Who's who in Pennsylvania; containing authentic biographies of Pennsylvanians who are leaders and representatives in various departments of worthy human achievement. First Edition. V.1, Pt.2, Part 33

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910, ed
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York, L. R. Hamersly company
Number of Pages: 860


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PRICE, James, D. D .:


Pastor of the Twelfth United Presby- terian Church, Philadelphia, Pa .: born in County Down,


Ireland; cmigrated


with his father's family to Pitts- burg, Pa., in 1843; began as a clerk in a dry goods store; then entered Du- quesne College, Pittsburg, Pa., then un- der the Presidency of that noted scholar and philosopher, Rev. Robert Bruce, D. D. This institution having suspended. he repaired to Franklin College, Harrison County, Ohio, where he was recognized as a student of the junior year, and from which he was graduated in 1851. Was a student of the Associate Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Canonsburg.


Pa .; received his diploma and was licensed 1854 to preach the Gospel. Pas- tor of the Associate Presbyterian Church of Frankford, Philadelphia (now the Sev- enth United Presbyterian Church) eigh- teen years; also a pastor in Hoboken, N. J., 1874-1577; Harlem, New York City, 1878-1880; organized the congregation of Which he is pastor. His title of Doctor of Divinity was in 1890 received from Franklin College. His writings consist of numerous magazine and newspaper ar- ticles, together with


CƠ "Biographical Sketch of Rev. H. H. Blair of New York," 1877; "Revivals of Religion," 1SS0; "Ori- gin and Distinctive Characteristics of the United Presbyterian Church of North America," delivered by appointment be- fore the Presbyterian Historical Society; "Theological Education in the U. P. Sy- nod of New York for 150 Years," read by appointment before Synod, 1901; "His- tory of the Seventh U. P. Congregation of Philadelphia" in preparation. Stated clerk of the U. P. Presbytery of Phila- delphia since 1860, and he has been Re- cording Secretary of the Presbyterian Historical Society for some fifteen years. Address, 107 East Lehigh Ave., Philadel- phia, Pa.


PRICE, John B .:


President of the First National Bank. Address, Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa.


PRICE. Joseph :


Physician; born in Rockingham County, Va .. Jan. 1, 1 53; educated in a school at Fort Edward, N. Y., and in Union Col- lege at Schenectady. He subsequently entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and after graduation became in ist7 resident physi- cian of the Philadelphia Dispensary; here


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he won such reputation for medical and surgical skill that he was placed at the head of the Woman's Department of that institution; he also filled for a number of years the post of resident physician at the Preston Retreat. His conspicuous success in dealing with diseases peculiar to women attracted him a large private practice, the pressing demands of which upon his time led him to found the Gyne- cean Hospital and also a private hospital for work of this character. His success in this field brought him many positions of honor, such as the Presidency of the American Medical Association, the Associ- ation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Tri-State Medical Society, and the American section of the Gynecological Association. Address, 241 North Eigh- teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.


PRICE, Samuel B .:


Lawyer; born in Branchville, Sussex County, N. J., April 29, 1847; educated in Princeton College and the University of Michigan, graduating from the latter in 1870; subsequently studied in its Law Department, and obtained admittance to the bar of Detroit in 1872. Shortly after- ward he removed to Scranton, Pa., where he obtained admittance to the Luzerne County bar in April, 1873, and entered actively into practice, An able lawyer, he has long had an extensive practice in the county courts and before the Su- preme Court of Pennsylvania. He is President of the Scranton Savings Bank. Address, Scranton, Pa.


PRICHARD, Frank Perley:


Lawyer; born in Charlestown, Mass., May 30. 1853; son of Abraham P. and Frances A. Prichard; was graduated from Central High School in 1ST0; Law De- partment, University of Pennsylvania, in


1874. Married in Cambridge, Mass .. April 14, 1898, Florence Newell Tilton. Admitted to bar, 1874. Republican in politics. Member of American Bar Asso- ciation, Civil Service Reform Association. Municipal League, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. American Academy of Po- litical and Social Science. An associate editor of the "Weekly Notes of Cases." Philadelphia, 1875-1878; "American Law Register," 1852-1887. Member of the Rit- tenhouse and University Clubs. Address, 1001 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.


PRIESON. Gustav Adolph:


Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal


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Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant


Surgeon Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Aug. 2, 1862; honorably discharged Oct. 24, 1862; First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania (Mil- itia) Infantry, July 3, 1863: honorably dis- charged Aug. 7, 1863. Elected Feb. 7, 1894. Address, 100 Main St., Lock Ha- ven, Pa.


PRINCE, Leon C .:


Lawyer and teacher; born in Concord, N. H., May 15, 1875; son of Morris W. and Katherine (Buck) Prince; educated at New York University, Dickinson College and Dickinson School of Law; received degrees of A. M. and LL. B. Member of Cumberland County bar. Professor of History and International Law in Dickin- son College since 1901. Active in the pop- ular lecture field. and is a contributor to the periodical press on topics of the day. Author of "The Passing of the Declara- tion," "An Argument for the Repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment," "The Monroe Doctrine." Address, Carlisle, Pa.


PRINCE, Morris Watson, A. M., S.T.D .:


Clergyman; born in East Boothbay, Me .; educated at Bueksport Seminary, Bucks- port, Me., and Wesleyan University, Mid- dletown, Conn .; entered ministry of Meth- odist Episcopal Church and filled pas- torates at Plymouth. N. H .; Concord, N. H .; Dover, N. H., and Haverhill, Mass. President of Bucksport Seminary, Maine. Transferred to New York, East Confer-, ence, Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1884, and filled pastorates at Stamford, Conn .; Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn. N. Y .; Meriden, Conn .; Stamford, Conn. (second term); Bristol, Conn., and Trin- ity Church, New Haven, Conn. In 1896 accepted Chair of History and Political Science in Dickinson College; has trav- eled extensivly in Europe. Published many articles upon religious and social questions of the day. Address, Carlisle, Pa.


PRIME, Frederick:


Educator; Professor of Natural His- tory in Girard College since 1895; born in Philadelphia March 1, 1646; was grad- uated front Columbia College in 1565 (A. M. and Ph. D., Lafayette). Served with United States Volunteers in Civil War, 1862-1863. Studied four years at the Roy- al School of Mines, Freiberg, Saxony; Assistant Professor. Columbia School of Mines, 1669-1570; Professor of Geology


and Metallurgy, Lafayette College, 1870- 1879; Assistant State .Geologist of Penn- sylvania, 1874-1879; manager and Presi- dent of several iron companies in Penn- sylvania and Alabama, 1580-1892; Presi- dent of Edison Electric Light Company of Philadelphia, 1891; Secretary of Amer- ican Philosophical Socicty, 1897-1900. Edited Von Cotta's "Treatise on Ore De- posits," 1870; also wrote various reports published by geological survey of Penn- sylvania, and reports on iron, coal and gold properties. Member of Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Wars. Address, Gi- rard College, Philadelphia, Pa.


PRINTZ, John H .:


Manufacturer; born in Reading, Pa., March 31, 1833, his ancestors having been among the founders of the town; was educated in the public schools of his native city; learned the brick-laying busi- ness, and in 1855; commenced as a manu- facturer, continuing in this line to this date; was one of the pioneers in Penn- sylvania in the manufacture of orna- mental brick, and for a number of years was one of the largest manufacturers of brick in eastern Pennsylvania, giving employment to over 500 hands in Read- ing and vicinity and at Birdsboro, Pa. Was a member of the Common Council of the city of Reading, elected as a Re- publican, representing the Third Ward, 1869-1571, Fourth Ward. 1880-1SS2, and again the Third Ward, 1884-1SS6. Was also Constable of Reading (Southern Dis- trict) 1865-1866, when the city had but two Constables. Is prominent in Masonry and accompanied the first pilgrimage to the Pacific Coast in 1883. Was one of the projectors of the Reading and South- western Street Railway Company in 1890 and a Director for a number of years; is a Director in the Reading Cold Storage and Ice Company, a Director of the Reading National Bank, and inter- ested in a number of local business and manufacturing enterprises. Address. Read- ing, Pa.


PROPER, John Floyd:


Oil producer; son of Hon. John A. Prop- er and Sarah A. Grove Proper: was born in Forest County, March 11, 185s; educat- ed at the Randolph Seminary, New York, and Dickinson Seminary, Pennsyl- vania. Began the study of law with Hon. S. D. Irwin, but drifted off to sur- veying and land ageney. Embarked in the oil business and became a member


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of the well known Proper Oil Company. In 1893, went to Colorado, where he be- came largely interested in the gold mines at Cripple Creek. After a few years resi- dence in Denver, returned to Pennsyl- vania in 1897. Was married to Miss An- na Jackson of Warren, Pa., in 1887. Has one son, Curtis. Address, Tionesta, Pa.


PROPER, Oliver W .:


Senior member of the Proper Oil Com- pany; son of Hon. John A. Proper and Sarah Grove Proper; was born at Prop- er's Mills, Forest County, Aug. 6, 1853. Educated at an Academy at Mckeesport. Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, and at Iron City College. In 1567, removed with his parents to Tionesta, where he has since resided. When quite young became interested in the lumber business with his father, Judge Proper, also in the pro- duction of oil. Has successfully conduct- ed his interests as an oil producer, and has now extensive interests in Forest, Warren and Venango Counties. Is a member of the Proper Oil Company, which is one of the largest in western Pennsylvania. Has interests in the gold mines at Cripple Creek, Dawson City and the headwaters of the Amazon river. Was instrumental in getting the Tion- esta Mantle Manufacture established in Tionesta, in 1897, which has greatly ad- vanced the interests of Forest County. Was Superintendent of the establishment for fourteen months. Address, Tionesta, Pa.


PROWELL, George R .:


Educator, journalist; born in York, Pa., Dec. 12, 1849; received his primary edu- cation at the public schools, and was graduated from the University of Woos- ter. Ohio; married, Stamford. Conn., 1875, Virginia Dean. Has occupied the posi- tions of principal at several high schools, Superintendent of public schools at Han- over, Pa., and has been editor and cor- respondent to several journals. Member of Pennsylvania Historical Society, Co- lumbia Historical Society. Washington; National Geographic Society. Author of "History of York County, Pa." 1885; "History of West Jersey," 1887: "His- tory of Wilmington, Del.," 1889; "History of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Penn- sylvania Volunteers."


1900; "George Washington and Continental Congress," 1901: "History of the Seventy-first Penn- sylvania Regiment," 1902; "F. V. Mel-


sheimer, First American Entomologist," 1903. Associate editor National Cyclo- pædia of American Biography, and Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States. Address, York, Pa.


PRUD'HOMME, Lucien Franklin:


Commander, United States Navy; mem- ber of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant Eleventh Pennsylva- nia Cavalry Oct. 12, 1861; First Lieuten- ant June 26, 1864; honorably discharged Sept. 2, 1864. Assistant Professor (Civil) United States Naval Academy Sept. 15, 1866; Professor July 1, 1872; head of De- partment of Modern Languages, July 1, 1876; Professor (Lieutenant) United States Navy May 20, 1881; retired (Commander) Sept. 1, 1896. Elected Jan. 4, 1871. Ad- dress, 4 Maryland Avc., Annapolis, Md.


PRUNER, E. J .:


President of the Farmers' and Mer- chants' National Bank. Address, Tyrone, Blair County, Pa.


PUGH. Charles E .:


Railroad manager, Second Vice Presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad since 1897; born in Unionville, Chester County, Pa., Feb. 25, 1841; his entire railway service has been with the Pennsylvania Railroad; beginning Oct. 1, 1859, he was station agent, Newport; passenger con- ductor, 1862; train dispatcher. Philadel- phia division, 1862-1870; general agent, Philadelphia, 1870-1879; General Superin- tendent at Altoona, 1579-1862; General Manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad system east of Erie and Pittsburg, 1582- 1893; Third Vice President, 1893-1897. Ad- dress, 109 Broad St. Station, Philadel- phia. Pa.


PUGH, Edward Fox:


Lawyer; born Doylestown, Pa., May 30. 1847; was graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, B. A., 1567; M. A., 1870; admitted to the bar of Pennsyl- vania, 1870, and to the United States Su- preme Court 1877: has practiced chiefly in Philadelphia; married, April 27, 1882, Alice Hannum Cresson. Editor of fifth edition (1886) and sixth edition (1896) Dunlap's Book of Forins. Author of "Me- moir of Edward Fox" (19ss), "Forms of Procedure in Admiralty" (1890 and 1903), cte. Resides in Philadelphia, and in Wayne, Delaware County, Pa.


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PUGH, James L .:


Lawyer; born in Somerset County, Pa., Aug. 14, 1844. Living on a farm he at- tended school in the intervals of farm labor, and began teaching in the public schools when only fourteen years of age. In 1862 he enlisted as a private in the 133d Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was engaged in some of the hardest battles of the Virginia con- paigns. At Fredericksburg he received three wounds. When his term of en- listment ended, he enlisted again in the 204th Regiment and served till the end of the war. Not yet twenty-one when the war ended, he resumed his old work as a teacher, attended the State Normal School at Millersville. and in 1870 was ap- pointed School Superintendent for the county of Somerset. After two years in this position he began the study of law in the University of Michigan, where he was graduated in 1874. Admitted to the Somerset bar May 4, 1874, he began to practice, and in 1875, was elected Dis- trict Attorney. In 1887 and again in 1SS9 he was elected to the State Legislature, where he made an excellent record as a law-maker. Since the expiration of his term he has been actively engaged in practice, having a large Orphans' Court and commercial law business. Address, Somerset, Pa.


PUHL, John E .:


Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; born in Brooklyn, New York, March 13, 1870; moved to Philadel- phia when he was four years old; educat- ed in the public schools of that city; at present is head of a wholesale drug firm. Republican in politics. He was elected a member of the House of Rep- resentatives of Pennsylvania in Novem- ber, 1902. Member of the committees on Corporation Accounts. Geological Survey, Iron and Coal, and Public Health and Sanitation. He is Vice President of the Garfield Republican Club; member of the Stuart Republican Club, Mutual Repub- lican Club of Thirteenth Ward, Eigh- teenth Ward Republican Club. Progress Lodge 609 F. A. M., Jerusalem Chapter No. 3 R. A. M., Philadelphia Command- ery No. 2, N. T., Lu Lu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Knights of the Golden Eagle, Philadelphia Acrie No. 21, F. O. E .; Am- erican Mechanles, Foresters of America. Philadelphia Rifle Club, and Philadelphia Lodge No. 2. B. P. O. Elks. Address, 1039 North Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa.


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PURDY, George S .:


Jurist; born in Paupack Township. Wayne County, Jan. 24, 1539, being a de- seendant on both sides of Baptist minis- ters residing in that county. He was educated in the public schools, and taught for four years, part of this time as principal of the Providence graded school. He was afterward bookkeeper in tanner- ies at Ledgedale and Middle Valley; was Commissioner's Clerk from 1566 to 1876, meanwhile reading law and obtaining ad- mission to the bar in 1873. He began practice in 1876, showing an ability that soon gave him a leading position at the county bar. In his first contest for the Judgeship he was defeated, but in 1893 the Democrats of Pike and Wayne Counties united in again nominating him. and he was then elected without oppo- sition, his opponent withdrawing from the contest. And was re-elected, without opposition, to succeed himself in 1903. In addition to his judicial duties, Judge Purdy is concerned in several extensive business enterprises. Address, Honesdale, Pa.


PURVES, G. C .:


President of the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society. Address, Seventh and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.


PURVIANCE, George:


Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Sergeant 134th Pennsylvania In- fantry Aug. 7, 1862; Sergeant Major Aug. 20, 1862; discharged for promotion Dec. 31, 1862. First Lieutenant and Adjutant 134th Pennsylvania Infantry Jan. 1, 1863; honorably mustered out May 26, 1863. Elected May 6, 1891. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.


PUSEY. Fred Taylor:


Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Delaware County. born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 3, 1872; attended public school in Chester County, and completed his education at the Friends' Central School. Philadelphia; moved to Delaware County in Isss, and lived on a farm; studied law and was admitted to Philadelphia bar in Febru- ary, 1994; is also a member of the Dela- ware County bar; is engaged in active practice of the law in both counties. and has been admitted to practice before the Supreme and Superior Courts; was So-


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licitor for the borough of Lansdowne, 1599-1900; has been active in the National Guard of Pennsylvania for many years, and has been adjutant of the First Regiment since 1896; is a member of the Union League and other organizations; was President of the Law Academy of Philadelphia in 1897; elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Address, Lansdowne, Pa.


PYLE, Walter Lytle:


Physician, medical editor, and author; born Philadelphia Dec. 20, 1871; son of William J. and Sarah Lane (Thomas) Pyle; educated Central High School, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania; A. B., 1SSS; A. M., 1833; M. D., 1893; married, April 11, 1898. Adelaide Besson. Resident Physi- cian Emergency Hospital, Washington, 1893-1894; post-graduate study in Europe, 1895-1896; now practicing as an oculist in Philadelphia. Member of the American Ophthalmological Society, American Med- ical Association, Pennsylvania State Med- ical Society. Philadelphia County Medical Society, Fellow of the American Acade- my of Medicine, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Assistant Surgeon to Wills Eye Hospital. Clubs are Union League, Art Club, Medical Club, Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Author of "A Manual of Per- sonal Hygiene," 1900, (second edition, 1904); also with Dr. George M. Gould, "Diseases of the Eye," 1899; "Cyclope- dia . of Practical Medicine and Surgery," 1900; "Anomalies and Curiosities of Med- icine," 1898; editor of International Med- ical Magazine, 1598. Has written numer- ous monographs and special articles on ophthalmology, general medicine, medical sociology and medical.bibliography. Ad- dress, 1806 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.


QUAIL, Chas. E .:


Senator: was born in Baltimore, Md., in October, 1841. He served as a soldier during the Civil War for two years and ten months, until the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox. After the close of the war he entered the Maryland Uni- Versity Medical College, from which in- stitution he graduated in 1867. He com- menced his practice in the medical pro- fession. In 186S he removed to Auburn, Schuylkill County. He also entered into the drug business in Auburn in 1892. He has been a member of both County and


State Medical Associations. He is favor- ably known as a physician of skill and learning; served one term as Coroner of Schuylkill County. He owns an excellent- farm in West Brunswick Township, and valuable real estate in Auburn. Mar- ried, in 1967, to Emma C. Weishapuple, of Baltimore. To them have been born five children: Charles E., Foster K., E. Lulu, Flora J., and Charles. His sons are all deceased, and his two daughters are married. He is at present serving a term as State Senator of Pennsylvania. Ad- dress, 275 Briggs St., Auburn, Pa.


QUAY, Matthew Stanley:


United States Senator; born at Dills- burg, York County, Pa., Sept. 30, 1833. He was the son of a Presbyterian clergy- man, who left York County when his son was six years of age, going to Pitts- burg and thence to Beaver County, which has since been Senator Quay's headquarters. He received his educa- tion in Jefferson College, graduating at seventeen, and at once beginning the study of law in the office of Judge Ster- rett at Pittsburg. During his interval of legal study he spent nearly a year in the South, where he lectured and taught school in Texas. Returning home and resuming his law studies, he was ad- mitted to the bar in 1854, and 1855 was appointed Prothonotary of Beaver County, an office to which he was elected in 1855, and again in 1859. When the Civil War be- gan he resigned from this office and en- listed in the Tenth Pennsylvania Re- serves, in which he was soon made First Lieutenant, and shortly after was ap- pointed by Governor Curtin Commissary General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In this position he showed such high efficiency that the Governor made him his private secretary. After serv- ing a year in this capacity, in August, 1882, he went to the front as Colonel of the 134th Pennsylvania Infantry, spending some months in active service; he was then attacked by typhoid fever, and so reduced in health that his friends in- sisted on his resigning his commission; yet after his discharge from the service he took part as a volunteer in the bat- tle of Fredericksburg and displayed such gallantry that he was awarded the Con- gressional medal of honor. His next employments were as Military State Agent at Washington, and as Military Secretary to the Governor, and in 196! he was elected to the Legislature for


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Washington and Beaver Counties, serv- ing in that body for several terms. In 1868 he began his special political career as Secretary of the Republican State Central Committee. Possessed of a na- tive taste for journalism, he had proposed during his boyhood trip to the South to start a Union newspaper in Louisiana, and in 1869 he established the Beaver Radical, which under his skillful and able control soon gained a leading place among the political papers of the State. He took a prominent part in the contest, which led to the election as Governor of John F. Hartranft, and was in conse- quence appointed Secretary of State for Pennsylvania, holding this position from 1872 to 1878, and subsequently from 1879 to 1882. In the interval between these two terms he held the position of Re- corder of Philadelphia. By this time Mr. Quay had become very prominent in the councils of the Republican Party, and when, in 1887, he was nominated for State Treasurer, he was elected by near- ly 50,000 majority. The highest honor the State could confer on him came in 1887, when he was elected to the United States Senate, an exalted position which he has since retained. As Senator his influence and power in the councils of his party became assured and he has since then held an absolute control over the political actions of the Republicans of Pennsylvania, despite all efforts to de- prive him of this power. After his elec- tion to the Senate he was made Chair- man of the Republican National Commit- tee and of the Executive Committee of that body, and had charge of the party canvass which led to the election of Gen. Harrison to the Presidency. In the Na- tional Convention of 1896 he received the solid vote of the Pennsylvania delegation. and a number of votes from other States for the Presidential nomination. As a member of the Senate he, while not much given to speech making, has made himself one of the most prominent and best known of our national legislators, and no man in the United States has a wider reputation than Senator Quay. In 1899 he failed to be re-elected and was tried for misappropriation of public funds while Recorder of Philadelphia. but was acquitted, and was subsequently appoint- ed United States Senator by Governor Stone. This appointment was rejected in the Senate in 1900, but he was subse- quently elected, and still occupies his seat in the Senate, though affirming his


intention to retire at the close of his present term. What is called the "politi- cal machine" has reached its highest de- velopment in Senator Quay's able hands, and he is still the autocrat of the party in Pennsylvania. Address, Beaver, Pa.


QUAY, Richard R .:


Capitalist; born in Pennsylvania; son of Senator M. S. Quay. Address, Beaver, Pa.




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