Peake, Ebenezer Steele – Pearson, John
Peake, Ebenezer Steele
clergyman, missionary, was born Jan. 15, 1830, in Andes, N. Y. He received his educaa tion at the Academy of Kingsborough, and subsequently attended the Academy of Delhi, N. Y. In 1848 he was principal of classical parish school at Cohoes, N. Y., and the following year entered the Theological seminary of the episcopal church at Nashotah, Wis. In 1852 he was ordained, and immediately elected tutor at Nashotah, holding that position for the next three years. At the wish of Bishop Kemper he moved to Wisconsin, and in 1856 became an associate of the Rev. Dr. Breck in the mission to the Chippewa Indians. With his wife he spent six years among the Indians at the mission of Gull Lake and Crow Wing.
Next he was chaplain of the twentyeighth regiment, Wisconsin volunteer infantry, going with them to the field in the southwest, and remaining to the end of the war. He returned to Minnesota, but accepted the rectorship of the Trinity church of San Jose, Cal.; and four years later of St. Luke's church, of San Francisco, spending twelve years in California. In 1878 he returned to Minnesota, and engaged in missionary work along the Northern Pacific railroad, so continuing until 1889, when he accepted the chaplaincy of St. Mary's Hall, of Faribault, Minn., the famous school for girls.
Peake, Thomas De Witt
educator, clergyman, author, was born March 19, 1843, in Princeton, Ohio. He received his education in the public schools and graduated from Hartsville university. For many years he was a successful teacher; was educated for the law, and is now one of the foremost clergymen of the methodist episcopal church in Wisconsin at Beloit. He is also an orator of unusual power, and a noted theologian. He is the author of Sanctification; The Symbolism of Solomon's Temple; Methodism and the Children; The Intermediate State; and other works. He is a prominent Mason, and owns the largest private library in the state of Wisconsin.
Peakes, Emily W
educator, poet, was born Dec. 1, 1847, in Harmony, Maine.
She is a teacher of literature in the high school of Terre Haute, Ind., and is the author of a number of poems.
Peale, Anna Claypoole
artist, was born March 6, 1791, in Philadelphia, Pa. She devoted herself at first to stilllife subjects, but afterward followed miniature-painting. She executed miniatures of Gen. Lallemand, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, and Com. William Bainbridge. She died Dec. 25, 1878, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Peale, Charles Wilson
artist, inventor, author, was born April 16, 1741, in Chestertown, Md. He was an artist, inventor, and miscellaneous writer of Philadelphia, among whose works are, On Building Wooden Bridges; Domestic Happiness; and Economy in Fuel. He died Feb. 22, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Peale, James
soldier, artist, was born in 1749, in Annapolis, Md. He turned his attention principally to portrait-painting, executing many miniatures and portraits in oil, including a full-length portrait of Washington, which has been engraved. One of his portraits of Washington is in the New York Historical society; the other, painted in 1795, in Independence hall, Philadelphia. He died May 24, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Peale, James
artist, was born March 6, 1779, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1813 he exhibited, at the Columbia society of Artists, a view of High street bridge. His other works include a painting of an engagement between the privateer schooner Cornet, of Baltimore, and a Portuguese sloop-of-war; View of Germantown; View of Water-Gap and Breaking Away of a Storm; and Fairmount Water-Works. He died Oct. 27, 1876, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Peale, Raphaelle
artist, was born Feb. 17, 1774, in Annapolis, Md. He began painting portraits in 1804, but paid also much attention to the painting of stilllife subjects, in which branch of art he was very successful. He died March 25, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Peale, Rembrandt
artist, author, was born Feb. 22, 1788, in Bucks county, Pa. He was an artist of Philadelphia and the author of Notes on Italy; Portfolio of an Artist; and Graphics. He died Oct. 3, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Peale, Sarah M
artist, was born May 19, 1800, in Philadelphia. She executed portraits of Com. William Bainbridge, Henry A. Wise, Caleb Cushing, Dixon H. Lewis, and other public men.
Lafayette accorded her four sittings in 1825. She died Feb. 4, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Peale, Titian Ramsey
artist, author, was born in 1800 in Philadelphia.
From 1849 till 1872 he was an examiner in the patent-office at Washington. He was the author of Mammalia and Ornithology. He died March 13, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Pealer, Russell R
lawyer, state legislator, jurist, was born Jan. 1, 1842, in Greenwood, Pa. Since 1867 he has practiced law in Three Rivers, Mich. He has been prosecuting attorney; circuit court commissioner; member of the state legislature, and in 1881 was elected judge of the fifteenth circuit.
Pearce, Charles Edward
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Whitesboro, N. Y. He settled in St. Louis in 1866, where he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law in 1867. In 1891 he was appointed chairman Sioux Indian commission; and in 1894 went to India and Japan to investigate the industries of the Orient. In 1896 he was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Pearce, Charles Sprague
artist, was born Oct. 13, 1831, in Boston, Mass.
His best known works are, Death of the First-Born of Egypt; Pet of the Harem; and Decapitation of John the Baptist, of which the latter received honorable mention at the salon, a prize at the Philadelphia academy, and a medal in Boston.
Pearce, Cromwell
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 13, 1772, in Willistown, Pa. He was a captain of militia in 1793-98. He resigned from the army in 1815, became sheriff of Chester county, Pa., was a presidential elector in 1824; and in 1825-39 was an associate justice of the county court. He died April 2, 1852, in Willistown, Pa.
Pearce, Duttee Jekauld
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 10, 1789, on Prudence Island, R. I.
He was at one time attorney-general of state, and United States district attorney for his district. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1825 to 1833, and again from 1835 to 1837. He was a presidential elector in 1821; and served in the legislature of Rhode Island.
He died May 9, 1849, in Newport, R. I.
Pearce, Ebenezer
soldier, educator, journalist, was born Oct. 6, 1839, in Evansburgh, Pa. He is now the editor and owner of The Republican, of White Hall, Ill.; and is prominent in public affairs.
Pearce, James Alfred
lawyer, educator, legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 14, 1805, in Alexandria, Va. He was a member of the Maryland legislature in 1831. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1835 to 1839, and from 1841 to 1843.
He was a senator in congress from 1843 to 1862. He held the post of professor of law in Washington college, of Chestertown, and was a regent of the Smithsonian institution. He was re-elected to the senate for the term commencing March, 1863. He died Dec. 20, 1862, in Chestertown, Md.
Pearce, John J
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1855 to 1857. He died May 30, 1888, in Harrisburg, Pa.
Pearle, Mary
temperance advocate, lecturer, poet, was born Nov. 23, 1849, in Ireland. She received her education in Dublin; and held many important positions in different schools and missions in the land of her nativity. In 1881 she came to America, and seven years later was engaged in lecturing in Ohio on temperance and social purity. She is corresponding secretary and lecturer for the Woman's Christian Temperance union; and secretary of the Peace by Arbitration society. She is the author of a large number of poems, some of which have appeared in several standard collections.
Pearse, John Barnard
chemist, author, was born April 19, 1842, in Philadelphia. He was in charge of the chemical division of the United States army laboratory in Philadelphia in 1863-65. He has published A Concise History of the Iron Manufacture of America.
Pearson, Albert J
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 20, 1846, in Centreville, Ohio. He was prosecuting attorney of Monroe county, Ohio, for three successive terms; and a member of the state senate for two years. He was probate judge of Monroe county for six years. He was elected to the Fifty-second and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.
Pearson, Alfred L
soldier, author, was born Dec. 28, 1838, in Pittsburg, Pa.
In 1888 he became commander of the National Union Veteran legion. He edited the Sunday Critic in 1886-87, and is the author of three plays.
Pearson, John
clergyman, lecturer, reformer, was born Dec. 25, 1842, in Ireland. He is an eminent clergyman of the episcopal church, and since 1865 has filled some of the most responsible pastorátes in the Cincinnati conference. He has served full terms as presiding elder of several districts with distinguished success, and was stationed in Cincinnati for sixteen years. He was a delegate to the general conference of 1892, and a reserve delegate to the general conferences of 1888 and 1896. He is a member of a dozen boards of trustees, and for many years has been secretary of the board of trustees of the methodist episcopal church. He was one of the founders of the methodist deaconess work, and the Christ hospital of Cincinnati. For seven years he was president of the Law and Order league and of the Municipal Reform league of Cincinnati; and for over thirty years has contributed valuable articles to current publications.