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ROBERT CAREY.
On June 6, 1887, Mr. Winfield was appointed Counsel to the Hudson County Board of Health and Vital Statistics, succeeding Judge John McGrath, Judge McGrath's predecessor
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having been the Hon. William MeAdoo, now Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy. The following list contains the names of all the members of the legal profession who have been members of the Hudson County bar :
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS.
Abbett, Leon, June '65, '65. Cassedy, William S., Sept. '40.
Abbett, Leon, Jr., Feb. '89, '92.
Cannon, Charles K., Nov. '70, '73. Carey, Samuel W., June '53, '56.
Allen, Halsey W., Nov. 'S1.
Allen, Horace L., Nov. '91.
Carey, Robert, Nov. '93. Carey, Thomas, June '67. Carey, William H., Nov. '91.
Anderson, Joseph, June '89, '92.
Annin, Joseph, Nov. '42, Jan. '46.
Carmody, Michael H., Nov. '79.
Archibold, Arthur B., June '92.
Carrick, Charles L., Nov. '83. '86.
Armstrong, Merwyn, Jr., Nov. '79.
Chapman, James, Feb. '71. Chapman James M., April '46, July '49.
Atkinson, Jarvis N., June '92. Babbit, Robert O., Feb. '73, Nov. '78. Bacot, John V., Feb. 'S1, '84.
Baker, William S., . June '82, '85.
Banghart, Johnson D., June '62.
Barrieklo, William R., Nov. 'S1, June 'S5.
Balliet, Albert H., Feb. '83. Barron, G. H., Feb. '81.
Bentley, Peter, May '34. Sep. '39.
Bentley, Peter, Jr., June '68, '71.
Bedle, Joseph D., June '53, '56.
Corbin, Charles L., Nov. '71. Feb. '75.
Bedle, Joseph D., Jr., June '88, Nov. '91.
Bedle, Thomas F., Nov. '90.
Beekman, H. M. T., June '80, Feb. '89.
Bell, Frank, Nov. '77, Feb. 'S9. Bell, William Il., Nov. '77.
Benny, Allan, Feb. '89.
Crouse, Otto, June '86, '89.
Besson, Samuel A , June '79, '82.
Bissel, John W., June '73, '80.
Cudlipp, William C., June 'S4, '88.
Black, Charles C., June '81.
Currie, Mungo, Jr., Nov. '82.
Blair, John A., June '69, '72. Botzong, Phillip F., June '93. Bowen, James R., June '86. Bowen, Matthew, June '93.
Darling, R. S., June '72. Dayton, Alfred B., June '69. Daly, William D., June '74. Davis, Frank, Feb. '75.
Boyd, Adonijah S., April '47.
Davis, William H., Nov. '75, June 'So.
Braden, James N., June '76.
Davis, George R., Nov. '82.
Breen, Maurice J., Feb. '91.
Davis, William J., June '84.
Deacon, Edward D., Feb. '67, Nov. 78.
Brennan, James, Feb. '85. Bretzfield, Morris, Feb. '65, '68. Bretzfield, Henry, June '74. Brinkerhoff, William, Nov. '65, Feb. '69.
De Hart, John S., June '64, '67. De Mott, Edward P., Nov. '74. Dennin, John A., June '86. Dixon, Jonathan, Jr., Nov. '62, '65. Dixon, Warren, June '89, '92. Diekinson, Asa W., June '80.
Brown, Archibald K., June '56, Feb. '68.
Brown, Francis M., Nov. '75.
Brown, George R., June '75.
Bruns Werner, Nov. '90. Bumsted, William G., June '79.
Bunting, A. B., Nov. '67, June '71.
Bush, Lewis C., June '54. Byrnes, Daniel P., Feb. '92. Cassedy, Samuel, May '16, Sep. '33. Cassedy, George W., June '45, '92.
Dougherty, William M., June '81, '84.
Douglass, William P., Feb. '67. 70.
Drayton, Albert I., Nov. '91. Drew, Clarence A., Feb. '79.
Eaton, Charles P., Nov. '91. Eberhard, Frederic W., June '79. Edwords, Guy J., Feb. '87, '90.
Corbin, William H., Nov. '74, '77.
Cowles, Elijah S., Feb. '68, '71.
Cox, Edward B., June '76. Cranstown, William, Jr., Feb. '75. Craven, M., Feb. '82.
Besson, John C., Feb. '63, '66.
Culver, James M., June '76.
Curley, Mark, Nov. '77.
Christie, Cornelius, Feb. '60, '63. Christie, James J., June '70, Nov. '73. Cloke, Albert S., Feb. '62, '66. Clark, Frank L., Nov. '77, '81. Clayton, Henry G., Nov. '65, '68. Cleveland, M. C., June '82. Collins, Gilbert, Feb. '69, '72. Conant, Duane, Nov. '75. Condict, Henry V., Nov. '77, '81.
Abbett, William F., June '85, '89.
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Edwards, William D., June '78.
Elmer, Luther S., Feb. '44.
Englebrecht, Anthony, June '82, '85.
Joline, Ferdinand S., June '70, Nov. '73.
Keller, John L., June, '86, '89.
Ewald, Henry, June '84, '92. Eyears, Isaac John, June '92.
Kelley, Charles C., June '94. Kelly, Thomas H., Feb. '81.
Fagan, Michael I., Nov. '90.
Fielder, James F., June '88, '92.
Fisher, Benjamin V. D., Feb. 'S5.
Klink, William M., Feb. '92.
Fisk, Willard C., Jnne '78.
Knapp, Joseph M., June '83.
Flaacke, George W., Feb. '75.
Flemming, James, Feb. '55, June '58.
Flemming, Robert R., June '94.
Foulke, William D., Feb. '74.
Frambach, Frederic, Jr., Nov. '80.
Fuller, Charles W., Nov. '79.
Furey, James J., Nov. '76. Gaede, H. A., Nov. '78.
Garretson, Abram Q., Nov. '65, '68.
Garrick, John, June '62, Feb. '69.
Getty, James A., June '85.
Gilbert, Wm. S., Jr., June '79, Nov. '72.
Litterst, George W., Feb. '93.
Gilchrist, James, Nov. '55.
Gilchrist, Robert, April '47, '50.
Gillmore, E. D., Nov. '75, '78.
Gillmore, William B., Nov. '79, '82.
Glaubrecht, George, Feb. '74.
Gould, David, Jnne '52.
Goldenhorn, Isaac F., June '94. Gordon, James A., June '85, '88.
Grece, William, Feb. '76.
Green, Andrew S., June '84.
Gregory, David H., June '67.
Griffin, John, Jr., June '81. Gulick, Harvey, Nov. '72.
Haines, Samuel D., Feb. '64.
Hardenbergh, J. R., June '56, Feb. '60.
Hardenbergh, L. D., May '25, Nov. '28.
Hartshorn, Charles H., Nov. '72, '75.
Harvey, C. B., Nov. '73, Feb. '77.
Harvey, Winfield S., Feb. '85. Heck, John W., Nov. '76.
Henry, Selden T. S., Nov. '77.
Heppenheimer, Wm. C., June '86, '89.
Herbert, John W., Jr., June ';6. '79.
Hoffman, William T., Feb. '62, Nov. '72.
Holmes, George, Feb. 'S1.
Holt, Frank L., June '92.
Howard, Rensselaer C., Nov. 77.
Hudspeth, Robert S., Feb. 'St.
Hughes, Charles B., Feb. 'S9. Hugo, William E., June '79. Insley, Earle, June '82.
Inwright, John C., Nov. 'S3, '86. Isbills, James H., Feb. '91. Jackson, Abram S., Nov. '56, '59.
McCarty, Daniel, Feb. '91.
McCabe, George J., Feb. '80.
McClelland, Richard D., Nov. '51, '54.
McCloskey, William, Nov. '78, '81.
McCrea, D. W., Nov. '82.
McCreery, Joseph A., Nov. '76, '79.
MeDermott, Allan L., Nov. '77, June '81.
McDermott, P. H., Jnne '73, '76.
MeDermott, Robert L., Feb. '91.
McEwan, George J., June '87, '90.
MeEwan, Thomas, June '89. McGee, J. Flavel, June '68, '71. McGill, Alex. T., Jr., June '67, Nov. '70.
Mabon, John S., Jnne 'So, '83.
MacSherry, Howard, Feb. '76.
Man, E. A. S., Nov. '68, '71.
Man, G. E., Nov. '79.
Mann, Thomas J., Feb. '79.
Manners, Edwin, Nov. 'So.
Manning, James D., Feb. '73, '77.
Mara, John J., June '82.
Marion, John F., Nov. '91. Marks, Maurice, June '93.
Mason, Hiram E., June '77.
Matthews, Godfrey B., Feb. '93.
McAdoo, William, Nov. '74, Feb. '79.
Maxson, Edward E., June '93.
McBurney, Elgin L., Feb. '92.
McBurney, H. D., Feb. '74.
MeCartin, Henry C., Nov. '87.
James, Thomas W., Sep. 39, Nov. '59. Jelliff, William H., June '53.
Kennedy, Thomas J., June '74, '77.
Kip, Walter, June '78.
Landregan, John A., Nov. '71, Feb. '75.
Lawrence, Robt. L., Nov. '76, June '85.
Lawrence, William A., Nov. '58, '62.
Leicht, W. K., Feb. '75, '78. Leonard, Clement De R., June '73, '76.
Lewis, William A., Nov. '62, '67. Lewis, William Henry, June '76, '79.
Linn, Clarence, June 'S3, '86. Linn, John, Nov. '44, Oct. '48. Lippincott, Job H., Feb. '67, June 'So.
Littel, J. Dunn, July '47, Feb. '55-
Longstreet, Jonathan, Feb. '54, '57. Lozier, Theodore F., Nov. '79. Lyon, William J., Nov. '70, Feb. '74.
Lyons, J. Harvey, Feb. '56, '59.
Erwin, James S., Feb. '81.
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MeGill, Samuel H., Feb. '81. McGowen, Francis J., June '81. MeGrath, John A., Feb. '76, '79. MeMaster, John S., June '88, '91. Melosh, Henry J., June '89, '92. Meyer, Charles, Jr., June '77, '81. Midlige, W. F., June '85, '88. Miller, Jonathan D., May '27, '31. Mills, William D., Nov. '78, '82. Minturn, James F., Nov. 'So. Morgan, Charles, June '60. Morris, William C., Nov. '18, '24.
Moore, Frank W., Nov. '77.
Mount, Samuel C., June '70, '73.
Muirhead, William, June '66. Mulgrew, George B., Nov. 'So. Mulvaney, John J., Nov. '93. Murphy, James J., Nov. '89, Feb. '93.
Murphy, J. Randall, Feb. '92.
Murphy, Daniel J., Nov. '89. Nash, Thomas M., Feb. '76.
Nevius, James S., Nov. '19, Sept. '23. Newbold, Michael T., June '68, '71. Nicoll, Charles P., Nov. '79, '82. Niven, Malcolm W., Feb. '74, '77.
Noonan, Joseph M., Nov. '81, Feb. '88.
Noonan, Thomas F., Jr., Feb. '85, '92.
Northrop, James P., Nov. 'So, Feb. '92. Nugent, James W., Nov. '81. Nugent, John A., June '74. Nutzhorn, Henry M., Feb. '91. Ogden, Aaron, Sep. 1784, 1787.
Ogden, F. B., July '50, Feb. '54.
Ogden, Mathias, Nov. '14, Feb. '18.
Olendorf, John, Jr., Feb. '76, Nov. '80. Olmstead, Garrick M., Feb. '56, '68.
Palmer, James, Feb. '73, '76. Palmer, John H., June '89, '92. Parker, Charles W., June '85, Feb. '90. Parker, Joseph, Jr., Nov. '78, '82. Parmly, Randolph W., June '78, '81. Parry, Joseph S., June '88, '90. Partridge, Charles, Nov. '59. Perkins, Randolph, June '93. Perry, John B., Nov. '63. Pintard, William, Nov. '78, '81. Potts, Joseph C., Sep. '33, June '70.
Potts, J. Herbert, Feb. '74. Potts, Stacy G., Nov. '79. Puster, Henry, June '79. Queen, John Wahl, Nov. '93. Randolph, Bennington F., Feb. '39, '42. Randolph, Joseph F., May '25, '28. Randolph, Joseph F., Jr., Nov. '67, '70. Raiseh, Carl, Feb. 'SI Ransom, Charles A., Nov. '81.
Ransom, Edward A., Nov. '74.
Ransom, Stephen B., Sept. '44, Oct. '47.
Record, George L., June '86, 'S9. Reilly, Hugh P., Nov. '76. Rich, A. A., Nov. '74, Feb. '78. Robertson, Horace, June 'S7, '91.
Robeson, Geo. M., July '50, Feb. '54. Rogers, Willianı E., Nov. '67. Romaine, Isaac, Nov. '62, '65. Romeyne, James A., June '79.
Rosenburgh, Max T., Nov. '81, '84.
Rowe, Linsley, June '75, Nov. '78.
Rowe, Norman L., Nov. '67. Rutherford, Walter, Sept. '3+. '37.
Ruser, Ludvie, Feb. '77. Russ, Edward, Jr., Feb. '79.
Ryall, Philip J., Nov. '57, '60.
Ryerson, George A., Feb. '83.
Ryerson, Theodore, June '72, Feb. '79.
Salinger, Max, Feb. '82, '93. Salter, William D., June, '86. Sanderson, William W., June '74.
Sayles, Philip A., Nov. '76. Scahill, Patrick H., June '75.
Scheel, Edward, Nov. '82. Schofield, Charles E., May '43.
Schofield, James J., May '29, '33.
Seudder, Isaac W., May '38, '44. See, Cornelius S., Nov. '70, '73. See, William G., Nov. '78, '82. Seguine, Ezra K., Nov. '79.
Seymour, Roderie B., June '69, '81. Shrope, H. H., June '76. Simon, Albert, June '81. Simpson, Alexander, Feb. '92. Skinner, William E., Nov. '60, '64. Slaight, Nathaniel C., Feb. '58, '61. Smith, Abel I., June '66, '73. Southard, Samuel L., May '11, '14. Speer, James A., June '92. Speer, William H., Jr., Nov. '91. Spencer, William C., Feb. '76, '79. Spierling, William F., Feb. '93. Stearns, Kent K., Nov. '82, June 86. Stevens, Richard, Nov. '93.
Stevens Theodosius F., June '83. Stillwell, Peter, Nov. '89. Stout, H., June '61, Feb. '65. Straley, John A., June '84. Stuhr, Frederie J., June '93. Stuhr, William S., Nov. 'So, 'S3. Stumpf, F. C., Nov. '79. Talcott, William, Nov. '68. ' ;; Taylor, Isaac S., June 164. Nov. 71 Tennant, George G., June 'e2. Terry, Henry C., June '79
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Throckmorton, A. R., May '41, Oet. '46.
Traphagen, Henry, Nuv. '64, '67.
Trimmer, Martin L., Feb. '68, Nov. '71. Tunison, Benjamin C., June '81.
Werts George T., Nov. '67, '91.
White, Henry S., Nov. '72, '75.
Williams, James, May '12. Williams, W. B., Nov. '53, Feb. '57.
Williamson, Benjamin, Nov. '30, '33.
Williamson, Benj., Jr., Nov. '59, Feb. '69.
Williamson, Frederic B., June '77, '80.
Williamson, William K., June '73.
Willis Alexander H., Feb. '73. Wills, Henry E., Nov. '79, '82.
Winfield, Charles H., Nov. '55, Feb. '60.
Winfield, H. Westerbrook, June '79, '82.
Wood, William H., Nov. '70.
Voorhies, William, June '56.
Wood, William P., Nov. '75.
Vredenburgh, James B., June '66, '69.
Woolsey, Henry Harrison, Feb. '59.
Vreeland, Charles M., Nov. '90.
Wortendyke, Jacob R., Feb. '53, '59.
Vreeland, Stephen S., June '80.
Wortendyke, Rynier J., .June '85, '88.
Wortendyke, Raymond P., June '69, '72.
Wright, Edwin R. V., May '39, Feb. '44.
Wright, James H., June '75.
Wall, Albert C., Nov. '89. Wallis, Hamilton, Feb. '75, Nov. '78.
Wright, Samuel G. H., Nov. '82. Wynkoop, R. D., June '71, Feb. '75. Young, Alexander C., Feb. '92.
Waples, Sharon H., June '65.
Washburn, Charles L. D., June '78, '81.
Watson, Alexander, June '54.
Weart, Jacob, June '52, '55.
Weart, James M., Nov. '61.
Weart, Spencer, June '79, Nov. '82.
Zabriskie, Abraham O., Nov. '28, '31.
Zabriskie, Augustus, June '66, '69.
Zabriskie, David D., Nov. '82, June '89.
Zabriskie, Lansing, Feb. '59, Nov. '62.
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Turner, D., June '71, '74. Vaneleve, Benjamin F., May '30. Van Blareom, Janies, Nov. '54. Van Buskirk, De Witt, Feb. '81. '84. Vandervoort, Alexander B., Nov. '77. Van Cleef, John T., June '72, '76.
Van Dyek, Henry L. R., June '62, '73. Van Horn, Abraham, June '73, '76. Van Horn, George, Nov. '64, '68. Van Winkle, Marshall W., Nov. '90.
Voorhees, Daniel P., June '56, Nov. '59.
Voorhis, Charles H., Nov. '56, '59.
Vroom, James W., June '69, Feb. '73.
Vroom, John P., Nov. '52, '57.
Wakeman, Edgar B., Feb. '43, '55.
Wehle, Charles, Nov. '62. Weller, John I., Nov. '90.
Welling, Charles L., Feb. '76.
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, FROM THE FIRST PRACTITIONER TO THE PRESENT TIME, WITH A COM- PLETE LIST OF ALL WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY FROM THE BEGINNING.
HE first doctor known to have lived in Jersey City was JOSIAH HORNBLOWER. He was a son of a mechanical engineer, who came from England in 1753 to build a steam engine for the Schuyler copper mines, which were located a short distance north of the Arlington Cemetery. It is believed that Josiah, the elder, established the first machine-shop in America. His son, Josiah, was born in Belleville, May 23, 1767. He studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Steele and settled in Bergen to practise in 1789.
JOHN M. CORNELISON, a son of Rev. John Cornelison, pastor of the Old Bergen Church. was born in Bergen, now Jersey City, April 29, 1802. He was educated at the Columbia Academy, Bergen and Union College. He graduated 1822, and studied medieine with Dr. Valentine Mott, and received his diploma from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1825. He gave up practice in 1862. He was a member of assembly in 1832. In 1851 he was a lay judge of the court of errors and appeals and held the position sixteen years. In 1869 he retired from the bench and was elected mayor of Bergen. In 1873 he was president of the Jersey City board of public works. He died May 24, 1875.
JOSIAH HORNBLOWER, a son of Dr. Josiah Hornblower, was born at Bergen, August 7, 1792. He studied with Dr. Valentine Mott and graduated from Rutgers Medical College, N. Y., in 1823. He practised in Jersey City and died January 23, 1824.
THOMAS B. GAUTIER was born in Bergen, now Jersey City, July 25, 1797. He graduated from Columbia College in 1823 and received his diploma from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He practised until his death, December 23, 1845. He was descended from a Hngue- not family that settled in New York in the seventeenth century. His father and grandfather were educated men and lawyers by profession, though they did not praetise.
SILAS L. CONDICT was born at Morristown in Angust, 1805. He graduated at Princeton and studied medicine in New York. He practised in various places until 1833, when he moved to Jersey City. He was an enthusiastic temperance man and took an active part in the move- ment in Jersey City. He was Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance. He died February 4, 1846.
WILLIAM T. V. H. HORNBLOWER, a brother of Josiah, was born at Bergen, October 22, 1800. He studied with Prof. John B. Beck in New York, graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1832. He practised in Jersey City until he died, April 3, 1881. He left two sons, both of whom became physicians.
CHARLES S. SHELTON was born at Huntington, Conn., August 28, 1819. Ile gradu- ated from Yale College in 1840, and received his diploma from the medical department of the same college. The early years of his professional career were spent in India for the American Board of Foreign Missions. He practised in various eities from 1856 until 1861, when he served as a surgeon in the Union Army. In 1867 he settled in Jersey City and praetised until his death. May 21, 1879.
JOSIAH H. GAUTIER, son of Dr. Thomas B. Gautier, was born in Bergen, November 12. 1818. He was educated in the New York University, and graduated from the medical de- partment in 1845, and practised in Jersey City until 1853, when he gave up his profession tor mercantile pursuits. He was connected with the Dixon Crucible Company, the steel industry, the Gautier Crucible Works and other manufacturing firms.
THEODORE R. VARICK was born June 24, 1825, in Dutchess County, N. Y. Ile gradu. ated from the academic department of the New York University in 1843, and from the Mednal School in 1846. He served as physician in the New York Dispensaryth ree years tised in Jersey City from 1848 until his death.
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He achieved a national reputation as a surgeon. In 1853 he was elected a member of the American Medical Association, and was a fellow of the State Medieal Society, being its presi- dent in 1864. He was a member of the New York Academy of Medicine, and a member of the New York State Medical Society. He was the first president of the New Jersey Academy of Medieine, a member of the Jersey City Pathological Society, and the New York Neurological Society. He was appointed surgeon-general of the State by Gov. Randolph in 1869. He was medical director of St. Francis' Hospital in Jersey City, and a surgeon on the staff of the Jer- sey City Hospital. He was one of the board of managers of the State Insane Asylum at Mor- ris Plains. He was a member of Centennial Medical Commission, representing New Jersey. His contributions to medieal literature were numerous and valuable. He was president of the County Board of Health and Vital Statistics. He died in November. 1887.
WILLIAM A. DURRIE was born in New Haven, Conn., July 21, 1832. He graduated from Yale in 1843, and from the medical department in 1846. In 1847 he located in Jersey City. He was the pioneer of homeopathy in the city. He was one of the founders of the State Homeopathie Medieal Society and its third president. He was physician to the Jersey City Almshouse five years. He removed to Orange in 1884.
LORENZO W. ELDER was born in Guilford, Chenango County, N. Y., April 15, 1820. He graduated froin the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was president of the Hudson County Pathological Society and a member of the County Medical Society., He was physician to the Hudson County Hospital, was president of the County Board of Health and from 1851 to 1861 was brigade surgeon of the Hudson County militia. He was an aid on the staff of Gov. Priee, and was medical examiner of several insurance companies. He was superintendent of schools in Hoboken and mayor of Hoboken in 1863.
HENRY D. HOLT was born in New York, February 20, 1814. He was graduated from the New York Medical University in 1847 and practised until 1879, when he retired.
ALFRED A. LUTKINS was born in the city of New York, October 16, 1828. He grad- uated from the New York University Medical School in 1848 and settled in Jersey City. He was president of the District Medical Society, a member of the staff in the Hudson County and Jersey City hospitals and had a large practice.
JOSEPH E. CULVER was born in Groton, New London County, Conn., February 9. 1823. He studied in the Medical College at Pittsfield, Mass., and graduated from the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons in New York in 1849. He was a member of the Passaic Medieal Society and was sent as a delegate to the State Medical Society in 1850. He was then authorized to organize the Hudson County Medical Society, which was chartered the following year. He held every office in its gift. He was a member of the standing committee of the State Society and a charter member and vice-president of the State Medical Academy. He was a member of the New York Pathological Society and the Neurological Society. He was one of the physi- cians of St. Francis' Hospital. He was city superintendent of schools in Hudson City and city treasurer of Hudson City eight years. He was a trustee of the Hudson City Savings Bank.
NELSON R. DERBY was born in Lodi, Seneca County, N. Y., July 20, 1823. He graduated at the medical school of the Buffalo University. Ile practised in Elmira for several years, until 1844, when he removed to Hoboken. ile was medical director of the Sixteenth Army Corps, and was wounded on the Red River expedition. lle retired and removed to Morristown.
FRANCIS E. NOBLE was born at Rochester. N. Y., July 1, 1824. He was educated at Dayton, Ann Arbor, medical department of the Western Reserve College, graduating in 1851. He practised in Michigan and California until isto, when he removed to Jersey City, where he still resides. He is a member of the County Society, and was on the staff of Christ Hospital many years.
JOSEPH H. Voxor was born in the province of New Brunswick, October 9, 1829. He graduated from the New York University Medical School in 1851, and settled in Jersey City, where he still practises. He was a member of the medical staff of the Hudson County and the City Hospital. lle is a member of the County Society, and was a delegate to the American Medical Association. He is still practising.
ALEX. H. LAIDLAW was born in Scotland, July 1. 1828. He graduated from the Phila-
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delphia Medical College, and subsequently in 1851 from the Pennsylvania Homeopathic College. He practised in New York and Philadelphia until 1861, when he located in Jersey City, and gave his attention to chronic diseases.
OTTACOR E. KOPETSCHNY was born in Nenhaus, Bohemia, January 2, 1821. He was educated in the University of Vienna, and received his diploma from the Jefferson Medical College. He located in Jersey City in 1851.
NATHANIEL FOOTE was born in Colchester, Conn., August 8, 1831. He studied in the Yale Medical School and the Berkshire Medical College at Pittsfield, Mass., graduating in 1852. He located in Jersey City and retired from practice in 1860. He was for many years president of the Jersey City Insurance Company.
ELEAZER BOWEN was born at Rehoboth, Mass., in October, 1829. He studied at Amherst and the Pittsfield Medical College. He practised in several cities and settled in Jersey City in 1864. He is a member of the County Society and the National Institute.
HUGO H. E. SENFTLEBEN was born in Cranz, East Prussia, Angust 14, 1832. He was edu- cated at Frederick's College and Konigsberg University. He served as surgeon in the British- German Legion. He was a staff-surgeon in the German army at Metz, Paris and Dijon. He was a ship surgeon for a number of years until 1883, when he located in Hoboken.
JOHN J. YOULIN was born at Rupert, Vt., December 31, 1821. He studied at Geneva College, University of New York, and at the Western Reserve Medical College. He settled in Jersey City in 1856, and was president of the State Homeopathic Medical Society for eleven years, and for several years was president of the County Homeopathic Society. He was di- rector of the Jersey City dispensary, vice-president of the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1870-1872, and president of the Hudson County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He died in October, 1881.
PHILIP M. SENDERLING was born at Brunswick, Rensselaer County, N. Y., March 19, 1831. He was educated at Williams College and the medical department of Pennsylvania University. He located in Jersey City in 1856 until 1861, when he became surgeon of the Eighth New Jer- sey Volunteers, and served until July, 1865. In 1877 he returned to Jersey City.
JAMES H. McDOWELL was born in Philadelphia, February 1, 1825. He graduated from the medical school of the Maryland University in 1857, and located in Jersey City in 1863.
JOHN W. HUNT was born at Groveland, Livingston County, N. Y., October 10, 1834. He graduated at the New York Medical University in 1859. He located in Jersey City. lle became surgeon of the Tenth New York Volunteers in 1861, and subsequently brigade surgeon- in-charge of the general hospital near Fortress Monroe. He returned to Jersey City after the war and held all the offices in the gift of the County Society. He was one of the organizers of the City Hospital and first president of its medical board.
FREDERICK SCHUHL was born in Offenbach, Germany, August 31, 1842. He was educated at Darmstadt and the University of Giessen. He removed to Jersey City in 1868.
JAMES CRAIG was born in Glasgow, Scotland, January 22, 1834. He graduated at the New York University in 1861 and located in Jersey in 1863. He was a member of the County So- ciety and of the New York Medico-Legal Society. He was attending physician at St. Francis' Hospital.
WILLIAM H. NEWELL was born in New York City, February 19, 1837. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Dickinson College, Carlisle, and the medical department, I'ni- versity of Pennsylvania. He was surgeon of the Fifth Maryland Regiment in the Confederate army. He returned to Jersey City at the close of the war and practised a number of years He removed to the South in 1889.
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