from the Northwest territory, April 7, 1888. wht-n
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts delivered the ora
tion, in which he took occasion to give General
Putnam his rightful place in the history of the
settlement of the Northwest. General Putnam
was appointed judge of the supreme court of the
territory in 178 J, and was commissioned brig-
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PUTNAM
PYNCHON
adier-general, U.S.A., May 4, 1793, serving with
General Wayne in the operations to quell the
Indian trouble 011 the frontier. He was U.S.
commissioner to treat with the Indians, 1792-93,
which led to a treaty with eight Indian tribes
at Point Vincent, Sept. 27. 1792. He resigned
his commission in the army, Feb. 15, 1793, and
was surveyor-general of the United States, 1793-
1803 ; a founder of Muskingum academy, 1798 ;
a trustee of the Ohio university, 1804-24 ; a dele
gate to the Ohio constitutional convention of 1802,
where his determined opposition prevented by
one vote the introduction of a clause preserving
the rights of slaveholders within, the state. He
was an organizer of the first bible society west of
the Alleglianies in 1812. He was the last living
officer of the Continental army. His manuscript
diary was placed in the library of Marietta col
lege, Ohio. A tablet placed on his house at Rut
land, Mass., by the Society of Sons of the Revolu
tion, was unveiled. Sept. 17, 1898. Senator George
Frisbie Hoar delivering the address, Rufus
Putnam, Founder and Father of Ohio" (1898).
Senator Hoar also delivered the oration Found
ing of the Northwest" at the Marietta Centennial
celebration, April 7, 1888 (published 1895). and
the oration published in the Evacuation Day
Memorial, City of Boston " (1901). General Rufus
Putnam died in Marietta, Ohio, May 4, 1824.
PUTNAM, William LeBaron, jurist, was born
in Bath. Maine. May 20, 18:35 ; son of Dr. Israel
and Sarah Emery (Frost) Putnam ; grandson of
Israel Putnam of Sutton, Mass., and of William
Frost of Topsham. Maine, and a descendant of
John Putnam of Salem, Mass., of Dr. Francis
LeBaron of Plymouth, Mass., of Anthony Emery
of New bury, Mass., and afterward of Kittery,
Maine, and of George Soule of Plymouth, Mass.
He was graduated from Bowdoin, A.B., 1855,
A.M., 1858; was admitted to the bar in Decem
ber, 1857, settled in practice at Portland as the
copartner of George Evans (q.v.), and continued
to practise in Portland until he was appointed
U.S. circuit judge, building up an extensive pro
fessional business. He was mayor of Portland,
1869-70. He twice declined appointment as jus
tice of the supreme judicial court of Maine. In
September, 1887, he was appointed by President
Cleveland, with Thomas F. Bayard and James B.
Angell, plenipotentiary to negotiate with Great
Britain in the settlement of the rights of Ameri
can fishermen in the territorial waters of Canada
and Newfoundland. He was also the represen
tative selected by the President to sit on the
Bering Sea Claims commission under the treaty
with Great Britain of Feb. 8, 1896, and served,
1896-98. As Democratic candidate for governor
of Maine in 1888 he received the largest vote
ever given in that state to a gubernatorial candi
date strictly of that party. Although a Demo
crat, he was appointed by President Harrison
judge of the U.S. circuit court for the first cir
cuit, his commission issuing, March 17. 1892. He
received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Bow
doin college in 1884, and from Brown university
in 1893.
PYLE, Howard, artist, was born in Wilming
ton, Del., March 5, 1853; son of William and
Margaret Churchman (Painter) Pyle ; grandson
of Isaac Pyle and of William and Phoebe (Church
man) Painter. His progenitors upon both sides
were members of the Society of Friends, who
early settled in the province of Pennsylvania
under the proprietary government of William
Penn. Robert Pyle, his ancestor in direct descent,
came from Hornton in the parish of Bishop Can
ning, Wiltshire, where he married Ann, daughter
of William Globy of Hilperton. This colonist
emigrated in 1683-84 to America, where he held
considerable grants of land in eastern Pennsyl
vania, and where he was for several years a
member of the Provincial assembly, besides
being more or less identified with public affairs
of the early days of the province. Howard Pyle
studied art under Franz Van der Wielen (a gold
medalist of the School of Antwerp), in Philadel
phia, Pa.. 1869-72, and subsequently (1876-77) was
associated to some extent with the Art Students
league of New York city. His early illustra
tions, short .stories and poems appeared in the
leading New York periodicals in 1876-79. He
was married in 1881, to Anne, daughter of J.
Morton and Ann (Suplee) Poole of Wilmington,
Del. He devoted his art work almost entirely to
the production of illustrations which appeared in
periodicals and books. He is the author of the
following works, which he himself illustrated :
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Notting
hamshire (1883); Within the Capes (1885, unillus-
trated); Pepper and Salt, or Seasoning for Young
Folk (l$S~); The Rose of Paradise (1887); The
Wonder Clock, or Four and Twenty Marvellous
Tales (1888); Otto of the Silver Hand (1888); A
Modern Aladdin (1891): Men of Iron, a Romance
ofChiva lry( 1892); Jack Ball inters Fortune (1894);
Twilight Land (1895); The Garden Behind the
Moon (1895).
PYNCHON, John, colonist, was born in Spring
field, Essex county, England, in 1621 ; son of Col.
William (q.v.) and Anna (Andrew) Pynchon.
He was married, Oct. 30, 1644, to Amy, daughter
of Gov. George Wyllys of Hartford, Conn., and
when his father returned to England in 1652,
succeeded him as governor of the settlement at
Springfield, Mass., acquired by him by purchase,
which included the greater part of the Connec
ticut river valley. He built the first brick house
in the Connecticut valley in 1660, which served
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as a fort against Indian invasion, laid out the
towns of Northampton, Hadley, Hatfield, Deer-
field, Northfield and Westfiekl ; served as colonel
of the 1st regiment of Hampshire County militia
in King Philip s war, 1675-76, and his influence
enabled him to make favorable treaties with the
Indians, including one with the Mohawks in 1680.
He was a deputy to the general court of Massa
chusetts, 16.19-65 ; a commissioner to receive the
surrender of New York by the Dutch in 1664 ; an
assistant under the first Massachusetts Royal
charter, 1665-86, and councillor under the respec
tive governors, 1668-1703. He visited England
several times in the interest of his father s estate,
and left a large landed property. He died in
Springfield, Mass., Jan. 7, 1703.
PYNCHON, Thomas Ruggles, educator, was
born in New Haven, Conn., Jan. 19, 1823 : son of
William Henry Ruggles and Mary (Murdoch)
Pynchon ; grandson of Thomas Ruggles and
Rebecca Pynchon and of James and Mary Mur
doch, and a descend
ant of Col. William
and Anna (Andrew)
Pynchon, immigrants
to Massachusetts
from England in 1630.
He was fitted for
college at the Boston
Latin school ; gradu
ated at Trinity col
lege, Hartford, Conn.,
A.B., 1841, A.M.,
1844, and was a tutor
in classics there,
1843-47. He studied
theology ; was ad
mitted to the di-
aconate, June 14, 1848, and to the priesthood,
July 25, 1849 ; was rector of St. Paul s, Stock-
bridge, and Trinity, Lenox, Mass., 1849-54; Sco-
vill professor of chemistry and natural sciences
at Trinity college, 1854-77 ; studied in Paris, and
made a geological tour through Southern France,
Italy and Sicily with special reference to volcanic
action, including the ascent of Mount Etna
by night, 1855-56 ; was librarian of Trinity col
lege, 1857-82 ; chaplain, 1860-64 and 1866-67 ;
president, 1874-83 ; in 1877 became professor,
and in 1888 Brownell professor of moral phi
losophy. During his presidency he superin
tended the transfer of the college to its new site
and the erection of the new buildings. He
became an associate fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences ; founder and
vice-president of the American Metrological so
ciety, and a fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science and of the Geo
logical Society of France. He received the de-
Ok,
gree D.D. from St. Stephen s in 1865 and LL.D.
from Columbia in 1877. He is the author of :
A Treatise on Chemical Physics (1869), and An
Examination and Defense of Bishop Butler s
Analogy, and his Argument Extended (18^9).
PYNCHON, William, colonist, was born in
Springfield, Essex county, England, in 1590 ; son
of John and - (Orchard) Pynchon. He
immigrated to America with his wife Anna,
daughter of William Andrew of Twiwell. North
amptonshire, England, in 1630, being of the
party witli Governor Winthrop. He held valu
able patents from Charles I. of lands in Massa
chusetts, being made one of the eighteen assis
tants in March, 1629. He aided in organizing the
first church in Roxbuiy, entered into the fur
trade with the Indians and became treasurer of
the colony. His wife having died, he was married,
secondly, to Frances Sanford of Roxbury, Mass.,
and in 1636 removed with his family and a small
party to Agawam in the valley of the Connecti
cut river, which place was renamed Springfield
in 1640, the name of his father s residence in
England. He was chief magistrate of the colony,
1636-52. He was deposed from his offices in the
colony by the legislature for alleged heretical
sentiments expressed in his book published in
England in 1650, and the edition was burned by
the sheriff in the presence of the faithful in Bos
ton, only three copies of the book being saved
from destruction. He refused to appear before
the legislature and the case was dropped. He
returned to England in September, 1652, in com
pany with his son-in-law, Henry Smith, and the
Rev. John Moxon, and devoted himself to theolo
gical writing. His works include : a revised edi
tion of Tlie Meritorious Price of Man s Redemp
tion, or Christ s Satisfaction Discussed and
Explained, with a rejoinder to Rev. John Nor
ton s Answer (1655); The Jewish Synagogue (1652);
How the First Sabbath was Ordained (1654): and
Tlie Covenant of Nature (1662). He died in
Wraisbury, England, Oct. 29, 1662.
PYNE, floses Taylor, educationist, was born
in New York city, Dec. 21, 1855; son of Percy
Rivington and Albertina (Shelton) Pyne. He
was graduated from the College of New Jersey,
A.B., 1877, A.M., 1880, and from the College of
the City of New York, LL.B., 1879, and was ad
mitted to the bar in 1880. He was married. June
2, 1880, to Margaretta Stockton and made his
home at " Drumthwacket," Princeton, N.J. He
was an officer and director in various banks, man
ufactories and railroads, and was largely inter
ested in educational advancement, serving as a
trustee of Princeton university from 1885, as a
trustee and chairman of the finance committee of
Lawrenceville School and as a trustee of St. Paul &
school, Concord, N.H.
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QUACKENBUSH
Q.
QUACKENBOS, George Payn, educator, was
born in New York city, Sept. 4, 1826 ; son of Dr.
George Clinton and Catharine (Payn) Quacken-
bos ; grandson of John (a contractor for supplies
for the American army during the Revolutionary
war) and Catherine (DeWitt) Quackenbos and of
Isaac Bunnell and Polly Payn of Fort Miller,
New York, and a descendant of Pieter Van
Quakkenbosch, who came to New Amsterdam
from Oestgeest, Holland, about 1670. He was
graduated from Columbia, A.B., 1843, A.M.,
1846 : was married in 1846 to Louise, daughter of
Alexander and Mary Duncan of Forres. Scotland;
studied law, and became principal of the Henry
Street Grammar school, 1847, and of the Colle
giate school, N.Y., 1855. He was editor of the
Literary American in New York city. 1848-50.
The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on
him bv Wesleyan university in 1863. He edited
Spiers s French Dictionary in 1850. and was the
author of many school books, including : First
Lessons in Composition (1851): Advanced Course
in Rhetoric and Composition (1854); School His
tory of the United States (1857); Natural Philo
sophy (1859) ; ^i Series of English Grammars
(1862-64) ; A Series of Arithmetics (1863-74) ;
Language Lessons (1876) ; American History
(1877), and Appletons Elementary and Higher
Geographies (1880-81). He died in New London,
N.H.. July 24, 1881.
QUACKENBOS, John Duncan, educator,
scientist and physician, was born in New York
city. April 22, 1848 ; son of George Payn and
Louise (Duncan) Quackenbos. He was graduated
from Columbia, A.B., 1868, A.M., 1871, and from
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, M.D.,
1871. He was married, June ,28, 1871, to Laura
A. Pinckney, daughter of Theodore W. and Caro
line M. Pinckney of New York ; was tutor in
rhetoric and history at Columbia, 1870-84 ; ad
junct professor of the English language and
literature, 1884-91 ; professor of rhetoric, 1891-
94 ; resigned, and was elected professor emeritus
of rhetoric in 1894. He afterward devoted him
self to the practice of his profession, and became
widely known in America and abroad for his
original and successful applications of suggestive
therapeutics in mental and moral disease. He
was elected a member of the Geographical society
in 1883 ; of the New York Historical society in
1883 ; fellow of the New York Academy of Medi
cine in 1884 ; member of the New York Academy
of Sciences in 1890 ; fellow of the New Hamp
shire Medical society, 1896 ; member of the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science, 1899 ; member of the American Medical
association, 1900, and of the London Society
for Psychical Research, 1901. He became known
as a sportsman and naturalist ; brought to public
notice the presence of a new charr in New Eng
land waters, the Alpine trout of Lake Sunapee,
N.H., and was the first private importer of the
Loch Leven trout, 1887 ; became vice-president
of the Society for the Protection of New Hamp
shire Forests, and a member of the Association
for the Protection of the Adirondacks. He is the
author of some twenty standard works : Appletoii s
School History of the World (1876); History of
Ancient Literature (1878); -4 History of the Eng
lish Language (1884) ; Appleton s Physical Geo
graphy (1887); Appletorfs Physics (1891); Practical
Rhetoric (1896) ; Enemies and Evidences of Chris
tianity (1899) ; Hypnotism in Mental and Moral
Culture (1900); The Mutual Relationship in Hyp
notism (1901); Hypno-Sitggestion in Trained Nurs
ing (1902); Suggestion and the Christian Minis
ter (1902). and numerous medical and scientific
monographs.
QUACKENBUSH, John Adam, representative,
was born in Schaghticoke, N.Y., Oct. 16, 1828;
son of Harmon and Elizabeth (Baucus) Quacken-
bush ; and grandson of Jacob and Ann (Groesbeck)
Quackenbush and of John and Maria (Wetsel)
Baucus. He attended the district schools and the
academy at Stillwater, N.Y., and engaged in
business as a farmer and lumber merchant. He
was married, Sept. 29. 1852, to Harriet, daughter
of Josiah G. and Elizabeth (Kinney) Town of
Schaghticoke, N.Y. He was supervisor from
Schaghticoke, 1859-62 ; chairman of the board of
supervisors of Rensselaer county in 1862 ; a mem
ber of the state assembly in 1863, sheriff of Rens-
selear county in 1873-76 ; a member of the Re
publican state central committee, 1887-94 ; a Re
publican representative from the eighteenth dis
trict in the 51st and 52d congresses, 1889-93, and
in 1892 was defeated by Charles D. Haines,
Democrat.
QUACKENBUSH, Stephen Platt, naval officer,
was born in Albany, N.Y., Jan. 23, 1823. He was
warranted midshipman in the U.S. navy, Feb.
15, 1840 ; was promoted passed midshipman, July
11, 1846 ; master, March 1, 1855 ; lieutenant, Sept.
14, 1855, serving during the Mexican war in the
operations against Vera Cruz ; lieutenant-com
mander, July, 16, 1862; served on the blockading
squadron, 1861-62 ; in the Burnside expedition to
Roanoke Island, Elizabeth City and New Berne,
N.C., and engaged the Confederate batteries and
a regiment of flying infantry at Winton, N.C.,
destroying that town. He was engaged on the
James river in the actions of SewelFs Point land
ing, Wilcox landing, and Malvern Hill, where he
commanded the Pequot and lost his right leg by
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QUAY
a cannon shot. He covered the retreat of the
army at Harrison s landing, and in 1863, while in
command of the Unctdilla, captured the Princess
Royal laden with materials for constructing a
new Confederate ironclad at Richmond. He was
given command of the Patapsco, and while drag-
ing for explosives in Charleston Harbor, his ship
was destroyed by a torpedo. He was transferred
to the steamer Mingo, stationed off Georgetown,
S.C., and prevented the erection of a Confederate
fort at that place. He was promoted commander
in 1866, captain in 1871, commodore in 1880, and
was retired with the rank of rear-admiral in 1885.
He died in Washington, B.C., Feb. 4, 1890.
QUARLES, Joseph Very, senator, was born in
Keuosha, Wis., Dec. 16, 1843 ; son of Joseph Very
and Caroline (Bullen) Quarles ; and grandson of
Samuel and Lydia (Very) Quarles and of John
and Lucinda (Drake) Bullen. He attended the
University of Michigan, leaving in 1864 to enter
the U.S. army as a private in the 39th Wisconsin
volunteers. He was mustered out of service
with the rank of 1st lieutenant ; was graduated
from the University of Michigan in 1866 and was
admitted to the bar in 1868. He was married,
Sept. 25, 1868, to Carrie A. Saunders, daughter
of William S. and Sarah (Davis) Saunders of
Chicago, 111. He was district attorney of Ke-
nosha county, 1870-76 ; was mayor of Kenosha,
1876-79 ; a representative in the state assembly
1879, and state senator, 1880-82. He removed to
Racine in 1882 and in 1888 to Milwaukee, where
lie established the law firm of Quarles, Spence
and Quarles. He was elected U.S. senator in
1899, to succeed Senator John L. Mitchell, Demo
crat, for the term expiring March 3, 1905.
QUARLES, Ralph Petty, jurist, was born in
Benton, Ky., June 10. 1855 ; son of James M. and
Nancy Jane (Petty) Quarles, and grandson of
Samuel and Parthena (Hynds) Quarles and of
Ralph and Lucy (Embry) Petty. He was
graduated from the Paducah, Ky., high school
in 1876 ; was admitted to the bar in 1877, and
practised in Kentucky, 1877-88. He removed to
Blackfoot, Idaho, in 1888, and thence in 1889 to
Salmon City, Idaho, where he continued to prac
tise law. He was elected a justice of the state
supreme court in 1896, and became chief justice,
Jan. 7, 1901.
QUARTER, William, R. C. bishop, was born
at Kellurine, Ireland, Jan. 24, 1806; son of
Michael and Anne (Bennet) Quarter. He at
tended private academies at Tullamore, Ireland,
and came to America, April 10, 1822. He entered
the seminary of Mount St. Mary s college, Em-
mitsburg, Md., Sept. 8, 1822, and was professor
of Latin, Greek and mathematics there, 1823-29.
He was ordained priest, Sept. 19, 1829, and in
1833 was appointed pastor of St. Mary s church,
OF THE HOLY NAME.
New York city. He was made bishop of the new
diocese of Chicago, estabished Nov. 28, 1843. and
was consecrated, March 10, 1844, by Bishop
Hughes, assisted by Bishops Fenwick of Boston,
and Whelan of
Richmond. He
assumed charge
of the new
diocese, May 5,
1844, and dur
ing his admin
istration the
Cathedral of the
Holy Name was
completed, and
con se c rated,
Oct. 5. 1845,
and a diocesan
seminaiy was
opened, July 4,
1846. He es
tablished nu
merous SChools
and built St. Francis Xavier s Convent of Our
Lady of Mercy and Academy for the Sisters of
Mercy. He died at Chicago, 111., April 10, 1848.
QUARTLEY, Arthur, artist, was born in Paris,
France, May 24, 1839; son of Frederick William
Qnartley, a wood engraver. He removed to
London with liis parents in 1841 ; attended school
at Westminster, and came to the United States
in 1852 with his father, who engaged as wood
engraver and landscape painter up to the time of
his death in New York city, April 5, 1N74.
Arthur Quartley was a sign painter in New York
city, 1852-62 ; removed to Baltimore in 1862,
where he studied painting in his leisure hours,
and in 1873 opened a studio in Baltimore. lie
returned to New York in 1875. and soon attracted
notice as a marine painter. He was elected an
associate of the National Academy of Design in
1879, and an academician in 1886. His principal
paintings include: Morning Effect. XortJi River
(1877); From a North River Pier Head (1878):
Trinity from the Ricer (1880): Queen s nirtltd>/
(1883) ; Dignity and Impudence. (1884). He
died in New York city. May 19, 1886.
QUAY, Matthew Stanley, senator, was born
in Dillsburg, Pa., Sept. 30, 1833: son of the Rev.
Anderson Beaton and Catherine (McCain) Quay ;
grandson of Joseph, a soldier in the war of 1812,
and Asenatli (Anderson) Quay ; great-grandson
of Capt. Patrick Anderson, a soldier in the
French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, and
great 2 -grandson of James Anderson, a native of
the Isle of Skye, who lived in a village of the
Delaware Indians in Chester county, Pa., in 1712.
His first paternal ancestor in America emigrated
from the Isle of Man to Canada about 1650, and
QUAY
QUEEN
from Canada to Pennsylvania about 1686. He
attended Beaver and Indiana academies ; was
graduated from Jefferson college, Pa., in 1850 ;
studied la\v with Judge James P. Sterrett in
1850, but soon removed to Texas, where he taught
school in Colorado county, 1850-53. He returned
to his law studies at Pennsylvania under Col.
R. P. Roberts in 185:5. and was admitted to the
bar in 1854. He established himself in practice
in Beaver, Pa. : was prothonotary of Beaver
county. 1856-01 : enlisted as a private in the 10th
Pennsylvania reserves in 1861, and became
lieutenant-colonel and assistant commissary -gen
eral of the state. He was private secretary to
Gov. Andrew G. Curtin, and was commissioned
colonel of the 104th Pennsylvania regiment in
August. 1862. serving until Dec. 7, 1862, when he
was mustered out on account of ill health. He
took part in the assault on Marye s Heights as a
volunteer, Dec. 13, 1862, receiving the Congres
sional medal of honor for gallantry on the field ;
was military state agent at Washington, D.C.,
1862-63. and was major and chief of transporta
tion and telegraphs, and military secretary to
Governor Curtin, 1863-65. He was a Republican
representative in the state legislature, 1865-68;
secretary of the Republican state executive com
mittee in 186 J : edited the Beaver R tdical. 1869 ;
was recorder of Philadelphia, 1878 : secretary
of the commonwealth, 1872-78 and 1879-82 ; dele-
gate-at-large to the Republican national conven
tions, 1872, 1876. 1880. 1888, 1892, 1896 and 1900 ;
chairman of the Republican national committee
which conducted the campaign for the election of
Harrison. 1888, of the state committee, 1878-79,
1895 and 1902 ; state treasurer, 1885-87. and was
elected to the U.S. senate as a Republican in
1887 to succeed John I. Mitchell, and was re-
elected in 1893. He was defeated for re-election
to the U.S. senate in 1899, by a deadlock ex
isting throughout the session of the legislature,
and after adjournment was appointed senator
ad interim by Governor Stone, but the appoint
ment \vas not recognized by the senate. Upon
the next meeting of the state legislature in
1900 lie was elected U.S. senator for the term
ending March 3, 1905. He was married, Oct. 10,
1855, to Agnes, daughter of John Barclay of
Beaver, Pa., and of his sons, Andrew Gregg
Curtin was a graduate of the U.S. Military
academy and promoted a lieutenant in the 5th
U.S. cavalry and major and quarter-master,
U.S.A., and Richard Roberts engaged in busi
ness in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was indicted, Nov.
21. 1898, for conspiring to misuse funds of the
state and of the People s Bank of Philadelphia,
and on each of the six indictments named he was
acquitted without offering any evidence for the
defence. April 21, 1899.
QUAYLE, William Alfred, educator, was born
in Parkville, Mo., June 25, 1860; son of Thomas
and Elizabeth Quayle, natives of the Isle of Man.
He received his early education in Kansas and
was graduated from Baker university. A.B., 1885,
A.M., 1888. He was married in 188(5 to Allie,
daughter of the Rev. Dr. Werter R. and Minerva
(Russell) Davis. He was tutor at Baker uni
versity, 1883-85 ; adjunct professor of ancient lan
guages, 18815-88 ; professor of the Greek language,
1888-91, and president of the institution, 1890-
94. He resigned in 1894 to become pastor of In
dependence Avenue Methodist Episcopal church,