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Pickering, Mrs. M

educator, poet, was born in 1830, in Steubenville, Ohio.

For thirteen years she was engaged in educational work; and also took an active part in religious and temperance work.

She is a poet of ability, and the author of a volume of collected poems. She is also represented in Poets of America and other standard works.

Pickering, Octavius

lawyer, author, was born Sept. 2, 1791, in Wyoming, Pa. He was a Boston lawyer who published Reports of Cases in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 1822- 40; and Life of Timothy Pickering (completed by Upham). He died Oct. 29, 1868, in Boston, Mass.

Pickering, William

governor, was born in England. In 1861 he was appointed from Illinois governor of the territory of Washington, residing in Olympia, serving in office until 1867.

Pickering, William Henry

astronomer, educator, author, was born Feb. 15, 1858, in Boston, Mass. He is an astronomer, professor in Harvard university from 1887, and the author of Walking Guide to the White Mountain Range.

Pickett, Albert James

author, was born Aug. 13, 1810, in Anson county, N. C. He was a writer of Montgomery, Ala., who published a History of Alabama.

He died Oct. 28, 1858, in Montgomery, Ala.

Pickett, George Edward

solaner, was born Jan. 25, 1825, in Richmond, Va. In 1861 he joined the confederate army as colonel, and attained the rank of major-general.

Pickle, George Wesley

lawyer, was born March 6, 1845, in Knox county, Tenn. He received his education in the East Tennessee university and the Princeton college of New Jersey. Since 1886 he has been attorney-general and reporter of Tennessee. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the south; takes an active part in political affairs; has filled several public positions of honor; and contributes extensively to law literature and the periodical press.

Pickman, Benjamin

merchant, state senator, congressman, was born in 1763. In 1800 he was elected to the Massachusetts state legislature; was elected a state senator, and was re-elected a number of years. In 1807 he became a member of the executive council, and was a representative in congress from 1809 to 1811. In 1820 he was a member of the convention for revising the state constitution. He died in August, 1843, in Salem, Mass.

Picknell, William Lamb

artist, was born Oct. 23, 1854, in Hinesburg, Vt.

Among his works are Route de Concarneau; On the Borders of the Marsh, in the Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; A Stormy Day; Coast of Ipswich, in Boston Art Museum; Sunshine and Drifting Sand; A Sultry Day; Wintry March; Bleak December; After the Storm; and November Solitude.

Picotte, Theophile E

journalist, was born Oct. 26, 1848, in Montreal, Canada. He is the editor and owner of The Times of Hailey, Idaho, one of the foremost daily and weekly newspapers of that state.

Pidcock, James Nelson

civil engineer, agriculturist, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 8, 1836, in White House, N. J. He was state senator from 1877 to 1880, and in 1884 was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-ninth congress, and was re-elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.

Piehn, Louis H

banker, was born March 10, 1837, in Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1852, and twenty years later settled in Nora Springs, Iowa, where he is president of the First National bank. He is also the president of the Anti-Vaccination society of America, and president of the United States Medical Liberty league.