PARTRIDGE, George, member of the Con- tinental congress, b. ia Duxbury, Mass., 8 Feb., 1740 ; d. there. 7 July, 1828. He was graduated at Harvard in 1762, and studied theology, but, instead of entering the ministry, bec;ame a teacher at Kings- ton, Mass. He was a delegate to the Provincial congress in 1774-'5, and then a member of the state house of representatives till 1779, when he was chosen a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental congress. Except at the congress at Princeton in 1783, he was a member of that body continuously till 1785. He was elected a member of the 1st congress of the United States, and took his seat on the opening day, but resigned in 1790. He left a large part of his estate for religious and charitable purposes.
PARTRIDGE, Oliver, member of the Colonial
congress, b. in Hatfield, Mass., 13 June, 1712 : d. in
Hadley. Mass.. 21 July, 1792. He was graduated
at Yale in 1730, studied law, and became a success-
ful practitioner at Hatfield. He was a delegate to
the congress that was called by the British govern-
ment to meet in Albany, N. Y., in June, 1754. In
1765 he was a delegate from IMassachusetts to the
congress that assembled in New York city to take
action with regard to the stamp-act, and voted for
the petition to the king, the memorial to parlia-
ment, and the bill of rights. In 1769-74 he was
judge of common pleas for Hampshire county.
When hostilities with the mother country were im-
pending he was at first opposed to revolution, but
soon he embraced the American cause.
PARVIN, Theodore Sutton, educator, b. in
Cedarville, Cumberland co., N. J., 15 Jan.. 1817.
He was tak.en by his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in
1829, graduated at Woodward college in 1833, and
studied law with Timothy Walker and at Cincin-
nati law-school, where he was graduated in 1837.
In 1838 he went to Iowa as private secretary to the
governor of the territory, Robert Lucas. He was
also secretary of the legislative council in 1840-'l,
and for two years district attorney at Muscatine,
resigning on his election as probate judge in 1841.
In 1846-'56 he was clerk of the U. S. district court,
and in 1857-'8 register of the state land-office,
which post he resigned on his election as curator
and librarian of Iowa state university. From 1859
till 1867 he was professor of natural history. He
filled other chairs in the university, the last being
that of political economy, which was abolished in
1870. He was a founder of the State historical
society in 1857, and in 1863-"5 its corresponding
secretary and editor of the " Historical Annals of
Iowa." He has edited the " Annals of Iowa Ma-
sonry " since 1844, and was editor of the '• Western
Freemason " in 1859-'60, of the " Masonic Maga-
zine " in 1860-72, of the " Evergreen " in 1871-2,
and from 1871 till 1886 of " Transactions of the
Knights Templar." He is the author of a "History
of Iowa " (Chicago, 1877) and of '* History of Tem-
plary in America" (Cincinnati, 1887).
PARVIN, Theophilus, physician, b. in Buenos
Ayres. Argentine Republic, 9 Jan., 1829 ; d. 29
Jan., 1898. He was graduated at the University
of Indiana, and at the medical department of the
University of Pennsylvania in 1852. establishing
himself in practice in Indianapolis, Ind. He was
professor in the Medical college of Ohio from 1864
till 1869, then in the medical department of the
University of Louisville till 1872, and afterward he
filled the chair of obstetrics and diseases of women
and children in Indiana medical college. After
1883 he was a professor in Jefferson medical col-
lege. Philadelphia. Dr. Parvin was president of the Indiana state medical society in 1861, and of
the American medical association in 1879. He had
published " The Science and Art of Obstetrics "
(Philadelphia, 1886), and edited " Winchel on Dis-
eases of Women " (1887).
PASCALIS-OUVIERE, Felix, physician, b. in
Provence, France, about 1750 ; d. in New York
city in 1840. He studied medicine in Montpellier,
and after obtaining his degree went to Santo
Domingo, where he practised with success and
acquired an extensive knowledge of botany and
other departments of natural history. The revolt
of the negroes forced him to leave the island in
1793, and he took refuge in the United States,
where he quickly acquired reputation in the prac-
tice of his profession. He lived at first in Phila-
delphia, but subsequently removed to New York,
where he resided for more than thirty years. At
the time of the epidemic in Cadiz in 1805 he went
to that city, and afterward to Gibraltar to study
the nature of the disease. His observations con-
vinced him that it was not contagious, and he gave
expression to his views in his writings, although he
had long held a different opinion. He was the
founder of the LinucPan society of New York, and
member of several academies and learned societies.
He wrote " Description of the Contagious and
Epidemic Yellow Fever that reigned in Philadel-
phia in 1797" (Philadelphia, 1798); a translation
of the work of Vicc^-d'Azyr on " Interments," with
original notes and observations (New York, 1823);
and " Eulogy on Hon. S. L. Mitchill, M. D.. before
the New York City and County Medical Society,
1831 " (1831). He also published many reports and
memoirs on yellow fever, on the black color of the
African races, and other subjects.
PASCHAL, George Washington, jurist, b. at
Skull Shoals, Greene co., Ga., 23 Nov., 1812; d. in
Washington, D. C, 16 Feb., 1878. He was edu-
cated at Mercer institute, where he supported him-
self by teaching minor classes, studied law, and
was admitted to the bar of Wilkes county. Ga., in
1832. As a lieutenant of Georgia volunteers he
served as aide-de-camp to Gen. John E. Wool when
that officer was charged with the removal of the
Cherokees from Georgia to Indian territory in
1834-'5. He married Sarah, the only daughter of
the Cherokee chief, John Ridge, and removed to
Arkansas in 1836. He soon attained reputation at
the bar of the new state, and in 1841 was elected a
justice of the supreme court, serving two years. In
1847 he settled in Texas. He was earnestly attached
to union principles, and during the period preceding
the civil war he presented his views in the " South-
ern Intelligencer," a newspaper that he established
at Austin, Tex., in 1856. His friend, Samuel
Houston, was elected governor in 1859 largely
through his efforts. He removed to Washington
in 1869, and was instrumental in founding the law
department of Georgetown university, which made
him its first professor of jurisprudence, and con-
ferred on him the degree of LL. D. in 1875. Judge
Paschall published an " Annotated Digest of the
Laws of Texas" (New York, 1866; new ed., 1873);
'• Annotated Constitution of the United States "
(Washington, 1868 ; new ed., 1876) ; " Decisions of
the Supreme Court of Texas " (5 vols., 1869-71) ;
and " Digest of Decisions of the Supreme Court of
Texas" (1871-3); also many pamphlets, articles,
and addresses on constitutional law and political
questions, and a "Sketch of the Last Years of Samuel Houston" in " Harper's Magazine" (1866).
PASCHALL, Edwin, journalist, b. in Mecklenburgh county. Va., in 1799; d. near Nolensville, Tenn., 5 June, 1869. He was educated as a lawyer, removed to Tennessee in 1833, was a teacher in
