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PESANT, JOSÉ ANTONIO
Manufacturer, exporter; b. N. Y. City, May 6, 1868; s. José Antonio and Anna (Elleau) Pesant; ed. Jesuits' Coll., Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, 1876-138+ (baccalau- reate of letters course); Worcester, (ass.) Acad., 1885-1837; sp'l student scientific course; m. Paris, France, Nov., 1895, Jeanne Zadgrodzka; children: Ed- ward, b. 1896; Juanita, b. 1898. Pres. E. V. Baillard Co. Catholic. Alumnus of Ass'n Anciens Eléves des Ecoles Libres and Worcester Acad. Address: 18 Frankfort St., N. Y. City.
PETERS, JOHN PUNNETT
Clergyman, author; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 16. 1852; s. Rev. Thomas Mcclure and Alice Clarissa ( Richmond) Peters; ed. Hopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven, Conn .;
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Taie, A.B,, 1873, Ph.D. in course, 1876; honorary Sc.D., Univ. of Pa., 1895; D.D., Yale, 1895; m. Berlin, Ger- many, Aug. 13, 1881, Gabriella Brooke Forman; chil- dren: Gabriella Brooke, John Punnett, Jr., Bryan forman, Frazier Forman, Joan St. Michael, Lucretia McClure. Ordained in the Episcopal ministry deacon, 1876, and priest, 1877; tutor Latin and Greek, Yale, 1876-1879; studying Semitic languages in Germany, 1879-1883; and part of time minister in charge St. John's Ch., Dresden; prof. Old Testament languages and literature, P. E. Divinity Sch., Philadelphia, 1884-1891; prof. Hebrew, Univ. of Pa., 1885-1893; in charge of expd'n .Univ. of Pa. to Babylonia, con- ducting excavations at Nippur, 1888-1895, where especially the very ancient teniple of Bel, E-Kur, was excavated, and written records discovered which car- ried history of civilization back 2,000 years. Ass't 1883-1893, rector since 1893, St. Michael's Ch., N. Y. City; canon residentiary, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1904-1910. In 1902, in conjunction with Prof. H. Thiersch, of Munich, discovered some remarkable painted tombs in a necropolis at Marissa, during a visit to Palestine. Author: Scriptures, Hebrew and Christian (Vols I and II), 1886, 1889; Nippur, or Ex- ploration and Adventures on the Euphrates (2 vols.), 1897; The Old Testament and the New Scholarship, 1901; History of Hither Asia, including Egypt (in Vol. XXXII of the Universal Anthology); Early He- brew Story, 1904; Some Tombs in the Necropolis of Marissa (with Dr. Hermann Thiersch), 1905; Annals of St. Michael's 1907; Modern Christianity, 1909. Translator: Political History of Recent Times (1815- 1875), with Appendix covering period 1876-1882. Edi- tor: Dlary of David McClure, 1899. Collaborator in The Bible as Literature, 1896; Lauda Zion, 1896; His- torian's History of the World; Encyclopedla Ameri- cana; Encyclopedia Britannica. Independent Demo- crat. Mem. Soc. Biblical Exegesis, Archæol. Inst. of America, Orient Gesellschaft, Am. Geog. Soc., B'd Dir. Am. Sch. for Oriental Study and Research in Pales- tine; pres. independent Club of the West Side: chm'n Com. of 14 for Suppression of Raines Law Hotels; trustee Hobart Coll., Sheltering Arms, House of Rest for Consumptives. Clubs: Century, City, Columbia Faculty. Address: 225 W. 99th St., N. Y. City.
PETERS, MADISON C.
Clergyman, author; b. Lehigh Co., Pa., Nov. 6, 1859; s. Morgan and Maria ( Kemerer) Peters; ed. Muhlen- berg Coll., Allentown, Pa., and Franklin and Marshall Coll., Lancaster, Pa .; grad. Theol. Dep't Heidelberg Unlv., Tiffin, Ohio; received D)JJ). from Heidelberg Univ. and from Ursinus Coll .; m. Philadelphia, June 3, 1890. Sarah H. Hart; children: Dorothy H., b. 1891; Anna H., b. 1903; Frank H., b. 1897. Ordained to ministry of Reformed Ch., June, 1880; pastor five vears of First Presby'n Ch., Buttonwood St. and 6th. Phila- delphia; eleven years of Bloomingdale Ch., N. Y. City, and subsequently of Ch. ef Epiphany, N. Y. Clty; now preacher, lecturer and author. Author: Justice to the Jews; The Jews In America; The Great Hereafter; After Death What ?; How to Make Things Go; The Mission of Masonry; Empty Pews; A Square Deal for the Negro; Sermons that Won the Masses; Lincoln's Religion and other books. Address: 1822 Glenwood Rd., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PETERS, THOMAS POLLOCK
Lawyer; b. Hartford. Conn., May 17, 1868; s. Bernard and Camilla Wright (Pollock) Peters; grad. Poly. Inst., Brooklyn, 1889; Columbia Univ .. A.B .. 1893; grad. Brooklyn Law Sch., LL.B., 1909, J D .. 1911; m. Brook- lyn, April 24, 1895, Lou Augusta Darlington; children: Thomas Darlington, b. 1896; John Bernard, b. 1905. Editor-in-chief Brooklyn Times, 1894-1910. Dir. Home Trust Co., N. Y. City, Manhattan Bridge Three-Cent Line. Residence: 155 Keap St., Brooklyn. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. Clty.
PETERS, WILLIAM RICHMOND
Merchant, mf'r; b. N. Y. City, 1850; S. Thomas MC- Clure and Alice (Richmond) Peters; ed. private schs .; entered Yale in 1870, but was not graduated; m. N. Y. City, 1879, Helen Heiser; children: Isabel, Alice R., Thomas M. Pres. and dir. Peters, White & Co., Peters Realty Co., Phosphate Mining Co .; dir. Bank of Ameri- ea, Mutual Chemical Co. Republican; Episcopallan. Clubs: Century, Metropolitan, Down Town, Riding. Recreations: Travel, hunting, golf and general country life. Residence: City, 33 W. 49th St .; country, Oyster Bay, L. I. Address: 55 John St., N. Y. City.
PETERSON, FREDERICK
Physician; b. Faribault, MInn., March 1, 1859; s. John F. and HIilma (Lindholm) Peterson; ed. private schools, tutors and Univ. of Gottingen, Vlenna and Strassburg; M.D., Univ. of Buffalo, 1879; hon. Ph.D.,
Niagara Univ .; m. Waco, Texas, April 3, 1895, An- toinette Rotan; children: Fredericka, b. Feb. 13, 1896; Virgilia Brahe, b. May 16, 1904. Mg'r of Craig Colony for Epileptles; consulting Neurologist and alienist to Bellevue llosp., consulting physician to the State Hosp. on Ward's Island, Flathush, Central Islip and King's Park. Prof. mental diseases, Columbia Univ., attending physician to N. Y. Neurological Inst. Ex-pres. N. Y. State comm'n in Lunacy; mem. N. Y. Neurological Soc. (ex-pres.), N. Y. Psychiatric Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Neur- ological Ass'n, Amn. Med. Ass'n, Am. Psychol. Ass'n. Clubs: Century, Barnard, N. Y. Yacht. Residence: 535 Park Av. Address: 20 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.
PETRASCH, CARL SCHURZ
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1866; s. Theodor and Marie ('Habrich) Petrasch; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S .. 1886; Columbia Cell. Law School, 1888-1890; m. N. Y. City, 1899, Alice Schmidt; children: Anne Marie, b. 1906; Carl Schurz, Jr., b. 1908. Tutor Dep't English. Coll. City of N. Y., 1888-1891. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City since 1891. Mem. Squadron A., N. G. N. Y., 1894-1905. Dir. and treas. "863 Park Avenue" (corp'n). Trustee East Side House Settlement; meni. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Clubs: University, City, Down Town Ass'n. Manursing Island, Bedford Golf. Residence (city) : 863 Park Av .; (country), Mt. Kisco. Address: 80 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
PETTEBONE, LAUREN W.
Retired; b. Lockport, N. Y., s. Stoughton and Cor- nelia (Bellamy) Pettebone; ed. private schs .; m. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1881, Lavinia Porter Townsend; children: Lauren A., b. Aug. 23, 1882; Gladys, b. Oct. 14, 1888. Dir. Niagara County Savings Bank. Served in N. G., Nov. 9, 1885-Nov. 9, 1910; re- tired as major-gen. Republican; Episcopalian. Clubs: Army and Navy, Buffalo, Niagara, Niagara Falls Country, Fort Schlosser (Niagara Falls). Address: 307 Buffalo Av., Niagara Falls, N. Y.
PETTIS, CLIFFORD ROBERT
Sup't State Forests, N. Y .; b. Delancey, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1877; s. Homer R. and Margaret (Davidson) Pettis: grad. as Forest Eng'r Cornell, 1901; m. Lake Clear Junction, N. Y., Nov., 1904. Maude E. Otis. Ass't in botany Cornell Univ., 1901; deputy dir. of grounds, Chautauqua Assembly, Chatauqua, N. Y., 1901-1902; State Forest of N. Y., April, 1902-May, 1910; also con- sulting forester, Vermont Agr'l Experiment Station, 1907-1908; sup't State Forests since June, 1910. Lecturer on forestry, Univ. of Vt., 1908; collaborator in, U. S. Forest Service, 1905-1908. Fellow A.A.A.S., Soc. Am. Foresters. Author: Annual Reports State Forestry Dep't, 1908. 1910, 1911, 1912; U. S. Forest Service Bulle- tin 76; Bulletins on Reforesting and Forest Taxation. Club: Aurania (Albany). Address: Care Conservation Comm'n, Albany, N. Y.
PETTIT, GAYLORD J.
Physician; b. Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y., March 7, 1868; s. Joel 11. and Emma M. (Nye) Pettit; cd. N. Y. Homc. Coll. and Flower Surg. Hosp. (second honor), 1896; m. June 1, 1897, Eva E. Rebasz; one son: Eugene G., b. 1898. Was engaged 6 years with the Gilbert Car Mf'g Co. at Troy, N. Y., and two years in a mer- cantlle house in Atlanta, Ga .; has served 4 years in . the N. G. N. Y. as mem. 1st Separate Co. and 22d Reg't. Republican; Episcopalian. Mason (blue lodge, chapter and temple); past ass't grand lecturer Order Eastern Star, Lockport, N. Y .; past high priest Arnes Chapter 88, R. A. M .; past eminent comd'r Genesce Commandery 10, K. T. Author: To-day and Yesterday in New Ro- chelle. Address: New Rochelle, N. Y.
PETTIT, GEORGE A.
Catholle clergyman; b. Dunmore, Ireland, Sept. 15, 1858; s. William Pettit and Elizabeth Petty; ed. public schools of N. Y. City and private tutors, Jesuit Prep. Sem., Frederick, Md .; Woodstock (Md.) Coll .: in last named college was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Satolli; taught classics and English, Gonzaga Coll., Washington, D. C., 3 years, and at Fordham Coll., N. Y. City, 2 years; later became successively prefect of discipline, v .- p. and pres. of Fordham Coll .; since April 5. 1904, pres. of Novitiate of St. Andrew- on -Hudson. Poughkeepsie, N Y. Address: Pough-
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PETTIT, WILLIAM S.
Lawyer; b. Woodmere, Nassau Co., N. Y., Jan. 20, 1SS0; s. Theodore E. and Mary Elizabeth (Craft) Pettit; grad. Far Rockaway High Sch., 1899, taking post- grad. course at the same sch. in 1900; grad. Columbia Law Sch., ILL.B. ( Vanderbilt scholarship), 1903; m. 190S, Dorothy Smalling, of Cohoes, N. Y .. Employed by
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Long Island News Co., 1889-1892; was close student at all opportunities; engaged in 1895 in a small mercan- tile enterprise which was successful; in 1900 wrote a history of the Rockaways the proceeds of which en- abled him to take his law course at Columbia, 1900- 1903; mueh interested in clean politics, and has been frequently delegate to Assembly, Senatorial, Judicial and Cong. convs. Engaged in successful law practise; declined position of ass't district attorney for Queens Co .; pres. and dir. Nassau Land Co., Ciinton Park Camp Ass'n; sec. and tras. South Shore Land Co., Ocean Breeze Camp Ass'n, Nassau Water Front Co .; dir. Hewlett Hall Ass'n, Lynbrook Estates and Traver Packing Hose Co .; v .- p. Dennis and Doolittle Drug Co. Lincoln and Roosevelt Republican. In 1908 repre- sented the taxpayers of Queens who forced Boro. Pres. Bermel and three other officials to resign from office. Vestryman and treas. of St. John's P. E. Church. Mem. Qucens Co. Bar Ass'n, Masons, I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias, etc. Recreations: Automobling, Horseback riding, boating. Address: Inwood, L. 1., N. Y.
PETTUS, ISABELLA M.
Lawyer; b. St. Louis, Mo .; d. James T. and Mary A. (Hoefflin) Pettus; ed. Abbot's Collegiate Inst. N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; LL.M., 1898; unmarried. Admitted to practise law, State of N. Y., 1898; to U. S. Courts, 1902; ass't lecturer to woman's law class, N. Y. Univ. Baptist. 'Mem. Am. Ass'n Social Seience; the Woman's Legal Ed'n Soc. (acting pres.), the Alumnæ Ass'n of the Woman's Law Class, N. Y. Univ. (pres.). Address: 350 W. 71st St., N. Y. City.
PETTY, NATHAN ORCUTT
Lawyer; b. Riverhead, Suffolk Co., N. Y., March 22, 1872; s. Nathan D. and Cornclia (Raiman) Petty; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1897; Columbia Univ. Sch. Political Science, A.M., 1898; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1899; m. N. Y. City, April 11, 1892, Maude Fielder. Admitted to bar, 1899; clerk Suffolk Co. Surrogate's Court, 1899-1904, and sinco 1910 mem. firm Nathan D. and Nathan O. Petty, lawyers. Republican; Congrc- gationalist. Mem. Riverhead Lodge, 645, F. and A. M .; Roanoke Lodge, 462, I. O. O. F .; Riverhead Council, R. A .; Union Chapter, 180, Royal Arch Masons; Colum- bian Commandery No. 1, K. T .; Mecca Temple,. Mystic Shrine. Address: Riverhead. L. I., N. Y.
PHELAN, THOMAS A.
Importer; b. N. Y. City; s. Michael and Marie A. (Jacobs) Phelan; grad. St. Francis Xavier Coll., A.B., A.M., N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, April 24, 1879, Katherine A. L. Keane; children: Paul L., Harold L., Thomas A., Jr .; Aifred C. Became partner with E. W. Tiors & Co., later with George W. Lane & Co., now oldest tea im- porting house in U. S. Originator of present law against admission of adulterated tca. Elected 1st pres. Nat. Tea Ass'n; appt'd by Gov't, first chm'n of tea experts. Senior mem. George W. Lane & Co .; mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, Xavier Alumni Ass'n. Trustee Am. Asiatic Ass'n (one of founders). Club: City (one of late trustees). Address: 140 Pearl St., N. Y. City.
PHELPS, CHARLES HENRY
Lawyer; b. California, Jan. 1. 1853; s. Charles W. and Mary W. (Smith) Phelps; ed. Univ. of Calif .; grad. Harvard, LL.B .; m. California, 1878, Mary Booth; one d., Eleanor. Has an extensive practise of law in N. Y. City as senior mem. firm Phelps & East; is a trustee of many large estates. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Union League, Century. Ad- dress: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
PHELPS, DUDLEY
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 7, 1861; s. Benjamin K. and Anna M. (Catlin) Phelps; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1883; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1885; m. Cincinnati, O., June 1, 1899, Margaret G Burnet; children: Margaret, Ann Catlin. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1886; engaged in gen. practise of law, mg'mt of estates and in corp'n business and practise. Dir. Am .- Brazilian Hardwood C'o., Verde Mining Co., Seamless Products Corp'n. Re- publican; Congregationalist. Recreations: Music, golf. Clubs: Union League, University, Yale. Residence :. 30 E. 75th St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
PHELPS, EDWARD BUNNELL
Editor, author; b. New Haven, Conn., July 26, 1863; s. Alfred William and Mary A. (Bunneli) Phelps; cd. Hillhouse High Sch. (New Haven, Conn.); grad. Yale Univ., B.A., 1885; M.A., 1902; m. N. Y. City, April 12, 1897, Blanche L. Dey. Correspondent for various daily and weekly papers while in college and regularly en- gaged in journalism after graduating. In 1894 founded monthly insurance journal under name of Thrift; in 1908 changed to the American Underwriter Magazine and Insurance Review, and conducts and edits that
publication: established and during 1909 edited and managed the monthly insurance section of The Fla. ancier of N. Y. Pres. Thrift Publishing Co. In 1808 compiled and published study of insurance War Riska under that titie; in 1901 issued supplemental Work under title of Tropical Hazards; 1904 issucd review of A Decade Without a Parallel in the llistory of American Insurance. 1894-1904; 1902 published The Origin and Evolution of the Modern Club: 1908 pub- lished A Statisticiai Study of Infant Mortality (reprint from the quarterly publication of the Am. Statistical Ass'n); 1910, The Relation of Women's Work and In- fant Mortality (reprint from special report of U. S. Bureau of Labor). Has contb'd to North American Review and various other magazines and technical publications. Mcm. S. A. R., Am. Sociol. Soc., Am Economic Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc., Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 610, F. and A. M., of N. Y. (past master); Am. Acac of Polit. and Social Science, N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc., Am. Statist. Ass'n and fellow Royal Statist. Soc. (London ). Club: Yalc. Address: 500 W. 122d St, N. Y. City.
PHELPS, GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
Physician; b. New Rochelle, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1878; 1 Henry Delafield and Katherine Augusta (Morris) Phelps; grad. Harvard Univ., B.S., 1902; Coli. Phys. and Surgs. N. Y., 1907; m. Cambridge, Mass., June 3, 1907, Helena Pelham Curtis; children: Gouverneur, M., Jr., b. Oct. 20, 1908; Helena Pelham, b. Aug. 12. 1910. Junior consulting surgeon to Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat. Hosp .; ass't surg. to Nose and Throat Clinic of Man -- hattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp .; instr. in laryngol- ogy and rhinology, Post-Grad. Sch .; ass't chief of Surg. Dep't, Vanderbilt Clinic. Mem. Acad. of Medicine .. Club: Harvard. Address: 155 E. 79th St., N. Y. City.
PHELPS, HELEN WATSON
Artist: b. Attleboro Falis, Mass .; d. Thaddeus Phelps" M.D., and Mary Spencer ( Watson) Phelps; ed. Attle- boro, Mass., Providence, R. I., and in Academie Julian, Paris. Received hon. mention at Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo, 1901, and prize of Woman's Art Club, 1907 and 1909. Clubs: Pen and Brush. Ass'n of Women Painters and Sculptors. Address: 58 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
PHELPS, HENRY WILLIS
Manufacturer; b. Lewistown, Ill., July 28, 1863; s. Henry and Anna Lambert (Proctor) Phelps; ed .- Williams Coil., Class of 1886; m. 1st, Lewistown, Ili.,. June 22, 1886, Elizabeth B. Turner (died 1890) : 2d, Peru, Ill., Dec. 22, 1892, Anna E. Olson; children: Elizabeth Turner, b. Oct. 6, 1893; Raymond Willis, b. Nov. 3, 1896. Started business in First Nat. Bank, Lewistown, Ill .; sec. and gen. mg'r Union Can Co., Hoopeston, Ill., 1894-1901; sales agent Am. Can Co.,, Chicago, 111., 1901-1902; gen. mg'r in San Francisco, 1902-1905; gen. mg'r N. Y. City, 1905-1913; v .- p. and dir. since 1913. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Kappa Alpha fraternity, Williams Coll. Recreations: Goif, hunting, horseback riding. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Chi- cago Athletic, Dunwoodie Country, Claremont Coun- try (Oakland, Calif.), Hamilton (Ont.), Columbia. (Indianapolis). Residence: 103 Alta Av., Park Hiil, Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 447 W. 14th St., N. Y. City.
PHELPS, JOHN J.
Capitalist; b. Paris, France, Sept., 1861; s. William Waiter and Ellen (Sheffield) Phelps; grad. Yale Univ., A.B .; m. N .Y. City, 1883, Rose Janet Ilutchinson; chil- dren: Dorothy, b. 1891, Rose, b. 1895. Cruised around the world in schooner yacht Brunhilde, 1885-1887 (first Am. yacht to do this); drove four-in-hand coach 1,515 miles in Summer of 1900, being record long-dis- tance drive. Served in U. S. Navy during Spanish War, as watch and signal officer. Dir. in Englewood Sewerage Co., Am. Graphophone Co., Hackensack Trust Co., Cayuga & Susquehanna R. R., Texas Land Syndicate, No. 3; trustee U. S. Trust Co .; v .- p. Hack- ensack Nat. Bank. Republican. Mem. Founders and Patriots of America, New England Soc., Am. Geog., Soc., Sons of Revolution, Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, Spanisii War Veterans, Graduates' Ass'n, Phelps' Guards, Double Beach Ass'n (Conn.); . New llaven Auto Co. (Conn.). Clubs: Union League, University, N. Y. Yacht, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Yale, Sachem's Head Yacht, New Haven Yacht, New Haven Automobile, Branford Yacht (Conn.); Hamilton, Oritani Field, Bogota Boat, N. J. Automo- bile Motor, Hackensack Goif, Teaneck, Automobile of America. Residence: Yoncomis Isiand, Stony Creek, Conu., and Red Towers, Hackensack, N. J. Address: 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PHELPS, STOWE
· Architect; b. N. Y. City; s. Charies and Helen (Stowe) Phelps; grad. Yale, B.A., 1890; m. Edith R.
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Catlin. In Spanish War with Troop A, N. Y. Vol. Cav. Mem. Am. Institute of Architects, N. Y. Chapter, Architectural League of America; sec. Architectural League of N. Y., Capt. 1st Cav., N. G. N. Y. Clubs: University, Yale. Residence: 161 E. 74th St. Address: 20 W. 43d St., N. Y. City.
PHILBIN, EUGENE A.
Jurist; b. N. Y. City, July 24, 1857; s. Stephen and Eliza (McGoldrick) Philbin; ed. Coll. of St. Francis Xavier, N. Y. City, Seton Hall Coll., S. Orange, N. J., (LL.D., 1904); and Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1885; m. Chicago, June 28, 1887, Jesse Holliday; chil- dren; Stephen H., Ewing R., Jesse Holliday, Eugénie A., Gerald G. Engaged in practise of law in N. Y. City from 1886; senior mem. law firm Philbin, Beek- man, Menkin & Griscom, until elected Justice of the Supreme Court, N. Y. State, April, 1913. Comm'r N. Y. State B'd Charities, 1899-1900; appt'd by Gov. Roosevelt, Dec., 1900, dist. att'y N. Y. County, serving until Jan., 1901; mem. of com. appt'd by Gov. of N. Y. to investigate conditions at the Emigrant Station on Eilis Island. Mem. B'd Regents of Univ. State of N. Y., until April, 1913. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Charity Org'n Soc. of N. Y., St. Vincent de Paul Soc., Friendly Sons of St. Pat- rick, Irish Industrial Soc. of America, Prisoners' Aiď Ass'n (dir.), State Charities Aid Soc., Legal Aid Soc. Roman Catholic. Democrat. Clubs: Catholic, City, Merchants, Country, Rockaway Hunt. Residence: 63 W. 52d St. Address: 51 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
PHILIP, JAMES P.
Banker; b. Catskill, N. Y .; s. Jacob Sickles and Jane Elizabeth (Brown) Philip; ed. Catskill Acad., Rut- gers Coll. (A.M.), Albany Law Sch. (Union Univ.), LL.B .; m. Sarah Louise Pruyn. Pres. Catskill Nat. Bank, dir. Catskill Mountain R'y Co. Republican. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Clubs: Crescent Athletic, Oxford, Rutgers, Long Island Country, Universities (London). Address: Catskill, N. Y.
PHILIPS, JESSE EVANS
Educator; b. Chester Co., Pa .; s. Lewis and J. Amanda (Keeley) Philips; grad. State Normal Sch., Westchester, Pa., 1882; A.B., Haverford Coll., 1887, A.M., 1891; Univ. of Göttingen (student in mathe- matics), 1890-1891; m. Yorklyn, Del., Dcc. 26, 1891, Mary J. Durham; children: Edith, b. 1892; J. Evan. b. 1898; Amy L., b. 1900. Instr. West Chester High Sch., 1887-1890; Worcester Acad., 1891-1892; Roxbury Latin Sch., Boston, 1892-1896; Worcester Acad., 1896-1905; principal Cedarcraft Sch. since 1905. Pres. Cedar- craft Sch. Corp'n. Republican; Baptist. Address: Ken- nett Square, Pa.
PHILIPS, THOMAS JONES
Retired farmer; banker; b. Penningtonville (now Atglen) Pa .; s. John Morris and Sarah (Jones) Philips; ed. Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, Pa .; m. Atglen, Pa., May 6, 1880, Harriet A. Chalfant; children: Mrs. Sarah J. Marsh; Alice D. Leader of section of Farmers Insts., Pa., 6 years. Pres. Atglen Nat. Bank, Atglen Land & Improvement Co .; dir. Chester Co. Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Chester Co. Trust Co., and Atglen Water Co. Mem. Pa. House of Representatives, 1895-1899. Re- publican; Baptist. Mem. Chester Co. Hist. Soc. Mason. Recreations: Motoring, gardening.
Address, At- glen, Pa.
PHILLIPS, HENRY WALLACE
Author; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 11, 1869; s. Charles Jeta and Adelaide Augusta (Smith) Phillips; prepared for Columbia College at Drisler Sch., N. Y. City, but went West instead of matriculating; m. Richmond, Rich- mond Borough, N. Y. City, Aug. 17, 1898, Louise Moore Millspaugh; one son; Wallace Chandler, b. 1899. After leaving school was in Territories of Northwest, en- gaged in mining, "cow-punching," mech. work, teach- ing school, and was for a time postmaster and sole citizen of a deserted mining camp. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n. Recreations: Music, athletic sports, mechanics. Contb'r to magazines, etc. Author: Red Saunders, 1902 (McClure, Phillips); Plain Mary Smith, 1905 (Century); Mr. Scraggs, - 1906 (Grafton Press); Red Saunders' Pets and other Critters (Mc- Clure, Phillips); The Mascot of Sweet Briar Guich, 1908; Trolley Folly, 1909 (Bobbs-Merrill). Address: Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y.
PHILLIPS, JAY CAMPBELL
Artist, portrait painter; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 27, 1873; s. Isaac and Adeline (Cohen) Phillips; attended Met. Museum of Art Sch., Art Students' League, and studios of Wm. M. Chase, and B. West Clincdinst; m. Long Branch, N. J., June 8, 1909, Martha Dorph. Illustrator for magazines at age of 16; first painting exhibited in
Nat. Acad. of Design at nineteen; Plantation Skethches, 1899, published by Robert Howard Russell. Traveled through Europe, The Orient, Hoy Land and Egypt, sketching and painting, 1903, and England, 1910; painted portraits, Sweden, 1912, where exb'n of work was held in Stockholm; portraits and scenes, Italy, 1913. Mem. Artists' Fund Soc., Empire State Soc., S. A. R. Clubs: Lotos (iife mem.), Salmagundi, Hollywood Golf (ex-champion). Residence: 515 W. 110th St. Ad- dress: Studio, Carnegie Hall, N. Y. City.
PHILLIPS, JESSE S.
Lawyer, banker; b. Independence, Allegany Co., N. Y., May 4, 1871; s. Peter and Elizabeth (Snyder) Phillips; ed. Andover High Sch., Univ. of Mich., UL.B., Law Dep't Univ of Mich .; m. Andover, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1902, Mary Theresa Cannon; children: Francis W., b. Oct. 30, 1903, Mary Elizabeth, b. April 11, 1908. Admitted to bar, 1894; practising law in State and Federal courts. Supervisor Town of Andover, N. Y., 1898, 1899, 1900. Mem. Assembly from Allegany County 1901-1912; chm'n Judiciary Com. and mem. Ways, Means and Rules coms., 1910; mem. Speciai Joint Edn'l Com. of Senate and Assembly 1903, which recommended the unification edn'l system now in force in this state, vice chm'n Speciai Joint Legislative Com. appt'd to investigate direct primary systern, 1909. After retire- ment from Legislature formed law partnership with Hon. Fred A. Robbins and Shirley E. Brown of Hornell, N. Y., practicing under firm name of Robbins, Brown & Phillips. Pres. and dir. Burrows Nat. Bank of Andover. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. N. 1. State Bar Ass'n, Alumni Ass'n Univ. of Mici., Allegany Soc., Buffalo; Andover Lodge, F. & A. M., Andover Lodge I. O. O. F., Horneil Lodge B. P. O. E. Address: Hornell, N. Y.
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