Born in Bonham, Fannin County, Tex., June 27, 1847. Son of Palmer Job Pillans and Laura Malvina (Roberts) Pillans; married to Elizabeth Henshaw Torrey (daughter of Rufus Campbell Torrey). Lawyer; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; mayor of Mobile, Ala., 1914-15, 1916-17, 1919-21. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., March 12, 1940.
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PILLANS, HARRY
Harry Pillans, lawyer, member constitutional convention 1901, mayor of Mobile, was born June 27, 1847, at Bonham, Tex.; son of J. Palmer and Laura (Roberts) Pillans (q. v.). He was educated in the public schools of Mobile, and was prepared under P. A. Towne to enter the junior class at college, when he enlisted in the C. S. Army in 1864. He served as a private during the last year of the war; studied law in the office of Peter Hamilton in 1866; was assistant city engineer and official of the city map and ward books of realty, 1867; read law in the office of Smith & Henderson, 1868-1870; and was admitted to the bar at Mobile, February, 1870. He practiced actively in the courts of Mobile, of Alabama, in the Mississippi supreme court, in the coast court, and from time to time in the Federal supreme court and the court of appeals of the fifth circuit. He was first associated in the practice with Hurieosco Austill (q. v.), later with George N. Steward, the early Alabama reporter and jurist, then with the firm of Rillans, Torry & Hanaw, and finally in partnership with Henry Hanaw and Palmer Pillans, his eldest son. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1901; a member of the Mobile River Commission for six years; and commissioner of the city of Mobile, for some time. During the reconstruction period, he served on the old Democratic central council; and while in the constitutional convention, was influential in amending and rendering more fiexible the judiciary clause, and suggested and procured the adoption of a pardon board. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Medical college of Alabama; is a Democrat; and a member of the order of Moose. Married: April 28, 1875, at Claiborne, to Elizabeth Henshaw Torrey, daughter of Judge Rufus C. and Elizabeth (Henshaw) Torrey, who lived at that place, the former a native of Massachusetts, a graduate of Harvard University, who moved to Alabama in his youth, and lived there for the remainder of his life. Mrs. Pillans is a descendant of the Henshaws of Massachusetts and of the Isbells of Virginia, her New England ancestry running back to John Alden and his wife Priscilla. Ruth Alden, the daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, from whom John and John Quincy Adams were descended, married John Bass; Joseph Bass, son of the latter, married Mary Belcher; Elizabeth Bass, the latter's daughter, married Daniel Henshaw; their son, David Henshaw, married Mary Sargent; their son, Andrew, married Elizabeth Isbell; their daughter, Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw married Rufus C. Torrey. Mrs. Pillans' great-uncle, David Henshaw, was secretary of the navy, and her grandfather, Andrew Henshaw, was U. S. deputy surveyor. Children: 1. Palmer, was graduated from the University of Alabama, 1897, lawyer at Mobile, m. Emma D. Price; 2. Mary Isbell, m. George S. Gaines, Mobile; 3. Laura, Mobile; 4. Harry T., officer in the U. S. Army. Residence: Mobile. (History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 4 by Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, 1921
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PILLANS, HARRY
Harry Pillans, lawyer, member constitutional convention 1901, mayor of Mobile, was born June 27, 1847, at Bonham, Tex.; son of J. Palmer and Laura (Roberts) Pillans (q. v.). He was educated in the public schools of Mobile, and was prepared under P. A. Towne to enter the junior class at college, when he enlisted in the C. S. Army in 1864. He served as a private during the last year of the war; studied law in the office of Peter Hamilton in 1866; was assistant city engineer and official of the city map and ward books of realty, 1867; read law in the office of Smith & Henderson, 1868-1870; and was admitted to the bar at Mobile, February, 1870. He practiced actively in the courts of Mobile, of Alabama, in the Mississippi supreme court, in the coast court, and from time to time in the Federal supreme court and the court of appeals of the fifth circuit. He was first associated in the practice with Hurieosco Austill (q. v.), later with George N. Steward, the early Alabama reporter and jurist, then with the firm of Rillans, Torry & Hanaw, and finally in partnership with Henry Hanaw and Palmer Pillans, his eldest son. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1901; a member of the Mobile River Commission for six years; and commissioner of the city of Mobile, for some time. During the reconstruction period, he served on the old Democratic central council; and while in the constitutional convention, was influential in amending and rendering more fiexible the judiciary clause, and suggested and procured the adoption of a pardon board. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Medical college of Alabama; is a Democrat; and a member of the order of Moose. Married: April 28, 1875, at Claiborne, to Elizabeth Henshaw Torrey, daughter of Judge Rufus C. and Elizabeth (Henshaw) Torrey, who lived at that place, the former a native of Massachusetts, a graduate of Harvard University, who moved to Alabama in his youth, and lived there for the remainder of his life. Mrs. Pillans is a descendant of the Henshaws of Massachusetts and of the Isbells of Virginia, her New England ancestry running back to John Alden and his wife Priscilla. Ruth Alden, the daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, from whom John and John Quincy Adams were descended, married John Bass; Joseph Bass, son of the latter, married Mary Belcher; Elizabeth Bass, the latter's daughter, married Daniel Henshaw; their son, David Henshaw, married Mary Sargent; their son, Andrew, married Elizabeth Isbell; their daughter, Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw married Rufus C. Torrey. Mrs. Pillans' great-uncle, David Henshaw, was secretary of the navy, and her grandfather, Andrew Henshaw, was U. S. deputy surveyor. Children: 1. Palmer, was graduated from the University of Alabama, 1897, lawyer at Mobile, m. Emma D. Price; 2. Mary Isbell, m. George S. Gaines, Mobile; 3. Laura, Mobile; 4. Harry T., officer in the U. S. Army. Residence: Mobile. (History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 4 by Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, 1921
Born in Bonham, Fannin County, Tex., June 27, 1847. Son of Palmer Job Pillans and Laura Malvina (Roberts) Pillans; married to Elizabeth Henshaw Torrey (daughter of Rufus Campbell Torrey). Lawyer; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; mayor of Mobile, Ala., 1914-15, 1916-17, 1919-21. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., March 12, 1940.
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PILLANS, HARRY
Harry Pillans, lawyer, member constitutional convention 1901, mayor of Mobile, was born June 27, 1847, at Bonham, Tex.; son of J. Palmer and Laura (Roberts) Pillans (q. v.). He was educated in the public schools of Mobile, and was prepared under P. A. Towne to enter the junior class at college, when he enlisted in the C. S. Army in 1864. He served as a private during the last year of the war; studied law in the office of Peter Hamilton in 1866; was assistant city engineer and official of the city map and ward books of realty, 1867; read law in the office of Smith & Henderson, 1868-1870; and was admitted to the bar at Mobile, February, 1870. He practiced actively in the courts of Mobile, of Alabama, in the Mississippi supreme court, in the coast court, and from time to time in the Federal supreme court and the court of appeals of the fifth circuit. He was first associated in the practice with Hurieosco Austill (q. v.), later with George N. Steward, the early Alabama reporter and jurist, then with the firm of Rillans, Torry & Hanaw, and finally in partnership with Henry Hanaw and Palmer Pillans, his eldest son. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1901; a member of the Mobile River Commission for six years; and commissioner of the city of Mobile, for some time. During the reconstruction period, he served on the old Democratic central council; and while in the constitutional convention, was influential in amending and rendering more fiexible the judiciary clause, and suggested and procured the adoption of a pardon board. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Medical college of Alabama; is a Democrat; and a member of the order of Moose. Married: April 28, 1875, at Claiborne, to Elizabeth Henshaw Torrey, daughter of Judge Rufus C. and Elizabeth (Henshaw) Torrey, who lived at that place, the former a native of Massachusetts, a graduate of Harvard University, who moved to Alabama in his youth, and lived there for the remainder of his life. Mrs. Pillans is a descendant of the Henshaws of Massachusetts and of the Isbells of Virginia, her New England ancestry running back to John Alden and his wife Priscilla. Ruth Alden, the daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, from whom John and John Quincy Adams were descended, married John Bass; Joseph Bass, son of the latter, married Mary Belcher; Elizabeth Bass, the latter's daughter, married Daniel Henshaw; their son, David Henshaw, married Mary Sargent; their son, Andrew, married Elizabeth Isbell; their daughter, Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw married Rufus C. Torrey. Mrs. Pillans' great-uncle, David Henshaw, was secretary of the navy, and her grandfather, Andrew Henshaw, was U. S. deputy surveyor. Children: 1. Palmer, was graduated from the University of Alabama, 1897, lawyer at Mobile, m. Emma D. Price; 2. Mary Isbell, m. George S. Gaines, Mobile; 3. Laura, Mobile; 4. Harry T., officer in the U. S. Army. Residence: Mobile. (History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 4 by Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, 1921
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PILLANS, HARRY
Harry Pillans, lawyer, member constitutional convention 1901, mayor of Mobile, was born June 27, 1847, at Bonham, Tex.; son of J. Palmer and Laura (Roberts) Pillans (q. v.). He was educated in the public schools of Mobile, and was prepared under P. A. Towne to enter the junior class at college, when he enlisted in the C. S. Army in 1864. He served as a private during the last year of the war; studied law in the office of Peter Hamilton in 1866; was assistant city engineer and official of the city map and ward books of realty, 1867; read law in the office of Smith & Henderson, 1868-1870; and was admitted to the bar at Mobile, February, 1870. He practiced actively in the courts of Mobile, of Alabama, in the Mississippi supreme court, in the coast court, and from time to time in the Federal supreme court and the court of appeals of the fifth circuit. He was first associated in the practice with Hurieosco Austill (q. v.), later with George N. Steward, the early Alabama reporter and jurist, then with the firm of Rillans, Torry & Hanaw, and finally in partnership with Henry Hanaw and Palmer Pillans, his eldest son. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1901; a member of the Mobile River Commission for six years; and commissioner of the city of Mobile, for some time. During the reconstruction period, he served on the old Democratic central council; and while in the constitutional convention, was influential in amending and rendering more fiexible the judiciary clause, and suggested and procured the adoption of a pardon board. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Medical college of Alabama; is a Democrat; and a member of the order of Moose. Married: April 28, 1875, at Claiborne, to Elizabeth Henshaw Torrey, daughter of Judge Rufus C. and Elizabeth (Henshaw) Torrey, who lived at that place, the former a native of Massachusetts, a graduate of Harvard University, who moved to Alabama in his youth, and lived there for the remainder of his life. Mrs. Pillans is a descendant of the Henshaws of Massachusetts and of the Isbells of Virginia, her New England ancestry running back to John Alden and his wife Priscilla. Ruth Alden, the daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, from whom John and John Quincy Adams were descended, married John Bass; Joseph Bass, son of the latter, married Mary Belcher; Elizabeth Bass, the latter's daughter, married Daniel Henshaw; their son, David Henshaw, married Mary Sargent; their son, Andrew, married Elizabeth Isbell; their daughter, Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw married Rufus C. Torrey. Mrs. Pillans' great-uncle, David Henshaw, was secretary of the navy, and her grandfather, Andrew Henshaw, was U. S. deputy surveyor. Children: 1. Palmer, was graduated from the University of Alabama, 1897, lawyer at Mobile, m. Emma D. Price; 2. Mary Isbell, m. George S. Gaines, Mobile; 3. Laura, Mobile; 4. Harry T., officer in the U. S. Army. Residence: Mobile. (History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 4 by Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, 1921
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