Pennoyer, Sylvester – Perkins, Charles Callahan
Pennoyer, Sylvester
educator, merchant, governor, was born July 6, 1831, in Groton, N. Y. During 1887-95 he served with distinction as governor of Oregon. In 1896 he was elected mayor of Portland.
Penny, Virginia
author, was born Jan. 18, 1826, in Louisville, Ky. She is an educator who has written much in relation to wider opportunities for women. She is the author of The Employment of Women; Five Hundred Occupations Adapted to Women; and Think and Act.
Pennybacker, Isaac Samuals
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 12, 1807, in Shenandoah county, Va. He was a representative in congress from 1837 to 1839; then judge of the district court of western Virginia; and was a senator in congress for the term from 1845 to 1851.
He died Jan. 12, 1847, in Washington, D. C.
Pennypacker, Elijah Funk
reformer, financier, state legislator, was born Nov. 20, 1804, in Chester county, Pa.
He became interested in real estate; was in the Pennsylvania legislature in 1831- 35; chairman of its committee on banks, and a principal mover in the establishment of public schools. He was an organizer of the Pennsylvania Mutual Fire Insurance company in 1869, and became president, holding office till January, 1887, when he resigned. He died Jan. 4, 1888, in Phoenixville, Pa.
Pennypacker, Isaac Rusling
journalist, poet, was born in 1852, in He is a journalist and Pennsylvania. poet of Philadelphia; and the author of Gettysburg, and Other Poems.
Pennypacker, Samuel Whita- Ker
lawyer, jurist, author, was born April 9, 1843, in Phoenixville, Pa. He is a jurist of Philadelphia; and the author of Annals of Phenixville; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reports; and Historical and Biographical Sketches.
Penrod, William K
journalist, was born March 5, 1873, in Raglesville, Ind. He has taught school and published several newspapers, and is now the editor and owner of the Odon Journal, Indiana.
Penrose, Boies
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 1, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected to the Pennsylvania house of representatives from the eighth Philadelphia district in 1884.
In connection with Edward P. Allinson he wrote, at the request of Johns Hopkins university, for the university studies in historical and political science, a History of the City Government of Philadelphia. He was elected to the Pennsylvania state senate from the sixth Philadelphia district in 1886, re-elected in 1890, and again in 1894. He was elected president pro tempore of the senate in 1889, and re-elected in 1891. He was elected to the United States senate as a republican to succeed J. Donald Cameron, and took his seat March 4, 1897. His term of service will expire March 3, 1903.
Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton
educator, physician, surgeon, was born March 24, 1827, in Carlisle, Pa. In 1863 he became professor of obstetrics and of the diseases of women and children in the university of Pennsylvania, which post he still holds. He is one of the founders of the Children's hospital of Philadelphia, the American Gynæcological society, and the Gynacean hospital.
Pentecost, George Frederick
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 23, 1843, in Albion, Ill. He was a congregational minister in Brooklyn in 1881-90, and subsequently an evangelist in America and England. He is the author of The Angel in the Marble; In the Volume of the Book; Out of Egypt; The Christian and the Modern Dance; Bible Studies; The Gospel of Luke; and Grace Abounding in the Forgiveness of Sins.
Pepper, George Dana Board- Man
educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born Feb. 5, 1833, in Ware, Mass. He is a baptist clergyman and educator, president of Colby university from 1882; and the author of Outlines of Theology.
Pepper, William
physician, author, was born Aug. 21, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is an eminent Philadelphia physician, provost of the university of Pennsylvania in 1881-94; and the author of Higher Medical Education; and Diseases of Children. was
Pepperrell, William
soldier, born June 27, 1696, in Kittery, Maine. He was a son of Colonel William Pepperrell and Margery Bray, both natives of England. He was taught the art of surveying land and of navigating a ship; and subsequently was in business with his father as a dealer in naval stores, fish and provisions. In 1726 he was brevetted colonel, and placed in command of all the militia of Maine. In the same year he was elected a state representative; and for thirtytwo years was a member of the board of councilors. He was elected commander-in-chief of the body of New England volunteers; and after a siege of fortynine days he succeeded in the reduction of Louisburg, the strongest fortress in America, which the French had built at a cost of six million dollars. He was acting governor of Massachusetts in 1756- 58. He died July 6, 1759, in Kittery, Maine.
Pepple, W. D
educator, was born Dec. 8, 1854, in Champaign county, Ohio.
He received his education at the Ohio.
Normal university and has attained success in educational work. He has been superintendent of schools of Delta, Genoa, and North Lewisburg, Ohio; and is a member of the executive committee of the Northwestern Ohio Teachers' association.
Perce, Elbert
littérateur, author, was born Aug. 17, 1831, in New York city. He was a writer of New York city and the author of Old Carl the Cooper; The Last of His Name; The Battle Roll; Gulliver Joi: his Three Voyages; and several translations from the Swedish of Carlén. He died Jan. 18, 1868, in Brooklyn.
Perce, Legrand W
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born June 19, 1836, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was appointed captain of the United States volunteers in 1863, and brevetted colonel in 1865. He settled in Mississippi; and was elected to the forty-first congress, and re-elected to the forty-second congress as a republican.
Percival, Chester Smith
educator, clergyman, poet, was born March 12, 1822, in Vernon, N. Y. In 1864 he accepted a call to become rector of Grace church at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is the author of a work entitled Hours of Musing; and At the Grave of James G. Percival.
Percival, James Gates
geologist, poet, was born Sept. 15, 1795, in Lexington, Conn. He was a poet once popular, but now wholly neglected. He was the author of Seneca Lake and The Coral Grove, which are still found lingering anthologies; Prometheus; Clio; Dream of a Day and Poems. He was a geologist. of some reputation, and published Geological Surveys of Connecticut and Wisconsin. He died May 2, 1856, in Hazel Green, Wis.
Percy, George
soldier, governor, author, was born Sept. 4, 1586, in England. In 1610 he became governor of Virginia.
He published Observations Gathered out of a Discourse of the Plantations of the Southerne Colonie in Virginia by the English; also included in Samuel Purchas's. Filgrimes, 1685-90. He died in March, 1632, in Lyon House, England.
Percy, Townsend
journalist, explorer, author, was born March 26, 1854, in Troy, N. Y. He is a son of John Townsend Percy, the eminent lawyer. He received his education at the Troy academy and the Cazenovia seminary. He has been an explorer in Panama and Central America; and is a fellow royal of the Geographical society. He is a successful dramatic critic and playwright; the author of Appleton's Dictionary of New York; and other works. He is now the financial editor of the London Financial News, and resides in New York city.
Perea, Francisco
congressman, was born Jan. 9, 1831, in Bernalillo, N.
M. In 1863 he was elected a delegate from New Mexico to the thirty-eighth congress.
Perham, Sidney
agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born March 27, 1819, in Woodstock, Maine. In 1855 he was a member of the Maine legislature, and officiated as speaker. In 1856 he was a presidential elector. In 1862 he was elected a representative from Maine to the thirty-eighth congress; and was reelected to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses. In 1875 he was elected secretary of the state of Maine.
Perkins, Bishop
congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He settled in New York; and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855.
Perkins, Bishop W
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 18, 1841, in Rochester, Ohio. He enlisted in the union army from Illinois, served until 1866, performing important duties, and rising to the rank of captain and acting adjutantgeneral; and was wounded at Fort Donelson. He returned home when mustered out of service; and in 1869 moved to Oswego, Kas. In 1870 he was elected probate judge, and was re-elected in 1872. In 1873 he was appointed judge of the eleventh judicial district of the state; in November of that year was elected to the same position; and was re-elected in 1874, and again in 1878. He was elected a representative from Kansas to the forty-eighth congress; was re-elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses. In 1892 he was appointed United States senator to fill a vacancy.
Perkins, Charles Callahan
critic, author, was born March 1, 1823, in Boston, Mass. He was a prominent art patron and critic of Boston; and the author of Raphael and Michael Angelo; Tuscan Sculptors; Italian Sculptors; Historical Handbook of Italian Sculptors; and History of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society. He died Aug. 25, 1886, in Windsor, Vt.