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Peterson, Frederick – Pettingill, John Hancock

Peterson, Frederick

physician, poet, was born in 1859 in Minnesota. He is a physician and poet; and the author of Poems and Swedish Translations; and In the Shade of Ygdrasil.

Peterson, Henry

journalist, poet, was born Dec. 7, 1818, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He was a Philadelphia poet, and editor for many years of The Saturday Evening Post. He was the author of The Modern Job, and Other Poems; Faire-Mount; Bessie's Lovers; and Cæsar, a Dramatic Study. He died in 1891.

Peterson, Robert Evans

author, was born Nov. 12, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a Philadelphia writer whose principal work is The Roman Catholic not the Only True Religion. He died in 1894.

Peterson, Sarah Webb

journalist, poet, was born Nov. 9, 1829, in Wilmington, Del. She edited The Lady's Friend for ten years; and has written several poems.

Petrie, George

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1847 to 1849.

Petriken, David

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1841. He died Jan. 3, 1849.

Pettee, Otis

inventor, railroad president, was born March 5, 1795, in Foxborough, Mass. He made several inventions in cotton machinery, notably in roving frames or double speeders, by introducing a geared cone, with gears arranged in a hyperbolic series. In 1848 he became president of the Charles River railroad, which place he filled until his death. He died Feb. 12, 1853, in Newton Upper Falls, Mass.

Pettee, William Henry

mining engineer, educator, was born Jan. 13, 1838, in Newton Upper Falls, Mass. In 1875 he was called to the university of Michigan, where he has since remained, and now fills the chair of mineralogy, economic geology, and mining engineering.

Pettees, John J

soldier, governor.

He was governor of Mississippi from 1860 to 1862; and was a brigadier-general in the confederate service. He was killed July 20, 1864, in the battle of Peach Creek.

Pettigrew, Charles

clergyman, was born in 1748 in Pennsylvania. In 1790 he took some steps toward organizing the episcopal church in North Carolina. In 1794 a convention was held in Tarboro, a constitution was framed and adopted, and Mr. Pettigrew was elected bishop. He died April 7, 1807, in Tyrrel county, N. C.

Pettingill, Amos

clergyman, educator, author, was born Aug. 9, 1780, in Salem, N. H. He was a methodist clergyman and educator of Connecticut; and the author of View of the Heavens; and The Spirit of Methodism. He died Aug. 17, 1830, in Salem Bridge, Conn.

Pettingill, John Hancock

clergyman, author, was born May 11, 1815, in Manchester, Vt. He was a congregational clergyman in Ohio, widely known as an earnest believer in conditional immortality. He was the author of The Theological Trilemma; Platonism versus Christianity; Bible Terminology; Life Everlasting; The Unspeakable Gift; and Views and Reviews in Eschatology. He died Feb. 27, 1887, in New Haven, Conn.