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PELL, HOWLAND
Insurance, real estate; b. Flushing, L. I., March 19, 1856; s. William Howland and Adciaide Schieffclin (Ferris) Pell; ed. pub. and private schs; student Sch. of Mines, Columbia Coll .; m. N. Y. City, April 12, 1887, Almy Goelet Gallatin; children; Gladys A. H., Howland Gallatin. After leaving school entered the service of the Highlands Chem. and Mining Co .; in 1887 engaged with the Commercial Union Assurance Ass'n, cashier for 10 years; in 1888 was app'td local agent for that company and also for the Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. Co., the agency having been established in this country by his uncle, Alfred Peli, in 1848; veteran Co's I and K, 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., served 6 years in 12th Reg't as lieut. and capt. V .- p. The Gaillard (Ins.) Co .; trustee Fulton Trust Co .; mem. N. Y. State Champlain Tercentenary Comm'n, N. Y. Hist. Soc., N. Y. Geneal, and Biog. Soc., St. Nicholas Soc., Soc. of War of 1812, gov .- gen. Soc. of Colonial Wars; chm'n com. Soc. Colonial Wars; erect- ed monument at Louisburg, C. B., 1895, and at Lake George, 1903; dir. Home for Destitute Blind. Clubs: Union, Tuxedo. Address: 7 Pine St., N. Y. City.
PELL, STEPHEN H. P.
Banker, broker; b. Flushing, L. I., Feb. 3, 1874; s. John Howland and Carollne Townsend (Hyatt) Peli; ed. Flushing Inst .; m. April 17, 1901, Sarah Gibbs Thompson; children: Robert Thompson, b. March 9, 1902; John Howland Gibbs, b. Aug. 9, 1904. Served in the Spanish-Am. War on board the U.S. cruiser Yankee. Dir. Internat. Nickel Co., S. Tisdale Gold Mining Co., Rome Wire Co., 1st Nat. Bank of Ticon- deroga, Massey Station Mining Co., S. Osgood Pell & Co .; mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Bot. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Hist .. Soc. Clubs: St. Nicholas, Turf and Field, N. Y. Yacht, Army and Navy, Automobile. Address: 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
PELLETREAU, ROBERT SINEY
Lawyer; b. East Moriches, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1867; s. Jesse Woodhuil and Nancy Howell (Stevens) Pellet- reau; ed. Bridgehampton, (N. Y.) Acad. and Yale Univ., LL.B., 1890; m. Bridgehampton, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1895, Mary Woodruff Rogers; children: John Rogers, b. Nov. 30, 1902; Robert Halsey. b. Dec. 29, 1908. Dir. and att'y Citizens' Nat. Bank of Patchogue, N. Y .; dir. Nassau-Suffolk Bond and Mortgage Guarantec Co. of Mineola, N. Y. Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Sons of Revolution, Hu- guenot Soc. of N. Y. Life mem. Am. Bible Soc. Ad- dress: Patchogue, L. I., N. Y.
PELLEW, CHARLES ERNEST
Chemist; b. London, England, March 11, 1863; s. Henry Edward and Eliza (Jay) Pellew; grad. Sch of Mines, Columbia Univ., M.E., 1884; m. N. Y. City, 1886, Margaret W. Chandler; one d .: Anna C., b. 1889. Dem- onstrator of chemistry, Coll. of Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, 1886-1897; adj. prof. chemistry, Columbia Univ., 1897-1911. 'Private, corporal and guidon-serg't, Squadron A, N.G.N.Y., 1889-1898; served in Spanish- Am. War as sergeant, Troop A, U. S. Vois., and 1st lieut. and capt. U. S. V. Signal Corps. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, Am. Chem. Soc., Verein Deutscher Chemiker, Columbia Univ. Chemical Soc., Deutscher Verein der Columbia Universitat, Soc. of Chemical Industry; was pres. Berkshire Industrial Farm. Recreations: Music, walk- ing, fishing. Clubs: Century, Chemists, Columbia University, Columbia Faculty, Fresh Air. Address: 111 E. 78th St. N. Y. City.
PELTON, DE WITT LINCOLN
' Clergyman; b. Washington, Ia., Dec. 10, 1866; 6 Watson and Anna (McDevitt) Pelton; grad. Coe Coll, A.B., 1888; Princeton Univ., A.M., 1890; Union TheoL' Scm., B.D., 1892; Williams fellow Harvard Unlv, 1895; Ph.D., New York Univ., 1896; Coe Coll., D.D. 1909; m. Cedar Rapids, Ia., April 13, 1893, Mary H. Witwer; children: Benjamin Witwer. b. 1895; Mary Bernice, b. 1903; June De Witt, b. 1907. Ass't rector St. Thomas' Ch., N. Y. City, 1900-1905; rector St. James' Ch., FFordham, N. Y. City, since 1905; made an ex- tended' tour through Palestine, Egypt, Turkey, and. on the Continent in 1905. Mem. N. Y. Sunday Sch. Comm'n; chaplain 8th Reg't N.G.N.Y .; chaplain-gen. Minute Men, U.S.A .; mem. S.A.R. (Empire Soc.), Wash- ington Guard, N. Y. Ciericus; mem. B'd Trustees Archdcaconry of N. Y .; mem. B'd Church Missionary Soc. U.S.A .; 32° Masonic fraternity. Republican. Rec- reations: Golf, tennis. Ciubs: New York, Dunwoodie Country, Fordham, Masonic. Address: Jerome Av. and 190th St., N. Y. City.
PELTON, HENRY HUBBARD
Physician; b Middietown, Conn,, Feb. 23, 1871; L Jonathan Peters and Catherine E. (Hall) Pelton; ed Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., A.B., 1893; A.M., 1896, Columbia Univ., M;D., 1898; m. Newburgh, N. Y., April 10, 1901, Nathalie Stevens Smith; one d. Catherine, b, April 24, 1903. Engaged in practice of medicine since 1898. Adjunct, ass't attending physician to Bellevue Hosp .; formerly chief of Med. Clinic, Presby'n Hosp .; Out-Patient Dep't. Interne at Bellevuc Hosp .; ass't in surgery Vanderbilt Clinic and ass't physician to Roosevelt Ilosp., Out-Patient Dep't. Acting ass't sur- gcon U.S.A., 1898; now active mem. 10th Co., 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Mem. Alumni Ass'n of Bellevue Hosp. Mem. Sons of Am. Revolution, Psi Upsilon fraternity. Ad- dress: 345 W. 85th St., N. Y. City.
PENDERGAST, J. LYNCH
Banker; b. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 1, 1854; s. James F. and Adelaide (Lynch) Pendergast; ed. Georgetown Univ., Washington, D. C., 1875; m, Josephine Archer Jacobsen; one d. Adelaide J., (Mrs. Lawrence T. Dur- ant). Pres. and dir. U. S. Safe Deposit Co. Demo- crat; Roman Catholic. Pres. of Soc. of N. Y. Alumni of Georgetown Univ .; v .- p. Nat. Soc. of Alumni of! Georgetown Univ., Washington, D. C., mcm. South- ern Soc., Maryland Soc .. Soc. War of 1812 in N. J. Clubs: Metropolitan, Underwriters. Residence: 60 W. 76th St. Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
PENDLETON, FRANCIS KEY
Jurist; b. in Ohio; s. Hon. George Hunt Pendleton (mem. Congress 1856-1865; Democratic candidate for v .- p. on ticket with Gen. George B. McClcilan, 1864; U. S. Senator from Ohio, 1878-1885; minister to Ger- many, 1885-1889) and of Alice (Key) Pendleton, d. Francis Scott Key (author of The Star Spangled Ban- ner, etc.); grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1870; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1875; m. Elizabeth La Montagne. Ad- mitted to Ohio Bar, 1875, later coming to N. Y. City, where has since practised law. App'td by Mayor Mc- Clellan, Aug., 1907, corp'n counsel of the City of N. . Y .; appt'd justice of the Supreme Court, by Gov. John A. Dix, and elected same 1911, for term expiring Dec. 21, 1921. Mem. Soc. of the Cincinnati. Clubs: Knicker- bocker, Union, Metropolitan, Down Town, Turf and Field, City Midday, Riding, Meadow Brook. Resi- dence: 7 .E. 86th St. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
PENFIELD, EDWARD
Artist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 2, 1866; s. Josiah and Ellen ( Meore) Penfield; ed. Art Students' League, N. Y. City. Art editor, Harper's Magazine. 1890-1901; originator of the poster in America and designed the well-known set of Harper's Posters, 1893-1899. Author and illustrator of articles on Holland and Spain in Scribner's Magazine. Designed and executed cover designs for Collier's Weekly: also decorations for breakfast room in Randolph Hall, Cambridge, Mass., and Rochester Country Club: Author: Holland Sketches 1907 (Scribner's). Instr. N. Y. Sch, of Art. Mem. Am. Water Color Soc .. Soc. of Illustrators. Club: Salmagundi. Address: 162 W. 23d St., N. Y. City.
PENFIELD, FREDERIC COURTLAND
Author, dlplo'nat, traveler; b. E. Haddam, Conn .. April 23, 1855; grad. Russell's Mil. Sch., New Haven; later pursued special studies in Europe; hon. A.M .. Princeton, 1907: in. 1908, Anne Weightman Walker, or Philadelphia. Hlad therough schooling in journalism; scveral years on editorial staff Hartford Courant; appt'd U. S. vice-consul-gen. at London. 1855; U. S. diplomatic agent and consul-gen. (with rank of minister resident) to Egypt, 1893-1897: elected fellow Royal Geog. Soc., London, 1886; officer of French
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Acad., 1898, and awarded Palmes Académique by French Gov't; given grand cross Order of Medjidileh by Sultan of Turkey, and grand commander degree, Order of Osmanien, by Khedive of Egypt, 1897; also has grand cross of St. Catherine, Takova Cross of Ser- via and other European decoratlens; was honored by French Gov't in 1905, at instance of M. Delcasse, minister of foreign affairs, with cross of Legion of Honor. Appt'd Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, July, 1913. Author: Present-Day Egypt; Mahmoud Pasha of the D. P. W .; East of Sucz (all Century Co.). For many years has been frequent writer of articles on economic and international subjects in North Ameri- can Review, The Forum, Century Magazine and lead- Ing English reviews; took prominent part in discuss- ing relative merits of Panama and Nicaraguan canal routes, and in North American Review of Felb., 1902, urged Gov't to discard Nicaraguan project and secure by purchase, the French rights and concession per- talning to Panama. Recognized authority on subjects pertaining to modern Egypt, diplomatic affairs and in political and trade situations In Latin-América and the Far East. Clubs: Authors, N. Y. Yacht, Man- hattan (N. Y. City), Metropolitan ( Washington). Ad- dress: Am. Embassy, Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
PENFIELD, RODERIC CAMPBELL
Editor, writer for the stage; b. in Monmouth County, N. J., Dec. 20, 1864; s. Homer and Martha (Campbell) Penfield; ed. public schools Elyria, O .; m. 1st, Phlla- delphia, Pa., May 22, 1890, Geraldine Kynett (dled March 5, 1896); 2d, Feb. 28, 1910, Georgette A. Git- fault; one son: Roderle Kynett. His editorial work has been on Peterson's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, The N. Y. Evening Mail, The N. Y. Tribune and the Boston Herald. Dramatic work: Collaborator Lady Teazle. Author: The White Hen; The Cheerful Giver; The Princess Piccola, and several vaudeville plays. Ad- dress: The Ashford, 131 Cathedral Parkway, N. Y. City.
PEOPLES, WILLIAM THADDEUS
Librarian; b. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 1, 1843; s. James and Catharine (Gallagher) Peoples;grad. St. Mary's Coll., WI:mington, Del., 1862; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 29, 1882, Kate Ncimyer. Librarlan Mercantile Library Ass'n of N. Y .; sec. Clinton Hall Ass'n of N. Y .; trustee Am. Inst. of City of N. Y. Unsuccessful candidate for Congress, 6th Cong. Dlst. of N. J., on Dem. (gold) ticket in 1896. Mem. Am. Economic Ass'n, Am. Library Ass'n, N. Y. Library Ass'n, Am. Museum Natural History. Club: N. Y. Library. Address: 13 Astor Pl., N. Y. City.
PERINE, EDWARD TEN BROECK
Publle accountant; b. Plainfield, N. J., Oct. 19, 1870; s. James R. and Maria V. (Ten Broeck) Perine; grad. Plainfield (N. J.), High Sch., 1888; same year entered Celumbla Univ. Sch. of Arts; m. 1891, Nancy T. Mapes; .two daughters. Entered service of Third Nat. Bank of Jersey City, 1889; retired from an official position there in 1893, becoming cashier and later treas. of U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co .; 1904-1909, chief operating officer of The Audit Co. of N. Y., and pres. 1907-1909; in the latter year accepted appt'm't as deputy comp- troller State of N. Y. Mcm. firm Perlne & Nichols, public accountants. Has acted as recelver and assignee In connection with important Wall St. failures; lecturer, expert and authority on accounts, with ex- perience in larger accounting problems in America and Europe, including the devising of a thorough system of accounts for State of N. Y., expert witness in eases of Important financial Iltigation; financial writer, lecturer and speaker at recent conventions of Am. Bankers' Ass'n. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PERINE, WILLIAM DE NYSE NICHOLS
Merchant; b. N. Y. City; s. Robert Aikman and Har- riet Adeline (Doble) Perlne; ed. public and high schs .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 3. 1899, Mary Bennet, Partner In firm of Dreicer & Co., jewellers. Republican; Presby'n. Clubs: Union League, Nassau Country, Greenwich Country, Sleepy Hollow, Ardsley. Resi- dence: 335 W. 77th St. Address: 560 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
'PERITZ, ISMAR JOHN
Educator; b. Breslau, Germany, Jan. 6. 1863; S. Adolph and Sarah (Wlcluner) Peritz; ed. Friedrichs Gymnasium. Breslau; Drew Theol. Sem .. Madison, N. J .; Harvard Univ., M.A., 1893, Ph.D., 1898; m. 1885, Caroline Loulsa Irwin Cooper, of London, Eng. Born of Jewish parents, but embraced the Christian falth; studled theology in preparation for entering the Christian ministry. 1884-1887; ordained deacon 1889, elder of the M. E. Church, 1889; pastor of various churches of this denomination. 1887-1895; pursued ad-
vanced studles in Semitic languages and literature at Harvard Univ., 1892-1895; prof. Semitic languages and Biblical literature in Syracuse Univ. since 1896; also Willard Ives prof. English Bible since 1904. Inde- pendent Republican; Methodist. Mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Soc. Biblical Literature and Exegesis, N. Y. State Conf. of Rellgion (cxec. com.), N. Y. State dir. Religious Ed'n Ass'n. Author: Woman In the Ancient Hebrew Cult, 1898; cont'b'r of varlous articles in the Encyclopedia Biblica; also the critical and exegetical notes In The Illustrative Lessons, Notes for 1907 and 1908. Address: 608 University Av., Syra- cuse, N. Y.
PERKINS, ALBERTUS DELOS
Publisher; b. Little York, Cortland Co., N. Y., Feb. 6, 1861; s. Stephen Delos and Betsey (valedictorian), 1881; won State scholarship to Cornell 1882; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B., 1886; m. Feb. 2, 1887, Julia Bridge, man Slafter; children: Helen Margaret, b. Dec. 8, 1888; Alberta Nea, b. Aug. 23, 1892. Mcm. firm of D. C. Heath & Co. Democrat; Baptist. Mem. Cortland Coun- cil United Commercial Travelers. Masonic order, F. and A. M., R. A. M .. K. T. and 32, Mystic Shrine '(Kalurah Temple, Binghamton, N. Y.), Cashmere Grotto (Elmira, N. Y.). Recreations: Fishin" hunt- ing. Clubs: Citizens, Masonic (Syracuse, N. Y.). Ad- dress: 93 Tompkins St., Cortland, N. Y.
PERKINS, CHARLES ALBERT
Lawyer: b. Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 26. 1869; s. Albert C. and Caroline C. (Peabody) Perkins: ed publie schools of Exeter. N. H., Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N. Y .; grad. Dartmouth Coil., A.B., 1890; N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1893: m. Bridgeport, Conn., Nov., 1903, Mirlam N. S. Rogers; onc son: Albert Rogers. b. 1904. Deputy ass't dist. att'y N. Y. Co., 1897, 1902-1903; ass't dist. att'y N. Y. Co. since 1903. Address: 31 E. 49tb St., N. Y. City.
PERKINS, EDWARD WHITE
Physician; b. Riverhead, Suffolk County, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1865; s. John R. and Alice O. (Pierson) Perkins; ed. Riverhead Grammar Sch., N. Y. Publle Sch. No. 49, Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1886; Coll. Phys. and Surgs., N. Y. City, 1889; unmarried. Mem. house staff of Presby'n Hosp., 1889-1892. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Address: 210 W. 131st St., N. Y. City.
PERKINS, FRANK EDSON
Architect; b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 9, 1870; s. Charles W. and II. A. (Edson) Perkins; grad. Mass. Inst. Tech- nology, 1892; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Parls, 1898; m. Philadelphia, April 26, 1905, Emily Roberts Lewis; one d., Margaret, b. Oct. 31, 1907. Prof. in charge courses of architectural design, Univ. of Pa., 1898-1902; Patron Perkins Atelier of Architecture, N. Y. City, 1902-1905. Received hon. mention at Paris Salon, 1899, and medals at Ecole des Beaux Arts. Travelled or studied in Grecce, Italy, Sicily, Spain, France, Switzerland, Aus- trla, Germany, Ilolland, Belgium and Great Britain, making restorations of ancient monuments and work- ing drawings of modern buildings. Among buildings constructed by him are building of Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. at Paris Exp'n of 1900; church In Paris, France; N. Y. store for John Forsythe; Am. Fisheries Co. building, N. Y. apartment houses and hotels, Fur- man Univ., university library at Greenville, S. C .; varl- ous residences, etc. Won in open competition (134 competitors) apptm't as architect of Capitol of Porto Rico, which will contaln Senate, House of Representa- tives and Supreme Court. Served as professional ad- viser to the bullding com. of Philadelphia City Troop of Cav. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Nat. Arts Club (N. Y. City), Arts Club (Philadelphia), Architectural League, Société des Architectes Diplômé par le Gou- vernement Francaise, Beaux Arts Soc. of N. Y., Mass. Inst. Technology Alumni. Univ. of Pa. Alumni. Ad- dress: 225 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
PERKINS, GEORGE WALBRIDGE
Financier; b. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 31, 1862; s. George W. Perkins; ed. public schools of Chicago; m. Evelyn Bail. Began business iife in Chicago office of N. Y. Life Ins. Co., 1877, as office boy, latur becoming suc- cessively bookkeeper, cashler, inspector of agencies, solicitor and agency dir .; sup't of the western dep't of the company, 1889; elected 3d v .- i, in charge of the ageney force, 1892, with headquarters at the home office, N. Y. Clty; elected 2d v .- p. 1898, v .- p. 1903, and elected chm'n of the finance coni, of the company 1900. Partner In banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., 1900- 1910; ichm'n b'd dirs. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R. R .; chm'n finance com, and dir. Internat. Harvester Co .; trustce N. Y. Trust Co .; dir. Fiorida East Coast N'y, Erie R. R., U. S. Steel Corp'n, Internat. Mercan-
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tile Marine Co., German-Am. Ins. Co., German Alliance Ins. Co. Trustee Vassar Coll. Clubs: Union League, Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht, Country, Sleepy Hollow Country, Quill, Chicago, Recess. Residence: 76 Park Av. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PERKINS, HARRY C.
Lawyer; b. Binghamton, N. Y., 'May 28, 1867; s. Henry C. and Mary E. (Lloyd) Perkins; ed. common schools and Binghamton Central High Sch .; grad. 1885; m. Binghamton, N. Y., June 30, 1897, Anna Bellc Fisher. Has practised law in Binghamton, N. Y., since admission to bar at Utica, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1889; prac- tice has been in State and Federal courts. Elected dist. att'y Broome Co. Nov., 1898; re-elected 1901 and served second term of three years. Elected mem. of Assembly for Broome Co., 1907, 1908, 1909. Republi- can. Mem. M. E. Church; trustee Tabernacle M. E. Church, Binghamton, N. Y. Mem. Improved Order Red Men and Press Club ( Binghamton). Address: Bing- hamton, N. Y.
PERKINS, J. NEWTON
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, May 8, 1840; ed. Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn .; m. St. Albans, Vt., Oct. 29, 1868, Mary E. Sowles; one d., Elizabeth Bishop. Rector Em- manuel Ch., Islip, L. I .; Christ Ch., Bellport, L. 1 .; curate St. George's Ch., N. Y. City; Ch. of the Incarna- tion, N. Y. City; rector Ch. of Reconciliation. Sec. Am. Ch: Bld'g Fund Comm'n of Episcopal Ch .; mem. Soc. of Colonial Wars. Residence: 65 E. 52d St., N. Y. City.
PERLEY, FRANK E.
State Tax Comm'r; b. Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1871; s. Francis M. Perley, then publisher of Ohio State Journal; ed. Ten Broeck Acad., Franklinville; Waverly High Sch., 1875-1891; lived In Franklinville and Waverly, N. Y. In 1889 went to Waverly to take charge of a country newspaper and remained there until 1891, when removed to Buffalo and became polit. writer on Buffalo Express, reporting sessions of Legis- lature during winter. In 1896 joined staff N. Y. Herald and continued in service of that paper until 1901, when joined the staff of the 'N. Y. World. Was the World's legislative correspondent in Albany 1903-1904. Sec. to Gov. Higgins 1905-1906. Dec., 1906, resigned office as sec. to the Gov. and was appt'd State Tax Comm'r by Gov. Higgins; Jan., 1907, reappt'd by Gov. Hughes and the Senate immediately confirmed the nomination; again appt'd to same office by Gov. Hughes 1908. Pur- chased control of Record Pub. Co., White Plains, N. Y., 1910; is pres. of company and editor of Daily Record. Address: Chester Av., White Plains, N. Y.
PERRY, ALVAN WILLISTON
Real estate operator; b. Ashfield, Mass., 1873; s. Rev. Dr. Henry Thomas and Jeanne H. (Jones) Perry; ed. abroad 5 years; Fredonia State Normal Sch., 1890- 1894; unmarried. Entered real estate business, N. Y. City, 1895. Pres. Perry-Freeman Co., Inc .; sec. and treas. Palladium Realty Co. and 19 East 57th St. Co. Mem. Co. F, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 5 years; enlisted in Squadron A, Troop I, 1907; promoted chief of non- comm'n staff, 1st Cav., N. G. N. Y., under Col. Bridg- man, 1912. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. S. A. R. Rec- reation: Polo. Clubs: Union League, Republican, Lawyers, Squadron A. Residence: 132 E. 57th St. Ad- dress: 20 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
PERRY, ARTHUR C., JR.
Teacher; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 3, 1873; s. Arthur C. and Anna M. (Owen) Perry; grad. N. Y. Unlv., B.S. 1892, Ph.D. 1896; m. Brooklyn, June 30, 1897, Rachel A. Harned; children: Harold D., b. 1900; Eugene R., b. 1903. Dist. sup't of schools, N. Y., since June 26, 1913. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Upsilon fraternity. Author: The Management of a City School (Mac- millan), Problems of the Elementary School (Apple- ton), The Status of the Teacher (Houghton Mifflin), Outlines of School Administration (Macmillan). Ad- dress: 163 Macon St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PERRY, EDWARD DELAVAN
Educator; b. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1854; s. Amos Stone and Sarah (Hillhouse) Perry; grad. Columbia, A.B., 1875; studied at Leipzig and Tübingen, 1876-1879; Ph. D., Tübingen, 1879; LL.D., Columbia, 1904; in. Dec. 27, 1883, Alice M. Van Schaick. Tutor in Greek 1880- 1891, in Sanskrit 1880-1883; instr. Sanskrit 1883-1891; prof. same 1891-1895; Jay prof. Greek since 1895; prof. Greek language and literature Am. Sch. of Classical Studies at Athens 1900-1901; dean Faculty of Philoso- phy, Columbia Univ., 1902-1909. Republican; Episco- palian. Clubs: Century. Scarsdale Golf and Country. Address: 542 W. 114th St., N. Y. City.
PERRY, FREDERICK WILEY
Retired broker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 23, 1850; s. Joseph Alfred and Emily Constable (Pierpont)
Perry; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; in. St. George's Ch, Nov. 4, 1896, Caroline Neilson Watts. Mg'r Cheque Bank of London, at 42 Wall St., up to 1897; mem. Stock Exchange 1897-1908, when sold his membership. Mcm. firin of J. H. Latham Co., 1875-1882; F. W. Perry & Co., since 1898. Republican. Mem. Catholic Apostolic Ch. Address: Big Bay, Mich.
PERRY, JOHN PRINCE HAZEN
Civil engineer; b. San Antonlo, Tex, July 26, 1882; s. Alfred Peckham and Sarah Rossiter (Hazen) Perry: grad. Harvard Univ., S.B., (cum laude), 1903. Since leaving college engaged in railroad eng'ring with Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R., Pa. R. R., L. I. R. R., N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R .; since 1906, constructed reinforced concrete bld's with Turner Construction Co., being mg'r of contract
dep't. Has traveled through Cuba, Mexico, Italy. France, Engiand, Canada, Newfoundland. Has written moderately for technical press on subject of con- crete, Author: Factories & Warehouses of Concrete. Mem. 1st N. Y. Cav. (Squadron A). Episcopallan. Mcm. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Soc. Colonial Wars, Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Soc. of Cincinnati. Recrea- tions: Tennis, riding, canoeing, hunting. Clubs: Har- vard, City. Residence: 55 W. 44th St. Address: 11 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PERRY, OSCAR BUTLER
Mining eng'r; b. Bloomington, Ind., Sept., 1876; & Major H. F. Perry; ed. Indiana Univ., A.B., 1897; Co- lumbia Sch. of Mines, E.M., 1900. After graduation became mg'r Indiana Gold Dredging Co., 1900-1902; Western Eng'ring and Construction Co., San Fran- cisco, 1902-1904; engaged as eng'r 1904-1906 and since 1906 gen. mg'r of placer mining properties for Gug- genheim Exploration Co. Mem. Beta Theta Pl and Tau Beta Pi fraternities. Clubs: Engincers, Colum- bia University (N. Y. City), University (San Francis- co). Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PERRY, ROLAND HINTON
Sculptor, painter; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 25, 1870; s. George and lone (Hinton) Perry; ed. private schs .; art ed'n at Art Students' League of N. Y., 1885-1888; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 1889-1890; Acadé- mie Julian, Paris, 1890-1893; Acadénie Delacleuse_ Paris, 1889-1893; m .. 1st, N. Y. City, 1895, Irma Hin- ton; 2d, 1906, May Hanbury Fisher; children; Gwen- dolyn Hinton, b. Paris, Nov. 5, 1898; Roland Ai- bertus, b. Richmond, Mass., Nov. 17, 1908. Modeled the Fountain of Neptune for Congressional Library at Washington, 1897; Llon in Love. 1898; Circe, 1899; Primitive Man, 1899; Langdon doors for Buffalo Hist. Soc., 1901; frieze for New Amsterdam Theatre, N. Y. City, 1902; statue of Dr. Benjamin Rush,, Wash- ington, D. C., 1903, fountain for W. Gould Brokaw, 1903; statue, Pennsylvania, for dome of Capitol at Harrisburg, Pa., 1903; statue of Gen. Greene, 1905; Reconciliation, for Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1906; N. Y, State Memorlal for Nat. Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga., 1910; equestrian of .Gen. John B. Castleman, for Louisville; statue Gen. Curtis, Ogdens- burg, N. Y., and Gen. Wadsworth, for Gettysburg. Mem. Architectural League (v .- p. 1903-1904); mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc. of N. Y., Municipal Arts. Soc. Club; Players. Address: 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.
PERRY, SIDNEY R.
Lawyer; b. Key West, Fla., April 27, 1873; s. Dr. Robert J. and Ann Elizabeth (Browne) Perry; grad. Va. Mil. Inst., 1892; Univ. of Va., B.L., 1894; in. N. Y. City, Nov. 2%, 1904, Katherine Fullarton Whyte; chil- dren: Sidney R., Jr., b. 1905, Robert S., b. 1912. For 5 years after graduation from Univ of Va, was on editorial staff of Edward Thompson Co., Northport, L. I., publishers of American and English Encyclo- pedia of Law; mem, law firm Steuart & Steuart. Dem- ocrat; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Southern Soc., The Virginians, Georgia Soc., Kappa Sigma fraternity. Club: Kappa Sigina. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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