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25 HALSEY, CHARLES THOMPSON DAY, Mills Building, New York [10 May, 1895]. 1522
9th in descent from Jasper Crane .*
95 HALSEY, SAMUEL ARMSTRONG, 333 Mt. Prospect Ave., 3840 Newark [17 November, 1905]. Ioth in descent from Thomas Halsey .*
45 HALSEY, WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, 333 Mt. Prospect Ave., Newark [10 July, 1897]. Member of the Council, 1901- 9th in descent from Thomas Halsey .*
116 HANCE, IRWIN HOWELL, M.D., Lakewood [21 Novem- ber, 1908]. 4255
7th in descent from John Hance .*
115 HANCE, THE REVEREND WILLIAM WHITE, Lakewood [21 November, 1908]. 4254
Genealogist of the Society. 9th in descent from Michael Jansen Vreelandt.
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9th in descent from Sergeant David Provoost. 8th in descent from David Provoost. .
8th in descent from Ensign Enoch Michielsen Vreelandt.
8th in descent from Jedediah Allen. 8th in descent from Lieutenant Thomas Huitt.
8th in descent from Evert Van de Water. 7th in descent from John Hance .*
7th in descent from Edward Earle, Jr.
7th in descent from William Provoost.
6th in descent from David W. Provoost.
97 HARDWICK, CHARLES CHEEVER, 132 Fifth Avenue, New York [13 January, 1906]. 3843 9th in descent from Captain Joseph Hills .*
90 HAYES, THE REVEREND CHARLES HARRIS, D.D. [19 November, 1904]. 3688
(Died August 16th, 1910.)
Chaplain, 1906 to 1910. 8th in descent from Governor Robert Treat .*
98 HILLS, WILLIAM, JR., Park Avenue, Orange [13 Janu- ary, 1906]. 3842
9th in descent from Captain Joseph Hills .*
80 HOFFMAN, SAMUEL VERPLANCK, Morristown [II February, 1903]. 2362
5th in descent from Colonel Martinus Hoffman .*
122 HOLDEN, EDWARD PACKARD, Madison [27 November, 1909]. 4434
roth in descent from Governor John Webster .*
I19 HOLDEN, HORACE, Madison, [17 April, 1909]. 4431 IIth in descent from Governor John Webster .*
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64 HOWE, GEORGE ROWLAND, 108 Arlington Avenue, East Orange [13 October, 1900]. 2960
6th in descent from Colonel Thomas Howe .*
19 HUMPHREYS, FREDERICK H., M.D., Morristown [13 October, 1894].
7th in descent from Lieutenant Samuel Humph- reys .* 857
123 HUTCHISON, THE REVEREND CHARLES E., 14 Prospect Terrace, East Orange [15 January, 1910]. 6th in descent from Samuel Watts .*
72 IRVING, WASHINGTON, San Francisco, Cal., [10 July, 1902 ]. 3308
6th in descent from Major General William Alex- ander .*
91 JOHNSON, STEPHEN SEGUINE, South Orange [8 April, 1905]. 3836
8th in descent from Lieutenant Jonathan Delano .*
II8 KEIM, GEORGE DE BENNEVILLE, Edgewater Park [17 April, 1909]. 4430
9th in descent from Thomas Wright .*
5 KOUES, GEORGE ELLSWORTH, 507 North Broad
Street, Elizabeth.
Charter Member. 367
Secretary, 1894 to 1897 inclusive.
Ioth in descent from Governor John Winthrop .* Ioth in descent from Governor Thomas Dudley. 9th in descent from Vice Director-General Johannes de la Montagne.
8th in descent from Captain John Gilman.
7th in descent from Lieutenant Colonel Winthrop Hilton.
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7th in descent from Captain Jonathan Thing.
105. LAWRENCE, FRANK WALTER, Summit [3 November, 1906]. 4010
8th in descent from John Dorsey .*
62 LEWIS, CHARLTON T. [14 July, 1900]. 2922
(Died May 26, 1904.)
Historian, 1903-1904. 8th in descent from Thomas Miner* (Minor).
65 LIBBEY, PROFESSOR WILLIAM, Sc.D., Princeton [23
November, 1900]. 2961
Historian, 1906-1910
Deputy-Governor, 1911-
9th in descent from Lion Gardiner.
8th in descent from Ezekiel Bloomfield .*
38 LOVELL, LEANDER NEWTON, Plainfield [16 January, 1897]. 1818
IIth in descent from Richard Warren.
8th in descent from John Howland .*
103 LYNCH, JASPER, Lakewood [21 April, 1906]. 6th in descent from Edward Shippen .* 3936
99 MABIE, HAMILTON WRIGHT, L.L.D., L.H.D., Summit [21 April, 1906]. 3932
Member of the Council, 1907, 1908, 1909.
Lieutenant-Governor, 1909-191I. 7th in descent from Lieutenant Pieter Casparse Mabie Van Naerden .*
7 MACDONALD, MALCOLM. Charter Member. (Died July 10, 1900.)
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Member of Council, 1894-1897. 8th in descent from Captain George Denison .*
55 MARSH, JOHN EDWARD, Rahway {8 October, 1898]. 2573 7th in descent from Henry Norris .*
46 MCCLINTOCK, EMORY, PH.D., LL.D., 32 Nassau St., New York [10 July, 1897]. 2088
Governor, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903. Lieutenant-Governor, 1899.
Member of the Council, 1898. roth in descent from Lieutenant Samuel Smith. roth in descent from Sergeant Robert Lockwood. 9th in descent from Joseph Hawley. 9th in descent from Ensign William Ward. 9th in descent from Captain Matthew Sherwood. 9th in descent from Lieutenant Samuel Morehouse. 9th in descent from Captain Richard Osborne. 9th in descent from Captain Philip Pinckney.
9th in descent from Ensign Henry Lindon. 9th in descent from John Warner.
9th in descent from Sergeant Edward Hinman. 9th in descent from Deputy-Governor Stephen Goodyear.
8th in descent from Lieutenant John Banks. 8th in descent from Captain Jehu Burr. 8th in descent from Daniel Belden. 8th in descent from William Arms. 7th in descent from Captain Joseph Wakeman .* 7th in descent from Captain Moses Dimon. 7th in descent from Sergeant William Belden. 7th in descent from Captain Ebenezer Warner. 6th in descent from Captain Daniel Bradley.
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6th in descent from Captain Benjamin Warner. 6th in descent from Captain Samuel Castle. 5th in descent from Benjamin Warner.
I21 MCGREGOR, GRAHAM BRADFORD, 24 Chestnut St., Newark [27 November, 1909]. 4433
Ioth in descent from Governor William Bradford .*
93 MERRILL, JOHN LENORD, 517 Park Avenue, East Orange [8 April, 1905].
3838
Member of the Council, 1907, 1908.
Secretary, 1909-
Ioth in descent from Tristram Coffin.
9th in descent from Deputy-Governor Samuel Symonds.
8th in descent from Colonel Thomas Wade .*
17 MILNOR, THOMAS WILLIAM, Allentown, Penna. [26 July, 1894]. 855
Member of the Council, 1896 to 1906 inclusive.
8th in descent from Deputy-Governor Thomas Lloyd .*
15 MORGAN, HONORABLE WILLIAM FELLOWES, Short Hills [26 July, 1894]. 853
Member of the Council, 1895 to 1899. 1911- 7th in descent from Captain John Morgan .*
82 MULFORD, ERNEST DENMAN, 30 North Ave., West Elizabeth [11 February, 1903]. 3427
Ioth in descent from Lion Gardiner.
53 MURPHY, HONORABLE FRANKLIN, 1025 Broad Street, Newark [10 May, 1898]. 2519
Member of the Council, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903. Lieutenant-Governor, 1904, 1905.
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roth in descent from Reverend Abraham Pierson. roth in descent from William Swaine. 9th in descent from Captain Samuel Swaine .* 9th in descent from Henry Lyon. 9th in descent from Jasper Crane.
III MURPHY, COLONEL FRANKLIN, JR., 1027 Broad Street, Newark [3 May, 1907]. 4076
Member of the Council, 1909- roth in descent from Captain Samuel Swaine .*
68 OLMSTED, CAPTAIN EDWARD, Elizabeth [20 May, 1901 ]. 3117
Member of the Council, 1909- 6th in descent from Jonathan Ingersoll .*
127 PARROT, HONORABLE GEORGE TOWNLEY, Elizabeth [I April, 1911 ]. 4674
9th in descent from Colonel Richard Townley.
88 PARKER, HONORABLE CHARLES WOLCOTT, 88 Gifford Avenue, Jersey City [13 May, 1904]. 3592
Member of the Council, 1907, 1908. Chancellor, 1909-1910.
Governor, 1911- I Ith in descent from Governor Thomas Welles. IIth in descent from the Reverend William Brews- ter.
roth in descent from Captain George Denison. roth in descent from Thomas Welles, Jr. roth in descent from Lieutenant Joseph Judson. 9th in descent from Captain John Gallup. 9th in descent from Captain James Judson. 9th in descent from Nathaniel Chesebrough.
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9th in descent from Lieutenant Thomas Benedict. 9th in descent from Captain John Griswold. 8th in descent from Colonel David Goodrich. 8th in descent from Lieutenant William Gallup. 8th in descent from Daniel Benedict.
8th in descent from Brant Arentse Van Schlicten- horst.
8th in descent from Captain William Ely. 7th in descent from Major Daniel Ely.
7th in descent from Colonel Elihu Chauncey. 7th in descent from Captain Philip Schuyler.
7th in descent from Colonel Oloff Stevensen Van Cortlandt.
6th in descent from Colonel Elisha Parker.
6th in descent from Dr. John Johnstone.
6th in descent from Colonel Stephanus Van Court- landt.
5th in descent from Colonel John Parker. 4th in descent from Captain James Parker .*
I20 PARMLY, JAY FRANK, 161 Rosewille Avenue, Newark [27 November, 1909]. 4432
9th in descent from Jasper Crane .*
106 PECK, WILLIAM HAZEN, 39 Lincoln St., Glen Ridge [26 January, 1907]. 4027
Ioth in descent from Lieutenant William Pratt .*
125 PERKINS, MERRITT GREENWOOD, 140 Third Avenue, Newark [21 January, 1911]. 4672
9th in descent from Captain George Denison.
I KPOTTS, WILLIAM JOHN. 470
Charter Member.
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(Died November 18, 1895.)
Member of Council, 1894-1895. 5th in descent from Captain John Hughes.
81 PLUMER, DAVID BOWDOIN, Bristol, N. H. [11 Febru- ary, 1903]. 3426
7th in descent from James Bowdoin .*
86 PORTER, HORACE, Lakewood [21 November, 1903]. 3507 4th in descent from General Jonathan Moulton .*
51 KREVERE, AUGUSTUS LEFEBVRE, Morristown [2 April, 1898]. 2515
(Died May 20, 1910.)
Member of the Council, 1902 to 1910.
4th in descent from Paul Revere .*
66 RICHARDS, GEORGE HERBERT, M.D., 424 Main Street, Orange [12 January, 1901 ]. 2962
Surgeon, 1905, 1906, 1907. 9th in descent from Richard Treat.
9th in descent from Edmund Tapp.
8th in descent from Governor Robert Treat .*
8th in descent from Jasper Crane. 7th in descent from Azariah Crane.
II2 ROBERTSON, JAMES MORRIS, 222 Upper Mountain Ave., Upper Montclair [3 May, 1907]. 6th in descent from Governor Lewis Morris .*
31 ROCKWOOD, PROFESSOR CHARLES GREENE, JR., A.M., PH.D., 34 Bayard Lane, Princeton [4 April, 1896]. 1528
Member of the Council, 1899 to 1905 inclusive. 1909- Lieutenant Governor, 1906, 1907, 1908. 9th in descent from Captain Thomas Bradbury.
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8th in descent from Captain John Gardner. 8th in descent from Lieutenant Henry Adams .* 8th in descent from Isaac Vermilye. 7th in descent from Johannes Vermilye. 7th in descent from the Reverend Samuel Moody. 7th in descent from Captain Johannes de Peyster. 5th in descent from Lieutenant Elisha Rockwood. 5th in descent from the Reverend Daniel Emerson.
50 SCHAUFFLER, WILLIAM GRAY, M.D., Lakewood [2 April, 1898]. ยท 2516
Surgeon, 1899 to 1904.
Historian, 1905. Governor, 1906, 1907, 1908.
Registrar, 1909-
12th in descent from Stephen Hopkins. IIth in descent from Governor Thomas Dudley. Ioth in descent from the Reverend John Woodbridge. Ioth in descent from Governor John Webster. Ioth in descent from Captain Samuel Ruggles. 9th in descent from Captain John Capen. 9th in descent from Governor Thomas Welles. 9th in descent from George Colton. 9th in descent from Nathaniel Boulter. 9th in descent from Robert Williams. 8th in descent from Captain Nathaniel Raynolds.
8th in descent from Captain Caleb Stanley. 8th in descent from Captain Joseph Sylvester. 8th in descent from William Pitkin. 8th in descent from Major Nathan Gold. 8th in descent from Thomas Welles, 2nd. 8th in descent from Lieutenant Daniel White.
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7th in descent from Chief Justice William Pitkin. 7th in descent from Captain Daniel White. 6th in descent from the Reverend Stephen Wil- liams .*
114 SCHUYLER, SIDNEY SCHIEFFELIN, 100 Broadway, New York [17 October, 1908]. 4233
8th in descent from Captain Filyp Pieterse Van Schuyler .*
778 SHEPARD, BENJAMIN, Harrison Street, East Orange [21 November, 1902 ]. Member of the Council, 1905- 9th in descent from Governor William Bradford .*
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54 SHIELDS, REVEREND CHARLES WOODRUFF, D.D., LL.D., [10 May, 1898].
(Died May 28, 1904.) 2520
Chaplain, 1899-1904.
8th in descent from Lieutenant Lion Gardiner.
8th in descent from John Ogden.
7th in descent fron Ensign John Woodruff .*
12 SIMS, COLONEL CLIFFORD STANLEY. Charter Member. (Died March 3, 1896.)
Chancellor, 1894-1896. 6th in descent from Hezekiah Brainard.
I28 SMITH, STEPHEN MUNN, 95 Cleveland Street, Orange [5 May, 1911]. Ioth in descent from Governor Robert Treat.
96 SNYDER, THE REVEREND CHARLES EDWARD, 1024 Cabinet St., N. S., Pittsburg, Penna. [17 November, 1905 ]. 3841 Ioth in descent fron Stukely Westcott .*
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20 ISQUIER, CHARLES BURNHAM [13 October, 1894]. (Died October 6, 1904.)
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Member of Council, 1895-1902. 5th in descent from Stephen Crane .* 5th in descent from Captain Ephraim Terrill.
59 STOCKTON, BAYARD, Princeton [13 January, 1900]. 5th in descent from Richard Stockton .*
2919
71 STRONG, ALAN HARTWELL, New Brunswick [10 July, 1902 ]. 3307
9th in descent from Governor Thomas Dudley .*
8th in descent from Governor William Brenton. 8th in descent from Governor William Leete.
3 STRYKER, GENERAL WILLIAM SCUDDER. Charter Member. (Died October 29, 1900.)
Deputy Governor, 1894-1899. 7th in descent from Captain Jan Strycker.
78 TENNILLE, WILLIAM ALEXANDER [10 January, 1903]. 3355 (Died January 10, 1905.) 7th in descent from General Nathaniel Bacon .*
13 THOMAS, GEORGE CUMMINS, 860 North Broad Street, Elizabeth [26 July, 1894]. 851
Member of the Council, 1895. Chancellor, 1896 to 1908 inclusive.
Deputy-Governor, 1909-1910. 9th in descent from Sergeant David Provoost .* 8th in descent from Governor Jacob Leisler. 7th in descent from Colonel David Provoost. 6th in descent from Captain David Provoost.
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79 TRUMAN, HENRY HERTEL, Cor. Highland and Lincoln Avenues, Orange [10 January, 1903]. 3356 roth in descent from Tristram Coffin. 9th in descent from Elder William Brewster .*
35 ARTYLER, MASON WHITING [3 October, 1896]. (Died July 2, 1907.)
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Member of the Council, 1905-1906.
9th in descent from Governor William Bradford.
8th in descent from Deputy-Governor John Mason .* 5th in descent from Lieutenant-Colonel William Whiting.
84 UPSON, WILLIAM FORD, 27 William Street, New York [22 May, 1903]. 3459
Chancellor, 1911- 9th in descent from Captain Nathaniel Turner .*
9 AVERMILYE, REVEREND ASHBEL GREEN, D.D. 34I
Charter Member. (Died July 9, 1905.)
Historian, 1899-1902. Chaplain, 1894-1899. 8th in descent from Isaac Vermilye .*
32 VERNON, WILLIAM BRYAN, Montclair [4 April, 1896]. 1529 7th in descent from Governor Richard Ward .*
83 WILLIAMS, JOHN CAMP, Morristown [18 April, 1903]. 3418 9th in descent from Governor Thomas Welles .*
18 WYLIE, GEORGE SANDFORD. 856
Charter Member. (Died June 2, 1901.)
Treasurer, 1894-1897.
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Member of the Council, 1895-1897. 6th in descent from John Miles.
92 YARDLEY, FARNHAM, Llewellyn Park, West Orange [8 April, 1905]. 3837
Member of the Council, 1906- 7th in descent from William Biles .*
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In Memoriam.
Society number. Date of decease.
24 ROBERT STOCKTON GREEN. 7 May, 1895. (March 20, 1895)
I WILLIAM JOHN POTTS. 18 November, 1895.
(Charter Member)
12 COLONEL CLIFFORD STANLEY SIMS. 3 March, 1896. (Charter Member)
7 MALCOLM MACDONALD. 10 July, 1900.
(Charter Member)
3 GENERAL WILLIAM SCUDDER STRYKER. . 29 October, 1900. (Charter Member)
18 GEORGE SANFORD WYLIE 2 June, 1901. (Charter Member)
62 CHARLTON TYLER LEWIS, PH.D., LL.D. 26 May, 1904. (July 14, 1900)
54 REV. CHARLES WOODRUFF SHIELDS, D.D., L.L.D. . ...
26 August, 1904. (May 10, 1898)
20 CHARLES BURNHAM SQUIER. 6 October, 1904. (October 13, 1894)
78 WILLIAM ALEXANDER TENNILLE.
10 January, 1905.
(January 10, 1903)
9 REV. ASHBEL GREEN VERMILYE, D.D .. 9 July, 1905. (Charter Member)
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70 HENRY HARRINGTON HALL. 9 April, 1906. (April 12, 1902)
35 COLONEL MASON WHITING TYLER.
2 July, 1907. (October 3, 1896)
II WILLIAM MORRIS DEEN 7 October, 1909. (May 10, 1894)
43 COLONEL DUDLEY EVANS. . 27 March, 1910. (April 7, 1897)
51 AUGUSTUS LEFEBVRE REVERE 20 May, 1910.
(April 2, 1898)
90 REV. CHARLES HARRIS HAYES, D.D ..... 16 August, 1910. (November 19, 1904)
76 JOEL FRANCIS FREEMAN. 16 November, 1910. (November 21, 1902)
34 CHARLES ARTHUR GREENE. 3 January, 1911 (October 3, 1896)
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Nerrology.
HON. ROBERT STOCKTON GREEN, LL.D.
Vice-Chancellor Green was born at Princeton, N. J., March 25, 1831. He was the son of James S. Green, a lawyer and a sturdy Jerseyman whose father, Rev. Dr. Ashbel Green, was President of Princeton College. The Vice-Chancellor's great- grandfather, Dr. Green, of Hanover, Morris County, N. J., was chairman of the committee which prepared the first Consti- tution for the State of New Jersey, at the Provincial Congress, held at Burlington in 1776.
The Vice-Chancellor was graduated from Nassau Hall in 1850, and since then it has conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. He was admitted to the bar in 1853, and became a coun- selor in 1856. He removed to Elizabeth in 1856, and at once became interested in the movement then on foot for the creation of Union County. He was largely instrumental in the passage of the Act of 1857, which designated Elizabeth as the county seat. During 1857, he was appointed Prosecutor of the Borough Courts by Governor Newell, and the following year became City At- torney of Elizabeth. In 1868 he was elected to the City Council from a strong Republican ward, and so great was his popularity that he continued to hold the office by successive re-elections until 1873, when he retired. He was elected Surrogate of Union County in 1862, and appointed Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and County Courts in 1868. During the succeeding year he was appointed by Governor Randolph to the Commercial Convention at Louisville, as a representative of New Jersey. In 1873, he was appointed by Governor Parker, and confirmed by the Senate as one of the Commissioners to suggest amendments to the Constitution of the State. In 1884, he was elected to Congress from the Third District of New Jersey.
The Vice-Chancellor was one of the delegates to the Balti- more Convention of 1860, which nominated Stephen A. Douglas
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for the Presidency; was a delegate to the National Convention of 1880, which nominated General Hancock, and also to the St. Louis Convention in 1888 which nominated Grover Cleveland. In January, 1874, he became a member of the bar of New York as a partner of the firm of Brown, Hall and Vanderpoel, which afterwards became changed to Vanderpoel, Green & Cuming. He was very successful in his profession, and was ranked as one of the ablest constitutional lawyers in the State.
In 1886, he was elected Governor, after a very exciting canvass, and served until 1890.
He was appointed Vice-Chancellor in 1890, for a term of seven years, but died on May 7, 1895.
His wife was Miss Mary E. Mulligan. They had four children, three daughters and a son, of whom two daughters survive and reside in the family home on Cherry Street, Elizabeth.
WILLIAM JOHN POTTS.
Mr. Potts was born in Philadelphia on October 14, 1842, but only spent the first eight years of his life in that city, as his home after that time was in Camden until his death, which took place on November 18, 1895.
He was sixth in descent on his father's side from David Potts and Alice Croasdale. The latter as a child of nine years, was one of the passengers on the "Welcome," with William Penn when he came to Pennsylvania in 1682.
These early ancestors of his were among those who lived in caves before any dwellings were erected in Philadelphia.
He attended school in Philadelphia, and graduated at the Polytechnic College as an analytical chemist, his object being to fit himself to take charge of the large chemical works which his father had established in Camden. This was his occupation for several years. He was, however, one of those, fortunately or unfortunately, as the case may be, who did not have to work. As he was free from the exacting demands of business, he took up intellectual pursuits, taking a deep interest in history, archae- ology, numismatics and genealogy. He formed an association
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called the "Fortnightly Club," which met at the houses of its members in turn, when papers were read and discussed.
He travelled extensively, and supplemented his excellent education by this means. He was elected a member of the Ameri- can Philosophical Society, in 1885, and of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1871. He was also a member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, and the New Jersey Historical Society, a corresponding member of the Wis- consin Historical Society; of the English Folk-Lore Society; the American Folk-Lore Society and the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution; a charter member of the New Jersey Sons of the Revolution; member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Wars, and a foundation member of the same Society in the State of New Jersey. He was also a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Societies of Philadelphia.
He was a frequent contributor to historical and genealogical magazines. He had the instincts and methods of a true scholar, but the diversity of his tastes prevented his being sufficiently absorbed in any one subject to master it. Nothing was more characteristic of him than his love for books, and his experience abroad both in London, at the British Museum, and in the National Library at Paris, were most delightful to him.
His pride in his own country led him to take a very deep and warm interest in patriotic societies, as he thought they afforded the means of preserving the true American spirit, by the study of their own history.
COL. CLIFFORD STANLEY SIMS.
Col. Sims was born on February 17, 1839, at Emeline Furnace, Pennsylvania.
He held the following offices:
Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, 1862; Colonel and Judge- Advocate-General of Arkansas, September 13, 1863; Lieu- tenant-Colonel, Fourth Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, 1864; he was taken prisoner and held on parole until the end of the
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civil war; Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Arkansas, 1867 to 1868; Commissioner to digest the Statutes, February 12, 1868; Member of the Arkansas House of Assembly and Senate, 1868 and 1869; Brigadier General in the Militia, July 14, 1868; United States Consul at Prescott, Canada, 1869 to 1878. He was President of the New Jersey Society of the Cin- cinnati from 1883 to 1896; Judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, 1894 to 1896; he received the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws from St. Stephens College, New York, in 1895.
He died at Trenton, New Jersey, on March 3, 1896.
MALCOLM MACDONALD.
Mr. Macdonald was born in New London, Connecticut, on October 9th, 1839. He graduated from Princeton College in 1861, his school days having been passed in New York City.
He studied law with Judge Scudder in Trenton at first, and afterwards with Mr. Green in New York City, in whose office he practiced for some years.
He married Anna L. Browning, on February 19, 1873, and they had three children. He died on July 10, 1900.
Mr. Macdonald had very marked literary tastes and he wrote many short poems which were published in the magazines and religious newspapers. He wrote one drama called "Guatamozin," which was published by Lippincott, of Philadelphia. His life work was, however, a chronological volume entitled "A Harmony of Ancient History," upon which he worked for fifteen years, spending much time in the British Museum and the Library of Paris, but unfortunately all his manuscripts, the evidences of this painstaking labor were destroyed by fire.
He was a member of many Societies, the Sons of the Revolu- tion, Colonial Wars, the War of 1812, and also the Historical Society and the Genealogical Society of Philadelphia.
Mr. Macdonald was a quiet thoughtful man, and highly appre- ciated by the friends who really knew him.
GENERAL WILLIAM SCUDDER STRYKER.
General Stryker was the son of Thomas J. Stryker and Hannah (Scudder) Stryker of Trenton, N. J. He was born in Trenton,
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on June 6, 1838 and died on October 29, 1900. His early education was obtained at the Trenton Academy and he graduated from Princeton College in the class of 1858. He then read law and was admitted to the bar in Ohio, but never engaged in the active practice of his profession.
He enlisted as a private on April 16, 1861, in response to the first call of President Lincoln for troops. He was appointed major and disbursing officer and quartermaster and assisted greatly in organizing the 14th New Jersey at Freehold. He was then appointed paymaster of U. S. Volunteers, February 19, 1863, and ordered to Hilton Head, S. C., where July 8, 1863, he volunteered as acting aide-de-camp to General Gillmore. He participated in the capture of Morris Island, in the night attack on Fort Wagner, and in the siege of Charleston.
Later, he was transferred to the north on account of illness, and assigned to duty as senior paymaster at Columbus, O., and continued in charge of that post until June 30, 1866 when he resigned and returned to Trenton.
On January 10, 1867, he was appointed aide-de-camp and lieutenant-colonel on the staff of the Governor of the State. On April 12, 1867, he was appointed adjutant-general with the rank of brigadier-general. This position he held continuously until the time of his death for a period of over thirty-three years. He was nominated brevet major general by Governor Parker on February 9, 1874 for long and meritorious service, and confirmed by the Senate unanimously.
General Stryker was a wide reader and close student of American History. His large and valuable library was especially rich in Americana. He was eminent as an author, having written some of our best known historical monographs relative to the battles of Trenton, Princeton and Monmouth.
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