Previous section of this book Charles Edward Pancoast A. B., A.M., LL.B. 1877 Frederick Erckens Okie Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, November 6, 1855. Son of Charles Stacy Pancoast and Mary Ann Shel- Born in Linwood, Del. Co., Penna., 1855. Son of John B. merdine. Entered 1871. Honorable Okie and Caroline Frances Richards. Entered Junior Class mention for Fresh. Gr. Prize. Latin as a partial student, 1873, and left during Senior year. Phi Kappa Sigma. Salutatorian. Lawyer. Married Studied at the Mass. Instit. Tech. Manufacturer. Married Rebecca Mifflin, daughter of James Alice, daughter of Horace T. Sloan. McMurtrie, Germantown, Philadel- Berwyn, Chester Co., Penna. phia. East Johnson, cor. Musgrove Streets, Germantown, Philadelphia.
Henry Pemberton, Jr. Edward Hyde Peek A.B. Western Univ. of Penna., 1873; A.M. Western Univ. of Penna., 1876 Born in New Orleans, La., February 12, 1856. Son of Eben Berkeley Peek and Charlotte Elizabeth Ashburner. Entered 1871, and left during the Freshman year. Phi Kap asigma.merchant. 222 Winona Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia, September 13, 1855, Son of Henry Pemberton and Caroline Towne Hollingsworth. Entered Junior Class as a special student 1873, and received a certificate of proficiency June, 1875. Chemist U. S. Chemical Co., Phila., 1877-83 ; Manager of Kalion Chem. Co., Phila., 1883-87 ; and of Laramie, Wyoming, Chem. Works, 1888. Special Agt. Eleventh U. S. Census for tile collection of staconsulting tistics of chemical industry. Chemist. Member of Franklin Instit., Phila. Historical Soc., Phila. Am. Chem. Soc., N. Y. Soc. Chem. Industry, London. Author of technical papers in scientific journals. Married, March 28, 1894, Susan, daughter of the late Joseph S. Lovering, Jr., Germantown, Phila. 1947 Locust Street, Philadelphia.
Richard Peters Born in Philadelphia. Son of Francis Peters and Maria Miller. Entered Junior Class as a partial student 1874, and left during Junior year. Delta Phi. (See Keith.) William Ruckman Philler 1878 A.B., A.M., LL.B.. Born in Philadelphia, February 17, 1857. Son of George Philler and Rebecca Horner Ruckman. Entered Sophomore Class 1872. Member of the Philomathean Society. Phi Kappa Sigma Delivered the Law Oration at Com- Union Club, N. Y. City. mencement, June, 1878. Lawyer. Secretary of The Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia, 1886 to Henry Yelverton Peyton Born in Philadelphia, March 5, 1852. Son of Jesse Enlows Peyton and Jane Helen Peterson. Entered Senior Class as a special student 1874, and received a certificate of proficiency, June, 1875. Sheep-raising in Texas. Engaged in quarrying. date. President of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, 1881. Member of the Central Committee of Alumni. Married Emily Chapman, daughter of William Davis Winsor, of Philadelphia. Married Anna Esler, daughter of Edward 0. Smith, Philada. Haverford, Montgomery Co., Penna. Burnet, Burnet Co., Texas.
William Wagener Porter A.B., A.M. Born in Philadelphia, May 5, 1856. Son of Hon. William Augustus Porter, LL. D., and Emma Wagener. Grandson of Governor David Rittenhouse Porter. Entered 1871. Graduated 1875. Moderator of the Philomathean Society and Ivy Ora tor. Lawyer. Member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati and Sons of the Revolution. Ex-President of the Scotch-Irish Society. Director of The Erie and Western Transportation Company and The Real Estate Trust Company ; published "Legal Responsibilities of Clergymen Solemnizing Marriage in Pennsylvania," also "The Law of Bills of Lading." Married Mary Augusta, daughter of Charles H. George Somers Robinson Col.,18 Med. Jef. M.D, Born in Smyrna, Del., December 8, 1855. Son of Rev. William Colladay Robinson and Elizabeth Somers. Entered as a special student 1871, and left during the Freshman year. Engaged in mercantile business until 1878. Physician. Resdt. Phila. Hosp., 1881-82, and at House of Correction, Phila., 1885 to date. Actg. Asst. Surg, U. S. A., 1882-83. Married Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Burdon J. Kollock. House of Correction. Holmesburg, Philadelphia. Samuel Ritter Seyfert Born in Gibraltar, Berks Co., Penna., August 8, 1855. Son of Simon Seyfert and Ellen Ritter. Entered 1871, and left at the close of Sophomore year. Phi Kappa Sigma. Ironmaufcte. Hobart. 2025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Reading, Penna.
John Campbell Sherlock Born in Cincinnati, 0., October 29, 1853. Son of Thomas Sherlock and N. C. Johnston. Entered Sophomore Louis McLane Simpson Class March, 1873, and left at the close of first term Junior year. Member of Philomathean Society. Phi Kappa Sigma. Studied at Massachusetts Born in Philadelphia, December 23, 1852. Son of William Henry Simpson. Entered as a special student 1871, and left during the Freshman year. Lawyer. Institute of Technology. Engaged in Insurance business since leaving college. President Latonia Jockey Norris Wilcox Smith Club, Cincinnati. Married Margaret Born in Philadelphia, June 13, 1854. Died, Philadelphia, C., daughter of George K. Shoen- April 11, 1881. Son of Charles Henry Smith and Katharine berger. De Witt Wilcox. Entered Junior Class as a special student 1873, and left during the first term Junior year. Member of 82 West Third Street, Cincinnati, 0. Philomathean Society. Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology one year.
Carroll John Born in Philadelphia, May 29, 1855. Smyth William Son of Edward Y. Townsend and Townsend It. Henrietta M. Troth. Entered 1871. A.B., A. M. Born in Philadelphia, May 4, 1856. Son of Samuel Smyth and Amanda Garrison Van Syckel. Entered 1871. Class President Freshman year. Awarded Sophomore Declamation prize. Moderator of the Philo- mathean Society. Assistant to Awarded Freshman Greek Prize. President, Cambria Iron Co. ;.DeltaPsi 2d Vice-President of the Cambria Stock Broker. Iron Co. ; Vice-President of the Cambria Iron Co. Married Mary S., 2110 Walnut Street, daughter of Charles A. Sharpe. (See Munsell's Am. Ances., Vol. IV.) Philadelphia. 2103 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
Isaac Harrison Wainwright William Wayne, Jr. B.S Born in Philadelphia, January 6, 1856. Son of J. E. Wainwright. Entered Junior Class 1873. Phi Kappa Sigma Born in Easttown Township, Chester Co., Penna., August 27, 1855. Son of William Wayne (Class 1846) and Hannah Jane Zook. Entered 1871 and left during the Sophomore year. EDnegaltdiPRs.en Fire Insurance Business. Member of Penna. Soc. Sons of Revolution. Married Mary Jesse Blackfan Watson Born March 25, 1857. Son of George Watson. Entered Junior Class as a special student 1873, and left during Senior year. Valentine, daughter of George Fox, M. D. (Class 1825). Paoli, Chester Co., Pa.
George Smedley Webster Born in Philadelphia, October r9, 1855. Son of John H. Webster and Lydia Smedley. Entered Junior Class as special student in 1873, received certificate of proficiency June, 1875. Civil Engineer and Surveyor. Assistant in charge of laying out grounds and buildings at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, from 1875 to 1876 ; 1876 to 1877 Assistant United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ; 1880 to 1893 District Surveyor, Assistant and Principal Assistant Engineer, Bureau of Surveys, Philadelphia ; since 1893 Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Surveys. Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; Member of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, (President for 1895) ; Member of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia and Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; ex-officio Member of the Fairmount Park Commission and of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of Philadelphia. Married Mary Heston, daughter of James Anderson, Philadelphia. 4900 Penn Street, Frankford, Philadelphia. William Williams Born in Lachine, Province of Quebec, Canada, March 9, 1854, Died, Barnard, Vt., July 10, 1872. Son of Edward Higginson Williams, M. D., C. E., and Cornelia Bailey Pratt. Entered 1871 and left March, 1872. Frank Hyde Woodrow Born, March 7, 1853. Son of D. T. Woodrow. Entered Junior Class 1873, and left during Junior year. Member of Philomathean Society. Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cincinnati, Ohio. More pages of this book