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have been in Forest Service. Work has been principally timber 
reconnaissance, fire fighting, planting and surveying.” 
He is a member of the Presbyterian church and in politics is 
a Progressive. He is a Mason. 
Percy J. Paxton 
Business address, Steamboat Springs, Colo. 
Home address, Princeton, Ind. 
United States Forest Service, Denver, Colo. 
Percy Jerauld Paxton was born June 13, 1884, in Princeton, Ind., 
the son of Thomas Rice Paxton, born in Shelbyville, Ky., the son of 
John D. Paxton, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, and Amelia (Jerauld) 
Paxton, daughter of George N. Jerauld and Nancy (Foster) Jerauld. 
He has two sisters: Laura Jerauld Paxton, B.A. Smith ’o2, and Leonora 
Merrill Paxton, B.A. Smith ’oo. 
He was prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy and in 1906 received 
the degree of B.A. from Williams College, where he was a member 
of Delta Kappa Epsilon. 
He is unmarried. 
Since graduating from the Yale Forest School Paxton has been 
employed in the United States Forest Service as forest assistant. 
His headquarters are at present on Routt National Forest, Steam- 
boat Springs, Colo. He has recently been promoted to the rank 
of forest examiner. 
He is a member of the Presbyterian church. 
Reuben P. Prichard 
Business address, New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse 
University, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Home address, 16 Fremont Street, Somerville, Mass. 
Reuben Parker Prichard was born February 25, 1884, in Somerville, 
Mass., the son of George William Prichard and Mary Louisa (Lane) 
Prichard. On his father’s side he is of Welch and on his mother’s of 
Irish ancestry. He has a sister, Emma Eeabe Prichard, and a 
brother, John Augustus Prichard. 
He was prepared at the Somerville English High School, Somerville, 
Mass., and in 1907 received the degree of B.S. from Dartmouth College, 
where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and the Dragon Society. 
He is unmarried. 
