History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 56

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1170

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JOHN C. RAFFERTY, son of William Rafferty, D.D., president of St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., a native of Ireland, was born at Woodbury, N. J., Dec. 29, 1816. He was graduated from Yale College in 1835, and studied law with A. D. Logan, in New York City ; attended the Cambridge law-school in 1837-38, and was admitted to practice in New York in 1838. In 1841 he married a daughter of O. W. Ogden, and settled in New Germantown, Hunterdon Co., where he engaged in agriculture and milling. In 1853 he was admitted to practice as an attorney in New Jersey. In 1855 he was State senator for Hun- terdon County, in 1859 secretary of the Senate, and in 1860 re-elected as the same. In 1862 he moved to Flemington and resumed the practice of the law, be- ing licensed as a counselor in 1863. The same year he was appointed by the Governor State military agent at Washington for New Jersey, which position he filled with great credit until March, 1866, when he returned to Flemington. For the years 1867-69 he was county superintendent of public schools. In 1872 he was again elected secretary of the State Senate. He is now (1880) practicing his profession as public prosecutor (appointed in 1877) and residing at Flem- ington.

ALEXANDER H. HOLCOMBE was admitted to the bar as an attorney in June, 1853, as a counselor in 1858. He resides at Lambertville, where he is engaged in practice.

MARTIN WYCKOFF was born in Hunterdon County, near White House, in 1834. He studied law with Hon. Alex. Wurts, of Flemington, where he resided until admitted to the bar, in 1860. He served with distinction throughout the war of the Rebellion,-first in the Third, later in the Thirty-first, Regiment,-and afterwards resumed his profession at Asbury, N. J.

He married, in 1862, a daughter of Hugh Capner, of Flemington; she died in 1876.

OCTAVIUS P. CHAMBERLIN, born in Delaware town- ship, Hunterdon Co., in 1832, was graduated at the University of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1859, and studied law with George A. Allen of Flemington ; was admitted to the bar in 1864, and forthwith began a practice which has steadily grown to the present time. He was appointed prosecutor of the pleas for Hunterdon County,-an office which he held until 1877. He is a forcible and persuasive speaker, a patient, indefatigable, and faithful attorney.

WILLIAM W. MILLER, the gifted young lawyer, although he never practiced his profession in Hunter- don County, was a native of it. He was graduated at Princeton before he was sixteen, then read law with Theodore Frelinghuysen ; was admitted to the bar in 1818, at the age of twenty-one years. He resided, after his admission, at Morristown, and later at New- ark. His career, which opened most brilliantly, was prematurely closed by his death, at Paris, France, July 24, 1825, at the early age of twenty-eight years. He was buried at " Père la Chaise." His speech in behalf of the Greeks, in Trinity church, Newark, in 1824, won for him applause which rang through the whole country, and is still spoken of as a masterpiece of eloquence.

CHESTER VAN SYCKEL, son of the late Aaron Van Syckel, was born iu Union township, this county, June 6, 1838. His preparatory education was received at the school of Rev. John Vanderveer, Easton, Pa., and in 1859 he entered Lafayette College. He was grad- uated A.M. from Princeton College in 1859. He at once began his legal studies in the office of his brother, Bennet, and at the November term, 1862, of the Supreme Court was admitted to practice as an attorney, and as a counselor in February, 1867. For two years he was associated in business with his brother, and afterwards was a member of the suc- cessive law-firms of Bird, Voorhees & Van Syckel and Voorhees & Van Syckel until 1872, since when he has practiced alone. He has for years been a special Master in Chancery and a Commissioner of the Su- preme Court. His standing at the har is high.

CHARLES A. SKILLMAN, of Lambertville, was born Dec. 16, 1827, in Hopewell, Mercer Co., N. J. His great-grandfather was an early settler in the Millstone Valley, now Somerset County. Charles was a gradu- ate of Princeton in 1847; studied law with William Halstead, of Trenton; was admitted to the bar in November, 1851, and the next year removed to Lam- bertville, which place has since been his residence. In 1858 he was appointed prosecutor of the pleas for Hunterdon County,-a position he held for four years. "He enjoys a high reputation not only as a lawyer and an officer, but as a man and a citizen."

JOHN F. DUMONT, born near New Germantown, Hunterdon Co., Nov. 11, 1824, was of Huguenot ex- traction, his ancestors leaving France shortly after

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the massacre of St. Bartholomew and settling in Som- erset County about 1710. His grandfather William, and his maternal grandfather, John Finley, both figured prominently in the Revolutionary army. In 1845, John F. entered the law-office of S. B. Ransom, of Somerville, with whom he remained until admitted to the bar, in January, 1849. Hle practiced at New Germantown until 1852, when, having been licensed as counselor and appointed prosecutor of the pleas for Hunterdon County, he removed to Flemington. In 1856 he moved to Phillipsburg, Warren Co., where he still resides and practices his profession. Hle mar- ried, in 1853, Annie E., daughter of Rev. David Kline.

THEODORE J. HOFFMAN, of Clinton, was born in Clinton township, of this county. He was a graduate of Rutgers and a student of S. B. Ransom, of Somer- ville (now of Jersey City). He was admitted to prac- tice in 1854, and was located at Asbury, N. J., until 1860, when he enlisted as a private in the Eighth New Jersey Regiment; after the close of the war he resumed the practice of law at Clinton, his native place, where he has since remained. "Mr. Hoffman has been engaged in a number of notable suits in the New Jersey courts, that, perhaps, which gained him greatest credit being the celebrated case of John F. Stiger v8. The Central Railroad of New Jersey," in which he was the attorney of record. He married (1855) Amanda, daughter of the late Aaron Van Syckel.

L'HARLES BARTLES was for many years connected with the bar in active practice in Flemington. In 1822 he entered the law-office of Nathaniel Sax- ton, at Flemington, and in 18244 was admitted to the bar. He opened an office in Flemington, and there practiced law for twenty years. During that time, and particularly in later years, he was interested in real-estate operations, railroad matters, etc. (For a further notice of this gentleman see history of the vil- lage of Flemington, in this work.)

STEPHEN B. RANSOM, born at Salem, Conn., Oct. 12, 1814, in the years of his early manhood engaged in school-teaching, officiating at New tiermantown and elsewhere. He studied law under Phineas B. Kennedy, of Belvidere, and William Thompson, of Somerville, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1841. For three years he practiced law at New Ger- mantown. He afterwards removed to Somerville, and subsequently to Jersey City, where he now resides. lle was twice married, his first wife being Maria C., daughter of Jacob Apgar, a merchant of Hunterdon County, who went to California and died there in 1849. Mr. Ransom was the candidate for Governor on the Prohibition ticket in 1880.

JOHN A. BULLOCK was born at Easton, Pa., March 6, 1847, and removed to Flemington with his parents in April of the same year; he commenced to learn tho trado of printer, and pursued it for nearly four years; afterwards read law with his father, Edward R. Bullock ; was admitted to the bar in 1869, and has

since practiced his profession; in 1872 married Eliza A., daughter of David Van Fleet, of Flemington. He is a promising and rising young lawyer.

JonN L. CONNET was born in Bedminster town- ship, Somerset Co., Oet. 10, 1848; entered Rutgers College in September, 1867, but withdrew, after a two years' course, to commence the occupation of teach- ing, and subsequently received the degree of A.B .; in July, 1869, he began studying law with R. S. Kohl, of Flemington ; he was admitted to the bar in 1873, and has earned a reputation for sound judgment and legal knowledge; married, in 1879, Rosalie, daughter of Hervey C. Finch, of Flemington. He is a very carnest and painstaking lawyer, and faithful in an eminent degree to the interests of his clients.

LAMBERT H. SERGEANT, son of Gershom C. Ser- geant, was born near Flemington, N. J., in 1841. The family is of German lineage. Until his eighteenth year Lambert assisted his father upon the farm and attended the neighboring schools, finishing with a two years' course at the Flemington High School. He spent four years in legal study under the preceptor- ship of Bennett Van Syckel, and then entered the Law Department of the University of Albany, from which he returned a Bachelor of Laws in May, 1868. He then returned to the office of Judge Van Syekel, and remained with him until the November term of the Supreme Court, when he was admitted to the bar. The next month he located in Lambertville and com- menced the practice of law. In 1873 he was appointed city solicitor, and again in 1876. In 1874 and 1875 he was elected mayor, and, for the third time, in 1876. May 6, 1874, he married Sadie, daughter of William Scarborough, of New Hope, Pa.

Among other noted lawyers and jurists who, al- though never practicing their profession in this county, were natives of it, or here received their legal train- ing, may be mentioned Judge James Buchanan, AAugustus G. Richey, Henry D. Maxwell, Woodbury D. Holt, of Trenton, etc.

Judge James Buchanan, a distinguished member of the Trenton bar, is not only a native of Hunterdon County, but here received his early education, here began the study of the law, and here passed all his years nearly to the time of his admission to the bar, in 1864. And, although Mercer County has the benefit of his talents and his record, it is again to Hunterdon he looks when choosing n helpmate for life. He attended the public schools and Clinton Academy, read law with Hon. J. T. Bird, of Flem- ington, and in 1873 married Mary I. Bullock, of the same place.

Hon. Augustus G. Richey, another member of the Trenton bar, was prepared for his profession in Hunterdon County, in the office of Col. James N. Reading, Flemington, and in 1844 selected his wife from among Hunterdon's fair daughters,-Annie G., eldest daughter of Hon. Isaac G. Farley.

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MEMBERS OF THE HUNTERDON COUNTY BAR.

The following is a list of the bar of this county, showing the names of all attorneys admitted since the year 1820, with dates of their admission to practice. An examination of the Supreme Court records will show that all the lawyers admitted prior to 1820, for Hunterdon, are deceased, and that the Hon. Alex- ander Wurts, of Flemington, was, at the time of his death, the oldest living member of the bar of this county. This list, with the exception of those marked as deceased, removed, and out of practice, comprises the present bar of Hunterdon County :

1820 .- Alexander Wurts .*

1821 .- William H. Sloan .*

1824 .- Charles Bartles.+

1829 .- Peter Vredenburgh, Jr.#

1832 .- James N. Reading.#

1835 .- William F. Clemson.#

1837 .- John C. Elmendorf .; 1843 .- Jobn H. Wakefield .*

1844 .- George A. Allen,* Stephen B. Raneom.

1848 .- Edmund Perry.# 1849 .- John F. Dumont.# 1850 .- Sylvester G. Hill.

185] .- Bennet Van Syckel,¿ Charles A. Skillman.

1852 .- Abram V. Van Fleet, Nathaniel W. Voorhees.

1853 .- John C. Rafferty, Alexander H. Holcombe.

1854 .- Theodore J. Hoffman.

1855 .- John T. Bird.

1857 .- J. Newton Voorhees, Edward R. Bullock.

1858 .- Augustus E. Sanderson.

1859 .- Martio Wyckoff.

1862 .- Chester Van Syckel.

1863 .- John Belmont Perry.#

1864 .- Octavius P. Chamberlin, Theodore Abbott, Richard S. Kuhl.

1868 .- Lambert II. Sergeant, Martin L. Trimmer. #

1869 .- John A. Bullock, James L. Van Syckel.}

1870 .- John H. Nuan.

1871 .- Edward P. Conkling.

1872 .- H. Burdett Herr, John Lilly.

1873 .- Joho L. Connett, George W. Dunham.

1874 .- Edward B. Reeder.

1876 .- William D. Allen, Henry A. Finck, George H. Large.

1876 .- Asa Jones, H. G. Chamberlin.

1877 .- Albert B. Kline, James A. Kline, Wilmer F. Herr, Samuel E. Perry, Wm. Bellia, Jr.

1878 .- J. W. Creveling.

1879 .- Paul A. Queen, George F. Hanson, Henry C. Suydam, Willard C. Parker, John C. Pyatt,# Oliver I. Blackwell, C. H. Skillman.

1880 .- A. C. Hulsizer, Walter F. Hayhurst, William E. Purcell, Benjamio W. Ellicott, Lawrence S. Mott.

CHAPTER VI.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF HUNTERDON COUNTY.

Medicine and Doctors in the Early Days-The District Medical Society of Hunterdon County-Biographical Sketches of the Physicians of the County, both dead and living-History of Homoeopathy in Hunterdon, etc.

DR. JOHN BLANE, in his "Medical History of Hunterdon County," referring to the practice of tho early days, says, --

* Deceased.

៛ Not now practicing.

# Removed.

" Every neighborhood appears to have had some one who could bleed and extract teeth ; some (generally German) could cup. Occasionally a ' haody mao' could straighten a crooked hone if it was broken, get great credit for doing so, and was called a doctor. Female uccoucheurs were plentiful, particularly among the German and English part of the popu- lation.

"In nearly all enses the remedies were the growth of the soil, but very little ' apothecary medicine' being used, and that of the most simple kind. Lingering cases among the wealthy received attention from a great dis- tance,-Burlington, Bucks County, and Philadelphia. Easton was little known, Somerville had not come into existence. Io looking over the county map and gathering all the information tangible on the subject, I find the following-named places have been locations and centres for the profession (they are arranged according to the date of the first physician locating) : Pittstown, 1748; South Branch and Three Bridges, 1750; Beth- lehem and upper part of Kingwood,§ 1760; New Germantown, 1765; Flemington, 1765; Quakertown, 1766; Ringos, 1771; Handen, 1783; Readington, 1784; Milford, 1790; Oakdale, or Barber Station,¿ 1790; Prallsville,2 1791 ; Reaville, 1791 ; New Hampton, 1800; Bloomsbury, 1800; White House, 1800 ; Lambertville, 1802; Milltown,¿ 1807; Clinton, 1810; Boar's Head,2 1812; Clarksville, 1812; Spring Mills,2 1815; Frenchtown, 1820; Everittstowa, 1821; Mount Pleasant,¿ 1827; Barbertowo,¿ 1828; Lebanonville, 1831; Perryville, 1831; Clover Hill, 1836; Rocktown,¿ 1838; Sergeantsville, 1840; Little York, 1840; Rosemont, 1841 ; Stanton, 1841; Woodsville, 1846 ; California, 1851 ; Centreville, 1851; Fairmount, formerly Fox Hill,2 1853; Annandale, 1855; Wertsville,¿ 1855; Mechan- icsville, 1860 ; Baptisttown, 1860; Mountainville, 1861; Stockton, 1866; Junction, 1866; Cokesburg, 1868; High Bridge, 1869; and New Mar- ket .¿ nt what date I cannot ascertain."

"THE DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY FOR THE COUNTY OF HUNTERDON"

was organized June 12, 1821, at Flemington, by per- mit and authority of the State Medical Society. The members at organization were Drs. Nicholas Belle- ville, | Jolin McKelway, || James T. Clark, || Joseph Phillips, | William Johnson, || Henry B. Poole, | Wil- liam P. Clark, || John Bowne, || William Geary, || Henry S. Harris, John A. Hendry,| Henry H. Schenck, | Edmund Porter, | John Sloan, | John Lilly, || O. W. Ogden, | William Barnet, | Isaac Ogden,|| and Henry Holcombe. |

The following is a list of those who have since joined the society, with the date of their admission :

1823 .- May 6, |John B. Price; October 28, John F. Scheock.

1824 .- May 4, [ Israel L. Coriell, |W. A. A. IFunt.

1825 .- May 3, |G. W. Case.

1826 .- May 2, | David P. IFnot.

1827 .- May 1, | John Honeyman.

1828 .- April 29, | Merrill W. Williams. [

1846 .- July 14, | Henry Southard, Boujamin Davidson. T

1847 .- May 3, |Josiah Quimby, |Samuel Lilly, John II. Phillips, Thomas E. Hunt; October 26, | William R. Hand.

1848 .- Octobor 24, Henry Ruce.

1849 .- May I, Albert S. Clark ; f November 15, ]James Pyutt.

1856 .- October 22, Justice Lessey. If

1851 .- May 6, |Jacob R. Ludlow, |Abm. T. B. Van Doren; October 28, William S. Creveling.

1852 .- May 4, | Williard F. Combs, ||Henry Smith.

1853 .- May 3, | Charles Bartoletto, TA, J. McKelway, |James Riloy.

1854 .- May 9, |A. II. Koon; October 25, launc S. Creamer, Simeon T. Dana.|

1855 .- May 8, |John Leavett, |J. Alfred Gray, Henry Wagoner. 1

1856 .- May 3, D. W. C. Ilough.f

1857 .- October 20, Matthias Abol. 1850 .- May 10, John Grandin, N. B. Boilean.

¿ Have censed to be locations for physicians.

| Deceused. T Removed from county.

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1800 .- May 8, George H. Lnrison, *Ilenry B. Nightingale, *Alexander Barclay.

1861,-October 29, John Linaherry.

1×62 .- May 13, Moses D. Kuight, "Thomas M. Bartolelte, Beriah A. Watson ;f October 28, William Bice.t

1864 .- May 10, C. W. Larison ; October 25, *James H. Studdiford.

1865 .- May 9, Trouus R. Gloo;t October 24, tLevi Farrow, George R. Sullivan.

1866 .- October 23, George T. Rilible, Asher Riley, John R. Todd.

1×67 .- May 14, B. B. Matthews;t October 22, Theodore II. Studdiford, Obadiah H1. Sproul, *Charles R. Cowdric.

1868 .- Muy 12, George B. Young.t

1869 .- April 15, John Q. Bird ;+ October 19, Jereminh O. Hoff, Charles Thompson, t *Richard Ludlow, Nathan Caso.t

1870 .- April 19, Austin W. Armitage;+ October 18, A. S. Pittingor. 1871 .- Octolmr 17, $Charles M. Lee, William Knight.

1873 .- April 15, William H. Schenck, Albert Shannon.

1875 .- April 27, G. W. Bartow.

1876 .- October 17, G. M. Best, A. M. K. Bending.

1879 .- April 24, E. K. Deemy, John 1. Cooper ; October 21, A. C. Smith, William R. Little.

1880 .- October 19, J. II. Ewing.

The first officers were Nicholas Belleville, Presi- dent; William Johnson, Vice-President; Hervey B. Poole, Secretary ; John Bowne, Treasurer. The first board of censors was composed of Drs. John MeKel- way, John Lilly, William P. Clark, and Henry B. Poole, who received their first application in the per- son of John B. Price, Oct. 22, 1822 (a student of Dr. Johnson's), for examination, which was satisfactory, and a certificate granted accordingly ; he afterwards became a member of the society.

From 1828 to 1835 the society was inoperative, but was resuscitated in the last-named year. After one or two meetings it "went to sleep," and remained in a somnolent state until 1846, when a new charter was granted, May 12th, by the State society to Drs. John F. Schenck, John Lilly, John Blane, Henry South- | Remarks on Vaccination;" Dr. J. Blane, 1850, on ard, and Benjamin Davidson, all of whom (except Dr. Davidson, and he by John Bowne) met at Flem- ington, July 14, 1846, and again organized by electing John Bowne president, John Lilly vice-president, John F. Schenck treasurer, and Henry Southard sec- retary. Since that time the society has gone on in a progressive manner.

The successive presidents have been :

1-21, Nicholus Belleville; 1822, John Bowno; 1823, Isaac Ogden ; 1824, William Johnson ; 1825, John Lilly; 1826, John McKelwny ; 1827, Israel Corlell ; 1828, John Honeyman ; 1836, William Johnson ; 1816, John Bowne; 1847, John Lilly; INIS, John Blano; 1849, William Johnson; 1850, W. A. A. Hont; 1851, Albert S. Clark ; 1852, Samuel Lilly ; 1853, Thomas K. Hunt ; 1854, Justus Lessoy ; 1>55, John Blane; 1856, A. S. Clurk ; 1857, William Johnson; 1859, John F. Schenck ; 1860, John Lenvett : 1861, William S. t'reveling; 1862, 11. B. Night- ingalo ; 1×63, Matthias Abet; INGI, Isme S. Crainer ; 1866, J. A. Gray ; 1860, N. B. Bollenu; 1867, J. H. Studdiford ; 1868, I. R. Glon ; 1860, Samuel Lilly : 1870, C. W. Larison ; 15;1, Matthias Abel ; 1872, WII- liam S. Creveling ; 1873, M. D. Knight ; 1554, A. S. Mittinger; 1575, T. 11. Studdllord; 1876, George R. Sullivan ; 1577, N. B. Bollenn ; 1878, George II. Larison , 1879, William H. Schenck ; Isso, Albert Shannon.

The secretaries of the society have been :

1821-26, Henry B. Poole; 1826-36, John F. Schenck; 1836, 1 .. R. Neod- ham; 1840, Honry Sonthard; 18-47-61, Samuel Lilly ; 1851, J. IL. Ludlow; 1852-65, Willard F Combe; 1-55-30, Alfred Gray ; 1859-63, I. S. Cramer; 1863, IT. B. Nightingale; 1×61-71, G. II. Lnrimomn; 1x71 -80, O. H. Sprout.

The treasurers of the society have been :

1821, John Bowne; 1822-23, W. P. Clark ; 1821-2x, Henry Holcomba; 1836-45, John Lilly ; 1846-19, John F. Schenck ; 1x50-64, George P. Rex ; 1855-58, John F. Schenck ; 1859->0, Johu Blaue.

The board of censors have been :

1821, John Bowne, John Lilly, II. B. Poole, H. S. Harris; 1822, Joha McKelway, John Lilly, William P. Clark, II. B. Poole; 1823, John McKriwuy, John Lilly, H. D. Poole, William Johnson ; 1824, John Bowne. J. Mckelway, 11. B. Poole, John Lilly; 1825, John Bowne, 11. B. Poolo, John A. Hendry, H. Holcombo; 1826, John McKelway, II. B. Poole, William Johnson, John Bowne, John Lilly ; 1827-28, J. Bowne, J. Lilly, William Johason, J. F. Schenck, Israel L. Cordell ; 1×47, J. Lilly, William Johnson, John Binne, Henry Southurd; 1848, J. Lilly, William Johnson, J. F. Schenck, G. 1'. Rex ; 1849, J. Lilly, J. Blune, J. F. Schenck, G. P. Rex ; 1850, J. Lilly, J. Blane, A. S. Clark, G. P. Rex ; 1851-52, Williamu Johnson, J. Binne, S. Lilly, G. P. Rex ; 1853, J. Blane, A. S. Clarke, S. Lilly, G. P. Rex, William Johnson ; 1854, William Johnson, Charles Burtoletta, W. S. Crevel- ing, John Binne; 1855, A. S. Clark, I. S. Cramer, W. S. Creveling, John Blune; 1856, J. A. Gray, William Johnson, A. H. Koon, Joba Blane; 1X57, J. A. Gray, William Johnson, S. Lilly, John Blaue; 1858, J. A. Gray, William Johnson, J. F. Schenck, John Blane; 1859, J. A. Gray, Willinin Johnson, I. S. Cramer, W. S. Creveling ; 1860, J. Blanc, John Lenvett, I. S. Cramer, J. F. Schenck ; 1861, J. Blane, William Johnson, W. S. Creveling, J. F. Schenck ; 1862, II. B. Nightingale, N. B. Boilenu, J. Blane, M. Abel; 1863, G. II. Larison, I. S. Cramer, W. S. Creveling, John S. Linnberry ; 1>64-65,* N. D. Boilean, M. Abel, William Johnson, J. Blanc.

Among the papers which have been read before this organization, receiving the approbation of the society, -several of which were published,-we name that by Dr. Clark, 1821, entitled " A Cursory Analysis of the Theory of Health, Predisposition, and Disease ;" Dr. Johnson, 1822, "An Inquiry into the Nature and Cure of Erysipelas;" Dr. John Sloan, 1822, "Intermittent Fever;" Dr. J. Bowne, 1823, "Observations on Cy- nanche Trachealis;" Dr. I. Lilly, 1826, " Desultory " Allowing Graduates to Practice without License;" Dr. G. P. Rex, 1851, " Enterie Fever ;" Dr. S. Lilly, 1851, "Epidemie Cholera;" Dr. Creveling, 1853, " I'hthisis Pulmonalis ;" Dr. MeKelway, 1854, " Psoas Abscess ;" Dr. Johnson, 1856, "Erysipelas" (contin- ued since 1822); Dr. G. H. Larison, 1864, " Small- pox ;" Dr. Glen, "Surgery" (ordered printed) ; Dr. Blane, 1865, " History of Medical Men and Medi- cine in l'pper Towns of Hunterdon County ;" Dr. T. 11. Studdiford, 1869, " Prolapsus Uteri ;" Dr. O. H. Sproul, 1869, "Scarlet Fever ;" Dr. N. Case, 1870, " Cholera Infantum ;" Dr. MI. Abel, 1871, " Report on Practice of Medicine ;" Dr. Boileau, 1871, " Report on Obstetries" (ordered printed) ; the paper by Dr. Armitage, 1871, on " Phthisis ;" and many others.

Of the members of the society the following served as surgeons during the late civil war: Dr. B. A. Wat- son, in Fourth Infantry, Nov. 25, 1864, to July 9, 1865 (as assistant surgeon from March 26, 1863) ; Dr. G. R. Sullivan, in Thirty-ninth Infantry, as assistant surgeon from July 11, 1862, and as surgeon from Sept. 28, 1864, to June 17, 1865; Dr. A. Barclay, Jr., in Thirtieth Infantry, as assistant surgeon, from Sept. 15. 1862, to March 5, 1863 ; and Dr. J. R. Todd, in Sec-

* Decenand.

t Removed from county.

: The society has had no censors since 1865.

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ond Cavalry as assistant surgeon, from April 15, 1864, to Nov. 1, 1865. Dr. T. H. Studdiford was in the medical department in Baltimore, Md., during the war.

Honorary Members .- The roll contains the following names : Isaac Ogden,* elected May 11, 1826; J. R. Ludlow,* elected Oct. 28, 1851; William Johnson,* elected May 8, 1866; John F. Schenck, John Blane, elected May 12, 1868; John McKelway,* Henry S. Harris, elected April 18, 1871.

The meetings have always, with two exceptions, been held at Flemington, generally alternating be- tween the county-house and the Union Hotel. In 1862 the society met at Perryville, at the office of Dr. John Blane, and in 1864 at the office of Dr. G. H. Larison, in Lambertville.

Up to 1872 ninety-four members had been admitted into the society. Of this number twenty-six had been lost by death, four had been expelled, twenty-four had removed from the county or been honorably dis- charged, two by cutting of the county, and seven dropped for delinquency ; leaving, at that date, thirty- one members in good standing. The loss in member- ship since that time has somewhat exceeded the gain by admission of new members; so that at the present" time (1880) the membership numbers twenty-four, as follows : A. Shannon, Stanton, President; George N. Best, Stockton, First Vice-President ; A. C. Smith, Bloomsbury, Second Vice-President ; O. H. Sproul, Stockton, Secretary ; John Blane, Perryville, Treas- urer; C. W. Larison, Ringos, Reporter ; W. R. Little, Bloomsbury ; M. Abel, Quakertown; N. B. Boileau, Perryville ; Isaac S. Cramer, Sergeantsville; W. H. Schenck, Flemington; W. S. Creveling, Bethlehem ; T. H. Studdiford, G. H. Larison, Lambertville; John S. Linabury, Mountainville; M. D. Knight, Little York; George R. Sullivan, Flemington; George T. Ribble, Milford; J. O. Hoff, Bloomsbury ; A. S. Pit- tinger, Glen Gardiner ; William Knight, Clinton; G. W. Bartow, Three Bridges ; M. K. Reading, Baptist- town ; John H. Ewing, Flemington.

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History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 56

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1170

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1170