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Palmer, Potter – Pancoast, William Henry

Palmer, Potter

financier, was born in 1826 in Rensselaerville, N. Y. He built the Palmer house and erected a number of other buildings and became one of the most energetic of that group of confident men who evoked a greater Chicago from the ashes of the conflagration of 1871. The Lake Shore drive originated with Mr. Palmer.

Palmer, Ray

clergyman, author, poet, was born Nov. 12, 1808, in Little Compton, R. I. He was a congregational clergyman of Albany, widely known as a writer of hymns, the most famous of which is, My Faith Looks up to Thee.

Home, or the Unlost Paradise; Spiritual Improvement; Closet Hours; Hymns and Poems; Hymns of My Holy Hours; Remember Me; and Voices of Hope and Gladness.

Palmer, Robert M

journalist, lawyer, state senator, was born in 1820 in Mount Holly, N. J. In 1850 he was elected district attorney for Schuylkill county, N. J.; and subsequently to the state senate, over which he presided as speaker. In 1861 he was appointed minister to the Argentine Confederation, but compelled to resign on account of his health. He died April 26, 1862, at sea. was

Palmer, Walter Launt

artist, was born Aug. 1, 1854, in Albany, N. Y.

In 1881 he was elected a member of the Society of American Artists, and in 1887 he received the second Hallgarten prize for his January, which painting also gained him his election as an associate of the National academy. Among his works are Dining-Room at Appledale (1879); An Editor's Study; Waving Grain (1881); Venice; The Oat-Field; The Inlet; and An Early Snow.

Palmer, William J

railroad president, was born Sept. 18, 1836, in Kent county, Del. Since 1883 he has been president of the Rio Grande Western railroad; and was also for several years president of the Mexican National railroad.

Palmer, William Pitt

business man, poet, was born Feb. 22, 1805, in Stockbridge, Mass. He was an insurance president of New York city, known also as a verse writer. He was the author of Light; and Echoes of Half a Century, a collection of poems. He died May 2, 1884, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Palmore, William B

clergyman, lecturer, editor, was born Feb. 24, 1844, in Fayette county, Tenn. He received his education at the Vanderbilt university. During the civil war he carried Gen. John S. Marmaduke's division flag while a boy in the confederate army. He has been a successful clergyman and lecturer; and for many years has been the editor of the St. Louis Christian Advocate.

Pancoast, Joseph

educator, physician, surgeon, author, was born in 1805 in Burlington, N. J. He was an eminent surgeon of Philadelphia, professor of surgery in Jefferson Medical college in 1838- 74; and the author of Operative Surgery; Essays and Lectures; and System of Anatomy. He died March 7, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Pancoast, Seth

educator, physician, author, was born July 28, 1823, in Darby, Pa. He was a Philadelphia physician, professor in Pennsylvania Medical college in 1854-62; and the author of The Cabala; Consumption; Ladies' Medical Guide; Boyhood Perils; and Bright's Disease. He died Dec. 16, 1889, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Pancoast, William Henry

educator, physician, surgeon, was born Oct. 11, 1835, in Philadelphia. In 1874 he succeeded his father as professor in Jefferson Medical college. In 1884 he secured the bodies of the Siamese twins, and proved that the band could not have been safely cut except in their childhood. He became professor of the Philadelphia Medico-chirurgical college in 1886.