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PATTEE, ERNEST NOBLE
Educator; b. Ottawa, Can., July 21, 1864; s. James A. and Harriet (Inglee) Pattee; grad. Rochester (N. Y.) High Sch., Univ. of Rochester, B.S. 1886, A1.S. 1890; m. Rochester, N. Y., April 30. 1891, Mary Norton Peck. Teacher, Greece, N. Y., 1886-1887; resident grad, stu- dent in chemistry, Univ. of Rochester, 1887-1888; teacher science, Heyward Collegiate Inst., Fairfield, 111., 1889-1890; instr. chemistry, 1890-1894; adj. prof. 1894-1895; asso. prot., 1895-1897; prof. chemistry since 1897, Syracuse Univ. Republican; Methodist. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Delta Upsilon, Pal Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Address: Bowne Hall of Chem- istry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.
PATTEN, HENRY AYRES
Banker; b. Philadelphia, March 16, 1871; s. George D. and Louisa (Ayres) Patten; ed. Allen's English and Classical Sch., West Newton, Mass .; m. Rochester, N. Y., April 25, 1900, Frances W. Morse. Ass't cashler Astor Piace Bank of N. Y. until merged with Corn Exchange Bank, then ass't mg'r Astor Place Branch of Corn Exchange Bank; since June 6, 1908, mg'r Fifth Av. Branch Corn Exchange Bank. Republican; Pres. by'n. Clubs: Union League (N. Y. City), Sound Beach (Conn.) Golf and Country. Address: 140 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
PATTEN, THOMAS GEDNEY
Mem. Congress; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 12, 1861; s. of. Thomas and Maria L. (Gedney) Patten; ed. Mt. Pleas- ant Acad., Ossining, N. Y .; Columbia Coll .; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 31, 1890, Henrietta Floyd. Pres. N. Y & Long Branch Steamboat Co .; elected to 62d Con- gress from 15th N. Y. Dist., 1912, and re-elected to 63d Congress from 18th N. Y. Dist. Democrat. Resi- dence: 147 W. 80th St. Address: 6 Battery Pi., N. Y. City.
PATTERSON, EDWARD LIDDON
Lawyer; b. East Orange, N. J., Aug. 24, 1866; s. Ed- ward and Isabella Liddon (Cox) Patterson; ed. Wilson & Kellogg Sch., N. Y. City; Columbia Coll., A. B., 1886; Columbia Law Sch., UL. B., 1888; m. Lawrence, L. I., June 9, 1903, Frances Louise Hewlett. Admitted to N. Y. bar March, 1888. In Spanish-Am. War, serg't Troop A, N. Y. Vol. Cav., May 2 to July 4, 1898; 1st lieut. 201st N. Y. Vol. Inf., July 2 to Oct. 12, 1898; at- tached to staff of Brig .- Gen. Guy V. Jlenry, U. S. V., in Cuba and Porto Rico, July 5-Aug. 22, 1898. Partner Brownell & Patterson. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Sons of Revolution, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Clubs: Century, Uni-
versity, Rockaway Hunting. Address: 71 Wail St., N. Y. City.
PATTERSON, FLOYD E.
Corporation official; b. Yorktown, Ill., March 13, 1859; s. Orrin M. and Lucy M. (Chubbuck) Patterson; ed. Sterling (Iil.) High Sch. (diploma honors only), Coll. Curriculum; unmarried. Inventor, designer, sup't, mig'r, corp'n officer. Treas. and sec. Am. Steel Foun- dries; treas., sec. and dir. E. St. Louis Granite City Terminal 1. R. Co., Am. Steel Bolster Co. Republican. Recreation: Books, music, motoring. etc. Clubs: Man- hattan, Colonial (N. Y. City), Kenwood (Chicago). Address: Cominercial Nat. Bank Building, Chicago, Ill., and 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
PATTERSON, HENRY STUART
Pirysieian; b. East Orange, N. J., July 5, 1874; s. Ed- ward and Isabella Liddon (Cox) Patterson; ed. Wilson
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& Kellogg School, N. Y. City; Williams Coll., A.B., 1896; Coll. Phys. and Surg., Columbia Univ., M.D., 1900; interne in N. Y. and Sloane Maternity Hosps .; in. Williamstown, Mass., Oct. 6, 1906, Charlotte Wise Hop- kins. Ass't prof. applied therapeutics, Coll. Phys. and Surg .; asso. physician St. Luke's Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad, Medicine, Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Mem. Alpha Delta Phl fraternity. Clubs: University, Century, Alpha Delta Phi. Address: 130 E. 62d St., N. Y. City.
PATTERSON, JOHN K.
Lawyer; b. Dunkirk, N. Y., July 22, 1873; s. John K. and Mary D. Patterson; grad. Dunkirk High Sch., Cornell Law Sch., LL. B., 1895; m. April 7, 1909, Hclen L. Morse, of Silver Creek, N. Y .; two children. Super- visor City of Dunkirk 8 years; ass't dist. att'y Chau- tauqua County 4 years; elected dist. att'y Chautauqua County 1904, re-elected 1907. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Mason, Odd Fellow, Elk. Address: Dunkirk, N. Y.
PATTERSON, RUFUS L.
Manufacturer; b. June 11, 1872; s. Rufus L. and Mary (Fries) Patterson; ed. Univ. of N. C .; m. Durham, N. C., Nov. 21, 1895, Margaret W. Morehead. Pres. and dir. Am. Machine & Foundry Co., Internat. Cigar Ma- chinery Co., Standard Tobacco Stemmer Co., Auto- matic Packing & Labeling Co., Motorflex Equipment Co .; dir. Durham Duplex Razor Co., Wahlstrom Tool Co. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Automobile of America, Turf and Field, Riding, Rockaway Hunting, Racquet and Tennis, Metropolitan, Calumet, N. Y. Press, Aldine Ass'n. Address: 32 W. 52d St., N. Y. City.
PATTERSON, WILLIAM MOREHOUSE
Lawyer; b. Nyack, N. Y., June 20, 1872; s. George W. and Fannie (Barclay) Patterson; grad. Grammar Sch., No. 12, Brooklyn; studied law with former Supreme Court Justice Jasper W. Gilbert; grad. N. Y. Univ. Law Sch. (Metropolis Branch), 1893; LL.B. from Re- gents of State N. Y. and also N. Y. Univ., 1893; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1899, Mary Josephine; d. Will- iam and Caroline G. Lockitt; children: Caroline Frances, b. May 30, 1902; Mary Barclay, b. June 2, 1906. Admitted to bar Sept., 1893; mem. law firm Wilder, Ewen & Patterson. Democrat. Mem. Brook- lyn Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Master (1913) of Commonwealth Lodge No. 409, F. & A. M .; mem. Orient Chapter No. 138, Royal Arch Masons; Aurora Grata Council, Scot- tish Rite: Clinton Commandery; Kismet Temple of Shrine; pres. 3d Dist. Masters' Ass'n, 1913; mem. Grace Methodist Ch., Brooklyn; interested in church work; mem. Prospect Heights Protective Ass'n, Brooklyn; ex-treas. and ex-sec. Law Alumni of N. Y. Univ .; v. - p. U. S. Hay Fever Ass'n. Clubs: Crescent, Brooklyn Univ., Appalachian Mountain. Residence: 10 Seventh Av., Brooklyn. Address: 45 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
PATTESON, ROBERT ANDERSON
Banker; b. Penn Yan, N.Y., Feb. 4, 1867; s. William and Jane (Sheppard) Patteson; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1887; m. N. Y .. City, Sept 17, 1889, Jessamine Hatch; children: Katharine, b. Sept. 22, 1892; Jessamine, b. Aug. 8, 1897; Robert Sheppard, b. July 14, 1891 (died March 28, 1913). Pres. and dir. Tarrytown Nat. Bank, Hatch Realty Co .; dir. Ajax-Grielb Rubber Co. Mem. Dutch Reformed Oh. Mem. Chi Phi fraternity; trustec Tarrytown Hosp. Ass'n, Tarrytown Hist. Ass'n; prcs. and dir. Tarrytown & North Tarrytown Y. M. C. A .; trustee Washington Irving High Sch. Recreations: Tennis, golf. Residence: 44 Croton Av., Tarrytown, N. Y. Address: Tarrytown Nat. Bank, Tarrytown. N. Y.
PATTISON, ORVILLE
Banker; b. Chester, N. Y .; s. Thunuan and Susan Wilson (Bishop) Pattison; ed. public schs. of Law- renceville, Pa., and Commercial Coll. of Bryant, Lusk & Stratton, Buffalo, N. Y., 1856; m. Watkins, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1867, Susan Bloore; children: John Orville b. Oct. 17, 1880; Charies Lewis, b. Oct. 17, 1880. In em- ploy of Fall Brook Coal Co., Antrim, Pa., and Wat- kins, N. Y., until 1883; removed to Elkland, Pa., and became cashier of bank of C. L. Pattison & Co. Upon death of Mr. C. L. Pattison, organized Pattison Nat. Bank, of which is pres. Democrat; Presby'n. Address: Eikland, Pa.
PATTON, FRANCIS LANDEY, JR.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, April 27, 1871; s. ex-pres. Francis L. Patton, of Princeton Univ .; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1893; N. Y: Law Sch., 1895. Practising law in N. Y. City from 1895; mem. law firm of Patton & Patton. Residence: 225 West End Av., N. Y. City. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PAULDING, CHARLES C.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 10, 1868; s. William H. and Anne (Depew) Paulding; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1889 (honors in English literature); unmarried. Solicitor N. Y. Central & Hudson R. R. R. Co. Re- publican. Mem. N. Y. Bar Ass'n; N. Y. State Bar Ass'n; Westchester County Bar Ass'n, Clubs: Transportation, University, Yale, Ardsiey, Republican, Union League, Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.). Address: Ardsley - on-Hudson, N. Y.
PAXON, JAMES E.
Lawyer; b. Akron, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1857; s. William L. and Samantha L. (Jackson) Paxon; grad. Clarence Classical Union Sch., 1876; m. Clarence, N. Y., Nov., 1884, Jennie R. Van Tine; children: Mabel L., b. 1886; Roy J., b. 1888; Ethel M., b. 1890. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, April, 1880; postmaster at Akron, 1885-1889; pres. Village of Akron, 2 years; mem. BB'd of Ed'n, several years, and pres. onc year. Mem. law firm Paxon & Paxon; pres. and dir. Citizens' Telephone Co .; v .- P. and dir. Akren Mf'g 'Co .; sec. and dir, Akron Gypsum Co .; dir. Wickware Nat. Bank. Democrat. Prominent in Masonic affairs; mem. Ismalin Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Lake Erie Commandery, K. T., of Buffalo, Batavia Chapter and Akron Lodge. Address: Akron, Erie Co., N. Y.
PAXTON, JOHN RANDOLPH
Clergyman; b. Canonsburg, Pa., Sept. 18, 1843; ed. Jefferson Coll. Pa., until end of junior year, 1862, when entercd 140th Pa. Vois., in which served as private and 2d lieut. until war closed; returned to Jefferson Coil., grad. A.B., 1866; attended Western Theol. Sem., Allegheny, Pa. (grad. 1869). Ordained in Presby'n ministry; pastor Churchville, Md., 1871- 1874; Pine St. Ch., Harrisburg, Pa., 1874-1878; New York Av. Ch., Washington, D. C., 1878-1SS2; West Ch., N. Y. City, 1882-1893; since then pastor New York Ch., N. Y. City. Companion Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Club: Union League. Address: 51 W. 46th St., N. Y. City.
PAYNE, CHARLES THOMAS
Lawyer; b. Evanston, Ill., Dec. 1, 1875; s. Gen. Eugene B. and Adelia T. (Wright) Payne; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1898; Harvard Univ., LL.B., 1901. Ad- mitted to bar of N. Y. State, 1902, U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts, 1904, U. S. Supreme Court, 1909, Bar of State of Coun., 1913. Entered office of Winthrop & Stimson on graduation from law sch .; now engaged in gen. practisc, specializing in corp'n law. Connected with Met. St. R'y Receivership litigation, and water power litigation in N. E. Organized Marshepaug Forest, an extensive forest, fish and game preserve ncar Litchfield, Conn., 1908. V .- p. Litchfield Land Co., Conn .; pres. Warren Land Co., Conn. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Bar Ass'n Litchfield County, Conn .; Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Dir. Greenwich House. Clubs: Yale, Sanctum (Litchfield, Conn.). Residence (sum- mer): Litchfield, Conn. (winter): 144 E. 40th. St., N. Y. City. Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
PAYNE, FRED ROUNSVILLE
Lieut .- commander U. S. N .; b. N. Y. Appt'd from N. Y., naval cadct, May 21, 1888; ensign, July 1, 1894; lieut. (junior grade), March 3, 1899; lieut. July 23, 1900; Cincinnati, 1894-1895; Newark, 1895-1896; Terror, 1896-1897; St. Louis, 1898; Buffalo, 1898; prize master of Twickenham, Spanish-Am. War.
Commanded Panay, Arayat, Pampanga and Leite, during Philippine revolution; Patrol, 1901; Navy Yard, N. Y., Oct., 1901; U.S.S. Detroit, 1902; U.S.S. Constellation, 1905-1906; promoted lieut .- comd'r, July 1, 1906; on duty with Bureau of Navigation. Address: 412 E. Church St., Elmira, N. Y.
PAYNE, NATHAN BEERS
Mechanical eng'r; b. Cerning, Steuben Co., N. Y., Oet. 28, 1872; s. Benjamin Nott and Esther Adella (Rouns- ville) d'ayne; cd. Corning, N. Y., and Elmira, N. Y., grammar schools Elmira Free Acad., Bryant Hall Private Sch., Elmira, N. Y .; m. Nov. 14, 1908, Mary Elizabeth Logan, niece of Gen. John A. Logan iden- tiffed with development of isolated electric light and power plants in America. Pres. Payne Eng'ring Co. Formerly treas. and councillor Nat. Metal Trades Ass'n; ex-ehm'n of council Engine Builders Ass'n of U. S. Delegate from N. Y. State to Nat. Reciprocity Conv., Washington, 1902. Formerly associated with Manning, Maxwell & Moore. Visited Panama at time of Pres. Taft's 1st trip to Panama, while Sec. of War, Dec., 1901; made sp'l investigations of commercial con- ditions of Panama Canal for Amn. mf'rs. Appt'd by Gov. llughes as delegate from N. Y. State to Nat. Conv. for Extension of Foreign Commerce of U. S., held at
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Washington, Jan. 14-16, 1907. Delegate from N. Y. to Conv. of Nat. Council of Commerce, organized by Sec. of Commerce. & Labor Straus, in 1908. Republican. Junior mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Club: Engincers. Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
PAYNE, OLIVER HAZARD
Capitalist; b. Cleveland, O., 1842; s. U. S. Senator Henry B. and Mary (Perry) Payne; grad. Yale, A.B., 1863; served in Ohio reg't as officer in Civil war. Dir. Internat. Cigar Machinery Co., Internat. Traction Co., Internat. R'y Co., Am. Tobacco Co., Havana Tobacco Co., and numerous other corp'ns. Clubs: Metropoli- tan, Knickerbocker, University, N. Y. Yacht, Cornell Univ. (hon. mem.), Manhattan, Riding, Down Town, Turf and Field, Suburban Riding and Driving, Manu- facturers (Cleveland). Residence: Thomasville, Ga. Address: 852 Fifth Av., N. Y. Clty.
PAYNE, SERENO ELISHA
Lawyer; mem. of Congress; b. Hamilton, N. Y., June 26, 1843; s. Hon. William Wallace Payne (farmer, inem. of N. Y. Legislature, 1858-1859) and Betsy (Sears) Payne. He removed with his father's family to the suburbs of Auburn, N. Y., and has since re- sided in or near Auburn; grad. Univ. of Rochester in 1864; LL.D. from Rochester and Colgate Univs; m. Auburn, N. Y., 1873, Gertrude Knapp; one son, William Knapp. Admitted to the bar, 1866, and has since practised law at Auburn; now mem. law firm of Payne, Payne & Clark. Has held local offices; city clerk, 1868-1871, supervisor, 1871-1872, dist. att'y of Cayuga County, 1873-1879; mem. B'd of Ed'n, 1879-1882; elected 1882 to 48th Congress and has been reelected (with exception of onc term) biennlally ever since; app'td mem. Am. and British Joint High Comm'n, Jan., 1899, by Pres. Mckinley; was mem, Com. on Ways and Means, and as one of the majority helped to frame the tariff measures popularly known as the Mckinley Bill, and the Dingley Blll; ch'mn of Com. on Ways and Means and leader of the House of Representa- tives, 1899-1910. Author: "Payne Tariff Law." Re- publican; stumped Cayuga County for Abraham Lin- coln in 1864, when twenty-one years old, and has been on stump in every gubernatorial and presidential campaign since, under auspices of State and Nat. Cam- paign Com .; was mem. of Nat. Rep. Convs. of 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908 and 1912. Address: 131 Genessee St., Auburn, N. Y.
PAYNE, WILLIAM KNAPP
Lawyer; b. Auburn, N. Y., June 3, 1874; s. Sereno E. and Gertrude (Knapp) Payne; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1895, N. Y. Law Sch., 1898; m. Auburn. N. Y., June 8, 1904, Frances McCutcheon Nye. Adinitted to bar at Rochester, N. Y., July, 1908, since then practising law at Auburn, N. Y., and N. Y. City. Clerk of the Com. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, U. S. House of Representatives, 1895-1897; clerk Com. on Ways and Means, U. S. House of Representatives, 1905- 1909; clerk Joint Senate and House of Representa- tives Conference Com. on Payne Tariff Bill, 1909; U. S. Att'y in charge of Custom Cases, 1909-1910; U. S. Deputy Att'y Gen., 1910-1913. Author: Notes on Tariff Revislon, 1 volume, Wash., 1909; cditor, Tariff Hearings, 14 volumes, Wash., 1909-1910. Republican . Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: Yale, Ardsley (N. Y. City), Uni- versity (Washington D. C.), City (Auburn), Owasco Country. Residence: 901 Lexington Av., N. Y. City. Address: 26 Exchange Pl., N. Y. Clty.
PAYSON, FRANCIS L.
Lieut .- col. U. S. A .; b. N. Y. City. Feb. 19, 1863; s. Francis and Mary Farquhar (Dabney) Payson; ed. Harrow Sch., England, Harvard Univ .; grad. 1884; m. Washington, May 16, 1896, Mary Isabelle, d. Senator William M. Stewart, of Nevada; two daughters: Fran- ces Alice, Mary Dabney Stewart. Capt., ass't q .- m. U. S. Vols., 1899; major and paymaster, U.S.A., 1900; lieut .- col., deputy paymaster gen., April 7, 1908. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of the Cincinnati, Sons of Revolution, MIl. Order Loyal Legion. Recreation: Rld- ing. Clubs: Unlon (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Wash- ington, D. C.), Capitol City (Atlanta, Ga.), Army and Navy (Manila, P. I.). Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PEABODY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS
Pres. Mutual Life Ins. Co .; b. N. Y. City, April 11, 1849; s. Charles A. and Julia C. (Livingston) Pea- body; grad. Columbla Coll., 1869; Columbia Law Sch., 1871; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 27, 1880, Charlotte A. Damon: children: two sons and one daughter. Has practised law in N. Y. City since 1871; became pres. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y., Jan. 1, 1906; mem. Assembly, 1876. Dir. Astor Trust Co., Nat. Bank of Commerce, Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., Illinois Central R. R. Co., Unlon
Pacific R. R. Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Erie R. R. Co .; v .- p. and mcm. B'd of Mg'rs Delaware & Hudson Co .; v .- p. and dir. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago R. R. Co .; trustee Title Guarantee and Trust Co., Guaranty Trust Co., and Bank for Savings. Republican; Epis- copalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Metro- politan, University, Down Town, Tuxedo, Piping Rock. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
PEABODY, GEORGE FOSTER
Retired banker and railroad financier; b. Colum- bus, Ga., July 27, 1852; s. George Henry and Elvira (Canfield) l'eabody; ed. private schs. in Columbus, Ga., and six months at Deerhill Inst., Danbury, Conn- 1865-1866; honorary A.M., Harvard, LL.D., Washington and Lee Univ., and Univ. of Ga .; unmarried. In dry goods business, N. Y. City as clerk, 1866-1880, with two wholesale firms; in banking business 1880-1906, partner Spencer Trask & Co .; dir. and v .- p. of many railroad and business corp'ns until retiring in 1905 and 1906, such as St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R., Mexican Nat. R. R. Co., Rio Grande Western R. R., Edison Electric Illuminating Cos. (both N. Y. and Brooklyn), Gen. Electric Co. Traveled extensively in Canada, Mexico, and all of U. S., excepting Alaska; also took several trips to Europe. Com. mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce; at one time mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Active in Democratic politics from 1880; treas. Dem. Nat. Com., 1904; Am. Free-Trade League, 1880; advocate of single tax on land values, Gov't ownership of rallroads and public franchise corp'ns since 1895. Active in civil service reform ass'ns; v .- p. Am. Civic Ass'n; chmi'n Comm'n State of N. Y. Reservation at Saratoga Springs. Life mem. Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. Active in Y.M.C.A. work in city and U. S .; trustee Colo. Coll., Hampton Inst .; treas. Southern Ed'n B'd. Episco- pallan. Mem. Southern Soc. Clubs: Century, Reform, Metropolitan, City, National Arts, Down Town (N. Y. City), Hamilton (Brooklyn), Cosmos ( Washington). Residence: Abcnia, Lake George, N. Y. Address: 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
PEABODY, ROYAL C.
Merchant; b. Columbus, Ga., Fcb. 12, 1854; s. George H. and Elvira (Canfield) Peabody; family moved to ~ Brooklyn, 1865; ed. pub. schs., Brooklyn; m. Brook- lyn, 1879, Georgia Sniffin; one son: Charles Samuel. Traveled through West for several years and re- turning, entered dry goods house of T. K. Horton & Co .; later went with firm of Walbridge & Co., hard- ware; then comm'n house of White, Payson & Co. Interested in clectrical industries with Electric Time Co., later with Brooklyn Edison Co. as sec., then as v .- p. Pres. and dir, N. J. Co .; mem. B'd of Advisers, Title Guarantee and Trust Co .; pres. and dir. Am. Stoker Co .; pres and dir. Underford Gas Producer Co. Independent Democrat. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Southern Soc., Ga. Soc. Clubs: Clty, Hamilton, Down Town, Crescent Athletic, Lake George Country. Resl- dences: Wikiosco, Lake George, N. Y., and 68 Montague St., Brooklyn. Address: 11 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PEAKE, ALBERT D.
Lawyer; b. llamden, Delaware County, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1846; s. lra and Celenda (Tiffany) Peake; grad. Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y. A.B., 1870 (2d in class. Latin oration, Phi Beta Kappa, Clark Prize); Albany Law Sch., LL.B .; m. 1st, Walton, N. Y., Sept.' 1874, Martha MeLaury: 2d, Walton, N. Y., April, 1884, Mar- garet I. Thomson; children; James McLaury, b. Dec. 26. 1876 (practising lawyer in Brooklyn); Evelyn Martha (wife Dr. Ralph D, Harby), b. Dec. 6. 1SS0; Charles Nelson, b. July 29, 1889 (lawyer). Admitted to bar May, 1873; practising att'y in Delaware County, N. Y., since 1874. Has traveled on business and for recreation extensively in various sections of the U. S. Served one year as supervisor of town. In politics a Re- publican. Has taken an active interest in edn'l matters: taught two years, 1870-1872, in Schenectady High Sch. - (preparatory dep't of Union Coll.); served for 15 years as pres. B'd of Ed'n, Walton Union High Sch. Pres. Walton Novelty Works (Inc.), mg'r Walton Agr'l Works. Metliodist; lay delegate, representing N. Y. Conf. in Gen. Conf. M. E. Chi., Cleveland, Ohio, 1896. Four years pres. Kingston Dist. Epworth League; 25 years sup't Walton M. E. Sabbath Sch .; many years trustee Walton M. E. Ch .; chm'n Ch. Bullding Com., when they erected finest M. E. Ch. In Delaware County. and chi'n School Building Com. when Walton erected the best equipped school building in Delaware County. Mem. Delaware County Bar Ass'n. Odd Fellow, In all degrees; Good Templar, in all degrees, and county chief of Delaware County for many years; never used intoxicants nor tobacco In any form. Trustee William B. Ogcen Memorial Library, Walton. Recreations:
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Walking, riding, driving, gardening, mountain climb- Ing, traveling. Address: Walton, Delaware County, N. Y. , City office: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PEARSALL, EDGAR LINCOLN
Pres. New Idea Pattern Co .; b. Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., Nov. 28, 1864; s. James and Hannah W. (Myers) Pearsall; ed. in N. J. public schs .; m. N. Y. City, March 18, 1907, Mrs. F. H. DeMott. V .- p. and treas, Silas E. Pearsall Co .; v .- p. and dir. Highwood Land Co., Ridge- wood, N. J .; dir. The Butterick Co., New Idea Pattern Co., New Idea Publishing Co., all of N. Y. City. Was grand master I. O. O. F. of N. J., 1904-1905. Address: 119 W. 81st St., N. Y. City.
PEARSON, JAMES JOHN
Consulting and advisory engineer; b. Tharnhall, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 1858; s. Rev. James and Frances (Milbourne) Pearson; cd. Bishops Castle and York, England, 1867-1879, and under Lord (then Sir W. G.) Armstrong, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng .; grad. mech. eng'r, medallist in all physics, honors in math- ematics; m. July 22, 1912; Mabel Hattersley, of Har- rowgate, Eng. Certified chicf eng'r and eng'r sur- reyor under British B'd of Trade. Technical and traveling correspondent for Textile Manufacturer, Chemical News, Mechanical World and Sanitary En- gineering, 1879-1881; chief eng'r for Palmer's Ship and 1ron Co., Jarrow-in-Tyne, 1881-1884; mg'r afloat for Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., 1884-1886, in charge of machinery construction on Austrian torpedo cruisers Leopard and Panther, the fighting equipment of the Chilean cruisers, Blanco Encalado and Almirante Coch- rane; the steam trials of the Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan; the machinery and construction and at the Yokosuka Arsenal (Japan), of the Japanese cruisers Naniwa and Takachiho-Kan; consulting and contract- Ing eng'r, Yokohama, Japan, 1886-1891, engaged in con't'g and installing textile mills, ice plants, bridges, steam vessels, mint and arsenal equipment and gen. industrial plant; gen' mg'r for Nassau Elec'l Co., N. Y. City, 1891-1895; consulting and advisory eng'r on in- .dustrial and plant economics, the settlement and ad- justment of trade issues and supervising of work since 1895. Clubs: Press, National Arts (N. Y. City). Houvenkopt Country (Suffern, N. Y.). Residences: 19 W. 9th St., N. Y. City, and Andover. N. J. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PEARSON, RAYMOND ALLEN
College pres .; b. Evansville, Ind., April 9, 1873; s Leonard and, Lucy S. (Jones) Pearson; ed. private and public schs .; grad Cornell Univ., B.S., 1894; M.S., 1899; Alfred Univ., LL.D., 1910; unmarried. In business, Philadelphia and Delaware, 1895; ass't chief Dairy Div .. U. S. Dep't Agriculture, Washington, D. C., 1896- 1902; gen. mg'r Walker-Gordon Laboratory Co., N. Y. City and Philadelphia, 1902-1903; prof. Dairy Industry, Cornell Univ., 1903-1908; N. Y. State Comm'r of Agr., 1908-1912; pres. Iowa State Coll. of Agr. and Mech. 'Arts, Ames, lowa, since 1912. Author of numerous reports and bulletins published by U. S. Dep't of Agr., N. Y. State Coll. of Agr. and the N. Y. State Dep't of 'Agr. Gold medal, Paris Exp'n, 1900, as collaborator. Baptist. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. State and Nat. Dafry- men's and Agricultural Ass'ns; pres. N. Y. State Agr'l Soc., 1909-1912; pres. Official Dairy Instructors' Ass'n, 1906-1908; scc. Certified Milk Producers' Ass'n of Amer- ica, 1907-1912; Am. Breeders' Ass'n, Sigma Xi., S. A. R., Grange. Recreations: Walking, tennis. Clubs: Cos- mos (Washington, D. C.), University (Albany), Cos- mopolitan, Alpha Zeta and Gamma Alpha (Cornell), Town and Gown (1thaca). 'Address: Ames, Iowa.
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