1779, 8 July
Sally and Nancy went this morning to ye marriage of Charles Logan [son of William and Hannah Emlen Logan] and Molly Pleasants; spent rest of ye day at Saml Pleasants where ye wedding was kept.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 595 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Hudson, Martha "Patty" - 1778
1778, 2 April
Patty Hudson told me that John Hunt was no more; that ye account of his death has just come to Town.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 594 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Patty Hudson told me that John Hunt was no more; that ye account of his death has just come to Town.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 594 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Catheral, Isaac - 1778
1778, 29 January
Isaac Catheral went over ye River this afternoon but was not suffered to go to his father's burial.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 594 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Isaac Catheral went over ye River this afternoon but was not suffered to go to his father's burial.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 594 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Thomas, Peter - 1778
1778, 19 January
Peter Thomas has received a letter from Reading informing of the death of our beloved Friend John Pemberton.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 594 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Peter Thomas has received a letter from Reading informing of the death of our beloved Friend John Pemberton.
~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 594 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Carr, Julian Shakespeare : 1845 - 1924
Name : Julian Shakespeare Carr
Occupation : retired manufacturer
Born : Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 12, 1845
Died : Apr. 29, 1924
Parents : Son of John Wesley and Eliza P. Carr
Education : graduated from University of North Carolina
Served in Barringer's brigade , Hampton's Corps, C.S.A., Army of Northern Virginia.
Engaged in business; president Bull Durham Tobacco Company; First National Bank of Durham, Ormond Mining Company; vice president North Carolina Joint Stock Bank; director Durham Hosiery Mills. President of Southern Memorial Association (Battle Abbey), Richmond, Virginia; president of the board Durham Public Library; trustee of the North Carolina Children's Home Society University of North Carolina, Methodist Orphanage, Women's College (Greensboro, N.C.), Training School for Colored People (Durham), College (colored people) (Augusta, Ga.), American University (Washington, D.C.), Old Ladies' Home (Durham), Confederate Home for Women (Fayetteville, N.C.), Methodist Chautauqua(Junaluska, N.C.), etc.; president of Confederate Soldiers' Home (Raleigh, N.C.); member Durham Board of Education.
Formerly major general commander North Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans, lt. general commanding Army Northern Virginia, also former commander in chief United Confederate Veterans, now honorable commander in chief for life.
Delegate to Ecumenical Methodist Conference, London and Robert Balkes S.S. Centennial. Volunteer aide to Herbert C. Hoover, federal food administrator, Washington, 1917-1919.
Home : Durham, N.C.
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 658 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Julian Shakespeare Carr.
Occupation : retired manufacturer
Born : Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 12, 1845
Died : Apr. 29, 1924
Parents : Son of John Wesley and Eliza P. Carr
Education : graduated from University of North Carolina
Served in Barringer's brigade , Hampton's Corps, C.S.A., Army of Northern Virginia.
Engaged in business; president Bull Durham Tobacco Company; First National Bank of Durham, Ormond Mining Company; vice president North Carolina Joint Stock Bank; director Durham Hosiery Mills. President of Southern Memorial Association (Battle Abbey), Richmond, Virginia; president of the board Durham Public Library; trustee of the North Carolina Children's Home Society University of North Carolina, Methodist Orphanage, Women's College (Greensboro, N.C.), Training School for Colored People (Durham), College (colored people) (Augusta, Ga.), American University (Washington, D.C.), Old Ladies' Home (Durham), Confederate Home for Women (Fayetteville, N.C.), Methodist Chautauqua(Junaluska, N.C.), etc.; president of Confederate Soldiers' Home (Raleigh, N.C.); member Durham Board of Education.
Formerly major general commander North Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans, lt. general commanding Army Northern Virginia, also former commander in chief United Confederate Veterans, now honorable commander in chief for life.
Delegate to Ecumenical Methodist Conference, London and Robert Balkes S.S. Centennial. Volunteer aide to Herbert C. Hoover, federal food administrator, Washington, 1917-1919.
Home : Durham, N.C.
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 658 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Julian Shakespeare Carr.
Byllesby, Henry Marison : 1859-1924
Name : Henry Marison Byllesby
Occupation : electrical engineer
Born : Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 16, 1859
Died : May 1, 1924
Parents : Son of Rev. DeWitt Clinton and Sarah (Mathews) Byllesby
Education : Lehigh University, Pa.
Married : Margaret Stearns Baldwin, of Roselle, N.J., June 15, 1882.
Was associated with Thomas A. Edison in the early days of electric lighting in N.J., and has been identified with many movements and advances in electric enterprises.
Now president of H. M. Byllesby & Company engineers, Chicago; also officer and director of Mobile Electric Company, Alabama; Ft. Smith Light & Traction Company, Arkansas; Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Enid Electric & Gas Company, Oklahoma; Muskogee Gas & Electric Company, Oklahoma; Ottumwa Railway & Light Company, Iowa; San Diego Consolidated Gas & Electric Company, California; Standard Gas & Electric Company, California; Arkansas Valley Railway Light & Power Company, Colorado; Securities Exchange Company, Northern States Power Company, Shaffer Oil & Refining Company.
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Western Society of Engineers, National Electric Light Association, National Civic Federation (executive committee), Universal Military Training League (executive committee), Chicago Civic Federation, member of executive committee St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago; director of Chicago Civic Federation.
Clubs : Chicago, Union League, University, Mid-Day, Commercial, Glen View Golf (Chicago); Metropolitan, Recess (New York); Minneapolis (Minneapolis); Arlington (Portland, Oregon); Lake Geneva Country (Wisconsin)
Politics: Republican.
Commissioned Lt. Col. U.S.A., and assigned to headquarters of Chief Signal Officer, Washington.
Purchasing agent in Great Britain and Scandinavian countries for American Expeditionary Forces, headquartered in London, June-Dec., 1918, when honorably discharged. Awarded D.S.O. (British).
Office : 208 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill.
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 614 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Henry Marison Byllesby.
Occupation : electrical engineer
Born : Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 16, 1859
Died : May 1, 1924
Parents : Son of Rev. DeWitt Clinton and Sarah (Mathews) Byllesby
Education : Lehigh University, Pa.
Married : Margaret Stearns Baldwin, of Roselle, N.J., June 15, 1882.
Was associated with Thomas A. Edison in the early days of electric lighting in N.J., and has been identified with many movements and advances in electric enterprises.
Now president of H. M. Byllesby & Company engineers, Chicago; also officer and director of Mobile Electric Company, Alabama; Ft. Smith Light & Traction Company, Arkansas; Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Enid Electric & Gas Company, Oklahoma; Muskogee Gas & Electric Company, Oklahoma; Ottumwa Railway & Light Company, Iowa; San Diego Consolidated Gas & Electric Company, California; Standard Gas & Electric Company, California; Arkansas Valley Railway Light & Power Company, Colorado; Securities Exchange Company, Northern States Power Company, Shaffer Oil & Refining Company.
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Western Society of Engineers, National Electric Light Association, National Civic Federation (executive committee), Universal Military Training League (executive committee), Chicago Civic Federation, member of executive committee St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago; director of Chicago Civic Federation.
Clubs : Chicago, Union League, University, Mid-Day, Commercial, Glen View Golf (Chicago); Metropolitan, Recess (New York); Minneapolis (Minneapolis); Arlington (Portland, Oregon); Lake Geneva Country (Wisconsin)
Politics: Republican.
Commissioned Lt. Col. U.S.A., and assigned to headquarters of Chief Signal Officer, Washington.
Purchasing agent in Great Britain and Scandinavian countries for American Expeditionary Forces, headquartered in London, June-Dec., 1918, when honorably discharged. Awarded D.S.O. (British).
Office : 208 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill.
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 614 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Henry Marison Byllesby.
Brenner, Victor David : 1871-1924
Name : Victor David Brenner
Occupation : medalist, sculptor
Born : Shavly, Russia, Jun. 12, 1871
Died : Apr. 5, 1924
Parents : Son of George and Sarah [Margolis] Brenner
Arrived at New York City, May 17, 1890; started business as a die cutter, 1893; went to Paris, 1898, and became pupil of Louis Oscar Roty; exhibited at Paris Exposition and Salon, 1900, Buffalo, 1904, St. Louis, 1904 receiving awards from each.
Has works in Paris Mint, Munich Glyptothek, Vienna Numismatic Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Numismatic Society, New York, Luxembourg Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Won gold medal at the International Exposition, Brussels, 1910.
Member of American Numismatic and Archeological Society, National Sculpture Society, Architectural League, Arts Club New York
Address : 119 East 19th Street, New York, New York
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 501 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Victor David Brenner
Occupation : medalist, sculptor
Born : Shavly, Russia, Jun. 12, 1871
Died : Apr. 5, 1924
Parents : Son of George and Sarah [Margolis] Brenner
Arrived at New York City, May 17, 1890; started business as a die cutter, 1893; went to Paris, 1898, and became pupil of Louis Oscar Roty; exhibited at Paris Exposition and Salon, 1900, Buffalo, 1904, St. Louis, 1904 receiving awards from each.
Has works in Paris Mint, Munich Glyptothek, Vienna Numismatic Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Numismatic Society, New York, Luxembourg Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Won gold medal at the International Exposition, Brussels, 1910.
Member of American Numismatic and Archeological Society, National Sculpture Society, Architectural League, Arts Club New York
Address : 119 East 19th Street, New York, New York
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 501 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Victor David Brenner
Monday, October 26, 2015
Beal, William James : 1833-1924
Name: William James Beal
Occupation : botanist
Born : Mar. 11, 1833
Died : May 12, 1924
See Who's Who Vol. XI (1920-1921)
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 164 (Necrology : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for William James Beal
Occupation : botanist
Born : Mar. 11, 1833
Died : May 12, 1924
See Who's Who Vol. XI (1920-1921)
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 164 (Necrology : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for William James Beal
Bayne, Samuel Gamble : 1844-1924
Name : Samuel Gamble Bayne
Occupation : banker
Born : Ulster, Ireland, Nov. 11, 1844
Died : Apr. 22, 1924
Parents : Son of Peter and Margaret Bayne
Education : Royal Academy School and Queens College, Belfast
Married : Emily Kelsey, of New York, Oct. 1874
Started business in office of Sir James Hamilton, Belfast; later linen manufacturer in Belfast until Mar.1869; came to U.S., went to oil regions, 1870; drilled many wells there; went around the world 1874-1875; started in banking business in Bradford, Pa, organizing First National Bank and becoming its first president; afterwards organizing national banks in Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, Minnesota and Ohio; organized Seaboard National Bank, 1883, now chairman of the board; president Atlas Improvement Company, Riverside Drive Property Association, New York; Produce Exchange Safe Deposit and Storage Company; director Bankers Trust Company.
Club : New York Athletic
Author : Pith of Astronomy, 1896; On an Irish Jaunting Car Through Donegal and Connemara, 1902; Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel, 1909
Home : White Plains, New York and 853 Seventh Avenue
Office : 18 Broadway, New York, New York
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 348.
You can visit the memorial page for Samuel Gamble Bayne
Occupation : banker
Born : Ulster, Ireland, Nov. 11, 1844
Died : Apr. 22, 1924
Parents : Son of Peter and Margaret Bayne
Education : Royal Academy School and Queens College, Belfast
Married : Emily Kelsey, of New York, Oct. 1874
Started business in office of Sir James Hamilton, Belfast; later linen manufacturer in Belfast until Mar.1869; came to U.S., went to oil regions, 1870; drilled many wells there; went around the world 1874-1875; started in banking business in Bradford, Pa, organizing First National Bank and becoming its first president; afterwards organizing national banks in Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, Minnesota and Ohio; organized Seaboard National Bank, 1883, now chairman of the board; president Atlas Improvement Company, Riverside Drive Property Association, New York; Produce Exchange Safe Deposit and Storage Company; director Bankers Trust Company.
Club : New York Athletic
Author : Pith of Astronomy, 1896; On an Irish Jaunting Car Through Donegal and Connemara, 1902; Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel, 1909
Home : White Plains, New York and 853 Seventh Avenue
Office : 18 Broadway, New York, New York
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 348.
You can visit the memorial page for Samuel Gamble Bayne
Bates, Lindon Wallace : 1858-1924
Name: Lindon Wallace Bates
Occupation : civil engineer
Born : Nov. 19, 1858
Died : Apr. 22, 1924
See Vol. 12 (1922-1923)
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 164 (Necrology : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Lindon Wallace Bates, Sr
Occupation : civil engineer
Born : Nov. 19, 1858
Died : Apr. 22, 1924
See Vol. 12 (1922-1923)
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 164 (Necrology : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).
You can visit the memorial page for Lindon Wallace Bates, Sr
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