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Purdon, John – Putman, George I

Purdon, John

lawyer, state legislator, was born in 1784 in Philadelphia, Pa. He served in the Pennsylvania legislature, and was active in public affairs. He published an Abridgement of the Laws of Pennsylvania from 1700. He died Oct. 3, 1835, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Purdy, Smith M

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845. a

Purifoy, John

jurist, legislator, was born March 21, 1842, in Dallas county, Ala. He served one term as probate judge of Wilcox county, Ala.; in 1890 was elected a member of the house of representatives; and in 1892 became state auditor of Alabama.

Purple, Edwin Ruthven

lawyer, jurist, author, was born June 30, 1831, in Sherburne, N. Y. In 1862 he discovered, in connection with John White and five others, the first gold in Montana, on Willard's creek, a tributary of Beaver Head river. He contributed to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, and published a Genealogy. He died Jan. 20, 1879, in New York city.

Purple, Samuel Smith

physician, author, was born June 24, 1822, in Lebanon, N. Y. He is a physician of New York city, and the author of The Corpus Luteum; Menstruation; Contributions to the Practice of Midwifery; and Observations on Wounds of the Heart.

Purves, George Tybout

educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1852 in Pennsylvania. He is a presbyterian clergyman, professor of New Testament literature at Princeton college from 1892, and the author of The Testimony of Justin Martyr to Early Christianity.

Purviance, Samuel A

lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 8, 1809, in Butler, Pa. He was a representative from Pennsylvania in the thirty-fifth congress.

Purviance, Samuel D

congressman. He was a member of congress from North Carolina, from 1803 to 1805.

Purvis, Robert

abolitionist, was born Aug. 4, 1810, in Charleston, S. C. In 1833 he was a member of the Philadelphia convention, which formed the American Anti-Slavery society; and was its vicepresident for many years. His house was a well-known station on the underground railroad, and his carriages were always at the service of fugitive slaves.

Pusey, Charles J

railroad president, was born April 14, 1837, in Chester county, Pa. In 1892 he became president of the St. Lawrence Railway company, and in 1893 also became president of the Brockville and New York Bridge company of Canada.

Pusey, William H. M

banker, congressman, was born July 29, 1826, in Washington county, Pa. He is a private banker, was a member of the Iowa state senate during 1858-62, and was elected to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.

Putman, George I

journalist, author, was born April 24, 1860, in Napanock, N. Y. He is the editor and owner of The Advocate of Claremont, N. H., and the author of two army novels entitled In Blue Uniform; and On the Offensive.