Patton, Francis Landey – Paxton, James W
Patton, Francis Landey
clergyman, educator, college president, author, was born Jan. 22, 1843, in Bermuda. In 1888 he became president of Princeton college. He is the author of Inspiration of the Scriptures; and Summary of Christian Doctrine.
Patton, Jacob Harris
author, was born in 1812 in Pennsylvania. He is an historical writer of New York city; and the author of Concise History of the American People; Yorktown, 1781-1881; The Democratic Party: Its History and Influence; Brief History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States; Natural Resources of the United States; Political Economy for American Youth; Four Hundred Years of American History; and Political Parties in the United States.
Patton, John
soldier, congressman, was born in 1746 in Kent county, Del. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1785 to 1786; and was a representative in congress from Delaware from 1793 to 1794. He died in June, 1801.
Patton, John
banker, congressman, was born Jan. 6, 1823, in Covington, Pa.
He was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-seventh congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress.
Patton, John
lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 30, 1850, in Curmersville, Pa.
He graduated from Yale college in 1875; and from the Columbia Law school in 1887. The following year he moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he is one of the leading lawyers of that state. On May 5, 1894, he was appointed United States senator from Michigan, upon the death of Senator Stockbridge; and served until the election of a successor.
Patton, John D
merchant, congressman, was born Nov. 28, 1829, in Indiana, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortyeighth congress.
Patton, John Mercer
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1796 in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1830 to 1838. He was for some years, and at the time of his death, judge of the court of appeals. He died Oct. 20, 1858, in Richmond, Va.
Patton, R. M
governor. He was elected governor of Alabama, and remained in the office until 1868.
Patton, Thomas Duncan
journalist, lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 24, 1865, in Ripley, Miss. For many years he was the editor of the Arkansian, and is now a prominent lawyer of Cotton Plant, Ark. In 1895 and in 1897 he served as a member of the Arkansas state legislature.
Patton, William
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 23, 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a presbyterian clergyman of New York city, founder of the Union Theological seminary; and the author of The Laws of Fermentation and the Wines of the Ancients; The Judgment of Jerusalem Predicted in Scripture; Jesus of Nazareth; and Bible Principles and Bible Characters. He died Sept. 9, 1879, in New Haven, Conn.
Patton, William Weston
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 19, 1821, in New York city. He was a congregational clergyman in New York city, and president of Howard university from 1877. He was the author of Spiritual Victory; Prayer and Its Remarkable Answers; The Young Man's Friend; Conscience and Law; and Slavery and Infidelity. He died Dec. 31, 1889, in Westfield, N. J.
Paul, Augustus Chouteau
soldier, was born April 16, 1842, in Albany, N. Y. He was brevetted major for gallantry in the Wilderness, and lieutenantcolonel for meritorious conduct at Spottsylvania court house.
Paul, Henry Martyn
astronomer, educator, was born June 25, 1851, in Hyde Park, Mass. During 1880-83 he was professor of astronomy in the university of Tokio, Japan, after which he returned to his post in Washington. He is the author of astronomical monographs that have been published as appendices to the annual volumes of the Observations of the United States naval observatory.
Paul, Howard
actor, author, was born Nov. 16, 1835, in Philadelphia, Pa.
He was the author of a serial entitled Dashes of American Humor, which attained popularity both in England and the United States. He next published a successful drama entitled A Mob Cap. His other principal works are: The Young Chemist; Pastimes of Youth; and The Book of American Songs, with notes biographical and critical.
Paul, John
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born June 30, 1839, in Rockingham county, Va. He was elected state senator in 1877, and re-elected in 1879; and was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses. In 1883 he was appointed United States district judge for the western district of Virginia.
Paulding, Hiram
naval officer, was born Dec. 11, 1797, in New York city. In 1811 he entered the navy as a midshipman; was promoted to commander in 1837; in 1844 became captain; and was promoted rear-admiral on the retired list in 1862. He died Oct. 20, 1878, in Huntington, N. Y.
Paulding, James Kirke
author, was born Aug. 22, 1779, in Mount Pleasant, N. Y. He was a versatile and once popular writer of New York city, the friend of Irving, and co-author with him of The Salmagundi Papers in 1807. He was secretary of the navy in 1837-41. His various writings include: The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan, his most successful work; Salmagundi, a second series, 1819; Koningsmarke, the Long Finne, a novel; John Bull in America; The Dutchman's Fireside; Lay of the Scottish Fiddle, a travesty of the Lay of the Last Minstrel; Westward Ho; Merry Tales of the Three Wise Men of Gotham; The Puritan and His Daughter; The New Mirror for Travelers; The Backwoodsman, a poem; The Bucktails, a Comedy; Letters from the South; Life of George Washington; and Slavery in America, a spirited defence of that institution.
Paulding, John
patriot, was born in 1758 in New York city. He was one of the three captors of André, and received from congress a silver medal and an annuity of two hundred dollars. In 1827 a marble monument was erected to his memory in the churchyard near Peekskill, by the corporation of New York. He died Feb. 18, 1818, in Staatsburg, N. Y.
Paulding, Tattnall
soldier, business man, was born July 5, 1840, in Huntington, N. Y. During the war he served in the sixth regiment United States cavalry as captain, and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel. He is president of the Delaware Insurance company of Philadelphia, Pa., and prominent in the public and business affairs of that city.
Paulding, William
JR., lawyer, congressman, was born in 1769 in Tarrytown, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1811 to 1813.
He died Feb. 11, 1854, in Tarrytown, N. Y.
Paulus, Christopher
accountant, state legislator, was born April 17, 1852, in Milwaukee, Wis. For four years he was clerk of the circuit and county courts of Milwaukee county, and during 1890-94 was a member and secretary of the board of trustees of the Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Milwaukee county.
In 1895 and 1896 he served with distinction as a member of the Wisconsin state assembly; and took an active part in passing several bills of importance to the welfare of his state.
Pawling, Levi
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1819.
Paxson, Edward M
journalist, lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 3, 1824, in Buckingham, Pa. He learned the printing business, and in 1842 founded the Newtown Journal; and in 1847 moved to Philadelphia, where he established the Daily News. He subsequently turned his attention to the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1850. In 1869 he was appointed judge of the court of common pleas in the city of Philadelphia; and the following year was elected to the office. In 1874 he was elected justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, and subsequently chief justice. He edited Brown's Collection of Laws, and is the author of Memoirs of the Johnson Family.
Paason, William Alpha
lawyer, author, poet, was born July 6, 1850, in Greene county, Ohio. In 1875 he graduated from the Cincinnati Law school, and now practices law in Jamestown, Ohio.
For years he has been a writer for various periodicals, and has received prizes for several essays. He is the author of a work of fiction entitled A Buckeye Baron; and a volume of poetical works.
Paxton, James W
was born in 1821 in Virginia. In 1860 he was made president of the Northwestern bank of Virginia, in Wheeling, and converted it later into the present National bank of West Virginia. A handsome public fountain which stands in front of the city building in Wheeling, the gift of Mr. Paxton in 1858, is only one of the many quiet and generous acts which have denoted his public spirit, liberality and interest in the city's welfare. He was a member and was chairman of the committee on finance and taxation and one of the commissioners, appointed by the convention, to present the document for approval by congress and ask for the admission of West Virginia as an independent state into the Union.