PERSICO
PETERS
PERSICO, Ignatius, R. C. bishop, was born in
Naples, Italy, Jan. 30, 1823 ; son of Francisco
Saverio and Guiseppino (Pennachio) Persico. He
was baptized Camillo Guglielino Maria, and as-
sumed the name Ignatius when he entered the
Order of Minor Capuchins. He attended the Jesuit
college at Naples; was ordained priest, Jan. 24,
1846 ; was graduated at tiie Propaganda, Rome,
in 1847, and was apostolic missionary to Patna,
1847-52 ; apostolic visitor to the East Indies,
1852-54, and was elected coadjutor to the vicar-
apostolic of Bombay, India, March 8, 1854. He
was consecrated at Bombay, India. June 4, 1854,
in the cathedral of " Our Lady of Hope " by the
Right Rev. Anastasius Hartman. vicar-apostolic of
Bombay. He was vicar-apostolic of Hindostan and
Tiiibet, 1850-60. and on March 11, 1870, was trans-
ferred to Savannah, Ga., as successor totheRt.
Rev. Augustin Verot, transferred to St. Augus-
tine. He was a member of the provincial and
Vatican councils at Baltimore, Md.; resigned his
see in 1872 ; was translated to the see of " Bo-
leno " June 20, 1874 ; became bishop of the united
dioceses of Acquino, Pontecowo and Sora, in the
East Indies, in 1878. He was sent as commissary
to Ireland, in June, 1887, and was created cardinal
priest, Jan. 16, 1893. He died at Rome, Italy,
Dec. 7, 1895.
PETER, Sarah (Worthington) King, philan- thropist, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, May 16, 1800 ; daughter of Gov. Thomas and Eleanor (Swearingen) Worthington, and granddaughter of Robert Worthington of Berkeley county, Va. She was married in 1816 to Edward, son of the Hon. Rufus King (q.v.), and made her home in Cincinnati, Oliio. Her husband died and she was married secondly, in 1844, to William Peter, British consul at Philadelphia, Pa., and during her residence in that city, she established the School of Design for Women, which was opened, Dec. 2, 1850. She returned to Cincinnati after the death of Mr. Peter in 1853, and established the Ladies' Academy of Art, which became the Art School of Cincinnati. She was converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1856, making nine pilgrimages to Rome, on special visits to the Holy Father, and founded at least twenty sistei-hoods and convents in the archdioceses of Pliiladelphia and Cincinnati. She purchased paintings and other works of art in Europe for tiie Cincinnati art school, and statues of saints wliich she pre- sented to different Catholic churches. She be- queathed her wealth to charitable institutions and died at Cincinnati. Oliio. Feb. 6, 1877.
PETERKIN, George William, first bishop of West Virginia and 120th in succession in the American episcopate, was born at Clear Spring, Md., March 21, 1841 ; son of the Rev. Dr. Joshua and Elizabeth (Hanson) Peterkin ; grandson of
Lieut. William Wilkes and Elizabeth (Spencer)
Peterkin, and of Thomas Hawkins and Elizabeth
Howard (Beall) Hanson, and great-grandson of
Col. William Dent Beall of the Maryland Line.
He was educated at the Episcopal High School
of Virginia, 1856-58 ; the University of Virginia,
1858-59, and enlisted as a private in the 21st Vir-
ginia infantry, April 17, 1861, which was brigaded
with the 42d and 48th regiments and after De-
cember, 1861, was attached to Jackson's division.
He was promoted througli the ranks of corporal
and sergeant to that of first lieutenant in April,
1802; made adjutant in May, 1862; transferred
to the staff of Gen. W. N. Pendleton (q.v.) June,
1862, and served as his aide until paroled at Ap-
pomatox court-house, April 10, 1805. He was
graduated at the Protestant Episcopal Theological
Seminary of Virginia at Alexandria in 1868 ; was
admitted to the diaconate, June 24, 1868, ad-
vanced to the priesthood, June 25, 1869, and was
assistant to his father, rector of St. James's
church, Richmond, Va., 1868-69. He was rector
of St. Stephen's church, Gulpeper,Va., 1869-73, and
of the Memorial church, Baltimore, Md., 1873-78.
The diocese of West Virginia was organized in
1877 and he was elected its first bishop, March 1,
1878, and con.secrated in St. Matthew's church.
Wheeling, W.Va., May 30, 1878, by Bishops Bedell,
Kerfoot, Whittle, Dudley and Jaggar. In 1903 he
had in his diocese 88 parishes and missions, about
4500 communicants and several well organized in-
stitutions for mission and charitable work. He
was made a member of the board of managers of
the Domestic and Foreign Missionary society in
1880, and visited the church mission in Brazil,
S.A., at the request of the house of bishops in
1893, reporting the condition of the church in that
region to the board of managers. He also visited
Porto Rico in 1901 and reported the condition of
that Mission to the board. He was vice-president
of the American church missionary societ}' for
some years. He was married, first, Oct. 29, 1868,
to Constance Gardner, daughter of Cassius Fran-
cis and Anne Eliza (Cazenove) Lee of Alexandria,
Va. She died Aug. 8, 1877 ; and he was married
secondly, June 12, 1884, to Marion Mcintosh,
daughter of John Stewart of Brook Hill,Va. He
received the degree D.D. from Kenyon college
and Wasiiington and Lee university in 1878, and
LL.D. from Washington and Lee in 1892. He
publislied sermons and addresses and contributed
to churrh perirydirals.
PETERS, Christian Henry Frederick, astron- nomer, was born in Coldenbiittel, Schleswig. Denmark, Sept, 19, 1813. He was graduated from the University of Berlin, Ph.D. in 1836 and studied in Copenhagen, 1830-38, He was a mem- ber of the expedition to Blount Etna, Sicily, under Baron Sartorius von Walthershausen ; was en-
