OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (PIERCE PILLSIJUKV.) 



San Francisco, Jan. 9, 1879. In 1880, while play- 

 ing at the Baldwin Theater, San Francisco, she 

 married Harry Colton, a well-known actor then 

 playing there. In December, 1882, she appeared 

 in New York, playing the leading female role in 

 The Unknown at the Windsor Theater, with her 

 husband in the principal male character. She 

 was associated with the tours of this play and 

 another of similar character, called Kentuck, for 

 several years. One of her most successful parts 

 was Mamie Briscoe in Passion's Slave. She 

 played with much success the part of Nellie 

 Denver in The Silver King and the leading parts 

 in Wife for Wife and The Wages of Sin. The 

 death of her husband, with whom she constantly 

 traveled, and her own failing health caused her 

 retirement from the stage in 1890, from which 

 time she lived in seclusion at her home in San 

 Francisco. 



Pierce, Henry Niles, clergyman, born in Paw- 

 tucket, R. I., Oct. 19, 1820; died in Fayetteville, 

 Ark., Sept. 5, 1899. He was graduated at Brown 

 University in 1842, and was admitted to deacon's 

 orders in the Episcopal Church in 1843 and to 

 priest's orders in 1894. After holding rectorships 

 in Texas, Louisiana, and New Jersey, he became 

 rector of Saint John's Church, at Mobile, remain- 

 ing there from 1857 to 1868. For nearly two years 

 following he was rector of Saint Paul's Church, 

 at Springfield, 111., and early in 1870 was conse- 

 crated missionary bishop of Arkansas and In- 

 dian Territory. In 1871 the diocese of Arkansas 

 was organized, Bishop Pierce becoming its first 

 bishop. In the face of much discouragement he 

 administered diocesan affairs with skill and dis- 

 cretion, and under him the diocese made mate- 

 rial advancement. Besides sermons, Bishop Pierce 

 published The Agnostic, and Other Poems (New 

 York, 1884). 



Pierce, Samuel Everett, editor, born in New 

 York city, Dec. 12, 1826; died in Roxbury, Mass., 

 April 15, 1899. He studied at Princeton College, 

 and was graduated in theology in 1852. He be- 

 came pastor of the Baptist Church in Gloucester, 

 Mass., and remained there till the beginning of 

 the civil war in 1861. He was then appointed 

 chaplain of the 71st New York Regiment, and 

 participated in the battle of Bull Run. After- 

 ward he was chaplain of the 4th Massachusetts 

 Regiment. At the same time he acted as field 

 correspondent of the Boston Watchman and Re- 

 flector, and his letters, which bore the signature 

 Ranger, achieved a wide reputation. After the 

 war he became associate editor of the Watchman, 

 later of the Christian Era, and finally of the 

 Youth's Companion, with which he remained 

 until his death. 



Pierpont, Francis Harrison, "the father of 

 West Virginia," born in Monongalia County, Vir- 

 ginia (now West Virginia), in 1815; died in Pitts- 

 burg, Pa., March 24, 1899. He was born in a 

 log cabin, and made his way in the world un- 

 aided and by severe toil. His early schooling was 

 exceedingly meager. In college he supported him- 

 self by manual labor, and in his vacations carried 

 a hod for bricklayers. After graduation at Alle- 

 gheny College he engaged in teaching, and when 

 about thirty-tw r o years old he was admitted to 

 the bar. He settled in Fairmount, Marion County, 

 to practice, and soon became widely known as a 

 lawyer of unusual ability and extraordinary en- 

 ergy. He early espoused the cause of abolition,' 

 and in the presidential canvass of 1848 was an 

 elector on the Whig ticket, and made a vigorous 

 canvass of Virginia. The civil war found him 

 a stanch Union man. He organized the move- 

 ment that resulted in the convention of delegates 



from all the western counties, who decided that 

 that part of the State should remain loyal to 

 the Union. His activity arid commanding influ- 

 ence in this movement attracted the attention of 

 President Lincoln, 

 who frequently 

 sought his advice 

 on matters per- 

 taining to the sit- 

 uation of Vir- 

 ginia. In June, 

 1861, after the se- 

 cession of the east- 

 ern counties of 

 Virginia, he be- 

 came Governor of 

 the loyal counties, 

 with headquarters 

 at Wheeling. He 

 was authorized by 

 the President to 

 raise troops for 

 home protection, 

 and a force was 

 sent to give him 

 aid. Gov. Pierpont remained at Wheeling till 

 after tha western counties had been organized 

 into the new State of West Virginia and the 

 State had been admitted into the Union with 

 slavery prohibited. He then served as Governor 

 of the loyal part of eastern Virginia from June, 

 1863, till May, 1865, at Alexandria, and as Gov- 

 ernor of all Virginia from May, 1865, till Janu- 

 ary, 1868, at Richmond. In recent years he had 

 lived quietly with a daughter in Pittsburg. 



Pilar, Gregorio del, Filipino insurgent gen- 

 eral, died near Cervantes, Luzon, Dec. 3, 1899. 

 He was a mere youth, and was reported to have 

 been graduated at a European university. He 

 was one of the leaders of the anti-Spanish revo- 

 lution in the Philippine Islands and of the in- 

 surgent army under Aguinaldo. In April it was 

 rumored that he was about to desert Aguinaldo 

 and submit to American rule, and in October mes- 

 sages purporting to come from him contained 

 offers to sell out his army and to deliver Agui- 

 naldo into the hands of Gen. Otis. The latter 

 was firmly set against buying any surrenders, 

 and the offers were not considered. In Decem- 

 ber he was encountered by a battalion df the 

 33d United States Infantry, under Major March, 

 18 miles northwest of Cervantes, and killed in the 

 engagement that followed. 



Pillsbury, Charles Alfred, manufacturer, 

 born in W T arner, N. H., Oct. 3, 1842; died in 

 Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 17, 1899. He was grad- 

 uated at Dartmouth College in 1863, spent six 

 years as clerk and partner in a commercial house 

 in Montreal, and in 1869 removed to Minneapo- 

 lis, where he engaged in milling with his uncle, 

 John S. Pillsbury. About this time innovations 

 were introduced into the art of milling, chief 

 among them the substitution of steel rollers for 

 stones to crush the wheat. Mr. Pillsbury and 

 other millers adopted this systeri, and for sev- 

 eral years enjoyed a monopoly of the " new pro- 

 cess." In 1872 he took into partnership his father, 

 George A. Pillsbury, and at a later period his 

 brother, F. C. Pillsbury. also became associated 

 with the enterprise. Till the acquisition of the 

 property in 1890 by an English syndicate the firm 

 was known as C. A. Pillsbury & Co. At the time 

 of his death Mr. Pillsbury was the manager and 

 one of the three American directors of the con- 

 cern. A feature of the management is a profit- 

 sharing scheme, by "which in some years as much 

 as $25,000 is divided among efficient employees. 



