History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. I, Part 78

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 840

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Jt'LIt's C. FITZGERALD was admitted as an attorney in 1872, and practices law in Newark,

WILLIAM GARFIELD CUMMING, son of the late Gen. Gilbert W. Cumming of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume, was born in Green- ville, Green Co., N. J., October S. 1851. His edu- cation was obtained in Newark, N. J., and here, in the other of his late father, his law studies were pur-ned. In 1572 he was admitted to the bar, and became associated at once with his father in practice, an association which continued until it was dissolved by death. Mr. Cumming still remains in Newark en- gaged in his professional work.

EDGAR B. WARD was born in Afton. Morris Co., N. J. October 14th, 1543, and i- a graduate of Cornell University, New York. He received his license as an attorney in 1872, and was admitted as counselor in 1875. Opening an office in Newark, N. J., he en- tered upon the work of his profession, and continued therein until 1550, when he was appointed counsel for the Prudential Insurance Company of America. The duties of this office, which he still holds, com-

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pelled him to retire from the general practice of law. While pursuing his preliminary studies the war of Hle retains his residence in Newark.

JOHN V. KERNAN was admitted as an attorney in November. 1872, and as a counselor in 1879. He is a practitioner in Newark, N. J.

FRANK B. ALLEN was admitted as an attorney in November, 1872, and as a counselor in November, 1875. After practicing for some time in Newark, N. f .. he removed to the West.

JARED HAINES was admitted as an attorney in February, 1873, and as a counselor in November, 1879. lle practices in Newark, N. J.

THOMAS PROVOST was admitted as an attorney-at- law in June, 1873, and as a counselor in June, 1882. Ile practices law in Newark, N. J.

SAMUEL V. IFULSE was admitted as an attorney-at- law in June, 1873, and as a counselor in June, 1876. Ile is a practitioner in Newark, N. J.

OWEN M. BEACH was born in Caldwell, Essex Co., N. J., March 20, 1839. Having received a good common-school education, he first learned the trade of a carpenter with his father, Mr. Jared Beach, and subsequently pursued the studies necessary to become an architect. Desirous of becoming a lawyer, he went to Newark, and entering as a student the office of Messrs. Grover & Francis, he there completed the prescribed term of study, and in June, 1873, was achnitted to the bar. Since that time he has continued to practice his profession in his native place, where, for two years, he was a member of the township com- mittee and, moreover, held other offices of trust and honor.

WILLIAM S. GUMMERE was born in Trenton, June 24. 1$50, and was graduated from the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, in 1870. In June, 1873, he was admitted to the bar, and two years afterwards re- moved to Newark, N. J., where he established him- self in his profession, and where he is still successfully engaged.

THEODORE L. CURRIE was born in Newark, N. J., June 8, 1843. Ilaving graduated from the Newark Iligh School, he entered, as a student-at-law, the office of William B. Guild, Jr., Esq., and was ad- mitted to the bar November, 1873. Soon thereafter he entered upon the work of his profession, and is at present successfully engaged therein.

CHARLES E. HILL, son of Charles F. Hill, noticed elsewhere in this volume, was born at Wolfboro, N. Il., and received his academie education in that State. In Newark, N. J., he began the study of law in the office of his father, who had established himself in that place as a lawyer, and in June, 1873, was admitted to the bar. In partnership with his father, he at once entered upon his profession, and in this connection continues to practice. In 1880, Mr. Hill was elected a member of the Board of Education, anıl still (1884) holds that position.

the Rebellion broke out, and, although only sixteen years of age, he enlisted in the First Connectient Cavalry Volunteers, First Brigade, Third Division, Cavalry Corps. From a private in the ranks he be- came a non-commissioned officer, and after the battle of the Wilderness was promoted, in May, 1864, to a lieutenancy. In one of the cavalry fights which took place July 12, 1864, in the vicinity of Washing- ton, D. C., during the invasion of Early, he lost his right arm, and, thus disabled, was mustered out of service December 24, 1864. As soon as he had sutli- ciently recovered from the effects of his wounds he entered Columbia University, at Washington, D. C., and was graduated therefrom in 1869. Subsequently he became a student in the Law Department of the same university, and in 1873 received his degree of LL.B. In November of the latter year he was admitted to the bar of New Jersey, and soon after settled in Newark, where he began to practice, and where he is still residing.

CHARLES K. WESTBROOK was born in Mount Holly, Burlington Co, N. J., March 10, 1851. He was gradu- ated from the College of New Jersey in 1871, and three years after received in course the degree of A.M. He subsequently studied law in the office of Joseph Coult, Esq., of Newark, and attended the regular course of the Columbia College Law School, whence he was graduated with honors LL. B. in 1873. In the same year he was admitted as an attor- ney in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in 1876 received his license as a counselor-at-law. Soon after his admission as an attorney he began to practice in Newark, and continued to do so until 1878, when he temporarily abandoned his profession for the purpose of engaging in literary pursuits. He still retains his residenee in Newark, and expects ulti- mately to resume his place at the bar.

PHILIP W. CROSS was born at Sharon, Schoharie Co., N. Y., April 2, 1842, and was educated in Oberlin College, Ohio. His law studies were pursued in the State of New York, and to the bar of that State he was admitted in December, 1866. Having removed to Newark, he was admitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney in November, 1873, and as a counselor in March, 1877. On the motion of the solicitor general he was admitted to practice in the United States Su- preme Court, October 8, 1883. Since his admission as an attorney in New Jersey, Mr. Cross has practiced his profession in Newark. In 1875 and 1876 he was city attorney.

JOHN FRANKLIN FORT, nephew of the late ex- Governor George F. Fort, was born at Pemberton, .N. J., March 20, 1852, and was educated at Penning- ton Seminary, New Jersey. Having completed the pre- scribed term of study, and attended a course of lec- tures at the Albany Law School, Mr. Fort was ad- t'ARL LENTZ was born at Bamberg, Bavaria, July mitted to the bar in November, 1873. From that time 1, 1545, and came to the United States at an early age. . he has been a resident and practitioner in Newark,

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N. J. In 1873 and 1874 he was journal clerk of the House of Assembly. Although a Republican, he was in 1875, appointed judge of the First Dis- triet Court of Newark by Governor MeClellan, a Democrat, and in 1883 was reappointed to the same office by Governor Ludlow, also a Democrat. Judge Fort takes a prominent part in political affairs, and is well known as a political speaker. He was a member of the National Republican Convention held in Chicago in 1884.

OLIVER HI. PERRY was born at Belleville, N. J., April 3, 1848. He studied law under the direction of Messrs. Guild & Lum, of Newark, and on being admitted to the bar, in 1873, began to practice, retain- ing his seat and desk in the office of those gentle- men. Mr. Perry's business is chietly confined to the Court of Chancery and to the examinations of titles to real estate.

GEORGE G. FRELINGHUYSEN was admitted as an attorney-at-law in February, 1874. He is practicing in Newark, N. J.

JOHN ANDERSON MILLER, JR., was born in New- ark, N. J., December 30, 1850. With a good pre- paratory education, he entered Rutgers College, and was graduated from that institution. He subse- quently attended a course of lectures at Columbia College Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. Mr. Miller has practiced law successfully in Newark during the past ten years.

SAMUEL HOWELL JONES was born in Philadel- phia, l'a. His academic course having been com- pleted, he entered the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, and was graduated therefrom in 1872. He soon after became a student-at-law in the office of the late David A. Hayes, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. Since that time he has been a practitioner in Newark.

MOSES J. DE WITT was born in the township of Wantage, Sussex Co., N. J., April 30, 1849. His pre- liminary studies were so thorough and extended that he was able to enter the sophomore class of the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, from which institution he was graduated in 1870. He subse- quently studied ław, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. Soon afterwards he became associated in practice with Elias M. Pennington, a classmate in Princeton, now deceased, and noticed elsewhere in this volume. Thus connected, he entered upon his profession first in Jersey City, and afterwards, in 1876, in Newark, where, since his partner's death, he has practiced alone.

JOHN MCCRACKEN was admitted as an attorney- at-law in June, 1874, and as a counselor in February, 1878. He practices in Newark, N. J.

ROBERT I. CASTLE was born at Daventry, North- amptonshire, England, January 18, 1844, and in that place enjoyed the advantages of a classical institute. After removing to the United States he applied him- self to the study of law, and in 1874 was admitted

to the bar. Prior to his admission Mr. Castle acted as stenographer in the court of Vice-t'hancellor Dodd, and subsequently became the official law stenog- rapher for Essex County. To the general practice of law, in which he is now engaged, he adds occa- sionally that of a stenographer, and continues to re- side in Newark, N. J., where he studied, and where he entered upon his profession.

SCHUYLER B. JACKSON, Son of John P. Jackson, Sr., and brother of John P. Jackson, Jr., both of whom are noticed elsewhere in this volume, was born in Newark, N. J. Having completed his pre- liminary studies at the Newark Academy, N. J. and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass,, he entered Yale College, and was graduated therefrom in 1871. His legal studies were pursued in Newark, N. J., in the Columbia College Law School, New York City, and in Berlin, Prussia. In 1874 he was admitted to the bar, and soon after entered upon the practice of his profession in his native city. In Ists, Mr. Jackson was elected a member of the General Assembly, and in 1879 was re-elected to the same office. During the latter year he was chosen Speaker, and it is some- what remarkable that, like his father, who was also a member and Speaker of that body nearly fifty years before, he should have been one of the youngest. if not the youngest, members of the house. Mr. Jack- son was a member of the "Commission to inquire into the Labor of the State Prison," created by joint resolution in 1879. In 1881 and 1882 he represented the Third Ward of the city of Newark in the Com- mon Council.

FREDERICK Il. PILCH was born in Newark, N. J., March 5, 1842. At first he was a pupil of the noted teacher and disciplinarian, Nathan Hedges, and after- wards he was graduated from the Newark High School. At the breaking out of the Rebellion Mr. Pilch, still very young, offered his services to the I'nion, and was among the first to repair to the field as a private in Company D, First Regiment, New Jersey Militia. At the expiration of the term of service of this regiment, he enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, Company F. but was discharged before the end of his term for disability ineurred by exposure. Subsequently he was drafted, but upon examination was found to be still unable to perform military duty. Resolving, not long after, to become a lawyer, he entered, as a student, the office of Samuel F. Bigelow, Esq. In 1874 he was admitted as an attorney, and in 1877 as a counselor-at-law. He began at once the practice of his profession, and is at present very successful therein. Mr. Pilch finds his recreation in courting the muses, and his success is attested by a volume of poems entitled " Homespun Verses," which has won for him the reputation of a skillful and pleasing writer.

J. OGDEN CLARK was admitted as an attorney-at- law in November, 1875. After practicing some time in Newark, N. J., he removed to New York City.

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ABNER KALISCH was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sep- tember 2, 1853, and at an early age removed to New- ark, N. J. Ile read law in this city, and attended lectures at the Columbia College Law School, New York. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, and soon after began to practice with considerable success, especially in cases of a criminal nature. He was counsel for the defendant, Edward Kissam, indicted for the murder of his wife, and convicted of man- slaughter. In the celebrated cases of James B. Graves and John Chisholm, indicted and convicted of mur- der, he was associated with his brother, Samuel Kalisch, Esy.

GEORGE S. DURYEE, son of Peter S. Duryee, an es- tremed and respected citizen of Newark, N. J., was born in that city, and there received his early educa- tion. Having been graduated in 1872 from Rutgers College, he entered upon the study of law, and in 1875 was admitted to the bar. He began at once the prac- tice of his profession in his native city, where he met with great success, and in 1877 was elected a member of the General Assembly, taking his seat in that body in January following. In November, 1878, he was re-elected to the same office. In 1881 he was appointed clerk in Chancery, a position which he still occupies.

ELVIN W. CRANE was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 20, 1853. In 1×69 he entered, as a student- at-law, the office of Messrs. Bradley & Abcel, of which firm the late Col. ti. N. Abeel was the junior partner. In 1875, Mr. Crane was admitted to the bar, and imme- diately entered upon the practice of his profession. On the appointment of Col. Abeel as prosecutor of the pleas for Essex County, Mr. Crane became his assist- ant, and remained with him in that capacity through- out his long term of service. Under sueh able tutor- ship he could not fail to acquire a thorough knowledge of the practice of criminal law, both in the trial of cases and the drawing of indictments and other neces- sary papers. As a matter of fact, during the latter years of Col. Abcel's term of office, Mr. Crane tried the majority of cases before the Courts of Special, as well as of Quarter Sessions, and with great success, as must be acknowledged. On the appointment of Oscar Keene, Esq., as prosecutor, he was requested to retain his position as assistant, and has served the county ably and efficiently up to the present time. His daily drill for nearly one-half of his life in criminal prac- tire has made him an adept, and his services are un- questionably of great value to the county.

In October, 1881, Mr. Crane was elected a trustee of the Newark t'ity Home, and two years afterwards was re-elected to the same office. To this honor he adds that of being chairman of the Democratic City Central C'ommittee, which he has well earned by his activity and influence in political matters.

('HARLES W. GRAVES was born at Mobile, Ala., November, 1848. He first studied medicine, and in 1870 received the degree of M.D. Believing himself better adapted to the legal profession, he subsequently

read law in the offices of Aaron G. Sayre and James II. Boylan, Esqs., of Newark, N. J. Having first ob- tained a license as an attorney in the State of New York, he was admitted, in 1875, to the bar of New Jer- sey, and immediately entered upon the practice of law in Newark, where he is at present successfully and profitably employed.

ABRAM M. HLASSELL was born in the city of New York, February 13, 1848, and was educated in Pough- keepsie. N. Y. On the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in the l'nited States service, and partiei- pated in the battles of Hatcher's Run, Stoney Creek, Fort Hlaskill, Petersburg, Farmesville and Appo- mattox Court-House. He was at one time made a prisoner of war and subsequently recaptured. On being mustered out of service he settled in New Jer- sey, and applied himself to the study of law. In No- vember, 1875, he was admitted to the bar, and there- upon opened an office in Newark, N. J., where he has since continued to practice. Mr. Hlassell resides in the neighboring village of Irvington, and during the years 1879 and 1881 was president of that corpora- tion.

EDWIN B. WILLIAMSON was born near Schenectady, N. Y., April 5, 1862, and was educated at Rutgers College, New Jersey, whence he was graduated in 1871. Hle was admitted to the bar in June, 1875, and imme- diately established himself in the practice of his pro- fession in Newark, N. J., where he is still employed.

GEORGE MACCULLOCH KEASBEY, son of Hon. Anthony Q. Keasbey, noticed elsewhere in this vol- ume, was born in Salem, N. J., October 25, 1850. ITis preparatory education was received in the Newark Academy, from which institution he passed into the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, where he re- mained two years, and thence to Yale College, from which he was graduated in 1871. Subsequently he attended lectures at Columbia College Law School, and in 1875 was admitted to the bar. In the following year he became associated with his father and brother in the law firm of Anthony Q. Keashey & Sons, and in this connection still remains.

GEORGE E. P. HOWARD was born in New York City, November 23, 1848. Ile was educated at Mount Washington Institute, and was graduated LL. B. from Columbia College Law School in 1874. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar of New Jersey. Although a resident of Essex County and a member of its bar, his professional work is at present confined to the city of New York, where he holds the position of assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of the State. This office he has held since 188I.

WILLIAM LINN ALLEN was born at Branchville, Sussex Co., N. J., June 27, 1855. He was educated at Iludson River Institute and at Harford, Pa. In 1876 he was admitted to the bar as an attorney, and in 1879 as a counselor. Soon after his admission as an attor- ney he began to practice in Newark, N. J .. where he is still successfully employed.

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FRANK BARTLETT was born near Philadelphia, Pa., September 19, 1846. lle was educated in Mercer and Burlington Counties, N. J., and was admitted to the bar in November, 1876. Since that time he has been snecessfully engaged in general law business in Newark, N. J.

HERBERT BOGGS was admitted as an attorney in November, 1876, and as a counselor in November, 1879. Ile is practicing law in Newark, N. J.

FRANK E. BRADNER was admitted as an attorney in February, 1876, and as a counselor in February, 1880. He is a practitioner in Newark, N. J.

EDWARD MARTIN C'OLIE was born in Milburn, Essex Co., N. J., October 27, 1852. In 1873 he was graduated from the College of the City of New York. After reading Jaw in accordance with the rules of the court, he was admitted to the bar in November, 1876, and subsequently became a practitioner in Newark, N. J., where he seems to be fully occupied. Mr. Colie devotes much of his leisure time to literary and scientific pursuits. lle is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a frequent contributor to the periodicals of the day.

EDWARD A. DAY, son of the late Edward F. Day, Esq., a highly-respected lawyer of Elizabeth, N. J., was born in that city August 26, 1852. Mr. Day is a graduate of Williams College, Massachusetts, having first been a student at the school of Rev. Dr. l'ingry, at Elizabeth, and at the Polytechnie and Collegiate Institute of Brooklyn, L. 1. Ilis law studies were pursued partly in the office of Hon. John W. Taylor and partly in that of Hon. Thomas N. MeC'arter, of Newark. After receiving the degree of LL.B. from Columbia College Law School, he was admitted to the bar in 1876, and since that time has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession in Newark, N. J.

WILLIAM C. HEADLEY was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. June 25, 1853, and thenre removing to Spring- field, Essex t'o., N. J., was, in that place and at St. Stephen's School, of Milburn, given a good academic education. He subsequently studied law in the office of John Whitehead, Esq., and that of Samuel Mor- row, Esq. In November, 1876, he was admitted to the bar as an attorney, and in 1879 as a counselor. Since his admission as an attorney he has continued to practice law in Newark, N. J.

THOMAS SODEX HENRY was born in New York, July 12, 1848, and resided in that city until he was six years of age, when he removed to Newark, N. J. Having obtained a good academic education, he entered, as a law student, the office of Judge Lewis B. Woodruff, of his native city. He received, sub- sequently, the degree of LL. B. from the Law Depart- ment of the New York University, and was admitted to the bar of that State in 1869, In 1876 he was ad- mitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney, and in 1879 as a counselor. Soon afterwards he entered

upon the practice of his profession in Newark. Prior to this, in 1873, Mr. Henry was elected a member of the General Assembly, and was re-elected to the same office in 1874. Of this body he was a useful and prominent member, but declined to serve any longer in it after the expiration of his second term. In 1Ss1 he was appointed judge of the Second District Court of the city of Newark, a position which he at present occupies. Judge Henry has obtained some reputation as a writer, and is an occasional contributor of verse and prose to the journals and magazines of the day.

FREDERICK S. Fish, son of Rev. Henry C. Fish, D.D., a distinguished Baptist clergyman of Newark, N. J., noticed elsewhere in this volume, was born in that city February 5, 1852. He was graduated from the Newark Academy in 1867, and from the I'ni- versity of Rochester in 1873. Entering soon after upon the study of law, he was, in 1876, admitted to the bar as an attorney, and in 1879 as a counselor. In March, 1880, he was appointed corporation attorney of the city of Newark, which office he held until January, 1××4, when the Democratic party obtained control of the t'ommon Council. In November, 1883, he was elected a member of the tieneral Assembly, and took his seat in that body in January following. His manly course in the Legislature, in a matter which involved not only his own personal rights, but the rights of his fellow-members and of his successors, won for him universal respect. For simply rising in his place in the House, and saying, "Mr. Speaker, I rise to a point of order," he was commanded by that officer to sit down, under penalty of being removed from the floor of the House by the sergeant-at-arms, This was his whole offense, according to printed re- ports. It seemed to be enough, however, to place him on trial for violation of the rules of the House; and he was declared guilty. It was his intention, on rising "to a point of order," to prevent Dr. C'hattle, a mem- her from Monmouth County, in his attempt to vote on a question which was put while he was on the outside of the bar of the House. The next morning Dr. C'hattle offered the following resolution :

"Resolved, That so much of the recent as refersto the resolution of the Democratic caucus, In reference to the action of the Hon. F. S. Fish, of Fees, and all occurrences which led thereto, he and the same are hereby expunged from the minutes.

Mr. Fish began the practice of his profession in Newark, N. J., and therein continues with increasing success. He is connected with various scientific, beneficent and religious institution-, and takes a true interest in the affairs of the city and county of which he is a resident. Ilis travels throughout nearly all the countries of the world have afforded themes for lectures given by him for the benefit of charitable and other enterprises. In November, 1984, he was elected a member of the State Senate for Essex County.

FREDERICK T. Jonssox was born in Newark, N. J., September 18. 1851. He was educated in the

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public schools of his native city, and having pursued his law studies for the term required, was admitted to the bar in June, 1875. Since that time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Newark, N. J.

FRANKLIN M. OLDS was born at Port Byron, Cayuga Co., N. Y., August 21, 1851. His prelimni- nary studies were pursued at the Academical High School of Auburn, N. Y., and in 1873 he was gradu- ated from Williams College, Massachusetts. Removing to Newark, N. J., he entered, as a student-at-law, the office of Hon. Cortlandt Parker, and having received the degree of LL.B. from Columbia College Law School, was almittel to the bar as an attorney in 1876, and soon afterwards opened an office in Newark, where he is now successfully engaged in the practice of law.

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History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. I, Part 78

Author: Shaw, William H Publication date: 1884 Publisher: [United States :] Number of Pages: 840

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 840