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PRATT, S.
Outdoor advertising contractor; b. Birdsall, Alle- gany Co., N. Y., April 1, 1856; s. Daniel M. and Nancy S. (Stuart) Pratt; ed. public sch. and private tutor; m. W. Now Brighton, S. 1., N. Y., April, 1887, Mary Amelia Isabel Steele; one d .: Marion, b. 1888. Mg'r Advertising Dep't Tarrant & Co., 12 years (N. Y. City), J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., 4 years. Traveled all over U. S. and Canada. Pres. and dlr. Newark Poster Advertising Co., Newark Sign Co., N. J .; New Haven Poster Advertising Co., New Haven Sign Co., Conn .; Bridgeport Outdoor Advertising Co., Conn .; Dallas Poster Advertising Co., Texas; The Edwards Co., Waco, Texas; v .- p. and dir. Robort Em- met Copper Co., Mont .; Ami. Posting Service, Chicago; North Shore Advertising Co., Chicago; South Shore Advertising Co., Chicago; Joliet Bill Posting Co., Chicago; Aurora Bill Posting Co., Chicago; Western Bill Posting Co., Chicago; treas, and dir. Van Beuren & N. Y. Bill Posting Co., N. Y. Independent in polities; Episcopallan. Mason; mem. Atlantic Lodge, Unlon Chapter, York Commandery; Soc of Genesee, New York, Peace Soc., Ass'n of Am. Advertisers, Met. Museum of Art, Newark B'd of Trade, Newark, .N. J .; New Haven Chamber of Commerce, New Haven, Conn. Chibs: N. Y. Press. Aldine, N. Y. Athletic. Address: 200 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
PRATT, SERENO S.
Secretary; b. Westmoreland, N. Y., March 12, 1858; s. Enfield 1. and Mary E. (Jessup) Pratt; ed. publlc schools of Burlington, Vt .: entered Univ. of Vt., but left before graduation; received A.M., 1913; m. Wells- boro, Pa., Oct. 19, 1882, Ada S. Bryden. Editor of St. Albans Advertiser, 1876; reported Verniont Legisla-
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ture for Montpelier Argus; staff of N. Y. Commercial Bulletin (now incorporated with Journal of Com- merce), most of time as city editor, 1878-1882; on staff of N. Y. World as Wall Street reporter, 1882- 1886; N. Y. correspondent Baltimore Sun, 1885-1887; in 1887 was engaged by George W. Childs as mg'r N. Y. Bureau of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and served for 15 years, writing on polit. and financial subjects. In 1903 contb'd to Appleton's series of business books a volume entitled The Work of Wall Street; in 1903 appt'd by Adolph S. Ochs as financial editor N. Y. Times, but resigned to become asso. editor Wall Street Journal, of which was editor-in-chief from 1905 until 1908, when elected sec. of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of N. Y. Frequent contb'r to magazines and other periodicals and, on financial topics, to many leading newspapers of country. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Economic Soc .; Ilfe mem. N. Y. N. E. Soc., Kane Lodge, F. and A. M. Address: 65 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
PREBLE, WILLIAM PITT, JR.
Lawyer; b. Portland, Maine, Oct. 1, 1854; s. William Pltt and Harriet Tracy (Mussey) Preble; ed. Har- vard, A.B., 1875; Harvard Law School, 1876-1877; m. Boston, April 13, 1887, Grace Blanchard. Admitted to Suffolk Bar, Mass., Oct., 1878; N. Y. Bar, 1886; later in U. S. Supreme and Circuit courts; practised In Boston, 1878-1886; since then in N. Y. City. Mem.
Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Au- thor: Preble's Patent Case Index, 1882; Collisions in United States Waters, 1886. Residence: New
Brighton, N. Y. Address: 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
PRELLWITZ, EDITH MITCHILL
Painter; b. South Orange, N. J .; d. Cornelius Smith and Helen (Reed) Mitchill; ed. Art Students' League, N. Y. City; Académie Julien, Paris; m. N. Y. City, 1894, Henry Prellwitz; one son: Edwin Mitchill Prellwitz. Exhibitor at current exb'ns; medals at At- lanta and Pan-Am. Exp'ns; won Hallgarten and Dodge prizes at Nat. Acad. of Design. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists; asso. Nat. Acad. Design. Addresses: 247 W. 71st St., N. Y. City, and Peconic, L. I., N. Y.
PRELLWITZ, HENRY
Artist; b. N. Y. City, 1865; s. Rudolph and Marga- retha (Maner) Prellwitz; ed. in public schools, N. Y. City; Coll. City of N. Y .; Art Students' League of N. Y .; Academic Julien, Paris, and In studio of T. W. Dewing, N. Y. City; studied In Paris, 1887-1890; m. N. Y. City, 1894, Edith Mitchill; one son, Edwin Mit- chill, b. 1896. Exhibitor at the exhibitions of Soc. of Am. Artists, Nat. Acad. of Design, N. Y. City; also at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Worcester, etc. Won 3d Hallgarten prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1893; bronze medal Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo; silver medal La. Pur- chase Exp'n, St. Louis, 1904; Clarke prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1907. Independent in politics. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists (sec. 1902-1906), Academician, Nat. Acad. Design; instr. life classes Dep't of Art, Pratt Inst., Brooklyn. Addresses: 247 W. 71st St., N. Y. City. and Peconic, L. I., N. Y.
PRENDERGAST, WILLIAM A.
Comptroller, City of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, May 25, 1867; s. Laurence and Josephine (Keating) Prender- gast; ed. Public schools; m. Brooklyn, N. Y. Oct. 18, 1894, Mary Agnes Hull; children: Thomas Hull, b. 1895; Eleanor, b. 1898; William A., Jr., b. 1900. Credit man and sec. Nat. Ass'n of Credlt Men; also author Credit and Its Uses. Scc. and gen. mg'r Lands Co. of Depew, and pres. Island Cities Real Estate Co., Register of Kings Co., N. Y., 1908-1910; Comptroller, Clty of N. Y. since 1910; re-elected for second term, 1913. Progressive; Roman Catholic. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Union League, Montauk, Law- yers. Residence: 500 Fifth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad- dress: 280 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PRENTICE, ALFRED CARLYLE
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Physician and surgeon; b. Adams Center, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1875; s. Rev. Asa Babcock and Marian W. (Greene) Prentice; grad. Adams Collegiate Inst. (valedictorian), 1893; Alfred Univ., A.B. . (class orator), 1897, A.M., 1898; Coll. Phys. and Surg., Columbla Unlv., M.D., 1901 (Harsen prize for scholar- ship) ; m. Alfred, N. Y., June 27, 1897, Lily La Forge; children: Carlyle La Forge, b. June 24, 1902; Mar- garet Louise, b. Aug. 23, 1904. Formerly ass't instr. In surgery Columbia Univ .; surgeon at the Vander- bllt Clinle; ass't surgeon N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp .; attending physician N. Y. Home for Destitute Crippled Children; Instr. in surgery, Roosevelt llosp. Training Sch. for Nurses; In physiology, N. Y. Prep. Sch .; asso. editor Medical Review of Reviews. Pres. and dir. Indian River Fruit Co. and v .- p. Kissimmee Fruit
Co. Author: Cause and Effects of Röntgen Rays (Medical Review of Reviews); Cancer-Its Nature and Treatment; Lectures on Preventive Medicine, de- livered before alumnl and students of Alfred Univ .; Crusade Against Tuberculosis, Social Evil of Venereal Diseases, etc. 1st lieut. Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. Army; major and surgeon 71st Reg't, N.G.N.Y., 1906- 1911. Republican; Seventh-Day Baptist. Mem. Roose- velt Hosp., Alumni Ass'n, Alumni Coll., Phys. and Surg., N. Y. County and State Med. Socs., Am. Med. Ass'n, Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, N. Y. Physiclans' Mutual Aid Ass'n, Jefferson Co. Soc., Pyramid Lodge, No. 490, F. and A. M., N. Y. Alumni of Alfred Univ. Recreations: Golf, tennis, boating. hunting, fishing. Clubs: Graduates, West Side Re- publican, Masonic. Address: 226 W. 78th St., N. Y. City.
PRENTICE, EZRA P.
Lawyer; b. Portland, Malne, Oct. 1, 1854; s. Wllllam Packer and Florence (Kelly) Prentice; grad. Prince- ton Univ., A.B., magna cum laude, 1898, A.M., 1903; grad. N. Y. Law Sch. Elceted mem. of Assembly, N. Y. State, from 25th Assembly Dist., 1903, 190-1, 1905 and 1906; was mem. Legislative Ins. Investigation Com. (Armstrong Com.); delegate to Republican Nat. Conv., 1908 and 1912; mem. Republican State Com. from 13th Cong. Dist. Enlisted in Squadron A, N.G .- N. Y., 1898. Deputy att'y-gen. 1909 and 1910; elected chm'n Rep. State Com. Oct., 1910. Mem. firm McClure & Prentice. Republican; Presby'n. lesidence: 9 W. 16th St. Address: 22 William St., N. Y. City.
PRENTICE, JOHN HILL
Banker; b. Saybrock, Conn., July 11, 1874; s. John and Caroline (Hill) Prentice; ed. St. Mark's Sch., and Columbia Univ., A.B., A.M .; in. Chestnut llill, June, 1900, Kate Sheldon Harrison; children: Caroline Cooper, b. 1901; Kate de Forest, b. 1904. Dir. Potter, Choate & Prentice, Alabama Great Southern N'y, Vir- ginla & Southwestern R'y. Episcopalian. . Recrea-
tlons: Shooting, fishing. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Union, Racquet and Tennis, University, Brook, Metro- politan, St. Anthony, Riding, Recess, Midday, Tuxedo, Nat. Golf, Boone & Crocket. Residence: 23 E. 69th St. Address: 55 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PRENTICE, ROBERT KELLY
Lawyer; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1884, A.M., 1887; Columbia, L.L.B., 1886; m. Carolyn E. Benedict. Ad- mitted to bar in N. Y., 1886, and since then engaged in practise of law In N. Y. City. Mem. firm of W. P. & R. K. Prentice; dir. Globe and Rutgers Fire Ins. Co., The Stuyvesant Ins. Co. Mem. B'd Mg'rs N. Y. Soc. for Relief of Ruptured and Crippled; a. d. c., with rank of major on staff of Major-Gen. Roe, N.G.N.Y., 1900-1908. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Sons of Revolution, Ass'n of ex-Members of Squadron A. Clubs: Century, Unlon, Republican, Riding, Princeton. Residence: 160 E. 64th St. Address: 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PRENTICE, WILLIAM E.
Lawyer; b. Le Roy, N. Y .; s. John Prentice and Sarah Anne (Randall) Prentice; grad. Univ. of Rochester, B.S., 1884, M.S., 1886; grad. Yale Law Sch., 1888; m. Almont, Mich., 1893, Loulse McHardy. Prac- tlsing ag a lawyer at Batavia, N. Y .; school comm'r of Genesee County, N. Y. Address: Batavia, N. Y.
PRESBREY, FRANK
Publisher, advertising agent; b. Buffalo, N. Y., 1856; s. Otis F. and Sarah A, Pres'brey; grad. Princeton Univ., class of 1879 (honorary A.M., Princeton, 1890); m. Kentucky, June 12, 1881, Stella Spalding; editor and publisher daily News-Register, Youngstown. O., 1881-1885; founder 1886, and editor until 1894 of Pub- lic Opinion, Washington, D. C .; publisher of Forum, N. Y., 1894-1896. Author: Memories of Vacation Days; In Far-Away Vacation Lands; Motoring Abroad, and many magazine articles. Dir. Citizens' Central Nat. Bank, Unlon Exchange Nat. Bank, Nat. Security Co .; mcm. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, Acad. Polit, and Social Science. Soc. of the Genesee (pres. 1910); exec. com. of Boy Scouts of America; was on Citizens Com. of One Hundred appt'd by Mayor of N. Y., to receive Col. Theodore Roosevelt on his return from Africa; was one of the commissioners for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Clubs: Aldine (pres. 1907-1910), Prince- ton, Lotos, Sleepy Hollow Country, Garden City. Apawamis, Brooklawn Golf, Gridiron (Washington, D. C.). Residence: 340 W. 72d St., N. Y. Clty (country). Norwalk, Conn. Address: Fourth Av. and 31st St., N. Y. City.
PRESCOTT, JOHN H.
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, 1847. Ordained deacon 1871, ordained priest 1873 by Bishop Littlejohn in
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Episcopal ministry. Rector St. Ann's Ch., Sayvilie, N. Y .. since 1873; also in charge of chapel at Bo- hemia, L. I. Address: Main St., Sayville, N. Y.
PRESSINGER, WHITFIELD PRICE
General mg'r Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co .; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 27, 1871; s. Augustine E. and Mary' Davis (Price) Pressinger; ed. public schs. of N. Y. City; m. April 29, 1897, Sarah Hammond Newcombe; children: Zaida Newcombe, b. 1897; W. P., Jr., b. 1898; Carlyle, b. 1903; Ruth, b. 1911. With Clayton Air Compressor Works, as gen. mg'r, 7 years. Has traveled over all parts of U. S., and Europe repeatedly. Served 9 years in 1st Co., 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., 1889-1898; honorably discharged as sergeant. Republican in nat. politics: Presby'n. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Sons of Revo- lution, 7th Reg't Veterans, Howard Lodge 35, F. and A. M. Clubs: Engineers, Lawyers, N. Y. Athletic, N. Y. Railroad, Columbia Yacht, Machinery. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
PRESTON, STUART DUNCAN
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan, 1, 1884; s. William D. and Annie (Fargo) Preston; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1906, N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1911. Sec. and dir. Moffat Yard & Co. (publishers). Independent Republican; Episco- palian. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Clubs: Oakland Golf, Harvard (N. Y. City). Residence: 56 Park Av. Address: 54 Wall St., N. Y. City.
PRETTYMAN, VIRGIL
Educator; b. Townsend, Del., March 13, 1874; s. C. W. and Emily (Gooding) Prettyman; grad. Dickinson Coll., A.B., 1892; A.M., 1895; Pd.D., 1905; m. Milford, Del., Lulu Reedy; children: Lambert, b. Nov. 24, 1897; Virgil, Jr., b. Sept. 4, 1909. Prin. Horace Normal Sch. since 1895. Author: Inglis & Prettyman First Latin Book; contb'r to edn'l periodicals. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soe., and Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Nat. Ed'n Ass'n, School-Masters' Ass'n. Club: Headmasters. Residence: 501 W. 120th St. Address: Horace Mann Sch., 120th St. and Broad- way, N. Y. City.
PREVOT, MAURICE JACQUES
Architect, b. Bordeaux, France, Sept. 10, 1874; s. Jules and Marguerite (Gaud) Prevot; ed. Ecole Na- tionale des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1893-1904; won Chena- vard prize in 1896 and 1902; in 1901 second place in the national contest for Grand Prix de Rome; in 1903 first mention in the concours, Chaudesaigues; in 1904 again second place in concours de Rome and in 1905 second medal at the Salon des Beaux Arts in Paris. Engaged in the active practice of architecture in France for several years and acted as Inspecteur in U. S. Section, Paris Exp'n, 1900. Prof. of design in Architecture, Columbia Univ., Officer d'Instruction Publique. Mcm. Phi Gamma Delta. Address: 115 E. 30th St., N. Y. City.
PRICE, CHARLES WILSON
Editor Electrical Review and Western Electrician; b. on farm near Barnesville, Belmont Co., Ohio; s. Samuel and Charlotte (Alder) Price; ed. Country Sch. and Barnesville High Sch .; m. Topeka, Kansas, March 16, 1882, Minnie E. Gray; children: Corinne Gray, Leoniee E. On leaving high school served in office of Barnesville (O.) Enterprise successively as "devil," compositor and editor until 1878, when went West; assisted in establishing the Topeka Daily Capital, 1879, and was one of its editors several years. Be- came student of elec. matters, and in 1885 was called to N. Y. City to take position on staff of Electrical Review, of which (now consolidated with Western Electrician) he is editor-in-chief and largest owner. Has also contributed extensively, on elec. subjects. to magazines and newspapers. Republican. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elec. Soc., Nat. Electric Light Ass'n. Ex-pres. Kansas Soc. of N. Y .; mem. Ohio Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Lotos (sec.), Electrical, N. Y. Press (former v .- p. and ehm'n B'd of Trustees), Montauk, Machinery, Aero. Address: 13 Park Row, N. Y. City.
PRICE, GEORGE M.
Surgeon; b. Liverpool, N. Y., March 3, 1865; s. George T. and Emely H. (Merriman) Price; ed. in Cazenovia Sem. and Syracuse Univ .; m. N. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1888, Nettie Belle Reese; children: 3. Reese, b. 1888; Emily H., b. 1890; Letitia E., b. 1894: Willis H., b. 1901; George T., 2d, b. 1906. Studied medicine in Vienna and London hosps .; German in Hanover, Germany. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Syracuse Acad. Medicine, Onondaga Co. Med. Soc., Con- tral N. Y. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n. Pres. Syracuse Acad. Medicine; prof. clinical surgery Coll. of Medicine of Syracuse Unlv .; surgeon to Hosp. of Good Shepherd and Syracuse Free Dispen-
sary. Hon. mem. Iota Chapter, A. K. K .; mem, Salt Springs Lodge 520, F. and A. M .; Central City Chapter, No. 70, K. A. M., and Central City Commandery, No. 25, Knights Templar, A. A. S. Rite N. M. J. H. S. A. Dir. Y. M. C. A., Syracuse: Residence: 504 University Av. Address: 526 University Block, Syracuse, N. Y.
PRICE, THEODORE HAZELTINE
Retired cotton merchant; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 9, 1861; s. William H. and Eliza T. (Dyer) Price; ed. public schs .; m. N. Y. City, May 26, 1900, 'Harriet E. Dyer; children: Harriet, b. July 23, 1901; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 18, 1902; Theodore Hazeltine, b. Feb., 1905. Mem. Soe. of the Cincinnati, in the State of Va. Clubs: Down Town Ass'n, N. Y. Athletic, N. Y. Economic, Army and Navy, Automobile of America, Riding (N. Y. City), Westmoreland (Richmond, Va.), Chicago (Chicago), Residence: 168 W. 58th St. Address: 24 S. William St., N. Y. City.
PRICE, WILLIAM HARRISON
Physician and surgeon; b. Cincinnati, Ohio. June 6, 1877; s. William and Sophia (Harrison) Price; ed. public and private schools of Cincinnati, Univ. of Cin- einnati, Ohio; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 3, 1908, Anna Frances. Engaged in gen. praetise of medicine and sur- gery in Brooklyn, N. Y. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Am. Inst. Homeopathy; visiting physician to Bethesda Sanitarium and Brook- lyn Nursery; ass't physician to Cumberland Street Hosp., Prospect Helghts Hosp., Brooklyn Maternity; mem. N. Y. County and State Med. Societies, Alpha Sigma fraternity, Ohio Society (N. Y. City). Club: Inter Nos. Residence: 55 Seventh Av., Brooklyn. Office address: 801 Prospect Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y.
PRIME, RALPH EARL, JR.
Lawyer; b. Yonkers, N. Y., July 9, 1888; S. Ralph E. and Annie W. (Richards) Prime; grad. Princeton Univ., 1888; Columbia Law Sch., 1890. Mem. firm of R. E. & A. J. Prime. Mem. S. A. R., Mil. Order of Loyal Legion, Mason. Residence: 75 Locust Hill Av., Yonkers. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
PRIME, RALPH EARL
Lawyer, author; b. Matteawan, N. Y., March 29, 1840, s. Alanson J. (M.D.) and Ruth Havens (lligbie) Prime: ed. in public schs., acad. at White Plains, N. Y., and private tutors; studied medicine, and later studied law (D.C.L., LL.D.); m. Annle Richards-Wolcott, d. Jacob Richards, M.D., and g.d. and foster-d. Rev. Calvin Wolcott. Admitted to bar 1861. Enlisted as Private, 5th N. Y. Vol. Inf., April 20, 1861; held four regimental comm'ns; took part in battles of Blg Ethel, campaign on eastern shore of Md. and Va., siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Hanover Court Ilouse, seven days before Richmond, Mechanicsville, Gaincs' Mill, White Oak Swamp Bridge, Malvern Cliff, Maryland campaign, S. Mountain, Antietam, Shepards- town Ford and Blackford's Ford; wounded severely in battle of Gaines' Mill; especially noticed and twice promoted for bravery, gallantry and service at battle of Gaines' Mill; nominated brig. gen., March 4, 1863, by Pres. Lincoln. Practised law over 40 years in Yonkers; traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and Africa. Elder in Presby'n Ch. over 30 years; dele- gate to Pan-Presby'n Councils, Belfast, 1884; Lon- don, 1886; Glasgow, 1896; Washington, 1899; Liver- pool, 1904; N. Y., 1909: Aberdeen, 1913. Moderator Presbytery of Westchester, 1894; moderator Synod of N. Y., 1896. Author of monographs; Descendants of James Prime; Under the Elins; Wanderings from the Elms; Duties of Presbyterian Elders; The Elder in His Ecclesiastical Relations; The Elder an Ecclesi- astic; Representation in the Church Courts; Christian Giving; The Power of God's Word; The Elder Mod- erator and the Ruling Elder; Inaccurate Quotations by Authors; The Revolutionary, Anti-Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Services of George Clinton; An Incident of the Alabama Arbitration: The French Religious Situation in 1907; A Coincidence of Ad- miral Farragut's Visit to Constantinople and the Robert College Troubles; is This a Christian Country? John Calvin and the Case of Servetns: Sunday Legis- iation; American Territory in Turkey; Participation of Others Than Ministers in Public Service of the Sanctuary; The First Communion of Ulysses Cicero Grant; Desiderata in Christian Church and in Chris- than Life. llas been trustee Village of Yonkers; city att'y City of Yonkers; deputy att'y gen. State of N. Y. Mein. N. Y. Soc. Mil. Order, Loyal Legion. Soc. Army of Potomac, Ass'n of Fifth Army Corps, Order Founders and Patriots of America (one of past gov- ernors gen.): pres. Am. Flag Ass'n. Residence: 63 Hawthorne Av., Yonkers, N. Y. Address (business) : 25 Warburton Av., Yonkers, N. Y., and 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
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PRIMROSE, JOHN SELBY
Investment broker; b. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 19, 1874; s. William Stuart and Ella Parmly ( Williams) Prim- rose; grandfather, John Primrose, came from Scot- land in early part of 19th century and became suc- cessful merchant in Raleigh; maternal grandfather, John G. Williams, was well-known banker, and pres. State Nat. Bank of Raleigh at the time of his death; father was pres. N. C. Home Ins. Co .; pres. State Exp'n, 1885, and trustee Davidson Coll., Peace Inst. and N. C. Coll. of Agr'l and Mech. Arts; ed. 1'cace Inst., public schools of Raleigh, and Raleigh Male Acad .; m. Dec. 3, 1898, Betty J. L., d. John Sommer, oť Uetersen, Germany. Entered employ of First Nat. Bank of Charleston, S. C., as sec. to pres., 1890, re- maining five years; entered service of Southern R'y in Washington, D. C., in Gen. Passenger Dep't, 1895; was-later stenographer in capitol at Washington; re- moved to N. Y. City, 1896, and engaged in brokerage business; organized firm J. S. Primrose & Co., 1903, later changing name to Primrose & Braun, with
Arthur Braun as gen, partner, and Richard Herzfeld as sp'l partner, which firm actively engaged in se- curities for investment, until 1910, when it dissolved; since then engaged in financial interests. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, N. Carolina Soc. of N. Y. (formerly sec. and treas.), N. Y. Southern Soc., N. C. Literary and Hist. Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc. Recreations: Golf and other outdoor sports; collector of books treating of Am. colonial and revolutionary history (being descendant of many N. E. and South- ern families of prominence). Clubs: Manhattan, Fox Hills, Golf (chm'n Green Com. and gov.). Address: Cotton Exchange Bld'g, N. Y. City.
PRINCE, HENRY AXTELL
Lawyer; b. Geneva, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1861; s. Frederick William and Clarissa Caroline (Seclye) Prince; grad. Hobart Coll., A.B .. 1882; A.M., 1885; m. Toronto, Can., June 7, 1897, Mildred Constance O'Brien; children: Henry Kimball, b. Dec. 19, 1902; Donough, b. June 16, 1909. Master St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., 1882- 1883; St. Mark's Sch., Southboro, Mass., 1883-1887; head master Ravenscroft Sch., Asheville, N. C., 1887- 1888. Admitted to bar in N. Y. City in 1890, and has since engaged in practise of law; partner in firm of Ver Planck, Prince & Flanders. Republican; Episco- palian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; trustee the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement; mem. N. Y. Geneal. and Biol. Soc., Colonial Order, St. Nicholas Soc. Recreation: Golf. Club: University. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PRINCE, JOHN DYNELEY
Prof. Semitic languages, Columbia Univ .; b. N. Y. City, April 17, 1868; s. John Dyneley and Anne Maria (Morris) Prince; grad. Columbia, A.B., 1888; student Univ. of Berlin and Johns Hopkins Univ., Ph.D., 1892; in. N. Y. City, Oct. 5, 1890, Adeline Loomis; onc son: John Dyneley Prince, Jr., b. 1891. Representative of Columbia Univ. on Expd'n to Southern Babylonia, sent out by the Univ. of Pa., 1888-1889; fellow Johns Hopkins Univ., 1890-1891; prof. N. Y. Univ., 1893-1902; dean N. Y. Univ. Graduate Sch., 1895-1902; prof. in Columbia Univ. since 1902; fellow N. Y. Acad. Sciences, 1903. Has been interested in N. J. State politics since 1903; clected pres. Passaic Co. Federated B'ds of Ed'n, 1905; elected mem. for Passaic Co., N. J. Legislature, Gen. Assembly, 1906; chm'n N. J. Leg- islative Comm'n on B'ds of Prop'rs; chm'n N. J. Leg- islative Comm'n on Welfare of Immigrants, 1906. Speaker N. J. Assembly, 1909; pres. N. J. Senate; act- ing Gov. of N. J., 1912; author of thre dependency and crime law, 1908; senator from Passaic Co., 1910- 1913. Author: Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin, 1893 (Bal- timore); A Critical Commentary on the Book of Daniel, 1899 (Leipzig); Kulóskap the Master (in col- laboration with Charles Godfrey Leland), 1902 (N. Y.); Materials for a Sumerian Lexicon, in four parts, 1905- 1908 (Leipzig); An Assyrian Primer, 1910. Published many technical philol. pamphlets in the Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Anthropologist, Am. Oriental Soc., Journal of Biblical Literature and the Journal of Asiatique (Paris); writer on staff of new Encyclo- pædia Britannica, of Cheyne's Dictionary of the Bible and of Hastings' Dictionary of Religions. Spe- cialty is the cuneiform inscriptions of Babylonia, and the Babylonian Literature. Nem. Am. Oriental Soc .; treas. Soc. Biblical Literature and Exegesis: mem. Am. Anthrop. Ass'n, 16th Congress of Americanists of Buenos Aires, Argentina; fellow N. Y. Acad. Sciences; fellow Am. Philos. Soc .. mem. Maatschappig der Ned- erlandsche Letterkunde te Lciden. Recreations: Motoring, eng'ring, fishing. Clubs: Union, University, Columbia Univ. (N. Y. City), Tuxedo (Tuxedo Park). Hamilton (Paterson, N. J.). Residence: Ringwood Manor, N. J. Address: Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
& PRITCHARD, JOHN W.
Editor; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 4, 1851; s. Arthur and Ann (Pickett) Pritchard; ed. public school and private tutors, Pittsburgh; Cooper Institute and pri- vate tutors, N. Y. City; in. Pittsburgh, May 18, 1872; children: John H., b. 1873; William A., b. 1875; George, b. 1884; Anna, Harriet, Ella. Was for years in Pitts- burgh Dispatch; editor Daily and Weekly in Mckees- port. Pa., 13 years; still editor Christian Nation, N. Y. City. Pres. Christian Nation Publishing Co. Re- formed Presby'n. Address: 154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
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