Proctor, Thomas – Pugh, Samuel J
Proctor, Thomas
soldier, was born in 1739 in Ireland. In 1793 he became brigadier-general of the Pennsylvania troops, and marched against the whiskey insurgents at the head of the first brigade. After this he became major-general of the Philadelphia militia. He died March 16, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Proctor, Thomas H
manufacturer, author, was born March 12, 1842, in Marblehead, Mass. He is a successful shoe manufacturer of Vineland, N. J., and the present head of the populist party of New Jersey. He was educated in the public schools of his native city; took a course in a leading business college; started in the shoe manufacturing business in 1866, and removed to Vineland four years later. He is an able and interesting speaker, and an advocate of woman's suffrage and temperance. He is the author of a work entitled The Banker's Dream, a monograph disguised as a story.
Proctor, William Lawrence
lumber merchant, was born March 26, 1837, in Washington, N. H. He received the rudiments of his education in the district schools; attended Tubbs' Union academy; and finished with two terms in the New London academy. In 1857 he worked for his uncle at Burlington, Vt., in the lumber business; and two years later continued in the same business at Ogdensburg, N. Y. He has filled all the important offices in that city, and was its mayor in 1871-74, and 1884, and in 1886; and since 1887 has been one of the managers of the St. Lawrence State hospital. In 1888 he was the presidential elector, and cast his vote for Benjamin Harrison for president. In 1896 he was a delegate to the republican national convention; and since 1882 has been one of the republican state committeemen. Since 1882 he has also been one of the superintendents of the poor; and trustee and president of the Ogdensburg cemetery since 1880. Since 1857 he has been respectively, employee, manager, vice-president and president of the Skillings, Whitney and Barnes Lumber company.
Profit, George H
diplomat, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1839 to 1843, and in 1843 was United States minister to Brazil. He died Sept. 5, 1847, in Louisville, Ky.
Proonie, John William
educator, chemist, was born June 19, 1866, in Cole's Creek, Miss. He has been a fellow in chemistry of the university of Mississippi, and professor of natural sciences and chairman of the faculty in the Mississippi college.
Prose, Joseph Benson
educator, lawyer, was born Feb. 8, 1856, in Patriot, Ohio. He received a liberal education in the public schools, and subsequently attended the Ohio university for three years. In his early days he was engaged in educational work; and is now a prominent lawyer of Kansas at Hoisington. He is attorney for the Missouri and Pacific Railway company; and a most successful commercial and corporation lawyer.
Prosser, William F
soldier, merchant, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 16, 1834, in Williamsport, Pa. He was elected a representative in the Tennessee state legislature in 1867, and was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-first congress as a republican.
Proud, Robert
author, was born May 10, 1728, in England. He was the author of a History of Pennsylvania. He died July 7, 1813, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Proudfit, Alexander Mon- Crief
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 10, 1770, in Pequea, Pa. He was an associate reformed presbyterian clergyman, and the author of Discourses on the Parables; and Theological Works. He died Nov. 23, 1843, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Proudfit, David Law
soldier, poet, was born Oct. 27, 1842, in Newburgh, N. Y. He served as a union soldier during the civil war, gaining the rank of major. He afterward entered business in New York city. His poems have been collected in two volumes entitled, Love Among the Gamins; and Mask and Domino. He died in 1897.
Proudfit, John Williams
educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 22, 1803, in Salem, N. Y. He was a Dutch reformed clergyman, professor of Greek in Rutgers college, 1840-64, and the author of Man's Two-Fold Life. He died March 9, 1870, in New Brunswick, N. J.
Prouty, Charles Azro
lawyer, state legislator, was born Oct. 9, 1853, in Newport, R. I. In 1882-86 he was state's attorney, and in 1888 was elected a member of the Rhode Island house of representatives. In 1896 he was appointed a member of the inter-state commerce commission at Washington, D. C.
Prudden, Theophile Mitchell
educator, physician, author, was born in 1849 in Connecticut. He is a New York physician, professor of pathology in the college of Physicians and Surgeons, and the author of Manual of Normal Histology (with Delafield); Dust and Its Dangers; Water and Ice; Handbook of Pathological Anatomy; and Story of the Bacteria.
Prud'homme, John Francis Eu- Gene
engraver, was born Oct. 4, 1800, in West Indies. At the age of seventeen he essayed engraving portraits, and produced several fine plates for Longacre and Herring's National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. He also engraved some plates for the annuals that were fashionable at that time. He is the oldest living American engraver.
Pruitt, William Montcalm
educator, was born Nov. 21, 1866, in Meridianville, Ala. He attended the State Normal and Industrial school of Huntsville, Ala.; and graduated from the Southland college, Arkansas, with the degree of B. S. He has attained success as a teacher in the public schools of Arkansas, and is now principal of the Normal department of Southland college.
Pruyn, John Van Schaick Lan- Sing
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born June 22, 1811, in Albany, N. Y. In 1844 he was made a member of the board of regents, and in 1862 chancellor of the university of New York. He was a state senator in 1862, and at a special election in 1863 was elected a representative from New York to the thirtyeighth congress to fill a vacancy. He was re-elected to the fortieth congress. He died Nov. 21, 1877, in Clifton Springs, N. Y.
Pruyn, Isaac
lawyer, banker, was born Nov. 25, 1816, in Kinderhook, N. Y.
He was one of the incorporators of the Catskill Mountain railroad; and also trustee and director of several banking and railroad corporations.
Pryor, Luke
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born July 5, 1820, in Madison county, Ala.
In 1845 he moved to Limestone county, Ala., and in 1855 was elected a representative in the state legislature. In 1880 he was appointed United States senator, and was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.
Pryor, Roger Atkinson
soldier, legislator, jurist, congressman, was born July 19, 1828, near Petersburg, Va. He was a brigadier-general in the confederate army and a member of the confederate congress. He was a member of the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses, special minister to Greece under the Pierce administration, and judge of court of common pleas in New York city, where he was also justice of the supreme court.
Puffer, Reuben
clergyman, author, was born Jan. 7, 1756, in Sudbury, Mass. In 1781 he became pastor of the congregational church in Berlin, which charge he held till his death. He published an election sermon; Dudleian Lecture at Harvard; an Address; Convention Sermon; and Two Sermons. He died April 9, 1829, in Berlin, Mass.
PUGH, MRS. ELIZA LOFTON (PHIL- LIPS)-ARRIA-author, was born in 1841 in Louisiana. She is a novelist of Assumption Parish, La., and the author of Not a Hero; and In a Crucible.
Pugh, Evan
chemist, college president, was born Feb. 29, 1828, in Nottingham, Pa. In 1859 he accepted the presidency of Pennsylvania Agricultural college. He at once organized a new scheme of instruction, planned and superintended the erection of the college buildings. He died April 29, 1864, in Bellefontaine, Pa.
Pugh, George Ellis
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born Nov. 28, 1822, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a representative in the Ohio legislature in 1848 and 1849. He was appointed solicitor of the city of Cincinnati in 1850, and was attorney-general of the state in 1851. He was elected a senator in congress from 1855 for six years. He died July 19, 1876, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Pugh, James Lawrence
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 12, 1820, in Burke county, Pa.
He was a presidential elector in 1848, 1856, and 1876, and was elected a representative from Alabama to the thirtysixth congress. In 1861 he was elected to the confederate congress, and was reelected in 1863. He was elected a United States senator from Alabama in 1885 to fill a vacancy, and was re-elected in 1884 and in 1890.
Pugh, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1805 to 1809.
Pugh, John Howard
physician, banker, congressman, was born June 23, 1827, in Chester county, Pa. He moved to Burlington, N. J., and commenced the practice of nis profession in 1854. In 1869 he was elected president of the Mechanics' National bank of Burlington, and was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-fifth congress as a republican.
Pugh, Samuel J
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Jan. 28, 1850, in Greenup county, Ky. He has held successively the offices of city attorney in 1872-73; master commissioner of the circuit court in 1874-80; county attorney in 1878-86; and county judge in 1886-90. He was delegate to the Kentucky constitutional convention in 1890-91, and state senator in 1893-94. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.