Owens, Mrs. Frances E – Packard, Silas Sadler
Owens, Mrs. Frances E
educator, journalist, author, was born May 4, 1843, in Sidney, N. Y. She taught for eight years in the Chicago public schools. She is the author of Mrs. Owens's Cook Book, which has had an extensive sale in the United States. She is also the author of a very comprehensive Household Manual; and is the associate editor of The Chef, a culinary magazine of Chicago.
Owens, George W
lawyer, congressman. He was a prominent member of the Georgia bar; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1835 to 1839. He died in 1856, in Savannah.
Owens, James W
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 24, 1837, in Springfield township, Ind. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Licking county in 1867, and re-elected in 1869. He was elected to the Ohio senate in 1875, and re-elected in 1877, and was elected president of the senate. He was elected to the fifty-first, and re-elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Owens, William A
lawyer, was born Feb. 4, 1862, in Well Spring, Tenn.
He attended the best schools; was admitted to the bar, and has attained success as an able lawyer in Tazewell, Tenn.
Owens, William Claiborne
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 17, 1849, in Scott county, Ky. He was elected county attorney for Scott county in 1874, and resigned in 1877. He served five terms in the Kentucky legislature, one term as speaker of the house of representatives. He was democratic elector in 1880 and delegate from the state at large to the Chicago convention in 1892.
He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Owsley, Bryan Y
congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1843.
Owsley, William
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, governor, was born in 1782, in Virginia. He represented Garrard county for several years ears in the Kentucky legislature; and was judge of the supreme court of the state from 1812 to 1828. He removed to Boyle county in 1843; and was governor of Kentucky from 1844 to 1848. He died in December, 1862, in Danville, Ky.
Oxenbridge, John
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 30, 1609, in England. He was a popular preacher, and published The Duty of Watchfulness; Election Sermon; Seasonable Seeking of God; and Proposition for Propagating the Gospel by Christian Colonies in Guiana. He died Dec. 28, 1674, in Boston, Mass.
Pabor, William Edgar
journalist, author, poet, was born May 31, 1834, in Harlem, N. Y. In 1870 he moved to Colorado; and he was one of the founders of Greeley, Colorado Springs, and Fort Collins. In 1888 he founded The Fruita Star; and was subsequently president of the Colorado State Editorial association.
He now resides in Denver; and is a constant contributor of both prose and verse to periodical literature.
Pabst, Frederick
brewer, was born March 28, 1836, in Germany. He is the proprietor of the largest brewery in the world in Milwaukee, Wis. He now controls about $4,000,000 of real estate in Milwaukee aside from the breweries, and owns the Wauwatosa farm near the city, devoted to the breeding of Percheron horses. He is president of the Wisconsin National bank.
Paca, William
signer of the declaration of independence, was born Oct. 31, F 1740, in Wye Hall, Md. He was a member of the Maryland legislature in 1771, and opposed the royal government. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1774 to 1779; and was a signer of the declaration of independence. He was state senator from 1777 to 1779; chief justice of the state from 1778 to 1780; and chief judge of the court of appeals and admiralty from 1780 to 1782. He was elected governor in 1782 and 1786. He was a member of the convention which ratified the constitution in 1788; and was United States district judge from 1789 until his death. He died in 1799.
Pacheco, Romualdo
agriculturist, lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 31, 1831, in Santa Barbara, Cal. He was a representative in the California state legislature in 1853; and in 1855 was elected county judge, and served four years. He was a state senator in 1851, and again in 1861. He was elected state treasurer in 1863; and was again in the state legislature in 1868. He was elected lieutenant-governor in 1871; and became governor by the election of Governor Booth to the United States senate. He was elected a representative from California to the forty-fifth congress, but his seat was successfully contested; and was re-elected to the forty-sixth and fortyseventh congresses as a republican.
Packard, Alpheus Spring
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1798, in Chelmsford, Mass. In 1816 he graduated from Bowdoin college, and subsequently attained success in educational work. During 1819-24 he was a tutor in his alma mater; during 1824-65 he filled the chair of Latin and Greek languages; and was also college librarian. He edited the works of Dr. Appleton in two volumes; contributed valuable papers on the history of the monument on Bunker Hill' to the Maine Historical society; and various other papers to the North American Review and other publications. He died July 13, 1884, on Squirrel Island, Maine.
Packard, Alpheus Spring
naturalist, educator, author, was born Feb. 19, 1839, in Brunswick, Maine. He is a naturalist of eminence, and professor of geology and zoölogy in Brown university since 1878. He is the author of Zoology; Life Histories of Animals, or Comparative Embryology; Guide to the Study of Insects; Half-Hours with Insects; Our Common Insects; Entomology for Beginners; A Naturalist on the Labrador Coast; and Observations on the Glacial Phenomena of Labrador and Maine.
Packard, Mrs. Elizabeth Par- Sons Ware
reformer, philanthropist, was born in 1816, in Ware, Mass. Her father was the founder of the town of her nativity. She secured the adoption for thirty-four states of laws for the protection of insane persons; and further secured in many states legal recognition of married women regarding their property.
She gave thirty years of her life to this humane work, and expended fifty thousand dollars in prosecuting the work. She died in July, 1895.
Packard, Frederick Adolphus
author, was born Sept. 25, 1794, in Marlborough, Mass. He was a Philadelphia writer and editor for nearly forty years of the publications of the American Sunday School union. He was the author of The Teacher Taught; Life of Robert Owen; Visit to European Hospitals; The Teacher Teaching; and Union Bible Dictionary. He died Nov. 11, 1867, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Packard, Hezekiah
soldier, clergyman, educator, author, was born Dec. 6, 1761, in North Bridgewater, Mass. He originated the Bible society of Lincoln county, Maine; the Eastern Evangelical society, which existed for a few years; and was a member of the board of trustees and overseers of Bowdoin college for more than twenty years. He published The Christian's Manual, and numerous sermons. He died April 22, 1849, in Salem, Mass.
Packard, Jasper
soldier, lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born Feb. 1, 1832, in Austintown, Ohio. He moved to Laporte, Ind., and there edited the Union newspaper. In 1865 he was appointed a brigadier-general by brevet, for meritorious services during the war. In 1866 he became auditor of Laporte county, holding the office until 1868, when he was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-first congress. He was re-elected to the forty-second and forty-third congresses as a republican. He is now the editor and owner of The Evening and Weekly Tribune of New Albany, Ind.
Packard, John Hooker
surgeon, author, was born Aug. 15, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a surgeon of Philadelphia, surgeon to the Pennsylvania hospital from 1884; and the author of Manual of Minor Surgery; Lectures on Inflammation; Handbook of Operative Surgery; and Sea Air and Sea Bathing.
Packard, Lewis Richard
educator, author, was born Aug. 22, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an educator who was professor of Greek at Yale university from 1866; and author of Studies in Greek Thought. He died Oct. 26, 1884, in New Haven, Conn.
Packard, N. Luther
clergyman, evangelist, was born Dec. 31, 1851, in Brockton, Mass. He graduated with honors from the Wisconsin State university, and from the Chicago Theological semi- He has atnary. tained success as an eminent clergyman of the congregational church; and has filled pastorates in Nashua, Ionia, and Buffalo Center, Iowa.
For ten years he was president of the third district of the Young People's State Christian Endeavor of Iowa; has also been the state superintendent for Iowa of the Iowa congregational churches; and also a state evangelist of Iowa. a
Packard, Silas Sadler
educator, author, was born April 28, 1826, in Cumington, Mass. He is an educator who founded business college in New York city. He is the bestknown business-college man in the United States, and he was very successful in promoting the business educators' exhibit at the World's Fair. He is the author of Bryant and Stratton's Bookkeeping Series; Complete Course of Business Training; Commercial Arithmetic; and New Manual of Bookkeeping.