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Pabor, William Edgar
journalist, author, poet, was born May 31, 1834, in Harlem, N. Y. In 1870 he moved to Colorado; and he was one of the founders of Greeley, Colorado Springs, and Fort Collins. In 1888 he founded The Fruita Star; and was subsequently president of the Colorado State Editorial association.
He now resides in Denver; and is a constant contributor of both prose and verse to periodical literature.
Pabst, Frederick
brewer, was born March 28, 1836, in Germany. He is the proprietor of the largest brewery in the world in Milwaukee, Wis. He now controls about $4,000,000 of real estate in Milwaukee aside from the breweries, and owns the Wauwatosa farm near the city, devoted to the breeding of Percheron horses. He is president of the Wisconsin National bank.
Packard, Hezekiah
soldier, clergyman, educator, author, was born Dec. 6, 1761, in North Bridgewater, Mass. He originated the Bible society of Lincoln county, Maine; the Eastern Evangelical society, which existed for a few years; and was a member of the board of trustees and overseers of Bowdoin college for more than twenty years. He published The Christian's Manual, and numerous sermons. He died April 22, 1849, in Salem, Mass.
Packard, John Hooker
surgeon, author, was born Aug. 15, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a surgeon of Philadelphia, surgeon to the Pennsylvania hospital from 1884; and the author of Manual of Minor Surgery; Lectures on Inflammation; Handbook of Operative Surgery; and Sea Air and Sea Bathing.
Packard, Lewis Richard
educator, author, was born Aug. 22, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an educator who was professor of Greek at Yale university from 1866; and author of Studies in Greek Thought. He died Oct. 26, 1884, in New Haven, Conn.
Packard, Silas Sadler
educator, author, was born April 28, 1826, in Cumington, Mass. He is an educator who founded business college in New York city. He is the bestknown business-college man in the United States, and he was very successful in promoting the business educators' exhibit at the World's Fair. He is the author of Bryant and Stratton's Bookkeeping Series; Complete Course of Business Training; Commercial Arithmetic; and New Manual of Bookkeeping.
Packard, Sophia B
educator, was born Jan. 3, 1824, in New Salem, Mass.
In 1881 she opened a school for women and girls at Atlanta, Ga. She died June 21, 1891, in Washington, D. C.
Packer, Horace B
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in Wellsboro, Pa. He was elected district attorney for three years, and served one year by appointment just prior to his election.
In 1884 he was elected to the Pennsylvania house of representatives, and re-elected in 1886. In 1888 he was elected to the state senate; and was elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a republican.
Paddock, Benjamin Henry
bishop, author, was born Feb. 28, 1828, in Norwich, Conn. He was the fifth protestant episcopal bishop of Massachusetts in 1873-91; and the author of Ten Years in the Episcopate; The First Century of the Diocese of Massachusetts: The Pastoral Relation; and The Foundation of Religious Belief. He died in 1891.
Paddock, Mrs. Cornelia
author, was born in 18. She is the author of In the Toils; and The Fate of Madame la Tour, a Tale of Great Salt Lake.
Paddock, John Adams
protestant episcopal bishop, author, was born Jan. 19, 1825, in Norwich, Conn. In 1880 he was consecrated missionary bishop of Washington territory. His publications include several occasional sermons and addresses, and a History of Christ Church of Stratford, Conn.