Son of Harry Pillans and Elizabeth Henshaw (Torrey) Pillans.
Grandson of Palmer J. Pillans and Laura Roberts Pillans, Judge Rufus Campbell Torrey and Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw.
Great-grandson of Andrew Henshaw and Elizabeth Isbell Henshaw.
Great-great-grandson of Dr. Willis Roberts and Asenath (Alexander) Roberts, John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell.
Math professor. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
He grew up at 908 Government Street, where he and his wife lived upon returning to Mobile. He later moved next door to his grandparents' home, 906 Government St., and his sister Laura lived at 908. After Laura's death, he was tricked into selling both 906 and 908 to Robert Ford Pipes Jr., who promised to restore the two houses but instead demolished them for commercial development. According to his daughter Mary Pillans Van Antwerp, "No sooner had the ink dried on the bill of sale than he began to tear them down. And his wife, Beth, one of my very best friends!" Many family items in the houses were to be returned to the family, by agreement, and others of historic significance to be donated to the city museum. Geronimo's cape had been acquired by Harry Pillans and hung on the wall in the front parlor at 908, was donated to the museum where it is displayed today as being a gift from R.F. Pipes when in reality it was a gift from the Pillans family.
BIOGRAPHlCAL REGlSTER OF THE Officers and Graduates OF THE U. S. MlLlTARY ACADEMY AT WEST POlNT (SAGINAW, MICH.: Seemann & Peters, 1920), page 1477:
Harry Torrey Pillans, Born Nov. 12, 1887.
Military History.—
Second Lieut., Coast Artillery Corps, June 15, 1910.
At Fort Monroe, Va., to Jan. 12, 1911; at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., to May 15, 1911; at Fort Hancock, N. J., to June 12, 1912;
(first Lieut., Ordnance Department, Ry Detail, June 20, 1912)
at Sandy Hook Proving Ground, N. J., student officer at Ordnance School of Application, to June, 1913; at Watertown Arsenal, Mass., to June, 1914; at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June, 1914, to
(first Lieut., Coast Artillery Corps, Nov. 2, 1914)
July 1, 1915, when he was relieved from detail at his own request; at Fort Moultrie, S. C, July, 1915, to
(captain, Coast Artillery Corps, May 15, 1917)
Aug. 22, 1917; on duty as mustering officer during 1917 in North and South Carolina and Virginia; on duty as examining officer for Second Officer's Training Camp, South Carolina; at U. S. Military Academy, Instructor in Department of Mathematics, Aug. 23, 1917, to
(major, Temporary, Coast Artillery Corps, May 22, 1918)
Sept. 4, 1918; at Fort Barrancas, Fla., Fort Commander, to Nov. 8; at Fort Howard, Md., commanding Battalion. 35th Heavy Artillery, Nov. 10, 1918, to Jan. 13, 1919: at Camp Holabird, Md., Executive Officer for District Maintenance Officer, with supervision over Parking Division and Property Office; in charge of Casual Camp; Convoy Officer; Officer in Charge of Supply Division; Morale Officer; Education and Recreation Officer and Assistant to Finance Officer, to
(returned To Grade Of Captain, Sept. 2, 1919)
Feb. 7, 1920; on leave of absence to March 28; at Boston, Mass., attached to Department Hdqrs. to April 1, 1920.
Resigned, April 1, 1920.
Address: Care Association of Army and Navy Stores, Inc., 505 5th Avenue, New York City.
Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy (1971), p.320:
Harry Torrey Pillans B-AL 12 Nov 87: CAC: USMA 17-18 MAJ: Resd 20 CPT: Dir Personnel Bd for Mobile County AL to 61: 906 Govt St, Mobile.
Grandson of Palmer J. Pillans and Laura Roberts Pillans, Judge Rufus Campbell Torrey and Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw.
Great-grandson of Andrew Henshaw and Elizabeth Isbell Henshaw.
Great-great-grandson of Dr. Willis Roberts and Asenath (Alexander) Roberts, John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell.
Math professor. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
He grew up at 908 Government Street, where he and his wife lived upon returning to Mobile. He later moved next door to his grandparents' home, 906 Government St., and his sister Laura lived at 908. After Laura's death, he was tricked into selling both 906 and 908 to Robert Ford Pipes Jr., who promised to restore the two houses but instead demolished them for commercial development. According to his daughter Mary Pillans Van Antwerp, "No sooner had the ink dried on the bill of sale than he began to tear them down. And his wife, Beth, one of my very best friends!" Many family items in the houses were to be returned to the family, by agreement, and others of historic significance to be donated to the city museum. Geronimo's cape had been acquired by Harry Pillans and hung on the wall in the front parlor at 908, was donated to the museum where it is displayed today as being a gift from R.F. Pipes when in reality it was a gift from the Pillans family.
BIOGRAPHlCAL REGlSTER OF THE Officers and Graduates OF THE U. S. MlLlTARY ACADEMY AT WEST POlNT (SAGINAW, MICH.: Seemann & Peters, 1920), page 1477:
Harry Torrey Pillans, Born Nov. 12, 1887.
Military History.—
Second Lieut., Coast Artillery Corps, June 15, 1910.
At Fort Monroe, Va., to Jan. 12, 1911; at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., to May 15, 1911; at Fort Hancock, N. J., to June 12, 1912;
(first Lieut., Ordnance Department, Ry Detail, June 20, 1912)
at Sandy Hook Proving Ground, N. J., student officer at Ordnance School of Application, to June, 1913; at Watertown Arsenal, Mass., to June, 1914; at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June, 1914, to
(first Lieut., Coast Artillery Corps, Nov. 2, 1914)
July 1, 1915, when he was relieved from detail at his own request; at Fort Moultrie, S. C, July, 1915, to
(captain, Coast Artillery Corps, May 15, 1917)
Aug. 22, 1917; on duty as mustering officer during 1917 in North and South Carolina and Virginia; on duty as examining officer for Second Officer's Training Camp, South Carolina; at U. S. Military Academy, Instructor in Department of Mathematics, Aug. 23, 1917, to
(major, Temporary, Coast Artillery Corps, May 22, 1918)
Sept. 4, 1918; at Fort Barrancas, Fla., Fort Commander, to Nov. 8; at Fort Howard, Md., commanding Battalion. 35th Heavy Artillery, Nov. 10, 1918, to Jan. 13, 1919: at Camp Holabird, Md., Executive Officer for District Maintenance Officer, with supervision over Parking Division and Property Office; in charge of Casual Camp; Convoy Officer; Officer in Charge of Supply Division; Morale Officer; Education and Recreation Officer and Assistant to Finance Officer, to
(returned To Grade Of Captain, Sept. 2, 1919)
Feb. 7, 1920; on leave of absence to March 28; at Boston, Mass., attached to Department Hdqrs. to April 1, 1920.
Resigned, April 1, 1920.
Address: Care Association of Army and Navy Stores, Inc., 505 5th Avenue, New York City.
Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy (1971), p.320:
Harry Torrey Pillans B-AL 12 Nov 87: CAC: USMA 17-18 MAJ: Resd 20 CPT: Dir Personnel Bd for Mobile County AL to 61: 906 Govt St, Mobile.
Son of Harry Pillans and Elizabeth Henshaw (Torrey) Pillans.
Grandson of Palmer J. Pillans and Laura Roberts Pillans, Judge Rufus Campbell Torrey and Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw.
Great-grandson of Andrew Henshaw and Elizabeth Isbell Henshaw.
Great-great-grandson of Dr. Willis Roberts and Asenath (Alexander) Roberts, John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell.
Math professor. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
He grew up at 908 Government Street, where he and his wife lived upon returning to Mobile. He later moved next door to his grandparents' home, 906 Government St., and his sister Laura lived at 908. After Laura's death, he was tricked into selling both 906 and 908 to Robert Ford Pipes Jr., who promised to restore the two houses but instead demolished them for commercial development. According to his daughter Mary Pillans Van Antwerp, "No sooner had the ink dried on the bill of sale than he began to tear them down. And his wife, Beth, one of my very best friends!" Many family items in the houses were to be returned to the family, by agreement, and others of historic significance to be donated to the city museum. Geronimo's cape had been acquired by Harry Pillans and hung on the wall in the front parlor at 908, was donated to the museum where it is displayed today as being a gift from R.F. Pipes when in reality it was a gift from the Pillans family.
BIOGRAPHlCAL REGlSTER OF THE Officers and Graduates OF THE U. S. MlLlTARY ACADEMY AT WEST POlNT (SAGINAW, MICH.: Seemann & Peters, 1920), page 1477:
Harry Torrey Pillans, Born Nov. 12, 1887.
Military History.—
Second Lieut., Coast Artillery Corps, June 15, 1910.
At Fort Monroe, Va., to Jan. 12, 1911; at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., to May 15, 1911; at Fort Hancock, N. J., to June 12, 1912;
(first Lieut., Ordnance Department, Ry Detail, June 20, 1912)
at Sandy Hook Proving Ground, N. J., student officer at Ordnance School of Application, to June, 1913; at Watertown Arsenal, Mass., to June, 1914; at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June, 1914, to
(first Lieut., Coast Artillery Corps, Nov. 2, 1914)
July 1, 1915, when he was relieved from detail at his own request; at Fort Moultrie, S. C, July, 1915, to
(captain, Coast Artillery Corps, May 15, 1917)
Aug. 22, 1917; on duty as mustering officer during 1917 in North and South Carolina and Virginia; on duty as examining officer for Second Officer's Training Camp, South Carolina; at U. S. Military Academy, Instructor in Department of Mathematics, Aug. 23, 1917, to
(major, Temporary, Coast Artillery Corps, May 22, 1918)
Sept. 4, 1918; at Fort Barrancas, Fla., Fort Commander, to Nov. 8; at Fort Howard, Md., commanding Battalion. 35th Heavy Artillery, Nov. 10, 1918, to Jan. 13, 1919: at Camp Holabird, Md., Executive Officer for District Maintenance Officer, with supervision over Parking Division and Property Office; in charge of Casual Camp; Convoy Officer; Officer in Charge of Supply Division; Morale Officer; Education and Recreation Officer and Assistant to Finance Officer, to
(returned To Grade Of Captain, Sept. 2, 1919)
Feb. 7, 1920; on leave of absence to March 28; at Boston, Mass., attached to Department Hdqrs. to April 1, 1920.
Resigned, April 1, 1920.
Address: Care Association of Army and Navy Stores, Inc., 505 5th Avenue, New York City.
Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy (1971), p.320:
Harry Torrey Pillans B-AL 12 Nov 87: CAC: USMA 17-18 MAJ: Resd 20 CPT: Dir Personnel Bd for Mobile County AL to 61: 906 Govt St, Mobile.
Grandson of Palmer J. Pillans and Laura Roberts Pillans, Judge Rufus Campbell Torrey and Elizabeth Sargent Henshaw.
Great-grandson of Andrew Henshaw and Elizabeth Isbell Henshaw.
Great-great-grandson of Dr. Willis Roberts and Asenath (Alexander) Roberts, John Lewis Isbell and Ann Hannah (Anderson) Isbell.
Math professor. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
He grew up at 908 Government Street, where he and his wife lived upon returning to Mobile. He later moved next door to his grandparents' home, 906 Government St., and his sister Laura lived at 908. After Laura's death, he was tricked into selling both 906 and 908 to Robert Ford Pipes Jr., who promised to restore the two houses but instead demolished them for commercial development. According to his daughter Mary Pillans Van Antwerp, "No sooner had the ink dried on the bill of sale than he began to tear them down. And his wife, Beth, one of my very best friends!" Many family items in the houses were to be returned to the family, by agreement, and others of historic significance to be donated to the city museum. Geronimo's cape had been acquired by Harry Pillans and hung on the wall in the front parlor at 908, was donated to the museum where it is displayed today as being a gift from R.F. Pipes when in reality it was a gift from the Pillans family.
BIOGRAPHlCAL REGlSTER OF THE Officers and Graduates OF THE U. S. MlLlTARY ACADEMY AT WEST POlNT (SAGINAW, MICH.: Seemann & Peters, 1920), page 1477:
Harry Torrey Pillans, Born Nov. 12, 1887.
Military History.—
Second Lieut., Coast Artillery Corps, June 15, 1910.
At Fort Monroe, Va., to Jan. 12, 1911; at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., to May 15, 1911; at Fort Hancock, N. J., to June 12, 1912;
(first Lieut., Ordnance Department, Ry Detail, June 20, 1912)
at Sandy Hook Proving Ground, N. J., student officer at Ordnance School of Application, to June, 1913; at Watertown Arsenal, Mass., to June, 1914; at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June, 1914, to
(first Lieut., Coast Artillery Corps, Nov. 2, 1914)
July 1, 1915, when he was relieved from detail at his own request; at Fort Moultrie, S. C, July, 1915, to
(captain, Coast Artillery Corps, May 15, 1917)
Aug. 22, 1917; on duty as mustering officer during 1917 in North and South Carolina and Virginia; on duty as examining officer for Second Officer's Training Camp, South Carolina; at U. S. Military Academy, Instructor in Department of Mathematics, Aug. 23, 1917, to
(major, Temporary, Coast Artillery Corps, May 22, 1918)
Sept. 4, 1918; at Fort Barrancas, Fla., Fort Commander, to Nov. 8; at Fort Howard, Md., commanding Battalion. 35th Heavy Artillery, Nov. 10, 1918, to Jan. 13, 1919: at Camp Holabird, Md., Executive Officer for District Maintenance Officer, with supervision over Parking Division and Property Office; in charge of Casual Camp; Convoy Officer; Officer in Charge of Supply Division; Morale Officer; Education and Recreation Officer and Assistant to Finance Officer, to
(returned To Grade Of Captain, Sept. 2, 1919)
Feb. 7, 1920; on leave of absence to March 28; at Boston, Mass., attached to Department Hdqrs. to April 1, 1920.
Resigned, April 1, 1920.
Address: Care Association of Army and Navy Stores, Inc., 505 5th Avenue, New York City.
Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy (1971), p.320:
Harry Torrey Pillans B-AL 12 Nov 87: CAC: USMA 17-18 MAJ: Resd 20 CPT: Dir Personnel Bd for Mobile County AL to 61: 906 Govt St, Mobile.
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