Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 98

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751


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PALLISER, Melvin G .:


Lawyer; born at Newark, N. J., July 2, 1873; educated as architect, and practiced architecture for four years; graduate New York Law School, and admitted to the bar in 1896; his specialty is liens, real estate and corporation law. Is a Silver Demo- crat. Author of many articles on public ownership, direct nominations, and the iniative and referendum. Never ran for or held political office; director in numerous construction, building material, and sim- ilar companies. Address, 100 William St., New York.


PALMER, Abraham J., D.D .:


Methodist Episcopal clergyman; born Jan. 18, 1847, at Frenchtown, N. J .; son of the Rev. A. M. Palmer, of the Newark Conference. Prepared for college at Pen- nington Seminary, New Jersey, and grad- uated from Wesleyan University, Middle- town, Conn., 1870; degrees from Wesleyan and Syracuse Universities and Allegheny College. Married Emma T. Lacy, of Jer- sey City, N. J., Oct. 13, 1874. Pastor at Bayonne, N. J., Jersey City, N. J., and Staten Island, N. Y., 1870-76; transferred to New York Conference, 1876; a pastor at Park Avenue Church (86th St., New York City), two terms, also at Simpson Church, Borough of Brooklyn; First Church, Yon- kers, N. Y., St. James Church, Kingston, N. Y., and St. Paul's Church, New York City. The present church edifices at Yon- kers, Park Avenue, and St. Paul's (cor- ner West End Ave. and 86th St.), were erected under his pastorates. : From 1887 to 1892 was presiding elder New York District; established the missions to im- , migrants, at Battery Park, and the first mission in this country to Italians, at the Five Points, in 1888. From 1896-1900, sec- retary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; charge of department of finance; presiding elder of the Newburgh District, New York Con- ference. Served from July. 1861, to Sept., 1864, Company D, Forty-eighth Regiment, New York State Volunteers; was cap- tured at Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, 1863, and confined for nine months in Confed- erate prisons. Author of "History of the Above Regiment." Served for four years as secretary of the Eastern section of the Book Committee, having charge of the Methodist Book Concern. Address, 150 Fifth Ave., New York.


PALMER, Albert M .:


Theatrical manager; was born in North Stonington, Conn., July 20, 1838; educated at the University of New York, graduat- ing from its law school in 1860. For a time he continued the study of the pro-, fession, but was soon called to the re- sponsible position of secretary to Mr. Bar- ney, collector of the port of New York. In 1866 he was made librarian of the Mercantile Library, at that time a centre


of literary interest and activity, and there he established order and effectiveness in all its branches. It was from this atmos- phere of literature that he was unexpect- edly drawn into the management of the Union Square Theatre, whose proprietor, Mr. Sheridan Shook, finding his establish- ment in a state of decadence, and know- ing of Mr. Palmer's business efficiency, offered to give him full charge, and to permit him to develop the house on his own lines; on these conditions the offer was accepted. Within two years the little considered and almost abandoned Union Square Theatre became the most thronged and profitable house in town. Dion Bou- cicault's adaptation of "Led Astray" was one of the first productions under the new management, and in 1874 the triumph of "The Two Orphans" brought the house to the height of prosperity and recognition. Bronson Howard made his first financial success at this house, and Bartley Camp- bell was started on his brief and bril- liant career. In 1882, Mr. Palmer retired from the management, feeling the need of rest, but was immediately sought out by Mr. Malloy, of the Madison Square Theatre, and shortly afterwards entered on the management of that house, which he controlled in every particular; with his usual success in securing a notable play it was not long before the town was delighted with the production of "Jim the Penman." Following this came "Saints and Sinners," "Elaine," and many other plays that sustained the pres- tige of his management; the closing piece of his direct management of the house was "Alabama.". During his career he has brought many stars to this country, while numbers of distinguished actors have passed under his management. Mr. Palm- er has been president of the Actors' Fund since 1888, and is a member of the Goethe Society, the Players Club, the Union League Club, etc. Address, Players Club, New York.


PALMER, David Henry:


Clergyman; received degrees of A. B., 1860, A. M., 1863, University of Rochester; D. D., Hamilton College, 1884; prepared at East Bloomfield and Victor, N. Y .; graduated from Auburn Theological Sem- inary, 1863; pastor Presbyterian Church, Virginia City, Nev., 1863-64; Columbia, Cal., 1864-66; Prattsburg, N. Y., 1867-71; Brockport. N Y., 1872-75; Penn Yan. N. Y., 1875 to 1904. Address, Penn Yan, N. Y.


PALMER, Horatio Richmond:


Writer and composer; was born in Sherburne, N. Y., April 26, 1834. His sis- ter taught him to read music when he was six years old; subsequently he pur- sued his studies of music and the lan- guages, under various teachers in New York, Berlin, Germany, and Florence, Italy. The degree of Doctor of Music


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was conferred upon him by the Univer- sity of Chicago in 1881, and by the Al- fred University in 1882. He began his professional work in the Rushford Acad- emy, N. Y., where he met and married Miss Lucia A. Chapman, a student in that institution. For a time Dr. Palmer was engaged in church work and pub- lishing in Chicago. The plates of six of his books were melted in the great fire, soon after which he returned to New York City. Dr. Palmer is a man of diversified abilities and has won distinction in many departments of music. He has at- tained the high position he fills through great energy in putting forth correct methods. He has composed much sacred music; is called the poet-musician, since he has in so many instances written both the words and music of his popular pieces; among these are his widely known hymns, "Yield not to Temptation," "Beautiful Home," "The Rose of Sharon," "Holy Spirit From Above," "Galilee, Blue Gali- lee," "Peace, Be Still," "Come Close to the Savior," etc. His music is distinguished for grace, purity and melodiousness; he has fine musical taste and rare sagacity in handling the difficult problems of church music. The most popular of his class-books are "The Song Queen," and "The Song King"; among his theoretical works are "Theory of Music," "Class Method," "Manual for Teachers," "Piano Primer," "Dictionary of Musical Terms," "Biographical Dictionary," etc .. etc. His text-books and theoretical works have been extremely successful: he has written and compiled variously more than fifty volumes in the interest of music. The Church Choral Union of New York City was organized by Dr. Palmer, and he was its director for seven years. This organi- zation represented, upwards of two hun- dred churches with an aggregate of more than twenty thousand pupils; at one of his mammoth concerts in Madison Square Garden he had nearly four thousand sing- ers on the stage; it was the largest or- ganization of the kind in the country. He conducted the musical festival sev- enteen years at Cortland, N. Y .; has been called into most of the States of the Union to lecture, conduct assemb- lies, festivals, societies, etc. During four- teen years Dr. Palmer was dean of the Chautauqua Summer School of Music and director of the great choir; has been choir master in the Broome Street Tabernacle during the last ten years, and is the president of the Clef Club of New York City. Accom- panied by Mrs. Palmer, he has visited Europe three times, once having extend- ed his travels into the Orient; has spent nearly three years in the different mu- sical and art centres of the Old World. Dr. Palmer owns a beautiful home over- looking the Hudson and commanding an extended view of the river and the Pal- isades. For this pleasant retreat he owes much to his wife, Mrs. Lucia A. Palmer, who chose the situation, drew


the plans for the house, watched its con- struction, laid out the grounds, and su- perintended the shrubbery and tree plant- ing. Address, C. H. Ditson & Co., 867 Broadway, New York.


PALMER, George M .:


Democratic Assemblyman, who repre- sents the County of Schoharie in the As- sembly; is forty-three years of age and occupies a leading place among the suc- cessful lawyers in that section of the State. Mr. Palmer was born in Rich- mondville, Schoharie County, and was ed- ucated in the public schools and the Nor- mal College at Albany, from which latter college he graduated in 1877; one year later he entered the law office of Judge Charles Holmes, and was admitted to the bar in 1882; elected to the Assembly in 1903. Address, Albany, N. Y.


PALMER, Mrs. Lucia A .:


Author and artist; wife of Dr. Horatio Richmond Palmer. Her best known books are "Oriental Days," "Grecian Days," and "A Night Scene on the Mis- sissippi." Has done much work in paint- ing and was a prize-winner at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Address, 867 Broad- way, New York.


PALTSITS, Victor Hugo:


Historian, bibliographer, and assistant librarian, Lenox Library of New York Public Library; born in New York, July 12, 1867; son of William Thomas and Sidonia Ida (Loose) Paltsits; educated in public and private schools, New York, 1872-81; scientific course Cooper Institute, 1882-86; German, Latin, Greek, Spanish and French at high schools and private tuition; connected with Lenox Library since Jan. 1, 1888; made assistant in read- ing room, March, 1890; sub-librarian since 1893-title since changed to assistant li- brarian. Editor The Journal of Captain William Pote, Jr., 1745-47, New York, 1896; Papers Relating to Siege of Charleston, 1780, Charleston, S. C., 1898; Captivity of Captain John Gyles, 1689-97; Rev. John Miller's New Yorke Considered and Im- proved, 1695. Cleveland, 1903; Captivity of Nehemiah How, Cleveland, 1904. On edi- torial staff as bibliographical adviser of Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents (73 vols.), 1896-1901; revised Vols. III. and V. of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Bi- ography edition, 1898; furnished eighty- eight biographical sketches for same. Au- thor of contributions to "Bibliography of the Lettres Edifiantes," Cleveland, 1900; "Bibliography of the Separate and Col- lected Works of Philip Freneau, New York" (Dodd, Mead & Co.), 1903; also of exhaustive bibliographies of the works of Father Louis Hennepin; of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and of editions of Lahontan's Voyages; and articles in mag- azines and reviews on historical and bibli- ographical subjects. Has co-operated


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very extensively with much of the histori- cal and bibliographical work being done by others in the United States and Can- ada. Residence, 1818 Monroe Ave., New York.


PARDEE, William J .:


Captain, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; actual rank, sec- ond lieutenant. Eighteenth Infantry, Oct. 30, 1884; first lieutenant, Twenty-fifth In- fantry, Dec. 4. 1891; captain, March 2, 1899: transferred to Twelfth Infantry, Oct. 14, 1901. Address, Fort Douglas, Utah.


PARK, William Hallock, M. D .:


Born in New York City, Dec. 30, 1863. A. B., College City of New York, 1883; M. D. at College of Physicians and Sur- geons, 1886. Interne Roosevelt Hospital, 1887-88; assistant director bacteriological laboratories of Health Department City of New York 1895 to date. Instructor contagious diseases Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1895 to 1897. Nearly lost his life with typhoid by his devotion to bacteriological research for New York Health Department, 1896. Member Acad- emy of Medicine, County Medical Society, and Pathological Society. Associate pro- fessor of bacteriology Bellevue Hospital, 1898 to present. Address, 315 West 76th St., New York.


PARKER, Alton Brooks:


Chief justice of the Court of Appeals; born at Cortland, N. Y., May 14, 1851. He was educated in the academy and normal school at Cortland, N. Y. He subsequently studied law at Albany Law School, graduating in 1872. Upon being admitted to the bar he formed a part- nership with W. S. Kenyon, Jr., practic- ing at Kingston, N. Y., for a number of years. In 1877 he was elected surro- gate of Ulster County, being re-elected in 1883 and 1885. As chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee. Judge Parker managed the campaign of David B. Hill. Democratic candidate for the governorship and succeeded in elect- ing him over Ira Davenport. Upon be- coming governor Mr. Hill appointed him justice of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. T. R. Westbrook. In 1884 he was a dele- gate to the Democratic National Con- vention at Chicago, which nominated Grover Cleveland for the Presidency. At the end of the current year he was elect- ed justice for the full term; 1889, was appointed to the Second Division of the Court of Appeals and, in 1893, a member of the First Department. In 1897 he was nominated and elected Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals. In 1891 Judge Parker was urged by the leaders of the Democratic party to become a candidate for governor, but he declined. He also declined a nomination for the United States Senate, preferring to continue his


practice of the law. In 1902 he was again urged to accept a nomination for the governorship, but being advised not to accept, again declined to run. At the present time Judge Parker is being very prominently mentioned in connection with Democratic nomination for the Pres- idency of the United States. He was married in 1873. Mrs. Parker is a member of the old Schoonmacker family, being a descendant of Jockem Schoonmacker, head of the original Holland Dutch settle- ment at Kingston. Residence, Kingston, N. Y.


PARKER, Amasa Junius:


Lawyer; born in Delhi, Delaware Coun- ty, N. Y., May 6, 1843; son of Judge Amasa J. Parker; preparatory education at Albany Academy; graduated from Union College, 1863; studied law in the office of Hill, Cagger & Porter, and grad- uated from the Albany Law School in 1864; admitted to the bar and became a partner of his father in 1865, which part- nership continued until the death of his father in 1890. Appointed aide-de-camp and major Third Division of the National Guard of the State of New York, 1866; lieutenant colonel, 1875; colonel, Tenth Regiment, 1877; brigadier general, Third Brigade, 1886-91; president National Guard Association, 1878-80; served in the As- sembly in 1882, and in the Senate during the years 1886-87, 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895. During his service in the Assembly he compiled the military code now in force in the State of New York. Was for sixteen years a manager and president of the board of trustees of the Hudson River State Hospital, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; is president of the board of trus- tees of the Albany Law School; a trustee of the Albany Medical College, and one of the board of governors of Union Uni- versity; president of the board of trus- tees of the Young Men's Association of Albany, N. Y .; a trustee of the Union Trust Company of New York City; a member of the Bar Association of Albany County; also a member of the Fort Or- ange, Country and Press Clubs. Resi- dence, 143 Washington Ave., Albany, N. Y .; office, 93 State St., Albany, N. Y.


PARKER, Charles E .:


Jurist; justice of New York State Su- preme Court, sixth district, and appel- late division of third department; term expires, Dec. 31, 1906. Address, Oswego, N. Y.


PARKER, James Henry:


Banker and capitalist; born in John- ston County, N. C., Jan. 4, 1843; son of Mathew and Martha Parker. He served in the Confederate army as lieutenant of cavalry throughout the war; at the close of the war took a course in medicine, and practiced in his native State for two


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years. Was married, in 1877, to Julia A.


Jones. Was engaged in the cotton and naval stores business in Charleston, S. C., from 1870 to 1882; has resided in New York since; was president of the New York Cotton Exchange for two years; di- rector and vice-president of the National Park Bank; president of the Produce Ex- change Trust Company, 1898-99; since then engaged in the commission business with the firm of J. H. Parker & Co., Cot- ton Exchange; president of the Southern Society of New York and commander of the Confederate Veteran Corps of New York. Is director of the National Bank of Commerce, and holds a similar position ? in the Panama Railroad Company. . Ad- dress, 18 East 69th St .; office, 36 Cotton Exchange, New York. .


PARKER, (Mrs.) Jane Marsh:


Writer; born in Milan, Dutchess County, N. Y., June 16, 1836; is the third daughter of Joseph Marsh and Sarah (Adams) Marsh. From early childhood a resident of Rochester, N. Y. Her first literary work was mainly for the periodicals and publications of the Episcopal Church-her Sunday School books being among the most popular. For the last thirty years has been a contributor to the New York press and to leading weeklies; she has also written monographs for leading mag- azines, among which are "The Jesuit Re- lations," published in the New England Magazine, May, 1894, and having much to do with the inception of the Burrows edi- tion of the Jesuit Relations, on which she was for a short time associate editor; "Louis Philippe in the United States" (the Century Magazine, Sept., 1901) ; "The Birthplace of Tallyrand" (Bookman, Sept., 1902); "The Marie Antoinette Houses of the United States" (New Eng- land Magazine, March, 1900), etc. Her special field is paragraphic work and un- signed contributions to special depart- ments of leading periodicals. She has written much concerning the history of Western New York, her Rochester: "A Story-Historical" (a history of Roches- ter), appearing in 1884; "The Little Mil- lerite," published in The Century, Dec., 1886, is but one of several articles upon a subject with which she was made fa- miliar as a child; her novel, "The Mid- night Cry," published by Dodd, Mead & Co., 1886, a graphic portrayal of this fan- aticism of Millerism. In 1856 she married George T. Parker, a lawyer, of Roches- ter, N. Y. Since the death of her hus- band, in 1895, she has been absent from Rochester much of the time, but con- siders it her home. Address, 117 Ellwan- ger Building, Rochester, N. Y.


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PARKHURST. Charles H .:


Presbyterian clergyman; born in Fram- ingham, Mass., April 17, 1842; graduated . from Lancaster Academy and Amherst


College, 1866. Clerk in dry goods house, 1858-60; principal of Amherst High School "until 1867; professor of Greek and Latin, Williston Seminary, 1870-71. Married Miss Bodman, 1870. Studied theology at Halle, Leipsic and Bonn; pastor First Congregational Church, of Lenox, Mass., 1874; pastor of Madison Square Church, New York City, 1880 to present time .: . : President Society for Prevention of Crime, 1891; sermon on municipal corruption brought him before Grand Jury, 1892; led to investigations by New York Legis- lature committee (Lexow committee) New York police force; caused defeat of Tam- many Hall, 1894; has since been promi- nent in all work of reform and against all corruption and crime. Address, 133 East 35th St., New York.


PARKHURST, John F .:


Jurist; "born in Wellsboro, Pa., 1843; after study of law was admitted to the bar in Rochester, N. Y., 1865; was judge of the State Court of Claims, 1887 until 1901; served the following year as pustice of the Supreme Court, by appointment; elected to same office, 1902; term expires, Dec. 31, 1916. Address, Bath, N. Y.


PARMELE, George H .:


Lawyer; prepared at Canandaigua, N. Y., and graduated from University of Rochester (B. S.); lawyer, Rochester, N. Y., 1891-93; law editor, Rochester, N. Y., 1893 to date; member editorial staff of Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing Com- pany. Address, 10 Fairview Heights,


Rochester, N. Y.


PARMELE, Lucius B., M.D .:


Physician; born Alden, N. Y., 1840; received degree of A. B., University of Rochester, 1867; A. M., 1870; M. D. from Buffalo Medical College, 1867; physician, East Pembroke, N. Y., 1867-82; Rochester, N. Y., 1882-83; Batavia, N. Y., 1883 to date. Supervisor of Genesee County, 1878-81; coroner, 1884-96. Address, Batavia, N. Y.


PARMELE, Mary Platt:


Author; born in Albany, N. Y .; daugh- ter of Zephaniah and Cornelia Platt; was educated , at the academy conducted by the Abbott brothers in New York. She was married, first, to S. J. Agnew, and, second, to Theodore W. Parmele, of New York. Mrs. Parmele has been an exten- sive contributor of philosophical and met- aphysical articles and stories to reviews and magazines since 1892. Author of the "Chart of Civilization, 1250-1850," "Who, When and What," "Short History Series -France, England, United States, Ger- many, Spain, Russia, Rome and Italy," published by Charles Scribner's Sons, N. Y. "The Evolution of an Empire: A Brief Historical Sketch of the United States";


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romances, "Answered in the Negative,"' and "Ariel." Address, 58 West 47th St., New York.


PARMERTER, Almon L .: 1


Captain, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; cadet at U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1881; graduated, Jun 14, 1885. Actual rank-second lieu- tenant, Twenty-first Infantry, June 14, 1885; first lieutenant, Fourteenth Infantry, Jan. 16, 1892; transferred to Twenty-first Infantry, March 14, 1892; captain, March 2, 1899. Honor graduate of Infantry and Cavalry School. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 1893. Address, Fort Snelling, Minn.


PARSONS, Albert R .:


Musician; born at Sandusky, O., Sept. 16, 1847; at age of six first received in- struction on the pianoforte, and at the age of nine played at a concert in Buf- falo; from 1858 to 1863 was church organ- ist in Indianapolis, Ind .; 1863, began studying piano harmony in New York City; 1867 studied at the conservatory in Leipsic under noted teachers; 1870 became pupil of Dr. Kullak in Berlin; returned to America in 1872; was at one time edi- tor of Benham's Review; has published several compositions; is engaged chiefly in teaching. Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, vice-president and director of the piano- forte department of the Metropolitan Col- lege of Music. Address, 109 E. 14th St., New York.


PARSONS, Charles:


Financier; born in Maine, Feb. 6, 1829. Educated in common schools, academy at at Yarmouth, and at Providence, R. I .; 1853-54, engaged in New Orleans in ship- ping produce; 1854-61 in Savannah, Ga .; in the commission business, 1862; entered in partnership with his brother in New York City; 1883, was elected president of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad company; in March, 1891, leased this railroad to the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad; 1892 elected presi- dent of the New York and New Eng- land Railroad Company. Is a member of the New York Historical Society, New York Chamber of Commerce, American Geographical Society and the New York Stock Exchange. Residence, 99 Park Ave .; office, 15 Broad St., New York.


PARSONS, Curtis Burroughs.


Clergyman; prepared at Brockport, N. Y .; A. B. University of Rochester. Graduated Rochester Theological Semin- ary, 1870; teacher East Pembroke, Yates, and Clarence, N. Y .; 1862-1867, pastor Baptist church, Farmer, N. Y., 1870-1873; Nunda, N. Y., 1873-1876; Dunkirk, N. Y., 1876-1882; North East, Pa. 1882-1884; Knowlesville, N. Y., 1884-1885; Geneseo,


N. Y., 1885-1892; Oxford, N. Y., 1892 to dạte. Address, Oxford, N. Y.


PARSONS, John E .:


Lawyer; born Rye, N. Y., 1829. Grad- uated from New York University, 1848; after study of law was, in 1852, admitted to New York bar; is at present practic- ing as senior member of the firm Parsons, Shepard & Ogden, New York City; is a director of the American Sugar Refining Company, and the Metropolitan Trust Company. A member of American Ge- ographical Society, Metropolitan Muse- um of Art, American Museum of Natural History. Also of Metropolitan, Century, University, City, Players, and other clubs. Residence, 30 E, 36th St .; office, 111 Broadway, New York. ..


PARSONS, Thomas .,M.D .:


Prepared at Rochester, N. Y, and grad- uated from the University of Rochester Graduated New York Homeopathic Med- ical College and Hospital, 1895; physician at Rochester, N. Y. Member American Institute' of Homeopathy and Western Western New York Homeopathic Medical Society. . Address, 213 Alexander St., Rochester, N. Y.


PARSONS, William Barclay:


Civil engineer; born in New York, April 15, 1859; son of William B. and Eliza Parsons; he was graduated from Columbia College as civil engineer in 1882. He was married to Anna DeWitt Reed in New York, May 24, 1884. He has been in general practice as a civil engineer since 1894, and upon the organization of the Rapid Transit Commission was made its chief engineer. He is also Chief of En- gineers with the rank of brigadier general in the New York National Guard. He is a trustee of the Columbia University, a vestryman of Trinity Church, member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Great Britain. He is the author of "Turnouts," 1885; "Track," 1885, and "An American Engineer in China," 1900. Resi- dence, 51 E. 53d St .; office, 22 William St., New York.




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