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 PENTECOST

PEPPER

of Bartholome^\- (the emigrant from Cornwall. England, about 1700, ship-builder in Philadelphia) and Hester (Leech) Penrose. He attended Dick- inson college, Pa., in 1849. and engaged in busi- ness as a civil and mechanical engineer in Michigan. He was commissioned 2d lieutenant in the 3d U.S. infantry, April 13, 1861, and was promoted 1st lieutenant. May 14, 1861. He was appointed colonel of the loth New Jersey volun- teers, April 18. 1863. and commanded the 1st brigade. 1st division. 6th corps from the afternoon of the first day's fight at Chancellorsville (2d Fredericksburg) until three days before the fight at Gettysburg, when Gen. A. T. A. Torbert, absent by reason of wounds received at Crampton's Gap Sept. 14, 1862, returned. He commanded the reg- iment at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 ; in Grant's campaign against Richmond early in 1864, and again commanded the 1st brigade, 1st division, 6th armj- corps at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864; and through the overland campaign, having been placed in command without regard to rank, being the junior of four colonels, while engaged on the battlefield in front of Spottsylvania Court House; continuing in command through the Shenandoah valley under Sheridan, and being wounded at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864. He was bre vetted captain. May 3, 1863. for Marye's Heights, Va., and major, July 2, 1863, for Gettysburg ; promoted captain, Sept. 11, 1863; brevetted lieutenant- colonel. May 5, 1864, for the Wilderness, Va., colonel. Oct. 19, 1864. for Cedar Creek, Va., brig- adier-general of volunteers, Oct. 19, 1864, for Middletown. Va., and brigadier-general U.S.A., April 9, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, June 27, 1865, and was honorably mustered out of the volunteer ser- vice Jan. 15, 1866. He was promoted major of the 12th infantry. May 31, 1883 ; lieutenant-colonel of the 16th infantry, Aug. 21, 1888, and colonel of the 20th infantry. Nov. 28, 1893. He was trans- ferred to tlie 16th infantry, Sept. 15. 1894, and was retired. March 10, 1896, by operation of law. He invente<l a set of infantry equipments recom- mended for use in the army by a board of officers. In 1903 he was residing at Salt Lake City, Utah, where he conducted a mining bureau of informa- tion.

PENTECOST, George Frederick, clergyman and author, was born in Albion. 111., Sept. 23, 1842 ; son of Hugh Lockett and Emma (Flower) Pentecost ; grandson of Scarboro and Phebe (Lockett) Pentecost and of Georg and Eliza Julia (Andrews) Flower, and a descendant of Eng- lish (Flower), Huguenot (Pentecost), and Jewish (Andrews) ancestors. He was educated in the public schools; learned the printer's trade, and served as clerk of the U.S. district court for

Kansas Territory in 1858 and as private secretary to Gov. Samuel Medary in 1858-59. He matri- culated at Georgetown college in Kentucky in 1861, but left the following year to enter the Union army in the 8th Kentucky cavalry, in which he attained the rank of captain. He re- signed to accept the chaplaincy of the regiment, which position he held, 1862-03. On Oct. 6, 1863, he was married to Ada, daughter of Dr. Augustus Webber of Hopkinsville, Ky. Having been licensed to preach in the Baptist church in 1862, he was settled pastor at Greencastle, Ind., 1864; Evansville, Ind., 1866-67 ; Covington, Ky., 1867- 68; Brooklyn, N.Y., 1868-71 and 1880-87, and Boston, Mass., 1871-80. He engaged in evangeli- cal work in Scotland, 1887-88, and as a special missioner to the English speaking Brahmins in India, 1889-91. He was minister to Marylebone Presbyterian church in London, Eng., 1891-97, and pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Yonkers, N.Y., from 1897 until 1902, when he resigned, to resume work of evangelistic and missionary character. He received the honorary degree of A.M. from Hamilton, 1870, and tliat of D.D. from Lafayette. 1884. On Sept. 13, 1902, he was sent to the Philippine Islands, China and Japan as special representative of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions and of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. He edited Words and Weajwris for Christian Workers, a monthly, 1885-90 ; and is the author of: III the Volume of the Book (1876) The Angel in the Marble (1876) ; A South Wiiidoia (1876) ; Out of Egypt (1884) ; Bible Studies (10 vols., 1880-89) ; Birth and Boyhood of Christ (1896) ; Forgiveness of Sins (1897) ; Systematic Beneficence (1897) ; Precious Truths (1898) ; and several tracts and pamphlets.

PEPPER, Charles Hovey, artist, was born in Waterville, Maine, Aug. 27, 1864 ; son of George Dana Boardman (q.v.) and Annie (Gras.sie) Pepper. He was graduated at Coburn Classical institute, Waterville, 1884, and at Colby uni- versity under the presidency of his father, A.B. 1889, A.M. 1892. He was married in July, 1889, to Frances Coburn of Skowhegan, Maine. He studied at the Art Students' league. New York citj', 1890- 93, and under Aman-Jean and Jean Paul Laui'ens, Paris, France, 1893-95. He exhibited in the Paris Salon, 1894, 1895, 1897 and 1898, and also in Berlin. Dresden, Vienna, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and at Bing's Gallery, Paris (private ex- hibition). 1897. He was elected a member of the New York and Boston Water Color clubs and after July, 1898, resided and had his studio in Concord Mass.

PEPPER, George Dana Boardman, educator, was born in Ware, Mass., Feb. 5, 1833; son of John and Eunice (Hutchinson) Pepper ; and