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Peale, Raphaelle

artist, was born Feb. 17, 1774, in Annapolis, Md. He began painting portraits in 1804, but paid also much attention to the painting of stilllife subjects, in which branch of art he was very successful. He died March 25, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Peale, Rembrandt

artist, author, was born Feb. 22, 1788, in Bucks county, Pa. He was an artist of Philadelphia and the author of Notes on Italy; Portfolio of an Artist; and Graphics. He died Oct. 3, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Peale, Sarah M

artist, was born May 19, 1800, in Philadelphia. She executed portraits of Com. William Bainbridge, Henry A. Wise, Caleb Cushing, Dixon H. Lewis, and other public men.

Lafayette accorded her four sittings in 1825. She died Feb. 4, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Peale, Titian Ramsey

artist, author, was born in 1800 in Philadelphia.

From 1849 till 1872 he was an examiner in the patent-office at Washington. He was the author of Mammalia and Ornithology. He died March 13, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Pealer, Russell R

lawyer, state legislator, jurist, was born Jan. 1, 1842, in Greenwood, Pa. Since 1867 he has practiced law in Three Rivers, Mich. He has been prosecuting attorney; circuit court commissioner; member of the state legislature, and in 1881 was elected judge of the fifteenth circuit.

Pearce, Charles Edward

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Whitesboro, N. Y. He settled in St. Louis in 1866, where he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law in 1867. In 1891 he was appointed chairman Sioux Indian commission; and in 1894 went to India and Japan to investigate the industries of the Orient. In 1896 he was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

Pearce, Charles Sprague

artist, was born Oct. 13, 1831, in Boston, Mass.

His best known works are, Death of the First-Born of Egypt; Pet of the Harem; and Decapitation of John the Baptist, of which the latter received honorable mention at the salon, a prize at the Philadelphia academy, and a medal in Boston.

Pearce, Cromwell

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 13, 1772, in Willistown, Pa. He was a captain of militia in 1793-98. He resigned from the army in 1815, became sheriff of Chester county, Pa., was a presidential elector in 1824; and in 1825-39 was an associate justice of the county court. He died April 2, 1852, in Willistown, Pa.

Pearce, Duttee Jekauld

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 10, 1789, on Prudence Island, R. I.

He was at one time attorney-general of state, and United States district attorney for his district. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1825 to 1833, and again from 1835 to 1837. He was a presidential elector in 1821; and served in the legislature of Rhode Island.

He died May 9, 1849, in Newport, R. I.

Pearce, Ebenezer

soldier, educator, journalist, was born Oct. 6, 1839, in Evansburgh, Pa. He is now the editor and owner of The Republican, of White Hall, Ill.; and is prominent in public affairs.

Pearce, John J

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1855 to 1857. He died May 30, 1888, in Harrisburg, Pa.

Pearse, John Barnard

chemist, author, was born April 19, 1842, in Philadelphia. He was in charge of the chemical division of the United States army laboratory in Philadelphia in 1863-65. He has published A Concise History of the Iron Manufacture of America.