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ing "Justice to the Jew," "The Jew as a Patriot," "Wit and Wisdom of the Tal- mud," "The Birds of the Bible," "Why I Became a Baptist," "The Great Here- after," "The Panacea for Poverty." "Sanc- tified Spice," "Wrongs to Be Righted," and "Does Death End All?" Aadress, Broad Street Church, corner Broad and Brown Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
PETERSON, R. Walter:
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Paving contractor; born in Lewes, Del., Feb. 5, 1842; his parents removed to Bal- timore while he was young, and there he obtained his education and began his business life in a wholesale fruit house. He went to Philadelphia in 1856 and en- tered the fruit importing house of Slitz & Boyer, in which he remained for sev- eral years; not liking this business, he obtained a position in the passenger rail- way in 1860, and in 1862 opened a clothing store; soon after, in company with Henry E. Beckley, he engaged in the street con- tracting business; later on he became as- sociated with E. S. McGlue. In 1870 hs began taking contracts on his own ac- count and was so successful and gave such good service that he secured paving contracts in New York, Philadelphia and Washington; later on he undertook to dispose of city garbage and organized companies for this business in Philadel- phia, New York and Boston. He is Pres- ident of the latter company; he is also connected with the Union Metallic Pack- ing Company, and is a Director in Woolf's Electrozone and Meditrina, the Gas Consumers' Company, the Union Me- talic Rod Company of Boston, and the Sanitary Product Companies of Philadel- phia and New York; he is also interested in other corporations. He is a prominent member of the Masonic Order, and be- longs to the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Sparta, and several other fraternal socie- ties. Address, 1420 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PETTIT, Silas Wright:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant Sixteenth Unit- ed States Infantry May 14, 1861; appoint- ment expired Aug. 5, 1861; Second Lieu- tenant Fifteenth United States Infantry Feb. 20, 1$62; resigned and honorably dis- charged June 14, 1862. Captain 213th Pennsylvania Infantry March 5. 1865; hon- orably mustered out Nov. 18, 1863. Elect- ed May 6. 1891, Address, 1012 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PERTIT. William Campbell :
Jurist; born at Titusville, Pa., May 7, 1867; educated in the public schools of Titusville and Greenville, Pa., and at Thiel College, from which he was gradu- ated. with first honor, in 1877; taught one year in public schools of Greenville, Pa .; admitted to the bar in 1889, and for a number of years has been counsel in many cases tried in Mercer and adjoin- ing counties; nominated Judge of Mercer County by the Democratic party June 6, 1904. Address, Pettit Biock, cor. Main and Water Sts., Greenville, Pa.
PETTY, John Ormsby:
Lawyer; born in Pine Township, Alle- gheny County, Pa., Jan. 1, 1849; in 1867 he was graduated from the Western University of Pennsylvania; subsequently read law under David T, Watson, and was admitted to the Allegheny County bar in 1876. In 1881 he was appointed by the Governor District Attorney of that county, and was elected to the same office in November of that year; in 1884 he was re-elected. He has been engaged in private practice since January, 18SS. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
PEW, Joseph N .:
President of the People's . Natural Gas Company of Pittsburg; is of Dutch and English ancestry; introduced the use of natural gas into the various manufactur- ing enterprises in 1S$5. He is President of the Tradesmen's National Bank and is also President of the Board of Trustees of Grove City College. Address, 248 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
PFAHLER, William Harnly:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Order of the Military Loyal Legion; was a private in the Forty- fifth Infantry Aug. 10, 1862; discharged for promotion Nov. 24, 1864. First Lieu- tenant and Regimental Quartermaster Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry Nov. 22, 1861; honorably mustered out July 17, 1865. Elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PHELAN. Richard :
Clergyman; Bishop of Roman Catholic Church; born at Ballyraggatt. County Kilkenny, Ireland. Jan. 1. 1828; son of Michael and Mary Phelan: educated by private tutors and at the College of St. Kyran, Kilkenny; came to United States
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in 1850; studied at St. Mary's Theological Seminary, Baltimore; ordained priest, May 4, 1854; stationed in Indiana County, Pa., for a short time; for three years as- sistant in Cathedral, Pittsburg; pastor of Freeport, Pa., for ten years; St. Peter's Church, Allegheny, Pa., 1868; was admin- istrator and later Viear General and con- secrated Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburg, Aug. 2, 1885, sueeeeding to vacant see on death of Bishop Tuigg, Dec. 7, 1SS3. Ad- dress, Pittsburg, Pa.
PHILIPS, George Morris:
Edueator; principal of Pennsylvania State Normal School, West Chester, since 1SS1; born at Atglen, Pa., Oet. 28, 1851; was graduated from Bucknell University in 1871, receiving the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D .; Professor of Mathematies, Monongahela College; Professor of Higher Mathematies, State Normal School; Pro- fessor of Mathematies and Astronomy, Bucknell University; President of Ches- ter County Ilistorical Society. Member of the Sons of the Revolution; President of Pennsylvania State Teachers' Asso- ciation, 1891; Vice President of National Educational Association, 1894; Director of National Bank of Chester County; Vice President of Dime Savings Bank of West Chester; Trustee of Bucknell Univer- ' sity, member of Board of Managers of Chester County Hospital; member of Col- lege and University Council of Pennsyl- vania; member of Board of Managers of Pennsylvania Baptist Educational Soci- ety. Frequent lecturer and instructor at teachers' institutes. Contributor to edu- cational publieations. Author (in collabo- ration with President Isaac Sharpless, of Haverford College): "Astronomy," 1882; and "Natural Philosophy," 1SS3; "Key to Philosophy" (with C. C. Balderston), 1SS4; "Civil Government of Pennsylvania," 1893, "Geography of Pennsylvania," 1895. Married, 1837, Elizabeth M. Pyle. Ad- dress, 700 S. High St., West Chester, Pa. PHILLER, George:
President of the First National Bank of Philadelphia. Address. 315 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PHHAAPEL, Edwin T .:
Passed Assistant Engineer United States Navy; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania Third Assistant Engineer May 20, 1862; Second Assistant Engineer Feb. 15, 1861; First Assistant Engineer Jan. 1, 1868; Passed Assistant Engineer Feb. 24. 1874; retired June 21, 15$4. Ad- dress, Dauphin, Pa.
PHILLIPS, Francis Clifford :
Educator; born in Philadelphia, 1850; son of William S. and Frederica Phillips; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1878, receiving the degree of Ph. D. in 1894; took post-graduate studies in chemistry at Fresenius's Labor- atory, Wiesbaden, Germany. Married, 18$1. Sarah O. Phillips, Allegheny, Pa. Professor of Chemistry in the Western University of Allegheny sinee 1575. Mem- ber of American Chemical Society and American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. Contributor of papers to chemical journals. Address, Ben Avon, Allegheny County, Pa.
PHILLIPS, Frank L .:
Vice President and Treasurer of the Guarantee Title and Trust Company of Pittsburg; born in Seranton, Pa., in 1861; attended the public schools at that place, and when twenty years old entered the employ of the Lackawanna Valley Bank as messenger. When this bank was merged into the Lackawanna Trust and Safe Deposit Company in isst, he was cashier and became Treasurer of the larger institution, but soon afterward he resigned to attend Lafayette College. In 1890 he became teller in the Trades Na- tional Bank of Seranton, rising gradually until 1896, when he became cashier. In 1901 was elected Vice President and Treasurer of Title Guaranty and Trust Company, resigning this position a short time ago to accept his present position in Pittsburg. Mr. Phillips has been promi -- nent in the Pennsylvania Bankers' Asso- ciation, and was a State Vice President of the American Bankers' Association. Address, 210 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
PHILLIPS, Frederick:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Lackawanna Coun- ty: born Aug. 26, 1863, in Seranton, Pa .; edueated in the public schools and was graduated at St. Mary's College; his early life was spent working in the mines; be- eame a stationary engineer for the Lack- awanna Iron and Steel Company in 1983; later he went into the trucking business; served as Fire Commissioner of Scranton for two terms, and is a member of the Firenien's Relief Association; is the in- ventor of a pole raiser for erecting tele- graph and telephone poles; served two torms in the City Councils; has followed the business of railroad construction for the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley
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Railroad Company since 1901; was elect- ed to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Scranton, Pa.
PHILLIPS, John:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia; born in Montgomery County, Pa., March 17, 1855; removed to Philadelphia and located in the district of Southwark; educated in the public schools; was employed by Dr. D. Jayne & Son for fifteen years, and left that firm to take a position as In- spector in the Bureau of Highways; was elected School Director in 1899, and re- elected in 1901; is at present Secretary of the School Board; has always taken an active interest in educational affairs; is a stanch and loyal Republican, and has been a member of the Second Ward Re- publican Committee for sixteen years; elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, 1234 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PHILLIPS, Richard Jones:
Physician; born in Chester County, Pa., May 30, 1861; he received his education at Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and at the academy at West Chester, Pa .; was grad- uated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1883. Married, 1SS8, Lydia Meredith, of Philadelphia. Late Adjunct Professor of Diseases of Eye at Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine; ophthalmic sur- geon to Presbyterian Orphanage and the Friends' Home for Children. Member of American Ophthalmological Society and of Pennsylvania State Medical Society. Author of "Spectacles and Eyeglasses, Their Forms, Mounting and Proper Ad- justment," 1892. He wrote the chapter on "Spectacles and Their Adjustment" in "American Text Book on Diseases of the Eve, Ear. Nose and Throat," 1899; also many contributions to medical journals. Address, 123 S. Thirty-ninth St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
PHILLIPS, Thomas W .:
Banker; producer of petroleum and nat- ural gas; born at Mt. Jackson, Lawrence County. Pa., Feb. 23. 1935. Engaged in petroleum industry since 1561: one of the largest individual producers in the United States; President of Citizens' National Bank. New Castle, Pa .; interested in phi- Janthropie work: has taken an interest in both Stato and National politics; origin- ator of "Campaign Text Book," used dur-
ing the Garfield campaign of 1880. Mem- ber of Congress from 1893 to 1897; intro- duced bill creating Indutsrial Commission, which became a law, and was appointed a member of the commission and elected its Vice President; presided at most of its meetings; at conclusion of its work, Feb- ruary, 1902, made supplementary report which attracted wide attention. Repub- lican in politics. Address, New Castle, Pa.
PHILSON, Robert:
President of the Philson National Bank of Berlin. Address, Berlin, Somerset County, Pa.
PHILSON, S. B .:
President of the Citizens' National Bank of Meyersdale. Address, Myersdale, Som- erset County, Pa.
PHIPPS, Henry:
Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1839; at an early age he removed with his family to Pittsburg, where he attended the public schools. He secured employment. first as office boy and after- ward as bookkeeper, with the manufac- turing firm of Dilworth & Bidwell. In 1861 he formed the copartnership of Bid- well & Phipps, who were the agents in Pittsburg of the Dupont Powder Com- pany. Mr. Phipps was eminently success- ful in his business ventures. and at an early period in his career he became in- terested in the manufacture of iron as the junior member of the firm of Kloman & Phipps; subsequently becoming associated with Thomas M. and Andrew Carnegie in the manufacture of iron and steel, he suc- ceeded in building up a large fortune, and he is at present one of the largest holders in the United States Steel Corporation. He has traveled much during the past few years, and has devoted a considerable portion of his means to charitable and public institutions. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
PIATT. James Wilson:
Lawyer; born at Tunkhannock. Wy- oming County. Pa., Feb. 2. 1850; is a son of William M. Piatt, who was Speaker of the Pennsylvania Senate in 1956: edi- cated in the public schools at Tunkhan- nock; was a student at Susquehanna Col- legiate Institute, Towanda. Pa .: entered Lafayette College, Easton. Pa., at the age of sixteen years, and was graduated in 1970, receiving the degree of B. S. and three years later the degree of A. M. Taught school one term; read law in the
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office of his father, and was admitted to the Wyoming County bar Nov. 38, 1871; was elected and served as District At- torney for Wyoming County, 1876-1878; was member of the Borough Council. Borough Auditor. School Director and Burgess in 1890; has been admitted and practiced in all the surrounding counties; also admitted and argued cases in the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; also in the Circuit ard District Courts of the United States. Has been prominent in Masonry in his State, and is at present District Deputy Grand Master of the Sixteenth Masonic District of Pennsylvania. Address, Tunk- hannock, Pa.
PICKERING, Samuel A .:
Merchant; born in Allegheny, June 1. 1874, of English parentage: attend public schools in Allegheny; took a course in a. commercial college, and when seventeen years old entered his father's store as a clerk. In one year was admitted to the partnership. Upon his father's death he assumed active management. Address, Tenth St. and Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
PICKETT, Benjamin Birchard, Jr .:
Attorney at law; born Jan. 15, 1865, at Meadville, Pa .; son of B. B. and Mary A. (Clendenin) Pickett; was graduated from Meadville High School in 1882 and from Allegheny College in 1857. Republican in politics; elected City Clerk of Meadville. Pa., 1888-1891; studied law with his father and admitted to Crawford County bar in 1891; admitted to Pennsylvania Supreme and Superior Courts; District Attorney of Crawford County. 1$94-1896; elected attorney to County Commissioners, 1903, for term of three years; at present is President of Columbia Republican Club; Director of Meadville Public Library and Meadville City Hospital, and President of Meadville School Board. Address,
Meadville, Pa.
PICKETT, William Clendenin:
Physician; born at Meadville. Pa., 1870; educated in the public schools and grad- uated from Allegheny College. with the degrees of A. B., 1892; A. M., 1895; M. D., Jefferson Medcial College, Philadelphia, 1595. Instructor of Neuropathology and Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College; examiner of insane. Philadelphia Hos- pital. Contributor to medical journals. Address, 1131 Spruce St., Philadelphia.
PICKOP, Wm. H .:
Methodist Episcopal minister; born in Philadelphia. Nov. 8. 1854; educated in the public schools of Philadelphia and Boys' Central High School; entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in June, 1878, and was admitted to the Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal Conference in March, 1879, and into full membership and ordained deacon in March, 1881, and elder in March, 1883. On Oct. 19, 18$2, married Charlotte Tull. He has served acceptably the following Methodist Episcopal churches: Packer- ton, Boyertown, Jenkintown, Doylestown, Tremont, Glen Moore, Port Carbon, Mt. Carmel, Philadelphia. Darby. Downing- town, Middletown, Fitzwater St., Phila- delphia; Delaware St., Easton; was one of the early advocates of the Epworth League in the Philadelphia Conference, and served in various capacities, being for several years Secretary of the Fourth General Conference District, Epworth League. Address, 106 Delaware St., Easton, Pa.
PIDGE, John Bartholomew Gongh:
Baptist clergyman; born in Providence. R. I., Feb. 4. 1844; educated in public and private schools: was graduated from Brown, 1866; Newton Theological Institu- tion, 1860; received degree of D. D. from Bucknell University in 1890; pastor of First Baptist Church, Lawrence, Mass., 1869-1879; since then pastor of Fourth Baptist Church, Philadelphia; has de- clined two theological chairs; writer on biblical subjects. Address, 2027 Wallace St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PIERCE, A. M .:
President of the First National Bank of West Elizabeth. Address, West Eliza- beth, Allegheny County, Pa.
PIERRE, Joseph C .:
Chief of the Bureau of City Property; born at Philadelphia in 1838; educated in the public schools of that city; served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and in 1866 became commercial editor of the North American; in the same year was elected to the position of Secretary of the Commercial Exchange; in isst was elected to the post of Recorder of Deeds of Philadelphia, and in 1957 re-elected for a second term of three years. In September, 1863. married Miss Virginia J. Hearst. He is a member of Meade Post
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No. 1. Grand Army of the Republic; of the Union League, Union Republican and Clover Clubs. Address, City Hall, Phila- delphia, Pa.
PIERIE, George G .:
Journalist; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 8, 1$38; educated in the public schools, and engaged in business at sixteen in the H. J. R. Campbell wholesale dry goods house; he remained here four years, but during this interval displayed fine powers as a writer, and on the establishment of the Philadelphia Press in 1857 he secured a position on its editorial staff; he was given the position of commercial editor, and soon won reputation as a well in- formed and discriminative writer. upon mercantile and financial topics. With an inclination toward militarism, he became a Lieutenant in the Curtin Guards in 1$60, and in 1861 joined the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Regiment, serving with it till the end of its term. He then re- turned to his duty on the Press, and in 1866. on the death of his father, he suc- ceeded him as commercial editor of the North American; in the same year he was appointed Secretary of the Commer- cial Exchange of Philadelphia. In 1884 he was elected Recorder of Deeds of Phil- adelphia for a three years' term; he was re-elected for a second term, retiring from the office in 1991; he is now Chief of the Bureau of City Property. Mem- ber of the Union League, Meade Post. Grand Army of the Republic, and a num -. ber of clubs. Address, 1337 Thompson St .. Philadelphia, Pa.
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PIERSOL, George Arthur:
Physician; educator; born in Philadel- phia May 17, 1856; was graduated from the Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania, with degree of C. E. in 1874; University of Fennsylvania, with degree of M. D., in 1877. Married, 189S, Florence Lukens Reeder. Since 1821 Professor of Anatomy, Medical Department. University of Penn- sylvania. Fellow of the College of Physi- cians of Philadelphia. Member of Ameri- can Philosophical Society, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence. and American Association of Anato- mists. Member of Union League. Ad- dress. 4724 Chester Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
PILCHER, Major J. E., M. D., L. H. D .:
Military Singeon; was born in Adrian. Mich., March 18. 1857; son of Eliiah
Holmes Pilcher; was graduated A. B. from Michigan University in 1879, and M. D. from the Long Island College Hospital in 1SS0; received the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1887, and L. H. D. from Allegheny Col- lege in 1902. Immediately upon his grad- uation in medicine he became managing editor of the Annals of Anatomy and Surgery of Brooklyn. N. Y., which posi- tion he retained until 1SS3, when he en- tered the Medical Department of the United States Army as an Assistant Surgeon, and passing through the grades of Lieutenant and Captain in the regular service, and Major and Brigade Surgeon in the Volunteer service, was retired for disability incurred in the line of duty in 1900. During this period he experienced considerable active service in the field against the Sioux, Crow and Cheyenne Indians and against Mexican insurrectos: was the author of the first system of drill for the United States Army Hospital Corps published in the United States, and his work on "First Aid in Illness and Injury," the first edition of which was issued in 1892, has maintained its position as the principal text-book for instruction of the hospital corps from its publication to the present time. In 1896 he was ap- pointed Assistant Secretary of the Asso- ciation of Military Surgeons of the United States, becoming Secretary and editor in 1897, a position which, with an interval of two years, he has held to the present time; established the Journal of the Asso- ciation of Military Surgeons of the United States as a quarterly in 1901, and as a monthly in 1902. He was Surgeon of one of the first regiments of the army to be ordered South at the opening of the Spanish-American War, and served in that capacity at Mobile and at Tampa. going thence to Jacksonville as Chief Surgeon of the forces under Major Gen- eral Lawton. When these forces were formed into the Seventh Army Corps, un- der the command of Major General Fitz- hugh Lee, he remained with them in the capacity of executive and medical supply officer until the fall of 1899, when he was detached and placed in command of the Army Medical Supply Depot established at Savannah. Ga., a duty which occupied his attention until failing health required hini to relinquish active service. In addi- tion to this service as military surgeon. he from time to time occupied the Chairs of Military Surgery in the Ohio Medical University, Starling Medical College and
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Creighton Medical College; he also for a ' of the county and at Union College, N. --. time acted as Professor of Sociology and Y .. where he was graduated in 1958; he took up the study of law at West Ches- ter, Pa., and was admitted to the bar in 1560. After a period of practice he be- came a partner of Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, this continuing till 1870. when Mr. Mac- - - Teagh was made United States Minister to Turkey. He subsequently practiced alone, making a specialty of corporation law, in which he has had much success. He is the attorney for the Philadel- phia, Wilmington and Baltimore and the Pennsylvania Railroad Companies. In Political Economy in Dickinson College, and also as Professor of Medical Juris- prudence in Dickinson School of Law. In 1900 reclassified and catalogued the Pennsylvania State Library; associate editor of the fourth series of "Pennsyl- vania Archives" (twelve volumes). Be- sides his book on "First Aid in Illness and Injury," which has passed through num- erous editions, he is the author of the "Life and Labors of Elijah H. Pilcher," the "Columbus Book of Military Sur- geons." the "Seal and Arms of Pennsyl- politics he is an active Republican, and strongly supported John Stewart as in- dependent candidate for Governor. For five years he was President of the Board of Trustees of the West Chester State Normal School. and for several years act- ed as solicitor for the First National Bank of West Chester. Address, West Ches- ter, Pa. vania." and "The Surgeon Generals of the United States Army." in addition to many articles in the medical and general press, among which may be noted an illustrated article in Scribner's Magazine entitled "A New Field of Honor," articles on the "Transportation of the Disabled," published by the Military Service Insti- tution and in the Reference Handbook of Medical Science, the "Building of the PINKERTON, William W .: Soldier" and "The Place of Physical Training in the Military Service"; valu- able articles relating to the history of sur- gery-the "Annals and Achievements of American Surgery," "Chauliac and Mondeville," "Mundinus and the Anat- omy of the Middle Ages," and a number of popular articles, among which may be mentioned "Outlawry on the Mexican Border," "One Sioux Dance," etc. Ad- dress, Carlisle, Pa.
PILSBRY, Henry Augustine:
Zoologist; born in Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. S, 1862; educated in the State University of Iowa. Made a specialty of the study of mollusks. and is a professor in the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- phia. Author of "The Manual of Con- chology." 1888-1903; "Marine Mollusks of Japan." 1\05; "Guide to the Study of Helices," and is the author of many ar- ticles on conchology, geology and zoolo- gy, published in scientific journals and publications of American and foreign learned societies since 1856. Address, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- phia, Pa.
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