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Pirtle, Henry

lawyer, jurist, author, was born Nov. 5, 1798, in Washington county, Ky. In 1825 he was appointed a judge of the general court to fill a vacancy. He was chancellor of the Louisville chancery court and professor of constitutional law, equity, and commercial law in the university of Louisville in 1846-68. He published Digest of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky. He died March 28, 1880, in Louisville, Ky.

Pitcher, James Robertson

financier, was born March 5, 1845, in Windham, N. Y. In 1877 he founded the United States Mutual Accident association.

Pitcher, Thomas Gamble

soldier, was born Oct. 23, 1824, in Rockport, Ind.

During 1871-77 he was governor of the soldiers' home at Washington, D. C.; and during 1880-87 was superintendent of the New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' home.

Pitcher, Zina

physician, was born April 12, 1797, in Sandy Hill, N. Y. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States army in 1822; and surgeon with rank of major in 1832. He was a regent of the university of Michigan in 1837-52. He died April 5, 1872, in Detroit, Mich.

Pitkin, Frederick Walker

governor, was born Aug. 31, 1837, in Manchester, Conn. In 1878 he was elected governor of Colorado, and re-elected to this office in 1880 as a republican. He died Dec. 18, 1886, in Pueblo, Colo.

Pitkin, William

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1664 in Hartford, Conn. He was judge of the county and probate courts and of the court of assistants in Connecticut from 1702 till 1711 when the superior court was established in place of the court of assistants, and of which he was chief justice in 1713. This office was held by four successive generations of William Pitkins. He died April 5, 1723, in Hartford, Conn.

Pitkin, William

lawyer, jurist, governor, was born April 30, 1694, in Hartford, Conn. He was a member of the council in 1734; and was appointed a judge of the state court of Connecticut in 1741. He was lieutenant-governor and chief justice from 1754 to 1766; and in 1754 was one of the delegates to the convention at Albany. He was governor of Connecticut from 1766 to 1769. He died Oct. 1, 1769, in Hartford, Conn.

Pitney, Mahlon

lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 5, 1858, in Morristown, N. J. He is a successful lawyer of Morristown, N. J. In 1894 he was elected to the fifty-fourth congress; was re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

Pitrat, Julius E

manufacturer, inventor, was born Dec. 26, 1817, in Lyons, France. He emigrated to the United States in 1839; during 1885-88 he invented the computing scale.

Pittenger, William

soldier, educator, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 31, 1840, in Knoxville, Ohio. He is a methodist clergyman and educator of Philadelphia, a federal soldier during the civil war; and the author of Daring and Suffering; Oratory, Sacred and Secular; and Extempore Speech.

Pitts, Edmund Levi

lawyer, state senator, was born May 23, 1839, in Yates, N. Y. He was a member of the New York assembly from 1864 till 1868, and its speaker in 1867. From 1869 till 1873 he was United States assessor of internal revenue. He was a state senator from 1880 till 1887, serving as president pro tempore in 1886-87.

Pitts, John

state senator, congressman, was born in 1738 in Boston, Mass. He was selectman of Boston from 1773 till 1778; represented the city in several provincial congresses; and was speaker of the house in 1778, and afterward state senator. He died in 1815 in Tyngsboro. a