-
Mem. visory B'd Normal Coll. Alumnae Settlement. Prof. diseases of children, Med. Dep't Univ. of Vt., N. Y. Post-Graduate Med. Sch. Rec- reations : Motoring, nature study. Clubs: Psi Upsilon, Camp Fire. Address: 230 E. Od St., N. Y. City.
PITCHER, James P .:
Banker; b. Leyden; Lewis Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1$13; s. Horace and Acksah O. (Fisk) Pitcher; ed. common schools, select school, and Whitestown Sem .: m. Talcott. ville, N. Y., June . 19, 1:72, Jeannette Talcott. Began to keep books in Bank of Boonville, N. Y., Sept. 1. 1:06; has been bookkeeper, stockholder, director, ass't cashier, and now cashier and director: continuous service for 42 years. The bank was made Ist National, Mar. 1, 1576, and has over Gered deposits in a village of only 1.0) population, where there is another Nat. bank. Mr. Pitcher en. listed as a private, Aug. 25. 1502, in 116th N. Y. Vols,, appt'd corporal then sergeant, then regimental q. m's sergeant: then commis. sioned 2d lieut. Ist lieut. and mustered out at close of war as adjutant. For 6 months,
acted as regimental quarter-master is dition to being adjunct; was in active : : vice in the 5th Army Corps, Army of ?' tomac, badly wounded at Gettysburg, but :- joined reg't in 6 months; brevetted cap: . rank from May 15, 1565. Before he was years old served as deputy postmaster few months under Andrew Johnson's ad: istration. Republican. Trustee Boonv. Cemetery Ass'n, trustee and treas. Er Library Ass'n. for 13 years, then resin. Recreations: Reading, driving and goes all ball games. Address: Boonville, N. 1 PITCHER, John Benton:
Clergyman : b. Washington, D. C., Nor 3, 1565: s. Rev. Oliver P. and Sarah (Br .. ton) Pitcher: ed. Adams Collegiate I :.: . Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1895, Drew Theo Sem .. B.D., 1893; m. Madison, N. J., Mir 23. 1899. Received into the membership .: the Central N. Y. Methodist Episcopal Conf afterwards ordained as priest in the Pro testant Episcopal Church by Bishop Oli. sted of the Diocese of Central N. Y., now serving in Episcopal ministry. Parish.'s. as Methodist minister-East Palmyra. N. Y . Locke, N. Y .; as Episcopal clergyman-Cara den, N. Y., St. Barnabas, Buffalo, N. Y. now rector St. John's Ch., Orange, N. J 87 Tompkins St., Orange, N. J.
PITOU, Augustus:
Theatrical manager. Entered the theat. rical profession as mem. Edwin Booth's company. playing the Priest in Hamler at the Winter Garden Theatre in N. Y. City : afterwards became leading man in several companies. Experience in management he- gan as manager of McKee's Rankin's The Danites: afterward me'r Fifth Ar. Theatre N. Y. City, for John Stetson: later mg'r W J. Scanlan, Rose Coghlan, Chauncey Olcott. Joseph Murphy and others: then became mg'r Grand Opera House, N. Y. City, and several traveling companies. Author and adapter of several plays. Residence : Rochelle. 75th St. and Columbus Ar. Ad- dress : 1193 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PLACE, Ira Adelbert:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City. May S. 1554; s. Thomas and Elizabeth (Burdick) Place: ed. Alfred Acad., Cornell Univ., A.B .; m. Ithaca, N. Y .. Jan. 10. 1:93, Katharine B. Gauntlet: : children: Katharine, b. Oct. 3. 1523. Her. mann Gauntlett, b. Nov. 16, 1894, Willard Fisk, b. June 5, 1895. Upon graduation from Cornell Univ., studied law in office of Vann. McLennan & Dillaxe. Syracuse, N. Y. Ad. mitted to bar at Buffalo, and in Ort .. 1583. came to N. Y. City with Judze McLennan. who had then become gen. counsel of N. Y .. West Shore & Buffalo R. R. Co .: subsequent to reorganization of West Shore R. R., and in Mar., Iss6, entered the Law Dep't N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. Co .: and in 1905 was appt'd gen. counsel for all lines of N. Y. Central east of Buffalo. Dec. a. Ii. appt'd v.p. of N. Y. Central lines east of Buffalo. Director Carthage. Watertown & Sacketts Harbor R. R. Co. Tivoli Hollow R. . R. Co., Troy I'nion R. R. Co .. Little Falls & Dolseville R. R. Co., Detroit, Mon- roe & Toledo R. R. Co., N. Y. & Ottawa Bridge Co., Cornwall Bridge Co. Democrat. l'uitarian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'u, Phi
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Beta Kappa Soc., Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: University, Transportation, Cornell, St. Andrew's Golf, Adirondack League, Uni- tarian, Fort Orange. Address: Grand Cen- tral Station, N. Y. City.
PLACE, Perley Oakland:
Professor Latin, Syracuse Univ .; b. Oak- land, Calif., Nov. 25, 1872; s. James Albert and Mary Jane ( Converse) Place: grad. Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1893, Harvard, A.B., 1894, Dartmouth, A.M., 1896; m. Jamaica Plain, Mass., Harriette E. Stanton. Teacher Greek and Latin, Little Rock (Ark.) Acad., 1894-97; graduate student, Harvard, 1897-98; classical master, Brookline ( Mass. ) Iligh School, 1:9s-1900; with Am. Book Co., N. Y. City, 1900-01; instr. 1901-03, ass't prof. 1904, asso. prof. 1905, prof. Latin 1905, Syra- cuse Univ. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Am. Philol. Ass'n, Masonic fraternity. Recreation : Tennis. Address: 1204 East Adams St., Syracuse, N. Y.
PLANT, Morton F .:
Railway and steamship official; b. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 18, 1852; ed. Russell Coll., New Haven; m. Nellie Capron. Entered service of Southern Express Co. at Mem- phis, Tenn., 1868; after lest in railway serv. ice with Plant System of railroads, of which was vice-pres. until that system was ab- sorbed by the Atlantic Coast Line, of which is now a director. Also for several years manager Canada Atlantic and Plant Steam- ship Co .; now v .. p. Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co., formerly vice pres., now chm'n of B'd of Directors, Southern Ex- press Co .; v .. p. Chicago, Indianapolis Louisville R. R .; trustee Am. Surety Co .; director Casualty Co. of America, Interbor- ough-Metropolitan Co., Rapid Transit Sub- way Construction Co., Union Gas and Elec. Co., Bowling Green Trust Co., Lincoln Trust Co., Windsor Trust Co. Mem. Sons of Am. Revolution. Clubs: Manhattan, N. Y. Yacht, Racquet and Tennis, N. Y. Athletic, Auto- mobile of America, Garden City Golf, Larch- mont Yacht, Ardsley, Union ( Boston). Resi- dence: 2 E. 52d St. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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