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PARKER, JUNIUS
Lawyer; b. Smithfield, N. C., 1867; s. Edward S. and Ellen C. (Northam) Parker; ed. in academies and law Univ. of N. C .; m. Knoxville, Tenn., April 5. 1899, Mary W. Locke. Admitted to N. C. bar; practised in Durham, N. C., about 5 years; came to N. Y., 1899, to become ass't gen. counsel of American Tobacco Co., gen. coun- sel since Jan., 1912, and numerous companies in which it holds stock. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Southern Soc. Clubs: Riding. Sleepy Hollow Country. Address: 49 E. 72d St., N. Y. City.
PARKER, LEWIS RATHBONE
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1870; s. Amasa J. and Cornelia Kane (Strong) Parker; ed. St. Paul's (Sch., Concord, N. Il .; Yale Coii., A.B., 1892; Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1895; m. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 1S. 1902, Ellen Vanderpoel Hun; children: Lewis R., Jr., b. Oct. 19, 1904; Ellen, b. May 20, 1907. Partner, Ilun & Parker, lawyers; dir, Albany Ins. Co., City Safe De- posit Co., The Essex Co. Democrat; Episcopalian. Ciubs: Fort Orange, Albany Country, Albany Racquet, Wolf's Head, Psi Upsilon. Address: 25 North Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.
PARKER, LEWIS WARDLAW
Manufacturer, banker; b. Abbeville, S. C., July 11, 1865; s. William lienry and Lucia (Wardlaw) Parker; grad. Univ. of S. C., A B., 1885; LL.B., 1887; ni. Rich- mond, Va., June 6, 1893, Margaret Smith. Taught school three years; began practice of law, 1SSs. Green- ville, S. C .; mem. law firm Haynsworth & Parker, 1888-1897; since then identified with cotton mf's, banking and other business enterprises. Pres. Parker Cotton Mills Co .; v .- p. Piedmont Savings & Invest- ment Co .; mem. Exec. Com. Am. Home Fire Ins. Co., Am. Cotton Mf'rs Ass'n (ex-pres.). Clubs: New York
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(N. Y.), Poinsett (Greenville), Maryland (Baltimore), Manufacturers (Charlotte), Columbia (Columbla). Residence: 5 Washington Road. Address: Masonic Temple, Greenville, S. C.
PARKER, ORREL ARDREY
Lawyer; b. Muskingum Co., O., Jan. 14, 1873; s. John Ardrey and Lucy (Drumin) Parker; ed. primary, grammar and high schools, Fostoria, P .; Princeton Prep. Sch .; grad. Princeton Univ., B.S. (with high honors), 1895; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; m. N. Y. City, May 22, 1907, May R. Gibson. Admitted to bar, 1897; engaged in practise in N. Y. City since 1897. Pres. and treas. Newmastic Co. In Porto Rico on legal and other business, 1898, 1899 and 1900. Rep- resented Associated Press, and wrote many articles for magazines, etc. Att'y for Isabella Gongales, whose case, carried to Supreme Court of U. S., determined Porto Rico citizenship. Delivered over 500 lectures on Porto Rico in N. Y. and vicinity in last 9 years, before clubs and societies, under auspices of Pond's Lyceum Bureau and N. Y. B'd of Ed'n; also lecture on automobiles and aviation. Presby'n. Mem. Hud- son-Fulton Celebration Comm'n, Albion Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 26, Ohio Soc. of N. Y., Aeronautical Soc., Soc. Automobile Eng'rs. Recreation: Automobiling. Clubs: Automobile of America, Aero of America, Man- hattan Automobile (charter mein.), Rotary (ex-prcs.). Residence: 225 West End Av. Address: 151 W. 68th , St., N. Y. City.
PARKER, ROBERT MEADE
Manufacturer and railroad transportation; b. New- ark, N. J., Sept. 19, 1864; s. Cortlandt and Elizabeth Wolcott (Stites) Parker; descendant Elisha Parker, who settled in Barnstable, Mass., 1640, and removed to N. J. 1667, where since Parker family has been closely identified; attended St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., 1878-1880; Phillips Exeter Acad., and Princeton Univ., A.B., 1885. Secured employment as clerk with Erie R. R. 1885; div. freight agent 1890, and ass't gen. freight agent 1896; gen. freight agent 1903; traffic mg'r Am. Sugar Refining Co. since 1905. Also pres. Brooklyn Cooperage Co., Pa. Stave Co., Butler Co. R. R. Co., Great Western Land Co .; v .- p. Oleona R. R. Co .; dir. Ansco Co., Pacific Coast Co. Private In Essex Troop, N. J., 1890-1898; 1st lieut. and bat- talion adj. and regimental q. m., 12th Inf., N. Y. Vols., Chickamauga, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky., 1898; pro- moted capt. 12th Reg't, N.Y.N.G., 1900-1908. Re- publican; Episcopalian; Mason. Recreations: Riding, golf. Clubs: Union, University, Brook, N. Y. Yacht, City Midday, Riding (N. Y.), Essex (Newark). Resi- dence: 40 James St., Newark, N. J., and 618 Fifth Av. Address: 117 Wall St., N. Y. Clty.
PARKER, TERRY
Lawyer; b. Atchison, Kan., Nov. 1, 1870; s. James Williams and Anna Amelia (Prat) Parker; ed. Yale (Academic Dep't) for 2 years; entered Columbia Law Sch. on certificate from Yale 1891; grad. LL.B., 1894. Admitted to practice Dec., 1894, N. Y. Supreme Court in Second Dep't; admitted to U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts 1889, to N. J. bar 1902; counsellor, 1909; Su- preme Court examiner, 1913; also patent and trade marks, Washington, D. C. Mem. Essex Troop, N. J., for six years; 1st lieut. and battalion adj., 1st Reg't, Inf., N. G. N. J., since 1910; expert with rifle. Pres. Nat. Mail Co. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Mem. Hope Lodge, F. & A. M .; Orange Chapter, R. A. M., and Jer- sey Commandery, K. T. Clubs: Yale, University Glee, Underwriters, East Orange Republican, Taft Club of East Orange (N. J.). Address: Newark, N. J., and 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
PARKER, WINTHROP
Lawyer; b. Ware, Mass., June 10, 1857; s. Montgom- ery Davis and Caroline Gilman (White) Parker; g .- g.s. Rt. Rev. Samuel Parker, D.D., second Episcopal bishop of Mass .; grad, N. Y. Univ., LL.B., 1881; m. 1st, Water- loo, N. Y., 1892, Susan A. (Robinson) Birdsall (died 1909); 2d, Philadelphia, Pa., 1912, Mabel Washburn Kelsey. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1881, to U. S. Su- preme Court, 1896. Engaged in practice in N. Y. City, since 1881. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n; mem. Colonial Order. Club: Barnard. Summer cottage: Spruce Camp, Christ- mas Cove, Me. Residence: 102 W. 93d St. Address. 206 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
PARKHURST CHARLES H.
Clergyman; b. Framingham, Mass., April 17, 1842; ed. Lancaster Acad., Amherst Coll., A.B., 1866; A.M., 1869, D.D., 1880, LL.D., 1892. Clerk In dry goods house, 1858-1860; principal Amherst High Sch., until 1867; prof. Greck and Latin, Williston Sein., 1870-1871; m. Nov. 23, 1870, Ellen Bodman of Williamsburg,
Mass. Studied theology at Halle, Leipzig and Bonn; pastor First Cong'l Ch. of Lenox, Mass., 1874; pastor Madison Square Presby'n Ch., N. Y. City, since 1880; prcs. Soc. for Prevention of Crime, 1891-1908. Sermon on municipal corruption brought hlm before grand jury, 1892; led to investigations by N. Y. legislature . com. (Lexow Committee) of N. Y. police force; caused defeat of Tammany Hall, 1894; has since been promi- nent in all work of reform and against all corruption and crime. Author: Forms of the Latin Verb Illus- trated by the Sanskrit, 1870; The Blind Man's Creed, and Other Sermons, 1883; The Pattern on the Mount, 1885; Three Gates on a Side, 1887; What Would the World Be Without Religion? 1888; The Swiss Guide, 1889; Our Fight with Tammany, 1895; The Sunny Side of Christianity, 1901. Address Hotel Ansonia, N. Y. City.
PARKHURST, FREDERICK SHREWSBURY, JR.
Civil and mining eng'r; b. Franklinville, N. Y., May 5, 1882; s. Frederick S. and Minnie M. (Latham) Park. hurst; ed. LeRoy (N. Y.) High Sch., Mich. Coll. of Mines, Houghton, Mich., B.S., E.M. Formerly mining eng'r with Winona Copper Co., Winona, Mich., Anthony Blum Gold Mines, Geld Rock, Ont., N. Homestake Min- ing Co., Deadwood, S. D .; city eng'r, Niagara Falls, N. Y., since Jan. 1, 1910. Democrat; Methodist. Mem. Theta Tau fraternity; Elk, Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar. Residence: 522 Cedar St. Address:" Convention Hall, Niagara Fails, N. Y.
PARKS, LEIGHTON
Rector of St. Bartholomew's P. E. Ch .; son of a clergyman; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 10, 1852; college and theol. ed'n, D.D., St. John's Coll., Harvard, 1900. Took an eighteen months' tour around the world. At Geneva . and Paris he had charge of English chapels for a time, and then returned to this country; rector Emanuel Ch., Boston, 1878-1904; rector St. Bartholo- mew's Ch., N. Y. City, since 1904. Address: 342 Madi- son Av., N. Y. Clty.
PARMELE, GEORGE H.
Lawyer; ed. Canandaigua, N. Y., Univ. of Rochester, > B.S. Lawyer, Rochester, N. Y., 1891-1893; law editor, , Rochester, N. Y., from 1893. Mem. editorial staff of Lawyers' Cooperative Publishing Co .; editor, Par- mele's Wharton on Conflict of Laws. Address: 111 . Birr St., Rochester, N. Y.
PARMENTER, FRANK SILLIMAN
Lawyer; b. Troy, N. Y., April 12, 1874; s. Franklin J. and Lorenda C. (Silliman) Parmenter; grad. Will- iams Coll., A.B., 1895; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1898. Admitted to bar 1898, and since then in gen. practise at Troy, N. Y. Dem. candidate for county judge of Rensselaer County, 1903. Mem. Delta Upsilon frater- nity. Address: Troy, N. Y.
PARNELL, THOMAS ALEXANDER
Clergyman; grad. Trinity Coll., Toronto, D.C.L., 1877.1. Ordered deacon 1855, ordained priest 1858, by Bishop of Toronto, In the Church of England. Formerly at Prescott, 1855-1858; Merrickville and Burritt's Rapids. 1858-1863; clerical sec. Diocese of Ontario, 1863-1872; at Barricfield, 1872-1874; archdeacon Kingston, 1874- 1880; rector at Kemptville, 1880-1881; Salamanca, N. Y., 1881-1895; rector All Saints' Ch., Rochester, N. Y., since 1895. Address: 96 Emerson St., Rochester, N. Y.
PARRISH, JAMES CRESSON
Retired; b. Philadelphia, Pa., 1840; s. Isaac and Sarah Redwood (Longstreth) Parrish; ed. Haverford Coll. Formerly engaged in railroad reorg'n in Lon- don, Paris, Amsterdam and N. Y. Recreations: Golf, skating. Clubs: Century, Knickerbocker, Metropoli- tan (N. Y.), Garrick (London). Address: Shinnccock Hills, Southampton, N. Y.
PARRISH, SAMUEL LONGSTRETH
Lawyer (retired) ; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 28. 1849: s. Isaac (M.D.) and Sarah Redwood (Longstreth) Parrish; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., and Harvard Coll., A.B., 1870: unmarried. Author: Historical, Biographi- cal, and Descriptive Catalogue of Objects Exhibited at Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, L. I., and vari- ous open letters, and pamphlets on internat. affairs, especially of late, The Pending Arbitration Treaties between U. S. and Great Britian and France, 1912, The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty and the Panama Canal, 1913. Pres. N. Y. Improved Real Estate Co. Repub- lican. Founder Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, I. I., 1897; enlarged in 1902 and 1913; mem. Nat. Inst. of Social Sciences (received gold medal for work in connection with founding of museum). Ain. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Archeol. Inst. of Amer- ica, Pa. Hist. Soc. Decorated by Italian Gov't with
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Order of Crown of Italy for work done at time of Messina earthquake, 1908; for same service received also medals from the King of Italy and the Am. Red Cross. Trustee Southampton Hosp., and Public Li- brary, Southampton. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Cen- tury, University, Union (N. Y.), Phliadelphia, Met- ropolitan (Washington, D. C.). Residence: South- ampton, L. I. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
PARROTT, RICHARD DEANE ARDEN
Real estate broker; b. Greenwood, N. Y .; ,s. Peter P. and Mary A. (Arden) Parrott; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., 1866-1871; Yale Sheffield Scientific Sch., 1871-1874, Ph.B .; unmarried. Clubs: University, Church. Residence: 144 E. 56th St. (summer) Arden, N. Y. Address: 114 E. 28th St., N. Y. City.
PARSELL, CHARLES VICTOR
Educator; b. Akron, N. Y., Nov, 14, 1851; s. Isaac and Sophronia (Kendrick) Parsell; ed. Akron pub. sch., Clarence (N. Y.) Acad., 1866-1867, Genesee Wesle- yan Sem., Lima, N. Y., 1867-1868, Cornell Univ., 1868- 1871, St. Lawrence Univ., A.M., 1881; m. Camden, N. Y., 1883, Genevieve L. Carroll; children: Charles Vic- tor, Jr., b. 1895; Richard Kendrick, b. 1899. Teacher, vice-principal, and principal Fairfield (N. Y.) Sem., 1872-1879; pres. Clinton Liberal Inst., Fort Plain, N. Y., 1879-1893; principal Cascadilla Sch., Ithaca, N. Y., since 1893. In France and Germany, 1889. England, summer of 1905. Wales and Ireland, summer of 1906. Republican. Universalist. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsi- ion. Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
PARSONS, EDGERTON
Insurance broker and average adjuster; b. Hoosick Falls, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1875; s. James Russell and Ellen (Hinsdill) Parsons; grad. Trinity Coll., B.A., Class of 1896; m. Chicago, April 23, 1902, Alice Tullis Lord; one d., Alice Edgerton, b. 1907. Mg'r and att'y in N. Y. for Mather & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 16 years. Dir, Atlantic Gas & Electric Co., Occan Navigation Co., Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity, Ass'n of Average Adjusters of U. S., Maritime Ass'n of Port of N. Y., Maritime Law Ass'n; trustee St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N. Y. Residence: 863 Park Av. Ad- dress: 51 Wall St., N. Y. City,
PARSONS, FAY C.
Editor, publisher; b. Cortland, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1871; 9. Noah J. and Laura A. Parsons; ed. State Normal Sch .; editor and publisher of Cortland Democrat; treas. N. Y. State Automobile Ass'n, 1912-1913; mem. State Comm'n for Uniform Motor Vehicle Legislation, 1913; pres. Dem. Editorial Ass'n, N. Y. State, 1913- 1914; Odd Fellow, Elk, Mason 32°, and K. T. Clubs: Cortland (pres. 1912-1913), Automobile (pres. 1913), Cortland Country. Address: Cortland, N. Y.
PARSONS, HARRY DE BERKELEY
Consulting eng'r; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 6, 1862;, s. William Barclay and Ellza Giass (Livingston) Par- sons; grad. Columbia Coll., B.S., 1882; Stevens Inst. of Technology, M.E., 1884; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 16, 1890, Frances T. Walker; children: Livingston, Katharine de B. Gen. practice as consulting eng'r. Prof. steam eng'ring, Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1892- 1908; prof. emeritus since 1908. Consulting eng'r for The Audit Co. of N. Y. The N. Y. Zool. Soc. Mem. N. Y. State Voting Machine Comm'n, Met. Sewerage Comm'n of N. Y. Has served as consulting 'eng'r for dist att'y, corp'n counsel; for Dep'ts of Street Clean- ing, Docks and Ferries, Police and Fire. Author: Steam Boilers, Their Theory and Design; The Dis- posal of Municipal Refuse. Episcopalian. Mcm. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs., Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng's. Mem. Chamber of Com- merce. Mem. Merchants Ass'n of N. Y. Clubs: Union, Engineers, N. Y. Yacht, Am. Yacht (trustee), The Country, Apawamis Golf. Residence: 36 E. 61st St. Address: 22 William St., N. Y. City.
PARSONS, HERBERT
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 28, 1869; s. John E. and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons; ed. Everson Sch., N. Y. City, St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., Yale, A.B., 1890; Univ. of Berlin, Germany, Harvard Law Sch., Metropolis Law Sch .; m. Newport, R. I., Sept. 1. 1900, Elsie W. Clews; children: Elsie, b. 1901, John F., 2d. b. 1903, Herbert, Jr., b. 1909, McIlvaine, b. Aug. 31. 1911. Admitted to bar 1894; mem. law firm Parsons, Shepard & Ogden, 1895: Parsons, Closson & Mellvaine, 1902. Traveled in Europe, 1880-1881, 1890-1891, 1902; visited the Philippines, China and Japan, 1905. Rc- publican. Alderman, N. Y. City. 1899-1901: elected to 59th Congress, 1904, to 60th Congress, 1906, and to 61st Congress, 1908. from 13th N. Y. Dist .; elected Republican leader 25th Assembly Dist. 1903; reelected 1904-1905; elected pres. Republican Co. Com. of N.
Y County, 1905, reelected, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909. Pri- vate and corporal 7th Reg't N. G. N. Y .; judge advo- cate 1st Brigade 1898-1899. Presby'n. Pres. Green- wich House Settlement. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp. Clubs: University, Union League, Republican, Metropolitan, City (N. Y.), Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.), Lenox Lenox; stone memorial public sch. at Harrison, N. Y., 115 E. 72d St. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
PARSONS, JOHN E.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 24, 1829; grad. Univ. City of N. Y., 1848; m. 1st, Mary Dumesnil McIlvaine, d. Bowes Reed Mcilvaine; 2d Florence Van Cortlandt Bishop, d. Benjamin H. Field. Admitted to bar, 1852. An original mem. and former pres. Ass'n Bar City of N Y .; its counsci in proceedings against Judges Barnard, Cardozo and McCunn, and for mg'rs of the impeachment of Judge Barnard. Has been or now is pres. City (Reform) Club; v .- p. N. Y. Law Inst .; pres. Cooper Union for Advancement Science and Art; pres. Alumni Ass'n Univ. of N. Y., and mem. of its council; pres. B'd Trustees Brick Presby'n Ch .; mem. B'd Home Missions Presby'n Ch .; mem. com. to revise creed of that church, of com. to prepare forms of service for it, and of its com. to consider subject of divorce and re- marriage; mem. Internat. Conf. on that subject. Pres. Woman's Hosp. in the State of N. Y .; one of founders and Pres. Gen. Memorial Hosp. for Treatment of Can- cer and Allied Diseases; pres. Taxpayers' Ass'n, Len- ox, Mass., where has country estate, "Stonover"; pres. Taxpayers' Ass'n Rye, N. Y., where has an old family place, "Lounsberry"; pres. Lenox (Mass.) Library. Gave parish house to P. E. Ch. at Lenox (of which is vestryman); built memorial stone church at New Lenox; stone memoriai public sch. at Harrison, N. Y., and maintains St. Helen's Home, near Lenox, Mass., for fresh air children; put a memorlal window in parish church at Cubbington, Warwickshire, Eng-
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With brother and cousin purchased gave as a village hall to Rye the old Square House, which was an inn and visited by Washington in Revolutionary period. Clubs: Century, University, Riding, Metropolitan. City, Players, Turf and Field, Down Town (N. Y. City), Am. Yacht, Apawamis Golf (Ryc), Lenox (gov.), Golf, Boat (Lenox, Mass.). Residence: 30 E. 36th St. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
PARSONS, JOSEPH LESTER
Insurance official; b. Montclair, N. J .; s. George Sandford and Alice (Brigham) Parsons; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1902, Lucille Frances Myers: children: Joseph L., Jr., b. 1907; Emily Frances, b. 1910; Lucille Merriam, b. 1912. V .- p. Crum & Forster; dir. North River Ins. Co., Williamsburg City Fire Ins. Co., U. S. Fire Ins. Co., New Brunswick Ins. Co., Nassau & Dutchess Fire Ins. Co. Republican; Unitarian. Life mem. N. Y. Ilst. Soc .; mem. N. Y. Ins. Soc .; mem. S. A. R. Clubs: Essex County Country, Montelair, Montclair Athletic. Residence: 39 Madison Av., Mont- clair, N. J. Address: 95 William St., N. Y. City.
PARSONS, SAMUEL
Landscape architect; b. New Bedford, Mass., Feb. S. 1844; s. Samuel and Susan (Howland) Parsons; ed. Haverford Coll .: grad. Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1862; m. Flushing, N. Y., 1865, Martha IC. Francis. Mem. Samuel Parsons & Co. Sup't of parks, N. Y. City, 15 years; landscape architect of parks of Greater N. Y .; designer of new Washington Park System, San Diego (Calit.) Park, and many other parks, cemeteries and private places throughout the U. S .; mem. Am. Soc. of Landscape Architects, Yale Alumni Ass'n. Club: Century Ass'n (N. Y.). Address: 101 Park Av., N. Y. City.
PARSONS, WASHINGTON EVERETT
Mechanical and refrigerating eng'r; b. Salisbury, Md., March 4, 1860; s. Milton Alfred and Caroline Travers (Williams) Parsons; ed. public schs., Salisbury, Md., to 1876, and Stevens Inst. Technology, 1883-1SS7; M.E., 1887; m. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 7, 1889, Estelle Virginia Barnett; children: Helen Barnett, b. 1851; Washington Everett, Jr., b. 1905. Erected boilers, engines and sawinills from boyhood until 1882; draughtsman for E. J. Codd & Co., machinery, Baltimore, 1882-18$3; then after four years at Stevens Inst., spent one year as ass't sup't of distribution of gas in Jersey City, N. J., for United Gas Improvement Co .; sup't of small shop for 1%% years, and later one of mech. eng'rs of the De La Vergne Refrigerating Machine Co. of N. Y. City; gen. nig'r Newark Hygcin Ice Co., 1896-1903; since 1903 engaged as consulting eng'r; also prop'r of an ice mf's business in West Orange, N. J. Mem. Am. Soc. Refrigerating Eng'rs (pres. 1905-1906), Am. Soc. Mech.
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Eng'rs, Cold Storage and Ice Ass'n of London, Eng- land; Am. Ass'n of Refrigeration, N. J. State Chamber of Commerce. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mcm. Stevens Inst. Alumni Ass'n, Royal Arcanum, Improved Order of Heptasophs. Residence: 818 De Graw Av., Newark, N. J. Address: 1639 Third Av., N. Y. City.
PARSONS, WILLIAM BARCLAY
Engineer; b. N. Y. City, April 15, 1859; s. William Barclay and Eliza (Livingston) Parsons; grad. Colum- bia Univ., A.B., C.E., ILL.D .; m. N. Y. City, 1884, Anna Reed; children: Syivia Caroline, William Barclay, Jr. Chief eng'r, N. Y. subway, 1894-1905; mem. Isthmian Canal Comm'n, 1904; mem. B'd Consulting Eng'rs, Pan- ama Canal, 1905; B'd 'Advisory Eng'rs, Royal Comm'n London Traffic; chief of eng'rs; brig-gen., N. G. N. Y., 1898. Trustee Columbia Univ .; vestryman Trinity Ch. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Inst'n of Civil Eng'rs of Great Britain. Author: Turnouts, 1885; Track, 1885; American Engineer in China, 1900. Residence: 35 E. 50th St. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PARSONS, WILLIAM H.
Paper merchant; b. 'N. Y. City, Jan. 31, 1859; s. Will- iam H. and Laura C. Parsons; grad. Yale Univ., 1882; m. June 26, 1884, Laura Wolcott Collins; children: William H., Jr .; John P., Oliver W., Laura C., Mary M. Clubs: University, Yale, Graduates, Nassau, Country, N. Y. Yacht. Residence: Glen Cove, L. I., N. Y. Ad- dress: 174 Fulton St., N. Y. City.
PARTON, ARTHUR
Artist; b. Hudson, N. Y., March 26, 1842; s. George and Elizabeth ( Woodbridge). Parton; ed. in schs. of Hudson, N. Y .; art ed'n in Pa. Acad. Fine Arts; m. Mystic, Conn., June 7, 1877, Anna Taylor; children: Arthur Taylor, Hulda, Elizabeth Woodbridge, George Frederic. Specialty in landscapes, first pictures ex- hibited at Pa. Acad. Fine Arts; later regular exhibitor at Nat. Acad. Design; professionally engaged as artist in N. Y. City since 1865. Asso. 1871, academician sincel 1884, Nat. Acad. Design. Mem. Am. Water Color Soc. Received medal of Am. Art Ass'n, 1886; Temple Medal, Philadelphia; hon. mention Paris Exp'n; Bronze Medal, St. Louis, 1904. Pictures included in leading col- lections. Residence: Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 489 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
PARTRIDGE, EDWARD LACELL
Physician; b. Auburndale, Mass., Sept. 27, 1853; s. Joseph Lyman and Zibiah Nelson (Wilson) Partridge; ed. Coil. Phys. and Surgs, (Columbia Univ.), M.D., 1875; hon. A.M., Williams Coll .; m. Clinton, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1884, Gertrude Edwards Dwight; one son, Theodorc Dwight. Practising in N. Y. City since 1875; has served as prof. N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Coll, and adjunct prof. Coll. Phys. and Surgs., Columbia Univ. Visiting physician to N. Y. City Maternity Hosp., Sloane Ma- ternity Hosp .; visiting and later consulting physician, N. Y. Hosp., N. Y. Infant Asylum, Nursery and Child's Hosp .; Comm'r Palisade Interstate Park; trustee of N. Y. Dispensary, and Northern Dispensary; dir. N. Y. Nursery and Child's Hosp., N. Y. Inst. for Ed'n of the Blind; mem. N. Y.Acad. of Medicine, State Med. Soc., Practitioners' Soc., N. Y. Med. and Surg. Soc .. Soc. Colonial Wars, Hugenot Soc., Order Descendants of Colonial Governors. Clubs: University, Century, Rid- ing. Residence (summer): On Storm King, in High- lands of the Hudson, N. Y. Address: 19 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
PARTRIDGE, JOHN NELSON
Retired; b. Leicester, Mass., 1838; s. Joseph Lyman and Zibiah Nelson (Wilson) Partridge; grad. Leicester (Mass.) Acad .; m. 1st, Boston, 1885, Sarah Howard Manning (deceased) ; 2d, 1906, Charlotte Leona Held; one son, Nelson Howard, b. 1868. Pres. Brooklyn City & Newtown R. R., 1886-1897; fire comm'r, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1882-1883; police comm'r, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1884- 1885; sup't public works, State of N. Y., 1899-1901; poliee comm'r, N. Y. City, 1902; lieut. and capt. 24th Reg't Mass. Vols., 1861-1864; colonel, 23d Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1880-1881, also 1887-1894. Dlr. Hamilton Trust Co., Brooklyn; Atlantic Terra Cotta Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion, U. S. Clubs: Hamilton, Riding and Driving (Brooklyn). Country address: Westport, Conn. Address: Hamil- ton Club, Brooklyn, N. Y.
PATRI, ANGELO
Educator: b. Italy, 1877; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1897; Columbia Univ., A.M., 1905; Master in Edu- cation, Teachers' Coll. Instr. 1898-1907, principal 1907- 1913 Public Sch. 4; principal Public Sch. 45, since 1913. Organized Parents' Ass'n of Publlc Sch. 4; helped or- ganize Federated Parents' Ass'n of N. Y. City. Mem. Dante Alighieri Soc., Public Education, Principals'
Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc., Coll. Clty of N. Y. Alumni Ass'n. Dir. Bronx Hosp., Bronx House, Italian Edn'l League, Parents' Ass'n of Public Sch. 4 and Public Sch. 45, Bronx House Civic Club. Author: White Patch, Pinocchio in Africa, Wanderer. Clubs: Osk Bluff's Country, Graduates, Italian Nat., Monday. Rest- dencc: 601 E. 170th St. Address: 189th St. and Loril- lard Pl., N. Y. City.
PATRICK, CHARLES HARVEY
Pres., treas. and dir. East Bay Land and Improve- ment Co., Bennington, Vt .; s. Frederick Ensign and Eliza Marian (King) Patrick; ed. Adams and Conway. Mass .; m. N. Y. City, 1874, Mrs. Amanda Kelsey Janes (dled 1909). Served with 37th Reg't N.G., N.Y. In Civil War, 1862, 1863 and 1864, and adj. from 1868 to 1871; acting lieut .- col., 1871. V .- p. and dir. Johns. Pratt Co .; dir. Metropolitan Bank, Hydrex Construction Co .; pres. and dir. Mercantile Library Ass'n; dir. Am. Inst .; dir. and treas. Clinton Hall Ass'n. Mem. Cham- ber of Commerce, G.A.R., 71st Reg't Veteran Ass'n, St. John's Lodge No. 3, F. and A. M. Cluhs: Paint, Oll and Varnish; Republican. Address: 25 Pine St., N. Y. City.
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