Born in Lissa, Province of Posen, Prussia, April 10, 1846; educated in the schools of his native place; was graduated in medicine from the University of Kiel, Prussia in 1865; served as Surgeon in the North German Navy of Prussia for three years; then as Surgeon for one year on the North German Lloyd Steamship line; came to the United States and located in the city of Reading, Pa., in 1869, where he has since practiced medicine. Member of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Reading, and was President of the same. Has devoted considerable attention to scientific research and invented different mechanical devices. Address, Reading, Pa. (p. 559)
Colonel United States Army; born at Lebanon, Pa., 1837; his father was Edward P. Pearson, attorney-at-law; his mother was a daughter of Judge Frederick Smith of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Pearson was a civil engineer at Reading, Pa., and enlisted in the Ringgold Artillery of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, who were the first troops to reach Washington, April 18, 1861; Adjutant Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, May 1, 1861; First Lieutenant Seventeenth Regular Infantry, June 24. 1861. He served in the Division of Regular Infantry, Fifth Army Corps, at the siege of Yorktown, battles of Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He was on the staff of Major General Howard, commanding Eleventh Army Corps, at the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; transferred with Howard's Army Corps to the Army of the Cumberland, and was present at the battles of Wauhatchie, Chattanooga, and the various actions and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign, having his horse shot under him at the battle of Jonesboro when Atlanta was captured. When General Howard was promoted to command the Army of the Tennessee, he asked for the transfer of Pearson, who, as his staff officer, accompanied the right wing on General Sherman's march to the sea, and participated in the battle of Bentonsville, N.C. Captain Pearson was made a Major by brevet for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., and a Lieutenant Colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious services during the Atlanta campaign. As Captain of the Seventeenth Infantry he served in Texas, Dakota and Montana; as Major of the Twenty-first Infantry he served in Idaho, Oregon, Nebraska and Wyoming; as Lieutenant Colonel of the Twenty-fourth Infantry he served in Indian Territory and Arizona; on his promotion to Colonel Tenth Infantry, October, 1891, he served in New Mexico and Oklahoma. In 1898, when General Shafter was organizing his expedition for the invasion of Cuba, Colonel Pearson was placed in command of the Second Brigade in Kent's Division. For his services at Santiago de Cuba, on General Kent's recommendation, he was promoted to the grade of Brigadier General of Volunteers; he was mustered out as Brigadier General, Nov. 30, 1898, and eight days afterward was on his way with his regiment to Cuba again. General Ludlow, the military Governor of the City of Havana organized all the troops in Havana as a Provisional Brigade under the command of Colonel Pearson. While in Cuba he had frequent returns of the Santiago malaria, when the surgeons told him he must leave Cuba to save his life. He was retired after thirty-eight years of service in May, 1899, being over sixty-two years of age. Address, Hotel Nottingham, Boston, Mass. (p. 572)
Born in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pa., Nov. 12, 1842. After receiving a thorough common school education he entered the Pennsylvania State College and the Millersville State Normal Schools; then studied medicine and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania on March 14, 1867. After a year of travel he located in Morgantown, Pa., where he has since been in the active practice of his profession. He is a member of the-Pathological Society of Berks County, and connected with various local enterprises. He was married in 1877 to Ida, eldest daughter of Horace Bertolet, deceased. He is a great-great-grandson of Dr. Jacob Plank, who, so far as is known, was the pioneer physician of Berks County, and whose medical education was acquired at the University of Basle, Switzerland, from 1696 to 1700. Address, Reading, Pa. (p. 586)
Merchant; born in Reading, Pa., in 1858; educated in the public schools and at the Muhlenberg College, Allentown; followed the business of buying and selling cattle for twenty years; appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue in 1889, and served in that capacity four years; has since been engaged in the wholesale and retail cigar business. Member of the Board of Public Works of Reading, Pa., for the past eight years. Has been an active participant in politics as a Republican, serving as a member of the Republican County Committee, Republican City Executive Committee and delegate to the Republican State Conventions. Prominent in Masonry and as a member of a number of fraternal organizations. Address, Reading, Pa. (p. 592)
Born in Strausstown, Pa.; educated in schools in Reading, Pa., and at the Freeland Seminary, Montgomery County; was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in the class of 1859; commenced practicing his profession in Lenhartsville, Pa., and entered the army in 1862, as Assistant Surgeon of the 128th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the nine months' service; re-entered the army in 1864 as Surgeon at the Lincoln Hospital and was then sent to Point Lookout Hospital, where he remained until the close of the war in 1865; resumed practice of medicine in Berks County, and located in 1867 in Hamburg, Pa., where he is still in active practice. Was Assistant Surgeon of the Fourth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, for several years, and then, in 1884, was chosen Surgeon of the regiment with the rank of Major. Was a notary public for many years. In politics is a Republican. Address, Reading, Pa. (p. 592)
Manufacturer; born in Reading, Pa., March 31, 1833, his ancestors having been among the founders of the town; was educated in the public schools of his native city; learned the brick-laying business, and in 1855; commenced as a manufacturer, continuing in this line to this date; was one of the pioneers in Pennsylvania in the manufacture of ornamental brick, and for a number of years was one of the largest manufacturers of brick in eastern Pennsylvania, giving employment to over 500 hands in Reading and vicinity and at Birdsboro, Pa. Was a member of the Common Council of the city of Reading, elected as a Republican, representing the Third Ward, 1869-1871, Fourth Ward, 1880-1882, and again the Third Ward, 1884-1886. Was also Constable of Reading (Southern District) 1865-1866, when the city had but two Constables. Is prominent in masonry and accompanied the first pilgrimage to the Pacific Coast in 1883. Was one of the projectors of the Reading and Southwestern Street Railway Company in 1890 and a Director for a number of years; is a Director in the Reading Cold Storage and Ice Company, a Director of the Reading National Bank, and interested in a number of local business and manufacturing enterprises. Address: Reading, Pa. (p. 598)
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