The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-22
DR.. RECTOR Dead.
The Well Known Physician
Succumbs to Blood
Poisoning.
HIS CAREER IN THE ARMY.
For Many Years Surgeon in the
Volunteer and Regular Ser
vices-His Charitable Work in
This City.

DR.. Pierson Rector died at bis nous~
No. 100 Grand street, at an early hour this
morning. He had been suffering with
blood poisoning for several days. and
: al4r temporary rally he had a relapse
yesterday afternoon and sank gradually
until he died.
DR.. Rector was born in Duanesburg,
Schenectady county, New York, about
1S4o. he was the son of Joseph Rector,
who was one Of the prominent men OF
thatIcounty at that time. When he was
guile young his parents moved to Della
vqH, Wis. He attended school there and
S,took the short course at the Racine Col
Y'lege. Upon graduating he began to study
medicine with an uncle who resided at
Milwaukee. In 1851 Pierson entered the
Albany Medical CIlege, where he took a
: two years course, at the same time pur-
L\suing his studies with DIR. De La Mater, q
APPOINTMENT physician of that city. When
Xbe had finished his studies he entered the
IDne Hundred and Twenty-seventh New
Work Volunteers as assistant surgeon.
He afterward entered the One Hundred
Band Forty New York Volunteers,
in which regiment he filled the same posi-
tion. HIS duties as assistant surgeon
kept him constantly In the front, and he
Upon the capitalization Of Charlestown,
DIR. Rector was placed In charge OF the
hospitals In that city and made health
officer or the port and city. lt was while
stationed there that he met and married
his wife. at the close Of the war he en-
tered the regular service under contract
with the government as surgeon and was
in South Carolina during the reconstruc-
tion period.
DR.. Rector came to Jersey City about
1850 and located on Washington street
near Sussex street. When DR.. Varick
died, he moved into DR.. Varick's house
on the same street near York street,
where he resided until the building was
demolished 10 make way for the new
building OF the Provident Institution for
savings. He then purchased ex-Mayor
Hopper's house on Grand street, where
be resided until his death.
Dr. Rector was treasurer of ST.
Matthew's Episcopal church on
Sussex street and II was his benet-
cence and excellent management
of the church's financiers more than any
thing else which enabled the church TO
overcome the difficulties into which it fell
few years ago. He was of an exceed
ingly kind and charitable nature and
there are many people in Jersey City who
\ 1yill-loge In him a warm and helpful
friend. He was ready at all hours of the
day or night 10 respond TO any demand
for his professional services, no matter
whether that demand was made by the
rich or the poor. He was unostentatious
in mis- charities and the greater part of
the good work he did VIII never be
known.
DIR. Rector was for several years port
surgeon of the Red Star, Inman and Rot
terdam steamship lines. and was held In
high esteem by the officers and sailors
alike. He was also surgeon Of Van Hou-
ten Post, G. A. X. His funeral will be
held in ST. Matthew's church. Sunday
afternoon, and he will be buried with
military honors by Van Houten Post,
ments