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pointed solicitor of Abbeville district in 1815. He removed to Charleston, S.C., and formed a part- nership with James Hamilton, Jr., which con- tinued until Hamilton's election to congress in 1821, when he practised alone. He attained high rank at the bar, and succeeded Gen. John V. Hayne as attorney-general of South Carolina, serving, 1822-30. He opi)osed the doctrine of nul- lification, was defeated as the Union candidate for state senator, and lost much of his popularity on account of his opposition to the dominant party. He was, however, elected district attor- ney and served as a representative in the state legislature, where he stood almost alone among the men of wealth and social position to oppose the nullification acts. When the state seceded in 1860 he was too old to take an active part, but gave his approval to the measure. He married in August, 1816, adaugliterof Capt. James Postell, and grand- daughter of Colonel Postell of Marion's brigade, and of their children, Caroline, born May 24, 1819, married William A. Carson in 18-10 and attained distinction as a painter of portraits, that of her father being the best known of her works. He was presiilent of the South Carolina Historical society and is the author of: Oration Delivered before the South Carolina College on the Occasion of its Semi-Centennial Celebration (1855); an Ad- dress bf'fore the South Carolina Historical Society (1858). and Codification of the Laics of South Car- olina (1862). A " Memorial " containing proceed- ings of the bar of Ciiarleston on the occasion of his death was published in 1863, and his biography written by William J. Grayson in 1866. He died in Ciiarleston, S.C, March 3, 1868.

PETTIBONE, Augustus Herman, representa- tive, was born at Bedford, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1835; son of Augustus N. and Nancy L. (Hathaway) Pet- tibone; grandson of Elijali Pettibone, a Revolu- tionary soldier of the Connecticut line, and Mary Field, liis wife, and of Zephaniah and Silence (Alden) Hathaway, and a descendant of John Alden, clerk of the Mayfloioer, and of Mathew Grant, first American ancestor of Gen. U.S. Grant. He was educated at Hiram college, Ohio, was graduated at the University of Michi- gan in 1859, and studied law under the Hon. Jonathan E. Arnold at Milwaukee, Wis. He was admitted to the bar in 1861; settled in prac- tice at La Crosse, Wis., and entered the Union army as a private in the 20th Wisconsin volun- teers in 1861. He was promoted 2d lieutenant, captain and major and served until the close of the war, when he established his practice in Greeneville, Tenn. He was attorney-general for the 1st judicial circuit of Tennessee, 1870-82; a presidential elector on the Grant and Colfax ticket in 1868, and on the Hayes and Wheeler ticket in 1876, and assistant U.S. district attorney

for the eastern district of Tennessee, 1873-80. He was a Republican representative from the first Tennessee district in the 47th, 48th and 49th congresses, 1881-87, resuming practice in Greene ville in 1887, and was a representative in the general assembly of Tennessee, 1896-97.

PETTIQREW, Charles, clergyman, was born in Chambersburg, Pa., March 20, 1748; son of James Petigru, or Pettigrew, the immigrant. He remained in North Carolina and obtained his education under the tutelage of the Rev. Henry Pattillo and the Rev. James Waddel. He taught school at Edenton, N.C., 1773-74, and received ordination in the established church at London, England, in 1775, from the bishop of Rochester. He was rector of St. Paul's church, Edenton, N.C., and one of the foremost movers in the organiza- tion of the Protestant Episcopal church in North Carolina, first calling a meeting of the clergy and laity at Tarboro, June 5, 1790. He was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, 1790- 93, and w\as elected the first bishop of North Carolina, May 31, 1794, but was never consecrated, on account of the yellow fever epidemic in Nor- folk and his own ill health. He died in Tyrrell county, N.C. April 8, 1807.

PETTIQREW, James Johnston, soldier, was born at Lake Phelps, Tyrrell county, N.C, July 4, 1828; son of Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783-1848), representative in the 24th congress, 1835-37; state senator and extensive planter; brother of the Rev. Dr. William Shephard Pettigrew (1818-1900), at the time of his death the oldest Protestant Episcopal clergyman in the state, and grandson of the Rev. Charles Pettigrew (q.v.). He was graduated with the highest honors from the University of North Carolina in 1841, and was professor in the national observatory, Washing- ton, D.C., 1848. Shortly after he removed to Charleston, S.C, studied law with his kinsman, James L. Petigru, 1849-51, and was admitted to the bar in 1850. He traveled extensively in Europe, was secretary to the U.S. minister to Spain, Daniel M. Barringer of North Carolina, for several months in 1852, and on his return to the United States established a law practice in Charleston, S.C He was a representative in the South Carolina legislature, 1858-59, and in 1859 joined the Sardinian army in Italy, but the early termination of the war prevented him from see- ing active service. He accordingly returned to Charleston, and organized and drilled a regiment of riflemen. Upon the secession of South Carolina in December, 1860, he took possession of Castle Pinkney, and demanded of Major Anderson the evacuation of Fort Sumter. He was trans- ferred to Morris Island and engineered the con- struction of batteries to guard the harbor; was commissioned colonel of the 22d North Carolina