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Title Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Volume 2 Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Colonial Families of Philadelphia Author John Woolf Jordan Publisher Lewis Publishing Company, 1911 Original from Cornell University Digitized Nov 9, 2012
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WILLIAM PLATT PEPPER, eldest son of David and Emily (Platt) Pepper, and grandson of George and Mary (Seckel) Pepper, born in Philadelphia, September 20, 1837, entered the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1857, in 1854, was a member of the Philomathean Society and the Zeta Psi fraternity there; he received his degree of A. B. in 1857, and that of A. M. in 1860. He then studied law under the eminent lawyer, Peter McCall, was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar and entered upon active practice of his profession in that city. During the next few years after his admission to the bar, however, he spent some time in foreign travel, giving much attention to the study of art in which he was deeply interested. In 1871 he joined in the formation of the Social Art Club, which resulted a few years later in the formation of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, of which he was through life one of the leading benefactors, serving for sixteen years as its president. He ever held firmly to the view that the educational features of the work should be maintained and developed, while taking the keenest interest in the museum. He continued to serve as a director of this institution to the close of his life.
Another public work in which William Platt Pepper bore an important part was the establishment and management of the Free Library of Philadelphia. He was a corporate member of the body organized to administer the fund bequeathed by his uncle, George S. Pepper, for the formation of the Library, and on the formation of the present corporation of the Free Library of Philadelphia as a result of that bequest, he became an active member of its Board of Managers and continued to fill that position until his death.
In 1870 he assisted in the organization of the St. Mark's Workingmen’s Club and Institute for the improvement of the condition of the working men by providing them means for instruction and recreation, the pioneer undertaking of this kind, since followed by a number of others of like purpose throughout the country. The work originated in a night school in which Mr. Pepper was teacher. He was for thirty years an active manager of the Episcopal Hospital, resigning shortly before his death, when failing health prevented him from giving it the attention he believed due to the position. He was one of the founders and from the beginning one of the Board of Managers of the Free Church Association, whose object was to abolish the practice of renting and selling seats in churches, and was for many years a member of the Vestry of the Church of the Ascension.
He was a founder of the Church Club and took an active part in its work; and was for some years a member of the Board of Council of St. Barnabas Mission. He was widely known for his earnest work and benefactions in behalf of philanthropy and charity.
Mr. Pepper died on the morning of April 27, 1907, at his residence, 1730 Chestnut street, after a long illness. He married Alice Lyman, daughter of George Theodore Lyman, of Boston, Massachusetts, who with one son, William Platt Pepper, Jr., of Philadelphia, and three daughters, Mrs. Arthur H. Hacker, of Staten Island; Mrs. Robert C. Watson, Jr., of New York, and Miss Martha Otis Pepper, of Philadelphia, survive him.
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Title University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics; with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Volume 2 His. Universities and their sons, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics; with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Author Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Editors Edward Potts Cheyney, Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer Publisher R. Herndon Company, 1902 Original from Princeton University Digitized Jun 23, 2010
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William Platt Pepper, eldest son of Davis and Emily Platt Pepper, was born in Philadelphia, September 20, 1837. After a preliminary training in the private school of Rev. J. G. Lyons, and afterwards at Episcopal Academy, he entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1853 and graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1857. He then pursued his studies in the University Law School and in the Law Office of Hon. Peter McCall, and in 1860 was admitted to the Bar. Mr. Pepper has never engaged in active practice at the Bar, however, having been chiefly occupied as Executor and Trustee, etc. He was President of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art from 1882 to 1894, has been Trustee of the Philadelphia Free Library, and has long served as Manager of the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. Was one of the founders of the Rittenhouse Club, and is a member of the University Club, President of the Zeta Psi Association of Philadelphia, and one of the four founders of the St. Mark's Workingmen's Club of that city, the first one of its kind in America (1870). He is also a member of the Windham Club of London, England. Mr. Pepper married, April 29, 1879, Alice, daughter of George Theodore Lyman of Boston. They have had four children: Emily, Alice Marion, Martha Otis and William Platt Pepper, Jr.
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William Platt Pepper, son of David Pepper and Emily Platt, was born in Pennsylvania on Sept. 20, 1837; married with ALICE LYMAN. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Apr. 27, 1907; buried Apr. 29, 1907 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. He was a lawyer
William Platt Pepper
Birth: Sep. 20, 1837 Pennsylvania, USA Death: Apr. 27, 1907 Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pennsylvania, USA
69y 7m 7d Married Son of David and Emily Platt Pepper 1730 Chestnut Street, 8th Ward
1907-04-30; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer "WILLIAM PLATT PEPPER BURIED The funeral of William Platt Pepper, who died at his home, 1730 Chestnut street, early Saturday morning, was held at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Church of the Ascension, Broad and South streets. The ceremony was the simple and impressive oe of the Episcopal Church and floral tributes, in deference to the wishes of the family were omitted. Mr. Pepper was a noted lawyer and widely known for his philanthropy. Interment was made at Laurel Hill Cemetery."
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Burial: Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pennsylvania, USA
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William Platt Pepper's Timeline
| 1837 |
September 20, 1837
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Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1880 |
February 13, 1880
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1881 |
August 29, 1881
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Greene County, New York, United States
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| 1884 |
December 29, 1884
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PA, United States
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| 1890 |
October 26, 1890
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1907 |
April 27, 1907
Age 69
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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April 30, 1907
Age 69
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Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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