John Chester Backus Pendleton[1] (September 26, 1871 – February 12, 1938) was an American college football coach and stockbroker from Baltimore. He was the head football coach at Rutgers University in 1891 and from 1896 to 1897. He later became a member of the Baltimore Stock Exchange in 1897 and was employed thereafter as a stockbroker in that city.
 Pendleton, c. 1907 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 26, 1871 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | February 12, 1938 (aged 66) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1891 | Rutgers |
| 1896–1897 | Rutgers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–18 |
Early years and Rutgers
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A native of Baltimore, Pendleton attended Princeton University.[2][3]
Pendleton served as the head football coach at Rutgers University in 1891 and from 1896 to 1897.[4] In three years as the head coach, he compiled a record of 15–18.
Business and military career
editAt the time of the 1900 United States Census, Pendleton was living in Baltimore and working as a stockbroker.[5]
In the Quindecennial Record of Princeton's Class of 1892, issued in 1907, Pendleton was described as being "the stockbroking member of the '92 syndicate that runs Baltimore."[6] Pendleton wrote: "[T]he long, thing John, whom you once knew, is no more, as I now way two hundred and seventeen pounds in my birthday clothes. In the year 1897 I became a member of the Baltimore Stock Exchange, in which business I am still engaged, being associated with the office of H. A. Harrick. In January of this year I was lifted from the depths of single misery by being married, at which event Alf. Riggs ably assisted as my best man."[6]
At the time of the 1910 United States Census, he was living with his wife and mother-in-law in Baltimore and was employed as a stockbroker.[7] He retired from stockbrokering in 1914. He served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant in the Procurement Division at Washington, D.C. during World War I from August 20, 1918, to January 13, 1919.[8] At the time of the 1920 and 1930 United States Censuses, Pendleton was living in Baltimore with his wife Mildred and listed no employment in the census records.[9][10]
Personal life
editIn December 1906, The Washington Post announced as "one of the most important engagements of the year," that Pendleton, described as "a Princeton graduate and well-known clubman," had become engaged to Mildred Morris, described as "one of the best known and most accomplished girls in Baltimore."[11] The couple was married in Baltimore in January 1907.[12]
Pendleton died in 1938 after a long illness.[13]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Queensmen (Independent) (1891) | |||||||||
| 1891 | Rutgers | 8–6 | |||||||
| Rutgers Queensmen (Independent) (1896–1897) | |||||||||
| 1896 | Rutgers | 5–7 | |||||||
| 1897 | Rutgers | 2–5 | |||||||
| Rutgers: | 15–18 | ||||||||
| Total: | 15–18 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Christening record for John Chester Backus Pendleton, born Sept. 26, 1871, christened Nov. 12, 1871. Ancestry.com. Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 [database on-line]. "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1600–1995."
- ^ U.S. Passport Application dated July 10, 1894 for John C. B. Pendleton, born September 26, 1871, in Baltimore, Maryland. Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 566612 / MLR Number A1 508; NARA Series: M1372; Roll #: 427.
- ^ Princeton yearbook, 1893, p. 47.
- ^ "Exchanges". The Targum. New Brunswick, New Jersey. November 15, 1891. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ Census record for John C. B. Pendleton, born Sept. 1871. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1900; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 13, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: 613; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0169; FHL microfilm: 1240613.
- ^ a b Quindecennial Record of the Class of Ninety-Two of Princeton University. The Grafton Press. 1907. p. 182.
- ^ Census entry for John C. B. Pendleton, age 38, born in Maryland. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1910; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 4, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: T624_553; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0046; ; FHL microfilm: 1374566.
- ^ Military service record for John Chester Backus Pendleton, 701 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD, born Sept. 26, 1871. Maryland in the World War 1917-1919 Military and Naval Service Records In Two Volumes and Case of Maps Volume II
- ^ Census entry for John B. Pendleton, age 48, born in Maryland, and wife Mildred M. Pendleton. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1920; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 11, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: T625_661; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 802.
- ^ Census entry for John C. B. Pendleton, age 58, born in Maryland, not employed. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Year: 1930; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: 855; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 163; Image: 579.0; FHL microfilm: 2340590.
- ^ "Social and Personal". The Washington Post. December 1, 1906. p. 12.
- ^ "Pendleton-Morris" (PDF). The New York Times. February 1, 1907.
- ^ The Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 38, Number 22, page 530