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Walter C. Jacobs married, in Newark, October, 1899, H. Belle, daughter of Edward and Margaret Hayhurst, and has children, both attending the public schools of the city: Dorothy Vivian, aged thirteen years, and Walter A., ten years of age. Mr. Jacobs is a man of indomitable perseverance, and when he once embarks upon an undertaking, it is a foregone conclusion that it will be carried to a successful finish. While fearless in carrying out the ideas with which his brain teems, he is ever ready to listen to the opinions of others, and readily adopts plans which he considers superior in any respect to those he has had under consideration. He is genial and courteous in his manner, and this has gained for him recognition in all classes of society.
GEORGE O. WELSHMAN, M. D.
The medical profession is ably represented in the city of Newark, New Jersey, and among those who have gained local distinction in this noble field of industry is Dr. George O. Welshman, who makes a specialty of diseases of children. His father, William Welshman, who has now retired from active business life, was for many years engaged in business as a merchant in Caldwell.
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Dr. Welshman was born in Caldwell, New Jersey, January 7, 1873. He attended the public and high schools of that place until 1892. In that year he enrolled as a student of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Columbia University, New York City, and was graduated in 1895 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The next year was occupied with clinical work in Bellevue Hospital, New York City, and during the latter part of 1896 he established himself in private practice in Newark. For some time he was connected with St. James' Hospital, Newark, as assistant visit- ing physician, and was also a member of the adjunct staff of that institu- tion. Becoming attending physician to the Caldwell Home for Crippled Children, his interest was thoroughly aroused in this direction, and he commenced making a special study of the treatment of the diseases of children, and has been remarkably successful in the number of cures he has effected. He has not, however, abandoned the general practice of medicine, and has a large and satisfactory number of patients who repose full con- fidence in his ability, and entertain for him the highest esteem. As far as business is concerned, Dr. Welshman is connected with the United Land Company, in which he holds the office of director. He is a member of the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City; the Essex County, State and American Medical societies, and the Academy of Medicine of Northern New Jersey. He is also a member of Northern Lodge, No. 25, Free and Accepted Masons; St. Paul Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Garret A. Hobart Lodge, Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
Dr. Welshman married Alice V., daughter of Thomas Oliver, of Newark. She is a member of the Baptist church, active in church work and auxiliary societies, and holds official position with the Young Men's Christian and Young Women's Christian associations. Dr. Welshman is a member of the Congregational church. Modest and unassuming in his demeanor, Dr. Welshman is yet a man of fine presence and great dignity of manner. This is combined with an innate and acquired force of character which render him an indefatigable worker, and his true unselfishness makes him dearly beloved among all classes.
RIGHT REV. ABBOT ERNEST HELMSTETTER, O. S. B.
Right Rev. Abbot Ernest Helmstetter, O. S. B., was born in Newark, New Jersey, October 7, 1859. His primary education was received at the parochial school of St. Benedict's Church. In 1872 he entered St. Benedict's College. Two years later he went to St. Vincent's College, Pennsylvania, where, after completing the classical course, he entered the Novitiate of the Benedictine Order at the same place. A year later (1879) he pronounced his vows, and on June 20, 1884, he was ordained priest. In 1884-85 he taught sciences at St. Vincent's College. In 1885 he joined the newly founded Abbey in his native city. Here his abbot appointed him to a professorship at St. Benedict's College, which office he held until his election as abbot. In 1889 he was made prior and procurator of St. Mary's Abbey. For six years he was director of St. Benedict's College. After the death of Abbot Hilary, he was elected abbot on January 4, 1910, and confirmed as such by the Apostolic See on January 22. His solemn blessing and installation took place on April 5, 1910. During his administration many improvements were made in the Abbey. The Abbey Building was enlarged and a new St. Bene- dict's College built.
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part in his native land in the uprising of the Earl of Mar, who supported the cause of Prince Charles, the "Young Pretender" to the throne of England, lost by his grandfather, King James II., in the religious and political upheaval of the eighteenth century. This first of the Kirkpatricks was exiled by law, and leaving his home in Dumfries, Scotland, fled with his family to Belfast, Ireland. Further removal becoming necessary for this outlawed clansman, he emigrated to America, and settled in Somerset County, New Jersey, near Basking Ridge. Here he died in 1758, leaving a son, David. Both he and his sons were strong Presbyterians, although he had shed his blood in sup- port of a Roman Catholic candidate for the sovereignty of England. David Kirkpatrick was a plain man, of quiet and unpretentious manners, held in great respect by all his neighbors for his honest and industrious character, but who never attempted to gain prominence in public office. He was born about 1720, and died in 1814, having reached several years more than the span of ninety. He married Mary McEwan, and among their children was a son, Andrew, who was two years old at the time of the death of his gallant chivalrous grandfather. This second Andrew reached the age of seventy- five years, and died in 1831.
Andrew Kirkpatrick, according to the wishes of his father, should have become a clergyman. His early education was presumably in his father's hands, but after the proper preparation he entered the then College of New Jersey, now known as Princeton University, from which he was graduated in 1775. For several months he then tried studies for a course in divinity with Rev. Dr. Kennedy; but his own preferences were at odds with those of his father, and he soon declined to further continue in this line, taking up in its stead the study of law. His father was much offended and refused to give him further support at home. Young Kirkpatrick was offered an opportunity to tutor in a Virginia family, and accordingly went out into the world. Later work of the same kind brought him again into New Jersey, and he was employed in both Esopus and New Brunswick in tutoring boys for college. His legal studies were carried on in the office of Hon. William Paterson, who was at various times Governor of New Jersey, and Justice of the United States Supreme Court. This well-known lawyer gave a thorough preparation to the young clerks who entered his employ and grounded Kirk- patrick well in principles of law. He was thus enabled to obtain his bar admission in 1785. Misfortune in the form of a fire that destroyed his office and library in Morristown terminated his short period of practice in that town. Moving to New Brunswick, where he had already a circle of acquaint- ances, he soon made his talents known. In the words of a friend, "he added to his native ability, which was uncommonly great, a most untiring industry; and the combination of these characteristics, with his stern integrity, soon won for him a leading position at the bar, not only in his own country, but all over the State."
His success led to official honors, and at the age of forty-one he was considered for membership in the New Jersey Assembly, to which body he was elected in 1797 as its representative from Middlesex County. Another honor was soon afterward proffered him in the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and he resigned from the Legislature in January, 1798, to accept it. In 1804 he was further distinguished by election to the seat of Chief Justice, following Mr. Kinsey, and was there- after twice re-elected. Thus for twenty-seven years he gave faithful and reliable service to his State on the bench of its Supreme Court, all but six years serving as Chief Justice. The wisdom of his choice of a profession
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must have softened his father's judgment of an earlier day, and the older man passed from this earth with nothing but feelings of the proudest gratifi- cation in the success of the son who had not felt that inward call towards the ministry which his father had desired. Among those who listened to Andrew Kirkpatrick's decisions none came but must have been impressed with their firmness of logic, soundness of learning and analytical power. His personal bearing preserved the dignity that was his due, and the expressions of his acute mentality awoke the admiration of all who heard. He was an ideal judge, a public-spirited citizen, interested and leading in causes for the betterment of the existing condition of things generally, and always displaying his Presbyterian training in the simplicity and piety of his nature. One of his ideas which was adopted in the procedure in court was the creation of the office of court reporter to preserve decisions of the Supreme Court, that they might constitute a basis of precedent for the later conduct of cases. This alone has made his name one to merit the praise of all State lawyers.
Among the educational institutions whose growth he fostered was the Theological Seminary at Princeton, of which he was the founder and first president of its board of trustees. He also took interest in the management of affairs of Princeton College, and was one of its trustees from 1809 until 1831, the year of his death. His political principles drew him into the ranks of the Anti-Federalist, or Republican, party, which later took the name of Democratic, and for which he allowed his name to be used on one occasion as its candidate for Governor. The virtues and characteristics which appeared in Chief Justice Kirkpatrick's public career were as markedly evident in the home circle.
He married, November 1, 1792, Jane, daughter of Colonel John and Margaret (Hodge) Bayard, born July 12, 1772, died February 6, 1851. Her father was of Pennsylvanian origin, and had a distinguished career as an officer in the Continental army during the Revolution. Mrs. Kirkpatrick not only possessed a lovely look and character, being noted for her charities as well as social success, but also appeared in the guise of an authoress, pro- ducing a book entitled "The Light of Other Days," which was edited and prepared for publication by Mrs. Jane E. Cogswell, her daughter, also a gifted woman. Their oldest son was J. Bayard Kirkpatrick, a fortunate and noted merchant in foreign trade, whose son Andrew appears in a later sketch as Judge of the United States District Court in New Jersey.
ANDREW KIRKPATRICK
Judge Andrew Kirkpatrick, a modern jurist of distinction, was the son of John Bayard and Margaret (Weaver) Kirkpatrick, born in Washing- ton, District of Columbia, October 8, 1844, died in Newark, New Jersey, May 4, 1904.
His ancestry, referred to in an earlier sketch, will be briefly noted here. The social refinement of his family, supplemented by intellectual achieve- ments and official position in each generation, made them leaders in the organization of the State of New Jersey from the Colonial government of the eighteenth century. His grandfather, Andrew Kirkpatrick, gained eminence as one of the greatest Chief Justices of the Supreme Court in New Jersey, who also served a portion of a term in the New Jersey Assembly, and whose decisions are standards in the guidance of litigation to this day. His father, David Kirkpatrick, a plain farmer, of sternly religious bent,
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lived to more than ninety years of age, and was responsible for his son's early education in preparation for college and his first chosen profession of the ministry. His father was the American emigrant, an outlawed follower of the dethroned pretenders of the Stuart family to the English crown, who died in 1758.
Andrew Kirkpatrick (2) was born during the temporary residence of his parents in Washington, while his father was Third Auditor of the Treasury Department. They were thus familiar with all the interesting people who formed the upper social circles of that day. John Bayard Kirkpatrick him- self was a wealthy merchant, one of those who first engaged in the romantic foreign trade, after the opening of the treaty ports in China and Japan. He was thus a noteworthy figure among the enterprising business men that made America a synonym for great and daring achievement along lines of trade never attempted before. Soon after Andrew's birth the family again made its home in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Here he received his ele- mentary education, and received the preliminary preparation for college at the Rutgers College Grammar School. He then entered Union College, at Schenectady, New York, and was graduated in 1863, receiving the degree of B. A. Princeton University in 1870 conferred upon him an honorary degree of M. A., and Union College further expressed its appreciation of his legal achievements in bestowing that of LL.D. in 1903. Having chosen the profession of law, his ambition being spurred on its course by the illuminating example of his grandfather, young Kirkpatrick entered the office of the Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, of Newark, himself a noble example to any man. The student of law worked diligently and was admitted as an attorney at the New Jersey bar in 1866, becoming a counsellor in 1869.
With Mr. Frelinghuysen's friendship and advice, he eagerly accepted the invitation to become a member of the firm under which he had studied, and for several years they enjoyed the association in practice to their mutual advantage. Later Mr. Kirkpatrick formed a partnership with the Hon. Frederick H. Teese, and attained a brilliant reputation at the bar, where he soon became one of the foremost legal lights. His first appointment was received in April, 1885, when Governor Abbett made him Law Judge of the Essex County Court of Common Pleas, in which position he continued until 1896 by reappointments. He then resigned this position on receiving the chair of Judge of the United States District Court for New Jersey from President Cleveland, and which important office he held until the end of his days. Many complimentary things have been said of Judge Kirkpatrick's long and honorable career on the New Jersey bench. One of these may be quoted in part: "His legal knowledge was brought to bear on the cases, to the disentanglement of many knotty problems. His record as a Federal Judge was brilliant, and to his courtesy and humanity there were hundreds to testify. *
* Because of the soundness of his judgment his opinions carried weight in the legal world. They were regarded as peculiarly clear in statement, and had the quality of being easily comprehended by the lay mind."
Some of the most noteworthy cases which came up for his decision were connected with the United States Steel Company, the United States Ship- building Company, and the "Asphalt Trust." His administrative ability was as great as his capacity for the duties of a Judge, and at one time he was made receiver of the Domestic Manufacturing Company, upon its failure in 1893. He had authority to continue its production of Domestic sewing machines, and was able to keep the factories open, in spite of the panicky
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atmosphere of business at that period, and hundreds of employees were able to keep at work. At the end of his receivership he was able to deliver the property to its stockholders, entirely clear of all its embarrassments, and with sufficient assets to pay its creditors in full. His business interests were many, and he helped to organize the Federal Trust Company, of which he was at one time president; he was a director in the Howard Savings Institution, treasurer of the T. P. Howell Company, director of the Fidelity Title and Deposit Company, and of the Newark Gas Company. He also was one of the Newark City Hall Commissioners and a member of the Sinking Fund Commission. In club life he was a popular member of several organ- izations. He was one of the original governors of the Essex Club, and one of the organizers of the Sons of the American Revolution, and a member of the Jeffersonian Club.
Andrew Kirkpatrick married (first) in 1869, Alice, daughter of Joel W. Condit, by whom he had three children: Andrew, John Bayard and Alice. He married (second) in 1883, Louise C., daughter of Theodore P. Howell. They also had three children: Littleton, Isabelle and Elizabeth.
J. BAYARD KIRKPATRICK
J. Bayard Kirkpatrick, president of various important corporations, was born in Newark, May 1, 1872, and is the son of Judge Andrew Kirkpatrick and his first wife, Alice Condit. His distinguished ancestry and their record in courts of law easily settled the question of Mr. Kirkpatrick's profession.
His preparatory education was received at the St. Paul School, Concord, New Hampshire, for five years. He then entered Harvard College, whence he was graduated in 1894. A further course in the Harvard Law School fitted him for his career, and he received his diploma in 1897. His first practical experience was obtained in the office of Coult & Howell, and he received his admission as attorney in February, 1898. In 1901 he became a counsellor. His ability in this chosen field was quickly shown, and he has built up an ever increasing clientele. Future honors no doubt await one so eminently fitted to occupy a prominent place at the New Jersey bar.
Mr. Kirkpatrick has held the office of president in the New Jersey Title and Abstract Company; the same honor is accorded him with the Lawyers' Title Guaranty Company. At present he is vice-president and secretary of the Neptune Meter Company, which is one of the largest organizations of its kind in the country. His political connections are Democratic.
Mr. Kirkpatrick is a great worker among societies and is an interested member of the New Jersey Historical Society, Washington Association of Morristown, Engineers' Club of New York, Harvard Club of New York, Harvard Club of Pennsylvania, Harvard Club of New Jersey, and the Lawyers' Club of New York. He is connected with Grace Episcopal Church, of New- ark. He is also a trustee of St. Matthew's German Episcopal Church, of Newark.
FREDERIC MONTAGUE PENLEY PEARSE
The legal profession is ably represented in the city of Newark, New Jersey, in the person of Frederic Montague Penley Pearse, attorney and counsellor-at-law, who has his offices at No. 738 Broad street. In and out of his chosen profession he has proved himself the possessor of marked ability, original ideas and decided views. In business transactions he exhibits a
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quick appreciation of the salient features of an enterprise, and he has invariable success in getting to the foundation of any project or case submitted to him.
His father, Henry Montague Penley Pearse, was well known as a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was a highly valued member of the Forty-seventh Regiment, National Guard, State of New York. He married Harriet Berry Hulin and resided in South Amboy, New Jersey.
Frederic Montague Penley Pearse was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, December 18, 1877. His education was a very complete and most excellent one, and he at first attended St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, from whence he went to Columbia University, New York City. He next studied at the New York Law School, where the degree of Bachelor of Laws was conferred upon him; he also studied in the Law Department of the New York University. He was admitted to the bar of the State of New York as an attorney and counsellor-at-law in July, 1900, and as attorney at law in the State of New Jersey, in November, 1901. His admission as counsellor- at-law in the State of New Jersey took place in November, 1904. His eminent abilities soon became apparent and attracted attention, and it was but a short time before he was selected to hold official position in connection with his legal duties. Among the public offices he has held may be men- tioned the following: Borough attorney of South Amboy; city solicitor of South Amboy; borough attorney of Metuchen, New Jersey; borough attorney of Mantoloking; surrogate of Middlesex County. Mr. Pearse is affiliated with a number of social and other organizations, among them being: The Lawyers' Club of Essex County; Knights of Pythias; Alumni Association of St. Paul's School; New Jersey Alumni Association of Columbia University ; the Metuchen Club. His religious adherence is given to the Episcopal Church.
Mr. Pearse married at South Amboy, June 4, 1902, Margery, daughter of George and Anna (Ridgway) Such, and has children: Frederick Montague Penley, Jr., born November 18, 1904, and George Such, born May 9, 1907. Physically and mentally Mr. Pearse is a man of great vigor and determination. He is endowed with notable social gifts, charm of manner and voice being among them, and has a keen sense of humor, which he has often used in a most successful manner while arguing the merits of a case. He is a brilliant and forcible speaker, and has a rich flow of language at his command. At all times he takes his place in the foremost rank of incement and progress.
JOSEPH K. FRANKS
Joseph K. Franks, a resident of Newark, a lawyer of ability and expe- rience, is a native of the city in which he now resides, born August 2, 1868, son of John and Margaret A. Franks, honored and esteemed citizens of Newark.
He attended the public schools of his native city, including the High School, from which he was graduated in 1885. His tastes and inclinations led to his choice of law for a profession, and in order to qualify himself for that work he became a student in the law department of the University of the City of New York, graduating therofrom with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1890. He also gained additional knowledge along that line by a course of study in the office of Charles A. Felek, one of the leading lawyers of Newark, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney in June, 1891, and as a counsellor in June, 1894. For many years after his admission
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he was actively associated in practice with the law firm of Hayes & Lambert, of Newark. He is thoroughly versed in legal principles, possesses excellent judgment and sound common sense, and is rapidly attaining a foremost position at the bar.
Mr. Franks married, October 19, 1895, Violet M. Dunn, of Matawan, New Jersey.
TICHENOR-FAIRCHILD
The Tichenor family of Newark, New Jersey, are descendants of Martin Tichenor, or Tichenell, whom tradition says came from France. He took the oath of allegiance to the New Haven Colony in August, 1644, and came to Newark, New Jersey, with the second colony, in 1677, that settled there. He married Mary Charles, in 1651, and had children, namely: John, born in 1653; Abigail, born in 1655; Daniel, born in 1656; Hannah, born in 1659, and Samuel, born in 1660, in the New Haven Colony. His will, dated in 1681, named children: John, Daniel, Samuel, Jonathan (a minor), and Abigail; also a son-in-law, Ensign John Treat, at Newark. Numerous descendants in Essex and other counties of New Jersey trace their origin to these first settlers of Newark; and James H. Tichenor, of Newark, New Jersey, was a lineal descendant of the above-mentioned Martin Tichenor. His father, James Tichenor, married Abigail Huntington Hedden, and had issue among others, a son, whose record follows:
James Hedden Tichenor, third son of James and Abigail ( Hedden) Tichenor, was born March 23, 1809, at Newark, New Jersey. He was educated in the local schools of his native city and at the Newark Academy. After leaving school he engaged in the retail shoe business with his father, in Newark; in time he became the junior partner of the business, and retired from active commercial pursuits with a competence, at about fifty years of age. He was an enterprising, public-spirited citizen who was interested in the commercial welfare of Newark, and did whatever possible to secure civic improvement of his native city. He was a member of the Board of Estimate, New Jersey Proprietors, and was president of that board for sev- eral years. His first vote was cast for John Quincy Adams for President of the United States; but in the later alignment of the old Whig and Demo- cratic parties, he espoused the latter party and remained a staunch Demo- crat until his death. He was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church of Newark, during infancy; his father was one of the deacons of that church, but during his latter years he affiliated with the Episcopal church, and died in that faith. He was noted for his strict personal integrity of character, and his word was held as sacred as his bond. He died June 18, 1883, in Newark, New Jersey.
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