Memorial cyclopedia of New Jersey, Volume I, Part 41

Author: Ogden, Mary Depue
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Newark, N.J. : Memorial History Company
Number of Pages: 980


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His acceptance of this office and splendid ad- .


ministration of it for eighteen years have done much to emphasize and magnify the vital im- portance and influence of trial courts and courts of first instance in our system of jurisprudence.


His previous career at the bar had qualified him wonderfully well for the position. He was pre- eminent as an equity lawyer ; but he was this be- cause he was first of all thoroughly grounded in the great system of common-law rights-the fundamental, all-pervading system which equity is designed to aid and supplement in order to se- cure full and complete administration of justice- and he was familiar with the full scope of the remedies; as an attorney he was thorough, re- sourceful and skillful in the preparation and pre- sentation of the cases, and as an advocate, pow- erful alike in the trial and appellate courts. He was equipped besides with a large experience of business and affairs, with wide knowledge of hu- man nature and a keen insight into human char- acter and passions.


As a judge, his dominant trait was a passion for doing justice, which vibrated in every fibre of his heart and brain. And the justice, at which he aimed, and which so far as in him lay, he wrought out, was the full, completed justice, as he saw it, between the parties, on the whole dispute before him, without regard to mere forms of procedure. He refused to perpetrate, in the name of the law, what he thought to be an injustice, and no matter how just a rule may have been at the time of its origin, he was prepared to disregard it and origi- nate another in its place if it no longer served the end for which it was created. No judge in any of our courts ever showed a more complete self- effacement in searching for the right of a cause in order to determine what decree would stand firmly on equity and justice. The permanent rec- ord of his opinions in the New Jersey Equity Re- ports yields the finest fruits of learning and in- , dustry and splendid intellectual endowments, and his many vigorous discussions of novel, doubtful or complicated questions, both of law and fact, il- lustrate his powers and the dominant traits of his mind and character, and will constitute a great and lasting monument to his memory.


Many of the striking traits, so familiar to all the bench and bar, cannot be pictured or recalled from his formal opinions, but these will long be perpetuated by tlie traditions of a profession which treasures what is worth preserving in the lives of its members. Hacc olim meminisse jura- bit. Not soon will they forget this memorable judge as he actually administered his office; his vigorous dominating presence and manner; his accurate, quick-sometimes impatient-seizure of


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the salient points of a case; his clashes with coun- sel to bring out what he thought the vitai ques- tions; his protection of the weak against the strong; his open, decided expression of views, with forceful argument to sustain them, but re- taining always an openness of mind ready to be corrected. For withal and over all he had abso- lutely no pride of opinion, no sensitiveness nor apprehension about any charge of inconsistency ; in truth, as he himself might have expressed it, he stood for no conclusion, either of himself, or another, which did not fully stand the tests to which it must properly be subjected ; and because he never spared himself in these respects, he failed to understand that others could take offence if at times he refused to spare them. His per- sonal traits, his versatility, his general friendli- ness, his wit and humor, and, over all, the power that emanated from a great human heart, full of love for his great profession and those worthy to be its members as his brethren, and an affection that grew with his advancing years, fastened all of us to him in bonds which will not be severed by death.


BALDWIN, Albert,


Accomplished Financier.


When, in the course of a comparatively few years, the scope of a business enter- prise increases from a moderate beginning to that of many thousands of dollars a year it argues that there must be a very capa- ble leading spirit in control of its affairs, and it is of a man of this caliber, Albert Baldwin, of Newark, New Jersey, that this sketch treats. His ability as a financier was only equalled by his high standing as a Christian gentleman, whose ideals in every relation of life were irreproachable. His family is a very old and distinguished one, and a brief review of its history will not be out of place in this sketch.


Baldwin I, Count of Flanders, married Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, of France, and wife of Aethelwulf. king of the West Saxons of England. Their son, Baldwin II, the Bald, married Aelfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great. Their great- grandson, Baldwin V, surnamed van Ryssel, married Adela, daughter of Robert of France, and sister to Matilda, wife of Wil-


liam the Conqueror. Hence we find the name of Baldwin on the roll of Battle Ab- bey, and Baldwin, Archbishop of Canter- bury, a century later, riding at the side of Richard, Coeur de Lion, to the Crusades, in which, as the Latin Kings of Jerusalem, his cousins of Flanders, descendants of the youngest brother of Godfrey de Bouillon, had already made the name famous through- out Europe, and later were to make it still more famous as the name of two of the Emperors. of Constantinople.


Returning to English annals, we find the Baldwins noted in the history of their coun- try until the reign of Edward VI, in 1552, when Richard Baldwin, of Dundridge, Par- ish of Ashton Clinton, county of Bucks, in his will left his property to his three sons- Henry, John and Richard- making his ex- ecutor Henry, who, five years later, be- came the owner in fee simple of Dundridge, Ashton Clinton, where he and his wife, Alice, spent their lives. His will named his son Richard as his executor, and his prop- erty was divided among his seven children. One of these children, Sylvester. emigrated with his wife and children to New Eng- land, but died on the voyage, June 21, 1638. His widow and children settled in Mil- ford, Connecticut, and many of his descend- ants are still living in that section. Of Richard Baldwin, mentioned above, three sons-Timothy, Nathaniel and Joseph- came to America, and have left descendl- ants. Timothy and Nathaniel decided to remain at Milford, while Joseph, the lineal ancestor of Albert Baldwin, removed to Hadley. The line of descent is as fol- lows :


Joseph Baldwin married (first) Han- nah ---- (second) Isabel, sister of Deacon Lawrence Ward, of Newark, and of George Ward, of Branford, who was the father of John Ward, of Newark, and she was the widow of -- Catlin; he married (third) Elizabeth Hitchcock, widow of Wil- liam Warriner. Jonathan, son of Joseph and Hannah Baldwin, married (first) Han-


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nah, daughter of Sergeant John Ward, of Branford; (second) Thankful, daughter of Elder John and Abigail (Ford) Strong. Joseph, son of Jonathan and Hannah ( Ward) Baldwin, married - Bruen. Amos, son of Joseph and - (Bruen) Baldwin, married Mary Taylor. Lewis, only son of Amos and Mary ( Taylor) Bald- win, married Martha Henry, son of Lewis and Martha Baldwin, married a dis- tant cousin, Sarah, daughter of Caleb and Lydia (Johnson) Baldwin. Cyrus, son of Henry and Sarah (Baldwin) Baldwin, mar- ried Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of Giles and Sally (Wicks) Mandeville, and a lineal descendant of Gillis Jansen and Elsje (Hen- dricks) de Mandeville, who emigrated from Rouen, France, to Holland, and thence to New Amsterdam in 1647. They had four children.


Albert Baldwin, third child and son of Cyrus and Elizabeth Cooper (Mandeville) Baldwin, was born on the Baldwin home- stead at East Orange, New Jersey, July 5, 1835, and died October 21, 1897. He had a twin brother, Abram Mandeville Bald- win. His education was a limited one, and consisted of attendance at the district school. This, however, did not deter him in his ef- forts to improve himself in every direc- tion, and every spare moment was applied to the acquisition of knowledge of a varied character, so that in the course of time his stock of learning compared more than fa- vorably with that of men who had had every advantage and opportunity for acquiring an education in the more usual manner. Per- haps this contributed to his success, as the knowledge acquired at the expense of such effort, must of necessity have made a deep impression. . He was but a young lad when he found employment in the Orange Bank, at a time when Stephen D. Day was the president of the institution and W. A. Ver- milye, its cashier. So adaptable and ambi- tious and energetic was Mr. Baldwin that before the expiration of four years he had fitted himself for the position of receiving


and paying teller in the City Bank of New- ark, an office of which he became the in- cumbent in :356. The only other employes at that time were a bookkeeper, a clerk and a runner. The capital stock of this bank was $300,000, with an equal sum on deposit, and, for a young man who had just at- tained his majority. the position of teller was a very responsible one. However, so accurately and faithfully were the duties of this office discharged, that two years later Mr. Baldwin was advanced to the position of cashier of the bank, and retained this office until his death, at which time he com- bined with it the office of vice-president. Altogether his connection with the bank ex- tencied over a period of forty years. Dur- ing this period the deposits increased from $300,000 to almost $2,000,000, the capital stock to a half million, and the working force was trebled. From the time of his early manhood, Mr. Baldwin had made his home during the winter months in the city of Newark, and his summers were spent at Convent Station, on the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western railroad. He gave all of his time and attention to the affairs of the financial institution with which he was connected. and never took any part in other public matters. His religious affiliation was with: the Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, in Newark, in which he was a vestryman many years.


Mr. Baldwin married, in May, 1861, Jen- net Phelps, daughter of Dr. Charles Hook- er, of New Haven, Connecticut, a descend- ant of Rev. Thomas Hooker, who came to New England in 1633, settled in Hartford three years later, and founded the first church in Connecticut. Mrs. Bald- win was born in 1837, and died February 16, 1883. They had children : Charles Hooker, born November 26, 1865, married Bertha Wilson Smith, and has one child: Beryl Raymond; Albert Henry, born Oc- tober 24. 1868, vice-president of the Na- tional Newark Banking Company, married Mary Ellen, born in Wisconsin, a daughter


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of Rev. Peter and Anna M. (Chamberlin) Pearson; Jennet Eliza, now deceased, was born June 28, 1874.


TICHENOR-FAIRCHILD,


Families of Prominence.


The Tichenor family of Newark, New Jersey, are descendants of Martin Tiche- nor, or Tichenell, whom tradition says came from France. He took the oath of allegiance to the New Haven Colony in August, 1644, and came to Newark, New Jersey, with the second colony, in 1677, that settled there. He married Mary Charles, in 1651, and had children, name- ly: John, born in 1653; Abigail, born in 1655; Daniel, born in 1656; Hannah, born in 1659; and Samuel, born in 1660, in the New Haven Colony. His will, dated in 1681, named children: John, Daniel, Sam- uel, Jonathan (a minor), and Abigail; also a son-in-law, Ensign John Treat, at Newark. Numerous descendants in Es- sex and other counties of New Jersey trace their origin to these first settlers of Newark; and James H. Tichenor, of Newark, New Jersey, was a lineal de- scendant of the above mentioned Martin Tichenor. His father, James Tichenor, married Abigail Huntington Hedden, and had issue among others, a son, whose record follows.


James Hedden Tichenor, third son of James and Abigail (Hedden) Tichenor, was born March 23, 1809, at Newark, New Jersey. He was educated in the lo- cal schools of his native city and at the Newark Academy. After leaving school he engaged in the retail shoe business with his father, in Newark; in time he became the junior partner of the business, and retired from active commercial pursuits with a con- petence, at about fifty years of age. He was an enterprising, public-spirited cit- izen who was interested in the commercial welfare of Newark, and did whatever pos- sible to secure civic improvement of his 264


native city. He was a member of the Board of Estimate, New Jersey Proprie- tors, and was president of that board for several years. His first vote was cast for John Quincy Adams for President of the United States; but in the later alignment of the old Whig and Democratic parties. he espoused the latter party and remained a staunch Democrat until his death. He was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church of Newark, during infancy; his father was one of the deacons of that church, but during his latter years he af- filiated with the Episcopal church, and died in that faith. He was noted for his strict personal integrity of character, and his word was held as sacred as his bond. He died June 18, 1883, in Newark, New Jersey.


He married Lydia Tuttle Nuttman, young- est daughter of Isaac and Ruth Nuttman, May 30, 1830, at Newark, New Jersey. She was the mother of several children, of whom particular mention is made of the following only.


Ruth Elizabeth Tichenor, their eldest daughter, was born November 21, 1834, at Newark, New Jersey. She was the grand- daughter of James Tichenor and Abigail Huntington Hedden in the paternal line; and of Isaac Nuttman and Ruth Cooley on the maternal side. Her education was a matter of much personal solicitude by her parents. She was placed in the best select schools in Newark and later in New York, and graduated from the latter June 18. 1866. Afterward she married Dr. Rich- ard Van Wyck Fairchild, a practicing physician of Parsippany, Morris county. New Jersey, and resided there subsequent- ly. He was a descendant of a Colonia! family of the name who settled at Mor- ristown before the Revolution. She has devoted much of her life to charities, and is connected with various local and State social organizations. She is a life member of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution, and regent of the Parsippany


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t hapter; also a life member of the Woman's Branch of the New Jersey Historical Society, at Newark, New Jer-


Francis Marion Tichenor, son of James fedden and Lydia Tuttle (Nuttman ) Tich- enor, was born December 20, 1840, at New- urk, New Jersey. He was educated in the public schools of Newark, and graduated from the Newark High School about 1858: he then attended a boarding school at Hud- son, New York, where he remained for about two years, and in 1862 began the study of law in the law office of John Q. Hayes, of Newark, New Jersey. In 1866 he was admitted to the Newark bar as an attorney-at-law, and in 1869 as counsellor. He practiced law in the local and State courts of New Jersey, but his business was largely in the Chancery, Probate and Or- phans' Courts of Essex county. He was president of the Board of Proprietors of East New Jersey, and held many positions of trust in the city of Newark. He was a member of the New Jersey Historical Society at Newark from 1869 until his death ; a trustee of the Washington Associa- tion of Morristown, New Jersey ; and a life member of the Memorial Society at Som- erville, New Jersey.


He married Elizabeth T. Cornell, daugh- ter of Dr. John Frelinghuysen and Eliza- beth (Hall) Cornell, October 8, 1879, at Somerville, New Jersey. She died July 3, 1901, at Newark, New Jersey, and her re- mains were interred in Greenwood Ceme- tery, New York. No issue.


Francis Marion Tichenor died October 22, 1906, at Newark, and his remains were laid beside those of his wife in the family burial plot, Greenwood Cemetery, near New York. Thus passed the lives of husband and wife-the former, a kind friend, trusted adviser, and respected citi- w11, among his fellow countrymen.


Fairchild .- Since 1735 the name Fair- child has been well known in New Jersey. Thomas Fairchild, a native of England,


crossed the Atlantic to the colony of Con- necticut in 1639. Caleb Fairchild, the di- rect ancestor of the branch of the Fairchild family living in Morris county, located in Whippany, New Jersey, in 1735, and died in May. 1777, aged eighty-four years. His wife and he were members of the First Presbyterian church as early as 1742. Mat- thew, the eldest son, born in 1720, died June 5, 1700, aged sixty-nine years. His ten children were all baptized in the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown. The seventh son, Jonathan Fairchild, was born November 3, 1751, baptized December 10, 1752. On September 8, 1783, he married Sarah Howell; he died August 5, 1813, aged sixty-three years.


Dr. Stephen Fairchild, their youngest son, was born in Littleton, Morris county, Octo- ber 28, 1792. He was a man of strong men- tality, possessing a very studious nature. After acquiring a common school education he prepared himself for the practice of medicine. He pursued his studies under the direction of Drs. Ebenezer and Charles E. Pierson, of Morristown, New Jersey, at- tended medical lectures in Philadelphia for a year, and engaged in practice in New York. Upon the earnest solicitation of many friends he removed to Parsippany. New Jersey, as the successor of Dr. Hart- well, who had recently died. For thirty- six years he was successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen calling, and his pronounced skill and ability made him the leader of his profession. He was not only an eminent physician, but he was an earnest and devout Christian. Few physicians have ever been more loved or honored than Dr. Stephen Fairchild. Death came to him af- ter a long illness, marked by the greatest suffering. He bore it with Christian forti- tude; his faith never faltered. He died July 13, 1872, and was laid to rest in the cemetery at Parsippany.


Dr. Stephen Fairchild enjoyed an ideal home life. He was married May 18, 1818. to Miss Euphemia M. Brinkerhoff, born


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in Mount Hope, New Jersey, September, 1796, daughter of George D. Brinkerhoff and Euphemia Ashfield. Mr. Brinkerhoff retired from business, purchased a home in Parsippany, and removed his family in 1797. The residence had been a noted tavern in Revolutionary times. It became the birthplace of the children of Dr. Stephen and Euphemia Fairchild. It was destroyed by fire in November, 1874, but was rebuilt on the old site and continued to be the home of Mrs. Euphemia Fairchild through her last years. She died June 20, 1882. She was a lady of the old school-amiable, educated, refined, and a sincere Christian.


The children of Dr. Stephen Fairchild and his wife were: Richard Van Wyck, born February 22, 1819, and Eliza S., born October 19, 1820, but died in infancy. The only son followed in his father's footsteps, and the two were associated in business for a number of years, a most ideal rela- tion existing between them. The son was prepared for college in the classical school conducted by Ezra Fairchild, in Mendham, New Jersey. In 1837 he entered the junior class at Princeton College, where he was graduated in 1839. He studied medicine under the professional guidance of his fath- er, and subsequently under Dr. McClennan, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Mott, of New York. He entered upon practice with his father in 1843, and attained eminence in professional circles, for his knowledge was comprehensive and accurate, he possessing exceptional skill in the diagnosis of cases and the administration of proper remedies.


Dr. Richard Van Wyck Fairchild was twice married. In November, 1852, Eliza- beth Kirkpatrick became his wife, but she died January 16, 1862. On June 13. 1866, Dr. Richard Van Wyck Fairchild married ( sec- ond) Ruth E. Tichenor, daughter of James H. Tichenor and Lydia T. Nuttman Tiche- nor, of Newark. New Jersey. Dr. Richard Van Wyck Fairchild died very suddenly, Feb- ruary 24. 1874, and was laid to rest in the family plot in the burial ground at Parsip-


pany. He survived his father hardly two years, and thus they who were united in such ties of love and interest in life, were not long separated in death. Many admir- able qualities endeared Dr. Fairchild to those who came in contact with him. As. a friend he was kind and generous. At Princeton he was the college wit, and his strong vein of humor, combined with his power of imitation and representation, to- gether with his wide and varied informa- tion, made him a most agreeable companion and entertaining gentleman. He was an able writer. His nature was not without the poetic side, nor did he lack in musical culture ; he was fond of all the arts and interests that elevate humanity, and his memory is revered throughout Morris coun- ty.


COBB, Andrew Bell,


Jurist, Legislator.


Hon. Andrew Bell Cobb, of New Jer- sey, was distinguished as a jurist, a states- man and a business man. A man of un- blemished record, his intellectual equipment had in an eminent degree those character- istics of balance, logicality and breadth of grasp that form the essentials of the ju- dicial mind. To an integrity that knew of no standards but the highest, he added a dauntless courage that was absolutely un- moved by public opinion. His decisions were the result of an incredible amount of conscientious labor and no outside consid- erations were permitted to have weight. It is because of the success of men of this type that New Jersey has reason to feel proud of the record of her public men.


His father, Colonel Lemuel Cobb, was born at Parsippany, New Jersey, May 15. 1,62, and made purchase of the present Cobb homestead in 1789. He was a man of undoubted ability in many directions. The greater part of his time was devoted to civil engineering and surveying, but the military and political affairs of the community also


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:received a share of his attention. Among !!. e numerous places of trust which he filled was that of judge of the court. He was a 'aember of the board of proprietors of the Eastern Division of the State, and was Sur- wcyor-General of that division for many years.


Hon. Andrew Bell Cobb, son of Colonel Lemuel and Susan ( Farrand) Cobb, was born at Parsippany, New Jersey, June 7, 1804, and died January 31, 1873. His edu- cation was an excellent and comprehensive one, and upon its completion he assisted his father in the care of his large landed estate. Upon the death of his father in 1831, Mr. Cobb came into possession of the homestead and a large portion of the estate, to the cul- tivation and management of which he de- voted the greater part of his time and at- tention. He was greatly interested in de- veloping the mining resources of the coun- ty, giving especial attention to the iron in- terests of the section, and in later years en- gaged extensively in the manufacture of iron. He erected and operated a furnace at Split Rock. The political and other pub- lic affairs of the community also had their due share of his attention. In earlier years he was a Whig, but gave his allegiance to the Democratic party about 1853, and was several times chosen to fill offices of public trust. He was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Morris county in 1838, holding office for a period of about five years. He represented Morris county in the General Assembly in 1849-50, and, although his party was in the minority in the district, he was again elected. to fill this office in 1853, proving conclusively the high esteem in which he was held. In the ses- sion of 1854 he was a leading member of the House, and was active in promoting the legislation which resulted in the limitation of the monopoly of the "Joint Companies" to January 1, 1869. He was elected to the State Senate in 1856, and served during three sessions. He was also a member of the board of proprietors of East New Jer-


sey for a number of years. Measured by time, Mr. Cobb had reached a ripe age, but measured by the results he achieved, he was, indeed, a man far advanced in years. As a judge and as a legislator he had rendered valuable and distinguished service to his country, and given his native State another name to which she could point with pride in the long role of patriots and statesmen she had furnished to the Republic. His charac- ter was one of the most scrupulous integ- rity, and of great independence. The can- dor and conscientiousness with which he performed his duties in office he carried into all the details of life.


Mr. Cobb married (first) Elizabeth F., a daughter of Captain David Kirkpatrick. She died December 11, 1857, leaving a daughter, Julia Kirkpatrick, who died Sep- tember 14, 1894. He married (second) Frances E., daughter of Nathaniel Ogden Condit, and they had children: Andrew Lemuel and Elizabeth.




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