J. B. M'PHERSON DIES WEDNESDAY OF PNEUMONIA
Brother Of Local Jurist Dies At His Home In Watertown, Mass.
TO BURY ASHED HERE ON SUNDAY
John Bruce McPherson, Esq., brother of Judge Donald P. McPherson, Carlisle street, died at his home in Watertown, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia. He was 70 years of age.
Mr. McPherson, eldest son of the late Edward and Annie Crawford McPherson, of Gettysburg, was born at Washington, D.C., October 7, 1863, while his father was serving in congress the district then comprising Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and Somerset counties.
Mr. McPherson was educated in the private schools of Gettysburg, Gettysburg academy and Gettysburg college, graduating from the latter school in the class of 1883. After graduating from college, Mr. McPherson, read law with the late J.C. Neely, Esq., and attended the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in the class of 1888. He was admitted to the Adams county bar the same year.
EDITED NEWSPAPER
For five or six years he edited the Star and Sentinel, a weekly newspaper here, of which he was half owner from 1893 to 1896. From 1896 to 1903, he devoted all his time to the practice of law.
On December 4, 1894, Mr. McPherson was elected a director of the Gettysburg National bank, successor of the Gettysburg bank of which his grandfather, John B. organization in 1814 until his death in 1858.
From 1896 to September 1903, Mr. McPherson served as vice president of the Gettysburg National Bank.
In 1903, Mr. McPherson moved from Gettysburg to Boston to accept the secretaryship of the national Association of Wood Manufacturers, remaining there until 1933 as secretary and also editor of its quarterly bulletin, with the exception of a few years occasioned by ill health.
ON COLLEGE BOARD
In 1896, Mr. McPherson became a member of the board of trustees of Gettysburg college, serving until 1932 when he resigned. it is interesting to note that Mr. McPherson, and his father, Edward McPherson, also were members of college board and that the aggregate length of their service covered the first hundred years of the college, with the exception of three years from 1858 to 1861.
GAVE CHAPTER HOUSE
While a student at Gettysburg college, Mr. McPherson joined the Sigma Chi fraternity, and always took active interest in the local chapter and in the chapter at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
On June 13, 1922, Mr. McPherson presented the Theta chapter of Sigma Chi here with its present chapter house on Carlisle
street. According to records of the fraternity, Mr. McPherson, by his act, became the first and only person to give a chapter of Sigma Chi a fraternity house.
SERVICES HERE SUNDAY
Surviving also are two brothers, Judge Donald P. McPherson, Gettysburg, and Norman C. McPherson, Short Hills, New Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. David Dale, Bellefonte.
Funeral services will be held at Mt. Auburn cemetery chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Friday afternoon.
On Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, a memorial service will be held at the home of Judge and Mrs. Donald P. McPherson, Carlisle street to which friends are invited. After the service here, the ashes will be interred in Evergreen cemetery.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
February 1 1934
FRATERNITY WAS GIVEN NEW HOME
Hon. J.B. McPherson Presents Fine Home on Carlisle Street To Sigma Chi Chapter.
With a brief but dignified ceremony, Tuesday evening, the Theta Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity, at Gettysburg college, was presented with a handsome home on Carlisle street by the Hon. J.B. McPherson, of Brookline, Massachusetts, a member of that fraternity and graduate of college in the class of 1883. The home was presented to the fraternity as a memorial to the donor's wife and will be known as the Cornelia Wright McPherson Memorial chapter house.
The service was presided over by Dr. P.M. Bikle, Dean of College and was opened with invocation by the Rev. Dr. T.C. Billheimer. The dedication speech was made by Joseph T. Miller, of Pittsburgh, Grand Consul of the fraternity. The deed for the property was presented to the trustees by Mr. McPherson and was accepted on behalf of the trustees by N.S. Heindel. The trustees are N.S. Heindel, Dr. J. McCrea Dickson and Charles S. Butt, Esq.
Addresses were also made by Dr. J. J. Weaver, of Uniontown, the Rev. Charles R. Trowbridge, Easton, and Robbin J. Wolf, Esq., of Pittsburgh. Following the dedication exercises the chapter held an initiation ceremony, after which the annual banquet was served at the Eagle Hotel.
The new fraternity house was built by Mr. McPherson some years ago on land adjoining the residence of his brother, the Hon. D.P. McPherson, on Carlisle street.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
June 14 1922
Brother Of Local Jurist Dies At His Home In Watertown, Mass.
TO BURY ASHED HERE ON SUNDAY
John Bruce McPherson, Esq., brother of Judge Donald P. McPherson, Carlisle street, died at his home in Watertown, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia. He was 70 years of age.
Mr. McPherson, eldest son of the late Edward and Annie Crawford McPherson, of Gettysburg, was born at Washington, D.C., October 7, 1863, while his father was serving in congress the district then comprising Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and Somerset counties.
Mr. McPherson was educated in the private schools of Gettysburg, Gettysburg academy and Gettysburg college, graduating from the latter school in the class of 1883. After graduating from college, Mr. McPherson, read law with the late J.C. Neely, Esq., and attended the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in the class of 1888. He was admitted to the Adams county bar the same year.
EDITED NEWSPAPER
For five or six years he edited the Star and Sentinel, a weekly newspaper here, of which he was half owner from 1893 to 1896. From 1896 to 1903, he devoted all his time to the practice of law.
On December 4, 1894, Mr. McPherson was elected a director of the Gettysburg National bank, successor of the Gettysburg bank of which his grandfather, John B. organization in 1814 until his death in 1858.
From 1896 to September 1903, Mr. McPherson served as vice president of the Gettysburg National Bank.
In 1903, Mr. McPherson moved from Gettysburg to Boston to accept the secretaryship of the national Association of Wood Manufacturers, remaining there until 1933 as secretary and also editor of its quarterly bulletin, with the exception of a few years occasioned by ill health.
ON COLLEGE BOARD
In 1896, Mr. McPherson became a member of the board of trustees of Gettysburg college, serving until 1932 when he resigned. it is interesting to note that Mr. McPherson, and his father, Edward McPherson, also were members of college board and that the aggregate length of their service covered the first hundred years of the college, with the exception of three years from 1858 to 1861.
GAVE CHAPTER HOUSE
While a student at Gettysburg college, Mr. McPherson joined the Sigma Chi fraternity, and always took active interest in the local chapter and in the chapter at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
On June 13, 1922, Mr. McPherson presented the Theta chapter of Sigma Chi here with its present chapter house on Carlisle
street. According to records of the fraternity, Mr. McPherson, by his act, became the first and only person to give a chapter of Sigma Chi a fraternity house.
SERVICES HERE SUNDAY
Surviving also are two brothers, Judge Donald P. McPherson, Gettysburg, and Norman C. McPherson, Short Hills, New Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. David Dale, Bellefonte.
Funeral services will be held at Mt. Auburn cemetery chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Friday afternoon.
On Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, a memorial service will be held at the home of Judge and Mrs. Donald P. McPherson, Carlisle street to which friends are invited. After the service here, the ashes will be interred in Evergreen cemetery.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
February 1 1934
FRATERNITY WAS GIVEN NEW HOME
Hon. J.B. McPherson Presents Fine Home on Carlisle Street To Sigma Chi Chapter.
With a brief but dignified ceremony, Tuesday evening, the Theta Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity, at Gettysburg college, was presented with a handsome home on Carlisle street by the Hon. J.B. McPherson, of Brookline, Massachusetts, a member of that fraternity and graduate of college in the class of 1883. The home was presented to the fraternity as a memorial to the donor's wife and will be known as the Cornelia Wright McPherson Memorial chapter house.
The service was presided over by Dr. P.M. Bikle, Dean of College and was opened with invocation by the Rev. Dr. T.C. Billheimer. The dedication speech was made by Joseph T. Miller, of Pittsburgh, Grand Consul of the fraternity. The deed for the property was presented to the trustees by Mr. McPherson and was accepted on behalf of the trustees by N.S. Heindel. The trustees are N.S. Heindel, Dr. J. McCrea Dickson and Charles S. Butt, Esq.
Addresses were also made by Dr. J. J. Weaver, of Uniontown, the Rev. Charles R. Trowbridge, Easton, and Robbin J. Wolf, Esq., of Pittsburgh. Following the dedication exercises the chapter held an initiation ceremony, after which the annual banquet was served at the Eagle Hotel.
The new fraternity house was built by Mr. McPherson some years ago on land adjoining the residence of his brother, the Hon. D.P. McPherson, on Carlisle street.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
June 14 1922
J. B. M'PHERSON DIES WEDNESDAY OF PNEUMONIA
Brother Of Local Jurist Dies At His Home In Watertown, Mass.
TO BURY ASHED HERE ON SUNDAY
John Bruce McPherson, Esq., brother of Judge Donald P. McPherson, Carlisle street, died at his home in Watertown, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia. He was 70 years of age.
Mr. McPherson, eldest son of the late Edward and Annie Crawford McPherson, of Gettysburg, was born at Washington, D.C., October 7, 1863, while his father was serving in congress the district then comprising Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and Somerset counties.
Mr. McPherson was educated in the private schools of Gettysburg, Gettysburg academy and Gettysburg college, graduating from the latter school in the class of 1883. After graduating from college, Mr. McPherson, read law with the late J.C. Neely, Esq., and attended the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in the class of 1888. He was admitted to the Adams county bar the same year.
EDITED NEWSPAPER
For five or six years he edited the Star and Sentinel, a weekly newspaper here, of which he was half owner from 1893 to 1896. From 1896 to 1903, he devoted all his time to the practice of law.
On December 4, 1894, Mr. McPherson was elected a director of the Gettysburg National bank, successor of the Gettysburg bank of which his grandfather, John B. organization in 1814 until his death in 1858.
From 1896 to September 1903, Mr. McPherson served as vice president of the Gettysburg National Bank.
In 1903, Mr. McPherson moved from Gettysburg to Boston to accept the secretaryship of the national Association of Wood Manufacturers, remaining there until 1933 as secretary and also editor of its quarterly bulletin, with the exception of a few years occasioned by ill health.
ON COLLEGE BOARD
In 1896, Mr. McPherson became a member of the board of trustees of Gettysburg college, serving until 1932 when he resigned. it is interesting to note that Mr. McPherson, and his father, Edward McPherson, also were members of college board and that the aggregate length of their service covered the first hundred years of the college, with the exception of three years from 1858 to 1861.
GAVE CHAPTER HOUSE
While a student at Gettysburg college, Mr. McPherson joined the Sigma Chi fraternity, and always took active interest in the local chapter and in the chapter at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
On June 13, 1922, Mr. McPherson presented the Theta chapter of Sigma Chi here with its present chapter house on Carlisle
street. According to records of the fraternity, Mr. McPherson, by his act, became the first and only person to give a chapter of Sigma Chi a fraternity house.
SERVICES HERE SUNDAY
Surviving also are two brothers, Judge Donald P. McPherson, Gettysburg, and Norman C. McPherson, Short Hills, New Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. David Dale, Bellefonte.
Funeral services will be held at Mt. Auburn cemetery chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Friday afternoon.
On Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, a memorial service will be held at the home of Judge and Mrs. Donald P. McPherson, Carlisle street to which friends are invited. After the service here, the ashes will be interred in Evergreen cemetery.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
February 1 1934
FRATERNITY WAS GIVEN NEW HOME
Hon. J.B. McPherson Presents Fine Home on Carlisle Street To Sigma Chi Chapter.
With a brief but dignified ceremony, Tuesday evening, the Theta Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity, at Gettysburg college, was presented with a handsome home on Carlisle street by the Hon. J.B. McPherson, of Brookline, Massachusetts, a member of that fraternity and graduate of college in the class of 1883. The home was presented to the fraternity as a memorial to the donor's wife and will be known as the Cornelia Wright McPherson Memorial chapter house.
The service was presided over by Dr. P.M. Bikle, Dean of College and was opened with invocation by the Rev. Dr. T.C. Billheimer. The dedication speech was made by Joseph T. Miller, of Pittsburgh, Grand Consul of the fraternity. The deed for the property was presented to the trustees by Mr. McPherson and was accepted on behalf of the trustees by N.S. Heindel. The trustees are N.S. Heindel, Dr. J. McCrea Dickson and Charles S. Butt, Esq.
Addresses were also made by Dr. J. J. Weaver, of Uniontown, the Rev. Charles R. Trowbridge, Easton, and Robbin J. Wolf, Esq., of Pittsburgh. Following the dedication exercises the chapter held an initiation ceremony, after which the annual banquet was served at the Eagle Hotel.
The new fraternity house was built by Mr. McPherson some years ago on land adjoining the residence of his brother, the Hon. D.P. McPherson, on Carlisle street.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
June 14 1922
Brother Of Local Jurist Dies At His Home In Watertown, Mass.
TO BURY ASHED HERE ON SUNDAY
John Bruce McPherson, Esq., brother of Judge Donald P. McPherson, Carlisle street, died at his home in Watertown, Massachusetts, Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia. He was 70 years of age.
Mr. McPherson, eldest son of the late Edward and Annie Crawford McPherson, of Gettysburg, was born at Washington, D.C., October 7, 1863, while his father was serving in congress the district then comprising Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford and Somerset counties.
Mr. McPherson was educated in the private schools of Gettysburg, Gettysburg academy and Gettysburg college, graduating from the latter school in the class of 1883. After graduating from college, Mr. McPherson, read law with the late J.C. Neely, Esq., and attended the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in the class of 1888. He was admitted to the Adams county bar the same year.
EDITED NEWSPAPER
For five or six years he edited the Star and Sentinel, a weekly newspaper here, of which he was half owner from 1893 to 1896. From 1896 to 1903, he devoted all his time to the practice of law.
On December 4, 1894, Mr. McPherson was elected a director of the Gettysburg National bank, successor of the Gettysburg bank of which his grandfather, John B. organization in 1814 until his death in 1858.
From 1896 to September 1903, Mr. McPherson served as vice president of the Gettysburg National Bank.
In 1903, Mr. McPherson moved from Gettysburg to Boston to accept the secretaryship of the national Association of Wood Manufacturers, remaining there until 1933 as secretary and also editor of its quarterly bulletin, with the exception of a few years occasioned by ill health.
ON COLLEGE BOARD
In 1896, Mr. McPherson became a member of the board of trustees of Gettysburg college, serving until 1932 when he resigned. it is interesting to note that Mr. McPherson, and his father, Edward McPherson, also were members of college board and that the aggregate length of their service covered the first hundred years of the college, with the exception of three years from 1858 to 1861.
GAVE CHAPTER HOUSE
While a student at Gettysburg college, Mr. McPherson joined the Sigma Chi fraternity, and always took active interest in the local chapter and in the chapter at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
On June 13, 1922, Mr. McPherson presented the Theta chapter of Sigma Chi here with its present chapter house on Carlisle
street. According to records of the fraternity, Mr. McPherson, by his act, became the first and only person to give a chapter of Sigma Chi a fraternity house.
SERVICES HERE SUNDAY
Surviving also are two brothers, Judge Donald P. McPherson, Gettysburg, and Norman C. McPherson, Short Hills, New Jersey, and one sister, Mrs. David Dale, Bellefonte.
Funeral services will be held at Mt. Auburn cemetery chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Friday afternoon.
On Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, a memorial service will be held at the home of Judge and Mrs. Donald P. McPherson, Carlisle street to which friends are invited. After the service here, the ashes will be interred in Evergreen cemetery.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
February 1 1934
FRATERNITY WAS GIVEN NEW HOME
Hon. J.B. McPherson Presents Fine Home on Carlisle Street To Sigma Chi Chapter.
With a brief but dignified ceremony, Tuesday evening, the Theta Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity, at Gettysburg college, was presented with a handsome home on Carlisle street by the Hon. J.B. McPherson, of Brookline, Massachusetts, a member of that fraternity and graduate of college in the class of 1883. The home was presented to the fraternity as a memorial to the donor's wife and will be known as the Cornelia Wright McPherson Memorial chapter house.
The service was presided over by Dr. P.M. Bikle, Dean of College and was opened with invocation by the Rev. Dr. T.C. Billheimer. The dedication speech was made by Joseph T. Miller, of Pittsburgh, Grand Consul of the fraternity. The deed for the property was presented to the trustees by Mr. McPherson and was accepted on behalf of the trustees by N.S. Heindel. The trustees are N.S. Heindel, Dr. J. McCrea Dickson and Charles S. Butt, Esq.
Addresses were also made by Dr. J. J. Weaver, of Uniontown, the Rev. Charles R. Trowbridge, Easton, and Robbin J. Wolf, Esq., of Pittsburgh. Following the dedication exercises the chapter held an initiation ceremony, after which the annual banquet was served at the Eagle Hotel.
The new fraternity house was built by Mr. McPherson some years ago on land adjoining the residence of his brother, the Hon. D.P. McPherson, on Carlisle street.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
June 14 1922
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