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PRATT, Addison Strong:
Lawyer: b. Chaumont, N. Y., May 4, 1573; s. Ezra B. (M.D.) and Mary E. (Strong) Pratt; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., (Phi Beta Kappa), 1896. LL.B., 1998. Senior partner Pratt, Koehler & Russell; director Gresham Blank Book' Co .; sec. and ass't treas. South Canon Coal Co. Republican; Presbyterian. Mem. Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Vale. West Side Republican (sec. 1901-04), Graduates. Address: 47 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
PRATT, Benjamin Gildersleeve:
Manufacturing chemist; b. Hillsboro, N. C., Mar. 21, 1:02; s. Rev. Henry Barrington and Joanna F. ( Gildersleeve ) Pratt : mission- ary's son; and from ages 7 to le spent in Co- lombia, S. America : ed. Bingham Sch., Mabane. N. C., 1876-57: Mt. Zion Acad., Winnsboro, S. C .. 18;7-81; m. Winnsboro, S. C., Nov. 17. 18-0, Emma Florence Dunn; children: William H .. b. ISSS, Benjamin G., Jr., b. 1893, Julia Gate- wood. b. 1598. In early life, clerk and book- keeper, Winnsboro, S. C., ISS": engaged in manufacture of soaps, Fort Worth, Texas. 1501; engaged in creeting soap and chemical works in U. S. and Mexico. For past 10) years producing specialties in soaps and lubricants, making special study of solubil- ities of oils: in joon, incorporated the B .. G. Pratt Co., of which is pres, and treas., with laboratories at ilackensack. N. J .. for manu- facture of soluble petroleum sedler the name
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Scalecide for the destruction of San Jose | PRATT, Frederic Bayley: scale on fruit trees. Presby'n. Wiem. Tem- ple Lodge, 173, F. and A. M., N. J .: past chancellor Rutherford Lodge, 150, Knights of Pythias, N. - J. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
PRATT, Charles Augustus Brewster :
Lawyer; b. Orwell, Ashtabula Co., Ohio; s. Charles A. B. and Mary ( Ely) Pratt; grad. Columbia, LL.B., 1866; unmarried. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City from 1886; counsel in elevated railroad litigation, and also counsel for many corporations and es- tates; head of law firm of Prati & McAlpin. Pres. and director John J. Crooke Co. : direc- tor St. Nicholas Skating Ice Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; chm'n Com. of Management 23d St. Branch Y. M. C. A. Mem. Ohio Society, Presbyterian Union. Recreation : Farm- ing. Club : City. Residence : 2783 Broad- way. Address : 68 William St., N. Y. City.
PRATT, Charles Millard:
Secretary Standard Oil Co .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1:55; s. Charles and Lydia A. Pratt; grad. Adelphi Acad. Brooklyn, 1815, Amherst Coll., A.B., 1579. honorary A.M. Yale, 1903; m. May 8, 1554, Mary Seymour Morris, d. ex-Gov. Luzon B. Morris of New Haven, Conn. Began business with father in Pratt Mf'g Co .; now sec. and director Stand- ard Oil Co .; director Long Island R. R. Co., Mechanics Nat. Bank, Brooklyn Trust Co. Pres. Pratt Inst., Brooklyn; trustee Amherst Coll. Residence : 241 Clinton Av., Brook- lyn. Address : 26 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PRATT, Charles Richardson:
Consulting eng'r; b. Boston, Mass., Feb. 13, 1860; s. John C. and Mary A. ( Richardson ) Pratt; ed. Mass. Inst. of Technology, Boston, Mass., course of mech. eng'ring (did not graduate) ; m. Yarmouth, N. S., Sept. 5, 1888, Mary B. Ladd; children: Gertrude L., b. 1894, Donald R., b. 1:06. Designed. built and installed the first electric elevator ever used, placed in the Tremont House. Boston, 1-59. Was chief draughtsman Whittier Machine Co., Boston; consulting eng'r Dood & Pratt, Bos- ton; ass't sup't Boston Sugar Refining Co .; New England agt. Otis Bros. & Co., Boston: mg'r and eng'r Sprague Elec. Elevator Co., N. Y .; chief eng'r Marine Engine and Ma- chine Co., N. Y .: since engaged as consulting eng'r in N. Y. City. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elec. Soc., Nat. Ass'n Stationary Eng'rs. Mason. Mecca Temple, Jersey Commandery, K. T .. Orange Chapter, Montclair Lodge. F. and A. M. Ad- dress: 160 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
PRATT, Eugene W .:
Insurance mg'r: b. Ripon, Wis., Aug. 22. 1357; s. Edward W. and Fidelia Pratt: ed. Jamestown (N. Y.) Collegiate Inst. : m. N. Y. City, Dec. 12, 1sss, Ella F. Hagedorn. Former. ly U. S. examiner of merchandise and U. S. ass't appraiser, Port of N. Y. Mg'r The Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of the U. S. Mem. Founders and Patriots of America, S. A. R., 7th Reg't Veterans' Ass'n. Mem. St. Nicholas Lodge 321 F. and A. M .. and the Consistory of N. Y. City, 32'. Residence : 596 W. 15:d St. Address : 128 Broadway, N. Y. City. 1000
Dean of Pratt Inst .; b. Brooklyn, Feb. 22. 1865; s. Charles and Mary Helen ( Richard. son) Pratt; grad. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, 1883; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1897, honorary A.M .. 1904; m. Portland, Ore., Oct. 1889, Caroline A. Ladd; children: Charles, b. 1802, Mary Caroline, b. 1895, Helen Ladd. b. 1595. Soc of Pratt Institute (chief exec. officer of the institution ). Mein. Charles Pratt & Co .: treas. The Thrift; v .- p. The Morris Building Co. Has traveled extensively in U. S .. Europe and Japan. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity; mem. In- ternat. Com. Y. M. C. A .; chm'n Educational Dep't. Treas. Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Soc. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: University (N. Y. City) ; University, Hamilton (Brook- lyn) ; Nassau Country. Address : Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRATT, George Starkweather:
Clergyman; b. Milford. N. Y., 1849: s. Edward Pratt, M.D., and Helen (Newell) Pratt: ed. Cooperstown Sem., Rochester Univ .. and Divinity School; m. Brooklyn, N. Y .. Oct. 18, 1882, Margaret Whitney. Ordered deacon by Bishop Bissell in Burlington, Vt .. 1887; ordained priest by Bishop Potter in N. Y. City, 1888; curate of St. Michael's Ch., N Y. City. 1988-98; rector Ch. of the Archangel 1889-1905; rector All Souls' Anthon Memorial Ch .. since 1905. Chaplain of General Me- morial Hosp., 1889-1903. Address: SS St. Nicholas Av., N. Y. City.
PRATT, James Bissett :
Ass't prof. philosophy, Williams Coll .; b. Elmira, N. Y., June 22, 1875; s. Daniel R. and Katharine ( Murdoch ) Pratt ; grad. Wil- liams Coll .. A.B. (valedictorian. Phi Beta Kappa ), 1598, Harvard A.M., 1599: studied law, Columbia Law School. 1-99-1900: studied philosophy in Berlin, 1902-03, at Harvard. 1903-05, Ph. D., Harvard. 1905. Author: Psy- chology of Religious Belief. 1907 ( Macmillan). Mem. Kappa Alpha. Phi Beta Kappa. Ad- dress : Williamstown, Mass.
PRATT, S .:
Advertising; b. Birdsall, Allegany Co .. N. Y., 1856; s. D. M. and Nancy S. ( Stewart ) Pratt; ed. public school and private tutor : m. W. New Brighton, S. I., N. Y .. April. 1.87, Mary Amelia Steele: one daughter. Marion (18). Mg'r advertising dep't Tar. rant & Co., 12 years (N. Y. City) : J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass., 3 years; travels have covered the entire continent of America several times. Veteran of ith Ree't, N. Y. Director Van Beuran and N. Y. Bill Posting Co., N. Y. City; pres., treas. and director Newark Billposting Co., Newark, N. J .. New. ark Sign Co .: director American Posting Service, Chicago. Billposting and Distributing Publishing Co., N. Y. City; treas. and direc- tor New Haven Billposting Co., New Haven Conn .: director Joliet Billposting Co .. Joliet, Ill .. West Shore Advertising Co .. Chicago. and several others: also v .. p. and director Robert Emmet Copper Co. of Montana. In. dependent in politics. Episcopalian. Mason. Atlantic Lodge. Union Chapter. York Com. mandery of N. Y. Recreation : Travel.
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PRATT, Samuel Wheeler:
Clergyman, editor, author; b. Livonia, N.
Y., Sept. 9, 1833; s. George F. and Sarah (Wilcox) Pratt; his four great-grandfathers, Peabody Pratt, Onesimus Risdon, Hezekiah Buckingham and Gilbert Horton, were sol- diers in the Revolution; grad. Geneseo Acad., 1856; Williams Coll., 1860, Auburn Theol. Sem., 1863, D.D. Williams Coll .; m. 1st, Canandaigua, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1863, Lucilla B. Field; 2d, Campbell, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1880, Sarah M. Mc- Kay. Ordained in ministry by Presbytery of St. Lawrence, 1863; pastor Brasher Falls, N. Y., 1863-67; Hammonton, N. J., 1867-71; Pratts- burg, N. Y., 1:72-77, Campbell, N. Y., 1887-83; Monroe Mich., 1883-89; supplied Fre-
donia, Atlanta, Avoca and Dansville,
N. Y. Comm'r Auburn Theol. Sem .; synodical examiner, Elmira Coll .; trustee Alma Coll .; moderator Synod of Geneva, vice-moderator Synod of Michigan; modera- tor Synod of N. Y., 1907; five times comm'r to Gen. Assembly Presby'n Church. Corres. ponding and Christian Endeavor editor N. Y. Evangelist, and writer for reviews, magazines and papers. Author: A Summer at Peace Cottage, 1880; The Gospel of the Holy Spirit, 1892; Life and Epistles of St. Paul, Harmon- ized and Arranged in Chronological Order, 1895. 1902. (Funk & Wagnalls) ; The House- hold of Timothy; Prayers of Children and Youth; Key to the Gospel of John; The Deity of Jesus Christ, According to the Gospel of John ( Sunday School Times Pub. Co.). Address: Campbell, N. Y.
PRATT, Sereno S .:
Journalist, economist ; b. Westmoreland, N. Y., Mar. 12, 1855; s. Enfield L. and Mary E. (Jessup) Pratt ; ed. public schools of Bur- lington, Vt .; entered Univ. of Vt., but left before graduation : m. Wellsboro, Pa., Oct. 19, 1882, Ada S. Bryden : children : Marion S., b. 1884, Winifred, b. Iss7, Thomas B., b. 1889. Editor of St. Albans Advertiser, 1876; reported Vermont Legislature for Montpelier Argus; staff of N. Y. Commercial Bulletin (now incorporated with Journal of Com- merce), most of time as city editor, 1878-82; ou staff of N. Y. World as Wall street reporter, 1852-86; N. Y. correspondent Baltimore Sun, 1885-87; in 1887, was engaged by Geo. W. Childs as me'r N. Y. Bureau of the Phila- delphia Public Ledger, and served for fifteen years, writing on political and financial sub. jects. In 1903, contributed to Appleton's series of business books a volume entitled The Work of Wall Street; in 1903, appt'd by Adolph S. Ochs as financial editor N. Y. Times, but resigned to become associate edi. tor Wall Street Journal, of which has been editor-in-chief since 1905. Frequent contb'r to magazines and other periodicals and, on financial topics, to many leading newspapers of country. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Eco- nomic Suc .; life mem. N. Y. New England Soc .. Kane Lodge, F. and A. M. Club: Quill (N. Y. City). Address: 44 Broad St., N. Y. City.
PRATT, William Abbott:
Civil eng'r; b. Richmond. Va., June 16, 1550; s. Win. A. and Evelina (Ginevan ) Pratt ; ed. in private schools of Va .; academic course, Univ. of Va., Univ. of W. Va., C.E., electric eng'ring at Drexel Inst., Philadel. phia: mp, Staunton, Va .. Feb. 25, 1573, Re-
becca Poterfield Kinney. Began professional
work as rodman, Chesapeake & Ohio R. R .; rose to resident eng'r; then resident eng'r. div. eng'r and eng'r maintenance of way, Baltimore & Ohio R. R .; dist. eng'r City of St. Louis; div. eng'r W. Va. & Pa. R. R .; chief eng'r Clarksburg, Weston and Bu- chanan R. R. Prof. mechanical and elec. eng'ring, Delaware State Coll .; chief eng'r Staten Island Rapid transit R'y; chief eng'r N. Y., Westchester & Boston R'y. Has served as pres. B'd Trustees, Garrett, Ind .; pres. B'd Street and Sewer Comm'rs, Wilmington, Del .; prof. Delaware Coll .; capt. Co. MI, 1st Del. Vol. Inf., in Spanish-Am. War, 1598; conducted two exploring expd'ns to Alaska. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs ; mem. Railway Signal Ass'n; asso. mem. m. Street & Interurban R'y Assin. Mem. The Virginians. Residence: Home Park, New Rochelle, N. Y. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
PREBLE, William Pitt, Jr .:
Lawyer; b. Portland, Maine, Oct. 1, 1554: s. William Pitt and Harriet Tracy ( Mussey) Preble; ed. Harvard, A.B., 1575; studied law in offices and at Harvard Law School, 1576- 77; m. Boston, April 13. last, Grace Blan- chard. Admitted to Suffolk Bar, Mass., Oct .. 1878; N. Y. Bar, 1886, later in U. S. Supreme and Circuit Courts; practised in Boston, 1878- 86; since then in N. Y. City. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Author: Preble's Patent Case Index, 1982; Collisions in United States Waters, 1956. Residence: New Brighton. N. Y. Address: 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
PRELLWITZ, Edith Mitchill:
Painter: b. Sonth Orange, N. J .: d. Cor. nelius Smith and Helen ( Reed) Mitchill: ed. Art Students' League, N. Y. City: Academie Julian, Paris; in. N. Y. City, 1594. Henry Prellwitz; one son, Edwin Mitchill Prellwitz. Exhibitor at current exhibitions: medals at Atlanta and Pan- American Exp'ns; won Hall- garten and Dodge prizes at Nat. Acad. of Design. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists; associate Nat. Acad. Design. Addresses: 247 W. 71st St., N. Y. City, and Peconic, L. I., N. Y. PRELLWITZ, Henry:
Artist: b. N. Y. City, 1865: s. Rudolph and Margaretha ( Maner) Prellwitz: ed. in public school, N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y., Art Students' League of N. Y .. Academie Julian, Paris, and in studio of T. W. Dewing. N. Y. City: studied in Paris, 1987-90; m. N. Y. City, 1594, Edith Mitchill: one son: Edwin Mitchill, b. 1896. Exhibitor at the exhibi- tions of Soc. of Am. Artists, Nat. Acad. of Design, N. Y. City, also at Philadelphia, Pitts-
burgh, Worcester, ete. Won 3d Hallgarten prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1593; bronze medal. Pan-Am. Exp'n. Buffalo; silver medal La. Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis. 1901: Clarke Prize. Nat. Acad. Design, 1907. Independent in politics. Mem. Soc. Am. Artist (sec. 1902-06) : associate Nat. Acad. Design: instr. life classes Dep't of Art, Pratt Inst .. Brook. lyn. Addresses: 247 W. 71st St., N. Y. City. and Peconic, L. I., N. Y.
PRENTICE, Alfred Carlyle:
Physician and surgeon: b. Adams Center, N. Y .. Feb. 18. 1575; s. Rev. Asa Babcock Marian W. (Greene) Prentice; grad.
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Adams Collegiate Inst. (valedictorian), 1893; Alfred Univ., A.B. (class orator), 1:97, A.M., 1898; Coll. Phys. and Surg., Columbia Univ., M.D., 1901 (Harsen prize for scholarship) ; m. Alfred, N. Y., June 27, 1897, Lily La Forge; children: Carlyle La Forge, b. June 24, 1902, Margaret Louise, b. Aug. 23, 1901. Ass't instr. in surgery Columbia Univ .; sur- geon at the Vanderbilt Clinic; ass't surgeon to N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp., and to the 71st Reg't, N. G. N. Y .; attending physi- cian, N. Y. Home for Destitute Crippled Children; instr. in surgery, Roosevelt Hosp. Training Sch. for Nurses; in physiology, N. Y. Prep. Sch .; assoc. editor Medical Review of Reviews. V .- p. and director Indian River Fruit Co., and Kissimmee Fruit Co. Author: Cause and Effects of Röntgen Rays (Medical Review of Reviews); Cancer-Its Nature and Treatment; Lectures on Preventive Med- icine, delivered before alumni and students of Alfred Univ., etc. Capt. and ass't surgeon, 71st Reg't, N. G. N. Y., commissioned Mar. 2, 1906. Republican; Seventh-Day Baptist. Mem. Roosevelt Hosp., Alumni Ass'n; mem. N. Y. County and State Med. Socs., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, Jefferson Co. Soc., Pyramid Lodge No. 490, F. and A. M., N. Y. Alumni of Alfred Univ. Recreations: Golf, tennis, boating, fishing. Clubs : Graduates, West Side Republican. Address: 226 W. 78th St., N. Y. City.
PRENTICE, Ezra P .:
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1877; s. William Packer and Florence ( Kelly) Prentice; grad. Princeton Univ., A. B., magna cum laude, 1898, A.M., 1903: grad. N. Y. Law Sch. Elected member of Assembly, N. Y. State from 25th Assembly Dist., 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906; was mem. Legislative Ins. Investigation Com. (Armstrong Committee) ; delegate to Republican Nat. Conv., 190S; mem. Republican State Committee from 13th Congressional Dist. Enlisted in Squadron A, N. G. N. Y., 1895 and is still a member. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence : W. 16th St. Address: 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PRENTICE, Robert Kelly:
Lawyer; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1884, A.M., 1987: Columbia, LL.B., 1886; m. Carolyn E .. Benedict. Admitted to bar in N. Y., 1886, and since then engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City. Mem. firm of W. P. & R. K. Prentice; director Globe and Rutgers Fire Ins. Co., the Stuyvesant Ins. Co., aid de- camp, with rank of major on staff of Major. General Roc. N. G. N. Y. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Sons of Revolution, Ass'n of Ex-members of Squadron A. Clubs: Century, Union, Republican, Riding, Princeton. Resi- dence: 160 E. Cith St. Address: 52 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
PRENTICE, William E .:
Lawyer; b. Le Roy, N. Y .: s. John Pren- tice and Sarah Anne (Randall) Prentice; grad. Univ. of Rochester, B.S., lest, M.S., 1886: grad. Yale Law Sch., less: m. Almont Mich., 1803, Louise MeHardy. Practising as a lawyer at Batavia, N. Y .; school comm'r of Genesee County. N. Y. Address: Batavia, V. Y,"
PRESCOTT, Gustavus Linnemann:
Lawyer; b. Yonkers, Westchester Co., N. Y., April 21, 1968; s. Cyrus D. and Eliza F. (Cady) Prescott; grad. from Rome Free Acad., class of 1887; short course at Albany Law Sch .; m. Mohawk, Herkimer Co., N. Y .. Oct. 24, 1901, Agnes F. Sumner; one daughter, Elizabeth Sumner, b. Oct. 19, 1905. Was employed in the Central Nat. Bank of Rome, N. Y., for six years, and lived at Fort Worth, Texas, 216 years; now partner in law firm of Evans & Prescott. Alderman of Sixth Ward, City of Rome. Republican. Baptist. MIem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Oneida Co. Bar Ass'n, Commercial Law League of America. Trustee First Bap. Ch. and Society of Rome: director Y. M. C. A .; sec. Fausevoort-Willett Chapter, S. A. R. Mem. Soc. Sons of Oneida, Am. Nat. Red Cross. Clubs : Rome, Rome Country. Address: Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y. PRESCOTT, John H .:
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, 1847. Ordered deacon, 1871, ordained priest, 1873, by Bishop Littlejohn, in Episcopal ministry. Rector St. Ann's Ch., Sayville, N. Y., since 1873; aiso in charge of chapel at Bohemia, L. I. Ad- dress: Sayville, N. Y.
PRESCOTT, William C .:
Lawyer; b. New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1848; s. Daniel M. and Mary E. (Wood) Prescott; ed. common school; grad. Utica Free Acad., 1867; Tufts Coll., A. B., 1871; m. Herkimer, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1876, Frances M. Cotton. Admitted to bar, 1:75; law partner of Judge Robert Earl also of Samuel Earl, and since Oct., 1882, of Hon. A. B. Steele and when the latter was dist. att'y, counsel with him in several important murder cases, including the famous Druse case. Pres. Village of Herkimer, N. Y .; also corporation counsel; mem. N. V. State Assembly in 1893 and 1894; clim'n Committee on Codes. Director and treas. Herkimer Free Library. Republican. Episcopalian; warden of Christ Church at Herkimer. Was grand marshal of Masons; past master of Herki- mer Lodge; mem. Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templars, Mystic Shrine and 32º. Mem. Zeta Psi fraternity. Club : Herkimer Masonic. Address: Herkimer, N. Y.
PRESSINGER, Whitfield Price:
General mg'r Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co .: b. N. Y. City, Sept. 27, 171; s. Augustine E. and Mary Davis ( Price) Pressinger: ed. pub- lic schools of N. Y. City: m. April 29, 1897, Sarah Hammond Newcombe; children: Zaida Newcombe. b. 1997, W. P., Jr., b. Is9s. Carlyle. b. 1903. Started with Clayton Air Compres- sor Works, 7 years as gen. mg'r: for past ; years in present position with Chicago Pneu- matic Tool Co. Hlas traveled over all parts of U. S. and Europe repeatedly. Served 9 years in First Co., 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1959-98; honorably discharged as sergeant. Republican in national politics. Presby- terian. Mem. Am. Soc., Mech. Eng'rs, Sons of Revolution, 7th Res't Veterans, Howard Lodge 35, F. and A. M. Clubs: Engineers, Lawyers, N. Y. Athletic, N. Y. Railroad, Co. lumbia Yacht, Machinery. Address : 50 Church St .. N. Y. City.
PRESTON, Charles M .:
Financier; b. Roxbury, N. Y., Nov. 6. 1548: ed. Delaware Literary Inst . m. Mary Has.
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brouck. Corporation counsel of Kingston, 1877-81; State sup't of Banks, 1889-06. Pres. B'd of Water Comm'rs, Kingston, N. Y., and receiver N. Y. Building Loan Banking Co. ; pres. and director Kingston Consolidated R.' R. Co., Lincoln Milling Co. ( hmited) : pres. Securities Co. of N. Y. City, National Bank of Rondont, Colonial City Traction Co. of Kingston. Mem. Albany Soc., New Eng- land Soc., N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. Clubs : Lawyers, Democratic, Kingston, Rond- out, Winisook of Catskill Mountains. Resi- dence: Hotel Marie Antoinette. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
PRETTYMAN, Virgil:
Teacher; b. Townsend, Del., Mar. 13, 1874; s. C. W. and Emily (Gooding) Prettyman; grad. Dickinson Coll., A.B., 1992, A.M., 1895, Ph.D., 1905; m. Milford, Del., Mar. 23, 1897, Lulu Reedy; one son: Lambert, b. Nov. 24, 1897. Teacher in secondary schools, 1892-93; principal Horace Mann Sch., since 1895. Joint editor of Beginners' Latin Book ( Mac- millan & Co.), edited by Prettyman & Inglis. Director Camp Moosilauke. summer camp for boys. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa: pres. N. Y. Schoolmasters' Ass'n, 1904-05, Schoolmasters' Athletic Council, 1905. Beta Theta Pi fra- ternity; mem. Nat. Edn'l Ass'n, Industrial Ed'n Ass'n, Am. School Hygiene Ass'n. Address: 501 W. 120th St., N. Y. City.
PREVOT, Maurice Jacques:
Architect ; b. Bordeaux, France, Sept. 10, 1874; s. Jules and Marguerite (Gaud) Pre- vot ; ed. Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1893-1904; won the Chenavard prize in 1896 and 1902; in 1001 second place in the national contest for Grand Prix de Rome ; in 1903 first mention in the concours, Chaudes- aigues ; in 1904 again second place in con- cours de Rome and in 1905 second medal at the Salon des Beaux Arts in Paris. Engaged in the active practice of architecture in France for several years and acted as In- specteur in U. S. Section, Paris Exp'n, 1900. Former professor of design in College of Ar- chitecture, Cornell Univ. Officier d'Académie, Français. Mem. Phi Gamma Delta. Address: 4 E. 39th St., N. Y. City.
PRICE, Charles W .:
Editor Electrical Review; b. on farm, near Barnesville, Belmont Co., Ohio; s. Samuel and Charlotte ( Alder) Price: ed. Country Sch. and Barnesville High Sch .; m. Topeka. Kansas, Mar. 16, 1:82, Minnie E. Gray; chil- dren: Corinne Gray, L'onice E. On leaving high school, served in office of Barnesville (O.) Enterprise as successively, "devil." compositor and editor until IS78, when went West; assisted in establishing the Topeka Daily Capital, 1879, and was one of its editors several years. Became student of electrical matters, and in less was called to N. Y. City to take position on staff of Electrical Re- view, of which is now editor-in-chief and largest owner. Has also contributed ex- tensively, on electrical subjects, to magazines and newspapers. Republican. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elec. Soc., Nat. Electric Light Ass'n. Ex.pres. Kansas Soc. of N. Y .; mem. Ohio Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Lotos (treas.), Electrical. N. Y. Press (v .. p. and formerly chm'n B'd of Trustees), Mon- tauk, Machinery Address : 13 Park Row, N. Y, City,
PRICE, George M .:
Surgeon; b. Liverpool, N. Y., March 3, 1865; s. George T. and Emily H. (Merriman ) Price; ed. . in Cazenovia Sem. and Syracuse Univ .; in. N. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1668. Nettie Belle Reese; children: J. Reese, b. ISSS, Emily H., b. 1890, Letitia E., b, 1891, Willis H., b. 1901, George T. 2d b. 1906. Studied medicine in Vienna and London hosps. ; German, in Hanover, Germany. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mem. Syracuse Acad. Medicine. Onondaga Co. Med. Soc., . Central N. Y. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n. Pres. Syracuse Acad. Medicine; prof. anatomy and clinical surgery. and director Anatomical Laboratory, Coll. of Medicine of Syracuse Univ. ; surgeon to Hos. pital of the Good Shepherd, and Syracuse Free Dispensary. Honorary mem. Iota Chap- ter, A. K. K; mem. Salt Springs Lodge 520, F. and A. M., Central City Chapter No. To, R. A. M., and Central City Commandery No. 25, Knights Templar. Trustee Hosp. of the Good Shepherd. Syracuse, N. Y. Address: 412 S. Warren St., Syracuse, N. Y.
PRICE, George M .:
Physician, sanitarian; b. Poltava, Russia, May 21, 1864; grad. Real Gymnasium, Poltava. B.Sc., N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll., M.D., 1995; m. 1891. Anna Kopkin Askansky; children: Lucy, b. 1892. Leo, b. 1894. Sanitary inspector Sani- tary Soc., 1884; mg'r Model Tenement House, 1858: Sanitary insp. State Tenement House Commission, 1894; sanitary insp. Health Dep't. 1895-1903. Author: A Handbook on Sanita- tion, 1901-05; Tenement - House Inspection, 1903; House and Health (in press) : The Hy giene of Occupation, in Reference Handbook of Med. Sciences. Address: 202 Marcy Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRICE, Jacob Embury:
Clergyman; b. Cape May, N. J., Oct. 25, 1853; s. Rev. Jacob T. and Margaret McIn- nes ( Miller) Price : ed. Dickinson Coll., A.B .. 1876, A.M., 1879, D.D., 1892: Syracuse Univ., Ph.D. in course. IS&S; m. Salem, N. J .. Dee. 26, 1876, Annie Bacon. Prof. mathematics and v .. p. Pennington Sem .. N. Y .. 1576-75; entered ministry of M. E. Church, and was pastor of churches at Merchantville, and Elizabeth. N. J., Scranton, Pa., St. James' Ch., N. Y. City, Highland Av. Ch., Ossining. N. Y .. First Ch .. Yorkers. N. Y., Bedford St. Ch. N. Y. City; dean Ocean Grove Summer School. 1893-1900; since 1908 pastor Washington Heights M. E. Ch .. N. Y. City. One of founders 1259, and most active promoters of the Epworth League: lyceum lecturer. Author: The Book Divine. 1930; Epworth League Workers. 1891: Manhood and the Ro. public, 1853. Republican. Residence : 1565 Amsterdam Av., N. Y. City.
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