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OBITUARIKS, AMERICAN". (PAYNE PIERCE.) 



West Point foundry, of which Robert was appointed 

 superintendent on his resignation from the army. 

 Peter was one of the three largest landed proprietors 

 in the eastern part of the State, and his property 

 was noted for its iron wealth long before the K evo- 

 lution. He took charge of it in 1837. enlarged it 

 till it comprised over 10,000 acres, and established 

 on it a settlement of his employees and their fami- 

 lies, numbering over 1,500 persons. In conjunction 

 with his brother he erected on the property a stone 

 church, which the brothers presented to the diocese 

 of New York. .Mr. Parrott was a liberal supporter 

 of schools, churches, and all charitable work. 



Payne, Henry B.. capitalist, born in Hamilton. 

 N. Y., Nov. 30. 1810 : died in Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. 

 9. 1896. He was graduated at Hamilton College in 

 1832; studied law ; and removed to Cleveland and 

 was admitted to the bar in 1834. After practicing 

 in that city till 1846. he abandoned his profession 

 because of failing health, and entered business and 

 political life. He was elected a State Senator in 

 1849. and was defeated for the United States Sen- 

 ate by Benjamin F. Wade, the Free-soil candidate, 

 after a memorable canvass in the State Legislature 

 in 1851. In 1856 he was a delegate to the conven- 

 tion that nominated James Buchanan : in the fol- 

 lowing year was defeated for Governor of Ohio by 

 Salmon P. Chase by a majority of I.."}:!'); and in 

 1860 he headed the Ohio delegation to the Charle,s- 

 ton convention, was selected by Senator Dout;: 

 reply thereto attacks made on him by Messrs. Yan- 

 cey and Toornbs, and reported the minority resolu- 

 tions that were adopted. In this convention he 

 warned the Southern members of the ills that would 

 follow secession, and pleaded with them not to 

 bring calamity on the country. During the civil 

 war he remained a Democrat, but was a strong 

 Union man. He opposed the doctrine of State 

 rights, and encouraged enlistments for the National 

 army. In 1872 he was chairman of the Ohio dele- 

 gation to the Democratic National Convention in 

 Baltimore, which nominated Horace Greeley, in 

 whose behalf he made a stirring canvass, and in 

 1874 was elected to Congress from the 20th Ohio 

 District. In Congress he was appointed chairman of 

 the Committee on Banking and Currency: reported 

 a bill for the gradual resumption of specie pay- 

 ments; was chairman of the conference committee 

 on the silver bill; chairman of the committee on 

 the electoral bill: chairman of the conference com- 

 mittee on the counting of the electoral votes for 

 President and Vice-President; and a member of the 

 Electoral Commission. He was a candidate for the 

 Democratic presidential nomination in 1880 and 

 1884, and in the last year was elected United States 

 Senator. Soon after Senator Payne's retirement 

 from law practice he became connected with sev- 

 eral railroad corporations, and subsequently was a 

 heavy investor in Lake Superior mining, and local 

 industrial stocks, through which he acquired a large 

 fortune. 



Peabody, Oliver White, banker, born in Spring- 

 field, Mass.. May 9.1834; died in Milton. Ma--.. 

 Oct. 23, 1896. He was brought up with his brother 

 Francis in the banking house of John K. Taylor & 

 Brother, where he remained till September, 1862, 

 when he enlisted in the National army, became 

 lieutenant colonel of the 46th Massachusetts Infan- 

 try, and served through the war. In 18(ir>. with 

 Henry P. Kidder and his brother Francis, he formed 

 the banking house of Kidder, Peabody & Co. He 

 gave $85,000 toward the. erection of All Saints 

 Protestant Episcopal Church in Ashmont. and also 

 presented to the city a tract of 7,000 square feet in 

 front of the church for a public park. For more 

 than thirty years Dr. A. K. Teele acted as his al- 

 moner, and dispensed Mr. Peabody's benefactions, 



"after personal investigations. Mr. Peabody was 

 President of the Children's Hospital in Boston, and 

 an active promoter of church and charitable enter- 

 prises, and he bequeathed to the hospital $10,000. 



Perkins, Elmira Johnson, missionary, born in 

 Winthrop, Me., in 1814: died in Maiden, Mass.. 

 Feb. 26, 1896. In 1839 she married the Rev. Henry 

 K". W. Perkins, and removed to Oregon, where dur- 

 ing the most exciting Indian troubles she worked 

 as a missionary, often at much personal peril. She 

 was an intimate friend of Dr. Whitman, who was 

 murdered by the Indians, and through her efforts 

 the lives of many white settlers and their families 

 were saved. After spending ten years in this work, 

 she removed to Boston, where both she and her 

 husband engaged in missionary service and literary 

 work. She bad mastered several languages, includ- 

 ing Hebrew, and besides other works published a 

 volume of poems " Harp of the Willows." Her 

 husband died in 1886. 



Perry. Nora, author, born in Dudley, Mass., in 

 1841 ; died there May 1=!. is'ill. ][ ( . r early life was 

 passed in Providence. K. I. When eight years old 

 she wrote her first story. "The Shipwreck," which 

 never was published. Her first published work 

 appeared in a religious magaxine, and her first suc- 

 cessful poem. "Tying her Bonnet under her Chin." 

 was rejected by the " Atlantic Monthly "and sub- 

 sequently brought out in a Washington. 1). C., 

 newspaper. This was followed by "After the 

 Ball." which was published in the " Atlantic " and 

 became very popular. In 1859-'60 her first serial 

 story. "Rosalind Newcomb," was published in 

 Harper's Magazine." For several years she was- 

 the Boston correspondent of the Chicago "Tribune" 

 and the Providence "Journal."' In late years she 

 had confined herself to writing stories for girJs. 

 Her publications include: ''After the Ball and 

 other Poems" (Boston. 1874): "The Tragedy of 

 the Unexpected and other Stories " (1880) : "Book 

 of Love Stories'' (1881): "For a Woman " (1885) ; 

 "New Sontrs and Ballads" (188(5): "A Flock of 

 Girls " ! 1 887) : " Lyrics and Legends " (1890) ; " Hope 

 Benham'' (1894):' "The Youngest Miss Lorton"; 

 and, posthumously. " Three Little Daughters of the 

 Revolution " (1896). 



Pierce. Francis Edwin, military officer, born 

 in New York. July 6. 1833; died in San Francisco, 

 Cal.. Nov. 5, 1896. His great-grandfather was in the 

 Revolutionary War. his grandfather in that of 1812, 

 and his father served in the civil war. He was gradu- 

 ated at the University of Rochester in 1859. and en- 

 tered the volunteer army as captain in the 108th New 

 York Infantry on Aug. 18, 1862. He was promoted 

 major on Sept. 17 following; lieutenant colonel, 

 March '2. 1863; mustered out May 28, 1865, and 

 commissioned colonel of the 8th United States vet- 

 eran infantry June 15 following: again mustered 

 out March 22. 1866 ; commissioned 2d lieutenant 1st 

 United States Infantry. May 8. 1866: and was pro- 

 moted 1st lieutenant Sept. 9. 1867. and captain Jan. 

 *. 1880. During the civil war he served in the field 

 with the Army of the Potomac from the campaign 

 in Maryland till the surrender of Gen. Lee ; took 

 part in 8 battles and numerous minor operations ; 

 and was wounded at Chancellorsville. Gettysburg. 

 Mort on's Ford, and the Wilderness. ( >n March 13, 

 1865, he was brevetted brigadier general of volun- 

 teers for gallant and meritorious services during the 

 war. After the war he served with his regiment at 

 Trenton, N. J.. Hart's island. N. Y.. Washington, 

 D.C.. Buffalo. N. Y.. Detroit. Mich.. Yankton, Dak., 

 New Orleans. La.. San Francisco. Cal.. and else- 

 where. For four years he acted as Indian agent at 

 San Carlos. Arizona. 



Pierce. Henry Lillie. manufacturer, born in 

 Stoughton. Mass.* Aug. 23. 1825; died in Boston, 



