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At the close of the war, in 1865, Colonel Harris returned to Newark and began the practice of law, and in the spring of 1866 he was called to the secretaryship of the American Insurance Company of Newark, which position he held for seventeen years, until 1883, and was that year elected presi- dent as the successor of Mr. Stephen G. Gould (son of General Gould), deceased.
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The annual income of the company when he became connected with it in 1866 was about $120,000, its total assets about $470,- 000, and its net surplus about $140,000, and the stock selling at par. In 1897 the income was about $700,000, the total assets about $2.750,000, the net surplus about $1,- 600,000, and the stock was selling in the market at over 200 per cent. It is one of the oldest and is the largest fire-insurance com- pany in the State of New Jersey.
For many years after the war, when the struggle was going on between the old and new regime. Colonel Harris was among the boldest and most determined of the old resi- dents in promoting the various public im- provements in Montclair rendered neces- sary by the increasing population. He stood side by side with Mr. Pratt, Dr. Love and others in their efforts to improve the public-school system, of which he was at one time a trustee. He was for many years the recognized leader and one of the most earnest workers for the success of his party, the Republican party. He has long been identified with the Presbyterian church, and, as president of the board of trustees and clerk of session, he rendered important service in the management of its temporal affairs. He assisted in organizing the Vet- eran Association of the Thirteenth Regi- ment of Veterans in 1886 and became its first president, in which position he contin- ued until 1889. He is a member of the So- ciety of the Sons of the American Revolu- tion, and of Montclair Lodge, No. 144, A. F. & A. M., of which he was a charter mem- ber. He is also a director of the Montclair Library Association. one of the managers of Rosedale Cemetery, and a member of the following organizations: the Loyal Legion, the Society of the Army of the
Potomac, Society of the Army of the Cum- berland, Board of Trade of the city of New- ark, and the New England Society of Orange. By his energy and force of char- acter he has been prominent and influential in the various enterprises with which he has been connected, and has often been pro- moted to leading positions.
Colonel Harris has a picturesque and charming home and an interesting family. He was married in 1865 to Elizabeth J. Tor- rey, daughter of Charles Torrey, of Beth- any, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter of Major Jason Torrey, one of the pioneers of that county, who came originally from Connecticut. Five children are the issue of this marriage, viz .: Ellen Torrey, who married Charles M. Dutcher, of Brooklyn; Elizabeth Torrey, Jane How- ell; Frederick Halsey, deceased in 1879; and Anna Marion.
FREDERICK F. GUILD,
judge of the second district court, Newark, New Jersey, is a native of this city, the date of his birth being September 22, 1857. He is a lawyer whose ability is both acquired and inherited, his father, William B. Guild, being a leading member of the New Jersey bar.
Judge Guild was reared in Newark and is a graduate of the Newark Academy, one of the oldest and best institutions of learn- ing in the state. After two years of experi- ence as a clerk in a mercantile establish- ment in New York city, he determined to prepare himself for the profession of law, and accordingly entered the office of his father in Newark, his father being a mem- ber of the law firm of Guild & Lum. With this firm he continued, as managing clerk,
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till October, 1884. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney in June, 1878, and as counselor in February, 1882. In October, 1884, he became managing editor of the Newark Daily Journal, a pa- per then owned by his grandfather, Will- iam B. Guild. About two years later the paper passed into the hands of a corporate company, and Mr. Guild, though requested to remain with the paper, severed his con- nection with it and returned to his pro- fession. The same sagacity and wide range of business ability which made him popular and successful in the newspaper line at once guaranteed him success in the legal profession.
April 1, 1896, Governor Griggs ap- pointed Mr. Guild to the office of judge of the second district court of Newark; and, although appointed to this position by a Republican governor, our subject is a Democrat. The appointment, however, has thus far proved a most fortunate one, and reflects credit both upon the Governor and the Judge.
Judge Guild was united in marriage, June 30, 1887, to Miss Elizabeth P. Bald- win, like himself, a native of Newark, and to them have been given two children, Eliz- abeth and Baldwin.
HENRY G. KRAUSE, M. D.
There is something in the spirit of the American government and of the Ameri- can nation which wins the loyal support of almost all of its adopted sons. Its freedom from monarchical rule, its advantages for progress and improvement, unhampered by caste, seem to call forth the best efforts of those who come here to seek homes, and many rise to positions of prominence. Such
has been the history of Dr. Krause. A man of splendid intellectual endowments, culti- vated by liberal educational advantages, he lias won a standing in the medical profes- sion of New Jersey second to none in his part of the state. His life has been an eventful one, comprising military service in the German army, a voyage to the regions of the north pole, a trip to Sydney, New South Wales, Africa, and nearly all Euro- pean countries, travel throughout America, and the quiet pursuits of professional life. He has gained that broad and accurate knowledge which only travel brings, and is a citizen of whom Newark has just reason to be proud.
Dr. Krause was born in Leipsic, Saxony, on the Ist of July, 1856. His grand- father was a high official in Saxony and was a professor in a leading academy of forest-science in his native land. His father studied jurisprudence in early life and when the war of 1848 came on joined the revolu- tionists. On account of the part which he took in the struggle he was forced to leave the country and went to Switzerland, but was afterward granted amnesty by the king, and in 1854 returned to Leipsic. He was known as a prominent manufacturer and philanthropist. He died in 1866, when the Doctor was only ten years of age.
The Doctor attended the Thomas school of Leipsic until about the time of his fa- ther's death, when he entered the fuersten- school of Grimma and the gymnasium of Meissen, and afterward studied in the poly- technic school in Dresden. He served one year as a volunteer in a regiment of artillery of the German army, was promoted to be first lieutenant of the reserve, was appoint- ed chief physician of a landwehr battalion of sharpshooters and after several years of
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:service honorably mustered out, with the rank of a physician of the staff.
Determining to make the practice of medicine his life work, he studied at the universities of Leipsic, Heidelberg and Strassburg and was graduated in the last named city. In 1878 he went on the steam- ship Lena on the expedition to the north pole. The trip was one of intense interest, bringing, as it did, such new and dissimi- lar experiences into the lives of those who were aboard, in addition to carrying for- ward the scientific investigation. Soon after his return he again sailed from the fatherland, having engaged as physician on board the German Lloyd Australian steam- ship, on which he remained for three years, going from Bremen to Sydney, New South Wales, and Africa.
His labors were next directed in educa- tional lines and he became an assistant in the University of Leipsic, under Professor Dr. Thiersch, continuing in that institution until 1887, when he came to the United States. Through the villainy of a man in Germany he lost all of his money. In hope of recovering his property he followed the man to Canada, but could not bring him to justice.
He then traveled over the United States and was so well pleased with the American' republic that he determined to locate here. For a time he resided in Philadelphia and other cities, and in January, 1888, estab- lished an office for the practice of medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, but on the 3d of July of that year he removed to Newark, where he has since remained, having a resi- dence and office at No. 210 Bank street. His marked ability has won him a large and gratifying practice and gained him a prom- inent place among his professional breth-
ren. He makes a specialty of gynecology and surgery. At the same time he has been busy as a writer on medical subjects and literature. He is a member of the German Medical Society of New York and a number of societies in Newark and in Germany.
The Doctor was married in the father- land to Miss Anna Berthold, and they have three children.
THOMAS J. LINTOTT.
Among those whose abilities class them with the leading lawyers of Essex county is this gentleman, who at the bar has gained a foremost place, by reason of his force in argument, his logical deductions, his familiarity with the principles of law and his devotion to his clients' interests.
A native of the Pine Tree state, he was born in Bangor, on the 22d of May, 1857, and is a son of Alfred and Ann (Kane) Lintott, the former a native of Sussex county, England, and the latter of Gallo- way, Ireland. They were married in Lon- don, and came to the United States in the year 1849, locating in Bangor, where they resided until 1864. In that year they re- moved to Belleville, New Jersey, where they are still living. Their family num- bered nine children.
Our subject began his education in the city of his nativity, and afterward entered St. Patrick's parochial school, of Newark, later continuing his studies successively in the College of the Holy Cross, in Worces- ter, Massachusetts, and at St. Vincent's College, of Westmoreland county, Penn- sylvania. His selection of a profession which he wished to make his life work fell upon the law, and he began his preparation
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for the bar as a student in the office and under the direction of Joseph L. Munn. He was admitted to the bar as an attorney in November, 1880, and at once began prac- tice; in June, 1884, he was licensed to prac- tice as a counselor at law. For seventeen years he has practiced in Newark, his client- age steadily increasing and becoming more important as he has given evidence of his ability. He is very careful in the prepara- tion of his cases and in the court-room rests his cause upon the points in evidence and the justice of the statutes. His ready command of language, his logic and his well drawn conclusions present a strength that is well nigh incontrovertible. Al- though he is regarded as a general prac- titioner, he is engaged largely with civil suits, the settling of titles, etc., and is coun- sel for a number of building and loan asso- ciations.
Mr. Lintott was married on the 26th of October, 1887, to Miss Jennie Haggerty, of Belleville, New Jersey, and to them have been born three children: Gertrude, Mad- eline and Mary. He belongs to the Cath- olic church, having been reared in that faith.
HENRY FEINDT,
a retired resident of South Orange, New Jersey, is a German by birth and early asso- ciation, but has spent most of his life in this country and is thoroughly in sympathy with America and her institutions. He was born November 24, 1828, son of An- thony and Clara (Becker) Feindt, both of whom passed their lives and died in Ger- many, their native land, as did their an- cestors for generations as far back as any- thing is known of the family. Henry
Feindt and his sister Sophia were the only representatives of the family to come to this country. She became the wife of a Mr. Dekrom and lived in New York city, where both died some years ago.
It was in 1854 that the subject of our sketch landed in this country. He located in New York city, where for twelve years he was engaged in shoemaking, and whence, in 1866, he came to South Orange, arriving here when there were but few houses in the town. Here he engaged in the manufacture of shoes, and for over thirty years he carried on a successful busi- ness. He now lives retired from active life in a pleasant home on Valley street.
In November, 1854, Mr. Feindt was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Hill, a native of Germany, born October 18, 1828, and their union has been blessed in the birth of the following children: John, who married Miss Tilla Tenethorn and lives in Irvington, Essex county, New Jersey: Lewis E., who married Miss Johanna Feind, is conducting a drug store in South Orange; Frank, who married Miss Mary Roe; Josephine, wife of Henry Haase; Charles, who married Lidia Bearman; Henry, who married Susie Reynolds; and Joseph, unmarried.
Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Feindt are de- vout members of the Catholic church. In politics he exercises his franchise in the support of the Democratic party in national affairs, but in affairs of a local nature he is independent, his vote being tendered the man rather than the party. At this writing he holds the position of overseer of the poor. Mr. Feindt possesses to a marked degree the characteristics which distin- guish the German-American citizen. Throughout his whole life he has been
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thrifty, frugal, honest, upright, justly de- serving of the high esteem in which he is held by all who know him.
HON. THOMAS N. McCARTER.
For more than half a century a distin- guished member of the New Jersey bar, honored and respected in every class of so- ciety, Thomas Nesbitt McCarter has for many years been a leader in thought and action in the public life of the state. A progressive and public-spirited citizen, he is thoroughly in touch with modern ad- vancement and a close student of all ques- tions which concern the public welfare. In his profession he has long since left the ranks of the many to stand among the suc- cessful few, and in private life he has that strength and nobility of character which throughout the world command the high- est esteem.
New Jersey is proud to number him among her native sons. Born in Morris- town, January 31, 1824, he is the second son of Robert Harris and Eliza (Nesbitt) McCarter, of Morris county, and a grand- son of John McCarter, of Scotch-Irish an- cestry, who came to America in 1775. Un- marked by event of special importance, the childhood days of Mr. McCarter passed quietly at Newton, in Sussex county, his surroundings being such as to cultivate and develop his naturally studious instincts. Rev. Clarkson Dunn, of Newton, New Jer- sey, was his instructor in early youth, and when sixteen years of age he was ready to enter college. Matriculating as a mem- ber of the junior class of Princeton Univer- sity, he soon won the attention of profes- sors and pupils by his brilliant literary at- tainments, and was graduated with honor in September, 1842, delivering one of the
orations at the commencement exercises. While in college he was a leading member of the Whig Society and took an active part in debating circles, giving evidences of that untrammeled speech and oratorical power which have been one of the elements in his success at the bar. In 1847 his alma mater conferred upon him in regular course the degree of Master of Arts.
Carefully considering his future and the question as to what use he should put the ability with which nature had endowed him, Mr. McCarter determined upon the legal profession as a life-work, and soon after the completion of his collegiate course became a law student in the office of Hon. Martin Ryerson, of Newton, New Jersey, who carefully directed his read- ing for some time. His preparation was thorough and accurate, and in Octo- ber, 1845, he was admitted to the bar of New Jersey, immediately afterward enter- ing into partnership with his former pre- ceptor. This association was most fortu- nate for the young lawyer, for Mr. Ryer- son was one of the most eminent jurists that New Jersey has produced, and his counsel and assistance to Mr. McCarter proved most valuable. The partnership continued until 1853, and in the meantime Mr. McCarter had been licensed to practice as a counselor at law in January, 1849. His success was marked and immediate, and within a short time he had a large and dis- tinctive clientage. He brought all the powers of a strong mind and comprehen- sive knowledge of the law to bear upon the interests entrusted to his care, and his analytical ability enabled him to apply to the points in litigation the principles of jurisprudence bearing most closely upon them and to cite authority and precedent
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until the strength of his case was clearly seen by judge or jury. His deductions were logical and the force of his arguments was shown in the many favorable verdicts which he gained. But undoubtedly one of the strongest elements in his splendid suc- cess was his indefatigable labor, without which high position at the bar can never be attained. He prepared his cases with the utmost thoroughness, planning not only for the expected but also for the un- expected, which happens quite as frequent- ly in the courts as out of them. These characteristics, manifest in his early pro- fessional career, still cling to him and have given him remarkable power on the hust- ings.
In his earlier years, in fact throughout his life, Mr. McCarter has been frequently called upon to serve the public in positions of honor and trust and has thus become an active factor in the management of affairs of state. In 1854 he was elected collector of Sussex county for a three-years term, and in 1862 received the unusual compli- ment of being elected to the state legisla- ture by both parties without opposition. He served as chairman of the committee on ways and means, prepared the new tax law and was active in securing the passage of a number of very important bills. In 1863 he was appointed by Chancellor Green reporter of the court of chancery and published two volumes of its reports. He was also connected with some private interests, being a director of the Sussex Bank, the Sussex Railroad Company, and the well known Morris Canal & Banking Company, being still connected with the last named as the oldest member of the directorate.
Mr. McCarter's identification with New-
ark dates from 1865, when he joined the bar of Essex county, to win new laurels and still higher honors as one of its representa- tives. From 1868 until 1882 he was as- sociated in a partnership with Oscar Keen, and is now at the head of one of the most prominent law firms in the state, which under the name of McCarter, Williamson and McCarter, is controlling a very exten- sive and lucrative business. His partners are his two sons, Robert H. and Thomas N. McCarter, and his son-in-law, Edwin B. Williamson. He is counsel for the Le- high Valley Railroad Company, the Morris Canal & Banking Company, the East Jer- sey Water Company, the New Jersey Zinc & Iron Company and many other corpora- tions. In every department of the law he has a strength that is indeed difficult to overcome. He is an able speaker whose addresses are characterized by logic, plain statement and clear appeals to the intelli- gence and not to the prejudices and pas- sions of his hearers. His utterances have the ring of truth and earnest conviction, and without the adornments of rhetoric are a strata of facts that are incontrovert- ible. His fidelity to his clients' interests is proverbial, yet he never forgets that he owes a higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. His diligence and energy in the preparation of his cases, as well as the earnestness, tenacity and courage with which he defends the right as he under- stands it, challenges the highest admiration of his associates. Yet he scorns the glit- tering chaplet of forensic triumph if it must be gained by debasing himself, debauching public morality or degrading the dignity of his profession.
Early in his professional career Mr. Mc- Carter was married and thus gained the
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companionship, sympathy and assistance of Miss Mary Louise Haggerty, whom he wedded December 4, 1849. She was a daughter of Uzal C. Haggerty, a promi- nent resident of Newton, New Jersey, and died June 28, 1896, leaving six children : Robert H., a member of the law firm of McCarter, Williamson and McCarter; Uzal H., secretary and trust officer of the Fidelity Title and Deposit Company, of Newark; Thomas N., also in partnership with his father; Fanny A .; Jane Haggerty, wife of Edwin B. Williamson; and Eliza Nesbitt, all of Newark.
Mr. McCarter and his family attend the Presbyterian church and his life exemplifies the principles and teachings set forth by the holy Nazarene. He has ever been the advocate of all measures calculated to up- lift humanity and elevate the moral stand- ard of the race. He is a man of scholarly attainments and wide acquaintance with the best literature of all ages, and in this line again his services have been sought on behalf of the public. In 1868 he delivered the annual commencement address before the Whig and Clio Societies at Princeton College, the trustees of which in 1875 con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of LL. D. For many years he has been a valued trustee of that institution and has always taken an active interest in its progress and welfare. For a time he was one of the trustees of Evelyn College, and was an organizer and the only president of the old Citizens' Law and Order League, of Newark. He is an honorary incorpora- tor of the Dickinson Law School, at Car- lisle, Pennsylvania, a fellow of the American Geographical Society, vice-president of the Scotch-Irish Society of America, and of the Princeton Club, of New York.
Mr. McCarter's political support in early life was given the Democracy, and on the Douglas ticket he was nominated a presi- dential elector in 1860. But the attitude which that party took in 1864 in regard to the prosecution of the war led him to ally his forces with the Republican party, of which he has since been a stanch advocate. He was a strong supporter of the Union during the rebellion, and with unswerving loyalty has ever labored for the best inter- ests of state and nation. Political honors have had no great attraction for him, and . he has twice refused an appointment to the supreme bench of the state, preferring the private practice of law, having once been tendered the position by Governor Olden, and again by Governor Ward, in 1866. He was one of a commission of six to settle the New York and New Jersey boundary line, his colleagues being Professor Cook, of Rutgers College, Hon. Abram Brown- ing, of New Jersey, and Chauncey M. De- pew, Chancellor Pierson and Elias W. Leavenworth, of New York.
Mr. McCarter has won notable triumphs at the bar and high honors in public life, but in private life has gained that warm personal regard which arises from true no- bility of character, deference for the opin- ions of others, kindliness and geniality. His conversation is enlivened by wit and repartee that make him a fascinating com- panion. He inspires friendships of unusual strength, and all who know him have the highest admiration for his good qualities of heart and mind.
THOMAS NESBITT McCARTER, JR., is a native of Newark, New Jersey, where he was born on the 20th of October, 1867, and where he has passed his entire life.
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His preliminary educational discipline was secured in a private school, and he subse- quently prosecuted his studies in the New- ark Academy and in Dr. Pingry's Classical School, at Elizabeth, New Jersey, in which latter institution he completed a two-years course. He then matriculated in Prince- ton University, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1888. Thus forti- fied for the activities of practical life, Judge McCarter forthwith began his work of preparation for the special line of endeavor to which he wished to devote his attention and energies.
Deciding to adopt the profession of law, he became a student in the office of his father immediately after his graduation at Princeton, and continued his professional studies in the Columbia Law School, of New York, in the winter of 1889-90. He was admitted to the bar of the state of New Jersey in June, 1891, and within a short time entered upon the active practice of his profession in his native city. On the Ist of July of the year last mentioned he became a member of the well known law firm of Mc- Carter, Williamson & McCarter, with which he has ever since been identified and which is recognized as one of the strongest and most prominent legal firms in the state. In June, 1894, he was made a counselor at law, and he has been concerned in some of the important litigations of the place and period. His judicial acumen has been clearly shown in his rulings as judge of the first district court of Newark, to which office he was appointed by Governor Griggs, in February, 1896, taking his place upon the bench in April following. His rulings and decisions have been signally. fair and impartial, and in his official capac- ity he holds the confidence and respect of
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