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Peter Paulding, the former postmaster of White Plains, New York, was born here May 27, 1860, and belongs to a family long resident of America, the Pauldings having come to this country from Holland about the year 1640. Several generations of them have been born and have passed their lives in the state of New York.

John Paulding, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Westchester county, New York, and his son Hiram, the father of Peter, is a native of Tarrytown, on the Hudson, born in 1837. In Tarrytown the latter was reared and educated, early in life turning his attention to the study of law. He was in due time admitted to the bar and for the past forty years has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, during this time filling numerous positions of local prominence and trust. Few men in Westchester county have a wider acquaintance or are more favorably known than he. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Charles A. Purdy. He was a lawyer by profession and for a number of years practiced in Westchester county.

Peter Paulding, the direct subject of this review, received his education in the private and public schools of his native town and is a graduate of the White Plains high school, a member of the class of 1876. On leaving school he engaged in newspaper work as reporter for several journals, among which were the New York Sun and New York Herald, for fifteen years devoting the whole of his time and attention to this work. In 1889 he was appointed by the Park Board of New York city, superintendent of the Van Cortlandt Park. This position he filled about one year and then returned to newspaper work. February 27, 1893, he was appointed by President Cleveland to the position of postmaster of White Plains, and served till May 1, 1898.

Mr. Paulding is a man of family. He was married December 21, 1889, to Miss Marie L. Fowler, of Flushing, Long Island, daughter of Joseph B. and Frances (Bogart) Fowler, and they are the parents of two children, Gertrude and Hazel.

Mr. Paulding is a member of White Plains Lodge, No. 473, F. & A. M. ; the Andre Monument Association, organized in memory of the capture of Major Andre; and the A. O. U. W. of the United States. He was at one time chairman of the White Plains Democratic Club, of New York, of which he has been a member for a number of years.