Pearson, Jonathan – Peck, Jared V
Pearson, Jonathan
genealogist, educator, author, was born Feb. 23, 1813, in Chichester, N. H. He is a genealogist who was professor of chemistry and subsequently of botany at Union college from 1839. He is the author of Early Records of the County of Albany; Genealogy of the First Settlers of Albany; and Genealogies of the First Settlers of Schenectady.
Pearson, Joseph
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Rowan county, N. C. He served two years in the state legislature, and was a representative in congress from North Carolina, from 1809 to 1815. He died Oct. 27, 1834, in Salisbury, N. C.
Pearson, Peter Henry
educator, author, was born March 30, 1864, in Sweden. He has been the traveling correspondent of several leading newspapers, and is the author of a History of Sweden.
Pearson, Richard Mumford
lawyer, jurist, was born June 28, 1805, in Davie county, N. C. He was in the North Carolina legislature in 1829-33, and an unsuccessful candidate for congress in 1834. He was a judge of the superior court in 1836-48, and at the latter date he was elevated to the supreme bench. He died Jan. 12, 1878, in Winston, N. C.
Pearson, Richmond
state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 26, 1852, in Richmond Hill, N. C. In 1874 he was appointed United States consul at Verviers and Liege, Belgium; was a member of the North Carolina legislature in 1885 and again in 1887. He was one of the originators of the coalition which overwhelmed the democratic party in North Carolina in 1894. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as an independent protectionist, and re-elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a republican.
Pearsons, Daniel Kimball
philanthropist, was born April 14, 1820, in Bradford, Vt. Among his many gifts for the advancement of Chrisuanity, education and charity, have been $280,000 to the Chicago Theological seminary: $200,- 000 to Beloit college; $50,000 each to Knox college, Colorado college, Yankton college, the Pacific university in Oregon, Whitman college in Washington, and Drury college in Missouri; $60,000 to a hospital in Chicago; and $50,000 for the relief of the suffering poor.
Pease, Alfred Humphreys
musician, composer, was born May 6, 1838, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a brilliant pianist and the author of a number of well known compositions. He died July 12, 1882, in St. Louis, Mo.
Pease, Edward M
lawyer, state legislator, governor, was born in Connecticut. He was secretary of the general council of the provincial government of Texas in 1835-36; then became chief clerk of the navy department, and afterward chief clerk of the treasury department of the Texas government. In 1836 he was clerk of the judiciary committee of the house of representatives of Texas. 1837 he became comptroller of public accounts of Texas, and in 1846 was elected a representative in the Texas legislature.
He was re-elected in 1848 and 1850, and in 1853 was elected governor of Texas, and was re-elected in 1855. He was provisional governor, by appointment, from 1867 to 1869. He died in 1883.
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Pease, George E. H
lawyer, state senator, was born Oct. 31, 1833, in Norfolk, Conn. In 1876 he was a member of the Colorado state constitutional convention; a state representative in 1885-87, and in 1892 was elected to the state senate.
He died May 22, 1895.
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Pease, Henry Roberts
soldier, journalist, United States senator, was born Feb. 19, 1835, in Connecticut. 1865 he was appointed superintendent of education for the state of Louisiana, while under military rule, and was elected superintendent of education of the state in 1869. He edited and published the Mississippi Educational Journal, the first magazine ever devoted to popular education in the south. He was elected to the United States senate to fill a vacancy for the term ending in 1875.
Pease, Joseph Ives
engraver, was born Aug. 9, 1809, in Norfolk, Va. His plates are engraved in pure line, with. much taste and excellence of execution, and are faithful renderings of the original paintings. His Tough Story, after Mount; Mumble the Peg, after Inman; and Young Traders, after Page, are choice examples of his work. He died July 2, 1883, in Twin Lakes, Conn.
Pease, Phineas
soldier, was born April 16, 1826, in Somers, Conn. He became lieutenant-colonel of the fortyninth Illinois infantry at the beginning of the civil war, and in 1865 he received the brevet of brigadier-general of volunteers.
In 1885 he became receiver and general manager of the Cleveland and Marietta railroad.
Pease, Theodore Claudius
clergyman, author, was born in 1853 in New York. He was a congregational clergyman of Malden, Mass., and the author of The Christian Ministry. He died in 1893.
Peaselee, Edmund Randolph
physician, educator, author, was born Jan. 22, 1814, in Rockingham county, N. H. He was a physician of New York city, medical professor in several institutions, and the author of Human Histology; and Ovarian Tumors. He died Jan. 12, 1878, in New York city.
Peaslee, Charles H
public official, congressman, was born in February, 1804, in Gilmanton, N. H. He was a state representative from 1833 to 1837, and adjutant-general of New Hampshire from 1839 to 1847. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1853, and was collector of customs at Boston from 1853 to 1857. He died in October, 1866, in St. Paul, Minn.
Peattie, Mrs. Elia Wilkinson
journalist, author, was born in 1862 in Michigan. She is a journalist of Chicago, and the author of The Judge, a novel; A Trip Through Wonderland, a volume of Alaska travel; With Scrip and Staff, a story of the Children's Crusade; and A Mountain Woman.
Peck, Asahel
governor, was born in 1803 in Royalton, Mass. In 1874 he was elected governor of Vermont, serving until 1876.
Peck, Clarissa C
philanthropist, was born in 1797. She became well known as a philanthropist of her time. She died in 1884.
Peck, Ebenezer
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born May 22, 1805, in Portland, Maine. In 1835 he emigrated to Chicago, Ill., and was several times elected to the senate and house of representatives of that state. He was appointed reporter of its decisions by the supreme court of Illinois, which office he held for more than thirteen years from 1850, and until he was, in 1863, made one of the judges of the court of claims in Washington.
Peck, Edward James
philanthropist, was born Oct. 16, 1806, near New Haven, Conn. He left one hundred thousand dollars to Wabash college, Indiana. He died Nov. 6, 1876, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Peck, Erasmus D
physician, surgeon, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 16, 1808, in Connecticut. He moved to Ohio in 1830, and was elected a member of the Ohio legislature in 1856 and 1858. He was examining surgeon for the army and for pensions. He was elected to the forty-first congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the forty-second congress as a republican.
Peck, Ferdinand Wythe
philanthropist, was born July 15, 1848, in Chicago, Ill. He has contributed liberally to the cultivation of musical taste, and in 1886 organized and became president of a joint stock company for the erection of the Chicago auditorium and hotel, the largest building of its kind in the United States.
Peck, George
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 8, 1797, in Middlefield, N.
Y. He was a methodist clergyman of prominence who was editor of several denominational journals, and the author of Christian Perfection; Early Methodism; Wyoming and Its History; Universalism Examined; History of the Apostles and Evangelists; Rule of Faith; and Manly Character. He died May 20, 1876, in Scranton, Pa.
Peck, George Washington
journalist, state legislator, congressman, author, was born Dec. 4, 1817, in Rehoboth, Mass. He removed to Michigan, and was a member of the legislature of that state in 1846 and 1847, serving as speaker during the latter year. He was afterwards chosen secretary of state, and was a representative in congress from Michigan from 1855 to 1857. He was the author of Melbourne and the Chinchu Islands. died June 6, 1859, in Boston, Mass.
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Peck, George Wesley
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 7, 1849, in Kingston, Pa. He is a methodist clergyman of western New York, and the author of The Realization and Benefit of Ideals; and Walk in the Light.
Peck, George Wilbur
journalist, governor, was born Sept. 28, 1840, in Henderson, N. Y. He learned the printer's trade, and has principally been engaged in journalism.
In 1863 he entered the war as a member of the fourth regiment, Wisconsin volunteer cavalry, and was soon commissioned as second lieutenant of company L. After the war he established The Representative of Ripon, Wis.; was elected city treasurer in 1867, and subsequently was engaged as editor by M. M. Pomeroy, first in New York city, and then on the La Crosse Democrat.
He served as chief of police of La Crosse. In 1847 he started The Sun, which he subsequently moved to Milwaukee; attained success as a humorous paper, and for many years had a circulation of eighty thousand copies per week. He was elected the fifth democratic governor of Wisconsin, and served during 1891-94 with distinction in that high office.
Peck, Harry Thurston
educator, author, was born in 1856 in Connecticut.
He is a professor of Latin at Columbia college; a literary critic; and the author of Latin Pronunciation; and The Semitic Theory of Creation.
Peck, Jared V
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855.