Pitcher, James – Plassmann, Ernst
Pitcher, James
clergyman, educator, author, was born Oct. 11, 1845, near the village of Knox, N. Y. He received a thorough education and the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by the Union college of Schenectady, N. Y., and the degree of D. D. by the Hartwick seminary, in which latter institution he was principal for nineteen years, and in 1891 was made professor of English and natural sciences. He is the author of Outlines of Surveying and Navigation; The Hermit of Moss Pond, in rhyme; Rip Van Winkle, in rhyme; and other works.
Pitcher, James Robertson
financier, was born March 5, 1845, in Windham, N. Y. In 1877 he founded the United States Mutual Accident association.
Pitcher, Nathaniel
state legislator, congressman, governor, was born in 1777 in Litchfield, Conn. He was a member of the New York legislature in 1806, 1815, 1816, and 1817; and was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1821. In 1828 he was lieutenantgovernor and acting governor of the state; and was subsequently commissioner to survey the state roads. He was representative in congress from New York from 1819 to 1823, and again from 1831 to 1833. He died May 25, 1836, in Sandy Hill, N. Y.
Pitcher, Thomas Gamble
soldier, was born Oct. 23, 1824, in Rockport, Ind.
During 1871-77 he was governor of the soldiers' home at Washington, D. C.; and during 1880-87 was superintendent of the New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' home.
Pitcher, Zina
physician, was born April 12, 1797, in Sandy Hill, N. Y. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States army in 1822; and surgeon with rank of major in 1832. He was a regent of the university of Michigan in 1837-52. He died April 5, 1872, in Detroit, Mich.
Pitkin, Alfred Henry
educator, lawyer, clergyman, was born Sept. 4, 1867, in Watson, Ill. After receiving the rudiments of his education in the public schools, he attended McKendree college of Lebanon, Ill. For many years he was engaged in educational work, and was professor of the Shumway High school.
He was next admitted to the bar, and practiced that profession with success. He is now a successful clergyman of the methodist episcopal church at Odin, Ill.; and has filled pastorates in various other cities. He has attained success in rebuilding churches and parsonages; has received the degree of Ph. D.; is an orator of great power; and prominent in the Epworth league of southern Illinois.
Pitkin, Frederick Walker
governor, was born Aug. 31, 1837, in Manchester, Conn. In 1878 he was elected governor of Colorado, and re-elected to this office in 1880 as a republican. He died Dec. 18, 1886, in Pueblo, Colo.
Pitkin, Timothy
state legislator, congressman, author, was born Jan. 21, 1766, in Farmington, Conn. He was for several years a member of the Connecticut legislature; and was speaker of the house during five sessions. He was a representative in congress from 1805 to 1819. He was the author of Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States; and Political and Civil History of the United States from 1763 to the Close of Washington's Administration.
He died Dec. 18, 1847, in New Haven, Conn.
Pitkin, William
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1664 in Hartford, Conn. He was judge of the county and probate courts and of the court of assistants in Connecticut from 1702 till 1711 when the superior court was established in place of the court of assistants, and of which he was chief justice in 1713. This office was held by four successive generations of William Pitkins. He died April 5, 1723, in Hartford, Conn.
Pitkin, William
lawyer, jurist, governor, was born April 30, 1694, in Hartford, Conn. He was a member of the council in 1734; and was appointed a judge of the state court of Connecticut in 1741. He was lieutenant-governor and chief justice from 1754 to 1766; and in 1754 was one of the delegates to the convention at Albany. He was governor of Connecticut from 1766 to 1769. He died Oct. 1, 1769, in Hartford, Conn.
Pitman, Benn
author, educator, art critic, was born July 22, 1822, in Trowbridge, England. In 1857, after four years of experimenting he was the first to perfect the modern method of producing and printing from relief copper plates. For this he received a silver medal from the Art and Manufacturers' exposition. During 1873-93 he was a a lecturer on art and teacher of practical art in the Cincinnati Art academy. He is the author of The Reporter's Companion; Manual of Phonography; and Phonographic Dictionary.
Pitman, Charles W
congressman, was born in New Jersey. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1851. PITMAN, JOHN lawyer, jurist, was born in 1784 in Rhode Island. He was for forty years a judge of the United States district court in his state. He died Nov. 17, 1864, in Providence, R. I.
PITMAN, MRS. MARIE J. [DAVIS], journalist, author, was born March 17, 1850, in Hartwick, N. Y. She was a journalist and correspondent of Boston who published European Breezes and a number of juvenile stories. She died Nov. 30, 1888, in Hartwick, N. Y.
Pitney, Mahlon
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 5, 1858, in Morristown, N. J. He is a successful lawyer of Morristown, N. J. In 1894 he was elected to the fifty-fourth congress; was re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Pitrat, Julius E
manufacturer, inventor, was born Dec. 26, 1817, in Lyons, France. He emigrated to the United States in 1839; during 1885-88 he invented the computing scale.
Pittenger, William
soldier, educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 31, 1840, in Knoxville, Ohio. He is a methodist clergyman and educator of Philadelphia, a federal soldier during the civil war; and the author of Daring and Suffering; Oratory, Sacred and Secular; and Extempore Speech.
Pitts, Edmund Levi
lawyer, state senator, was born May 23, 1839, in Yates, N. Y. He was a member of the New York assembly from 1864 till 1868, and its speaker in 1867. From 1869 till 1873 he was United States assessor of internal revenue. He was a state senator from 1880 till 1887, serving as president pro tempore in 1886-87.
Pitts, John
state senator, congressman, was born in 1738 in Boston, Mass. He was selectman of Boston from 1773 till 1778; represented the city in several provincial congresses; and was speaker of the house in 1778, and afterward state senator. He died in 1815 in Tyngsboro. a
Pittsinger, Mrs. Eliza A
poet, was born March 18, 1837, in Westhampton, Mass. She commenced life as a school teacher, then became proofreader and reviewer in Boston.
She moved to California, where she attracted attention by her stirring war songs and poems. written during the civil war. She is the author of a volumeof poems entitled Bugle Peals; and her poems have been included in Poets of America, and several other standard collections.
Pitzer, Alexander White
educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 14, 1834, in Salem, Mass. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Washington, professor of biblical literature in Howard university from 1875; and the author of Ecce: Deus Homo; Christ the Teacher of Men; The New Life and Not the Higher Life;.
Confidence in Christ; and other works.
Plaisted, Harris Merrill
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congress-- man, governor, was born Nov. 2, 1828, in Jefferson, N. H. In 1861 he entered the volunteer service as lieutenant-colonel; and became a major-general by brevet. He served two years in the New Hampshire legislature; and was attorney-general for Maine from 1873 to 1875. He was elected. a representative from that state to the forty-fourth congress to fill a vacancy. He was governor of Maine from 1881 to 1883..
Plant, David
state senator, congressman, was born in Stratford, Conn. In 1819 and 1820 he was speaker of the state house of representatives; in 1821 a member of the state senate; and was twice re-elected. From 1823 to 1827 he was lieutenant-governor of the state; and from 1827 to 1829 was a representative in congress from Connecticut. He died Oct. 18, 1851.
Plant, Henry Bradley
president of the Plant system, was born Oct. 27, 1819, in Branford, Conn. He is president of the Plant system of railway and steamship lines and of the Southern and the Texas Express companies.
Planten, John Rutger
diplomat, was born Nov. 30, 1835, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He attended the primary school in the Netherlands; the Columbia grammar schools of New York city; and the Columbia college. During 1874-84 he was vice-consul of the Netherlands; and since 1884 has been consul-general of the Netherlands.
Plants, Tobias A
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 17, 1811, in Beaver county, Pa. He was a member of the Ohio legislature from 1858 to 1861. In 1864 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fortieth congress as a republican.
Plassmann, Ernst
artist, was born June 14, 1823, in Sondern, Westphalia. He executed many models for statuettes and ornamental metal work, and gained several medals at the American institute for his work in woodcarving and plaster models. He published Modern Gothic Ornaments, with thirty-three plates. He died Nov. 28, 1877, in New York city.